Chapter Seventy-Five: The Art of Gift-Giving
The Song Dynasty calligraphy and paintings in the box and the Ming Dynasty jewelry were separated, two sets of jewelry and 20 gold bars were put into the safe in the office by Tang Cheng, and the Song Dynasty calligraphy and paintings were put back into the box by Tang Cheng, and he was going to use these calligraphy and paintings to borrow flowers and offer Buddha. He likes to fiddle with antique calligraphy and paintings and all kinds of jade, and many old people in the intelligence department know this, but no one dares to swagger in and out of the director's office with these things, Tang Cheng is the first person to be bold.
"It was given to me by someone else, and you know, I don't know much about this kind of stuff at my age. The last time I came to you, I felt that nothing on the wall looked too plain, and these calligraphy and paintings could be used to hang on the wall. When you are tired from work, you can also stop working, walk around the office and move your body, and look at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall by the way, which can be regarded as a combination of work and rest! Tang Cheng was very generous in giving gifts, but when he spoke, he seemed a little lacking in confidence, but Secretary Yao, who listened to it, almost didn't laugh out loud on the spot.
The seat has always hated the corruption and perversion of the law, and if it was someone else who gave gifts to his office at this moment, he might have been furious, but when this person was Tang Cheng, the seat had a different attitude. With the help of Secretary Yao, the four pairs of Song Dynasty calligraphy and paintings in the box were quickly opened and arranged on the table, and everyone leaned over to look at them with great interest for a while. Tang Cheng peeped at the expression and reaction of the seat, the latter should be satisfied, it seems that he can send more such things in the future.
"Did you deliver something to the guy upstairs?" Zhang Jianghe's expression and voice were full of sourness, because just yesterday, a pair of ancient calligraphy and paintings that he quietly sent upstairs through Secretary Yao was actually taken back by Secretary Yao early this morning. But the stinky boy in front of him actually went upstairs with a box openly, and when he came down from the upstairs, this stinky boy was already empty-handed, how could this not make Zhang Jianghe secretly annoyed in his heart.
As soon as he heard Zhang Jianghe's voice and the content of the question, Tang Cheng knew that Zhang Jianghe must have something in his heart, and asked a few random side knocks, and then he figured out what Zhang Jianghe was for! "Uncle, I'm not talking about you, you're too frizzy! Gift-giving is also exquisite! Tang Cheng ignored Zhang Jiang and his already blue faces, and just explained to the other party in a low voice. You are now the deputy stationmaster of Chongqing Station, and in the case of the stationmaster being transferred, you are the highest position in Chongqing Station! ”
"The fact that he has not said anything about the selection of the stationmaster does not mean that he intends to transfer another stationmaster from outside, or that he has decided to promote you to take over the position of stationmaster. He didn't make a statement, he just didn't make a statement, you must not speculate on his thoughts, as long as you do your own thing, he will see it. The more this time, the more you have to be steady, and you are sitting in Chongqing to arrange the site, and the more thoughts are to look at the Sichuan army, rather than asking you to come here to guide the country to do great things. ”
"Think about Xu Zifeng before, what kind of ability does that thing have, he knows how to eat and drink all day long, and by the way, he gets money into his pocket. But why didn't the seat clean him up, just transfer him out of Chongqing and finish it? Tang Cheng's continuous questioning made Zhang Jianghe a little confused, and he subconsciously felt that there was something wrong with Tang Cheng's questions, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.
"I just want to say, at this time, you should be as stable as Mount Tai, the seat did not express his position for a long time, but he did not show the idea of leaving Chongqing, in my opinion, this is the meaning of helping you on the platform, you should take this good opportunity to win the hearts of these guys in Chongqing Station, so that the seat can see that you have the ability and wrist to control Chongqing Station." Tang Cheng said so much freely, in fact, only the last paragraph was his ultimate goal.
As the so-called words wake up the person in the dream, Tang Cheng's last words made Zhang Jianghe react instantly, it seems that he has been thinking in the wrong direction these days. "Therefore, if you send something at this time, it will only make the person upstairs who classifies you and Xu Zifeng in the same category, and he doesn't need a person like Xu Zifeng to control Chongqing Station." Having said this, Tang Cheng stretched out his hand and tapped on the files on the table, Zhang Jianghe looked down at those files, and suddenly realized in his heart.
Originally, only someone needed to watch the people of the Sichuan Army, but now the Chongqing station has cracked a number of Japanese intelligence sites lurking in Chongqing, and the weight of the Chongqing station is naturally different. "Then why did he accept it when you sent something?" Zhang Jianghe, whose mentality has changed, finally asked about gift-giving without understanding.
