Chapter 464 Hometown
The four old men here were worried about the marriage between Zhou Shuo and Li Zhi in the corner, but guests had already started to be served in the restaurant on the other side.
Xiucheng Hotel completed the venue layout as quickly as possible and faced the banquet with the attitude of completing political tasks. The service attitude is really different from its state-owned identity.
However, even so, it is difficult to conceal the objective fact that Xiucheng Hotel is just a three-star hotel. With the gathering of guests, the personnel and equipment are unable to keep up.
"The economic conditions in Xiucheng have improved in the past two years, but the level of catering and entertainment has not been raised."
Zhou Shuo sighed, looking at the already old-fashioned restaurant decoration, he couldn't help but sigh.
Li Zhi was very excited and smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, if I had not said to hold such a big banquet two years ago, I would have felt sorry for me if I had just come here for a meal by myself."
"As long as Fanhan Group is still there, I think the Xiucheng will definitely become a beautiful city one day, do you think so?" She blinked and looked at Zhou Shuo in anticipation.
Who is her brother Zhou? Li Zhi believed from the bottom of his heart that Zhou Shuo is a person who is accustomed to creating miracles. Of course, this is not her own feeling. Every time he witnessed Zhou Shuo starting from a cold business to today's Hunting City business world, what kind of thing can ordinary people do?
Zhou Shuo took Li Zhi's hand, nodded gently, and said affirmatively: "Of course, this is our home, the city we grew up in, I will build it beautifully."
Zhou Shuo really can't say what kind of feelings he has for the Xiucheng City. In his previous life, he was born and raised here. But Xiucheng was just a weak third-tier city under Bohai Province. Later, he rose step by step in his workplace, and the boss couldn't leave home. In fact, like all Chinese people, he has a dream of his hometown.
I missed too many embroidery cities in my previous life. It did not have much development in the most critical decade of reform and opening up. By the 1910s, the citizens of this city could only be said to be ordinary.
This city, which was once the pearl of the Bohai Corridor in history, has a status that is not as good as it was in the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom a thousand years ago, nor does it have the glory of China's heavy industrial base at the beginning of the liberation of the Republic. Would the people of Xiucheng feel willing?
It does not have the world's top industrial technology like Fengtian, it does not have China's well-known scenic environment and commercial status like Dagang, it does not have almost inexhaustible resources like Steel City, and it does not have its own unique humanistic characteristics and border city advantages like border cities.
It is just a bit old history, a bit old industry, a bit important transportation status, and a little unspeakable foundation. It is just one of the 283 prefecture-level cities in China, an extremely ordinary one. Its citizens are hardworking, and people in other parts of China are also hardworking. Its citizens are smart and outstanding, and people in other parts of China are also smart and outstanding.
Zhou Shuo just hopes that at least in this life, the people of Xiucheng will no longer need to leave their hometowns like themselves, to find a job and realize their ideals.
Even if this city just doesn’t make so many mistakes in history again. If you miss so many opportunities, you will definitely become a great city.
He always believed it so surely in his heart.
Without mentioning Zhou Shuo and Li Zhi's whispers, guests at the restaurant entrance were in one after another. The restaurant staff who were responsible for recording their names kept shouting out the names and units. Soon the scene gradually became lively. Sometimes, some distinguished guests who were usually famous and unfamiliar, would immediately gather together to make friends, as if they were treating the banquet as a good opportunity for socializing.
"Sunshine Group. Ma Boyan, Ma Bochang."
Suddenly, the staff's singing reputation sounded at the door of the restaurant again. It was different from the previous lively atmosphere. The restaurant suddenly felt a quiet drop, but it smelled.
Ma Bochang, Chairman of Sunshine Group, does anyone know this in the business world of Xiucheng? Everyone can see the tragic situation of Sunshine Automobile City a few days ago. The two families have made a deep grudge. At this time, the Ma brothers suddenly appeared. What medicine are sold in the gourd?
Ma Boyan, executive vice mayor, appeared here and actually used the name of Sunshine Group. There were so many meanings here. Everyone couldn't help but look at Zhou Shuo, thinking about whether there would be a battle for a while?
However, the result is destined to disappoint everyone. Everyone is decent, and no matter how big the conflict is, it will not occur in public. Doing so will be too low and too small, which also means that one side has fallen into a disadvantage.
"Comrade Li Zhi, congratulations on your unforgettable study at your job, and still got admitted to the excellent university in our Embroidery City with your own efforts." Ma Boyan followed Ma Bochang and stretched out his hand from a distance. Judging from the smiles on the faces of the two, it really didn't seem like a mess.
