It's not a good thing to have too many banquets, Meng Dongran answered six phone calls in the afternoon, all of which invited him to sit together, except for his old classmate Sun Guofeng, there were five more. Meng Dongran was a little embarrassed, and felt that he couldn't push anyone, so he should go and sit, but he was really not in the mood today, and he didn't have the skills to do it.

"Sitting" means very profoundly, and there are several kinds of situations, Meng Dongran has always been very cautious in this regard, more often, he only accepts invitations between friends, and strives to be courteous. He turned down invitations from businesses, especially developers or commercial brokers. There is no way, eating people with short mouths and soft hands, behind the sweetness is often strong poison, Meng Dongran has to guard against it. Friends are different, after a long time, everyone needs to communicate together, contact feelings, exchange information, this kind of friends are in fact allies, each other is in the same trench. Almost every person in officialdom has such a trench, and there is also such a group of allied troops, and it is all nonsense to fight alone. Meng Dongran is no exception, but since he served as the deputy secretary general of the municipal government, he has slowly narrowed this circle, as much as possible to streamline what can be streamlined, and try his best to alienate those who can be alienated. After arriving at the National Development and Reform Commission, Meng Dongran would invite these people to gather every week or two, and he could grasp a lot of information in his mouth, especially about the delicate and headache-inducing relationship between the municipal party committee, the people's congress, and the three sets of leading groups, which he learned from this channel. At present, the CPPCC is completely on the sidelines of the four major groups in Tongjiang, and people have self-knowledge, so they will not insert if they can't get in, and they will manage their own one-third of an acre of land, and they will raise flowers and birds, and let the committee members arrange to take a bath if they are really bored. The people's congress should also have this self-knowledge, but unfortunately the Tongjiang people's congress is a little special, according to Pan Xiangming's arrival in Tongjiang, is to the secretary of the municipal party committee and the director of the people's congress, but Pan Xiangming carried forward the style, with a high profile to the provincial party committee, to give up the position of director, to fulfill Chang Guoan. This also brought his relationship with Chang Guoan a big step closer, so that Chang Guoan, a local snake, had a certain tacit understanding with Pan Xiangming, a strong dragon, and formed a new alliance. As early as when Zhao Naizin took out the word "generation" on his head, Chang Guoan secretly exerted his strength and almost squeezed Zhao Naizin out of Tongjiang. Zhao Naizin broke through the danger, and there were a series of actions in his hands, which took special "care" of the National People's Congress, which often made Chang Guoan angry. For Chang Guoan, who is shaded and cool under the tree, not to mention "care", Meng Dongran is the exception. Chang Zhao and the two fought, Pan Xiang obviously didn't know what to wear, but secretly watched the excitement, the excitement was too much, came out to mediate, patted this shoulder, hugged that neck, and pressed the contradiction down. There are also those who really can't be suppressed, so let them fight, and fight to the death. The increase in water prices by the water supply company and the water pollution incident in the two newly developed communities in Tongjiang are typical examples of this. When these things reach the mouths of Meng Dongran and their gang, they have become a good dish to accompany the wine, meat and vegetables, and then mix some spices to give you a lot of flavor.

On this day, Meng Dongran was invited by Qiao Liangyu, Secretary-General of the National People's Congress, Liu Zejiang, Deputy Secretary-General, and Su Hongyan, General Manager of Tongjiang Water Supply Company and known as Tongjiang Wild Lily. Xie Huamin, chairman of Guanghua, also called unexpectedly, and expressed his intention to sit alone with Meng Dongran in a reserved and subtle manner.

Meng Dongran was stumped, how did these people come up in one go, just like he, the director of the National Development and Reform Commission, suddenly appreciated, he didn't know who to take his feet to, and which one should he give his stomach to this meal at night? struggled back and forth, and suddenly understood that there was actually only one person who stumped him: Xie Huamin.

Xie Huamin's peach blossom smile like the spring breeze blooming in front of his eyes.

The mobile phone rang again, it was the office director Li Kaiwang calling, Meng Dongran coughed, and asked Li Kaiwang: "What's the matter?" ”

Li Kaiwang's voice was a little anxious: "Director, it's still a matter of black labor, Chen Fei has already agreed, this matter will not be reported again, I thought her words counted, this afternoon she suddenly came to Tongjiang again, and brought five or six colleagues." I am now in Guanghua Group, Mr. Xie is not there, Chen Fei quarreled with Vice President Fan of Guanghua, Vice President Fan wanted to use radical means, but I blocked him. ”

Meng Dongran exploded as soon as he heard it, this Chen Fei, Sun Guofeng had already given her 500,000 advertising fees, and Guanghua also gave her a generous gift in disguise, why was she still unwilling?

