Chapter 52: Eavesdropping
Mayor Hong Xiaotian and Deputy Municipal Party Secretary Wang Jinrong commended the work of the principal leaders of the Municipal Construction Committee, Construction Planning Bureau, Land and Resources Bureau, Urban Investment Company, and other agencies in attracting investment and developing the city that year. They stressed the need to race against time, pick up the pace, advance urban infrastructure construction to a high standard, accelerate major projects, and speed up Xiahai's development as a central city, striving to create a favorable environment for both development and living.
The Xinghai Square project, currently the focus of the greatest attention throughout Xiahai City, immediately came into the spotlight. The contractor was a Canadian construction company that had come to Xiahai City to help build Xinghai Square. This reassured all the leaders at once. Liu Lan and Hong Xiaotian were also cooperating quite closely on the project. In two or three years, when they moved to new posts at the next change of leadership, this would be a tangible achievement on their records.
At the banquet, the Canadian company's mainland representative looked quite refined. He wore glasses, and even his speech had something of the manner of an intellectual from the coast. During the meal, Zhou Chunlan of the Municipal Construction Committee also accompanied him to Su Can's eldest uncle's table.
The Canadian representative, whose English name was Lira and Chinese name was Li Yinhe, clinked glasses with Zeng Qu anming. "Our Starlight Construction and your city's Xinghai Square really are a perfect match. This is also the first project our company plans to undertake in the interior. We'll give it one hundred percent and guarantee that Xinghai Square will become the most distinguished city-center square among all the towns and cities in the west!"
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