"Mayor Ma, Mr. Ma, I thank you on behalf of Li Zhi." Zhou Shuo and Ma Boyan and Ma Bochang shook hands and said with a smile.
Li Zhi seemed a little panicked and bowed to Ma Boyan and said, "Hello Mayor Ma, Mr. Ma."
"Look, I'm in a hurry and haven't prepared any gifts."
Ma Boyan looked at Zhou Shuo, and Ma Bochang naturally stood in front of Li Zhi. Ma Bochang touched his body everywhere, and actually took out a key and stuffed it into Li Zhi's hand without saying anything.
"This is a Mazda that my bastard boy ordered earlier. It's not a good car. I'll just treat it as a gift for you."
"I can't accept this!" Li Zhi was startled, and subconsciously pushed the key back, shook his head and said, "This gift is too expensive. Besides, I can't drive..."
Ma Bochang and Li Zhi were pushing around here because of a key, as if they were holding a red soldering iron, and no one wanted to take it back.
Zhou Shuo looked at Ma Boyan quietly for a while, tilted his head and stopped Li Zhi's hand and said, "Since it's Mr. Li's intention, then you can put it away. Fortunately, you don't have to work on the railway now, so you don't worry about being suspected of corruption."
"Then, then I'll put it away?" Li Zhi looked at the car keys in his hand. This is a car. She actually wants to have a car?
"Put it away." Zhou Shuo nodded gently.
"Mayor Ma, please come in." Zhou Shuo's face seemed to have no reaction to Ma Bochang's delivery of a car, and said indifferently.
Ma Boyan and Ma Bochang followed Zhou Shuo, led him to walk into the restaurant. The two of them never thought that a car would be used to exchange for Zhou Shuo's good face, which was just a stepping stone. Zhou Shuo was the president of Fanhan Group, and his net worth was converted into a huge monster with nearly 50 billion yuan. How much does a Mazda have the money to deposit it in the bank for one minute?
So, Ma Bochang did this just a test of Zhou Shuo. He tested his attitude towards the two and whether there was a possibility of contact.
The result was not calculated. Li Zhi accepted the car keys and Zhou Shuo also showed a stance that could be discussed. For Ma Bochang, who was already in trouble, this was a good start.
"Mayor Ma please sit, Mr. Ma please sit." Zhou Shuo ordered people to pull away the top chair on the main table and let Ma Boyan go up. He and Ma Bochang sat on both sides. The waiter quickly brought three cups of tea, and then Zhou Shuo drove away from him.
"I use tea instead of wine. I toast Mayor Ma and Mr. Ma for a cup. Thank you for coming to support Li Zhi today." Zhou Shuo picked up the tea cup and finally showed some smiles on his face. It was not the hatred of killing his father and taking his wife. His stern face was mainly to show an attitude. The visitor was a guest, and he couldn't smile when he was thanking the guest, right? If he really did this, it would inevitably be a little bit worse.
"Where, as the deputy mayor of Xiucheng, I am also happy that Comrade Li Zhi of Xiucheng has such outstanding talents..."
Ma Boyan picked up the teacup and said, "In the past, we may have some misunderstandings and unhappiness. I also borrowed tea to replace wine. How about we laugh when we meet?"
Zhou Shuo looked at Ma Bochang with his eyes squinted, and saw that his face looked a little gray, but he still barely raised the teacup.
Zhou Shuo did not suffer any losses in the secret fight with Ma Bochang. Now the people who cut their losses have laughed, so what can he do to insist on? So he smiled and said, "Mayor Ma appreciates his face. Of course, I have to continue as a junior. Don't say that I smiled at each other, just think that I did the wrong thing. Let's accompany Mr. Ma here, right?"
When Ma Bochang heard Zhou Shuo's words of "application", his nose was almost irritated. If you want to just pretend that there is no such thing, what does it mean to "just think" you did a bad job? Can you treat me as a woman and act coquettishly? It's really annoying! Wow, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Ma Bochang was singing Peking Opera in his heart, but he still had to show his face. He nodded happily and said, "Where do you say you don't fight or get to know each other, aren't we still having friendship?"
"Yes, then I'll toast to our friendship." Zhou Shuo reached out and touched the two of them, then took a sip of tea.
Tea is not a good tea, but the three of them had a bit of a spring breeze drinking on their faces.
"Mr. Zhou, since the grudge has been resolved, can you please withdraw your notice to Sunshine Automobile City?"
Having said that, who knows if Ma Bochang was bleeding at this time? The boss of the Sunshine Group, the ten-year-old second-year-old business in the Embroidery City business, and the recent mistress, said such words was really too bad. Ma Bochang had never said such soft words in his business for more than ten years, and he had asked someone for such a humble manner.
Chapter completed!