The call was made quickly.

"Hey, hello. Li Xiaolu said in a brisk voice, and then whispered something to others, the voice on the phone was also very noisy, and from time to time there was a car horn sounding, which seemed to be in the suburbs.

"Xiaolu, I'm Qingdong. Chen Qingdong tried his best to keep his voice calm, "What are you busy with, the environment is so noisy?"

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a few seconds, and Chen Qingdong heard Li Xiaolu's silver bell-like laughter: "Hehe, since the last time I gave you my mobile phone number, it has been the one hundred and fifteenth day since today, and you finally called me." ”

Chen Qingdong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this accurate number, and then a turbulent warm current flowed in his heart, and he took a deep breath before he barely calmed himself down, and said calmly: "Has it been so long? Hehe, I've been so busy lately, I don't have a concept of time." ”

"The last time you came to Jingjiang, it wasn't the National Day, and now it's past New Year's Day, how long have you said it has been?" asked Li Xiaolu.

"Hehe, sorry, sorry. Chen Qingdong said repeatedly.

"Just say sorry and insincere, you have to invite me to dinner. Li Xiaolu said.

Chen Qingdong smiled: "No problem, I must invite you to dinner, what do you want to eat?"

"I can't be cheap this time, I have to think about it......" Li Xiaolu really thought for a while before saying, "That's it, there is a newly opened Western restaurant here, French food is very good, but the price is not cheap, that's it!"

"No problem. Chen Qingdong said briskly.

"It's refreshing to say yes. Li Xiaolu said, "But when are you going to cash it out? ”

Chen Qingdong thought about it, it was not long before the Chinese New Year, but after the loan from the credit union arrived, he could relax for a while, but he could take time to go to the provincial capital to meet Li Xiaolu, and by the way, also meet Luo Xiaolou.

After deciding on the doctrine, Chen Qingdong said: "Just a year ago, I will definitely go to Jingjiang and invite you to eat French food." ”

Li Xiaolu didn't expect Chen Qingdong to really agree, obviously a little overjoyed, and asked, "I'm serious, you're not joking, are you?"

"I'm serious, too. Chen Qingdong said with a smile.

"Well, even if you are sincere......" Li Xiaolu looked very satisfied, but deliberately held the shelf and said, "But Miss Ben's time is also very tight, when you come over, you must greet me and make an appointment, otherwise I may not have time to appreciate your face and eat your meal." ”

Chen Qingdong naturally could hear that Li Xiaolu was deliberately taking a shelf, so he deliberately complimented and said: "Don't worry, although I am a Tiankan cadre, I still understand the rules that I need to make an appointment in advance to meet the leaders in the provincial capital, and I will definitely report in advance and strive to get the leader's instructions." ”

"Flim tongue!" Li Xiaolu scolded, but her face couldn't help but turn red.

Because in officialdom, in addition to specifying the leadership in the face sense, "leader" also refers to the wife of the family, which is the same as "secretary of the discipline inspection committee" in addition to referring to the secretary of the discipline inspection commission, but also referring to the wife of the family.

Although Li Xiaolu is not a person in officialdom, she works in a provincial newspaper and often eats with officials at all levels, so she is very familiar with these obscure alternative words in officialdom, and she has a girl's natural love association, so she can't help blushing.

When Chen Qingdong said this, he just said it in passing, and he didn't think much about it at all, but after he finished speaking, he understood the secret meaning contained in it, especially after hearing Li Xiaolu's words, he felt a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the topic and said, "Xiaolu, what are you doing here? Why do you listen to such noise outside?"

Li Xiaolu quickly regained her natural attitude and said, "Do activities on the street." This is not almost the end of the Chinese New Year, and our newspaper is going to do a poll related to the Spring Festival. Today there is a north wind blowing here, and it is almost freezing me to death. ”

Chen Qingdong is very suitable for following Li Xiaolu's words at this time, if it is an ordinary friend, Chen Qingdong blurted out without hesitation, but because of the relationship between him and Li Xiaolu, Chen Qingdong was a little hesitant, but after hesitating, Chen Qingdong still said: "It's still thirty-nine days or forty-nine days now, the weather is so cold, if you come out for activities in the future, you must wear thicker, don't be afraid of wearing too much and be embarrassed to be on camera." ”

"Okay, I got it. Li Xiaolu said, her voice was a little bird-like.

Chen Qingdong's heart immediately made waves again, and secretly warned himself that he would definitely not have any results with Li Xiaolu, and he would still treat her as an ordinary friend in the future, and don't say such things again.

"Xiaolu, I still have something I want to ask you. Chen Qingdong changed the topic and said.

"Just ask. Li Xiaolu said, and then added, "I knew you wouldn't call me for no reason." ”

After Chen Qingdong heard it, he couldn't explain it, so he pretended not to hear it, and said the business directly: "Xiaolu, there is a staff member in our town government who was fired for some reasons. He has been petitioning on this matter recently, and he has also written a letter to your Huaihai Evening News. I would like to ask, do you pay attention to such letters?"

Li Xiaolu asked, "Did he deliver it through someone else, or did he mail it?"

