Ordinarily, Chen Taizhong is not a particularly jealous person, but when he saw the other person standing next to his dinner plate and talking, he was still a little annoyed: Aren't you all very hygienic? Do you know what droplet infection is?
?
"Come on, give way," he walked over, passed between the two of them, put the four bottles of Feitian Maotai in his hand on the table, pulled out a chair and sat down, smiling slightly, "Ma
Factory director, ironworker, come here, let's continue drinking."
He didn't show any hostility towards the two of them, and he put the bottle down casually, but the two of them still felt his arrogance. They walked over without even saying hello or even raising their eyelids to him.
Treat the two of them as nothing.
One of the two has been in China for a longer time, and has occasionally seen the official power of leaders. However, Chen Taizhong's behavior still makes him a little uncomfortable: The cool people are sitting in small private rooms, and you can even enter the small restaurant.
No. Why do you feel so good about yourself?
How about saying that people's faults are all caused by habit? This person was too lazy to pay attention to Chen Taizhong, and turned to continue talking to Catherine, "Ms. Mitchell, it's too noisy here, oh... there are really too many people in China, so let's go in
Let's eat?"
His invitation was not considered presumptuous. After dinner in the small restaurant, everyone still had to drink. They just walked around with wine glasses and socialized after dinner. This was how everyone spent the past two days, and in the large restaurant
There is no such activity anymore.
Huh? Chen Taizhong glanced sideways at him, feeling a little dissatisfied. However, the hall was full of people, so naturally he couldn't say much. He opened the Moutai, poured wine for Director Ma and Secretary Tie, and took Catherine's glass.
Pour the wine.
"No, Hendry, thank you for your concern," Catherine smiled slightly, shook her head, and pointed at Chen Taizhong, "This is my friend. I have arrived today and I must accompany him."
"Oh, I think he can come with us," Hendry glanced at Chen Taizhong and said lightly, "I can make a suggestion to the master, and I think they will agree."
"Huh?" Catherine had just thought about it and said that this suggestion was indeed good. When she saw Taizhong taking Elizabeth's cup to pour wine again, he hesitated and shook his head. She could tell that this guy was not in a high mood and seemed a little dissatisfied with himself and other people.
Men come and go.
The berserk Chen Taizhong was not something Prince’s female boss wanted to see. Although she thought it was not very likely that he would get angry under such circumstances, she said simply, “Don’t bother, I’ll be right here.”
Here with my friends."
To be fair, she thought Hendry's invitation was a bit presumptuous. You have to say hello to everyone here first when you invite me, right? Forget about the old man. The young man is Fan Rushuang's secretary. Yes, she thinks this person
A bit rude.
However, Hendry is an executive of ABB China, and Manning who is with him is from the Swiss headquarters. It is not easy for her to scold him directly - after all, in this land, they are outsiders and have interests.
community.
"With all due respect, it is beneath your status to sit here," Manning finally said. This class has been distinguished by the receptionist in Linal. Of course he would think so. Moreover, this place is really
A little too noisy.
Although the people sitting in the hall were all well-known people and no one was making loud noises, in such a large restaurant, more than 200 people were crowded together. Even if everyone did not speak, they only made the sound of breathing and chewing, and the decibels were loud.
Not low.
"Does this person have a high status?" Chen Taizhong snorted. He was finally annoyed. Didn't you point at the monk and call him bald? The people sitting together in the hall have no status?
But even though he was asked, he didn't even raise his eyelids. He picked up the wine glass and signaled to Director Ma and Secretary Iron, then drank it all in one gulp and reached out to touch the bottle again. This time, Old Ma got the better of him.
"Please forgive me, you don't know what you are doing." Catherine was also a little angry. She was still waiting for Chen Taizhong's second order. Moreover, he was her man, so although she said this with a smile
As he spoke, there was a flash of sharpness in his eyes, "I think you should apologize to my friend."
With these conversations, many eyes in the hall gradually turned around. Seeing that the beautiful woman who had attracted the attention of almost all the young men in Linli in the past two days actually got into an argument with her colleagues, the curiosity was gone for a while.
Can't stop it.
Fortunately, everyone has some status and would not do the trick of walking up to watch, especially since many people in the distance recognized Factory Director Ma and Secretary Iron. Factory Manager Ma has been very good at Lin Aluminum in the past year.
The master of Hong is now able to go in and out of Director Fan's office. As for Secretary Tie's status, there is no need to talk about it.
