That night, Chen Yang made a rare exception and violated the principle of his post, and stayed with Min Rou on the observation deck of Taiping Mountain until more than two o'clock in the morning, first sent Min Rou back to the hotel, and then restarted the machine, called the anxious Secretary-General Zhao Qiang over, and drove back to the Victoria Hotel.

Although it was just a false alarm after a busy night, Secretary General Zhao could only slander in his stomach with grievances and depression, of course Chen Yang didn't need to explain anything to them, but after returning to the hotel, Chen Yang also specially asked Zhao Qiang, and only then did he learn that Director Kong of the National Development and Reform Commission also returned to the hotel at one o'clock in the morning, which made Chen Yang frown secretly.

When chatting with Min Rou on the mountain before, he once heard Min Rou mention that the few Hong Kong people who drank coffee with Kong Xiangfa just now have been doing business with the mainland government for a long time, and they are a little famous, but they are not too big on the table, Kong Xiangfa used to be the specific person in charge of the Hong Kong and Macao offices of the Huahai Commercial Commission, and if you want to say that there is nothing greasy with these small Hong Kong bosses in private, it is a ghost who doesn't believe it, in fact, Chen Yang doesn't think there is anything abnormal about this, but now this old Kong is out with himself to do things. Such a blatant overnight to talk to old relatives about business, it seems that he is too lazy to avoid himself, and he really doesn't mean to put himself as the new mayor in his eyes.

Or, it can also be guessed from this old Kong's attitude towards himself that in the current Huahai officialdom, this is also his weight in the minds of most powerful figures in second-level institutions, who seem to respect themselves on the surface, but in their hearts they are not very interested in their young second-in-command.

is the so-called new official took office three fires, and although Chen Yang has been in Huahai for more than a month, he has been busy with various organs and units to investigate, and there is nothing to do at all, plus Huahai has always been the local gang of the senior secretary, no wonder the real power figures of these lower-level institutions are not very much Chen Yang. Think about it, Xue Rui, who had a deep background in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, ended up leaving gloomily, what kind of storm can Chen Yang, an outsider, stir up?

At half past nine o'clock the next morning, Chen Yang took a group of people from the delegation to visit the headquarters of Zhongji Company under the special car arranged by Zhongji Company.

The Hong Kong New Era Fortune Building, where the headquarters of the company is located, is located in the North Point of Central, in Hong Kong, where every inch of land is valuable, Central has always been a political and financial center, and the company can have a building with more than 30 floors here, which shows its economic strength.

Dong Guoliang did not dare to show off again this time, and personally accompanied Chen Yang to visit several economic and trade exhibition halls of Zhongji Company and the company's historical planning display, of course, he also took this opportunity to show the Huahai Municipal Government the purpose of his company's strong economic strength, in order to gain greater initiative in the negotiations that will be reopened in the near future.

As a political figure, Chen Yang can barely be regarded as a senior cadre without too much selfishness, and for this big project that Gao Ming personally pulled, he asked himself, as long as it is conducive to Huahai's economic construction, he is still happy to see it come to fruition. But you must know that in fact, as the number one leader of the municipal government, the negotiation is the political achievement of the municipal party committee, and if the negotiation cannot be agreed or something goes wrong in the future cooperation, then he will have to bear most of the responsibility. I'm afraid this is also the reason why Xue Rui didn't have much interest in this big project at the beginning.

With this ideological understanding, Chen Yang also cooperated with the work of the host of Zhongji during the visit, and did not raise too many sharp questions, and the guests and hosts talked very happily, which made Dong Guo's conscience have to raise his sense of vigilance against Chen Yang, a high-ranking official in Huahai with a princeling background, he is an old man with decades of experience in official business, and he knows that the more this kind of official, the more difficult it is to deal with it, originally he thought that Chen Yang had climbed to a high position at his age, and he must be a high-spirited and enterprising leader. This kind of official seems to have no limits, but in his eyes, it is actually the best thing to handle, so ambitious. But now it seems that his judgment has deviated greatly, Chen Yang's gentle style is completely inconsistent with his age, and this young mayor of Huahai is far from being as easy to deal with as he expected.

Originally, he planned to take the opportunity to give Chen Yang a generous gift during the discussion, but after thinking about it again, he decided not to give a gift for the time being.

In the morning, when it was almost noon, under the warm arrangement of Dong Guoliang's beautiful female secretary who was proficient in the six Chinese languages, Chen Yang and his party came to the lounge on the top floor of the Zhongji headquarters to sit for a while.

