Chapter 126 Birthday Banquet (II)

When the two Chen Yang brothers walked to table 15, the table was almost full.

After being introduced, Chen Yang learned that they were all some of Chen Xuan's classmates in the student union, that is, the so-called student cadres of Yan University.

There are more than a dozen men and women, the men are in suits and leather shoes, and their appearance is extraordinary, although the girls are not as fancy as the celebrities and ladies at other tables, but they all took out the expensive skirts that they are usually reluctant to wear, and they are dressed up to attend this time, which is enough to show their respect for Ding Qian, the student union of the school. It can also be seen from this that they attach great importance to this banquet. After all, I heard that there are a lot of real high-class dignitaries and nobles here tonight, and if you can make friends with one or two and lay a certain interpersonal foundation for your future work in advance, it will be worth the trip.

However, after sitting down, Chen Yang gradually heard some unnatural smells that made him feel unnatural.

Don't look at the age of these people, but the ones who have been trained in the student union are different, and the words they speak are one by one, and the official words on the scene are full of words, just like how old they are, and there is a clear difference from those ordinary school students.

For example, the names of these people to each other, either some chairman or vice chairman, or so-and-so committee member, so-and-so officer, etc., in short, almost everyone at this table has a certain official title.

Even that Chen Xuan, although he had just joined the student union not long ago, also arranged for him to be an officer.

Moreover, these student cadres have a strict hierarchy with each other, and often when the lower-level student union cadres speak to their superiors, their tone is quite respectful and humble, and it can even be called a little flattery.

What made Chen Yang even more stunned was that from these few minutes of contact, he seemed to feel that there were obviously several small groups among the dozen or so people, and even if they were all classmates, among the cadres of the same level, there was a faint hint of a honey-bellied sword and a hidden sword in his smile when he was talking.

Of course, these words are still very naïve in the ears of old rivers and lakes like Chen Yang, and at the same time make him a little crying and laughing, I really don't know that these student cadres usually think about the ways of these officials in school?

And seeing that his little brother seemed to be quite familiar with these petty officials and fans, he was even more speechless.

Soon, listening to the group of student cadres chatting for about five minutes, the thick curtain at the door slowly fell, and this grand birthday party started on time at half past eight.

Immediately afterwards, the ceiling chandelier on the ceiling crackled and turned off under the control of the lighting master, and the entire banquet hall fell into boundless darkness in an instant.

But the darkness lasted less than three seconds, and soon, there was another soft snap, and the giant chandelier on the rostrum opened, and a soft light slowly sprinkled down from the ceiling, and finally formed a large cylindrical pillar of light, enveloping the entire semicircular rostrum.

And almost at the same time, a row of subtitle tongguò projectors hit the curtain on the back of the rostrum - "I sincerely wish Ding Qian a happy nineteenth birthday"

I have to say that the stage design is quite good, and all the guests' attention is focused on the stage at once.

Then, the melodious piano sound immediately sounded at the scene, listening to the melody, it should be a familiar happy birthday song.

In this warm melody, Ding Qian and her parents, a family of three, stepped on the soft red carpet and slowly walked onto the rostrum.

Looking at it from a distance, this family of three looks very harmonious and tacit, and Ding Qian, who is wearing a white floor-length dress, looks more like a beautiful little princess against the backdrop of milky white lights, which makes the guests' eyes shine invariably.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am glad that you can enjoy the little girl's birthday dinner, and I hope you can have a pleasant evening tonight. If there is a place where the greeting is not good, I hope you will bear with me. ”

Ding's father made a short opening remarks with a smile, and then, as the protagonist, Ding Qian also welcomed all the elders and classmates present with her slightly shy girlish voice.

After this short opening ceremony, the surrounding wall lamps slowly turned on one after another, flickering and flickering on the walls, and for a while, the whole banquet hall seemed to become a galaxy, which was very beautiful.

Seeing this scene, the student cadres at the table were secretly amazed, and at the same time, after the three members of the Ding family on the stage got off the stage and returned to the main table to sit down, they withdrew their gazes, and many of them glanced at Chen Xuan with a depressed face with puzzled eyes, obviously feeling a little strange, why didn't this kid be with Ding Qian at this time? Did you not get into the eyes of the future mother-in-law or was it because of some other reason? At the same time, there is a little bit of schadenfreude hidden in the careful thoughts.

