Chapter Twenty-Three: The Mouse Rides on the Cat's Head
The "Crystal Palace Food City", where Director Wang of the Baozhu County Bureau arranged for dinner, is the most luxurious dining and entertainment venue in the county. Today, in order to welcome several members of the party group such as Director Qiu and Director Lin of the Municipal Bureau, as well as the daughter of Director Xia of the Provincial Bureau, he asked the director of the office to book the most luxurious "Crystal Palace" box in the food city, which can seat more than 30 guests on the huge dining table.
After entering the box, according to the practice of the officialdom and workplace of K City, the most distinguished guests will be arranged in the position facing the box door, which is the "honorable position". The rest of the people sat down in order of position, seniority, or age.
As soon as Director Wang of the Baozhu County Bureau entered, he bent down and respectfully invited Qiu Shunming to sit on the throne opposite.
Qiu Shunming was bent on currying favor with Xia Chuchu at the moment and redeeming the bad impression he had left on her just now, so he said to Xia Chuchu with a smile: "Chu Chu, you are a star of the provincial TV station, and it is the first time to come to K City and Baozhu County, this honor should be given to you to sit on." Come on, come on, sit on your head! ”
Xia Chuchu knew that this meal was specially for him, and he didn't want to be polite, so he walked towards the "honorable position", while holding Ye Ming's hand and said, "Go, you sit next to me, I have to discuss something with you." ”
Ye Ming originally wanted to refuse, but as soon as he saw the disdainful and disapproving expressions on Qiu Shunming and Peng Hui's faces, he lost his temper in his heart: Obviously, these sanctimonious so-called leaders think that they are now a suspect under their censorship, and they are already very kind to be able to follow them to dinner. Now, Xia Chuchu actually wants to pull himself to sit on the throne, they feel very angry in their hearts, and they feel that they have lost the face of their "official master"......
Thinking of this, Ye Ming shook off Xia Chuchu's hand, followed her with his head held high, and sat on her right next to her "honorable position".
Xia Chuchu pointed to the vacant seat next to Ye Ming again, and said to Chen Yi: "Sister Chen, you can sit next to Ye Ming, so that it will be easier for us to talk and chat." ”
Chen Yi didn't know much about people's feelings, and as soon as he heard Xia Chuchu say it, he also sat down unceremoniously on Ye Ming's right hand.
In this way, Qiu Shunming, Lin Nan and the others had to sit down in a row from the left side of Xia Chuchu, although they were all uncomfortable, but they were helpless: they couldn't offend this wayward eldest lady for the sake of a seat!
Peng Hui has been fighting wits and courage with Ye Ming in the past few days, slapping each other's tables and arguing several times, so angry that he can't wait to handcuff Ye Ming like the public security organs handle the case, and beat him up first to relieve his anger.
It was precisely because of his great resentment towards Ye Ming that at this moment, seeing him Shi Shiran sitting in the main seat, and he, the person who presided over him, could only condescend to the lower position, he had a fire in his heart, and after sitting down next to Lin Nan, he muttered in a low voice and indignation: "Lao Lin, you just said right: the situation at the table today is that the mouse is riding on the cat's head!" Look at Ye Ming's scared look, looking left and right, completely forgetting his identity. Damn, I really don't want to eat this meal! ”
Lin Nan smiled slightly and whispered: "Old Peng, be calm, you must be calm!" Now we are giving Xia Chuchu face, don't be impulsive. Wait until you return to the Shuanggui location, you can get angry as much as you like, and now let him continue to be angry! ”
At this time, Director Wang came in with two "Diamond Hibiscus Kings", ready to smoke the people at the table. After sending Xia Chuchu and Director Qiu, it was Ye Ming's turn, but Director Wang hesitated, turned his head to look at Qiu Shunming, and didn't know whether to send smoke to Ye Ming.
Xia Chuchu was afraid that Director Wang would not give the cigarette to Ye Ming and make him lose face on the spot, so he stared at him with round eyes, forcing Director Wang not to dare to look at Qiu Shunming's face again, and hurriedly threw the cigarette in front of Ye Ming.
Soon, the waiter began to serve the food. Qiu Shunming stood up with a glass of wine, turned to Xia Chuchu, and said with a smile: "Chuchu, the first time you come to K City, it is also the first time you come to Baozhu County. As Director Xia's old subordinate and the person in charge of the Local Taxation Bureau of K City, I would like to give you a glass first! ”
Xia Chuchu pulled Ye Ming up, smiled charmingly, and said, "Director Qiu, I just told Ye Ming: I need to pay attention to protecting my throat at all times because of my profession, so I can't drink." All the wine that toasts me, he drinks in my place; I toasted everyone's wine, and he drank it for me. Therefore, everyone toasts my wine, and it is also regarded as a tribute to Ye Ming, he drinks two glasses each time, which is fair! ”
It turned out that Xia Chuchu was afraid that Ye Ming would be treated coldly at the wine table, so he made the first move and pulled him up to drink with him.
Qiu Shunming saw that she was high-sounding, and he couldn't say anything, so he had to clink glasses with Ye Ming awkwardly.
Qiu Shunming took the lead, and the other party members and case-handling personnel had no choice but to toast Xia Chuchu and Ye Ming's wine in turn.
As a result, Ye Ming, the person who was censored, became the protagonist at the wine table today, which made Peng Hui and others both depressed and helpless......
And Chen Yi, who was sitting silently on Ye Ming's right, saw that Xia Chuchu was so good to Ye Ming, although he knew that he should not be jealous, and he had no right and qualification to be jealous, but he always felt sour in his heart, and that meal was ruthless......
When he was halfway through drinking, Qiu Shunming's mobile phone suddenly rang, and when he looked at the number, it was Hao Bo, the director of the provincial procuratorate who had a good relationship with him.
"Director Hao, do you have any advice?"
Hao Bo asked in a somewhat serious tone: "Lao Qiu, let me ask you: Is your city bureau a cadre named Ye Ming in Shuanggui?" It seems to be from the Xinleng County Bureau. ”
Qiu Shunming was taken aback when he heard that his tone was wrong, and quickly said, "That's right!" Lao Hao, we haven't had time to report this matter to the Provincial Bureau Supervision Office. How, how do you know? ”
"Lao Qiu, you stabbed a hornet's nest this time, and it's a big hornet's nest! According to the information I received from a friend of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, your cadre named Ye Ming is the life-saving benefactor of Li Runji, executive deputy secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. Moreover, people from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection have rumored that Secretary Li intends to recognize Ye Ming as his godson. Before you Shuanggui Ye Ming, he had been serving Secretary Li, who was injured and hospitalized in the Provincial People's Hospital. After you Shuanggui Ye Ming, Secretary Li couldn't find him, and later learned that he was shuanggui by you, and he was extremely shocked, so he called the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of K City and asked him to send capable people to Xinleng County secretly to investigate the reason why Ye Ming was shuanggui. Investigators secretly talked to some cadres of the Xinleng County Bureau and obtained a complaint about Ye Ming written by a cadre named Chen Yi. They came to the conclusion that the local taxation bureau of K City took shuanggui measures against Ye Ming, which was a violation of discipline in the nature of framing and revenge. After this conclusion was reported to Secretary Li, Secretary Li was furious and instructed the K Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection to set up a special investigation team to thoroughly investigate Ye Ming's shuanggui incident, and at the same time to investigate Li Li's violations of discipline and law...... Lao Qiu, I'm taking the risk of revealing inside information to you, and you have to keep it a secret from me. ”
After listening to the call, Qiu Shunming stood in the corridor outside the box in a daze, cold sweat bursting out of his forehead.