Return to the City: The Strongest King

Chapter 2253: Chapter 2085: Whispering

Using "playing hostess" as an excuse to invite someone to dinner, what do you take her for?

So Deputy Mayor Han also found a reason and a way out for Qiao Yutong to show up.

You have to know, buying land, investing, building factories, opening companies—sounds simple, but in fact it involves buying land, registering the company, taxes, work safety, quality supervision, environmental protection, fire safety, auditing, the Administration for Industry and Commerce, and a whole bunch of other departments, with tons of procedures to go through. This dinner that Deputy Mayor Han arranged today is to have all the heads of the Beishan District departments present, so these out-of-town investors can get a sense of the local connections in Beishan District, in order to streamline procedures and reduce resistance when they invest and build factories.

Since this is a meet-and-greet between Beishan District leaders and investors, inviting Deputy Director Zhang from the Beishan District Police Station is perfectly proper, and having Qiao Yutong, as his superior, show her face is also quite normal.

So Qiao Yutong came.

"Let me introduce everyone, this is the beautiful police flower of our Minghe, Deputy Director Qiao Yutong of the Public Security Bureau." Deputy Mayor Han introduced her to those investors who hadn’t met Qiao Yutong yet.

"Director Qiao!"

"Director Qiao is really so young."

"Director Qiao is really so beautiful, truly a police flower!"

"And this is Deputy Director Zhang from our Beishan District Police Station." Deputy Mayor Han continued introducing.

"As everyone knows, the development of our Beishan District Development Zone was put on hold for a while before, all because of a few little punks. So this time, I specially invited Deputy Director Zhang from Beishan District Police Station to meet everyone. From now on, if there are any punks causing trouble in your factory areas or on your construction sites, you just go to him!" Deputy Mayor Han said, pointing at Deputy Director Zhang.

"Yes, yes, from now on, the public security issues in the Beishan District Development Zone will be my responsibility." Deputy Director Zhang said.

"Alright, since everyone is here, let’s order and have the dishes served."

Song Xiaodong sat next to Deputy Mayor Han, with Qiao Yutong sitting beside Song Xiaodong. After speaking, Deputy Mayor Han turned his head, leaned toward Song Xiaodong’s ear, and whispered, "So, Mr. Song? A beauty keeping you company?"

Song Xiaodong didn’t say anything, he just held back a laugh and nodded to Deputy Mayor Han to show he was satisfied.

"Hahahaha..."

The two of them burst out laughing at the same time.

Qiao Yutong said coldly from the side, "Whispering to each other, what are you two talking about?"

Song Xiaodong turned his head and said to Qiao Yutong with a grin, "Director Qiao, you can scold me, but Deputy Mayor Han is sitting right here too!"

Qiao Yutong had forgotten that the one joking around with Song Xiaodong was Deputy Mayor Han. Only after Song Xiaodong’s reminder did she realize that talking to Deputy Mayor Han like that was a bit impolite.

Deputy Mayor Han just waved his hand with a smile and said, "Director Qiao, you coming today is giving me face, I don’t mind at all!"

After he finished, Deputy Mayor Han even shot a look at Song Xiaodong, tossing the blame to him.

Of course—having a deputy director, and a beautiful police flower at that, show up as a mere companion, coming when called and leaving when waved off, she’d naturally be unhappy.

So Song Xiaodong spoke up, "Director Qiao being able to come today is truly an honor for both Deputy Mayor Han and me. We were just whispering to each other, praising how gorgeous you are!"

"Hmph." Qiao Yutong snorted, her body giving a tiny shiver.

"Dragging me around every day to sponge off other people’s dinners—what if you make me fat?" Qiao Yutong said to Song Xiaodong.

"Oh now, Director Qiao, this is not sponging off other people’s dinners. Director Qiao, this event today is a meet-and-greet between Beishan District leaders and investors—you’re included too." Deputy Mayor Han quickly said.

"Deputy Mayor Han, I’m not even a leader of Beishan District." Qiao Yutong said.

"Director Qiao, I’m not either, but after all, they’re our subordinates. You supervise Deputy Director Zhang, I supervise Secretary Niu—we’re both here representing the Beishan District Municipal Government, just to get a bit closer to the investors, so everyone gets to know each other." Deputy Mayor Han added.

"Then what is he doing here?" Qiao Yutong shot a sideways glare at Song Xiaodong.

"Director Qiao, Mr. Song is the representative of our Minghe Company entrepreneurs." Deputy Mayor Han said with a smile, looking at Qiao Yutong.

"Director Qiao, since you’re already here, don’t stay so fired up. Come on, let me pour you some juice." Song Xiaodong picked up a bottle of juice, poured some for Qiao Yutong, then raised the glass, ready to hand it to her.

Qiao Yutong shot him a sidelong glance and said, "That’s more like it."

After all the dishes were served, Deputy Mayor Han began to speak.

"I’m sure everyone’s hungry, so I’ll keep it short. There’s just one message today. As you all know, this development zone construction and factory investment and settlement—sounds simple, but when you actually do it, the procedures can run your legs to sticks. I understand the difficulties you investors face; making money isn’t easy. So today I’ve invited all the leaders of every big and small department involved in handling procedures for investing and building factories in Beishan District, so that everyone can get acquainted. After this, I will personally oversee the establishment of a one-stop service counter in the Beishan District government building, to try our best to reduce your running around, shorten the processing time of these procedures, and improve efficiency." Han Yang finished in one breath.

"Good!"

"Deputy Mayor Han really is so considerate of us small bosses!"

"Yes, Deputy Mayor Han has really thought of everything!"

"So that means, if I apply in the autumn, build in the winter, next year I’ll be able to start production!"

The group of out-of-town investors started chattering excitedly.

"But!" Deputy Mayor Han suddenly changed his tone.

"But I also need to remind everyone: enforcement is strict these days. The rules and regulations that ought to be followed must still be followed. Don’t cross the red line. If something goes wrong because you violated the regulations, don’t say that I, Han Yang, would watch and do nothing." A sharp light flashed in Han Yang’s eyes, scaring the crowd into silence.