Chapter 27: A Chance Encounter (Seeking Collection and Recommendations!)

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  Pang Zheng withdrew 30,000 yuan from the bank and gave Liu Fei and Qin Mei 10,000 each to go shopping. He also gave them an additional 5,000 yuan to buy two sets of clothes for Yang Jie. After the two women left excitedly for the mall, Pang Zheng took Yang Jie to a leisure center for a massage.

  Lying on the massage bed, letting the technician press the acupoints on his body, Yang Jie said to Pang Zheng beside him: "Pang Ge, you have a wide range of connections in Chengdu. My graduate school application is settled, but Fei Fei only has a junior college diploma. I want her to get a bachelor's degree too. Do you have any connections?"

  "This is simple, the University of Electronic Science and Technology has been recruiting part-time students for years. Although the diploma from the University of Electronic Science and Technology is not very good, it's easy to get. Just go to class every evening and it won't affect your daytime work. After getting the associate degree from the University of Electronic Science and Technology, I'll think of a way to send FeiFei to the Party School to get a bachelor's degree from the Party School. In the future, it will be easy to get ahead in the system." Pang Zheng heard Yang Jie say this, so he helped Liu Fei settle the matter of getting a bachelor's degree from the Party School.

  Being able to obtain a bachelor's degree from the Party School is naturally of great benefit to Liu Fei. Although the Party School diploma is not recognized outside, it is recognized within the system. In today's continuous promotion of young cadres, Liu Fei has a bachelor's degree, and future promotions will undoubtedly be much easier.

  Moreover, party schools are different from ordinary schools. Who can enter a party school without any connections?

  To get a place in the party school, many people are eager to get it, but not everyone can get it. After all, being able to study at the party school not only allows you to obtain a certificate recognized by the system, but also greatly expands your personal connections, laying the groundwork for future promotions, which is why many people are vying for it.

  "Thanks, Brother Peng!" Yang Jie knew that since Peng Zheng dared to say so, he would naturally be able to help with this matter, so on behalf of Liu Fei, he thanked Peng Zheng.

  "It's just a small favor, brother, don't be so polite! And in the future, can you please just be more straightforward and not keep saying thank you left and right, it's giving me a headache." Pang Zheng himself was a straightforward person and couldn't stand beating around the bush. Seeing Yang Jie being so polite all the time made him feel a bit annoyed.

  "This isn't preparing for asking Ge to help next time!"

  Yang Jie knew that making friends was about being sincere, and he had already roughly figured out Pang Zheng's personality. He knew that Pang liked things to be clean and efficient, didn't like to drag things out, and on top of that, he was a generous and straightforward person who valued giving face. Generally speaking, when you were with him, you had to accommodate his temperament; otherwise, he would feel like you weren't giving him face.

  "Come on, kid! Spit it out if you've got something to say! Don't hold back! In Chengdu, for some small matters, I can still help you." Upon hearing Yang Jie's words, Pang Zheng couldn't help but burst out laughing. He liked how Yang Jie was straightforward and would speak up when needed, and he would naturally lend a hand if he could.

  It's still Feifei's business, she doesn't have a driver's license yet and wants to find a driving school in Chengdu to learn how to drive as soon as possible.

  Yang Jie himself didn't have any need to ask Pang Zheng for help, but after seeing Pang Zheng's connections, Yang Jie decided to kill two birds with one stone and also told him about Liu Fei's driving lessons.

  "What's the big deal, I have a friend who opened a driving school, tomorrow I'll give him a call, and then you can take Feifei there to find him directly, I'll ask him to arrange a coach to teach Feifei, at most one month, she can get her driver's license." Pang Zheng said, looking at Yang Jie, asking: "Have you got your driver's license? Do you want me to arrange one for you too?"

  "My driver's license has been issued." Yang Jie smiled upon hearing this, and didn't expect that these things which seemed a bit troublesome to him could be solved with just a few words by Pang Zheng. The more he got in touch with Pang Zheng, the more curious he became about his relationships and background. However, since Pang Zheng himself didn't mention it, Yang Jie tactfully wouldn't ask on his own initiative.

  The two of them waited at the leisure center until Qin Mei and the others called, then they hastily settled the bill and drove to pick up the two women. Near Dongfang Square, they picked up the two women who were carrying big bags and small bags with excited faces. Without asking about their results, Pang Zheng directly drove to the Wangfu Hotel.

  Wangfu Hotel is located in the most prosperous Dongfang District of Chengdu, adjacent to Dongfang Square. It is a well-known hotel in Chengdu that offers authentic Cantonese cuisine.

  The seafood in the Grand Hotel is very famous, all fresh goods are air transported from coastal cities, so eating at the Wangfu Grand Hotel without a lot of money is really unaffordable.

  Pang Zheng often eats at the Wangfu Hotel, and is familiar with the manager and boss here. Others who want to book a table here find it difficult, but he just needs to make a phone call and a private room will be reserved for him, whenever he comes, he won't have to wait for a seat.

  Four people walked into the Wangfu Hotel and came to the second floor restaurant, looking at the already crowded dining hall with some international friends having dinner inside.

  The lounge outside the restaurant, at this moment there are still more than a dozen diners waiting for seats, they have to queue up and wait until the tables inside are empty, then they can go to the restaurant to dine in the order of their arrival.

  Yang Jie and Liu Fei walked into the rest room, suddenly saw Deputy Director Zhu Jiangxin of the Provincial Office and Wang Qunsheng, anxiously sitting on the sofa in the rest room. Zhu Jiangxin kept looking at his wristwatch, apparently waiting for someone.

