When Ye Ming and Yi Xiaonan returned to the box, Li Weidong and Wang Hai both looked at them with inquiring eyes, and their faces showed a hint of excitement: Obviously, they guessed that the person who had just called Yi Xiaonan might be Director Wu, and they also guessed that Director Wu was very likely to meet with them, but because Director Liu, Sister Wei Lin, and Zhao Jiping were present, they couldn't ask directly.

After a few more rounds of drinking, Director Liu, Wei Lin, and the two reporters made an appointment with Ye Ming, Li Weidong, and Zhao Jiping to go to Beishan for an emergency meeting, and then said goodbye. Zhao Jiping estimated that Ye Ming would have to talk to Li Weidong later, and he was a businessman who was not good to participate, so he also retired.

When Zhao Jiping left, Ye Ming picked up his glass and toasted Li Weidong and Wang Hai with a glass of wine, and then said with a smile: "Minister Li, Director Wang, just now Director Wu of the General Secretary's Office called Brother Yi and said that he would like to have a cup of tea with us after he is busy with official business, and chat casually." I have booked a private room at the 'Yurun Teahouse' on Xifu Street on Chang'an Road, and Director Wu came over around nine o'clock. Would the two leaders be interested in sitting and chatting together? ”

Li Weidong heard that Director Wu would really come to meet them, and the place of the meeting was chosen to be the most suitable teahouse for enhancing friendship and exchanging feelings, and he had a premonition that he might have an unexpected huge gain from coming to eat this dinner today, and his face suddenly lit up with excitement, and he immediately replied first without waiting for Wang Hai to speak: "Interested, of course interested!" It is our honor to be able to take time out of our busy work to meet us, and I have to thank you and Director Yi! ”

Although Wang Hai has no intention of pursuing a career, he just wants to work steadily in the Provincial People's Congress for a few years, and go to his son to tease Sun to live a leisurely life after retirement, but he is still very looking forward to being able to drink tea with Director Wu, and he is also a little excited, so he followed Li Weidong's words: "Xiaoye, as Minister Li said: It is indeed an honor for Director Wu to take the time to come to meet us, and we are very happy to be able to drink tea and chat with Director Wu together." Without further ado, let's head to that teahouse! ”

Ye Ming smiled and asked them to wait for a while and go to the bar to pay for themselves.

Ye Ming had just gone out, Wang Hai's mobile phone rang suddenly, and when he looked at the number, it was Secretary Lu calling from the office.

Wang Hai turned his head to look at Li Weidong, stood up quietly and walked out of the box, and asked in a low voice, "Secretary Lu, what instructions do you have?" ”

"Comrade Wang Hai, are you with Comrade Li Weidong?"

"Yes, we just had dinner together, and it was Ye Ming who invited us."

Secretary Lu pondered for a moment and then said, "Comrade Wang Hai, you know a little bit about the decades of grudges between me and Comrade Li Weidong. Several times I wanted to talk to him openly and honestly with him alone, but he refused. , You and him used to be old colleagues, and they had a good relationship with each other, and they happened to be together today, so I would like to ask you to find an opportunity to talk to Comrade Li Weidong alone, and try to solve his ideological knots, but I don't know if you are willing to be this peacemaker? ”

Wang Hai hurriedly replied: "Secretary Lu, I just want to talk to Comrade Li Weidong about you and him, but I don't know where to start, and I don't know what your attitude is. Now that you trust me, I'm willing to do his job to the best of my ability. ”

Secretary Lu thanked him first, and then lowered his voice and talked with him for several minutes, until Ye Ming returned to the box after buying the order, and the conversation was over......

When Ye Ming and his entourage arrived at the "Yunrun Teahouse", it was exactly eight o'clock in the evening. After entering the box, Wang Hai suddenly said to Li Weidong: "Lao Li, can I talk to you alone?" If you want, we'll open another box next door. You can rest assured that this conversation will not be very long, and it will definitely end before Director Wu arrives. ”

Li Weidong glanced at him a little suspiciously, and saw that his face was full of sincerity, and it was difficult to refuse, so he had to nod and say, "Okay, please Xiao Ye talk to the waiter, and then open a small box next door, let's go over and talk about it now!" ”

After entering the small box, as soon as Li Weidong's buttocks sat down, he immediately asked like a cannon: "Lao Wang, you are suddenly talking to me alone now, is it related to the call you just received?" That phone call, was it Lu Zhiyao? You want to be a peacemaker for us, do you? ”

Wang Hai didn't expect him to react so quickly, so he had to nod and say, "That's right, that call just now was indeed from Secretary Lu." I was chatting with you because I also wanted to talk about the relationship between you and Secretary Lu...... Don't worry, listen to me, okay? Don't worry, I've been friends with you for many years, and this conversation of ours will definitely be good for you. ”

It turned out that when Wang Hai reached the word "yes", Li Weidong immediately stood up and prepared to go outside the box, but was held back by Wang Hai.

Li Weidong had no choice but to sit down again, and said with a blushing face: "Lao Wang, the contradiction between me and Lu Zhiyao is not something that you can resolve with a few words. He bullied me and suppressed me all my life, so that I was almost 60 years old and still a vice minister of science and technology, but he was a good official of his feudal territory, and he fantasized about entering the highest decision-making level next year. You can tell him: As long as I, Li Weidong, don't want to join the Standing Committee next year. Sooner or later, the debts of his youth will have to be repaid, and I am the debt collector! ”

Wang Hai saw that the more he talked, the more excited and excessive, his face suddenly fell, and he said in a deep voice: "Lao Li, you really don't hit the south wall and don't look back, right?" You said that Secretary Lu wants to repay the debts of his youth, who does he owe? If you want to talk about debts, it is also what he owes to the ill-fated, pathetic and lamentable Zhao Han, but Zhao Han has been dead for seven or eight years now, what qualifications do you have to be the debt collector of this romantic debt? ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and his tone became more serious: "Lao Li, in good conscience, in the love tragedy between Secretary Lu and Zhao Han, you played a role that was not very glorious. If you look at it from Zhao Han's point of view, it should actually be a debt you owe her, and it is a debt of conscience. You yourself know in your heart: The person who has suppressed you for more than 20 years is not Secretary Lu, but his father-in-law, Gu Lao. At that time, you and Secretary Lu were both department-level cadres in their twenties, and the two of them had the same starting point and the same status, and he didn't have the ability to suppress you, right?

"In fact, I have worked beside Secretary Lu for more than a year, and I occasionally talk about you. I can tell you responsibly: Every time I talk about you, Secretary Lu never belittles you or accuses you, on the contrary, his evaluation of you is very capable and talented, but his personality is too extreme and his elegance is a little smaller. Tell me, is his evaluation of you very objective and fair? ”