Chapter 52: The Princelings
The style in the private room is another style, if the outside hall is completely imitation European style, then the private room is authentic traditional Chinese style. As soon as you enter the door, there is a huge marble screen, the natural lines on the screen constitute a far-reaching landscape painting, and on the wall facing the door, there is a picture of peony that I don't know which famous artist wrote it. Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong didn't have much research on painting, and they couldn't see the meridians, they only felt that the red, green, and green looked very lively.
The most eye-opening thing for Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong is that there is a small rockery on the dining table in the middle of the private room, which is only more than two feet high, but there are mountains and waters, and there are two small pine trees.
The visual effect of the hall just now, gave these two people who had never entered such a high-end occasion a great shock, after entering the private room, and the huge contrast formed by the hall outside, they were dumbfounded, I have to admit that the effect caused by the difference between Chinese and Western styles made Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong amazed both psychologically and visually, so that they knew for the first time in their lives that the original high-end hotel can be decorated like this.
Before the three of them entered the house, there were already five or six people sitting around the dining table, slowly sipping tea and chatting in a low voice. After seeing Zheng Huaizhu come in, they all stood up and smiled.
A tall and thin young man of twenty-eight or nineteen years old laughed particularly prominently, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Ouch, Huai Shao, your old man has finally arrived, and the brothers can wait for the eyes, not to mention anything else, the tea has been poured into the stomach for three or four pots." No, no, you'll have to punish yourself for a few drinks. ”
As soon as Zheng Huaizhu stepped into this room, he suddenly seemed to be a different person, the whole person was full of vitality, and the humility in front of Cheng Weiguo had already been thrown out of the clouds, and he laughed with a red face: "Boy, it's not that I belittle you, even if Lao Tzu kills half a catty first and then drinks with you one-to-two, he can make you down." ”
Everyone else laughed, but the young man looked unconvinced, but he didn't say anything, and laughed along.
Zheng Huaizhu threw the bag in his hand to a dining table, found a seat and sat down casually, arranged Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong to sit down next to him, left and right, and said with a big sting: "Bring two younger brothers, get to know everyone." ”
Those people saw Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong as soon as they entered the door, but it was obvious that among these people, Zheng Huaizhu was in the core position, he didn't introduce them, and others didn't ask more. Anyway, Zheng Huaizhu is definitely not an outsider who brought it here, and he will introduce it to everyone sooner or later.
The young man took a sip of tea lightly and said with a smile: "When did Huai Shao learn to accept the younger brother?" ”
"." Zheng Huaizhu looked disdainful, took the teapot, poured a cup of tea in the teacup in front of him, took a big sip, and said: "I said Xiao Zhou, don't look at your father is from the municipal government, or what kind of secretary general, but in front of my two younger brothers, there is really nothing to shake." Do you know where these two come from? ”
The young man named Xiao Zhou blushed and said curtly: "The person brought by Huai Shao must be not small, and it is something that you don't have to think about." ”
"You're not convinced?" Zheng Huaizhu smiled contemptuously, in fact, he also had a reason for contempt, his father was the deputy commander of the Northeast Military Region, with the rank of lieutenant general, if it was converted into a local position, it would be a provincial and ministerial-level cadre, Xiao Zhou's father was just the secretary general of the municipal government, and the two of them were not at the same level at all. Although Lao Tzu is a hero, his son may not be a hero, but when the old man is in power, the identity of his son will naturally rise, especially among these high-level cadres who are too high-eyed.
Xiao Zhou seemed to be very jealous of Zheng Huaizhu, although Zheng Huaizhu's tone was extremely contemptuous, he still didn't have the courage to attack, lowered his head and took another sip of tea to hide the uneasiness in his heart.
Someone next to him carefully looked at Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong, looked left and right, and couldn't see anything different from each other, although after sitting down, half a cup of tea went down, Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong's cramped and uneasy body has disappeared for most of the time, but Grandma Liu's dirt buns in the Grand View Garden still can't be hidden, these two boys look at their age, at most they are just in college, what can be too big?
