Volume 4 Xishan County Chapter 159: The Arrogant Ye Changzhang (2)

  He hung up the phone, and Ye Changfu felt a bit depressed in his heart. He thought to himself, "You county magistrate can say that, but I dare not stop you. However, as an outsider trying to guide me, an insider, it's absolutely impossible. I will never listen to your so-called guidance." When it came to economic ability, Ye Changfu was extremely confident. He believed that in Xishan County, no one could surpass him, not even He Yaxing, the richest man in Xishan County. Although He Yaxing was the richest man in Xishan County, he had obtained his wealth through connections and coal mining rights. When it came to managing an enterprise, Ye Changfu believed that He Yaxing was absolutely an amateur. As for Liu Fei, the new county magistrate, Ye Changfu had also heard of him. He knew that Liu Fei was very young, so he didn't take him seriously at all. In his eyes, Liu Fei was just a high-ranking official's son who came down to Xishan County to make some money. Therefore, although Ye Changfu appeared respectful and polite on the surface, in reality, he looked down on Liu Fei.

  Around 10 am, Liu Fei introduced Xue Lingyun to Zhang Qunshu, the deputy county magistrate and a member of the county committee, who would be receiving Xue Lingyun's group. Xue Lingyun had come with a large inspection team, but they were not staying in the same hotel as her. Originally, Zhang Qunshu wanted to invite Liu Fei to accompany Xue Lingyun on the inspection, but Liu Fei declined, citing other matters. This made Zhang Qunshu's impression of Liu Fei rise sharply; he was well aware that Liu Fei had very neatly handed over all the credit and achievements to him. Where could you find a leader like this? From then on, Zhang Qunshu's heart began to lean towards Liu Fei.

  Some things, some words, don't need to be said out loud, mutual understanding is enough.

  After going to work in the afternoon, Liu Fei called over Secretary-General Li Qing'an and told him about his arrangements for tonight, asking him to accompany him. When Li Qing'an heard that the person they were going to see was actually the general manager of Xinyuan Supermarket, a very excited smile appeared on his face: "County Magistrate Liu, this Ye Changfu is not simple, he can actually invite General Manager Wu Yongde of Xinyuan Supermarket, this man is indeed worth seeing."

  Liu Fei didn't expect Li Qing'an to have such a high opinion of Wu Yongde and Ye Changfu, so he smiled and asked: "Really? Tell me, what kind of person is this Wu Yongde?"

  Li Qing'an was indeed a capable secretary, and the news was indeed well-informed. When Liu Fei asked him this question, he smiled and explained: "County Magistrate Liu, when it comes to Wu Yongde, we can't help but mention the Xinyuan Supermarket Group. The Xinyuan Supermarket Group entered Hebei Province four years ago. Before that, there were only two major supermarket groups in Hebei Province, Baoli Group and Tiangonglong Group. They had basically occupied all the advantageous locations of large shopping malls and supermarkets in Nanping City, and except for the provincial capital Nanping City, these two groups also had branches in various cities and districts throughout Hebei Province. It can be said that the resources of large commercial supermarkets in Hebei Province were basically controlled by these two major supermarket groups. However, with the entry of Xinyuan Supermarket Group four years ago, this situation was quickly broken. The Xinyuan Group actually established itself in Nanping City within a short year and opened five large supermarkets at once. Within just one year, the large supermarket market in Nanping City formed a three-way pattern. The rapid development of Xinyuan Supermarket Group and its advanced management made the entire industry take notice. Moreover, in the second year, Xinyuan Supermarket Group expanded its business to various prefecture-level cities, and in each prefecture-level city, Xinyuan Group's strength clearly surpassed that of the other two groups. Four years later, today, Xinyuan Supermarket Group has a hidden advantage over the other two supermarket groups. This Wu Yongde, General Manager Wu, was one of the old-timers of Xinyuan Supermarket Group back then and held the highest position among the general managers of 12 prefecture-level cities in Hebei Province. Moreover, he is also a director of Xinyuan Supermarket Group and has a high status and prestige within the group. If Chunhui Canned Food Factory can gain Wu Yongde's recognition, their products will be able to enter the entire Xinyuan Supermarket Group soon. If Chunhui Canned Food Factory really succeeds in entering Xinyuan Supermarket, their sales revenue will increase by more than twice."

  After listening to Li Qing'an, Liu Fei became even more interested in Ye Changfu. He was very sure that Ye Changfu must have seen Wu Yongde's background and the entire Xin Yuan Supermarket Group's market capacity, no wonder he didn't give himself any face when receiving this Wu Yongde general manager. However, while admiring Ye Changfu, Liu Fei also started to get a headache. This Ye Changfu was indeed very capable, but facing such an insubordinate and capable subordinate was also a headache-inducing thing. Liu Fei knew that for people like this, he had to thoroughly conquer them with his own strength and ability in order to make them useful to himself.

