About half an hour later, the Audi arrived at the Guohua Hotel that the strange old man mentioned.
The Guohua Hotel is obviously used internally by the General Staff. There are soldiers guarding the entrance, and passes are checked before letting in.
What surprised Chen Ran was that the strange old man brought him to this hotel not to talk things over, but to ask him to change into military uniform.
Chen Ran entered a suite under the arrangement of the secretary officer. The military uniform he wanted to change into was already prepared for him in the suite. It was the same white military uniform as the strange old man.
Of course, the military ranks must be different. There is no military rank on this military uniform yet.
After putting on his military uniform and tidying up, Chen Ran followed the secretary officer back to the Audi.
However, the secretary officer did not follow him into the car. Chief Yang explained to him and let him leave.
Then the Audi drove out of the hotel again.
"Here, take this." After the Audi drove out of the hotel, Director Yang handed Chen Ran an information package.
Chen Ran took it and looked at it, but there were several notebooks and military rank epaulettes inside.
In addition to the military officer's ID card and pass issued for him, the book contains several documents, which seem to be the internal disciplines and regulations of the General Staff...
Seeing the military officer's ID card, Chen Ran couldn't help but think of the soldier he met underground who turned into a monster.
If it weren't for his military ID, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to sit here now.
What surprised Chen Ran was that the military rank on the officer's certificate that Chief Yang had reapplied for him had changed from the last rank of captain to the rank of major, and the position had also changed.
Last time, his military certificate position was as an investigator in the Intelligence Bureau of the Second Department of the General Staff, but now his position has become deputy secretary-general of the Secretariat of the General Staff Office.
Although Chen Ran didn't know much about the positions of the General Staff, he knew that all positions with "chief" were leadership-level figures, such as township chief, county chief, mayor...
Although the "chief" here is a deputy secretary-general, the secretary-general of the municipal party committee is also at the standing committee level.
The last time he was in Halamaodu Town, the strange old man suddenly gave him the identity of a general staff captain investigator. Although he was a little surprised at the time, he was not too surprised. He just thought that the strange old man was trying to get him out of the hands of the National Security Bureau.
It's just a temporary measure to come over.
After finishing the matter, his identity will naturally be of little use, but he did not expect that the strange old man would now give him a new military officer certificate. Not only his military rank was raised by one level, but his position was also changed from investigator.
Became the Deputy Secretary-General of the General Office.
The investigator is probably a character like 007 played by Zhou Xingxing.
Such an identity does not have a specific position, and the current deputy secretary-general is obviously different. But he just told the strange old man that he had no intention of joining the army?
"I just put my name on it so that you can come in and out..."
Seeing Chen Ran's doubts, Director Yang explained to Chen Ran that where he wanted to take Chen Ran, even with his identity, he couldn't bring anyone in casually, so he could only arrange such an identity for Chen Ran.
Count as his secretary.
After hearing this, Chen Ran understood what was going on, and then it became even more strange.
It's weird where the old man is taking him to? Arranging such an identity for him is just an admission ticket.
Although Chen Ran lived in the capital for a month not long ago, he was unconscious for a month. As a result, he couldn't figure out the east, west, east, west, and west of the capital at all, especially since it was still late at night, so he didn't know where the Audi car was going.
I was heading in the wrong direction. I only knew that after running for about twenty minutes, the Audi entered an old residential area.
Not long after, the Audi entered an alley again. At the main entrance of the alley, Chen Ran saw a huge sign: "Beekeeping Alley Club!"
If Chen Ran had read a popular real-life officialdom novel on the market, he would know the origin and background of this club when he saw this sign, because it was this club that was written about in that novel, but obviously he had not read it.
passed this novel.
However, although Chen Ran did not know the origin of this club, it did not affect his understanding of beekeeping.
Because the beekeeping tunnel is still very famous in history.
Not only did an emperor of the Ming Dynasty take refuge here, but also a prince of the Qing Dynasty was imprisoned here.
This prince is none other than Kangxi's son and Yongzheng's brother, the Thirteenth Prince Yi, Prince Yunxiang.
Of course, this is just a historical statement. Whether it is true or not cannot be verified.
Chen Ran also knew that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was said that this place was converted into a nursing home for veteran cadres by Deng Gong and other central secretaries.
Chen Ran knew this from reading a magazine on great people's biographies. The magazine wrote a short story about Deng Gong playing bridge. It was this short story that led to the establishment of the Veterans Cadre Sanatorium.
Of course, the magazine did not describe this sanatorium too much. It just said that this sanatorium is the earliest and highest-level sanatorium in the country, and the only people who can go here are at least ministerial-level leaders.
When he read this story at that time, Chen Ran just saw it as a story. He didn't care whether it was true or not, and didn't even think about it. After all, at that time, how could he have imagined that one day he would come here?
