Li Weidong asked Wang Hai for Ye Ming's mobile phone number, then hung up the call and stretched his fingers to the keyboard of the landline. He hesitated the moment he dialed the number - from the bottom of his heart, he was extremely reluctant to give it to Ye Ming.

Ming called because he still has deep resentment towards Secretary Lu and Ye Ming and doesn't want to give them a chance to reconcile.

However, he is now at a critical point in his official career: if he finds the right person, gets connected with the No. 1 or No. 2 leader, and is promoted to the ministerial level during the party congress next year, he can do it.

At the age of sixty-eight, he still has nearly ten years to make great achievements.

Realize your ambitions and fulfill your wishes, and you will have no regrets in your life. On the contrary, if you don't seize this critical node to move up to a higher level, you will have no choice but to retire or withdraw from the line in two years. That is your own fault.

The most unacceptable and tragic result!

Now, the person who is most hopeful of helping him get on the line with the No. 1 leader is fellow countryman Wu Dongsheng. As long as he is willing to do his best to help him, his willingness to reach a higher level next year is still possible. And to make friends with Wu Dongsheng, Yi

Xiaonan may be his only bridge. Although this bridge may not be useful, as long as there is one percent hope, he must try his best!

Therefore, even though he knew that Ye Ming might want to take advantage of his eagerness to get to know Yi Xiaonan to get closer to him, but for the one percent hope, he still decided to go to the banquet and use this opportunity to get to know Yi Xiaonan first.

, As for Ye Ming, as long as you know how to measure yourself and don't fall into his trap...

After carefully weighing and thinking for a minute or two, Li Weidong gritted his teeth and quickly dialed Ye Ming's cell phone.

After the call was connected, Li Weidong deliberately said in a very calm tone: "Xiaoye, Comrade Director Wang just called me and invited me to have dinner together. I originally had other arrangements tonight, but Director Wang is My old colleague, and he is going back to Tianjiang tomorrow, so after thinking about it, I turned down the invitation of another friend and decided to attend the dinner party between you and Director Wang. By the way, the place you arranged is Where? I'll go directly there after get off work."

Ye Ming said happily: "Thank you, Minister Li. I arranged to have dinner at the Jiahe Hotel near CCTV. It is not far from the Ministry of Science and Technology. It only takes 20 minutes by car. Call me when you get to the hotel and I will come out.

Welcome."

At 6:20, Li Weidong took a special car and arrived at the "Jiahe Hotel". Sure enough, he saw Ye Ming and Yi Xiaonan waiting for him at the door of the hotel lobby.

After Li Weidong got off the car, he pretended to be reserved and walked slowly to the entrance of the lobby. He first extended his palm to Yi Xiaonan, shook hands with him, and said with a smile: "Director Yi, it is an honor to have dinner with you again.

"

He knew that Yi Xiaonan was just a section chief now, but in order to please him, he deliberately called him "Director Yi".

Yi Xiaonan greeted him with a busy smile and chatted with him casually for a few words. Seeing that he didn't seem to have any intention of shaking hands with Ye Ming, she pointed at Ye Ming and said, "Minister Li, we are destined to meet again today.

I also want to thank Brother Ye. He is my best friend, the most respected elder brother, and the young hero that my uncle admires the most. You should talk to him first!"

Li Weidong originally wanted to ignore Ye Ming and get close to Yi Xiaonan directly. Unexpectedly, he seemed to know his intentions and asked him to have a chat with Ye Ming. He had to let go of his hand and

He turned to Ye Ming, stretched out his hand and said calmly: "Xiaoye, thank you for your kind invitation. Let's toast Director Yi with two more glasses of wine later."

Ye Ming knew that the knot in his heart could not be eliminated in a day or two, so he winked at Yi Xiaonan and signaled him not to say more. Then he said a few polite words to Li Weidong and took them upstairs into the box.

At this time, Wang Hai, CCTV News Center Director Liu, Sister Wei, and two reporters, Zhao Jiping, were all sitting in the box. Ye Ming introduced them one by one. Xia Chuchu did not come over for dinner because she had to record a program in the evening.

When Li Weidong saw Director Liu, Wei Lin and other famous CCTV figures were indeed at the wine table, and they were polite to Ye Mingke, he was surprised and puzzled: With the reputation and status of Director Liu and others, a small county party secretary

, they naturally look down upon him, but why are they so polite to Ye Ming? Does he really have any extraordinary abilities?

It was not until after the banquet started, when he saw Ye Ming swaying freely at the wine table, talking and laughing, that Li Weidong realized: Zhao Han's son is indeed not simple. Let's not talk about other things, just look at him at the wine table

This kind of vertical and horizontal movement, the wind

His suave demeanor makes people feel good about him. Moreover, judging from his calm and unrestrained behavior and his smooth eloquence, he almost completely copied Lu Zhiyao's appearance when he was young. From this, it can be concluded that he is Lu Zhiyao.

Zhiyao's illegitimate son.

So, when Ye Ming toasted to him again, he suddenly asked: "Xiaoye, how is your mother now? Where is she employed?"

Ye Ming, who was originally in high spirits, suddenly turned gloomy when he asked him this question, and replied: "Minister Li, my mother died of liver cancer eight years ago?"

"What? Your mother has passed away?" Li Weidong's eyes suddenly widened, and he could hardly believe his ears.

Ye Ming nodded sadly and said: "That's right. She has been teaching in a rural middle school in the small county town of our hometown since she started working. She did not leave that middle school until her death, and finally collapsed on the podium. The day she died

In 2016, I had just passed the civil service exam, but she left forever before she could see me working."

At this point, his voice was choked with sobs.

Li Weidong didn't expect that Zhao Han had passed away. When he suddenly heard the news, he was shocked and felt a sense of pity in his heart. He was stunned for a while while holding the wine glass, and then said to Ye Ming in a low tone.

: "Xiaoye, let's toast your mother with this glass of wine, and wish her rest in peace under the Nine Springs!"

Then, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Everyone else on the table also picked up their wine glasses and drank with Ye Ming. Wang Hai patted his shoulder and comforted him.

At this moment, Yi Xiaonan's cell phone suddenly rang. After taking a look at the caller ID on the screen, he quickly picked up the phone and hurried out of the box to answer the call outside.

A few minutes later, Yi Xiaonan reappeared at the door of the box and waved to Ye Ming to tell him to go out.

When Ye Ming came to the aisle, Yi Xiaonan looked around and said in a low voice: "Brother Ming, my uncle called me just now and asked me, you, Director Wang, and Minister Li to find a teahouse after dinner.

Let’s have some tea, and he will come over to meet us around nine o’clock and have a chat.”

Ye Ming did not expect that Director Wu would take the initiative to come over to meet them. He was surprised and happy, and quickly asked: "Where does Director Wu usually drink tea? I will book a private room through my mobile phone soon."

Yi Xiaonan thought for a while and said: "He likes to drink tea at a teahouse called 'Yurun Teahouse' near his residence. You can search online and decide on it here! You can inform Director Wang and Minister Li about it.

Okay?"
Chapter completed!