Chapter 22: If You Don't Reach Out, It's Hard to Move a Step

Although it is said to inform Qiao Zhinong once the location is confirmed, in fact, the location of Ouyang Tong has already been determined, which is in Deshan Water Town. That Bijing is an old classmate's territory, easy to arrange. I still ordered the Shuiyunxuan from last time, and the menu was also set by Ouyang Tongding. My old classmate heard the menu presented by Ouyang Tong and said, 'Old classmate, what the hell are you up to?'? I don't have the dishes you want here. Ouyang Tong said, I don't care, I just want these dishes anyway. If you can't do it, don't blame me, an old classmate, for turning around and not recognizing people.

Zong Qiuyuan sent the email and rushed to the Delin Hotel. After a gentle conversation with Ouyang Tong, I asked him, 'What did you give me?'? Is it useful? Ouyang Tong said, didn't you watch it? Zong Qiuyuan said, it seems like it's a photo. I just want to send it out early, how can I take a look at it? Ouyang Tong said, it's okay not to watch it. That's a bomb, I can't assess what consequences it will have. It's best if you don't know to avoid being injured by the explosive force. Zong Qiuyuan said, is there such a strong embrace? Ouyang Tong said, of course, when did Ouyang Tong ever tell a lie. Zong Qiuyuan joked half truthfully, saying, 'I have helped you so much, how can you thank me after everything is done?'? Ouyang Tong said, how about finding an opportunity for you to become the deputy director? Zong Qiuyuan said, 'You men only want to be officials, vulgar.'. Ouyang Tong once again stopped her and said, 'Let's have some elegance.'.

After a few hours of deep sleep with Zong Qiuyuan, feeling too tired, Ouyang Tong followed Zong Qiushou to sleep as if he had just woken up. Zong Qiuyuan carefully broke his hand and woke him up. Between him, you're leaving, "Zong Qiuyuan said." Look, what time is it? Didn't you make an appointment with Director Qiao for dinner? I can't walk with you from here, can I? Upon hearing these words, Ouyang Tong immediately sat up. He repeatedly instructed Qiao Zhinong that they should only eat together and not call anyone else. Qiao Zhinong did not follow his arrangement and continued to call for support. It seems that my plan is not as meticulous as I imagined, and I still need to take this opportunity to make up for my shortcomings.

After Zong Qiuyuan left, Ouyang Tong got up to take a shower and thought about how to make up for the accident.

When I was about to leave, my old classmate called and asked him, 'Five people have come. How do you eat the dishes you ordered?'? Ouyang Tong said, don't worry, do everything as I say. An old classmate said, but Director Qiao has already lost his temper, saying why doesn't he even have tea and water? Ouyang Fu said, didn't he tell you not to come forward? Ask your waiter to brush him off, I'll be there soon.

When Ouyang Tong appeared at Shuiyun Pavilion, Qiao Zhinong had the intention of questioning him and said, Director Ouyang, are you treating me or hosting a grand banquet? Why don't you even have a cup of tea? Ouyang Tong ignored him and instead said to Zong Qiuyuan and a few others, 'I'm sorry, everyone. Today, I specifically invited you, Mr. Qiao, as the director, and did not prepare any meals for you.'. Next time I come to Deshan Please make amends and leave now. Qiao Zhinong didn't expect such a result and was stunned for a moment. He said, 'Ouyang, what are you doing? Ouyang Tong still isn't looking at Qiao Zhinong, but at a few people and says, I'm sorry, please.'. Of course, these people didn't listen to Ouyang Tong. They said to Zong Qiuyuan, 'Xiao Zong, just take everyone to another table and put it on my account.'.

Zong Qiuyuan knew that Ouyang Tong had a special intention, and upon receiving orders from Qiao Zhinong, she immediately pulled a few others away. There are only two people left in the pavilion, Ouyang Tong and Qiao Zhinong. Qiao Zhinong asked somewhat displeasedly, 'Brother, what the hell are you up to?'? Ouyang Tong ignored Qiao Zhinong and loudly called for the waiter. After the waiter came in, he loudly ordered the dishes to be served.

The dishes arrived quickly, not in bowls, but on small plates. There are ten small dishes in total, all of which are local specialties of Deshan, such as pickled radish cubes, pickled radish vegetables, pickled sweet potato leaves, pickled mustard greens, pickled beans, bean paste, wheat sauce, peanuts, etc. The dishes used for serving are all soy sauce plates, and they are very few, such as peanuts, which are usually no more than 10 pieces, and pickled vegetables, which are also no more than 10 pieces. At first, Qiao Zhinong thought it was a pre dinner snack, so he didn't pay much attention. Later, when he saw Ouyang Tong pick up the nearby kettle, pour a glass of plain water into each cup in front of him, and offer it as a toast, he was a little stunned.

Ouyang Tong picked up the cup of plain water and said, 'Secretary General Qiao, Secretary General Qiao, Mr. Qiao.'. I specially invited you to this table of wine today. Qiao Zhinong picked up the plain water in front of him and said, "Ouyang, which song are you singing? Ouyang Tong said that there is indeed a special point about today's wine. If you drink well, it's a toast. What if you don't drink well? That's likely a fine for alcohol. Qiao Zhinong sensed a hint of flavor. After all, he was also the Secretary General of the Government Office and a figure in Deshan, so his tone became a bit tough. He said, 'How should I drink a toast, and how should I drink a fine?'?

Ouyang Tong said, this morning, I just went to Deshan Prison to see Wang Lefeng and brought a glass of wine to his brother.

