Chapter 18 of Volume One is also an overseas talent

  Thanks for the enthusiastic support, here's another question: would the brothers on the popularity chart be willing to make a cameo appearance in this book? I see several great names. However, the ending will have both good and bad outcomes!

  The moment Zhou Yu fell into his arms, Shen Hua could feel her plump body soft and bouncy to an astonishing degree, almost unable to feel the force of the impact, while her chest squeezed against his own was so full.

  But the situation that followed was not as romantic as imagined. The cigarette in Shen Huan's mouth directly poured into his own collar, and before he could savor the wonderful taste of Zhou Yu falling into his arms, the cigarette butt had already burned him, causing him to gasp for air.

  Shen Huai hastily pushed Zhou Yu to one side, pulled open the shirt tied at his waist, and called for a smoke head to come down. The base of his neck had already been scalded, causing a burning pain, and his forehead was also painfully hot. He touched it and found it wet and bloody.

  Looking at Zhou Yu getting up from the ground, Shen Huai smiled bitterly: "Secretary Zhou, I just greeted you, if you didn't respond, it would be fine. Why did you have to come and scold me in front of others? They don't even know what I did to you..."

  Although Zhou Yu disliked Shen Huai, this time she accidentally bumped into him and even used her "big brother" to heavily hit him. She stood up, covering her frightened chest, and said with a guilty conscience: "I really didn't mean to, I suddenly saw a black shadow in front of my nose and instinctively swung out..."

  Looking at Shen Hua's forehead, which was really cracked open, Zhou Yu thought to herself that she had dragged it out until today and only hit him hard once, so he got off easy. But her mouth still asked with concern, "Is your head okay? Do you need to find a doctor to bandage it up?" Wu Shuji was worried that Mayor Chen's wife would have some kind of accident, especially letting Dr. Zhang from the First Hospital stand guard at Nanyuan.

  "Beep, beep, beep..." The fallen pager on the side suddenly hung up unexpectedly when it fell, and now it rang again. Zhou Yu was so angry that he wanted to kick it a couple of times. Thinking that his argument with his husband earlier had all been heard by Shen Huan, he felt both annoyed and embarrassed at the same time.

  Shen Hua kicked "Big Brother" into the lake, and it still echoed twice in the water before falling silent.

  Zhou Yu saw Shen Huai kick her "pager" into the river for no reason, and a fire burst out in her heart: It's just smashing you once, do you need to make such a big fuss?

  Shen Huai smiled and said, "Since you don't want to answer the phone, throwing it into the river is the most reasonable thing to do. Another reason is that when others hear your screams and come over, they'll see my head like this, and there's no way to say that Secretary Zhou has a grudge against me. It's a good opportunity to get rid of him today - this killer should be disposed of quickly."

  Zhou Yu blinked, using the streetlight filtering through the treetops to glance at Shen Hua, and found that he really didn't recognize him: there was blood on his forehead almost reaching his eyes, yet he still had the nerve to say something so callous? But thinking about it, Shen Hua was also a bit of an idiot - a "big brother" phone, which cost at least 20,000 yuan when new, and he kicked it into the water just like that? And yet, his annoying personality seemed unchanged from before.

  "Director Zhou, Director Zhou, is everything okay?" As expected, someone heard Zhou Yu's cry for help and rushed to the lake, but didn't dare to venture into the woods easily. Who knows what kind of shady business the leaders are doing in the woods that they don't want them to see?

  "It's nothing, Secretary Zhou just accidentally bumped into me and dropped the 'pager' by the lake," Shen Huai made up a story on the spot, calling over the little girl who had walked over to see if Zhou Yu was okay, pointing to where the pager had been kicked, "It's right there, you guys go find someone to come and help Secretary Zhou retrieve it..."

  The little girl ran back to call someone to help Big Brother, Shen Huai sat on the ground with a thud, turned his head to face Zhou Yu and asked: "Can you take a look and see if the bleeding on my forehead has stopped?"

  Zhou Yu saw that Shen Huai had a broken head, but he didn't rush to bandage it. Instead, he was interested in tricking people into coming to save his big brother. In his heart, he couldn't say what kind of feeling he had towards him.

  This old "brick" fell into the lake, to be honest, Zhou Yu didn't feel any heartache; not having to face that embarrassing phone call can't be considered a bad thing.

  To be honest, the moment the phone rang, Zhou Yu hesitated whether to kick "Big Brother" into the river, but unexpectedly Shen Huai, that bastard, took the lead.

  Thinking about it, I feel that this bastard is not as hateful as before. Thinking again, he didn't rush to leave and bandage himself, probably because he was afraid she would be scared staying in the dark water pine forest...

  Zhou Yu bent down to take a look at the wound on Shen Huai's forehead.

