Shen Youbin was afraid that Ye Ming would refuse again. After asking Ye Ming to follow them to the capital first, he immediately picked up his cell phone and dialed Zou Wenming's number and told him: Ye Ming wants to go to the capital with you. There is something very important. I want his help, so I have to ask the bureau for a few days' leave.
When Zou Wenming saw that it was Secretary Shen who personally called Ye Ming to ask for leave, he dared not agree. He repeatedly agreed on the phone, and then called Ye Ming himself, asking him not to worry about the affairs of the bureau and first Accompany Secretary Shen to the capital to get things done.
Ye Ming really didn't want to go to the capital, but Shen Youbin and Zou Wenming both said that, so he couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to reluctantly agree.
Ye Ming's style of doing things is to either don't do it or do it well and do it successfully.
Therefore, after agreeing to Shen Youbin, he began to pay attention to the specific details of the matter, and asked Shi Xing: "Director Shi, what kind of character is Director Lu Nianzi, and what are his hobbies?"
Shi Xing replied: "According to our friends who work at the National Development and Reform Commission, Lu Nianzi is a very elegant woman with a high quality of life. She comes from a wealthy family. Her father is the secretary of the provincial party committee, and her husband is also a young and talented woman." She is a leading cadre, so she is in her thirties and does not want to have children yet. She is very capable at work, has outstanding work performance, and is highly valued by the leaders of the National Development and Reform Commission. But outside of work, she likes high-end elegance. In her life, she likes to wear high-end brand-name clothes and go to high-end leisure and entertainment venues. Her circle of friends are also the descendants of high-ranking officials, wealthy people, celebrities, and film and television stars. It is said that Lu Nianzi is beautiful and has an elegant temperament. When she was young, she wanted to develop in the entertainment industry. When she was in college, she also starred in the second heroine of a famous youth idol movie. Unfortunately, her father and grandfather refused to allow her to pursue an acting career, so she had to enter a state agency instead. , and was successfully promoted to a director-level position. Precisely because she had acting talent and the dream of becoming an actress since she was a child, her current circle of friends has the largest number of people in the entertainment industry, including several famous female movie stars. , such as Li Shiyun, Fan Heyun, Du Yingying, etc., are all her very close best friends. As for her character, many people say: She inherited the advantages of her father. She has a strong personality, but is very righteous and kind-hearted. If you meet her for the first time, People who meet her will think she is a bit arrogant, but after being together for a long time, they will know that she is actually very easy to deal with."
Ye Ming listened to Shi Xing's talk without any hesitation or pause, and secretly admired him in his heart, saying: "Director Shi, it seems that you have really done a lot of work to win Director Lu's support! You can put her situation into perspective It takes a lot of effort to understand it in such detail.”
Shi Xing smiled a little proudly and said: "Director Ye, to tell you the truth: because we understand Director Lu's habits and hobbies, we also made careful selections when preparing gifts for her. I believe that, As long as she agrees to see us, she will be very happy with our gifts."
Ye Ming hurriedly asked: "Director Shi, what kind of gift did you bring to Director Lu? How did you know she would be very happy?"
"Because we knew that she loved brand-name high-end clothes, as well as all kinds of brand-name cosmetics and perfumes, we made a special trip to a mink coat store in Beijing to customize a sable coat imported from a country in the CIS. It was a wild sable. It is made of female mink fur. The coat is shiny and soft. It looks very luxurious and beautiful. The price is the most expensive among all the mink coats in that store. Director Lu is an expert. She As long as you look at this mink coat, you will know its value; secondly, we also went to a brand perfume store and bought six bottles of the limited edition of Clive Christian perfume No1 series, called "Royal Dignity". Each bottle is 500 ml, and the total cost of six bottles is nearly 70,000 US dollars. This perfume is carefully refined from a total of 170 kinds of flowers such as white sandalwood, Indian jasmine, and German rose. The complex synthesis process took six months to produce an exquisite fragrance. , has a long aftertaste, and the bottle of this perfume is also from the crystal family Baccarlet. The gold collar inlaid on the bottle mouth is decorated with 5-carat white diamonds. I think Director Lu will like these two things very much."
Ye Ming said with some confusion: "Secretary Shen, Director Shi, Lu Nianzi is Secretary Lu's daughter. She must have had a very strict upbringing since she was a child. These things you brought to her are all expensive and expensive. She dare not If you dare to ask for it, will anything happen?"
After all, Shen Youbin was the secretary of the county party committee, so it was difficult to say anything, but Shi Xing laughed and said: "Director Ye, you are worrying too much! You should also know: every year before the Spring Festival, the county and city go to the province to pay New Year greetings to the leaders, and the province goes to the capital It has become a common practice to pay New Year greetings to leaders. You said: Since you are going to pay New Year greetings to leaders, is it okay not to bring some gifts such as souvenirs? This is a business-to-business matter. Although if we pursue it seriously, it is against discipline. It can also be regarded as bribery by the unit, but in fact, you have seen that several leaders were investigated and punished for such gift-giving behavior. Therefore, this can only be said to be an unspoken rule. People like Director Lu who have great power The person in charge of the department should have seen this phenomenon a lot, so you don’t have to worry about this problem at all.”
Ye Ming thought about it and felt that what Shi Xing said did make sense, and it was indeed common for subordinates to send anniversary greetings to relevant departments and leaders at higher levels during the two holidays.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, this phenomenon had two special terms, namely "charcoal respect" and "ice respect": whenever winter came, officials from all over the country would buy charcoal for heating in the name of Beijing officials. Paying filial piety to one's patrons and paying one's money is called "Charm Jing"; when summer comes, there is another way to cool off the summer heat for Beijing officials, and they offer gifts and filial piety again. This is called "Bing Jing". In fact, "Bing Jing" and "Tan Jing" are Another name for bribery to superiors in summer and winter. However, this kind of bribery did not mention the words "money" or "wealth", and had no odor of copper. It was also considerate and considerate, which was convincing. This was the officialdom at that time. "hidden rules".
Now, taking advantage of the "two festivals" opportunity, officials from all over the country go to superior departments and leaders' homes to pay New Year's greetings, which actually means paying "ice tribute" and "charcoal tribute".
That afternoon, Shen Youbin, Shi Xing and Ye Ming rushed to the provincial capital, took the eight o'clock flight, and arrived at the Capital Airport at around ten o'clock. There, there were already staff from the county party committee office and the Development and Reform Bureau who had arrived first to pick them up. machine.
The next day, Shen Youbin took Ye Ming and Shi Xing to the National Development and Reform Commission and called Lu Nianzi to ask her to meet him, but Lu Nianzi refused.