Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Rules in the Wine Field

Yue Haohan picked up the teacup on the coffee table, took two sips of tea, put it down, and said, "Township Chief Deng, did Secretary Chen tell you my thoughts on the phone?" Do you think that's possible? ”

Deng Xuanfa took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Secretary Chen said it briefly on the phone. Haohan, tell me, what exactly do you plan to do, and what aspects of work will I come forward to do? ”

Yue Haohan said: "Township Chief Deng, I think so, you put forward the matter of building bridges in the township party committee, let the township form an opinion, and report it to the county government; On the county side, Secretary Chen has promised that he will mediate.

Regarding the matter of fund-raising, you can bring it up at the township party committee, and the township will not be allowed to take a penny; I will not let a few villages in the Heiyazi Management Area raise funds, and I will come forward to the province to fight for funds.

When I had dinner with Ma Minggang, deputy director of the Transportation Bureau, at noon last Friday, he told me that I could find a relationship and go to the comprehensive planning department of the provincial transportation department, and it was estimated that I would be able to win some special funds, and I was certain that I would be sure of this. ”

Deng Xuanfa twisted the cigarette butt in the ashtray and said: "Haohan, as long as the township is not allowed to pay, the resolution of repairing the bridge will be passed, and there is no reason for others to disagree with this matter." I'm just worried about you right now, and it's going to be a lot of pressure to raise such a large sum of money; If the resolution is made and you can't raise the funds, you will be left behind in front of others. ”

Yue Haohan said: "The key now is that the township should come up with an opinion, and after the county agrees, the next step is to fight for funds from above; After the resolution comes out, we can go to the province to get funding. ”

Deng Xuanfa looked at Yue Haohan and asked: "Haohan, you tell the truth, who are you looking for in the province, so sure that you can get the funds?" Tell me, I'll help you analyze it and see how likely it is. ”

Yue Haohan said: "Township Chief Deng, that's the case, you are not an outsider, I'll tell you; My mother has a sister who has a very good relationship, named Jiang Hairong, she is the director of the Political Department of the Provincial Public Security Department, and my Aunt Jiang's lover Zheng Haifeng is the head of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee.

After the training course of the Provincial Party School, when I went to the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee to receive the dispatch letter, I happened to meet Minister Zheng, and he met me alone; Later, Minister Zheng's secretary, Director Chen Wenhao, gave me his phone number and asked me to look for him when I had any difficulties.

Last Thursday, I called Director Chen Wenhao, and he gave me his pager number again and asked me to go to Jianghan to find him. I think that after the resolution to build the bridge is about to be formed, I will go to Jianghan and ask Director Chen to help find the Provincial Department of Transportation to see if I can get some funds back. ”

Deng Xuanfa took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, held it in his hand, looked at Yue Haohan fixedly, as if he had discovered a new world, stared at Yue Haohan for a while, let out a long breath, and said: "Haohan, if this is the case, my confidence is even stronger!" I didn't expect you to have such a hard background! In my opinion, as long as Director Chen of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee is willing to come forward to help and win funds for bridge building, there should be no problem. ”

Yue Haohan looked at Deng Xuanfa and said, "Uncle Deng, my godfather also knows about this relationship; But I don't want other people in the township and county to know, and if others know, it won't do me any good, I just think that I can do something I can for more than 8,000 people on both sides of the Longwang River. ”

Deng Xuanfa picked up the lighter on the desk, lit the cigarette in his hand, took a breath, and spit out the smoke, "Haohan, I know, I will keep it secret, don't show that you have a backstage, and it's right to have a background." ”

Yue Haohan said: "Uncle Deng, there is still a relationship, you can also find it when the time comes." The old director of the General Hospital of the Southern Military Region, Academician Fu Rongsheng, he had a very good relationship with my teacher, Professor Zhang Haimingzhang, and I was also very familiar with him; He knows a lot of people from all walks of life, and when he arrives in Jianghan, if he pays attention to him, maybe there will be an unexpected gain. ”

After Yue Haohan finished speaking, Deng Xuanfa threw the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray, slapped it on his thigh with his right hand, stood up and said, "Haohan, let's do it!" I'm sure it will be successful this time! ”

After Deng Xuanfa finished speaking, he looked at his watch, it was almost time to get off work, "Haohan, when I get home at noon, I will let your aunt fry a few dishes, and our uncle and nephew will let go and have a drink." ”

While the two were talking, Wu Tao, director of the Party and Government Office, came in, looked at Yue Haohan, walked to Deng Xuanfa's desk, and said: "Township Chief Deng, Secretary Wu has arranged, at noon, everyone is at the 'Good Again Hotel' to accompany Minister Luo of the Propaganda Department to dinner, and Secretary Wu also specially explained that Xiao Yue will go over together." ”

