Chapter 525 Heavyweight Figure
"Uncle Yang!"
At the entrance of the restaurant, Boss Yang was standing by the flower bed smoking. Shen Ci saw him and took the initiative to go forward.
Boss Yang raised his head when he heard the voice, and seeing that it was Chen Ci who came, he immediately put out the cigarette in his hand and looked at Chen Ci's outfit tonight with a smile.
Then he nodded with satisfaction: "It looks good, did you change it specially?"
"Uncle Yang has reminded me to take it seriously, so I definitely can't be vague." Shen Ci said, looking around and asked, "Why are you outside? Hasn't the other party arrived yet?"
Boss Yang nodded. "The traffic is very congested at this time. It will probably be a little slow."
"It's not easy to park either." Chen Ci complained, "Why don't you meet at Shuiyunjian?"
"It's more private here. There are only six private rooms in this restaurant. I'm used to talking to government officials here."
Boss Yang said as he invited Shen Ci in, and as he walked in, he said, “Today I have an appointment with Section Chief Song from the Transportation Bureau and Director Zhang from the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Planning Bureau…”
At this point, Boss Yang paused for a moment and glanced sideways at Shen Ci.
Shen Ci blinked in confusion, clearly sensing that Uncle Yang had more to say.
Boss Yang smiled slightly and said, "And there's also the newly appointed Deputy District Chief Chen of Yangming District."
"Deputy District Chief?" Shen Ci was slightly startled and subconsciously stopped: "Uncle Yang, you have quite a good connection. How could you get such an important person on such a short notice?"
"It's a coincidence," Boss Yang explained softly. "Yangming District has recently been implementing new planning and has established a special project team, comprised entirely of its leadership team. They've recently met with a number of large construction companies in Yangming District. Among them, Chairman Sun of Li & Fung Group and I have been good friends for many years. He had dinner with these people just last week, so we've connected. He was the one who set me up."
"He's here today too, sitting inside. Remember to toast Mr. Sun later."
Upon hearing this, Shen Ci said, “Okay, I’ll definitely thank you for that.”
As they talked, they entered the private room. There was only a middle-aged man in a suit sitting at the round table inside.
Boss Yang cheerfully introduced them, "Old Sun, our Ah Ci is here. Ah Ci, this is Mr. Sun from the Li & Fung Group. You can call him Uncle Sun. Without him, we wouldn't be able to pull off this game today."
Shen Ci's face was filled with a warm smile. She quickly stepped forward and took the initiative to extend her hand to shake hands with Director Sun: "Hello, Uncle Sun, I am Shen Ci."
On weekdays, there are always beautiful women at the drinking parties of these big bosses, but the beauties are mostly just for embellishment. As those in power, these men always have no sense of restraint in their actions.
But today, Chen Ci's identity was obviously different. Director Sun only politely held the tips of Chen Ci's fingers and said politely, "Are you Ah Ci? I've heard Lao Yang mention you a lot. You are indeed young and beautiful."
"Of course!" Boss Yang said with a smile.
The three of them sat down together. Director Sun glanced at the time. It was almost the agreed time, but none of the other three had shown up yet.
But both Mr. Sun and Boss Yang appeared calm and composed.
Director Sun looked at Shen Ci and asked with a smile, “Ah Ci has never eaten with the leaders before, right?”
Shen Ci thought about it and it seemed that he had never experienced that before, so he shook his head.
Boss Yang chuckled and said, "Sometimes you just have to wait, asking for help. But it's not always intentional lateness, the traffic jam is real."
Chen Ci was a little surprised. Nowadays, enterprises and governments are interdependent. It is not the ancient period of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Even if the leader is in a high position, a boss with such a big business like Uncle Yang should not dare to look down on him.
"Uncle Yang, your group's business is so big..."
Boss Yang shrugged helplessly: "But my group's headquarters is not in Yangming District. I am a taxpayer in Zhonghui District."
Shen Ci nodded in understanding.
"Don't be nervous," Director Sun said. "I've just met these people. They're all new officials who want to make a big splash in Yangming District's new construction projects. Just tell us your ideas honestly. Whether they succeed or not, we'll give it a try."
"Okay." Shen Ci agreed, but he was not really nervous.
Because she is not like Uncle Yang and the others who have to deal with these people all the time, today is just a special occasion.
After a while, the door of the private room was knocked and pushed open by the waiter: "Please come in."
Seeing this, Shen Ci and the others stood up subconsciously, and then saw three men in suits walking in one after another.
Chairman Sun was familiar with them and took the initiative to greet them: "Song Ke, Director Zhang, District Chief Chen, are you here together?"
The thin man in the lead was Deputy District Chief Chen of Yangming District. He smiled and shook hands with Director Sun, explaining, "We happened to have a meeting this afternoon, so we came together right after the meeting. The traffic was really congested, so I'm sorry!"
"We just arrived too. Let me introduce you to a few of you." Director Sun said as he introduced everyone to each other one by one.
Boss Yang's group is very famous in Longcheng, and several people have heard of it. Today's scheme was instigated in the name of Boss Yang.
It was Shen Ci who seemed out of place among this group of middle-aged men in suits and ties. However, she was not timid at all. After Director Sun introduced her name, she extended her hand and greeted him.
When they looked at Shen Ci, they were subconsciously stunned. Although they stretched out their hands to shake hands with Shen Ci, there was some hesitation in their eyes, and they were not sure about Shen Ci's identity today.
"Please take a seat first. I'll notify the waiter to serve the food." Mr. Sun, the middleman, spoke at the right time and invited several people to take a seat.
Boss Yang started by serving the wine.
"I contacted Lao Sun today with the mentality of giving it a try. I didn't expect that the leaders would also give us face. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to have this meal with us."
"Boss Yang, you are so polite. We are here today for business, not just to have a meal."
"That's right, but I'm truly grateful that you can sit here."
Boss Yang was a seasoned man, so he was perfectly at ease in such situations. Just as the waiter brought in the wine, he quickly stood up, took it, and opened the bottle: "Without further ado, let me toast you all."
"Aci, is white wine okay?" He also did not forget to ask Shen Ci if he wanted to drink white wine.
Shen Ci accepted everyone who came and took the empty cup and handed it over: "Of course."
Everyone started drinking before the dishes were served.
Seeing this, Director Sun took the initiative to promote the process. He looked at Boss Yang and said with a smile, "Okay, Old Yang, we've had the opening drinks. If you have any ideas, tell the leaders."
The eyes of several leaders also fell on Boss Yang. Until this moment, they had never thought that the protagonist of today's game would be the little girl Shen Ci.
Boss Yang nodded. He had to help Aci run this place. Although the project belonged to Aci, he had to involve himself in it to attract the other party's attention.
Otherwise, the other party would not trust a little girl like Ah Ci who has no group to rely on.
(End of this chapter)
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