Sitting on the sofa, Chen Yang took a sip of hot tea, then turned his head to Dong Guoliang, who was sitting next to him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Dong, the strength of Zhongji Company is extraordinary, I was worried before I came, but now it seems that I am too worried." ”

Dong Guoliang also smiled and said: "Hehe, Mayor Chen has a good reputation, to be honest, without the solid backing of the motherland, it is impossible for our Zhongji Company to develop to such a scale as today." While speaking, he took the opportunity to mention the project about the Angola oil field, only to hear him say with some emotion, "Mayor Chen, there are no outsiders here, I will say it openly, to be honest, this Angola offshore No. 19 oil block project is our Zhongji spent a lot of energy and relations to win, until now, there are many international energy giants and the company to contact cooperation matters, but I think so, after all, I am still a Chinese, this project I still hope to cooperate with large domestic companies, just in business." We can't wait indefinitely, and several of my old friends in the Angolan government have also urged me many times, hoping that this negotiation will resume and reach a satisfactory result as soon as possible. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Chen Yang out of the corner of his eye, but found that Chen Yang was still smiling, as if he was listening to his complaints, and it seemed that he didn't, in short, it made him very embarrassed, quite embarrassing, he frowned, and after coughing dryly, he sighed and continued: "Mayor Chen, if we can't negotiate, then we can only negotiate with a few interested international companies, but in this way, what I said in front of Vice Premier Li will be broken, and if I offend your city, I will first ask Mayor Chen for forgiveness." ”

Although Chen Yang has never led this form of negotiation, he has been in the business circle all his life, and he has experienced all kinds of negotiations, where he may be coerced by Dong Guoliang's words, at this time, listening to Dong Guoliang's authentic Beijing accent, and seeing that the atmosphere of the conversation suddenly became a little tense, he immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Dong, I understand your difficulties very well, but let's wait until we put the conditions on the table and talk about it." ”

After saying that, Chen Yang's smile gradually faded, and then turned his head slightly sideways and whispered to Xue Xiaobao who was standing behind him.

Dong Guoliang, who was sitting on the side, didn't expect to be left on the side in the middle of the conversation, and he was even more embarrassed, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only pick up the teacup, drink two sips of tea to cover it up, and secretly scolded in his stomach, this surname Chen is not good.

After resting for a short time in the conference room, Dong Guoliang warmly invited Chen Yang to his house for lunch.

Chen Yang is also very familiar with the rules of these Chen sesame seeds, he did not refuse the other party, but only brought a few key cadres, Director Kong of the National Development and Reform Commission and his temporary secretary Xue Xiaobao and a few others were invited.

There is no way, this face is to be given to the other party.

Several black Mercedes-Benzes opened the road, and it took nearly half an hour or so all the way before Chen Yang came to Dong Guoliang's mansion in Deep Water Bay.

The mansions of the wealthy in Hong Kong are generally not large, and the same is true of Dong Guoliang's mansion, which looks similar to Chen Yang's courtyard in Yanjing, but the interior decoration can be described as beautiful, whether it is the small courtyard outside or the main hall used to receive guests, there is a luxurious taste everywhere, and I heard that Dong Guoliang's house is two or three hundred meters north of the residence of Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong, which also highlights the identity of the rich man living in this area.

After arriving at Dong's house, Chen Yangfang learned that Dong Guoliang had put a lot of thought into entertaining himself, in addition to their guests from Huahai, he also specially invited some local celebrities in Hong Kong to participate in this luncheon, laughing and laughing everywhere, in short, it was very grand, and it also gave Chen Yang and other Huahai and his party enough face.

Chen Yang, as an important guest, was arranged by Dong Guoliang to sit in the chief seat, accompanied by several wealthy local businessmen in Hong Kong and some cadres of the Hong Kong government equivalent to the first level of the mainland department, as for several of his subordinates, they were arranged at a few tables on the side, of course, there were also people or celebrities with corresponding status to sit at the table.

Chen Yang has long been tired of the dishes at this kind of banquet, so this meal is very simple, he basically didn't use chopsticks much, and he only drank less than a glass of red wine, of course, he was the host and guest, and Dong Guoliang and the guests he invited to accompany him would not be able to drink violently. It's just that Chen Yang's tepid appearance made Dong Guoliang, who was setting up a banquet, feel a kind of helplessness, like encountering a hedgehog with nowhere to bite into his mouth.

