Chapter 388 – Mastermind (2/2)
“My car is still parked behind.” Dong Xuebing heard someone sounding the horns. “Err… I will go over to your place for dinner?”
Xie Huilan smiled. “I have a dinner appointment at around 7 pm.”
“You are always so busy.”
“I will call you if I come back early.”
“Ok, then I will be going off.”
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Dong Xuebing cooked a simple dinner for himself after he got home.
After hearing Xie Huilan introducing him as her fiancée and holding her hand in the car, he is in a good mood. But it’s a pity that Chen Xuan and many people are around at that time, and he didn’t get the chance to do anything else. After dinner, Dong Xuebing washed the dishes and returned to the living room for a smoke.
Ring… ring… ring… Dong Xuebing’s mobile phone rang.
Dong Xuebing looks at the caller ID. It’s Xie Huilan’s cousin, Xie Jing.
“Hello, Xiao Jing.” Dong Xuebing smiled as he answered. “I was about to call you to thank you for your help this afternoon.”
Xie Jing giggled. “Brother-in-law, we are one family. What’s there to thank? Have you finished work? Are you having dinner with my Sis?”
Dong Xuebing replied. “Your Sis has a dinner appointment. I had just finished my simple dinner at home.”
“Huh? You know how to cook? I must try your cooking some other day.”
“Sure. I will cook for you if you come to our County.”
After chatting for a while, Xie Jing suddenly asked. “Oh, I almost forgot to ask you. Do you know Pan Zhou?”
Dong Xuebing thought for a while. “Pan Zhou? I had never heard of this person before. Why?”
Xie Jing replied. “Li Shengbing returned this evening and come to look for me. I questioned him and noticed something was off. So, I put on a straight face and scare him. He told a Da Feng County’s leader, Pan Zhou, had helped his classmate, Wang Na, before. During dinner, Pan Zhou mentioned you and asked Wang Na to give you some trouble. Li Shengbing wants to show off in front of his classmate and followed along to your County.
Dong Xuebing is furious when he heard this. Someone is pulling strings behind. No wonder these reporters had purposely find trouble with him!
Pan Zhou?
Da Feng County’s leader?
Dong Xuebing had not even heard about this person.
Who the f**k is he?! When did I offend you? Why are you finding trouble with me?!
After hanging up, Dong Xuebing called Office Director Luo Haiting. “Hello, Sister Luo. Do you know who Pan Zhou from Da Feng County is?”
Luo Haiting paused for a second. “Pan Zhou? Oh, he is Da Feng County’s Investment Promotion Agency Chief.”
Dong Xuebing frowned and understood what is going on. “Investment Promotion Agency’s Chief?”
“Yes. Our Counties are next to each other, and we had met him before in the past. Our relationship has never been good because of getting investments.” Da Feng County’s economic conditions are much better than Yan Tai County, and they attracted more investments.
“No wonder!” Dong Xuebing is furious. “That Pan Zhou is too much! He even dares to get Xin Hua News Agency Provincial Branch to create trouble for us. What is he trying to do? How can someone like him be the Agency’s Chief?”
Luo Haiting’s face changed. “You are saying those reporters in the afternoon… but we did not… oh, Liang Zeyuan was supposed to invest in Da Feng County, and they almost signed the contract. But he changed his mind and invested in our County. That’s why Pan Zhou… No wonder those reporters went straight to Mr. Liang’s pork processing plant…” Luo Haiting is also angry with Da Feng County. They had lost this deal to Yan Tai County and resorted to such underhand methods. This is too much.
Dong Xuebing knew what Sister Luo said should be the reason.
Luo Haiting continued angrily. “They are too petty and unreasonable. Chief, should we bring up this matter to the County Government?”
“What can we do against him? He is from another County, and there’s nothing we can do. Don’t interfere with this. I will settle this score with him another day!”
Dong Xuebing hated the ones who use underhand methods. Just because you lost an investor to us, you got the reporters to find trouble with us. Pan Zhou, what you did is too much.