When Qin Lang took a taxi to the "Minghao" Hotel, he saw that Zhao Peng had just arrived, and he was shaking the bunch of car keys in his hand and walking towards the hotel lobby.

Qin Lang paid for the car, got out of the car in a hurry, and also entered the hotel lobby, only to find that several high school classmates who stayed in the city had already arrived.

Usually, everyone is busy with work, even if it is a classmate in this city, there are not many gatherings, so Qin Lang is naturally happy when he sees his classmates, and greets everyone with a smile.

The rest of the people don't look down on people like Zhao Peng, and they talk and laugh with Qin Lang.

The group arrived at the large suite, which had been booked for a long time, and there were four rooms in total: a large lounge, as well as a restaurant, a chess and card room, and an enclosed KTV box, all for dinner and entertainment.

Because this party was only held on the weekend, not an anniversary party, so there would not be too many students coming, Qin Lang and other students from the city arrived first, so they chatted in the lounge first.

Among the classmates, Zhao Peng has the highest academic qualifications, and Zhao Peng is the only civil servant, so the chat is faintly dominated by Zhao Peng, Zhao Peng proudly revealed that he works in the office of the Municipal Cultural Bureau, and is usually very respected by the leaders.

"You don't know, the office is the most powerful of the 11 functional departments of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, I am a civil servant in the office, and now the director admires me very much, I don't have to stay until I am 30 years old, I should be able to become a deputy section. ”

After listening to Zhao Peng's words, the rest of the people naturally congratulated Zhao Peng repeatedly, although they were also a little dissatisfied with Zhao Peng's turn into a braggathing party for Zhao Peng. Qin Lang was silent, feeling that this display was boring.

But Zhao Peng continued to shake his head and show off: " Moreover, I tell you, being an official is the same as your part-time job or business, you must know how to be flexible, you must learn to do what you like your boss, take myself as an example, Deputy Director Wan of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, this is a bureau-level cadre, larger than the official of the director of the office, it is difficult for ordinary people to get access, I learned that Director Wan Fan Wan likes Song Ci manuscripts, I once spent three months to find a collection of Song Ci works printed in the Qing Dynasty and gave it to Director Wan, and now Director Wan is deeply impressed by me, and I hope that one day I will be able to rely on this relationship to get some benefits。 ”

"Zhao Peng, what you said is too good, whether you are an official or a part-time worker, it really has to be like this. One agreed.

A smug smile appeared on Zhao Peng's face, crossed Erlang's legs, deliberately shook the "red dragonfly" leather shoes on his feet, and replied slowly: "Of course, this is the valuable experience I have summed up." ”

Seeing that Qin Lang was indifferent to his words, as if he was pretending to be high, Zhao Peng's eyes rolled, and he came up with a way to hit Qin Lang, he said: "You will understand the truth I said as soon as you hear it, but it is not easy to implement it, so let's give you another example." Just like Qin Lang. ”

While speaking, Zhao Peng looked at Qin Lang next to him with contemptuous eyes, and then said meanly: "Qin Lang, I'm not saying that he is not good, but as an old classmate, I am anxious for him." He worked as an ordinary acupuncturist in a health club, and his performance was very poor, so he should have racked his brains to improve his performance, but guess what, Qin Lang couldn't get business, so he just wandered around the hall with nothing to do. ”

After the ridicule, Zhao Peng didn't forget to say to Qin Lang: "Qin Lang, although my words are a little sharper, but it's all the truth, right? ”

"Just like you curry favor with Deputy Director Wan of your Cultural Bureau?" Qin Lang asked rhetorically.

If it weren't for the fact that there were other old classmates present and couldn't spoil the atmosphere of the party, Qin Lang would have already turned his face with people like Zhao Peng.

"Hmph, isn't it good to curry favor? This is also a workplace strategy! When others only know how to bury their heads in work, I know Deputy Director Wan, and with this relationship, I will definitely have a greater chance of being promoted in the future than others!" Zhao Peng was dissatisfied with Qin Lang's words, and said in a proud tone.

Seeing that Zhao Peng seemed to be deliberately targeting Qin Lang, others were worried that the two would have a conflict, and someone hurriedly changed the topic.

After a while, Qin Lang went to the bathroom, but he didn't expect Zhao Peng to follow up.

"You, what are you pretending to be high? Compared to me now, you are 108,000 miles behind! Let me tell you, Qin Lang, you are nothing in my eyes, do you know?" Zhao Peng sneered.

Qin Lang frowned, and there was a hint of anger in his tone: "You never forget to deliberately belittle me, don't you think you've gone too far?"

"Hmph, what's the excesses? I just hate you, and now that you're so much worse than I am, of course I'm going to fall into the trap. Don't you think it's cool for me to look at your jokes from above?" Zhao Peng lowered his voice, and a smug laugh came out of his throat.

"Idiot. Qin Lang commented, and left the bathroom after putting the water.

Since Zhao Peng didn't care about the friendship of his classmates at all, he wouldn't treat Zhao Peng as a high school classmate, so he didn't need to be polite.

Zhao Peng's face turned blue by the word "idiot", and he said gloomily in the direction where Qin Lang left: "Qin Lang, you are just a hard-working low-level worker, and you actually want to fight against me, hmph, at today's party, I want to make you lose face in front of everyone!"

