Chapter 572: The three parties go round and round, each taking what they need
"Our Chamber of Commerce's team is growing!"
President Nan Hongbin was in a very relaxed state when he spoke. He smiled and said, "I remember that at the gathering two or three years ago, we couldn't even fill three tables, but now we have five tables full. It shows that the appeal and cohesion of the Yang City Chamber of Commerce are getting stronger and stronger."
A few simple opening remarks can not only touch the hearts of old members, but also make new members realize that the Chamber of Commerce has a bright future.
"At the end of last month, I was chatting with several vice presidents, and we talked about the last time the Chamber of Commerce members gathered so fully was on New Year's Day last year."
After getting into the topic, Nan Hongbin's speech became more fluent.
He glanced at the new members with a smile on his face. "And everyone should have noticed that there are several unfamiliar faces in the banquet hall tonight. They are all new members who joined the Chamber of Commerce after the beginning of the year. They are also the best in their respective industries. That's why we decided to gather everyone for dinner. We want to keep in touch with them and also take this opportunity to introduce the new members to everyone."
Chen Liyang was holding a wireless microphone and moving around the banquet.
"President Nan, vice presidents and seniors, my name is Kang Yu. I have been helping Yufeng Environmental Protection to expand the Shanghai market. Two years ago, I started working on my own. Now I have set up a small environmental protection equipment factory. Relying on the connections I have accumulated in the past, I have achieved some results."
The young man named Kang Yu looked to be in his thirties. He was the first to take the microphone handed to him by Chen Liyang and introduced himself to the audience.
His words are humble and his attitude is sincere.
This is not surprising. Small bosses like him join the Chamber of Commerce to use the Chamber of Commerce's connections to break through the circle where they have hit the ceiling.
Although Luo Yang also wanted to take advantage of the Chamber of Commerce’s circle, there were essential differences between the two.
Because Luo Yang is not dependent on the Chamber of Commerce, he has multiple other channels to contact university leaders, and in terms of resources, Luo Yang and the Chamber of Commerce can complement each other, and it is hard to say who depends on whom.
After Kang Yu finished introducing himself, Chen Liyang walked to the next table.
There were five new members in total. Except for the table close to the stage, one new member was assigned to each of the other three tables. Zhang Weilun and Luo Yang were assigned to one table.
"President Nan, fellow seniors from the Chamber of Commerce, my name is Zhang Weilun. I am considered a person in the financial circle and I currently run an investment company. If you have any good projects that lack funds, you can contact me at any time."
Zhang Weilun did not show any nervousness like the three new members before him. He introduced himself clearly in a few simple words.
The key point is that this guy was advertising himself while introducing himself.
He is the son of Vice President Zhang Qifeng, and many people at the main table know him.
So after he finished his speech, the applause in the banquet hall was louder than the previous three times.
"President Nan, fellow seniors from the Chamber of Commerce, my name is Luo Yang. I am currently running some businesses in Modu and Yang City. I hope to have the opportunity to communicate with you all through the Chamber of Commerce platform in the future."
Luo Yang took the microphone directly from Zhang Weilun and introduced himself in a simple sentence.
Those who didn't know him naturally didn't care.
However, at the main table, several people were whispering to each other, probably explaining Luo Yang's identity to the vice presidents who had not attended the last dinner.
Whether his business is big or not is another matter, but at least he is the son-in-law of Honorary Vice President Jiang Yuanshan, right?
After the five newcomers introduced themselves, everyone's attention returned to the stage.
"Mr. Luo just said something very good. Our Chamber of Commerce is a platform for integration. With the help of this platform, all members can share resources and complement each other. This is also the original intention of several of our founders to establish the Chamber of Commerce."
President Nan Hongbin grasped a key point very keenly and used it to expand his speech.
"Well, tonight is dinner time, so an old man like me won't delay your meal."
Holding the wine glass that Chen Liyang had just handed to him, Nan Hongbin said with a smile: "Everyone, eat well, drink well, and have a good chat!"
After this action, tonight's dinner party began.
"Tsk, is the Chamber of Commerce gathering just for eating and drinking?"
Zhang Weilun put down the cup in his hand, leaned over and whispered in Luo Yang's ear: "If I didn't know you would definitely be there and wanted to come over to meet you and chat, I would definitely find an excuse to refuse."
"You don't want to come, will your old man agree?"
Luo Yang wanted to continue the topic before the meal, but he was in no hurry to ask now. He smiled and responded to Zhang Weilun: "If the Chamber of Commerce is as simple as you think, would your old man be so active in getting you in as a member?"
"The old man wouldn't care about this kind of dinner."
Zhang Weilun chuckled and said, "Only large-scale cocktail parties, especially those held by the local government of Lianyang City, are worth attending."
"Is that the honorary membership you mentioned before? There is no need to pay dues. People who are not in the business circle can attend the cocktail party?"