  The bone on my forehead is hard, so it's just a broken skin, no big deal, some blood came out and stopped after a while.

  Zhou Yu also felt a bit uneasy, took out a clean handkerchief and said: "The bleeding has stopped, otherwise I'll help you wipe it off first, so it won't look too bad?"

  The bleeding on his forehead has stopped, but Shen Huai is about to bleed from below.

  Zhou Yuguang didn't notice that two buttons on his chest had come undone when he fell.

  At noon, the weather was hot, she wore a shirt. Just now, she stood up straight and didn't notice it. At this time, she leaned forward, and her shirt opened wide in front of Shen Hua's eyes.

  The blue blouse was bursting at the seams, almost squeezing out, and staring straight at Shen Huai's eyes. Even in the dim light, the creamy jade-like color was still so enticing, emitting a faint fragrance.

  Shen Huai subconsciously turned his head away and coughed lightly.

  Zhou Yu only then noticed that she had exposed herself, and hurriedly grabbed her undershirt to cover the exposed area, lowering her head to look for the buttons. Despite her bold personality, she would still feel embarrassed when exposing herself in front of others, and at the same time thought: "How did this beast change its nature and remind me that I'm exposed?"

  Shen Huai took off his coat and handed it to Zhou Yu: "It's pitch black, where can you find buttons? You wear mine first."

  After a while, the little girl shouted for other staff to come and help pick up the fallen objects. Shen Huan then said to Zhou Yu: "I'll go take a look at Aunt Tao, I won't stay here with Secretary Zhou to pick up the fallen objects!" Leaving them by the lake to pick up the objects, he headed towards Building 6.

  Zhou Yu grasped her coat and wrapped herself tightly, she hadn't expected to be out so late today, wearing very thin clothes, even if the buttons on her shirt didn't fall off, she still needed a coat.

  Watching Shen Huan's back as he leaves, she feels that he is quite strange, with a feeling of being unable to see through him. Is he still the same scoundrel who took advantage of her before? Or was everything before just his disguise?

  This night was destined to be a torture for Wu Haifeng, the municipal party secretary.

  He let all the staff around him go to rest, and he sat alone in the hall thinking about things, even when Shen Huai walked in, he didn't notice.

  "Secretary Wu, why don't you go rest yet? How can your body hold up?" Shen Huai said, and as soon as the words left his mouth, he felt hypocritical.

  "Oh, the hearse will take Mayor Chen's body to Bin Funeral Home tomorrow morning. Donghua has a tradition of keeping vigil," said Wu Haifeng, looking up, "I'll stay and keep watch for Mayor Chen; Little Shen, why haven't you gone to rest?"

  Bureaucrats are powerful, to put it bluntly, because of the power brought by their official positions. Few officials have a political demeanor that can convince people at first sight. In the end, most of them are greedy and corrupt politicians.

  Before a clear decision is made in the province, Tan Qiping will not have private contact with Wu Haifeng.

  Shen Huai thought that Wu Haifeng stayed in Building 6 to keep watch for Chen Mingde, no matter if it was for Chen Mingde's lover, or for Tan Qiping, or for the provincial government, but more importantly, to show his attitude.

  Wu Haifeng's temples were frosted with white hair, and he sat there as if he had done something wrong, looking pitiful. Shen Huai couldn't help but admit that his heart wasn't hard enough: if it weren't for the moment when Wu Haifeng looked up earlier, his eyes flashing with a hint of ferocity, he would have almost sympathized with him.

  At this time, Shen Huan repeatedly emphasized in his heart: The one sitting in front of him was a poisonous snake that could bite at any time.

  "Little Shen, what's wrong with your forehead?" Wu Haifeng only then noticed that Shen Hua had a cut on his forehead.

  Shen Huai said, "Although I'm a bit tired, something like this happens, how can I really rest? Just now, I sat by the lake for a while, and unexpectedly Secretary Zhou also went over to make a phone call. In the dark, she bumped into me, I bumped into a tree, and my head got hurt, so I came to find Dr. Zhang to bandage it."

  Shen Hua lightly described the events at the lake earlier and said, "I think the area around Cui Lake should be renovated with some lighting to make it a great place for East China City residents to relax at night. This area is supposed to be the city center of East China, but it's so dark that there's no one around after sunset. The commercial district in this city center is an important business time slot at night, and it's just missing this one thing, which makes a big difference. Although some people might say that doing lighting renovations now would be extravagant, I think the city should invest in what they need to..." Once he started talking, he intentionally said more than usual.

  "Xiao Shen is also very knowledgeable about economics?" Wu Haifeng instructed his staff to wake up Dr. Zhang and have him bandage Shen Hua, letting him sit down, with great interest wanting to hear more from him.

