In the Heyang Hotel, Monday was so anxious that he was in a hurry. The people were picked up, but they didn't expect Qiang Wei and them to let the villagers be trapped in the red sand nest.

Zhou Zhou took this negotiation very seriously. It has been two years since Zhou Cang arrived in Heyang, and as one of the few female mayors in the province, Zhou Cang has great ambitions in the position of mayor. From joining the work to the present, Zhou Zhou has always been eager to have a platform to fully display his talents and skills. It's a pity that in the past in the provincial organs, her life was too peaceful and too monotonous, and she always felt that she couldn't make it out of her heart. Now as the mayor of a city, of course, she can't tolerate her mediocrity, she is eager to devote herself wholeheartedly, and she is also eager to do a great career with passion.

It's a pity that the environment in Heyang is too poor, so she has almost nothing in two years!

It's all because she thought Hayang too well and made a wrong judgment. Heyang is an ancient city, the most populous and largest city in the province, with two districts and four counties under its jurisdiction and nearly five million people. This can also be ranked among the current prefecture-level cities in the country. Moreover, Ha Duong is located in a transportation fortress and is the gateway of the Silk Road. The unique geographical location and long history and culture make Heyang have a unique light, coupled with the unique stability of an agricultural city and the unique status of a commercial grain base, Heyang has always become a base for training and cultivating cadres. The provincial party committee and provincial ** have been in the team for three consecutive years, and each session is indispensable to come up from Heyang. At present, five of the four major teams in the province have worked in Heyang. It was based on these analyses that Zhou Zhou resolutely chose Heyang. The reality is that the industrial enterprises in Heyang are paralyzed, the leading backbone enterprise Hehua Group is facing bankruptcy, and the agricultural situation is not optimistic, especially affected by the decline in the water level of the poplar river basin and the depletion of the river basin, the drought and water shortage crisis is becoming more and more serious, and the water shortage has threatened the survival of nearly two million people in Shaxian, Wufo and other three counties. That's it, anyway, the situation in the northwest provinces is similar at the moment, no better than the south, there is so much money that there is nowhere to spend, and the economy has already been on the fast track. The economy of the northwest is still in its infancy, and although everyone is talking about development and leapfrogging, in fact, the situation is clear only to themselves. If you can keep food and maintain a good situation of stability and unity, it will be very competitive. As for development, we are waiting for the state to tilt and support, but these seem to be too far away from Heyang. Although the large-scale development of the western region has been proposed for several years, what can be developed under the practical dilemma of having no funds and no resources?

She can still endure these predicaments, but what really makes Zhou Cang worry is the political environment in Heyang. Before she came, she had heard of the disharmony between Qiang Wei and Deputy Secretary Qiao Guodong, but the province said that it was going to be adjusted soon, and Zhou Zhou didn't dare to talk about any more suggestions on this matter, after all, she was the new daughter-in-law who was planning to get on the sedan chair, and she couldn't talk about the strengths and weaknesses of her in-laws' family too early. When he arrived in Heyang, the province did not break its promise, and let a big tree in Heyang, Mr. Song, the director of the National People's Congress, retreat from the second line, and Qiao Guodong moved to the National People's Congress, which can be regarded as adjusting the structure of the team to a more reasonable level. Zhou Cangzheng secretly rejoiced that the province had set up a good platform for her, although there was friction between Qiang Wei and Qiao Guodong, but now that one is in the National People's Congress and the other is in the Municipal Party Committee, the original contradictions are naturally weak, and she is fresh blood, so she should be able to act as a little lubricant for them. Who knew that two years had passed, and the situation was far from what she thought, Heyang was complicated, a hundred times more complicated than she thought. A woman is sandwiched between two men, and the play of Heyang is difficult to sing.

As soon as she thought about this, Zhou Zhou's heart was a little dark, and she was a little anxious, if she couldn't open the situation again, she would probably be barren to Heyang and trapped in Heyang, even more frustrating than the predicament that Qiang Wei encountered.

