Reborn as a Noble's Son-Chapter 672 - 628: Setting Off for America_1

Chapter 672: Chapter 628: Setting Off for America_1

“Mayor Zhenbang, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a triumphant return. May you create great prosperity for the economic construction of our WangHai city.” At this moment, inside the Municipal Party Committee Hall and banquet hall, Tian Xujian raised his glass. His words were genuinely sincere.

This time, Nie Zhenbang leads a delegation from Wanghai City to America. On one hand, the trip is intended to examine the construction and development of Silicon Valley and hold business negotiations for attracting investments. On the other hand, and this is the most crucial aspect, Wanghai City aims to secure a setup for an international internet sub-server.

If successful, even for the entirety of Huaxia, this would be a remarkable accomplishment. In this case, Tian Xujian would not put up any obstacles, on the contrary, he is very eager for it to succeed.

Over this period of time, Tian Xujian himself has also come to appreciate the benefits of having a good relationship with Nie Zhenbang. Although Nie Zhenbang is decisive in his actions, as long as you understand his character and temperament, he is quite easy to work with.

According to Tian Xujian, Nie Zhenbang is a stubborn character. But, once you get used to him, there won’t be much of an issue.

At this moment, Nie Zhenbang also picked up his wine glass. Even though Wanghai City is a sub-provincial city and its top leadership are deputy ministerial officials, their reception style is still inclined toward the departmental level.

The hospitality which involves drinking, unlike the high-ranking provincial and ministerial officials who only take a sip, still requires a bottoms-up in Wanghai City.

Nie Zhenbang, unafraid of drinking, drained his glass in one go. His gesture of revealing the bottom of his cup was particularly hearty. He said, “Secretary Tian, I’ll leave the city’s affairs in your hands.”

For this trip to America, Nie Zhenbang and the others followed the path of an invited visit. Wanghai City, in the 80s, signed an international friendship city agreement with Maryland State’s Bah City in America. Invited by Bah City, the Wanghai City Delegation first set off for a friendly visit to Bah City, and will later establish contacts with American officials through local officials of Maryland State.

After the farewell banquet organized by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government ended, a large group of people walked out of the Municipal Party Committee Hall. Outside the grand hall entrance, Wanghaishi Municipal Party Committee’s cars, lined up in the square in accordance with their respective license numbers.

A row of sleek Audi A6s, arranged from car number one to thirteen. Outside the main gate, a large number of media journalists had already gathered from within the province and Wanghai City.

As soon as they stepped out, many journalists immediately began to crowd around Nie Zhenbang and Tian Xujian.

“Mayor Nie, I am a reporter from ‘Minan Daily,’ for this visit to America, is it purely an international exchange, or has Wanghai already begun to promote international trade?” asked a male journalist, holding out his microphone to start the interview.

“Minan Daily” is the party’s newspaper of Minan Province. Nie Zhenbang couldn’t refuse, so he answered with a smile, “Both. As an international metropolis, Wanghai should go global, there’s no doubt about that. This trip to America could be considered as a trial run.”

Nie Zhenbang continued, “Dear journalists, as I am short on time, I won’t be able to keep you company.”

At the side, the secretaries of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee are neatly standing beside the cars, helping their leaders open the car doors.

On Nie Zhenbang’s official vehicle, An Guoyu, the Secretary-General of the Municipal Government, is one of the accompanying personnel on this inspection tour. The delegation, although not large in scale, is a test for the “Three Public Expenses” regulation, as it has been actively implemented by Nie Zhenbang himself. Naturally, Nie Zhenbang will not sabotage it.

The size of the entire delegation is limited to fifteen people. In addition to Nie Zhenbang himself, there’s An Guoyu, Li Jupeng, two security personnel from the Wanghai City Security Department, one interpreter, two people from the Investment Promotion Bureau, two from the Treasury Department, and five experts in computer internet technology. The entire delegation is pragmatic and standard.

“Mayor, during this trip to America, what about the city?” Inside the car, An Guoyu asked quietly.

Nie Zhenbang understood An Guoyu’s concerns. Once they left, with Tian Xujian as the main person and Wang Jianhua on the side, whether they could stabilize the situation was what he was worried about. If during this period, Tian Xujian takes control of Wanghai City, the loss would be significant.

Although Nie Zhenbang wasn’t overly concerned about this, he reassured An Guoyu with a smile, “Old An, you’re worrying over nothing. We’ve already spoken with Old Wang and Old Liu about this before we prepared to leave. They are to be in contact with us at all times in case something happens. This ensures that Tian Xujian won’t be able to turn things upside down. Besides, you’re underestimating Tian Xujian. He’s not the kind of person who can’t measure his actions. Our relationship has just started to improve, he absolutely will not risk straining it by doing something meaningless.”