Luo Yang vaguely grasped the truth.
"That is, or what?"
Zhang Weilun shrugged his shoulders and said, "People from Yang City are all doing business in Shanghai. Many of them are professors in universities, and even serve as school leaders. There are also many in government departments and scientific research institutions. In fact, the Yang City Chamber of Commerce does not have such a strong appeal, so it has to cooperate with the local government of Yang City. However, the local government needs our business circle to bring investment and projects, so we are willing to bring the Chamber of Commerce to entertain those talented people from Yang City."
This is resource complementarity.
The professors and school leaders at Shanghai University, and the talented people from Yang City working in Shanghai’s government departments, research institutes, and state-owned enterprises may be of some help to the leaders themselves, but they cannot play a big role in the local economic development.
On the contrary, entrepreneurs who have made it big in Shanghai have funds, projects, and circles. They can invest in their hometowns at the right time, or recommend others to invest in projects, thereby helping the economic development of their hometowns.
These people who cannot help the government in their hometowns can actually be of help to the business owners doing business in Shanghai.
In this way, a closure is formed between the three, so there is a linkage that allows each to get what they need.
"When do these large-scale receptions usually take place?"
Luo Yang asked with great interest: "Was it Yang City who took the initiative to initiate it or was it our Chamber of Commerce that took the initiative to invite us?"
“The Chamber of Commerce wants to be proactive, but the focus of this matter lies with the local government of Yang City.”
Zhang Weilun smacked his lips and said, "Generally speaking, after a change of leadership, the new leader needs to achieve the same results in all aspects as during his term, so that there will be a greater demand for attracting investment and achieving certain results in city image promotion, culture, education and other aspects."
Well.
Come to think of it, who would have the time to organize such a large-scale social gathering?
"Then we have collided."
After listening to Zhang Weilun's explanation, Luo Yang laughed: "Yang City just changed its leadership in the second half of last year. The new leaders have a lot of ideas about local economic development and attach great importance to attracting investment, especially high-quality projects!"
Eh?
Zhang Weilun's eyes suddenly lit up.
"How about we go to the airport later and ask Lao Chen?"
The Old Chen he was referring to must be the Chamber of Commerce Secretary-General Chen Liyang.
Luo Yang looked up and happened to see Chen Liyang accompanying President Nan Hongbin. He was holding a bottle of wine and toasting at each table.
"Well, Secretary-General Chen will be here soon, but I think now is not a good time. If you really want to ask, it would be better to talk about it privately after the reception."
He indicated the direction of another table with his chin.
"That's right. He must be with Nan Hongbin now. This matter can't be explained in a few words. Let's find another time."
Zhang Weilun nodded and said, "We have an appointment to meet in the second half of the month to discuss things, so why not invite Chen Liyang to come along and play some ball."
The shared bicycle project will not be launched in a university until the end of April. It will take at least next year for it to be promoted beyond Songjiang University Town and to other universities in the city. So for Luo Yang, there is no rush.
"Okay, it's settled."
Anyway, I was going to talk to Zhang Weilun about setting up a game company, so I could also bring Chen Liyang along. Shortly after the two of them finalized the matter, Nan Hongbin came over with Chen Liyang.
"President Nan, Secretary General Chen."
Everyone at the table stood up and greeted them.
Although others didn't know Luo Yang's background, Nan Hongbin and Chen Liyang knew a little about it, so they didn't dare to be careless and immediately responded to everyone's greetings.
"If President Jiang hadn't gone to the capital for work, I would have definitely offered you two a glass of wine this time."
After toasting everyone at the table, Nan Hongbin did not leave immediately.
"A company under Yuanfan Group is planning to go public, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission is a checkpoint that cannot be avoided. If I don't make a couple of trips, I won't feel at ease."
The day Yu Haiping told him that he would attend a Chamber of Commerce dinner this Friday night, Luo Yang called his father-in-law and asked him if he would come to Shanghai to attend the dinner.
Jiang Yuanshan told him on the phone that he would fly to the capital this Friday to discuss the launch of Yuanfan electric vehicles.
Now that Nan Hongbin brought up this matter in person, Luo Yang was not surprised.
"In the blink of an eye, just think about how big Yuanfan Group was back then, and now one of its subsidiaries is going public. This shows how capable your father-in-law is!"
"If President Nan said this in front of my father-in-law, he would be so happy that he would want to drink a few more glasses of wine with you."
Luo Yang smiled and responded, "There's no chance this time. Maybe when you have time to go back to your hometown to visit relatives and friends, my father-in-law and I will accompany you for a drink."
"That's a good idea!"
Nan Hongbin smiled and nodded, "I haven't been back to my hometown for a while. I heard that Yang City is developing well now. I will definitely take some time to go back when I have time."
