When Li Zitong heard that Yuan Cheng invited him to dinner at this time, he asked in surprise: "Xiao Yuan, when have you invited me out for dinner? I have already arrived at home and finished eating, and I am about to take a lunch break! By the way, do you have any important guests over there who want me to accompany you? Is it from a higher department or from my hometown?"

Li Zitong knew that Yuan Cheng knew his living habits, and he must have finished lunch and was ready to take a lunch break at this time, but he still called over to invite, either a very important official came from his hometown Huaisha City or Qingxi County, or an important leader from the State Administration of Taxation or the provincial party committee and provincial government, and he needed to ask himself to accompany him......

Yuan Cheng replied: "Bureau Li, there is indeed an important guest at this dinner, but it is not from the higher departments or our hometown, but the daughter of Comrade Chen Dengfeng, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, named Chen Pei——"

"What? You're going to have dinner with Deputy Secretary Chen's daughter later? Really?"

Li Zitong's tone suddenly became urgent, and the excitement and urgency couldn't be concealed - during this time, he had been trying to invite Chen Pei to dinner, wanting to get to know her mother Wu Manping through her, and then use Wu Manping to get close to or influence Deputy Secretary Chen, so as to find a strong and solid backer for himself to compete for the top position in the provincial bureau.

He knows very well: he and Deputy Secretary Chen have never known each other, and there is no one in the circle of friends who is very close to him, and the only way to let Deputy Secretary Chen know himself, understand himself, and trust himself is to take the "lady route" or "daughter route".

Not long ago, he heard a story that He Zhongqi, the current director of the Provincial Department of Construction, was not favored when he was the deputy director, and he did not have a strong backstage and backer in the provincial party committee. However, his daughter and Deputy Secretary Chen's daughter Chen Pei are classmates from elementary school to junior high school and high school, and they are also best friends who play very well. He Zhongqi's lover took advantage of the relationship between his daughter and Chen Pei to meet Deputy Secretary Chen's wife Wu Manping, and then the two often took their daughter to Deputy Secretary Chen's house to play on rest days or holidays.

Now, Yan Shigang, secretary of the provincial party committee, who has just been transferred to Nanjiang for more than a year, has great trust in and relies on Chen Dengfeng, and it is said that he strongly recommended Chen Dengfeng to the central authorities to take over the post of governor of Qin. Therefore, in the selection and appointment of cadres, Deputy Secretary Chen has much greater power than the average full-time deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, and as long as it is a person recommended by him, Yan Shigang, secretary of the provincial party committee, will basically support it.

It is precisely because of this background that He Zhongqi, who has never been optimistic about the career prospects of others, because of Chen Dengfeng's trust and recommendation, defeated several competitors with quite a background and backers, and was promoted to secretary of the party group and director of the Provincial Construction Department half a year ago......

He Zhongqi's "inspirational" story of officialdom turned over and came to power later gave Li Zitong great encouragement and enlightenment: It seems that getting on his line through Deputy Secretary Chen's wife or daughter is not only effective, but also a shortcut.

It just so happened that his nephew Li Tao served as the deputy director of the Budget Department of the Provincial Department of Finance, and he happened to be in charge of the rural group, so he could be regarded as Chen Pei's direct boss. So, he asked Li Tao many times to invite Chen Pei out for dinner, but Chen Pei found an excuse to shirk every time, which made him anxious and helpless.

Unexpectedly, now Yuan Cheng suddenly said that he was going to have dinner with Chen Pei later, and invited him to go over with him, which was really "stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, and it took no effort to get there", which made him so excited that he almost lost his temper in front of his subordinates......

After finally controlling his ecstasy, Li Zitong asked in a calm tone as much as possible: "Where have you made an appointment with Deputy Secretary Chen's daughter to eat? Who else are you eating with?"

Yuan Cheng saw him asking, so he told Li Zitong about the situation that Lin Hua had just reported to him.

Li Zitong heard that Chen Pei was invited by one of her college classmates to dinner, and her classmate was an ordinary cadre of the Taolin County Local Taxation Bureau and a fellow villager in Qingxi County, so she was both surprised and happy, and told Yuan Cheng: "Xiao Yuan, when you have dinner later, you can have a good chat with that little fellow in Taolin County to understand his basic situation, especially to find out the real relationship between him and Deputy Secretary Chen's daughter." ”

Speaking of this, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and said, "By the way, having dinner with Chen Pei today is also an opportunity for you." Haven't you always wanted to be the number one in charge of the city and state bureaus below? I personally can't fulfill this wish for you for the time being, and I must nod my head from Director Zeng. I can also reveal a little information to you: Director Zeng turned out to be Deputy Secretary Chen's secretary when he was the secretary of the county party committee, and he was also picked up by Deputy Secretary Chen. Director Zeng has always wanted to be a leader in the local area and a feudal official, and Deputy Secretary Chen also helped him realize his wish, and he will be transferred to Dehua City to be the secretary of the municipal party committee at the end of the year. So if you want to be the leader of the city and state bureau, as long as Chen Pei is willing to help you and say hello to Director Zeng. She and Director Zeng have been familiar since childhood, and Director Zeng will definitely buy her face. ”

Yuan Cheng said happily: "Thank you Bureau Li for your guidance, so it seems that this meal at noon today is too worthwhile." ”

Li Zitong let out a "hmm", groaned for a while, and said, "You drive to pick me up now, let's rush to the restaurant where we eat together, and it's best to wait for Chen Pei's daughter before she arrives." You can tell the little fellow in Taolin County later, when you were about to come over for dinner, you happened to meet me who had just come out of the party group meeting, because we are all villagers in Qingxi County, so you pulled me over for a light meal. ”

Yuan Cheng knew that Li Zitong wanted to save face, for fear that Lin Hua and Lu Tao would guess that he was going to Chen Pei uninvited, so he came up with this nonsense that a three-year-old child could see through to cover his face, and felt a little funny in his heart, so he quickly agreed......

When Yuan Cheng called Li Zitong, Lin Huaxing rushed into the box and said to Lu Tao: "Brother Lu, just now I called and invited Director Yuan again, and it happened that the guests at his house had already left, so I agreed to come over and eat together, and by the way, I got to know you, a fellow villager in the system." ”

Lu Tao knew that Yuan Cheng was coming for Chen Pei, and he was a little funny in his heart, but he didn't break it, and said with a smile: "That's better, Director Yuan's presence makes me feel deeply honored to be the east, thank you Section Chief Lin for giving me this opportunity to get to know the leader." ”

As he spoke, he looked around at the small box, frowned, and said, "This box is too small, why don't we change the box!" Also, since Director Yuan is coming over, I have to add two dishes." ”