In the Xiao family compound in Beijing, the old man is old, so he goes to bed very early every day, and basically never goes to bed later than nine o'clock in the evening.
When the time comes, everyone in the Xiao family understands that they must not disturb the old man's peace, otherwise there will be consequences at their own risk.
However, this rule is obviously useless to Xiao Yuhan. It is already half past nine, and she is standing in the old man's room with an angry look on her face.
"Alas... You're here to complain about that Liu Siyuan again?" The old man also had a hint of amusement in his eyes.
Xiao Yuhan's tone was cold and murderous: "Hmph, it's too much, it's too much! How can they bully people like this? A small director of the Water Conservancy Bureau... I want to kill him, I want him to know how powerful I am!
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The old man did not answer him directly, but asked instead: "I guess you heard it from someone, right? Rather than the kid telling you himself?"
Xiao Yuhan was stunned and said with an unnatural expression: "That... is normal. I'm not his girlfriend, and he doesn't call me every day... To be precise, that bastard never takes the initiative to contact me unless he is looking for me to do something.
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The old man looked at her and said with a wry smile: "You silly girl, if you don't take the initiative to fight for it..."
Xiao Yuhan kicked her foot hard and said: "I won't take the initiative! That guy has no vision... Okay... I admit that Xinyi is also very good..." After talking about it, she felt a little weak, but then she said: "Grandpa
, you answer my question directly, can you help with this matter? It’s okay if you don’t want to help, a director at the department level, I will take care of it with just one phone call..."
The old man let out a long sigh and said, "You really don't understand officialdom..."
Xiao Yuhan said strangely: "Grandpa, what did you say?"
The old man said softly: "If it were a girl from the Tianming family standing here, she would definitely not continue to ask. Didn't I remind you just now?"
Xiao Yuhan said with a surprised look on her face: "What did you remind me? You didn't say anything. Are you, grandpa, old and confused?"
The old man was almost angered by her, and cursed angrily: "You silly girl, didn't I remind you that Liu Siyuan didn't take the initiative to complain, why are you so anxious? This is called the emperor not being anxious about the eunuchs."
Xiao Yuhan still looked unconvinced and said: "He... he has a weak character... he dare not say anything when he is suffering..."
The old man laughed and scolded: "If he is really like this, how can you, a silly girl, like him? You should observe carefully. If Liu Siyuan can't even handle such difficulties on his own, how can he be qualified to enter the reserve training of our Xiao family?
Power List."
Xiao Yuhan suddenly opened her eyes wide and asked: "Backup force?"
The old man nodded and said: "Well, it's time to tell you something. No one can truly control everything in the ups and downs of officialdom. Gaining and losing power is actually just a matter of thoughts. You should also understand the saying that wealth cannot last more than three generations.
.Our Xiao family has reached the third generation, and you also know that none of your brothers will be able to take a leading role in the future."
The old man slowly took out a stack of information from the drawer and continued: "So, we old guys started preparing this list of reserve forces a long time ago. Every other term, we will start from the age of thirty
Below, a few young people with development potential who are directly and indirectly related to our Xiao family are selected as key reserve forces. A total of eight young people were selected this time..."
Xiao Yuhan was full of curiosity and said: "Is Siyuan among them?"
The old man nodded and said: "This list was compiled by many senior members of our Xiao family after spending a year and observing hundreds of people. Yu Han, there is a woman among the eight people, who happens to be someone you know."
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Xiao Yuhan suddenly realized something, covered her mouth and said carefully: "Fang Xinyi?!"
The old man smiled and said: "At least you are not so brainless. Let me tell you, this list still has some rankings. Your Liu Siyuan is ranked fourth among the eight people."
Xiao Yuhan snorted and said casually: "Oh, they all have foreign surnames."
The old man nodded and said: "It is true. Among the eight people, only Xiao Yun has the surname Xiao. It is really unfortunate for our Xiao family."
Xiao Yuhan shrugged indifferently and said: "This is normal. I don't think there are any outstanding third generations in the Wu family, Liang family, and Song family."
The old man said seriously: "You are right, so these young people with foreign surnames are also very important to us. This list of eight people is just a reserve list. In the next two or three years, we will carefully arrange some games for them to
A one-on-one battle to see who can win in a game. Only after three rounds of baptism, the winner who defeats all competitors can be trained by our Xiao family with all our strength! That is what we have to do
Prepare for the summit!”
Xiao Yuhan was shocked and said: "What? Grandpa, do you think we are playing StarCraft and still pk? What if we lose?"
The old man said calmly: "If you lose, you lose. It's not a life-and-death battle. At most, you lose the opportunity for our Xiao family to train with all our strength. Even if you perform well in the future, our Xiao family will give you appropriate support. Besides,
You don’t have to worry too much. In the past years, the number one among the preliminary proposals only had a half chance of winning in three rounds of fierce battles. The number four may not have a chance. After all, these rankings are mostly subjective and are for reference only."
Xiao Yuhan was still a little nervous and said: "Which competitor will Siyuan encounter?"
The old man said in a loud voice: "The rules are very simple, one pair of eight, two vs. seven, three vs. six, four vs. five. Then the winner of one pair of eight vs. the winner of four vs. five, and the winner of the second team of seven vs. three
For the winner of the sixth round, the last two people left will have another round. It’s fair, Xiao Yun is ranked sixth, and we won’t have any favoritism, so we have to face Xiang Yusheng, who is third, right from the start.”
