She looked at me doubtfully and then stopped talking.
At this time Wu Shuanglai said to me: "Director Feng, let's get started."
In fact, what I am most afraid of and also very tired of is the toast that I have to say every time when I am hosting. But this procedure is necessary. In the past, I always thought that this was just a formality in officialdom.
But later I discovered that this habit had entered our family unknowingly, as well as our daily gatherings with friends, etc.
Toasts at family banquets are easy to handle. Usually the elders say some sincere words of encouragement, and then everyone just raises a toast together. There are also classmates and comrades drinking together. Such toasts are also easy to handle, everyone
We are friends, just say a few words and say "fuck", "fix" and "drink" boldly.
So the most troublesome thing is the official entertainment. Toasts on such occasions must take into account one's own identity and environment, and even need to improvise according to the situation. Now I am considered a person who has been on the battlefield for a long time, so I know
Some of the most basic things. I think the toast on such an occasion must pay attention to several aspects: first, it must focus on the center, that is, it must tell the theme of the banquet. Second, it must grasp the direction, that is, it must focus on the great achievements of the leader of the table.
, from different sides, different directions, and different angles, to reflect the leader's foresight, lofty position, and unattainable glorious image. You can use the style of praising virtue, that is, focusing closely on the leader's political achievements, saying what the leader has done unprecedentedly, and it will be affirmed in the future.
There are no examples of newcomers. Of course, it would be better if there are specific figures; there is also a way of looking forward to the future. For example, a leader is at the department level today and will definitely be at the bureau level in the future. And don’t forget to bring it with you.
Say something like "That is necessary"; and then there is the research work style, which is to discuss the work in depth and express your feelings around the topics that the leader is interested in, but remember to be concise and comprehensive and not endless.
But today's situation is not official, but Mr. Dou is holding such airs. After thinking about it for a very short time, I raised my glass and started to speak, "Dear Mr. Dou, can you spare the time today?"
I am deeply honored and grateful for taking such a busy time to meet me. I don’t have many friends in Beijing. I only know Zhuang Qing, Xu Ruhui and Qu Jin. I am honored to meet Director Wu this time.
I think, if Mr. Dou is so generous today and can come out to drink with us, then we will become very good friends in the future. Right, Mr. Dou?"
He smiled at me, but didn't say anything. I thought that was enough, so I continued: "Anyway, today is a very happy day. Now I propose that we raise a toast together."
, let’s toast our respected Mr. Dou together, and hope that Mr. Dou’s career will become more and more prosperous, and that the company’s business will flourish and bear fruit everywhere!”
After everyone drank together, Mr. Dou said: "Director Feng, although this is the first time we have met, I can see that you are still a very good person. You are the director of the Provincial Admissions Office at a young age. This must be something."
It makes sense. You just said it very well. Today is the first time we meet, so making friends is very important. Now let me make a suggestion. Let’s not talk about work tonight, and I won’t talk about business.
, let’s all have a good drink. Let’s make friends first, and we’ll talk about other things later. How about it, Director Feng? Do you think my proposal is okay?”
I was suddenly startled in my heart: Damn it! Why would I treat you to a drink if we don’t want to talk about anything? But I still smiled and nodded at him and said, "Okay. Just do whatever Mr. Dou says."
Now that he has said this, what else can I do? I thought very unhappily. But I have another plan in my mind: He is still sober now, and maybe he will take the initiative after drinking and getting happy.
It's hard to say when I bring up that matter. I've seen a lot of people in the wine shop, and this kind of situation often happens.
Then I picked up the wine glass and toasted him, "Mr. Dou, first of all, I would like to toast you a toast on my own behalf. Just one thing: I very much hope to be your friend. My rank is not high, but I have the characteristics of our Jiangnan people."
My character is that of being upright and forthright, I hope Mr. Dou can give me this thin noodles and drink this glass of wine."
Mr. Dou laughed "haha", "Director Feng is really good at talking. Come, let's drink!"
We clinked glasses and drank them all in one gulp. In fact, I could tell that Mr. Dou was quite happy today, and he seemed to have a kind of generosity in his character, but his generosity was overshadowed by his
It's just suppressed by the sense of superiority.
In fact, this is also a form of pretentiousness. Because he did not do it out of necessity, but because of the disgusting sense of superiority in his heart.
Then Wu Shuang went to greet him, "Mr. Dou, we are old friends. I'll toast you."
Mr. Dou said, "Since we are old friends, let's not drink for the time being, right?"
Wu Shuangmei smiled and said to him: "Mr. Dou, we should all make new friends and not forget old friends, right? You can't do it without drinking my glass of wine. You are not giving me face. How can I still be here in the future?
Are you going to hang out in the capital?"
Her voice was cooing, half happy and half angry. To be honest, once a beautiful woman uses such tricks, it is often difficult for men to resist. Sure enough, Mr. Dou immediately smiled and said: "I
Drink, can’t I just drink?”
