Since he still had classes in the afternoon and had a quick meal at noon, Li Jianren said goodbye and returned to school.
When Cheng Xiaoxiao saw Aren coming in, a smile appeared in the corners of her eyes, but the two of them had a tacit understanding and didn't say anything.
When Li Jianren just sat down, Xiaoxiao in the front row secretly handed over a note.
Li Jianren quickly grabbed it and held it in the palm of his hand. He looked around like a thief. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he was quietly relieved.
He slowly opened the note and saw a few lines of delicate words written on it: Thank you, Ren. I like your gift very much. Let's work hard together and strive to get into the same city in the future, okay?
Li Jianren understood what she meant, thought about it, and decided that it would be more appropriate to reply.
So he secretly tore off half a page of paper, picked up the pen, and started writing. After a few minutes, Aren poked Xiaoxiao's back with his hand, and then Xiaoxiao's left hand reached out from behind with tacit understanding, and put the hand in her palm.
He held the note tightly, held it in front of him and read it.
An elegant text on the note: Xiaoxiao, I already know your heart, and I also feel the same way you do. But we are still underage after all, and it is not appropriate to talk about that at this time. I am worried that it will be harmful to you.
Cause harm. How about we grow up together and then see if we still have each other in our hearts at that time. I am willing to wait slowly, what about you?
Xiaoxiao looked at this passage, thought about it several times, and blushed. Then she passed the note again.
Li Jianren opened it and saw only three words on it: I do.
Cheng Xiaoxiao is a smart girl. She understands what Li Jianren means. If it continues to develop in high school, especially high school in the 1990s, both parties may be affected. It is better to keep this delicate relationship in the bottom of my heart and wait until it comes to fruition.
It will bloom and bear fruit naturally.
So, everything is left unsaid...
After school in the afternoon, Li Jianren went to the office to sit as usual, then picked up the phone and hung up with Secretary Hu Wenfeng: "Hello, Director Hu, I am Li Jianren from Jianhui Supermarket. I would like to visit you sometime."
Let’s talk about County Magistrate Xia. I wonder when it will be convenient for him?”
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, as if he had gone to report, and then he replied: "Mr. Li, County Magistrate Xia is free the day after tomorrow. You can come directly to the county compound then. I will pick you up at the gate at about 6 o'clock.
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"Okay, thank you, Director Hu. When you are free, please come over and guide us in our work." After a while of greetings, both parties hung up the phone.
Li Jianren knew that Xia Yifan still took care of him and arranged the time after school, which he was very grateful for. It wasn't that Aren couldn't spare time at other times, but as the county magistrate, it was very rare for him to take this into consideration.
After school on the third day, Li Jianren asked his driver, Lao Chen, to wait for him at his rental house. After Ah Ren changed his clothes, he put on his backpack, went downstairs, and went straight to the government compound.
When the car arrived at the gate of the compound, Secretary Hu had just been standing there. When he saw Li Jianren getting out of the car, he waved his hand to indicate that he did not need to get off. Then he said hello to the doorman and got in the car and directed the driver to drive forward.
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"Director Hu has troubled you today and asked you to wait here." Li Jianren greeted politely.
"Mr. Li, you're welcome. I'm just serving the leadership. County Magistrate Xia is meeting with a leader from a lower unit in his office. Please go over and wait for a while. Magistrate Xia said he'd like to treat you to a casual dinner tonight." Hu Wenfeng also responded politely.
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The car soon stopped at the door of the government building. The two got out of the car. Secretary Hu called someone over and asked him to arrange a driver. Then he and Li Jianren took the elevator to the sixth floor.
Secretary Hu took Li Jianren to a small living room, and then helped him make a cup of tea, which made Li Jianren feel embarrassed.
"You sit down first and I'll go take a look. If it's almost done, I'll call you." Secretary Hu greeted.
"Okay, you go first, I'm not in a hurry." Li Jianren responded politely.
Secretary Hu walked out, and Li Jianren looked at the living room. It was not big, only about 20 square meters, with several sofas arranged neatly, a coffee table in the middle, and several murals hanging on the walls, which looked simple and elegant.
Li Jianren didn't know if this was always the case or if it was County Magistrate Xia's demanding style. He didn't want to comment on it, he just looked at it casually.
About ten minutes later, the door was pushed open and Secretary Hu walked in again, "Mr. Li, County Magistrate Xia's side is empty. Please come over."
"Director Hu, you are trying to offend me a little. Just call me Ah Ren, that's what everyone calls me." Li Jianren said to Secretary Hu politely.
"Okay, A-Ren, come with me." Secretary Hu smiled slightly. In fact, he felt a little awkward calling Mr. Li such a young Li Jianren.
Li Jianren was holding a tea cup and a backpack, and followed Secretary Hu as he walked out. I haven't had two sips of the tea I just brewed, so don't waste it.
Walking to the door of the county magistrate's office, Secretary Hu knocked on the door gently. When he heard the response, he pushed the door open and let Li Jianren in. Then he turned back and walked out, holding the door with him and leaving the office.