Ruiter Company came to invest in the Northwest, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it is a light given to her by God in the darkness. Ruiter is a leader in the field of international biological products, and is also the first to enter the Chinese market of biological products giant, and in recent years, it has expanded in the electronic information industry. It was the first to invest in frontier cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou in China, and after gaining successful experience, it expanded to Shenzhen, Zhuhai and other places. At present, its market has expanded to most of China, and the only blank one is the northwest. As soon as the strategic decision for the large-scale development of the central and western regions was made, the Ruiter Company moved to the northwest where no one cared about it. At the beginning, Ruiter Company set the investment target in the neighboring province, but after nearly a year of talks, the two sides did not reach an agreement. Hearing the information, Heyang went all out, and after some efforts from the provinces and cities, Ruiter decided to transfer the target to Heyang. After the initial contact, a fire ignited in Zhou Zhou's heart, although she was not very clear about the strategic motive of Ruiter Company's investment in the northwest, but it could attract hundreds of millions of investment, which could not but be said to be a beautiful temptation for the mayor of her backward area.

What is the most difficult job to grasp as a mayor now? Economy! What is the central work of **? Or the economy! Looking at the whole province and the whole country, where is not the investment promotion as the most important thing to sing? Coupled with the attractive investment, the world's leading cutting-edge technology, the new business philosophy, and the super-first-class management, etc., it is undoubtedly an epoch-making challenge for a traditional agricultural city like Heyang, which will bring unprecedented impact and gospel to Heyang. Thinking about it, Zhou Zhou was intoxicated, as if the blueprint she had sketched in her mind had been realized......

What's infuriating is that at such a critical juncture, the villagers of Hongshawo Village actually blocked Qin Xiyue and Qiang Wei in the sandwo!

The two key figures could not be present, so Zhou Cang had to cancel the originally scheduled welcome meeting, and sent back the leaders of the ministry and bureau who had been waiting for a long time, and asked them to return to their units to obey orders. He personally asked the Ouyang couple to live well, and specially told them to take a shower first, rest and rest, and then the other agenda began. Then, she slipped into the room she occupied on the second floor of the hotel, preparing for the negotiations that were about to begin.

Ouyang came this time to represent the board of directors of Ruiter Company to conduct substantive negotiations on the first phase of the cooperation project between the two sides, including 12 major and 38 small items such as project land acquisition, labor security, mutually beneficial policies, and environmental protection. The outline of the negotiations has been finalized by the working groups of the two sides in advance and has been sent to the delegates. Of course, judging from Ouyang Lai's posture this time, he did not bring a negotiator, if he wanted to say that there was, it would be Miss Mai Rui alone. Miss Merry herself is the leader of the other party's working group, and almost all of the preliminary work is done by her and several of her assistants. Heyang is different, in order to show solemnity, the municipal party committee and the city set up a special project team, from seven departments to transfer 21 comrades, this is not counting, due to the lack of experience in negotiation and cooperation with international enterprises in Heyang, many things are not carried out, the province specially dispatched six experts to help Heyang formulate a plan, and is responsible for the whole process of consulting and answering questions.

The first material she brought out on Monday was a memo handed to her by an expert when she was in the provincial capital, which was about environmental protection. Nowadays, environmental protection is the first element of investment and setting up factories, especially in Heyang, which is located in the Huyang River Basin, and environmental protection issues are more important. Zhou Cangzheng was watching intently, and Director Zeng of the reception office slipped in quietly and whispered: "Mayor Zhou, Miss Qin is losing her temper and clamoring to see her father, do you want to tell her the truth?" ”

Zhou Zhou raised his head, his eyes revealing dissatisfaction with Director Zeng. As the director of the reception office and the main bearer of the reception task, Director Zeng's performance today made her very dissatisfied. But she restrained herself and didn't let her emotions out.

"Don't tell her for the time being, just say that Expert Qin has something to do down there, and I'll rush back when I'm done." Zhou Zhou was also dissatisfied with Qin Sisi. Ouyang Moqian wanted to bring his wife with him, which was not planned in advance. It's okay to come, I didn't think Qin Xiyue's daughter was such a bad temper. The scene at the airport made her very unhappy, it is said that a mayor with a population of five million went to pick up the plane in person, this specification should not be low, Qin Sisi not only did not say a polite word, but gave her a few problems, which made her very embarrassed.

"What about Miss Merry, what is her attitude?" Seeing Director Zeng's bare face and standing there without leaving, Zhou Zhou asked again.

"Miss Mai Rui seems to know that Secretary Qiang can't come, she told me, do you want to change the time, the first meeting will be held tomorrow?"

"Okay, just do as Miss Murray wants. However, you told Miss Merry that Secretary Qiang's inability to come would not affect our negotiations, and asked her not to have any worries. ”

"Got it." Director Zeng answered and went out cautiously. This is a cautious man, let him be the director of the reception office, Zhou Zhou took a fancy to his things must be close and everything is not reported and not carried out more seriously. Such a person is serious when he does things, but at critical times, he seems clumsy and will not improvise.