Wang Lefeng was the former Deputy Mayor and Executive Director of Deshan. He had a great chance of becoming the Mayor, but he was imprisoned at a critical moment. After Wang Lefeng was imprisoned, the entire Deshan officialdom drew a clear line with him, as long as Ouyang Tong dared to boldly visit him in prison. The entire Deshan officialdom knows about this matter.

Ouyang Tong continued, because he had a drink with Wang Lefeng at noon and hadn't woken up yet, he had to save the dinner with Secretary General Qiao for later. As for how to drink in the future, I still need Secretary General Qiao to give me a word, and I, Ouyang Tong, promise not to default. So, tonight, I didn't prepare much either. I apologize for any negligence, Mr. Qiao. Qiao Zhinong is actually a person on the scene. He has realized that today's drink was specifically targeted at himself by Ouyang Tong It seems like I want to express something to myself, so I said, 'Okay, I'll listen to you, Ouyang Brother. Drink whatever you say.'. Come on, let's meet up. Speaking of which, he had a cup with Ouyang Tong.

The cup touched, but Ouyang Tong didn't drink. He said, 'This is because Mr. Qiao is wrong.'. It's not that I drink whatever I say, it's that you drink whatever you say. Deshan is my hometown, and I have tasted all kinds of Deshan wine. For example, Minister Hou's wine, when he was still serving as the deputy county magistrate below, I drank it. I don't know if you've heard of it, but his wine is really special. It's Monkey Wine. The first bottle is called Monkey King, the second bottle is called Monkey Sun, the third bottle is called Monkey Hair, the fourth bottle is called Monkey Edge, and the fifth bottle is called Monkey Essence. I heard that Minister Hou also prepared a table for me this time, it seems that he prepared it together with Mr. Qiao? Qiao Zhinong said, who are you listening to talking nonsense about? Ouyang Tong ignored him and continued, 'I have a temper. When it comes to my temper, whether it's monkey hair or monkey spirit, I drink it.'. When you have a bad temper, then I'm sorry. I will never drink the wine you prepared, I only drink the wine I prepared myself.

This statement made Qiao Zhinong's face turn pale and white. He knew in his heart that he and Hou Zhenzhen were playing tricks behind the scenes, and Ouyang Tong obviously knew about it, so he specially prepared this table of wine and said these words. Does this mean that Ouyang Tong specially prepared other wines for him and Hou Zhenzhen? Is that the penalty for alcohol that he clearly stated from the beginning? So, how is he going to drink from this table with a fine spill? He is not afraid of many things behind the scenes. Once it was placed on the table, he had to be terrified. The matter of Monkey Wine mentioned by Ouyang Tong is known throughout the entire Deshan officialdom. These five bottles of Monkey Wine directly affected Hou Zhenzhen's official fortune. Now, is Ouyang Ban implying that his fate is actually in his hands? What can he hold? Why did he mention Wang Lefeng in prison? Is it implying to oneself that the next meal of drinking might be like treating Wang Lefeng to go to prison and drink with oneself?

The officialdom of Rucen is like this ecology, it's not about whether you're greedy or not, but about how difficult it is to move if you don't reach out. For example, Qiao Zhinong, who started as a small clerk and went on to become a deputy section chief, section chief, and deputy section chief, gradually persevered through the difficult and long road ahead. How did you come across this long road? To put it bluntly, it's just one word, from the money shop. To put it nicely, it's about human relationships, and to put it more directly, it's about bribery. If you want to bribe, you must have financial resources. How much financial resources can a clerk or section chief have? This financial resource was collected from below. For example, during Chinese New Year and holidays, if you go for a trip under the guise of inspection or testing, you may end up with a house full of cigarettes, alcohol, and other items when you come back. Not only tobacco and alcohol, but also a small red envelope may be prepared for you below, ranging from 500 to thousands, which may not be enough for bribery. However, adding countless red envelopes together may exceed your annual salary. So, in today's officialdom, people are not afraid of corruption, they are afraid of not being corrupt, they are not afraid of accepting bribes publicly, and they are afraid that someone will target them after accepting bribes publicly. As the saying goes, walking by the river often means getting your shoes wet? Officials of the same level as Qiao Zhinong, as long as they are arrested and subjected to a random trial, even if there is no public record of bribery, can at least make several million yuan worth of unknown property. Ouyang Tong has smooth access to the officialdom in Deshan, and if he is offended, life will definitely be difficult. Thinking of this, sweat inexplicably broke out on Qiao Zhinong's forehead. Ouyang Tong finally finished drinking the glass of plain water and said to Qiao Zhinong, Secretary General Qiao, Mr. Qiao, I have already drunk the wine that should be drunk, and I have already said what needs to be said. I have to go see Secretary Xianping tonight, so let's call it a day. The wine we left behind will be enjoyed next time. After speaking, he ignored Qiao Zhinong and got up to leave.

That evening, Ouyang Tongjing did not go to see Xianping, but went the next morning. He didn't say hello beforehand, but instead inquired about Zeng Xianping's office and went straight in.

Zeng Xianping was supposed to attend the preparatory meeting of the bidding team the next morning, which was naturally chaired by Hou Zhenzhen. Zeng Xianping agreed to attend, originally intending to sit on stage for Hou Zhenzhen. However, the news that Ouyang Tong received was that the meeting was held normally, but Zeng Xianping temporarily cancelled his attendance. Even Zeng Xianping's secretary didn't know why he suddenly canceled this schedule because there were no unexpected events on this day.

