"The hotel has arrived, the funds are limited, and the budget has not been approved, please forgive me."

Mayor Xu wanted to go around and open the door for Chen Bo, but he didn't expect Chen Bo to be one step ahead and get out of the car first.

"It's okay, home cooking, whatever you want." Chen Bo knew that most of this kind of dinner was used to talk about things, but filling his stomach was always the first priority, and as for the content of the conversation, he would act at the right time.

The furnishings of the hotel are not like a private place, there is no tea and liquor town, and the price of the menu hanging in the hall is also very close to the people.

"Mom and Dad, I'm back." Chen Bo located the location of the two according to the photos on the file, which happened to be next to the main seat, and they could be seen without much effort.

"Chen Bo, you're finally back, you've worked hard along the way." Chen's father stepped forward to help drag the luggage, Chen Bo handed over the lighter bag, and put the suitcase in the corner of the road.

"Student Chen, you are very forgetful, I will introduce you again, this is Secretary Ning in front of you, and next to you are Representative Xiao, Representative Wang and Representative Li, just such a person, don't be restrained later."

"Okay, are you ready to serve? I'm a little hungry. ”

"No problem, I'll just give orders."

After Mayor Xu left, Chen Bo was invited to the main seat by everyone, and he sat upright, trying not to show his expression.

"Don't you hate dinners? Want to eat so much today? Dad Chen smiled.

Chen's mother elbowed her elbow and said angrily: "Bad old man, let's say a few words, people are finally interested, don't open which pot you don't mention." ”

"It's good to meet people, I think you can't always stay at home and integrate into society, that's the meaning of life." Chen Bo finished prevaricating and wanted to find some water on the table to drink, so he took a glass from the turntable and filled it with juice first.

"You've finally grown up, and I didn't listen to what I told you before, good guy, I've opened up yourself." Dad Chen's face was full of relief, and he also poured a glass full of juice and said, "Come on, come on, have a drink." ”

"Okay." Chen Bo coped with the juice easily, and after drinking one glass, he calmly poured the second glass.

Before the dinner, as usual, the meeting was followed by a speech by Doudong, and Mayor Xu and Secretary Ning each spoke a few short words, which was nothing more than thanking Chen Bo for moving his face and cooperating and exchanging experiences in the future.

"Here, cheers." Mayor Xu raised the glass full of juice, and Chen Bo only then noticed that everyone didn't drink.

"Don't you all drink?" Chen Bo, who drank it all, was confused.

"Drinking? Does Chen want to drink? I'll ask the waiter to open a few bottles for you to rinse your mouth. ”

Mayor Xu just wanted to beckon the waiter on call outside to come in, but was stopped by Chen Bo in time.

"No, no, no, I just asked casually, and I don't drink it."

"Haha, drinking is already the old yellow calendar of my parents' generation, Lao Xu, are there any people who drink in our leadership team?" Secretary Ning asked.

Mayor Xu thought for a while and said: "There are two who drink beer, and no one else drinks it, especially female compatriots, who only drink milk tea, which is still three points sweet." ”

"Classmate Chen, do many people drink alcohol in Yuanyu?"

"No, but it's a bit higher than here." Chen Bo didn't know the specific situation, so he just talked nonsense.

"When I first became a clerk, the leader thief liked to drink, whether it was a celebration or a New Year's holiday, every time I couldn't escape, a bottle of 52 degrees of liquor was placed in front of me, who didn't drink it was not allowed to leave, I drank and vomited at first, and then mastered the skills, knew how to drink slowly and sipped, and swallowed the food, which raised the image of the dinner."

Secretary Ning recalled the eventful years more than 20 years ago, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "At that time, I was thinking, it's these people in power who like to drink, after ten or twenty years, when the old things are retired, we don't drink if we are in power, so naturally we don't have to drink." ”

Mayor Xu reminded: "Secretary Ning, be careful, what old things, that is intangible culture, a treasure of the human spirit." ”

"Hahaha, Lao Wu shouldn't be so stingy, after all, I often spoke ill of him when he didn't retire." Secretary Ning shook his head with a smile and dried up the rest of the juice.

As the new generation stepped onto the stage of history, the wine table culture was swept into the dust of history, and the former young people used other ways to socialize, and hard currency such as liquor was replaced by trendy figures, and even out-of-print weapons and equipment for a popular game.

"I don't know if Moutai's stock price is okay..."

Chen Bo's thoughts jumped quickly, and when he was working, he heard his colleagues complain that it is better to buy liquor than to buy anything, and the rhetoric that everything is good for Moutai is endless, since the monopoly position has been broken, the logical system that supports the valuation will also collapse.

The old guys like to fight who drinks more, the small amount of the two, the large amount of pounds, don't look at the small cup, the taste is not the general rush, a mouthful of stuffy novices are easy to be put down three or five cups.

The "little young" who drink juice naturally don't have to think about getting drunk, they fight for kidney function, one cup at a time, everyone drinks almost 1 liter, and the new rule is that they are not allowed to go to the toilet before the end of the meal, so experienced people will empty themselves before the meal.

In fact, both of them are the embodiment of the obedience test, the difference is that drinking alcohol hurts the liver, and drinking juice hurts the kidneys, but for people now, the acceptance of drinking juice is obviously higher than drinking, Chen Bo looked at the expressions of several people, and seemed to be enjoying it.

"Recently, the number of public employees recruited has been declining every year, and we are almost becoming an unemployment benefit center."

"I remember when you didn't say garbage heaps last time? Those who can't find a job in the big city will come back. Deputy Wang corrected.

"No, no, no, if it's a garbage heap, then what are we." Secretary Ning pretended to be serious, looked around, the expression on his face couldn't hold back, and he laughed loudly.

"It's so sad that I haven't hired anyone this year." Mayor Xu said.

"There's nothing to be sad about, it's been the case for three years in a row." Deputy Li emphasized.

"I remember that there were three of them the year before last?" Mayor Xu asked.

Representative Li explained: "After two weeks of running, I said it was too boring, hey, the people who have been staying in the system still have memorials, and the others have already gone to the game to be happy." ”

"The department has few people, will it affect work efficiency?" Chen Bo asked a pointed question.

Secretary Ning replied: "No, I don't need so many people to work, I just graduated from the department of 7 people, write a notice material and hold a seminar, and then transfer 3, the efficiency is higher." ”

"Everyone knows that you don't need to work so much, just to stabilize employment, you have to recruit so much every year."

"But the more you recruit, the lower the efficiency, the more the leaders feel that there is a shortage of people."

"Vicious circle, this matter has not been complained about by many people, I think it is good now."

"It's good, there's detailed data on everything, we know where the price of pork is going to be in the coming year, and we know how many new babies are expected to be born each day, including the male-to-female ratio."

"Speaking of which, this year's birth rate has been at a new low for eight consecutive years." Secretary Ning frowned.

Mayor Xu shrugged helplessly: "This is the trend, no one wants to have children, I don't know which genius said that parents should be trained, and they should take exams, good guys, young people are afraid of trouble and simply don't give birth." ”

"I remember you were a staunch supporter back then." Deputy Li turned over old accounts.

"Who knew it would become like this, the news at that time was full of irresponsible parents, all kinds of bear children vicious minors, I can only say...."

"Nothing is predictable, this is life, come, cheers." Secretary Ning raised his glass to resolve the embarrassment.