Not long after Director Zeng went out, the words may not have been delivered to Miss Mai Rui, Qiang Wei suddenly called from the desert, saying that there was no need to wait for him and Lao Qin, the welcome meeting would be open as usual, and the work had to be done quickly. Zhou Zhou said: "I'm afraid it won't work, if you don't come, how will this be opened?" Besides, I've already sent the people who had the welcome party away. ”

"What do you do when you send away? Why don't you just have a welcome party, anyone can open it if you don't have it? Qiang Wei's words were a little rushed, probably because the contradiction over there had not been resolved, and he was still angry. As soon as he heard this, Zhou Zhou knew that the contradiction over there must be tricky, and just wanted to ask a few more words to understand the situation, Qiang Wei said again: "You talk to the National People's Congress and the CPPCC, let them come forward, hold a welcome meeting today, and give people a reception in the evening, and I will discuss the matter of negotiation when I come back in the evening." ”

Qiang Wei said this, which is equivalent to telling Zhou Zhou Cang that this will have to be opened. Zhou Cang thought to himself, let's open it, anyway, it's just a welcome meeting, a courtesy meeting, and it doesn't involve substance. grabbed the phone and called Director Zeng, asking him to come back first and not tell Miss Merry. Director Zeng didn't understand what had happened, and whispered on the phone: "I have already told Miss Mai Rui, Miss Mai Rui is about to report to Mr. Ouyang, what should I do?" ”

"What to do, do you still need me to teach you? Let Miss Merry stop talking, it will be opened right away! ”

Director Zeng was silent for a moment, answered a little uncomfortably, and hurriedly went to inform Mai Rui. On Monday, she called Qiao Guodong, the director of the National People's Congress, but as soon as she said a word, Qiao Guodong lost his temper: "Notify me of the meeting at this time, what did you do in advance?" Zhou Zhou was stunned, he didn't expect Qiao Guodong to be so angry. After thinking about it, it must be Qiao Guodong's ** illness again, blame her and Qiang Wei for not taking him seriously, and the matter was tightened, so he was the director of the National People's Congress. Qiao Guodong is a well-known complainer, and he always feels that the municipal party committee and ** have done everything, and they will never be able to get a share of the people's congress. Although Zhou Zhou Cang has thoughts about this, Qiao Guodong is an old leader and an old Heyang, and Zhou Zhou Cang can't be disrespectful to him. Sometimes respecting people is also an art, something that Zhou Zhou realized over the past two years in the intricate political environment of Ha Duong.

Qiao Guodong was still losing his temper on the phone, but he couldn't hold on to it in his heart, at this juncture, she didn't have time to listen to anyone complaining at her, and she couldn't stop talking, and Qiao Guodong had no reason to be angry at her. This is doing things, not grabbing credit. Even if you grab the credit, it won't be Qiao Guodong's turn to grab it! She calmed down for a moment, accentuated her tone a little, and asked, "Director Qiao, can you come?" ”

Qiao Guodong seemed to hesitate for a while, and then said: "No need, Mayor Zhou, I don't know anything about attracting investment, and I'm afraid that it will be self-defeating." Besides, I have gastritis again, and I have to go to the hospital for hanging injections, and I guess I can't catch up with the time. ”

Zhou Cang held the phone, stiffened for a moment, and then closed it gently.

The call was very uncomfortable for her, very uncomfortable. Qiao Guodong's wrinkled face flashed in her mind, which stood still in front of her eyes for a few seconds, and then let her close her eyes and disappear.

Only then did she grab the phone and call the chairman of the CPPCC, but fortunately, the other party was happy and promised to come to the meeting immediately.