Only Ouyang Fu knew that Zeng Xianping had indeed encountered an emergency. He saw the letter sent by the municipal government office, which contained some photos with only two protagonists, one was Hou Zhenzhen and the other was Zhu Liyi. The photo has a theme called insider trading. This seems a bit off topic, after all, they are holding each other naked, how can it be called insider trading? But Zeng Xianping knew exactly what insider trading was, so he was so angry that he wanted to shoot Hou Zhenzhen to death. After calming down a little, he thought of another thing, where did these photos come from? From the background of the photo, it seems to be in a hotel room where someone is doing such a secret thing that someone took a photo of them? How was this photo taken? Who took the picture? Who else sent him here? He looked at the envelope, which indicated that the photo was from the government office and was also stamped with a confidential seal. This seems to indicate that these photos are from Qiao Zhinong.

Could it be that Qiao Zhinong played a small trick behind Hou Zhenzhen's back? Qiao Zhinong is the Secretary General of the government office, and all the hotels are closely related to him. He can easily obtain these photos.

Ouyang Tong entered Secretary Zeng Xianping's office after he made such a decision. Facing Ouyang Tong, Zeng Xianping smiled easily and said, 'Ouyang, why didn't you say hello before coming?'? Ouyang Tong said, isn't this about to bid? There are some things that I'm not quite at ease with, so I came here. Zeng Xianping said, what are you worried about? I have already said that as long as your plan is done better than others, the hosting rights will definitely belong to you. Of course, if your plan is not as good as others', then I cannot help you either. Ouyang Tong said, but I just heard that Hou Zhenzhen has already set Zhu Liyi's Sunday internally. Zeng Xianping laughed heartily for a while and said, 'Did you hear what Qiao Zhinong said?'? Ouyang Tong did not say yes, nor did he say no. Zeng Xianping also said that what he said doesn't count. Ouyang Tong said that only what you say, boss, counts. At noon, Zeng Xianping hosted a banquet for Ouyang Tong in the government canteen. Zeng Xianping ordered a few light side dishes and the two of them drank two bottles of beer. Normally, Ouyang Tong would get drunk after drinking a bottle of beer. But today is special, I drank a bottle of beer lightly and easily, without any feeling of drunkenness. And for the first time in his life, he felt that beer was really delicious.

Afterwards, he never tasted beer like this again.

The recipient of the bid is Zong Qiuyuan. Qiao Zhinong is not here, and Hou Zhenzhen is also not here.

Ouyang Tong sent the bid of Ziyuan Company, and the bid of Boyi Company was delivered by Xunwanfang. Accompanying the bid was a check with a deposit of 500000. Ouyang Tong arranged for two companies to participate in the bidding, with a deposit of up to one million yuan. According to the requirements of Deshan City, the bidding documents need to be made in seven copies. The bidding company should first seal the bidding documents, and when submitting them, the receiving unit should stamp their official seal. When the staff were handling the reception procedures, Ouyang Tong talked to Zong Qiuyuan and asked her, 'Where is Mr. Qiao?'? Zong Qiuyuan didn't answer. Secondly, she looked at Xun Wanfang and the staff around her without saying a word. After a while, Zong Qiuyuan said to the staff around her, 'I'm going to the bathroom.' She got up and left. Ouyang Tong waited for several seconds before turning around and leaving. At the entrance of the restroom, he happened to see Zong Qiuyuan coming out from inside.

Zong Qiuyuan said that Hou Zhenzhen has been hospitalized. Ouyang Tong was taken aback for a moment? Question, is J. hospitalized? What's wrong? Zong Qiuyuan said, I don't know. She was fine yesterday. I heard she suddenly fell ill last night? Today, during a drought exhibition, Director Qiao received a notice that he will be fully responsible for the city's celebration work. Ouyang Tongming himself, this shows that his method has worked, and Hou Zhenzhen cannot ruin his situation anymore. The question is, does just hospitalization have a seismic effect on Qiao Zhinong? What if he misinterprets this information? He asked, what about Mr. Qiao? How does he view this matter? Zong Qiuyuan said, 'He was stunned when he heard this news.'. Originally, during yesterday's meeting, it was decided that he would personally receive the bidding documents. However, for some reason, he suddenly decided not to come and sent me.

Zong Qiuyuan couldn't say much, and after just a few words, she hurriedly left. Ouyang Tong walked into the restroom, took a quick pee, and came back to see that Zhu Liyi and Yang Dayuan had already arrived, talking loudly inside.

Zhu Liyi greeted Ouyang Tong first and said, 'Oh, isn't this Ouyang the great talent?'? What a coincidence, I saw you here. Yang Dayuan also spoke up halfway through Zhu Liyi's words, saying, 'Brother, are you here too?'? Ouyang Tong ignored Yang Dayuan and instead said to Zhu Liyi, 'Why is this room so much brighter? It turns out there's a beautiful woman inside.'.

Julie Yi said, she's still a beauty, she's already a beautiful woman's mother. I heard that you also run an advertising company. We are colleagues, don't forget to take care of each other in the future. Ouyang Tong said, I should say this, how can I compare with you? Your Sunday is an aircraft carrier, and for me, at most it's just a small shiny board. You should be taking care of me. Yang Dayuan said, 'Brother, it's been a long time since we last saw each other. It's better to meet by chance. How about we have a drink together at noon?'?

