Director Dong's First Blaze! (Third Update)
Ten in the morning.
Fourth floor, Main Conference Room.
Several dozen people from the Investment Bureau had arrived, making up the entire staff. Deputy Director Lu Dafa and Deputy Director Sun Shuli sat in the first row facing the dais, followed by Office Director Luo Haiting, Deputy Office Director Shan Enguo, Beijing Office Director Pu Yang, Shanghai Office Director Guo Junbao, the directors of the other external investment offices, then Business Section One Director Lin Pingping, Business Section Two Director Jiang Hailiang, and several clerks and staffers.
Everyone sat silently, waiting for the meeting to begin.
Since the two leaders at the front, Lu Dafa and Sun Shuli, had not said a word, the whole room was quiet. Even coughing was scarce.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside. Dong Xuebin had arrived.
Clap clap clap! Luo Haiting took the lead in applauding, and the cadres and clerks below followed suit to welcome him.
As Dong Xuebin walked in, he smiled and nodded at them. Amid the applause, he stepped onto the dais, sat down facing everyone, and pressed a hand downward.
The applause gradually died away.
Sun Shuli casually clapped a few times before lowering his hands, his emotions complicated.
Lu Dafa did not even clap. He merely made a token motion with his hands in midair. Deep down, he felt profoundly stifled. If Dong Xuebin had not suddenly barged in, the director's position should have long since been his. He should have been the one calling this meeting today, the one standing on the dais to speak. Yet because of Dong Xuebin, everything had fallen through. Instead, he had become Dong Xuebin's subordinate. Lu Dafa could imagine that his days would not be easy after Dong Xuebin took office. The conflict between them ran