Back to the prime of life

Chapter 95 Promotion
Several days after Jiangzhou City safely passed the drinking water crisis, Xu Weiguo finally called Lu Changge.

There was nothing special to say, the main point was to thank and praise him. He also told Lu Changge about the process of reporting with the city leaders that day. There was nothing else to say, just four words: Fortunately, you are here.

Looking back, from his experience in arranging the dinner last time to his calmness in dealing with the crisis this time, and knowing that Lu Changge had a little business acumen, Xu Weiguo gradually stopped treating this man of a different generation from him as a young man who had not grown up.

There is a saying that goes, whether a person grows up or not has nothing to do with age, but everything to do with experience.

So in late June, he invited Lu Changge to join him for a private dinner for the first time. At the dinner was Wu Yiming, the branch vice president whom Lu Changge had met before.

There were also people from the land, transportation, and development and reform systems. When they first met, Lu Changge just remembered their names and recognized them. Because he was really young, even if Xu Weiguo overlooked this, others wouldn't pay much attention to him the first time, so there was no need to be overly enthusiastic; it was useless.

When you become valuable, you can talk about the drinking incident again.

Only Wu Yiming was different. After all, the other party had approved a loan for him, so Lu Changge still accompanied him for a few more drinks.

On the way back after dinner, he really took a taxi to send Xu Weiguo off, and really also used the security guard at the door.

In fact, Xu Weiguo's house is right next to the gate, not far away. It doesn't matter whether the taxi comes in or not. It's just that climbing the stairs is difficult, so it would be nice to have one more person to help.

While waiting for the door to open in the stairwell, Xu Weiguo gradually regained consciousness and said to him, "Changge, President Wu is quite optimistic about you."

"He's just being polite. He's mainly doing it to save Uncle Xu's face."

"Hey. Don't say these polite words to me in the future. We are from the same place and we are both in Jiangzhou. Let's visit each other often." Xu Weiguo patted his shoulder and said.

Lu Changge remained calm, but he knew what was going on.

"By the way, you can contact Wu Yiming when buying a car in the future. He also knows people."

He said no more after that.

After Lu Changge returned, he asked Gong Chunxue and found out that Wu Yiming's wife sold car insurance.

Now he understood what it meant.

But he is not in a hurry and will wait until he buys a car.

Two days later, Lu Changge learned at another dinner party that Xu Weiguo was going to be promoted.

As he inquired, he gradually learned that Xu Weiguo had performed outstandingly in the crisis of blue-green algae pollution.

At an emergency meeting of the municipal government late that night, he reported on behalf of the Environmental Protection Bureau and was finally praised by the city's main leaders with eight words: clear organization and effective measures.

Lu Changge thought to himself, no wonder there are so many dinner parties recently.

Xu Weiguo was previously at the section level, and after this promotion he can become a deputy director. There are many such positions in the city, so any possibility is possible.

However, probably because the city leaders thought he was clear-headed, his position was neither the deputy director of a bureau nor a deputy division-level position in the city government compound, but the deputy director of an office in a new development zone, which meant that he was used to open up new situations.

Of course, it is not officially called a development zone yet, but there is only a temporary organization called the "Jiangzhou High-tech Zone Development Leading Group Command Center". The top leader is the mayor, and there is an office under it that is responsible for presiding over daily work at the level of a director.

Now Lu Changge had an idea.

In the second half of 07, Jiangzhou City underwent an administrative division adjustment. One subordinate street was separated from each of the three districts, Xihua District, Beiwang District and Lelang District, to establish a high-tech development zone, which was actually still under the name of Xihua District.

But many years later, people living there no longer call it Xihua District, but call it High-tech Zone, so that they can make it seem like they live in a bustling downtown area.

Anyway, its administrative relations are somewhat complicated and most people can't tell the difference.

From Lu Changge's perspective, this matter is still relatively positive. At that time, Zhou Chunjin said that he had connections and people, which was a bit intimidating, but it is not the case now.

The official appointment was in July, but Lu Changge had already returned home by then.

I really couldn't stay in school, the reason was simple: there was no air conditioning.

他想着等到明年年初，他也去租个房子，不然每个暑假都得躲回家。值得一提的是，陆百万那个淘宝店在5月和6月分别带来了15万8和16万5的收入。

According to his previous plan, he was going to raise 30 yuan, but in fact, including the money he did not spend in March and April, he raised a total of 40 yuan, and bought Yunnan Copper.

6月28号，云南铜业开盘价34块5，当日最高报价36块5，收盘价34块8。

At the beginning of April, Lu Changge's purchase price of 4 million yuan was 200 yuan.

That’s right, it’s about to double.

A bull market is a bull market. This time he did not hesitate and invested all 40 yuan. In the end, he only took home more than yuan.

Life during the summer vacation was peaceful yet fulfilling. In fact, he had fantasized about such days in his previous life.

Have a passive income, that is, wealth is growing without doing anything,
There was a period of leisure time, and nothing particularly annoying disturbed him.

There is something I still want to do to pass the time instead of falling into boredom.

This imagined state was achieved this summer vacation.

In fact, people will become more positive in this state. For example, he avoided staying up late, bought a two-month monthly card at the largest gym in the county, did anaerobic and aerobic exercises every two days, tried to learn to cook some healthier meals, and read books on astronomy and geography that he had no interest in before. Then he suddenly discovered that there are so many places in the world that he has not been to.

Su Shi said that mountains, rivers, wind and moon have no permanent owner, and the idle are the masters. I think this is the case.

Later, Lu Changge extended this sentence a bit and wrote his own motto: Half fireworks for making a living, half poetry for love.

He is very happy this summer vacation.

At the end of August, Xu Qiuxue returned to Huaishui. She wanted to use her last vacation to visit her grandmother.

Lu Changge was not interested in the old lady, so he did not go to the countryside. However, on the way back, he did not want to go to school too early and wait, so he turned and followed Xu Qiuxue to Jinling.

Then he met Wang Honghui, Xu Qiuxue's loyal admirer, there again.

But this time, no one came to look for him on purpose, but they met by chance at school, and there was another person next to him, and that person was Wang Honghui.

Lu Changge thought that since they were meeting an acquaintance, he had to say hello, and Wang Honghui had helped him last time.

As for the person next to him, he introduced him as his brother Wang Hongcheng, who was about 27 or 28 years old, about 1.75 meters tall, and looked sunny and cheerful. He was a little darker than his younger brother, but looked healthy.

What is special about him is that he has a pair of big eyes with single eyelids, and because he dresses fashionably, he looks a bit like a Korean.

Wang Hongcheng initially thought that Lu Changge was the boyfriend of his brother's sweetheart, but later found out that he was Lu Changge.

After they parted, he asked his brother, "The Lu Changge you mentioned, is that him?"

"Yes"

"I forgot to ask why your last name is Xu?"

"They are not related by blood. But Xu Qiuxue respects her brother the most. I told you before, he's a freshman like us, but he's already quite impressive."

Wang Hongcheng said: "Don't be self-deprecating, your conditions are much better than his, and aren't they brother and sister?"

"It's different. Xu Qiuxue is a very ambitious girl. She actually dislikes people like me who come from a wealthy family but have average talent. Especially since her brother is a role model, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to like other people."

"Role model..." Wang Hongcheng muttered, "When I go to Jiangzhou, introduce him to me."

"Huh? What are you doing, brother?"

"Nothing." Wang Hongcheng smiled. "I also know people who are praised by you."

(End of this chapter)