Chapter 1409: The Five-Year Plan

Zhou Andong spoke very casually, but he knew that such a situation would not last long. On the dining tables of ordinary people in the Northeast during the New Year, they would soon be able to eat vegetables from Shouguang.

After all, where there is demand, there is a market. Temperature-controlled trucks are not some high-tech invention; they have existed abroad for a long time. It is just that domestic demand was low, so they were rare.

But once the Shouguang vegetable base develops, given the ingenuity of the Chinese people, temperature-controlled trucks will soon be produced. By then, transporting them to the Northeast will no longer be a problem.

Therefore, Zhou Andong was also in a hurry, which is why he made the five-year plan, because that Party Secretary Wang in Shouguang is a ruthless character. Since he will become a competitor in the future, he must take him seriously.

"Besides!" Zhou Andong smiled slightly: "There is another reason, which is that the scale of Shouguang's greenhouses is not too large. It is already good enough that the vegetables can satisfy the demand in the surrounding areas; how could they possibly come all the way to our Sanbei Province to seek a market?"

"However, this situation will not last long. Shouguang's off-season vegetable greenhouses are developing very rapidly, which is why I formulated the five-year plan."

Chen He said: "The transportation problem still hasn't been solved."

"The transportation problem is very easy to solve." Zhou Andong picked up a lamb bone and took a bite: "First, invest heavily to purchase temperature-controlled transport trucks and establish a transport fleet."

"Second, in addition to Jiangzhou, we must also build an off-season fruit and vegetable planting base in Longjiang Province and Jilin Province respectively. This way, transportation will be much more convenient."

"Good!" Jian Zhengxue said with satisfaction: "However, you must first promote it in Liaoning Province."

"That goes without saying."

Zhou Andong agreed quite readily, but Longjiang Province and Jilin Province could not be delayed either.

"Professor Jiang!" Chen He said with a smile: "You have taught a good student."

Jiang Gengping's face was full of pride: "This kid Zhou Andong didn't annoy me any less when he was in school. But his brain is flexible, and he is thick-skinned. He would run to my office to mooch cigarettes and tea whenever he had nothing to do."

"Hahaha..."

The crowd burst into laughter again. Zhou Andong rubbed his nose and raised his wine bottle.

"Leaders, come, let's have a drink."

"Having a full drink won't do." That middle-aged man shook his head: "You are the distillery director, soaking in wine vats all day long. We can't outdrink you, so you can have a full drink, and we'll just take a sip."

Zhou Andong said: "Minister Zhou, we were one family five hundred years ago. It's not very authentic for you to help outsiders speak like this."

Minister Zhou laughed again: "I am helping the right, not the relative."

At this moment, Chen Kai-ming raised his glass: "Chairman Zhou, on behalf of all the leaders, I'd like to have a drink with you."

"Look, look." Zhou Andong held the wine bottle and gestured to Chen Kaiming: "Secretary Chen still gives me face."

"Fine, fine, fine!" Minister Zhou looked helpless: "It seems I have no choice but to drink this bottle."

Except for Jian Zhengxue, the others also picked up their wine bottles and drank them in one breath, regardless of how much was left.

This drinking session lasted until after seven o'clock. By the time they returned to the city, it was almost nine.

Zhou Andong and Jian Qiu were still staying at the guesthouse. When Gu Bing and Wu Huilin found out, they also opened two rooms at the guesthouse.

After all, the two of them were not married. It didn't matter when they were in the dormitory, but they couldn't mess around outside.

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The next morning, after Zhou Andong and the others finished breakfast, they went to the electronics factory.

Just as they left, Lu Qingshou, who had disappeared for three days, appeared sneakily at the main entrance of the guesthouse.

On the day of the public trial, after this guy and another young man were kicked out of the guesthouse, they went to watch the public trial.

Then Lu Qingshou paged Jiao Mingmei again, and a female colleague returned the call.

He found out which hospital she was in and went to find her, even buying some fruit.

Jiao Mingmei had a fractured ankle, which was quite serious, and she would have to stay in the hospital for ten days or half a month.

As for Lu Qingshou, he kept Xiong Zhaoming's words in mind: he could not show his face and could not be discovered by the people from the distillery.

So he did not return to the guesthouse but found a hotel not far from the hospital to stay in.

Two days had passed, and Xiong Zhaoming had not contacted him, nor had he paged Jiao Mingmei.

It wasn't just him; even Jiao Mingmei and the other two female colleagues were getting a bit anxious.

Therefore, today they let him go to the guesthouse to check the situation and ask what was going on with Xiong Zhaoming.

At this moment, Lu Qingshou's face was pale, without a trace of blood. He saw Secretary Jian and several provincial leaders.

What was even more terrifying was that Zhou Andong was accompanying them. So where was their Director Xiong?

This guy wrapped his scarf tighter, covered himself up thoroughly, and stepped into the guesthouse.

"Comrade, let me ask, which room is Director Xiong of the Provincial Department of Industry staying in?"

The attendant was Yuan Yuan, who had just finished her shift and had returned from the restroom.

Hearing someone call from behind, she turned her head and was startled.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing that it was Yuan Yuan, Lu Qingshou was also scared into taking a step back.

This girl was truly too fierce; she didn't care about leaders or anything, she really didn't give face.

But he couldn't shrink back now, or it would make people too suspicious.

"I'm asking, which room is Director Xiong of the Provincial Department of Industry staying in?"

Yuan Yuan frowned: "Sneaky, take off your scarf."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Lu Qingshou coughed: "That, I have a cold. If I take off my scarf and infect you, what should I do?"

Yuan Yuan frowned even tighter, looking at Lu Qingshou with great vigilance.

"That!" Lu Qingshou's heart was pounding: "I'm not a bad person. Besides, what bad person would be bold enough to come to the guesthouse to do bad things?"

When Yuan Yuan heard this, it made sense, so she waved her hand impatiently: "They already checked out and left yesterday."

"Ah?" Lu Qingshou opened his mouth wide and said in disbelief: "Left yesterday? How is that possible? Did you get it wrong?"

"Believe it or not, if you don't believe it, forget it." Yuan Yuan turned and walked into the bar: "Don't get in the way here, or I'll have the security department comrades throw you out."

Thinking about being thrown out once two days ago, Lu Qingshou learned his lesson and turned to leave.

After leaving the guesthouse, he found a public telephone booth and quickly dialed a string of numbers.

"I am Lu Qingshou. Is Director Xiong in the department?"

"Director Xiong?" The man who answered the phone said: "No, didn't he go down for an inspection and research?"

"I see."

Lu Qingshou hung up the phone and stood there in a daze, a very bad premonition rising in his heart.

Then, he called one of his colleagues from the inspection team that had gone down.

But no one answered in the office, so he called the other party's home.

This time someone answered, a woman: "Hello, who are you looking for?"

Lu Qingshou took a deep breath: "Sister-in-law, I am Lu Qingshou. Is Old Sun home?"

"Yes!" The woman shouted: "Old Sun, it's Lu Qingshou on the phone."

"Old Lu!" Old Sun's voice sounded: "Where are you?"

Lu Qingshou said excitedly and aggrievedly: "Old Sun, you guys went back, why didn't you notify me? Director Jiao is still lying in the Jiangzhou hospital."

Old Sun was silent for a while, then sighed: "Something big happened. I just came back from being questioned by the Discipline Inspection Group in the department. I didn't sleep all night last night, how could I still take care of you guys."

The hand holding the phone trembled, and Lu Qingshou stuttered when he spoke.

"What... what... what... what happened?" ===== CHAPTER 1410 =====