Next, Zhuang Qing went to pay homage to Mr. Dou. She picked up the wine glass and said to Mr. Dou: "Mr. Dou, this is the first time we meet today. I want to toast you. I hope you will take more care of my little girl in the future."
This time he didn't refuse at all, and drank it with Zhuang Qing immediately. He was still laughing and said: "The wine of the big star must be particularly fragrant, I tried it... Sure enough! Haha! Come, let's clink glasses!
"
At this time, I also took the opportunity to toast Wu Shuang, because I didn’t want Mr. Dou to feel that everyone was trying to feed him. I raised my glass and said to Wu Shuang: "Director Wu, thank you very much. Anything else.
I won’t even talk about it. Come on, I respect you.”
She smiled brightly at me and said, "Director Feng, you're welcome. We are friends now, aren't we?"
We looked at each other and drank immediately.
Xu Ruhui over there started to toast Mr. Dou with a drink, and she just said: "Mr. Dou, I toast you. Nice to meet you."
Mr. Dou smiled and said, "I should be the one to say this. Thank you! Let's respect each other."
At this moment, I feel that the atmosphere at the table is not warm. Everyone is talking politely and drinking. Of course, this can only be done now, after all, everyone is not so familiar with each other, and Dou is always the guest of honor today.
He has to decide how to drink the wine later.
This requires a process. After all, just like colleagues in the work environment, it always takes a period of time to get used to each other.
I went to toast Qu Jin beside me, "Qu Jin, I want to toast you. Thank you for coming today."
She smiled at me and said, "Brother Feng invited me, why can't I come?"
I thanked you repeatedly and said with a smile: "How can I be so virtuous and capable? I really have nothing to repay you for giving me such a great favor."
She made a grimace at me and said, "Brother Feng, you don't have to be so polite between us, right?"
I laughed "hehe" and drank it with her. Then I winked at her. She smiled and nodded at me, and then went to pay respects to Mr. Dou.
I picked up the wine glass and went to Zhuang Qing's side, "Zhuang Qing, I want to toast you. There's no need to say anything else between us, right?"
Zhuang Qing smiled and said: "Don't say it yet, I would like to hear what you have to say."
I couldn't help but laugh, "What are you talking about? How about this, just one theme, for the sake of friendship?"
She smiled and said to me: "There is nothing new at all."
I also laughed, "Do you want me to say it's for love? Then I wouldn't dare. You are a big star, how can I reach you?"
In fact, I said this to everyone else here, because the last two times I drank with Xu Ruhui and others, they had already expressed their doubts through some words. And Xia Lan, I think
The reason why she didn't come today may also be related to this. In addition, I can't let Wu Shuang doubt the relationship between me and Zhuang Qing. After all, I am an official of Jiangnan Province. As for Mr. Dou, I feel that he
Zhuang Qing seemed to have a different attitude towards Zhuang Qing than Xu Ruhui and Qu Jin. I was thinking that at least at the table at this moment, this person could not be disgusted with me because he doubted my relationship with Zhuang Qing.
Zhuang Qing seemed to completely understand what I meant. She smiled and said, "Don't ever talk about love with me. It's too expensive, and I feel very far away from myself. Come on, let's drink, for the sake of our friendship."
"
Then I went to pay my respects to Xu Ruhui. Before I could say anything, she came to ask me first, "Director Feng, tell me, why are we drinking?"
I smiled and said, "It's still for friendship. Can we just do it for love?"
She smiled and asked me: "Why not?"
I was joking at first, but I didn't expect that she would ask me such a question, and I was immediately stunned. At this time, Mr. Dou was taking the initiative to offer Zhuang Qing's wine, and he laughed loudly after hearing the conversation between the two of us.
He stood up and said, "Director Feng, this man is handsome but he is different. He will be very popular with women."
I hurriedly smiled and said: "What's the point of being handsome? Didn't you get eaten by the pawn in the end?! By the way, Mr. Dou, there was something that happened when I was in college, and I still think it's funny. One day in class, someone next to me
My classmate found an apple on his desk, so he asked me, whose apple belongs to me? I answered him, this was given to you by the beautiful female classmate in our class. He asked me, why did she give it to you?
Where is my apple? I said, because you are handsome. He looked at me several times and asked me doubtfully, then, why did she give you the apple too? Haha! I was so angry at the time."
Mr. Dou immediately laughed and said, "Director Feng, if you are not handsome, how handsome is your classmate?"
I smiled and replied: "Mr. Dou, you don't know, at that time, my face was covered with acne, which looked very scary. Now that I am old, the acne is gone, so it is a little more pleasing to the eye."
Mr. Dou laughed and said, "Director Feng, you are a very interesting person."