Chen Qingdong did not ask Yan Minglei in detail about this question, but it was expected that Yan Minglei did not have any connections to deliver letters to Huaihai Evening News through people, so he said: "It should be mailed over." ”

"Oh, if it's by mail, I guess it won't help. Li Xiaolu said, "Because our newspaper receives a large number of letters every day, there are so many that there is not enough manpower to open them and read them." Therefore, most of the letters were disposed of as letters from ordinary people, and some of the more fortunate letters were opened by the staff to take a look, but they were useless when they read them. Only those letters handed over by people who have a certain right to speak, the newspaper will pay attention to it, but whether it will be published or continue to pay attention to this matter is the final word of the leader. ”

After speaking, Li Xiaolu asked again: "Xiaodong, is the person you are talking about your friend?"

Chen Qingdong thought for a while, and asked with a smile: "If it were my friend, you would have a way to make his letters see the light of day." ”

"Hehe, you're pretty good at rhetoric. Li Xiaolu teased, but did not answer directly, but asked again, "What does this friend of yours mean in the letter is to sue the government and let the government restore him to work?"

"No, it's more complicated than that. Chen Qingdong said.

Then, Chen Qingdong simply told Li Xiaolu about Yan Minglei's situation, and after listening to it, Li Xiaolu said with some embarrassment: "Xiaodong, I can find your friend's letter from those letters, and I can also take it to our director or even our editor-in-chief to see, but your friend's question is a bit acute, and it is unlikely that it will be able to appear in the newspaper, and our newspaper probably does not have much interest in digging into this topic." Xiaodong, as you know, our country's economic development has been too rapid in recent years, especially with the acceleration of urbanization brought about by land requisition, employment and other problems, resulting in increasingly prominent contradictions between the government and the people, so our newspaper has strict regulations, all such issues involving the image of the government, must be strictly controlled. And your friend's question can also be said to involve this, but there is nothing too prominent typical, so ...... It's hard to ......."

Chen Qingdong told Li Xiaolu that this matter was not to help Yan Minglei, although he sympathized with Yan Minglei in his heart, if there was any opportunity, he could help Yan Minglei, he was willing to do so.

But he didn't plan to waste too much effort to help him, after all, even if he helped Yan Minglei, Yan Minglei's requirements might not be satisfied, and more importantly, he didn't get any benefits from this matter, and maybe he would offend Wei Hailong and bring negative consequences to himself.

In addition, he is even more reluctant to embarrass Li Xiaolu for other people's affairs.

So after listening to Li Xiaolu's words, Chen Qingdong smiled and said, "I'll just ask casually, you don't have to bother about this." ”

Li Xiaolu seemed to be a little sorry for not helping Chen Qingdong, and said: "Otherwise, wait for the opportunity, if there is a suitable opportunity in the future, I will help him." ”

Chen Qingdong regretted a little, he shouldn't have told Li Xiaolu about this, but now it's hard to say anything to let Li Xiaolu not have to help, but if he agreed, it seems that he acquiesced to letting Li Xiaolu help.

And with Li Xiaolu's attitude towards herself, she will definitely be very concerned about this matter, and maybe she will even use her family's strength to help herself.

Once this is the case, then he will owe Li Xiaolu a big favor.

After some ideological struggle, Chen Qingdong still decided that he couldn't owe Li Xiaolu such a big favor for Yan Minglei's matter. Moreover, according to Li Xiaolu, even if she wants to help very much, she may not be able to help. If you don't get a good deal out of it, that's the worst possible outcome.

In addition, the most important thing is that although Chen Qingdong did not think in his heart of using Li Xiaolu to help him improve his career, but vaguely, in his heart, he still regarded the family background behind Li Xiaolu as a card.

And Chen Qingdong understands that this deck of cards has only one chance to be played well.

This opportunity, he must not waste it on Yan Minglei, who has nothing to do with him.

Thinking of this, Chen Qingdong smiled and said: "Xiaolu, in fact, our town gave me a task to intercept the interview, so I inquired if Yan Minglei's letter to the Huaihai Evening News would cause trouble to our interception work, hehe, so you don't have to bother picking his letters." ”

Li Xiaolu also breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said, "It turns out that this is the case. I was thinking about how to help your friend, but it's really not easy to do. After all, it's almost the Chinese New Year, and the newspaper doesn't want to report any negative news. ”

Chen Qingdong didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so he said: "Xiaolu, there is a sudden urgency here, so let's do it first, wait a few days, I will make an appointment with you by phone and invite you to dinner." ”

"Okay, then I'll be waiting for you. Li Xiaolu said with a smile.

"Hehe, goodbye then. ”

"Well, goodbye. ”

After hanging up the phone, Chen Qingdong was in a bad mood, he had nothing to do with this matter just now, so he decisively refused Li Xiaolu's help to Yan Minglei.

This matter was understandable, but Chen Qingdong felt a little chill on his body, because the previous self was very enthusiastic and willing to help others, even if he would not get any benefits at all, he would do it.

But has I become cold-blooded or realistic?

Chen Qingdong sighed and thought that the previous self was still too simple and naïve.

Perhaps, doing this by yourself today is actually the most correct way to survive in this society!