"Who was talking to you just now?" Minister Zhang asked casually as he and Minister Wang walked to the elevator.
"Oh, it's Comrade Sun Xinpin. He happened to bring his family and friends here for a dinner today." Minister Wang replied.
Sun Xinpin and Minister Zhang were stunned for a moment, and immediately determined that the familiar figure from behind must be Li Peicheng.
"Xiao Qian will ask in a moment which box Sun Xinpin is in." Minister Zhang ordered Xiao Qian, who was helping him carry his bag.
Minister Wang and others couldn't figure out what kind of medicine Minister Zhang was selling in his gourd. In order to please Minister Zhang, Minister Wang said: "Minister Zhang, do you have something to tell Sun Xinpin? I have his mobile phone number and I'll call him to come see him."
Why bother with Secretary Qian?"
Without Li Peicheng around, Minister Zhang could naturally call Sun Xinpin to come over. But Li Peicheng is a big shot that even the old leader respects and would treat him to a meal, and Minister Zhang himself has been troubled by the monkey wine these days.
Because of this, I finally understood that Li Peicheng, a young man, was unfathomable and a mysterious figure with real great abilities. Minister Zhang sometimes felt his surprisingly good body these past few days, recalling the old chief’s words to Li Peicheng little by little.
His actions made Li Peicheng feel an indescribable sense of awe. Just like people have a natural awe and even fear of unknown and mysterious things.
"No need, just let Xiaoqian go find out." Minister Zhang waved his hand.
Minister Wang was shocked and couldn't say anything else.
After Li Peicheng and others arrived, Professor He and Jiang Guoping also arrived soon after.
When Jiang Guoping heard that the young man in front of him was the proud disciple that Professor He often mentioned, he enthusiastically shook Li Peicheng's hand and said: "Haha, Peicheng, I have admired your name for a long time. Lao He has mentioned it to me several times.
It’s so bad that my ears are calloused.”
Even though Li Peicheng was awesome in Gemen and other places in the world, he became an out-and-out junior in front of these people, and he himself was willing to be such a junior. Many times, Li Peicheng felt that only Teacher He was still a junior.
Only in the presence of Sun Xinpin and others can you feel that life is so real and warm! He is still the same person.
People are like this sometimes. After losing something, they will miss the things they once had.
When Jiang Guoping said this, Li Peicheng actually felt a little embarrassed at being spoken to. He shook his hand and said, "I have heard Mr. He and Uncle Sun mention Uncle Jiang's name a long time ago."
Jiang Guoping let go of his hand and laughed at himself: "What a big name I have, I'm just a little secret in the office."
"Your little secretary is in a very high position!" Sun Xinpin took over and said with a smile.
Jiang Guoping sat down, pointed at Sun Xinpin and laughed and scolded: "Old He, tell me, he himself has to take charge of a county with a population of 400,000, and he still says that, isn't he obviously mocking me!"
Professor He still had the unique temperament and style of an intellectual. He took a slow sip of tea and said, "I'm just a teacher, so don't show off in front of me!"
After Jiang Guoping and Sun Xinpin heard this, they immediately laughed and said: "The words of intellectuals are harsh and mean, and they pretend to be aloof. Officials are afraid of people like you."
Seeing three grown men who were about the same age and had some status in society, talking and laughing casually without any scruples, Li Peicheng felt the deep friendship between them, and naturally forgot everything and merged into this world full of warmth and joy.
in the atmosphere.
Because Li Peicheng was a student of Professor He, he sat under him. Seeing that Professor He drank a lot of tea in his cup, he took the initiative to add some to him, and also added some to Sun Xinpin and others. He only added more to Jiang Guoping and Jiang Guoping.
Guoping stood up in an exaggerated manner and said, "Hey, I'm frightened to ask you, a doctoral student, to pour me tea!"
When Professor He saw it, he pointed at Jiang Guoping with a smile and said to Li Peicheng: "Old Jiang works in the office and has a good drinker. Don't let him drink more tea. Just help the teacher toast him a few more cups later."
To prevent him from screaming here."
Li Peicheng smiled and said: "Since the teacher ordered it, I will definitely toast a few more glasses later."
Jiang Guoping seemed to have a good capacity for drinking, so he chuckled when he heard this and did not say anything modest.
The food and wine soon arrived, and since we were all on our own, the food was very casual, carefree, and enjoyable.
However, Li Peicheng's physical fitness was so good that Jiang Guoping couldn't beat him even if he drank again. When he saw Li Peicheng toasting him with red wine, he felt a little panicked. Then he refused to clink glasses with Li Peicheng, which made Professor He angry.
He and Sun Xinpin laughed heartily and kept praising Li Peicheng for making them angry.
Sun Xiaoxuan felt very proud when she saw that Li Peicheng was so appreciated by her elders, and her big eyes secretly cast loving glances at Li Peicheng from time to time.
