Saturday.
Fenzhou City.
Early in the morning, Dong Xuebin drove the Camry into the city alone.
The endless traffic and bustling crowds made the environment and atmosphere clearly several levels above those of his county.
He had a meeting with the Municipal Investment Bureau today. They had notified everyone on Monday. All directors of the Investment Bureaus from the counties and county-level cities had to attend. It was an early-year work conference. Although the Municipal Investment Bureau's vertical authority was nowhere near as strong as that of the courts and similar departments, and this meeting was largely a formality, it was still the Investment Bureau's most important annual work conference. He could not skip it. Besides, since Dong Xuebin had only just arrived, he needed to take this chance to make himself known to the leaders. Strictly speaking, he should have come to report in when he first took office.
Dong Xuebin had been to the city a few times, but he was not familiar with it. After searching for quite a while, he finally found the Municipal Investment Bureau compound.
It was still early. From a distance, he could see only two cars with license plates from other counties parked there, and many of the municipal bureau staff had not even arrived at work yet. After parking, Dong Xuebin got out and headed straight for the six-story Office Building. He asked someone for directions, went up to the sixth floor, and lightly knocked on the director's office door.
"...Come in." A dignified middle-aged voice sounded from inside.
Dong Xuebin pushed open the door. "Director Zeng, right? I'm Dong Xuebin from Yantai County. I came to report in."
Zeng Wei looked up and gave an oh. "Director Dong. The meeting doesn't start until nine thirty. You came rather early."
Dong