In the blink of an eye, it was Friday. In the afternoon, Ye Xinyi and Qiao Liang were reporting something in Chu Heng's office. The landline on Chu Heng's desk rang.
Chu Heng picked up the phone and then smiled and said: "Hello, Mr. Cheng, we have arrived in Jiangzhou. Okay, let's go directly to Jiangzhou Hotel. The rooms there have been arranged..."
When Qiao Liang and Ye Xinyi heard Chu Heng's name, they knew it was Cheng Min who was here.
Qiao Liang's heart moved. When Cheng Min came to Jiangzhou, the ministry office should have arranged accommodation. Why didn't he know about this?
When Chu Heng hung up the phone, Qiao Liang asked casually: "Minister Chu, why did Mr. Cheng come to Jiangzhou?"
Chu Heng smiled: "Mr. Cheng came to Jiangzhou, firstly for investigation, and secondly to see the circulation of Jiangdong Daily."
Both Qiao Liang and Ye Xinyi understood that Cheng Min's visit to Jiangzhou at this time was just a gimmick, and paying attention to the circulation of the newspaper was the real purpose.
"Then Mr. Cheng's accommodation was not arranged by us?" Qiao Liang said.
Chu Heng nodded: "Not only accommodation, but also meals don't need to be taken care of by us. Mr. Wen has arranged everything."
Ye Xinyi and Qiao Liang both felt strange. The ministry had always arranged food and lodging for people coming from the provincial government, so why did Wen Yuan arrange it this time?
Seemingly seeing the confusion of Ye Xinyi and Qiao Liang, Chu Heng said: "Mr. Wen's arrangement is better, it saves the department money."
Ye Xinyi and Qiao Liang looked at each other. Although Chu Heng's words sounded reasonable, they both felt that something was wrong.
Chu Heng then said to Qiao Liang: "Arrange a car for me, and I will go to Jiangzhou Hotel to have dinner with Mr. Cheng in the evening."
Qiao Liang nodded and asked, "Are you going by yourself?"
There is a reason why Qiao Liang asked this. Ye Xinyi is in charge of news and distribution in the ministry. Generally speaking, when provincial news people come, especially those at Cheng Min's level, except for the minister who has to accompany him to dinner, Ye Xinyi will attend the dinner.
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Chu Heng nodded: "Yes, I will go by myself."
Qiao Liang was suddenly surprised. Chu Heng's words clearly meant that Ye Xinyi was not allowed to attend the dinner. Why was this? Did Chu Heng deliberately want to use this occasion to snub Ye Xinyi? Or was there another reason?
At the same time, if the ministry arranged the reception, Qiao Liang would also have to attend the dinner to serve, but now it was arranged by the newspaper, and Chu Heng said he was going by himself, so he obviously had no intention of letting himself participate.
It seemed that Chu Heng wanted to use this arrangement to exclude himself and Ye Xinyi from the dinner.
Why did Chu Heng arrange it like this? Doubts arose in Qiao Liang's heart. Looking at Ye Xinyi, she also looked sleepy.
Coming out of Chu Heng's office, Qiao Liang asked Ye Xinyi, "Do you feel anything unusual?"
Ye Xinyi said calmly: "It's nothing unusual. It's just a meal. Tonight is the weekend. Minister Chu won't let us participate. He gives us freedom to enjoy the weekend. He cares about and considers his subordinates."
Qiao Liang smiled: "You don't seem to mean what you said."
Ye Xinyi rolled her eyelids: "As long as you can, you can see everything."
Qiao Liang scratched his scalp: "Why do I always feel like something is wrong?"
"I think you are overthinking." Ye Xinyi said and entered the office.
Qiao Liang returned to the office, picked up the internal phone and called Yue Shanshan: "Shanshan, Minister Chu is going to Jiangzhou Hotel tonight for an important reception. Please arrange a car."
"Okay." Yue Shanshan agreed.
Qiao Liang thought for a moment: "Minister Xu's car is idle at home, let Xiao Zheng and Minister Chu go."
"Okay, I'll notify Xiao Zheng right away."
Qiao Liang hung up the phone, stood at the window, and looked downstairs while smoking.
After a while, Chu Heng came out of the building, got into Xiao Zheng's car and left.
