It turned out that Zhang Yingzhi had indeed invited Xu Lizhong several times, wanting to invite him out for a meal, a glass of wine, and a friendship with him - because he knew very well that among Secretary Lu's two secretaries, that Guo Zhijun was just a deaf ear - purely for decoration. [No pop-ups] What Secretary Lu really trusts and relies on is Xu Lizhong, the driver and bodyguard. If the secretary of the provincial party committee is the "No. 2 chief", Guo Zhijun is not worthy of this title. The one who can really be called the "No. 2 leader" is this Xu Lizhong.

However, Xu Lizhong is a person with strong principles and never easily acquainted with people, except for serving Secretary Lu, he usually lives in seclusion the rest of the time, basically does not socialize with other people, and has no hobbies. Moreover, this person is very taciturn, always a serious appearance of cold rejection thousands of miles away, and ordinary officials do not dare to attack his idea - and this is the reason why Secretary Lu appreciates and trusts him.

Therefore, although Zhang Yingzhi invited Xu Lizhong several times. However, every time Xu Lizhong rejected him without any negotiation. For example, today, he sent a CD to Xu Lizhong and wanted to invite him to have a meal together at noon, but Xu Lizhong said coldly: "I'm sorry, I don't have time!" He refused him on the spot, not even saying a kind word, which made him very embarrassed at the time......

Ye Ming also knew that Xu Lizhong's personality was a little cold, and he was not very easy to deal with. However, he remembered that when Xu Lizhong and Secretary Lu went to Xinleng for investigation and investigation, they left his mobile phone number for him before leaving, saying that if they encountered something difficult, they could find him at any time.

Ye Ming knows: People with a character like Xu Lizhong are often some men who promise a lot of money, as long as they say it, they will definitely do it. Since he promised himself at the beginning, he said that if there is something difficult, you can find him. Then, he did encounter a dilemma today, and if he was looking for him, he should not be surprised......

So, he said to Zhang Yingzhi: "Director Zhang, Director Xu and I are also acquaintances. Why don't I call him and give it a try? Let's see if he can come over and have a meal with us now. As long as he arrives at the dinner table, I believe he will still be able to speak. ”

Zhang Yingzhi's eyes lit up, but soon, a suspicious look appeared in his eyes: Although Ye Ming is now quite popular with Secretary Lu, looking at Xu Lizhong's character, he is a tsundere character who is not taken seriously by anyone except Secretary Lu. No matter how cowhide Ye Ming is, he is just the deputy director of a small tax bureau in Xinleng County. With Xu Lizhong's indifferent character, would he buy Ye Ming's account? Besides, even if he saw Secretary Lu's face and came to dinner, could he listen to Ye Ming's words and go to help him intercede?

Thinking of this, the bright color in his eyes disappeared suddenly, and he just had a kind of luck mentality, and said to Ye Ming: "Okay, just trouble Mr. Ye to call Director Xu!" ”

Ye Ming was also apprehensive when he dialed Xu Lizhong's phone, and after the phone was connected, he had a smile on his face and said cautiously: "Hello Director Xu, I'm Ye Ming." I'm eating at the Jinqiao Hotel now, I wonder if Director Xu is free? If you have time, I'd like to invite you to come over and have a drink. ”

As before, Xu Lizhong was silent on the phone for a while, and then said angrily: "Director Ye, you wait, I'll go and ask the chief first to see if he has anything to do for me in the next few hours." If it's okay, I'll come over immediately. ”

Ye Ming was startled when he heard Xu Lizhong say that he was going to ask Secretary Lu for advice, for fear that Secretary Lu would blame him for not being interesting, he had just visited him in the morning, and called his secretary out for dinner in the evening, and hurriedly said to Xu Lizhong: "Director Xu, if you still want to ask Secretary Lu, then forget it, don't trouble you." Let's have a bar together next time! ”

Xu Lizhong guessed his worries, smiled very rarely, and said warmly: "Director Ye, you don't have to worry, the chief has a very good impression of you." He has been talking to me about you since you left in the morning. Now you invite me to dinner, and I'll report to him, and he'll never think anything of you. ”

Ye Ming had no choice but to say, "Then thank you, Director Xu." ”

After Xu Lizhong hung up the phone, he quickly came to Secretary Lu's office, knocked on the door and went in, and saw that Secretary Lu was still reading the documents, so he whispered and said, "Chief, Ye Ming just called me and asked me to go to Jinqiao Hotel for dinner." I originally left a phone number for him, saying that if he had any difficulties, he could call me at any time. So, I'm worried about what kind of problem he's having now, and I want to go over and take a look, but I wonder if there's anything else you want me to do? ”

When Secretary Lu heard that Ye Ming wanted to invite Xu Lizhong to dinner, his heart moved, he raised his head, leaned back on the back of the chair, squinted and thought for a while, and said, "Ask him, who are you eating with now?" Are there too many people? ”

Xu Lizhong nodded, dialed Ye Ming's phone, and asked him who he was eating with, and there were not many people.

Ye Ming hurriedly said: "Director Xu, there are only four of us here: I, Deputy Director Zhang Yingzhi of the Provincial TV Station, Xia Chuchu, the host of the Lang Man Hand-in-Hand column of the Provincial TV Station, and a little sister of mine. ”

Xu Lizhong let out a "hmm", hung up the phone, and turned around to repeat Ye Ming's words to Secretary Lu.

As soon as Secretary Lu heard that a deputy director of the provincial TV station was there, he immediately guessed Ye Ming's intentions: the provincial TV station was preparing to change the leader, and the deputy director somehow knew the relationship between Ye Ming and himself and Xu Lizhong, so he found Ye Ming and wanted to ask him to match him.

However, despite this, Secretary Lu still came up with the idea of going to eat with Ye Ming in person: now, as long as he has the opportunity, he wants to be with his son. In particular, he especially likes and enjoys the atmosphere of eating with his son. In addition, Ye Ming is now with Xia Chuchu again, and Xia Chuchu is the candidate for his favorite daughter-in-law. When he was having dinner at Secretary Li Runji's house last night, he saw Ye Ming and Xia Chuchu together, like a pair of golden boys and girls, which made him feel very happy, comforted, and down-to-earth.

Therefore, he now wants to experience the feeling of having his son present and watching him eat.

So, he stood up and said to Xu Lizhong: "Lizhong, you call Xiao Ye, just say that I want to fight the tooth sacrifice tonight and go to them to eat." However, they are not allowed to alarm the others, just a few people in their box, and don't call some miscellaneous people to come over. ”

Xu Lizhong was taken aback when he heard Secretary Lu say that he was going over for dinner. However, he quickly understood: Secretary Lu has now doted on Ye Ming to the point of a gaffe, so he will make such an outrageous move now.

So, he dialed Ye Ming's phone again and relayed Secretary Lu's words to him.