"Yes, your appointment has already arrived. I'm about to call you to inform you that you don't have to come back now, so hurry up and get your ticket back or change your ticket to come back at the Chinese New Year. ”

Hearing Chen Ming's surprised voice, Lu Huaicheng said with a smile on the phone. Chen Ming was reluctant to leave the Dongjiang base of the Southeast Fleet, but people always have to grow up. Chen Ming can't live under his own protection all the time.

"Yes, I'll change it right away."

Chen Ming thought about it for a while, and the flight he bought had four hours to take off, and it was completely too late to refund and change the ticket. As for spending more money, are they all people with Vacheron Constantin, and they still feel sorry for this money?

It seems to be a little distressing, but fortunately I bought an economy class ticket. Without waiting for long for him to feel distressed, Chen Ming suddenly thought of a serious problem.

"That's right, Uncle Ru. Where should I go to report? I had just come out of the destroyer detachment, and I had called you when I knew I should have disembarked. ”

It seems that I have wasted a lot of fares. emmm.......

"You go to the headquarters first. Your assignment was sent to the fleet by the headquarters, and I don't know your specific work arrangements. But no matter where you go or what you do, you have to do it well. You are the person who went out of our Dongjiang base, don't disgrace me. ”

Lu Huaicheng's tone was flat and authentic. Although the headquarters did not specify the work unit on the appointment, he thought about the topic he heard when some old comrades-in-arms serving in the North Sea Fleet chatted, and he had already roughly guessed what it was for.

"Yes, don't worry. I'm going to leave for the capital right now. ”

Chen Ming hung up the phone and walked to the check-in counter, paid a handling fee and changed the ticket to the flight to Beijing. This flight departs much earlier than the one to Dongjiang. Chen Ming didn't wait long before boarding the plane to the capital.

At the naval headquarters in the Xicheng District of the capital, Chen Ming couldn't remember how many times he had been here. I came here when I was a lieutenant, and the captain seems to have been here, and now the lieutenant colonel is here again.

And when he was promoted to major, he also met with the head of the headquarters. In ancient times, was this considered a Jane in the heart of the emperor?

While secretly laughing at his thoughts in his mind, he showed his military ID card at the guard at the door to register. The Navy Command is standard loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and it is actually very simple to get into the command.

Booking a hotel online is fine. That's right, the Navy Guest House is inside the headquarters, and as long as you register at the gate with your room card, you will be released

But to get into the real headquarters office area, the inspection is much stricter. After going through layers of inspections and verification, Chen Ming walked into the building of the Navy Headquarters.

He's a little blind when he comes in, who should he go to? Lu Huaicheng didn't either. After thinking about it, I am a cadre, so let's go to the cadre and ask first.

The people in the cadre department were also stunned when they heard Chen Ming's words. What's that? The leader of your unit called you to come to the headquarters, but the problem is that you are not on the appointee, and the reporting unit has not written it, so how do they know who to call?

After Chen Ming and several officers on duty in the cadre department stared at each other for a moment, one of them went to find the director of the cadre department. Hearing Chen Ming's name, the director of the cadre department looked at Chen Ming meaningfully, it was the chief who instructed him to go directly to Commander Wu's office.

In the eyes of the rest of the comrades in the cadre department looking at the big guy, Chen Ming thanked the director and walked upstairs.

Chen Ming and Commander Wu had met several times, but it was the first time that they had actually seen him in the office of the deputy commander, which belonged to him. Looking at the old man with the shining star on his shoulder on the seat across from the wide desk, and then at the national flag and military flag behind him, Chen Ming unconsciously felt a pressure.

"What? It's only been a year since I saw it, how did it become so restrained? ”

Commander Wu looked at Chen Ming's appearance that he was not sitting down now, and couldn't help but quip a little funny. The young man in front of him, he can be regarded as watching him step by step from a lieutenant who graduated recently to a lieutenant colonel. The complexion looks very intimate

"It's a little nervous, it's a bit formal here."

Chen Ming felt that Commander Wu's cordial attitude relaxed a lot.

"If I'm not mistaken, the first time I saw you back then, it was in the conference room of the Eastern Fleet, the investigation and inquiry of the 361 boat accident investigation team. That scene should be more formal than it is now, right? Why haven't I seen you so nervous? ”

"It's not my responsibility, I'm not afraid. Plus, newborn calves aren't afraid of tigers. ”

Chen Ming heard Commander Wu's words, and replied with a smile.

"It's old-fashioned if you haven't talked for a year, I remember that you only turned 27 years old. Your lieutenant colonel promotion was only agreed to by me with a nod from your fleet, and I don't like the way you are now. ”

Chen Ming was a little stunned when he heard Commander Wu's words. Without waiting for Chen Ming to order anything, Commander Wu continued.

"A soldier should have the appearance of a soldier, there is one, there is two. The reason why I like you young people is because you are hot-blooded, you are pure, and you don't have that kind of bureaucracy. Although I understand that people always have to grow up, and sometimes there are elements forced by the environment to be in it, I hope that you can keep your original intention and think about the oath you made when you joined the People's Navy. ”

After Commander Wu finished, he probably felt that he was a little too much, and then added.

"Hey, people love to nag when they're old. I've seen all your actions and performances during this time, and you're a good guy. But you took my words to heart just now. Don't go astray in life and work. ”

"Yes, please rest assured, chief!"

Chen Ming heard Commander Wu's reminder and immediately stood up and replied.

Chen Ming can understand Commander Wu's painstaking efforts, firstly, he is afraid that he will be promoted soon, and secondly, he is afraid that he will be lost after his rank rises and slowly holds the power in his hands.

Although Commander Wu and Lu Huaicheng's previous points were a bit contradictory, Chen Ming could understand the meaning of the two old rao, and they were all for their own good.

"Alright, let's sit down here. Drink some tea with me, an old man, and talk about business. ”

After finishing Commander Wu, he stood up and walked to the sofa and coffee table in front of the desk. Stretched out his hand to signal Chen Ming to sit down, and then called the secretary to ask him to make two cups of tea.

"Chen Ming, do you have any plans or ideas for your development in the Navy?"

"What about me?"

Chen Ming paused when he heard Commander Wu's question. Own thoughts? I originally planned to work in the Navy forever, but can I say that, or, do I still think so?

"Forgot what you just said? Soldiers, you can do whatever you want! ”

"Yes, actually, I didn't want to stay in the Navy in the first place."