Shen Huai sent the two cans of tea that Cui Xiangdong entrusted him to the West House, and he met the old man.

There are constant phone calls coming in to congratulate the old man on his birthday. Some calls are enough to convey a meaning, and some calls still need to be answered by the old man in person, so Shen Huai naturally couldn't say a few words, so he returned to the courtyard with his uncle Tang Jianmin, and saw Song Hongjun talking to a large group of people.

Looking at their faces similar to himself, Shen Huai knew that they were all his "cousins". Shen Huai also has nowhere to go, and his uncle Tang Jianmin also has to accompany his sister-in-law to greet relatives and friends, and also arrange for a car to send the guests to the Fengzeyuan Hotel first, only their juniors have not arranged any tasks, and there is no need to deliberately cater to the guests who come to celebrate their birthdays.

"This is Shen Huai, right?" The young man who was standing side by side with Song Hongjun and talking saw Shen Huai walking into the courtyard and took the initiative to say hello.

The old man has four sons and three daughters, and in the next generation, to Shen Huai's generation, there are a total of seventeen cousins, and everyone has a similar face, and Shen Huai can't figure out who the cousin who greeted him for a while.

"I'm Hongqi, the second family," Song Hongqi stretched out his hand to shake hands with Shen Huai, and said with a smile, "I heard that you are doing a good job in the township below Donghua......

To say that Song Hongjun is a romantic figure in the business world of the younger generation of the Song family, Song Hongqi, the son of the second uncle Song Qiaosheng, is the leading figure of the younger generation of the Song family in the political circles, and he is only 29 years old, and he is already the deputy director of the Economic and Trade Division of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Machinery Industry.

"It's just a mess, and there is no future, so it's not enough. Shen Huai smiled and shook hands with Song Hongqi.

He had been at his sister-in-law Song Wenhui's house for the past two days, and so many cousins and sisters had not shown up, how could he be confused by their "kind" appearance here? Moreover, from Song Hongqi's irrepressible condescending posture, Shen Huai knew that his words were just perfunctory.

"What," Song Hongjun was very surprised on the side, and said, "You just said that you worked in Huaihai Province, I thought you were in the prefectural and municipal government, how could you work in the township?"

Shen Huai saw that Song Hongjun really didn't know anything about his situation, while Song Hongqi and others knew that he was working in Meixi Town, and his expression showed a lot of disdain.

Song Hongqi smiled beside him, not so much to explain to Song Hongjun as to comfort Shen Huai: "It doesn't matter if you start from a low point, I just joined the Ministry of Industry and worked as an economist for three years." The fourth uncle is about to be transferred to Huaihai Province as vice governor, and you are afraid that you will have no future in the local area?"

Shen Huai could see that Song Hongqi was complacent in his demeanor, and the expressions of others were undoubtedly corresponding: he didn't take him as a township cadre in his eyes at all.

The people of Beijing have always had a high vision, and even ordinary people would not look down on a poor and remote town party secretary; even if a higher-ranking local official enters Beijing, in their eyes there is not much difference from a leopard, not to mention that the children of the Song family, who have grown up in honeypots since childhood, are even more eye-catching.

comforted Song Hongqi's kind words, but Shen Huai just laughed.

Regarding the fact that his father would go to Huaihai Province to serve as the "vice governor", based on the previous phone call asking him to "not do much" and the indifferent attitude of the past two days, Shen Huai guessed that this matter should be a blessing and a curse for him.

Song Hongjun was only momentarily curious about Shen Huai's work in the township, and soon diverted his attention from others pestering him about his relationship with the red singer. Shen Huai still has a lot of impression of the red singer named Yao Ying, looking at the charming face on the TV screen, thinking that real people should be more beautiful, but he didn't expect to be boyfriend and girlfriend with Song Hongjun.

Song Hongjun talked about Yao Ying, but Shen Huai couldn't see how serious he was, thinking that he should also be a hedonist, and the beautiful red singer just added some color to his face, but others were very envious.

In the younger generation of the Song family, except for Song Hongjun, Song Hongqi and a few others, who have been working for many years, most of them have either just entered society or are still in school, and they are all facing life choices.

For the children of the Song family, there are two best ways out, one is to engage in politics and the other is to engage in business.

Even those with mediocre abilities can find a far better future than ordinary people on these two paths.

However, in politics, you always have to endure loneliness for a period of time, not to go to the sea to do business, as long as you find a legitimate father and uncle to approve a few conditions, you can immediately live a luxurious life of BMW fragrant cars and beautiful women.

Although Song Hongjun and Song Hongqi are the core figures in the juniors, when they really get together, everyone is more interested in Song Hongjun, who went to the sea to do business and is said to have saved hundreds of millions of fortunes.

"I said, or you resign from your public office and come out to do it with me," Song Hongjun still remembered Shen Huai, and turned the topic to him, saying, "I have a few companies, and I am also short of manpower, Hongyi also wants to come over to help me, you can also choose a company to manage in the past, it should be better than you have ...... qualifications in the township."