Ouyang Tong completely ignored Yang Dayuan, as if he didn't know him, and only talked to Zhu Liyi. He said, Miss Zhu, if I had known you were also participating in this bidding, I wouldn't have come. My small company is not even qualified for burial, "Julie said In business, everyone competes fairly and doesn't care about size. How about this, Ouyang? We rarely meet in Shangzhou, but we meet in Deshan. It's fate. How about I treat you to lunch? Ouyang Tong said, 'Okay, we can be considered old acquaintances now. If you come to Deshan, it's like coming to my place. You treat me and I'll handle the bill?'? However, there is a suggestion that we have all worked together in the media, just the two of us, and neither of us should be involved. I get annoyed when I see it. Julie Yi said, okay, just the two of us. Wait a minute, I'll submit the bid and come with you.

Since it was a solo invitation for a female ten, Ouyang Tong chose a very special place in Deshan, called Rose Covenant, which was created with Ouyang Tong's help. It is stipulated here that only one man and one woman are allowed to dine, and no one is allowed to dine alone or more than one man and one woman. The restaurant's design is very romantic, even the plates are specially designed, with hearts, diamonds, and polygons. If the entire meal is filled, it will be like a lotus flower. The dishes are also specially designed, with names all related to love, such as wholehearted devotion, withered seas and rocks, worries, successful wishes, telepathy, mutual affection, and mutual commitment. Normally, Ouyang Tong and Zhu Liyi had nothing to do with each other, but he was worried that Zhu Liyi would bring Yang Dayuan with him, which made him feel uneasy, so he found such a place.

Julie joked with him when she saw him, saying, Ouyang, why did you find such a place? What's your plan in mind? Ouyang Tong said, isn't this simple? I hope you and I can enjoy each other's feelings. Julie pointed at him and laughed heartily, saying, 'You and me?'? Are you in love with each other? Are you going to make me laugh to death? Do you think I don't know that all your women are under 18 years old. When do you want to have a his mother relationship with a child over 30 like me? Did you misunderstand? Having mutual affection doesn't necessarily mean being lovers. Julie Yi said Not a lover? What is Ouyang Tong? Ouyang Fu said, it can also be friendship.

This time, Julie stared at him and said, 'When did you come up with this word?'? Ouyang Tong asked, do you not want to be in love with me? Julie said, are you still in love with each other? Do you have a friendship with Yang Dayuan? Did you guys have a crush on each other? Ouyang Tong said, don't mention him, mention him and we are in a hurry. Juli Yi said, 'Look, look, this is you men, you're talking nonsense.'. You and Yang Dayuan have been in a relationship for so many years, but we can't be compatible. Do you think we can be compatible? Besides, if a man and a woman are in love, what else can it be? Definitely roll onto the same bed, besides this kind of mutual affection, can there be any other mutual affection? Don't coax your sister anymore. Ouyang Tong asked, how much do you know about me and him? Julie Yi said, you should know everything you need to know. Ouyang Tong said, you probably learned from him. Aren't you afraid that it's a one-sided statement? Julie Yi said, do you think I'm a three-year-old child? Any matter between two people is said to be right by both sides, and right by both sides. What other reason could it be?

Ouyang Tong said, I don't want to say too much. I just want to ask, do you know that he is using your Sunday to drive me to the brink of death?

Zhu Liyi said, are you referring to the competition for the hosting rights of the DeShan City Festival this time? This is fair competition. Now that you are also in the business world, I don't see you as a cultured person. You should know that competition is a normal thing in the business world. Without competition, can it still be considered a shopping mall? Otherwise, how could there be such words as' business talks about business'? If you describe market competition as driving you to the brink of death, then I have to say that you are being careless.

Ouyang Tong said, do you mean that competition can be done at any cost?

Zhu Eryi said, what are the means? You are a cultured person, so you must know the explanation of the means. However, as someone who hasn't read many books, I understand that means are methods, or in other words, methods to solve things. If one method can solve a problem smoothly with multiple methods, why don't you choose this method or multiple methods? Do you want to choose another method? Are you stupid? What did Deng Xiaoping say? No matter white or black, catching an old cat is a good cat. What does Deng mean? Isn't that just telling you, don't worry about the method, just focus on the outcome? You cultural people are just troublesome. Since there is a result, what methods do you care about?

Ouyang Tong thought he was a good speaker, but he didn't expect to meet a woman today who could argue to the point of being speechless. He said, okay, I won't argue with you about this. Let me tell you a story. Someone started an advertising company, took on a job, and had a personal account of over four million yuan. And the job he took on was not a big investment, it was just the cost of shooting an advertisement that he had to pay for. He calculated the bill and even if he spent a lot of money, at most two million would be enough. But you don't know, how much did his general manager give him in the end? If he hadn't discovered it in time, it could have been negative two million. That's it, four million yuan, but in the end he only had four hundred thousand yuan left. Regarding this ship, the general manager's corruption and illegal possession of company property were registered by the public security bureau. In order to avoid being arrested, he had to withdraw from the company. Julie Yi said, Ouyang, we are friends. I don't want to inquire about any conflicts between you and Yang Dayuan. Since you've come to this point, let me also mention that due to your strong connections, he stayed in the detention center for over a month. Also, because of your strong connections, he sold his house and borrowed money from relatives and friends, not only repaying your debt of several hundred thousand yuan And it gave you hundreds of thousands of working capital, how are you playing tricks on them?

Ouyang Tong didn't expect that Yang Dayuan had told Zhu Liyi like this. In fact, as long as he thinks carefully, he knows that Yang Dayuan is someone who always wins people's trust with lies. But doesn't he know that lies can never replace truth? Will lies be exposed one day? It seems that I cannot explain this matter to Julie Yi. Once a woman trusts a man, she will assume that everything he says is true. He said that your company has outsourced some advertisements to other companies this year. Do you know about this? Julie said, I know. Yang Dayuan gave some advertisements to your company. Look, no matter what grudges you have had in the past, he has been secretly helping you. This incident alone can illustrate the problem.

