Hearing the somewhat helpless but firm meaning in Zhong Bai's words, Lu Xudong had no choice but to pat Zhong Bai on the shoulder and said, "Since you are willing to focus on work, then you should think about it...... But I have to have two more drinks with Counselor Xiong tonight, after all, we are from Tiandu, and it doesn't hurt you to be closer. ”

Zhong Bai nodded and said, "I will, Director Lu." ”

So Lu Xudong once again picked up the wine bottle and ran to other tables to start hand-to-hand combat, Zhong Bai rarely took advantage of the gap to pick a few more chopsticks hot dishes, and soon after he got down, the comrades from the embassy flocked to him.

Because the theme of tonight's banquet is to celebrate, although it is Deputy Director Lu Xudong who leads the team, yes, everyone also knows that Zhong Bai is the actual protagonist in this scene, so many pairs of eyes are staring at him, and as soon as they saw that he was free, they immediately rushed over!

"Secretary Liu, okay, I'll do ...... this cup"

"Director Li, thank you for your blessings, I did ......"

"Consul Zhang, I will definitely make more contributions to our delegation in the next time, I did ......"

Cup after cup of Moutai is down, even the iron man can't stand it.

At Ambassador Qin's suggestion, the moment he swallowed the last glass of summary wine, Zhong Bai felt that the world was spinning in front of him, he lost consciousness, and finally couldn't bear it and fell softly on the chair.

Although Ambassador Qin still wanted to continue the celebration banquet, he saw that Zhong Bai was drunk and the atmosphere was almost in place, so he finally reluctantly made an ending speech, and the delegation returned to the hotel.

In the car sent by the embassy, Lu Xudong looked at Zhong Bai, who was lying in the back seat and had begun to fall asleep, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "Xiao Zhong, Xiao Zhong, why are you such an excellent young man, but I can't see through it at all......"

……

In the middle of the night, Zhong Bai was awakened by thirst.

He got up in a daze and turned on the bedside lamp, touched a cup of herbal tea and took a few sips, and then he sobered up a little.

It seems that the last moment of memory is still when I saw everyone get up at the banquet, I don't know how much wine I drank today? Did you lose your words after drinking?

The memory of his inexplicable death due to drinking in his previous life struck again, and Zhong Bai felt that his head was a little wooden, so he had to sit quietly on the single sofa and lean back and sigh.

Lu Xudong's preference for himself was undoubtedly revealed during this trip to Switzerland.

If the previous contact with him was only because of work, then this time Lu Xudong took the initiative to introduce Counselor Xiong to him, which is obviously a bit more than Zhong Bai's cognition.

Not only did he smile wryly and shake his head, it seems that no matter what era it is, an excellent single young man is destined to be asked about marriage by others, whether it is parents, relatives, elders or leaders.

Zhong Bai didn't move much, but Wu Xiaoping on the bed next door had already woken up because of his light sleep.

"Hmm...... Xiao Zhong, are you awake? Wu Xiaoping rubbed his eyes and looked at his watch: "It's only half past four, hungry?" ”

"Sort of." Zhong Bai replied casually: "Secretary Wu, I'm sorry for delaying your rest." ”

"Look at your kindness." Wu Xiaoping has lived with Zhong Bai for the past two days, and the friendship between the two has also warmed up rapidly, plus he was originally in charge of logistics, so he quickly put on his clothes and got up: "Are you still drunk?" I'll get some hot water, you stay. ”

Regardless of whether Zhong Baitong disagreed or not, Wu Xiaoping quickly poured out the herbal tea in his teacup, brewed a new cup of hot tea, made himself a cup casually, and sat opposite Zhong Bai.

"You can't sleep with this posture?" Zhong Bai saw that the other party had no intention of returning to the cage, and he was happy.

Wu Xiaoping grinned, and got up and turned on the lamp by the way: "I haven't fallen completely yet, I'm awake anyway, what are you sleeping?" Tomorrow is also a tight schedule, so I'll get up and do my homework first. ”

"Compact arrangement? Isn't it free? Is there anything else? Zhong Bai recalled, as if the business had been done, and asked strangely.

"It's true to be free, but it's the first time for the leaders to come to Switzerland, so we have to plan a route or something, right?" Wu Xiaoping smiled bitterly: "You fell asleep when you sent it back last night, I checked a lot of information, and asked the comrades in the embassy before leaving, and only after learning a lot of information did I make a two-day itinerary, I hope everyone can be satisfied......

As he spoke, Wu Xiaoping picked up a densely written itinerary on the table.

Zhong Bai was a little curious when he heard this, and stretched out his hand to the other party and said, "Oh? And the itinerary? Can you show me? ”

"Whoa." Wu Xiaoping said to himself while handing over the self-made itinerary: "The leaders want to go shopping in Bern tomorrow, shouldn't the foreign exchange we saved during this period also come in handy?" ”

Zhong Bai took it and looked at the content on it, and couldn't help but admire Wu Xiaoping a little.

He had been to Switzerland many times in his previous life, and he had a lot of experience in the two famous Swiss cities of Bern and Geneva, but Wu Xiaoping was able to make a fairly suitable itinerary in such a short time, which made Zhong Bai impressed by this secretary.

The schedule is almost full, with several of the city's main shopping districts, shopping spots, and some scenic spots along the road, and the nearby restaurants that are very well packed throughout the day, and which can satisfy most people after their first visit to Bern.

But Zhong Bai thought about it, handed back the itinerary to the other party, and asked: "Secretary Wu, this itinerary is well prepared, but I have a question, the price here in Switzerland is not low, and with the little Swiss francs left by each of our big guys, I'm afraid we won't be able to buy anything we want." ”

Wu Xiaoping smiled mysteriously, leaned over and lowered his voice to Zhong Bai: "Of course, but after the banquet last night, I contacted the comrades in the embassy and found a way to exchange 500 Swiss francs from them for the leaders' unexpected needs, which is much more convenient." ”

CHF 500?

Zhong Bai couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard this number.

Although it is still 1981, 500 Swiss francs is 3,500 yuan according to the exchange rate, which is definitely not a small amount for any ordinary person in China, but do not forget that the exchange rate and purchasing power of the Swiss franc are very stable and strong in the world, which means that even now, 500 Swiss francs can buy not much.

Anyway, all of them who came to Switzerland this time are leaders at or above the department level, and they have some savings, and they finally want to go abroad to buy more good things to take home, and it is not an exaggeration to say that some leaders in the delegation may have prepared a lot of money in advance for shopping after doing their business this time, of course, it is all RMB.