"I understand what you are thinking."

Cao Zhiqiang gently blew out a smoke ring, and then stubbed out the remaining half of the cigar in the ashtray.

Then, he looked at Chen Jiabang and said seriously:

"Old Chen, I will try to find a way to solve the things you mentioned. If it can be solved, it is best. If it cannot be solved, I will find another way.

Anyway, Director Li is retiring, not so soon, we still have time."

Chen Jiabang frowned and also put out his cigar and said:

"Let me tell you, there is nothing else to consider about this matter.

If you directly become the director of the Hongguang Factory, everything will be solved.

If you don't want to stay here all day, that's okay. The factory director doesn't stipulate that you can only stay in the factory all day.

When you become the factory director, you will continue to look for opportunities outside and win business.

I'll look after your house, just like it is now, wouldn't it be nice?

For example, you are now the president of the publishing house and I am the vice president.

But you are out every day and I am here every day, so there is no problem.

So, President, don’t worry about it.

When you become the director of the factory, you are well-received by everyone and will be good to everyone."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Well, Lao Chen, some things are not up to you or me to do whatever we want.

The matter of who should be the director of the Hongguang Factory is not that simple. I am afraid that even if I want to be the director, no one will let me be.

After all, each of us has our own mission.

Even if you are a so-called patron, you have to think carefully about why they should be your patron."

Chen Jiabang frowned: "What do you mean by this? Doesn't someone want you to be the director of the factory?"

Cao Zhiqiang deliberately sighed with an embarrassed look on his face and said:

"Well, it's better that you don't know.

But don't worry, I also have feelings for Hongguang Factory, and I will not let the problems in the factory go unnoticed.

Before you become the factory director, I will find solutions to the problems you mentioned in advance.

I will never let you take the blame!"

Having said this, Cao Zhiqiang stood up and said, "Let's just come here today. I have something else to do and I'll come see you another day."

Chen Jiabang also stood up quickly and said with a sad face: "Okay, then I'll wait for your news."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Don't worry, there will be a way to reach the mountain. There is always a way. Trust me!"

Chen Jiabang forced a smile: "Okay, I believe you."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, and then took out an opened box of cigars from his bag: "You can keep this and smoke it slowly. I still have it. I bought this privately, so you can take it."

Chen Jiabang was stunned for a moment, then he took it with a smile: "Okay, since you said so, I'll take it, thank you very much."

Cao Zhiqiang patted his arm: "It's so pretentious for us to say this."

After smiling again, Cao Zhiqiang was about to walk out.

At this moment, Chen Jiabang suddenly thought of something and said quickly: "Wait!"

Having said this, Chen Jiabang quickly ran to his desk, opened the drawer, and took out a bunch of car keys. Then he walked up to Cao Zhiqiang and patted the car keys into Cao Zhiqiang's hand: "Well, here are these for you.

, take it and open it."

Cao Zhiqiang was startled, picked it up and looked at it, and found that it was the key to the Crown car.

"This is..." Cao Zhiqiang asked with a frown.

"Crown car." Chen Jiabang said with a smile, "Our publishing house bought it with public funds, so it's a small item."

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "Since it's a bus, wouldn't it be appropriate to give it to me?"

Chen Jiabang smiled and said: "What's inappropriate? This is an official car for senior cadres. According to the rank, it was originally meant for you to drive.

It's just that you have never been here, so you have become my car.

But as you know my situation, my home is very close to here and I don't usually travel far, so I hardly need this car.

And even if I want to use a car, it won’t be this one.

By the way, I really liked the imported Citroën you had before. If you come to the capital, let’s just switch to it, hahaha.”

Seeing that Cao Zhiqiang was still embarrassed, Chen Jiabang waved his hand: "My president, don't be polite. You are in the capital and you will definitely need a car.

This Crown is new. It is definitely more suitable to drive this one than that Citroen.

You are our president and our face.

If you want to go out and drive a Citroen, that's too inappropriate.

