Rebirth of the Rising Sun

The Hou family's influence in Kyoto is certainly not small, especially this time Hou Weidong also asked some of his grandfather's old subordinates for help. With the Hou family's face, naturally all departments would give care. Soon, the scale of the reception that was originally scheduled to have only dozens of reporters was more than doubled. The number of reporters alone exceeded 200. This was definitely a press conference of considerable scale.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied by Comrade Shi Qing, Deputy Minister of Commerce, and Chang Sunzhi, the economic investor of the Aqid Group, Young Master Alwaleed appeared at the press conference in a neat black suit. His appearance immediately drew rounds of applause. Of course, the person who led the applause was Young Master Hou Weidong.

Hou Weidong's eyes were shining at the moment, and he was dressed very smartly today. He even prepared a speech, in which he would talk about how much effort he had made and how much sincerity he had put in for this cooperation, which led to such results today, etc. In short, it was a speech to show his achievements.

Shi Qing, as the host, asked everyone to sit down, and then said in a very sincere voice, "Economic delegations from all provinces across the country, dear journalists, we are honored to have Mr. Alwaleed of the Alqid Group here today. Mr. Alwaleed is optimistic about the favorable investment environment in our country. This time he has come all the way here to contribute to the economic development of our country. This spirit is really admirable. Now he will announce which province of our country the Alqid Group will invest in next. Let us all welcome his speech with the warmest applause."

As soon as Shi Qing finished speaking, the audience burst into warm applause again. Then, Master Alwaleed, dressed in a sleek and flowing outfit, walked to the microphone and said in Chinese, which made people feel that he was not too familiar with it, "Ladies and gentlemen, I only have one thing to say, that is, after careful consideration and comparison, our Aqid Consortium has decided to invest in..."

While saying this, Alwaleed paused intentionally, then looked towards Hou Weidong who was at the front of the crowd, and nodded and smiled deliberately.

It was this smile that made Hou Weidong's eyes light up. The hint was too obvious, and he seemed to already know the result.

The real tragedy of human beings is not knowing that there is no hope early on, but when you are sure that your hope is the greatest, suddenly everything is gone. This is the most fatal thing. As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Hou Weidong was smiling with his mouth wide open, even when he was thinking about the sounds of admiration and the flowers in front of him, Alwaleed's next words completely woke him up from his sweet dream, and even knocked him back from the modern society to the pre-liberation era.

Alwaleed then said, “I decided to invest in the Metropolitan Province!”

Metropolitan Province!

Metropolitan Province!

These few words shook the entire audience like a magic sound.

It was indeed a shock, because even Deputy Minister Shi Qing who was standing next to Alwaleed did not expect such a result, because he knew that Alwaleed and Hou Weidong had discussed it privately and had a very pleasant conversation with each other. Now the cooperation target was suddenly changed. How could he not be surprised? He had also determined in his heart that this partner should be from Sanxiang Province.

At the same time, Hou Weidong was even more shocked. He thought he was determined to win, and he was waiting for Alwaleed to announce the result, and then he would receive all the treatment that a winner deserved. But at this moment, the result was suddenly changed. What was even more hateful was that a live broadcasting TV station that had been informed long ago immediately pointed the camera at Hou Dashao. This was agreed in advance, so that this winner would appear in the camera as soon as possible. But now the winner is out of place, how embarrassing will this face be when it is broadcast?

Especially the expression on Hou Weidong's face at this moment, it was happy, bitter, sour, and sweet, the expression changes were really varied, and this shot was actually directly collected by some powerful actors in the entertainment industry. It is said that someone specially learned this expression, and just based on this learned expression he actually participated in a movie and won many awards for it.

After announcing the result, Alwaleed thanked him again and left under the protection of his bodyguards. He also felt that he had played a big trick on Hou Weidong this time, and he didn't want to stay and face this person.

As Alwaleed left, all the reporters turned their cameras to the delegation of the Capital Province, and Zhang Yang, the head of the delegation, naturally became the most popular one. He was smiling like a breeze, not surprised at all, as if he had expected this result.

