In name only: I will break the chess game in Handong!

Just as Mao Ya was hesitating, the phone rang again. She picked it up and saw it was Wang Dalu calling.

"You want one too?"

Mao Ya made no attempt to hide it; she understood men's thoughts all too well.

"What do you mean by 'also'?"

Wang Dalu on the other end asked a question, to which Mao Ya replied very naturally, "Old Yi just called me and said he wanted to celebrate with me tonight, you..."

"It's alright. Since Secretary Yi has a need, then you go ahead and do your work. We're available anytime."

The next second, Darren Wang hung up the phone.

"Oh!"

Mao Ya rolled her eyes. That's just how men are. They call you "sweetie" when they need you, but completely ignore you when they can't have you.

"I originally just wanted to seek some excitement with you, but now it seems you're not even as good as Chen Hai!"

After grumbling for a moment, Mao Ya tidied herself up, then went downstairs, hailed a taxi, and headed straight for Chen Hai's house.

Another stormy night passed, and Yi Xuexi, at home, tossed and turned, unable to sleep, clutching his pillow.

Monday. It's already June, and Chen Luo will have been in Handong for a year in two or three months. Today is Chen Luo's 39th birthday, but he doesn't have time to celebrate it. The reason is that the construction of the Luzhou National Industrial Park was completed yesterday.

Now Luzhou can attract overseas industries to settle in.

At 9:40 a.m. on Monday, Chen Luo arrived in Beijing by plane. After getting off the plane, he was greeted by Director Wu, the director of the Handong Liaison Office in Beijing, whom he had not seen before.

"Secretary Chen, it's a pleasure to see you again!"

Chen Luo smiled and nodded, then got into the car under Director Wu's guidance.

As the car started, Director Wu cautiously inquired.

"Secretary Chen, where should we go first this time?"

"The National Development and Reform Commission!"

"clear!"

Director Wu didn't ask any questions, but just drove very carefully. After an hour's drive, they arrived at the Development and Reform Commission. Director Wu got out of the car and opened the door for Chen Luo. As Chen Luo got out of the car, he took out his phone.

He had made an appointment beforehand.

Only six or seven minutes after the call was made, a group of people came out of the building. Chen Luoke, who was in the lead group, was very familiar with them.

"Director Xu, hello!"

Chen Luo winked at the man walking in front, and Director Xu understood immediately.

"Comrade Chen Luo, the Grand Secretary has already given instructions regarding the Dongsheng matter. All tasks have been completed smoothly, and the vast majority of Dongsheng's industries have been successfully transferred back to China."

Watching Chen Luo and a group of bigwigs from the National Development and Reform Commission walk into the building, chatting and laughing, Director Wu was practically ready to shout "Awesome!"

Work certainly couldn't be discussed in the hallway, so Chen Luo's senior alumnus led several deputy directors of the National Development and Reform Commission, along with Chen Luo, directly to a small conference room for a detailed discussion.

"You mean all of Dongsheng's industries were donated to the country free of charge?"

Director Xu was somewhat incredulous, after all, he knew exactly what these industries meant—they represented countless riches!

Taking a deep breath, Director Xu looked at the deputy directors, who were very sensible and quietly got up and left the meeting room. Soon, only Chen Luo and Director Xu remained in the meeting room.

"Chen Luo, think this through. Your status is already quite high, and these businesses are the result of your and your husband's hard work in building them up in the country. The higher-ups won't play the 'discard the millstone after it has served its purpose' game. If you're donating without compensation because you're worried about that, then I can tell you clearly, it's not necessary!"

"Senior, you've been the director of the National Development and Reform Commission for two or three weeks now. To be honest, do you think Zhang Nian and I would care about money?"

Director Xu tapped the table and shook his head.

"I can't say about other things, but you two definitely wouldn't be interested in money. Although these industries are of enormous value, the funds controlled by Dong Sheng overseas are still astronomical, but..."

"Senior, I'm the Party Secretary of Lüzhou City. All these industries will be located in Lüzhou. If Dongsheng and the state jointly hold shares, what do you think I'll do?"

"Just because of that?"

"That's not the only reason. Also, neither Zhang Nian nor I want to hold controlling stakes in domestic real economy enterprises. Dongsheng has always been involved in the financial sector, now and in the future. Except for Yuehu University, where Dongsheng will temporarily retain shares, we are willing to donate all of Dongsheng's other assets to the country free of charge!"

"Sigh, why am I doing this? I'm worrying about you for no reason. But donating is fine. The higher-ups aren't deaf or blind. They've recorded all your contributions. I heard your name is on the core training list."

Secretary Xu may not have told you about this.

But you need to be clear about this and work hard!

"Okay, thank you, senior!"

"No need to thank me, I'm thanking you on behalf of the country. By the way, you can't just donate and ask for nothing in return, you have to make some requests, otherwise it will really feel like you're being forced."

"Hahaha, you want to make a request? Sure, I'll say one. The national college entrance examination will start in two days. Yuehu University wants to recruit students from all over the country, with an estimated fifty places for each province. I hope the higher authorities can promote Yuehu University and give it some policy support. To be honest, the quality of the students determines whether Yuehu University can lay a solid foundation in the future. This is my personal motivation, but it can also be considered as serving the people and the country."

"You, you, in the end, it's all for the public good..."

"Fine, just tell me your request."

Chen Luo smiled and nodded.

"By the way, why don't you stay tonight and have dinner and drinks with me?"

Chen Luo felt somewhat embarrassed upon hearing this.

"Um... senior, I have to go to the Political and Legal Affairs Commission this afternoon, I don't know if I'll be free tonight..."

"Now, it's lunchtime, let me show you the food served at our National Development and Reform Commission."

I will report your donation decision and requests to the Grand Secretary this afternoon.

"Okay! Thank you, senior!"

"Hahaha, you're not calling me Xu the Plant anymore?"

"Many plants!"

"Hey, you're asking for it!"

After having lunch with Director Xu at the National Development and Reform Commission, Chen Luo went to the Political and Legal Affairs Commission to catch up with his old leader. As expected, Chen Luo was invited to stay overnight.

The next morning, the reply came down: Chen Luo's donation decision had been approved.

However, other compensations were also provided above.

Yuehu University was approved as the only university in China authorized to conduct full-scale pilot reforms, and the Ministry of Education provided it with 50 billion yuan in educational support funds.

In addition to some, Luzhou City was also designated as a reform demonstration zone, which meant that Secretary Chen Luo would be able to carry out reforms and economic development in a bold and decisive manner. This was an unexpected bonus for Chen Luo.

Chen Luo returned to Handong on Tuesday afternoon.

Now, it's time to implement the Luzhou Ten-Year Plan!

The so-called ten-year plan is Chen Luo's development plan for Lüzhou, aiming to build it into a first-class high-tech industrial city in China and even the world within ten years.

The first step is to connect with the National Development and Reform Commission to bring industries into the park and establish companies according to industry classification.