I knew that she carried a lot of cash in her satchel, and I gave her instructions before arriving in Beijing. When you go to a place like Beijing, you may spend money at any time. I have been here many times to do business, and I have already done so.
experience in this area.
She nodded.
After I went upstairs, I told Xiao Hu my room number and said to him: "Please go to Director Su's room first and take the souvenirs we sent to Director Hou into the car. I'll wait for you in the room."
It was probably because he often accompanied Director Hou on receptions, so he understood the meaning of my words very well. He nodded towards me.
After returning to the room, I immediately ran to the bathroom and prepared to dig the alcohol out of my stomach with my hands, but failed. I only retched a few times, so I had to give it up.
I quickly boiled a pot of water, made two cups of tea, put them there, and washed my face.
Xiao Hu came up after a while, and I found that he was holding a briefcase in his hand. I hurriedly asked him to sit down and said, "Xiao Hu, please drink tea. I drank too much today. By the way, it seems that you haven't eaten yet."
, there are instant noodles and eight-treasure porridge in this room, should you eat some first? The people around Director Hou are so outstanding, I admire you very much."
He shook his head and smiled: "Mayor Feng, we are used to it. Director Hou has always asked us as subordinates like this. Our department is special. Mayor Feng, I think you did drink a little too much today, so I will
Long story short.”
I nodded, "Okay, if you have anything to do, please give me your instructions directly. As long as we can do it, we will try our best to find a way to do it."
He immediately took out something like a magazine from his briefcase, and then turned to one of the pages. I found an exquisite picture inside. On the picture was a set of beautiful tableware, bright red, large and small.
There were more than a dozen of them. I asked him in surprise: "What is this?"
He told me: "This is red porcelain specially fired for the emperor during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. Red porcelain was very rare at that time, because the technology of firing red porcelain was not fully mastered at that time, so it was possible to make such a
The set was more of an accident. There are very few red porcelains like this in the world, but Director Hou has collected most of them. He checked some information, and it is said that there are several red porcelains in this set.
The bowl is in Jiangnan Province, but he has tried many methods over the years but can't find its whereabouts. Director Hou means that he hopes Mayor Feng can find a way to help find it. Mayor Feng, Director Hou's
I won’t say much more about what I mean, you should understand, right?”
Of course I understood: what he meant was that if we couldn't handle this matter, the subway matter would be basically hopeless.
Now I completely understand that what Director Hou said about the exhibition hall at the wine table was just a cover. Maybe he didn’t have such an idea at all, or maybe, as long as we help him complete this matter,
After the incident, things in the showroom will become natural. In the final analysis, he is doing it for fame and fortune.
I heard Governor Huang say that Director Hou has two major hobbies. One is to collect various weapons, and the other is to collect various antiques. Now it seems that what this person is really obsessed with is antiques and the like. And I
I am even more willing to believe that he will make such requests to anyone who comes to him for help. Maybe Governor Huang has done such a thing for him before. But this time, it is our turn.
I was immediately troubled: Where should I find such a thing for him? But then I thought: Since he brought it up, it means that it is not difficult to find this thing. What is difficult is to spend money to buy it for him.
Come down.
Obviously, this is actually a transaction in the final analysis.
Thinking of this, I suddenly felt certain in my heart. I thought to myself: I definitely can't reject him immediately on this matter. At least I have to find this thing first and find out the price. Also, this must be in Hou.
After the director has a basic idea of how to deal with our matter, I still have to see if it is worth it.
For people like Director Hou, I believe he will not deceive us. After all, he is in that position. Once deception occurs, it is easy for things to happen. The more people like him, the more likely they will be.
cautious.
I thought about it and said: "Xiao Hu, I will try my best to handle this matter. But it may take some time. I am not familiar with this aspect. First of all, I have to spend energy and time to find it. Secondly, I have to find an expert to identify it."
Authenticity.”
He nodded, "Yes. But Mayor Feng is a very capable person and has many connections. It shouldn't be particularly difficult to find him."
I thought to myself, it seems that my analysis just now is correct. I said again: "Well, please keep this magazine, so that I can follow the pictures when I go back."
He smiled and said, "Okay. I'll leave this page to you."
Immediately, he took out a small knife, cut out the page, and handed it to me, "Mayor Feng, I won't disturb your rest. I'll go back first. Mayor Feng, thank you."
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I knew that the words "Thank you" he said didn't just mean helping Director Hou find red porcelain. However, I found that his tone of voice was a bit flat, and I knew that he must often get such benefits from following Director Hou.
, the mere 10,000 yuan we gave him may not have been noticed by him at all.
I personally walked him to the elevator, then shook hands and said goodbye to him. As the saying goes, a seventh-rank official in the prime minister's family, I can't offend someone like him.
After he left, I couldn't help but sigh: It's so damn hard to do something now!
I know in my heart that if Director Hou can really help us accomplish that thing, even if we spend millions, it will be worth it, because the benefits that the subway project will bring to us are definitely not worth spending millions.
It can be measured. In the long run, this project will bring us billions or even tens of billions of economic benefits, and there are also social benefits that cannot be measured by money.
After returning to the room, I took a shower, but I didn't want to go to bed. I found that today's wine had turned into a stimulant at this time, making my whole body soft but still in an elegant state of mind.
Suddenly I heard my cell phone ringing. I picked it up and found it was Su Wen calling, "Mayor Feng, have you finished talking about your affairs?"
I was not prepared to tell others what Xiao Hu had just asked me for, at least until I found the item and learned its price. I knew very well that things like this must be kept secret, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
This is a principle in officialdom. (To be continued)