Haha, you've been waiting for a long time, Secretary." Lan Xiaoou smiled at Lu Rui.
Lu Rui waved his hand: "Don't do this, treat me to dinner without even telling me the place. Fortunately, I have a membership card, otherwise wouldn't I be able to get in through the door?"
Lan Xiaoou's face was full of innocence: "How do I know that you have never been here? Really, I invited you to dinner with good intentions, but you actually slapped me on the back. I said you are a nobody, but I booked the best hotel in Beijing.
A good Chinese restaurant invites you.”
Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, then frowned. Although he had never been to Chang'an Club, Lu Rui knew that the consumption level here was not low. The "Qinghuang Red Candle" on the eighth floor is known as one of the best Chinese restaurants in Beijing.
At the same time, it is also the club with the largest area and the lowest decoration cost. In the hall, there is not only a huge oil painting "The Drunken Concubine", but also all kinds of classical furniture, classical lighting, and precious rosewood screens, which bring the royal family to life.
The style and elegance are elevated to the extreme.
Here, you can not only eat exquisite Cantonese cuisine and special dishes from various places. In addition, it also has dozens of VIP private rooms with interesting names: Yipin, Double Happiness, Sanyuan, all the way to Jiuru, Shiquan.
Smiling, Lu Rui said: "Fortunately you didn't invite me to a Japanese restaurant. I hate sashimi the most."
Lan Xiaoou became happy: "Fortunately, I didn't ask you to eat spaghetti, otherwise wouldn't you think I was stingy?"
Lu Rui smiled and said nothing. Both of them knew that there is the "Nihonbashi" Japanese restaurant and the "Naples Italian restaurant" on the ninth floor. The Japanese restaurant not only has a "sushi bar" and a barbecue house, but also
Enjoy the original "tatami"; the chef from Japan is said to have served the Japanese royal family, and the Italian restaurant can provide authentic Italian dishes and drinks.
"Are you going to eat now?" Lu Rui asked.
Lan Xiaoou shook his head: "Not everyone is here yet, how about sitting at the bar?"
Lu Rui thought for a while and said with a smile: "Do you have any good wine?"
There is a reason for what he said. It is said that the Chang'an Club has a lot of world-famous fine wines, with prices ranging from quite low to hundreds of thousands. Lan Xiaoou invited himself to dinner today. There must be someone else involved, maybe.
Lu Rui didn't care about food or drink for some people who wanted to find out the news, but he didn't mind spending a little more money if he could give eye drops to some people.
Lan Xiaoou nodded without hesitation and reached out to hold Lu Rui's arm: "Let's go and sit with me for a while."
Lu Rui turned slightly sideways without leaving any trace, dodged Lan Xiaoou's arm, smiled slightly and said, "Let's go, I'll follow you."
With a snort, seemingly dissatisfied with Lu Rui's deliberate avoidance, Lan Xiaoou wrinkled his nose and said to Lu Rui: "What do you mean? I won't eat you."
"I'm afraid you'll use me as a weapon." Lu Rui secretly complained in his heart, but his face said calmly: "There are many people with mixed eyesight, so it's better to be careful."
As he said that, he glanced at Lan Xiaoou's beautiful face and said with a smile: "Why do you have the intention to treat me to dinner? Weren't you still in Binzhou a few days ago, and you came to Beijing so soon?"
Lan Xiaoou frowned slightly and snorted: "This capital city does not belong to your family, so why don't you allow me to go back to your own home? Besides, I am not the only one to treat you to dinner, there are a few friends too.
Here I am."
Lu Rui had already guessed this, but at this time he looked at Lan Xiaoou in surprise and said, "Friend? Your friend?"
He asked this question very skillfully. What kind of friends are they? Are they friends of Lan Xiaoou's family, or friends of their Lan family?
If you are friends of si people, today's meal is a gathering for everyone to get to know each other, chat and drink, and connect with each other. If there is any need to help each other in the future, maybe we can use today's friendship to help
A small favor. But if you are a friend of the Lan family, you should think about it carefully, because this is not an ordinary banquet, but a real "Hongmen Banquet".
Lu Rui knew very well that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him in the capital. If he showed signs of being close to the Lan family and some people behind them today, it would inevitably trigger a struggle in the capital.
So at this time, Lu Rui had to act cautiously.
Lan Xiaoou chuckled: "Don't worry, they are all businessmen and are very interested in your investment environment in Qingjiang City."
"Huh?" Lu Rui glanced at her in surprise, nodded and said, "Let's go." Since Lan Xiaoou said that, there should be no problem.
After getting on the elevator, the two of them arrived at the VIP floor. Not far from the door was the entrance of the bar. Lu Rui and Lan Xiaoou entered the bar together. When they opened the door, they saw someone singing a song. There was someone not far away.
It seemed like he was waving to Lan Xiaoou.
"Uncle, uncle!" Lu Rui's pupils closed, and he saw Lin Tianhua's son Lin Ming waving towards him from a distance. He turned his head and glanced at Lan Xiaoou, who pretended to be helpless and blinked his eyes and said, "What's your seniority?"
