Inside the Investment Bureau Compound.
Sun Shuli was accompanying Luo Haiting, Xie Huilan, Zhao Xinglong, and the others on a tour.
Meanwhile, Dong Xuebin checked the time and called Peng Kenong, but the call did not go through. "What's going on? I saw President Peng this morning and talked to him about the signing. What time did we agree on yesterday?"
Lin Pingping replied, "Two fifteen. It's already fifteen minutes past."
Dong Xuebin thought for a moment. "Could President Peng not know County Chief Xie is here for an inspection?"
Hu Silian's pretty brows knitted together. "I reminded President Peng this morning. He knows County Chief Xie will be presiding over the signing ceremony today. When we spoke on the phone, he even said he would get prepared. He shouldn't be late, right? Could something urgent have come up? But why didn't he call? No matter how urgent it was, he couldn't just leave the leaders hanging." Xie Huilan had always strongly supported investment promotion work, and Hu Silian had naturally represented her in dining with investors before. She had no other particular impression of them, except that investors these days seemed more arrogant than the last. It was as though they had seized upon the county's need for them and started demanding outrageous prices. Hu Silian found that attitude deeply unpleasant. They had not even invested yet, but they acted as if the entire county owed them money.
"Maybe something really delayed him. I'll try again." Dong Xuebin began making calls.
One call...
Two calls...
Three calls...
It was already two forty, yet no one answered.
Dong Xuebin's expression finally turned ugly. "What the hell is this?"
At that moment, a middle-aged man carrying a camera and two County TV Station staff members walked over. "Secretary Hu, Director Dong,