On the 14th, Ye Ming and Xia Chuchu did not go shopping. Instead, they stayed at home and made various preparations.
Since the afternoon, Ye Ming's mobile phone has been busy. First, Xu Fei, the director of the municipal bureau, called to congratulate him and Chu Chu, and said that he and Zou Wenming would rush to the provincial bureau tonight and come for a drink at noon tomorrow. Wedding wine.
Next, Yan Lian, Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Hu Tong, Director of the Law Enforcement Supervision Office of the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission, Chen Guitian, Chief of Criminal Investigation of the Provincial Public Security Department, and Liang Tanghua, Director of the K City Public Security Bureau, all called to congratulate Ye Ming and said that they had I received a phone invitation from Director Xia. I will definitely come over for a few glasses of wedding wine tomorrow. It turns out that Xia Bicheng couldn't restrain his joy. Yesterday, he called in advance the people in Xinlang who knew that Ye Ming and Chu Chu were going to get engaged. He called them, told them the specific engagement time, and invited them to come for a wedding banquet.
Ye Ming originally planned to notify them personally in the evening, but Xia Bicheng made the first call. Feeling a little embarrassed, he had to express a warm welcome to them and say a lot of thanks.
At about four o'clock, Ye Ming suddenly received another unfamiliar phone call. As soon as the call was connected, he heard a very rich and friendly baritone voice: "Hello, are you Ye Ming, Director Ye?" ?”
Ye Ming heard him call her by her first name, but she couldn't tell who it was. She was puzzled, so she could only reply politely: "Hello, I am Ye Ming. Who are you?"
The man on the phone smiled cheerfully and said: "I am Guo Guangwei from the Provincial Public Security Department. I just heard Captain Chen Guitian in our department say that Director Ye will be engaged to Miss Xia Chuchu tomorrow. Captain Chen said: Director Ye and him We are very good friends with Director Liang of the K City Public Security Bureau. They are both coming to have a wedding banquet tomorrow. They asked me if I would like to join them in the fun and see Director Ye, a young talent. I said : Although Director Ye and I are strangers, I have heard Director Ye’s name for a long time and know Director Ye’s heroic deeds of rescuing Secretary Li of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. I really want to meet you, this young hero, so I also want to meet Captain Chen tomorrow. , Director Liang and the others came over to have a wedding drink together and express their heartfelt congratulations to you and Miss Xia Chuchu, but I don’t know if Director Ye will think that I am too presumptuous to be an uninvited guest, hahaha."
It turned out that after Chen Guitian returned to the Provincial Public Security Department from Xinleng, he told Guo Guangwei: Ye Ming will soon be engaged to the celebrity daughter of Xia Bicheng, director of the Provincial Local Taxation Bureau. At that time, Secretary Lu and Secretary Li of the Provincial Party Committee will attend their engagement. ceremony, and it is said that Secretary Lu is also the great matchmaker for Ye Ming and Xia Chuchu.
As soon as Guo Guangwei heard Chen Guitian's report, he immediately realized that this was the best opportunity for him to further close the relationship with Secretary Lu and Secretary Li. Therefore, he warned Chen Guitian at that time: Once he learned that Ye Ming and Xia Chuchu were engaged You must tell him the specific time in time. When the time comes, he will personally call Ye Ming and ask him to invite him to attend his engagement ceremony in the name of congratulations...
Ye Ming was shocked when he heard that the person who called him was actually Guo Guangwei, the director of the Provincial Public Security Department. He also heard that he was very humble and kind on the phone. Thinking that he had spared no effort to help him and Gong Zhichao, he felt in his heart Very touched, he quickly said: "Director Guo, thank you for your concern and blessings. If you are free to come for a drink tomorrow, Chu Chu and I will feel very honored. Our engagement ceremony is scheduled for 12:18 noon tomorrow. , please be sure to come when the time comes.”
Guo Guangwei replied happily: "Okay, okay, I will arrive on time."
