Power and Wealth
Chapter 1440 – This Zhen Shui County
Six presidential suites.
All booked.
One for each person.
Even the driver gets his own room.
Dong Xuebing intentionally raised his voice in the hotel lobby, and Lu Weiguo and the heads of various district and county investment promotion bureaus behind heard him.
Upon hearing this, everyone almost cursed.
Lu Weiguo and the others were also a bit dumbfounded.
In the lobby, many people were shocked by Dong Xuebing’s extravagance. For a moment, dozens of eyes turned to the people from Zhen Shui County. Most of them were office workers present, and they naturally knew the salary levels of Meihe City’s government officials. A presidential suite cost 8,888 RMB per day. Booking six rooms until the end of next week’s investment promotion conference would cost over 500,000 RMB or even more. Not to mention ordinary clerks, office workers, or even regular small officials. Even for Lu Weiguo, a director-level official, 500,000 or 600,000 RMB was almost equivalent to his ten years of salary. Yes, a fixed salary without additional benefits for ten years. What kind of concept was this? If it were the lowest-level staff in the office, this was almost equivalent to their twenty years of salary. Even most investors there couldn’t afford or were reluctant to stay in the presidential suite.
As for the people from Zhen Shui County, Deputy Mayor Dong, who received a fixed salary from the office, was spending so lavishly. A Deputy Mayor who earned a fixed salary from the office was even more extravagant than businessmen.
Are you crazy? One room is enough for all of you. That’s a presidential suite with several rooms. But you’ve booked six!
This is a slap in the face, hitting the face of the City Investment Promotion Bureau, hitting the faces of Lu Weiguo and others.
Lu Weiguo’s face darkened. Many people also realized that the heads of the investment promotion bureaus in the districts and counties behind them looked at Dong Xuebing deeply. They were experiencing Dong Xuebing’s working style for the first time, so it is no wonder the rumors said he was mysterious. No wonder a small Deputy Mayor could alarm the City Party Secretary and Mayor and even offend them. Sure enough, this was a person who acted without following the usual conventions. Just as Director Lu Weiguo said there were no rooms available in the hotel and urged them to endure it for the overall situation, they immediately booked six presidential suites.
This was unscrupulous.
No one was as nauseating as you.
Zheng Dayou and Chen Yunsong also felt a bit awkward. It didn’t seem appropriate.
Only Chang Juan felt quite satisfied. She slapped her ID card on the front desk with a loud noise, placing it next to Dong Xuebing’s ID card for the staff to register.
Things had come to this point. The feud was completely settled.
After hesitation, Zheng Dayou also took out his ID card, letting it go.
Seeing the leaders had decided, Chen Yunsong no longer thought too much about it. If the sky collapsed, a tall guy would be holding it up. He wasn’t afraid anymore. Instead, he looked at the expressions of Lu Weiguo and other county and district investment promotion bureau directors and felt quite relieved. He immediately went out to call Driver Old Wei.
“Brother Wei, hurry and come over.”
“What’s going on?”
“You’ll know when you come.”
“What is this for?”
“Make sure you bring your ID for hotel registration.”
“Ah, I’m not staying here. I don’t need it. I’ll return to Zhen Shui County tonight.”
“Mayor Dong has booked presidential suites. One for each person.”
Upon hearing this, Old Wei was also dumbfounded. What on earth were they doing with the presidential suites?
Gong Na also handed over her identification.
The front desk female staff looked at them, then glanced cautiously at the grim-faced Lu Weiguo and others behind them, coughed, and accepted their ID cards for registration. One person then assigned a presidential suite for each of them. The female staff had worked at the hotel for three or four years and had never seen such extravagance, especially from a government official. It was simply unbelievable.
The procedures were quickly completed.
Five hundred thousand RMB was debited from Dong Xuebing’s bank card.
The female staff immediately said, “If you need a receipt, we can issue it now.”
“No need for a receipt,” Dong Xuebing said indifferently.
The female staff said, “Ah, such a large deposit and you should also get an invoice.”
Dong Xuebing said, “No need for an invoice, just give us the room cards.”
Dong Xuebing usually obtained an invoice when he dined at a restaurant or stayed at a hotel. However, this time, he didn’t, indicating his intention in advance. It wasn’t to show off; Dong Xuebing deliberately let others know that Zhen Shui County didn’t reimburse this money, nor was it a case of wasting public funds. All this money was coming from Dong Xuebing’s pocket. Therefore, he could spend it as he pleased, and others had no right to interfere. Dong Xuebing wanted to silence everyone by making this clear.
Not reimbursed.
Spending his own money.
This was over 500,000 RMB.
Many people took a deep breath, thinking, “How much money can you spend? Over 500,000 RMB is probably your ten years salary!”
Chen Mingming, the director of the Investment Promotion Bureau of Mei Yang District, sneered inwardly. He thought the leader from Zhen Shui County was acting like a big shot, but when he saw Dong Xuebing put his wallet into his pocket and took out a Land Rover car key, Chen Mingming was slightly surprised. His sneer subsided because that top-of-the-line Land Rover parked at the entrance was Dong Xuebing’s car.
