Chapter 40 Corporate Salon

Chapter 40 Corporate Salon

Chapter 40 Corporate Salon
Enjoying the sea breeze from the lakeside, there is still a hint of the mundane life.

Today is September 2025, 2.

The late spring cold snap at the end of February made pedestrians on the roadside involuntarily wrap themselves up tightly.

In the car, Jiang Miao looked at the old appearance of both sides of Binhai Avenue with a dazed look. At this time, he was driving to Pinqinghu Enterprise Service Center with Jiang Haibo, Ke Yong, Li Zixuan and others.

Several small electric scooters quickly weaved through the traffic, ignoring the traffic lights at the intersection.

Ke Yong stepped on the brakes and the pickup truck slowly stopped at the red light.

Suddenly Jiang Miao's eyes fixed.

"accelerate!"

"What?" Ke Yong thought he had heard it wrong.

"Speed ​​up and rush forward!" Jiang Miao shouted again.

Ke Yong didn't have time to think too much, he released the handbrake instantly, changed gears, and stepped on the accelerator.

The pickup truck sped through the traffic light intersection like a sharp arrow.

Three seconds later.

Boom! A truck carrying iron pipes rushed out from the opposite lane of the traffic light intersection and crashed into the place where the pickup truck had just stopped.

Five or six cars at the intersection were knocked crooked. What was even more terrifying was that the iron pipes flew out due to inertia and pierced several cars in front.

Ke Yong, who had already driven more than 200 meters, stared at the rearview mirror in amazement, breathing heavily involuntarily: "Huff, huff..."

Jiang Haibo and Li Zixuan were also in shock.

Jiang Miao didn't explain anything, but instead gave instructions: "Keep going! If the police come to ask, just say we are in a hurry to get on the road. Don't stop at the next few traffic lights, just rush through."

"Yes." Ke Yong also regained some composure.

The reason why Jiang Miao noticed the problem just now was that when he was on the road, he would habitually observe those large trucks, dump trucks, and concrete mixer trucks.

When the large truck was driving quickly from the opposite direction, he noticed that it was going too fast. After checking the identification panel, he found that its braking system was faulty.

At that moment, he made the most correct choice and let Ke Yong run the red light.

In the car, Jiang Miao closed his eyes and rested, re-reviewing the data of the truck in his mind. The identification panel can store all the recorded data.

He soon found fault data of the truck's brake system: "The brake valve of the air brake was aged, causing the vehicle to fail to brake. All parts of the air brake system were manufactured in 2014, and most parts of the truck were also manufactured in 2014. The degree of aging was similar. It seemed that I was worrying too much."

In this case, human factors can basically be ruled out.

It’s no wonder that Jiang Miao is so suspicious. It was mainly because it was too dangerous just now. If he had been a few seconds slower, the truck would have definitely hit his car.

I ran through four red lights in a row.

The pickup truck stopped on the roadside in front of Pinqinghu Enterprise Service Center.

Li Zixuan handed the invitation letter to the organizer's reception staff.

The receptionist looked at the invitation and said, "It turns out that this is Mr. Jiang from Hailufeng Agricultural Technology Company. Mr. Jiang, please come this way."

This time, Jiang Miao and others came to Pinqing Lake to participate in the "Pinqing Lake Business Salon".

The corporate salon is a long-term exchange activity officially sponsored by Shantou Mei, including exchanges between official agencies and enterprises, and between enterprises.

It is held once a year, with one session every month, and each session has a different theme.

The theme of this month is "New Opportunities, New Era, New Technology".

As soon as Jiang Miao entered the venue, Li Ke from the Taxation Bureau, whom he had known before, spotted him and waved from afar. He also came over with his employees.

"Li Ke, it seems that you have recovered well."

"Oh? I feel relieved with what Mr. Jiang said." Li Ke was obviously suffering from pancreatic cancer. He then pulled Jiang Miao towards his circle.

"Boss Jiang, this is our Director Huang..."

"Director Huang, this is Mr. Jiang Miao, the founder of Hailufeng Agricultural Technology Company..."

"Hello there!"

"Mr. Jiang is young and promising. Your company was a major taxpayer last year, ranking 16th in the city."

Jiang Miao smiled and said, "It's all luck!"

"Hahaha, President Jiang is really humble."

After socializing for more than ten minutes, Li Ke took him to meet relevant personnel from the Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and the Bureau of Commerce.

Just when the official staff and Jiang Miao were chatting enthusiastically.

Not far away, the CEOs or representatives of other invited companies were also discussing Hailufeng Company and Jiang Miao, the rising star, in a low voice.

However, those companies are clearly divided into several circles.

There is a circle of state-owned enterprises, which has a bit of aloof and aloof feeling.

There are urban business districts, Lufeng business districts, Haifeng business districts, and Luhe business districts, which are small circles of local tyrants.

There are small circles composed of foreign companies, such as the Pengcheng Business District in the Shenzhen-Shantou Cooperation Zone.

People are divided into groups, and things are gathered.

The word "fellow villager" is an unavoidable topic and reality in China, and now Jiang Miao has to join these various small circles.

Of course, Jiang Miao does not intend to get too deep into these small circles. Small circles have their advantages, but they also involve some troublesome personal connections.

Therefore, it is enough to just try it out and there is no need to care too much. For Jiang Miao, his stage is the whole world and Shantou Mei is just a small pond.

