In the afternoon, Xia Xiang returned to the office, dealt with some things, talked to Sun Xianwei on the phone, and learned that his progress in Shilipu was going smoothly and did not encounter much resistance. Because Shilipu is located in the west of the bridge, the argument that the west of the bridge is not as good as the east of the bridge for a long time is really marketable, and the demolition work is almost surprisingly smooth. Sun Xianwei's compensation cost is not low, so he is optimistic that it will be cleared in another month, and the construction of the vegetable wholesale market is much easier than that of residential buildings.

Vegetable wholesale, all year round, put into use one day earlier, and recover the investment one day earlier. Sun Xianwei is a developer, he must understand this truth, and he doesn't need to be reminded by Xia Xiang.

In the evening, I made an appointment to have dinner with Cao Shumu, and I wanted to meet Sun An to increase my relationship. After Sun An helped Cao Shumu in Chu Fenglou last time, Xia Xiang never met him. Xia Xiang just knew that Sun An's father was the deputy director of the Yan City Public Security Bureau and a powerful figure, and he thought it would be good to make friends, but when he didn't want to get off work, an uninvited guest suddenly came.

It turned out to be Elder Gao who came to the office in person and proposed to have a light meal with Xia Xiang in the evening and have an in-depth conversation about the forest park.

"Xiao Xia, will you give a face? Your speech at the conference was very wonderful, and I very much agree with it, and I would like to hear your views again...... I forgot to introduce myself, my surname is Gao Mingming, and I am from the Beijing Planning and Design Institute. ”

Elder Gao's smile was full of expectation, and in the face of such an awe-inspiring old man, Xia Xiang really couldn't think of any reason to refuse, so he nodded and agreed: "Elder Gao is a guest from afar, so let me do the friendship of the landlord." What does Elder Gao want to eat, just say, I touched my wallet just now, it's very drum, and it is estimated that it is enough for us to eat. ”

Gao Lao smiled happily: "You deliberately bullied me old, didn't you?" But I have to tell you, I'm old, but my appetite is not small, be careful to eat you. ”

Xia Xiang had a good impression of Gao Lao, and was even more interested in him coming to Yan City to invest in the Forest Park, and also intended to have an in-depth conversation with him, so he called Cao Shumu, returned to the dinner, and said sorry to the little girl.

Cao Shumu didn't ask him what was the matter, so he said: "It's okay, you can eat with Sun An whenever you want, and he is not an outsider, dare not listen to me?" It's you, drink less, and don't drive yourself, do you hear? Be obedient and be a good boy......"

Xia Xiang smiled happily, the way the little girl cared about him was funny, but it was also easy to accept. Her voice was soft and gentle, as if she was going to speak to a child, which made people feel very comfortable and useful.

Gao Lao had his own car, so Xia Xiang didn't drive his Santana and rode in the same car with Gao Lao. Gao Lao's car is a Lincoln, with a Beijing license plate, and the car is very spacious and comfortable. The characteristics of American cars are comfortable and luxurious, and the suspension is also soft, and it feels like sitting on a bridge when sitting inside.

Xia Xiang wanted to take Elder Gao to the Beijing Restaurant, but Elder Gao smiled mysteriously: "Not only do I want to see you, but I also want to introduce someone to you, Xiaoyou, are you interested in meeting investors?" I'm only responsible for design and planning, the real decision-makers, and someone else. ”

Xia Xiang couldn't help but be curious: "Elder Gao, Mayor Chen doesn't seem to have made up his mind to develop a forest park in Xili Village, right?" ”

Gao Lao nodded: "The interests of developers are not satisfied, their energy is also huge, and Mayor Chen will also face great pressure." But rest assured, Mayor Chen is also very supportive of our proposal to develop the park. I think Mayor Chen will also adopt our proposal at the Standing Committee. But before our boss makes up his mind, I think it's better for you two to meet. I think your idea of a forest park is much better than the water park we actually decided upon. ”

"Who is your boss?" Xia Xiang felt a little confused more and more, and his intuition was that Gao Lao was probably not just a planning expert and developer, but also had some kind of official background.

