The two exchanged a few words, and Feng Hong smiled and said: "Comrade Xiaoning has worked hard from afar, let's go and rest today, familiarize yourself with the situation in the past few days, and then we will discuss your work arrangement......"

Li Xiaoning hurriedly stood up, took out the special Chinese cigarettes and the best Tieguanyin tea from his satchel and said: "Ambassador Feng has a lot of opportunities, I won't bother, I came in a hurry, and I didn't prepare anything good, I brought a domestic cigarette and a can of tea, and asked Ambassador Feng to smile and accept ......."

Feng Hong saw Li Xiaoning take out something, and the disgust in his heart was even worse, but he didn't bring it out on his face, but said with a smile: "Comrade Xiaoning is too polite, I have been away from the motherland for several years, and I feel very cordial when I see everything in the motherland, so I won't be polite......"

Feng Hong personally sent Li Xiaoning out of the door, turned back to the office, and his face suddenly became gloomy. Li Xiaoning was able to casually take out special Chinese cigarettes, which shows that his background is not simple. Originally, Li Xiaoning had a background but was not arrogant, which was more appreciated by Feng Hong, but what Ambassador Feng hated the most was the gate valve and faction, so he was even more uncomfortable with Li Xiaoning's actions, and thought that Li Xiaoning was intentionally or unintentionally hinting to him that his identity was not ordinary.

It stands to reason that Li Xiaoning's status is not low, he just came to office, and there should be a welcome banquet, but it seems that everyone has forgotten about this stubble, and no one mentions it. Li Xiaoning himself is even more unable to mention it, and now the central authorities have repeatedly emphasized the need to be diligent and thrifty, and they cannot fail to abide by the central authorities' decisions when they go abroad.

The next day, Li Xiaoning sat bored in his office for a long time, and decided to go to see if Lin Zuotao had come back, after all, the other party was his immediate boss, and he still had to meet him before he could carry out his work.

Li Xiaoning had just gone out when he suddenly heard a beautiful female voice: "It's Comrade Li Xiaoning, right?" ”

Li Xiaoning was stunned for a moment, stopped, and looked back.

I saw a young woman of twenty-five or sixteen years old standing behind her, wearing a plain long skirt, a plain flower shirt on her upper body, and her long eyebrows and clear eyes, standing there slim. This is a beautiful and dusty beauty.

Li Xiaoning glanced at her, and her eyes showed the question of "you are".

The beautiful woman stepped forward and said with a smile, "Comrade Li Xiaoning, I am Wu Jiameng from the Military Attache Office, and the secretary of the Military Attache Lin. ”

Li Xiaoning was stunned, some aspects of Huaxia are actually very funny, that is, in the business world, the secretaries of male bosses are generally women, but in the officialdom, there are almost no male leaders who use female secretaries. Lin Zuotao's secretary is not only a woman, but also a top beauty, which is really a strange thing. Although thinking like this in his heart, Li Xiaoning still smiled politely, "Hello, is there anything to find me?" ”

"Hehe, it's Military Attache Lin looking for you." Wu Jiameng looks quiet and soft-spoken, and belongs to the kind of woman who is easy to approach and communicate with others.

"Military Attache Lin is looking for me......" This time, Li Xiaoning was really surprised. Judging from yesterday's situation, this Lin military attache is also very unwelcome to himself, but today he took the initiative to see himself, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?

"Come with me." Wu Jiameng turned around and left. She was obviously reluctant to stay in the corridor with Li Xiaoning for too long.

Li Xiaoning hesitated, but still followed. In any case, Lin Zuotao is his immediate boss, and he was originally going to see him, so how can he not go now?

He followed Wu Jiameng up to the third floor and went straight to the easternmost and largest office, the office of Lin Zuotao, the military attache of the embassy.

The door of Lin Zuotao's office was open, which made Li Xiaoning frown slightly. In officialdom, the opening and closing of the door is very particular. The content of the speeches of the first-level leaders often involves the resolution of important personnel, decision-making, or important incidents, which have a huge and far-reaching impact, and cannot be known to outsiders, and their doors are always closed.

The second-level chiefs are involved in uploading and distributing and some core secrets, and naturally they also have strong confidentiality, and they should in principle close their offices. The problem is that once their doors are closed, they are suspected of being self-defeating leaders, and they are also suspected of doing something shady behind their backs. Therefore, the door of the second-level head is usually hidden.

The third-level head or department head mainly carries out the instructions of the superiors, and this kind of order can be regarded as a secret to other departments, but in this department, there are no secrets to speak of. At this time, if you also close the door, you will be suspected of assuming your identity. Therefore, their doors are always open.

In the embassy, the first-class chief, naturally, refers to the ambassador Feng Hong. Second-level chiefs, that is, counselors, military attachés, and the like.

It stands to reason that Lin Zuotao, as a military attaché, his work is secret-related, and his rank as a military attache is relatively high, at least his door should be hidden, and the door should never be as wide as now. The reason why this situation occurred is probably because Li Xiaoning is coming, and he deliberately makes a gesture, or has another purpose.