Zheng Huaizhu's eyes were like torches, and he had already seen the careful thoughts in everyone's hearts clearly, haha smiled, and just wanted to reveal the mystery, Cheng Zhichao gently pulled him on the side, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhuzi, this is not good, our old man hates me the most with his name outside......"
Zheng Huaizhu was angry and funny, glared at him, and lowered his voice: "What's the matter?" Among the few people here, none of them are small, that Xiao Zhou's father is the secretary general of the municipal government, and the official is the youngest. Chao'er, you remember one thing, we are princelings, we are sons of a family, in front of outsiders, we have to keep a low profile, but in the circle, facing these people here, we must be high-profile, otherwise we will be looked down upon. ”
Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong faintly felt that something was wrong, and wanted to say something more, Zheng Huaizhu shook his head lightly and said: "Brother Zhuzi took you out to play today, the main purpose is to get to know these people, many friends and many roads, you have made friends with them, it is only good for you, there is no harm." Don't think about it, listen to me, can I still harm you? ”
"I didn't mean that......" Cheng Zhichao was anxious, and he didn't know how to express his thoughts, so he had to keep his mouth shut.
Zheng Huaizhu saw that he didn't speak, and nodded with great satisfaction: "That's right, that's how it should be, you two don't know what's going on, when you grow up, the tiger energy when you were a child is smaller, I think it is Uncle Cheng and Uncle Zhao who will take care of you, and you don't have any momentum at all." ”
Although the two of them deliberately lowered their voices when they spoke, it still reached the ears of those who cared, and a slightly older and slightly chubby person asked with a smile on the side: "Huai Shao, from the moment they entered the door, these two little brothers of yours have never said a word, and now they are muttering to you endlessly, are these two children not very accustomed to this kind of occasion?" ”,
Zheng Huaizhu gently patted Cheng Zhichao's hand under the table, lit a cigarette, casually spit out two smoke rings, and said with a smile: "These two little brothers have played with me since childhood, and the relationship is very good. It's just that I don't have the ability of the two of them, and I didn't get into college, unlike the two of them, all of them are serious college students, the elite of the elite, and I really don't have many opportunities to see this kind of occasion, and I don't have many opportunities to meet friends. I'm anxious as a big brother, no matter what, I have to pave the way for these two younger brothers to go into society in the future. After saying that, he laughed again.
He laughed, and the others laughed too, laughing kindly. Under this harmonious atmosphere, Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong will no longer do anything, and they also know that they will dispel the uneasiness in their hearts for the time being, and laugh with them.
Seeing them smiling happily, Zheng Huaizhu was even more satisfied, and said: "That's right, everyone sitting in this room is friends and their own people, how can there be so much psychological pressure?" Come, let me introduce you to it. As he spoke, he introduced those people to Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong.
As Zheng Huaizhu said, these people are really out-and-out princelings, except for that Xiao Zhou is father who is the secretary general of the city government, and his official position is a little lower, everyone else is the son of the chief officials of various departments and bureaus in the city and province, and everyone's Lao Tzu is a big man who guards one side and calls for wind and rain. Cheng Zhichao had never thought that one day he would see so many local princelings, and unlike his impression, from these people, there was almost no arrogant element, on the contrary, they were all quite approachable.
Of course, he is not so simple as to really think that these people are harmless young people, the reason why he didn't see their side is just because everyone here is "his own people", and he can't pull them out if he wants to, if there is an outsider who has a conflict with them, if the energy of these people bursts out, it can definitely cause a small earthquake in the entire provincial capital.
Zheng Huaizhu also knew that none of these people had really served anyone, so when he introduced it, he was quite detailed, for fear that there would be a slight omission, which would cause the other party to feel unhappy. With a long breath, and drank all the tea in the cup, Zheng Huaizhu scolded with a smile: "Damn, I never found out, it turns out that it is really fucking hard to help you bastards make an introduction, and I am tired to death." ”
Those people laughed again, the fat man who spoke just now was surnamed Yuan, nicknamed Eighth Master. This is not because of his high seniority, but after watching a few Hong Kong martial arts films, I feel that the martial arts movements in them are quite good, and when I inquired, I learned that most of them are from a martial arts director surnamed Yuan. Since their surnames are Yuan, I don't know how this benevolent brother researched, but he actually got close to others, so this old man also has an additional title "Yuan Baye" that is the same as that martial arts instructor. The only difference is that the eighth master is a thin man, while this eighth master is a fat man.