"Director Chen, why aren't you with Xiao Ding? Is it because of my uncle and aunt? ”

The person who spoke was called Xiao Hua, don't look at his old-fashioned speech, in fact, he was just a sophomore, and he was tall, he was a sports committee member in the student union, and he had pursued Ding Qian for a long time before, until Ding Qian recently made his relationship with a semi-public couple, he did it stupidly, but he still felt uncomfortable in his heart. At this time, he naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity to ridicule Chen Xuan. And don't look at the concern on his face, but in fact, he doesn't know in his heart that he can't support it.

Chen Xuan was a little annoyed when he heard this, but he was not a vegetarian, and he didn't see him move a little angry on the surface, so he replied to the other party lightly: "There are a lot of VIPs here tonight, Ding Qian can't get away for the time being, I have to accompany an elder first, and I will come over later." ”

Because Chen Xuan didn't answer, Commissioner Xiao's heavy punch seemed to hit the cotton, and he was a little depressed in his heart, but he still pretended to have a look of sudden enlightenment, and said happily: "Oh, that's great." ”

Chen Yang was extremely naïve to the two of them, and was just about to turn around and say a few words to Chen Xuan, but he didn't want to see a well-dressed young man walking from the side aisle at this time, looking like he should not be a waiter here, and after this person approached, he said to Chen Xuan respectfully: "Hello, classmate Chen Xuan, that's the case, if you are free now, Mr. Ding hopes to ask you to come over and talk about it." ”

Chen Xuan was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, and his face also showed a look of obvious relief, obviously, he had been very worried about whether his girlfriend's temporary change of hexagram had something unexpected, and at this time, seeing that the other party took the initiative to invite, his hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

After hearing this, Chen Yang couldn't help but frown secretly, he didn't look at the problem as simple as his stupid brother. However, if you come, you will be safe, and the other party will take the initiative to invite, and it is not bad to listen to what the other party means in the past.

As for the student cadres next to them, they all showed envious eyes, for the fact that Chen Xuan, a freshman, was soaked in the Department of Economics, although they were all blessings on their lips, they were actually crazy with jealousy in their hearts. And that Commissioner Xiao glanced at Chen Xuan with a bit of depression.

Chen Xuan naturally didn't have any objections, he was still a little complacent in his heart, obviously he had a lot of face in front of other classmates, so he quickly nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll go over with my eldest brother." ”

Then he got up and left the table.

Chen Yang also smiled and nodded at these students who were not like students and cadres were not like cadres, and then slowly got up.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the young man who came over to carry the message opened his mouth again, and very tactfully refused Chen Yang's request to accompany him, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, you should be a relative and friend of classmate Chen Xuan, hehe, that's the case, Mr. Ding said that he just talked to classmate Chen Xuan about some small things, so there is no need to trouble you to go over." ”

After speaking, he stood aside politely.

Chen Yang was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, but his younger brother Chen Xuan couldn't help it, and snorted a little annoyed: "What is this called?" If that's the case, then I'm not going to go either. ”

The young man looked at the two of them politely with a smile and a word, obviously not caring about Chen Xuan's weak threat.

Chen Xuan was stunned for a moment, and there was no way. could only add a sentence stubbornly: "You call Ding Qian over, I have to personally ask her what she means tonight?" ”

The young man still had an indifferent attitude, and replied with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I will go over and reply to Mr. Ding." ”

As soon as he put his words away, he simply turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait."

Chen Yang stopped him with a cold speech.

The young man stopped, turned his head, and smiled politely at Chen Yang: "This gentleman, is there anything else?" ”

Chen Yang ignored him, and just turned his head to look at Chen Xuan: "Xiao Xuan, since the other party's elders have called you over, I think you should still go over and listen to what they say." ”

Chen Xuan hesitated a little and said, "But, brother, I told Ding Qian."