In fact, Zhang Yang had indeed made preparations long ago, because he received a call from Feng Sizhe early this morning. After knowing that the governor had come to Kyoto and had discussed cooperation with the senior executives of the Aqid Consortium, he knew that this time the Capital Province would definitely win this investment project, because Young Master Feng had made the move, and there would definitely be no problem. This was also Zhang Yang's blind trust in Feng Sizhe over the past period of time. In his opinion, there was nothing that Governor Feng could not do. Since the governor had come to Kyoto, he didn't need to worry about anything, he just needed to do his job well.

Hou Weidong, who was still sitting in the first row, had a red and blue face at this moment. He felt that he was really being fooled, just like a monkey being manipulated by a monkey trainer, running around naked in front of everyone, thinking that he was the most handsome? In fact, he had long been a laughing stock in the eyes of everyone.

At this moment, he felt extremely hateful. He hated Alwaleed for playing tricks on him. He said that they were playing tricks on him. He also hated Zhang Yang, the head of the delegation of the Capital Province. He was just the secretary general of the provincial government, but he dared to compete with him?

In extreme anger, Hou Weidong stood up suddenly, and then prepared to stride towards Chang Sun Zhi, who had not left yet, to ask him why. If the other party did not give him a satisfactory answer, he would never give up.

After Hou Weidong stood up, there was a person who had been watching him. When he saw him striding towards Changsun Zhi, he stepped in front of Young Master Hou and said, "Comrade Hou Weidong, please calm down and think about it. Don't cause any negative international impact."

Needless to say, the person who blocked the way was Shi Qing. He had been paying attention to Hou Weidong for a long time, and he was also surprised by this sudden result. It was conceivable that the person involved would be so angry. Thinking of the influence of the Aqid Consortium in the Middle East and in the world economy, he was afraid that Hou Weidong would do something out of line in anger. If that happened, it would definitely be a diplomatic incident, which would be very difficult to handle. So in order to prevent it from happening, he had made preparations early on. Now that he saw that something was wrong, he quickly stood up.

Just this one sentence made Hou Weidong, who was originally furious, calm down instantly as if a basin of cold water was poured on him. Yes, although there was an accident, it was not irreversible. There is more than one way to develop the economy. If this way doesn't work, just try another one. It's no big deal. But if he really gets angry and makes a fool of himself, or even causes irreversible influence, then he is really finished.

There was a hint of sternness in his eyes, and it was obvious that he was still very angry inside. However, Hou Weidong was indeed much more sober at this moment. He turned around and walked out of the reception hall with the Sanxiang Province Economic Delegation without saying anything.

"Investigate for me, what is going on." Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary. The result that was supposed to be good suddenly turned out to be unexpected, so Hou Weidong had to investigate it thoroughly. He had already made up his mind that he would not mess with the Aqid Consortium, but if there were other people involved in this matter, he would definitely not let them off easily.

After Hou Weidong said this, several people from the delegation came out and started to work separately. One of them returned to the reception hall and came to the side of a reporter, whispering a few words. After that, the reporter nodded and then appeared next to Chang Sun Zhiyi who was standing next to Deputy Minister Shi Qing.

"Mr. Changsun, I wonder if I can interview you." The reporter flashed his press card in front of him, stated his affiliation, and asked in a professional tone.

"Of course, but it must be limited to the scope of this work. If it is a personal question, I can refuse to answer." Chang Sun Zhi smiled professionally. Dealing with reporters has always been one of his jobs. No matter where he goes, he will often be interviewed. He has considerable experience in this and he gave the reporters a gag order right away, that is, you can talk about work matters, but don't ask personal questions because I won't answer you.

"Of course, I'm asking about this economic cooperation." The reporter said politely, as if he was a very professional reporter and had no interest in personal issues at all.

"Okay, that's it. Please ask." Chang Sunzhi nodded and glanced at Comrade Shi Qing beside him. He believed that if these reporters wanted to make things difficult for him, the deputy minister would definitely not stand idly by.