Just as Ye Ming expected, in the banquet hall on the third floor, the chief dining table where Su Xing arranged for him and Chen Mengqi to sit was placed alone at the front of the banquet hall, under the wedding host table.
The chief dining table is slightly larger than the other tables, covered with scarlet embroidered tablecloth, and a pot of bright red flowers is placed in the middle of the table.
At this time, there were about ten people sitting at the table, including two or three old men in their sixties or seventies, and six or seven middle-aged men and women in their fifties wearing festive clothes. It is estimated that these people should be Su Xing and The grandparents, uncles, aunts and other elders in his wife’s family.
In addition, there were a few middle-aged people with serious expressions and reserved attitudes sitting near the host table. The relatives who had woken up were all smiling and chatting with them from time to time. , and these people only occasionally chatted or smiled politely, but even when they smiled, their expressions were very cold.
As soon as Ye Ming saw the demeanor and posture of these people, he knew that they were government officials, and their ranks were at least above the department level.
Sure enough, after the awakened cousin brought Ye Ming to the chief, before arranging him to take a seat, he first introduced the official officials to him in a very respectful tone: the one sitting in the middle was Deputy Cao of Yuehai District District Mayor, sitting next to Deputy District Mayor Cao is Director Shan of the Yuehai District Planning Bureau, followed by Deputy Director Li of the Yuehai District Land and Resources Bureau, General Manager Wei of the Yuehai District Urban Construction Investment Co., Ltd....
It turned out that the building materials city that Su Xing's father planned to build was in Yuehai District. Over this period of time, he spent an unknown amount of money and managed to get acquainted with Cao Ke, deputy director of Yuehai District, through several business partners. Shan Ying, Director of the Planning Bureau, Li Canru, Deputy Director of the Land Use Section of the District Land and Resources Bureau, and several other officials are working hard to curry favor with them, hoping that they will help them with land approval, planning, etc. and go to the higher level.
Therefore, he ceremoniously invited them over today, received a 600 yuan red envelope from each of them, and gave each of them a "BBK Supermarket" shopping coupon worth 20,000 yuan as a gift...
Deputy District Chief Cao glanced at Ye Ming when Su Xing's cousin introduced them to them. He saw that he was handsome, neither humble nor overbearing. When he heard Su Xing's cousin introduce his position as "Deputy District Chief", he just looked at him. He smiled slightly and said "Hello, District Chief Cao" in an understatement. He did not show the awe-inspiring look like other people at the table. He couldn't help but feel angry secretly. He let out a "hum" and turned his head to ignore him.
Several other officials were Cao Ke's subordinates. Seeing that he seemed to look down on Ye Ming, they just nodded to him coldly. When Ye Ming said hello to them, no one responded to him.
The cousin who woke up felt a little embarrassed when he saw Ye Ming being treated coldly. After introducing him to a few other relatives, he hurried out to arrange for other guests.
Chen Mengqi was a very sensible girl. Seeing that there were so many officials and relatives sitting at this table, she no longer clung to Ye Ming as before, but sat there in a polite manner.
After sitting like this for a few minutes, she felt very uncomfortable. She just wanted to rest her head on Ye Ming's shoulder, and quietly said to Ye Ming: "Brother, let's find another table to sit at. Here I will sit with you." It’s very restrictive,”
Ye Ming also had this idea, but since Su Xing arranged for him to sit here, he must have his own ideas, so it was not easy to brush off his kindness, so he smiled and comforted her quietly and said: "Qiqi, be patient, wait a moment We eat our own food, drink our own food, and when we’re full and drunk, we just leave, so there’s no need to be restrained.”
As he spoke, he reached out and gently held her delicate right palm.
Chen Mengqi listened to his gentle words to comfort herself, then stretched out her hand to hold her hand. Her heart felt sweet and warm, and she sat there obediently and said nothing.
A few minutes later, the cousin who woke up brought someone to the chief with a smile on his face. Ye Ming turned around and saw that it was Su Han.
This time, the awake cousin chose to introduce Su Han first.
He pulled Su Han to the side where Deputy District Chief Cao and others were sitting, pointed at Su Han, and introduced in a very respectful tone: "District Chief Cao, this is Section Chief Su Han from the municipal government office. Vice Mayor She’s secretary,”
Cao Ke and others were on the line that She Chuming was in charge of, and were his direct subordinates.
Therefore, after hearing that Su Han was Deputy Mayor She's secretary, Cao Ke seemed to be frightened and jumped up from his chair. His cold expression was instantly replaced by a flattering smile, and he turned around and grabbed He held Su Han's hand, shook it repeatedly, and said excitedly: "Secretary Su, hello, hello, I am Cao Ke, who is in charge of urban construction and land work in Yuehai District. Since Mayor She was promoted, I have always wanted to Find an opportunity to visit him, but Mayor She is too busy with work, so I haven't been able to do so. Now I'm fine. I met Secretary Su today. It will be much more convenient to report to Mayor She in the future, hehehe ,"
Su Han glanced at Ye Ming and Chen Mengqi who were sitting opposite, then turned his eyes to Cao Ke, smiled reservedly, and said: "Hello, District Chief Cao, please don't call me Secretary Su in the future. I'm just a handyman. I pour tea for Mayor She, open the car door, and deliver documents, that's all. You call me secretary, how can I be the one?"
Cao Ke said repeatedly: "Secretary Su, you are too humble, too humble. Come on, come on. You sit in this seat and I will sit with you. I will have a few glasses of wine with you later."
With that said, he forced Su Han to sit down in the middle seat, and he sat in the seat vacated by Deputy Director Li of the Land and Resources Bureau to accompany him.
Ye Ming knew that people in the officialdom valued the secretaries of superior leaders and were particularly willing to fawn over them. According to an officialdom novel, the secretary of the superior leader was the de facto "No. 2 leader." They sometimes said something to the leader. The words are even more powerful than the "pillow style" of the boss's wife.
Of course, Cao Ke didn't know that Su Han was not favored by She Chuming, so he was so fawning to please him at this moment.
Seeing that Su Han didn't even say a word of modesty, Chen Mengqi sat down in the middle seat with a satisfied expression on her face. Knowing that his vanity had been greatly satisfied, Chen Mengqi quietly pouted at him and said: A "cut" mouth shape, luckily Su Han didn't notice it.
Originally, Su Han wanted to introduce Chen Mengqi to Cao Ke and others as Deputy Mayor She's niece, but vanity stopped him: a snobbish officialdom veteran like District Chief Cao, if he knew that he was sitting across from him, When she was the niece of Vice Mayor She, she was afraid that she would immediately abandon her little secretary and instead go to curry favor with Chen Mengqi and Ye Ming.
And this is what he least wants to see and what he cannot tolerate.