At this time, everyone was wondering about the identity of the man and woman sitting there. Not only could they be able to attract these two people to accompany them, but the two foreign beauties also squeezed into the table one by one -
—Don’t all those with status enter the small restaurant?
"Apologise?" Manning was stunned when he heard this, and frowned at Chen Taizhong again. On normal days, he would have accepted this request happily. For a gentleman, he would have succumbed to the request of a beautiful woman.
It was not embarrassing, but he was in public, and he came from the headquarters, so his identity was displayed there, so he hesitated.
His hesitation didn't matter. Elizabeth, who was originally sitting, stood up. As a bodyguard, she naturally had to help maintain the boss's dignity. She pushed the stool away and walked to the opposite side, "Mr. Manning, please apologize."
Chen Taizhong had been uncomfortable for a long time. He didn't like these two birds, and the looks coming from all directions made him feel extremely uncomfortable. Why did this make me feel a little depressed like when I was attacking the Golden Immortal of the Purple Mansion?
As long as you are human, you will always have some taboos in your heart, and Chen is no exception. This feeling makes him inexplicably a little irritable.
Originally, he wanted to watch Elizabeth and Catherine challenge those two, you four foreigners, you guys are cadres, and if you have a city government, it's not appropriate to use violence in this kind of situation, isn't it?
But as soon as he felt it, he couldn't control himself. He stood up and stopped Elizabeth, "Isa, there's no need. It's not worth it for this kind of person."
He said this in French - he had been speaking in Chinese before, and when he turned to look at Catherine, he spoke in English again, "Apologise? No need, I won't be serious with him, because...
…That would be beneath my status.”
"You!" This time, it was Hendry who was angry. He knew more about China's officialdom than Manning. He said to himself that even the owner of a small restaurant would not dare to speak like this. How could you dare to be so presumptuous?
"What's wrong with me? Do you want to fight?" Chen Taizhong felt that evil fire was rising in his heart. He really couldn't care about so many onlookers. He glanced at him sideways, sneered, raised his hand and hooked his index finger.
Then he pointed to Manning aside and said, "You're not good enough... You two, come on together."
At this moment, the hall fell silent, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop - not to mention the diners, most of them held their breath, just waiting to see how the situation would unfold.
Not everyone can understand English, but anyone who is Chinese - in fact, anyone who is human - can see what Chen Taizhong's actions mean: he is provoking two foreign men.
Isn't this guy too arrogant? There are more than 200 people in this hall, and only a few are not in the officialdom. Seeing this person dare to do this, I am really... I am so surprised that I can't describe it in words.
"Taizhong, please don't." Catherine's eyes were a little straightened when she saw it. She didn't want to get into trouble, so she showed her hands to Manning and Hendry and smiled bitterly, "You have successfully angered my friends.
Can you leave now?"
"Alright Taizhong," Xiao Tie and Lao Ma also dropped their wine glasses and walked around to separate the glaring parties. Secretary Tie pulled Chen Taizhong and waved to the two impatiently, "
Go quickly, go quickly."
Seeing this, the two of them were too embarrassed to stay aside. They turned around and left. After walking a few steps, Hengdeli turned to look at Chen Taizhong again, his eyes full of dissatisfaction. However, with just such a turn,
There was a stir of garlic under his feet, and he staggered a few steps before he regained his balance. Some of the people around him who couldn't hold their breath chuckled softly.
Hearing this laughter, Hendry was too embarrassed to stay still any longer, and he was not in the mood to look back. He took a few steps and turned up the stairs.
Of course it was Chen Taizhong who did this little trick. It was only at this moment that he turned to look at Secretary Iron and smiled bitterly, "I say iron worker, if you want to go astray, you should hold him back."
The hall was still silent at this time, and his voice was not too low when he said this. When Secretary Tie heard what he said, he looked around at the strange eyes and shook his head dumbfounded, "Forget it, let's sit down and have a drink.
.”
Until then, most people discovered that there were six bottles of liquor on the table, including the bottles. They felt that they had found the truth: Well, the co-author drank too much, so he called the foreigner.
Damn it...this wine is really not a good thing, young people, it is still a waste to eat too little.
However, with such a play, everyone basically remembered this tall young man. After eating and going back, the news slowly spread that the co-writer was Chen Taizhong, the Phoenix Municipal No.
Reasonable Lord!
Of course, those who care about these gossips are the locals in Linal, and at most people from Tiannan Province. Although many people from Beijing sit in big restaurants to eat, no one cares about this trivial matter.
