Chapter 228 The big misunderstanding, the complicated first sight
Chapter 228 A huge misunderstanding and a complicated first meeting
Zhang Ningning is a typical intellectual woman, a little mature, a little wise, and a little generous.
She is a career-oriented woman, but she lacks the sharpness of a strong woman like Meng Chunting, and is a bit softer; her appearance is slightly lacking compared to Lan Ruo's allure, and her personality is different from Xie Bing's.
Compared with Zhang Ying's arrogance and arrogance, her intelligence is slightly inferior, and her resourcefulness lacks a little experience and firepower compared to Zhang Ying's confidence...
However, she is more comprehensive and generous. She is full of a touch of soft control. She has the temperament of a strong woman and the gentleness of a little woman. She is both emotional and rational, mature and calm, natural and beautiful.
This is Zhou Nan's evaluation of Zhang Ningning in his previous life.
Since receiving Zhang Xiao's call, Zhou Nan has been sitting quietly in the office, lost in the complicated memories of his past life, and unable to calm down for a long time.
This feeling can be recalled later, but it was already at a loss at the time!
Zhou Nan sighed softly and immediately adjusted his mentality. He is a rational person and does not like to dwell on the dust of the past, self-pity and self-pity... all kinds of past events, whether they are regrets or pains,
Everything has become a thing of the past, no matter what happens in this life, let’s look forward.
May in Ningshan Town is the season of spring flowers blooming. The warm sunshine and the fresh mountain breeze rush into the house. Zhou Nan looked up at his watch and saw that it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. He knew
Zhang Ningning and his party were almost there, so they got up and washed their faces, then went to the dormitory next door to change into a clean white shirt.
When he was about to go out, he suddenly found that the shirts and pants he had replaced two days ago had disappeared from the sofa. He knew that Song Xiaolin had taken them and washed them for him.
Although Zhou Nan repeatedly emphasized that he refused Song Xiaolin to help him wash his clothes, especially his underwear, Song Xiaolin didn't take it to heart and came to collect the clothes every few days. Regardless of whether Zhou Nan agreed or not, she took them to help him wash and iron them.
Blanch them neatly, light them over a fire and send them back.
Taking care of Zhou Nan's daily life was the job entrusted to Song Xiaolin by Zhang Zhijun. Song Xiaolin had to go to Zhou Nan's dormitory to clean up every day, but Zhou Nan couldn't resist her, and she gradually got used to it as time went by.
Fortunately, Zhou Nan had good living habits and washed the underwear he replaced easily by himself. Otherwise, it would be really embarrassing to ask Song Xiaolin to help clean the underwear.
After walking out of the room, Zhou Nan went downstairs and held his mobile phone in his hand. Since last month, the mobile phone signal in Ningshan County has gradually stabilized. When Zhou Nan first came, the mobile phone signal was intermittent.
Time and again, it's completely useless.
However, although it is better now, when I leave the county town and go to the countryside, the signal will still be cut off.
Not long after, the black car sent by Zhou Nan to pick up Zhang Ningning and his party sped into the town government compound. As soon as the car stopped, Zhang Zhijun jumped out of the car, ran over and said with a respectful smile, "Secretary Zhou, here we come.
, Mr. Zhang from Haidu and his party came, I took them to Ningshan Hotel, let the guests settle down first, and then went to the county party committee reception for dinner."
"Secretary Zhou, shall we rush there? Secretary Qiu, Mayor Ma has already arrived and is arranging meals." Zhang Zhijun took a breath and asked with a smile.
"Well, you call Xiao Song. From now on, Xiao Song will be responsible for the contact and coordination with investors. Let her participate in tonight's banquet." Zhou Nan said slowly, opened the door and got in the car. And Zhang Zhijun
Then he hurried into an office in the forestry station on the first floor and called Song Xiaolin.
At sunset, the last ray of sunset fell, but it was as bright as fire.
Zhou Nan waited quietly at the door of the county party committee reception hotel, looking vaguely at the Fuqian Street leading from Ningshan Hotel.