"Please allow me to keep it a secret for the time being, don't be surprised." Gao Lao said with a smile, and took out another cigarette, "Do you smoke?" ”

Xia Xiang waved his hand: "When you can smoke or not, don't smoke...... I don't know where Elder Gao wants to take me, you have to tell me about this, right? Otherwise, I won't be able to find my way back if I am sold by you. ”

"I won't sell you, you're a rare talent, it's too late to grab it, and you'll sell it?" Gao Lao lit a cigarette by himself, and comfortably spit out a puff of smoke rings, "I can't quit, this is also the biggest hobby in my life." Xiao Xia, there is one thing I have never figured out, you are so young, when it comes to urban planning, you are the first to go, and you are very comprehensive in considering the problem, I privately heard Mayor Chen also praise you and say that in two or three years, you will have the ability to dominate the political side, not simple, young man. But I would like to ask, how did you come up with the idea for a forest park? I'm really curious. ”

As an expert in planning and a leading figure in the planning field for decades, Mr. Gao was very surprised by Xia Xiang's overall surname, because when he came to Yan City and formally proposed to the city on behalf of their company to build Xili Village and develop a waterscape park, not only Mayor Chen was stunned for a while, but none of the planning experts in Yan City who attended the meeting could take a fancy to their long-term considerations for developing the waterscape park and the favorable factors for improving the environment of Yanshi.

Fortunately, Mayor Chen still has a long-term vision, after all, he has a long-term plan for Yan City in mind, so he knows how serious the environmental pollution of Yan City is caused by pharmaceutical factories and steel mills.

What made Gao Lao unexpectedly was that Xia Xiang not only pointed out the key location of Xili Village, but also put forward the idea of a forest park, compared to between, the forest park is indeed more obvious than the waterscape park on the air purification, and the cost may not be higher than the waterscape park, let him be overjoyed at the same time, but also deeply curious, such a young man, not an expert in planning, but the deputy director of a renovation team office, how can there be such a top-down overall vision?

Xia Xiang noticed that the car was driving towards the eastern suburbs, gradually got out of the city, came to the East Development Zone, and turned right onto the Yangtze River Avenue, thinking that it would not be to go to the moonlight in the lotus pond, right? Thinking like this, when he heard Elder Gao's question, he was stunned and replied: "I graduated from the School of Architecture, and I usually like to think about urban planning, and I have been thinking about how to reasonably arrange every place to make a city more suitable for people to live in?" The bigger the city, the better, not the more people the better, and the higher the house, the better! Man and nature need to live in harmony, and people and cities need to live in harmony...... After thinking about it a lot, you may have a little experience, but in fact, it doesn't enter the eyes of the old man, but it makes the old man smile. ”

"Hey, little friend, it's good for young people to be modest, but to prevent being too modest is to be pretentious. In front of me, you are not a politician, but my friend who forgot to make a year, how about it? ”

I have to say that Gao Lao is also a very infectious person, different from Chen Feng's exaggeration, his words and deeds are revealed in his true colors, which is easy to make people feel cordial in their hearts, and feel that he is amiable and trustworthy.

Xia Xiang still smiled modestly: "It's really a momentary feeling, it comes from feeling, it's not very mature, I just think of it and say it, I really want to be specific to the planning and details, I just draw an outline, no matter where I put the pen from, I really won't ...... it" He is not modest, but knows his own catties, after all, he is not a professional planner, and he really wants to talk to Gao Lao about the details of planning, which is the axe."

The East Development Zone is far away from the city, coupled with the off-duty time, the road is jammed, and the car travels for more than an hour to reach the destination.

Lotus Pond Moonlight is a famous entertainment and leisure club in Yan City, located at the end of the Yangtze River Avenue in Dongkai District, the whole building complex is located in the center of an artificial lake, covering an area of no less than 100 acres. The artificial lake is thousands of acres in size, surrounded by a pool of water, the pond is full of lotus flowers, at a glance, ten miles of lotus fragrance, plus now the moon is hanging high, sprinkling boundless silver light, more under the moon a cold color.

Because it is far away from the city, it is extremely quiet, the moonlight is like water, and the lotus leaves are like a dream, creating an unreal feeling, like a dream. Xia Xiang couldn't help but sigh: "The same rich people, the same business, some people design the place to eat full of gold and jade, as if there is no dazzling yellow is not enough to show wealth." But I don't know that people with real taste can gather the beauty of heaven and earth in one place, just like the moonlight in the lotus pond in front of them, there is water and moon, there are lotus flowers, and then there is a song of the guzheng, about two or three confidants, and it is also a great blessing in life to sing about wine. ”

As soon as the words fell, the ding-ding-dong guzheng song sounded leisurely, which was Zhang Chunjiang's "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night".

