Noon.
Lian University.
Second Cafeteria.
Once everyone entered, they took their seats. Today, the cafeteria was not serving individual meals but hosting a banquet. The tables had been replaced with large ones draped in red cloth, creating a festive atmosphere.
One dish...
Three dishes...
Five dishes...
Plates of food arrived one after another.
Just as Dong Xuebin was eagerly reaching for his chopsticks, his phone began chirping. Helplessly, Dong Xuebin excused himself. "Sorry, I need to take this call." He walked some distance away and exited the Second Cafeteria. At the entrance, he answered the call. It was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello?"
"Is this Director Dong?"
"This is he. Who is this?"
"Hello, I'm Zhang Li, Municipal Party Secretary of Wuyang City, Jiangdong Province."
"Oh, Secretary Zhang. Hello. What can I do for you?"
"I heard the higher-ups' criticism and recommendations from Deputy Mayor Dong. I just contacted the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and they told me to get in touch with you."
"Yes, this falls under my responsibility."
"It's like this. We still need to explain the matter of the new sports stadium. The old stadium could indeed have been renovated, but after calculating the costs, we found that the expense would not have been much lower than constructing a new one. There were leaks and other issues, and many pipelines needed to be rerouted. It would have been almost no different from rebuilding it. After careful consideration, we began construction only after receiving provincial approval. As for the old stadium, we plan to turn it into a planetarium. There has been no waste of resources..." Zhang Li gave a lengthy explanation.
Dong Xuebin simply listened. After all, Zhang Li was a municipal party secretary. Dong Xuebin did not interrupt him as he had interrupted Dong Quan, and