Chapter 2296: New District, New Atmosphere

The opening ceremony of Hailongtang Restaurant was extremely lively. Le Shaobo invited almost all the prominent figures in Chongjin County, from county leaders to leaders of various functional units, to the bosses and executives of the enterprises in the Economic Development Zone, as well as his friends, setting up a full hundred tables.

Hailongtang Restaurant was decorated very luxuriously, resplendent and magnificent, with two huge stone lions at the entrance, looking majestic.

Le Shaobo stood at the entrance personally to receive guests. With his status, this was a bit unusual, but he didn't dare to be arrogant, because this small Chongjin County could be called a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers resided.

He had heard from Mi Xiuyuan about Su Xinghui's extraordinary status.

And the status of people like Mi Xiuyuan and Xie Junqiang was absolutely no worse than his among the Hong Kong businessmen; there were only those higher than him. In addition, there were other Hong Kong businessmen and overseas Chinese businessmen who also had factories here and had all been invited to come this time. Which one of them dared he neglect?

And the status of people like Yu Zhizhi, Yu Ruoqiu, Hou Wenhai, Chu Zheng, and Han Xiang Dong, according to Mi Xiuyuan, were all from wealthy families. As for Min Tong, Xu Xiaoguang, Feng Yuandong, and others, they were also up-and-coming wealthy people in the mainland, whose financial power was already no lower than many wealthy families in Hong Kong, and their development momentum and potential were even more astonishing.

Plus, Le Shaobo's family had started out in the catering industry, and welcoming guests was their specialty, so he didn't feel at all aggrieved to be greeting guests here personally.

Mi Xiuyuan and the others wanted to support Le Shaobo, so they came early and were welcomed upstairs by Le Shaobo and sat at the tables.

When Su Xinghui arrived at the entrance of Hailongtang with Lu Xiaoya, Le Shaobo ran over with exaggerated small steps, shook hands with Su Xinghui with both hands, and bowed slightly: "Thank you, County Magistrate Su, for your presence. Your arrival makes the place shine!"

Su Xinghui handed a flower basket he had bought to the doorman on the side and said with a smile: "Congratulations, congratulations! I hope President Le's Hailongtang business will be prosperous!"

Le Shaobo said: "Thank you, County Magistrate Su, for your auspicious words!"

Su Xinghui glanced at the Hailongtang sign. The three characters "Hailongtang" in running script were written with dragon-flying and phoenix-dancing strokes, as if a dragon were truly dancing on the sign. He nodded and said: "These characters are written well!"

Le Shaobo said with some regret: "It's a pity that County Magistrate Su is unwilling to write the sign for our Hailongtang, otherwise it would be even more brilliant! I heard that County Magistrate Su is a great calligrapher!"

Le Shaobo had indeed asked Su Xinghui to write the sign for him, but Su Xinghui had long ago set a rule not to write signs for any merchant. Although Le Shaobo offered a "brush fee" of hundreds of thousands of yuan, Su Xinghui was not moved at all and refused Le Shaobo's request.

Nowadays, there are many leaders who have an addiction to writing inscriptions. I don't know how many merchants' plaques have the handwriting of leaders, with the leaders' names clearly signed below. Although the level of these characters may not be very high, the leaders are still tireless in writing inscriptions.

Leaders like to write inscriptions, of course, for a reason. Besides satisfying their vanity as calligraphers, the high "brush fees" are also what they like.

Merchants like to ask leaders to write inscriptions, of course, for a reason. This is the same as why the "Great Immortal" Chen Heyang likes to take photos with leaders—it's all to raise their own status and thereby earn more money.

Su Xinghui, of course, was unwilling to write inscriptions for merchants. He didn't want to become that kind of leader who writes inscriptions everywhere, and he didn't want merchants to use his name to do things they shouldn't do.

However, Su Xinghui helped Le Shaobo invite the great calligrapher Qu Ziqing to write the sign for them. Qu Ziqing's work was indeed extraordinary, and this sign was written brilliantly.

Hearing Le Shaobo's regretful words, Su Xinghui smiled and said: "President Le, this Mr. Qu Ziqing is a famous great calligrapher in our country. Are you still not satisfied that you were able to get his inscription?"

Le Shaobo hurriedly said: "Satisfied, satisfied, but if I could get County Magistrate Su's inscription, I would be even more satisfied!"

