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Liu Qian quickly responded, "No, not at all. There are many things I need to learn from Little Tang. I dare not to call myself a teacher. We can help each other."
"Well, that’s good. The business world is like a battlefield, filled with tricks and traps. If Little Tang encounters confusion in his business in the future, please give him guidance," Feng Hai said calmly.
His tone was completely like that of an elder.
"I understand, don’t worry. Whatever matters to Little Tang is my business too. I will do my best to help," Liu Qian immediately assured. But he thought to himself: Tang Qing needs help from him? Isn’t that a joke? It would be more accurate to say that he was the one seeking help from Tang Qing.
"That’s good, we should get together more often. I heard you’ve been abroad lately," Feng Hai nodded and changed the subject.
"Yes, I went with a friend to acquire an iron mine in Africa," Liu Qian admitted.
"Was it successful?" asked Feng Hai.
"Quite successful. Thank you for your concern, Secretary Feng," Liu Qian replied.
"Good, that’s good. Although the population is large in our country, the per capita resources are still scarce. Moreover, the mineral resources are non-renewable. I think our domestic entrepreneurs should go overseas to acquire these non-renewable assets, to serve our country and reduce its worries," Feng Hai lamented.
Once the conversation began, Feng Hai found it hard to stop.
Liu Qian agreed, "That’s exactly what I think. All the iron extracted from the mine will be shipped back to our country."
"That’s good."
Although Feng Hai and Liu Qian had known each other before, their relationship had never been this close. The bond that connected them now was Tang Qing. Having a common good friend gave them a strong sense of kinship, despite the lack of material interests.
The two were engaged in fervent conversation, building their relationship.
Meanwhile, many big shots from the Qingyan City business community began to arrive.
Some of these were invited, but most came out of respect for Liu Qian. In Qingyan City, Liu Qian’s reputation carried significant weight. Countless businessmen wanted to win his favor. However, Liu Qian was mainly based in Province City and rarely returned to Qingyan City. Unless they were close friends, they wouldn’t even get a chance to see him, let alone know about his movements.
Seeing Liu Qian’s return,
and his help in boosting the rise of the new business star, Sheng Tang Group,
many of them arrived early.
After chatting with Feng Hai for a while, Liu Qian noticed Yang Kai struggling to accommodate the guests. He excused himself from Feng Hai and started to help Yang Kai introduce the guests.
At this point, Yang Kai was feeling quite overwhelmed as he barely knew any of the guests. Besides the representatives from the upstream and downstream manufacturers of the Sheng Tang Group, he could hardly distinguish who was who.
However, Liu Qian’s arrival eased Yang Kai’s embarrassment greatly.
"Boss Liu, thank you for bringing so many people here and even personally helping with the welcoming," Yang Kai thanked him, his forehead covered with beads of sweat from the heat.
"What’s this? It’s nothing," Liu Qian laughed.
Liu Qian quickly got into his role.
"Boss Wang, long time no see, you’ve put on some weight."
"Hahaha, thank you for your concern, Boss Liu. I owe my good fortune to you, Boss Liu, it’s a pleasure to do business alongside you."
"Between brothers, such words are needless. Let me introduce you to Boss Yang, the General Manager of Sheng Tang Group, Yang Kai. Boss Wang, you’d better get on good terms with our Boss Yang. There might be times when you would want to meet him but can’t."
"Nice to meet you, Boss Yang, nice to meet you. This is my business card. If you ever need to buy furniture in the future, call me. I can give you the cost price."
"Thank you, Boss Wang. This is my business card."
"Boss Wang, settle down inside. We’ll have a good drink later," Liu Qian began ushering guests inside.
"Sure, you go ahead with your work, I’ll head inside first," Boss Wang was very cooperative.
"..."
Liu Qian kept introducing the business big shots of Qingyan City to Yang Kai. Soon Feng Sen joined to help with the welcoming, focusing mainly on the government officials.
Seeing Feng Sen personally lowering his status to help welcome guests for the company, many department heads quickly dispelled their previous disdain.
Feng Hai’s intention was clearly understood.
This company was familiar with him.
