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

Chapter 317 Overnight gold is not as good as copper in hand.

The Spring Festival in 2011 came early, with Lunar New Year's Eve on February 2nd, so the entire month of January was the time for companies to settle their year-end financial accounts.

After the financial statements of the companies invested by Tuofang Technology were completed, they would be sent to Tuofang Technology. After CFO Li Li reviewed them, they would be sent to Fang Qingye for further review. So during this period, Fang Qingye's work consisted of reviewing various financial statements.

Yuxiang Natural Gas has already started to make a profit. It is estimated that the three investors can recover their investment cost of 1.2 million yuan in three years, one year ahead of schedule.

Ele.me is expanding rapidly, and its financial statements have consistently shown a deficit. Meanwhile, DJI, based in Shenzhen, is steadily growing and has always been profitable. Its current valuation has reached 2 billion yuan, a five-fold increase from 400 million yuan when Fang Qingye invested two years ago, and it continues to expand rapidly.

The sales office for Huacheng's Lakeview Residence project is ready, and sales are scheduled to begin during the Spring Festival. Although the entire construction site is only fenced off and the foundation hasn't even been dug yet, various types of machinery have already arrived.

Fang Qingye's Four Seasons Nursery and Flower Company, which he personally manages, is the smallest of these companies. Last year, its annual turnover just exceeded one million yuan, with a net profit of 21 yuan. This is the best time for the nursery, making his grandparents smile from ear to ear.

Sigh. I could earn more in an hour on the futures market, Fang Qingye thought to himself when he saw the data.

But as long as they are happy.

Of course, Fang Qingye also did something quite meaningful: on behalf of Tuofang Company, he donated a batch of New Year's supplies to the county's nursing home, hoping that the elderly living alone could have a happy and peaceful New Year.

At the same time, 200 million RMB was donated to improve the facilities of the nursing home and enhance the comfort of the elderly's living environment.

The county also held a simple yet solemn donation ceremony.

This morning, he had a short break at work and was thinking about finding a place to go fishing, but the weather outside was bad, with a north wind blowing.

Going fishing in this weather really takes courage, but I've been itching to go fishing for the past few days.

Fang Qingye was having an internal struggle when her phone suddenly rang. She saw it was Liu Dong calling and answered it.

"Ye Zi, are you free tonight?" Liu Dong asked on the other end of the phone.

"No, what, are you treating?" Fang Qingye joked.

"Yes, 6 p.m., Chundu Hotel. I'll send the room reservation to your phone once it's booked."

"So grand? What's the good news? Are you engaged to Bi Huanhuan?" Fang Qingye asked.

"We postponed the engagement until after the Spring Festival because of a change in my job. I was transferred to Baipu Town as the deputy mayor."

"Bai Pu, you said a while ago that you might go to Xiangyang Town?" Fang Qingye asked, somewhat surprised.

Xiangyang Town is where the new energy vehicle industrial park is located. It is relatively close to the county seat and has great potential for economic development.

Compared to Baipu Town, which is the township where Wang Lei's hometown is located, it is the most remote from the county seat and its conditions are not as good as the former, as it is mainly based on agriculture.

Similarly, when serving as leaders in townships, the size of the township and the speed of its economic development directly determine the speed of their promotion.

Liu Dong sighed slightly on the phone: "Our Minister Wang will be transferred back to the city after the Spring Festival, earlier than he expected. If I don't go down now, it's hard to say what will happen later. There are no vacancies in Xiangyang Town for the time being, except for Baipu, which is short of a deputy mayor."

"After discussing it with Huanhuan's father, he told me to seize this opportunity and go down first."

That's it!

Minister Wang has always admired Liu Dong. If he left and a new leader took over, things might not have turned out the way they did.

"That's good. As the saying goes, gold left overnight is not as good as copper in hand. Going to Baipu is a good idea. You've been promoted in less than three years; you're practically a rocket-like cadre," Fang Qingye said with a smile. "We should celebrate properly tonight."

"Can the white lotus root come back?" Liu Dong asked again.

"I'll call her and ask."

