The car drove to a secluded spot outside the city, and after skirting a hillside overgrown with verdant trees, inside was a secluded hotel.

Liang Jian guessed that this should be the designated hospitality hotel in the province.

After the car stopped, Liang Jian followed Xu Jinghua to get out of the car and walk inside, walked to the door, and when he saw Qin An, Liang Jian suddenly realized that today's meal may not be just Xu Jinghua and Minister Cui from Beijing.

Sure enough, as Liang Jian expected, there were also Diao Yimin, Huo Jiaju, and Xiang Guoping, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee. Liang Jian and the deputy secretary have only met twice.

When Liang Jian arrived, people from Beijing had not yet arrived. But Diao Yimin, they have already arrived. I was very surprised to see Liang Jian appear.

Diao Yimin asked directly: "Liang Jian, why are you here?"

When he spoke, he didn't look at Xu Jinghua. But Liang Jian didn't believe it, he didn't see it, he followed Xu Jinghua in. Xu Jinghua didn't mean to speak, Liang Jian had to answer by himself: "I don't know, Minister Xu said that Minister Cui from Beijing asked me to participate by name." Secretary Diao, is this true or false?"

Liang Jian deliberately pretended to be stupid, and Diao Yimin's face was not very good-looking. glanced at Xu Jinghua and said, "Since Comrade Jinghua said that Minister Cui asked you to come over, then you can stay." ”

Qin An, who was waiting on the side, heard this, and immediately went out to ask the waiter to add a seat. Qin An walked out of the door, his face was not good, such a dinner, even they were not qualified to have a place in that room, but Liang Jian, a secretary of the municipal party committee, could have a place in it, although it was the last, but the treatment was enough for him, which made many people covetous.

Qin An actually moved the stool to Liang Jian and put it down, and said to Liang Jian when he looked up: "Liang Jian, you have to behave well later, don't waste it for me to help you move this stool." ”

Qin An's voice was not loud, and there should be no one else except Liang Jian who heard it.

Liang Jian looked at the smile on Qin An's face, smiled, and didn't answer.

No one sat down, and Liang Jian naturally couldn't sit down either. Xu Jinghua, Huo Jiaju, Xiang Guoping and Diao Yimin stood together and talked, no one called him, so he could only stand in the corner.

After about ten minutes, Qin An pushed the door in and said, "Minister Cui, they're here." ”

Diao Yimin and the others immediately stopped the topic and walked out in unison. Liang Jian followed last. Minister Cui: They came from the building next door to the building, there is a verandah between the two buildings, and the stone pillars of the verandah are covered with a kind of vine plant, which happens to be full of red and purple flowers this season, and the flowers are somewhat like roses, which are very beautiful. Occasionally, a gust of wind blows, and it can also bring a faint fragrance, which is intoxicating.

Diao Yimin took them to stand at the end of the verandah, waiting for Minister Cui and his group of five to come over and shake hands one by one. After Minister Cui shook hands with Diao Yimin and them in turn, Diao Yimin was about to take them to the restaurant, but his hand stretched out, and suddenly Minister Cui crossed him and walked towards Liang Jian, who was standing at the end.

Diao Yimin's brows furrowed slightly.

"You're Liang Jian, right?" Minister Cui asked him with a smile as he stood in front of Liang Jian. Liang Jian was in a trance, this Minister Cui was very raw, Liang Jian was sure he hadn't seen it.

However, he stood in front of Liang Jian with a very friendly attitude, and his smile was like a kind elder.

"Liang Jian, is Minister Cui talking to you?" Diao Yimin saw that Liang Jian didn't react, and shouted with a sinking face.

Liang Jian was startled, came back to his senses, bowed slightly, and replied, "Yes." Hello, Minister Cui. Liang Jian stretched out his hand, and Minister Cui immediately stretched out his hand and shook it. Soon, the other hand followed, held it, and shook it a few times.

This action, but everyone present looked stupid. Generally, only when the subordinate shakes hands with the superior, or between the equals, will they use both hands to hold each other's hands, and it is rare for the superior to shake hands with the subordinates, holding each other's hands with both hands. What's more, one is the director of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and the other is the secretary of the municipal party committee of a prefecture-level city.

Liang Jian was also shocked in his heart. But this is not the right occasion to get to the bottom of it.

After letting go of his hand, Minister Cui smiled at Liang Jian and said, "You have a great reputation on it now!"

Liang Jian was shocked in his heart again, and in the afterglow, he saw Diao Yimin, who didn't look very good, and Xu Jinghua, who looked complicated, Huo Jiaju, who was thoughtful, and Xiang Guoping who was surprised, smiled modestly and said, "Minister Cui said that he was laughing, where can I, a small secretary of the municipal party committee, get on such a big stage." Minister Choi inside please. ”

Minister Cui smiled, glanced at Liang Jian, and walked inside. Liang Jian immediately stepped out of the way, and Diao Yimin stepped forward and walked next to Minister Cui.

Xu Jinghua deliberately lagged one step behind, walked together with Liang Jian, and said to Liang Jian in a low voice: "This Minister Cui is likely to ask you to sit next to him later, you have a psychological preparation, and you will talk less later." ”

Liang Jian snorted.

When he arrived in the box, as Xu Jinghua expected, Minister Cui had not yet sat down, so he asked Liang Jian: "Where do you sit?"

