My heart felt warm and moved, "Sister, I listen to you."
She smiled softly at me and said, "That's good. Okay, I'll go back first."
Later, I stayed in the stone house for a long time. In fact, regarding what she just told me, I still had a feeling of fear in my heart. After all, I was in a new place, so it was inevitable that I felt a little scared.
Maybe this has nothing to do with laziness, but more to do with my fear of new and unfamiliar environments. From this, I really feel that I am not suitable for officialdom. But Lin Yu cares so much about me and has such expectations for me.
But he had to listen to her arrangements. This was actually a kind of helplessness.
But Lin Yu is right, there are almost no others who want this. This is of course a great good thing for me.
Recently, there have been a lot of people calling me to invite me to dinner, but I basically refuse. It’s not that I’m being pretentious, but that I really don’t want to socialize. I understand very well that if I go there, I will just drink, and then the other person will
Just ask me for help or something. This kind of banquet is in the form of drinking, and asking me to help is the ultimate goal. But since the ultimate goal is to need my help, then I will agree according to the situation.
I was very polite to everyone who invited me, and I also explained the reasons why I couldn't attend the banquet. My reasons were of course very good: we are about to enter the admissions process, and I am very busy with a lot of things here.
Now I have fully learned the lesson I learned from the last time I was in the high-rise property market. Anyway, I try to be polite to everyone, and I kept apologizing after explaining that I couldn't attend the banquet.
These people come to me for three things: they want to go to college if their college entrance examination scores are very poor, or they want to go to key undergraduate programs for ordinary undergraduates; they want to get places in the supplementary plan of prestigious universities across the country; they want to pay less or even no sponsorship fees.
I agree to all of them, but I have a bottom line in my mind: I will try my best to do it, and I will tell you how far it can be done based on the situation.
These people found me through various connections, either through connections with my boss, or acquaintances of my friends or former colleagues.
The office director, Meng Zhiren, is almost always in my office these days. Every time someone comes to see me, I will tell her to register immediately in person, and indicate who the client is and who introduced them.
Some people came to offer cigarettes and alcoholic beverages, and some came with red envelopes. I would not accept the red envelopes, but I accepted all the cigarettes and alcoholic beverages. I know that rejection should be measured, otherwise it will offend others.
"Director Meng, our reception expenses will be reduced a lot this year. These cigarettes and alcohol will be used as our reception materials." I said to my office director.
Meng Zhiren smiled and said: "Director Feng, you are so selfless."
I suddenly thought of the saying "If the water is clear, there will be no fish." I thought that if I was too innocent, I would embarrass others, so I took out a few pieces of soft Chinese from the gifts and said, "I'll keep some.
My old man is a big smoker."
Meng Zhiren then took out a few more items and placed them in the one I just took aside, "Then take more. Anyway, these things can be considered yours."
I couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In fact, I also left some cigarettes and alcohol, and I asked the driver to take them and put them in the car. Xiao Sui wanted to smoke, so he at least had this benefit when he followed me.
During this period, the secretaries of Governor Huang and Governor He both called me, and they were all about the admission of acquaintances, and they all said that I was asked to do it by the leadership. I certainly believe that there must be two provincial governors among them.
Of course, there should be two secretaries fishing in troubled waters. However, I have no way and it is impossible to distinguish the situation so clearly. Anyway, I know that these people on the list must comply with their requirements.
Once the arrangement is in place, you can’t charge a penny.
And I also have to realize one thing: my leaders ask me to do things because they like me.
This kind of understanding is very necessary, otherwise you will be a fool. Therefore, you must do your best to do this kind of things completely, and you must do it happily.
As a leader, asking subordinates to handle personal matters for themselves is also a kind of leadership art. What they convey to their subordinates is a message of trust and intimacy. And such things can make subordinates feel flattered.
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Director Zou of the Health Department, President Wu of the Medical University and other old friends also personally called me and invited me to have dinner with them. However, I declined the meal invitations, but I also accepted the tasks they entrusted me with.
One is on record.
I divided the various relationships into several categories: those assigned by superior leaders are free of charge, and the things must be done; the things assigned by department leaders must be done, and the fees are halved, and those with special relationships are exempted; things with acquaintances and friends are done as much as possible,
No reduction or exemption will be considered in terms of fees.
