420: Chapter 420 Get ready to welcome the investment delegation

The Mayor's Office.

Although Mayor Liu, Minister He Jilin, and several others were sitting on the sofa drinking tea, it was clear that the atmosphere was quite oppressive and gloomy.

Minister He Jilin said indignantly, "Mayor Liu, this investment fell through. I think 'someone' just didn't want to see you succeed and deliberately ruined it."

The "someone" he referred to was self-evident; everyone knew he was talking about Qin Chuan.

"Old He is right. Such a massive investment—if it had succeeded, what a huge achievement it would have been. Someone was just jealous and deliberately found an excuse to prevent it from settling in our Dongjiang City."

These few people chimed in one after another.

Although Mayor Liu didn't show it on the surface, continuing to drink tea and rarely speaking, he was extremely uncomfortable deep down.

He thought the same way: Qin Chuan just didn't want to see him achieve anything. Heh, as the Municipal Party Secretary, he actually obstructed an investor's investment. If I get the chance, I must mention this to the provincial leaders.

A moment later, there was a knock at the door.

Deputy County Mayor Zhang Tianxiong pushed the door open and entered. "All the leaders are here? That's perfect; I won't have to notify you one by one then. At eleven o'clock this morning in Conference Room No. 1, Secretary Qin is convening an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee."

Another Standing Committee meeting.

The first thing that came to their minds was that Qin Chuan couldn't be planning more personnel appointments or adjustments, could he? Minister He Jilin asked a question.

"Xiao Zhang, what is the agenda for the meeting?"

Deputy County Mayor Zhang Tianxiong replied, "Minister He, it's regarding investment promotion. Secretary Qin has brought in a business inspection delegation that will arrive in our Jiangnan Province tomorrow at noon. This morning's meeting will mainly focus on the reception of the delegation, investment, and several other aspects."

Everyone was stunned.

It wasn't until Deputy County Mayor Zhang Tianxiong had left that they gradually came to their senses. Minister He Jilin was the first to speak. "Look at that. That man named Qin ruined the investment Mayor Liu brought in one moment, and the next, he's brought in his own people for an investment inspection."

Someone immediately added, "The intention is obvious. He wants to step on Mayor Liu and prevent him from making achievements, then bring in his own investment to create a sharp contrast, using this to further establish his own prestige."

"Mayor Liu, we can't just sit and wait for death. Why don't we use some small tricks to make that Qin guy's investment fall through as well?"

Mayor Liu's expression was very serious, and he felt extremely displeased. He became even more determined to report this issue to the relevant comrades of the Provincial Party Committee. Yes, he also needed to call Secretary Wu Qiaoxi. Hadn't he gone to the provincial capital? It would be more convenient for him to report to the Provincial Party Secretary.

At eleven o'clock sharp in the morning, the enlarged meeting of the Dongjiang City Standing Committee was held as scheduled.

Qin Chuan presided over the meeting.

There was only one agenda item: welcoming the arrival of the investment inspection delegation and making various preparations.

"Comrades, I have a few connections in the capital. I've asked some friends for help and brought in several entrepreneurs to Dongjiang City for an investment inspection..."

First, he gave a brief introduction and then made a series of work arrangements. Basically, no one else needed to speak; they just took notes one by one and could carry out the work accordingly.

Qin Chuan did not introduce the scale of this investment inspection delegation. Many people habitually assumed it would just be some small and medium-sized enterprises and didn't take it too much to heart.

Minister He Jilin and the others were even more disdainful. This so-called investment inspection delegation was likely just a sightseeing group. How much investment could they leave in Dongjiang City? Three billion? Five billion? It certainly couldn't be thirty billion.

Qin Chuan's meeting was very efficient, ending in less than an hour.

After a hasty lunch, Qin Chuan took Secretary-General Tian Chaoqun and Deputy County Mayor Zhang Tianxiong in the Provincial Party Committee Car No. 1 directly to the provincial capital.

With such a massive and high-profile delegation, Qin Chuan felt it was necessary to personally go to the airport to welcome them tomorrow at noon. Arriving in the provincial capital this afternoon, it was also very necessary to report to the Provincial Party Secretary in person.

