Shen Tong walked out of the room. People looked at him strangely along the way. Some even nodded and smiled at him. Some waiters directly called him the boss. What was even more terrifying was that when Shen Tong walked out of the door, a The man who looked like a cadre was originally sitting on the sofa, but he suddenly stood up, nodded, and opened the door for him, making him fearfully experience the addiction of being a leader.
"It's good to be a leader, but I don't know when I will get to this point?" Shen Tong walked out of the door, turned around and stood there, looking at the Dongquan Hotel with a shabby appearance and a magnificent interior. .The people who come here are either Dongquan's dignitaries or business celebrities. Ordinary people don't want to come in. "In the future, I will also walk in from here with dignity." Shen Tong secretly made up his mind.
When Shen Tong was about to leave, he saw Xu Xia standing in front of the window with tears in her eyes, waving hello to him, and blowing a kiss from time to time. Shen Tong smiled, waved, then turned and left.
The afternoon sun is obviously a bit lazy. The weeping willows on one side of the Bishan River are swaying in the wind, and pedestrians are walking along the river in twos and threes.
The three years of falling in love with Xu Xia were like ripples in the river, gradually spreading in the heart. Shen Tong walked to the river and leaned on the willow tree in a sense of loss, recalling every bit of it carefully. It was so clear and so clear. It was blurry. Three years of long-distance love actually came to a successful end two years later. Is this fate? Or is it a punishment for himself? Shen Tong picked up a stone and threw it hard into the middle of the river.
Shen Tong walked quickly along the river to the station. He planned to take the earliest bus in the afternoon and rush back to Shihe Town. He originally wanted to go to his uncle's house, but after thinking carefully about the current situation in Shihe Town, he gave up the idea. .
"Shen Tong?" A young and capable young man in uniform rode a bicycle and parked next to Shen Tong.
Shen Tong recognized Cai Fei, his high school classmate, at a glance. He walked up to him, punched Cai Fei hard and said, "You kid, you haven't contacted me for a long time."
Cai Fei and Shen Tong were best friends in high school. After graduating from high school, Shen Tong was admitted to college, but Cai Fei failed to succeed. He did not choose to repeat his studies, but relied on his father's relationship to work as a temporary worker in the traffic police force.
During their freshman year, the two of them still corresponded frequently, and from time to time Cai Fei would go to Shen Tong School to stay for several days. However, gradually, the two of them wrote less and less, and they stopped contacting each other in the end. relation.
Shen Tong later went to the traffic police team to look for Cai Fei, but they all said that Cai Fei had been transferred. They didn't know where exactly he went. Shen Tong was very excited when he suddenly saw his old friend today.
Cai Fei put up his bicycle and gave him a deep hug. He said: "Two years ago, I followed my cousin to Guangzhou. I originally thought I could make a lot of money, but then, hey, forget it. I went there after the Spring Festival. I didn’t go again, because my dad had some connections and arranged for me to be sent to the Public Security Bureau.”
Cai Fei's father, Cai Kangyu, is the deputy director of the County Public Security Bureau. He is also a well-known figure in Dongquan County. It would be more than enough to arrange a job for his children. Cai Fei often got into fights when he was in high school, but they all Because of his father's relationship, no one dared to provoke him. Shen Tong also used Cai Fei's light to prevent students from the county from bullying them, students from the countryside.
Cai Fei still looked like he didn't care about anything. He sounded like he was not satisfied with the job. He lit a cigarette carelessly and stood on tiptoe to smoke it.
Shen Tong suddenly remembered that the person he saw in the county party committee compound that day was Cai Fei, and asked, "I seemed to have seen you that day. Did you go to the county party committee?"
Cai Fei nodded and said: "Yes, I have been running to the county committee every day these days and reporting materials to the Political and Legal Committee every day. I am almost exhausted. You are here, where are you now?"
Shen Tong was a little disappointed. It seemed that he was far away from Cai Fei, so he said: "The unified recruitment that I participated in last year is now in Shihe Town."
Cai Fei said in surprise: "Oh, let me tell you, when I saw the announcement last year, you were the first in line. The first thing I thought of was you. Unfortunately, I didn't have your contact information, so I had to express my blessings silently in my heart. Haha, don’t blame brother.”
"How come you were assigned to Shihe Town when you came first in the exam? A friend of mine came in third from the bottom and was assigned to the county transportation bureau." Cai Fei was confused and kept talking. When he saw Shen Tong When his expression became a little unnatural, he realized that he had said too much, so he immediately changed the subject and asked: "I heard that the leaders of the province came to Shihe Town to investigate?"
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Shen Tong already knew why he went to Shihe Town, so he thought it was okay, so he did not inquire about the cause and effect. When he heard the news about Shihe Town, Shen Tong's heart became heavy again, and he helplessly said Sighed and nodded.
In fact, Cai Fei knew about this. His father mentioned it inadvertently at noon, but he and Shen Tong hadn't interacted with each other for a long time. It seemed that they no longer had the same intimacy as before and became very unfamiliar. If we don't talk about work, , I really didn’t know what to say, so I patted Shen Tong on the shoulder and said, "The investigation is not your fault, so you don’t have to worry about it. Do you have time in the evening? Let’s get together."
Shen Tong thought about the situation in the town and declined politely: "The situation in Shihe Town is like this now. It seems inappropriate for me to leave. How about we get together another day?"
Cai Fei also said it casually. After hearing Shen Tong's rejection, he immediately said: "Okay, you are busy, let's meet another day. Can you write down my mobile phone number, or I can call you?" After saying that, he stepped out from his waist. He took out his mobile phone.
Shen Tong saw that Cai Fei's mobile phone was the latest flip phone, exactly the same as Ma Guotao's. He heard others say that this mobile phone cost at least four to five thousand. Hearing that Cai Fei wanted to call him, he spread his hands in embarrassment and said I don't have a mobile phone myself.
Cai Fei saw Shen Tong's actions and felt that his actions were a bit embarrassing, so he put his phone away and said, "Then take note of it."
Shen Tong took out his pen and address book and carefully wrote down Cai Fei's contact information. In those days, everyone carried a phone book with them. When making a call, he took out the phone book and searched for it one by one.
"Okay, I'll go to work first. You must contact me when you get to the county seat another day." Cai Fei got on his bicycle and told Shen Tong.
Shen Tong looked at Cai Fei's retreating back and thought of Xu Xia, then Zhao Yitang, Ma Guotao, Wu Jiangkai and even Ji Furong...the faces constituted an official Ukiyoe. Some were righteous, some hated evil, and some were cynical. There are intrigues, and no matter who you are, from the moment you enter this circle, you start to switch faces one after another, and go through difficult journeys one after another. In the end, you may feel that you are incredible. However, this is officialdom. , this is society, every circle has a set of survival rules. If you stick to your original intention and don't go against the trend, it will be a silent ending.
These days, Shen Tong has been thinking about this issue seriously. For him who has just entered the official career, it seems impossible for him to adapt or integrate into this circle immediately, but the crises that come to him again and again have constantly sounded the alarm for him. .To learn to survive, you must protect yourself.