Li Xiaoning was not polite, thanked him, and strode over and sat on the sofa opposite Lin Zuotao's desk.

Lin Zuotao turned his chair, faced him, and said with a smile, "Comrade Xiao Li, I have been busy for the past two days, so I didn't have time to meet you. As soon as I come back today, I'll ask Jiameng to call you over, and I want to talk to you alone. ”

"Leader, please instruct." Li Xiaoning's heart flashed, but his mouth was calm as usual.

Lin Zuotao smiled. For the "second generation of officials" in front of him, a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart. He felt that he was not facing a young man, but a middle-aged man who had gone through vicissitudes and was calm and stable. Especially Li Xiaoning's eyes, which are not particularly divine, but they shine with a light of insight.

He was a little curious about Li Xiaoning.

Lin Zuotao had also seen Li Xiaoning's file beforehand. Li Xiaoning can be described as "famous", especially the relationship between the Guan family and Lin Guodong behind him. In fact, there are still many positive evaluations of Li Xiaoning in officialdom, such as being shrewd and capable, super capable, very responsible, and so on. Of course, there are also a lot of negative comments, such as being too strong, broom stars, and so on.

But whether it is positive or negative evaluation, these do not add up to the "shock" at first sight.

Lin Zuotao called Li Xiaoning up today, which was also an accidental idea, a temporary idea. He originally planned to hang Li Xiaoning all the time.

Smiling, Lin Zuotao said, "Judging from your resume, you have never had military experience, why did you suddenly come to me as an assistant with the rank of major?" ”

Li Xiaoning was not in a hurry, and said calmly: "To be honest, I don't understand the organizational arrangements very well. Personally, I actually prefer to lead a party to prosperity rather than come to a foreign country to do a job that I am not familiar with. However, as a party member and a state cadre, obeying the party's command and obeying the organizational arrangements is the minimum moral quality that everyone in every system must have. ”

Li Xiaoning's words are full of officialdom, but in fact, he is also hiding needles in the cotton, he is telling Lin Zuotao: It's not that I rushed to be your subordinate, this is the arrangement from above, I want to obey, and you must also obey.

Lin Zuotao stared at Li Xiaoning deeply, his eyes as clear as water. There seems to be a hidden power in his eyes that penetrates people's hearts and the world, making a qiē false and hypocritical have nothing to hide. If it were someone else, I am afraid that I would have been unable to hold my breath for a long time, but Li Xiaoning remained unchanged, still sitting there quietly, with a smile that was neither humble nor arrogant.

Let the wind blow and the waves blow, and I will not move.

Lin Zuotao let out a sigh of relief and laughed, "Comrade Xiao Li is very good at talking, you are the most calm and well-spoken among the young people I have ever met." Yes, it's no wonder that the organization thinks so highly of you. Okay, since you say so, I'm going straight to the point......"

After a pause, Lin Zuotao continued: "I firmly support the organizational arrangement. However, as you just said, you are not familiar with the work here, and you can't be good at it. I'm not afraid to let you know that what our military attache is doing is intelligence work, which requires special training to be competent, and it is not something that anyone can do if they want to. Therefore, my opinion is that Comrade Xiao Li should be mainly responsible for the administrative work of the Military Attache Office. This is also your old job, just give full play to your personal strengths. ”

Although Lin Zuotao's voice was soft, it had a taste that could not be refused. You have to say yes if you promise, and you have to say yes if you don't!

When Li Xiaoning heard this, he was obviously stunned. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but float a wry smile. He knew in his heart that Lin Zuotao was planning to dry himself up and not let himself interfere in the substantive work of the Military Attache Office.

Are you trying to make me your secretary? --Li Xiaoning let out a long breath, feeling a little irritable, and lost a bit of politeness and courtesy, he stared at Lin Zuotao, and said lightly, "Military Attache Lin." I think Miss Wu's job is very good, so I don't need to overstep the bounds. My position was set from above, and I was an assistant to the military attaché, not a secretary to the military attaché. Yes, I have no experience, but since I'm here, I'm sure I'll do my job well. As for my division of labor, I think Martial Officer Lin should think about it again. ”

Li Xiaoning spoke angrily, he originally thought that Lin Zuotao would be angry, but he didn't expect Lin Zuotao to just smile, and then said: "Since Comrade Xiao Li does not agree to this arrangement, then we will study and study it again." Okay, you get busy first. ”

This is the eviction order. Li Xiaoning originally planned to fight for it again, but now people don't fight with you at all, and you can't do it if you have the energy! I had to retreat first.

In the next period of time, Li Xiaoning became the most idle person in the embassy, doing nothing every day, and he turned over the few materials in the office, and wanted to communicate with his colleagues, but people stayed away from him.

