Chapter 2161: Not in vain

Zhang Yingying’s departure made Qin Feng feel a little melancholy and reluctant, but more of a relief.

In the following days, Qin Feng continued to conduct research in various places in Xiquan City. The big task of poverty alleviation is definitely not something that can be accomplished by just sitting in the office and thinking about it.

However, the issue of poverty alleviation through relocation in Tai'an County has always been bothering Qin Feng. During this period of time, Tai'an County Mayor Yan Yibin and Poverty Alleviation Office Director Jiang Pingyuan both came to Qin Feng specifically to mention this matter, implying that this matter has been delayed for too long and asked Qin Feng to sign and allocate the money as soon as possible.

However, these two people are obviously not qualified to influence Qin Feng, so Qin Feng still did not put this matter on the work agenda.

In official circles, the word "procrastination" means a lot.

A few days later, Qin Feng went to the province for a meeting. After the meeting, the deputy secretary-general of the provincial government stayed at the venue waiting for Qin Feng and chatted with him while walking. During the conversation, the deputy secretary-general suddenly mentioned Deng Xiaogang. Although the deputy secretary-general did not say anything, everyone was a smart person and knew what he meant.

Moreover, the Deputy Secretary-General is a person of a special status. His decision to look for Qin Feng may be just his own idea, or it may be the idea of ​​a leader of the provincial government.

Qin Feng had just finished a meeting and had not yet returned to Xiquan when he received a call from Deng Xiaogang, who said that he wanted to invite Qin Feng to have dinner together.

The provincial leaders have already come forward, and Qin Feng can no longer refuse. He has to eat the meal whether he wants to or not.

What Qin Feng didn't expect was that Deng Xiaogang was in Zhongjiang and also invited Qin Feng to dinner in Zhongjiang.

Obviously, Deng Xiaogang prepared all this in advance in anticipation of Qin Feng's visit to the province for a meeting.

As Qin Feng became the executive vice mayor, he came to the province for meetings more and more frequently, always once or twice a month. Generally, when Qin Feng came to the province for meetings, he would stay at home, and this home was naturally Zhou Qian's home.

At noon that day, Qin Feng, together with his colleagues from the Xiquan Municipal Government Office, invited the leaders of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission to dinner and sought the Commission's help in approving a project in Xiquan.

In the afternoon, Qin Feng personally led people to two departments in the province to meet with the heads of the two departments.

The executive vice mayor is not just a second-in-command. The mayor is in charge of all matters, and as the executive vice mayor, most of the specific work of the municipal government is actually done by the executive vice mayor.

As long as a unit has a general manager, the general manager will be in charge of the daily work of the unit.

Qin Feng is now in charge of the daily work of the entire municipal government. This is his responsibility. In a disguised way, this is also a way for Liu Xiaoping to please Qin Feng.

After finishing his work, Qin Feng asked the comrades from the government office and the Xiquan City Provincial Office to go back first. He took Li Jianjun with him and asked Wang Jun to drive to the hotel that Deng Xiaogang mentioned.

Deng Xiaogang is not from an insider circle, so Deng Xiaogang's dinner invitation is not considered a business matter, so it is not appropriate to let these people follow.

The place Deng Xiaogang arranged for them to have dinner was a five-star hotel in Zhongjiang, which Qin Feng did not find strange at all. If you want to invite a leader of his level to dinner, it must be at least a five-star hotel, otherwise it would be disrespectful. Qin Feng did not know who made this rule.

Wang Jun drove the car to the door of the store. Deng Xiaogang and Li Haiqing were standing at the door waiting. When they saw the car coming, Li Haiqing hurried over to open the door for Qin Feng.

Li Haiqing is the general manager of the company responsible for the Tai'an County poverty alleviation relocation project. In fact, he is Deng Xiaogang's white glove. In recent years, Deng Xiaogang has basically used Li Haiqing's company to recruit government projects in various cities and counties in Jiangnan Province, and Li Haiqing is always in charge.

Li Haiqing opened the car door, and Deng Xiaogang came over and extended his hand to Qin Feng: "Mayor Qin, welcome, welcome."

"Mr. Deng, you are too polite." Qin Feng shook hands with Deng Xiaogang.

"Mayor Qin, Zhongjiang is my territory. I can be considered half a director. Mayor Qin is coming to Zhongjiang for the meeting, so I have to do my best to be a good host. Mayor Qin, please!" Deng Xiaogang invited Qin Feng upstairs.

While going upstairs, Li Haiqing took Wang Jun and Li Jianjun to have dinner somewhere unknown, while Deng Xiaogang led Qin Feng into a luxurious private room.

There was no one in the private room. Deng Xiaogang asked Qin Feng to sit down. Before Qin Feng had time to take a look at the scene here, Deng Xiaogang walked to the side and picked up a suitcase and placed it on the large round dining table.

When Qin Feng was surprised, Deng Xiaogang directly opened the suitcase and placed it in front of Qin Feng.

Qin Feng took a look and found nothing else in the suitcase except bundles of US dollars and golden bars.

"Mr. Deng, what do you mean?" Qin Feng glanced at the box and asked Deng Xiaogang calmly.

"Mayor Qin, I like to do things quickly and straightforwardly. I don't like beating around the bush. We are not strangers, so I will be direct. I never talk nonsense."

"There are US dollars and gold bars in here, worth about one million RMB, and the source of these cannot be traced. You can do whatever you want with them, without any risk."

"Mayor Qin, we are all smart people, so I won't say much. I'll have someone put the box in the trunk of your car later." Deng Xiaogang said as he closed the suitcase and moved it aside.

"Mr. Deng..." Qin Feng was about to speak, but Deng Xiaogang stopped him: "Mayor Qin, you don't need to say anything. Don't worry, I will take care of everything. I, Deng Xiaogang, have been in this circle for so many years. My reputation may not be very good, but I know the rules of doing things."

After Deng Xiaogang finished speaking, he clapped his hands, the door opened, and waiters came in in a line carrying dishes. Without exception, they were all delicacies from land and sea.

"Mayor Qin, here are Moutai, XO, and red wine from a French winery. Take a look and see which flavor you like?" Deng Xiaogang was indeed very direct. He pointed at several types of wine and asked Qin Feng.

Qin Feng rushed in and sat on the chair without moving. Hearing this, he could only say helplessly: "I can't drink much, and I'm not used to drinking foreign food. Let's have some white wine."

"Open the white wine." Deng Xiaogang said to the waiter.

Soon after, several young women came in from outside. The first two were dressed very sexily, showing off their beautiful figures to the fullest, while the one behind was dressed relatively conservatively, but her face was full of purity, and her appearance was indeed stunningly beautiful.

When Qin Feng saw the young girl at the back, he was indeed distracted for a moment. The purity in the girl's eyes did not seem fake. It was completely different from the "cuteness" pretended by the two women in front.

Qin Feng was not surprised at all to see these three women come in.

Deng Xiaogang said that he had been in this circle for so many years, so he naturally understood the rules of this circle. When he invited people to dinner and drinks, how could he not arrange beautiful women to accompany the drinking?