"Come on, come on, Ziyou, let's toast you a glass. It's a token of my gratitude for what happened in Korea last time." During lunch, as soon as the wine was poured, Xu Yanyi raised his glass first.
Long Ziyou quickly stood up with the cup, with a somewhat flattered look on his face and said: "Ting Xu, how can you respect me? This cup is for you, otherwise others will say that I, Long Ziyou, don't understand etiquette."
Already."
"Haha, we don't talk about rank and official position at the wine table. Besides, you are not my subordinate. There is no need to abide by those rules. If I say respect you, I will respect you." Xu Yanyi smiled, but the smile quickly faded.
, deliberately said with a straight face: "What? Am I not qualified to offer you this glass of wine?"
"Xu Ting, it's not that you are not qualified to offer me this glass of wine, but I can't bear it!" Long Ziyou smiled bitterly, but Xu Yanyi's words had already reached this point, and he had no choice but to accept the glass of wine.
, so after clinking the glasses, he immediately gave Xu Yanyi another glass in return.
Long Ziyou didn't ask anyone else to accompany him at this dinner, so it was just him and Xu Yanyi. After drinking for three rounds, Long Ziyou finally mentioned the tree burial and asked Xu Yanyi to help introduce Liu Daohua, the director of the Department of Civil Affairs.
"Really, Ziyou, why didn't you say it? If you had said it earlier, my classmate might have been sitting here eating with me." Xu Yanyi complained to Long Ziyou, "What are we two doing?
Regarding relationships, just say some things directly, without resorting to officialdom."
"Xu Ting, I..." Long Ziyou really felt flattered this time, but he still had a wry smile on his face.
"Needless to say, I will call my classmate right now to see if I can ask him out tonight and introduce you to him." Xu Yanyi waved his hand to interrupt Long Ziyou's words, and then immediately took out his cell phone in front of Long Ziyou
You made a phone call to his classmate Liu Daohua.
"Old classmate, where are you doing your weekend activities?..." In less than a minute, Xu Yanyi hung up the phone, and then said to Long Ziyou: "Okay, I've made an appointment for you. You'll still be there at seven o'clock tonight.
here."
"Thank you, Xu Ting." Long Ziyou picked up the cup again.
"Next time if you have something to do, just tell me early. Don't act like a coy girl." Xu Yanyi rolled his eyelids at Long Ziyou, and then clinked glasses with him.
…
Because he had to eat at Liuyun Villa again in the evening, Xu Yanyi was too lazy to make another trip and rested in the Villa after lunch. Long Ziyou ostensibly had a room to rest, but in fact it was a beautiful woman who came to the Villa.
Went for a tryst at the boss Su Zihan's place.
At 6:45 pm, Long Ziyou and Xu Yanyi, who had played golf again, were waiting for Liu Daohua's arrival in the noon room.
Liu Daohua and Xu Yanyi were of the same age, and they both knew their destiny. They were in good shape and did not have the trademark belly of many officials. They had a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked a bit gentle and elegant. As soon as he entered the door, he saw
With the unfamiliar Long Ziyou beside Xu Yanyi, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart: Is Lao Xu hosting the 'Hongmen Banquet' today?
"Come on, Lao Liu, let me introduce you. The person next to me is my old friend I mentioned to you, Long Ziyou, Secretary of the Management Committee of Lantian County Development Zone." Xu Yanyi stood up and pointed at himself.
Long Ziyou, who was also standing next to him, introduced.
"Hello, Director Liu, I am Long Ziyou, please give me your advice!" Long Ziyou smiled and extended his hand.
"So you are the Xiaolong that Lao Xu always talks about and praises endlessly. My classmate finally told the truth for once. You are indeed a talented person, young and promising!" Liu Daohua joked while shaking hands with Long Ziyou.
"Go, go, go, never did I tell you the truth." Xu Yanyi on the side immediately laughed and cursed, and the atmosphere in the private room immediately became lively.
A good start is half the success. With a good start, the atmosphere will be relaxed and lively. In fact, although Liu Daohua has never seen Long Ziyou, he has heard Xu Yanyi mention it several times.
, he knew to some extent that Secretary Xiaolong was very tough, so he didn’t look down on Long Ziyou because of his low level. Besides, he had to give some face to the people introduced by his best friends.
"Old Liu, I heard you say some time ago that your office wants to carry out funeral reform. Xiaolong now wants to set up a tree burial pilot. For the sake of old classmates, you can help." After drinking for three rounds, Xu Yanyi took the initiative to help Long.
Ziyou brought up the business.
"Tree burial? Xiaolong, tell me what you think." Liu Daohua turned his eyes to Long Ziyou's face and said humorously. As the director of the Civil Affairs Department, he had naturally heard about tree burials abroad, and even recently went to see them in person.
Went abroad for inspection.
"Director Liu, the situation in our development zone is like this..." Long Ziyou explained the causes and feasibility of tree burial to Liu Daohua in detail, and finally handed over the feasible report and plan on tree burial.
To Liu Daohua.
"Haha, Lao Xu has already laid a trap for me to take advantage of, and Xiaolong has also been prepared for it." Liu Daohua took over the plan and said with a smile.