"That's right, if you let others know that the Song family actually has a township cadre, then don't laugh off your big teeth? It's really not good, let your father transfer you to the province, it will be a thousand times stronger than in the township. ”

Although Shen Huai didn't like others to criticize his life, the smile on his face did not change as he listened to others talk about the inferiority of the township cadres, and said vigorously: "What Brother Hongyi said is that I will tell my father about this in Ming'er, and there will be no great achievements in the township...... but in his heart, he "crossed" Song Hongyi, the younger brother of Song Hongqi and the second son of Song Qiaosheng, the second son of Song Qiaosheng, thinking that although Song Hongjun is a hedonist, he is much more sleek than Song Hongyi, and I don't know if it is related to his experience of going to the sea to do business for nearly ten years.

"Hey, Aunt Xie came here, why didn't you see Xie Tang?" Song Hongqi looked at the gate of the courtyard and said strangely.

Shen Huai turned his head and saw his stepmother, Xie Jiahui, stiffly looking away from him.

Although in the previous memory, Shen Huai's impression of this woman was very bad, but I have to say that she is a beautiful woman with a graceful temperament, and Xie Tang inherited her beauty.

Xie Tang did not appear by Xie Jiahui's side, and Shen Huai thought to himself that Xie Tang probably wouldn't show up today.

Two middle-aged men walked in behind Xie Jiahui, one of them looked at him with a naked look in his eyes, and Shen Huai knew that he was Xie Tang's uncle and Xie Haicheng, the boss of the Xie family.

The old man of the Xie family failed to survive the ten years of turmoil and died of illness in the cowshed. In the 80s, although Xie Haicheng could also return to the ministry to take up a position in the implementation of the policy, he still resigned from public office and first went to Hong Kong to do business. The reason why Xie Tang was able to go abroad in 88 was also because Xie Haicheng had business cooperation with the Sun family's Evergreen Group in Hong Kong, so he asked the Sun family to take care of him to study in France.

"Uncle Xie, when did you and Mr. Sun come back from Hong Kong, why didn't you tell me?" Song Hongjun saw Xie Haicheng and greeted him warmly, and Song Hongqi and others also walked over to say hello.

The middle-aged man who came in with Xie Haicheng didn't look at Shen Huai.

Shen Huai is naturally no stranger to this person, because he is Sun Qiyi, the president of the Hong Kong branch of Sun Jiaqing Group, and Sun Yalin's uncle.

Like the Song family, the Sun family has deep roots, and Sun Yaoting alone has eight children who emigrated overseas before and after liberation, and they have a close relationship with each other. Shen Huai's maternal grandparents emigrated overseas to inherit the family property after the 80s, which is only one of them, and due to the late time of emigrating overseas, the voice within the Sun family and the Evergreen Group is actually very low.

Although because of the death of their daughter, Shen Shan and his wife have no contact with the Song family and the Xie family, but if the Sun family youth group wants to enter the country, it is a necessary choice to use the official background, so as not to care about the grievances between the Shen Shan couple and the Song family and the Xie family. Sun Qiyi had a very close relationship with Xie Haicheng in Hong Kong, and he also lobbied Xie Jiahui to send Xie Tang to study in France at the beginning.

In the mid-to-late 80s, the issue of Hong Kong's return to the motherland became clear, and Hong Kong, as one of the world's financial centers, was naturally the main foothold for the children of high-level people in China to go south to do business. Song Hongjun is mainly doing business in Hong Kong, Guangnan and other places, and has a very close relationship with Xie Haicheng and Sun Qiyi, and they are in a circle with each other, and they also support each other in business.

Shen Huai stood still, silently thinking about these intertwined relationships in his heart, I have to say that the world is big, but the circle is small.

The Sun family and the Song family are entangled in enmity, especially Shen Huai, a special figure who maintains the relationship between the two families, they want to enter the country to find political partners, except for the Song family, the choice is actually very small.

Seeing his father Song Bingsheng come out of the house, shaking hands with Xie Haicheng and Sun Qiyi and greeting with a smile, Shen Huai remembered the lonely tomb by the river on the farm, and had an indescribable awkwardness in his heart, so he turned around and walked away.

The banquet was held at the Fengzeyuan Hotel, and at about eleven o'clock, everyone was ready to leave for the hotel.

Shen Huai didn't see his sister-in-law, Song Hongjun and Song Hongqi were stuck together with Xie Haicheng and Sun Qiyi, and he couldn't get along with anyone, so he could only walk out of the yard alone.

Only then did Shen Huai see that the alley outside the courtyard was full of cars. The Song Mansion itself has special Jingwei personnel, and some bigwigs did not go directly to Fengze Garden, but came to the Song Mansion to talk to the old man first, and there were almost half a row of Jingwei personnel gathered in the courtyard.

However, the Jingwei Department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau also arranged additional Jingwei inside and outside the alley in the morning, and several fine cars were parked outside the alley to prepare to open the road.

Although this side is only a few hundred steps away from the Fortress Garden Hotel, this side is ready to leave, and the entire street outside the alley has been closed in advance.

"Shen Huai, come, come, you take my car. ”

Shen Huai turned around and saw Song Hongjun waving to him, but Xie Haicheng's eyes beside Song Hongjun were soft, although he was only a few hundred steps away from the Fengzeyuan Hotel, he was likely to be turned away when he walked over, Shen Huai couldn't see his sister-in-law's people, and he didn't want to ride in a car with his father and stepmother, so he could only take Song Hongjun's car.