Although Yan Changgeng was stubborn and arrogant, he still felt trembling when facing Qing Tao, the majestic leader of the government. Especially after being criticized by him, he was so frightened that he sweated profusely and wiped it with his hands. With sweat on his face, he stammered: "Mayor Qing, I... I know I was wrong, and I sincerely apologize to you. Don't worry, after today's on-site meeting... is over, I will immediately Arrange for people to remove the decorations in this canteen and replace all the tableware that exceeds the standard."
Qing Tao glared at him with disgust and said: "Comrade Yan Changgeng, my criticism of you is not to ask you to do superficial things and tear down the luxurious decoration of this canteen. The key is to touch your soul and ask you to You realize mentally and in your bones the error of this extravagant and deceptive style. If you just tear down the luxurious decoration and replace the luxurious tableware, you have not changed your mind. What's the use? After the decoration is dismantled, it can be rebuilt; after the tableware is disposed of, it can be repurchased, but it will cause greater waste. Therefore, you must fundamentally change your extravagant and extravagant habits instead of returning to them. You are using formalism to fool me, do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand, I understand."
Yan Changgeng quickly nodded and bowed his head in response.
At this time, Xu Can, who had a good relationship with Yan Changgeng, saw that he was red-headed and very embarrassed. He smiled and smoothed things over for him and said: "Secretary Qing, you may not know Comrade Yan Changgeng yet. This comrade has just entered the management committee. Before the Huihe District Government, he was an outstanding farmer entrepreneur and a village party secretary who led the villagers to get rich. He himself had strong assets and may have developed a bad habit of showing off his ostentation and extravagance. He has not yet done so. After changing, this comrade loves face very much, and always believes that receiving leaders and friends must be of the highest standard to reflect his hospitality spirit. It was driven by this concept of vanity and face that he built such a canteen. Therefore, I ask Mayor Qing to forgive his ignorance and ask him to write a profound inspection and submit it to the city government tomorrow... Chang Geng, you still don’t respect Mayor Qing for a glass of wine. You need to know: Mayor Qing criticized you today. , it’s for your own good, and it’s to help you correct your shortcomings and problems. The so-called strictness is love, and laxity is harm. You must understand Mayor Qing’s painstaking efforts.”
After Yan Changgeng heard Xu Can speak to him, he took a deep breath, quickly picked up the wine glass and said, "Mayor Qing, thank you for teaching me today, I'd like to toast you a glass."
Qing Tao didn't know that Yan Changgeng was a rich man. Now after hearing Xu Can's explanation, he realized that Yan Changgeng was used to luxury. He didn't want to say anything more, but he looked at Yan Changgeng's designer clothes. He was uncomfortable with the golden watch and didn't want to give him face, so he said to him: "I don't care whether you were a rich man or an entrepreneur before, but now that you have become a leading cadre of the party, You must strictly abide by the party's discipline and work style requirements. If you want to toast me, you can go back and change your brand-name clothes. Come here dressed more plainly, and I will drink this glass of wine with you."
Yan Changgeng was so ashamed that his face turned the color of pig liver at Qing Tao's words, but he could only accept it obediently and did not dare to say a word.
At this time, it was Xu Can who came out to smooth things over for him: "Chang Geng, don't waste time here. Hurry up and grab a few mouthfuls of rice to fill your stomach, and rush immediately to where the leaders and classmates from the Provincial Party School will visit today. Go to several residential areas, maintain local order, and do the corresponding explanation and reception work. You don’t have to come back to attend the noon briefing meeting. Just wait for us at the site of the visit. We will only watch your video explanation materials at noon. Just come here, the focus is on site inspection, go quickly."
Yan Changgeng was so ashamed that he wished there was a crack in the ground that he could get through. After hearing Xu Can's instructions, he quickly got out of the box as if he had received an amnesty, and vomited on the ground in the hall outside. He spat, scolded Qing Tao a few more times in his mind, didn't want to eat anymore, and rushed to several residential areas where the on-site meeting was held.
At this time, Ye Ming, who was sitting with the drivers for dinner, was chatting with them while eating.
Li Hong'an, the director of the development zone office, still had some conscience. Although he followed Yan Changgeng's instructions and brought Ye Ming to the table where the drivers were sitting, considering that Ye Ming was still a student in the youth cadre class of the Provincial Party School Party School, he still felt a little bit in his heart. Uneasy, so he arranged Ye Ming to take the main seat at this table and let him sit with Qing Tao's driver Qi Zhibiao and She Chuming's driver Wang Jian, which gave him a little face.
This table was arranged in a corner of the cafeteria hall where it turns to the bathroom. Ye Ming was sitting facing the corridor leading to the bathroom. On his left was Qi Zhibiao and on his right was Wang Jian.
In this kind of gathering place for officials, drivers are also very particular when eating: the host will arrange for the driver of a high-ranking leader to sit at the head seat of this table. Moreover, these drivers are often familiar with each other, and those with low-ranking positions are often familiar with each other. Drivers of leaders will also try to please drivers of leaders with high positions.
For example, at this table, among the leaders that the drivers serve, Qing Tao is the mayor and deserves the highest position. Therefore, the drivers at this table also know Qi Zhibiao, and they are all very polite and courteous to him.
And this Qi Zhibiao is a solid man in his thirties. He doesn't seem to like to talk much. He is also a bit pretentious and arrogant. He is probably used to being flattered by other drivers. Therefore, on this table , he is the most arrogant and indifferent person. He has a black face and is indifferent to other drivers.
Ye Ming was first brought to the main seat by the office director Li Hongan and sat down. When the drivers arrived one after another, Qi Zhibiao took a tempered glass teacup and slowly walked over. He thought that this The main seat on the table would be reserved for him. Unexpectedly, when he glanced over there, he found a handsome young man sitting on the main seat with a smile on his face. Other drivers who arrived earlier were smoking.
Qi Zhibiao frowned, tilted his head and looked at Ye Ming a few times. He still felt that he was very unfamiliar, not like the driver of a high-ranking official in the province or city, and felt very unhappy in his heart.
However, he was a little afraid of Mayor Qing's scolding afterwards, so he didn't dare to explode on the spot, so he had to walk slowly to the empty seat on Ye Ming's right and sit down.
When other drivers saw him coming, they all laughed and called "Brother Qi". Several drivers stood up and rushed to offer him cigarettes.