Now I realize that I don’t seem to have many friends on weekdays, but at this stage, I don’t know why so many people who claim to be friends suddenly appeared. If I think about it carefully, it seems that they can really be regarded as friends.
Friends. For example, some doctors from the hospital where I used to work, and people I seemed to have had dinner with several times. There were even a few classmates from middle school and college who I hadn't seen in years, all showing up at this time.
I admire these people because they were able to find my phone number.
On the contrary, Lin Yu did not call me for such a thing. My understanding is that she does not need to trouble me on such a matter, and she does not need to show any leadership skills in front of me.
But there was someone who invited me but I couldn't refuse, because he was Lin Yi.
On this day, Lin Yi called me, "Feng Xiao, let's have a meal together tonight. We haven't seen each other for a long time. The main reason is to ask you to help me with a friend's child entering college this year. You
Let’s talk about it when we get there.”
What else can I say? I can only agree.
Not only because he was my former father-in-law, but more importantly because my child is still in Shi Yanni’s hands. Now, since Governor Huang has given me such a guarantee, as for me, I must not
I offended Lin Yi.
I believe one thing: what Lin Yi really wants is not what I do for him, but what he should value more is my attitude towards him.
Only after I got there did I find out that the real guest for this dinner was a deputy district chief in charge of land and resources from a district government in the provincial capital, accompanied by the director and deputy director of the land and resources bureau below.
What surprised me was that I found that Xia Lan was also there. The moment I suddenly saw her, my heart suddenly became complicated, and in this complexity, the most important thing was a kind of sadness.
mood.
I don't know exactly why this is.
But I greeted her politely first, "Xia Lan, long time no see. What brings you to Jiangnan?"
I could see clearly just now that when she first saw me, there was a hint of embarrassment in her eyes, followed by sadness, accompanied by her blush. But the change in her eyes only happened in a moment.
Soon, she showed me a full smile, and her expression returned to her usual dignified and generous manner, "Director Feng, I find that you are more energetic. I just arrived today. Recently, Lin Yi and I have been talking every week
We have to meet, either he comes to Beijing, or I come here."
I noticed that she used a word called "spirit" to me, and the following words seemed redundant and intentional.
At this time, the deputy district chief who was treating the guests smiled and said: "Boss Lin is so lucky to have found such a beautiful star as his girlfriend. We are all only envious. Haha!"
Lin Yi smiled and said: "Don't envy me. I am a hard-luck person. Now that I finally have Xia Lan, I have hope of starting a new life again."
Xia Lan immediately said to the side: "Why do you speak so sourly?"
Everyone laughs.
At this moment, I found that Xia Lan looked really charming and charming, and her smile towards Lin Yi Yingying was full of affection. My heart suddenly trembled, and I couldn't help but ask myself: Is it really the result of the loss?
Do you think she is more precious?
When I started drinking, I found out that the deputy district chief’s niece was going to college this year. The deputy district chief asked me to give him an indicator of Tsinghua University.
I just replied to him, "My father-in-law has the final say on this matter. I will just do whatever he tells me."
The purpose of my words is very simple, just to make Lin Yi feel that he has more face. Because I know that he cares about this the most.
Next, the deputy district chief talked about his niece. This man was very eloquent and very sensational. He talked about how hard his sister was and how difficult the family was, so this niece grew up with him since she was a child.
He also regards this child as his own biological child, etc.
I could tell that what he really wanted to say was not about his niece, but the main purpose was to show that he values friendship and is an honest official.
As an actress, Xia Lan is really emotionally fragile, and she was actually moved to tears.
I could only smile bitterly in my heart: This official is no worse than you in acting.
After dinner, Xia Lan said to Lin Yi: "I have something I want to talk to Feng Xiao about."
Lin Yi smiled slightly: "Let's talk. You are old friends, and he is my son-in-law. If you have anything to say, just tell him directly. I will leave the driver here, and you will sit in the cafe here later.
Just sit down."
Then he came to look at me with a friendly smile on his face, "Feng Xiao, take good care of her. If anything happens to her, I will ask you for it." (To be continued)