However, just because he doesn't want to go deeper doesn't mean that others don't want to communicate with him in depth.

For example, the owner of Haijing Company, which is also in the field of aquatic seedlings, Gu Haijing, took the initiative to approach. "Hello, Mr. Jiang, I am Gu Haijing of Haijing Company."

Jiang Miao also smiled and stretched out his hand to shake the other party's hand: "Hello, Mr. Gu, I am Jiang Miao, nice to meet you."

Gu Haijing did not wear a suit and collar like other entrepreneurs, but instead wore a more Chinese-style linen suit. His skin was dark with a hint of red. When shaking hands, Jiang Miao could feel the roughness of his palm. This was an entrepreneur who often worked on the front line.

"Mr. Jiang, your artificial breeding technology for eels is very impressive. Are you interested in cooperating?"

Jiang Miao smiled and shook his head: "Not in the last one or two years, for now."

"Oh? That's a pity. I'm very optimistic about this technology, but it was stolen by the Ryukyu people. What a pity!"

"Our company is following the legal process and I believe justice will prevail."

Jiang Miao's answer seemed like a fool, which made Gu Haijing speechless. However, he did not show it. Instead, he smiled and wished him well: "Then I wish President Jiang all the best. This is my business card. If you need anything, you can call me."

"Thank you." Jiang Miao took the business card, then took out his own business card from his pocket and handed it to the other party: "Mr. Gu, this is my business card. Please take care of me in the future."

"sure."

After leaving Jiang Miao, the youngest son Gu Yiming, who followed Gu Haijing to see the world, said with an unhappy look on his face:

"Dad, that kid really doesn't know how to raise a child."

However, Gu Haijing immediately frowned and lowered his voice to reprimand his son who didn't know what he was talking about: "What kind of occasion is this? Do you know how to be polite? If you have anything to say, wait until you get home! Otherwise, go back immediately."

"I understand..." Gu Yiming quickly lowered his head.

"Take care of yourself." Gu Haijing turned around and told his assistant, "Xiao Zheng, keep an eye on this kid and don't let him talk nonsense."

"Yes, Mr. Gu."

"Dad! You don't have to do this, right?"

"Hmph, words can cause trouble. In business, harmony brings wealth. Your reckless behavior will only make you enemies. As the saying goes, business is not about kindness but about justice. If the other party doesn't want to cooperate, that's their freedom."

Gu Haijing was rejected by Jiang Miao just now, and he did feel a little uncomfortable, but after so many years in business, he has learned to remain calm in the face of praise or criticism.

With the idea that one more enemy is worse than one more friend, he did not show any dissatisfaction in front of Jiang Miao.

The behavior of the younger son Gu Yiming made him enemies. How could Gu Haijing not be angry?

...

After more than an hour of communication.

Jiang Miao's face was almost frozen from smiling, and the commendation session of this corporate salon finally began.

Jiang Miao breathed a sigh of relief as the host announced the commendation session and quickly took Jiang Haibo, Li Zixuan and Ke Yong to their seats.

The host's ups and downs of voice echoed throughout the venue.

Among the first batch of corporate representatives who came on stage to receive awards, Hailufeng Company was not included, because the first batch was to commend the top ten taxpayers last year.

The second batch honored the top ten investment companies, and Hailufeng was not included in the list.

It was not until the third batch that it was the turn of Hailufeng Company.

This batch of companies is commending innovative enterprises. Hailufeng Company, which has developed the technology of artificial breeding of eels, is on the list of commendations.

Jiang Miao and representatives or CEOs of nine other companies came on stage and received certificates of commendation from the head of the Bureau of Industry and Information Technology.

"Boss Jiang, keep up the good work!"

"Director Li, you are too polite. We are all contributing to our hometown!"

Everyone carries the sedan chair.

Then, this group of commended corporate representatives stood together for a group photo, followed by three groups of commended corporate representatives and official representatives standing together for a group photo.

After completing the whole process, more than an hour passed.

Until almost eleven-thirty in the afternoon.

The host then solemnly announced: "Dear leaders! Dear guests! The second session of the third Shanmeipin Qinghu Enterprise Salon has come to a successful conclusion! Please leave in an orderly manner!"

clap clap clap...

There was thunderous applause.

Jiang Miao also smiled and clapped. He clapped sincerely because this corporate salon made him physically and mentally exhausted. After all, he had to deal with all kinds of people and did not have the freedom he had when he was in the company.

Now it's finally over.

As soon as he walked out of the venue, Jiang Miao complained quietly: "Old Jiang, this is too tiring, more tiring than me doing research in the laboratory for several days. You should do it for me next time!"

"Boss, this is my first time participating in this kind of activity. It's really a bit tiring." Jiang Haibo was also exhausted physically and mentally.

"Ayong, drive, let's go have a meal."

Ke Yong nodded and drove over quickly.

Jiang Haibo wiped his glasses and asked, "Boss, where are we going to eat?"

"How about Luhe Leicha?"

"Luhe Lei Cha? That's OK, but I haven't tried it yet."

After a while, Ke Yong drove over in a pickup truck.

After getting in the car, he ordered, “Go to Kuishan Market on Tonghang Road.”

"Kuishan Market? Let me find the navigation."

(End of this chapter)