Behind him, three town leaders, Ma Zhongling, Qiu Gang, and Zhang Zhijun, were lined up according to their rank, while Song Xiaolin stood behind the three of them with a slightly red face.
Not far from the hotel entrance of the county party committee reception desk, there was a large flower garden. At this time, a woman wearing a green cloth shirt was bending over to arrange the flowers and plants... Zhou Nan stared at her, and the woman slowly stood up and turned around to look at her.
Looking here, there is a certain indifference in the eyes.
Except for a pair of deep eyes, she has an ordinary appearance, with yellow skin and a sallow face, as if she has not had enough to eat all year round. Her hair is yellow and thin, her shoulders are thin, and her figure is thin.
The woman's suspicious eyes turned to Zhou Nan, then she turned away absently, bent down to pack her tools, and left slowly.
Zhou Nan also slowly returned his gaze, glanced back at Ma Zhongling and the other two people behind him, and said lightly, "Old Ma, when we are having dinner later, there is no need to deliberately persuade people to drink. Zhang - this Zhang is always here.
A teetotaler."
Ma Zhongling said with a smile, "Secretary Zhou, is this Mr. Zhang who is here the sister of Zhang Xiao, the boss of Sky Group? I don't look very old, she seems to have just walked out of school.
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"Well, she's Zhang Xiao's sister. She graduated from college about two or three years ago. She used to teach at the Provincial Art College. I don't know when she resigned and went to her brother's company." Zhou Nan said calmly, but suddenly the corner of his eye suddenly flashed.
I found a black Audi slowly approaching from that car.
Zhou Nan's heart was slightly agitated, and he slowly took two steps forward and leaned against the roadside.
The Audi car drove over and stopped. A tall young man in a black suit quickly got out of the passenger seat and opened the rear door.
In an instant, a slender woman wearing a beige long-sleeved T-shirt and sky blue jeans got out of the car with a smile. She had a beautiful face and her eyes were like a pool of clear water. She turned around several times on the faces of Zhou Nan, Meiyu
There is a faint air of book between the gleaming brows and eyes.
There was a slight wave on Zhou Nan's originally calm face. After passing through the smoke and dust of time and fate, he met Zhang Ningning again in this life. He suddenly felt that a fierce hurricane was swirling in his heart, and he could no longer maintain his usual self.
of indifference.
Zhou Nan knew that Zhang Ningning in his previous life had deep affection and resentment for him, and vowed not to return as soon as he left overseas. If life was just like the first meeting, and the meeting at the time was as peaceful and beautiful as the reunion today, how could there be such a thing as the subsequent one?
Deep love leads to deep hatred?
In just a moment, Zhou Nan had thousands of thoughts in his heart.
When he saw Zhang Ningning walking toward him with a smile, he calmed down, put on a stylized smile, and walked over.
"Secretary Zhou Nan, right? I am Zhang Ningning." Zhang Ningning stretched out his hand to shake hands with Zhou Nan, but his clear and deep eyes looked up and down Zhou Nan, and there was an extremely strange feeling in his heart.
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Although the young man in front of me has been famous for a long time, it is still the first time he has met him, but how can he give me a sense of familiarity that seems unforgettable and ethereal?
For Zhang Ningning, this feeling is very strange.
"Hello, I'm Zhou Nan. Welcome to Mr. Zhang to Ningshan. Please come in." Zhou Nan immediately let go of Zhang Ningning's soft little hand, turned sideways, and began to introduce his subordinates to Zhang Ningning, "This is
Mayor Ma of our town is Ma Zhongling. This is Qiu Gang, Deputy Secretary of the Town Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, this is Deputy Mayor Zhang Zhijun, and this is Xiao Song, Song Xiaolin."
As Zhou Nan introduced them one by one, Zhang Ningning shook hands with Ma Zhongling and others one by one. In turn, she also introduced her attachés to Zhou Nan, two middle-level managers from the Sky Group's investment management department.
The banquet that night ended happily.