Even if the foreigner has a grudge, it only affects Linli and has nothing to do with them - to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than a few words with two foreigners. In Beijing, this kind of thing happens more than a dozen times a day.
Why? But it’s not often that the Chinese take advantage.
The status of these people sitting outside is so different that even if they want to talk to the leader, they still have to consider whether the leader wants to see me gossiping like this. Therefore, the tension in this hall is so high that the people inside
Not many people know about it.
This is the normal reaction of the officialdom. Yes, the so-called concealment is like this. Who would gossip about things that are not worth talking about? There are too many people here this time.
Do you know what background this young man has?
Chen Taizhong didn't expect that things would turn out that way. He felt even more uncomfortable when he thought that he had actually done such a vulgar behavior in public.
When he was in a low mood, he would drink quickly. In the end, Director Ma and Secretary Tie exchanged glances, saying that drinking like this was not a good thing, so Xiao Tie smiled and said, "Director Chen, you are still the best. Others see
Foreigners don’t dare to express their arrogance... By the way, what did the two of them say just now?"
So, Catherine began to stutter to explain, Elizabeth added, and Chen Taizhong also said a few words from time to time, until the explanation was completed, Director Ma slapped the table, "These guys are just dogs and look down on others, teach them a good lesson, Taizhong, I support you
.”
At this time, Chen Taizhong's anger calmed down a little. After about ten minutes, people in the hall began to leave one after another. Chen Taizhong invited Director Ma to sit in the room. Old Ma drank a little too much.
He said that he was not going to do anything - you are going to fight with others because of these two foreign women. Why should I go to your place to be a light bulb?
Secretary Tie, however, was still clear-headed and thought that there were too many people in the conference building. If Director Chen wanted to do anything weird, he couldn't do it like this, so he suggested that he accompany them to the small park where there would be cultural performances in the evening -
—It was also specially paid to celebrate the laying of the 800,000-ton foundation.
However, no matter how hard Secretary Tie thought about it, he could not imagine that Mr. Chen could walk through walls. Therefore, in the room where the boss of Prince Company lived, there was still a faint sound at night - someone
I planned to teach them a lesson to "stick to women's ways" in the future, so I was a little more cruel.
However, Lei Leibai was suspected. There were other people in the standard room where she lived. Not only was it inappropriate for Chen to sneak in, but it was also inappropriate for her to sneak out. Of course, if Chen Taizhong was willing, he could leave that person unconscious.
Diversion surgery, however, is always troublesome when someone is watching - even though the person is already asleep...
At nine o'clock the next day, the groundbreaking ceremony officially began. Chen Taizhong was one of the distinguished guests attending the ceremony, and he was seated quite near the front. There was such a big brocade, crackling firecrackers, and the leaders pretended to wave the shovel twice... all morning
It just passed.
At lunchtime, it was no longer a buffet, but a banquet. Director Chen's name card was placed on the first table in the large restaurant. However, until the banquet was over, this person did not show up - he took Catherine and
Elizabeth went to a vegetarian dinner.
The owner of the restaurant was said to be a monk who had returned to secular life. Director Ma liked to eat there. Chen Taizhong didn't want to eat in Erzhao anymore, so he came here.
There was another conference in the afternoon, and fireworks again in the evening... In short, everything was as it should be. Those who were anxious left in the evening, like Governor Sha, who rushed back, but Lei Lei's manuscript had been faxed back.
Okay, I excused myself from following the car because Qingwang had something to do.
Chapter 1965: Human Relationships
Chen Taizhong didn't make it either. He Baohua asked him to wait for him. The two of them still had a lot of things to do in Linal. One was to coordinate the various relationships between Linal and the research institute, and the other was that he made another order, hoping that
Catherine can provide information according to the order.
Of course, there are also things that are beneficial to Chen Taizhong. For example, Dean He persuaded Fan Rushuang and asked Director Fan to provide some common equipment, instruments and accessories to see if a manufacturer of these things could be established in Phoenix.
People who engage in technology have this habit. They love to call it true. He Baohua still cared about the project that Chen himself was planning to give up. Naturally, Chen Daxian could not live up to others' good intentions - although he was already interested in this project.
Not very hopeful anymore.
Fan Rushuang was a little strange at first. She said that I had introduced this kind of business to Xiao Chen. With a turnover of five to six million a year, she could make money by changing hands. How could she cherish it without seeing him? However, when she knew that Xiao Chen was doing it for
When I attracted investment to Phoenix, I was surprised, and I couldn't help but secretly sigh: Young people like this who are dedicated to public service are really rare nowadays.
