No matter how high your status is outside, sitting around the dining table at home is most concerned about the trivial matters of the parents.

Hearing Song Tong say that Shen Huai and her mother met her blind date in advance at Cui's house, the old man also came to his senses and asked Shen Huai: "How is it, Liu Xuemei is still satisfied with you?"

"Dad, you are really, which parent can be the master of their children now?" Liu Xuemei looked at Shen Huai satisfied, what's the use, in the end, she can't look at her daughter Cheng Yi's mind?" Song Wenhui said with a smile, "Besides, that is, to meet each other, how formal you are, but I don't dare to see them even when they are under pressure......

"You have a lot of things, rubbing Cheng Wenguang and his daughter and Hongyi, saying that they are too familiar and don't feel it; Shen Huai and Cheng Wenguang and his daughter have never met, so they should have feelings, right? You just say that you are under a lot of pressure and can't be the master—you can tell me, which of us was not arranged by the organization back then, and which one of us had a happy marriage?" The old man was obviously very dissatisfied with the current situation of the junior's marriage, and nagged about the good past of organizing and arranging marriages in the past, and when it came to the end, he pointed the finger at Song Hongjun's head, " If you don't bring someone back next year, don't come back. ”

"What's in my way, can't you engage in feudal arranged marriages?" Song Hongjun shouted.

"You are now more worry-free than the other," Song Ying said, "you should restore the feudal arranged marriage, this shouting zi temptation, that shouting autonomy, zhongyāng also said, zi temptation is the most important!"

Shen Huai sat on the side, listening to them messing around, thinking that there should be no power entanglement and small actions behind them, so many people or even more people in the big family sat together, and it was quite warm to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner lively. There is also a TV set temporarily moved in the restaurant to broadcast the Spring Festival Gala, and it is also good to chat and watch the Gala while eating.

Shen Huai didn't have any expectations for this family business in his heart, but the sister-in-law was so enthusiastic that she could only deal with it with her head on her head, even if she picked the leftovers, there was nothing to be ashamed of.

Cheng Yuan, the old man of the family, was built before the War of Resistance Against Japan, and was the first to be the old man's fine guard, and later entered Yan'an Kang University to study, served as a political cadre for many years, served as a division-level commander before liberation, and also participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and was awarded the title of major general in 55 years, but it is a pity that he died of illness in his sixties in 84.

Cheng Wenguang is his only son, and now he is not yet fifty years old, he is an alternate member of Zhongyāng, which can be said to be a political upstart and one of the core figures of the Song family.

As the older generation who made meritorious contributions at the time of the founding of the country and held party and government leadership positions for a long time after the liberation, although the old man Song Hua and some other old people have retired, their prestige and influence are naturally comparable to those party and government officials who were promoted after the liberation, but when it comes to the officials of the Song family who are still directly active in the political arena, the status of State Councilor He Xianghuai is the highest.

Including Shen Huai's second uncle, Song Qiaosheng, and the minister of electric power, Dai Chengguo, they are now only one of the 193 members.

As far as the domestic political arena is concerned, the total number of members and alternate members of the zhongyāng is less than 360 - it is these 360 people who really form the top-level structure of the domestic power pyramid.

Looking at the whole country, 360 people still sound like a lot, but when it comes to a specific province, there are usually only two zhongyāng members and two zhongyāng alternate members.

As the secretary general of the provincial party committee, although Su Weijun is a member of the standing committee of the provincial party committee, it is impossible for him to enter the zhongyāng committee in terms of his connections, qualifications, age and prestige. Tan Qiping was only fifty years old at this time, and when he was in the prime of life, he had good qualifications and connections, and it was entirely possible to win a place among the 400 people before he retired.

This is also the main reason why the Song family currently attaches importance to Tan Qiping - whether the Song family's status in the country is rising or falling, in the final analysis, it still depends on how many seats can be won from the 360 people.

Only by being one of the three hundred and sixty or hoping to win a place among the three hundred and sixty can one be called the core of a faction.

In comparison, the development of Shen Huai and his juniors can only be said to be releasing water to raise fish; if they develop well, they will be able to get more support, but it is far from the strength of the support of the faction's resources.

Cheng Wenguang was an alternate member of the zhongyāng committee at this time, and the more important thing was that he was less than 50 years old, and it was not surprising that he should be a member of the zhongyāng committee in the 98th year, holding important positions in the party and government departments and provinces.

Shen Huai also knew in his heart that Cheng Wenguang's development potential in the political future was not even under the second uncle Song Qiaosheng, and it was not at all comparable to his father Song Bingsheng.

He also knew in his heart that as long as he and Cheng Wenguang's daughter could get married, it would mean that his status within the Song family could be completely restored to normal, and he could even obtain development resources no less than Song Hongqi, so he didn't have to worry that Tan Qiping would continue to suppress him in Donghua.

Shen Huai can also understand his sister-in-law's good intentions, but it is precisely because of this that he has no expectations.

