Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1089 She Stole Fried Fruit

Secretary Quan got out of the car and shook hands with Old Chen with a smile: "Sorry to keep you waiting. This year's snow is a bit heavy and has affected traffic a bit."

Old Chen said, "That's God's business, there's nothing we can do about it." The two of them laughed, and Secretary Quan shook hands with Aunt Chen again.

Old Chen introduced them: "This is Zhang Wei, the young chairman of Brothers Group. This is his wife, Wang Xiaohong, a top student from Northeast Institute of Technology. This is my son, Chen Hui. This is my daughter-in-law, Chen Xiao. Her father is the deputy director of our Northeast Post and Telecommunications Bureau. You know her, right?"

"This is Xia Maosheng, who works at the provincial construction company. This is his wife, Geng Hui, a shareholder and CFO of the Brothers Group. She's a very capable woman who manages hundreds of millions of yuan very well."

"This is Xiaohong's father, Wang Jianshe, the head of the provincial construction bureau and a member of the department's party committee. He's practically my relative by marriage."

"This is Qin Yuqing, the captain of the Provincial Criminal Investigation Corps. This is Xiao Li, Li Zhongguo, also in the Criminal Investigation Corps, a branch captain. They are comrades-in-arms from Jianshe. We're celebrating the New Year together, so we're getting together for the festivities."

Everyone shook hands and greeted each other. Secretary Quan asked Old Chen, "How many families are celebrating the New Year together?"

Old Chen pointed towards the food factory: "Yeah, there are over sixty people making dumplings in the noodle shop canteen. That's what celebrating the New Year is all about, young and old together, so lively and festive. Unlike us, we're either running around everywhere or just the two of us, all alone, and we can't even have the kids with us." He shook his head.

Secretary Quan nodded: "You're much more easygoing. Even if I wanted some excitement, I couldn't find a place to go."

Everyone went into the building and took the elevator to the top floor. Old Chen and Aunt Chen accompanied Secretary Quan to occupy Xiao Wei's office, while Uncle Wang, Director Qin, and Li Zhongguo sat in the small conference room next to Secretary Quan's entourage and talked.

Wang Xiaohong, Chen Xiao, and Geng Hui temporarily acted as waitresses, busying themselves with boiling water, making tea, serving cups and bowls.

The secretary of the whole party was Xiao Tao, who was in his thirties and had made the phone call. He exchanged business cards with Xiao Wei, Chen Hui, and Xia Maosheng, and the four of them stood in the corridor outside the conference room talking.

Xiao Tao was to wait at the door to be ready to be summoned at any time, and it wouldn't be good to leave Xiao Wei and Xiao Hui standing there alone.

Being a secretary to a high-ranking leader is really not easy.

The cafeteria was also bustling with activity. Zhang Dahong, Zhang Dawei, Zhang Fu, Xiuer, and Zhang Bing were all huddled together at the window watching.

"This car isn't as good as my brother's."

"That depends on who's in the car. They're so classy."

"It feels like Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen have changed as soon as they go out; they're definitely not the same anymore."

"Aunt Chen just secretly went to steal some fried dough sticks to eat."

"Xiao Wei is really amazing now, how did he manage to do it so well?"

"My brother was awesome too, you just didn't realize it."

Over here, sir.

"Who? The provincial party secretary is here? Really?"

"My goodness, these two old folks, Mr. and Mrs. Chen, I never would have guessed! They're always smiling, yet they hold such high-ranking positions?"

"Your family must be incredibly lucky, with a chimney as big as a steel mill."

"Come on, we share the same ancestral grave, why would smoke rise from his family's grave?"

"That's all nonsense. I have three people in my own family, why would I bother smoking it out on him?"

"I think so too. So all this talk about ancestral graves and feng shui is just nonsense. Just listen to it for fun."

"Will this big boss be arriving soon? Should we tidy things up?"

"Really? Do they have that kind of time?"

……

Old Chen and Aunt Chen chatted with Secretary Quan for almost two hours. They must have had something important to discuss or some arrangements. In any case, no one else knew, and no one could ask.

It was past 4:30, and the three of them had almost finished discussing their confidential matters. Aunt Chen came out and called Xiao Wei, Chen Hui, and Xia Maosheng inside.

"I've reviewed your entire development process, and I must say, young people are indeed insightful, enterprising, and capable. In less than three years, you've built such a large conglomerate from scratch, almost entirely in uncharted territory. Your grasp of timing is truly admirable."

Old Chen pointed at Xiao Wei: "This is the culprit. He's been in charge and directing from the very beginning. He's steady and has a broad perspective. Although he's still a bit green in his thinking, he learns very quickly."

My son has only made two friends, and they've become arrogant because of them, letting him mess things up on his own. But he's made progress in the last six months, quite noticeably.

Xia married a good wife who perfectly made up for all three of their shortcomings, especially in the area of ​​finances. To be honest, Lao Quan, it's only in the last two years, since the kids grew up, that I've finally felt at ease and don't have to worry about them anymore.

Secretary Quan said, "You're doing very well now, with a virtuous wife, filial children, and your eldest grandson in your arms. You have a worthy successor, so what are you worried about?"

Old Chen shook his head and said, "It's true that my children and grandchildren are settled; as for the rest, let fate decide."

Secretary Quan asked Xiao Wei, "Did you design this province-wide grand plan? To what extent can it be implemented?"

Xiao Wei said, "Actually, I didn't think that much about it at the beginning. I just wanted to improve the internal product transportation when my business was all over the place. Later, when I was choosing a location, I had the idea of ​​building a logistics transportation system called 'Shishitong'."

The details were also improved by everyone working together. The current idea is to enable all goods and commodities to flow quickly within all prefecture-level cities in the province, allowing for the circulation of goods.

We ourselves run a shopping mall, and I believe that distribution is the primary way for goods to generate value, and the channels created by distribution are the most important method for commercial development. That's the idea, though it's not fully mature yet.

Secretary Quan thought for a moment, nodded, and then asked, "How did the idea for the New Year's Shopping Festival come about?"

Xiao Wei said, "We also need to buy New Year's goods, but we have no idea where to find cheap or good deals, and we don't even know where to buy some things."

That day, we were talking about this point when this idea popped up by chance. Since we happened to have the space, I suggested we gather all the products we could find, lower the prices, and see how it went.

In fact, we couldn't have done it on our own; we also need to thank the military and police for their support. After this experience, I feel my thinking is clearer, and I understand the entire operational process and the points that need attention. I believe that next year's event will be an improvement over this year's.

Secretary Quan said to Old Chen, "To be honest, I got a good deal at this year's New Year's shopping festival. There was no such news at all; it just suddenly broke out. Luckily, I reacted in time, and the newspapers and TV followed up, but I didn't expect it to be on the 7 PM time slot."

You know the current situation in the country: inflation, a surge in savings, and sluggish commercial consumption. Stimulating consumption and getting people to spend money to buy things is now a major, paramount issue.

His foot just happened to step on the line, which also gave me a gun, allowing me to show off among my colleagues—a big one, no less. I'm a complete novice when it comes to business.

(End of this chapter)