Duan Zetao observed Lin Yudan at the same time. Lin Yudan is also secretly observing Duan Zetao through the glasses, his deputy is so young and handsome that people are jealous, and the calmness and calmness that does not match his age make him not look at this young deputy, he also understands Duan Zetao's past political experience, and he is a candidate for the rank of minister counselor personally nominated by the vice premier, which is definitely a competitor that cannot be underestimated.

He was quite resentful of the fact that his superiors had appointed such a hairy boy with no diplomatic experience to be his deputy, and he had worked hard in the diplomatic circles for decades to get to the position of ambassador of a small country, and his administrative level was only at the level of director (department), and this young man was already a deputy minister-counselor at the level of deputy department before he was thirty years old.

The vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will retire next year, Lin Yudan is worried about the position of this vice minister for a day or two, but he has not found a way, a few days ago he suddenly received a call from Yang Lushang, saying that his future subordinate had a grudge with Jiang Dashao and Zhao Dashao in the "Four Youths of Beijing", as long as he can bring down this Duan Zetao, he will be able to sit in the position of vice minister.

This is simply a sleepy person to send a pillow, he has no doubt that Jiang Zilong and Zhao Yang have such an ability, and the significance of being able to use these two superb sons to climb the big tree of the two Politburo Standing Committee members is even more extraordinary, so Duan Zetao was included in the list of people who must be dealt with.

However, many years of career as a diplomat have made him develop an extremely cautious character, he never fights unprepared battles, so he specially assigned a small third secretary Wu Yue to pick up the plane before, and just now he deliberately snubbed Duan Zetao, which is also a test, if Duan Zetao is quickly provoked, then it means that this young man's city government is not enough, and it is much easier to deal with, but now Duan Zetao is so calm and does not show any irritation at all, which shows that this young man's city government is terrifying, and he must change his strategy if he wants to deal with him.

Thinking of this, Lin Yudan immediately changed his face, put down the documents, stood up with a smile on his face, walked quickly to the sofa, took the initiative to hold Duan Zetao's hand and said: "You are Comrade Zetao, you are really young and promising, I'm really sorry, I should have gone to the airport to pick you up in person, there is an important foreign affairs event to participate, please Comrade Zetao Haihan, to be honest, the situation in country Y has been very complicated recently, my head is big, now it's okay, Comrade Zetao is young and energetic, with your help, I can breathe a sigh of relief." ……”。

Lin Yudan's conceitfulness made Duan Zetao feel quite uncomfortable, and he hurriedly said humbly: "Ambassador Lin has won the award, Ambassador Lin is an old diplomat, I have never had any diplomatic experience, I came here to learn from Ambassador Lin, and I ask Ambassador Lin to take care of ......."

The two exchanged a few words, and Lin Yudan said with a smile: "Comrade Zetao 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, and I will hold a welcome dinner at the embassy in the evening to wash the dust and ...... for you."

Duan Zetao hurriedly stood up, took out the special Chinese cigarettes and the best Tieguanyin tea from his shoulder bag and said: "Ambassador Lin 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 Lin to smile and accept ......."

Lin Yudan saw the special Chinese cigarettes, the smile on his face became even bigger, and he smiled: "Comrade Zetao is too polite, I still smoked this special Chinese cigarette at the minister's house once, and I have been away from the motherland for several years, and I feel very cordial when I see everything in the motherland, so I am not welcome......."

Lin Yudan personally sent Duan Zetao out of the door, turned back to the office, and his face suddenly became gloomy, Duan Zetao was able to send special Chinese cigarettes, which shows that his background is not simple, he has a background but is not arrogant, calm and knows how to advance and retreat, Lin Yudan feels more and more that this young man is not easy to deal with, if it is not for Jiang Zilong and Zhao Yang, he is really unwilling to be an enemy of this young man.

All the embassy staff attended the welcome banquet in the evening, Lin Yudan gave a warm welcome speech, and praised Duan Zetao to the sky, and even said "the youngest counselor-level diplomat in China", this is a naked killing, Duan Zetao clearly saw the young high-level diplomats in front of him pouting disapprovingly, to be able to become a high-level diplomat at such a young age, a few are not arrogant, and a few are not with a deep background, Lin Yudan is tantamount to pushing Duan Zetao to the opposite side of everyone at once, you can't say anything yet, you can't say that it's not right for people to praise you.

