Chapter 10: Falling Out

When Xu Qianran and I arrived at the Cointreau Hotel, Chen Hao was already waiting there, and when he saw us arriving, he took us to a private room. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

This is a private room booked by the Li brothers, looking at the scale inside, there should be about twelve guests, in addition to the three of them and the Li brothers, there should be 7 people, and at this time, there are already four people in the private room.

After getting Chen Hao's hint, I knew that the two people sitting on the left should be Li Weiguo and Li Anbang.

"Boss Li, I have been famous for a long time, I just had to meet today, I am fortunate to meet you!" I greeted him warmly.

"Where is it, District Chief Li, you are too polite, you are the official of your parents, it stands to reason that we should come to visit you! Come, please here" Li Weiguo removed a subword from his words, but it satisfied part of my vanity.

Li Weiguo held my hand tightly, although I had long known from Chen Hao that I was very young, but when I saw it today, I couldn't help but be taken aback, he who has been walking around in the business field for a long time, naturally knows the difficulty of mixing with the deputy director level, this identity, some cadres may not be able to be able to fight for a lifetime, not to mention that I am so young.

Although there are only twelve chairs in the private room, the space is really not small, and the two boxes of Moutai neatly placed in the east also make me a little nervous, a box of 6 bottles, two boxes is 12 bottles, on average it is one bottle per person, I hope that a few of the people who come are massive, otherwise they will be miserable.

"District Chief Li, to be honest, I have seen many leaders, and there are many young ones, but there are not many people like you who can get into such an important position at such a young age, they are really young and promising!" Li Weiguo said with feeling.

"Where, it's just luck, with the help of noble people, it's nothing?" I said modestly.

"How so? This year, during Qingming, I also went back, and I felt that the changes in the county were so great that I almost couldn't recognize my hometown, and I think a large part of it was due to District Mayor Li! Li Weiguo laughed loudly.

"Boss Li, aren't you killing me? I've only been in Shennongjia for a few months, how much can I do? Even if there is any credit, it is the guidance of the provincial department and county leaders, and it is not on me! I was a little embarrassed.

"Secretary Li, I don't like to hear what you say, who doesn't know that the industrial park you manage, even Secretary Li praises it, doesn't this mean anything?" Li Weiguo squinted his eyes and looked at me a little uncomfortable.

"Where, it's all done by the workers!" I said vaguely.

"By the way, I heard Haozi say that you want to build a timber market in Shennongjia, I don't know if there is such a thing?" Li Weiguo did not continue to dwell on this matter and changed the topic.

"Yes, is there such a thing?" I nodded.

"This hundred-year-old tree, ten-year tree, this tree is cut down, it can't be said that it will destroy the environment of Shennongjia, what do you think of this matter, District Chief Li!" Li Weiguo's expression became a little serious.

I couldn't help but tremble in my heart, I thought earlier that as a timber merchant with good forest resources, the Li brothers would definitely be happy to come to Shennongjia to develop forestry, but I forgot that Shennongjia was the homeland of the Li brothers after all, and if they destroyed the homeland for their own development, they would still resist.

"What Boss Li said is indeed reasonable to blindly pursue economic interests at the expense of the environment, which is really inappropriate, and the government has also taken this into account, so it is proposed to develop good and fast, that is, to develop forestry resources on the basis of protecting the environment." At the critical moment, my head flew up, and I immediately expressed my opinion on the second half of the material I had read.

"Oh, how to say that the development of forestry resources on the basis of protecting the environment?" Li Weiguo looked at me with interest, and Li Anbang's expression next to him also became solemn.

"The two bosses both grew up in Shennongjia, and they should know that many trees will not grow a little more in a few years or even decades after they grow up, why is this? Because the resources of forests are limited, the spatial distribution is too dense, which will not only inhibit the growth of forests, but also lead to competition between trees for resources, resulting in the death of some trees without sunlight and water. Therefore, the county proposes to divide the area for the development of forestry resources, cut down those old and dead trees that can no longer grow, and plant new saplings at the same time, so that forestry resources can be developed sustainably. I explained, "Of course, these are still being drafted, and we still need to ask experienced elders like Boss Li to help us go through them, even if we put forward different opinions or even opposing opinions, it will also help us in our work." ā€

Li Weiguo laughed, he was also wary of the county government at first ignoring the future of Shennongjia for the sake of development, but now it seems that he is thinking too much.

"In this way, we are also relieved, and we would like to thank the government for its efforts to protect our hometown in terms of forestry development!" Li Weiguo said with some excitement, "Maybe District Chief Li doesn't know, our brother's father is very opposed to us cutting down trees to make money, which is why we have never built a lumber mill in our hometown before, and now it seems that we can rest assured, because according to the government's plan, we can mine Shennongjia with peace of mind without worrying about destroying its future!" ā€

Time passed quickly, and the three friends invited by the Li brothers soon arrived. At the beginning, the Zhang brothers in the northeast were next to the Li brothers, their foundation on the side of the Great Xing'an Mountains was no smaller than the Li brothers, and then one surnamed Qin, a real estate developer, a surname Ma, was also from Shennongjia, and finally came a woman surnamed Wang.

