Chapter Ninety-Seven: There Are Few Figures, and the Contrast is Grim
July 18, Provincial Economic and Trade Exhibition Center.
Outside the exhibition center, the colorful flags are fierce, the air is flying, the music is exciting, the commentary is sound, and the provincial tourism promotion matchmaking meeting is about to be carried out here.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the exhibition center was already crowded and bustling. People look at brochures, or judge them, or go back and forth, or point fingers. In fact, most of these people are people who eat melons, just to see the excitement, and by the way, to see what there is to play.
Some of the people who really participated in the negotiation have been in place in the hall, and some have not yet arrived, and the tourism project units in place in the hall are the enterprises that do not come.
Although these people outside the hall are very lively, it is mainly a form of communication, in fact, it is not easy to hear clearly, and these sounds are not comparable to festive music at all. Although the exhibition center has long been opened, only staff and exhibitors can enter and exit, and the time to actually visit the exhibition has not yet arrived.
The exhibition hall has been newly arranged, eye-catching icons, colorful pictures, high-tech facilities, vivid displays, everywhere embodies the elements of "tourism", "display", "docking" and "cooperation".
In addition to the atmospheric and colorful layout of the public area of the exhibition hall, each booth has different characteristics, all showing the advantages and characteristics of its own projects. The staff in the booth were all neatly dressed and smiling, the boys were handsome, and the girls were beautiful.
Compared to the hustle and bustle outside, the hall was much quieter, but the people were not idle. The assignment has long been done, and people are either practicing the process, whispering details, researching winning tricks, or participating in what might happen.
That's the case for the vast majority of booths, but there's one thing that's clearly different.
What about high-tech display carriers? No. There is only one thing that looks like a light box, and there are two small display panels, although the material is okay, but compared to the others, it is too far behind.
What about handsome guys and girls? There is only one girl. The girls are not badly dressed, and the style and color of the clothes are similar to those of other girls, but the color is different, and the style cannot withstand careful comparison. The girlish temperament is also definitely online, just a little more dignified, and it seems to be more suitable for executive business. The point is that without an interactive partner, you can't dance and talk to yourself, right? And there is a faint burnt color between her eyebrows.
The location is also too remote, located at the edge of the back half of the area, and it is also the very edge of the entire hall.
The place is too small, less than one-third of most booths, and it is not comparable with those magnificent local tyrants.
On the whole, this small place looks like an ugly duckling, an ugly duckling in a flock of white swans.
This location is from Hanlin Town, and the girl is Miao Lingling, the deputy mayor of the town, who is waiting for the exhibition to start and Li Guanglei's arrival.
"Ka Ka Ka", a tall and thin man dressed in a uniform costume and stepping on pointy European leather shoes came from afar.
The people at the booths along the way immediately paid attention to each other, greeted each other with smiling faces, and some greeted them warmly.
The tall and thin man had a reserved expression and a critical gaze, sweeping from every stall and every smiling face.
Seeing this person, Miao Lingling also hurriedly inspected it and put on a sincere smile.
Suddenly, the thin man's expression changed slightly, his cheeks, which were not smiling, became even colder, and the look in his eyes became much sharper.
"Knock knock", the hard-soled leather shoes stepped on heavier, and the thin and tall man's eyes swept over this position coldly, glanced at the corners of his mouth and turned around, ignoring the smile of the beautiful woman at all.
After taking two steps, the tall and thin man turned his head sideways, pointed with the walkie-talkie, and his face was full of disgust: "Clean it up, what has become of it." ”
What's going on? It's not like that. Our area is neat and tidy, and I'm tidy up, what's wrong? After examining herself, Miao Lingling looked up and wanted to ask politely. But the tall, lanky hall manager was long gone.
"Snort," laughed from the two booths next to them.
Miao Lingling looked at it again suspiciously, thinking of that look, thinking of the sarcastic appearance of the laugher, she understood, this is all a dog looking down on people, laughing at us shabby. Hmph, you laugh at me, I still can't look down on you, Miao Lingling smiled proudly.
Raising his hand to look at his watch, and looking into the distance again, Miao Lingling's face appeared again: It's already past nine o'clock, he should be almost there.
Sometimes what should be done may not come true, and after waiting for a while, there is still no voice from Li Guanglei.
"It's a grind." Miao Lingling sneered softly.
Looking at the watch again, the time was already more than half past nine, Li Guanglei had not yet arrived, but there were more sounds of walking in the quiet exhibition hall, and the exhibition hall management personnel shuttled from time to time.
"No problem, right?"
"It's all set."
"That's good, be sure to check carefully, and don't make mistakes."
"No, it's foolproof."
Although the conversation was some distance away, Miao Lingling still heard it. She knew that it was the small manager who reported to the big manager, and was doing the final check and confirmation.
"Attention, attention, everyone. Please carefully inspect the booth by the staff and exhibitors in the hall, check the key areas, and check the subtleties. As the voice playback in the hall sounded, the multimedia screen was also synchronized to the sound origination location.
On the large screen, the picture is the central area of the exhibition hall, and a man is talking about precautions. Miao Lingling knew that this was a director of the Provincial Tourism Bureau and one of the on-site leaders of the event, and there were photos and introductions on the "bulletin board" in the hall.
While the director was speaking, people came in one after another, and they all looked like middle-level cadres of government functional departments.
After talking about the general requirements, he handed the microphone to the girl with a good temperament next to him, and the director and several others walked towards the entrance of the hall together.