Everyone didn't eat much at the luncheon, and then a small drinking party was arranged as usual, Dong Guoliang was accompanied, and Chen Yang drank tea and chatted on a high seat in the hall, while the other guests chatted happily, and there were also many guests who were keen to dance and excitedly invited some of the ladies present to dance on the dance floor.

Xue Xiaobao, as Chen Yang's temporary full-time secretary, also has to come to this luncheon today, but she is the first time to return to Hong Kong, unlike Kong Xiangfa, who has worked in Hong Kong, many guests here have dealt with Lao Kong, Lao Kong is naturally like a fish in water, of course, she got rid of the coat of a mainland government official, she is still a beautiful and generous beauty, as soon as the reception began, many guests immediately took the initiative to invite her, hoping to dance with this rare beautiful female official.

But it's a pity that she smiled one by one and declined the kind invitations of other guests, not that she won't, not that she is not refined, in fact, her dancing skills are famous for being one of the best in the dry training class led by Chen Yang, at this time Chen Yang and Dong Guoliang were chatting on the high seat, and she didn't need her to accompany her, but at this time she seemed to have a lot of things on her mind, and she didn't have much interest in this, but she kept standing in a corner of the hall with a small half glass of red wine, and tasted it silently with a lonely expression. There was a lot of people on the side, and at most, she would only occasionally glance at the place where Chen Yang was sitting, as if she was hoping that Chen Yang would leave sooner, and she would be able to leave this boring banquet as soon as possible.

When she was bored, there was a sudden noise not far from her, she was curious, followed the sound to look over, but saw that it was a few fashionably dressed young guests gathered around the female director named Xiao Qin of the Huahai office in Hong Kong, and she didn't know what was going on, only to see one of the young men in their twenties blushing and saying something loudly at Xiao Qin in Cantonese, she couldn't understand a few words of Cantonese, and the young man was very anxious, she couldn't understand what was going on.

Although this Xiao Qin has not had a good reputation in Huahai's political arena, it is said that her relationship with several secretaries and mayors in the city is very ambiguous, Xue Xiaobao has always been not very interested in this female director, but at this time, everyone is from Huahai, it is their own people, at this time, seeing Xiao Qin being surrounded by people seems to be in trouble, Xue Xiaobao didn't think about it, and quickly walked towards the opposite side.

As soon as he approached, he took the initiative to greet him: "Director Xiao, is something wrong?" ”

Xiao Qin turned his head and saw that it was Xue Xiaobao coming, and suddenly had a sense of intimacy when he saw his relatives in the People's Liberation Army, and seized the opportunity to smile and signal to a few sons and brothers who were pestering him: "Everyone, my colleague is here, I will be with you for a while." ”

Without waiting for a few sons to react, he slipped out of the surrounded people, hurriedly walked towards Xue Xiaobao, and after approaching Xue Xiaobao's side, he hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Xiao Xue, let's go quickly, these people have drunk too much." ”

Xue Xiaobao was surprised in her heart, at the banquet just now, all the guests were very restrained, she didn't see any of them who were greedy for cups, of course, she also felt that these young people were quite raw, they should have come later, but she didn't know how they got into this private banquet.

As soon as the two wanted to leave together, there was a yin and yang weird laughter next to them: "Sister Xiao, aren't you so unkind to give your brother a few faces?" This is going to leave without saying a few words? ”

Xue Xiaobao turned his head, and saw a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old who looked quite sven, led by a few other people who had just surrounded Xiao Qin, and this person spoke fluent Huahai local dialect, but she understood every sentence. What made Xue Xiaobao even more strange was that this person seemed to be a little familiar, but he didn't remember seeing it somewhere.

As soon as Xiao Qin saw the visitor, his face suddenly became more bitter, and he hurriedly lowered his voice and said to Xue Xiaobao: "Xiao Xue, his name is Shi Lei, he is the son of Secretary Shi, he has been doing business here in Hong Kong, and a few of the people on the side are his friends in the local area, and Mr. Dong's son is also there, they will definitely force us to drink a few drinks in a while, let's quickly think about it and leave." ”

Xue Xiaobao suddenly realized, no wonder she felt a little familiar, it turned out that this person was the son of Shi Minghui, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, she had long heard that Shi Minghui's son had been doing electronics business in Hong Kong after studying abroad, and it was not surprising that she was familiar with Xiao Qin. It's just that drinking is something you and I want, and this is a banquet occasion again, where is there anything to force it.

