Chapter 212 Long Province Agreed
"A verbal notice! Where did all those documents come from? What do you think our Canton Fair is? How could it be so revolving around this godforsaken place in Long Province?" The man waved his hand impatiently. "Hurry up and set up the exhibition! Don't waste our time here."
"What if we disagree?" Jiang Haitang refused to budge, her gaze sweeping across everyone present. "The Canton Fair is a window into China's foreign trade, not a place for some to pursue personal gain! If this matter isn't resolved today, we'll go to the Ministry of Foreign Trade's supervisory team. I don't believe no one can stop this kind of self-serving behavior at the expense of the public interest!"
The man was trying to find an excuse to prevaricate, but Yan Peiwen walked in as if on time.
Today she changed into a moon-white suit and skirt, and wore high-heeled leather shoes. When she walked, the hem of her skirt swept across the ground, bringing with it a faint scent of perfume.
She raised her eyebrows in feigned surprise: "Director Zheng and Director Zhao aren't going to set up the exhibition, so why are they here?"
Neither Zheng Kaihe nor Zhao Kai said anything, but their brows became more and more furrowed.
Zheng Kaihe, in particular, was deeply regretful. Why did he bring such a troublemaker to the Canton Fair?
It would be fine if he was just a troublemaker, but he also had a strong backer, so he had no way to control the troublemaker.
"Comrade Yan Peiwen, why are you here if you are not in the hotel familiarizing yourself with the translation content?" Zheng Kaihe asked with a cold face.
"My father asked me to come over and say hello to all the uncles!" Yan Peiwen sat down and replied incoherently, not even looking at Zheng Kaihe, the deputy factory director.
How could Zheng Kaihe not understand that Yan Peiwen was pointing fingers at him?
But things have already turned out like this. No matter what, the Yan family will not let me go after I go back. After thinking it through, Zheng Kaihe suddenly became enlightened.
He was about to ask Yan Peiwen to go back when he heard Yan Peiwen speaking again.
"Oh, why is Teacher Jiang here? Could it be..." She glanced at the documents on the table, "You're not satisfied with the booth?"
A thin old man smiled broadly, "Is your niece Peiwen here? We received a call from your father. I wonder if your niece is satisfied with this arrangement?"
Jiang Haitang thought to himself: It is indeed so.
I just don't know whether it's just to use personal grudges to suppress others, or to use it as an excuse to achieve some kind of benefit transfer.
Jiang Haitang would rather believe that a transfer of benefits was achieved.
Yue Province must have agreed to some conditions that made Director Yan willing to damage the interests of Long Province and suppress its own exhibitors.
"Uncle Zhang, I am very satisfied. I think this is the best way to reflect fairness... Some local specialties are indeed not suitable to be placed in the main exhibition area." Yan Peiwen said meaningfully.
At this moment, Yan Peiwen didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what she said. She seemed to have forgotten that she was a member of the Long Province delegation and the honor of Long Province was closely related to her.
Zheng Kaihe clenched his fists and asked, "Yan Peiwen, do you still remember your identity? What good will it do you if the Long Province delegation embarrasses you?"
"There's no benefit, so what? Who made me dislike some people? Otherwise, Teacher Jiang, could you please apologize to me?" Yan Peiwen stared at Jiang Haitang with hatred in his eyes.
Jiang Haitang actually never understood why Yan Peiwen had such strong malice towards her, even though they had very little contact.
"Yan Peiwen, what did I do wrong? Do I need to apologize to you?"
Jiang Haitang did not follow Yan Peiwen's suggestion and choose to keep the peace, but chose to fight back directly.
Yan Peiwen obviously didn't expect that Jiang Haitang would be so disrespectful to her. She dared to say this because she was sure that Jiang Haitang would choose to compromise for the sake of the overall situation.
"Jiang Haitang, do you have a sense of the overall situation?"
Jiang Haitang was speechless.
"Yan Peiwen, who has the worst sense of the overall situation? Do I need to explain everything you've done since we got on the train?"
"You're a translator at the machinery factory, and I'm a technician at the textile factory. We haven't had any conflicts, but ever since we got on the bus, you've been targeting me. Now, you've even targeted the entire Long Province delegation."
"Do you want to think about your father's identity? Is this really okay for you to do? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to give an explanation to the people of Long Province later?"
Jiang Haitang finished speaking, and the office instantly became quiet.
Just then, there was a sound of steady footsteps outside the door.
Jiang Haitang subconsciously turned around and saw that the middle-aged man with glasses on the train was standing at the door at some point.
Director Zhang dropped the cigarette in his hand. "Minister Zhou... Minister Zhou?"
It turned out that the man wearing glasses who took the train with them all the way to Huacheng was actually Vice Minister Zhou of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
Vice Minister Zhou picked up the document on the table, took a look, and said with a cold face, "Interesting! I just reviewed the final booth list yesterday. How come it has changed today?"
Director Zhang immediately began to sweat.
"Deputy Minister Zhou, it's like this... it's... it's that the exhibits from Yue Province are more... more in line with the needs of foreign investors..."
"You don't need to explain. The location of Long Province was determined by the Ministry of Foreign Trade. I don't care what method you use. Adjust the booth back within an hour."