Ouyang Tong shouted and said, 'Can he help me?'? Do you know he's harming me? Julie Yi said, how could it be? Did this harm you? Ouyang Tong said, why isn't it? All advertisements are introduced by others. Julie Yi said, isn't it because of the conflict between you two? He's afraid you won't believe him? Ouyang Tong said that he takes 30% of the commission for all advertisements, do you know? Juliyi said that the cosmetics advertisement didn't have 30%, only 25%, and all the invoices were provided by us. Is there a problem with this? We naturally need to make some profit from the business we bring in, and we also need to give commissions to the salespeople. Ouyang Fu said, since you know these things, it's easy to explain. You should know that the cosmetics advertisement has a business commission of five million, while the other two advertisements introduced by Wen Yufang have a business commission of nearly three million, which adds up to eight million. Julie Yi said, yes, I know about this. Ouyang Tong said, 'Eight million, do you know how much personal income tax should be paid?'? Approaching 1.6 million. Julie Yi said, didn't she give you the invoice to offset the payment? Ouyang Tongtong said that he charged me with an invoice, but he turned around and reported me to the tax department for tax evasion.

Julie Yi said with certainty, it's impossible. There must be a misunderstanding between you two.

Faced with such a woman who is trapped in a presumptuous relationship and cannot extricate herself, Ouyang Tong really has nothing to say. Finally, he just said one sentence to her: Since you're saying that, I feel like I really don't have much to say. Now, all I can say is one sentence: I know it's not easy for you to bring your company to the scale it is today. You've suffered unimaginable hardships and endured unimaginable sins. Hello, take care of yourself. Don't let everything you've sacrificed become like spring water, gone forever.

Julie Yi said, don't worry about it, I'm not a child, I have my own sense of propriety.

Ouyang Tong said, that's good. If the right to hold this city celebration belongs to me, you won't hate me like iron anymore.

Julie Yi said, 'If I win the hosting rights, you wouldn't consider me an enemy, would you?'?

Ouyang Tong said, I have a reason to treat you as an enemy. With such a big company like yours, can you compete with me for food And if you treat me as an enemy, there's no reason. Am I of sufficient rank?

Juliyi said, are you being modest or hiding your strength? Who doesn't know that you started late but started high? If you had gone into the sea a few years earlier like me, would we still have food to eat? There's no more northwest wind to drink.

Ouyang Tong said, since that's the case, don't treat me as a target.

Julie Yi said, what are you talking about? What's the difference between yours and mine? Who are we with?

Ouyang Tong raised two fingers and said to her, since we are friends and deeply connected, there are two things I need to report to you. The first thing is that our company has recently encountered a series of tax evasion reports, the latest and largest of which reported us for evading 1.6 million yuan in taxes. What taxes are being evaded? It's what you just mentioned about offsetting personal income tax with invoices. This case: Once confirmed, in addition to paying taxes, we will also be fined, and our company will undoubtedly die. Fortunately, our party has always been pragmatic, and the relevant departments know that this is not the subjective intention of our company. Moreover, our company does not have any money in our accounts, so we have taken it as our responsibility to cultivate tax sources, and have spared our company from bankruptcy.

Julie Yi said, you speak as if it were true. Ouyang Tong said, whether it's true or not, you can go to the tax bureau and ask. You are a major taxpayer and should have a close relationship with the tax bureau. Speaking of the second thing, I just received news that Comrade Hou Zhenzhen is in poor health and was taken to the hospital last night. The higher-level organization takes it as its own responsibility to protect and care for comrades, and has decided that Comrade Hou Zhenzhen will focus on recuperation as the main priority and work as a supplement in the future, wholeheartedly taking care of his body, so as to have more opportunities and energy to serve the Party and the people well. It is estimated that the possibility of Comrade Hou Zhenzhen continuing to participate in this Deshan City celebration event is very small.

Juliyi's face visibly changed color, but when she came out, it was a different feeling. She said, Hou Zhenzhen? Who is Hou Zhenzhen? Should I know this person?

Since Zhu Liyi spoke to him with great reservation, there was no need for him to continue speaking. At least he understood one thing, she was not completely unaware of what Yang Dayuan had done. Ouyang Tong has a feeling that after this competition for the hosting rights, Saturday will become his strongest competitor in the shopping mall, and with the factor of Yang Dayuan, the confrontation will definitely be inevitable. It's really frustrating to think that everything was predicted by Wang Yudan. It is even more unpleasant for one's own company to have only just started and have not yet overcome its difficulties, yet to invite such a strong enemy on their own. Who did he hire and who did he provoke? How did things end up like this? From beginning to end, I held onto a kind heart and even took out my heart and soul to consider my friends, but ended up completely twisting my own will. Is it my fault or human nature?