The welcome meeting was short-lived, much less passionate than originally envisioned, and the enthusiastic speech prepared by Zhou Cang did not come in handy, and everything was disturbed by the villagers of Hongshawo Village. However, this simple welcome ceremony still surprised Ouyang Moqian, he didn't seem to be used to this kind of scene, and he didn't understand what to do with arranging such a ceremony? The atmosphere of the dinner was warm, and it was Ha Yang's forte to receive guests at the wine table, so everyone could enjoy it. Ouyang Moqian was infected by it, and gradually became bold, he originally didn't drink liquor, and it was difficult to resist his enthusiasm, but under the invitation of Zhou Cang, he still raised his wine glass. Qin Sisi was refreshing, she said that she liked this kind of magnificent scene, but it was a pity that she couldn't meet it over there. In a word, Zhou Zhou had a good impression of her. In the middle, Ouyang Moqian said to Zhou Cang: "I didn't expect you to be so grand, such a comparison, my side seems too simple and casual." Zhou Zhou hurriedly said: "Mr. Ouyang, don't think so, you haven't seen any big scenes abroad, we are poor, and everything is poor." ”

It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that Qiang Wei finished the work of the villagers, and when he rushed back to Heyang, the dinner was over, Qin Xiyue was anxious to see his daughter, Qiang Wei insisted on pulling him to have a simple dinner, and then accompanied him to the VIP building. In the middle, Zhou Zhou reminded quietly: "Secretary Qiang, do you want to change your clothes?" ”

"What do you do when you change your clothes?" Qiang Wei asked puzzled.

"People ......" Zhou Zhou was just about to continue, but when he saw that Qiang Wei's face was not quite right, he choked. But she muttered in her heart, people are representatives of China, and they come to invest, you are dressed so old-fashioned, how can people look at it?

A few people came to the VIP building, and as soon as they knocked on the door, Qin Xiyue let his daughter hug him: "Dad, I miss you to death." "Sisi, this child, a typical father-lover, almost gave up the opportunity to develop because he was reluctant to be a father, if it weren't for Qin Xiyue's resolute idea, I'm afraid she would have become a "turtle", naturally, there would be no marriage with Ouyang.

As soon as he saw his daughter, the tears in Qin Xiyue's eyes couldn't stop pouring out, and he didn't care if Qiang Wei was there, it was convenient for him to cry or not, so he would let it flow. He hugged his daughter's shoulders and was excited for a while, then gently pushed Sisi away, and said with a trembling voice: "Let Dad see, let Dad see, is my Sisi becoming beautiful?" ”

Qin Sisi smiled a little shyly, and was busy going to the bathroom to get a comb, because Qin Xiyue's hair was messy and messy—the wind was blowing in the desert. When she was at home, Sisi was most concerned about her father's hair, and she said that men only had a taste when they had a comb for their hair.

At this time, Ouyang Moqian came over with a smile and greeted the old man with a little reserve. To Qiang Wei and Zhou Zhoucan's surprise, Qin Xiyue did not show much enthusiasm for his son-in-law, who was a dignitary, and was even a little indifferent. just said lightly: "It's the road, right?" Then he sat on the couch and stared at one of his daughter's clothes. Qiang Wei hurriedly greeted Ouyang to dilute the strange cold smell that suddenly appeared in the room. Ouyang Moqian didn't care about his father-in-law's attitude, and greeted Qiang Wei enthusiastically.

Zhou Zhou Cang sensitively captured the indifference of this pair of Weng sons-in-law, pretending not to notice anything, and said: "Sisi, this child, is really sensible, Qin Lao is so blessed to raise such a good daughter." ”

Qin Xiyue ignored Zhou Zhou, he seemed to have more prejudices about Zhou Zhou, and until now he had been eating in the restaurant, he had been keeping a tight face and didn't say a word to Zhou Zhou. Especially when Zhou Zhou told Qiang Wei about Qiao Guodong's in front of him, his face became more and more ugly.

Qin Sisi came out with a comb, and saw that Ouyang Moqian and Qiang Wei were chatting just right, so it was difficult to interject, so he simply pulled Qin Xiyue and went inside to talk.

Although Heyang Hotel is not a five-star hotel, the suite where Ouyang and his wife live is more luxurious than the presidential suite of a five-star hotel. The furnishings and decorations inside are completely made with reference to the standards of the Beijing International Hotel, and they are uniquely blended into the vast and majestic Gobi of the Northwest Desert, which makes the luxury of this room have a sense of tragedy and grandeur far away. In short, being able to live in this suite for a night is the most noble treatment in Heyang.

Unfortunately, for the couple living in this suite, they don't seem to feel it.

There was nothing to say that night, and the next day, the negotiations officially began, and the negotiations went smoothly at first, and everything was in the grasp of Zhou Cang. Two days later, when Zhou Cang was enthusiastically planning to hand over the intended agreement that had already been prepared to Ouyang Moqian, Secretary Qiang Wei made a phone call and disrupted the negotiation situation in one fell swoop!