"What nonsense, she can turn the sky over as a reporter, you ask her, what do you want to do?!"

"Director, don't be angry, Chen Fei has been appeased by me, and Section Chief Xiao of the Propaganda Department is also in Guanghua, but there is a person named Shi Jian who came with Chen Fei, who is a special attention column of the provincial TV station, this person is really a bit excessive, and he actually ......"

Meng Dongran chuckled in his heart, and subconsciously asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Kaiwang said: "He scolded Section Chief Xiao and cried. ”

Meng Dongran's forcibly suppressed fire rushed up: "A bunch of dog things, do they want to turn the sky upside down?" ”

Meng Dongran has always had no good impression of the reporter group, and may have had a lot of contact, and he is very sad about those guys in the reporter group who don't know the sky, are empty-eyed, shout around with a press card, and do whatever they want. On weekdays, he can barely be polite to others, but once he is provoked, the fire in his heart can't wait to burn out immediately. Li Kaiwang didn't dare to say more, he wanted to ask Meng Dongran to come forward and suppress the field at night, if this matter was not suppressed, it would be really difficult to burn a few more wildfires. As soon as he heard Meng Dongran angry, he still didn't dare to say the words pressed under his tongue, and hung up the phone stupidly.

After talking to Li Kaiwang on the phone, Mayor Zhao Naizin called in again, and asked: "What's going on with that Chen Fei, it's endless, isn't it?" ”

Meng Dongran hurriedly explained: "I just heard about it, and I'm trying to find a way to solve it, please rest assured that the mayor can't afford to stir up the storm." ”

"You go to see her in person, and tell her clearly that there are black workers, and if her pen can extinguish such a thing as black workers, I, Zhao Naizin, will personally go to the newspaper office to ask for credit for her."

"The mayor is angry, the mayor is angry, the yellow-haired girl doesn't know the severity, I'll go over and report to you when I'm done."

Zhao Naizin said indignantly: "I'm afraid that the world will not be chaotic!" Then he hung up the phone. Meng Dongran calmed down for a while, grabbed the phone and called Li Kaiwang again, asking how to arrange it in the afternoon? Li Kaiwang said that they had arrived at the Jinhai Hall of the Wuzhou Hotel, the standard of 1,000 per guest, Section Chief Xiao was angry and ran away, and he asked Section Chief Huang of the Propaganda Department and Mr. Zhai of Tongjiang Daily to accompany him. Meng Dongran smiled in his heart, where is the Wuzhou Hotel, he doesn't dare to invite guests to this place on weekdays, but it's no wonder that Li Kaiwang is in a hurry, Li Kaiwang must be anxious, so he eased his tone and said, "Okay, I'll go over later." ”

As soon as he heard that Meng Dongran was going over, Li Kaiwang was excited: "Director, I'll pick you up, right?" ”

"I don't know what the road is, you can accompany me with peace of mind, by the way, the wine should be on Wuliangye, don't give me the whole Moutai."

As soon as he heard this, Li Kaiwang knew that Meng Dongran was going to fight for wine.

When Meng Dongran walked into the Jinhai Hall, a large group of reporters were dancing with their eyebrows. Chen Fei sat on the sofa, with stilted legs, and a "soft seven stars" in his mouth, more manly than a man. But she is not a fake master, Meng Dongran only glanced at it, and found that this ladyboy was a little overdone. The appearance is definitely first-class, and the coquettish is not a problem, but Meng Dongran doesn't like this kind of woman, she is too flamboyant and domineering. There are two kinds of women's beauty, one is subtle, introverted, like green mountains and green waters, and temptation is always hidden in the depths; The other is like Chen Fei, who is wild and aggressive, and his gestures give people a sense of oppression. This kind of woman is typical of the lack of affinity. Opposite Chen Fei, a man with black-framed glasses with an inch head was saliva flying, talking about financial policies, no need to look closely, just by talking with his teeth and claws, Meng Dongran judged that he was Shi Jian of the TV station.

After more than 20 years of rolling and climbing, Meng Dongran has not only cultivated a golden gun without being pampered or frightened, but also practiced a pair of fiery eyes, no need to talk to strangers, just glance at it, what kind of character this person has, and whether he can have a deep friendship in his heart. He glanced at it, and sure enough, it was a rabble.