Gao Lao smiled dumbly: "It seems that the master is also an elegant person, he knows your intentions, and specially welcomes you with a guzheng song, Xiaoyou, your face is not small." ”

Under the guidance of Gao Lao, Xia Xiang along the winding wooden bridge on the water, came to a small pavilion in the middle of the lake - the design of the moonlight on the lotus pond is very interesting, in the center of the lake is a building complex, there are also many small pavilions in the lake, giving people a feeling of being far away from the world, both quiet and distant, but also refreshing, hearing the sound of frogs around, the mood is inexplicably comfortable.

Gao Lao led Xia Xiang to come to the small pavilion, and the small pavilion was surrounded by a layer of light yarn to prevent mosquitoes, and Xia Xiang couldn't see what the people inside looked like. He was a little strange, why he and Elder Gao came closer, and they didn't see the people inside come out to greet them, which was too big.

Elder Gao didn't explain, but said with a smile: "I'll arrange a meal, little friend, please come in." After speaking, he didn't wait for Xia Xiang to say something, waved his hand, turned around and walked away.

Xia Xiang was even more puzzled, what did he have to be so mysterious? He stepped into the light veil and said, "Hello, I'm Xia Xiang, invited by Elder Gao to come ......."

"Come on, come on, just come in and sit down, do you want someone to invite you?" A cold voice suddenly sounded, and a person stepped out from the inside - she was wearing a white long dress, and the long skirt was covered with a light veil, her bare forearms were as white as lotus roots, and her picturesque face was as delicate as a lotus, but her eyes were cold and cold, and her eyes were staring at Xia Xiang without blinking.

Cold as the moon, there is a woman!

It's actually Lian Ruohan...... Xia Xiang was a little distracted in an instant, under the reflection of the moonlight, under the background of the lotus flowers around him, Lian Ruohan was dazzlingly beautiful, dazzlingly beautiful, and suffocating, he lost his usual composure, and said nervously: "Lian, Lian Ruohan, why are you?" ”

"Why can't it be me?" Lian Ruohan looked at Xia Xiang for a moment, and then looked away, "It seems that you are doing quite well, you are not thin at all, but you are a little darker." ”

Xia Xiang noticed that Lian Ruohan had lost a lot of weight and had a sharp chin, so he said with emotion: "After more than half a year, you have lost some weight." But to be honest, your chin is pointed, but it looks better. ”

"Nonsense!" Even Ruohan turned around and sat down, ignoring Xia Xiang, and poured himself a cup of tea, "How can anyone lose weight and look good?" Besides, if I'm thin or not, what does it have to do with you? ”

Xia Xiang noticed the arrangement in the pavilion, surrounded by beauties, and there was a table of eight immortals in the middle, surrounded by four Taishi chairs, and some fruits and meals were placed on the table, as well as tea.

Xia Xiang was not polite, after sitting down, he poured tea and drank it himself, and drank three cups in a row to quench his thirst, so he said, "Did you order food?" Hungry. ”

Lian Ruohan's cold face finally couldn't hold back, and he smiled: "You are really unproductive, you shout hungry as soon as you meet, are you very miserable in Yan City, and you can't even eat enough?" ”

Xia Xiang teased her: "I still look good when I smile, my chin is pointy, my eyes are round, my eyebrows are like a crescent moon, and my mouth is like a dan...... Ruohan, let me ask you, is it your family business to invest in the development of Xili Village in Yan City? ”

Lian Ruohan didn't answer, and looked directly into Xia Xiang's eyes: "You haven't apologized to me in person for the last time, now give you a chance." ”

Xia wanted to scratch his head, touch his nose again, and finally rub his hands, but there was really no small action to do, so he played tricks: "It's been so long, I was very emotional and felt very emotional, but now when I see you, I can't bring up the idea of apologizing, do you think it's strange?" ”

Lian Ruohan didn't give up: "If you don't apologize, ignore you!" ”

"This, this, it's not impossible to apologize, but I'm really hungry now, can I discuss it and apologize when I'm full. When you're full, you'll have energy, and you can say a few more words. Xia Xiang didn't refuse to bow his head, a manly man, he could bend and stretch, and it was nothing to apologize to her, after all, even Ruohan did help him too much at that time, and it was worth him to say thank you to her solemnly. It's just that he wants to brew his emotions, and for some reason, when he saw Lian Ruohan, all his previous worries were gone, but he had an extra relaxed feeling.