  In the past, apart from Wu Haifeng's confidants, who could have grasped the opportunity to discuss economic issues in front of him?

  Even if Chen Mingde is not dead, Shen Hua, as Chen Mingde's secretary, does not have the qualifications to discuss Donghua's economic issues with Wu Haifeng and Yan Yuese.

  At this time, Wu Haifeng was like a drowning dog, with the bleakness of losing power in the future, and he still pinned his last straw on Shen Huai's body, so his attitude towards Shen Huai was naturally strange and suspicious.

  He held onto Shen Huan and spoke, also wanting to hear something from Shen Huan's words that could comfort his thoughts.

  "I studied urban economics and business in France, and when I taught at the Provincial Economics Institute, it was also related to business operations. It's half-baked, not really research," said Shen Huai.

  "Oh, right, you're the one who was brought back to China as an overseas talent by the Provincial Economics Academy," Wu Haifeng seemed to recall something, "Mayor Chen is a scholar-official, and he can transfer you from the Provincial Economics Academy to Donghua, obviously because of your expertise. Young people shouldn't be too modest..."

  Being able to get praised by the municipal party secretary like this, anyone would feel a little proud.

  Shen Hua, who was previously in charge, studied urban economics and business abroad, but he didn't even read half a day's worth of books. He was supposed to be an overseas talent introduced to the Provincial Economic Academy to teach, but it was just some under-the-table operation.

  It's not just these years of living abroad that have left an imprint on Shen Hua's memory, but also a direct image of the economic and social situation overseas.

  Merging two people's memories is also an experience that ordinary people can never have, as if he had absorbed another person's life.

  Shen Hua's true academic foundation is twofold: one is the undergraduate degree in Metallurgy and Industrial Technology, and the other is the Master's degree in Industrial Management that he pursued on-the-job with the support of Xiong Wenbin.

  In the later period, Xiong Wenbin gave up the empty shell of Diaohu Lishan, and the municipal steel plant fell under the control of Gu Tong and others. Shen Huai studied applied economics hard for two years in order to take the doctoral entrance examination of Yanda University.

  Even if Wu Haifeng praises him like this, Shen Huai will not be so carried away as to flaunt his professional knowledge.

  After Dr. Zhang came over and helped him clean the wound, Shen Hua briefly talked about the relationship between the city's commercial center area lighting project and urban business promotion.

  These have been successfully implemented in overseas and domestic cities of the same type, and are not particularly exceptional experiences.

  In fact, domestic industrialization and urbanization have just begun, while Western developed countries have all gone through the process of industrialization, leaving behind many valuable experiences and some painful lessons.

  All you need is patience and humility, and you can always learn a lot from others.

  As for the lighting project in the city center, Shen Hua really had a study on it, and also has a direct relationship with the unfinished building of Tianheng Mansion.

  It was still in the late 1980s that the city wanted to build a skyscraper to boost its image, and the task fell on the shoulders of the municipal-owned enterprise with the best performance, the Municipal Steel Factory, which was still headed by Xiong Wenbin.

  Xiong Wenbin was unable to resist or change the decision of the city, so he could only execute it. Shen Hua had just transferred Xiong Wenbin to be the director of the factory office, and the preliminary preparation work for the Tianheng Building was mainly handled by him, so he had done a detailed study on the commercial environment around the Tianheng Building.

  After Xiong Wenbin was transferred, the municipal steel plant was taken over by Gu Tong and others. Shen Huai naturally had nothing to do with the Tianheng Building anymore. The construction of the Tianheng Building also started after that.

  However, at that time, Shen Hua still remembered some accurate research data, and made Wu Haifeng listen with great interest to some seemingly ordinary things.

  Some of these issues have also been raised by the Municipal Planning Bureau, but none as clearly and concisely as Shen Hua.

  Perhaps it was because of the city planning that Wu Haifeng didn't care much about it, but when Shen Hua explained several key points clearly, he felt that his insight was truly extraordinary and secretly regretted that there wasn't such a capable person by his side, while Shen Hua couldn't be cultivated as a confidant.

  Especially Shen Hua's memory is good, a lot of data are readily available, which further strengthened the persuasiveness.

  Wu Haifeng looked up at Zhou Yu standing in the doorway and asked, "Zhou Yu, tell me, how does Xiao Shen's learning compare to that of most officials in Donghua?"

  Shen Huai only then noticed that Zhou Yu was standing at the entrance of the corridor, listening for a while. But next, he subconsciously thought: What is the relationship between Zhou Yu and Wu Haifeng?

  If there's no special relationship, he and the municipal party secretary are discussing the pros and cons of the lighting project on this side. She is a deputy secretary-general of the municipal government, quietly standing by listening for half a day, which is somewhat unconventional.