While Xu Ziqiang was in a good mood, Yan Ning was in dire straits. Early in the morning, it snowed heavily in Shuangjiang City. The company had entered the holiday, and Yan Ning was embarrassed to bother Lao Li with him during this period.
I ran by myself. However, the snow was heavy and the road was not easy to walk. The ice and snow roads were slippery, and the bus driver did not dare to drive. He stopped and stopped. The journey that originally took less than four hours ended up taking a full five and a half hours.
Not to mention, it was extremely cold in the bus, and Yan Ning was shivering from the cold.
After finally getting out of the car, it was already past noon. My plan to make an appointment with Zhou Bin and Director Yu at noon, and then spend the night at Sister Miao Ling's house suddenly came to nothing. I took out the phone and used the cold phone.
Some trembling fingers dialed Director Yu's phone number. The call was connected. Noisy voices came from the phone. Director Yu asked with a tongue-tied voice: "Hello, I am Yu Shijie, who are you?"
Which one?"
"Director Yu, this is Yan Ning. Are you on vacation? Are you free? I came to Bingcheng to see you." Yan Ning heard the voice on the phone and knew that Director Yu was attending the dinner. He didn't want to
It dampened his interest, but it was too cold today, and he was shivering from the cold, so it was better to make a quick decision.
"Uh, Yan Ning, what are you doing here in this cold weather? You can't come at any time in our relationship, but you're doing all these tricks. I'm eating right now. You just got out of the car. Why don't you come?
If you haven’t eaten yet, come here quickly, in room 1208 of Xiangjiang Hotel..."
"Director Yu, I came here alone. I didn't drive, and it was inconvenient to carry large and small packages. So I won't go. Do you think this will work? You should be busy first, and I will contact you later..."
Yan Ning really couldn't rush over now. It's unlikely that he would be able to have dinner with Director Yu. Carrying things and walking around during the Chinese New Year would have a bad impact on people.
"It's nothing inconvenient. Director Zhou is the host today. If you want to find him, you won't be able to find him if you don't come here. Besides, the people here are all my good friends. There are no outsiders. You're welcome. Come over quickly. It's just in time.
Let's get to know each other..." Director Yu said quickly, probably guessing that Yan Ning was going to find Zhou Bin, and simply gave up Yan Ning's thoughts.
"Hehe, Director Yu, you really know me. Okay, since you are all together, I will rush over right away and we will meet up soon." It seems that this bureau is not going to work without going, and it is a coincidence that the two of them got together.
Got together.
"Old Zhou, Yan Ning is here to give you a gift. I was about to find you when I pulled you here. Haha, it's time for you to spend money again..." After hanging up the phone, Director Yu said to Zhou
Bin Yi grinned and joked.
"Oh, Yan Ning is here, hehe, he is waiting for you. Will he be here soon?" Fatty Zhou's eyes suddenly brightened, and there was no trace of drunkenness on his face.
The conversation between Director Yu and Fatty Zhou attracted the attention of the other four people at the wine table. However, most of the people who could be called friends by Director Yu and Fatty Zhou were all middle-aged leaders. After hearing what Director Yu said,
Yan Ning is here to give a gift, and he is not surprised. Is it the Chinese New Year? The units and leaders below will choose to walk around at this time. The person who is here to give a gift this time seems to be familiar with Director Zhou and Director Yu. Otherwise,
, Director Yu cannot make his own decision and let him come directly to this occasion.
No one paid attention to the brief words between the two people. It was overshadowed by the drinking climax again in just a moment. However, both Zhou Bin and Director Yu were concealing their drinking capacity.
I was afraid that when Yan Ning arrived later, he would be drunk and talk nonsense.
There was a gentle knock on the door, and the waiter standing outside opened the door and led Yan Ning into the private room. Seeing Yan Ning's figure flashing at the door, Director Yu immediately stood up, followed by Fatty Zhou to greet him.
Yan Ning was flattered by this move, and also surprised the friends who were dining at the same table with the two. They all turned their attention to Yan Ning. He was not very tall, his clothes were very ordinary, and he had a clutch in his hand.
Carrying two gift bags, he was a low-level clerk. If he had any characteristics, he was relatively young. I don’t know what kind of virtue and ability this young man had, so he was so respectful to the two of them.
"Come on, come on, Yan Ning, let me introduce to you. These are friends of me and Zhou Chu. This is Director Li Yunli of the Provincial Department of Construction, and this is Bai Ji from the Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
Director Haibai, this is Director Qu Fengqu from the Inspection Division of the Bingcheng State Taxation Bureau, and this is Director Wang Yumin from the Bingcheng Health Bureau..." Director Yu introduced several people to Yan Ning one by one.
Fan, who is either a director or a director, is the middle-level backbone of each unit. It is true to say that fish looks for fish and shrimp looks for shrimp. To reach the position of Director Yu or Director Zhou, the circle to which he belongs must also have a certain degree.
The leadership class of social status, to use a simpler term, is the elite class.
However, since he is a leader, in addition to his excellence, he also has his own pride. When Director Yu introduced Yan Ning as a deputy mayor of Yulin County, Director Li Yun and Director Qu Feng
The director was obviously a little contemptuous. He just shook Yan Ning's hand politely and then sat in front of the table without saying a word. However, Director Bai Jihai and Wang Yumin politely made friends with Yan Ning.