Su Xinghui laughed. Le Shaobo personally brought Su Xinghui to a VIP room on the third floor. This VIP room could hold three tables, and two tables were already seated. Yu Zhizhi, Mi Xiuyuan, and others were all sitting here.

Once Su Xinghui arrived, he naturally had a good chat with them. Now everyone was busy and couldn't meet every day. This opening ceremony of Hailongtang Restaurant was a good opportunity for everyone to enhance their feelings.

Therefore, everyone talked happily.

Before long, all the guests arrived, and the opening ceremony officially began. Le Shaobo first asked Su Xinghui to speak. Su Xinghui didn't overstep his bounds; he let Yuan Yifu speak first, and then he went to speak.

At such a time, naturally, no one would be long-winded. They were all just a few words to conclude, and of course, they were all auspicious words welcoming Hailongtang Restaurant to settle in Chongjin County and wishing Hailongtang Restaurant a prosperous business.

Some Hong Kong businessmen are very superstitious, and those in the catering industry are even more so. Su Xinghui was also well-versed in such psychology, and the auspicious words he said made Le Shaobo beam with joy.

After Le Shaobo went on stage and said a few words, they began to set off firecrackers and serve dishes.

Today, Hailongtang was very generous. Every table had abalone, lobster, and other fresh seafood. The table of dishes was extremely rich, all classic Cantonese dishes. Everyone toasted each other and ate very happily.

Hailongtang's chefs were indeed high-level, the Cantonese cuisine was very authentic, and the seafood was very fresh. Just this point set it apart from other restaurants. In an inland city like Chongjin County, being able to eat the freshest seafood was quite difficult.

Le Shaobo personally toasted every table and invited the leaders and bosses to frequent his business often. Everyone nodded and praised the authentic dishes here.

Of course, Su Xinghui couldn't come here to eat often in the future. Eating here was high consumption. Even if he could afford it, he couldn't come often. If he did, it would have a very bad influence. This place was too high-profile, and too many eyes would be watching here.

When he ate with Yu Zhizhi and the others, he would usually go to those smaller, quieter restaurants. Although the grade didn't look high, the taste was also very good.

Let those bosses come to such places often.

In fact, for the opening of ordinary merchants, Su Xinghui would not attend in person. If he attended every merchant's opening, he wouldn't have to do anything else, and this one thing alone would keep him busy.

Today's opening ceremony of Hailongtang Restaurant was still very successful. It not only connected feelings with leaders and bosses but also demonstrated their restaurant's Cantonese cuisine skills. As long as the food and wine were really good, these bosses would not be stingy with money.

On the spot, several bosses booked several banquets. In more than a month, it would be the Spring Festival. Before the Spring Festival, every enterprise had to have a "year-end meal" before going on holiday. Since the food and wine here were so good, of course, they would eat here.

This year-end meal was once a year and could boost the morale of the enterprise. It was something every boss would not be careless about and must find a better place to eat.

Today's opening ceremony was very successful, and it could be said that the host and guests enjoyed themselves. Everyone left happily, and Le Shaobo was also waiting at the entrance of the restaurant to see off every guest.

Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya left the restaurant, but they were in no hurry to go back. Today was a weekend, and they planned to have a good stroll in the new district. Su Xinghui was usually too busy with work and didn't have much time to accompany Lu Xiaoya shopping. Today, he planned to accompany Lu Xiaoya well.

And Chongjin County's new district was now being built better and better, and it could be said that it changed every day. However, Su Xinghui had not strolled like this, and he also wanted to take a good look at the new atmosphere of the new district.

Chongjin County's old city, like the old city of every county, looked very crowded, and the layout was relatively messy. This was caused by historical limitations. Decades ago, the planning of urban construction in every city was relatively chaotic, without an overall plan. Wherever the city developed, buildings were built there, without any foresight.

And the new district didn't have that problem. At the beginning of the construction of the new district, experts were found to carry out planning. Chongjin County divided this land into squares, with the newly built county government office building as the center, surrounded by office buildings of various government units, parks, various public facilities, as well as commercial buildings, commodity housing, etc.

Between every two squares were wide roads. The main road running north-south through the new district was a ten-lane road, with neat green belts, street trees, and tall street lamps on both sides of the road, looking neat and beautiful. ===== CHAPTER 2298 =====