Fate has brought me to this point, and there is no possibility of turning back. I can only grit my teeth and move forward. At this moment, Ouyang Tong deeply understood the words spoken by Chairman Mao: 'If people don't offend me, I won't offend; if people offend me, I will offend.'. This attitude towards life is completely contrary to the Taoist and Buddhist concept of 'if a person violates me, I will love someone'. This is precisely a philosophy of competition, as well as a philosophy of survival, which is in line with natural selection. Previously, Ouyang Tong always thought he was a fighter, and he would fight resolutely for anything that contradicted his beliefs. For example, the relationship with Du Chongguang. He didn't really think that Du Chongguang was useless, but he despised the officialdom philosophy that Du Chong pursued, which was subservient to power, self-centered, and doomed those who went against him. Now think about it Isn't Du Chongguang forced by fate? Not to mention Du Chongguang, let's talk about Wang Yudan. She is the woman I like, so I turn a blind eye to her other attitude towards life. Is there any difference between Wang Yudan's handling of Yang Dayuan's matter and Du Chongguang's? Absolutely not. It seems that many things in the world are not right or wrong, only conflicts in attitudes towards life.

Since we must fight, then I am the most fearless revolutionary soldier. Ouyang Tong said to himself.

Three days later, the bidding ceremony will be presided over by Qiao Zhinong. Seven evaluation committee members, three university professors, two local celebrities, and two others, one from the government's political research office and the other with a background as a decision-making consultant for the municipal party committee. All seven evaluation committee members do not have any officials holding administrative power. Ouyang Tong originally thought that Qiao Zhinong should be one of the evaluation committee members and represent the government. Such evaluation committee members will greatly affect the bid opening results. If Hou Zhenzhen is added to the evaluation committee, and the two of them work together, they can almost determine the result. Even with the current arrangement, Qiao Zhinong may still affect the evaluation committee. Would Qiao Zhinong dare to have a clear inclination after his Hongmen banquet? Ouyang Tong is not sure. Of course, he had already made up his mind that if someone doesn't offend me, I won't offend them.

If Qiao Zhinong insists on going against himself, he will definitely send Qiao Zhinong to prison. This is precisely the fundamental reason why Ouyang Tong hosted the Hongmen banquet. He wants to clearly tell Qiao Zhinong that I want to mess with you, it's just a piece of cake, but you can't deal with me. At the beginning of the evaluation process, the first thing to do is to hand over all the bidding documents to the evaluation committee and publicly open them. The next step is to read the bidding documents. During this period, bidders are free to leave and move around freely. When Ouyang Tong left, Yang Dayuan immediately followed him. Ouyang Tong has a feeling that he seems to want to talk to himself. Ouyang Tong is well aware that Yang Dayuan is a peacock and likes to show off himself. Now, he probably hopes to perform well as a winner. Ouyang Tong deliberately paced slowly, and Yang Dayuan indeed caught up.

Yang Dayuan said, 'Brother, I didn't know you were also involved in the bidding.'. Ouyang Tong asked, so what? Yang Dayuan said, if I had known earlier, we wouldn't have participated. Ouyang Tong said, I can't believe you're becoming more and more skilled at acting. Yang Dayuan said, I am telling the truth. On Sunday, I can still speak up to Mr. Zhu's words. If I had known earlier, I would have advised Mr. Zhu not to get involved in this matter. After all, we are a big company and can't finish all the work. Having one more or one less business deal has little impact on us. But for you, it's different. Ouyang Tong said, yes, you naturally know that if this bidding fails, my company may close down. But do you think I will fail? Most importantly, do you think I will be in your hands? And was it in your hands that Deshan was defeated? He pointed not far away and said, 'There's a restroom there, go pee and take a look at yourself.'. Yang Dayuan said, 'Brother, I have always regarded you as my brother.'. I know there was some misunderstanding between us. I swear to God, I have never done anything wrong to you. If I do it, I'll be a turtle bastard. Ouyang Tong said, I don't know about this matter, and neither do you. Only by asking your mother can you find out.

During lunch, all bidding documents need to be returned for unified sealing. After lunch, continue reading. Then, under the supervision of everyone, the bidding documents were sealed. In order to prevent bidders from contacting the evaluation committee, they were arranged to stay in two different hotels, and the hotels where the evaluation committee stayed were kept confidential to the public. On paper, whether it is truly confidential or not, only heaven knows. At least Ouyang Tong knew that Zhu Liyi and Yang Dayuan were frequently active, and Yang Dayuan met with one of the evaluation committee members, who was a university professor. What was specifically discussed is unknown. Julie made an appointment with Qiao Zhinong, but since there was no third person present, no one knew about their conversation. Ouyang Tong knew this naturally because Jia Yuge was at work, and his people had been secretly monitoring Zhu Liyi and Yang Dayuan.

In addition, Ouyang Tong also learned about some other things at the first time, such as Zeng Xianping's special visit to the evaluation committee. Zeng Xianping did not conduct a collective meeting, but visited each member individually and talked to each evaluation committee member for ten minutes. Zeng Xianping went to visit the evaluation committee, and his words were of course some on the spot. He was not alone, but also accompanied by several other leaders of the municipal government and several responsible persons of the bidding work group. Next, Zeng Xianpingyi went to the hotel where the bidders were located. This meeting was not a solo visit, but a collective meeting. Zeng Xianping gave a brief speech, first thanking all entrepreneurs for their support of Deshan. Secondly, he stated that the Municipal Party Committee guarantees the openness, fairness, and impartiality of this bidding activity. If there are any violations or illegal activities, the Municipal Party Committee will severely investigate and punish them.

Later that evening, Zong Qiuyuan slipped into Ouyang Tong's room. The news that Zong Qiuyuan brought to Ouyang Tong was that among the seven evaluation committee members, one was designated by the municipal government, one was designated by the municipal party committee, and the remaining five were randomly selected after the bidding team drafted the list. The selection process was recorded on video. When selecting the big list initially, Qiao Zhinong had almost no involvement, and it was mainly handled by Zong Qiuyuan and another person. Unless these two individuals from the municipal party committee and government play a decisive role, the bias of the evaluation committee should not be too obvious.