Of course, Director Fan is also aware of Xiao Chen's various shortcomings, but how can there be a perfect person in this world? Young people who know how to understand the overall situation and take the overall situation into consideration, and are willing to do practical things without being greedy for profit are already very rare, so she is very happy
The ground agreed.
However, she has too many things to do recently, and the information involved is too complicated, so she can't take care of arranging this matter for the time being, so she asked Dean He and Director Chen to wait for a while, "The people who are busy now are a bunch of outsiders.
, send them away, what can’t we say?”
The next day, Director Fan was still so busy. Catherine, He Baohua and others were also busy. Chen Taizhong had nothing to do, so he simply drove Santana for 2,000 yuan and sent Lei Lei to find Zhang Xin's sister-in-law.
When reporter Lei came to Qingwang, she was entrusted by Zhang Xin to bring several sets of tutoring materials to her sister-in-law's children. Her cousin is in sixth grade this year, a critical moment for elementary school students to enter junior high school, and Qingwang is no better than the provincial capital.
Many things cannot be bought.
Ordinarily, it would be more appropriate to leave this matter to Chen Taizhong. Not only does he have a car, but the two of them were tired of being together the night before. However, Zhang Xin has her own ideas.
She has lost her virginity to him. Although she does not regret it and is living a fulfilling and happy life now, her divorce is no longer a good thing. Naturally, she does not want people in her hometown to know that she leads a relatively dissolute life.
——Once Chen Taizhong appears, it will inevitably lead to speculation of one kind or another.
Qingwang is a large agricultural area, and the people here are relatively conservative. News about family troubles spreads quickly, and the Zhang family has a bit of a reputation in Qingwang, and its reputation is not bad. Although Zhang Xin's father left home at a very young age
However, I have always had close contact with a younger brother and two younger sisters in my hometown.
There was no problem in asking Lei Lei for help. They were both women with unfortunate family lives, and they understood each other quite well. However, the pile of books was not big but it was quite heavy. Reporter Lei also had a hard time carrying it.
of.
But how could Reporter Lei know Qingwang? He couldn't have brought Chen Taizhong along with him at ten o'clock in the morning - she is also your woman's sister-in-law. You can't just ignore her after getting out of bed, right?
Of course Director Chen admitted it. The problem is that he is not familiar with Qingwang. Even Factory Director Ma is not very familiar with Qingwang. Linlu is a relatively open but at the same time extremely closed company. You can buy all the daily necessities you need here.
, movie theaters, decoration markets and so on, there are even Li Ning clothing stores. One Linal is worth the prosperity of two Linhe urban areas.
Therefore, people in the aluminum factory really don’t know much about the outside world. Most people are familiar with Linhe, a county-level city, but they really don’t know much about Qingwang.
Fortunately, the power plant where Director Ma worked had a fleet of cars, and there was a master who was familiar with Qingwang, so he sent a person to guide them.
In fact, Lao Ma wanted the driver to take the book back when he had time, or to ask someone from the office to hand it over when the factory car went to the Qingwang office. However, since Chen Taizhong had nothing to do, he ran
Just one trip at a time.
Unfortunately, the road from Linlu to Qingwang is very difficult to walk. The road condition is not very good. There is a section of the road that is easier to walk, but it is being widened again, making it more difficult to walk. Fortunately, the driver is really experienced and leads the car.
Walked a small road.
Not to mention, although this road is narrow and there are many residents on both sides, it is difficult to drive, but the less traffic is more stable than the road. I turned left and right and passed through the village several times, but when I arrived at Qingwang, it was not even one o'clock.
"Find a place to have something to eat first?" Chen Taizhong didn't want to waste time on the meal, and it was quite embarrassing at this hour, but Lei Lei didn't care, "Let's just go and get back soon... Let's eat after we finish our work."
Zhang Xin's sister-in-law Zhang Xiuli lives with her father-in-law and mother-in-law. It is a large courtyard on the edge of Qingwang City. Normally, there should be no one at home at this hour, but the two of them rang the doorbell for a long time.
, and smashed the door, but no one opened the door.
After struggling for a long time, no one came out of Zhang Xiuli's house, but an old lady came out from next door, "Looking for the old Sun's house? His grandson is unlocking the door when he is over twelve, don't you know?"
The padlock is used to lock the soul of a child when he is full moon, and the silver lock must be opened on the twelfth birthday. This is a custom that has been in Qingwang since ancient times. It is also found in Fenghuang. However, it has become very popular in recent years to receive gifts, especially now that every family does it.