A set of flowing movements were so natural that Aren couldn't help but sigh, no job is easy to do well, the details are all there.
"County Magistrate Xia, I'm sorry to bother you!" Li Jianren greeted Xia Yifan.
"Aren, come sit here, you're welcome." Xia Yifan stood up politely and pointed to the opposite side.
Li Jianren took the opportunity to sit down, opened his backpack at the same time, took out a 40- to 50-centimeter-high root sculpture, and placed it on Magistrate Xia's desk.
Xia Yifan frowned, obviously a little unhappy, "Aren, what do you mean, this is the first time you come to my place?"
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Artistic conception.
You see, the carving is of a scholar, looking into the wind and looking into the distance, as if he is looking into the distance, and he seems to be meditating. As for what he is thinking about, I can't tell." Li Jianren smiled and explained.
"What's more, I haggled with the craftsman for ten minutes on the price of this root carving, and it only cost 100 yuan in the end. If County Magistrate Xia feels bad about it, he can treat me to dinner tonight and add sweet and sour pork ribs. I love that."
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"Haha... you are such a little kid. Did you really spend only a hundred?" County Magistrate Xia picked up the root carving, stroked it with his hand, and then looked at the carved figure carefully.
"The material is indeed not upper-layer wood, it is relatively ordinary, but it is well polished, and the carver's skills are very good. It does have artistic conception. It is really worth 100 yuan."
"That's why I borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha. At my age, I can't see the artistic conception of it. Only someone with life experience like you would understand. If you let me do it, you'd be blind." Li Jianren joked.
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"Okay, I'll accept it. I'll ask the kitchen to add two more dishes for you later, haha." Xia Yifan also took advantage of the situation and placed the root carving on the table, facing him.
"Come, tell me what's going on here this time?" Xia Yifan began to ask.
So Li Jianren explained to Xia Yifan one by one the purpose of going to the provincial capital two days ago, including market development, recruitment implementation, and finally a visit to Director Song.
At the same time, Director Song also had certain thoughts when he heard that Jianhui Supermarket planned to invest more than 30 million in the next few months. Li Jianren explained the situation truthfully.
"Thirty million? Where did you get so much money?" Xia Yifan was shocked when he heard this.
"Definitely not for the time being. I plan to take out all the properties for mortgage loans. In addition, in the next few months, the entire Yiyang City, including all the stores in the county below, will inject funds into the development of the Jinling market. In this way,
It will definitely exceed 30 million in three months." Li Jianren gave the prepared answer directly.
"You kid, you are planning to make a desperate move! Can't you be more prudent?" Xia Yifan was obviously shocked by Li Jianren's handwriting, so he still wanted to persuade him.
Xia Yifan's idea must be a mature one, but after all, he is not Li Jianren, and he doesn't know that the situation will become more and more urgent. Otherwise, how could Aren not listen to the advice.
Including the company's senior management, don't they feel that the company's development is too eager and can't keep up with the pace. It's just that they are used to the boss setting the direction, and they just need to implement it.
"County Magistrate Xia, the development strategy of the company has been decided, and this cannot be changed. I need to start seizing the top of the mountain now. It's hard to say what the situation will be like in the next year. Whether it will still be like me as a single company.
The fact that there is no competition now does not mean that there will not be any later. It can be said with certainty that there will definitely be opponents in the next year or so. What I need to do now is to prepare for a rainy day." Li Jianren said solemnly to Xia Yifan.
"Okay, now that your company has made a decision, I don't know what to say. I will talk to my third uncle later and listen to what he means. In addition, you kid, don't just focus on matters in the provincial capital and leave matters in your hometown to the table.
I forgot, when will the supermarket plan you promised me be launched? Yi Jian was still looking for me a few days ago." Xia Yifan glared at Aren.
"Don't worry, I definitely haven't forgotten that funds are really tight this month. I will definitely start it next month. You can just ask Yijian to get ready. Or if they are willing, they can start it now. I will definitely have funds next month."
In place, I guarantee you this." Li Jianren and Xia Yifan promised.
"Okay, I feel relieved with your words. I asked Yijian to start moving. They have already made several plans regarding the drawings. They will take them over to communicate with you when the time comes." Xia Yifan was of course happy when he heard this.
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"However, County Magistrate Xia, your government needs to keep up with the schools, farmers' markets and other supporting facilities that need to be built. Otherwise, just relying on a large supermarket cannot solve all the problems." Li Jianren reminded kindly.
"Hey, I don't know, but the county is spending money everywhere, and I am a clever woman who can't make a living without rice. I can only wait and see if the funds will be allocated next year." Xia Yifan was also in a dilemma.
"How big of a gap is there? Can't we just squeeze it in first and squeeze it out?" Li Jianren asked doubtfully.
"At least 5 million is needed to build a school, and it is a kindergarten and a primary school together. It will cost at least 2 million. As for other things, we can delay it a little, but the school really can't be delayed." Xia Yifan frowned.