Liu Handong naturally took his arm out of Zheng Jiayi's hand and said with a smile: "I can't understand opera."
"Then what do you like to watch? Movies? IMAX?" Zheng Jiayi's eyes widened with a curious expression.
"I don't watch movies either. I don't have much entertainment activities except drinking." Liu Handong said.
"Okay, let's find a bar to drink." Zheng Jiayi compromised again.
Liu Handong hesitated for a moment and then asked: "I'm quite puzzled. You feel sick even if you eat the wrong cheese for Western food. How come you have lived in a difficult place like Dadun Township for more than a year?"
Zheng Jiayi said: "Conditions permit, of course I have to be responsible for the quality of my life. The cheese I used was wrong. It was them who breached the contract, not me who was being pretentious. Why, you don't think I am the kind of person who makes trouble taking a bath in a desert area."
My lovely lady."
"Of course not." Liu Handong sneered. To be fair, Zheng Jiayi did nothing wrong and was polite and courteous. He felt uncomfortable just because the gap in living standards was too big. If this gap existed between him and Shu Fan, there would be no problem, because
They are not lovers, but the other party is Zheng Jiayi, so this feeling becomes obvious, like a thorn in my heart.
Suddenly Liu Handong woke up. Could it be that in his subconscious, he had always wanted to replace Ma Ling with Zheng Jiayi?
Zheng Jia had a very tall head and was on the same level as Liu Handong when she put on high heels. She tilted her head and stared at Liu Handong, naturally calm, like a confidante who had known each other for many years.
"Hypocritical!" Liu Handong secretly scolded himself. They didn't tell you what to do. It's all up to you. Just do whatever you want.
"Have you decided whether to watch a movie or go to a bar?" Zheng Jiayi asked.
"drink wine."
Zheng Jia and Liu Handong came to a bar and happened to meet a group of acquaintances. Zheng Jia introduced them to Liu Handong one by one. These people were either senior executives of foreign companies or reporters from central media, or celebrities and Internet celebrities. Zheng Jia
As soon as they had a good conversation, Liu Handong couldn't get in the conversation, so he had to sit aside and drink heavily.
A man sat next to Liu Handong and raised his glass: "Hi, how many days have you been in Beijing?"
"It's been a few days." Liu Handong replied absentmindedly. Just now Zheng Jiayi introduced that this man was also from Zhongyanhuang, but he did not mention his specific position.
"I heard from Jiajia that you also joined Zhongyanhuang. Which company are you in?" The man had clear eyes, gentle manner, and his body exuded the smell of cologne.
"Service company." Liu Handong answered simply.
"Yes, is it overseas business?" The man seemed very interested.
"I don't know, I just reported in." Liu Handong lowered his head and drank.
"Have you and Jiajia known each other for a long time?" The man didn't understand and continued to ask.
"Actually, we are relatives. I call her dad and uncle." Liu Handong told a lie that was not a lie, and finally got rid of this guy.
"Oh, that's it." The man smiled half-heartedly and walked away with the wine glass in hand.
…
The next morning, Liu Handong opened his eyes and found himself lying on a luxurious bed. He subconsciously turned around and saw that there was no one next to him and there was no sign that anyone else had slept.
I drank so much last night that I couldn’t remember what happened next in the video. I got up and went to the window. Outside was the Guomao area in the haze. This luxurious suite should be a room in the Guomao Hotel. No need to ask if it was Zheng Jia.
A group of people started their own business, why didn't she stay with them and boil a kettle of water to make a sobering tea or something? It seems that her luck is not in place yet.
The phone rang. It was a call from the leader of the service company, telling Liu Handong that the plan had changed. The originally scheduled training had been canceled and would be held at the project location. There was a charter flight to Pakistan this afternoon. Please pack your luggage and explain to your family individually.
Come on, hurry up and gather at the company.
Liu Handong immediately got busy, washed and dressed, went downstairs to have breakfast, returned to the room and called home using the phone on the bedside table.
It was Ma Guoqing who answered the call. He immediately became excited after hearing Liu Handong's voice: "I knew I was causing trouble! Come back and surrender!"