The Li brothers introduced me to them, and then introduced them to me one by one, and after greetings, they became enthusiastic and exchanged. They are all old fritters in the business field, and they are no strangers to government departments, and soon, everyone became acquainted.

"Why didn't Wang Bin come?" Ten minutes had passed since the agreed time, and Lao Qin asked suspiciously.

"Hey, don't say it, people's Central Plains Real Estate, I don't know how good the business is, it is said that it is going to expand to other provinces and cities, now, Wang Bin is red and purple, I'm afraid there will be too much entertainment in the past two days?" Wang Nu said jealously.

"It's inevitable, who calls people with big backgrounds, and some people who are shouting for him to lose money and make money? Now Centaline Real Estate is on the grade! But he's too big, let's wait so long! Li Er, why did you invite him? Lao Qin was a little dissatisfied.

"This is not what we invited him, he took the initiative to come, I am always embarrassed to refuse, come on, come on, I will punish myself with three cups first!" Li Anbang picked up his wine glass and said.

While chatting with Chen Hao and Xu Qianran, I listened to the other five people chatting, and it seemed that there was still one person who had not arrived, that is, Wang Bin, who they said, seemed to be an important figure in Centaline Real Estate, but how could this name sound so familiar!

At this time, Li Weiguo had already gone out to call to greet that Wang Bin, it seems that this Wang Bin is not small, but looking at other people's evaluations of him, it seems that he is a little dissatisfied and looks down on him, which is really contradictory.

"Hehe, I'm really sorry, I'm sorry for being delayed!" The door finally opened and a young man of about twenty years old, accompanied by Li Weiguo, walked in, he said that he was embarrassed, but his face was extremely arrogant, as if it was our honor that we people could wait for him.

"It's you, why are you here? Who brought this fool in, and didn't get him out for me! When I turned my head, the young man was slightly stunned at first, and then said with some anger.

"What, have Wang Shao met with District Chief Li? It is better to settle the dispute than to settle it, for the sake of my Lao Li, it is better to write it off! Li Weiguo said as a peacemaker.

"District head, which district head, I've seen the district heads of several districts in Wuhan, why haven't I seen this kid, and besides, is there such a young district head? This kid can't be a liar! Wang Bin said arrogantly skeptically.

"This District Chief Li is from Shennongjia, isn't this discussing with all of us about investing in Shennongjia? Wang Bin, aren't you here for this? Li Weiguo was a little puzzled.

I suppressed the grievances in my heart and didn't say a word, who called people with deep backgrounds.

"Well, the previous thing, probably a misunderstanding, let's sit together, waiter, don't serve the food soon!" Wang Bin's face changed quickly, and his attention had shifted to Xu Qianran, who was sitting next to me, this guy, could it be that he fell in love with Qianran and wanted to leave a good impression on her before he became polite, I doubt it.

The banquet finally opened, and Wang Bin swaggered to the first place.

"Xiao Li, right, I heard Lao Li say that you want to engage in a timber development market in Lao Li's hometown, I heard that the landscape in that place is very good, but it is too remote, you must know that it is not a simple matter to run a timber market." Wang Bin shook his head and said, "I'm a straight human, you won't be angry!" ā€

"Where, what you said is that the conditions of Shennongjia are indeed not very good, but there are also several advantages, what we can do now is to make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses, check and fill in the gaps, and show the advantages of our Shennongjia!" I said flatly, as if nothing had happened before.

"Hehe, it's not very good, Xiao Li, you people in Shennongjia are really good at putting gold on their faces, who doesn't know in Hubei, the ghost place in Shennongjia is the poorest rural place in Hubei, except that there are many trees there, there is a little bit of humanity, I really don't see any advantages, even if you want to engage in the timber market, the broken road, can be transported out, I'm afraid it's very difficult!" Wang Bin's face was full of disdain. I'm speechless, this guy, don't you know that Shennongjia has now opened up two national highways and several provincial roads?

"Wang Shao, it's not difficult to do anything now? If it weren't difficult, not everyone would be rushing to do it. Just like all the bosses here, is your business very simple? Did they all fall from the sky? Just having fun, you have a lot of tickets in your pocket, I'm afraid not, right? I retorted.

Wang Bin was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to say it, but fortunately, Li Weiguo immediately picked up his wine glass and toasted him, which relieved the embarrassing atmosphere on the field.