After the chubby Yuan Baye finished laughing, he unbuttoned his shirt, looked at Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong, and said: "Huai Shao, you have just talked about most of the day, and you have introduced the glorious deeds of our brothers, and you haven't told us about the origin of these two children." There are really few people who can get into the eyes of the law, to be honest, I am really curious about these two children. ”
Zheng Huaizhu took a cup of tea, eased up a little, glared at him and scolded with a smile: "Damn, you have to let people take a breath when you hang yourself, don't you?" Lao Tzu has been talking for most of the day just now, and he doesn't have the right to take a break? ”
"Yes, yes, yes, you can rest as long as you want." Among these people, Zheng Huai's family background is the most prominent, and those people are quite jealous of him, basically he said the last sentence, and others rarely clash with him head-on. This is different from Zhao Jiyong and Cheng Zhichao, the two of them have played since childhood, and they only have buddy feelings in their hearts, never mixed with other ingredients, and they are naturally much more casual when they talk.
It can be seen that Zheng Huaizhu also enjoys this feeling very much, and said proudly: "These two little brothers are amazing, I have already said just now, we have played together since childhood. Think about it, can you play with Lao Tzu from childhood to adulthood, can it be a simple character? He stretched out his finger and pointed at Zhao Jiyong and said: "This little brother's name is Zhao Jiyong, he goes to college in Binhai, and he is the son of Deputy Minister Zhao of the Logistics Department of our Military Region." ”
After a pause, he patted Cheng Zhichao's shoulder again: "This Cheng brother is even more amazing, don't look at my father as the deputy commander, but in some aspects, the power is not as big as his father." ”
All of you here are people who have seen the world and know that there are many situations in which the power of the deputy commander is greater than that of the deputy commander in some respects, but it is not necessarily that the commander has more power than the deputy commander. Moreover, the scope of these people's activities is basically in the provincial capital, and they also have a good understanding of some of the situation in the provincial capital, and they also clearly know that the commander of the Northeast Military Region is not surnamed Cheng. So they all listened with a smile on their faces and didn't ask questions.
Zheng Huaizhu continued: "Brother Cheng's father is the chief of staff of our military region, and I heard it clearly, he is the chief of staff, not the staff officer. Although he is now a major general, I heard my father say that after a while, Uncle Cheng will go to the National Defense University for further study, and after a year, the military rank will be the same as my father's. ”
Everyone let out an "oh" and suddenly realized that in fact, the chief of staff is one of the three chief officers, and he does have more power than the deputy commander in the promotion and appointment of military cadres.
When everyone heard this, they were all in awe. When Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong entered the door just now, no matter how you look at it, they were all dirt buns, and after Zheng Huaizhu's introduction, they knew that the identities of these two were really extraordinary. Zhao Dongjin's identity is still a little worse, after all, he is just the deputy minister of the logistics department, although he is the same major general as Cheng Weiguo, but the gold content is much lower.
Compared with Zhao Dongjin, Cheng Weiguo's status as a major general is much more realistic, and in the entire Northeast Military Region, except for the commander and political commissar, he has the most weight to speak. With the identities of these two old men, Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong can squeeze into the ranks of the princelings with an overwhelming majority advantage.
Xiao Zhou and Yuan Baye originally looked at Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong's expressions, and they were a little disdainful in their hearts, thinking that these two were only brought here by climbing Zheng Huaizhu, and there may not be a real big man standing behind them. But after Zheng Huaizhu's introduction, he could be regarded as dispelling the disdain in his heart. Especially Xiao Zhou, compared with Cheng Zhichao and Zhao Jiyong's father, his father is indeed just a small person, looking at Zheng Huaizhu who is full of spring breeze and Yuan Baye and others who have shown favor to Cheng Zhichao and others, I can't help but feel a faint sourness in my heart.
Fortunately, at this time, the waiter pushed the door in time and asked if everyone was ready to serve the food, which diluted the sourness in his heart.