After a thirteen-hour flight, the plane landed at Dulles International Airport in the United States.
Li Xiaoning walked out of the airport and looked back and forth among the people picking up the plane for a long time before he noticed a thin young man holding a piece of A4 paper with "Pick up Li Xiaoning" written in Chinese characters on it.
Li Xiaoning couldn't help but frowned. The position of assistant military attache is not high, and it is definitely not low. Although it is impossible for Labor Ambassador Feng Hong and military attache Lin Zuotao to greet them in person, at least there should be a deputy military attaché or something like that? The worst thing is
There needs to be a secretary or military attache assistant who is similar to him, right? But the situation in front of him is irrelevant to either one. The standard of greeting can be described as shabby, and he even wrote his own name.
Wrong.
Although Li Xiaoning didn't care about the trivial details of welcoming and sending off, he could tell from the greeting personnel that the entire high-level staff of the embassy in the United States did not want to see him. The reason why he said this was because he was an assistant to the military attaché.
Those who are under dual leadership, both under the leadership of the ambassador and the leadership of the military attache, as long as one person welcomes his own way, the current situation will not happen.
Li Xiaoning didn't know where he had offended Feng Hong and Lin Zuotao, because he had never even met these two people in person, so it was impossible to offend them. The more likely explanation is that Feng Hong and Lin Zuotao were both from his own hostile camp.
But this is not
Most likely. Because Li Xiaoning doesn’t have his own camp yet. If he insists on making a faction, he should be considered a member of the Guan family. But it was arranged by Mr. Zhang Yunpeng that he came to the United States to serve. It is impossible for Zhang Yunpeng to send himself to the opponent of the Guan family.
Go and suffer.
After thinking for a while, Li Xiaoning shook his head and couldn't figure it out. Forget it, now that the matter was at this point, he could only take one step at a time. After all, he came to the United States with the intention of fleeing, and he had no diplomatic experience, so he had to rely on
Feng Hong and Lin Zuotao's care. As long as these two people do not touch the bottom line of their principles, I should not worry about these small details.
Thinking of this, Li Xiaoning walked over quickly, patted the shoulder of the young man who was leaning weakly on the pillar of the airport hall and looking around boredly, and said with a smile: "Hello, comrade, are you here to pick me up?"
"Are you Li Xiaoning?" the young man asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Are you a staff member of the Chinese Embassy in the United States?" Li Xiaoning asked, touching his nose.
"Yes. Are you Li Xiaoning?" the young man said again.
"If you are from the embassy, then I am Li Xiaoning." Li Xiaoning said with a wry smile.
"Why are you so young?" the young man blurted out and asked.
"What? Did anyone tell you that I am very old?" Li Xiaoning asked with a smile.
"No, no." The young man apologized hurriedly, "I mean, you are an assistant military attache, and your military rank must be lieutenant colonel, right? You must be in your thirties at least. I didn't expect you to be so young, you,
Are you twenty-five years old?"
"Twenty-six years old." Li Xiaoning said with a smile, "I am a major, not a lieutenant colonel."
"That's pretty awesome." The young man said excitedly, "By the way, my name is Zhou Peng, a staff officer at the Military Attaché. You can just call me Xiao Zhou. If you need anything in the future, just call me. Please take care of me."
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There is a reason why Zhou Peng's attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees. This young man was also born in a rural area. After passing the military academy, he was sent to the Chinese garrison because he was good at studies and politically strong.
He worked in the Attaché Division of the U.S. Embassy. Such an honor once made him feel very proud, and he was once full of ambitions and wanted to do something big.
However, after he arrived in the United States, he discovered that it was not the case at all. His professional knowledge had no place to be used here, and it was difficult to do well at work. In addition, he had no connections and background, so he never got the job.
Appreciation from superiors. After working for a year, it is still
Staff officer, he was still a staff officer after two years, and now he has been working for five years, and he is still a staff officer. His ambition has long been worn away, and he muddles along with the mentality of being a monk for a day and beating the clock, and he is increasingly unpopular with his superiors.
, gradually became a marginalized figure in the embassy.
In fact, at the beginning, he couldn't get up his spirits for today's airport pick-up task. His superiors sent him, a person with no status, to pick him up. It was obvious that Li Xiaoning was also a person who was not favored by his superiors, just like himself.
He's an unlucky guy.
But when he saw Li Xiaoning, his heart suddenly became hot, because Li Xiaoning was one year younger than him, but he had already become an assistant to the military attache with the rank of major. In this way, Li Xiaoning either had outstanding talents or a strong background.
Maybe his opportunity has come. If he can climb up to the young major's high profile, he will have a bright future.
Although Li Xiaoning is one year younger than Zhou Peng, he has worked his way up from the grassroots officialdom in the past few years. His experience and knowledge are beyond the comparison of Zhou Peng, who only sits in the office. He immediately saw through it.
Understand Zhou Peng’s little thoughts.
But Li Xiaoning does not reject Zhou Peng's mentality. This at least shows that Zhou Peng still wants to make progress. For such people, if they are guided correctly, they still have great prospects for development. The biggest fear is that they are not motivated, so
No matter how hard you cultivate it, you can't cultivate it.
Moreover, when Li Xiaoning came here, he was really unfamiliar with the place. Although he had a few friends in the business world, he had no acquaintances at the embassy. He also needed to form his own team as soon as possible. This time he came to the United States, although he had to flee.
ingredients, but he didn't want to hide obediently at all. His veins were filled with hot blood, not stagnant water.
Although this young man Zhou Peng is still a low-level staff officer after working for several years, it does not mean that he is incapable. Sometimes if you want to achieve great results, you need a mentor who can point out the direction. At the very least, he can be assigned
People who come to the embassy in the United States cannot be any worse. Besides, judging from his performance just now, Zhou Peng is still very discerning.
Thinking of this, Li Xiaoning shook Zhou Peng's hand hard and said: "Comrade Zhou Peng, you should have been working at the Chinese Embassy in the United States for many years. You should be very familiar with the situation in the United States. Come to my office often when you are free.
Sit down, I have brought some good tea leaves from China, and some special Chinese cigarettes. If you are interested, you can try them..."
Zhou Peng was overjoyed. What Li Xiaoning just said was acquiescence to his overtures, and how could someone who can smoke special Chinese cigarettes be an ordinary person? He quickly patted his chest and said: "Assistant Li, I have been working at the Chinese Embassy in the United States for a whole year.
It’s been five years, I want to say it’s right
I know the situation in the United States, and there are few people in the entire embassy who are more familiar with it than I am. Assistant Li, if you have anything to do, just ask me. It has been a while since I drank the good tea and smoked the cigarettes of the motherland. I miss you so much. I have to go to you.
The autumn breeze blows in the office..."
The two people chatted and laughed as they left the airport. A black Audi car with the Chinese flag was parked at the gate. Zhou Peng quickly stepped forward and opened the rear door. He skillfully used his right arm to cover the hood of the car for protection, and asked Li Xiaoning to get in.