Only the Director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, who knew the ’inside story’, understood the relationship between Tang Qing and Feng Hai. This affirmation confirmed his previous guess. It appeared Feng Hai was Tang Qing’s backer.
That’s just about right.
One by one, people with ulterior motives gathered in the pavilion beneath the stage, chatting and gossiping, but above all, guessing the background of this company.
At this moment, Mayor Zeng Quan and Deputy Mayor Bao Ang of Qingyan City walked over, followed by their respective secretaries.
"Old Feng, why are you on reception duty here?" Upon seeing Feng Hai at a distance, Zeng Quan thought he was mistaken. Was this influential figure really acting as a host for a company? He found it hard to wrap his head around.
"Mayor Zeng, Deputy Mayor Bao, I just saw that there were quite a lot of people around here, so I thought I’d lend a hand. Let me introduce you to Yang Kai, the General Manager of Sheng Tang Group. Unfortunately, their Chairman had some business this morning and can only make it by noon to give a toast." Feng Hai picked up the ball. If it was Yang Kai who said this, Zeng Quan would be ticked off. But since it was him saying it, it was different altogether, it would set Zeng Quan, the old fox’s mind running.
Of course,
Feng Hai had achieved his goal.
Zeng Quan and Bao Ang immediately understood what Feng Hai meant: first, this company has profound backgrounds, and the boss is impressive, second, this company has connections with Feng Hai.
It didn’t bother them much.
Anyway, he just wanted them to not care about these little things and not hold any grudges. Zeng Quan bitter smiled - how could he drive this company hard? His superior’s backer was none other than the Chai Ren’s family. Originally, he was just here to go through the motions, but when Chai Ren posted a call asking for his care in the future, how could he say no?
"Mayor Zeng, Deputy Mayor Bao, thank you for fitting this into your busy schedules..." Yang Kai began to grind out a clichéd speech that even he found nauseating.
"Nice to meet you. We hope you will continue to work hard in the future to contribute to the development of Qingyan City." Mayor Zeng replied quite succinctly.
"Understood. We will certainly accomplish our mission." Yang Kai said.
"Secretary Feng, please lead the way." Feng Hai took the lead for Zeng Quan. When they reached the pavilion, he did not go back to his hosting duties. With the mayor already here, who would dare to show up even later than him? Moreover, he did not want to appear too showy. Now the biggest boss was placated, the rest would be easy.
Without wasting much time.
Ten-thirty.
The establishment ceremony of the Sheng Tang Group officially kicked off.
"Distinguished guests, leaders, friends of Sheng Tang Group, I now declare the establishment ceremony of Sheng Tang Group is officially underway. First of all, let’s welcome Mayor Zeng of our Qingyan City to deliver a speech. Let’s give a big round of applause..." The host rattled off passionately.
"..."
If Tang Qing was here, he would definitely say: it’s too damn noisy.
The entire ceremony followed the conventional rules and procedures. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝔠𝔬𝖒
Speeches were made by various leaders.
Throughout the process, Yang Kai and the people from Sheng Tang Group were on edge, fearing any mishap.
The entire event... was incredibly boring. There was no room for any unruly disruption.
Yang Kai could quite understand why Tang Qing didn’t want to be here. The ceremony was pure punishment with no breather, under the scorching sun, he just wished they’d wrap it up so everyone didn’t have to endure it any longer.
Everyone was constantly wiping sweat.
With the successful conclusion of the final ceremony, including the release of balloons and a variety of other nonsense, the ceremony finally came to an end.
Everybody sighed with relief.
It was damn tiring, so damn irritating.
By now, it was already quarter past eleven.
Just in time for lunch.
The venue was not far away, it was a large hotel near the square.
Everyone took their seats.
The leaders got one table, the businessmen had another, the other officials had their own table, and Yang Kai, the General Manager of Sheng Tang Group, and one of today’s protagonists, naturally sat with the leaders.
Looking at the empty seat next to Feng Hai.
The leaders understood that it was reserved for Tang Qing, the centerpiece of this ceremony.
PS: I moved today, very tired, I began to write at about 9 o’clock in the evening, please understand.