Seeing Xue Xiaobao's determined look, Xiao Qin became more and more anxious in her heart, others don't know, but she knows the old bottom of these sons, these people are all from a lot of backgrounds, Shi Lei and Dong Guoliang's son Dong Xiaofang will not talk about it, and another young man who looks a little bit of a mother is also from a shallow background, this person's name is Jin Jun, his family runs a private bank, and his grandfather, Mr. Jin, is also the current chairman of the Hong Kong Banking Association, and he is considered the top son-in-law in Hong Kong. Originally, there were no such people at the luncheon arranged today, but I don't know where they came from, and it seems that they must have just come from a place where they had drunk a lot of wine. And they were stopped by these boys, and they didn't drink so much that they felt comfortable, and they were afraid that it would not be so easy to leave.

Thinking of this, her heart became more and more bitter, this time Chen Yang traveled, she was responsible for the overall arrangement here as the liaison officer of the office, and if anything went wrong, the new boss might take off her hat, and she had no friendship with Chen Yang at all, she didn't want Chen Yang's first fire to burn on her head after taking office.

Immediately let go of Xue Xiaobao, took the initiative to step forward, glanced at the direction of the high seat out of the corner of his eye, and then coughed lightly before saying: "Mr. Shi, Mayor Chen is here, I owe this glass of wine as a sister first, and when Mayor Chen and them go back another day, I will specially invite you to have a meal." ”

"What bird feather Mayor Chen? I don't know, I recognize Sister Xiao as a person in Huahai City, and my friends are here today, you have to give me this face. Shi Lei looked like he had drunk too much, his face was as red as a monkey's buttocks, and his tongue was disturbed when he spoke, while talking, he carried a wine bottle in one hand, took an empty wine glass from the plate held by a waiter who walked by, and filled Xiao Qin with a full glass in a leisurely manner, and then handed it over.

Xiao Qin complained bitterly in his heart, Shi Lei didn't know where he got the bottle of wine he was carrying, but it was definitely not a French red wine exclusively for the banquet, and looking at the appearance of these sons, he knew that eighty percent of it was some strong wine, and if he drank this big cup in his stomach, he had to be high on the spot?

Seeing Xiao Qin's embarrassed expression, Xue Xiaobao on the side suddenly felt a little angry in his heart, it was really inappropriate to meet these drunks on this occasion, so he immediately stepped forward and stood up to relieve the siege and said: "Several gentlemen, I see that you have all drunk a lot, I'm sorry, we still have official business, and we are out of company." ”

Ignoring the reactions of these drunks, he grabbed Xiao Qin and turned around to leave.

Who knew that she was at this beginning, Jin Shao, who had been smiling and silent next to Shi Lei, was like discovering a new continent, his cloudy eyes immediately became hot, obviously because Xue Xiaobao had been standing behind just now, he was drunk and hazy, and he didn't find that there was a big beauty of this level present, and when he saw it, he immediately had adrenaline rushing, and before Shi Lei opened his mouth, he took the initiative to jump out excitedly, and took the glass of liquor that Shi Lei was going to hand to Xiao Qin, Pretending to be a gentleman, he smiled and said to Xue Xiaobao: "This beautiful and charming young lady, let me introduce myself, my name is Jin Jun, you can also call me Kevin, it's nice to meet you, I don't know if I can invite you for a drink?" As he spoke, he handed the wine glass to Xue Xiaobao, and filled it himself, and at the same time, his beast-like gaze was firmly fixed on Xue Xiaobao's sexy body, and there was a hint of madness in the heat.

Xue Xiaobao was very uncomfortable to be stared at by the other party's hot gaze, and she was secretly annoyed, but she was now an official of Huahai City Government, and it was inconvenient for her to say something too radical, so she had to say a few words impatiently: "This gentleman, I'm sorry, I don't have time, please get out of the way, I'm going back to work."

Jin Jun saw that Xue Xiaobao's attitude was not very good, and the smile on his face quickly fell, first glanced at Xiao Qin, and then pointed to the tall young man beside him, and said in a not-so-neat Gangpu: "This young lady, you are the Huahai government invited by Uncle Dong to Hong Kong for inspection this time, hehe, Xiao Dong is Uncle Dong's son, he is the master, and he is also my friend, how about it, the two of us together, we are qualified to invite you to a glass of wine, right?" ”

Dong Xiaofang was also fascinated by this capablely dressed and charming beautiful official, and he couldn't remember for a while that this was the occasion for his father to entertain guests, so he glanced at Xue Xiaobao unscrupulously, and said with a grin: "This young lady, everyone who comes here is a guest, isn't there an old saying in your country that guests are as they are hosted, I will accompany you to drink this glass of wine." ”

Xue Xiaobao glanced at Dong Xiaofang, although she knew the identity of the other party, but she was really annoyed by being stared at like this, frowned, and simply didn't bother to talk nonsense with the other party anymore, and threw out the sentence: "I'm sorry", turned around and was about to leave.

