Shacheng City in Hunan Province is a county-level city with a population of 400,000. It is also the poorest county-level city in Hunan Province, with relatively few and singular industries in the urban area.
There are only a few snack product companies, paper towel and daily necessities companies, as well as real estate companies, timber processing plants, and candy factories.
Wang Sikong, the newly appointed deputy secretary of the Standing Committee, has been in Shacheng for half a month, but has not yet made much progress. Before he came, his grandfather told him that as long as he could improve Shacheng's economy, he would have a chance to remove the title of deputy.
Unfortunately, despite his efforts to attract investment, few companies were willing to invest. The reason was that the transportation here was inconvenient, and businessmen are profit-driven; who would be willing to do something without profit?
In the conference room, sitting in the main seat was Secretary Ma Jianguo, with Mayor Yao Shuheng to his left and Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Wang Sikong to his right.
Secretary Ma cleared his throat and said, "Vice President Wang, you've been in Shacheng for over half a month now. Today, report on how much investment you've brought back."
“Reporting to Secretary Wang, I have only brought back three companies so far. The largest one is a candy company, which has invested more than 10 million yuan to build a factory in Shacheng. The other two are relatively smaller, with investments of only more than 5 million yuan each,” Wang Sikong explained.
Secretary Ma said sternly, "Vice President Wang, our task this year is to bring back 1 billion yuan in investment. You've only brought back 20 million yuan. That's far from the target. We still need to work harder."
"Secretary, I will continue to work hard. I plan to go to Guangdong Province, the most economically powerful province, tomorrow, hoping to attract some large enterprises to invest in Shacheng."
Secretary Ma nodded: "Okay, I wish you a triumphant return in advance. The city will cover your travel expenses."
He then glanced at everyone and asked, "Does anyone else have something to report?"
Seeing that no one spoke, Secretary Ma announced the end of the meeting. Everyone got up and left the meeting room, returning to their work stations.
After Wang Sikong returned to his office, his phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was his grandfather calling. He pressed the answer button: "Hello, Grandpa, is there anything you need me to tell you?"
The voice on the other end of the phone said, "Sikong, you must do your best this year. Li Xiangqian from the Li family has been parachuted into Ningcheng City next to yours. It seems that the higher-ups intend for the two of you to compete. If you lose to Ningcheng City next door this year, you will probably have to wait another two or three years before you have a chance to be promoted."
"I understand, Grandpa. I will try my best to do so without worry."
After hanging up the phone, he picked up a lighter and lit a cigarette. "Hiss..." He took a deep drag and thought to himself: The pressure is immense. A billion-dollar investment has only yielded a tiny fraction of the results.
After finishing a cigarette, he quickly packed his things, left the government office building, and headed towards the airport.
At Shenzhen Airport in Guangdong Province, Wang Sikong dragged his suitcase out of the airport, hailed a taxi, and got in.
"Driver, to the municipal government building."
Okay.
A moment later, the taxi stopped in front of the government building.
Wang Sikong got out of the car and walked directly into the building.
Soon, he arrived at the door of the municipal party secretary's office and knocked three times.
"Knock knock knock!"
"Come in." A dignified voice came from inside.
He pushed the door open, went inside, and then closed it behind him.
"Uncle, I've come to see you."
Ye Guoqiang looked up and glanced at him: "Didn't you go to Shacheng in Hunan Province? What are you doing here?"
“Uncle, I need to bring back 1 billion yuan in investment. I was thinking, since you are the top leader of Shenzhen, could you help me get some excellent companies to invest in our Shacheng?”
Ye Guoqiang shook his head and said seriously, "It's their voluntary decision to invest there. Our municipal party committee will not interfere. If you have the ability, you can persuade them to invest there. So coming to me is a waste of your time."
"Uncle, could you at least help me make a connection?"
"It's working hours now, so don't call me Uncle, call me Leader or Secretary Ye."
"You're not going to help, huh? I'll call my mom right now."
Ye Guoqiang immediately raised his hand to stop him: "Alright, stop hitting me. Can't you find investors yourself? Just go and talk to the companies you think are suitable for Shacheng."
Wang Sikong chuckled and said, "Uncle, with you acting as a go-between, my success rate will be even higher."
Ye Guoqiang said calmly, "Actually, you might as well go to your younger sister instead of me. She has invested in several good companies in Shenzhen."
"But the news of her leaving the Wang family has already spread throughout the capital, and the family has already removed her name from the family genealogy. Would she help me if I asked her?"
Ye Guoqiang thought for a moment and said, "I think he'll help. After all, you're her brother, aren't you?"
"Uncle, I remember when she left her home in Kyoto, it seemed like all her money was frozen. Where did Siyu get the money to invest in her business?"
Ye Guoqiang smiled mysteriously: "She herself doesn't have any, but her boyfriend does. That guy is worth billions, oh... no, he's already worth over 10 billion now, and I estimate he could be worth over 100 billion in ten years."
Wang Sikong jumped up and asked eagerly, "It's worth tens of billions now? Uncle, which rich man has my sister hooked up with? Tell me quickly."
Ye Guoqiang smiled faintly: "You don't even care about your own sister? Even though she left the Wang family, she's still your sister. Her boyfriend is the owner of Panda Takeout Company. You can look into it yourself when you have time."
“Uncle, I also wanted to help her, but my grandfather was furious at the time and forbade everyone to help her, so I had no choice.”
“Sikong, it’s not that your uncle doesn’t want to help you, but it would be against the rules for me to step in and act as a go-between. So many people are eyeing my position and are jealous of it. They’d love for me to break the rules so they can find something to use against me.”
"So you should understand how difficult it was for me to climb to where I am today. So you should go to the 23rd floor of Nanshan Building and ask Siyu for help. She is currently the general manager of Grey Wolf Investment."
His uncle's words suddenly made Wang Sikong realize that he was still too inexperienced in politics, and that his previous smooth sailing was all thanks to the help of his family.
He was able to climb to the level of deputy director-general at the age of 29, which made him proud and complacent. Looking back now, he realizes that he never had any sense of crisis before, and now he should change his ways.
"Uncle, I've taken your words to heart. I'll go find Siyu right now."
Ye Guoqiang nodded and waved to him, indicating that he could leave.
After leaving the government building, Wang Sikong took a taxi to the downstairs of the Daonanshan Building. He raised his wrist to check the time and found it was already 11 a.m.
He strode into the building's elevator and pressed the button for the 23rd floor.
Soon, the elevator arrived at the 23rd floor. I walked up to the front desk and politely said, "Hello, I'm looking for your general manager."
"Hello, sir, do you have an appointment?" the receptionist asked sweetly.
"Um... I didn't make an appointment. Could you please call her for me? I'm her older brother."
The receptionist glanced at him, thinking to herself, "This guy not only didn't make an appointment, but he's also pretending to be the general manager's brother."
So she pouted her pretty lips and said, "You're her older brother, and I'm her older sister. Am I proud of that?"
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