The man with slicked-back hair was so frightened that his legs went limp. He stammered, "Provincial Yue has already started setting up the exhibition. I'm afraid it will be difficult to adjust..."
"We've already started setting up the exhibition, so now we're going to tear it down! There's no order without rules. You can even adjust something as important as the booth behind my back. What else would you not dare to do?"
Yan Peiwen stood aside, twisting the corner of her dress with her fingers, and the arrogance she had just shown was gone.
She didn't expect that Jiang Haitang could get the support of Vice Minister Zhou.
When Yan Peiwen was on the train, she did not notice this ordinary old man wearing glasses. Therefore, she had no idea that Jiang Haitang and Vice Minister Zhou met on the train. She just thought that the two had a long-standing relationship.
She became more and more certain that Jiang Haitang was able to know such a big shot because of Lu Liangchen.
Lu Liangchen is from Beijing. It is said that his family has a strong background. As soon as Lu Liangchen arrived in Long Province, her father wanted to pair her with Lu Liangchen, but Lu Liangchen pretended to be stupid and refused to agree.
If Lu Liangchen finally chose someone who was better than her in every aspect, she would be happy. But who knew that Lu Liangchen actually found a country girl in the end, which was unacceptable to the proud Yan Peiwen.
Later, Jiang Haitang even became her teacher. How could she be willing!
"Deal with the booth issue first. Come back to me in an hour to report on the progress and explain why the booth adjustment occurred."
Director Zhang thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Deputy Minister Zhou, we only made the booth adjustment after Long Province agreed."
Director Zhang's words were like a stone hitting the calm water, and everyone in the office turned their eyes to him.
"Did the Long Province agree?" Vice Minister Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly behind his glasses. "Who agreed?"
Director Zhang's Adam's apple rolled and his eyes unconsciously glanced at Yan Peiwen.
"Yes...it was Deputy Director Yan of the Long Province Revolutionary Committee in charge of foreign trade who called personally..."
Yan Peiwen's face turned pale in an instant.
She stood up suddenly: "Uncle Zhang! What nonsense are you talking about! How could my father..."
She stopped talking halfway. She remembered that she had called her father when she was in Shangdu. Perhaps her father made such arrangements just to avenge her.
"Who is she?" Deputy Minister Zhou asked with a frown.
"This is Deputy Director Yan's daughter, Yan Peiwen!" Director Zhang introduced hurriedly.
"Why would irrelevant people appear here?" Deputy Minister Zhou became even more unhappy. This organizing committee was too derelict in its duty.
"She is from the Long Province delegation!" Director Zhang explained hesitantly.
It is estimated that this matter will not end well today. Director Zhang no longer cares about others and plans to take care of himself first.
"Bring the person in charge from Yue Province over here, as well as the person in charge from Long Province. Why are the participating factories themselves coming forward? What does the person in charge do for a living?"
At this point, Vice Minister Zhou basically took his anger out on others, but even so, no one dared to say anything.
His subordinates immediately went to find the leaders of Yue Province and Long Province.
Vice Minister Zhou also made arrangements to correct the booths first so that all participating units could set up their exhibitions as soon as possible.
When the Yue Province delegation reluctantly withdrew from No. 15, Area A, Zhao Kai was directing the workers to move in samples from Jincheng Textile Factory one by one.
Zhao Kai personally stepped on the ladder and hung a piece of peacock blue blended cloth high up. The cloth shone with a soft luster under the light, attracting several foreign businessmen passing by to stop and watch.
After climbing down the ladder and looking at the rearranged booth, he suddenly sighed, "If it weren't for your persistence, we would have really failed this time."
Jiang Haitang wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the crowd surging at the entrance of the exhibition hall, and said firmly: "This is just the beginning. We want to show everyone that Long Province's fabrics are not inferior to anyone else."
"Director Yan, why do we do this? Isn't it good for us to earn more foreign exchange?" Kang Xiaoxia was very puzzled.
We are all doing this for Long Province. As a senior leader, how could you agree to move your own booth to such a remote corner?
Kang Xiaoxia couldn't think of so many things, she just felt heartbroken and hard to accept.
"We'll know once the investigation results come out. I believe Vice Minister Zhou will give us an answer!"
Although it was the first time he met Vice Minister Zhou, Jiang Haitang trusted the old man very much.
"Sister-in-law, will we cause trouble for the factory director?" Zhao Kai suddenly felt a little insecure at this time.
Being the leader of our own group is already difficult enough, what if it causes trouble?
"It's okay. If he were here, he would support us in doing this."
Having said that, Jiang Haitang felt that she should tell Lu Liangchen in advance to prevent Lu Liangchen from being put in a passive position.
After the call was connected, Lu Liangchen fell silent after listening to Jiang Haitang's feedback.
This matter is abnormal both emotionally and logically. After all, if the Long Province delegation does not achieve good results this time, it will also affect Director Yan.
If it was just to vent his anger on his daughter, it shouldn't be that serious.
"Haitang, I will investigate this matter. You and Zhao Kai don't have to worry. Just focus on your work at the Canton Fair." Lu Liangchen whispered to comfort Jiang Haitang.
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