Chapter 16: Gathering I

For the class reunion on Saturday night, Lu Qi dressed herself carefully. She repeatedly consulted Fan Yongcheng for his opinion, and finally chose a lake blue skirt with flesh-colored stockings and brown-red high heels, and she was satisfied with herself in the mirror.

I made an appointment with Sun Dunquan to meet at the east gate of the factory at 5:50 p.m. Lu Qi left home at half past five, did not drive his own Fox, and walked to the factory gate. Along the way, acquaintances kept greeting her. Red Star is a small society, and after working in Red Star for more than 20 years, Lu Qi knows at least a quarter of the employees.

Whenever she goes out with elaborate makeup, she inexplicably feels a little more confident. But such opportunities are becoming less and less common, and work clothes are mandatory for work, and Sundays are always crowded with overtime or unfinished household chores.

Lu Qi's biggest hobby is beauty and dressing. For this reason, the most in the house is the wardrobe, which is stuffed with her clothes. She also had a problem, she was reluctant to get rid of the clothes that she hadn't worn once in years, as if the old clothes she wore had taken away part of her life.

Comrade Fan had many problems, but there were a few points that satisfied Lu Qi. The first is to be good to her parents, and she is definitely a good son-in-law in the eyes of her parents. The second is to be good to her, she has been married for almost 20 years, and she has never turned her face. She "throws" thousands of yuan into the beauty club every year, and the cost of buying clothes and cosmetics is more, but Lao Fan, who is very harsh and thrifty to herself, has never said a word.

When she was about to go out just now, her son Fan Yue made a joke about her, "Haven't you heard of it?" Class reunion, class reunion, dismantling pair after pair. Don't dump my dad. ”

"What nonsense!" Lu Qi scolded.

"Don't worry, I've heard that you were a class flower back then. The sea of people chasing you is gone. Maybe you can meet your favorite Prince Charming today. 16-year-old Fan Yue has a hippie smile.

"You say you're a middle school student, what do you think about every day? Are you in love? No, Lao Fan, you have to go to the school to find his homeroom teacher and inquire. "Fan Yue inherited most of Lu Qi's genes, a very beautiful boy, maybe he really talks about the object.

"No, don't worry about it. I have high horizons, girls in the class, either potatoes or sweet potatoes. Fan Yue continued to smile.

Lu Qi, who was walking on the road, thought about his son, who was Fan Yue's age back then, and fell in love with the handsome and smart tablemate when he first fell in love. Unfortunately, the atmosphere at that time was not as open as it is now, and we didn't even have a meal together, let alone other actions. If you think about it, even though they used to be at the same table, they rarely spoke to each other......

From afar, Lu Qi saw Han Ruilin waving to her.

"Director Lu is very punctual. Why didn't you drive? That's right, let's get some Tao Zong's light today. ”

"Why just the two of us?" Lu Qi was a little puzzled, "What about Liulin and them?" Didn't you get in touch? ”

"Liu Lin is not allowed to take leave for overtime, but Bao Xianbing is not going, saying that there is something. I've only seen him for a long time, and I don't know what he's been busy with all day. ”

"Liu Lin and Bao Xianbing are not going......" Lu Qi took out her mobile phone from her purple leather handbag and called Sun Dunquan.

"Oh, oh," Lu Qi put away the phone and said to Han Ruilin, "Lao Sun will be here soon." ”

As he spoke, a black Tucson stopped in front of Lu Qi and Han Ruilin, the window fell, and Sun Dunquan poked his head out, "Get in the car, two leaders." Oh, Lao Han, you are getting more and more energetic, what are the happy events recently? ”

"It's Lao Sun, what about Tao Tang?" Lu Qi leaned over and looked into the car, but didn't see Tao Tang.

"Hasn't he arrived yet? I called him half an hour ago and said he was leaving the workshop. ”

"Heh, our new boss is very diligent." Lu Qi made a joke.

Han Ruilin regretted a little, he should have gone to the workshop to go around, if only he met Tao Tang in the workshop.

"Oh, it looks like he's coming......" Sun Dunquan saw Tao Tang in a white shirt walking briskly in the rearview mirror.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting...... Ah, Han Ruilin, right? Tao Tang stretched out his hand to Han Ruilin.

"Hello Mr. Tao. I've wanted to see you for a long time, but I'm afraid to disturb you...... We are really very happy that you are back at the helm of Red Star......" Han Ruilin held Tao Tang's hand with both hands.

"See you," Tao Tang said to Han Ruilin with a smile, "You are much fatter, if you meet you on the road, I will definitely not dare to recognize you." Not? What about the rest of the students? Why are you two? He turned to Lu Qi.

"I contacted Liu Lin, Bao Xianbing, and Li Suyi......" Han Ruilin was a little excited, "They all have something to do." Mr. Tao, you are still the same......"

"That's not a coincidence...... I said Han Ruilin, don't be so sarcastic, right? I was also full of gray hair at that time? Class reunions, don't call them positions, how estranged they are, don't they? ”

"That's, that's." Han Ruilin nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and suddenly remembered something, and took out a cigarette from his pocket, "...... you smoke?"

"I don't suck it, you can do it yourself." Tao Tang turned to Lu Qi, "Ah, going out with our class flower back then, there is a sense of guilt in abducting a beautiful girl......"

"Just use what you just said to return it, without such sarcasm." Lu Qi smiled.

"This, let Lao Sun say, standing with her, is there a taste of generation gap?" Tao Tang said to Sun Dunquan, who had just gotten out of the car.