In another box, all the leaders from the city and the province were present. Because this study class of the Provincial Party School is specifically for division-level cadres in Hangzhou, and it will start next week. Secretary Lin of the Municipal Party Committee specially invited the Provincial Party Committee to a banquet.
The two leaders here are Deputy Secretary Feng of the Provincial Party Committee who is also the principal of the Provincial Party School and Director Zhang of the Organization Department.
After drinking for a while, Minister Zhang was thinking about Li Peicheng, so he stood up and said: "I have a friend who is also drinking here. I'm going to say hello and excuse me!"
As the secretary, Xiao Qian would not be able to attend the banquet without special arrangements from Minister Zhang. In the absence of the secretary, Minister Wang indirectly became Minister Zhang's subordinate and immediately got up to accompany Minister Zhang.
Li Peicheng never expected that Minister Zhang would come to his door. He originally wanted to wait for the banquet to find a chance to talk to Sun Xinpin, but now it seemed that it was too late, so he secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, and now he didn't need to explain.
Minister Wang was known to everyone in the room except Professor He, and Jiang Guoping met him every day. As for Minister Zhang, only three people knew him, Sun Xinpin, Jiang Guoping, and Li Peicheng.
When Sun Xinpin and Jiang Guoping met with the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Organization Minister personally came in with a wine glass. They were so shocked that they almost couldn't hold their chopsticks steady and stood up hurriedly.
When the others saw Sun Xinpin and Jiang Guoping standing up, they hurriedly stood up.
Li Peicheng had no choice but to hold up his wine glass, smile and say to Minister Zhang who was walking towards him: "What a coincidence, my brother is here too!"
As soon as Li Peicheng said these words, everyone was shocked, especially the government officials who knew the identity of Minister Zhang. Their jaws dropped to the ground in shock.
There are only a handful of people in Zhejiang who can call Minister Zhang this casually, but there is no one as young as Li Peicheng.
Minister Zhang smiled and said: "I just saw you outside the door, and you entered the elevator without even having time to say hello. Knowing that you are here, I naturally wanted to have a drink with you!"
Li Peicheng smiled, clinked glasses with Minister Zhang, and drank the wine in the glass. Minister Zhang also drank it all in one gulp, leaving no trace of wine left, and his attitude was very humble, a bit like a subordinate toasting a superior.
Minister Wang was shocked when he saw it. At the wine table just now, Minister Zhang had always drank lightly, but he had a big drink with this young man without saying a word, and his attitude was so humble.
I really don’t know who this young man is. Could it be that he is the son of a certain leader of the central government?
After Li Peicheng had a drink with Minister Zhang, he introduced each other to each other.
Minister Zhang showed Li Peicheng's favor and clinked glasses with everyone one by one.
Professor He is a professor in the school, and his status is relatively aloof. Although facing Minister Zhang, he still behaves very naturally, neither humble nor arrogant. But Sun Xinpin and Jiang Guoping are people in the officialdom, which is a bit unnatural. They are members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the Minister of Organization.
He is a person with real power in the province, even more powerful than an ordinary deputy governor. He is a person who can get things done and can speak his mind. For these small officials who are waiting for promotion, this official is very important to them.
It becomes more and more unattainable.
After clinking glasses with everyone, Minister Zhang clinked glasses with Li Peicheng apologetically and said, "A few colleagues are drinking together, let's go over first."
"Haha, brother, go ahead and get busy!" Li Peicheng said with a smile.
After Minister Zhang left, the atmosphere in the box immediately became very strange. No one spoke, and everyone looked at Li Peicheng with strange eyes. Only Sun Xiaoxuan was slightly better. Seeing the strange atmosphere in the box, she asked Xia Han secretly, saying:
"Is that Commander Zhang very big?"
Xia Han nodded and said, "It's almost the same as the deputy governor."
When Sun Xiaoxuan heard this, she stuck out her tongue and thought to herself, then my senior brother is also very big.
Li Peicheng smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't look at me like that! I was planning to find time to talk to my uncle about this, but I didn't expect to meet him here unexpectedly."
Of course Sun Xinpin wouldn't blame Li Peicheng for not telling him in advance, and he didn't dare to blame him now. Li Peicheng could be a brother-in-law with Minister Zhang, so how could he, Sun Xinpin, blame him!
"I didn't expect you to know Minister Zhang! It seems that you must have asked Minister Zhang to help me get promoted this time." Sun Xinpin sighed.
Li Peicheng could hear that Sun Xinpin's sigh was filled with gratitude, but at the same time it was also unfamiliar. This was also the reason why Li Peicheng had not made the matter clear for a long time. He knew that once he made it clear, his relationship with the Sun family would be affected.
It is definitely impossible to become as friendly and casual as before, except for Sun Xiaoxuan.