Chapter 574: The Prestige is Maxed Out!

Halfway through the meal, the private room door was pushed open, and Dong Miaoying walked in with a few people.

"County Magistrate Tang, I saw you at the entrance. I asked the waiter about your private room. I came over to toast you all."

"District Chief Dong, thank you so much!"

Tang Ye was stunned; he knew Dong Miaoying had a dinner engagement today, but he hadn't expected it to be at the same restaurant.

Tang Ye reacted extremely quickly, swiftly introducing to Tan Weibin and Yang Ying: "This is District Chief Dong from Shugang District, Hanzhou, and this is Director Liu from the Provincial Development and Reform Commission..."

Tan Weibin had met Dong Miaoying a few times; although he didn't know the others, he could tell from their job titles that they were all key figures in certain departments of Huai Province at the moment.

Using fantasy novels as an analogy, Postnatal is Deputy Section Chief, Innate is Section Chief, Golden Core is Deputy Division Chief, and Nascent Soul is Division Level!

These people were equivalent to peak Nascent Soul experts, just one step away from being great powers capable of challenging the Tribulation Transcendence stage.

Tang Ye thought to himself, this Dong Miaoying is someone worth associating with!

The times he had helped her block drinks before had not been in vain!

At a critical moment, she brought a group of people to help him out.

The prestige was maxed out!

Perhaps this was the very meaning of coming to study at the Provincial Party School!

Whether in officialdom or the business world, people look at your connections and resources.

When Dong Miaoying saw Tang Ye and a pretty young woman walk into the private room, she initially thought he was just brushing her off.

Only after seeing Tan Weibin did she realize that he was negotiating a partnership with executives from the Hongyang Education Group.

She secretly thought to herself that she had perhaps been too quick to judge a gentleman by the measure of a petty person.

"President Tan, President Yang, hello! I originally intended to just greet County Magistrate Tang; I didn't expect you to be in this room. What a surprise!" Dong Miaoying filled the glasses with wine, "It's a special fate to run into you; I'd like to offer you a toast."

Tan Weibin's face was full of smiles: "Thank you, District Chief Dong. I'm truly delighted to see an old friend here."

After Dong Miaoying left the private room, Tang Ye picked up his wine glass, preparing to go to the next room to return the toast.

Xiao Hui hurriedly stood up, "I'll go with you!"

Tang Ye paused for a moment, thinking to himself that going to toast alone would indeed make him look isolated and helpless, so he tacitly allowed her to follow him.

Tang Ye arrived at the next room; unlike Dong Miaoying, he toasted them one by one.

Xiao Hui had originally thought it would just be a formality; she hadn't expected Tang Ye to go around toasting everyone, and she couldn't help but groan inwardly. She dared to finish the first two glasses, but after that, she only dared to touch them with her lips.

Tang Ye finally walked up to Dong Miaoying.

Dong Miaoying stared at Xiao Hui for a moment and said with a smile: "County Magistrate Tang, shouldn't you introduce the lady beside you?"

Tang Ye hurriedly patted his forehead: "Look at my memory. Let me introduce her to everyone; this is my classmate, named Xiao Hui, currently working at the Education Bureau of Chengzhong District in Hanzhou."

Xiao Hui had originally been very disappointed, but hearing Tang Ye introduce her, she couldn't help but feel secretly joyful.

At a dinner like this, no one would usually remember her.

But whether they remembered her or not wasn't important; what was important was Tang Ye's attitude toward her.

Tang Ye introducing her in front of so many Department-Level Cadres, whether intentional or not, greatly satisfied her vanity.

This kind of vanity was something she could never perceive from Shao Jinbo.

At the same time, she felt even more jealous and envious of Du Xi.

After all, there is a difference in the level of satisfaction of one's vanity between being a classmate and being a wife!

Xiao Hui secretly steeled herself; one day, she too would become someone who could sit at the table and stand on equal footing with them.

After returning to the private room, Xiao Hui noticed that Tan Weibin's attitude toward Tang Ye had changed significantly.

Dong Miaoying and these classmates from the Young Cadre Training Class coming to toast had invisibly added a halo to Tang Ye.

"County Magistrate Tang, I didn't expect you and District Chief Dong to be so familiar!"

"We are classmates from the same term at the Party School. Are you very familiar with her?"

"I had a meal with her not long ago. The Hongyang Education Group originally had intentions toward Shugang District, but several plots of land in Shugang District have already been locked down to build a tourist scenic area."

"Then you might consider Suiyuan. We still have quite a few competitive locations!"

When the meal ended, Tan Weibin suggested finding a place to sing.

Tang Ye helplessly declined: "President Tan, I must apologize. I am studying at the Party School, which has a curfew, and I have to attend class early tomorrow morning. I really cannot accompany you. Let's gather again after the school training ends; we will certainly have a good time then."

Tan Weibin smiled with disappointment: "Then I won't force it; there will be plenty of opportunities!"

Having said that, Tan Weibin desperately signaled to Xiao Hui with his eyes.

During the meal today, Xiao Hui had been indifferent to Tan Weibin, which left Tan Weibin feeling somewhat depressed, yet also itching with desire.

Xiao Hui knew what Tan Weibin was thinking.

For her, helping Tang Ye bridge the connection was enough to complete her task.

Given Tang Ye's character, he would certainly return the favor.

As for herself, there was no need to prostitute herself to this "old cured meat" Tan Weibin just to get a job transfer.

As Xiao Hui followed Tang Ye into the taxi, Tan Weibin was filled with disappointment and unwillingness.

"Uncle Tan, Uncle Tan..." Yang Ying spoke to Tan Weibin, but finding he hadn't heard her at all, she raised her voice to call out.

"Uh, I'm listening, please go ahead!" Tan Weibin came back to his senses and looked at Yang Ying in surprise.

"The policies offered by Suiyuan are quite good, and the key is that the leadership team is very young and has potential; it's worth a focused evaluation," Yang Ying said with a serious expression.

Tan Weibin's expectations for Xiao Hui were extinguished by cold water, and his eyes returned to rationality and sobriety.

"My personal view is that Chengzhong District is more suitable for investment; Suiyuan is too remote."

Yang Ying, however, had a different understanding: "For education, a school being a bit remote is not a bad thing. A place's economic situation is inversely proportional to the students' desire to learn; the poorer the place, the more students hope to change their future through learning."

Tan Weibin frowned and retorted: "According to your theory, wouldn't it be even more suitable to go to the border regions to invest and run schools?"

Yang Ying said in a low voice: "My meaning is that the school's location has no necessary connection to the local economy. Tang Ye is a politician with vision; if we invest in him, within five to ten years, as he continues to advance, our investments in Hanzhou will also have corresponding returns."

Tan Weibin felt that Yang Ying's logic had some merit, but he still smiled perfunctorily: "I suggest we give it further consideration."

In Tan Weibin's view, the Long Princess is too eager to achieve results.

However, Tan Weibin analyzes that the forces behind him will not let her have her way so easily.

The outside world considers Hongyang Education Group to be a thriving major enterprise, but internally, it is like a grand drama of household intrigue.

Although Yang Ying is the Long Princess, born of the direct line, the person who truly holds power within the Yang family today is someone else.

Yang Ying needs to prove her ability before she can take the right of succession from her father's hands.

In this process, many forces will secretly obstruct her.