  Wang Qunsheng sat on the sofa, looking around, and suddenly saw Yang Jie and Liu Fei also coming to the Wangfu Hotel. His face changed instantly, and he lightly touched Zhu Jiangxin beside him, "Director, Yang Jie and Liu Fei are also here."

  Zhu Jiangxin and others were anxious and worried, but after hearing Wang Qunsheng's words, he blurted out: "Since you've come, then just come!"

  As soon as the words came out, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked up to see Yang Jie and Liu Fei walking towards him, his face changed abruptly, his anxious expression retracted, and a calm and proud demeanor hung on his face.

  "Director Zhu, I didn't expect to see you here too. Are you waiting for guests?" Yang Jie saw Zhu Jiangxin and Wang Qunsheng, and originally didn't plan on coming over to greet them, but since Wang Qunsheng and Zhu Jiangxin had already seen them, not coming over would be somewhat impolite.

  "Ah! I made an appointment with the leaders of the Transportation Department, how did you two also come?" Zhu Jiangxin's eyes had a hint of scrutiny, suspiciously glancing at Yang Jie and Liu Fei's faces, as if thinking that these two people might have some unusual relationship.

  "Yang Jie, Fei Fei, gone!"

  Pang Zheng walked with Qin Mei to the front desk of the restaurant, found the leader and reported his name. The leader quickly confirmed the private room booked by Pang Zheng. Pang Zheng saw that Yang Jie and Liu Fei didn't follow up, so he came out to greet them.

  "Director Zhu, we're here with friends and have already gone in."

  Yang Jie saw Pang Zheng hurry off, and politely nodded to Zhu Jiangxin without looking at his face, which had turned blue with anger in an instant. Together with Liu Fei, he walked into the dining hall, following Pang Zheng and Qin Mei, chatting and laughing as they headed towards the private room area.

  Before, Pang Zheng had affectionately called Liu Fei "Feifei". Adding to this, from Yang Jie and Liu Fei's faces, Zhu Jiangxin also didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Thus, he very intuitively thought that perhaps Pang Zheng had a crush on Liu Fei, and the idea in his heart to use Liao Fanwu to deal with Yang Jie was immediately abandoned.

  Pang Zheng was unclear about Zhu Jiang's background, and the provincial capital was not comparable to Yang City. Liao Fanwu's hands were too long, but they couldn't reach Rongcheng, so he didn't think of using this to get close to Liao Fanwu.

  Because the provincial capital is not as good as Changyang City, Liu Fei was so grateful to Yang Jie when she first learned that she would be stationed in the provincial capital.

  It turned out that Zhu Jiangxin and Wang Qunsheng came to the Wangfu Hotel, not for personal matters, but with a liaison mission.

  Yuanhe County and Italian Red Maple Stone Material Group signed a letter of intent for joint development of marble project. According to the requirements of one party, the road leading to the mining area must meet the standards of provincial highway asphalt road.

  That is to say, the current sand and gravel road does not meet Jimmy's requirements, so recently Zhu Jiangxin has been running around the Provincial Transportation Department, trying to get special funds for road repairs from the provincial government.

  After a week of effort, Zhu Jiangxin finally managed to get Qin Le, the deputy director of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Provincial Transportation Department in charge of special fund application and approval, out for dinner. Upon learning that Qin Le loved seafood, Zhu Jiangxin deliberately chose the weekend and made a reservation at Wangfu Hotel in advance.

  Unexpectedly, the Wangfu Hotel was booming with business over the weekend, and by the time he came to book a table, the restaurant was already fully booked.

  If it weren't for Qin Kezhang's sudden decision to go pick up his wife and son on the way to the hotel, Zhu Jiangxin would probably be dead from embarrassment by now. Thinking that Qin Kezhang might arrive at the hotel at any moment, Zhu Jiangxin anxiously waited in the lounge for a vacant table in the dining hall.

  "Can't help but feel angry, seeing Yang Jie and Liu Fei come later but directly enter the dining hall to eat. I stood up and walked into the dining hall in big strides, came to the front desk, 'Those four people arrived later than us, why didn't they have to queue, but we had to wait outside for almost an hour? What's going on with your restaurant?!'"

  "Sir, they booked a private room in advance and didn't cut in line. Please be patient and wait, there will be seats available soon!"

  The receptionist, who had seen many customers like Zhu Jiangxin before, wore a professional smile on her face, explained one sentence, and made a gesture to ask Zhu Jiangxin to wait in the rest room outside.

  "We also want a private room, arrange it for us immediately, is that okay?" Zhu Jiangxin was taken aback by the words. He had been to Wangfu Hotel for consumption before and knew that having dinner in a private room at Wangfu Hotel would cost at least 3,880 yuan. It seemed that Yang Jie's friend was willing to spend money to pursue Liu Fei.

  Zhu Jiangxin, who had already misunderstood Pang Zheng and Liu Fei, didn't realize at all that the relationship between Pang Zheng and Liu Fei wasn't like that.

  "Sorry, sir," the manager replied with a smile. "It's just that it's the weekend and business is booming in the restaurant. All the private rooms were booked early on. If you need a private room, please wait in the lounge outside. We'll notify you as soon as one becomes available."

  Zhu Jiangxin's face turned green with rage upon hearing this, it really is a case of "a big store cheating its customers"!

  Holding onto the money, they couldn't even get a seat. The business at Wangfu Hotel is too good. If it wasn't for having already made an appointment with Qin Kezhang to dine at Wangfu Hotel, Zhu Jiangxin would have probably turned around and left by now.