At ten o'clock in the morning, the people in the hall gradually increased, and the back of each booth was also full of officials from all over the country.

Zhou Jing followed the voice and looked, but saw Vice Governor Huang Yalin, surrounded by a group of people, walked in like stars holding the moon, Huang Yalin was about fifty years old, not tall, but his aura was very full, just entered the house, and the eyes of the audience were all focused on him.

The vice governor Huang, who served in Nanyue a few years ago, also served as the mayor of Wuyang City, has a good foundation here, so this investment promotion activity can get strong support from all aspects of Wuyang City.

With his arrival, the investment fair officially kicked off, Huang Yalin made an enthusiastic speech, in which he introduced in detail the development of Jiangzhou Province, as well as Jiangzhou's geographical environment, natural resources, history and culture, and customs.

In his speech, Huang Yalin emphasized that the provincial party committee and the provincial government will make great efforts to attract investment, and will give financial and policy support for key projects.

After the speeches, the entrepreneurs began to negotiate with officials from all over the country, and many booths were full of people, and TV reporters carried cameras and drilled around the crowd, busy and happy.

Compared with the lively scene of other booths, Zhou Jing's side is particularly deserted, which is actually a matter of no way, first, the location of the booth is relatively remote, just in the northwest corner, and second, the position of the two is too low, which cannot arouse the interest of businessmen at all.

In fact, many businessmen come to participate in such investment promotion activities, not necessarily for investment projects, but want to take advantage of such a rare opportunity to make friends with local political officials, so as to accumulate network resources and lay a good foundation for future development.

There are not a few people who hold this kind of thinking, and many businessmen are around Vice Governor Huang and several major leaders of prefectures and cities, in addition to exchanging business cards and exchanging earnest talks, it is to take a group photo.

In the sound of the shutter 'click', Vice Governor Huang Yalin stood in front of the rostrum with a spring breeze on his face, taking photos with many entrepreneurs from the Lingnan region, nearly ten minutes later, he took the time to take the mineral water handed by the secretary, took a sip, frowned and said: "Xiao Liu, have you contacted Jinghu Group?" ”

Secretary Liu hurriedly bent down and whispered: "I have already called, but the reply they gave was that Chairman Chen was going to attend an important meeting in the capital and couldn't come." ”

"That's it!" Huang Yalin frowned slightly, and his face showed a look of disappointment that could not be concealed.

You must know that Jinghu Group is a private enterprise with assets of 10 billion yuan, with more than 10 subsidiaries under its jurisdiction, and its economic strength is extremely strong, and it is the object of competition in many provinces.

Chen Guangyao was born in a high-ranking family and traveled extensively, and many of his friends were prominent political stars in the Chinese political arena, holding heavy power and great energy.

It's just that the Chen family acts extremely low-key, rarely shows their heads in public, and the people who can contact them are all mysterious figures in a very small circle, and for many people, they only hear their names and do not see them.

Huang Yalin went to the capital several times for meetings, and tried every possible way to meet with Chairman Chen, but failed to do so, and this time through the old leaders to dredge the relationship, sincere invitation, originally very hopeful, but at this time, it seems that it will be disappointed again.

Secretary Liu saw that the leader's face was ugly, so he guessed a few points, and said in a low voice: "Governor Huang, although Chairman Chen did not come, people from Jinghu Group revealed that Chen Dong's daughter is likely to come to Wuyang City, but the specific time has not yet been finalized, and they gave a mobile phone number, but I have not been contacted." ”

When Huang Yalin heard this, he had a little hope, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Liu, this matter is very important, we must seize the time to contact, if necessary, we can wait here for a while." ”

"Okay, Governor Huang." Secretary Liu nodded lightly, he knew very well that a few days ago, there was a rumor in the province that Executive Vice Governor Lin Haichuan was going to be transferred out of Jiangzhou Province to serve as the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee in other places, so that the people who were staring at this position began to move.

Vice Governor Huang is a foreign cadre, and his foundation in Jiangzhou Province is very shallow, and his relationship with the secretary and governor is also very ordinary; in the competition, he is obviously at a disadvantage.

Moreover, Vice Governor Huang is also very old, if he can't be promoted in the past few years, his career will go downhill, and what awaits him is likely to be transferred to a department like the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to take up an idle position.

Secretary Liu has followed Huang Yalin for many years, and knows that this old man is ambitious and unwilling to admit defeat easily, if he can catch the line of the Chen family and dredge it, he may be able to reverse the situation before the end of the year and win the extremely important position of executive vice governor.

Huang Yalin stayed at the meeting for half an hour, and left the activity center accompanied by several officials, and when the TV station video ended, there were significantly fewer merchants in the venue, and many people left the venue early.

Zhou Jing was very anxious, took some leaflets, walked to the door, and handed them out to the businessmen who came to attend the meeting, but the effect was not obvious, many people just glanced at it, turned their heads and left, as if they were not interested in the project inside.

And some people who came to the booth didn't have as much time to look at the information as they did to see Qin Xiaoqian, and most of them took the opportunity to talk to ask for Qin Xiaoqian's business card, and around the bush, they asked for a separate appointment.