The next morning was an on-site consultation. Mayor Wang Wenqing, Minister of Propaganda Hou Zhenzhen, and two other officials from the municipal government came to the scene to participate in the consultation. Due to Wang Wenqing's unique identity, he naturally began to speak. Wang Wenqing's speech had the same tone as Secretary Zeng Xianping's speech the night before. Firstly, he expressed gratitude, secondly, he expressed the principles of openness, fairness, and justice. Finally, he emphasized that the reason why he was present with Minister Hou and other government department heads was not to influence the bid opening results. The government and propaganda department leaders present today may consult on certain matters or aspects related to venues, funding, organization, etc. in the bidding documents, but will not participate in the voting. The consultation activity began, and after the evaluation committee raised a few simple questions, they quickly focused on Ouyang Tong's proposal. The first suggestion was put forward by the consultant of the municipal party committee. He said he noticed the plan of running a national sports event throughout the entire city celebration. DeShan has not held any national sports events in the ten years since its establishment, nor has it ever been in history. This plan looks very attractive, but one question is, where is the feasibility of this plan? If it is not feasible So, this bid has no meaning. As soon as he finished speaking, other evaluation committee members also agreed, stating that they had taken note of the matter.

Regarding this, Ouyang Tong was confident and said that before explaining the questions raised by the evaluation committee member, it was necessary for me to give a brief introduction to our proposal. As he spoke, Lei Chu turned on the projector and began playing the PPT file in conjunction with Ouyang Tong's speech. On the screen, the first line to appear is a straight line, with one end indicating the opening ceremony and the other end indicating the closing ceremony. Ouyang Tong explained that this is our planned linear process, and the opening ceremony marked on it is not only the opening ceremony of the sports event, but also the opening ceremony of the entire city celebration activity. The same goes for the closing ceremony. Next comes the second pattern, which adds some content based on the previous one. Including three major forums: Jiangnan Enterprise Development Forum, Jiangnan Agricultural Development Forum, and Jiangnan Third Industry Development Forum. Each section has its own details, and each forum includes product exhibitions, several sub forums, and more. Ouyang Tong introduced that through this picture, we can see more clearly that sports events are just a form of attracting the attention of the whole country to Deshan, but they are not the foundation of our city celebration event. Our fundamental goal is to showcase, plan, and develop Deshan. So, presentation, planning, and development are the main dishes of our plan and the themes of the three major forums.

After briefly introducing their plan, Ouyang Tong changed the tone and said that a bidding committee member had just questioned whether we could successfully hold a sports event. Now, I will provide an answer to this matter. What I want to tell everyone is that you can completely put your heart in the Bin of Deshan and enjoy the beauty of Deshan quietly and happily. We have three major networks that can facilitate this matter. Firstly, last year we did a Lin Fei advertisement. For some details about Lin Guangfei's advertisement, perhaps you are not clear. I need to take a moment to explain it to you here

Ouyang Tong's speech was full of passion and extremely stirring. He said that in order to sign with Lin Fei, Wang Yudan and Qiu Ping stayed in Beijing for half a month. As long as someone familiar with Wang Yudan and Qiu Ping agrees with my statement, in Jiangnan Province, if Wang Yudan and Qiu Ping join forces and this matter cannot be accomplished, it can only indicate that no one can accomplish it. So, I can't run foolishly to Beijing anymore. I have only one way, save the country with curves, and I'll run to Shanghai. I asked Wang Yudan to keep the presidential suite in the Shanghai World Trade Center for a month, and also hired a top Cantonese chef from Shenzhen. I went to Shanghai alone with a backpack. In Shanghai, I invited Lin Fei's parents into the presidential suite. Lin Fei's father likes playing Go, and his mother likes cooking. I accompanied Lin Fei's father to play chess and asked the Cantonese chef to teach Lin Fei's mother how to cook. The final result, everyone already knows, I became friends with Lin Fei and his family. Later, due to strong opposition from netizens against Lin Fei's tobacco advertising, the General Administration of Sport of China took a very tough stance and firmly disagreed with the matter. I had to fly to Beijing with Wang Yudan and negotiate with the General Administration of Sport of China. In the end, not only was the negotiation completed, but a good relationship was also established with the General Administration of Sport of China. Having good personal relationships with Lin Fei and the General Administration of Sport of China is my first major lineage.

At this point, Ouyang Tong paused and deliberately looked at everyone present, then continued, 'Now, let me introduce my second largest network.'. Many of you here know that I am a native of Deshan, the top scorer in humanities in Deshan City and the first Fudan student in the city. Back then, in my class, there were seventy-two students, the same number as Confucius' seventy-two sages. In addition, there were over a hundred of my classmates from previous and future generations. At present, these people are mainly concentrated in Beijing and Shanghai, and a considerable number of them are responsible for Beijing's streaming media, such as Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, CCTV and other units. There are also some people working in some ministries and commissions in Beijing, and these people have already formed a force. The third and most important aspect is that among my college classmates, there is someone who is close to an important leader in Beijing. This person arranged a sports event in Deshan without violating any party principles. In addition to the above three points, the most important one is that I have already communicated with the relevant leaders of the General Administration of Sport of China and have obtained preliminary intentions.

After he finished explaining, Wang Wenqing immediately spoke up and said, 'I have a question about this plan. The sports facilities in Deshan have not formed a system and are relatively backward among prefecture level cities in the country.'. Bringing a national level sports event to DeShan is naturally a great thing for DeShan. The problem is that if the existing sports facilities cannot be used and new sports venues need to be built, the municipal government cannot afford it. How can this problem be solved?

