"Huh? I was sitting right next to you, I heard it very clearly."
Lin Chen then explained the content of their conversation to Zhang Yiming again.
Zhang Yiming stared in disbelief after hearing this.
"Mr. Lin, what was the meaning behind those last two sentences of your conversation? Why did he get up and leave after saying that?"
"What I said to him in the end was that there's no point in talking without a policy. This company belongs to me alone, and I can go wherever I want to work. What he said was that I was young, arrogant, and didn't know what I was doing. He said we'd see."
An Rou clicked her tongue and said, "You cunning people, how come it's so tiring to talk? I didn't understand a word you said. I thought you were having a good chat."
Zhang Yiming chimed in, "Yeah, I was just saying, this leader is quite good at praising people, but you're telling me you two almost got into a fight? Good heavens, President Lin, what do we do now?"
"What's there to be afraid of? It's definitely a task assigned by higher-ups. I guess some leader wants to give us special training. Think about it, Beijing has Baidu, Hangzhou has Alibaba, Shenzhen has Tencent, while Shanghai, as the leader of the country's economic development, has nothing..."
"Therefore, our company has a great advantage."
“That’s right, the advantage is with us! However, we can’t just sit idly by. Mr. Zhang, could you go to Hangzhou tomorrow, meet with Huang Zheng, and visit the Hangzhou Bureau of Commerce to express your intention to settle here and see if they have any relevant policies?”
"Oh? Mr. Lin, are we really going to Hangzhou?"
"This is called being prepared for both possibilities. If Hangzhou's policies are favorable, why can't we go? If Hangzhou's policies are not so good, it can also signal to Shanghai that we are preparing to leave Shanghai. At that time, it will be Shanghai that is worried."
Zhang Yiming and An Rou shook their heads at the same time, saying, "President Lin, your heart is too dirty."
Lin Chen: ? ? ?
After leaving Xingchen Technology, Chen Wei maintained a cold expression. The district leaders, seeing this high-ranking official's demeanor, were somewhat bewildered. Hadn't they just been having a good chat? The other party simply refused your offer to introduce him to a loan, right? What, you, a high-ranking official, need to take kickbacks from loan offers?
After returning to the Bureau of Commerce, Chen Wei went to report to Director Lu Ping.
"Director, Lin Chen, the boss of Xingchen Technology, is not reliable at all and is extremely greedy for small gains. He immediately asked us to give him a piece of land to build his headquarters building."
"Oh? Such a thing actually happened. This person is so ungrateful. I had high hopes for this company before."
"Not only that, he also threatened me to move to Suzhou or Hangzhou."
"This...this is a bit troublesome. After all, this was my nomination, and the mayor and party secretary both agreed to it. If he runs away, then we will be in the wrong even if we are in the right."
"Director, after all, it was Xingchen Technology that acted unreasonably first. The mayor and party secretary should be able to understand, right?"
"Hey, this isn't that simple. You think I'm about to leave this position and I'm still causing this kind of trouble? It's because the mayor and the party secretary have both privately mentioned the idea of becoming a leading internet company to me."
"Huh? Then..."
"That's right. So, in the end, I'm just a gofer. None of the three major domestic internet companies have settled in Shanghai, which makes the mayor and the party secretary lose face."
"Then why don't we just switch to another company?"
“I investigated the top internet companies in Shanghai. Some of them were founded in other places and moved to Shanghai after their businesses grew. Others were involved in tax evasion. Only Xingchen Technology met the requirements. Moreover, it is a startup project by college students in Shanghai, which is an even bigger plus.”
"So what do we do now?"
"Let's do this: let him reflect for a few days first. I'll go there in a couple of days. If they still have this attitude, then I definitely won't tolerate it and will choose another company to take their place."
"Ah... how about I go, Chief?"
"It's alright, I'll go myself. It'll be a way for me to give an account to the mayor and the party secretary during my term of office."
Although Chen Wei felt a little uneasy, he didn't take it seriously. He didn't believe that Xingchen Technology would actually dare to move away. Besides, Chen Wei was not someone to be trifled with. He could speak up in both Suzhou and Hangzhou.
However, he underestimated the determination of the Shanghai mayor and party secretary.
The next day, Zhang Yiming went to Hangzhou to find Huang Zheng. After he explained his purpose to Huang Zheng, Huang Zheng smiled and said...
"It's great to be in Hangzhou. I welcome the headquarters to move here. It will save me from having to go to Shanghai every time something happens."
"Go away, stop causing trouble. Putting aside all the employees in Shanghai, President Lin and several candidates for the boss's wife are all studying in Shanghai. How are they supposed to commute between school and company if we move to Hangzhou?"
"That's true. But with Mr. Lin's current grades, even if he doesn't go to class, the school will send his graduation certificate to his home. He can't refuse it even if he wants to."
"That's true. I haven't seen President Lin go to the school at all in the second half of the year."
"Forget about that for now, Brother Zhang. You've come all this way to Hangzhou, so tonight I'll treat you to a meal and show you what it means to be 'as good as heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below,' hehe."
"Then I'll gladly accept your offer, hehe."
That evening, Huang Zheng took Zhang Yiming to Hangzhou's largest club, where they experienced what it meant to be "surrounded by mountains and towers, where the songs and dances of West Lake never cease."
Zhang Yiming had no idea how he got back to the hotel.
When the alarm clock rang in the morning, Zhang Yiming rubbed his head, sat up in bed, and suddenly realized that there was someone lying next to him.
I was startled. Oh no, I hope I didn't make a mistake last night.
Upon closer inspection, thankfully it was a man.
But suddenly my anus tightened again.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Huang Zheng.
"Brother Huang, Brother Huang, why didn't you go home? Why are you sleeping here?"
Huang Zheng yawned and mumbled sleepily, "Last night you kept saying you wanted to become sworn brothers with me, and that good brothers should sleep in the same bed, and you wouldn't let me go home."
After hearing Huang Zheng say that, Zhang Yiming seemed to remember something too. Damn it!
The two got up and tidied themselves up, preparing to visit the Hangzhou Bureau of Commerce today.
As they opened the door and stepped out, a young couple also came out of the opposite room. They both looked at Zhang Yiming and Huang Zheng, two grown men, with strange eyes.
Zhang Yiming was incredibly embarrassed, but he forced himself to leave.
"Hey, wait for me, Brother Zhang."
The two had breakfast at the hotel and then headed to the Hangzhou Bureau of Commerce.
"Hello, I am Huang Zheng, the general manager of Pinduoduo in Hangzhou. This is Zhang Yiming, the vice president of Shanghai Xingchen Technology. We would like to visit the director of your Bureau of Commerce. Do you have time?"
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