Remember Manghuangji for wonderful novel reading in one second.
Airport terminal.
Dong Xuebin's words truly stunned quite a few people.
No one had expected Secretary Dong to smooth over Jiaolin County's mistake the moment he arrived. Not only did he get them out of an awkward situation, but the atmosphere immediately changed as well. In truth, everything Secretary Dong had said earlier came from the materials; he had merely repeated it word for word. But in this situation, only Secretary Dong could make those words useful, because he was the Top Leader and the highest-ranking official present.
Zhou Zhongxiang was quite surprised after hearing him. "I never expected Secretary Dong to know our company so well."
Dong Xuebin smiled. "Naturally. How could we not know President Zhou's great name?" He pointed at the young Investment Bureau employee who had made the mistake. "It's only because this young comrade of ours is new here, unfamiliar with the work, and rather inexperienced that he didn't know President Zhou. Ha ha."
Zhou Zhongxiang found this quite pleasing. The usually unsmiling man rarely showed a smile. "Secretary Dong, you're too polite. You even remember the exact date our company went public. I'm truly flattered."
The two exchanged remark after remark, and the atmosphere grew increasingly pleasant.
Next, Dong Xuebin did not neglect the others. He looked at Wang Ying, who had introduced herself earlier, and another middle-aged man who had barely spoken, smiling slightly. Then he turned to the young Investment Bureau employee who had made the mistake. "Xiao Chen, let me educate you a little more. This is Director Wang, Wang Ying, and this is Director Zhang, Zhang Shuaibing. Although Director Wang's and Director Zhang's companies have not gone public yet, their scale is no smaller than President Zhou's. Take that highly sought-after plot of land in Shanghai New District, for example. The news reported it not long ago, didn't it? Director Wang bought that land, and it was even the surrounding area's Land King. Who in the industry doesn't know about that? And Director Zhang's company, while it is currently in the midst of restructuring and entering the media industry, accumulated an astronomical amount of capital through real estate in the past. It was also among the earliest domestic real estate developers. Among the older generation of real estate tycoons, who doesn't know Director Zhang? You should study harder. If you can even get the names of such famous real estate bosses wrong, what Investment Promotion Work are you supposed to be doing?"
The young Investment Bureau employee nodded repeatedly and promised, "Yes, Secretary. I'll definitely work harder from now on. I won't make this kind of mistake again!"
In truth, these three bosses had some name recognition in the industry, but they could hardly be considered real estate tycoons. They had not reached that level. Dong Xuebin had deliberately praised them highly.
Wang Ying felt quite pleased hearing it. "Secretary Dong is flattering us far too much."
Zhang Shuaibing also gave Dong Xuebin another look. He felt that this County Party Secretary was truly not simple. Even the Investment Bureau staff specifically responsible for this work had mixed up their information, yet Dong Xuebin, as the County Party Secretary... had remembered them so clearly, without getting a single word wrong? No wonder he had become County Party Secretary at such a young age. Appearances really could be deceiving.
Behind them.
The county officials began discussing it.
"Holy shit. Secretary Dong really memorized all of it?"
"How could he? There are a hundred investors. Did he memorize every one of them?"
"It took me three full days just to memorize this stuff, and I still failed to remember a lot of it. I've even forgotten quite a bit of what I did remember. Secretary Dong is so busy that he's barely had time to sleep these past few days. He goes home at ten or eleven every night, then heads to the Culture Festival venue at five or six the next morning. How could he possibly have had the time? Besides, aren't the investors the county government's responsibility? It was decided last time. Why would Secretary Dong need to memorize all this?"
At that moment, more investors from the same flight arrived.
There were three of them as well, though they came one after another and clearly did not know each other very well.
When Zhang Dongfang and Wei Zhixuan saw them, they hurried over to receive them. "Hello, welcome, welcome."
They said the same thing every time, which made their sincerity seem somewhat lacking. Dong Xuebin checked his watch. The flight he was waiting for probably would not arrive anytime soon. Since he had already stepped forward, he might as well see it through. Dong Xuebin also placed great importance on the investors, because whether they invited celebrities or held an evening gala, the ultimate purpose was to bring in investment from the investors. That was the fundamental goal.
So Dong Xuebin stepped up again. "Oh, you must be President Chen from Dongyu Group?"
President Chen froze. "Have we met?"
Dong Xuebin smiled. "No, but I've seen you on television. President Chen's group has been making great strides lately. You acquired several electronic component factories, didn't you? Your name is well known."
President Chen smiled faintly. "You flatter me, you flatter me. And you are?"
An Investment Bureau employee immediately said, "This is our County Party Secretary."
President Chen's expression shifted, and only then did he warmly step forward to shake Dong Xuebin's hand.
Dong Xuebin did not neglect the other investors either. After saying a few simple words to President Chen, he turned toward a middle-aged man. He had just overheard several Investment Bureau employees whispering that this man seemed to be an investor as well, but he was not on their invitation list, so they were stumbling over how to address and speak with him.
Yet Dong Xuebin smilingly extended his hand. "Director Dong."
Director Dong had been watching them converse. He had not expected someone to immediately call him by his surname. He knew his own standing; he was merely a moderately successful businessman, not particularly famous. Moreover, he had come uninvited and was not on the invitation list, so Old Dong was quite puzzled.
Dong Xuebin shook his hand. "There was a charity auction at the beginning of the year. I saw you on television and remember that you bought a folding screen. All the auction proceeds were donated to Hope Elementary School. I've always deeply admired philanthropists. Welcome to our county to inspect and invest, Director Dong. It's an honor."
Director Dong was truly surprised. "I came uninvited this time."
Dong Xuebin said, "It was an oversight in our work. We thought we wouldn't be able to invite you, so who could have expected you to come? If we had known, we definitely would have sent you an invitation."
Director Dong burst into laughter, immediately finding this County Party Secretary incredibly interesting.
For the rest of the time, Dong Xuebin helped the county government staff receive the investors. Several flights landed, and the investors arrived one after another. Once dozens of people showed up, the Investment Bureau staff were completely overwhelmed and made mistake after mistake. Yet whenever that happened, Dong Xuebin would step forward and call every investor by name. There were dozens of people from all over the country, yet Dong Xuebin knew every single one of them!
Zhang Dongfang and the Investment Bureau staff watched in astonishment.
No way? Memorizing the materials by rote would have been one thing—maybe his memory really was beyond ordinary people's—but... he even recognized people who had not been invited, people with no information in the materials at all?
Holy fuck!
Wasn't his work ability just fucking incredible?!
Before you continue