Seeing him come in, Chen Fei pretended not to see it, still stilted his legs, and had a verbal fight with Shi Jian, saying the kind of wild words like three-point vegetarian and seven-point meat, which was not on the stage, and lacked humor, and it sounded vulgar. Shi Jian glanced back at him, but he didn't get up, and probably thought of him as Li Kaiwang's subordinates, and called him to accompany them or serve them. There was a young male reporter inside who seemed to be about to get up, and when he saw that Shi Jian and Chen Fei looked like no one in their eyes, he moved his butt a few times and sat down again, but there was a layer of uneasiness on his face. Meng Dongran didn't care, he really saw too many similar scenes, he said that Chen Fei and his ilk, that is, reporters from Beijing, he had accompanied a lot, and he hadn't felt anything with him until now. Li Kaiwang hurriedly stood up and wanted to introduce to the reporters, Meng Dongran shook his head and stopped with his eyes, Li Kaiwang was not embarrassed, the director was despised and rude, how could there be light on his face as a subordinate? I'm afraid that there is only anger left in addition to guilt, and anger and can't attack, which is probably the biggest pain for these people. Section Chief Huang of the Propaganda Department is obviously an old oilman, this person is forty-six years old, and he has been sitting on the position of section chief for almost ten years. He walked over and shook hands with Meng Dongran, said hello briefly, shook his eyes at the reporters, and said two words: rotten fish. Meng Dongran didn't answer his words, and took the initiative to say hello to Zhai Sanping, the deputy boss of Tongjiang Daily, Zhai Sanping's typical literati personality, he doesn't talk much, but it doesn't mean that he has nothing to say in his heart, but always hides his words behind the deep myopia glasses. He and Meng Dongran made eye contact with each other, said everything they wanted to say with their eyes, and then sat down.

Li Kaiwang patiently invited the reporters to sit at the table. Chen Fei got up with a grin, and said to Shijian: "Old time, show some style today, don't let the people below let us overturn." Shi Jian patted his beer belly: "No problem, listen to the boss, someone hasn't been born when I turn me over." ”

On the table, Zhai Sanping, the deputy general manager of the newspaper, frowned very tightly, and Section Chief Huang of the Propaganda Department was like a monkey, looking at Meng Dongran for a while, and then looking at Shi Jian and Chen Fei with a smile.

Meng Dongran chose to remain silent.

After the guest of honor was seated, he usually wanted to introduce the guest first and then the host, Li Kaiwang saw Meng Dongran frowning and did not speak, so he knew that today's routine could not be wanted, and motioned to the waiter to pour wine. As soon as the wine utensils were full, Meng Dongran took the lead in picking up the wine glass and said: "Welcome all media friends to Tongjiang to inspect and guide the work, I am late, I will punish myself with a glass first." Saying that, he tilted his neck and dried the wine, the waiter hurriedly poured it again, and Meng Dongran said: "Tongjiang has developed rapidly over the years, and its economic benefits have quadrupled compared with three years ago. ”

Chen Fei lazily grabbed the wine glass, in fact, she knew Meng Dongran, and whether she knew it or not, it could be regarded as the style of a person like Chen Fei, or personality. Meng Dongran entered the door just now, and didn't take the initiative to greet her, she complained in her heart, according to her logic, it's all on this fire, if you are still playing big, then play it. Shi Jian also raised his wine glass: "This big leader has a good amount of wine, wait for me to ask for a few punches." Meng Dongran said: "No problem, please drink this cup first, it can be regarded as giving me a face." After that, he drank it all again. Section Chief Huang held the wine glass, looked at Shi Jian with a smile, and said in his heart, this world has really become unrecognizable, anyone dares to be big, a turtle emerges from the river, and he dares to call the crocodile the boss. After laughing, he quietly drank the glass of wine.

Next, Meng Dongran began to pour wine in a bold way, not giving a few reporters a chance to breathe, and the three service ladies took turns pouring wine, but the speed was not enough. If Meng Dongran plays with the brute strength of wine, it is enough to make the "wine fairy" and "wine god" speechless. Once he was a drag for Mayor Zhao Naizin, overturning a table of people at the Provincial Land Bureau, and sending the Director of the Land Bureau home warmly and thoughtfully. As soon as the director of the Land Bureau got home, he threw himself into his wife's arms and vomited, the stench was stinking, and the director's wife scolded him and didn't thank him, but just said vigorously: "Okay, you can drink, you hero, but you can't take my old Cai into the sewer." I heard that the director of the Land Bureau slept at home for three days, and when he opened his eyes after three days, he asked his wife in the first sentence: "Is the deputy secretary general from Tongjiang gone, bring wine immediately, I can't lose to him." ”

Chen Fei didn't care at first, thinking that if he was just a director of the National Development and Reform Commission, he could drink more than when he was old? When I was old, it was a famous wine bag and rice bag in the press of the provincial town. By the time he realized that something was wrong, Shi Jian's tongue was already big, and he didn't know how to speak: "Big ...... Big leader, you are kilograms...... Good job...... I...... I haven't met you yet, come on, drink again......"

