Time passed minute by minute while Liu Qingyu and Chen Miancan were waiting, and five minutes later, the first person knocked on the door.

Chen Miancan walked over with hope and opened the door, what he wants to see most now is Wang Hongbo appearing at the door, so that the strength of their camp will become stronger because of Wang Hongbo's joining, because Wang Hongbo is not only the third person in the city government, but also a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, once he and Liu Qingyu stand in the same camp, this will be of great help to enhance Liu Qingyu's control in the city government.

However, what Chen Miancan never expected was that after the door opened, it was Executive Deputy Mayor Liao Zhicai who appeared at the door, and after entering the door, Liao Zhicai immediately shook hands with Chen Miancan with a smile on his face, and then looked at Liu Qingyu with a smile and said, "Mayor Liu, I'm not too late this time." ”

Although it was a joke, there was still a taste of teasing Liu Qingyu, for this, Liu Qingyu naturally didn't care, and said with a smile: "Come, Comrade Liao Zhicai, sit next to me, let's have a good chat." Between the words, the tone was very cordial, as if the two had been old friends for many years, and it seemed that they had given Liao Zhicai enough face.

Liao Zhicai naturally sat on Liu Qingyu's left hand side without the slightest hesitation, Chen Miancan poured a cup of tea for Liao Zhicai, and then, the atmosphere in the private room began to become quiet, although Liu Qingyu said politely, but when Liao Zhicai sat beside him, he didn't mean to take the initiative to speak, Liao Zhicai naturally didn't want to take the initiative to talk, and he would lose if he said too much.

While Liu Qingyu was waiting anxiously, the atmosphere in the 601 and 201 private rooms was much more lively than in the 301 private rooms.

In the 601 private room, a group of secretaries-general of the Municipal Party Committee Secretariat, Most of the deputy secretaries-general are gathered here, and Huang Mingyang, a deputy mayor of the municipal government, is also impressively listed, and the treatment of the deputy secretaries-general is different, Huang Mingyang's seat is arranged on the right hand side of Shen Hongfei, the secretary of the municipal party committee, this high-standard treatment makes Huang Mingyang a little flattered, especially Shen Hongfei is still shushing him and asking for warmth, the meaning of care is overflowing, although Huang Mingyang knows very well that Shen Hongfei is just a performance, but even if it is a performance, there must be a part of the true intention in it, so he began to express his loyalty while drinking tea。

Huang Mingyang was the deputy mayor promoted by the former secretary of the municipal party committee when he was in office, and with the transfer of the former secretary of the municipal party committee, he was eager to find a solid backstage to be his backer, so he did not hesitate to choose Shen Hongfei, because Shen Hongfei was the highest-level official he could reach, and when he followed the former secretary of the municipal party committee, he had already felt the convenience and benefits of following the leader.

There were still about three minutes before 7 o'clock, but Shen Hongfei was not in a hurry to announce the start of the dinner, he was still waiting.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the private room again, and then Deputy Mayor Guo Junrong walked in.

After Guo Junrong came in, he said with a humble face: "Oh, Secretary Shen, leaders, I'm really sorry, there was a little traffic jam on the road when I came over, so I came a little late." ”

"It's not too late, it's okay to come, come, Comrade Junrong, you sit next to Comrade Huang Mingyang, let's wait a little, and it will officially start at 7 o'clock. Shen Hongfei stood up with a smile and shook hands with Guo Junrong, and patted him on the shoulder to show closeness.

Guo Junrong naturally looked very respectful, and his posture was very sufficient.

It was 7 o'clock in the evening, and there were only two deputy mayors Guo Junrong and Huang Mingyang from Shen Hongfei's side of the city government, but Shen Hongfei was also content, with a faint smile on his face.

In the 201 private room, in addition to a group of people from the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee, there were also two people from the municipal government who participated in Zeng Zhentian's dinner, one was the former mayor's more trusted person, Vice Mayor Cheng Tianxiang, and the other was Wang Shatian, director of the Municipal Finance Bureau.

As 7 o'clock approached in the 301 private room, the seats that had been empty gradually became popular.

Soon after Liao Zhicai arrived, Vice Mayor Luo Haohui and Deputy Mayor Xiang Feng came to the private room, which made Chen Miancan, who was originally a little worried that there were too few people, felt a little relieved, there are a total of 10 members of the party group in the municipal government, and now there are five, although the number is not more than half, but it is barely not so shabby.

Liu Qingyu was very polite to Luo Haohui and Xiang Feng, and the two were also very polite to Liu Qingyu, but this politeness had the meaning of opening a certain distance, and it was obvious that when Liu Qingyu and Liao Zhicai were present at the same time, the two still didn't want to choose to take sides.