After the girl read out some more rules, she stopped speaking, and the picture froze on the red carpet, and the music in the background resumed the festive music.
Miao Lingling looked at the time, it was about to be 9:50, and the tourism matchmaking meeting was about to start, why didn't Li Guanglei come yet? Miao Lingling's brows furrowed. I wanted to take out my phone and ask, but in the end I didn't call.
A few minutes have passed, Li Guanglei still has not arrived, but the picture on the large screen multimedia is lively.
People's eyes are all focused on the big screen, looking at the people who have just walked into the screen.
Miao Lingling noticed that in the picture surrounded by everyone, a middle-aged man with combed back hair was very eye-catching, and it was the executive vice governor who came. Among these people around, there is also a vice governor, who is in charge of tourism, and the rest are also at the department and bureau level, and those department-level cadres can only keep an appropriate distance.
"Hello everyone, hello everyone! Please take your seats, and the tourism promotion matchmaking meeting will start immediately. "It was the director of the Provincial Tourism Bureau who spoke.
At the gesturing invitation of the director of tourism, the vice governor in charge walked to the microphone position, and the others quickly dispersed, from huddling to standing in two rows, but the executive vice governor still stood in the most important position.
Noting that the people at the scene had stood according to the rules, the vice governor spoke into the microphone and spoke enthusiastically: "Respected ......"
After the vice governor presided over the opening remarks, the director of the provincial tourism bureau made a report on behalf of the province's tourism system, talking about the current good situation and the significance and scale of the matchmaking meeting.
As the top leader present today, the executive vice governor delivered an enthusiastic speech on behalf of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, placing high hopes on the entire matchmaking meeting and wishing the conference a complete success.
After the executive vice governor's speech, under the auspices of the vice governor, the main leaders operated on a device, and the scene was suddenly shaken with joy, color stripes were sprayed, and the tourism promotion matchmaking meeting was officially launched.
Accompanied by a group of people, the executive vice governor and other leaders left the launch site and began to inspect and visit the exhibition area. Shortly after the leaders left, the screen cut into nine sets, and the people outside the hall had already entered the exhibition hall.
The people at the booth all retracted their eyes and were ready for docking and introduction.
Although anxious about Li Guanglei's inability to arrive, Miao Lingling, like everyone else, greeted with a smile on her face, ready to capture business opportunities and showcase projects.
"Knock knock", "Click",
There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and a man and two women walked quickly, and the first person was the tall and thin man holding a walkie-talkie earlier.
Looking at her eyes, as if she was coming by herself, Miao Lingling was both puzzled and worried.
Sure enough, the three of them went straight to the small position, and under the wave of the tall and thin man, the two women immediately put down the exquisite floor display card in their hands. The position of the sign is real, and it is placed directly in front of Miao Lingling, almost blocking the entire area, anyway, as long as it is far away, it is specified that the "light box" and the display board cannot be seen.
Miao Lingling's face changed: "What are you going to do?" ”
"Talk less." The tall and thin man did not explain at all, but ordered directly.
Miao Lingling landed her finger on the display board: "You did this, blocking us." ”
"Obey the management and pay attention to the identity." After scolding coldly, the tall thin man's tone softened a little, "Just for a while, after the leader leaves, take it away." ”
"You ......" only said one word, and Miao Lingling was speechless. She was aware of the "shortcomings" and also saw the crowd flashing on the other end.
The tall and thin man stopped talking, glanced at the second girl, and walked quickly towards the crowd.
These people who came were none other than the Executive Vice Governor and the people who accompanied him. The executive walked and watched, and occasionally stopped to have a brief conversation with the people on both sides.
Getting closer, closer and closer to the very edge, the tall and thin man looked very nervous, and the two women also looked embarrassed.
The results showed that the tension and embarrassment were superfluous, and the executive vice governor did not go all the way to the end, but walked back along the middle passage.
Receiving the eyes of the tall and thin man, the two women picked up the display card, both glanced at Miao Lingling arrogantly, and left with a sarcastic smile.
Act like a snob. Miao Lingling only used this way of scolding to let out the evil anger in her heart.
The picture shows that after the provincial leaders inspected the circle, they left the exhibition center accompanied by many department leaders.
The visitors were distributed in all corners of the exhibition hall one after another, but they were not evenly distributed, but thick and rare, and Miao Lingling's position was the most rare. Even if someone walks here, they immediately leave with a look of disappointment or even foolishness.
Although she has a certain psychological preparation, she can endure the white eyes and disgust alone, Miao Lingling is still very uncomfortable in her heart, but she still has to pretend to be smiling, and the degree of discomfort can be imagined.
It was only nearly twelve o'clock when Li Guanglei was late.
"Why are you here so late?" Miao Lingling said angrily.
"There was a delay on the way." Vaguely responded, Li Guanglei asked, "How is it?" ”
"What do you say? An ugly duckling. Miao Lingling said.
In front of those booths, there are all surging people and frequent interactions, but this small position is a small number of people, and the comparison is clear at a glance.
Li Guanglei saw the contrast, and could only laugh at himself.
At the end of the day, there were only a handful of people who stopped in front of this position, and even fewer answered. Even when asked, it is often in a tone of sarcasm or pity.
The second day, the third day, the fourth day, every day, every day, every day is not as good as the other. On the contrary, other booths, talking, negotiating, and even signing contracts, were very busy. Compared with the two, how can the word "miserable" be expressed?