Lian Ruohan turned his face away, and really ignored him.

Xia Xiang laughed a few times, then stood up, coughed, and said: "Dear Comrade Sister Lian, in view of the fact that I was too fierce to you last time in Ba County, spoke simply and rudely, and accidentally hurt your young heart, today I am here to solemnly apologize to you, and sincerely thank you for what you have done-I'm sorry, Lian Ruohan." Thank you, Ruohan! ”

Lian Ruohan was still amused, pinched a lotus leaf from the lake and hit Xia and thought, "Are you apologizing or angry?" ”

Xia wanted to stand still, and was beaten, but it didn't hurt, but it was a lake water. Lian Ruohan didn't expect Xia Xiang not to hide, so he took a tissue to help him wipe the water on his head: "You're not good, why don't you get out of the way?" ”

Xia Xiang looked solemn: "Being beaten a few times by Ruohan made her angry and made her happy, I was beaten to the point that my head was bleeding, and I was willing." ”

Lian Ruohan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "Liar, big liar, can only say good and obedient words......" Laughing and laughing, tears flowed down involuntarily, and he fell on the table and cried, "Xia Xiang, do you know how hard I have worked in the past half a year?" ”

Xia Xiang felt sad for no reason, and he patted Lian Ruohan on the back: "It's just that you have too high a vision, is it that your family is engaged to you, you didn't like it, and then you found a way to refuse?" ”

Lian Ruohan pushed Xia Xiang: "Don't worry about it, stay away from me, don't appear in front of me and bother me." ”

Xia wanted to know if she was angry, it was a complete copy of what he said to her at the beginning, and he was not angry, but he comforted her: "If you don't tell me what the hell is going on, how can I help you?" Okay, don't cry, I've always thought you're quite strong, but I didn't expect to cry! ”

Lian Ruohan stopped crying, raised his head, and looked stubborn: "I am just very strong and don't need the sympathy of others." Isn't the family going to betrothed me, okay, as soon as they mention betrothed, I will pretend to be sick, and if they don't mention it, I won't be sick. As a result, they mentioned it seven or eight times, I got sick seven or eight times, and the last time I was really sick, and I almost didn't die, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to mention it to me anymore. Hmph, if you have the ability, try it again......"

Xia Xiang looked at Lian Ruohan's stubborn face, there was still a trace of childishness, too, she should only be in her 20s, she was a little touched and a little uneasy in her heart, and it was difficult to show it, so she had to smile: "If you don't like it, you won't be engaged, but you can't joke with your body." Is it the boyfriend you introduced, not too tall and not too handsome? ”

"That's wrong, he's tall, handsome and rich, he can say what he wants, but there's nothing I like, just a little hairy child." Lian Ruohan said angrily, obviously very dissatisfied with someone.

Xia Xiangxiang didn't laugh out loud: "Your vision is too high, I guess I can't find your white horse." ”

"If you can't find it, you can't find it, there are few good men in the world, so don't do it." After Lian Ruohan finished speaking, he glared at Xia Xiang fiercely.

Xia Xiang said aggrievedly: "Why are you scolding other men and glaring at me?" I didn't ask you to mess with you, did I? ”

"You're messing with me, what's wrong?" Lian Ruohan said unconvinced, "I came to Yan City as an investor to open up the situation in Yan City on behalf of my family. You are the person in charge of the office of the urban village reconstruction team, if you come forward to receive me in the future, remember to be respectful, I am a big investor from Beijing! ”

Since it came to investment, Xia Xiang followed her words and said: "Hello Mr. Lian, I am Xia Xiang from the Office of the Urban Village Reconstruction Group, and I am very happy to meet you." I have a question I want to ask, as a businessman, no profit can not afford to be early, even if your family is a big business, want to do public welfare, will choose to be in the capital, why do you come to Yan City, plan to develop Xili Village into a waterscape park? ”

(To be continued)