"Isn't it just to beat up Tang Yinuo? What a big deal." Liu Handong was not angry, and his father-in-law liked to make a fuss out of a molehill.
"Tell me, what kind of business department you opened, where did the 800 yuan of funds come from?" Ma Guoqing lowered his voice, "Now the relevant departments are investigating you for drug trafficking and money laundering. How many other things do you have to do?
Are you hiding it from me?"
"I don't have any." Liu Handong defended in vain. He had many secrets that he kept from his family, but he was indeed unjustly accused of drug trafficking and money laundering.
"If I don't have you, I'll come back right away and make it clear. Is it okay to hide outside for the rest of my life? If you don't think about yourself, you also have to think about your mother, your grandfather, and Ma Ling..."
Liu Handong hung up the phone and could not communicate with his father-in-law.
He pressed the phone hook and called Jiangbei's home. It was He Jian who answered the phone.
"Uncle He, something happened to me and I was wrongly accused. Now I have found a job and will go abroad soon. Tell my mother and grandpa that I am fine."
"Take care, and remember, no matter what happens, staying in the mountains is the first priority." He Jian didn't talk nonsense, and didn't ask which country Liu Handong went to or what job he was looking for.
"I know, I'm leaving." Liu Handong was silent for a moment and then said, "Uncle He, take care of yourself too."
When I called Zheng Jiayi, the other party turned off her phone and was probably in a meeting, so I sent her a text message.
After making the call, Liu Handong packed up his things and went downstairs to check out. The front desk told him that he did not need to pay. This room had a credit card pre-authorization. He could spend as much as he wanted and stay for as many days as he wanted.
The office of the service company is in the office building next to it. It only takes a few minutes to arrive. The staff took away Liu Handong's passport and asked him to wait in the conference room with a group of people. The others were all colleagues who had been trained together, chatting and laughing.
Yes, Liu Handong was sitting alone in a corner playing with his mobile phone, and sent a WeChat message to Ma Ling to talk about his affairs. As a result, he was scolded, saying that he knew how to get into trouble, but in the end he was told to be careful and not to fight with others foolishly.
After a while, a manager came to speak and read out the rules and various precautions for overseas assignments. Liu Handong didn't pay attention at all. It went in one ear and out the other.
We had a packed lunch for lunch, and we were leaving for the airport in the afternoon. The staff gave Liu Handong a pair of work clothes with the Zhongyanhuang logo printed on them. After putting them on, he looked like everyone else. He went downstairs, got on the bus, and went straight to the airport.
The bus drove south, destined for Nanyuan Airport in Fengtai. A United Airlines Tu154 passenger plane with CUA painted on the tail was waiting for the arrival of passengers.
Everyone else was carrying big baggage and small luggage. Only Liu Handong had a simple backpack. There was still gray haze over the capital. Liu Handong looked at the sky and was speechless. He did not expect that he would end up in such an ending. After being the leader for several years, he was still forced.
He left his hometown and left his hometown. He was filled with panic, but he had nowhere to vent.
After passing the security check, we started to board the plane. Since it was a chartered flight, the seats were casual. Everyone was old colleagues who knew each other. They were sitting together, chatting and playing cards. Only Liu Handong came to the last row and put his backpack on the luggage rack.
Throw it away and fall down to take a nap.
Not long after the plane took off, Zheng Jiayi came out of the conference room. State-owned enterprises are very busy. There are endless meetings every day. Cell phones are not allowed to be turned on during meetings. No matter how important the business is, it must wait until the meeting is over.
When I turned on my phone, more than a dozen text messages and missed calls popped up. One of them was from Liu Handong, saying that he would take a flight to Pakistan in the afternoon.
Zheng Jiayi was stunned for a moment, then picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number: "Hello, Mr. Zhang, I am Zheng Jiayi, how come the person I recommended was dispatched so quickly, and it was to Pakistan, wasn't it?
Did you say you were going to Saudi Arabia?”
