Chapter 17: Disagreement (1st Update)

"Do you know what's going on with your godmother?"

"I don't know, but I guess it's not a good thing." Zhang Lan did not save any face for Li Yumei on the phone.

"Well," Zhang Zongjun on the phone muttered, "If things aren't too difficult, then it doesn't hurt to save face." ”

"I see." Zhang Lan nodded.

Zhang Zongjun's meaning is obvious, since the people above have dispatched Li Yumei to act as a lobbyist for them, as long as these guys' requests are not too excessive, the face that should be given is still given, but once this request touches the bottom limit of the Alice Group, then sorry, no one's face is useless.

In the domestic shopping mall and officialdom, the issue of face is very important, when two people who have friendships, when one of them makes a certain request to the other, if the guy who is asked can do it but does not do it, it is a very dangerous thing, which will make everyone feel that this person is unreliable, unfriendly, and has no human touch; But in the same way, if you know that the request you made has touched the bottom of others and is not interesting, then the nature is completely lost, that is, it is not that the person who is making the request does not give face to the person who made the request, but that the person who made the request is not sensible.

That's what Zhang Zongjun meant in his words, there's no problem with giving you face, but if you really don't know how to talk nonsense, then it's no wonder to me.

Zhang Zongjun, who hung up the phone, did not look relaxed, but frowned, thinking bitterly about what Li Yumei's trip was for, whether it was officialdom or shopping malls, they all paid attention to the enemy in the first place, knowing what the other party wanted to do, the matter was half successful, but until now I don't know what Li Yumei's trip is, Zhang Zongjun felt a little uncomfortable.

"I hope some people don't think too highly of themselves." Shaking his head helplessly, Zhang Zongjun focused on the work in front of him: the current Alice Group and the Zhang family already have the capital not to give anyone face.

"I hope some people don't think too highly of themselves." Coincidentally, after Zhang Zongjun hung up the phone, Zhang Lan, who also put the phone away, also said such a sentence to Xiao Chenxi with a smile.

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Looking at Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi smiling in front of them, Li Yumei, who used to be able to speak on the rostrum for two hours without a breath, felt that her mouth seemed to weigh a thousand pounds at the moment, so she couldn't open her mouth no matter what. But the old leader's previous earnest request flashed in front of him again, and the idea of not mentioning this matter again in his heart made Li Yumei feel that she was sorry for her conscience by doing this.

Zhang Lan looked at Li Yumei, who had an embarrassed face, and sighed silently in her heart, it seems that this matter is indeed quite ...... Li Yumei herself probably knew that the request she was about to make was relatively unreliable, and she hadn't spoken yet.

"Mom, can you say anything, don't worry, as long as we can help, we will definitely help you." Sighing again, Zhang Lan still decided to take the initiative to open this opening.

glanced at her godson gratefully, and Li Yumei showed a helpless wry smile on her face: If this kid hadn't taken the initiative to open his mouth, he really didn't know what to say...... This request is too much of a slap in the face.

"Zhang Lan, can you revise your claim against the Japanese side?" After a pause, Li Yumei said.

Sure enough, Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi glanced at each other, and sighed at the same time in their hearts, the more they worried about something, the more they came.

"This ...... Mom, can you tell me what you want to change? ”

This kid didn't directly refuse? Li Yumei was slightly happy in her heart, but then this joy was thrown out of the clouds: this kid is so good at talking at this time, it is for the sake of his own face, but if he says it too much, it will be a completely different look.

"If possible, can you remove the clause on financial compensation?" Li Yumei gritted her teeth and said the requirements of her old leader.

Zhang Lan's face changed suddenly

"Mom, tell me, is this request a request from the state, or a request from some individuals?" After being silent for two minutes, Zhang Lan finally asked in a low voice.

From the bottom of her heart, Zhang Lan extremely didn't want to hear the phrase "it is a request of the country" come out of Li Yumei's mouth, if this is really the case, Zhang Lan's heart will be completely "pulled out of the cold". If that's the case, what does that mean? This shows that the state is exchanging its own interests with the Japanese, and this exchange of interests is based on greatly harming the interests of its own side. Zhang Lan couldn't help but ask herself, if this is really the case, then what is the point of all this she has been doing? ,

If it is just a request made by some people, Zhang Lan can understand this matter: this country, which has a history of 5ooo years, has never lacked national heroes, but also traitors and bastards.