After hanging up Guo Guangwei's call, Ye Ming suddenly remembered a few old friends: one was the former secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of K City and the current mayor of the provincial capital Qing Tao; the other was the former mayor of K City and the current provincial capital city. Wang Xiuguang, director of the Department of Resources, and Shen Youbin, the former secretary of the Xinlang County Party Committee and now the deputy director of the Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, have all said that if there is any happy event, he must call them.
So, he called them one by one and invited them to come for a wedding drink. Qing Tao and Shen Youbin were very happy to accept his invitation. Wang Xiuguang, who was doing research at the prefecture, city, state and land bureau below, had just gone down. One day, I originally planned to spend a week researching several cities, cities and states. When I heard Ye Ming call and invite him to attend the engagement ceremony, I stopped doing the research. I immediately agreed to Ye Ming's invitation and stayed overnight. Rushed back to the provincial capital...
In the evening, Lu Nianzi, Zhang Linjiang and his wife also flew to the provincial capital of Tianjiang, met with Ye Ming and Xia Chuchu, and gave a pair of jade bracelets to Xia Chuchu, and then stayed at the provincial party committee guest house.
In order to ensure that the engagement ceremony was secretive and free from outside interference, and for the safety of Secretary Lu and Secretary Li, Xia Bicheng secretly ordered the director of the provincial bureau office to remove the banquet hall of the "Fumanlou" restaurant where the engagement ceremony was held and all the items inside. The private rooms were all reserved, and the restaurant was asked to change the main entrance and exit to the back door, because the back door just faced the parking lot, and there were very few people coming and going. Secretary Lu and Li were not allowed to enter and exit through the front door, and could only get off the car from here. , go directly into the banquet hall inside.
Xu Lizhong, who was in charge of Secretary Lu's security, went to the hotel the day before to survey the surrounding environment and Secretary Lu's route in and out of the hotel. At ten o'clock the next morning, more than a dozen guards were transferred from the Security Bureau to guard the banquet. All the doors of the banquet hall were opened, and several security posts were set up near the parking lot, just in case. All guests entering and exiting the banquet hall must be greeted by Ye Ming personally at the back door before they can be taken into the banquet hall by him.
Before eleven o'clock in the morning on the 15th, Qing Tao, Yan Lian, Guo Guangwei, Hu Tong, Chen Guitian, Liang Tanghua, Wang Xiuguang, Shen Youbin, Xu Fei, Zou Wenming and others all arrived at the "Fumanlou" restaurant early. After shaking hands with Xia Bicheng and greeting them one by one, they congratulated Ye Ming and Xia Chuchu who were standing hand in hand at the door to greet the distinguished guests, and handed over red envelopes as congratulatory gifts.
Then, these people all gathered at the door, chatting tacitly, but kept looking outside the door, waiting for Secretary Lu and Secretary Li to come over.
It wasn't until twelve o'clock that Secretary Lu and Secretary Li arrived hand in hand. They first said some words of congratulations to Ye Ming and Xia Chuchu with smiles on their faces at the door, and then walked into the banquet hall surrounded by a couple of newlyweds. He shook hands with the guests one by one cordially and kindly.
According to Secretary Lu's instructions, the engagement ceremony was held very briefly, but the atmosphere was very lively. During the meal, only two tables were opened. Secretary Lu sat at one table, and Secretary Li also sat at the same table. Ye Ming and Xia Chuchu, Xia Bicheng sat at Secretary Lu's table. Also at this table were Qing Tao, Guo Guangwei, Yan Lian, and Hu Tong, who had higher positions. In addition, because Xu Fei, Zou Wenming, and Director Zhang Yingzhi of the Provincial TV Station were all Ye Ming or Xia Chuchu's direct leader was fortunate enough to sit at the same table as Secretary Lu. The rest of the people, including Xia Chuchu's mother Zeng Yanhua, sat at another table with Secretary Li.
Since today was his son's big day, Secretary Lu was in a very good mood. He made an exception and raised a few glasses of wine for everyone. He also did not refuse the toasts to everyone. Everyone drank the toasts, which made everyone Everyone feels extremely honored and happy.