"At the end of the day, I don't know, what do you have that we can invest in?" Wang Bin drank two glasses of wine and said with some reluctance, "We don't know what the quality of your trees is?" ā€

"This is the conclusion reached by the third-party authoritative department, and the wood in our county is definitely in line with the national standard, and even much more." I took out a report on the inspection of CTI, which showed the test results of various trees.

"To do business, you have to be popular, Shennongjia, a poor and remote place, does anyone go?"

"This is the population flow statistics of our county, the number of people who rushed to Shennongjia from other places increased by 374% year-on-year, and 1170% month-on-month, which shows that the popularity of our county is getting stronger and stronger."

"Was there a timber market in Shennongjia before? Since there is none, then who will do this investment, you must know that the cost of this investment is not cheap, can you guarantee that we will be able to earn back after investing? ā€

"There will be no risk in doing business, but we will try to minimize the risk, such as tax exemption for the first three years, rent free for the first year, and we will also assist investors to do publicity, you see, these are the preferential conditions that our county is willing to put forward after discussion!" Wang Bin's questions are getting more and more tricky, but fortunately, there are capable people underneath, and they actually prepared the information so well, not only was they not stumped by Wang Bin, but on the contrary, through his method of putting bones in his eggs, he just gave himself a chance to persuade others.

"Really, what's so nice about these things, come and drink, what's the matter, it's not too late to talk about it later!" Watching several documents circulated in the hands of several people, Wang Bin felt that his face was a little unbearable.

"Hehe, Wang Shao is right, District Chief Li, put these away first, and then look at them later, come, drink first! First of all, I would like to thank Wang Shao for taking care of our Li Group, and our brothers will also select high-quality timber and deliver it on time according to the requirements of Centaline Real Estate! Li Weiguo echoed, "Wang Shao, I'll toast you first!" ā€

"Hey, hey, it's easy to say!" Wang Bin smiled proudly, "My Central Plains Real Estate is now building more and more land, and the demand for timber is also expanding, and you have your business to do." ā€

"Then thank you Wang Shao for your care, I'll do it first as a respect!" Li Weiguo took a drink very happily.

Immediately afterwards, several others also toasted Wang Bin, making him quite complacent.

"Lao Li, there are so many people, how can two cases of wine be enough? One more box! Wang Bin stood up, his steps were a little staggering, I also had a big head, this wine is Moutai, not beer, drink like this, and I am not afraid of drinking and causing an accident.

"There's such a beautiful lady here, come on, come on, we'll toast you!" Wang Bin squinted his eyes, held a bottle of Moutai and leaned over to Xu Qianran.

The faces of everyone present were a little unnatural, but the people who came here, either they had business requests from Wang Bin, or they were afraid of his background, and they didn't want to have an unpleasant relationship with him, which would affect future cooperation or add blockages behind their backs, it would be bad.

After all, Wang Bin is now on a wine boom, and he is afraid that he will have a knot, although it can be clearly seen that this guy is targeting me and Xu Qianran. For me, everyone can see that Wang Bin and I have a holiday; For Xu Qianran, everyone here is not stupid, and the little dirty thoughts between men can't be seen. It's difficult for me, at most don't do Shennongjia's business; Against Wang Bin, I am afraid that there will be big trouble, but the lesser of two evils is chosen, and someone will soon echo it.

"I'm sorry, I don't know how to drink!" Xu Qianran's face was cold, like an iceberg.

Wang Bin was rejected, and his face was a little unbearable, plus an iceberg-like woman, it was more rewarding to conquer, wasn't it? I saw that he didn't give up: "How can anyone be born to drink, just come with such a small glass, and drink it in one sip." Drink, discord is not to give me Wang Bin face! ā€

Xu Qianran turned her head, as if she didn't hear what Wang Bin was saying.

"Good!" Wang Bin squinted his eyes, and seemed to be unimpressed, "Director Li, although it is difficult to engage in such a timber market, it is rare to have your courage, you can do something at such a young age, have courage, know the current affairs, and think that it will not be long before you can be promoted to the provincial hall, come, I salute you." ā€

"Thank you, Wang Shaojiyan!" I smiled and drank my glass.

"Well, seriously, our company is expanding right now, and there's a lot of places where we need to use wood. Director Li, you represent the Shennongjia government, if there is really anything that needs us, we might as well walk around more, maybe, the timber purchased by our company will go through your hands, this is a big achievement! Wang Bin looked proud.

"Oh, then I must report to the county leaders when I go back, and please leave a mobile phone number for Wang Shao, and when the time comes, we will also come to visit you!" My heart moved slightly, Wang Bin's words more or less moved me, if I can get the support of Centaline Real Estate, it will also be a huge improvement to my performance.

"No problem, this is my business card, I usually socialize a lot, I don't stay in the company very much, just call me if you have something!" Wang Bin proudly took out a business card from his bag.