  But how can I conquer this kind of person? Liu Fei started thinking.

  Secretary-General Li Qing'an saw Liu Fei fall into deep thought, so he quietly retreated and closed the door.

  After work, Liu Fei and Li Qingan took a car to the Xishan Hotel.

  Xishan Hotel is one of the high-end hotels in Xishan County. The food here is very exquisite, and the decoration is also quite luxurious, belonging to a relatively high-end consumer place in Xishan County.

  The VIP lounge of Xishan Hotel is on the third floor. Taking the elevator, under the guidance of the receptionist, Liu Fei and Li Qing'an arrived at the VIP lounge.

  Liu Fei opened the door and walked in, with Li Qing'an following closely behind.

  After entering, Liu Fei saw that at the main seat of a round table in the VIP hall, two people had already been seated. One was tall and sturdy, wearing a brown suit, looking quite masculine despite being over 50 years old, with bright eyes and an air of arrogance between his eyebrows.

  Next to this person sat a middle-aged man of medium build and slender figure, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, looking very elegant. These two people were somewhat mismatched in terms of temperament and physique, but at the moment, they seemed to be chatting quite congenially.

  When Liu Fei came in, the two people just slightly raised their heads and took a look. Seeing Liu Fei wearing a neat suit and tie, and being so young, they thought he was a hotel service staff, so they continued to chat. However, when Li Qingan walked in, the tall and robust man in his 50s stood up, smiled, stretched out his hand, and walked towards Li Qingan with a loud laugh, saying: "Ah, Secretary Li! What wind brought you here? I'm honored, I'm honored!"

  Li Qing'an just stretched out his hand and lightly shook hands with him, smiling and saying: "Mr. Ye, you've mistaken the noble guest, come, let me introduce you, this is our Xishan County's county head Liu Fei, I'm just a follower of County Head Liu today."

  Li Qing'an's one sentence drew all the attention to Liu Fei, which not only didn't make Li Qing'an look embarrassed but also took care of Liu Fei's face, this made Liu Fei very satisfied.

  When he heard that the young man next to him was actually the county magistrate of Xishan County, Ye Changfu was clearly stunned for a moment, then walked over with a smile, warmly extending both hands and apologetically saying: "County Magistrate Liu, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you, please forgive me."

  Liu Fei naturally wouldn't mind such a small matter, and smiled as he said: "Director Ye, you're being too polite. I'm intruding upon your time uninvited, please forgive me. However, in order to meet you, the great talent of Xishan County, I had no choice but to do so." As Liu Fei spoke, he looked at the middle-aged man who stood up from his seat and said with a smile: "I suppose this must be Wu Yongde, the general manager of Hengyang City's Xin Yuan Supermarket Group? Director Ye can't keep such an honored guest waiting, please introduce us."

  As they spoke, Liu Fei skillfully conveyed that he and Ye Changfu were on the same front line, without putting on any airs of leadership. This pleased Wu Yongde. However, he naturally walked to his own seat at the head table and sat down, without yielding the main seat to Liu Fei. In his opinion, even if Liu Fei was the county magistrate, today's main characters were him and General Manager Wu, while Liu Fei was just accompanying them, and couldn't let General Manager Wu take a secondary seat. After returning to their seats, Ye Changfu introduced Liu Fei and Wu Yongde to each other, and they exchanged a few pleasantries before the four of them sat down.

  Wu Yongde didn't take Liu Fei seriously at all, although Liu Fei was the county head. In Wu Yongde's eyes, Liu Fei was too young and probably not a high-ranking official from somewhere else. People like this usually don't have any real abilities. So even though on the surface he was polite to Liu Fei, deep down he looked down on him.

  He had originally wanted to talk to Ye Changfu today, but he hadn't expected Wu Yongde to tell him that the county head would be attending tonight, which left him somewhat dissatisfied. However, he also knew that some things were unavoidable, even for Ye Changfu.

  But Wu Yongde had no intention of giving up his position, sitting there steadily and firmly.

  At this time, Ye Changfu patted the waiter who was waiting in the house and said: "Start serving dishes."

  Liu Fei's appearance seemed to add a few more awkward atmosphere to the originally very harmonious atmosphere, which made Ye Changfu frown involuntarily.

  Li Qing'an, as the Secretary General, was skilled at adjusting the atmosphere, so after discovering this point, he smiled and said to Ye Changfu: "Director Ye, your Chunhui Canned Food Factory is among the few state-owned enterprises in our Xishan County, what's the secret to your success? Share it with everyone so we can all learn from it?"