The atmosphere grew tense.
Both sides were brimming with hostility.
This matter had actually been very simple and never needed to become so complicated. Those Foreign Guests had arrogantly broken their appointment whenever they pleased. At a time like this, someone surnamed Niu—a municipal government office cadre and the person in charge of this exchange—should have mediated and eased the tension. That was how the problem should have been resolved. But Deputy Director Niu and the municipal government office staff had done the opposite. When the others broke the appointment, they had not even notified them, leaving them to wait here like fools. Then, after agreeing to arrive before eight, they had once again shown up very late. Never mind that—they had even shouted at them and criticized them after arriving? First they complained that too few people had come, then that their entrepreneurs had not shown up? No matter who was right or wrong, they sided with those foreigners? Everything the foreigners did was right and justified, while they had to grovel and bow their heads?
Get lost!
What kind of logic was that?
Deputy Director Niu had played a highly dishonorable role in this conflict. He had not come to solve problems or get things done, but to stir up trouble—or perhaps he simply had not understood the full situation at all. He had no intention of considering the feelings of Jiaolin County's cadres. All Deputy Director Niu saw were the Foreign Guests. He believed the foreigners were the most important people, and he did not care about anything else—not even the cadres from his own city.
That was the biggest problem!
A simple matter had been blown bigger and bigger by that man surnamed Niu!
Of course, objectively speaking, Dong Xuebin also bore some responsibility. He had