I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 288 Dinner Party
Just then, someone knocked on the door. Fang Qingye went to open it and saw someone she knew quite well, Li Zhaotao, the former secretary of Xiyang Town, who had been transferred back to the county to serve as the director of the Urban Construction Bureau.

"Mr. Fang, you're here early," Li Zhaotao greeted him with a smile.

"I haven't been here long, Director Li, please come in."

As guests arrived one after another, the living room became lively, and Fang Qingye and Miao Hongbin naturally stopped their conversation.

Fang Qingye glanced at the guests and found that they were basically the same as those invited by Miao Hongbin when he was promoted to deputy county head last year. Of course, some people's positions had changed, such as Li Zhaotao.

Miao Hongbin's wife is a teacher at the county's No. 1 Middle School, but she does administrative work. She was busy in the kitchen and soon brought out a table full of delicious dishes, along with wine.

Fang Qingye looked at it and saw that it was Guojiao 1573.

Good wine.

Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of drinking; even the best wine tastes the same in my mouth.

Drinking at home creates a much more relaxed atmosphere, and since everyone gets along well, there are fewer taboos. Everyone first congratulated Miao Hongbin on his promotion, and each person stood up to offer a toast. Miao Hongbin has a good alcohol tolerance, and everyone drank it down with a smile.

When it was Fang Qingye's turn, he naturally raised his glass and said some flattering words.

Miao Hongbin smiled and said, "Brother, I usually call you Boss Fang or Little Fang, but at the dinner table I like to call you brother. I have to thank you for drinking this glass, so I'll toast you again, and then we'll clink glasses again!"

Fang Qingye understood what he meant. The rapid rise of Miao Hongbin was undoubtedly related to the booming development of the new energy vehicle industrial park.

He is the deputy county head in charge of industry and also serves as the director of the management committee of the energy vehicle industrial park. The industrial park has now become a new growth point for Nanxin's tax revenue. According to the budget, it will increase Nanxin's tax revenue by 8000 million yuan this year alone, and will also drive the development of a number of supporting enterprises and labor income. Miao Hongbin deserves credit for these achievements, and the city leaders naturally take note of them.

Back then, it was Fang Qingye who strongly recommended that Biyadi be introduced to Miao Hongbin!

In contrast, the land-based airships that were originally intended to be introduced have not yet been built into a single vehicle.

The problem is, I can't drink alone.

He's going to drink two glasses in one go! Others only offer a toast, they don't drink.

Fang Qingye said with a bitter face, "County Chief Miao, I appreciate your kindness, but please don't offer me any more toasts, okay?"

To everyone's surprise, Miao Hongbin insisted: "No way! You can skip the other drinks, but you have to drink these two!"

"That's right, Mr. Fang, you should drink it quickly."

"This is a token of County Chief Miao's goodwill."

The people around them echoed this sentiment.

Left with no other choice, Fang Qingye drank two glasses of wine in succession.

辣啊
Eat some vegetables to calm down.

Next, everyone took turns being the banker. Fortunately, everyone knew that Fang Qingye's alcohol tolerance was really too low, so they bypassed him and just poured tea for everyone from the teapot, which was considered passing the test.

Some were drinking, some were eating, and some were chatting.

They talked about work and things related to officialdom.

Fang Qingye naturally wouldn't comment.

He's not currently part of the system, and he's the youngest among them, so he's roughly the same generation as these people. He just needs to eat his food and listen quietly.

"You mean what County Chief Lu did?"

"Yes, it's really difficult."

“Hey County Chief Miao, you need to raise this issue properly at the Standing Committee meeting. This can’t go on like this.”

Miao Hongbin is now the executive deputy county head, which means he has become a member of the Standing Committee, giving him much more power to speak.

Hearing his subordinates gossiping, Miao Hongbin simply said, "I know what I'm doing. I'll talk to Secretary Hu privately first, and then everyone can go about their business." Fang Qingye knew that Miao Hongbin didn't get along with County Chief Lu, but he had a good relationship with Secretary Hu.

The meal lasted for more than two hours, and everyone left completely drunk. Everyone knew that Fang Qingye couldn't hold his liquor, so they told him to drink less. Even so, he was already unsteady on his feet when he left.

Fang Jianhua was worried, so he took a taxi with him to send him home first.

"Second Uncle, I...I'm fine, you can go back now," Fang Qingye said to Fang Jianhua after getting out of a taxi downstairs.

"Then I won't go up."

"Okay, bye-bye."

"Xiao Ye, don't go around saying what you said at dinner today." Fang Jianhua called out again from behind.

"Don't worry, Second Uncle, I'm not a child." Fang Qingye waved his hand and continued walking forward.

After seeing Fang Qingye enter the elevator, Fang Jianhua took a taxi and left.

Fang Qingye returned home, staggered into the bedroom, and fell asleep immediately. She didn't wake up until the next morning and found that her clothes had been taken off. Without asking, she knew that her mother had done it.

Looking at the time, it was already nine o'clock. He struggled to get out of bed; he still had important things to do today—fishing!
You can skip meals, you can skip work, but you can't skip fishing.

Just as the car was halfway there, it received a call from Shi Guangrong of Shencheng: "Qingye, have you started building your position yet?"

"What warehouse?" Fang Qingye was still a little confused and didn't react.

"Cotton futures!"

"Oh, I forgot, we'll build it when we get back tonight."

"Damn it! You actually forgot about something so important! What are you busy with right now?" Shi Guangrong couldn't help but complain on the other end of the phone.

"Let's go fishing."

"Okay, okay, I give up, I won't bother you anymore, bye-bye."

"Bye-Bye."

Fang Qingye hung up the phone.

It's definitely time to build a position. I've been busy recruiting students lately, and then I had a drinking session when I got back, so I almost forgot about it!

Cotton futures prices entered a period of sideways movement in March of this year, and continued to trade within a range of 16000 to 18000 yuan until September.

Now that he has to choose a direction again, Fang Qingye certainly can't miss it.

There are strong calls for reduced domestic cotton production, while weather factors have led to poor quality cotton in the new year, making high-quality cotton difficult to find even at high prices; the strong recovery of domestic textile and apparel exports has resulted in a shortage of cotton during the transition period between the old and new crop years.

In the spot market, new cotton procurement prices remain high and the process is in full swing. Meanwhile, speculative funds continue to flow into both the futures and spot markets, and the combined effect of these factors is supporting a rapid rise in cotton futures prices.

These messages have been coming from Shanghai to Shi Guangrong recently. Much of the information has not been made public; Shi Guangrong found out about it through various means.

Fang Qingye was also aware that the final frenzy in cotton futures was about to begin, and a rollercoaster ride similar to that of the A-shares market in 08 was about to unfold.

I started building positions when I got home that night. I completed all the position building tasks by the end of September, without making any more purchases. I only needed to buy 9 lots of each of the two main contracts, CF201012 and CF201101, for a total investment of 1.25-1.3 million yuan, which is about the same as last time.

The National Day holiday is just around the corner, and we'll have a seven-day break.

For Fang Qingye now, he doesn't really have a concept of holidays; he can take a break whenever he wants. However, he has to take care of Bai Ou's time.

The young woman was very busy with work in September. She went to the county court in the jurisdiction with her leader for research and also went on a business trip to Huijing. She didn't even go back to Nanxin many times on weekends. Now that she is about to have a holiday, she only has one day of duty scheduled, so she wants to go out and have some fun to relax.

That evening, I discussed with Fang Qingye on QQ where to go for fun.

(End of this chapter)