While the two were chatting, Zhang Weilun was not idle either. He pulled Chen Liyang aside and had a low conversation with him.
It should be to invite Secretary-General Chen to a gathering in the middle of the month.
"Wei Lun, remember to come to our table with Mr. Luo later to pay respects to all the uncles."
It was impossible for Nan Hongbin to chat with Luo Yang all the time. After finishing a topic, he turned to Zhang Weilun, patted him on the shoulder and gave him some advice.
"Uncle Nan, I will go over with Mr. Luo to toast later."
Zhang Weilun stopped chatting with Chen Liyang and replied to Nan Hongbin with a smile.
"Okay, I have to go to the next table to toast, you guys can do whatever you want!"
Nan Hongbin greeted everyone at the table, and then took Chen Liyang to the next table.
"Is Lao Nan being very humble in front of you?"
After sitting down, Zhang Weilun gently bumped Luo Yang's shoulder and said with a smile: "I heard that your father-in-law's company is about to go public, so I immediately loved him and was very kind to you."
"hehe."
Luo Yang curled his lips and said, "Don't look down on me like that. What's wrong with people respecting my wealth? Is there anything wrong with that?"
Zhang Weilun: “.”
There were eight people at the table, including the two of them and six old members.
They saw the president's attitude towards the two people just now. These people may not know Luo Yang and Zhang Weilun, but they definitely know what kind of person Nan Hongbin is. Therefore, as soon as Nan Hongbin left, their eyes were fixed on the two people.
"Boss Luo and Boss Zhang have just introduced themselves. Let's get to know each other!"
This proposal is part of tonight's reception.
It’s just that at other tables, it was the new members who took the initiative to make friends with other old members, but at their table, it was the opposite.
"I'll go first."
The person who just suggested getting to know each other first began to introduce himself: "My name is Yun Zhifeng, I am from Baoyi Town, Yang City, I have a tea farm in my hometown, and now I have opened several teahouses in Shanghai. While running the teahouses, I also do some tea retail and wholesale business."
Yun Zhifeng introduced himself and stood up to hand out business cards to Luo Yang and Zhang Weilun.
He was still lucky, at least he had a tea plantation in his hometown, Yang City, which meant he could go back from time to time.
The other five people were different. Not only had their registered residence been moved to Shanghai, but they had basically moved their businesses away from their hometown. Except for some relatives and friends who were still in Yang City, they had basically no contact with their hometown.
Jiang Yuanshan had already mentioned this to Luo Yang. Two-thirds of the people in Yang City Chamber of Commerce were like this.
After a round of introductions, I received six business cards and also gave out six business cards.
For Luo Yang, it is almost equivalent to ineffective social interaction.
Fortunately, Yu Haiping prepared two business cards for him before he left. One of them was the one he had just sent out. The mobile phone with the phone number on it was in Yu Haiping's hands, so he could not directly contact Luo Yang himself.
His personal number is printed on another type of business card.
"Boss Luo, I just heard you chatting with Chairman Nan, and it seems that you mentioned President Jiang of Yuanfan Group. Is he your father-in-law?"
Yunzhi Peak is close to the water and is the first to see the moon.
He happened to be sitting on the other side of Luo Yang, close to him, and had just heard a lot of information, including the words Yuanfan Group, father-in-law and son-in-law.
As the honorary vice president, Jiang Yuanshan rarely attends the Chamber of Commerce's activities in Shanghai, so even the old members don't all know about him. Yun Zhifeng happens to be half a Yang City native and is very familiar with Yuanfan Group.
"Well, Jiang Yuanshan is my father-in-law."
Since Yun Zhifeng had heard it, Luo Yang admitted it openly: "He is also one of the honorary vice presidents of the Chamber of Commerce. You should have met him, right?"
"I've never seen it at any Chamber of Commerce event in Magic City."
After hearing this, Luo Yang was obviously stunned for a moment, then he reacted.
It seems that Jiang Yuanshan only attends high-end dinners where the president and vice president are present. He never attends events like tonight.
This is called avoiding ineffective social activities
Sure enough, ginger is still spicy!
"Everyone in Yang City's business circle knows Mr. Jiang from Yuanfan Group!"
Yun Zhifeng reacted instantly and explained to Luo Yang: "Boss Luo, I spend most of the year in Tea Street in Yang City. You know, I have four stores there. Usually my sister-in-law is in charge of the stores. If Boss Luo goes back, you can come to my store if you have time."
The conversation was normal, but why did it sound a bit weird?
"Okay, come over for tea when you have time."
Luo Yang responded with one sentence.
As for whether or not I will go, that is not certain.
"Lao Nan, sit back down. Let's go over and have a toast."
Zhang Weilun was very smart and could see that Luo Yang was unwilling to communicate too much with other people.
So he took the initiative to call him to the main table to toast and took him away.
(End of this chapter)