About twenty minutes later, classmates from other cities came one after another, Zhao Peng was the smoothest among all the classmates, so it was more eye-catching, and Zhao Peng himself was also very sassy, constantly bragging about some of his experiences in the agency.

Of course, whenever there was an opportunity to belittle Qin Lang, Zhao Peng did not forget to insinuate against Qin Lang, and in front of his classmates at the party, he described Qin Lang as a hard-pressed low-level worker with a very low salary and facing unemployment at any time.

Qin Lang watched Zhao Peng jump up and down like a clown, and sneered in his heart. He didn't bother to refute Zhao Peng in person, after all, after the party, he planned to invite other classmates to the "Recreation" health club to do a free acupuncture, which would be enough to swell Zhao Peng's face.

There was still about an hour and a half before leaving the meal, everyone chatted and chatted, playing cards, Qin Lang and a few classmates who played well were fighting the landlord, after playing for a while, Qin Lang's mobile phone rang, because the room was more lively, so Qin Lang walked out of the noisy room and went to the corridor outside to pick up the phone.

The call was made by the landlord, and the community wanted to register some information about the residents, so the landlord called him to ask for it. After ending the call, Qin Lang walked into the box again.

Qin Lang didn't notice that a middle-aged man who came up from the first floor and was going to the chairman's office of this hotel showed a thoughtful look after seeing his side face.

"Is it Qin Lang?" The man was puzzled for a moment, and then said to an ordinary-dressed woman next to him: "Wife, you go to find your son first, I have something to do, and I will go up later." ”

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After Qin Lang returned to the box, he happened to hear Zhao Peng talking to people about the taste of dress, Zhao Peng meant, what kind of clothes should be worn by people of any status, and then went on to give an example, saying that for example, such as boiler workers, plumbers, acupuncturists, etc., such people who make a living by physical labor do not have the factor of the upper elite at all, so if they wear suits and leather shoes, they are not painting tigers and not anti-dogs, they are pretending.

It happened that Qin Lang was passing by, and the people who listened to Zhao Peng's words naturally understood that Zhao Peng was mocking Qin Lang, and they were all a little embarrassed, but only Zhao Peng looked at Qin Lang indifferently and sneered: "Qin Lang, the suit on you will cost 2,000 yuan to say the least, it won't be rented from a suit shop, right?"

"I bought it. Qin Lang replied calmly.

Zhao Peng laughed twice, and the meaning conveyed was obvious, that is, he was mocking Qin Lang for slapping a swollen face and being fat.

But then, when Zhao Peng caught a glimpse of the door of the box being opened and a person walking in, he immediately stood up and smiled at everyone: "I'm sorry, I'll miss it first, I just saw Director Wan, I'll go and say hello to the director and his old man." ”

"Is that the deputy director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau you mentioned earlier?" someone wondered.

"Of course. He is a bureau-level cadre, and ordinary people don't even have the qualifications to greet him!" After speaking, a humble smile appeared on Zhao Peng's face and walked forward.

"Wow, this kid Zhao Peng is really prosperous, and he even knows a director-level figure. ”

"That Director Wan came to our box, is he here to find Zhao Peng?"

Everyone quietly discussed, and their eyes were gathered in front, ready to see what Cheng Dù Zhao Peng and the bureau-level cadres were familiar with.

Qin Lang naturally recognized the man who entered the box, it was Wan Fan, the deputy director of the Municipal Bureau of Culture, and he was also very puzzled why Wan Fan came in on purpose? He didn't think that Wan Fan had come to Zhao Peng on a special trip, probably because there were other people in the box that Director Wan knew.

"Hello Director Wan, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here. Zhao Peng walked quickly in front of Wan Fan, with a flattering smile on his face, and greeted him warmly.

Today is the weekend, so civil servants can naturally come to the hotel to eat karaoke or something, Director Wan appeared here, Zhao Peng didn't think it was too strange.

"It's Zhao Peng, you're here too, hehe. Wan Fan smiled, but didn't look at Zhao Peng much, his eyes searched in the Nuoda box, and soon, Wan Fan's eyes lit up.

"I'm sorry, I met an acquaintance, and I lost my company first. Wan Fan ignored Zhao Peng, who wanted to be close to him, and walked straight to the front.

The conversation between the two fell into everyone's ears, and everyone looked at Zhao Peng with a little strange eyes. The facts don't look like what Zhao Peng said, Director Wan doesn't seem to pay much attention to Zhao Peng, it seems that Zhao Peng's previous words were mixed with a lot of water.

At the same time, everyone is also very curious, who is the person this Director Wan is looking for when he came to the box?

Zhao Peng followed Wan Fan closely, he also wanted to know who Director Wan was looking for, because the person who could make Director Wan take the initiative to find him would definitely have an unusual status, and he had to make good use of his classmate relationship with this person, and build a bridge with this person to further let Director Wan remember him.

Qin Lang originally thought that since he saw Wan Fan, he should take the initiative to go up and say hello to Wan Fan, after all, in Vice Mayor Ye's house, the two had met. didn't expect Wan Fan to walk straight towards him.

"Qin Lang, hehe, it's really you, I saw you outside just now, I thought I recognized the wrong person. Wan Fan smiled heartily, his expression was calm and relaxed, not at all the formulaic coping attitude when talking to Zhao Peng.

Seeing that the person Director Wan was looking for was actually Qin Lang, at this moment, everyone was stunned!