"How could that be? I'm in charge of investment promotion, not anything else. The specifics depend on their bureau's plans. You should give them a call."
“I called him, and he told me to contact you!” Lu Feng pressed on.
"How could that be? This is no joke, Mr. Lu. This matter really isn't under my jurisdiction. Just because we're close doesn't mean you can keep calling me. I'm just a vice mayor; I can't manage everything. I fully support Jiafeng Electronics' development and offer my moral support. I have a meeting to attend to, so I'll hang up now!"
After finishing his sentence, Vice Mayor Liu hung up the phone.
As Lu Feng listened to the dial tone, he knew that foreign exchange reserves were limited. Currently, a lot of machinery, production lines, and other special industrial products were being purchased from abroad, leaving even less for private enterprises.
These foreign exchange reserves are given to any company, so naturally they will be given to companies that are more favorable to them. For example, when setting up a factory in Dongguan, more than half of the foreign exchange quotas of local private enterprises were given to Jiafeng Electronics to purchase foreign production lines.
Lu Feng sighed and picked up the phone to call Huang Youwei.
It's almost the end of the year, and the provincial government has already held a meeting. With the outcome decided, Huang Youwei is in a better mood than anyone else. Now he's just waiting for the New Year so he can promote a group of people before he leaves, and the rest will be none of his business.
It was not yet five o'clock in the afternoon when Huang Youwei leaned back in his chair, checked the time, hummed a song, and prepared to leave work. Just as he stood up, the phone on his desk rang.
"Who is this?!" he muttered with slight dissatisfaction, then answered the phone, "Who is this?"
"Mr. Huang, it's me, Lu Feng..."
"Beep beep beep..." The phone call ended.
Lu Feng hurriedly called again, several times in a row, before the other party finally answered and said, "I'm off work. Call me back tomorrow, that's all."
"Don't hang up, don't hang up!" Lu Feng said hurriedly, "It's just that we haven't chatted for a long time, I just missed you."
"Alright, alright, stop with the useless platitudes. You have nothing to do with me now. If you have any problems, it's not my place to come to you, and I can't solve them for you, understand?"
"I'm here to congratulate you on your promotion," Lu Feng said with a smile. "Our relationship isn't that bad, is it?"
“You’re right, it’s that bad!” Huang Youwei retorted directly.
"No, leaders are all broad-minded people. They would never stoop to the level of someone as insignificant as me. We've been through thick and thin together. Looking back, I'm filled with emotion. I'm reminded of your time at the Metallurgical Steel Group..."
Lu Feng wanted to reminisce about the past, but the other party interrupted him directly.
"Stop beating around the bush, I need to go back to buy groceries. What's up? Just tell me." Huang Youwei said impatiently, glancing at the time.
"I'd like to ask if you know any leaders of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange?" Lu Feng asked directly.
"What? You want to buy nuclear weapons? The local foreign exchange administration won't do, you have to go to the central government?" Huang Youwei sat down and said, "I don't know them, what do you want?"
"I'm thinking of acquiring a foreign company next year, and I estimate I'll need to exchange over 50 million US dollars. Could you help me figure out a way to do that?" Lu Feng asked.
"Don't come to me! What can I do? What am I? I'm nothing in your eyes!" Huang Youwei's voice rose, becoming shrill and mocking. "Go find your Vice Mayor Liu. You two are on good terms, aren't you? He can't even handle this little thing. If I were you, and he couldn't even handle this little thing, I'd just pack my bags and lie down on his desk."
Lu Feng: ...........
"Mr. Huang, I also have to consider the company's interests. It's not like..."
"I also have to consider the local people," Huang Youwei retorted. "They all came when there were good policies, but they all ran away when it came to paying taxes. So tell me, who's going to pay for urban construction?"
"I'm not saying I won't pay taxes, it's just that I've invested in research and development," Lu Feng said, feeling aggrieved.
“You’re thinking about your company, and I’m thinking about the people here. Neither of us is wrong; we’re both doing our jobs. Now, I’m going home. As for your foreign exchange, I can’t help you. I’m just waiting peacefully for the New Year. I’ll leave in the spring. Bye!” Huang Youwei added after saying that, “You got screwed over by that Vice Mayor Liu, didn’t you? You really don’t know who’s good and who’s bad.”
If Vice Mayor Liu heard this, he would probably be in tears. Who's outsmarting whom?
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