"Okay. Let's try to get her back so it'll be lively for everyone."

After the two hung up the phone, Fang Qingye called Bai Ou to tell her about Liu Dong's treat.

The girl promised to try to get back as soon as possible. After finishing all this, Fang Qingye looked out the window at the wind. Her love for fishing finally overcame her fear of the cold, and she walked out of the office.

Of course, in order to avoid getting a runny nose from the cold wind, Fang Qingye also prepared a set of cold-weather gear: quick-drying underwear, fleece mid-layer, windproof jacket, and heated insoles.

Drive to a relatively sheltered spot on the water, use a thin line and small hook with dynamic bloodworm bait, and stand alone in the cold wind – it's quite a unique experience.

Winter days are short and dark. By five o'clock, it was already quite dark. Fang Qingye drove home. Today was a good day; he caught five crucian carp. As long as he didn't lose all his fish, he was fine.

Arriving at the nursery, Fang Qingye drove to the two-story house where her grandparents lived. As she was about to go upstairs to change her clothes, she saw Bai Ou chatting with her grandparents.

Seeing Fang Qingye get out of the car, the girl quickly came over to help him pack up his fishing gear, scolding him playfully, "You still go fishing in this cold weather, you're really addicted."

Fang Qingye chuckled: "The fun is in the details, what does it matter if it's cold? I'm going to change my clothes, then we'll go."

"Um"

Fang Qingye went upstairs to her room, quickly took off her clothes and put on a down jacket, then went downstairs and walked outside with Bai Ou.

They didn't drive; instead, they took a taxi straight to the Chundu Hotel.

Upon reaching the second floor and opening the door to the reserved private room, we found two couples already seated inside. Besides today's hosts, Liu Dong and Bi Huanhuan, there was also Bi Huanhuan's cousin, Du Juan, and her boyfriend, Yan Hua.

Yan Hua is a section chief in the Development and Reform Bureau. When Fang Qingye was preparing to develop Nanxin Lake, he asked him through Du Juan to get the county's previous development drawings.

After exchanging greetings, Fang Qingye and Bai Ou sat down, and he asked, "Where's Dahai? Who else is there?"

“Dahai and Chen Meimei are on their way; you know the others,” Liu Dong said.

Sure enough, the door to the private room opened, and a young man walked in. Fang Qingye recognized him; he was her high school classmate, Wang Lei.

Fang Qingye was surprised to see a girl following behind her, as she was classmates with Liu Dong and lived in Baipu Town.

It turned out to be Yang Yue from Dongfangxing, Fang Qingye's former colleague!

Yang Yue was a temporary worker at first and almost got fired. Fang Qingye persuaded Xia He to keep the girl, and later Yang Yue passed the exam and became a full-time bank employee.

When Yang Yue saw Fang Qingye, she greeted him respectfully, "President Fang."

"Yang Yue, don't be so polite. It's just a gathering of friends, just call me by my name," Fang Qingye replied with a smile, still somewhat surprised as she watched the two of them sit down together.

the two of them?
Yang Yue seemed a little embarrassed, but Wang Lei was very generous: "Let me introduce you all. Yang Yue is an employee of the Dongfangxing Qianjin Road Savings Office, and she is also my girlfriend."

Hey, hey.
The two of them actually started talking about the same thing.

"How did you two meet?" Fang Qingye asked curiously.

“It was someone who introduced us,” Wang Lei said. “We chatted and felt we were a good match, so we started dating.”

The county town is really small.

Fang Qingye sighed inwardly.

However, the two were quite well-matched. One worked at a bank, and the other worked in an industrial park. Wang Lei's family was not well-off, but his third uncle helped him with the down payment for a house. With a house and a government job, it would be easy for him to find a partner in the county.

Song Dahai and Chen Meimei also arrived. After some introductions, Chen Meimei, who already knew Yang Yue, was happy to see her colleague at the gathering, and the two chatted together.

Fang Qingye thought everyone had arrived, but there was still one empty seat. Soon, the door to the private room was pushed open and a tall girl entered, whom he recognized.

It turned out to be Qian Xiaoli.

(End of this chapter)