Chapter 808

At noon, Zhou Andong arranged another meal, still at home, setting up several tables.

They ate until after two in the afternoon before Zuo Xingqing and the others left.

In the evening, Zhou Andong went to the brigade headquarters and called Man Hongshan, chatting with him for more than an hour.

The next day, Zhou Andong didn't even eat breakfast, and with Seeing Jian Qiu, he took Xiao Bei, Xiao Qin, Yuan Hai, and Yuan Ying, these cousins, to Qiqihar.

Bringing Yuan Hai and Yuan Ying and the others to the inspection and negotiation was to let them see the world and cultivate them in the future.

He had already thought about it: give each family some shares in the water plant.

It would be better if they could take charge of their own affairs in the future, but it wouldn't matter if they couldn't be supported; the dividends from the water plant would be enough for them to spend.

When they were two kilometers away from the city, they saw more than ten cars parked on the side of the road ahead, and except for three sedans, they were all police cars.

A traffic policeman kept waving his hand at the motorcade. Wu Chao said: "Chairman, there are police ahead gesturing for us to stop."

Zhou Andong tilted his head and looked ahead, smiling bitterly: "They are here to pick us up, pull over and stop."

Wu Chao turned on the turn signal, the motorcade behind also followed suit, the speed dropped, and they slowly pulled over to the side of the road and stopped.

The doors of the three small cars opened, and Meng Tong Huai Zhi and his secretary, Tang Guangwu, the director of the municipal government office, and Liu Lan Yun, the deputy director of the Investment Promotion Bureau, got out and walked over quickly.

Zhou Andong shook hands with Meng Tong Huai Zhi: "Leader, I'm just a businessman, this is too grand."

Meng Tong Huai Zhi said with a smile: "This is the greatest respect we have for Chairman Zhou."

Since they were already here, what else could Zhou Andong do: "Fine, but don't turn on the police sirens."

"Okay!" Meng Tong Huai Zhi was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and pulled Zhou Andong into his car.

Liu Lan Yun was not yet forty, not tall, with a round face, hair tied behind her head, wearing a white shirt on her upper body, gray trousers on her lower body, and a pair of thick-heeled round-toed leather shoes on her feet.

She wasn't considered beautiful, but she was very spirited and had a very refined air.

"Chairman Jian, get in my car."

"Okay!" Seeing Jian Qiu got into Liu Lan Yun's car.

In the car, Meng Tong Huai Zhi took out a cigarette and handed one to Zhou Andong: "You came so early, you must not have eaten."

Zhou Andong lowered his head and lit the cigarette: "No, let's find a place to eat first."

Meng Tong Huai Zhi asked the secretary: "Everything is arranged, right."

The secretary said: "We can eat when we get there."

Zhou Andong asked: "Is it still the Binhu Hotel?"

"No!" Meng Tong Huai Zhi sold a mystery, "You'll know when you get there."

Four police cars led the way in front, followed by four police cars behind, without turning on the police sirens, but the police lights were turned on.

Especially since there weren't many cars now, the speed was fast, and in half an hour, the cars arrived at the place.

Zhou Andong got out of the car and saw a big sign in front of him that read: Longjiang Hotel!

Meng Tong Huai Zhi said: "This hotel has quite a background. It was invested and built by the provincial government in 1929 and was the largest hotel in Qiqihar at the time. It has two floors above ground and one floor underground, with a construction area of nearly 3,000 square meters.

Among them, there are 34 guest rooms of various levels, and the main targets of reception are military and political officials and upper-class figures. The hotel manager was the military supply officer of Wan Fulin, the head of Longjiang Province at the time."

As he said this, Meng Tong Huai Zhi walked forward: "The food here is no worse than the Binhu Hotel."

The manager was a bald middle-aged man wearing a suit and tie.

Although there was air conditioning in the hotel, the manager was still a bit hot wearing this outfit, and sweat was already appearing on his forehead.