The Crown is perfect for you, you should drive this one!

Otherwise, if others see it, they will laugh at us."

Hearing what he said, Cao Zhiqiang simply smiled and said: "Okay, in that case, I'll accept it. Where is the car? I'll go try."

Chen Jiabang said with a smile: "Xiao Xiang asked for leave today, which is a bit unfortunate. In this case, I will ask Xiao Xu to take you there.

By the way, when you come back, you still don’t have an assistant around you, so why don’t you bring Xiao Xu with you first and give you some help?”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "That's not necessary, I can do it myself."

Chen Jiabang smiled and said: "Okay, it's up to you, but just wait here, I'll ask Xiao Xu to come over and take you to pick up the car."

Having said this, Chen Jiabang took the initiative to come to his desk, picked up the phone, and called Xu Jingli in from outside.

After Xu Jingli came in, Chen Jiabang immediately smiled and said: "Xiao Xu, take the president to pick up the car. It's just the Crown. He wants to use it."

"Yes." Xu Jingli nodded to Chen Jiabang, and then looked at Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, then waved to Chen Jiabang: "Then I'll leave first, see you later!"

Soon, Cao Zhiqiang and Xu Jingli left the vice president's office, and then walked towards the garage or the direction of the driver's class.

Along the way, Xu Jingli didn't say anything at first, but just led the way in a polite manner.

But when he arrived at the garage and came to the Crown car, he saw Cao Zhiqiang opening the door with the car key and about to get in the car.

Xu Jingli suddenly said: "Well, President Cao, can, can I ask you a favor?"

"Huh?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, stopped getting into the car, stood up straight again, looked at Xu Jingli and said, "What, what's the matter?"

Xu Jingli bit her lip, then took a deep breath, looked at Cao Zhiqiang head-on and said: "This is the president, that, after my mother heard about you, she admired you very much and wanted to work with you on a project.

I don’t know if you are interested."

"Your mother? Collaborate on a project?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "What project?"

Xu Jingli said: "It's a hotel business. My mother wants to cooperate with you to open a foreign-related hotel. I wonder if you are interested."

"Oh? A foreign-related hotel?" Cao Zhiqiang was really surprised this time, "Is it true or false?"

"Of course it's true." Xu Jingli nodded.

"My mother used to run a tavern and made a lot of money.

Later, she said that there were more and more foreign guests in the capital, but there were very few high-end hotels, so opening a hotel now would definitely make a lot of money.

She has already found a place. It was originally a factory canteen, and she plans to contract it and open it into a foreign-related hotel.

It's just that she doesn't have it handy right now, so she just has an idea.

Then, she accidentally found out that day that my president is you, and everyone said that you are very rich now, so she wanted me to ask you if you are interested in starting a hotel business together.

It's just that you never came back, so I never had the chance to tell you."

After a short pause, Xu Jingli took a deep breath again and said: "President, I think my mother's proposal is a good one.

To be honest, I actually did some research secretly.

I have found that in the past two years, more and more foreign guests and overseas Chinese have come to our capital. However, the original foreign-related hotels are no longer enough, so many foreign guests who come here have to stay in ordinary guest houses.

However, ordinary guest houses require RMB and do not accept foreign exchange coupons or foreign currencies. Therefore, foreign guests and overseas Chinese who want to stay in that kind of guest house have to exchange RMB first, which is quite troublesome.

This is only the past two years. In the future, with the deepening of reform and opening up, the number of foreigners coming to our capital will only increase, not decrease.

After all, this is the capital, the capital of our country, and many things cannot be avoided here.

Therefore, the sooner you open a foreign-related hotel, the more you can earn."

Cao Zhiqiang burst into laughter: "The idea is very good, and what he said is correct.

But you know that foreign-related hotels make money, and others also know.

In addition, it is not that easy to open a foreign-related hotel.

This is not only a matter of money, but also a matter of qualifications.
To be continued...