Wanghai Airport

At this moment, a Wanghai Airlines flight to Donggang has already been waiting on the tarmac. The rest of the accompanying personnel have already boarded. Once Nie Zhenbang arrives and boards the plane, it takes off towards Donggang.

The Wanghai City delegation, for the whole flight, had reserved a portion of the plane, thus providing a considerable amount of privacy.

Shortly after sitting down, under the leadership of Li Jupeng, three young men had already approached. One of them wore glasses, the other two looked very professional.

Li Jupeng whispered an introduction, “Mayor, let me introduce you. This is our accompanying translator for this trip, Comrade Ye Qidi, an English simultaneous translator from Wanghai University. The other two are the accompanying security personnel.”

On the surface, they were security personnel, but Nie Zhenbang was well aware that they were from the Wanghai City Security Department. On the one hand, they indeed undertook the task of ensuring the security. On the other hand, they were also there to monitor things. Given Nie Zhenbang’s status, as a high-ranking cadre within the Party, during foreign trips, it was essential to be accompanied by professionals. Otherwise, if any accident happened, it would be a huge loss to the country. That’s the norm.

As Nie Zhenbang was examining the two, they were surprised to find that Nie, as a high-level cadre in the party, seemed more than what he appeared on the surface. They, as security personnel, knew that Mayor Nie’s files were classified as ‘S’ level, a level that not even some deputy national-level leaders have. This made them realize the significance of their assignment.

Nie Zhenbang chuckled and said, “Comrade Ye, we will have to rely on you to speak for us on this journey.”

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His words seemed humorous and amiable. After all, wasn’t the translator’s job to speak on behalf of others? This lightened the atmosphere.

Ye Qidi also relaxed a lot at this moment and said with some restraint, “Mayor, don’t worry, I will try my best to do the translation work.”

Nie Zhenbang then laughed and waved his hand, “Comrade Ye, don’t be so nervous. I’m not some multi-armed monster. It’s you who will be playing the leading role this time.”

Turning to the two guards, he extended his hand and said, “We will have to trouble you two this time.”

If it were a typical leader, given their top-ranking identity in the Security Department, they might not care too much. However, facing Nie Zhenbang, they saluted and said, “Mayor Nie, we’re here to ensure you’re safe during your trip. Please instruct us.”

After some small talk, Nie Zhenbang stood up and said with a smile, “Let’s go meet the experts accompanying us.”

Under the lead of An Guoyu and Li Jupeng, they walked over to where the experts were seated. An Guoyu introduced, “Mayor, let me introduce you to Professor Qi Renxuan from the Department of Computer Science at Wanghai University. Professor Qi is also the Director and Chief Researcher of the National Computer Research Center. The ones next to him are his colleagues Wang Bo, Zhao Taishun, Li Zaijun, and Comrade Liu Qihua from the National Internet Technology Research Institute.”

Upon seeing Nie Zhenbang, Qi Renxuan was very excited. He stood up, extended his hands and said, “Mayor Nie, I heard that we are going to obtain the right to establish sub-servers this time. If successful, you, Mayor Nie, will be the greatest contributor to the development of our country’s internet.”

Nie Zhenbang naturally understood Qi Renxuan’s excitement. As a large country with a population of over a billion, it was ironic that it didn’t have its sub-servers for the internet. The submarine optical cables must first connect to a sub-server in Dongying before we can explore the world. But now, as a pioneer, by taking this step, regardless of the result, scholars like Qi Renxuan would naturally be excited.

Nie Zhenbang laughed and said: “Director Qi, you flatter me. The development of the Internet will undoubtedly be the mainstream of the future. I believe that Huaxia deserves its sub-servers. Regardless of success or not, let’s give it our best shot.”

Then, Nie Zhenbang discussed the development direction and trends in internet technology with Qi Renxuan and others. His profound knowledge earned the admiration of these scholars. Nie had personally selected each member of the group, all of whom were genuine scholars, not academic administrators.

Before they knew it, the plane had landed at Donggang Airport, where Nie Zhenbang and others boarded an American Airlines flight to America.

When they departed from Donggang, it was noon. After more than ten hours of long-haul flight, when the plane entered American airspace, it was still a bright, sunny scene.

Nie Zhenbang, who has undergone rigorous military training, did not have any problems dealing with jet lag.

At this moment, Li Jupeng came over and said softly, “Mayor, we will be landing soon.” (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation or monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)