"Leader, you're here!"

Meng Tong Huai Zhi introduced the manager to Zhou Andong, and then entered a small banquet hall, where five tables were set up. It seemed that Wu Chao and these bodyguards were all arranged.

"Sit, sit, sit!" Meng Tong Huai Zhi politely let Zhou Andong and Seeing Jian Qiu sit.

Everyone sat down, and Meng Tong Huai Zhi asked the manager to serve the dishes.

No one drank much alcohol, mainly because Zhou Andong was really hungry, so he didn't care about his image and just ate.

In less than an hour, everyone had finished eating.

Meng Tong Huai Zhi said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go out for a stroll."

"Okay!" Zhou Andong stood up, "The food here is really good, I ate a bit too much, a stroll is just right."

Zhou Andong, Seeing Jian Qiu, and Meng Tong Huai Zhi were surrounded by a large circle of people as they left the hotel and walked along the side of the road.

"Chairman Zhou!" Meng Tong Huai Zhi asked: "Do you know where this is?"

Zhou Andong shook his head: "To tell you the truth, I've been to Qiqihar three times, but they were all passing through."

Meng Tong Huai Zhi said: "When Qiqihar was first built, there were few streets and alleys, and no names. In the 55th year of Kangxi, in the 'Buildings' section of 'Longsha Chronicles' written by Fang Shiji, it said:

Entering the south gate of the earthen city and arriving at the wooden city, merchants lived along the street, and the sound of the market was quite noisy. Outside this, although thatched cottages looked at each other, the grass was lonely and the smoke was cold, it was still the atmosphere of the frontier, and not as good as the barren counties in the Central Plains..."

As he said this, Meng Tong Huai Zhi pointed to the department store building that had just been built a few years ago: "The street from the south gate of the earthen city to the wooden city mentioned by Fang Shiji is the section of the street north of the department store building and south of the Liberation Gate.

This street has been a place where commercial firms gathered for many years. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were famous shops like Ruiqinghe, Ruilinxiang, Hongchangsheng, Gonghehou, Fuxingdong, Sanyicheng, and foreign-funded enterprises like the Anqiliewici Watch Shop, Fushantang, etc.

Later, there were the United Market, Common Market, Mass Market, and Nenjiang Market. Afterwards, there were the Guangming Store, No. 200 Store, Health Store, Supply and Marketing Building, Medicine Commercial Building...

In 1980, the city rebuilt this section of the road into a north-south thoroughfare connecting the North Street and Huimin Street in the north, and the Zhengyang Street and Yongding Street in the south, starting from Longhua Road in the south and ending at Zhonghua Road in the north, with a length of 1,550 meters, and named it Bukui Avenue. In 1981, this street was divided into Bukui Avenue, Bukui North Avenue, and Bukui South Avenue.

The trend of reform and opening up is unstoppable. Qiqihar is now entering a transition period. The planned economy is transitioning to a market economy, and many factories and enterprises have closed down, shut down, suspended, merged, or switched. So the city decided to build this place into the most prosperous commercial street in the central urban area."

Zhou Andong stood in front of the department store building, watching the endless stream of people coming in and out, and the passenger flow was quite good.

Meng Tong Huai Zhi said: "You can choose any location on this street, as long as you like it, we will coordinate it."

Zhou Andong took out a cigarette and handed one to Meng Tong Huai Zhi and Tang Guangwu. Just as he put the cigarette in his mouth, Meng Tong Huai Zhi's secretary put a lighter in front of him.

Zhou Andong lowered his head and lit the cigarette and said thank you: "Leader, I believe the city has the ability to achieve the goal and build this place into the most prosperous commercial street.

But the department store building is here. If I put the Qiudongfang Shopping Plaza here, it will form competition with the department store building."

"Why?" Meng Tong Huai Zhi asked with a smile: "Are you afraid you won't be able to compete with the department store building?"