After Wu Tao informed Deng Xuanfa, he left the office, Deng Xuanfa looked at Wu Tao who was leaving, and said, "What's wrong today?" Is the sun coming out of the west? And deliberately let you go over for dinner too? ”

Yue Haohan smiled and said, "Uncle Deng, it's not strange at all, because I came here in Minister Luo's car in the morning, and Secretary Wu saw me get off Minister Luo's car." ”

Deng Xuanfa sighed: "No wonder! Let's go, let's go to 'good again'. ”

Yue Haohan and Deng Xuanfa went to the 'Good Again Hotel' in the market town of Wulong Township; it was said to be a big hotel, but it was actually a two-story restaurant, and there were three private seats on the second floor, and the top one was a large elegant room that could seat sixteen or seventeen people.

When Yue Haohan followed Deng Xuanfa into the private room, he found that almost all the members of the Wulong Township Party Committee were there, and Wu Youde, the secretary of the party committee, and He Anqing, the head of the township, sat next to Luo Yi on the left and right, chatting with Luo Yi, and the others were also sitting and talking in the room in twos and threes.

After Deng Xuanfa arrived in the private room, he hurriedly walked to Luo Yi, stretched out his hands, shook hands with Luo Yi, who had already stood up, and said, "Welcome Minister Luo, I also heard that Minister Luo is here just now." ”

Luo Yi smiled and said, "Who doesn't know that you, Township Chief Deng, are a workaholic!" Didn't bother you, sit down, sit down and talk. After speaking, Luo Yi sat down again, looked at Yue Haohan with a smile, and said, "Xiao Yue also sits, don't stand!" ”

Yue Haohan pulled two chairs from the dining table and placed them opposite the sofa where Luo Yi sat with Wu Youde and He Anqing. Everyone accompanied Luo Yi to talk.

After a while, the dish came up, Luo Yi was asked to sit down in the guest of honor position, Wu Youde and He Anqing still sat on both sides of Luo Yi on the left and right, and the other team members were very skilled in finding their own positions without mistakes; Deputy Secretary Zhu Guofu sat down on Wu Youde, Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection Ma Guohua sat under the head of Township Mayor He Anqing, Organization Committee member Zhu Yujun sat next to Deputy Secretary Zhu Guofu, Lin Ping sat next to Ma Guohua, Ma Yufei was a guest, Lin Ping pulled Ma Yufei to sit on his own, Wu Tianxi had to sit down by Zhu Yujun, and Deng Xuanfa sat down under Wu Tianxi; Wu Tao, director of the Party and Government Office, was busy shouting at the waiter, and after the arrangements were made, he sat down under Lin Ping.

In Chinese officialdom, it is common to receive superior leaders to eat, but such meals are often difficult to deal with, many unspoken rules are waiting for you to taste, superior leaders are coming, and after listening to the report after the work inspection, it is inevitable to sit down and drink a few glasses. However, at the wine table, there is a lot of attention to who sits in what position, and the higher the level, the more exquisite.

Sometimes the superiors and subordinates are more familiar with each other, the relationship is very good, and they may be able to be casual together, but if it is a leader who receives a superior to inspect the work, especially a more important leader, it is necessary to pay attention to some rules.

Generally speaking, the seats on the Chinese wine table are "Shangzuo Zundong" and "Facing the door". If it is a round table, the host and guest are facing the door, and the position of the host and guest on the left and right sides is based on the distance from the host and guest, the closer to the host and guest position, the more respectful, and the same distance is respected on the left side over the right side.

If it is a table of eight immortals, the right seat on the side facing the door is the main guest; If it is not facing the main door, the right seat on the east side is the chief. If it is a big feast, the arrangement between the tables is such that the chief is in the front and center, the left side is 2, 4, and 6 seats, and the right side is 3, 5, and 7 seats.

In most restaurants, the table is round, and the host and guest should be located directly opposite the door or have a full view of the banquet hall. It is necessary to strictly follow the ranking rules of "left and right", that is, according to the importance of the guests, according to the order of the left single number and the right double number, the more important the guest should be closer to the host and guest, and the closer to the host and guest position, the more noble the status of the guest.

If the object of your reception is a leader, then you should arrange the seats in order according to the principle of "high and low position, territorial priority" of the leaders present, and you must not make mistakes. The largest leader should be arranged to sit in the main seat, and the largest leader who is invited to come is usually arranged to the left of the local leader, and then arranged in turn according to the principle of "left to right".

If you are hosting a leader of the same level or your subordinate unit, and your immediate boss is also present, it is best to take the initiative to direct your immediate supervisor to the main seat and arrange it on the left and right sides of the immediate boss according to the importance of the guest and the subordinate. Of course, if there is a very high-level party and government leader in the reception, then you should arrange the party and government leader in the main seat, and ask your immediate boss to sit on the left side of the leader, and the rest of the people can be arranged according to the principle of "left to right".

