Morning.
Dafeng County, Investment Bureau Compound.
The air on the streets, freshly washed by the rain, was somewhat damp. Puddles stretched one after another, while several dragonflies flashed past and silently touched the water.
It was past ten.
After seeing District Governor Yuehua off at the County Party Committee Compound, Dong Xuebin drove for just two minutes before arriving at the Investment Bureau on another street. He had barely gotten out of the car and was about to head inside when he saw Pan Zhengyi, District Governor Geng's secretary Ma Lao, and others arguing with staff from the Nanshan District Investment Bureau and people from Dafeng County. Inside, Dong Xuebin spotted an old acquaintance, Wang Bo, County Chief Li Feng's secretary, as well as several somewhat familiar Dafeng County Investment Bureau officials. Seventeen or eighteen people crowded the courtyard, making quite a commotion.
"Does your Dafeng County have any sense of reason at all? Huh?" Ma Qi snapped.
Wang Bo remained quite calm. "Secretary Ma, I'll say it again. These investors came to inspect our county of their own accord. We didn't invite them, and we had no idea beforehand."
Pan Zhengyi said angrily, "Secretary Wang, is that any way for your Dafeng County to handle things?"
Wang Bo said unconcernedly, "Director Pan, I said we didn't know. We only discovered after receiving them that some of them weren't investors we had contacted originally. But those investors think highly of our county's investment environment and are currently conducting inspections. We can't just drive them away now, can we? What would that look like? It'll only take two or three days. Once they finish their inspection here, County Chief Li has instructed us to personally escort the investors to Nanshan District. We guarantee we won't delay even a minute. How does