Although Zhou Nan and Zhang Ningning did not have much exchanges and communication, and Zhang Ningning spent most of her time socializing with several other cadres in the town, Zhou Nan's shadow was always flashing in her heart.
Until the banquet was over and she took people back to the hotel, took a shower and went to bed to get ready for rest, Zhou Nan's figure still lingered.
Zhang Ningning felt that she was a little abnormal, and she felt an inexplicable vigilance in her heart.
The whole night, Zhang Ningning didn't sleep well. She tossed and turned and fell asleep. So when she got up the next morning, her eyes were red and swollen and looked haggard, so she had to put on a light layer of makeup to cover them up.
In the morning, Zhou Nan took several people from the town and accompanied Zhang Ningning and his party to inspect several pre-set addresses for market logistics park projects in the town.
Along the way, Zhang Ningning seemed a bit taciturn and did not express too many opinions. However, her attendants carefully inspected the terrain and asked about some relevant information.
Initially, Sky Group was not very interested in the project proposed by Zhou Nan. At least, Zhang Ningning was not very interested.
But then Zhang Xiao suddenly changed his mind and decided to invest. This time when he came to Ningshan, Zhang Xiao's "explanation" to Zhang Ningning was that as long as the investment environment was not too bad, he would agree to cooperate with Zhou Nan.
Zhang Ningning doesn't agree with her brother's decision, but she can't be Zhang Xiao's boss. In Sky Group, Zhang Xiao is God. No one can say anything about what Zhang Xiao decides, not even his sister.
Or even close relatives like my wife.
After arriving in Ningshan, the poverty situation in Ningshan County and Ningshan Town was far worse than Zhang Ningning imagined.
As soon as she settled down in the hotel, she wanted to make a phone call to Zhang Xiao and try her best to persuade Zhang Xiao to give up this investment. Although Zhou Nan's construction planning and project demonstration were good, after all, this place was too poor and the various infrastructures were not available.
It is very imperfect and does not even have any industrial foundation; besides, the so-called poor mountains and rivers breed unruly people. Zhang Ningning is really worried that investing in such a place will lose everything.
In one morning, I checked three addresses. Although Zhang Ningning didn't express his position, he made up his mind.
"Mr. Zhang, how are you? What do you think after seeing these three places? Let's just say it. For our town and county, we will make every effort to create a good investment environment for investors... What's the matter?
Mr. Zhang can speak frankly about his opinions and views. If our town can solve it, we will solve it immediately, and if we cannot solve it, Secretary Zhou will coordinate with the county to help solve it as much as possible."
Ma Zhongling said enthusiastically and winked at Song Xiaolin. Song Xiaolin quickly brought another staff member from the new project office over with several bottles of mineral water and handed them to Zhang Ningning and others one by one.
At this time, Zhou Nan was taking a call from Zhang Qiang, secretary of the county party committee, not far away.
Although this project is promoted and led by Ningshan Town, it is also one of the major projects that the county attaches great importance to. Although Zhang Qiang, secretary of the county party committee, did not come forward, he is still very concerned about this project and the investors who came to inspect it.
Zhang Ningning took off her wide-rimmed sunglasses, took the mineral water handed over by Song Xiaolin, smiled slightly, but glanced at Zhou Nan's figure intentionally or unintentionally.
"To be honest, the investment environment in Guixian is not good, and can even be said to be very poor. Although Ningshan's geographical conditions have certain advantages in developing market logistics, you must know that in order to create a prosperous and long-term operating market
The logistics base does not depend on how much money we invest or how many beautiful parks and factories we build, but also depends on the local economic development level and whether it can attract companies from surrounding areas to settle down..."
"In other words, assuming that our project starts construction, the main project will be one aspect, and a large number of ancillary projects and supporting facilities will be built in the surrounding areas... This means that our investment will be larger and the return on investment cycle will be longer.
long……"
Zhang Ningning pointed at the empty space around him and smiled lightly.
Ma Zhongling smiled awkwardly, but was speechless because what he said was all the truth.