But in any case, Li Yumei's trip to the Alice Group, the nine giants of the Politburo must be aware of it, and they have a tacit attitude towards this matter, the whereabouts of the Politburo members are definitely not a trivial matter, it can be determined that Li Yumei's whereabouts have always been under the watchful eye of the security department, saying that Li Yumei is a private move this time, but not many people may believe this, whether it is Zhang Lan, Xiao Chenxi or Li Yumei, they all know it very well in their hearts.

"It was a private request from an old leader who had the grace to promote me at the beginning." Li Yumei said, her face burning.

Zhang Lan breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, the answer that he least wanted to see did not appear.

But despite this, the depression in Zhang Lan's heart has not been alleviated much, and the reason is still the same: Li Yumei came here this time and what she was doing, the people above must have known, since they knew and acquiesced in Li Yumei's actions, then ...... What the old men did this time was really not very authentic.

Of course, in this matter, Li Yumei also understood that what her old leader did was not very authentic, so she did not intend to hide the reason for this incident from Zhang Lan.

"Mom, you know, I can't agree to this." After being silent for a while again, Zhang Lan said to Li Yumei with a wry smile.

"I know." Li Yumei also replied with a wry smile, she expected this result before she came, the reason why she came was more because she couldn't wipe off the face of the old leader, hearing Zhang Lan say this, Li Yumei's heart suddenly loosened as if she had put down a big stone.

"Mom, you, the old leader, were the people in the past...... I mean, how about acting in officialdom? Is it considered a good officer? Zhang Lan asked Li Yumei tentatively, "Do you know why this old leader did this?" ”

Zhang Lan naturally knows this old leader who has the grace to promote Li Yumei, and to be honest, this old leader who has retired to the Provincial People's Congress can be regarded as a good official, at least in a group of black crows, this so-so is also a good official, if it is really necessary, Zhang Lan does not mind helping this old man.

"I don't know." didn't expect Zhang Lan to ask like this, Li Yumei was stunned for a moment and shook her head.

I don't know? Zhang Lan was stunned for a moment, Zhang Lan originally thought that Li Yumei was a lobbyist, at least she knew something, but she didn't expect the final answer to be that she didn't know anything? Zhang Lan was a little angry: What do you mean?

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"Chief, I'm sorry." On the phone, Li Yumei said apologetically to the elder.

Didn't work out? The old man on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, and finally spoke, with a tired hoarseness in the old man's voice, "It's okay, it's okay, Xiaomeizi, you have been wronged." ”

"Elder, don't say that," Li Yumei said hurriedly, "We are indeed ...... It's just that this time it's a tricky one...... In this way, Boss, don't worry, I will definitely find a way. ”

"No need, little plum," the old man's voice on the phone returned to its usual slowness and steady, "this time the matter is my problem, little plum, don't bother anymore." ”

Although this incident was caused by himself, the elder also understood that Li Yumei or Alice Group could not be blamed for this incident at all, and if he wanted to blame it, he could only blame himself for not being hard when he struck iron, and who could be blamed for it.

Hanging up the phone, the elder fell into silence, this result had long been expected, before begging Li Yumei to ask Alice Group for help, it was just thinking of the last effort, from the heart, the elder would rather this time Alice Group did not agree, otherwise the elder felt that after a hundred years, he would never have the face to meet those comrades-in-arms who took a step earlier.

Li Yumei also breathed a sigh of relief, the elder took the initiative to give up this matter, in fact, it is the best from which point of view, otherwise it will be difficult for everyone to do, speaking of this matter, Li Yumei also couldn't cry or laugh, she knew a little bit about this matter, no one thought of it, why did such a thing happen? Is...... Enough for him to fuck up.

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"What do you say, old comrade?" Brother Hu asked calmly, the reaction of the Alice Group, in his expectation, if he couldn't even refuse this little favor, the Alice Group would not be able to show up to the point where it is today.

"The old comrades think that this is the best way to deal with it, but what they mean is that they hope that the central government will take care of the juniors," Li Yumei said respectfully.

"Yes, please tell the elder, please rest assured that the party and the people will not forget his contributions to the country and the nation." Brother Hu nodded, even if this old man doesn't say it, the central government will take this into account, although these old-timers have stepped down one by one, but the care they should have is not missing at all.