Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1244 - 618: Reliable Desk-mate

Chapter 1244: Chapter 618: Reliable Desk-mate

"Ladies and gentlemen, please look!" On the West Bridge of Sancha River Village, Zhou Dalian stood proudly by the railing, raising his hand and pointing to the construction site not too far away. "I’m sure when you all arrived, the first thing you saw was our construction site, right?"

"You might think that as long as you have money, anyone can stir up such a huge construction site, am I right? This is both correct and incorrect. First, I want to introduce everyone to the workers who are working here."

"Do you leaders think that these workers are all professional construction workers? Thinking so would be a mistake. In fact, all these workers are farmers who just came back from the autumn harvest. Before coming to this site, many of them had never touched construction work. But now, take a look: this bridge, as well as the completed and unfinished projects behind it—these were all built by them."

Zhou Dalian played coy, loosened the crimson tie around his neck, and smiled confidently and composedly, "The key to turning farmers, who have never done construction work, into qualified construction workers lies in having a good chief engineer. Don’t be fooled by the small scale of our project; the chief engineer in charge of design, planning, and construction guidance is none other than Professor Shu, a leading figure in our province’s architectural planning industry."

With another wave of his hand, he pointed to a few young people wearing safety helmets, "The youngest among those young people have at least a master’s degree, and they are all following Professor Shu. That’s why our great engineer always says, ’Science and technology are the primary productive forces.’ The facts have indeed proved the boundless power of knowledge!"

After finishing his speech, Zhou Dalian paused, as if he had run out of his prepared remarks and really had nothing more to say, he bluntly said, "Well, then, I forgot the rest, but what remains is to take people to see the construction site... no, that is, to experience firsthand... under the guidance of advanced comprehensive work methods... yes, the construction site!"

"Clap clap clap clap..." A round of enthusiastic applause erupted.

The clappers were a group of young people who still carried an air of thuggishness. Further away, a few were just passersby, stopping to watch the spectacle out of curiosity.

But this time, those who stopped to watch were in for trouble. Zhou Dalian cared about his reputation, but his underlings were not so considerate; one of them turned his head and shouted at the onlookers, "Scram, scram, scram! What’s the spectacle here, don’t delay our Brother Zhou’s important business. Do you know what our Brother Zhou is doing? He is figuring out how to receive the leaders, and it’s an assignment from Brother Fei himself. If you cause a delay, can you bear that responsibility?"

In the village, who didn’t know Zhou Dalian’s reputation? Even just watching the excitement was done from a safe distance. Now that someone had shouted at them, they quickly dispersed.

Zhou Dalian still waved his hand genteelly, "Xiao Si, how can you talk like that? When speaking to our villagers, you need to be polite..."

He really imagined himself as a big boss, fully engrossed in the role!

And Xiao Si wasn’t wrong—Zhou Dalian was drafted by Yan Fei to prepare for the reception of visitors coming to observe and exchange ideas.

These days, the trend for learning and exchange is quite strong; whenever a place develops suddenly or has some advanced feature, there will promptly be others from different places coming for a study visit.

In fact, Sancha River had previously also had visitors ’learning advanced experiences’, but those were direct visits. They were not as formal as this time, when Yan Fei was notified by the county to receive official visitors for study and exchange; it was different.

For instance, when Township Chief Tan from a poor village in the west, including some people from cattle farms, came, their visits were essentially private. After arriving, they got straight to the point, whether they came to ask for advice or to study advanced experiences. If things could be done, they’d do them quickly; if not, they’d leave without wasting anyone’s time.

But formal visits coordinated through the county were more troublesome—the biggest problem being the reception issue.

Yan Fei’s enterprise, at least, didn’t need to think too much, as long as they received the guests, that was fine, but the county had to consider a lot more.

For such visits, aside from arranging basic food and accommodation and the places needed for studying, there were also places that needed to be visited. Study exchanges were relatively straightforward; the worst was when they came for ’tours’.

Visiting outstanding enterprises was one thing; touring historical sites and natural landscapes was another form of ’touring’. To put it bluntly, when people came to visit, the host side needed to provide full-service entertainment from eating to amusement.

In summary, it was all part of a set of procedures, and after the study exchange was over, as a host, it wasn’t nice to let guests leave empty-handed—in fact, it was expected to give them some sort of souvenir or another. It was all part of the social niceties.

Not to mention some study groups brought a whole entourage of distant relatives, but that’s another story.

Even though Yan Fei didn’t have much to do here, his place was busy! There was too much work to be done, not only for him but for others as well. You could say Heizi and Pang Fa, having trained for so long, were capable of receiving individual visitors. But now, these two were also too busy to stand still, genuinely short on time.

Moreover, Yan Fei didn’t want to waste his own time and the time of his people on purely social obligations without any real benefits.

For one thing, the enterprise’s products were not lacking in buyers. Secondly, the products they sold were pricier, so even if promotion was desired, in places where even Tanghe County was coming for a study visit, there was not much promotional value, was there?