At 5:49 p.m., Chen Tianlin drove his car to the Qianlong Imperial Mansion, and when he parked the car and was about to enter the Qianlong Imperial Mansion, a familiar shout suddenly came from behind him: "Professor Chen! Good evening! I didn't expect to meet you here?"

Hearing a familiar shout coming from behind him, Chen Tianlin subconsciously stopped, turned around and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw Zhong Huiming walking towards him, he hurriedly stretched out his hand, shook hands with Zhong Huiming, and replied with a smile: "Zhong Ji! Good evening! Why are you eating here tonight?"

In the past, the reason why Zhong Huiming had special respect for Chen Tianlin was completely because Chen Tianlin was the grandson of the Wu family, until the day before yesterday when he went to the station of the Super Combat Brigade to carry out condolence activities, and learned that Chen Tianlin was awarded the rank of major general by the military department and served as the captain of the Super Combat Brigade by his own efforts, his respect for Chen Tianlin was no longer superficial respect, but respect from the heart.

When Zhong Huiming heard Chen Tianlin's inquiry, he replied respectfully: "Professor Chen! An inspection team has come from the city, and we have arranged to receive them here tonight. ”

"By the way, Professor Chen, are you in that box? I'll come over and have a toast later. ”

When Chen Tianlin heard Zhong Huiming's introduction, he knew that it was not appropriate for him to toast in the past, so he replied with a smile: "Zhong Ji! Tonight, Vice President Gong of our hospital invited me to dinner, in the box of Splendid China. ”

After saying goodbye to Zhong Huiming, Chen Tianlin followed behind the waiter and came to the door of the box of Splendid China, he walked into the box, saw the familiar and unfamiliar faces sitting in the box, and immediately said politely: "Dean Gong, Director Ye, Professor Hao! I'm late, so I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Dean Gong, Director Ye and others, who were sitting at the dining table, saw Chen Tianlin walking into the box from the outside, and stood up from their seats one after another, and Gong Dajun, who was in charge of organizing the dinner, greeted Chen Tianlin with a smile on his face: "Xiao Chen! Everyone is waiting for you, please come here!"

When Chen Tianlin saw that Gong Dajun had reserved the seat of honor for himself, he immediately refused: "Dean Gong! Everyone here has higher positions than me, I don't dare to sit in this seat, so I'd better sit in the vacant seat here." ”

Although the positions of Gong Dajun and Director Ye in the box are higher than Chen Tianlin, they clearly know that Chen Tianlin's identity is an existence that they cannot climb, and it is precisely for this reason that they will leave the guest of honor seat to Chen Tianlin.

Faced with Chen Tianlin's refusal, Gong Dajun immediately replied with a smile: "Xiao Chen! Regardless of our position tonight, we will talk about friendship, and you are the guest I invited tonight, if you don't sit in this position, who will sit in this position." ”

When Chen Tianlin heard Gong Dajun's words, he did not agree to Gong Dajun's proposal, but replied with a smile: "Dean Gong! This seat is still kept, right? I just met a friend at the door of the hotel, and he will come over to toast later, so this seat is perfect for him." ”

Chen Tianlin said that a friend would come over to toast, but did not introduce the identity of this friend, which made everyone very curious about the friend in Chen Tianlin's mouth, but at this time, Gong Dajun did not insist anymore, and replied with a smile: "Xiao Chen! Since you said so, then I will not force you." ”

"By the way! Let me introduce you to these friends I just met, this is Director Cai of the Jiangcheng Culture and Education Bureau! This is President Zhou of the Jiangcheng Court, and this is ......!"

Chen Tianlin didn't expect that not long after Gong Dajun came to Jiangcheng, he had already known so many cadres, so he had to admire Gong Dajun's social skills, he heard Gong Dajun's introduction, and politely shook hands with everyone.

Although these people introduced by Gong Dajun met Chen Tianlin for the first time, it can be seen from Gong Dajun's behavior of leaving the guest of honor to Chen Tianlin that the identity of the young man in front of him is definitely not simple, and when they saw Gong Dajun introduce himself to Chen Tianlin, they all shook hands with Chen Tianlin politely and greeted him.

After Gong Dajun introduced everyone to Chen Tianlin, the waiter brought the dishes into the box, and when Gong Dajun and others were full of wine, he immediately raised the wine glass in front of him, and said with a smile: "I have been in Jiangcheng for less than a month, I didn't expect to know so many friends, I salute you with this glass of wine, I wish you all a smooth work, and your wishes come true!"

When everyone heard Gong Dajun's words, they raised the wine glasses in front of them, and then drank all the wine in the cups in one gulp.

After Gong Dajun dried the wine in, he immediately picked up the wine bottle in front of him, stood up from his seat, and personally poured a glass of wine for Professor Hao, who was sitting next to him, and then said with a smile: "This glass of wine, I respect my old classmate, and welcome you to Jiangcheng as a guest!"

After Gong Dajun drank the wine with Professor Hao, he got another glass for Professor Hao, and then said to Ye Kaixian with a smile: "Old Ye, the three of us can meet in Jiangcheng this year, it is a kind of fate, this glass of wine The three of us did it together!"

After the three of them drank the wine together, Gong Dajun came to Chen Tianlin's side with a wine glass, and said politely to Chen Tianlin: "Xiao Chen! I salute you for this glass of wine, thank you for your support in my work, so that I can smoothly integrate into the collective of our Jiangcheng People's Hospital in just half a month." ”

Seeing Gong Dajun walking in front of him to toast, Chen Tianlin hurriedly raised his wine glass, stood up from his seat, and replied modestly: "Dean Gong! You are the executive director of the hospital, and I will cooperate with you in my work, and as the director of the oncology department, I naturally want to fully cooperate with your work. ”

After Gong Dajun and Chen Tianlin dried up the wine, they began to clear the customs one by one, while Ye Kaixian took the opportunity of Gong Dajun to clear the customs, came to Chen Tianlin's side with a wine glass, and said with a smile: "Professor Chen! Last time I had dinner with you, you didn't drink much because you had something to do, so you left early, we made an appointment in advance tonight, can you not release our pigeons early like that night." ”

Chen Tianlin saw Ye Kaixian coming to him, stood up from the chair again, he heard Ye Kaixian's complaints and requests, and replied with a smile: "Director Ye! A few days ago it was a special situation, I didn't dare to let go of drinking, now that you have said this, I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman tonight, we will not ......!"

I've drunk with you so many times, but I've never seen you so straightforward. Before Chen Tianlin's words were finished, the door of the box was suddenly pushed open, and before Zhong Huiming appeared, the voice came in from outside the box first.

Everyone in the box, hearing Zhong Huiming's familiar voice, subconsciously looked towards the door of the box, and immediately saw Zhong Huiming walking into the box from the outside with a wine glass, which made the originally noisy box instantly become silent.

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