After Wen Liang dealt with Tang Ye's issue, Teng Jinglin finally approved the advertising shooting plan, highlighting eight words: healthy, delicious, fast, and fashionable. Originally, the last one was "fresh", but when Wen Liang reviewed it, he felt that healthy and delicious were already full of the meaning of freshness, and there was no need to repeat them. However, fashion could well enhance Qinghe's brand quality and attract more young people, so changes were made.
A week later, Teng Jinglin started the intensive filming work with a professional team. At the same time, Fan Bo led the Bencao Ruolan inspection team to Jiangdong, preparing to start from Guanshan and conduct field research on each of the cities that had been contacted during this period to find a suitable location for the company to settle down.
The so-called inspection and research generally take into account many aspects such as transportation factors, policy preferences, investment environment, labor costs, etc., but in the final analysis, it still depends on how to maximize the company's interests. As for supporting local construction and benefiting the local people, these are incidental reasons and do not become the basis for decision-making.
So even though Fan Bo is a local and Qingzhou Investment Promotion Bureau has shown great sincerity, the first city to be excluded is Qingzhou.
This has nothing to do with the factors mentioned above. The only reason is that Wen Liang must take Wen Huaiming's career into consideration. Before, Qinghe Soy Milk was used as a handle by Gu Shitong to attack. If the larger Bencao Ruolan stayed in Qingzhou, it would become a time bomb sooner or later.
Fan Bo and his party first went to Guanshan, then went to Fengtai and Linze, and then went to Qingzhou (after all, they had to give some face to the officials in their hometown and go through the motions), and finally decided on Lingyang.
The delegation received a high-level reception in Qingzhou. Mayor Feng Wenxue, Executive Vice Mayor Yang Guangsheng, and the heads of investment promotion, land, taxation and other departments all attended the meeting. The dean and colleagues of Qingzhou Normal University were also invited to play the emotional card. Little did they know that Fan Bo was not very successful when he was in Qingzhou Normal University. He had almost no good colleagues, and he had a deep grudge with Tao Ran, the nephew of the dean Wei Dongchang. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was an enemy.
So the situation at the meeting was a bit awkward. Wei Dongchang was a bit shrewd and originally planned to pretend that nothing had happened, deal with the job and then withdraw. After all, the success or failure of the investment had little to do with him. But Fan Bo's current situation made him no longer take Wei Dongchang seriously. Although he did not embarrass him in person, he was indifferent and looked uninterested. Feng Wenxue saw the clues and sent someone to inquire about the situation after the meeting. Only then did he know that Fan and Wei had a grudge. He called Liu Yuzhou, who was responsible for arranging the meeting, to his side and scolded him, asking him to do everything he could to make amends.
Fan Bo's schedule was very tight, and he would leave for Lingyang for an inspection tomorrow, leaving Liu Yuzhou with little time. He came out of the mayor's office, rolled his eyes, and turned to Yang Guangsheng's office.
That night, Wen Liang hosted a banquet for Fan Bo alone, and Lu Yu also attended. Miao Qingyan did not come with the inspection team because she stayed in Beijing to deal with some finishing work. While eating, Yang Guangsheng and Liu Yuzhou pushed the door open with wine glasses, saying that they happened to be eating next door, and saw Mr. Fan so they came to say hello. In fact, everyone knew it tacitly. Fan Bo exchanged a few words of greeting, but his attitude was cold, and he did not mean to invite the two to sit down and talk in detail. Yang Guangsheng glanced at Wen Liang. Although he was curious about the appearance of a child here, he did not say anything. After clinking glasses, he left tactfully. Liu Yuzhou was reluctant and felt that it was not easy to seize an opportunity. It would be better to sit down with a thick face. Could Fan Bo still chase people away? The key to attracting investment lies in the word "sticky" and the word "mixed". If you stick to it, you can mix it with feelings. With feelings, half of the investment will be attracted. But the leader is not as conscious as him, so he can only follow the leader and leave in desperation.
Fan Bo is now more sophisticated. Seeing the high and mighty officials fawning on him, he does not look proud at all. He respectfully tells Wen Liang the details of the meeting that day. When mentioning Wei Dongchang, he smiles and says, "President Wei wants to do good to you, me and everyone else, so he drags me along to put on a show for Mayor Feng. I deliberately put on a sour face to seduce the old man. I'm afraid he's cursing at home now."
Wen Liang said to Lu Yu, "See? This is the true character of Mr. Fan, he is broad-minded and tolerant. If it were me, I would have ridiculed him and made Wei Dongchang vomit blood in anger."
Lu Yu covered her mouth and chuckled, saying, "Yes, Mr. Fan is a first-class good man."
Fan Bo couldn't tell whether Wen Liang's words were praise or criticism, and he didn't know whether he was dissatisfied with him rubbing Wei Dongchang. He didn't know when he had completely lost sight of Wen Liang's thoughts. He felt neither up nor down, and it was really uncomfortable.
After finishing the meal, Wen Liang asked Fan Bo to take Lu Ruo around the city to see the night view of Qingzhou, but he went home first. As expected, Wen Huaiming was waiting at home in the morning and asked directly, "Is Bencao Ruolan really unable to stay in this city?"