The market logistics base should be built in a relatively mature market environment, so that it can develop as quickly as possible and obtain a return on investment; but Zhou Nan's plan is to use the construction of the market logistics base to drive the development of the surrounding economy and the town's economy, and achieve reverse
forcing effect.
Although it is not impossible in theory, as Zhang Ningning said, the difficulty will increase and it will bring a considerable degree of unpredictable risks to investors' investments.
After Zhang Ningning said this, she stopped talking, because she knew that although Ma Zhongling was the mayor, he had no decision-making power, and talking to him for a long time was in vain.
After Zhou Nan finished talking to Zhang Qiang on the phone, he hurried back and only faintly heard "a tail" of Zhang Ningning's words.
"Mr. Zhang, how are you? Do you have any ideas..." Zhou Nan smiled, looking at Zhang Ningning with bright eyes and white teeth, the complex look in his eyes flashed away.
But even if it was fleeting, it was still visible to Zhang Ningning, who had been secretly observing him carefully.
Throughout the morning, Zhang Ningning was sensitively aware of the "ambiguity" contained in Zhou Nan's eyes from time to time.
This kind of unspeakable "ambiguity" made Zhang Ningning feel more strange in her heart, and also made her feel a certain kind of rejection, even a slight disgust.
Obviously, after Zhang Ningning couldn't find the real answer to why she had strange feelings towards Zhou Nan when they met for the first time, she subconsciously blamed it on Zhou Nan and attributed it to something that Zhou Nan unconsciously revealed based on his past life feelings.
Emotions are regarded as the "flattery" of a deceitful disciple.
What a huge misunderstanding and complicated intersection.
With this in mind, Zhang Ningning's delicate face began to change from sunny to cloudy, and she slowly turned away as Zhou Nan was inexplicably included in the ranks of those butterflies in the flowers who coveted her beauty.
If Zhou Nan knew her true state of mind at this moment, he would definitely vomit blood.
Although Zhang Ningning did not directly reject the investment, he proposed a series of harsh conditions such as free land fees and tax exemption and other preferential policies. After hearing this, Zhou Nan knew that Zhang Ningning was just an excuse.
There is no sincerity in investing.
There is no problem in enjoying preferential policies on various policies. The county has promised to exempt all administrative fees that should be exempted. It is not impossible to enjoy a certain degree of tax exemption, and this can also be discussed.
Only this land fee is completely free, which is completely nonsense. If Ningshan Town has the huge financial resources to bear such large-scale land replacement and demolition and resettlement costs, why would it attract foreign investment?
Ma Zhongling and others were not fools. As soon as they heard the conditions proposed by Zhang Ningning, they knew that this investment was basically ruined and there was no chance. Therefore, their faces were not very good.
Zhou Nan hesitated for a moment, then smiled softly and said, "Mr. Zhang, we can still sit down and have a good talk. Whether it is our town or the county, the attitude is very clear: we will do our best within the scope allowed by the policy.
Provide the greatest possible support to the project - just now, Secretary Zhang of the county party committee called me and made it clear that we will do our best to create the most convenient investment and operating environment for investors..."
"However, it is indeed unrealistic for you to obtain land at zero cost... and it is not in line with the national, provincial and municipal land policies."
Zhang Ningning smiled lightly and said, "Secretary Zhou, let's just put it bluntly. For example, if this same project is built in other areas, the basic cost should not exceed 10 million, but if it is built here, the cost will be at least hundreds of dollars more.
Ten thousand. Moreover, the investment return period is still far away... Could you please tell me, is our investment risk high?"
Zhou Nan took a breath and forced a smile and said, "Mr. Zhang, you can't say that. You can't just see the risks but not the prospects. As far as I know, the neighboring Mengjiawan City is also planning such a project.
Market logistics project...if there is no development prospect, who would do such a stupid thing?"
"We don't care about others. Anyway, our Sky Group will not do such stupid things. Secretary Zhou, I think there is no need to talk any more. We will go back in the afternoon..." Zhang Ningning once again felt the "complex eagerness" in Zhou Nan's eyes.