Wang Yumin, who was accompanying him, even gave Yan Ning his seat and brought a set of tableware to Yan Ning. This move made Yan Ning's favor double.
Yan Ning has always given people a modest impression, but under this humble appearance, there is also a firmness and reserve that is different from ordinary people. People respect me as much as I respect others. This has always been Yan Ning's principle of doing things. Like Li Chu
Although Yan Ning would not mind the contempt shown by Director Chang and Qu towards Yan Ning, he would not stoop half-lower to deliberately please him. Maintaining the surface politeness would make Zhou Bin, the host,
Just talk to Yu Shijie and it will be fine.
Among the people at the table, Yan Ning was the youngest, had the lowest rank, and was the last to arrive. After clinking a glass of wine with Director Yu and Director Zhou, Yan Ning picked up the glass again, stood up, and greeted politely.
The four new acquaintances toasted with a glass of wine. Maybe they had drunk enough wine, or they were not willing to be too polite to Yan Ning, who was only a minor mayor. Director Li and Director Qu were just symbolic.
After picking up the wine glass and touching it with Yan Ning across the table, he took a sip on his lips and said it was all right. Bai Jihai and Wang Yumin stood up politely and bumped their wine glasses with Yan Ning.
After a while, he drank it all in one gulp. This move not only greatly increased Yan Ning's favor, but also Director Yu and Director Zhou also applauded loudly.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Yan Ning did not take a bite of the food. It was not that the food was not good. Yan Ning had a bad habit that was not very good. He would not eat any leftover food that was not home-cooked. This is exactly what happened.
Habits made Yan Ning unwilling to rush to the place halfway. The main reason was that Yan Ning couldn't eat the food that others used chopsticks first, so after sitting down, Yan Ning just drank a few glasses of wine and a few glasses of tea. Director Yu
Both he and Director Zhou were a little drunk and didn't pay much attention to this aspect. After inviting Yan Ning to eat, they started fighting with the others.
The interest of several people did not dampen because of Yan Ning's participation. On the contrary, after a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere became more lively. Yan Ning was not familiar with them and could not interrupt, so he just smiled and looked at the behavior of several people.
, after some observation, I got some insights. How can a person's true face be revealed after drinking? Director Bai is very arrogant, showing pride in his bones. No matter who he drinks with, he always maintains his dignity.
A small distance makes people feel that it is difficult to get close; Director Li has a very strong temper, speaks very irritably, and always seems to be bossing around several other people, which is probably because he is used to it; Qu Feng is calm and calm.
His expression was the same as everyone else's, with a hint of cordiality that made it impossible to see through his true inner thoughts. As for Wang Yumin, Yan Ning found it most interesting. He seemed to always keep his posture very low, even a little
He felt humble, but Yan Ning carefully discovered that there was a little bit of fakeness behind his smile. Although the fakeness only lasted for a moment, Yan Ning was sure that he had seen it right.
"This circle is quite interesting. Although Director Yu said that several people are friends, but now it seems that there may be a deeper meaning in it." Looking at Yan Ning who was somewhat interesting, such an idea suddenly came to his mind.
Come on, I can't help but feel a little funny. The circle of people getting along with each other is really complicated.
Yan Ning found it boring to see several people going back and forth, each with confused drunken eyes, performing a farce that was as sincere as possible.
Yan Ning disturbed the interest of others and could only sit aside quietly. Just then, the cell phone rang suddenly. The harsh ringtone interrupted Director Li's conversation, which made Director Li a little unhappy. Yan Ning apologized to Li
The director nodded, stood up, answered the phone, and walked out of the private room quickly.
"Hey, Yan Ning? I heard you've arrived in Bingcheng, are you done?" Ling Zhen's words that he thought were gentle came over the phone, but he didn't know that Yan Ning's body was covered with goosebumps when he heard this playful tone.
"Hey, don't tell me that you came to Bingcheng too. I'm here to do business. You're not chasing me all the way to Bingcheng just to blackmail me, are you?" Although Yan Ning said this, in her heart
But there was no certainty at all. Ling Zhen always did things unexpectedly, making people really confused as to what he was going to do next.
"Tch, you are looking down on people too much. Just ask Mayor Yan to give gifts through connections during the New Year and festivals. With us soldiers, there will be no favors. Now that we are wiser, we also know how to give gifts through the back door. How about it?
Are you done? No, I just visited an elder’s house. Hehe, I’m a little hungry. I heard from Lao Li that you were in Bingcheng, so I’ll give you a call. I know there’s a place in Bingcheng where you can have a barbecue.
The whole sheep is really good, what's the matter, why don't we get one together?" Ling Zhen's previous words were still somewhat serious, but the topic changed and it fell back on eating. This guy must have been reincarnated as a hungry ghost in his previous life.
"Okay, I'll let you grab the big deal again. It's so easy for you. I'll wait for you in front of the Xiangjiang Hotel. Come pick me up. I don't have a car..." Regarding Ling Zhen's blackmail, Yan Ning was speechless for a while. Fortunately,
Yan Ning was about to leave. With Ling Zhen as an introduction, it would be easier to talk to Director Yu and Director Zhou.