Chapter 255: Zhongnanhai Conversation (1)
On the third day, at 9 a.m., a special plane carrying members of the Beijing Olympic bid delegation broke through the clouds and slowly landed on the runway of the capital airport.
The plane stopped, lowered the spiral ladder, and the hatch opened. As soon as the first member of the delegation came out, enthusiastic applause suddenly erupted, followed by a burst of military music.
The representative was stunned to find a red carpet extending from the spiral staircase to the airport building, and on both sides of the red carpet stood hundreds of people lined up to welcome the crowd, all of whom were representatives from all walks of life in Beijing, including officials, deputies to the National People's Congress, entrepreneurs, and celebrities.
Standing at the front was State Councilor Wu Yi, next to her stood two rows of 20 Young Pioneers wearing red scarves and holding flowers, followed by 12 military salute bands.
In the sound of stirring military music and warm applause, the members of the Beijing Olympic bid delegation walked down the spiral ladder in turn to receive flowers and applause.
A total of 20 members of the delegation to Moscow lined up to receive the children's flowers and State Councilor Wu Yi's congratulations.
The members of the delegation walked into the airport building with flowers and applause, they thought that the welcome was over, but what they did not expect was a bigger scene waiting for them outside the airport, and tens of thousands of people gathered outside, all of whom spontaneously came to welcome the triumphant return of the heroes.
The delegation remained at the airport for one and a half hours before breaking through the growing crowd and returning to their accommodations to rest.
Chen Lin and his wife returned to the courtyard, the two took an 8-hour flight, and then stayed at the airport for almost 2 hours, both felt very tired, simply washed up and went to sleep.
The two slept soundly until it was dark, and they woke up when their mobile phones rang.
Chen Lin picked up his mobile phone in a blur and connected it.
"Hey, hello, who are you looking for?"
"Hello Mr. Chen. My surname is Zhou, and I am the director of the Premier's Office of the State Council. ”
"Director of the Premier's Office of the State Council?" Chen Lin suddenly sobered up a lot when he heard this, and while shaking his wife awake, he said politely: "It turned out to be Director Zhou, do you have something to do with me?" ”
"On behalf of the Prime Minister, I am inviting you and your wife, Ms. Yu Yu, to the General Office of the State Council in Zhongnanhai at 10 a.m. tomorrow, and the Premier wants to meet you."
"Ah~~ The Prime Minister wants to see us?" Chen Lin was surprised, and hurriedly said without thinking: "It's good, it's good, thank you, Director Zhou, we will be there on time tomorrow." ”
Chen Lin hung up the phone. Seeing that his wife was still vague, he hurriedly woke her up and told her the invitation of the prime minister. Now Yu Yu is also sober, it is a big deal for the prime minister to see them, and even Yu Yu, who has always been steady, is not calm.
The two couples even called Chen Tianhua, secretary of the provincial party committee, that night to ask what to pay attention to in front of the prime minister and whether to bring gifts?
Chen Tianhua smiled and told the two that they didn't need to pay attention to anything, just like seeing an ordinary elder, so that the prime minister wouldn't worry about them or anything.
The two were too excited to figure out these simple truths, and they were able to calm down after they got along
Zhongnanhai is located in the north * Jingxi City District. The total area is about 1,500 acres, of which the area of the lake is 700 acres, and there are two large lakes in it, one is called Zhonghai. A South China Sea, the name Zhongnanhai comes from these two lakes.
In addition to the beautiful natural lake, you can also see many pavilions and pavilions. Terraces, rockeries, corridors and gardens.
Purple Light Pavilion, Banana Garden. Shuiyun Pavilion, Yingtai, Xiangluan Pavilion, Hanyuan Palace, Xiangyi Palace, Zaoyun Building, Zhiyue Xuan, Yingxun Pavilion, Fengze Garden and Jinggu are all famous scenic spots in Zhongnanhai.
At 9:40 a.m., a Hongqi sedan carrying Chen Lin and his wife drove into Zhongnanhai.
Entering Zhongnanhai, the legendary seat of China's highest authority and the garden of the emperors of the past dynasties, Chen Lin and his wife will inevitably look at it with curiosity.
The car drove slowly, and Director Zhou in the car enthusiastically introduced the scenery to the two of them. At this time, Chen Lin suddenly had a question: "Director Zhou, what is Zhongnanhai called "sea", it is obviously a lake!" ”
"Hehe, many people have this doubt, which is to start with the history of Zhongnanhai." Director Zhou explained: "Zhongnanhai has gone through countless dynasties, and by the time of Kublai Khan in Mongolia, nomads had lived in the arid Mongolian steppe for generations, cherishing water as if it were life, and considered water as beautiful as a garden. In ancient Mongolian, water was called "sea", and "haizi" means garden. The lakes in the capital of the Yuan Dynasty were all called "sea", and the origin of the "sea" of Zhongnanhai also originated from this. ”
As he spoke, the car stopped in front of an office building.
"Is this the prime minister's office, nothing special?" After Chen Lin got out of the car, he looked at the office building and said secretly in his heart.
"Mr. Chen, Ms. Yu, you see that the prime minister is out."
There is no need for Director Zhou to remind them, Chen Lin and Yu Yu have already seen the familiar and strange person who often appears on TV.
The couple didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly greeted them.
"Xiaolin, Xiaoyu." Before the two had time to call the prime minister, the prime minister greeted him cordially first, and took the initiative to shake hands: "Welcome to Zhongnanhai." ”
"Prime Minister, you-hello." Chen Lin originally thought that he could be calm, but as soon as he held the warm and calm hands of the prime minister, his heart suddenly lost, his face turned red, and he didn't know what to say excitedly.
"Hehe, your sentence "you are good" can call me old. The Prime Minister laughed.
"Prime Minister, you are in good spirits and don't grow old at all, I said the wrong thing." Chen Lin's knowledge over the years was finally not in vain, and soon Annai suppressed the excitement in his heart.
"Hello, Uncle Zhu." Compared with Chen Linlai, Yu Yu was considered to be down-to-earth and generous, and Chen Lin was secretly annoyed when he heard his wife call him "Uncle Zhu": "Chen Lin, you stupid, you have already discussed how to call the prime minister when you meet, how did you forget." ”
"Hey~~ Okay, good." The prime minister is still very satisfied with the title of uncle, he seems to be in a good mood today, and he jokes with Chen Lin: "Xiaolin, you see that Xiaoyu is much smarter than you, and he is more general-like than you." You have to learn more from your wife. ”
"Yes, yes, Uncle Zhu, you're right." As soon as Chen Lin returned to his original state, his face became thicker, and he did not shy away from it, and said bluntly: "She is my leader, and I have been learning, but my qualifications are dull, and there is still a gap between me and the leader no matter how hard I work." ”
"Hahaha!" The prime minister was amused by Chen Lin's unexpected answer. Very few men have made similar jokes in front of outsiders, and in front of him, the prime minister.
No, not only was the prime minister amused, but Director Zhou was also embarrassed, he didn't expect Chen Lin to be such an interesting person, as for Comrade Yu Yu, who was praised for having the style of a general, this would be the style of a general, and he blushed embarrassedly, and couldn't help glaring at Shen Lin fiercely in front of the prime minister. (To be continued......)