So when it was Duan Zetao's turn to speak, he put his posture very low, and repeatedly stated that he had no diplomatic experience, and he came here to learn from everyone, please take care of Yunyun, but others already have preconceived hostility towards him, and it is really not easy to reverse it all at once.

In the next period of time, Duan Zetao 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, nodded and hurriedly walked without winning, Lin Yudan was very enthusiastic about him, every time he met in the corridor or in the canteen, he would enthusiastically shush and ask for warmth, but as long as he mentioned the work arrangement, he played Ha Luha, and always said: "Don't worry, first familiarize yourself with the situation and then ......."

Duan Zetao also saw that this Lin Yudan just wanted to treat himself as a living bodhisattva, so that he would have no achievements, and in the end 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 his 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 unable to move an inch, and he was completely isolated, and his connections in China were completely useless.

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, Wu Yuejin slipped in quickly like a thief, and closed the door lightly, Duan Zetao was secretly funny, and said with a smile: "Comrade Yuejin, what are you doing here?" How do you do it like being a spy, do I have mines in this office? ”。

Wu Yuejin scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with a hippie smile: "Counselor Duan, you don't know what to do, Lin Yudan has been the ambassador to country Y for five or six years, and the embassy is full of his people, if he knows that I come to you, I won't ......be mixed up at all."

"Oh!" , Duan Zetao squinted his eyes quietly, picked up the special Chinese cigarette on the table, threw one to Wu Yuejin, took one in his mouth and lit it, spit out a smoke ring, and smiled slowly: "Then you still come to me?" ……”。

Wu Yuejin 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 is really fragrant, it is much better than the foreign devil's foreign smoke, Counselor Duan, I am also sorry for you, you are a minister counselor, and you have the right to act as an agent for embassy affairs, Lin Yudan hangs you up, obviously squeezing you out ......."

Duan Zetao took out another pack of unopened special Chinese cigarettes from the drawer and threw it to Wu Yuejin, and said with a smile: "Yuejin, if you want to smoke in the future, come to me to get it, I don't know you well here, you are the only friend who can talk to us, we are about the same age, I can also see that you are not very valued in this embassy, with your qualifications, at least you should arrange a position ...... the first secretary."

Wu Yuejin took over the special Chinese cigarettes, smiled happily, and saw that Duan Zetao's name for himself had also changed, obviously accepting his refuge, the icing on the cake is not as good as sending carbon in the snow, his future may fall on this young counselor, and he said with confidence: "Counselor Duan, I have been in this embassy for eight years, and I don't have any ideas anymore, but you are different, you have a relationship and a background, you should seize the opportunity to take the position, and there is a good opportunity in front ......of you."

Duan Zetao glanced at Wu Yuejin meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Yuejin, don't be discouraged, there will always be a time for talents to shine, what good opportunities are there?" Have you heard something, speak up and listen to ......".

Wu Yuejin got up, mysteriously leaned into Duan Zetao's ear and said: "I heard that my country is now conducting secret negotiations with the government of country Y, it seems that it is related to the acquisition of oil wells, this negotiation is presided over by Lin Yudan, and there have been two rounds ......of negotiations, but there is still no progress, if you can participate, if the negotiation is successful, this is the best political performance."

Duan Zetao raised his eyebrows, and said with a straight face: "Has the negotiation started?" Ambassador Lin didn't inform me, it's really too much of a deception, I'm going to go to him, Yuejin, can you help me collect information on the negotiators in country Y, I have a big role ......."

Wu Yuejin patted his chest and said: "Counselor Duan, you just have to rest assured, I am very familiar with the staff of the government of country Y, and I guarantee that I will find out for you clearly what color underwear the negotiators in country Y are wearing, and I will hand it over to ......you in two days."

Duan Zetao pointed Wu Yuejin with his finger and scolded with a smile: "You guy, don't give all the useless lace news, I just need useful information, the more detailed the better, of course, about their hobbies, who they usually interact with, I also have to know ...... Dao", said and took out a can of the best Tieguanyin from the drawer and handed it over, "You do things for me with your heart, and I won't treat your ...... badly."

Wu Yuejin happily walked away with the tea leaves, Duan Zetao sorted out his thoughts, thought about how to have a showdown with Lin Yudan, and came to Lin Yudan's office.