", I felt even more uncomfortable, and there was a little more impatience in my words.
Hearing Zhang Ningning's sharp and decisive words, Zhou Nan felt a little angry in his heart, and his face darkened accordingly.
He turned his head and looked at the outer ring road where the traffic was getting denser, and was speechless. Immediately, he suddenly remembered the "grievances" between him and Zhang Ningning in his previous life and the hint of guilt he had towards her, and the anger in his heart immediately dissipated.
Empty.
He didn't know why his reunion with Zhang Ningning ended up like this, but he knew Zhang Ningning's personality too well. She was a bit "accepting death" by nature. Since she said so, it was obvious that no more communication would help.
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Thinking of this, Zhou Nan couldn't help but sigh, slowly turned his head and stared at Zhang Ningning, and said lightly, "Okay, Mr. Zhang, let's go back first - Lao Ma, I have to take a step in advance, you and
Mayor Zhang has arranged lunch for Mr. Zhang and his party at noon."
After saying that, Zhou Nan calmly turned around and strode away. Not long after, he got into his black Santana and drove away.
Zhou Nan's sigh before leaving made Zhang Ningning's heart throb, and he suddenly became a little flustered.
When conducting investment inspections and attracting investment, there is no guarantee that it will be successful.
They are just here for inspection, and it may succeed or fail. According to common sense, if this company gives up, it can continue to welcome the next company, but now there is not much time left for Zhou Nan.
After returning to town, Zhou Nan immediately dialed Zhang Xiao's phone number.
After listening to Zhou Nan's words, Zhang Xiao felt very surprised and dissatisfied: He had repeatedly told his sister Zhang Ningning that as long as it was not too outrageous, he would go to Ningshan this time to confirm the cooperation project with Zhou Nan and sign a framework agreement. What?
Zhang Ningning...
Although Zhang Xiao is a businessman, his vision is extremely far-reaching.
He attaches great importance to Zhou Nan's future - with Zhou Nan's background and connections, Zhou Nan's future development in the officialdom is limitless... Moreover, behind Zhou Nan is his father Zhou Ningyu who holds great power in Haidu, as well as the Feiteng Group and Hong Kong
Lan's enterprise, these are heavy weights.
So Zhang Xiao decided to invest - invest in Zhou Nan in advance. As for whether the project itself can make money, that is secondary. After all, for Sky Group, a project with an investment of tens of millions is not a big project.
"Brother Zhou, there may be some misunderstanding here... Haha, it doesn't matter, I will call Ning Ning right away to find out what the situation is, and then call you back - my attitude is still the same,
Supporting the construction of old areas is our unshirkable social responsibility as a company, don’t worry, brother.”
Zhou Nan smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Zhang, you may not know that Lanruo has just reached an investment cooperation agreement with the Ningnan Municipal Government, and is preparing to invest in the construction of a clothing industrial park project in Ningshan County to integrate the production of island country garment enterprises under Feiteng Group.
The base was moved to China..."
"These two projects are being constructed at the same time and can complement each other after completion. Our market logistics project can be regarded as a supporting project for the garment industrial park project..."
"Also, according to the news I got from the capital, next year the country will plan a high-level expressway that will traverse the entire central and southern regions of Binhai Province... This proposed expressway happens to pass through the northwest of Ningshan County..."
Zhou Nan's words surprised Zhang Xiao. If this is the case, this project will have more reasons to invest, and it is not just for Zhou Nan's personal face.
"Brother Zhou, I'll call right away. Just wait for me." After saying that, Zhang Xiao hung up the phone.
Putting down the phone receiver, Zhou Nan sighed again. In fact, with these words, he originally wanted to have a deeper conversation with Zhang Ningning, but Zhang Ningning didn't give him the chance at all and blocked the conversation.
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Why is this happening? Zhou Nan frowned.
I don’t know how Zhang Xiao “communicated” with Zhang Ningning on the phone. Anyway, during lunch, although Zhou Nan was not present, Zhang Ningning sent back the message through Ma Zhongling that the conversation could continue.