Xiao Yuhan said without hesitation: "Xiang Yusheng? I don't like that dragging guy very much. By the way, please give me the information of the person ranked fifth!"
The old man laughed loudly and said: "You silly girl, don't you want to see the true ability of your sweetheart? Don't worry, we old guys have analyzed it. Among the eight people in this class, the gap between the abilities of the top four and the bottom four is very obvious. You
Liu Siyuan will definitely be fine in at least the first round. But after that, it’s hard to say..."
The old man paused, and then said seriously: "Yuhan, we are very optimistic about the four people ranked in the top four this time: Lian Weiye, Fang Xinyi, Xiang Yusheng, and Liu Siyuan. Sooner or later, they will all be figures who will dominate the political arena. You guys
The third generation of the Xiao family must remember not to stalemate their relationship. We won’t do anything to them, so don’t worry. After all, officialdom is not a place that values individual heroism.
Everyone will come to carry the sedan chair, so even if they fail, the Xiao family will still train them."
Xiao Yuhan felt relieved, and then suddenly remembered something: "By the way, this kid is not a direct descendant of our Xiao family, right? You can make sense when you say Xinyi, after all, Uncle Xiang is the backbone of our Xiao family."
The old man nodded and said: "It's not easy for you to think of this. Indeed, as you said, the reason why he was included in the list was because he was Fang Xinyi's boyfriend. But now it seems that it may not be possible. If he really can
If you win in the big waves in the next few years, then just marry your silly girl to him, and then you will become a direct descendant of the Xiao family?"
Xiao Yuhan was greatly embarrassed and immediately said: "Hey! Grandpa, this is the 21st century, I don't want a political marriage!"
The old man laughed loudly and said: "Oh, forget it if you don't want to. Anyway, you are not the only girl in our Xiao family... I will ask Yuxuan for her opinion later..."
Xiao Yuhan suddenly became anxious and said angrily: "Yuxuan is not yet an adult. Grandpa, you are really..."
After a while, her tone suddenly slowed down and she asked in a very low voice: "Grandpa, do you think that if... just if... I marry him, then he won't have to fight with others? After all, he is you.
My direct grandson-in-law..."
The old man laughed loudly, and then said: "You are really ignorant. Men can only grow in the wind and rain. Only by overcoming thorns and thorns can they be successful all the way. How can you be a flower in the greenhouse? Besides... you should also be looking forward to that...
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Xiao Yuhan didn't react for a moment and asked: "What do I expect?"
The old man smiled meaningfully and said: "Maybe one day, Liu Siyuan will be happy with the other party, but I haven't seen competition between husband and wife or lovers for many years..."
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At this moment, Comrade Liu Siyuan is actually experiencing a fierce battle...
After eating the noodles and taking pictures as a souvenir, Liu Siyuan returned to the small house in Ziwei City.
At this moment, he was having a fierce battle with a swarm of mosquitoes. Since the air conditioner was not working yet, it needed professionals to install it. The fan was too noisy and made it impossible to sleep when turned on. Liu Siyuan had no choice but to endure the scorching heat silently.
Forget about the heat, but this house didn't even have a screen, so it immediately became a paradise for mosquitoes. He had killed more than a dozen mosquitoes in the past half hour, but he also paid the price of more than a dozen large bags...
At this time, his cell phone rang, reminding him that he still had two routine calls to make.
The caller was Fang Xinyi. She said on the phone: "I have thanked Shen Yiyi for you. If it hadn't been for her this time, we would have been taken advantage of. What are your plans now?"
Liu Siyuan said calmly: "I don't have any plans. It's not my turn to have any plans for matters at the municipal party committee level."
Fang Xinyi affirmed: "Siyuan, you are right. Minister Xu has always supported your work no matter what..."
Liu Siyuan smiled and said: "I understand, and if you think about it carefully, Minister Xu didn't intend to do anything to me, so he still left some room for it. It just so happened that I learned a lot from this incident."
Fang Xinyi smiled and said: "Yes, I have a good attitude. By the way, Ouyang Qian has made a great contribution this time. I said some good words for her father in front of my father. In principle, my father will support Minister Ouyang's access to the organization minister.
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Liu Siyuan said with some embarrassment: "That's good. By the way, Secretary Xiang didn't say anything about Ouyang Qian's question?"
Fang Xinyi smiled and said: "Don't worry, he didn't say anything and I accepted it. What else can he do? And he has paid more and more attention to you recently and seems to be very optimistic about your future. By the way, he also told me that a while ago
Someone from the Xiao family is also asking about you."
Liu Siyuan was frightened when he heard about the Xiao family, and quickly changed the topic: "Xinyi, can I give you some advice?"
Fang Xinyi said: "Oh? Just say it, why are you so polite..."
Liu Siyuan thought about it for a while and then said: "Xinyi, I always feel that being with my girlfriend should be a relaxed and happy thing. I beg you, please don't set me up in the future, okay?"
After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, Fang Xinyi hummed and said, "Oh... That's not my fault. I just apologize to you."
Liu Siyuan had a good attitude in admitting her mistake, and she softened in her heart and said: "Just don't want it anymore, forget it, don't talk about it anymore, so as not to hurt your feelings."
Fang Xinyi said obediently, and then said: "By the way, how was your first day at work at the Water Conservancy Bureau? Is your work and life going well?"
Liu Siyuan killed another mosquito and glanced at the bags covering his legs.
Then he said firmly: "Very good, everything is fine with me!"
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