When he was on Minsheng West Road, Lu Shanmin could only be regarded as a peddler and pawn, so most of the people he could contact were similar to him, Lin Dahai, Tang Fei, Chen Dali, who knew him on the construction site, and a large group of brothers and friends on Minsheng West Road, were all regarded as the same class, and college students like Zhang Li, Huang Mei and Chen Kun were already considered higher-level people who met by accident.

In such an environment, if you want to carp and jump into the dragon gate, in addition to being gold, you also need luck.

Lu Shanmin is gold, and his luck is not bad. But even if I met Zeng Yaqian, I didn't step into a higher level, as Zeng Yaqian said, to enter a circle, you don't rely on one or two people to introduce you to get in.

To really enter, the most fundamental factor is that you must have the strength to match the circle.

The so-called shortcuts, in the absence of a solid foundation, are just a mirror and a castle in the sky, and they will not last long.

What really made Lu Shanmin go up step by step is that Chenlong Group has grown step by step from its establishment, from a barbecue boy to the chairman of the group, when his identity already belongs to that circle, it doesn't matter whether he integrates or not.

Because he's already in it.

So he went to Jiangzhou, and he was able to sit on an equal footing with the business people in Jiangzhou, so he came to Tianjing, although many people here looked down on him, but compared with ordinary people, those ordinary people didn't even have the opportunity to be looked down upon by the wealthy and nobles.

Some of these 'opportunities' that are 'despised' by others seem to be accidents, but more often rely on the strong financial, material, and human resources behind them to secretly arrange the connection. Just raising Zhou Tong and that group of people is not something that ordinary rich people can afford.

But in any case, Lu Shanmin already has this strength, even if he is not at the top of the mountain, he is already in a position where he can see the scenery on the top of the mountain.

Today, he has seen too many so-called upper-class people, and he has long lost too much curiosity.

Although Meng Xiang was a little annoying with the title of 'cousin', Lu Shanmin's first impression of him was not bad. He has a bold temperament and does not hold a grudge because of the conflict just now. Low-key and humble, his speech and demeanor are not at all the arrogance and arrogance of most of the children.

The three of them ordered a shabu mutton in a small restaurant with a small façade, and began to push the cup to change the lamp, and after some exchanges, Lu Shanmin knew Feng Xiaolan's family background clearly.

Lu Shanmin has never known much about officialdom, but he knows that he is probably a good person.

If the Feng family is a police family in Guangling Province, then the Meng family is a police family in Tianjing, Feng Xiaolan's grandfather and grandfather had worked together for a while, and they also solved many big and important cases together, plus Feng Xiaolan's parents are also policemen, under the mediation of the two old people, it is natural to walk together.

Feng Xiaolan has been nurtured by her family since she was a child, and naturally became a policeman, and she is properly regarded as a second-generation official.

However, Meng Xiangzhi did not inherit the family mantle, but became a painter, and he is also a well-known painter, and now he is still a visiting professor at the Tianjing Art Academy.

Lu Shanmin and Meng Xiang touched their cups and asked, "Then how did you become a martial arts master?"

Looking at Lu Shanmin's serious question, Meng Xiang showed a trace of embarrassment on his face

Before tonight, he did think that he was already a rare master, but now he knew what it meant to have a sky outside the sky and someone outside the world.

"My grandfather has been a police officer all his life and has a wide range of friends. I remember when I was six years old, one day a friend of my grandfather came to Meng's house as a guest, and when the man saw me, he insisted on taking me as an apprentice, saying that I was the most talented person he had ever seen in his life, and that I was a rare genius in the world. ”

Meng Xiang sighed heavily, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "His old man deceived me so badly."

Lu Shanmin knew that Meng Xiang was hit because of tonight's incident, and said with a smile: "Your master didn't lie to you, those who were able to step into the late stage of the Yi Marrow Realm in their thirties are still alive in the world, what I know, plus you, there are only four people."

"Really?" Meng Xiang and Feng Xiaolan asked almost at the same time. One is a little unbelieving, and the other is full of worship.

Lu Shanmin was a little surprised, these are all martial arts common sense, Meng Xiang didn't seem to know anything about it, and asked rhetorically: "Didn't your master tell you how difficult it is for the inner family to step into the late stage of the Yi Marrow Realm?"

"I said it, but I belong to my own casual practice, basically I don't have much practical experience, the master also belongs to three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, the kind of thought of teaching me, I can't remember a year or two can't see each other, so I don't have much of a concept, I did think I was a genius before, but I met you tonight, I knew that I was a frog at the bottom of the well."

Lu Shanmin's brows twitched, he suddenly felt that he was the frog at the bottom of the well, and he could reach this level by practicing casually, so if he practiced seriously, he would be able to pay it back.

Lu Shanmin admits that he is a very talented person, and without talent he would not be able to achieve his current achievements, but he also clearly knows that his talent is not so good that he does not need to work hard.

