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

Chapter 586 The Four Seasons Nursery becomes a popular "tourist attraction"

On June 14, a research meeting on the new generation payment system of the banking system was held in Nanxin County. The meeting lasted for one day.

The day before the meeting, the delegates arrived one after another, and the staff of the conference organizers greeted them at Jinghai Airport, Nanxin Railway Station, and the highway exit.

Although the county was responsible for the reception, Fang Qingye was not idle; he personally went to greet some important delegates.

For example, this afternoon, he was going to Jinghai Airport to pick up President Pan and Director Luo, who were coming from Yanjing.

Of course, he was accompanied by Party Secretary Lu Xueming and County People's Bank President Ma Xihua. How could he not personally greet his superiors when they came?
With about ten minutes left before their flight arrives, the three chatted idly.

"Governor Fang, I'm really benefiting from your connections. I've never even met a director, let alone a deputy governor of the central bank. I'm about to retire, but I've met them all," Ma Xihua said with a smile.

Ma Xihua is in his fifties. He used to be the president of the county's Agricultural Bank. After being transferred to the People's Bank of China system, he worked his way up from deputy president to president. He has basically never left Nanxin County.

They belong to the older generation, the kind who are diligent and hardworking.

"Old Ma, you'll be meeting the bank president and the director this time, so you'll have to have a few more drinks then," Lu Xueming joked.

“That’s right, President Ma, we all know how much you can drink,” Fang Qingye chimed in.

"President Fang, and you too, this meeting was convened because of you; you are the rightful host," Lu Xueming said to Fang Qingye.

“You are the real host, Secretary Lu. You are the official representing the people of Nanxin County.” The three of them said with a smile.

A few minutes later, the screen in the lobby showed that the flight had arrived on time. Fang Qingye saw four men carrying suitcases coming out. Fang Qingye recognized one of them; it was Director Luo.

"They're out," Fang Qingye whispered to Lu Xueming. The three of them quickly went to greet them and introduced themselves to each other.

There were four people in total: Governor Pan, Director Luo, Deputy Director Li from the Central Bank Clearing Center, and an expert surnamed Chen.

Everyone shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. When Fang Qingye shook hands with Director Luo, he heard Director Luo say, "President Fang, we met in Yanjing last year. I said I would come to Nanxin. I didn't expect you to come so soon."

To paraphrase a common saying: it's fate.

Director Luo's words made everyone laugh.

Lu Xueming was secretly surprised to hear this; it turned out that Fang Qingye had known Director Luo for a long time.

How did they meet?
Fang Qingye keeps a low profile in Nanxincheng, yet she has such a wide circle of friends outside?
But thinking about it, it makes sense. If they didn't know some people, how could they have gotten Jinghai Bank to set up a branch in Shanghai?

How could it possibly be one of the pilot banks for internet finance?

This includes the high-level financial system meeting held in Nanning this time.

Upon thinking about it, Lu Xueming suddenly understood.

After accompanying the central bank leaders out of the waiting hall, we boarded a Coaster bus and headed straight for Nanxin County.

The meeting was held at the Nanxin Yangtze River Hotel, a newly opened five-star hotel last year. It is luxuriously decorated and jointly developed and operated by Tenglong Group, Kerry Group, and Shengtai Group.

Two years ago, these three companies approached Fang Qingye hoping that his Huacheng Development would also invest, but he declined because he was not interested in running a hotel business.

Huacheng's current development business mainly focuses on developing high-quality residential communities in economically developed prefecture-level cities such as Suzhou and Wuxi, rather than competing with local developers in counties.

After dropping the guests off at the hotel, Fang Qingye returned to Jinghai Bank. The bank had been transformed in the past few days, and the employees were all in high spirits.

Not long after Fang Qingye sat down, her phone rang. She saw it was Zhong He from the Provincial Banking Regulatory Bureau calling. Zhong He was representing the Provincial Banking Regulatory Bureau at the meeting. Fang Qingye immediately answered, and Zhong He's voice came through the phone.

"Aoba, are you at work?"

"I went to Jinghai to pick up Governor Pan and his delegation from the People's Bank of China, and I just got back not long ago," Fang Qingye replied.

"Oh, I'm near your nursery right now. I was feeling bored in the hotel, so I came out for a stroll."

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll be right back."

After finishing the call, Fang Qingye immediately told Hu Lingling that she needed to go back to the nursery and asked Yue Kai to take her there.

When Fang Qingye arrived at the entrance of the nursery, she indeed saw Zhong He and another person wandering around on the road in front of the gate.

Fang Qingye got out of the car and immediately called out, "Brother Zhong, why don't you go inside and take a look? I've added a lot of flowers today."

Originally, Four Seasons Nursery focused on seedlings with flowers as a secondary product. In the past two years, Fang Qingye has adjusted its structure and vigorously developed flowers and potted plants. Seedlings of roadside landscape trees such as crape myrtle, cherry blossoms, and red maples have been gradually phased out.

Although these ornamental trees have beautiful flowers, that's after they mature; the seedlings aren't very attractive, and of course, they're not as pretty as various orchids, roses, or tulips.

The Four Seasons Nursery has now become a place for Fang Qingye to entertain friends. She doesn't care how much money she makes; what matters is that it looks beautiful.

Zhong He laughed after hearing Fang Qingye's words, "I see that your nursery workers are all busy, so it's not appropriate to go in and disturb them."

"The main reason is that the rainy season is coming soon, and the workers are clearing the channels. Go inside and take a walk."

The two went inside and strolled along the path. The hydrangeas in the nursery were in bloom, their red, white, pink and blue colors creating a sea of ​​flowers.

Upon seeing Fang Qingye enter with a strange man, Zhang Xiaorui, the office director of the nursery, immediately opened the door to Fang Qingye's office on the second floor and prepared tea for the two of them.

The two strolled around the nursery for a while before going up to the second floor to have tea in the office.

After chatting for a while, Zhong He said, "A few days ago, I received a call from Tang Qing, who said that the Inner Mongolia Banking Regulatory Commission found that Baoshang Bank violated the agreement between the bank and its customers by directly or indirectly purchasing trusts and asset management plans to transfer customer funds to a company called Jinguoxin E-commerce Network Company, with a value of about 5000 million yuan."

Fang Qingye also knew Tang Qing, through Zhong He's introduction. Two years ago, after attending a board meeting at Baoshang Bank, Fang Qingye made a special trip to Hohhot to meet Tang Qing. The two had dinner together and talked about Baoshang Bank.

Fang Qingye was somewhat surprised to hear Zhong He suddenly say this.

"What was the penalty imposed by the Inner Mongolia Banking Regulatory Bureau? As a director of Baoshang Bank, why haven't I received any notification from Baoshang Bank?"

"The results just came out: the misappropriated funds have been returned, and a fine of 50 yuan has been imposed. Baoshang Bank will probably notify you in a couple of days," Zhong He said.

"A fine of 50? That's just a slap on the wrist," Fang Qingye laughed.

“Hehe, this is already the maximum fine under administrative penalties. Unless the bank’s leadership is held accountable, do you think that’s possible?” Zhong He laughed.

Fang Qingye paused for a moment, then asked, "Is that company called Jinguoxin E-commerce Network Company a subsidiary of Mintian Holdings?"

"I heard from Tang Qing that the equity structure of Jinguoxin E-commerce Network Company is quite complicated and does not seem to involve Mintian Holdings."

"Have Director Tang investigate thoroughly. It's definitely a subsidiary of Mintian Holdings." Fang Qingye sneered, "Otherwise, would Wang Zhenxi, who is both chairman and bank president, dare to take this risk? He's just a puppet."

(End of this chapter)