Li Xiaoning and Wu Jiameng approached Lin Zuotao's office, and before anyone walked over, they knew why Lin Zuotao's door was open. Because a calm and unhurried baritone was coming from inside, it was supposed to be on the phone.

"Assistant Li, please wait." Wu Jiameng stopped, looked back at Li Xiaoning and smiled.

Leaders are on the phone in the office, and no matter whether the call is important or not, they can't go in. This is the rule, it is also politeness, and it is the embodiment of reverence for power.

Li Xiaoning smiled indifferently, also stopped, and followed Wu Jiameng into the office next door, the door of this office was also open. This is normal, because this should be Wu Jiameng's office. The door to the secretary's office had to be kept open.

This is a large office, but at the moment there is only Wu Jiameng alone.

"Assistant Li, please be seated." Wu Jiameng pointed to the chair and invited Li Xiaoning to sit down.

Li Xiaoning smiled, nodded and sat down.

"Tea or coffee?" Wu Jiameng asked.

"Thanks, no need, I'm not thirsty, don't bother." Li Xiaoning directly declined politely.

Obviously, Wu Jiameng was just polite, and he wouldn't really pour water, and when he refused, he borrowed the donkey from the slope and sat behind his desk at will.

The two were strangers, and they were next door to Lin Zuotao's office, and the door was still open, so naturally it was not suitable to talk about anything, and there was nothing to say.

Wu Jiameng sat there silently, her beautiful gaze occasionally passed over Li Xiaoning, but it passed away quickly. She actually felt a little strange in her heart, but she was really able to calm down, and she actually couldn't bear it and didn't ask herself.

If it is an ordinary cadre, he will definitely get close to the secretary in advance, understand the preferences of the leader, and be prepared, so as not to talk to the leader and say what he should not say, making himself ugly is a trivial matter, and losing points in front of the leader is a big thing, which will directly affect the political future of the individual.

Li Xiaoning originally thought that Lin Zuotao's call would end soon, but he didn't expect it, and after waiting for nearly ten minutes, he still didn't finish it. It's still the kind of unhurried voice, and you can still hear a laugh or two once in a while.

Wu Jiameng smiled a little embarrassedly, "Assistant Li, please wait, the leader may have other things to do temporarily." ”

"It's okay, I'll just wait." Li Xiaoning smiled and replied. But he said in his heart: If there is a fart, it must be chatting with an acquaintance. If there really is something, how can a phone call open the office door? Only inconsequential things and inconsequential words can be so uninhibited.

It took a full twenty-five or six minutes for the call to finish. After a while, I heard a call from inside: "Jiameng, let Comrade Xiao Li come in." This is another unusual detail, because in Chinese officialdom, it is also very particular about addressing people, calling positions is the most common practice, calling Lao Li, Xiao Zhang and the like is also common, and it is rare to call the name at the top. Because if you call the full name directly, it is not polite, and if you only call the name without the surname, it seems too intimate, especially between the opposite sex. And now Lin Zuotao actually directly called Wu Jiameng "Jiameng", I don't know if he is unkempt, or if there are other stories in it.

"Okay, leader." Wu Jiameng rushed out with an arrow, first replied to Lin Zuotao's office door, and then hurriedly turned back to look at Li Xiaoning and smiled, "Assistant Li, please come in!" ”

Li Xiaoning also smiled, "Okay, thank you, Secretary Wu." ”

Wu Jiameng nodded, led Li Xiaoning into Lin Zuotao's office, then closed the door tightly and retreated by himself.

Lin Zuotao sat behind a wide desk, his waist was very straight, full of military style. This is Li Xiaoning's first impression of him.

In fact, Li Xiaoning did not guess wrong at all, before Lin Zuotao came to the embassy, he had always been in the army, first in the special forces unit, and later in the army intelligence agency.

Li Xiaoning stared at it, a little surprised. Lin Zuotao was far younger than he imagined, and he should be in his early thirties. He has a flat head, a bit of heroism between his eyebrows and eyes, coupled with the invisible aura of power emanating from his body, which gives people a special sense of decisiveness and ability. Li Xiaoning originally thought that he would become a department-level cadre at the age of twenty-six, but now he is already a major in the ranks, but he didn't expect that the person in front of him is estimated to be no more than ten years older than him, and everyone is already a colonel military attaché.

And at this time, in fact, Lin Zuotao was also looking at Li Xiaoning. Li Xiaoning's impression on him was also quite unexpected. In his original thoughts, Li Xiaoning should be the kind of feminine Ya Nei image, but he didn't expect that in front of him was a young man full of sunshine and extremely calm at the same time.

Of course, this gaze is actually about three or five seconds. It is obviously rude to look at a leader, especially your immediate superior, for a long time.

"Hello, Martial Attache Lin!" Li Xiaoning was the first to speak.

"Hehe, Xiao Li! Come, sit. Let's talk. Lin Zuotao bowed slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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