Lu Tao knew that Fu Lei and Xie Benzhu were intimidated by Luo Qiulin's obscenity, and it was difficult for them to make up their minds to break with him openly in a short period of time, so he didn't embarrass them, and said with a smile: "Minister Fu, Secretary Xie, if you think that Xia Bingbing has no chance of winning in the competition with Zhang Yaling, or that helping her may make you face unforeseen consequences, then I don't dare to force it, please consider it at your discretion, I don't have any opinion on whether to help or not." ”

When Xie Benzhu heard the last few words, he thought he was talking angrily, and he was a little busy in his heart, so he hurriedly said: "Brother Lu, it's not that we are unwilling to help, nor are we deliberately prevaricating, what Minister Fu said just now is the truth, and we do have difficulties." In this case, Minister Fu and I will go to County Magistrate Su first to see if we can convince him to support Xia Bingbing as well. If we can get the support of County Magistrate Su, and the three of us jointly recommend Xia Bingbing at the five-person group meeting, a majority opinion will be formed, and Luo Qiulin will not be able to say anything. ”

Lu Tao said happily: "Thank you, thank you! If the two leaders can persuade County Magistrate Su to support Xia Bingbing, then this matter will be certain to a certain extent." ”

Fu Lei smiled and said: "Brother, don't have too much hope, County Magistrate Su is a very cautious person, he will not necessarily risk offending Secretary Luo for the promotion of a deputy section-level cadre." But don't worry, Secretary Xie and I will do our best, whether we succeed or not, it depends on Xia Bingbing's luck. ”

Because they wanted to drink, Fu Lei and Xie Benzhu came by taxi. After the banquet was over, Lu Tao wanted to call a taxi to send them back, but Fu Lei said that he had just eaten too much and wanted to take a walk with Xie Benzhu nearby before going back. Lu Tao guessed that the two of them still had something to discuss, so he was not reluctant, and after shaking hands with them and saying goodbye, he took a taxi and went home.

After Fu Lei saw Lu Tao's taxi leave, he said to Xie Benzhu: "Old Xie, let's find a teahouse to sit in!"

Xie Benzhu nodded, and the two of them walked west for about ten minutes, and saw a teahouse on the side of the road, with a red lantern hanging at the door, and on the lantern was the name of this teahouse: "Qinxinlou".

Fu Lei and Xie Benzhu walked into the teahouse, asked the waiter to arrange a private room, and after making tea, Fu Lei waved his hand to order the waiter to go out and close the door.

After the two of them took a few sips of tea, Fu Lei raised his eyes to look at Xie Benzhu and asked, "Old Xie, what thoughts and opinions do you have about Xiao Lu's request?"

Xie Benzhu frowned and said, "I feel that this matter is very difficult to do, as you just said, if we insist on recommending Xia Bingbing in the five-person group meeting, we will face a big risk." However, Xiao Lu has helped us a lot, and he has such a good relationship with Secretary Zhou of the Municipal Party Committee, if we don't give him any face, it seems a little unreasonable, so I am a little conflicted and entangled now. ”

Fu Lei nodded: "If we completely reject Xiao Lu's request, firstly, it is really unreasonable, and secondly, I am worried that he will tell Secretary Zhou about this matter, saying that we are afraid of Luo Qiulin, and Secretary Zhou will think that you and I are incompetent people who have no courage, no responsibility, and only know how to obey Luo Qiulin, then it will be bad." ”

Xie Benzhu nodded sympathetically and said: "Yes, you and I finally left a good impression on Secretary Zhou, if this incident makes him feel that we are timid and have no responsibility, it will be very difficult to regain his favor and trust in the future." ”

Fu Lei pondered for a moment, suddenly raised his head, looked at Xie Benzhu with blazing eyes, and said in a slightly excited tone: "Old Xie, just now I suddenly thought of another way to solve this problem. If we take this approach, the risk will be very high, but if it is successful, the reward will also be very large. Would you like to hear about it?"

Xie Benzhu hurriedly said: "I want to listen, of course I want to listen." Lao Fu, tell me: how else can we solve this problem?"

"I think about it like this: Now the county magistrate Su really wants to pass the bridge of Lu Tao and take the relationship with Secretary Zhou of the Municipal Party Committee. If we tell him directly that we are helping Xia Bingbing to get promoted this time, we are actually helping Lu Tao, and County Magistrate Su will definitely be interested. In this way, among the members of the five-person group, three of us support the promotion of Xia Bingbing, which belongs to the majority opinion, and there is a great hope of success. ”

Xie Benzhu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't stop nodding and said: "That's right, don't say anything else, as far as Xia Bingbing's promotion this time is concerned, as long as County Magistrate Su chooses to stand on our side, at the five-person group meeting, we have three people who support Xia Bingbing, and we are the majority if we vote, and Luo Qiulin must respect this voting result in accordance with the principle of 'the minority obeys the majority' in order to fulfill the promise he just made." Moreover, with County Magistrate Su charging in front, those of us who followed him to wave the flag and shout are indeed much less risky. ”