"I fully agree with Chairman Tao's opinion. Having Lu Qi accompany me strengthened my confidence in going to the legendary East Lake Club. I said, everyone, since the others are not going, shall we go? ”

"Then let's go," Tao Tang noticed that a few people were pointing in this direction and opened the door of the back seat, "Lady first, please." ”

Lu Qi was not polite, "Oh, I thought I could touch the light of the big boss." ”

Tao Tang went back to the left side to get into the car, and Han Ruilin sat in the front row.

"Did you think you would go back to Yanjing and go down to the workshop on Sunday? The big boss is really diligent. Lu Qi smiled.

"Why did you go back to Yanjing a few days ago? I'm different from you, and I'm staying in a guest house. ”

"Your ex basically came back every week. His family is also in Yanjing, although there is a house in the factory, and it is the largest area. Han Ruilin answered, "He will never go to the branch factory on Sunday." ”

"Ah, this road is completely unrecognizable, when I first came to the city I was riding, and this area is full of bungalows, and even wheat fields. It's a big change......" Tao Tang changed the subject.

"Well, that's the Golden Olive Community, and there are a lot of people who buy houses here. That time I drank and chatted with Bao Xianbing, and he said that there were three outstanding people in the 58 class, Zhou Hongyou, who joined the political world, Tang Yikun, who became the business world, and the last one was you. Sun Dunquan said.

"I can't compare to them. By the way, Lao Sun, I remembered the Li Suyi you mentioned last night, is it the one who is thin and tall, and faints after running long distances during sports? ”

"Exactly." Lu Qi answered.

"In which unit? How's her family's affairs going? Tao Tang turned his head to look at Lu Qi and saw that she was staring at him.

Lu Qi seemed to be a little flustered, "Working as a grinder in the third branch factory." She was assigned to the factory after graduating from the Red Star Technical School, and she has been working as a grinder, and she is also a technical backbone. There doesn't seem to be much progress in her family's affairs, but the district has intervened. ”

She was thinking just now, although Tao Tang had only been here for a few days, it seemed that he had shown a completely different style of governance from his predecessor, a style that had not been seen for a long time...... Sunday's handsome rush to the grassroots level is already a legendary story.

"If you meet her, take it for me. By the way, when it comes to the house just now, the housing in our factory is not so tight, right? When I went out for a walk this morning, I saw a lot of buildings, and the apple orchards of the year had become residential areas. Tao Tang said to Lu Qi.

Sun Dunquan answered, "A lot of houses have been built. Absolutely, it's definitely better than when you were there. That's the case with Hiraizumi, and I think it's the same with the whole country. Relatively comparatively, it is still relatively nervous. Because the requirements of life are different, especially the problem of children starting a family. Bao Xianbing was the first to get married in our class, but unfortunately he couldn't come today, his son was about to marry his daughter-in-law, and the woman had to have a new house, and the old building was not done. Comrade Bao borrowed money from everywhere, and finally bought a small apartment in Golden Olive, which was only enough for the down payment......"

"How much does it cost there?" Tao Tang asked.

"It's in the early 4000s, it seems like this price. It's not very expensive, the key is that the salary in our factory is low. Han Ruilin answered.

"Do you know what the average salary of Pingquan state-owned enterprises is?" Tao Tang asked Lu Qi.

"I don't know. Anyway, state-owned enterprises are not very good. Otherwise, there would be no person who wants to enter the Red Star to break his head. ”

"There have long been rumors about the overall development of the Red Star area, and I have heard about it in Tsubame Kyoto. What does the factory think about this? Tao Tang continued to ask.

"Does Tao always do surveys?" Lu Qi said with a smile, "It's complicated, most people are reluctant to move to the northern suburbs development zone, and they are worried about splitting the red star, and the policy of demolition compensation is unclear, so naturally there are many opinions, and it is difficult to unify." ”

"Is there any special research on this in the factory? I have looked at the responsibilities of the department, the overall planning is in your department, have you formed a company-level opinion? Certainly not in the newspaper headquarters, I mean the relative unanimity of opinion within the newspaper? ”

"I heard that it was researched, and it was done by the Political Research Office. But I'm not qualified to attend the conference. Maybe our assistant Liu knows. I'm making a call now? ”

"No, no. I'm just asking. Maybe Mayor Zhou and Boss Tang will bring up this matter today...... How many of you, do you usually have dealings with Zhou Hongyou Tang Yikun? ”

"Where? The level gap is too big. If you hadn't been the boss of Red Star, where would Tang Yikun invite us to the East Lake Club? Sun Dunquan said bitterly, "Society has a class, whether you deny it or not, it exists in reality." If you don't like to talk about class, talk about class. Whereas, classes are mainly divided by economic status. When your annual income is only enough for one meal, how can you sit together and be friends? ”

"Alright, Mr. Writer, don't complain to us people." Lu Qi was a little unhappy.

"It's a fact. In fact, Tao Tang and you and Lao Han are not from the same class. However, Tao Tang is definitely different from Song Yue's bastard, I can be sure. ”

"I digress. Today, the task of the four of us is to shake off our cheeks and eat our beloved Boss Tang, and everything else is secondary. Ha ha. Tao Tang said with a smile.

Tao Tang's phone rang, and it was Tang Yikun calling, "It's me." Where are you going? Lao Sun, how far is it? ”

"A quarter of an hour to go."

"Hear me? There is still a quarter of an hour. ”