The meal was very sumptuous, including chicken, duck, fish, and fresh seafood brought back by Jiang Xinyu. The table was filled to the brim.
After drinking a few rounds of wine, Lei Ban coughed dryly, and Xiao Taohong took out two gold bars from her bag and placed them gently on the coffee table.
"The debt I have owed for so long has finally been paid off," Lei Ban said with emotion.
Jiang Xinyu said: "I dare you to pay back the money today."
"Not entirely..." Ray-Ban hesitated, and took a sip from his wine glass to cover up his words.
"Look at you, you can't even say a word. Xinyu is not an outsider, just say whatever you want!" Xiao Taohong urged from the side, giving Lei Ban a wink.
Jiang Xinyu saw this, picked up the wine bottle, filled up the wine for Lei Ban, and said: "Let me tell you, you must have something going on, tell me, what is it?"
Lei Pen took another sip of wine and said: "Xin Yu, I have been in the General Affairs Office for almost two years, and I have barely managed to become a warrant officer. Let's look at other departments, the Intelligence Department, the Action Team, the Confidential Room, and the Telecommunications Section.
Those who came later than me are all second lieutenants...I heard from Director Huang that I am still not included in the next batch of promotion lists, which...sigh!"
Jiang Xinyu said: "There are few opportunities for meritorious service in the General Affairs Office, and it is normal for promotion to be slow. I remember that you said at that time that you were most suitable for the General Affairs Office."
Lei Pen put down his chopsticks, shook his head slightly, and said: "One moment, another moment, as the saying goes, people go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. Now that you have entered the government department, who wouldn't want to make progress!
"
"Then what do you want?"
"Can you talk to the station manager and transfer me to another department?"
"Transfer?"
"In the past two years, I have come to understand that no department is better than the General Affairs Office!"
"But... Lei Ban, you haven't received formal agent training. It's a bit difficult to go to other departments."
"You are the webmaster's student. Normal internal transfer is not just a matter of words?"
"It's different now. The last time Xiao Li was transferred from the archives unit to the confidential room, Director Shen directly rejected it. He believed that Xiao Li's qualifications and abilities were not suitable for the confidential room."
"Is there still this? Oh, I asked you, why has Xiao Li been drooping his head in the past few days... No, I heard that Xiao Li is the nephew of Section Chief Gao, and Section Chief Gao didn't help to clear the air?"
"Xiao Li was able to transfer to the confidential room, which is where Section Chief Gao operates. However, he did not pass the test of Director Shen!"
Lei Ban was stunned for a while and said dejectedly: "So, I just don't have a chance."
Xiao Taohong said: "What do you mean there is no chance? It all depends on people. Before anything happened, I got discouraged and didn't take any responsibility at all!"
"You know nothing! When a man talks, why do women get involved in it? I'll eat your food!" Lei Ban was in a low mood and was somewhat annoyed by Xiao Taohong's remarks.
Xiao Taohong couldn't help but stood up and said, "I'm too lazy to pay attention to you!"
Hattori Mina tried to persuade her: "Mrs. Lei, don't be angry. Let them discuss the men's matters themselves."
Xiao Taohong's face softened. She was just pretending. After all, she was in someone else's house and couldn't just walk away. That would look too uneducated.
Jiang Xinyu peeled off a Pipi shrimp and slowly smashed it with chopsticks. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's not that there is no way at all."
Ray-Ban quickly asked: "What can I do?"
"Gift!"
"Gift giving?"
"right."
"Here, who are you giving this gift to?"
"Is your brain rusty? Of course it's Shen Zhifeng. As long as he doesn't block the way, it doesn't matter which department you want to go to."
Ray-Ban groaned, hesitated for a while, and said, "Is that okay? I'm not familiar with him either. I guess he doesn't even know my last name."
Jiang Xinyu said: "If you don't give it a try, how do you know it won't work? Some people appear to be honest and upright on the surface, but secretly they are the worst offenders."
Xiao Taohong agreed with Jiang Xinyu's suggestion and said: "What Xinyu said makes sense, but I don't believe it. In this day and age, are there any cats that don't eat fishy food?"
Lei Ban thought for a moment and said, "What if he doesn't accept it?"
Jiang Xinyu said calmly: "Even if you don't accept it, you won't lose anything."
Lei Ban looked at Xiao Taohong, then at Jiang Xinyu, and said hesitantly: "How about... let me try?"
Xiao Taohong picked up a piece of chicken with her chopsticks, stuffed it into Lei Ban's mouth, and said: "If the official doesn't punish the person who gives the gift, he will not accept it at most. Look, you will be scared!"
Lei Ban chewed the chicken and said vaguely: "Okay, that's it!"
Jiang Xinyu smiled, picked up his wine glass, clinked it with him, and said, "I'm not sending you to the execution ground, so don't be so nervous!"
Since arriving at Yanjin Station, Shen Zhifeng's behavior is different from that of most officials. He treats everyone equally and shows no favoritism.
What happened at the Paramount Ballroom last time, if it had been Zhou Junchen or someone else, the most they would have done was reprimand Pearson, and they would never have made him pay compensation.
In less than a month, in the upper class society of Yanjin, everyone who knew Shen Zhifeng's name said that he was a rare honest official!
Jiang Xinyu instigated Lei Pen to give gifts to Shen Zhifeng. Jiang Xinyu mainly wanted to see if this seemingly upright intelligence director was really invulnerable!
Jiang Xinyu mashed the shrimp meat into a paste, and then Hattori Mina fed it to Rongrong.
Watching this scene, Xiao Taohong praised: "Xinyu is really a competent father!"
Jiang Xinyu smiled and said, "When you have children, Ray-Ban may be more qualified than me."
Mentioning this troublesome matter, Lei Ban's face immediately turned from cloudy to cloudy, and he sighed: "Oh, my child, I may have no hope in this life!"
Jiang Xinyu asked: "It was not cured at the Kohler Clinic. Didn't the doctor give an explanation?"
Lei Ban glanced at Xiao Taohong and drank in silence.
The look on Xiao Taohong's face was very unnatural. She forced out a smile and hurriedly changed the topic and said: "I won't talk about this anymore, I have a headache just thinking about it... Oh, by the way, one time, I went to the clinic to get medicine, and I met
Here comes your deputy webmaster."
Lei Ban frowned and asked: "When did it happen? Why haven't I heard you mention it?"
Xiao Taohong curled her lips and said, "He's the deputy station manager. I know him, but he doesn't know me. He didn't say a word. What's there to say?"
Wu Jingrong actually showed up at the clinic on Gongshi Road. Jiang Xinyu was somewhat surprised and said to Xiao Taohong: "How do you know the deputy station director?"
Xiao Taohong said: "I met him once on the street. We were quite far away at the time. Lei Ban pointed out to me that he was your deputy webmaster."
"Why is he going to the clinic?" Ray Ban asked casually.
Xiao Taohong rolled her eyes and was quite speechless at Lei Ban's words, and said: "What else can you do if you go to the clinic? Just to see a doctor!"