He was not clear about Wen Liang's business layout and rarely asked about it, so he didn't know that Bencao Ruolan was actually Wen Liang's company. Attracting investment has always been the government's job. As the secretary-general of the municipal party committee, he focused his energy on Qingtou. When Yang Guangsheng called and asked Wen Liang how he had dinner with Fan Bo and whether they had any special relationship, he realized that the Bencao Ruolan, which had been making a lot of noise recently, was actually the work of his son.
"Dad, since you asked this, you must understand the pros and cons. As long as you stay in Qingzhou for one more day, I don't plan to start Mada's project in Qingzhou anymore."
Wen Huaiming felt a little sorry and said, "This is a good project. If it is well managed, it can at least provide employment for thousands of people..."
"Without Zhang the Butcher, will we have to eat hairy pigs?" Wen Liang said with a smile, "If you plant the phoenix trees well, the phoenix will naturally come. Dad, I believe in you!"
Wen Huaiming also smiled, then said with a straight face: "But where did you get the three hundred million?"
Three hundred million was not a small sum in the mid-1990s, otherwise it would not have attracted so many cities to compete for it. And for an individual, it was an astronomical fortune, so it was no wonder that Wen Huaiming had so many questions.
Wen Liang didn't dare to say that he had 300 million in cash in his hand, and said: "Find a few friends to invest, everyone pools their money together, and then borrow some money from the bank. Money is like water in a sponge, as long as you squeeze it, you can always squeeze it out."
Wen Huaiming shook his head and smiled bitterly. Wen Liang's development had already exceeded his expectations, so he was not qualified to say anything more. He said, "Since Qingzhou is out of the question, then, among the four cities of Guanshan, Lingyang, Linze, and Fengtai, do you have a suitable choice in mind?"
Wen Liang smiled and said, "Only competition can bring progress. It's not a bad thing for me to whet their appetite a little more."
Wen Huaiming decided to end this conversation, because from his perspective, Wen Liang, a profiteer who took advantage of the competition between cities to maximize his profits, was particularly hateful. He said, "I'll deal with Yang Guangsheng. You should also pay more attention and don't move too fast."
After finishing the business, Ding Mei and Ding Lan also came back from get off work at the clothing city. Since Wen Liang introduced her to the purchase channels of Jiang Yue, Bi Ya Si's clothes are now one of the most distinctive and best-selling stores in the entire Songlan Clothing City. The two sisters often have to work until late before they can go home. However, for Ding Mei and Ding Lan, the sense of accomplishment brought by being busy with their own careers is far greater than what they can get from working in a factory or being a housewife at home, not to mention this little bit of fatigue, which is not worth mentioning at all.
When I was about to take a break, I received a call from Zuo Yuxi. She went to Guanshan for a three-day meeting and then went to another city to participate in an exchange activity. She just came back yesterday and had not met Wen Liang yet.
"Did Fan Bo arrive in Qingzhou today?"
"Director Zuo is well-informed. What's wrong? Could it be that Yang Guangsheng is so powerful that he actually asked you to be his lobbyist?"
Zuo Yuxi's chuckle came from the other side of the microphone: "It's true that I'm a lobbyist, but you might as well guess who invited me!"
Wen Liang said without thinking: "Do we need to guess? Apart from my father-in-law, who else can ask our Chief Zuo to come out?"
Zuo Yuxi said sweetly: "Old and cunning!"
Wen Liang laughed and said, "What do you want, father-in-law?"
"He wants you to go to Lingyang tomorrow..."
Wen Liang teased, "Okay, you're selling me out, aren't you?"
Tomorrow Fan Bo will arrive at Lingyang, the last stop of this trip. Zuo Jing asked Wen Liang to go with him at this time. The intention is self-evident. But it's also good this way. At least on the surface, Wen Liang has taken the initiative and is more confident.
He seduced the younger daughter and was also ambiguous with the older daughter. If he didn't have enough confidence, he would inevitably be a little nervous when facing a person like Zuo Jing.
"He knew about your relationship with Fan Bo, so he asked me one more question, and I had to tell him the truth. Good man, you are not angry, right?"
To be honest, Wen Liang has been waiting for this opportunity for too long. Previously, either the timing was not right or there was no suitable reason. This time, the time, place and people are all right. It is the best time to meet. He smiled softly and said, "Don't worry about whether I am angry or not. If I agree, do you have a reward?"
"What reward do you want?"
Wen Liang said disdainfully: "How can you use my things to reward me? Change it!"
"Yeah?"
Wen Liang's breathing began to quicken, and he said with great sorrow: "Where are you now? As an outstanding member of the Communist Youth League, I cannot let you go further down the wrong path. I must give you a severe criticism and education in person!"
"As for me, I'm with Yu Ting. If you have the courage, come over!"
Wen Liang really didn't have the courage to do that, and said angrily: "You wait!"
(Rabindranath Tagore - When you commanded me to sing, my heart seemed to burst with pride, I looked up at your face, tears welled up in my eyes.
In my socket.
All the bitterness and contradictions in my life melted into a sweet harmony—
My praise is like a joyful bird, flapping its wings across the ocean. (To be continued)