He glared at me and said, "You guy, you are so good when you get an advantage! Although you are a bit handsome, you are not so handsome that beauties flock to you? I, Kang Demao, am not much worse than you, right?"
I laughed and immediately felt very happy to be with him. Because we were classmates, it seemed that there was naturally no barrier between us.
Kang Demao and I didn't drink much in the evening because we both had to drive. He and I spent most of the time talking about our former classmates, and the two women became our loyal listeners.
The memories of my middle school days that were already blurry slowly became clear under the influence of a little alcohol and the harmonious atmosphere. I discovered that my middle school days actually had so many good memories worth remembering. But I could see that,
Kang Demao was deliberately avoiding his embarrassment at that time, so I didn't mention it at all. From this, I knew that in his heart, he still cared about and cared about some things at that time. So I couldn't help but sigh: There are some things in a person.
The pain can never be healed. For Kang Demao, it was the discrimination he suffered due to poverty in middle school. For me, it was the psychological shadow caused by Zhao Menglei's suicide. What about Chen Yuan? I don't feel confident.
Forbidden City took a look at her and found that she was whispering something to Kang Demao's wife.
I hope the pain she suffered that time has completely left her. I thought to myself.
When our dinner was about to end, my phone rang suddenly, and I started to answer it without looking, because Condemaux was raising a glass to me, and one of my hands was clinking the glass with him.
"Feng Xiao, we're going to get on the plane right now and arrive at Jiangnan Airport in about two hours." The call was from Zhuang Qing.
My mood suddenly agitated, "Does Boss Lin know about this?"
"Yes, he has already arranged our room and airport pick-up," she replied.
"Great. I'll ask Boss Lin right away." I said, secretly wondering: Why didn't Lin Yi tell me this?
"Are you busy?" Kang Demao sensitively noticed my absent-mindedness.
I nodded, "A friend of mine will be arriving in Jiangnan soon. I'm going to pick her up at the airport. Demao, thank you for the dinner. I'll treat you two to dinner next time. Yuanyuan, Zhuang Qing will arrive in two hours. You can pick her up."
Her?"
Now, I don't want to care about Lin Yi's arrangements, I just think that Chen Yuan and I should go pick her up.
"I'll go if you go." Chen Yuan said to me with a smile. I found her expression to be very natural.
"Well, let's find time to get together next time. It's a pity that we have too few classmates in the provincial capital. Otherwise, it would be great if we could all drink and chat together more often." Kang Demao said with a smile.
"Ouyang Tong seems to be in the provincial capital. Have you contacted him?" I couldn't help but ask him.
"Really? I'll find someone to ask for his phone number." He said, and then said to his wife: "Go check out and remember to issue an invoice."
I clearly felt that he seemed to have something to say to me, so I took out the car keys and said to Chen Yuan, "Go to the car and wait for me for a while. I'll be down soon."
The two women left.
"Feng Xiao, there is something I wonder if you are interested in?" Sure enough, Kang Demao started to ask me.
"What's going on?" I asked him with a smile.
"Now the real estate industry is getting more and more prosperous, and housing prices are increasing day by day. The same goes for cemeteries. Now the original cemetery area in our provincial capital is too small, and with the expansion of the city, it has gradually moved closer to that place. It is said that the government is planning to convert that place
Move to another place. Now the Civil Affairs Department is planning a new cemetery, and it is said that the site selection has been completed. You may not know the objective profits of the cemetery project, and you happen to have such a good relationship with Director Lin, so
I want to ask you if you are interested in that project?" he said.
I smiled bitterly in my heart: Why is it that project again? It seems that everyone is the same, and they are all excited in the face of high profits. "I don't understand that stuff. And I think it takes more than a little bit to start such a project.
Money?" I said.
"Yes. But we don't need to come forward. You can coordinate the relationship and get shares or commissions." He said.
I was a little surprised, "Demao, do you have so much money?"
He suddenly laughed, "Where do I get so much money? And I am a national civil servant, so it is impossible for me to participate in such things."
"What do you mean?" I asked, feeling a little confused.
"I know a boss who is very powerful and is from our hometown. He really wants to get involved in that project. How about it? Can you help me think of a solution?" he said.
I was very embarrassed, because that project had already involved several people, and Song Mei also lost her life because of that project. But I couldn’t tell Kang Demao about these things, because I didn’t want him to know about my past things.
, and I don’t want to expose the agreement between Lin Yu, Song Mei and me.
