The next day's dinner was set at Fengtian Hotel, which is definitely one of the best and most high-end hotels in Tongzhou City.
Wang Jianjiang initially wanted to arrange the dinner at Po Erzhao, but when he thought about it, Ye Shaofeng was considered a big shot, a member of the aristocracy, and a relative of the emperor. How could he arrange to have dinner at Po Erzhao?
Although the country has been asking for diligent and thrifty solutions and banning banquets and banquets, it is between officials and officials, this time between officials and businessmen. In order to promote economic construction, money should be spent on meals.
Moreover, in this remote area of Xishan Province, as far away as the emperor is, no one cares who you, the mayor, had dinner with today, where you went to eat, and what kind of food you had.
Ye Shaofeng arrived late.
In fact, it was not that he was late, he went downstairs from his guest room to the restaurant on time, but Wang Jianjiang and his party all came earlier.
The government got off work at 5:30, and they came right after get off work. They agreed to have dinner at 6 o'clock, but they all arrived fifteen or twenty minutes early.
Ever since the national order banned large banquets, Fengtian Restaurant has never entertained so many government officials at once.
Wang Jianjiang is quite capable of calling people, and he called all his cronies here.
In addition to Public Security Bureau Director Pi Fei, there were a total of eight people who came, including two ladies. One was the deputy director of the municipal government office, over forty years old, and the other was the deputy director of the municipal cultural bureau who also served as the chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. , it is said that he was retired from the art troupe of the army, and joined the Federation of Literary and Art Circles when he came to the local area. Who knows, within a year of being in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, he was directly listed in the Cultural Bureau, and then he rose through the ranks.
The chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles has a stage name called Meng Qin.
When Wang Jianjiang introduced it to Ye Shaofeng, Ye Shaofeng almost sounded like a raptor. At that time, he was still thinking about how such a beautiful woman could have such an awesome stage name. Later, Na Mengqin corrected Wang Jianjiang's clumsiness with a proficient Mandarin. Pronunciation, she said in a delicate voice: "It's Mengqin, not Mengqin,"
This woman, who was almost forty years old, spoke delicately, and her voice was indeed soft and whining, but hearing it made Ye Shaofeng's whole body tingle.
After everyone was introduced at the door, Wang Jianjiang said, "Stop standing at the door. It's very cold. Come in quickly. The bakery inside is very big."
Ye Shaofeng and Wang Jianjiang naturally walked in the front, and the others followed behind. Mengqin was very close to Ye Shaofeng.
Women who are involved in officialdom are very knowledgeable.
When Wang Jianjiang was leading the introduction at the door just now, Ye Shaofeng also paid more attention and carefully got to know the seven or eight people in front of him. Among them, except for Pi Fei, the director of the Public Security Bureau and secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, who had some connections with the municipal party committee, The other people are basically people from the government, they are the directors of various bureaus, including the head of the Planning Bureau, the top leader of the Finance Bureau, the acting director of the Commerce Bureau, the director of the government office, plus the two Madam, it can be seen that these people should all be members of Wang Jianjiang's influence.
Pifei was always polite, and it was obvious that the people he followed were not on the same path, and he was somewhat reserved when he spoke. It was obvious that this was his first time getting involved in the mayor's circle.
Among these people, there is no one from the municipal party committee, let alone the secretary of the municipal party committee. Ye Shaofeng is not surprised. In any place, even as big as a province or as small as a unit, there must be conflicts between the first and second leaders. The country This is the arrangement. If your local station is united, it will be easier for you to become independent and authoritative.
Although Pifei is not a member of the Municipal Party Committee Secretary, he is not a member of Wang Jianjiang either. He has never been very close to the two circles.
I was quite surprised today. I received a call from Mayor Wang in the morning, and he was very polite, saying that he was a distinguished guest from the capital, and he was invited to have dinner with me.
Pi Fei didn't expect it to be Ye Shaofeng at first, but when he saw it today, he realized that he was really an honored guest.
Naturally, he didn't dare to neglect, and Pi Fei didn't know why Ye Shaofeng asked to come by himself. If he participated in this dinner today, was Wang Jianjiang deliberately trying to win over him.
After all, Pifei is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. Here, Wang Jianjiang means that his official position has the most power. It is still very strange for two members of the Standing Committee to attend an unofficial private dinner together. If it is not an alliance, it is the Hongmen Banquet.
Pifei sat in his seat, still thinking about the meaning of today's meal.
After much deliberation, I couldn't figure it out, but as soon as I came up, I drank a few glasses of wine with everyone else.
At an official dinner, no matter where it is, the actual leader will make a speech, then drink a lot of wine, drink three or five fucking cups of Maotai or Wuliangye, and then start talking about the people below to express their loyalty.
Of course, during this period, the leaders do not need to drink, but the people below must drink heavily.
However, at today's dinner, neither Wang Jianjiang nor Pi Fei, the highest-ranking officials, spoke. Ye Shaofeng gave a speech first, and then everyone drank together. No one could be pulled away.
After a few glasses of wine, the people below began to want to show their loyalty, but today's routine was not purely official, because there was a combination of government and business, so the part about showing loyalty was omitted or postponed. Next, Wang Jianjiang wanted to talk to Ye Shaofeng. Let’s talk about investing.
You came here to drink, just to build connections and leave to buy. You, Ye Shaofeng, are now a businessman. Businessmen build connections with people in the officialdom just to pay for bloodshed. If you don’t invest some money in this city, get a few projects, and give them to the people in power. If you increase your political achievements, which official will help you?
Ye Shaofeng naturally knew this truth and even deceived him into echoing Wang Jianjiang's remarks.
Wang Jianjiang said: "It is not easy for Director Ye to come to Xishan Province and Tongzhou City. It is indeed our honor to be able to see projects in a small place like ours. I don’t know what specific plans Director Ye will have next." "Those who are here today are all figures in the city's finance department. If you need help with the plan, as long as it complies with national regulations, we will definitely support economic construction vigorously,"
Ye Shaofeng looked around at these leaders. There was no one from the Mining Bureau or the Planning Bureau. What did this mean? It meant that Wang Jianjiang did not want to talk about the coal mine.
If you want to invest in a coal mine, you don't need to talk to the teacher. You can just talk to someone from the State-owned Resources and Mining Bureau. They can't intervene in the city. Since you are talking to the mayor, it means that the project you want to do is not a coal mine.
As long as it is not a coal mine project, the city government will have to make money. Even if it cannot make money, it still has to earn political achievements. It is not easy to gain some political achievements in this place. I have tried every means to wait for such an opportunity to accumulate political achievements. Wang Jianjiang couldn't get it.
Ye Shaofeng smiled, put down his wine glass, and spoke...