Inheritance of Two Trillion

Chapter 576: Chapter 576 Bai Xiaosheng’s Guess_1

Thursday morning.

Bai Xiaosheng rode in Mayor Ji Mingyang’s car, hurrying to the provincial capital to present the third phase of the report.

As the provincial benchmark enterprise certification neared its conclusion, with the situation looking very favourable, both Bai Xiaosheng and Ji Mingyang were in good spirits.

Along the way, they meticulously reviewed the report content again, simulating topics that the leadership might be interested in, ensuring they were well-prepared and confident.

Now, aiming to outperform Mayor Su Shu’s Langbei City, Mayor Ji Mingyang still appeared very happy.

After arriving at the provincial capital, it was time for their appointment, and Minister Fan immediately organized a review committee to listen to the report.

This time, since it didn’t involve assessing the leaders of benchmark enterprises and there were no ”surprise” tasks, Mayor Ji Mingyang attended the meeting as well.

For this report, Bai Xiaosheng was well-prepared, and since all their work had met and exceeded the standards set by the province, the highlight—”foreign patent application”—particularly impressed the leaders present.

”Excellent! The focus of this session is really good,” the minister commended. ”You timely and proactively applied for foreign patents in industries with good market prospects abroad and meeting the application criteria. This will greatly help in opening up international markets in the future. In this regard, Zhongjing Media has set a fine example!”

Minister Fan gave full recognition right away.

The old leaders acknowledged with appreciation, and the other leaders also voiced their praise.

”Bai Xiaosheng, this time, you’ve awed me again,” Minister Fan said, pointing at Bai Xiaosheng and addressing those beside him, ”Such a young, bold, and capable entrepreneur is indeed rare to see!”

The leaders nearby nodded in agreement.

”The big moves you made in the last phase, pushing city-level businesses to the national stage and turning Zhongjing into a city with multiple ’calling cards,’ show a spirit of exploration and effectiveness! I plan to organize a push to promote this in other cities,” Minister Fan said with a broad smile, lavishing praise on Bai Xiaosheng. ”With more entrepreneurs like you in Anjiang Province, how can we not develop rapidly! Now, I’m really looking forward to more from you and your Zhongjing Media!”

Bai Xiaosheng humbly smiled, feeling that he hadn’t done anything special.

However, all the leaders present, including Ji Mingyang, nodded in agreement, and they were all privately amazed: Minister Fan had never praised anyone so openly before—this was probably the first time! It was clear how much he appreciated and valued Bai Xiaosheng!

Mayor Ji Mingyang’s eyes shone brightly.

With Minister Fan planning to promote the Zhongjing model, this was essentially the province promoting Zhongjing’s reputation. This was very beneficial for their local economic development and current work progress!

The more Ji Mingyang thought about it, the more excited he became, almost wishing he could high-five Bai Xiaosheng to celebrate.

”Mr. Ji seems unable to contain himself,” Minister Fan chuckled looking at Ji Mingyang. ”This time, Zhongjing has made a great start, and the province can’t just use your model for nothing. So, those applications you made a while back, the province has looked into them—all are approved!”

This announcement had already been determined, but Minister Fan was just declaring it at this occasion.

Ji Mingyang opened his eyes wide in disbelief, overwhelmed with ecstatic gratitude, ”Minister Fan, you mean the province approved all of them? This... This is incredible! Thank you for the leaders’ support!”

For Zhongjing, this was indeed a matter of great joy!

”If you want to thank someone, thank Bai Xiaosheng,” Minister Fan joked. ”I can’t take the credit; it wasn’t my doing.”

Minister Fan’s words sparked a round of laughter.

Ji Mingyang truly looked at Bai Xiaosheng with a lot of gratitude in his eyes.

This made Bai Xiaosheng feel somewhat embarrassed.

”All right, the report for this phase is perfectly passed, and you can move on to the next and final stage,” Minister Fan stood up. ”As for me, I have another meeting, so I won’t keep you any longer today, Mr. Ji.”

Minister Fan announced the meeting adjourned.

Ji Mingyang went to greet a few leaders again, and it wasn’t until eleven o’clock that he finally met up with Zhang Meng and Bai Xiaosheng.

This time, Ji Mingyang was pleased, and he specifically invited Bai Xiaosheng and Zhang Meng to a quaint little restaurant.

The three of them found a quiet corner, ordered four dishes and one soup, along with two bottles of beer.

”Zhang Meng, since you’re driving, you shouldn’t drink. Just watch us drink,” Ji Mingyang said with a smile.

Zhang Meng smiled.

After that, Ji Mingyang personally filled Bai Xiaosheng’s glass.

”How can this be, Mr. Ji... Uncle Ji, you’re being too polite!” Watching the mayor pour him wine, Bai Xiaosheng hastily showed modesty.

The place wasn’t crowded at that moment, but for convenience, Bai Xiaosheng changed his address.

Ji Mingyang grinned, quite approving of the appellation.

”You are Zhongjing’s great hero, you deserve it!” Ji Mingyang assured him with absolute certainty.

Bai Xiaosheng smiled and did not decline any further.

The three of them drank and ate in harmony.

When they had almost finished eating and drinking, Ji Mingyang said to Bai Xiaosheng, ”When I left the provincial government, I visited a few old colleagues and gathered some news. Langbei City not only hasn’t submitted their third-phase report, they haven’t even set a reporting date! What do you make of this, Sheng?”

Bai Xiaosheng put down his chopsticks, thought earnestly for a while, and then said, ”Actually, since you’ve never mentioned any news about Langbei City, I’ve been thinking about this issue! Why is Mu Beichen so slow this time? He overtook us the first time, we caught up with them the second time. According to my gut feeling about this person, the third time, he will definitely try every possible way to surpass us again. But as you just confirmed, there has been no movement at all from them! That’s abnormal!”

”Maybe they’re just slow this time,” Zhang Meng said unconcernedly.

”That kind of thinking is too optimistic,” Ji Mingyang shook his head. ”I don’t know about Mu Beichen, but I know what kind of person Su Shu is. She’s very competitive and definitely would not lose to us repeatedly.”

”So there’s a problem!” Bai Xiaosheng said seriously. ”At first, I thought Mu Beichen was speeding up, constantly submitting reports, proposing the next progress report on the day of each report. But now it seems, I guessed wrong! He might be using a method, even faster than that!”

”What is it?” Ji Mingyang and Zhang Meng couldn’t help but look at Bai Xiaosheng.

Bai Xiaosheng couldn’t help furrowing his brows and said with a wry smile, ”They might rush to finish all the work at once and report everything together! Treating phases three and four as a single phase!”

At that statement, Ji Mingyang and Zhang Meng couldn’t help but widen their eyes.

It was a distinct possibility!

”How shall we respond?” Zhang Meng couldn’t help but ask.

”We battle it out. We also need to speed up, for the final sprint!” Bai Xiaosheng voiced gravely.

With mere conjecture, Bai Xiaosheng had guessed Mu Beichen’s strategy. If Mu Beichen knew, he would surely admire it.

But in the end, all strategies are inconsequential, speed is paramount!

In fact, as soon as the Bai Xiaosheng’s side finished their report, Mayor Su Shu received the news and passed it on to Mu Beichen.

”Don’t worry! Next Friday, I’ll submit the report with you. This time, we will definitely be ahead of them and claim the benchmark enterprise indicator!”

Mu Beichen was brimming with confidence over the phone.