This was good, and the awkward topic between me and Xu Ruhui was immediately diverted. After she and I drank this glass of wine, we returned to our seats and sat down. Mr. Dou came to toast my drink, "Feng
Director, thank you for your hospitality today."
I was immediately flattered and said, "Mr. Dou, please don't say that. You are a guest I can't even invite."
He laughed "haha" and drank the wine, and then he went to toast Wu Shuang, "Miss Wu, I want to toast you. Miss Wu, don't you have a lot of jokes? Let's hear a couple of them."
Wu Shuang smiled and said: "Mr. Dou, when it comes to telling jokes, our Director Feng should be the master. He used to be a doctor, and he was also an obstetrician and gynecologist. Do you think he has more jokes?"
Mr. Dou immediately looked at me in surprise, "Director Feng, is it true?"
I smiled and nodded, "Yes."
Zhuang Qing said immediately: "I was still a nurse in his department at that time. Mr. Dou, let me tell you, Feng Xiao is a good doctor, and the patients like him very much."
Mr. Dou immediately looked at me dumbfounded, "I can't believe it. Haha! Director Feng, you are so lucky."
I couldn't help but smile bitterly. I had encountered this situation many times before, but every time I encountered such a situation, I could only smile bitterly.
Wu Shuang immediately said to me: "Director Feng, Mr. Dou is a very easy-going person. Especially when friends are together, he likes to joke the most. How about you tell us two jokes?
?”
I smiled and said, "Well, let's talk about it. We all know each other today, and we will be friends from now on. So we will drink at the friends bar, so that the atmosphere will be better. Everyone works too hard on weekdays.
This is an opportunity for us to have fun and relax. If the joke is good, we can all have a drink together. How about it, Mr. Dou?"
Mr. Dou smiled and said: "Okay. Then you can tell me something first."
I smiled and said, "Okay. Then let me throw some light on it. One day, the head nurse gave a leader a blood test. After taking the blood from the leader's finger, the head nurse found that there was no hemostatic cotton, so she immediately took the leader's finger.
With her fingers in her mouth, she tried to stop the leader's bleeding in this way. At this time, the leader suddenly became excited. He held the head nurse's hand and said excitedly: I also want to do a urine test!"
Everyone laughed. Mr. Dou went to look at Zhuang Qing and asked: "Miss Zhuang Qing, were you really a nurse before? Do you stop bleeding for leaders like this?"
Zhuang Qing said with a smile: "Feng Xiao is talking about the head nurse. That's how the head nurse stops the bleeding. We little nurses don't do that."
Mr. Dou asked again: "Then what will your little nurse do?"
Zhuang Qing said with a smile: "Putting it in your mouth is just asking the patient to put his fingers in his mouth."
Everyone laughed again. At this time, the effect of Zhuang Qing's words was much better than that of my joke.
Mr. Dou couldn't stop laughing and slapped the table, "That's great. It seems that people in your hospital really have a lot of jokes, and they are so exciting. Okay, okay! Come on, let's have a drink!"
Wu Shuang smiled and said to him: "Mr. Dou, please tell me one too. I know your jokes will definitely be more exciting."
Mr. Dou thought for a while and then said: "Okay, let me tell you something. A man went home and saw his wife in bed with his boss, so he angrily went to find the boss's wife. The boss's wife was very angry and said: Let's
After the incident, the leader’s wife said: I am still very angry, so I will take revenge on him again. After several times, the man knelt down and begged for mercy. He kept saying to the leader’s wife: I forgive them!
"
Everyone burst into laughter immediately. Actually, I didn’t think his joke was particularly funny. At first, he was just laughing with everyone, but when I looked at Mr. Dou’s fat face, he had a strange look on his face.
At that moment, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing for real.
Wu Shuang also told another story next, and her joke also made everyone laugh - "A young woman accidentally fell into the garbage dump while taking out the garbage, and was picked up by an old man before she could get up.
He held her in his arms. The old man said with heartache: People in the city are just wasteful, I don’t want such a good woman anymore!”
Then everyone went to look at Zhuang Qing.
Zhuang Qing said: "Didn't I tell it before? I told it with Feng Xiao. Haha! The jokes I heard before are too old, you must have heard them. How about I drink a glass of wine?
"
Mr. Dou shook his head and said, "Miss Zhuang Qing, we are all friends, so don't be so reserved."
Zhuang Qing smiled and said, "Mr. Dou, how about I offer you a glass of wine first and then tell you a joke?"
Mr. Dou looked very happy, "Okay."
So Zhuang Qing picked up the wine glass and immediately said to Mr. Dou: "Mr. Dou, I'd like to offer you a drink. I have an unkind request for this glass of wine. I wonder if Mr. Dou will allow me to tell you?"
Mr. Dou smiled and said, "I am all ears."
