After breakfast, Lu Tao went back to the hotel room to make up for sleep, and slept until about eleven o'clock, when he was woken up by the harsh ringtone of his mobile phone, and picked up the mobile phone in a daze and looked at the caller ID, which was called by Secretary Zhou Yihong.

"Xiao Lu, the day before yesterday you told me that you were going to the Provincial Department of Finance to find your classmate Chen Pei to fight for a hat fund, and said that you would go to the provincial capital with the delegation participating in the provincial new rural construction experience exchange meeting, have you arrived at the Finance Department now? Have you met Chen Pei?"

Lu Tao hurriedly replied: "Secretary Zhou, I arrived in the provincial capital with the delegation yesterday, met with Chen Pei last night, and made an appointment with her to have dinner together tonight. By the way, didn't you come to the new rural construction experience exchange meeting?"

"No, although this experience exchange meeting was hosted by the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, the participants were mainly people from the government's line, and all cities, prefectures, counties, and municipalities were all government leaders. The main leaders of the provincial party committee who attended the exchange meeting were originally determined to be Deputy Secretary Chen and Minister Huang of the Organization Department, but later it was also changed to Governor Qin and Minister Huang to attend, and it is said that Deputy Secretary Chen went to the Central Committee for a meeting, so the leader of the team attending the exchange meeting in the city this time was Mayor Haiping. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yihong paused for a moment and asked again: "Who did you ask to have dinner with Chen Pei tonight?"

"I made an appointment with Chen Pei when I had tea last night, and there were Su Yetai, the county magistrate of Taolin County, Cai Changming, the director of the county finance bureau, Zhang Wenqing, the section chief of the second secretary of the provincial party committee office, and two other female comrades, namely the head of the budget unit and the director of the office of the Taolin County Finance Bureau. Because these people were present when I asked Chen Pei to dinner, they might go to dinner together tonight. ”

Zhou Yihong conspired for a moment and said, "I'll rush to the provincial capital around five o'clock in the afternoon, and let's have a meal with Chen Pei when the time comes!"

It turned out that Zhou Yihong's main backer and backstage in the province was the current Governor of Qin. Governor Qin is also a soldier, and before he changed jobs, he was a deputy division commander of Zhou Yihong's unit, and Zhou Yihong was a regiment commander of the division he was in.

After Zhou Yihong transferred to a local government, under the care of Governor Qin, he first served as deputy director of a provincial department, and later transferred to a certain city as mayor, and a few months ago he was transferred to Songshan City as secretary of the municipal party committee.

Zhou Yihong knows very well that Governor Qin will be 62 years old next year, and there is no possibility of further promotion, so it is estimated that he will be assigned to the National People's Congress or the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to take up an idle post, and the most likely person to take over his post as governor is Chen Dengfeng, the current deputy secretary of the provincial party committee.

However, the relationship between Chen Dengfeng and Governor Qin is not very good, although there is no major contradiction between the two people, and there has been no head-on conflict, but it always gives people a feeling of "discord between face and heart". As the descendant and confidant of Governor Qin, the relationship between Zhou Yihong and Chen Dengfeng is naturally not much better, although the two know each other, they usually have work contacts, and basically have no personal relationship.

Now, Zhou Yihong is most worried that Chen Dengfeng has a very close relationship with the current provincial party secretary, and once Governor Qin leaves Nanjiang Province, Chen Dengfeng, who takes over his position as governor, is very likely to suppress the former's cronies and descendants. Although he usually pays attention to balancing his relationship with the leadership of the provincial party committee, and he also respects and respects Chen Dengfeng very much when he interacts with him, but after all, he has that old relationship with Governor Qin, and he is indeed Governor Qin's descendant and cronies......

For this reason, Zhou Yihong has been anxious during this time, and he also wants to get closer to Chen Dengfeng through a certain way. It just so happened that the last time he and the people from the Songshan City Finance Bureau hosted Chen Pei, he accidentally found that she had a very close relationship with Lu Tao, and might even fall in love with Lu Tao.

This unexpected discovery made him feel ecstatic at that time, and suddenly he had a feeling of "the mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village": if Chen Pei really likes Lu Tao, he can use his intimate relationship with Lu Tao to get close to Chen Pei, and after winning Chen Pei's favor, he can get close to her family, maybe he can finally win the favor and trust of Deputy Secretary Chen......

Therefore, when he learned that Lu Tao was going to have a banquet for Chen Pei tonight, although Zhou Yihong felt that the people present were too mixed, he finally decided to rush to the provincial capital to attend the banquet......

Lu Tao heard him say that he would rush over to invite Chen Pei to dinner in the afternoon, and hurriedly responded: "Okay, our place to eat is booked in the VIP building of the Crown Hotel, and you can go there directly when the time comes!"

Zhou Yihong was silent for a moment and said, "It's not good for me to go there directly." Let's do it: after I arrived in the provincial capital, I first found a teahouse near the Crown Hotel to rest. You go to the hotel box with Chen Pei, Su Yetai and the others first, and don't tell them that I came here to attend the dinner on purpose. After everyone else is in the box, you can secretly send you a message, and then I will call you and ask you where you are, and you can invite me over for dinner in front of them, so it's better!"

As soon as Lu Tao heard his words, he understood: Zhou Yihong didn't want Su Yetai and the others to guess that he wanted to get close to Chen Pei, let alone let them know that he had specially driven more than 100 kilometers to the banquet. Moreover, most of the people who attended the reception tonight were Zhou Yihong's subordinates, and the rest were much lower than him, so it was impossible for him to wait in the box first, and he had to be late for a while to show his identity......

Thinking of this, he secretly scolded himself for being "stupid", and hurriedly responded: "Okay, you go to the hotel to find a place to rest first, and I will send you a message in time when everyone arrives in the box." ”

After hanging up Zhou Yihong's phone, Lu Tao immediately dialed the mobile phone of Lin Hua of the Supervision Office of the Provincial Local Taxation Bureau. After the phone was connected, he greeted the other party with a smile and asked him where to eat at noon in an inquiring tone.

Lin Hua hurriedly smiled and said: "Brother Lu, you are too polite, or I will treat you at noon! There is a small alley about 100 meters west of the provincial bureau, and there is a local restaurant called 'Qingxiyuan' on the right after entering the alley fifty meters, the owner of this shop is a fellow villager in Qingxi County, the dishes in it are very authentic Qingxi taste, and the environment of the store is also good, otherwise we will eat in this store at noon!"

Lu Tao hurriedly said: "Okay, I haven't eaten authentic Qingxi cuisine for a long time, I'll rush there right now and book a box waiting for you to come over after work." By the way, do you have any other leaders or friends over there? I'll order food after the number of people is confirmed. ”

Lin Hua hesitated for a moment, lowered his voice and said: "Director Yuan of our supervision office is also a fellow villager in Qingxi County, wait a minute, I will go to his office to invite him to see if he is willing to come out for a meal together, and then I will introduce you, a fellow countryman, to know him." ”