"What? You think it's inappropriate?" he asked.
I couldn't refuse him directly, "Let's do this. I'll ask Director Lin before we talk. Aren't we going to invite her out for dinner? I'll take the time to ask her."
"Don't talk about the project about me. That's not good." He said hurriedly.
"Why?" I asked him in surprise.
"After all, I am not familiar with her yet, and when it comes to project matters, the leader is very taboo about letting people from the Organization Department or the Discipline Inspection Commission know the specific situation. So, you'd better not tell her that I know about this matter. You
Just say he's from your hometown, or he's a classmate." He said.
I shook my head, "This is not going to be easy. I don't know the person you are talking about at all. I don't know anything about him, what he has done before, etc. How do you want me to deal with Lin?"
The director said?"
"We originally agreed to have tea with the boss tonight. Since you have something to do, let's talk about it later. How about tomorrow?" he asked me.
I thought about Zhuang Qing's coming back, and I still don't know her specific arrangements for tomorrow, "It may not be possible in the next few days. Well, I'll call you when I have time."
"However, that project has been announced online and is about to be tendered to the whole society. You know some things. Online announcement is actually just a formality. The final result still needs relationships to work. Now time is very tight.
, people are already signing up to bid. So, you need to hurry up."
I instinctively refused this project, and now that I heard that the time was so tight, my first thought was to refuse immediately, "De Mao, I think you are right. In the final analysis, relationships will play a role in such a project. Maybe it will save you money."
Many leaders have already greeted me inside, but based on my relationship with Director Lin, I have no hope of getting this project."
"On the contrary, it is said that few leaders in the province say hello." He laughed.
I was very surprised, "Why? Where did you know about it? Only Director Lin or other leaders in the Civil Affairs Department need to know whether the provincial leaders said hello or not?"
"I am familiar with another deputy director of the Civil Affairs Department, and he told me. He also told me that the project caused an incident to the former Director Zhu of the Civil Affairs Department and triggered a criminal case, so Lin
The director is very cautious, and the provincial leaders are also very careful, because that project can easily attract the public's attention. Look, isn't this our opportunity?" He said to me with a smile.
I couldn't help but be surprised: it turned out that many people already knew about the project. I couldn't help but be a little confused, because I didn't know how Lin Yu told her leaders and colleagues about Song Mei and Si Weimin. Although
She had said something to me before, but I didn't know the details.
I looked at the time and said, "It's really not going to work tonight. How about this? I'll check the situation tomorrow and then make an announcement, okay?"
"Okay, let's talk tomorrow. Let's go down. Your wife is pregnant, so you have to take care of her. Don't be embarrassed about the project. If it works, forget it. If it doesn't, forget it. I'll pay attention in the future to see if there are any other money-making projects.
No, I’m well-informed. Feng Xiao, it’s not enough if we don’t have money now, we all have to look for opportunities to make money,” he said.
I think what he said is right, especially after I got that car, I realized that money is really useful, and the saying "you get what you pay for" really makes sense.
"Brother, this classmate of yours really looks like an official." After getting in the car, I slowly drove out of the parking lot of the restaurant, and Chen Yuan said to me with a smile.
I was a little surprised and asked her: "Why do you feel like this?"
"He looks calmer than you, and he has that style." She said with a smile.
I don’t understand even more, “Pomp? What is panache?”
"That's the feeling, I can't explain it clearly. 'Go check out and remember to issue the invoice.' He always said that to his wife. Haha!" she laughed.
I also laughed, "Don't tell me, it's really like that."
"Brother, where will Zhuang Qing stay tonight?" I heard her asking me just after I finished speaking, and I was startled: Why did she ask me this question?
"Boss Lin has made arrangements. I don't know yet." I said, "In this case, I will call Boss Lin right away."
"Let her come and live in our house. We haven't had dinner together for a long time," she said.
I stopped the car and looked at her strangely, "How is this possible? I came back this time to talk about work. She came here with the director. Do you think she came back to play?"
Yes?"
"Brother, don't you find it strange? Why do you think he is willing to spend so much money to make Sister Zhuang Qing famous?" Chen Yuan asked me.
I was startled, and then sighed: "Yuanyuan, he did this all for you. Because he doesn't want her and I to go back to the same relationship as before. So I hope she can develop well and then go."
Her own way."
"I don't think that's the case." She said quietly, "Spending so much money to help someone who has nothing to do with me, even if it's for me, can't be justified. I think this is weird." (Unfinished)