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"Chef?" Shang Liang frowned, "Is your Director Zhao not in his office?"

When the front desk miss called earlier, she clearly heard the Director Zhao asking about the Barton parked at the entrance. If the Director Zhao was not in the station, how would she know?

"Yeah." The receptionist said, "Our Director Zhao said so."

Shang Liang asked Zhang Meng who was at the side in a low voice: "Kuang Zi, where is the imperial kitchens?"

"Liang, let me tell you, this kitchen is the best restaurant in White City, no other. Those who can go there and spend money, are either rich or noble. For commoners like us, we usually can only watch from afar. " Zhang Meng explained.

"Yeah." Lee Mannqing agreed, "The dishes inside are simply outrageously expensive."

Hearing Zhang Meng's and his words, Shang Liang had a rough idea of what was going on. This Director Zhao of the Earth Resources Bureau was most likely the same as the Deputy Chief of the Industry and Commerce in Peng City, who wanted him to go to the most expensive kitchen to see him. It was clear that he wanted Shang Liang to settle the bill for him.

"Let's go to the kitchen." Shang Liang said.

"Liang, are you really going?" Zhang Meng was not a fool, sshe naturally understood that there was something fishy about it. When Shang Liang went over, he was clearly being cheated.

However, when she thought of how Shang Liang had given a tip of 10,000 yuan to the front desk girl, Zhang Meng did not say anything more.

The three of them quickly arrived at the kitchen.

Because the kitchen was always eating with such familiar faces, when Shang Liang told the waiter this, the waiter immediately pointed to one of the private rooms and said: "Director Zhao is in that private room."

Before coming to the imperial kitchens, Shang Liang had gone to the bank on White City Street to take out a hundred thousand yuan worth of cash from inside a case file. He had Zhang Meng and Lee Mannqing to wait outside and he had entered the Director Zhao's private room alone.

"Hello, Director Zhao!" Shang Liang smiled and said, "I am Shang Liang, I think, the receptionist has already mentioned my name to you!"

Once Shang Liang entered, he saw a fat middle-aged man sitting there. The table was filled with delicious delicacies and he was holding onto a bottle of slightly aged red wine, pouring wine into his own cup.

Shang Liang suddenly remembered that when he was in the front hall of the Earth Resources Bureau, a few people were walking towards him when he was talking to the young miss, and one of them was this middle-aged man.

So he was actually Director Zhao! F * ck, how cunning!

Shang Liang gritted his teeth in hatred.

Shang Liang roughly estimated that this table would cost at least fifty thousand gold. With Director Zhao's monthly salary of one thousand eight hundred gold coins, he definitely could not afford to spend it.

"You are the Boss Shang!" Director Zhao took a sip of red wine, his face flushed red and his eyes blurred.

Thus, Shang Liang sat in front of the Director Zhao, laughed and said: "Director Zhao, you're in a good mood, drinking by yourself!"

"Hur hur, I'm used to it!" Director Zhao laughed, "Boss Shang, I wonder what business you have with me?"

"It's like this, Director Zhao." Shang Liang then explained his purpose for coming here, "As for me, I plan to set up a farm here at White City, and have my eyes on the White Hunchback Mountain and the land beside the Immortal Lake, hopefully you can approve it there."

"Boss Shang, you want to invest in the development of White City and economy, that's a good thing!" The Director Zhao squinted his eyes and said: "It's just that, as you know, there are some issues with the procedures, I'm afraid it won't go smoothly!"

After all, it was for money! Shang Liang secretly cursed, and pushed the file bag that he had prepared towards Director Zhao, saying: "Director Zhao, inside is a hundred thousand in cash, count it as our first meeting. In the future, when I manage to make more money, I will be able to benefit from you, Director Zhao. "

"Heh heh." Director Zhao looked at the bulging folder in front of him, and his mouth twisted into a smile, "Boss Shang is so sincere, I, Zhao, will definitely do my best. Don't worry, Boss Shang, leave this matter to me. "But …"

The Director Zhao said as he pointed to the delicious dishes on the table and said, "I came out in such a hurry today that I forgot to bring my wallet. About this …"

"Director Zhao, I'll be paying for your meal today." Shang Liang hurriedly replied.

After settling a matter, Shang Liang heaved a sigh of relief. Although he had spent a few hundred thousand dollars, Shang Liang did not feel the slightest bit of heartache. After all, to Shang Liang, a hundred thousand was nothing. Moreover, there is always a certain amount of kindness involved in dealing with local officials.

After obtaining Director Zhao's promise, they had to settle the matter of the business license.

Because they were all in the White City bureaucratic system, in the private room, Shang Liang and Director Zhao wanted to call the Chief of the White City Business Bureau, He Zhigao. This time, Shang Liang had the experience and asked the Director Zhao to tie the strings for him and introduce him to He Zhigao. He Zhigao agreed and told Shang Liang to go to the Business Bureau to find him.

After Shang Liang brought Zhang Meng and the others out of the kitchen, they hurried towards the White City Business Bureau.

There were several official cars parked in front of the White City Business Bureau. It seemed like there was a senior leader inspecting them. However, Shang Liang did not care about that, and went straight to the reception area.

Shang Liang said to the front desk girl: "Miss, I have an appointment with Director Hee."

"I'm sorry, sir." The front desk lady said, "Our Director Hee is busy receiving you, I do not have the time to see you right now. If you are not in a rush, why not wait in the hall."

Shang Liang looked at the time and felt that it was still early. Furthermore, he had to settle the matter of the business license as soon as possible, thus he nodded his head: "Alright, I will wait in the hall."

Not even ten minutes after Shang Liang sat down, he saw a group of people come down from the second floor. The senior leader who was surrounded by the people from the White City Business Bureau was actually the Deputy Chief of the Peng City Business Bureau, Gao Dai.

Why did this guy come here? Shang Liang wondered. After all, Peng City was a developed city and was merely a small county.

When he saw the higher ups, Shang Liang immediately went forward to greet them.

The receptionist immediately ran over and stopped them: "Sir, you can't do this. You will make things difficult for us if you do this!" You should wait until they finish their work and then come to our Director Hee! "

He Zhigao had obviously also seen Shang Liang's situation, and his expression was one of displeasure, "What's going on?"

The front desk girl quickly explained: "Director Hee, this Boss Shang has an appointment with you. I asked him to wait for a moment, but he refused to listen."

"You are the Boss Shang introduced by Old Zhao?" He Zhigao looked at Shang Liang with the corner of his eyes, as if he was looking down on him, "I don't look like a big boss!"