Liang Jian pointed to the place in front of him that came in at the door, and said, "I'll sit here." ”

"It's too far!" Minister Cui said, pointing to the seat next to him that was originally Huo Jiaju's position and said, "You sit here." ”

Liang Jian glanced at that position, raised his gaze, and swept over Huo Jiaju's face that couldn't see anger, and said, "This is not very suitable, I am the youngest here, and I should accompany the last position." ”

Minister Cui said: "Don't worry, I said let you sit here and sit here, so that it is convenient to speak." ”

At this time, Xu Jinghua interjected: "Minister Cui said that if you sit down, just sit down." "Liang Jian is the person brought by Xu Jinghua, which is not out of bounds.

Liang Jian hesitated for a moment, then walked over with his legs raised.

Huo Jiaju automatically moved a position to the side, and Minister Cui saw it and said to Huo Jiaju: "Xiao Huo won't have an opinion, right?"

Huo Jiaju shook his head with a smile: "How come, isn't it just a position? Besides, I don't want to get too close to you, otherwise if I drink later, I will be miserable." ”

Minister Cui smiled and raised his hand to nod at him, and said, "You!"

The two can joke, and the relationship should not be simple.

Everyone sat down one after another, and Liang Jian sat down next to Minister Cui with some trepidation. As soon as he sat down, Qin An came in and poured wine for the leaders. When he walked next to Minister Cui with the wine bottle, he was about to pour wine for Minister Cui, but was stopped by Minister Cui's hand raised. Then a man in his thirties who had been standing at the cabinet at the door and didn't know what he was doing turned around, walked straight to Minister Cui with a blue and white porcelain cup, and smiled at Qin An: "Our minister doesn't drink this kind of wine." ”

His voice fell, and Huo Jiaju also spoke: "Secretary General Qin, Minister Cui only drinks health wine, you can pour it for Secretary Diao first." ”

Qin An's face was a little sneering, and he stood there cramped for a few seconds without moving, as if he wanted to say something or do something to make amends, but in the end he didn't say anything, didn't do anything, and bypassed Minister Cui's man who was supposed to be the secretary to pour Diao Yimin wine.

First Diao Yimin and then Huo Jiaju, the normal order is followed by the other two members of the Central Organization Department, Qin An was just about to walk over with a wine bottle, suddenly Xu Jinghua opened his mouth to stop Qin An, and said, "Secretary General Qin, you wait a little." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Liang Jian and said, "Liang Jian, you are the youngest here, do you still want Secretary General Qin to pour you wine later?"

These words seem to be reprimanding Liang Jian for being ignorant, but no matter how you listen to it, there is a smell of wanting Liang Jian to behave.

In fact, when Qin An came over with a wine bottle, Liang Jian didn't think about standing up and taking over, but the person sitting today was a little different, it was the leader of the Central Organization Department, which was an opportunity for Qin An, or for those present, to perform. The relationship between Liang Jian and Qin An is not very good, and it can even be said that it is not good, but Liang Jian doesn't want to be too high-profile at today's dinner, and he doesn't want to do this kind of thing to grab opportunities for people to perform.

It's not good to have a bad relationship, but there's still a distance from making people hate you.

However, Xu Jinghua wanted Liang Jian to do this kind of thing. He may want Liang Jian to perform more, or he may want Liang Jian to completely draw a line with Diao Yimin's side. After all, Minister Cui's previous performance, Liang Jian's worth has been different in the past ten minutes.

Xu Jinghua has already spoken, if Liang Jian doesn't stand up, not only will he seem ignorant, but he will also offend Xu Jinghua. Liang Jian could only stand up.

When Qin An handed over the wine bottle, although he was smiling, the dissatisfaction with Liang Jian in his eyes was about to come out. Liang Jian poured the wine for the rest of the people in turn, and after finishing, he thought about it, walked to the door and took a cup, poured another glass, and handed it to Qin An, who was still standing there and didn't leave, and said, "Secretary General Qin has worked hard." ”

Qin An glanced at Liang Jian, and there was no dissatisfaction in his eyes that Liang Jian's action was reduced. Liang Jian doesn't care, he hates it anyway, so be it. Liang Jian returned to his seat and sat down, Qin An stood there with a wine glass, and after Diao Yimin and the others finished their opening remarks first, and toasted one by one, he took the wine glass and went to have a drink with Minister Cui, and then had a drink with the other two members of the Central Organization Department before withdrawing.

As soon as he left, the man who had been standing behind Minister Cui to serve also withdrew. As soon as the door was closed, except for Liang Jian, who was not suitable, all of them were the core of today.

At first, they all drank separately. After Liang Jian had a drink with Minister Cui, he was about to put something in his stomach first, when suddenly the comrade from the Central Organization Department who was sitting on the other side of Huo Jiaju stood up, walked directly to Liang Jian, held the cup and said, "Liang Jian, shall we have a drink?"

Liang Jian was shocked, hurriedly stood up, and after filling his cup with only half a glass of wine left, he said, "Chief Tian looks up to me." I respect the chief, I did it, you are free. ”

"No, no, no! What is the chief or not, my name is Bi Hua. If you don't dislike it, just call Brother Bi. This comrade from the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee named Bi Hua smiled approachably, but Liang Jian was extremely apprehensive in his heart. When he said this, Liang Jian didn't dare to call it that, but he was confused in his heart, what was the situation today.

Liang Jian said: "Don't dare! You are the chief, how can you call you eldest brother? This is not in accordance with the rules!"