Yue Haohan looked at everyone's seats at the table, and said with a smile in his heart: "It seems that this administratively, at the wine table, it is the same as in the conference room, which leader should sit where and where he should not sit, even if there is no label, everyone will never be mistaken, and they will quickly position themselves and accurately find the position where they should sit." Thinking in his heart, Yue Haohan sat at the bottom of the table next to Zhang Shaojun, the driver of the Propaganda Department.

Wu Youde glanced at the people at the table, and saw that everyone had sat down according to their identities, so he instructed the waiter to start pouring wine, when the waiter stood in front of Luo Yi and began to pour wine, Luo Yi got up and picked up the wine glass, put it aside, and said: "Secretary Wu, I don't drink, everyone should know this, you please take care of yourself, I will drink some soup; But I have to go to work in the afternoon, everyone is in control, just do it in moderation. ”

Seeing that Luo Yi didn't drink, Lin Ping hurriedly got up and stepped forward, stood next to Luo Yi, poured a bowl of chicken soup from the local chicken soup bowl on the table, put it in front of Luo Yi, and said, "Minister Luo, then you drink some chicken soup, this is made of authentic local chicken." Luo Yi picked up the chicken soup and smelled it, and looked at Lin Ping with a smile, "Thank you, Commissioner Lin!" ”

Lin Ping returned to her seat and stood up and poured a bowl of chicken soup to Ma Yufei, who was sitting next to her, and then sat down.

Wu Youde looked left and right again, and saw that everyone's wine had been filled, and they were all looking at themselves.

Wu Youde coughed, picked up his wine glass, stood up and said: "This first glass of wine, we all welcome Minister Luo to come to our Wulong Township to inspect and guide the work today, and I hope that the county party committee and Minister Luo will criticize and guide our work more!" After speaking, Wu Youde craned his neck and drank the wine, and Luo Yi also picked up the bowl with chicken soup and took a symbolic sip.

In China, the rule in the wine hall is that the first glass of wine must be filled, and the host will stand up to greet everyone. This is a dry mouthful, no drinking, and the first drink can't escape the involvement, unless it is a superior leader or distinguished guest who really can't drink. After the first glass of wine, you can attack each other and defend yourself, depending on your skills. At noon, because Luo Yi is a member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee, as long as the Jiangyang County administrative organs know that Luo Yi does not drink alcohol, Luo Yi symbolically drank chicken soup.

Except for Luo Yi and the driver Zhang Shaojun, everyone else had a drink, and then everyone began to eat. Wait for the waiter to fill the glass again; Wu Youde put down his chopsticks, picked up the wine glass again, and said: "We will review the second glass of wine with Minister Luo, we have not done a good job in reducing the burden, and we have caused chaos to the county party committee and Minister Luo. Wu Youde took the lead, and everyone picked up the cup and drank it together.

After the third glass of wine was served, Wu Youde looked at Yue Haohan opposite, glanced at everyone on the table again, and said, "This third glass of wine can be regarded as our pick-up for the election of Comrade Xiaoyue. The eyes of everyone at the table looked at Yue Haohan, Yue Haohan's face turned slightly red, and he stood up with his wine glass, "Thank you for your concern!" Drink first as respect. As soon as the words fell, Yue Haohan drank a full glass of wine and stood waiting for everyone to drink.

Wu Youde said: "Okay, Xiaoyue is straightforward, not bad!" Let's all drink. ”

After three glasses of wine, everyone toasted freely, because Luo Yi didn't drink, everyone didn't want to make a fuss, and after the mutual meaning came, they quickly began to eat.

After the meal, everyone returned to the township government compound, because the county party committee was going to hold a meeting in the afternoon, Luo Yi greeted everyone present in Wulong Township, and then got in the car to prepare to return to the county seat; After Zhang Shaojun's car started, Luo Yi opened the car window, beckoned to Yue Haohan, and said, "Haohan, you come over and tell you something." ”

Seeing Luo Yi shouting to himself, Yue Haohan walked quickly to the car, "Minister Luo, what are the arrangements?" Luo Yi said: "When you go back to Jiangyang to do business sooner or later, go to the Propaganda Department to sit down." If there is anything unpleasant at work, you can talk to me, I won't say anything else today, I will rush back and have a meeting in the afternoon, and next time I come, I will go to Heiyazi to have a look. ”

After Luo Yi finished speaking, Zhang Shaojun put the car on the accelerator and left the township government compound. The Wulong Township Party Committee, who was still in the courtyard and had not left, looked at Yue Haohan who was standing there with different eyes.

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