Lin Zuotao has always been very enthusiastic about him, every time he meets him in the corridor or in the cafeteria, he will enthusiastically shush and ask for warmth, but as long as he mentions the issue of work arrangement, he will laugh haha, always saying: "Don't worry, first familiarize yourself with the situation and then talk about ......"

Li Xiaoning also saw that Lin Zuotao just wanted to treat himself as an idler, so that he had no achievements, and finally he could only return to China in disgrace, and he couldn't find him to make trouble, otherwise he would give An a name of disrespect for superiors and disunity, and he would only suffer in the end.

For the first time in his life, he felt a sense of powerlessness, as if he was stuck in a quagmire, and he was completely isolated, and he really didn't have an acquaintance here. Even more so that I can't figure out why Lin Zuotao would target himself so much. Judging from the previous meeting, Lin Zuotao does not seem to be a narrow-minded person, and according to common sense, he has just arrived in office, and it is impossible to have any conflicts of interest and other contradictions with him. But Lin Zuotao came up and gave himself a dismount, what was his intention? What is the intention?

was sitting in the office thinking hard about how to open the situation at this time, the door of the office was pushed open a crack, Zhou Peng slipped in as quickly as a thief, and closed the door lightly, Li Xiaoning was secretly funny, and said with a smile: "Comrade Zhou Peng, what are you doing here, how can you act like a spy?" ”

Zhou Peng scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with a hippie smile: "Assistant Li, now everyone knows that you are not treated by ambassadors and military attachés, if others see me coming here, I will also be beaten into a different ......"

"Oh." Li Xiaoning squinted his eyes quietly, picked up the special Chinese cigarette on the table, threw one to Zhou Peng, took one in his mouth and lit it, spit out a smoke ring, and smiled slowly: "Then you still come to me......"

Zhou Peng took the special Chinese cigarette, his eyes lit up, he put the cigarette under his nose and sniffed it deeply, then lit it and took a deep breath, and sighed: "This cigarette is the first time I smoke, it's really fragrant." Assistant Li, I'm also upset for you, you are the assistant military attache sent from the top of the Eight Classics, Lin Zuotao hung you up, obviously squeezing you out......"

Li Xiaoning took out another pack of unopened special Chinese cigarettes from the drawer and threw it to Zhou Peng, and said with a smile: "Zhou Peng, if you want to smoke in the future, come to me to get it, I don't know the place here, you are the only friend I can talk to, we are about the same age, I can see that you are not very valued in this embassy......"

Zhou Peng took over the special Chinese cigarettes, smiling happily, Li Xiaoning obviously accepted his refuge, the icing on the cake is not as good as sending carbon in the snow, his future may fall on this young major, and he said in his heart: "Assistant Li, I have been in this embassy for so many years, and I don't have any ideas, but you are different, you have a relationship and a background, you should seize the opportunity to take the position, let me tell you, the military attache office is not his Lin Zuotao alone has the final say, he is too strong, and the other two military attache assistants are not very convinced...... ”

This is a very important information, as long as everyone does not have an attitude towards themselves, then they still have a chance, thinking of this, Li Xiaoning slowly had the idea of opening up the situation in his heart.

At noon the next day, Li Xiaoning took advantage of the fact that the military attaché was basically there, and walked over and sent out an invitation to everyone: "At noon, I have set a place at TheMonocle, and I invite the comrades to have a meal, hoping that everyone will appreciate their faces." No one is missing. ”

Ding Jialiang, assistant military attaché, said with a smile: "Assistant Li, what a big deal, TheMonocle is a well-known celebrity restaurant, and the consumption there is very high." There are more than a dozen of us here, and we can't get it without tens of thousands of dollars for a meal! ”

Another lesbian said, "That's right. To be honest, I accompanied Military Attache Lin and Senior Counselor to eat once before, and the grade was different. Whether it is the appearance or taste, it is unforgettable! ”

He Shusong, another assistant military attaché, said with a smile, "Assistant Li, isn't it too expensive?" Let's just have a meal in the restaurant inside the embassy, why bother going outside? ”

Zhou Peng helped speak beside him, "I see, since Assistant Li wants to have a treat, don't push back, let's follow Assistant Li today!" ”

The rest were silent. Li Xiaoning wants to have a treat, it is obviously inappropriate for them not to go, but Lin Zuotao is not there, and judging from the information transmitted by Lin Zuotao, he doesn't want everyone to get too close to Li Xiaoning.

But TheMonocle's name was too loud, and everyone finally couldn't control the temptation, so they got up and followed Li Xiaoning and went downstairs.

A Coaster had been parked in front of the embassy, which was a car rented by Li Xiaoning from outside, and he was engaged in private activities and was not prepared to use the embassy's car. The crowd did not ask where the vehicle came from, but got into the car silently, and when the car left the embassy, the atmosphere on the car became cheerful.

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