After the three bottles of Wuliangye were dried in one go, and the dismount was almost done, Meng Dongran put down the wine glass and said to Chen Fei, who was full of alcohol: "Reporter Chen came to Tongjiang this time, and the hospitality was not good, and I, Meng Dongran, will compensate you first." There is a sentence that I said here today in front of Mr. Zhai and Section Chief Huang, Tongjiang welcomes public opinion supervision, and welcomes media friends to help us pick thorns, no matter how to pick it, it is not too much, but the premise is that it cannot kill Tongjiang's economy, the financial crisis has forced Tongjiang to the cliff, and I don't want to see a public opinion crisis again. ”

Chen Fei also burned her head with alcohol, she should have gotten off the donkey and sold one to Meng Dongran, but she said arrogantly: "It turns out that this is Director Meng, I'm sorry, I drank the wine, and the big name heard it, I punished myself with a glass, which can be regarded as a punishment for my own blindness." As he spoke, he grabbed his glass and drank it down. Then the bottom of the wine glass lit up towards Meng Dongran, two fox eyebrows were raised, and he was ashamed to let out the fierce words: "But I don't agree with Director Meng's words, news supervision is news supervision, and there are no additional conditions." We are not all soft persimmons, whoever wants to pinch them can let them pinch them, and the matter of black labor is not a wine that can be drunk in the stomach. ”

"Looks like this wine was drunk for nothing today?" Meng Dongran looked at Chen Fei expressionlessly. Li Kaiwang is already sweating for Chen Fei and the reporters, and as soon as Meng Dongran's state comes out, he will be ruthless.

Sure enough, before Chen Fei could say the following words, Meng Dongran took out his mobile phone and dialed directly to Director Lu of the Information Department of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee.

"Lord Lu, you really don't have weak soldiers under your strong generals, I am dignified Tongjiang, which can be regarded as a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden, how can I let a few feather dusters stir up the river and the sea."

As soon as Director Lu heard that something was wrong, he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, Lao Meng, make it clear." ”

"It's okay, Lord Lu, there are a few reporters in the provincial capital, I, Meng Dongran, entertain according to the standard of 1,000 per guest, they don't take me as a dish, I even invited Lao Zhai from Tongjiang Daily, do you say I have a big face?"

As soon as he heard that Vice President Zhai was also there, Director Lu was even more uneasy. I'm afraid that no one knows that Director Lu and Vice President Zhai have a teacher-student relationship. Just joined the work, Lu worked as an intern editor under Zhai, his news road was paved for him by Vice President Zhai, and now although he is the official residence of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, he does not dare to be careless at all with Mr. Zhai, Vice President Zhai.

"Who are they, can Director Meng explain it clearly?"

Vice President Zhai couldn't sit still for a long time, grabbed the phone, and reported all the names and units without dropping. Then he returned the phone to Meng Dongran, hugged his fists and said, "Slow use, I'll go first." ”

The scene was embarrassing, Shi Jian was halfway drunk, and kept asking: "What's the matter, what's the matter, aren't you drinking well?" ”

Chen Fei's face changed, knowing that today's play had been performed. Not long after, Chen Fei and Shi Jian's mobile phones rang, and when the two looked at the number, they didn't dare to answer it inside, so they took the phone and walked out. Meng Dongran knew that Director Lu must have called their boss. Next, the phones of several other reporters also rang one by one, and Meng Dongran said with a smile: "Take it, take it, it's okay." ”

After settling Chen Fei and Shi Jian, Meng Dongran didn't feel any excitement, because he soon learned that the reason why Chen Fei dared to be so fearless was that Ji Dongliang, director of the Management Committee of the High-tech Zone, was the obstruction, and Chen Fei had just signed an advertising contract with the Management Committee with a target of 800,000 yuan!

Not long after, Mayor Zhao Naizin called, and Vice President Zhai must have taken the lead to tell Mayor Zhao. Zhao Naizin said with emotion: "Dongran, thank you, but don't be like this in the future, your body is important, it's not worth fighting for these things." ”