Land Rover.
How could Zhen Shui County’s finances afford a Land Rover as an official vehicle?
This Land Rover Range Rover parked at the entrance was Dong Xuebing’s private car.
Lu Weiguo remained silent. He probably knew that the Land Rover belonged to Dong Xuebing. After all, Dong Xuebing had driven this car to the city last time to ask for money.
However, others were unaware.
Dong Xuebing had never driven the car into the investment promotion conference before. He hadn’t met many people on his way back, so many people were still unaware. But when they saw the car key, they belatedly thought about it. That Land Rover was indeed very conspicuous. Among the many Mercedes-Benz and BMW cars that came with the investors, that Land Rover Range Rover was the most expensive. Dong Xuebing seemed to be a mysterious figure, but they didn’t know that he was a county leader with a personal wealth of tens of millions or even over a hundred million RMB. Fifty thousand RMB was nothing to him; it wasn’t even enough to cover the interest on his bank fixed deposit.
Five hundred thousand RMB.
Just to annoy the unfair room allocation of the City Investment Promotion Bureau.
This was incredible to others because it was too exaggerated. Dong Xuebing’s thoughts were beyond their comprehension. However, the people from Zhen Shui County understood, and Zheng Dayou, Gong Na, and others also understood. When Dong Xuebing first came, the Land Rover had caused a huge sensation in the county. In the end, no one from the discipline inspection commission investigated him because Dong Xuebing had declared his assets and provided legal proof for his property. Mayor Dong was worth tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions. Fifty thousand RMB, to be blunt, might be the entire family’s wealth for others. It was a huge sum of money. However, for Dong Xuebing, fifty thousand RMB couldn’t even be considered the interest on a bank fixed deposit. It was like a drop in the ocean.
Moreover, Dong Xuebing’s personality was such that, even if he had to take out five million RMB, as long as it could annoy those who looked down on Zhen Shui County, Dong Xuebing would not hesitate.
Those who knew Dong Xuebing understood this temperament of his.
After handling the room arrangements, Dong Xuebing handed room cards to Zheng Dayou, Chang Juan, and others. “Old Zheng, if you have a meeting to attend, go ahead. We’ll go upstairs first, and when we come back, just find me. We’ll have a meeting too.” With that, under the gaze of many people, Dong Xuebing turned around and walked towards Lu Weiguo and others. He cheerfully took out a few room cards that the city had booked for them and handed them to the young staff member from the City Investment Promotion Bureau office, who had just argued with Chang Juan. “I know that the city is short of rooms during this investment promotion conference. We, Zhen Shui County, also consider the overall situation. We voluntarily give up these three rooms. Let them be reserved for comrades in need.”
The young staff member held the room cards, and his expression was extremely unpleasant.
Dong Xuebing was quite unscrupulous. Seeing the staff member’s expression, he continued, “Take it. Don’t worry about us. We have a place to stay.”
Lu Weiguo was slapped in the face by the people from Zhen Shui County. His face was naturally unsightly. This was undoubtedly another humiliation for him and the City Investment Promotion Bureau.
Arrogant.
Too arrogant.
What a Zhen Shui County.
What a Dong Xuebing.
However, Lu Weiguo couldn’t say anything. The people from the county and the district investment promotion bureaus couldn’t say anything either. No matter how you put it, it was someone else’s money. Since Dong Xuebing dared to casually throw out 500,000 RMB, it meant that he wasn’t afraid of anyone investigating. His assets should also be legal income, or perhaps his parents were wealthy. The audacious manner in which he threw out 500,000 RMB also silenced many people for a while. Lu Weiguo felt that his aura and that of the City Investment Promotion Bureau had suddenly diminished by a large margin.
The situation became tense.
A leader said, “Director Lu.”
“Let’s eat and have a meeting.” Lu Weiguo led the group towards the direction of the private dining room, no longer looking at Dong Xuebing and the people from Zhen Shui County. Obviously, they were infuriated by their attitude.
The directors quickly followed.
Chen Mingming glanced at Dong Xuebing.
Ma Yanfen took a look and followed Zheng Dayou, who had also come along.
Lu Weiguo and the City Investment Promotion Bureau were given face-slaps, and the investment promotion bureau staff from other counties and districts felt uncomfortable as well. The reason was simple. On the first day of the investment promotion conference, Zhen Shui County hadn’t achieved anything. In the past, the investment promotion results of Zhen Shui County had always been at the bottom in the city. Now, even Lu Weiguo had to stay in an ordinary single room, and the county directors with good performance were staying in single rooms on the fourth floor. Even the clerks and staff were cramming several people into one room. But the people from Zhen Shui County had moved into the presidential suite on the top floor, the best-configured room in the hotel, and even the driver had a room to himself.
The presidential suite was on the top floor, so it literally pressed down on the other county and district investment promotion bureau staff. Initially, they had sneered at Zhen Shui County’s accommodation allocation being the worst. Now, it turned out that Zhen Shui County had ascended to the heavens, while they were relegated to the ground.
Who could accept this?
They were all nursing a grudge in their hearts.