Liu Qingyu didn't care about the performance of the two, he just chatted with the two of them so casually, and the chatting words were all chatting about some customs and customs in Luming City, which made the two feel a lot more relaxed, and sometimes, Liu Qingyu would deliberately pull Liao Zhicai closer to the topic and let Liao Zhicai express his opinion, and the atmosphere in the whole room seemed very harmonious on the surface under Liu Qingyu's adjustment.

It was already 7 o'clock, Chen Miancan saw that no one else was coming, the expression on his face obviously became a little anxious, and he whispered to Liu Qingyu: "Mayor Liu, the time has come, or we will wait a little longer." ”

Liu Qingyu shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't wait, let's start." ”

Subsequently, Liu Qingyu called over to the waiter and asked them to start serving food and tea.

This dinner was just a dinner to test everyone's position, and because Liu Qingyu insisted on strictly abiding by the spirit of the instructions of the eight regulations, there was no wine at the dinner, and everyone just used tea instead of wine to fight each other and then entered a state of chatting, and even ate and chatted until about half past eight in the evening, everyone was interested, and Liu Qingyu announced that he had dispersed.

On the way back to the Municipal Party Committee Guest House, Chen Miancan first answered a few phone calls, and then reported to Liu Qingyu: "Mayor Liu, I have figured out the personnel who participated in the other two dinners, Deputy Mayor Huang Mingyang and Guo Junrong participated in Secretary Shen's dinner, and Cheng Tianxiang and Wang Shatian participated in Minister Zeng's dinner, and the number of people in each of the other dinners is almost a dozen, only the number of people in the dinner on our municipal government side is less." ”

When he said this, Chen Miancan's mood was a little heavy.

Liu Qingyu patted Chen Miancan's shoulder with a smile and said, "Old Chen, don't worry, judging from the current results, the effect I want to achieve has been achieved." Speaking of this, Liu Qingyu said with a smile: "Did you notice, Wang Hongbo didn't participate in anyone's dinner. ”

Chen Miancan nodded and said: "Yes, this is quite surprising to me, I thought that he would at least participate in a certain dinner, but I didn't expect him to participate, in this way, his attitude in Luming City has become ambiguous, from the current point of view, he is temporarily in an absolutely neutral posture, and does not want to participate in any camp." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Miancan said with a smile: "Mayor Liu, I also noticed a very interesting phenomenon, this time, Liao Zhicai, Guo Junrong, and Wang Shatian have always acted together before, but this time they participated in three dinners, and their actions are very meaningful." ”

Liu Qingyu sneered disdainfully: " Liao Zhicai wants to feel the different personality traits of each of the three of us by participating in these three dinners, and for him to make a final choice for reference, and no matter which camp they want to participate in in the future, it will definitely be a joint participation of the three of them, and with the force they represent now, no matter which camp they participate in, it is enough to play a mainstay role in this camp, and this is precisely the biggest bargaining chip in his hand, he is likely to take the opportunity to open his mouth. ”

Chen Miancan nodded vigorously, he also saw very clearly what Liu Qingyu analyzed, although he was full of contempt for Liao Zhicai in his heart, but he had to admit that Liao Zhicai could indeed maximize his benefits by doing this.

It's just that he also noticed that Liu Qingyu's tone was with a strong disdain when he spoke just now, could it be that Liu Qingyu still thought of something deep, but Liu Qingyu didn't say much later, and he didn't want to ask.

And just after Liu Qingyu and the others left the Xinyuan Hotel, the list of people who participated in Liu Qingyu's dinner, Shen Hongfei and Zeng Zhentian, had also been obtained.

After Shen Hongfei knew the list of Liu Qingyu's dinner, his eyebrows were raised, a faint smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he muttered in his mouth: " Liu Qingyu, Liu Qingyu, I'm afraid your life in Luming City is not a good time this time, there is a deputy who is always ready to oppose you, but the entire municipal government party group is divided into several camps, and it is impossible for me and Zeng Zhentian to let you cover the sky in the city government, I want to see, how can you make achievements in Luming City, hehe, now is the time to take advantage of the fire to rob, taking advantage of your unstable foothold, it is a great opportunity for me and Zeng Zhentian to expand our influence in the city government, I guess you should not be able to deal with it。 ”

At the same time, Zeng Zhentian was also discussing the situation in Luming City in front of him with Li Wenke, director of the Office of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee.

Li Wenke is a foreshadowing that the Zeng family has long buried in Luming City, he is almost in his thirties, he is a young and promising young cadre, and he is a rookie that the Zeng family focuses on cultivating, originally this person was not prepared for Zeng Zhentian, he once served as a deputy county magistrate in the following county, but after Zeng Zhentian was transferred to Luming City, Zeng Zhentian needed a more trusted person, so he operated it for a while, and transferred Li Wenke to the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee as the director of the office, and was promoted to half a level by the way.

Li Wenke also suggested to Zeng Zhentian: "Minister Zeng, the current situation on the side of the Luming City Government is complicated, and it is a good time for us to take advantage of the fire to rob and strengthen our influence in the city government. ”，！