Zhuang Qing immediately said: "Mr. Dou, Feng Xiao and I have been old friends for many years. To be honest, the reason why I, Zhuang Qing, am able to get where I am today is entirely the result of his encouragement and help, so I have always been with him from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you very much. Mr. Dou, Feng Xiao came to Beijing specifically to find you this time, because only you can help him with his affairs. Mr. Dou, Feng Xiao is a very friendly person. From now on, you will have more contact with him.
Got it. Mr. Dou, I beg you, if you can help him without any difficulty, okay? Haha! Maybe my request is too abrupt, please don’t mind it?"
The smile on Mr. Dou's face suddenly disappeared, and he said: "Miss Zhuang Qing, didn't I say it before? Today we will only drink and not talk about work."
Zhuang Qing's expression suddenly changed. I knew her character, and I was immediately worried that she would have an attack. I hurriedly said: "Zhuang Qing, let's drink first. I will find time to talk to Mr. Dou about work matters."
Zhuang Qing suddenly laughed, "That's right. It seems that I was really too abrupt. Okay, I won't talk about it anymore. I'll have a drink first as a punishment."
After saying that, she drank it immediately. I was very grateful to her because I knew her temper. It was difficult for her to control her emotions when it was such a humiliating thing like this in front of outsiders and her friends. But.
Not only did she hold back, but she didn't seem to care at all. I knew she was doing this all for me.
What made me even more unexpected was that Mr. Dou immediately raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp. Then he smiled and said to Zhuang Qing: "Miss Zhuang Qing, I'm sorry, I just have such a temper.
Because I never like to talk about work matters at the wine table. Miss Zhuang Qing, let’s do this. Since Director Feng is your friend, I will agree to help him talk about this matter first. But what happens in the end?
I can't guarantee how it will be."
Zhuang Qing's face suddenly became as bright as a flower, "Since Mr. Dou said so, there must be no problem."
Mr. Dou shook his big head and said, "My old man's temper is hard to describe."
Zhuang Qing smiled and said: "Let's not talk about this matter for now. Now, I'll just tell my jokes."
Mr. Dou clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay, great. Miss Zhuang Qing, thank you for not being angry with me."
Zhuang Qing smiled brightly at him, "What's going on, Mr. Dou? Am I such a narrow-minded person?"
Just now, after Mr. Dou agreed to Zhuang Qing, I wanted to toast him immediately, but I found that I couldn't get in the way. At this moment, I was even more grateful to Zhuang Qing in my heart, because she was completely
You just said those words for my sake, trying your best to flatter this high-ranking official’s son.
At this time, I felt that my opportunity had come, and I immediately raised my glass to honor Mr. Dou. I said to him: "Mr. Dou, thank you. With your words, I feel at ease."
He smiled and said: "I envy you very much. Being able to have your friends help you like this shows that you are a friend worth keeping."
Zhuang Qing immediately told a joke, "A combat hero who lost his limbs called the Women's Federation and asked them to find a wife for him. The people from the Women's Federation said: Yes, but we have to be responsible for each other. I wonder if you can in the future.
How about living a normal married life with your wife? The hero said: Of course, otherwise, how do you think I dialed this number?"
Mr. Dou didn't react for a moment. He immediately asked: "How did he dial it?"
Zhuang Qing smiled charmingly at him, "Mr. Dou, you are annoying!"
Only then did he react and burst into laughter.
Xu Ruhui then told a joke, "A certain man stayed in a hotel for the night, and a lady called him to ask if he needed a massage service. When asked about the price, the lady said: 200 above the belt, 200 below the belt. The man immediately summoned the lady. The lady
When I got to the room, I found that the man was completely naked, but he had a belt tied around his ankles!"
Everyone laughed again. Mr. Dou seemed a little excited and kept shouting "Drink!"
Then it was Qu Jin's turn to tell a joke. Qu Jin said: "I don't have such a joke, what should I do?"
Mr. Dou said: "Then you have a drink. There are six of us here. Except for yourself, you need to drink five glasses of wine."
Qu Jin said to Mr. Dou in a cooing voice: "Mr. Dou, why don't you show any pity to me?"
Mr. Dou couldn't help laughing, and then he looked at me and said, "Well, unless Director Feng is willing to tell you something. But if Director Feng agrees, you must kiss him."
I hurriedly said: "No, don't make such a joke."
Qu Jin said: "Brother Feng, please tell me something. Mr. Dou, where should I kiss him?"
Mr. Dou laughed and said, "Kiss him wherever you think he looks good."
At this time, we had already drank three bottles of Maotai, so everyone became excited, and it was no longer strange to be casual. I said to Mr. Dou: "Mr. Dou, please help her."
Before I finished speaking, I immediately felt a sharp pain in my arm. It was Qu Jin pinching me. Obviously, she didn't want Mr. Dou to tell this joke for her. It can also be understood that she didn't want to
Go and kiss any part of Mr. Dou. (To be continued)