Rebirth 1990: The beginning is sweet and cool Bai Yueguang

He caught a glimpse of Li Zihong's assistant sorting documents, and the words "Cross-border Capital Operation Plan" on the cover made his heart beat faster.

Secretary Zhao was about to speak when Zhou Qi turned around and introduced Director Zhang: "This is Chairman Li of Island Land Group. He just won the Canary Wharf reconstruction project in London last month."

Li Zihong took the opportunity to shake Director Zhang's hand and said, "We had a pleasant cooperation on the renovation project of the City Hall last year."

This was half true and half false - at that time they had only sent a project manager, but when it was said now, it became a model of government-business cooperation.

Du Bowen looked at Secretary Zhao's gloomy face and thought of the encrypted email he received half an hour ago.

The document marked "North Shore Geological Survey Report" clearly contained the overseas account transactions of an important official in the province.

He coughed lightly and said, "Since all parties are here, why don't we ask Director Li to take a look at our sand table model first?"

The sunlight outside the glass curtain wall just hits the sand table, and the miniature landscape on both sides of the Pearl River shines with golden light.

When Li Zihong took the laser pen, Zhou Qi noticed that the cold light reflected from the dial of his watch happened to be reflected on the screen of Secretary Zhao's constantly vibrating mobile phone - the caller ID showed the short number of the Provincial Office.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Li still cares about me."

The city leader smiled and extended his hand: "It is a great honor for our province to welcome such a distinguished guest as you."

After a brief greeting, Zhou Qi began to introduce the people present:

"This is Mr. Bao, the head of the Hong Kong Bao Group."

"The current head of the Zheng family, Mr. Zheng."

"Mr. Xiang, Chairman of Xiang Holdings Group."

"Mr. Li, the real estate tycoon in Hong Kong."

"Chairman Yang of Far East Industry."

"And Ms. Li Jiaxin from Qidong United and Baicui Holdings."

Every time someone was introduced, the city leader would come forward enthusiastically to shake hands.

Hearing these well-known names, his clenched palms felt slightly hot.

Apart from the two familiar faces, Li Zihong and Li Jiaxin, the others present were all business tycoons who have been making financial headlines for years.

The business empires of the Bao and Zheng families in Hong Kong Island are as famous as those of Li Zihong; Xiang Huaqiang's film and television empire spans across the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong; and Li Zhaoji's infrastructure projects are spread across Southeast Asia.

Even for the relatively unknown Yang Cheng, the fact that he could enter this circle shows his extraordinary background.

Secretary Zhao's face turned pale and blue at this moment. He should have known that Zhou Qi's trump card was very important.

If he hadn't been putting on airs half an hour ago, he should have been the one standing in the spotlight right now.

Now not only is he left out in a corner, but he also has to maintain his dignity in public - in his twenty years of official experience, has he ever suffered such humiliation?

What’s even more troublesome is that these business tycoons made a collective appearance, apparently endorsing Zhou Qi’s 10 billion project.

According to the young entrepreneur's style of doing things, he will definitely propose policy benefits on the spot.

But as the Secretary-General, how could he, the Secretary-General, make the final decision on such a large-scale government-enterprise cooperation?

Watching political achievements slip through my fingers is more painful than having my heart cut out.

Bai Qinghong in the corner was also feeling very uncomfortable.

He remembered what Zhou Qi said on the phone, "Please be prepared to witness history," and he thought it was just bluffing at the time.

Looking at the room full of influential people, cold sweat broke out on the back of his neck - he couldn't even get a chance to enter this capital feast.

The Hong Kong business community attached far more importance to this meeting than expected, and the original symbolic statement of promise turned into a collective visit by a group of corporate leaders.

When Bai Qinghong saw the leaders of various groups show up in person at the meeting place, his knuckles turned white as he held the meeting agenda.

This is clearly a move of everyone coming out in full force.

The so-called "sending high-level representatives to attend" seemed particularly ironic in front of a room full of heavyweights.

As business leaders in suits and ties entered the venue one after another, Bai Qinghong suddenly realized that he had made a fatal misjudgment.

The seemingly low-key young man not only possesses the amazing power to leverage Hong Kong's capital circle, but also hides this strength perfectly.

When the representatives of the consortium headed by Li Zihong took their seats one after another, Bai Qinghong clearly understood this "surprise" carefully planned by Zhou Qi.

This is the most respectable way to raise a turret at the negotiating table.

The contrast in aura between the two ends of the negotiation table became increasingly clear.

The Hong Kong tycoons calmly adjusted their cufflinks, and the oppressive feeling emanating from their every move had made the air freeze.

Gao Qingliang mechanically flipped through the proposal he had memorized long ago. He caught a glimpse of Bai Qinghong's blue knuckles out of the corner of his eye, and his Adam's apple rolled involuntarily.

As a coordinator caught between two major forces, he truly felt the torment of ice and fire at this moment.

When Li Zihong's eyes swept across the Dinghua Real Estate seat, Bai Qinghong suddenly realized the profound meaning of the seating arrangement.

The circular seating arrangement centered on Zhou Qi has constructed a new power coordinate system.

This detail made his temples throb. If he had not been concerned about the cameras of dozens of media outlets present, he would have overturned the cold cup of Longjing tea in front of him.

Amid the seemingly polite greetings, Bai Qinghong repeatedly pondered the strategy his father might adopt.

As the project details are about to be made public, the cost of confronting the Hong Kong City Consortium has far exceeded expectations.

He looked at Zhou Qi who was calm and composed on the opposite side, and suddenly realized that this game had been in the opponent's rhythm from beginning to end - including his own uneasy reaction at this moment.

The focus of the meeting quietly shifted to Zhou Qi's location. Secretary Zhao's temples throbbed when he noticed this change.

He really didn't expect that this group of business giants would hand over the core decision-making power to this young man.

Today's negotiation situation has gone beyond control. Secretary Zhao is thinking about how to ask the leader for instructions...

Zhou Qi's clear voice penetrated the air: "I heard that the topic of the provincial government's temporary meeting happened to be related to the North Shore Project."

"Since Secretary Zhao is attending the meeting on behalf of the leadership, I guess he brought the latest policy direction?"

"Qidong Group invested 3 billion yuan, Hualong Teng'ao integrated the entire industry chain, and Dinghua also came up with a cross-sea bridge plan - everyone here has shown their cards, so the provincial government should respond with some sincerity, right?"

"Please tell Secretary Zhao about the specific support measures so that we can move forward with substantive negotiations."

Policy support? There was no clear instruction. The original words of the leader were "Let those developers fight among themselves. Whoever can't hold on will be eliminated."

But can I put this on the table? Should I just say that the boss asked me to come and mess things up?

What's even worse is that no official documents were prepared for this trip. Secretary Zhao clenched his pen and made marks of varying depths on the notebook.

This straight ball caught him off guard!

"There are indeed different voices in the province regarding development on the North Shore."

The tip of the pen spread ink dots on the paper, and he carefully organized his words:

"After all, it involves an investment of tens of billions of yuan, so the preliminary demonstration is naturally prudent. However, the leaders have been overcoming all objections these days and are preparing to readjust the support."

"Just like what Mr. Zhou said, destroy first and then build again!"

"Once all departments reach a consensus, there will be a clear plan by next week at the latest."

The smooth excuses circled around the conference room. Zhou Qi tapped the sandalwood table with his fingertips, causing a dull sound.