"Don't do it, let's get over there. I'm here too, don't worry. Chen Yang smiled and patted him on the shoulder, interrupting him, "Remember, don't be rude, you know?" ”

"Oh, brother, I see."

Chen Xuan responded a little apprehensively, and then turned around and followed the young man.

Chen Yang looked at it, his brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart. Indeed, although it is a little cruel, if this kid is not allowed to experience something himself, then he will never grow up.

Of course, if the result is really not what he expected, he naturally has a way to help the little brother find this field

After Chen Xuan left, Chen Yang became even more bored. What's more, because during the introduction earlier, Chen Xuan didn't bother to introduce Chen Yang in detail to his colleagues, but just said that his eldest brother was a government official in Xizhou, and then he didn't introduce it more. And a small civil servant, of course, will not let these arrogant sons of heaven who are above the top take it seriously. Just now, when Chen Xuan was there, he was pretending to be polite, but now that Chen Xuan is gone, these people are naturally in no mood to bird him, and they began to sit together, drinking fragrant coffee, while discussing some of the student union work in the new semester, chatting and chatting, the focus of the discussion suddenly shifted to this year's college student volunteers going to the countryside to teach or serve as village officials.

Since 98, the state has begun to encourage fresh college students to work in poor areas, but the effect is not obvious for the time being, after all, few of these days are really willing to work in difficult places. Of course, in the eyes of these student union cadres, this is a very important political achievement project for them when they were students, after all, if they can mobilize a few more college students to go to the countryside, their future graduation comments will be a little better.

As a result, the atmosphere of the discussion was unusually lively.

Because this project was first proposed by Chen Yang when he was working in the Youth League Committee, it was at this time that he heard these student cadres discuss, and he was a little curious to listen to a few more words.

When he heard that it is very difficult to mobilize college students to work in difficult areas, especially in famous colleges and universities, and this work of far-reaching significance is even more difficult to carry out, he couldn't help frowning and couldn't help but blurt out: "The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League doesn't have a policy, and if you go to the countryside to teach or serve as a village official, you will give priority to hiring them to local government units in the future, and some areas can still enjoy the treatment of participating in public affairs. ”

It's a pity that what he said was a bit inappropriate, and he suddenly interrupted the conversation with a strong character, and suddenly, everyone looked at him. Chairman Wu, who had always been the focus of the conversation, was even more annoyed after being interrupted, although he was contemplative on the surface, but his glance at Chen Yang unabashedly revealed a little displeasure.

"Hehe, Brother Chen, your Xizhou is relatively remote, and you may still not have much contact with the policies of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, so you don't know much about it, well, since you are also interested, I will briefly explain it to you." Chairman Wu had a very official smile on his face, and waved his hand very postureously as he spoke, "As the secretary of the Youth League Committee of the school, I have been to the mobilization meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League on this work in the past two years, and I have a better understanding of the policy.

Chairman Wu began his speech endlessly, analyzing and explaining the policies of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League in simple terms, and kept patting the sycophants of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League in his words, and by the way, he also implicitly satirized Chen Yang, after all, in his eyes, Chen Yang was just an ordinary government civil servant in a backward area, far worse than those college student cadres who could often come into contact with the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.

Chen Yang seemed to be listening to this lackluster speech very seriously, and kept a smile on his face, but it was a helpless wry smile.

Also, this policy was actually drafted by him himself back then, but at this time, Chairman Wu came to explain it to him, which really made him speechless and ironic.

After Chairman Wu's long speech was finished, there was a round of applause in a small area, and except for one girl, the other student cadres slapped Chairman Wu's ass one after another. In the eyes of everyone, Chen Yang also reluctantly slapped his palms twice.

"Hehe, isn't this Yan Da's Xiao Wu?"

At this time, a smiling man's voice sounded next to him.

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see a man in his early thirties holding a handbag walking towards their table with a smile, and in an instant, everyone's faces immediately became extremely solemn, and they quickly stood up.

Chairman Wu even flattered and walked out of the table, took a quick small step, quickly greeted the man who walked over, stretched out his hands together, and said in surprise: "Section Chief Li, you, why are you here too?" ”