"Secretary Li, Wang Shao's mother is the chairman of Zhongyuan Real Estate, with his help to speak, the timber procurement of Zhongyuan Real Estate must be in your county, don't forget the brothers when the time comes!" The man surnamed Ma also helped.

"Where, we need your help, come, I'll toast you again!" I raised my glass and drank it down.

"Good amount of wine, come, drink again!" Wang Bin said arrogantly.

I also muttered a little, and at first I thought that Wang Bin wanted to break through on the side, but now that the 6 or 7 cups have gone down, nothing has happened, is I worrying too much? ā€

"By the way, beauty, we've all drunk so many cups, and we don't know what your last name is, where is it?" Wang Bin was drunk, but his consciousness was still sober.

"Xu Qianran, working in Shennongjia Industrial Park, please advise!" Xu Qianran replied with a cold face.

"Oh, working with District Chief Li, isn't that also our parents, disrespectful and disrespectful, come, I respect you twice, I hope we cooperate happily!" Wang Bin said with a serious face.

couldn't get in the way, Xu Qianran took a shallow drink, and a blush appeared on her face, which looked even more attractive.

"Lao Li, what are you still doing in a daze, don't you want to give Miss Xu a drink!" Wang Bin urged.

"Miss Xu, we are meeting for the first time, I feel very close, you are an official in Shennongjia, we were also born there, and we will work together in the future, if there are any difficulties in the future, you need to carry me a lot, come, I toast you!"

Xu Qianran's face became even colder, just now Wang Bin toasted her, she drank it for the sake of face, and now she toasts herself one after another, clearly aimed at herself, it is estimated that this second cup will go down, and the third cup will also come, so endless entanglement, I don't know when it will be a head, and seeing Wang Bin repeatedly pestering herself, it is obviously ill-intentioned, if you are drunk, maybe something will happen.

"I have a limited amount of alcohol, so I won't drink it, Boss Li, please take care of yourself!" Xu Qianran paused for a few seconds and replied.

"Hey, what is this, the big guys finally got together today, since they weren't drunk, why didn't they drink?" Wang Bin's eyes rolled for a moment, and he said dissatisfiedly, "What's the matter, Lao Li respects you, you must drink this glass of wine, and if you drink this cup, you should also give me a glass in return!" ā€

My face is a little weird, this Wang Bin is really a little excessive, do you really think he is the master of this table? He can do whatever he wants, although he has a somewhat deep background, but some people's backgrounds are no worse than his.

"Wang Shao, Miss Xu is a daughter's family after all, and the amount of wine is limited, otherwise I will make this glass for her, and then I will return a glass to you, and then a few of our men will drink the rest of the wine, how about it?" I stood up, raised my glass, and said.

"This can't be done, District Chief Li, this old Li wants to respect Miss Xu, you did it for her, don't you look down on him! Besides, I don't want to drink with you now, I just want to drink with Miss Xu, why, you don't agree? Wang Bin's face sank instantly, and his tone was a little aggressive.

"Miss Xu came with me, I toasted for her, why not? You said you didn't want to drink with me, so Miss Xu wanted to drink with you? Everyone has the right to drink whether they want to drink or not, and with whomever they want, doesn't they? I said unceremoniously, from the moment Wang Bin entered the door, I suffered a lot of anger. A person like Wang Bin, if you are polite, he will have to inch in, and if he doesn't beat it well, he doesn't know what his surname is. Even if he has a deep background, and he is not in his charge, why bother looking at his face. What's more, he is now considered to be from Xu Shuhan's faction, so he can't help outsiders bully his own people, anyway, he has offended him, and it's nothing to offend once, and I don't believe that he can cover the sky with one hand.

Wang Bin's face instantly became ugly, and I saw him glaring at me viciously, "The surname is Li, what do you mean, give you some color, and you will open a dyeing workshop, ah!" Isn't it just a rotten cadre in a poor ravine who is poor? What's the big deal, believe it or not, I'll take you to the Public Security Bureau and imprison you for ten days and half a month! ā€

"Wang Bin, I also advise you, those who respect others will always respect them, and those who insult others will always be humiliated!" I calmed down and said lightly.

Seeing that the scene had become chaotic, everyone got up to fight the peace, but Wang Bin, who was furious, rushed out of the door and shouted, "If you have the ability, don't go out!" ā€

"District Chief Li, I'm really embarrassed today!" Li Weiguo is also helpless, obviously Zhongyuan Real Estate came to the door by himself, and it seems that he has the intention of cooperating with the Shennongjia government, but in the end it is such a result, "Wang Shao is usually not like this, it may be that he has drunk too much wine, don't take it to heart!" ā€

"It's okay, Boss Li, I'm still very happy today, I can make a few friends, no matter whether the cooperation between us can be successful, I still hope that you can go to Shennongjia to take a walk, help us promote it to your friends, I believe that the timber market in Shennongjia is still very bright." I said calmly.