Qin Xiaoqian is also good at looking at people, just from the eyes of those people, she can see the clues, so she politely refused, although the investment promotion work is important, it has not yet reached the point where you need to sacrifice your hue.

At noon, the two bought a boxed lunch, and after eating on the edge of the booth, they continued to wait for the merchants, but it was not until half past three in the afternoon that they received two merchants who really had investment intentions, but the conditions they put forward were extremely harsh and difficult to meet.

It was only at this time that Zhou Jing really realized that he really didn't know anything about officialdom, and even could be described by the word 'layman', and the theoretical expositions on those materials, no matter how logical, were not worth mentioning in the face of reality.

The unprecedented frustration made his mood extremely low, and he didn't say a few words for a whole afternoon, Qin Xiaoqian noticed it, and whispered a few words of comfort, just saying that she had expected such a situation, and this time she came over, just as a exercise.

When it was time to finish, the two silently packed up their things and returned to the hotel, and after waiting for half an hour, Lin Fusheng and He Yufeng and others came back, and a few people had a good time and brought back large bags of gifts.

Everyone went to the restaurant together, and after ordering, He Yufeng asked about the investment situation, Qin Xiaoqian hurriedly covered up: "Fortunately, there are several merchants who have investment intentions, but they still need further contact." ”

He Yufeng's eyes were sharp, and after glancing at Zhou Jing, he knew that the situation was not very optimistic, and said with a smile: "You two are really, why are you so serious, you finally come out once, you have to have a good time, simply, let's go to the hot spring together tomorrow." ”

Qin Xiaoqian was a little moved, turned to the side, and whispered: "Xiaojing, according to today's situation, there should be very few merchants coming from Ming'er, why don't you go out together for a walk." ”

Zhou Jing smiled reluctantly, shook his head and said, "Sister Qin, no need, I feel very tired today, I want to take a day off tomorrow, you just go out to play, don't worry about me." ”

Lin Fusheng pushed down his glasses and said softly: "Xiao Zhou, the weather outside is very good, don't always be bored in the hotel, go out for a walk with everyone, and your mood will be better." ”

Zhou Jing smiled, didn't say anything, ate a few bites of food, said that there was something, left the hotel, and walked aimlessly on the road, thinking about the smiling faces at the investment promotion meeting, as well as the officials and entrepreneurs who shook hands enthusiastically under the flashing lights.

At this time, he had to admit that such a stage would always belong to those high-ranking officials, as well as businessmen on the rich side, and before he got power and money, as an insignificant little person, he had no way to get among them.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, he returned to the hotel, but did not go to his room, but went to the bar below, ordered a few beers, bought a pack of cigarettes, took one out of it, lit it casually, took a deep breath, and was choked and coughed.

In the midst of the smoke, a crisp mobile phone ringtone, Zhou Jing picked up the phone and said softly: "Hey, hello." ”

An extremely pleasant voice sounded in his ears: "Hello, we met last night, and I came to pay back the money?" ”

"Pay it back?" Zhou Jing dusted off his cigarette ashes, and suddenly remembered the beautiful girl he met last night, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook his head and said, "No need, just a few hundred yuan, forget it." ”

"That's not good, where are you, I'll go to look for you, and I'll thank you in person." The girl's voice was soft, but there was a certain unquestionable firmness in her tone, which made it impossible to refuse.

Zhou Jing picked up the beer, took a sip, and said softly: "I'm in the bar below, come here." ”

"Okay, please wait, I'll be right away." The girl smiled happily and hung up the phone.

Zhou Jing drank beer by himself, until a few minutes later, a fragrant breeze wafted in, he raised his head, but saw the bright and moving girl, his breath was stagnant, he raised his hand and pointed to the opposite position, and said softly: "Sit!" ”

The girl nodded, pulled out a chair and sat down, frowned at him, and said softly, "What, it seems to be very unhappy?" ”

"It's fine." Zhou Jing smiled faintly, unbuttoned his shirt, and muttered, "Do you want to drink something?" ”

The girl raised her hand and snapped her fingers, called the waiter, opened a bottle of brandy, pursed her lips, and said, "Seeing that you are sullen, there must be something bothering." ”

Zhou Jing smiled and said softly: "I really didn't expect you to meet again." ”

The girl glanced at him and said lightly: "You don't need to meet, your troubles are already written on your face, what's the matter, is it a broken love?" ”

Zhou Jing shook his head lightly and smiled: "No, it's a matter of work." ”

The girl poured the wine, added ice cubes, gracefully lifted the glass, and said gently, "I haven't asked you about your profession yet." ”

Zhou Jing took out his business card, handed it over, and said with a smile: "Please advise." ”

The girl took the business card, glanced at it, put it down gently, shook the wine glass and said: "Don't drink beer, that's boring, accompany me to drink some strong bars, every time you drink a drink, I will invest five million in Qingyang." ”

Zhou Jing smiled and said softly: "What are you kidding!" ”

The girl smiled in a trance, picked up the cup, and said indifferently: "I never joke, believe it or not." ”

Zhou Jing frowned slightly, stared at her for a long time, and then raised his hand and said softly: "Waiter, take three more bottles of brandy!" ”