One, this ceremony is much more grand for Qingwang than for Phoenix.
"Young junior high school...unlocking," Chen Taizhong thought when he heard it, that's right, isn't he at this age? Lei Lei also knew this custom, and it was clear as soon as he heard it. It was unavoidable to catch up, otherwise it would be too disrespectful to the master.
Already.
So after she asked where the banquet was held, she took Chen Taizhong and left. The driver knew this very well, "It's past twelve. It would be rude not to go if you bump into someone."
"You don't have to follow the status quo," Chen Taizhong answered him with a smile. Unexpectedly, the man shrugged, "It doesn't matter, it's just fifty yuan. We can't lose your status to Director Chen, can we?"
When the three of them arrived at the hotel, the ceremony had already ended, and everyone was starting to eat with their cheeks waving, and some were about to stand up and leave after eating.
The unlocking ceremony of Qingwang was indeed grand. Old Sun's family was not a big family, but they actually had more than thirty tables. Lei Lei walked to the door and asked if this was Zhang Xiuli's house. The person at the door frowned and was a little dissatisfied.
"That's right, from the Sun family, why did you come here?"
"I said, what's your attitude?" Before the owner could answer, the driver stopped working. When he came, the factory director told him that he must serve Director Chen and Reporter Lei well, otherwise he would
Pay a share of the money for climbing the pole? "We don't know at all, we just happened to come over here at last minute."
There is a reason for the dissatisfaction with collecting money at the door. Qingwang has a strong concept of male superiority and female inferiority. Seeing that the other party came so late to speak, I still asked if it was Zhang Xiuli's family - could the child of the Sun family be named Zhang?
After a few quarrels, Zhang Xiuli came out. Even though one of them had finished eating and left, she was a mother who was arranging everything before she even had time to use her chopsticks.
As soon as she heard that the other party was Lei Lei, she remembered her niece's phone call and immediately became enthusiastic, "Ha, I also said that you want someone from Linal to bring it over. You haven't eaten yet? Come in and eat...
Hey, hey, there’s no need to spend the money.”
Her facial features are similar to Zhang Xin's, but she is a little smaller in height, about 1.6 meters tall. Her figure is also very thin, and she looks quite neat and cheerful.
Lei Lei originally wanted to help, but she went all the way to deliver the book in person. Zhang Xiuli knew very well that since we were strangers, it was polite to follow others, and if she really wanted it, it would be rude - she lost it.
I can't afford this person.
The two of them pushed and pushed each other for a long time, and then the person at the door spoke again, "I said Xiuli, if she has this intention, you just accept it and it's over. It's ten or twenty yuan, that's what it means."
It sounds like that, but the driver quits the job. Qingwang is very friendly and polite. He is prepared to pay fifty for a meal. This means that I am not very familiar with you, but I am only slightly familiar with you.
I always pay fifty and don’t go out to eat. I’ve been busy recently and have no time to go out to eat. I don’t have much money. It’s just a joke.
Is there anyone who pays ten or twenty yuan? Yes! But those people will say something like this. When the driver hears this, you will know that Reporter Lei is here from Subo and asks her to pay ten or twenty yuan.
If you go in and eat, isn't this just trying to squeeze people out?
When he was unhappy, he would naturally say - Director Chen and the others didn't understand the market situation of Qingwang, so he glared, "Ten dollars and twenty dollars... I don't know how you got such eyes. I said, can't you pay for it?"
How much you should pay is a matter between the two of you. Just accept your money and that's it. Why are you talking so much?"
"Third brother, just shut up." Zhang Xiuli was also a little annoyed, but the person who collected the money was the child of her lover's uncle, who called her father-in-law the second uncle, so she couldn't say much, "What should my guest do?"
I have a sense of propriety when it comes to reception."
"The child belongs to the Sun family," the third child muttered angrily and shut up. He knew that his sister-in-law and his second aunt didn't get along very well, but he couldn't cause trouble on this festive day.
"Xiuli, what are you doing?" At this moment, a shout came, and then a man of medium build appeared at the door. He dragged Zhang Xiuli and walked back, pretending not to see the people in front of him, "At Director Yu's table
Looking for a toast to you."
Why are all these people like this? Chen Taizhong frowned when he saw this, and Lei Lei was too lazy to stay still. He thrust the canvas bag in his hand into her hand, and at the same time stuffed the three hundred sheets in his hand on the side of the bag.
In his pocket, "Okay, this is a little thought for the children, let's go."