When it was time to get off work, Qiao Liang sent a text message to Xiao Zheng: "Who is attending Minister Chu's dinner party at Jiangzhou Hotel tonight?"
Xiao Zheng quickly replied: "I don't know. I sent Minister Chu to the hotel, and he asked me to come back. He said he would take a walk home after dinner and there was no need for me to pick him up."
Qiao Liang was startled, what did Chu Heng mean by doing this? Do you want to avoid Xiao Zheng? Could it be that there are other people attending the dinner tonight that Chu Heng doesn't want Xiao Zheng to know about?
Qiao Liang was even more curious, Damn, Chu Heng is so mysterious, there must be something fishy about him.
After thinking for a while, Qiao Liang took out his cell phone and called Si Shengjie. He was now the director of the newspaper office. Since the dinner was arranged by the newspaper, he would definitely attend.
The call was answered quickly.
"Director, I am Qiao Liang."
"Hello, Director Qiao." Si Shengjie rarely received calls from Qiao Liang, so he seemed very happy.
"Director, today is the weekend. I would like to treat you to dinner tonight. Are you free?"
Si Shengjie became even happier when he heard that Qiao Liang was now a celebrity around Xu Honggang. He had been looking for an opportunity to curry favor with him and treat him to dinner, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to call.
Then Si Shengjie regretted that he had a dinner party to serve tonight and couldn't make it.
"Director Qiao, I'm really sorry. I'm currently at the Jiangzhou Hotel. I have an important dinner here that I need to arrange, and I really don't have time."
"Oh, that's a shame."
"But I'm still very grateful for Director Qiao's hospitality. I'll invite Director Qiao specifically another day."
"Haha, okay, let's wait for another day." Qiao Liang smiled, then pretended to be unintentional and said casually, "What kind of important dinner are you having tonight?"
"Mr. Cheng from Jiangdong Daily is here. Minister Chu arranged for Mr. Wen to receive him, and Minister Tang will also attend the dinner tonight."
Qiao Liang was stunned. Tang Shusen wanted to have dinner with Cheng Min tonight. Why?
"Haha, why is Minister Tang interested in participating in the publicity system's wine bar?" Qiao Liang said with a smile.
"Director Qiao doesn't know?" Si Shengjie was a little surprised.
"What do you know?" Qiao Liang was even more surprised.
"Hey, this is strange. Isn't Director Qiao not in the department these days?"
"Yeah, I went on a business trip and just came back." Qiao Liang followed suit.
"No wonder, haha." Si Shengjie didn't know what was going on, and wanted to get close to Qiao Liangduo, "A few days ago, the director of the National Television Station in Jiangdong and the director of the news department of Jiangdong Daily came to Jiangzhou to interview the city's grassroots party building.
This was arranged by Mr. Cheng, and Minister Tang wants to thank Mr. Cheng..."
Qiao Liang was excited. Holy shit, it turned out that the reporters who came down a few days ago were covering the work of the Organization Department. No wonder when Ye Xinyi asked about their intentions, Chu Heng stopped him. He must have already known about it.
It is normal for reporters from above to interview grassroots party building. Why didn’t the Propaganda Department know about it? Why did Chu Heng prevent Ye Xinyi from intervening?
Confused, Qiao Liang chatted with Si Shengjie for a few more words and hung up the phone.
Qiao Liang suddenly felt that there was a mystery to this matter, and Si Shengjie obviously didn't know the mystery, otherwise he wouldn't have told him the truth.
Where is the mystery? Qiao Liang frowned and wondered.
Cheng Min arranged the matchmaking... TV and newspaper reporters jointly interviewed... The newspaper arranged the reception... Tang Shusen attended the dinner... Chu Heng did not let Ye Xinyi interfere, and deliberately avoided himself and Ye Xinyi...
Qiao Liang thought about these things together, and the idea gradually became clear. It seemed like this: Tang Shusen wanted to make a group of important news about grassroots party building in the city, but he didn't want to go through the Propaganda Department, so he asked Chu Heng to arrange Wenyuan in private to operate it.
Cheng Min, in addition to arranging for a reporter from Jiangdong Daily to interview, also asked him to help contact the webmaster of the Jiangdong Reporter Station of the National Television Station.
The fact that people from the national TV station came to interview clearly meant that Tang Shusen had a big appetite and not only wanted to spread the news throughout the province, but also to the whole country.