"Hey, old Liu, don't be ungrateful. Xiaolong and I are here to bring you political achievements. If you don't thank us, we'll beat you up!" Xu Yanyi scolded with a smile.
"Old Xu, Old Xu, you are really eloquent. No wonder you have come to the Foreign Affairs Office to give full play to your talents!" Liu Daohua also responded with a smile, avoiding Xu Yanyi's pressure without leaving a trace.
"Xiaolong, I already know your basic ideas. I will read the report and plan when I get back, and then give you an answer." Liu Daohua's eyes turned to Long Ziyou's face again, "But I'm a little confused, why don't you just follow the instructions?"
What about the next step-by-step review and approval report?”
"Time waits for no one. The step-by-step approval process from below takes too long. I want to directly approve the project from the province and then put the pilot in our development zone. That will save a lot of time." Long Ziyou said honestly.
replied.
"Yeah." Liu Daohua nodded thoughtfully. In fact, with his official power, how could he not understand Long Ziyou's intentions? He just wanted to confirm it.
The three of them are all members of the system, and most of the topics they talk about are matters within the system, and the Yangshan Bridge incident, which has caused a lot of fuss recently, is naturally an indispensable topic. Therefore, Long Ziyou also heard a lot of inside information from Xu Yanyi and Liu Daohua.
The incident may also involve a certain leader in the province, but the provincial leader did not dig deeper out of consideration of the overall situation. As for who the leader involved was, neither Liu Daohua nor Xu Yanyi mentioned it, which made Long Zi
It feels a bit regretful to travel.
At half past nine in the evening, the dinner party hosted by Long Ziyou ended with the guests having a good time. Under Xu Yanyi's unremitting efforts to "force the palace", Liu Daohua promised to reply to Long Ziyou by next Wednesday at the latest. Because of this,
He was also quite surprised and murmured in his mind: It seems that the relationship between Lao Xu and his little friend is really extraordinary!
After seeing off Liu Daohua and Xu Yanyi, Long Ziyou and Su Zihan returned to the villa of Celebrity Impression Villa together. As soon as they entered the door, Mr. Lan said with a bit of teasing: "Our official Long is really busy. It's a big weekend."
Still busy."
"There is no way, people who have a hard life are born to work hard." Long Ziyou shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Tch, you asked for this. You already have more money than you can spend in a lifetime. Is it necessary to be a ninth-grade sesame official? You make yourself so tired." Mr. Lan gave Long Ziyou a big look.
.
"What's the point of doing nothing but eating, drinking and having fun?" Long Ziyou spread his hands and shrugged, "As Master Xing said, being a human being without ideals is no different from a salted fish."
"You have a lot of truth in being an official, but I can't explain it to you." Mr. Lan rolled his eyes at someone again, causing bursts of laughter from Guo Meimei and Fu Xiaoqian next to him.
There is really no way to reason with women! Long Ziyou smiled helplessly, walked to the 'flowers' and sat down.
Long Ziyou's visit to the provincial capital should have been the happiest thing for Mr. Lan, but unfortunately, her "eldest aunt" came and she had to sleep alone in the next room. She thought of Long Ziyou and her three good sisters.
The girl in the next room was extremely happy, and you can imagine how depressed she felt. This was also the most important reason why she teased Ryuko when he walked in. Women, no matter how powerful a strong woman you are,
is an emotional animal.
The next day, Sunday, Long Ziyou, who had nothing to do, made a special call to Taiwanese reporter Duan Sisi in the morning. He remembered that he still owed Duan Sisi a meal, and it was time to pay it back. Besides, the incident at Yangshan Bridge not long ago
, I haven’t thanked her yet. Of course, I can’t express my gratitude.
Reporters generally don't distinguish between weekends and weekends. They have to go out when something happens. When she received a call from Long Ziyou, Duan Sisi happened to be running a news story. She wasn't sure whether she would have time at noon, but she agreed to Long Ziyou's call.
, if you can’t spare time at noon, then do it in the evening.
As a result, Duan Sisi really couldn't spare the time, so she got a call near noon, changed the time to evening, and said she would bring a friend over.
As soon as he put down the phone, Long Ziyou remembered Dai Shuisheng, the provincial newspaper reporter who had helped him, and even called him, so he immediately dialed Dai Shuisheng's mobile phone.
After a while of greetings, Long Ziyou asked for a dinner treat, but Dai Shuisheng's surprised voice immediately came from the phone: "Secretary Long, Sisi just called me and said he would take me to a friend's dinner, and that friend of hers
Couldn't it be you?"
"Reporter Duan has already called you?" Long Ziyou was also very surprised, but he immediately laughed and said: "Sisi? It seems that the relationship between the two of you is really unusual?"
"Of course, we just started a relationship, and Sisi is now my girlfriend." Dai Shuisheng's proud voice came from the microphone, and he didn't care at all about Long Ziyou's ambiguous teasing.
"The golden boy and the beautiful girl are a match made in heaven, so I would like to congratulate Reporter Dai first." Long Ziyou said with a smile.