Song Qiaosheng took the wine glass in his hand, looked at Shen Huai, and said: "Cheng Wenguang's daughter is a good girl, if the two sides can meet each other, you should also seize the opportunity to take care of your heart......"

"Well, I know. Shen Huai nodded honestly and agreed, his second uncle Song Qiaosheng is now the pillar of the Song family, and he can only obediently obey when he speaks.

Shen Huai can also understand his second uncle's thoughts, if Song Hongyi and Cheng Yi can succeed, such a good thing will never fall on him; however, Song Hongyi has already vetoed it first, and his second uncle will naturally hope that he or other Song family children and girls can achieve good things from the overall situation of the Song family, even if they don't have high hopes for him, they won't mind sending him into battle to try.

Not to mention the status of the old man Song Hua in the party, the second generation of the Song family also held senior positions at or above the director level, that is, in the third generation, the businessmen represented by Song Hongshang have long accumulated a net worth of hundreds of millions, and their careers are in full swing; the politicians are represented by Song Hongqi, who has just been promoted to a department-level position within the ministry, and Shen Huai is a deputy department-level official at a young age, and it can also be said that he is young and promising-the entire Song family is also in full swing in the country.

However, in the context of China, which has a population of 1.2 billion, if the Song family cannot effectively unite more external forces, relying only on the direct descendants of the Song family, the strength will be extremely weak, far from being enough to maintain the current position.

The reason why the Song family has become an important factional force influencing the development of the political situation in China is that, in addition to the prestige and influence of the old man Song Hua, in the final analysis, there are as many as seven officials related to the Song family whose status is above the rank of Zhongyāng alternate member, and there are as many as 21 people counting the ordinary vice-provincial and ministerial levels, and these people are the backbone and core force supporting the political status of the Song family.

Song Qiaosheng, as the core figure of the second generation of the Song family, failed to compete with Tian Jiageng for the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee, and his political future became uncertain, which affected the cohesion within the Song family, which led to an overall decline - if the Song family can marry Cheng Wenguang's daughter, it will be a matter that can significantly strengthen the internal cohesion of the Song family.

At present, the Song family has no other suitable candidates except Shen Huai, and Song Qiaosheng is for the overall interests of the Song family, in order to maintain the status of the Song family, even if he has prejudices against Shen Huai, he can only make a hard head to promote this matter first.

Shen Huai also smiled bitterly in his heart, the Song family's current means of maintaining cohesion within the faction are still stuck in political marriages, he knows that this method is not clever, but he has to admit that this method has some direct and obvious effects.

As the only suitable candidate for the Song family, because of this factor, the Song family unexpectedly paid attention to it, which also made Shen Huai smile bitterly in his heart-

If two days later, after meeting with Cheng Wenguang's daughter, he directly got an "inappropriate" response, would his status in the Song family be directly restored to his original form?

If Cheng Wenguang's daughter is satisfied with him, and he is not satisfied with Cheng Wenguang's daughter, will it be regarded as ignorant of promotion?

However, Sun Yalin could understand the bitterness in Shen Huai's heart, and he didn't forget to lean over and sprinkle salt on his wound while drinking: "No matter how much this Cheng Yi looks like to your heart, for the sake of Mei Gang, you will be dead-skinned, and you will have to talk to others for two years of love, and your skin is still good." ”

Shen Huai smiled bitterly, took the wine bottle and poured wine into Sun Yalin's cup, and laughed with others: "Yalin wants to drink, she herself is embarrassed to pour ......" attracted Song Hongjun and them to salute Sun Yalin's wine.

"Tan Qiping came to Yanjing twice, both came to visit the old man, and they both talked about you and Mei Gang. Mei Gang's current development, in addition to being a little radical and adventurous, is still worthy of affirmation," Song Qiaosheng didn't change the topic, but still looked at Shen Huai and said, "Last time Cheng Wenguang met me, he was also quite concerned about your development in the local area. Now that you are in the local area, you have to think about yourself doubly, so that you can become a great tool early......"

What else could Shen Huai do besides nodding?

Tan Qiping, as a peripheral member of the Song family, doesn't have to go through Yanjing, it is normal to go through Yanjing, visit the old man and mention his actions in Donghua, and Tan Qiping's evaluation of him can only be praised......

But seeing that the second uncle Song Qiaosheng and the old man did not intend to listen to him talk about Meigang in detail at the dinner table, Shen Huai would not be ignorant and make people listen to boring and uninteresting topics, in short, when Tan Qiping talked about Meigang, it was impossible to belittle him as useless, I believe that the old man and the second uncle still have some understanding of the current situation of Meigang.

However, Shen Huai returned to Beijing for the Spring Festival this time, in addition to a blind date, he mainly talked to his sister-in-law and Song Hongjun about some things - Donghua has inconvenient transportation, although Song Hongjun has a factory in Donghua, but he is not happy to go to Donghua. Shen Huai failed to meet Song Hongjun in Hong Kong last time, and it was a good opportunity to meet and talk about things when he returned to Beijing for the Spring Festival together.