He once thought that only Xiao Nizi could climb to the top effortlessly in this world, but now it seems that he is a frog at the bottom of the well, Meng Xiang may not be as talented as Xiao Nizi, but it will definitely not be too far behind. The bigger difference between them is that Meng Xiang's martial arts practice is biased towards physical fitness and does not have much actual combat experience, while Xiao Nizi was born to kill.

"Mr. Meng is too modest, there are many coincidences that I can achieve today, if you want to talk about talent, you are only higher than me."

"、、、" Meng Xiang waved his hand, "Wen Wu is the first and Wu is the second, no matter how humble Mr. Lu is, he looks down on me."

"I said you two don't be modest, Meng Xiang is powerful, what about Lu Shanmin, hehe, even more powerful." Feng Xiaolan said with a smile. As he spoke, he poured wine for the two of them, "Since you both appreciate each other, don't do it to Mr. Meng and Mr. Lu according to me." With this glass of wine, you two are brothers."

"Officer Feng, this is too hasty." Lu Shanmin naturally wanted to have a good relationship with Meng Xiang, but he also knew that many things were that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so he had to come step by step.

Meng Xiang had already noticed the abnormality from Feng Xiaolan's eyes when she looked at Lu Shanmin, and said with a smile: "Could it be that Mr. Lu looks down on me?"

"Don't dare", Lu Shanmin hurriedly said, "Mr. Meng's status is noble, I'm worried about some Meng Lang."

Meng Xiang laughed, "I'll just paint, where does the noble status start, if you think that because someone in the family is a policeman, I am noble, then you think more wrong, although our Meng family has been a policeman for generations."

, There are indeed people in high positions, but our family has never bullied people, I don't believe you ask Xiaolan, I once wanted to contact a classmate I haven't seen for many years, and my family didn't use the slightest convenience to help me inquire, and then I found his whereabouts by asking around."

Feng Xiaolan nodded affirmatively, "My grandfather and grandfather both said that the police serve the people, and they never have any privileges, and we are ordinary people when we take off our police uniforms." As he spoke, he pointed to Meng Xiang, "He is a flat-headed common man, and you can pluck a hair thicker than his waist."

"Mr. Lu, you don't really look down on me, a poor painter, right?"

Lu Shanmin smiled and picked up his wine glass, "Brother Meng, little brother toasts you."

Meng Xiang happily picked up his wine glass and touched it with Lu Shanmin. "Good brother".

"Möngke, there's something I want to ask you about." Lu Shanmin put down his wine glass and said.

Meng Xiang nodded, "I know what you want to ask, and I've always wondered, this evening, I received a message saying that Xiaolan was kidnapped, and told me that it was in Wangfujing." It is because I was misled that I have led to today's misunderstanding."

Lu Shanmin frowned slightly, as he expected, there was indeed a secret in this.

"Know who sent the text message"?

Meng Xiang shook his head, "Actually, what makes me even more confused is what the purpose of the person who sent me the text message, on the surface, that person wants to provoke a conflict between us. But if you think about it carefully, it's not right, because this kind of provocation is meaningless, as long as Xiaolan comes out to clarify, the contradiction can be easily resolved."

Lu Shanmin nodded, Meng Xiang was worthy of being born into a police family, and he saw the problem very thoroughly. That person's purpose is obviously not as simple as sowing discord, unless that person is a simple-minded fool or a rookie who sows discord, but Lu Shanmin knows that what happened around him, if it is explained by this superficial reason, then the rookie is not someone else, but himself.

The three of them didn't dwell too much on this issue, and after they were full of wine and food, Meng Xiang took the initiative to settle the bill, and Lu Shanmin didn't rob him.

After Meng Xiang left the table, Lu Shanmin and Feng Xiaolan clinked glasses, "Thank you."

"Thank me for what?" Feng Xiaolan smiled.

"What do you say"?

Feng Xiaolan stuck out her tongue, "Meng Xiang is right, he can't bring you any privileges. But privileges are sometimes something that has a certain passive skill even if it's not actively used. As long as you call him a brother and sister in Tianjing, then those who want to deal with you will have some concerns, at least they will make them guess for a long time, and not being useful does not mean that it is useless."

Lu Shanmin smiled, Feng Xiaolan was right, if he and Meng Xiang got close, even if it was just a simple friendship, some people would also analyze it.

Many things often do not stand up to analysis, and once analyzed, you may wonder if the police top brass has also begun to intervene.

Lu Shanmin put down the cup and looked at Feng Xiaolan with half-squinted eyes, thoughtful.

Feng Xiaolan blinked, "Don't be sentimental, it's not me who texted Meng Xiang."

Lu Shanmin thought quietly for a moment, with Feng Xiaolan's IQ and EQ, he really didn't look like someone who could design this kind of bureau.