Jin Jun saw that she was leaving, and said to Dong Xiaofang with a strange smile: "See, Xiaofang, other people's young ladies don't give you this Dong Shao's face, what can you do?" ”

Dong Xiaofang drank no less than others, and when he was provoked like this, he immediately felt that he had been disgraced, and immediately flashed in front of Xue Xiaobao, and said in a deep voice: "This young lady, drink this cup and leave." ”

Xue Xiaobao became angry when he heard this, and pushed away the dirty hands that were blocking in front of him, and Xiao Qin on the side saw that the situation was not good, and knew that something bad was going to happen, so he hurriedly grabbed the round before Xue Xiaobao opened his mouth and said: "Xiao Dong, Sister Xiao is here to drink this glass of wine." ”

"No, one yard is one yard, I still have to ask her to drink this glass of wine today." Dong Xiaofang was aroused to be embarrassed, and shouted with a gloomy face. said, and muttered angrily, "He is shameless to give face, what kind of shitty thing is a stinky girl, and he dares not to give Lao Tzu face on the ground, and he will blast it out later."

Although his voice was small, he was still heard by the people around him, and the faces of others changed, and Xue Xiaobao's face became extremely red, she was also a child of an official family, how could she have suffered such humiliation, she couldn't calm down at all at this time, and immediately didn't care what the occasion was here, so he copied the glass of wine that Jin Shaoyu handed over, and as soon as he raised his hand, the whole thing splashed on Dong Xiaofang's face.

Then he only heard a commotion, Dong Xiaofang was caught off guard, and he couldn't find a chance to hide, and in an instant, he was splashed all over his face by the white turbid wine.

And Xue Xiaobao's action was too fast, basically no one on the side had time to react, and when Xiao Qin on her side reacted, she was suddenly shocked, knowing that this time it was a completely bad dish, not to mention how to deal with the aftermath, just splashing other people's sons in someone else's house, this is not something that can be settled lightly, who doesn't want to save face?

Her first reaction was to pull Xue Xiaobao away, but it was obviously too late at this time, Dong Xiaofang was splashed like this, first she was stunned in disbelief for half a second, and then the whole person seemed to be stepped on by the tail, and she became excited in an instant, and she didn't care about wiping her face at all, and after scolding her mouth, she pounced viciously at Xue Xiaobao without thinking about it.

Xue Xiaobao here also regretted it a little after making a move, she didn't care, but after all, this is someone else's place, and it is the first time that Chen Yang has presided over an important project as the mayor, she messed things up like this, and she didn't know what Chen Yang would do with herself, and the impact on Chen Yang was also very bad, after all, after Chen Yang came to power, he was immediately transferred to work next to Chen Yang, and he was obviously labeled as a cadre of the Chen family.

At this time, seeing Dong Xiaofang rushing towards her viciously, she panicked for a while, and she was stunned in place without dodging, and she didn't know what to do.

It was just such a little hesitation, Dong Xiaofang had already rushed to her, like an uneducated ruffian, without saying a word, he reached out and grabbed her arm, and then dragged it to the side.

Seeing this, Xiao Qin hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, but this Dong Xiaofang had already lost his mind, and he didn't care about anything else, and pushed her aside viciously with a flick of his hand.

Xiao Qin stumbled, took a few steps backwards, and finally couldn't stand on his feet, and sat on the ground with his butt.

Xue Xiaobao just got out and was entangled again, screaming and retreating again and again, and the other sons on the side were also full of firepower, one by two came around her with a strange smile, and several people really drank too much, and they seemed to forget that this was still a public place. Fortunately, this is in the corner, otherwise I don't know how many times I have been watched.

"I'll top you mother, Dong Shao, don't you want to drink it, hehe, just pour this bottle into her."

Jin Shao followed the fastest, and as soon as he came up, he smiled strangely and made a move, and as he spoke, he handed a large bottle of freshly opened liquor to Dong Xiaofang, and at the same time, a pair of evil eyes kept looking at Xue Xiaobao.

As soon as Dong Xiaofang heard this, he wiped the wine on his face with a hula, and was just about to take the wine bottle handed over by his brother to spoil it, but he didn't want his hand to be suddenly empty, he was stunned, but a faint voice came from his ears: "Drinking, right?" I'll help her get ready. ”wW