215: Chapter 215 Mayor Zhang, it's 20 billion, not 2 million.

The investment matter was basically settled in just a few words.

Specific details would be discussed further once the inspection was over and the people from Wanshun County and Shenlong Automotive Group sat down together.

Having basically settled the investment, President Ma Longfei warmly suggested, "Little Qin, since you've come to our Shenlong Automotive Group, I'll have Little Liu take you on a good tour later, and we'll have a simple lunch together at noon."

Qin Chuan naturally agreed immediately, "Then thank you, President Ma."

Director Hu Bing couldn't help but pinch himself secretly, seriously doubting if he had misheard; such a high-ranking leader like President Ma had actually taken the initiative to invite Secretary Qin to lunch.

Thinking that he would also benefit and get to eat and drink with such a big leader, he realized this was something he could brag about to other county leaders for a while.

After a few more words, President Ma excused himself apologetically, "Secretary Qin Chuan, I have a meeting, so I'll be leaving first. Little Liu will take you on a proper tour of our Shenlong Automotive Group next."

“Alright,” Secretary Qin Chuan said. “Take care, President Ma.”

Next, led by the president's assistant, Little Liu, Qin Chuan and the others visited Shenlong Automotive Group's Exhibition Hall, learning about the company's development history, main products, and so on.

At noon, President Ma Longfei warmly hosted Qin Chuan and the others for a meal.

This left Director Hu Bing, Xia Hai, and the others feeling a bit overwhelmed by the favor; after all, they were dining with a top leader.

After the meal, President Ma Longfei even politely escorted Qin Chuan and the others to the entrance of the headquarters building, shaking hands with each of them and watching as they boarded their vehicle to leave.

This scene was witnessed by many people at Shenlong Automotive Group.

“Who are these people? It seems that young man is the leader!”

“That's incredible! President Ma actually escorted them down in person and even saw them off at their car!”

“I bet these people are definitely not ordinary, especially that young man!”

“...”

Qin Chuan and the others got into the car and left.

“Little Xia, we're booking flights back for tonight. We have some time this afternoon, so you can move around freely and buy some things to take back.”

At past ten o'clock that night, the group returned to Wanshun County.

The next day.

After starting work, sitting in his office, Qin Chuan wondered whether he should report to Secretary Kang or wait a bit longer until the specific dates for Shenlong Automotive Group's inspection team were confirmed.

Yesterday, Qin Chuan had already issued a gag order, requiring Director Hu Bing, Xia Hai, and the others not to disclose anything about this investment to anyone for the time being.

He was worried that if the news leaked, it would incite jealousy in some people, especially someone like Zhang Qun; it would be bad if he tried to stir up trouble behind the scenes.

Only...

While Qin Chuan was sitting in his office, thinking about whether to report to Secretary Kang now, he received a call from the Mayor's office.

“Qin Chuan, Mayor Zhang requests that you come over right now.”

Well, he had to go to the Mayor's office first.

Secretary Qin Chuan set off immediately and arrived at the Mayor's office at around ten in the morning.

“Mayor Zhang, you were looking for me.”

Zhang Qun's expression looked a bit serious, and he asked in a low voice, “Qin Chuan, someone reported that you went to the capital under the guise of investment promotion and spent a few days sightseeing.”

Heh!

Hearing this, Qin Chuan understood everything clearly.

This was intentional fault-finding, an attempt to use this to criticize and warn him, thereby asserting the Mayor's authority.

However, Mayor Zhang, you're going to be disappointed; you're destined to fail in that objective.

“Mayor Zhang, we really did go for investment promotion this time. We only stayed in the capital for two days, and it was all for work; there was no sightseeing at all.”

Zhang Qun had a look of disbelief on his face. “You say you went for investment promotion, so what's the result? How much investment did you secure?”

Knowing that Qin Chuan and the others had gone to Shenlong Automotive Group, Zhang Qun was absolutely certain that they wouldn't be able to get a single cent of investment.

Even if he, as the Mayor, personally intervened, it was hard to say if he could even meet their top management; trying to get investment from such a giant company was as difficult as reaching the heavens.

He didn't believe at all that Qin Chuan could pull in any investment.

If I, the Mayor, can't do it, what makes you think you can?

Little did he know that Qin Chuan's next words would be a bit of a slap in the face.

Qin Chuan originally didn't want to reveal it and planned to wait a few days, but it seemed that wouldn't work now, so he said, “Mayor Zhang, our luck was quite good this time; we really did pull in an investment from Shenlong Automotive Group.”

Zhang Qun was slightly stunned, and after reacting, he subconsciously asked, “How much investment did you pull in? Three million, five million, or maybe ten million?”

Qin Chuan smiled faintly. “Not much, just twenty billion.”

“Two million? You few went there and back by plane just to pull in two million? How much taxpayer money did you waste...”

Qin Chuan reminded him, “Mayor Zhang, it's twenty billion, not two million.”

What!

Twenty billion!

Zhang Qun's face suddenly turned flushed red. Twenty billion? How could that be possible!

“Qin Chuan, don't lie to me. The consequences of bragging to deceive me will be very serious!”

Qin Chuan said with full confidence, “Mayor Zhang, I specifically visited the top management of Shenlong Group during this trip to the capital. We have basically reached an agreement for an investment of twenty billion to establish a New Energy Vehicle manufacturing base in our Wanshun County.”

This...

Zhang Qun felt his face burning. He had originally wanted to use the situation as a pretext to summon Qin Chuan for a reprimand and a warning, but instead, the man had brought in twenty billion in investment.

This was a resounding slap to the face.

By the time he came to his senses, he found that Qin Chuan had already walked away with a swaggering stride. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth, picked up the teacup on the table, and smashed it onto the floor.

Hearing the noise, his secretary walked in and saw the shattered teacup, shaking his head with a wry smile; it seemed the leader was truly infuriated this time.

What on earth did Qin Chuan say to make the leader this angry, to the point where he only dared to lose his temper after Qin Chuan had left?

As for Qin Chuan, he went to Secretary Kang Kewu's place.

Since he was already here, he might as well report to Secretary Kang. Keeping the news secret was no longer necessary; he had already told Zhang Qun about the twenty billion investment, so he might as well report it to Secretary Kang in person.

Seeing Qin Chuan knocking and entering, Secretary Kang Kewu was clearly taken aback for a moment.

He naturally knew that Qin Chuan had personally led a team to the capital, heard that they had visited Shenlong Automotive Group, and knew they had returned last night.

He had originally thought that Qin Chuan and the others must have returned empty-handed.

Seeing Qin Chuan come over on his own initiative, he was stunned, thinking to himself whether he had actually secured investment from Shenlong Automotive Group; otherwise, he really couldn't think of anything that would make Qin Chuan take the initiative to come so early.

“Comrade Qin Chuan, you're here.”

“Secretary Kang, I'm here to bring you good news.”

Hearing Qin Chuan say this, Secretary Kang Kewu became even more certain that investment had likely been secured; he just didn't know how much—perhaps tens of millions?

For a small county town, an investment of tens of millions was not small; it could be considered a major project.