"Can that be the same?" Tang Cheng squinted at Zhang Jianghe helplessly, "You are his subordinate, or the successor of the stationmaster he values, you give him a gift, it is called a bribe." I'm different, first of all, I'm not from your intelligence department, and I don't ask him to help me when I send him things. Secondly, I am a junior, and that little thing is at most a little bit of affection from the junior to the elder, which has nothing to do with bribery. The smile on Tang Cheng's face annoyed Zhang Jianghe, and he immediately drove Tang Cheng out of his office.
Zhang Jianghe drove Tang Cheng away, just wanted to be alone and quiet for a while, according to Tang Cheng's temperament, Zhang Jianghe thought that this kid would at least not bother himself again today. But he didn't expect that just an hour later, Tang Cheng appeared in his office again, and just like before, Tang Cheng came with a box this time. "What are you going to do here?" Looking at the box in Tang Cheng's hand that didn't seem to be light, Zhang Jianghe was very helpless.
"Uncle, don't be kind enough to be a donkey's liver and lungs!" Zhang Jianghe's expression at this moment made Tang Cheng smile, and said in his heart, "It's not too late for you to wait until you see the things in the box to get angry!" As he spoke, Tang Cheng put the box in his hand on the table, then opened the box in front of Zhang Jianghe, and took out a few tightly wrapped bags of things from the box. "This is the cordyceps and saffron that I asked someone to get from Tibet, and this thing is a good tonic for middle-aged and elderly people like you."
Tang Cheng directly classified Zhang Jianghe as a middle-aged and elderly person in his words, how could this prevent Zhang Jianghe from jumping like thunder, but Tang Cheng had a way to make Zhang Jianghe calm down immediately. "I also have a few medicinal diet prescriptions prescribed by the old Chinese medicine doctor in the city, and these recipes will use cordyceps and saffron, which have a good effect on health care. I heard that the old master of the Huichun Hall is over ninety years old this year, and he can still eat, take a bath and go to the toilet by himself. Uncle, don't you want to try and live to be 90 years old? You don't want to, and my aunt doesn't want to? And the one upstairs? ”
Zhang Jianghe didn't know anything about the so-called medicinal diet, but at this moment, he saw that Tang Cheng was talking about it, and the old master of the Huichun Hall in the city was indeed over ninety years old, and he could still go up the mountain to collect medicine and go down to the river to fish. "Uncle, this gift should be sent to the idea, just like these medicinal materials, you can take it yourself and hand it directly to the seat, if it is through Secretary Yao's hands, it will be not good, it will make the seat feel that you are not sincere in giving the gift." When Tang Cheng put the wrapped medicinal materials back into the box, he didn't forget to tell Zhang Jianghe.
Seeing that Zhang Jianghe didn't seem to be angry because of his words, Tang Cheng continued, "Uncle, now is the best time for you to take over the position of stationmaster of Chongqing Station, there are many people in the Nanjing headquarters with the same qualifications as you, do you want to transfer another stationmaster to Chongqing Station?" Xu Zifeng is a waste who eats and waits for death, so he doesn't embarrass you, but if the new stationmaster is a strong one, he will definitely not sit idly by and watch you monopolize all the external actions of Chongqing Station. ”
"Moreover, our family members have also moved to Chongqing, and you, the deputy stationmaster, are actually our reliance and backstage. If you don't have authority in your hands, do you think we can still live so nourishingly here? Or they are restrained everywhere, sitting back and watching the target haunt but unable to pursue it..."Tang Cheng only stopped halfway through his words, because Zhang Jianghe's expression was already a little distorted, and Tang Cheng knew that Zhang Jianghe already understood what he wanted to express.
Zhang Jianghe didn't want to be seen as a perfunctory trender, so even if Tang Cheng brought herbs and medicinal recipes, Zhang Jianghe still didn't want to take these things upstairs. But at the same time, he also admitted that what Tang Cheng just said was right, once the upstairs person decided to transfer another stationmaster from the Nanjing headquarters to Chongqing, his power would inevitably be restricted, and he would only be the one who would suffer at that time, and perhaps Tang Cheng and his family would be implicated.
Zhang Jiang and the heavens and men in their hearts fought for a while, and finally they still had a stiff face and went upstairs with the box. Tang Cheng waited in Zhang Jianghe's office for a long time, and finally waited for Zhang Jianghe to come down from upstairs, only to see that Zhang Jianghe did not come down with a suitcase, Tang Cheng felt a small leap in his heart, and said that Yumu Gada had finally opened his mind. "I was really killed by you this time, I want to be famous in this life!" After pouring two cups of herbal tea in succession, Zhang Jianghe felt that his hot face gradually calmed down.
"When I was carrying the box upstairs just now, I happened to be seen by the people in the telecommunications department, and when I came down from the upper floor, there were a lot of people in the corridor, and all of them were secretly peeking at me." Zhang Jianghe explained the reason, and Tang Cheng laughed, and even called this the best way to give gifts. Zhang Jianghe was extremely helpless when he heard it, but he didn't say anything to teach Tang Cheng a lesson, after all, the box of things, the one upstairs happily accepted it.