Ouyang Tong said that we have already fully considered this point when making the plan. There are two preliminary ideas. One idea is to build a new venue, with full support from the municipal government in land acquisition, planning, and other aspects. As for funding, a joint venture can be adopted, with whoever invests operating it. If we cannot achieve this result, we have another alternative plan, which is to make some modifications to the existing sports venues. If it's just a renovation, the General Administration of Sport will allocate a portion of the money, and the city will solve another part by raising a portion through advertising sponsorships and other means. This problem will not be a problem anymore. In addition, due to venue issues, we have consulted with the General Administration of Sport of China regarding the selection of events, and tend to choose events that do not require high venue standards, such as table tennis, badminton, gymnastics, boxing, and chess in small ball events. For sports like ball games, only the floor needs to be renovated, and gymnastics is similar. Boxing games only require the construction of a boxing ring, while chess games require almost no large throws.

The evaluation committee member from the Municipal Government's Political Research Office said, since we are talking about this topic, I have a question that I need to consult with the bidding company. I noticed that your bid includes the appointment of Lin Fei as the ambassador for Deshan image. What I want to ask is, how feasible is this matter? I heard that Lin Fei's endorsement fee is over ten million yuan. Where does the cost come from?

Ouyang Tong said, 'Thank you very much for the attention and importance given to this plan by all the experts. To be frank, in my opinion, our plan has many strengths, but the biggest strengths and highlights are two.'. One is to use a national level sports event as a basis to focus the attention of the whole China on Deshan and highlight its image. The second highlight is the appointment of Lin Fei as the image ambassador for this city celebration event. These two are precisely the advantages that distinguish our company from other companies. I dare not say that only we can do these two things and other companies cannot, but I dare say that if we do them, it will definitely have the lowest cost and the best effect. Why? Because we have connections. Now let's return to the topic just discussed by the evaluation committee. As I mentioned earlier, after Lin Fei won the Olympic championship, the first advertisement was discussed and created by me. Therefore, I have established a deep friendship with Lin Fei himself. I have privately discussed with Lin Fei about hiring him as an image ambassador, and he said that as long as there are no international competitions, there is absolutely no problem. We have checked the schedule and there have been no international events during this period. As for the second point, I need to explain the current advertising prices of Lin Fei here. All of you present are experts who are very familiar with the advertising prices in Mingli. Overall, the advertising prices for film and television stars are the highest, followed by sports stars. However, individual sports stars are different, such as Chinese NBA stars, whose prices are very high. In addition, there is only one person, Lin Fei, whose advertising price has reached millions. On the other hand, everyone present may only know one thing and not know the other. The reason why the price of Lin's criminal advertisement is high is mainly due to the high price of the first advertisement I negotiated, and later Lin Fei's price was adjusted to a certain level. in other words. If it weren't for my first advertisement, Lin Fei's advertisement wouldn't have skyrocketed. I say this, believe me, Lin Yi is definitely willing to give me an extremely favorable price. As for image spokespersons, the meaning of a city's image representative and an event's image spokesperson is different. I noticed that our evaluation committee just made a mistake in the concepts of 'city image spokesperson' and 'city celebration event image spokesperson'. This is not the fault of the evaluation committee, but rather our intentional intention in designing the plan to cause this kind of misunderstanding among everyone. Why? The reason is simple, the cost issue. If Lin Fei is hired as the image ambassador of Deshan City, even if I step in, I won't be able to get it without seven million yuan. If someone else steps in, it will definitely exceed ten million yuan. And when Lin Fei was hired as the ambassador for the celebration event in Deshan City, I stepped forward and won one million. And what about the impression it gives to the public? Just like the interesting mistake made by the evaluation committee member just now, a considerable number of people may mistakenly believe that Lin Fei has served as the image ambassador of Deshan City. This small concept has saved us nearly six million yuan. Can you tell me, is there any more valuable and interesting business than this?

As soon as he finished speaking, the venue burst into laughter.

When answering the consultation, Ouyang Tong also occasionally paid attention to Zhu Liyi and Yang Dayuan. He saw that these two people's faces seemed calm at first, but later on, their faces became even uglier. When they finally focused on Ouyang Tong's plan for a long time, Zhu Liyi and Yang Dayuan felt a bit uneasy.

The result of the evaluation is beyond doubt, and ultimately Ouyang Tong's Ziyuan Company won the bid with a high score.

The results are calculated one by one, and the creativity of the plan accounts for SO% of the total score. Each evaluation committee member can only bid up to 10 points. Ouyang Tong scored 68 points, but only got 33 points on Monday. This suddenly widened the gap between Ziyuan Company and other companies. There are more than ten other items, accounting for only 50% of the total score, with each item accounting for less than 3% on average. Even if there is a difference, it is difficult to determine the score.

Zhu Liyi and Yang Dayuan saw this score and knew that the defeat was already decided. They didn't even stay until the end and stood up early to leave. Ouyang Tongyuan was still thinking about what to say to Zhu Liyi after the result came out, and in the end, even this was saved.

At this point, fate had probably arranged for them to become eternal enemies. It was the politicians' business to still talk and laugh in the face of the enemy. Ouyang Tong couldn't do it, so his biggest wish was not to face such a predicament. In this sense, he is very grateful for the exits of Zhu Liyi and Yang Dayuan, at least his brain cells that were prepared to sacrifice but did not, will sincerely thank them.