The other party explained a lot. Zheng Jiayi listened patiently, said thank you and hung up the phone.
…
After a long flight, Figure 154 landed at Urumqi Diwopu International Airport. After all the members got off the plane and rested for a few hours, they boarded the plane again and set off again. This time the destination was Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
After arriving in Islamabad, the employees of Zhongyan Huang on the chartered flight were arranged by the overseas agencies to stay in local hotels and stayed for a day to get vaccinations. Leaders from the embassy and Zhongyan Huang Representative Office also came to visit them and delivered important speeches.
Liu Handong listened carefully this time because he noticed that the leaders mentioned safety issues more than once.
Liu Handong's engineering team is one of the teams assisted by China Yanhuang to build the Peshawar thermal power plant project in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province. Among them are engineering and technical personnel who have returned from vacation, as well as newcomers who are going abroad for the first time. They are full of exotic customs and legendary legends.
They were so excited by the friendliness of "Batie" that they did not pay attention to the leaders' repeated reminders.
Islamabad is a newly built city that looks like an international city. Compared with it, Peshawar is more like a Pakistani city in the movies of the 1980s. The power plant being built is still half an hour's drive from the city, not counting the surrounding areas.
Desolate, with villages, rivers, and asphalt roads.
The engineering team arrived at the project site by bus and saw towering chimneys and huge cooling towers from a distance, just like the Soviet base in the Red Alert game.
The climate in the South Asian subcontinent is completely different from that in China. Although it is only March, the temperature is already very high. There is no need to wear cotton clothes. The workers are wearing work clothes with the company's logo printed on them, wearing safety helmets, barbed wire fences surrounding the construction site, and khaki uniforms
The Pakistani policemen were on duty. The AK47 barrels on their shoulders were worn and shiny, and the canvas straps were also linted.
The company prepared a sumptuous welcome banquet to entertain workers from China. A capable middle-aged leader delivered a speech before the banquet. He first welcomed everyone on behalf of all colleagues in the Zhongyanhuang Peshawar Thermal Power Plant Project Department, and then introduced the progress of the project.
situation, and expectations for everyone.
"Fifty-six of you are here for the first time. Don't be busy with work first. Let's get familiar with it for a few days. Although you may have calluses on your ears, I still want to remind you, don't run around here if you have nothing to do.
It’s close to Afghanistan. Does everyone know what specialties Afghanistan has?”
There was a burst of laughter below, and many people said in unison: "***."
The leader smiled and said: "Yes, there is a police force, so everyone must be careful. If something happens, what will happen to the wife and children at home?"
It was a cliché again. The workers listened impatiently and just wanted to use their chopsticks as soon as possible. The leader knew it well and emphasized a few precautions before announcing the opening of the banquet.
After the meal, the logistics department began to allocate dormitories. Liu Handong and three other workers were assigned to a room. While making the beds, someone came to him and said that the project manager had something to ask for.
The project manager is the middle-aged man who just spoke. His name is Tang Jianjun and he is the person in charge of the Chinese side. He is sitting behind the desk looking a little unhappy.
"Are you Liu Handong?" Tang Jianjun held a resume and a passport with a brown cover in his hand.
"Yes." Liu Handong was neither humble nor overbearing.
"Someone in the country said hello, you can go back." Tang Jianjun threw his passport over. It was the passport handed over by Liu Handong, and it had a Pakistani visa stamped on it.
"What's going on?" Liu Handong was very surprised. He left as soon as he came. Is this a joke?
"I don't know, maybe your service company made a mistake." Tang Jianjun spread his hands.
"Then how do I go back?" Liu Handong asked. Although he was unhappy, he had been a soldier for eight years and had developed the habit of obeying orders, especially in a strange place, and he would not do whatever he wanted.
"Let's wait for a few days. There is no bus to Islamabad recently, and you don't understand the local dialect, so you can't leave by yourself." Tang Jianjun waved his hand, "Okay, you can go back and rest."
Suddenly, a series of gunshots rang out, the familiar sound of Type 56 submachine guns, heard from a distance of 200 meters.