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Not long after the Audi entered the alley, it arrived at the Beekeeping Alley Club, but the Audi did not stop and drove straight into the alley.
Chen Ran thought that the Beekeeping Alley Club was a nursing home for veteran cadres, so when he passed by the club, he took a second look, but it seemed different from what he imagined. This club did not look like a nursing home at all, but more like a Chang'an club.
Clubhouse.
How did he know that this Beekeeping Alley Club was not a sanatorium for veteran cadres, but just a clubhouse established on the outskirts of the sanatorium by someone in order to gain the reputation of the sanatorium.
Not to mention, there are quite a few officials below who choose to live here when they come to the capital, and after living here, they become more and more serious.
Chen Ran was just wondering when he realized that the Audi car had gone around the back of the club and reached the end of the alley.
And here, Chen Ran saw the signboard of "Veteran Cadres Sanatorium".
By this time, Chen Ran naturally knew where the strange old man had taken him.
Not long after driving forward, the Audi car in which Chen Ran and the strange old man were riding encountered the first wave of sentries.
The first wave of sentries let them through without checking their identities, and then the Audi entered a large yard.
Entering the large courtyard, Chen Ran felt a heavy sense of history. The houses were all old-fashioned Soviet-style buildings, and the trees in the courtyard were lush.
There were many cars parked in the middle of the yard, but the Audi did not stop. Instead, it went around to the left side of the big yard.
Here, Chen Ran and the others encountered the second wave of police officers, who checked the passes in the car.
Then Chen Ran and the others encountered three waves of inspections one after another, and the inspections in these three waves became more and more strict. Not only did they check the IDs of the driver and Chen Ran, but in the last wave, they also checked the ID of Director Yang.
Once here, Audi cars seem to be prohibited from entering.
After Mr. Yang explained the situation, the driver drove around to the other side and returned the same way from the right.
Chen Ran followed Director Yang and went in through this door. He saw that there were all independent houses inside, which were like villas but more primitive and the layout was much older. Chen Ran's eyesight was better, and he even saw the people who built the houses.
The bricks are all the old blue bricks. Some houses have a small courtyard, some don't, and some have several courtyards connected together like a courtyard.
The entire large courtyard is a Soviet-style garden. It is better to say it is a garden than a pastoral, because at a glance, Chen Ran feels as if he is in a field filled with mountains and plains.
There are indeed many crops grown in the surrounding fields, especially vegetable fields.
Chief Yang was about to take Chen Ran towards a small building with the lights still on, when another car with military plates arrived at the door.
Seeing this, Director Yang stopped and looked over, and Chen Ran naturally followed suit.
Two people got out of the car, both of them wearing military uniforms. Chen Ran could tell at a glance that one of them had the rank of lieutenant general and the other had the rank of major general.
The two men dismissed the military vehicle that sent them and walked towards Commander Yang.
"Old Yang, why have you just arrived?" When he arrived in front of Chief Yang, the lieutenant general asked strangely.
"I have something to go out for." Chief Yang said and walked into the courtyard with the lieutenant general.
Chen Ran also followed.
The major general who followed the lieutenant general nodded to Chen Ran when he followed behind and looked at Chen Ran.
"How is the situation now?" He took a few steps forward and then heard the lieutenant general lower his voice and ask about Commander Yang.
Chief Yang did not answer him, but he knew the answer by looking at his face, so the Lieutenant General stopped asking any more questions, and the atmosphere suddenly became silent.
Soon a group of four people walked to the small courtyard with lights on. There were no guards at the entrance of the courtyard, only a few guards stood there. When they saw the arrival of Chief Yang and others, they all bowed respectfully.
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Chief Yang and the lieutenant general walked in without even bothering to return the greeting, followed by Chen Ran and the major general.
After entering, Chen Ran was stunned when he saw the scene in the yard.
This is because there are too many people in the courtyard. The courtyard is not big, but there are nearly ten or twenty people staying in the courtyard.
What surprised Chen Ran even more was that except for four or five of the twenty people who were wearing suits, the others were all wearing military uniforms.
And those in military uniforms have the lowest rank on their shoulders, which is major general, and there are not many major generals, just four or five. They all look like followers, but the rest are mostly lieutenant generals, and there are actually two among them.
A general with the rank of general.
Before this, Chen Ran had only seen two generals with the rank of general, Commander Yang and Commander Ouyang. Now he saw so many at once, including generals among them. He was not shocked or nervous at all.
It was undoubtedly a lie, especially when the four of them stepped into the courtyard, causing everyone in the courtyard to look over and then all their eyes fell on him.
The lowest rank here is also a major general, and he is just a small major. Suddenly, he is being looked at by so many generals...