High!"
Lu Rui glared at her and whispered: "Why is Lin Ming here?"
Lan Xiaoou smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's not this kid's fault. I just saw him here."
Naturally, her words were meant to dispel the doubts that Lu Rui just said. You must know that although Lin Ming is Lin Tianhua's son, he is a real member of the Lin family. In terms of seniority, Lu Rui is his uncle. If Lin Ming is
Ming saw Lu Rui meeting with a group of people from other factions, and the spread of the news would definitely have a considerable impact on Lu Rui. Lan Xiaoou's words undoubtedly told Lu Rui that she was just treating Lu Rui to dinner today, and she did not intend to plot against Lu Rui at all.
Lu Rui nodded, believing what he said. His eyes wandered around the corners of the bar. Fortunately, he didn't see any other acquaintances, otherwise he wouldn't have said anything.
"Brother-in-law, when did you return to the capital?" Lin Ming has grown a lot taller. Although he has not seen her for only half a year, he seems to have not seen Lu Rui for a long time, pulling Lu Rui to ask questions.
Someone made a place for Lu Rui, right next to Lin Ming. Lu Rui nodded and sat next to Lin Ming, knocked him on the head and said: "You kid, why are you here to play? Your dad knows that he wants to
Fix you."
Lin Ming said with a bitter face: "I came here with someone else, okay? Today is Huang Tingting's birthday, so I was dragged here by someone else."
"Huang Tingting?" Lu Rui glanced at Lin Ming in surprise, and then looked at Lan Xiaoou who was sitting next to him. Lan Xiaoou glared at Lu Rui angrily and explained: "The daughter of the second eldest son of the Huang family,
The Huang Bofeng you took care of is her uncle."
As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Rui clearly felt several malicious looks coming from around him. If it weren't for Lin Ming calling him "uncle" just now, someone would already be looking for trouble for him.
"Aunt Lan, when did you come back? Why did you bring my brother-in-law here? I'm not afraid that my sister-in-law will know." Lin Ming personally poured a glass of wine for Lu Rui and said to Lan Xiaoou with a smile, because
Because of his father Lin Tianhua, Lin Ming has a good relationship with Lin Ruolan, and is naturally familiar with Lan Xiaoou, otherwise he would not dare to make such a joke.
Lu Rui smiled, knocked him on the head and said, "When I met your Aunt Lan, your aunt hadn't married me yet."
Lan Xiaoou on the side simply glared at Lin Ming and said: "Your aunt and uncle can get together, and I am still the matchmaker, you idiot!"
"Ah?" Lin Ming was startled when he heard this, and Lan Xiaoou chuckled and said, "Isn't it strange? Don't ask about how we met, your eyes will pop out if you tell me."
Lu Rui took a sip of wine and frowned. Has the relationship between the Lin family and the Huang family gotten so good? Lin Ming actually sat drinking and eating with the Huang family. At this moment, Lan Xiaoou seemed to
Knowing that Lu Rui was thinking the same thing, he glanced at Lin Ming and whispered: "Xiao Mingzi, do you have such a good relationship with Huang Tingting? You actually came to celebrate her birthday?"
Lin Ming smiled brightly and said nonchalantly: "No, she is my classmate. I happened to come here to play with a few buddies, and Uncle Tianping happened to be there too, and he dropped by. Brother-in-law, you and my dad
Let’s discuss it. Can you let me go to my sister-in-law’s place to play for a month during the summer vacation?”
Lan Xiaoou winked at Lu Rui, with a rich expression on his face. However, Lu Rui was stunned by Lin Ming's words. Is Lin Tianping here?
"You guys go play, your brother-in-law and I have friends." Lan Xiaoou stood up and said to Lin Ming with a smile.
Lu Rui also nodded and said to Lin Ming: "I will call your dad. Be careful and don't cause trouble."
Lin Ming was overjoyed. He naturally knew that his father valued this very capable brother-in-law. With his intercession, he could finally enjoy this summer vacation.
Lu Rui and Lan Xiaoou walked to a private room and opened the door. Five or six people were already sitting inside. They all stood up when they saw Lan Xiaoou and Lu Rui come in.
"Sister Lan, who is this?" A man in his twenties, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses like Lu Rui, looked at Lu Rui and frowned.
Lan Xiaoou smiled, pointed at Lu Rui and said, "This is Lu Rui, deputy secretary of the Qingjiang Municipal Party Committee, husband of Lin Ruolan, do you all know?"
Those people were stunned for a moment, then laughed, stretched out their hands and said, "It turns out to be Director Lin's husband, Secretary Lu, hello, hello."
Lu Rui frowned, shook hands with those people, and looked at Lan Xiaoou: "Who are these two?"
Lan Xiaoou pointed to the man who spoke first and said: "This is Cheng Ye, the son of Minister Cheng of the Ministry of Land and Resources, my little boy."
After introducing the identities of several other people, they were all descendants of leaders of important departments in the capital. Lu Rui was secretly wondering what song Lan Xiaoou was singing today.!