Chapter 2228

Zhou Andong glanced at the time; it was already past nine in the evening. Cheng Zhanjun definitely wasn't in the office, but he didn't know his home number, so he could only call Deng Zhangli.

These past few days, Deng Zhangli had truly been busy to the point of dizziness and exhaustion. The post-disaster reconstruction work was not only extremely tedious but also intricately complex to the point of giving one a headache.

Fortunately, after a period of arduous and strenuous effort, it had finally come to a temporary end. At this moment, he only hoped to go to bed early to rest and have a good sleep to recover his already overdrawn energy.

Just as he was dragging his weary footsteps slowly out of the study, suddenly, a harsh telephone ringtone rang out abruptly behind him without warning.

This sudden sound really gave him quite a scare; his whole body couldn't help but tremble. It was already past nine in the evening; a call this late probably wouldn't bring any good news.

Deng Zhangli hurriedly turned around, returned to the desk in three steps, and grabbed the receiver that was still ringing incessantly. Then he took a deep breath and said in a low voice.

"Hello, I am Deng Zhangli."

Zhou Andong's familiar voice came from the receiver: "Leader, your tone of voice, why does it sound so serious to me? Did something happen?"

Hearing that it was a call from Zhou Andong, Deng Zhangli's heart, which had originally been hanging, finally settled down a little. He let out a long, turbid breath and then said with annoyance.

"Look at what time it is now; you suddenly call me late at night, can I think of anything good?"

Zhou Andong chuckled upon hearing this: "Leader, the call I'm making to you is definitely a huge piece of good news. Many people are begging me, breaking their heads to get my attention, and I don't even bother with them; I'm thinking only of you, old man!"

Deng Zhangli gave a light snort and said jokingly: "Don't just say nice things; I want to see if it can soothe my little heart that has been frightened."

"That's an old heart!" Zhou Andong muttered.

Deng Zhangli's voice came immediately: "What did you say?"

"Didn't say anything!" Zhou Andong hurriedly changed the subject: "I plan to build cars myself, and I have already acquired a fairly large-scale automobile manufacturing plant with a few friends. Next, we plan to invest 3.6 billion to build a modern automobile R&D and production base."

"Invest 3.6 billion to build an automobile R&D and production base?"

Deng Zhangli seemed to completely ignore the words Zhou Andong had laid out before, and his attention was immediately grabbed by the two key pieces of information: 3.6 billion and the automobile R&D and production base.

"Yes!" Facing Deng Zhangli's such direct and strong reaction, Zhou Andong grinned silently: "So, you can imagine how many people have found me. And just this afternoon, Qin Changzhi found my partner."

"That's right!" Zhou Andong replied, "Qin Changzhi is a member of the Tong family. He was suppressed to death by the old secretary in Fengjing and had no chance to breathe at all; he was never able to raise his head.

And now, Yin Mingsheng has been transferred to Liaoning Province to serve as secretary, which for the desperate Qin Changzhi, undoubtedly became the only life-saving straw he could grasp tightly.

Therefore, his choice to lean towards Yin Mingsheng became an inevitability. It's just that, because of Yin Mingsheng's son, who is as stupid as a pig, his days in Liaoning Province are equally difficult.

In order to resist the attacks and negative influences from all sides, Yin Mingsheng urgently needs an extremely dazzling political achievement to plate himself with a layer of shining halo."

"You asking me to go to the capital to talk about investment is no problem." Deng Zhangli immediately understood: "But, I alone definitely won't do.

I can only represent Jiangzhou, and Yin Mingsheng, this secretary, represents the entire Liaoning Province. If he is even slightly shameless, he can easily take this political achievement and put it on his own head."

"That's why!" Zhou Andong said with a smile: "You need to come to the capital with Secretary Cheng. You represent Jiangzhou, and Secretary Cheng represents the province.

At that time, we will hold a press conference and publicly announce the investment to the outside world. In this way, even if Yin Mingsheng is unwilling, he won't be able to snatch it away."

Deng Zhangli laughed loudly: "I will call Secretary Cheng immediately; I can be in the capital by the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Zhou Andong asked with a smile: "Leader, can your old heart be comforted now?"

"It is." Deng Zhangli laughed again, then reacted: "What old..."

"Beep beep beep..."

Before Deng Zhangli could finish his sentence, a rapid busy signal came from the receiver.

Zhou Andong chuckled, then made another call, which surprisingly went unanswered, so he changed the number and continued calling.

Soon, the number connected, and a girl's voice came from the receiver.

"Hello, this is Jinwan Hotel; how may I help you?"

Zhou Andong picked up a cigarette and lit it: "I am Zhou Andong; is your General Manager Zhou there?"

"Chairman Zhou!" The other party said hurriedly: "Our General Manager Zhou is in the conference room having a meeting. Should I go notify her to call you back, or should I let her come to take the call?"

"Having a meeting this late?" Zhou Andong shook his head slightly: "No need. I'm ordering ten dishes, including abalone and lobster; for the remaining eight dishes, you let the kitchen arrange them.

Don't make those flashy things; just make them substantial so one can eat their fill. Tomorrow morning at ten-thirty, send them to Anqiu Hutong."

"Okay, Chairman Zhou, I have noted it all down." The other party asked: "Do you have any other requirements?"

"No, that's all."

Zhou Andong put down the phone and left the reception hall, entering the entertainment room opposite.

Originally, he had thought about writing some scripts tonight, but Gu Bing and the others insisted on dragging him to play mahjong.

At this time, Zhou Qianyi had already finished her meeting and was taking more than ten people to the restaurant to eat.

She had also invested in the Jiangzhou textile factory and was now responsible for negotiating the acquisition of shares with the woolen mill.

Originally, she thought that this matter had the support of the capital city and should be very easy to negotiate.

Moreover, the shares she wanted weren't much, not exceeding ten percent.

But she never expected that the other party would actually open their mouth like a lion.

She could clearly feel that there was a powerful force inside resisting their acquisition.

The problem now was that even if she agreed to the other party's exorbitant demands, they would definitely come up with some other tricks.

Therefore, she, who had always been energetic, had also been worn out during this period.

They arrived at the restaurant and happened to run into the front desk clerk coming out of the kitchen.

"General Manager Zhou!" The young girl walked over quickly: "Just now, Chairman Zhou of Yugong Group called and ordered ten dishes here, asking us to send them to Anqiu Hutong tomorrow morning at ten-thirty."