Lu Feng searched his home for a long time but couldn't find Huang Youwei's office phone number, so he had to call the person in charge of the Suzhou factory and ask him to find Huang Youwei's phone number.
In Huang Youwei's office, a meeting had just ended, and today's task was considered complete. Having been transferred here for almost two years, Huang Youwei had lived up to expectations and achieved remarkable results in the economic field.
The province highly recognizes his abilities, which has brought many smiles to Huang Youwei's face recently. If he continues to work for a few more years, he is likely to become the youngest provincial leader in the province, and his career can be said to be quite smooth.
The phone on the table rang, and Huang Youwei answered it casually, saying, "This is Huang Youwei, who is this?"
"Hello, Secretary Huang, it's me, Xiao Lu!" Lu Feng said with a grin on the phone.
"Little Lu? Which Little Lu?" Huang Youwei quickly thought for a moment, but he couldn't remember anyone with the surname Lu.
"You really have a bad memory. It's me, Lu Feng, the Lu Feng from Jiafeng Group." Lu Feng knew that Huang Youwei had been doing very well these past two years. He was a big leader now, so it was normal that he didn't remember him.
Upon hearing that it was Lu Feng, Huang Youwei's smile faded considerably. He said "oh" several times and asked warily, "Is there something you need?"
"It's nothing, it's just that the New Year is coming soon, so I wanted to come and see you and bring you some local specialties. We've known each other for a long time, so let's keep in touch." Lu Feng was afraid that the other party would refuse, so he quickly added, "I went to Beijing this year to attend several meetings with leaders from the Science and Technology Commission, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and the Ministry of Land and Resources. They all said that we need to increase economic development, think of ways, use our brains, and take action."
Huang Youwei originally wanted to hang up the phone, but after hearing what he said, it seemed like they could have a chat. After all, everyone needs some resources in their life.
Moreover, Huang Youwei was well aware that the current Jiafeng Group was not the same Jiafeng Group as before. When Schroder Group invested, he had already seen that Jiafeng was going to get out of control, but he was too lazy to warn them.
"President Lu has been quite busy these past two years, attending meetings everywhere. In any case, Jiangsu is where you made your fortune, so you should mention it more often at important meetings in the future," Huang Youwei said with a smile.
“Of course. I might be passing through your area soon. If you have time, let’s get together. I happen to have a very good project that we can discuss,” Lu Feng said into the phone.
"A very good project?" Huang Youwei asked with some suspicion, "Who is this 'very good' for?"
"Of course it's for both of us. Don't worry, this time it's absolutely reliable. We want to help Jiangsu build an information superhighway. For big cities, running water, electricity, and roads are the basic conditions, but in terms of communication, we still can't become a big province. Not to mention comparing with international metropolises like Hong Kong, we can't even compare with Shanghai. Communication has become one of the hard standards for developed cities."
On the phone, Lu Feng touted the importance of communication, saying that only with smooth communication can economic development be on the fast track, and communication between people become more convenient. On a small scale, this makes life easier, and on a larger scale, it will give us a greater advantage in national business competition and make it easier to attract businesses.
If Lu Feng had told him these things before, Huang Youwei would have felt that this guy was just trying to fool him. He would have first acquired the land, then mortgaged it, and then gotten the local government to pay for the factory construction before he would start recruiting workers and doing research and development. But now it's different. Jiafeng already has very strong capital and has accumulated a lot of experience in the communications field.
To put it bluntly, back then it was a poor boy with a bright white smile who came to talk about his dreams, but now it's a rich and handsome guy leading a group of engineers to invest in construction. Naturally, they are not comparable.
"Come over and have a chat. It's been a long time since we last met. To be honest, I've missed you. Come over and we'll talk," Huang Youwei invited warmly.
Lu Feng didn't seem to notice Huang Youwei's drastic change in attitude, and simply replied in a businesslike manner, "Okay, I'll contact you in advance if I'm going."
After exchanging pleasantries, they hung up the phone. Compared to their intimacy years ago, they now seemed to be doing business. No matter how much they had supported each other in the past, having come all the way from that small town, they were no longer the same people they used to be.
Even the best of friends can become strangers after going through enough growth. Perhaps both of them have achieved their own success and social status, and can no longer joke around as freely as they did in that small town. They are no longer like they were when one had just taken office and the other was eager to open a factory.
Some friendships will be buried in the passage of time, never to return.
Lu Feng had no time to lament these things. Having lived two lives, he had long understood the true meaning of life: loneliness is an adult's most intimate friend.
After settling things at the company in two days, Zhu Lidong was instructed to secure the free calling service from Guangzhou. If they couldn't reach an agreement with the provincial authorities, they should try Shenzhen, as this would be Jiafeng's biggest market weapon.
It was almost January, and Lu Feng looked at Jiang Xiaoyan on the sofa and asked, "Are you sure you don't want to go back?"
"Forget it, let me have a peaceful New Year. I don't want any trouble." Jiang Xiaoyan flipped through the newspaper and said, "That free-calling phone of yours, I don't really think it's reliable."
"Whether it's reliable or not, it's all a last-ditch effort. Maybe I'll be kicked out of the board next year, and I'll still have to rely on you to support me," Lu Feng said, lighting a cigarette.
"That's good. All these years of hard work have been for nothing. I'll support you, that's fine. It's not like I haven't supported you before," Jiang Xiaoyan said with a hint of secret delight.
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