Su Yetai and the others heard Li Tao's last few words about drinking, and they all showed a knowing smile on their faces.

Li Tao saw that everyone was listening to his story intently, so he continued to tell it with great interest: "At that time, I was a soldier of the brigade commander and always followed him, so this story was seen with my own eyes, and there was no falsehood. On one occasion, a principal leader of the General Logistics Department came to inspect the work of our brigade, and the brigade leader wanted to build a large auditorium, with a budget of about 5 million yuan. Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of the principal leader of the General Logistics Department to come to inspect the building, the brigade commander and political commissar handed him a report on the application for the construction of the auditorium and asked the party committee of the General Logistics Department to study and approve it.

"However, the head of the General Logistics Department told our brigade commander: Now that the central authorities have issued an order to restrict the construction of 'buildings, halls, and halls', in principle, the local government will no longer approve the construction of new office buildings, auditoriums, hotels, and guest houses, and the troops will also implement this document mutatis mutandis, so the party committee of the General Logistics Department may not approve the construction of a new auditorium for our brigade. That night, our brigade commander and political commissar held a banquet to entertain the head of the general rear, and there were eight people in total, and two and twelve bottles of Moutai were placed, with an average of one and a half bottles per person.

"The chief of the general rear also likes to drink, but the amount of alcohol is not very large, and he is very drunk after drinking about eight taels. Our brigade commander and political commissar took the opportunity to propose the construction of the auditorium, and the chief, taking advantage of the wine, pointed to the remaining wine on the table and said to our brigade commander and political commissar: 'You can build the auditorium, but you need to drink in exchange for money. I'll make a rule for you: the two of you now drink in shot glasses, and each drink is 10,000 yuan. If you have drunk a total of 500 glasses of wine, I will give you 5 million yuan to build an auditorium, and you will never break your word. ’

"At that time, our brigade commander and political commissar had already drunk more than a pound of wine, although the small wine glasses in front of them were all miniature small cups with a capacity of 6 ml, but 500 glasses of wine was 3,000 ml, and a full six bottles of wine, which was equivalent to everyone having to drink three more bottles, which was really a big challenge. However, the brigade commander and the political commissar did not hesitate, and the two of them went to the toilet first, and before entering the box, the brigade commander instructed me to run to the brigade health center to call a few military doctors, and asked them to bring all the medicines and rescue equipment for the treatment of drunkenness, and wait in a hidden place outside the canteen, and once he and the political commissar fell, we must ensure that they are treated as soon as possible.

"Then the brigade commander and the commissar entered the canteen and began to drink according to the rules established by the head of the general rear. The two of you have a cup and I have a cup, except for a few glasses of the occasional salute to the head of the General Assembly and his entourage, the rest of the time is pouring themselves drinks. The meal lasted for more than three hours, and it was not until about nine o'clock in the evening that the meal ended. In the end, the brigade commander and the commissar drank a total of 508 glasses of wine during the stage of 'drinking for money'. That is to say, the two of them drank an average of nearly five catties of wine each, and although both of them were drunk in the end, they were not very drunk, and the rescue personnel prepared in advance did not play a role at all.

"The head of the General Logistics Department later fulfilled his promise, and immediately after returning home, he approved 5.08 million yuan for our brigade to build an auditorium, which was calculated according to 10,000 yuan for a glass of wine, which corresponded to the 508 glasses of wine that our brigade commander and political commissar drank during the drinking stage. Later, this story was spread by military doctors, and all the officers and soldiers of our brigade knew about it. After the construction of the auditorium, everyone privately joked that the auditorium was built by the brigade commander and the political commissar with 500 cups of wine, so they jokingly called it the '500 Cups' Auditorium. ”

When they heard the words "Five Hundred Cups Auditorium", everyone in the box burst out laughing.

Su Yetai cupped his eyes on the bridge of his nose and asked with interest: "Director Li, your brigade commander and political commissar are so good at drinking, and you behave so well in front of the chief, you will definitely be promoted very quickly in the future!"

"Yes, our brigade commander was later promoted to the post of army commander, and he retired only the year before last; the political commissar was transferred to the General Logistics Department by the head of the General Logistics Department, and later retired with the rank of regular army. ”

Xia Bingbing blinked a pair of smart and beautiful big eyes, stared at Fang Xin and Li Tao intently, and suddenly asked: "Director Fang, Director Li, today we came to the provincial department to fight for financial funds, which is similar to your brigade commander and political commissar fighting for funds for the construction of the auditorium in your brigade." Can the two leaders give our county a chance? Please also learn from the head of the General Logistics Department, and set up a rule for me and Yaling to drink together for money, for example, for every glass of wine we drink, the provincial department will allocate tens of thousands of yuan more to us. I am willing to accept this challenge, as long as the two leaders agree to my proposal, I will be willing to drink on the spot!"

The reason why Li Tao told that story was actually to provoke Xia Bingbing and Zhang Yaling to take the initiative to stand up and "drink for money", and to see how much alcohol the two famous "golden flowers" of the Taolin County Finance Bureau had. At the same time, they have already seen that Chen Pei really likes Lu Tao very much, and it is a high probability that the latter will become Deputy Secretary Chen's son-in-law in the future, so they have discussed giving a little more subsidy funds to Taolin County, on the one hand, to give Chen Pei face, and on the other hand, it is also to curry favor with Lu Tao in advance......

Therefore, when they saw that Xia Bingbing really took the initiative to stand up and propose "drinking for money", Li Tao and Fang Xin looked at each other and smiled, turned their eyes to Zhang Yaling, and asked: "Xiao Zhang, do you agree with Xiao Xia's proposal? If you are also willing to play this game of 'drinking for money', Director Fang and I will immediately discuss the rules, so that we can see the arrogance and alcohol consumption of your two heroines." ”

Zhang Yaling showed a look of embarrassment on her face, raised her eyes to look at Su Yetai and Cai Changming, and said hesitantly: "Director Fang, Director Li, I have been a little unwell recently, I went to the hospital two days ago to see it, and the doctor told me to drink less, especially not to drink urgently. Although I agree with Bingbing's proposal, and I would like to get a little more financial assistance for our county, but—"

As soon as she said this, Xia Bingbing raised her eyebrows, and interrupted her very unhappily: "Yaling, don't say so many subjective and objective reasons, whether you drink or not is a word, and no one can force you." If you don't participate in this game, I'll drink it alone, and do my best to get a little more money for our county, even if I just drink it and show my ugliness here, I don't care!"

Su Yetai hurriedly said: "Bingbing, you want to fight for financial funds for the county, Director Cai and I are very understanding and very appreciative. However, you must estimate the amount of alcohol you drink, make sure that you know what you can drink, and continue to drink if you can, if you feel that you can't drink, you must brake in time, and you can't try hard. If something happens, these people at our table will be held responsible—"

Xia Bingbing felt that his last few words were very harsh, and she was a little drunk now, so she couldn't help but choke: "County Magistrate Su, you don't have to worry, if I drink and die here, it will be my own life, and I will never affect the leaders." If you don't feel at ease, I'll make a note for you right now, saying that my drinking was voluntary, and if something happens to all of you, can you?"