“You’re still too green. Do rich people ever pretend to be poor?” Grandpa Hong sat down and sighed. “Only poor people pretend to be rich. Let me tell you, this might be something Lu Feng’s boss is trying to do. He wants to curry favor with his superiors.”
Xiuer nodded, suddenly realizing the meaning.
"Should we invite him again tonight?" Xiu'er asked Grandpa Hong, wanting to hear his opinion.
"Why call him?" Chen Hansheng said angrily. Everyone in the alley knew that he was currying favor with Lu Feng. He felt like a monkey being played by Lu Feng. He said in a deep voice, "If he dares to come today, I will strip off his hypocritical facade."
"I'm going to find Jiang Xiaoyan." Xiu'er was also furious. She wanted to confront Jiang Xiaoyan and let everyone in the alley know that this family of swindlers was a bunch of frauds.
"Xiuer, come back." Grandpa Hong said, "Don't get too involved with her, lest she keep pestering you. Jiang Xiaoyan is pregnant, and if she tries to extort money from you, it will be troublesome. Let's make arrangements for tonight first."
Chen Hansheng nodded, also agreeing that entertaining Boss Xiong was the key, and as for Lu Feng, it wouldn't be too late to settle scores later.
Around 4 PM, Guo Jiayang and his group of seven arrived at Jiafeng Electronics Factory. Lu Feng greeted them at the entrance. A minibus stopped at the factory gate, the door opened, and a man in his fifties got out. He looked Lu Feng up and down and asked, "You must be President Lu?"
"Hello, Mr. Guo!" Lu Feng stepped forward, shook hands, and said, "Have you seen me before?"
"I've never seen you before, but you're so young and have such an outstanding presence. You're the only one I've ever met." Guo Jiayang praised with a smile.
"You flatter me."
"I came here today to see Jiafeng Electronics. State-owned enterprises also need to learn from you. We can't be complacent." Guo Jiayang said with a kind expression, "I emphasized in a meeting the day before yesterday that we should have the spirit of not being ashamed to ask questions. Private enterprises are better than us in many aspects."
"No, no, please!" Lu Feng gestured for him to proceed.
There were about twenty people in the group. Although the weather was hot, everyone was dressed in suit pants, sandals, and white shirts and short sleeves. Even Lu Feng was dressed like this today. From a distance, they looked very elegant in the hall.
From the assembly line, warehouse, and machine room to various departments, the factory is quite large, and the trip was rather rushed, taking less than two hours.
They exchanged a lot of ideas about management models. Mr. Guo was quite positive about this model, but said that he was not used to it in a state-owned enterprise. The two also talked about some logistics issues.
"How about this, I'll treat you to dinner at my place tonight," Lu Feng said to General Manager Guo. "Perfect timing, the head of the city's postal logistics is also here tonight. Let's have a good talk about the cooperation from the provincial level to the specific implementation at the local level, so that the cooperation from top to bottom won't go astray."
"You've probably already established connections in the local area, haven't you?" Guo Jiayang pondered for a moment and said, "Alright, since it's a collaboration, sincerity is what matters. A home-cooked meal is much more formal than a restaurant meal."
Lu Feng was thinking of getting Guo Jiayang and Xiong Kai together and agreeing to everything that needed to be agreed to, so as to avoid a situation where the province had one set of rules and the city didn't accept them. Such situations were not uncommon, and he needed to resolve them as soon as possible.
Little did he know, Chen Hansheng had already changed his mind and was plotting how to expose his driver's identity.
It was not yet seven o'clock in the evening. Summer nights come particularly late. At this moment, the sun was setting. Xiuer had already prepared a table full of food. Grandpa Hong and Chen Hansheng sat together, waiting for Xiong Kai.
The speculation that Lu Feng was the driver had spread like wildfire, and everyone felt they had been deceived. Around 7:00, Xiong Kai arrived in his car, and Xiu'er welcomed him into the courtyard.
"Please sit down, Mr. Xiong." Chen Hansheng said politely, sitting down to drink and talking about Lu Feng. Xiong Kai was already unhappy with Lu Feng, and when Chen Hansheng mentioned Lu Feng, he almost didn't want to come.
“It’s better without him. I don’t like this person,” Xiong Kai said unhappily.
Inside Lu Feng's office, Guo Jiayang sat on the sofa, inquiring about the factory's logistics and some details of the platform.
"It's almost time, let's go back," Lu Feng said. "I'm just worried they might arrive early and start eating."
"You go back first, I'll wander around a bit more, then I'll leave."
“Okay, I’ll have Ms. Zhang accompany you to take a look, and then she’ll take you home. I’ll go back and settle in first.” Lu Feng left the office, handed the matter over to Zhang Fengxia, and drove straight home.
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