After all, given the scale—the heads of more than a dozen hundred-billion-level enterprises, including trillion-level enterprises like the Vice President of Baoli Group—the Provincial Party Committee definitely needed to be informed.

Even with the highway all the way, it was already five or six o'clock in the evening when they reached the provincial capital. It was impossible to go directly to the Provincial Party Committee. Upon exiting the highway, Qin Chuan called Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Jiasheng directly.

"Secretary Zhao, I have an important piece of work to report to you in person. I just got off the highway."

"Really?" Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Jiasheng was a bit happy and said warmly, "Then come directly to Provincial Party Committee Villa No. 1. I'll have your aunt cook a little more rice. We'll have a couple of drinks tonight and chat."

And so it was settled.

Any other Municipal Party Secretary might be nervous about going to the Provincial Party Secretary's home for dinner, but Qin Chuan wasn't at all. He felt it was quite normal. Forget dinner; he would likely sleep at Provincial Party Committee Villa No. 1 tonight; there was no way he would stay at the Provincial Party Committee Guesthouse.

Inside the car, Secretary-General Tian Chaoqun and Deputy County Mayor Zhang Tianxiong overheard the general content of the call. Almost simultaneously, they thought that while nearly everyone in Dongjiang City knew the relationship between Secretary Wu Qiaoxi and Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Jiasheng was extraordinary, very few knew that Secretary Qin Chuan's relationship with Secretary Zhao was actually even more special.

After hanging up, Qin Chuan waved his hand. "Go directly to the Provincial Party Committee Compound."

When the car stopped at the entrance of Provincial Party Committee Villa No. 1, Secretary-General Tian Chaoqun and the others certainly weren't qualified to have dinner at the Provincial Party Secretary's home. They just looked at the villa with awe and then left.

Qin Chuan pushed open the door and entered the villa alone.

Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Jiasheng was already back, sitting on the sofa in the living room reading a newspaper. Seeing Qin Chuan enter, he said warmly, "Xiao Qin, come and sit."

"Let me tell you something, it's quite a coincidence. Just now, Comrade Wu Qiaoxi called me and said he has a bottle of good wine and will be coming over in a bit as well."

Why was Secretary Wu Qiaoxi coming over?

In the afternoon, he had received a report from Mayor Liu saying that Qin Chuan had ruined the 30-billion-yuan investment from the Linge Group and had then brought in a so-called investment inspection delegation of his own.

Secretary Wu Qiaoxi was furious.

Originally, since he had moved to the Provincial People's Congress, he hadn't planned to get involved in the specific affairs of Dongjiang City. But after receiving that call, he felt it was necessary to go to Secretary Zhao's place to speak ill of Qin Chuan.

He also guessed that Secretary Zhao held Qin Chuan in high regard, so he was smart this time. He didn't rashly go to the Provincial Party Secretary's office to complain. Instead, he planned to bring a bottle of good wine to Provincial Party Committee Villa No. 1, have a few drinks with Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Jiasheng, and take the opportunity to talk about the situation in Dongjiang City.

Perhaps if Secretary Zhao drank well and was happy, he might give Qin Chuan a warning for the sake of their friendship. Then Secretary Wu Qiaoxi's goal would be achieved.

Hearing that Secretary Wu Qiaoxi was coming, Qin Chuan didn't show much surprise. He already knew in his heart because one of the messages pushed by the system today was related to this, informing him that Mayor Liu had complained to Secretary Wu Qiaoxi over the phone and that Secretary Wu Qiaoxi was planning to make a secret report against him to the Provincial Party Secretary tonight.

Let him come.

Qin Chuan nodded. "That's perfect. I haven't seen Comrade Wu Qiaoxi for a few days either. I'll have a few drinks and a good chat with him tonight."

Seeing that Qin Chuan didn't have much of a reaction and even seemed quite happy, Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Jiasheng was completely relieved. "Good, then the three of us will have a small drink tonight."

He had already decided to use the opportunity of the three of them drinking together tonight to smooth over the relationship between Qin Chuan and Secretary Wu Qiaoxi.