In fact, there is no need for Ye Ming to refuse the red envelope in the guest room at this time. He can wait until the afternoon meeting and secretly return it to Zheng Xiaoliang or Chen Jian.
However, Ye Ming had another purpose at this time: First, he was worried that he would stay in the room with Zhou Meiyu for a long time and that nothing had happened. He might have made up some problems by Chen Jian and others, and he might even be able to be Zhou Meiyu falsely accused him of doing anything to her in the room, and that he would jump into the Yellow River and would not be able to wash it clearly. Therefore, he now wants Zheng Xiaoliang or Chen Jian to come over and let them see that he and Zhou Meiyu are Qingqing. It is white, so as not to give someone a handle.
Second, he also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to return the red envelope and drive Zhou Meiyu out and prevent her from staying in his room: because he still has many questions to think about and judge, and he has no time to chat with Zhou Meiyu.
So he firmly asked Zhou Meiyu to call Zheng Xiaoliang immediately, ask him to come over, and return the money to him in person...
Ten minutes after Zhou Meiyu called, Chen Jian and Zheng Xiaoliang rushed over.
As soon as he entered Ye Ming's room, Chen Jian looked at Ye Ming and Zhou Meiyu a few times. Seeing that they were neatly dressed and looked natural, there was no sign of any ambiguous incident just now, he was a little surprised: It turned out that he was drinking just now. On the table, Chen Jian saw that Ye Ming seemed to be very interested in Zhou Meiyu. He was secretly happy at that time, thinking that Ye Ming had fallen into his trap. Later, after dinner, he heard Ye Ming say he wanted to go back to his room to rest. I thought he was a little impatient and wanted to share the joy of the fish with Zhou Meiyu, so he specifically instructed Zhou Meiyu to make her obey Section Chief Ye’s request and do her best to serve him well.
Therefore, just now when Zheng Xiaoliang received a call from Zhou Meiyu, saying that Ye Ming must return the red envelope left in his room, Chen Jian thought Ye Ming was pretending to be a pretentious move, and he also expected that he and Zhou Meiyu must have accomplished a good thing. He quickly brought Zheng Xiaoliang over. On the one hand, he wanted to see the scene where Ye Ming and Zhou Meiyu were in a romance. On the other hand, he also wanted to persuade Ye Ming not to have any scruples and just accept the red envelope.
Unexpectedly, after he came in, he saw not what he wanted to see, which made him a little disappointed.
After Chen Jian and Zheng Xiaoliang came in, Ye Ming called the red envelope to Chen Jian and said with a smile: "Secretary Chen, Director Zheng, you are so polite. I have just explained it to Director Zhou: I will not It’s not that I’m pretentious or not accepting the feelings of all the leaders, but that after I entered the work of the Provincial Party Committee Office, I set a rule for myself: I will never accept any red envelopes and gifts. This is my personal principle and bottom line, so please two of you. The leader will understand and remove this red envelope. Here, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you again."
Chen Jian was very unhappy when he heard his words. He thought to himself that you were not dry and you were talking about the principles and bottom line in front of me. Isn’t this openly slapping me, the county party secretary, in the face?
However, he only dared to say this in his heart, but he still showed a false smile on the surface. He gave Ye Ming a thumbs up and said insincerely: "Secretary Ye, you are young and you have asked for this from yourself. Strictly, just so self-disciplined, it is really rare. However, it is actually a practice for us to do this, and many local governments do this. Section Chief Ye may have just visited the provincial party committee office and conducted less research in the local area. So I'm not used to this kind of thing, so I advise Section Chief Ye not to refuse. Isn't it just a little missed meal fee? It's no big deal. Besides, if you don't charge this missed meal fee, come with you. Those comrades, including Director Hu, are embarrassed to accept it, right? That would be awkward. So, I hope Section Chief Ye can think about it again. Sometimes, principles and bottom lines can also be adapted. Yes wrong."
Chen Jian's words really make sense: the reason why Hong Xi and others were rushing to come to Huangyuan this time is to put it bluntly, they just wanted to enjoy the ultra-standard reception from the Huangyuan County Party Committee and County Government, and at the same time they wanted to If you get a big red envelope, if Ye Ming doesn't accept the red envelope, their red envelopes will definitely have to be returned. In that case, he may have offended these people inadvertently...
Thinking of this, Ye Ming hesitated for a moment, but finally said firmly: "Secretary Chen, I just emphasized: You have the practice of receiving superiors, and I also have my personal principles and bottom line. I won't accept this. The missed meal fee only means me alone, and I cannot use my own standards to measure other comrades. So, for my missed meal fee, please let the comrades in the reception office be removed. As for the other comrades in our investigation team, they I don’t know if I have refunded the meal fee. As long as you and Director Zheng and Director Zhou don’t say it, they will definitely not have any ideas, right?”
As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Jian and the other three looked different on their faces: A sharp cold light flashed in Chen Jian's eyes, which was obviously extremely dissatisfied with Ye Ming's push and obstacles; Zheng Xiaoliang had no expression on his face, but he cursed angrily in his heart. A "hypocrite"; and Zhou Meiyu, now she found that Ye Ming has more and more advantages, especially his current behavior of resolutely demanding to return the red envelope, made her feel deeply impressed: in the current officials Among them, there are still several people who can face risk-free red envelopes and gifts like the young section chief in front of them without any worries.
After saying that, Ye Ming was also paying attention to the reactions of Chen Jian and the other three. He was a very sensitive and extremely keen person. The sharp cold light flashed in Chen Jian's eyes just now, and He did not escape his eyes. After seeing this cold light, Ye Ming suddenly felt a little regretful: It seems that it may not be a good idea to ask for the red envelope to be refunded like this, and he may even give it to himself. It brought hidden dangers and risks: if you don’t accept this red envelope, it means that you have rejected Chen Jian and others’ flattery and pleased him, which means that you have drawn a demarcation between you and them, and even between you and other members of the investigation team. There is a gap, from then on, Chen Jian will probably be vigilant about himself, guard against himself, monitor himself, and in that case, if he wants to secretly investigate the matters of Heshun Company, he may encounter resistance...
However, since things came to this point, he could no longer regret it. So, under his insistence, the red envelope was removed, and Zhou Meiyu also followed Chen Jian and Zheng Xiaoliang out of his room, so that he could finally lie down quietly. Think about the next strategy.