At about seven o'clock in the evening, Chen Yang came to Chen Dongding's place as promised.

This is a hot spring club located outside the third ring road of Yanjing, the top floor of the club, is a rather chic restaurant, the restaurant is not big, only ten private rooms, these rooms are all hidden in the green trees, between the flowing water, in the evening sunset reflection, people feel as if in a hustle and bustle of the city in a rare piece of pure land.

Even Chen Yang, who has been to many places, has to admit that this is indeed a good place.

The parking place is full of all kinds of luxury cars, Mercedes-Benz, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, etc., which makes people feel like they are in a famous car show, but it seems out of place with the elegant and atmospheric environment inside.

Chen Yang parked his new Audi A6 in a low-key middle of a bunch of luxury cars, and he didn't bring anyone with him this time, so he had to drive over by himself.

When I arrived at the hall, I saw a woman who looked like a manager dressed like a flight attendant walked over, this woman was tall, fair-skinned, obviously very good at socializing with all kinds of dignitaries, she only glanced at Chen Yang's dress, and knew that this young man should be the person she was waiting for.

In fact, Chen Yang's slightly casual dark gray suit is not public, including the limited edition Vacheron Constantin men's watch worth millions of euros on his wrist, which only a very few people who know the goods have seen it, but in this elite place, he can't keep a low profile even if he wants to.

"Hello, is it Mayor Chen from Huahai?" The manager speaks standard Mandarin and has a soft and pleasant voice. Her voice alone was worth the salary the club paid her.

Chen Yang was not too surprised that this manager knew him, and nodded with a smile: "I am Chen Yang." ”

"Huh. Mayor Chen, hello, I am Li Xiaoling, the manager of the club, you can just call me Xiao Li. The beautiful manager looked familiar and said with a chuckle,

The beautiful manager led Chen Yang to the private room in front, and introduced with a smile: "Director Chen of the National Development and Reform Commission arranged for me to wait for you here." But you seem to be late, Director Chen's guests have all arrived, Mr. Gao, Mr. Yao, oh, and a lady with a noble temperament. Ms. Zhang. Everyone is waiting for you. Although her words were abrupt, it was difficult to feel a trace of bad feelings. She seems to have a very good personal relationship with Chen Dong, and several of the bosses she mentioned often come here to eat with Chen Dong, and it is estimated that Chen Yang has a close relationship with Chen Dong, so she said it casually.

Ms. Zhang?

Chen Yang's footsteps couldn't help but slow down at first, and he immediately guessed who this Ms. Zhang was, and immediately frowned secretly: "What does Chen Dong mean." How did Zhang Nan and I get together. ”

The relationship between him and Chen Dong can only be described in a very general way, that is, when he talked about the overseas oil and gas field project with Zhongji a few months ago, they became familiar with each other, but at that time, the negotiations between Huahai and Dong Guoliang broke down, and Chen Dong, the person in charge of the NDRC who took the lead in settling the project in Huahai, also returned to Beijing angrily, and was criticized by the NDRC internally, and did not get the opportunity to continue to follow up the project, and then the project finally settled in Nanfang Petrochemical. The two sides quickly initialed the cooperation agreement, which made people feel a little sorry for the missed opportunity on the Huahai side.

At first, Chen Dong still had a lot of resentment towards him. But not long ago, the Angolan military junta, which was close to Dong Guoliang, collapsed. Then another group of soldiers came to power, which also directly led to the impasse of the project invested by Southern Petrochemical, and because Southern Petrochemical has begun to invest in the construction of a phase of offshore gas field engineering, suddenly changed the government, the original contract signed with the other government is immediately full of variables, and the person in charge of the project is currently busy doing some aftermath matters. Another deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, who took over Chen Dong to promote the project on behalf of the NDRC, was also severely reprimanded by the high-level because of this matter, but it was Chen Dong who unexpectedly escaped because of Chen Yang.

After this incident, Chen Dong's attitude towards Chen Yang has obviously improved a lot, and he even called Chen Yang a while ago, and expressed his gratitude to Chen Yang in a vague manner, and Chen Yang needs the support of the National Development and Reform Commission because he has a big project in his hand.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Yang will happily go to the appointment after receiving a call from Chen Dong today. It's just that he originally guessed that Chen Dong was probably going to introduce him to a few familiar big bosses to invest in Huahai, there are many such things everywhere, anyway, as long as it doesn't exceed Chen Yang's bottom line, Chen Yang doesn't mind giving these big bosses some care, but he never expected that he would be involved with his old classmate Zhang Nan. And in his memory, although his old classmate is a woman, she is definitely a model for women who do not let her eyebrows, and her style in the shopping mall is very domineering, almost as long as she wants to get the project, she has not missed, and when chatting with Tang Zhonghua of the Ministry of Finance earlier, Tang Zhonghua also mentioned Zhang Nan intentionally or unintentionally, for some reason, it inadvertently aroused Chen Yang's high vigilance.

While he was thinking, Manager Li had already taken Chen Yang to a separate suite with elegant decoration.

At this time, Manager Xiao Li's mobile phone suddenly vibrate, she gave Chen Yang an apologetic smile, and took the mobile phone to another corner to answer the call.

Chen Yang didn't care either, and was about to push the door in, when he suddenly heard bursts of hearty laughter from the box, so he stopped, pretending to be waiting for Xiao Li, but in fact, he wanted to hear what was being said inside.

A woman's voice said: "Uncle Gao, Uncle Yao, you two are my old-timers in the mall, but Xiao Nan is here to say politely, the two uncles' minds are still not emancipated enough, the real estate industry in recent years is the golden decade since our country's reform and opening up, what a precious opportunity, the two uncles have been bored into the retail logistics industry, this is the most profitable golden decade, the two uncles have been wasted for most of the time." ”

Another voice said: "Hehe, Xiao Nan, we can't compare to you, a high-achieving student who has drunk foreign ink." Isn't it now that we are adjusting the direction of investment? ”

The woman's voice smiled coquettishly: "Hehe, this society is a real society. If the two uncles want to catch the tail of making money, they still have to toast two cups of our Director Chen, as long as Director Chen leaks one or two projects from his fingers for us to do, we will not be worried. ”

Immediately afterwards, Chen Dong's bold voice came: "Xiao Nan, you goblin girl, you are not here to brainwash Lao Gao and Lao Yao." I'm not going to fall for you. ”

For some reason, although Chen Yangming knew that these were some clichés that could often be heard in the circle, at this time, an uncomfortable feeling came out of his heart.

At this time, Manager Xiao Li finished the phone call and made a "please come in" gesture very gracefully, and Chen Yang smiled and nodded. They walked through the door together.

"Brother Chen. Why is it late, you can get three glasses of wine later. Chen Dong stood up and greeted him, he didn't call Chen Yang's position, and his words were naturally full of affection.

Chen Yang smiled and snorted: "Director Chen, you called, but I just rushed over after the meeting in the hospital, don't mention the matter of punishing alcohol." ”

Chen Yang smiled and immediately introduced: "Brother Chen, there are a few old friends of mine here. Lao Gao of Lianhua Chain and Lao Yao of North China Logistics are celebrities who often appear on TV and newspapers, so I won't introduce them to you. ”

Chen Yang smiled and walked into the table in a chic manner, nodded with the two CEOs who were well-known in the business circle, and shook hands again, which can be regarded as acquaintance. In fact, he has never liked to have too much contact with people in the business district. But there are some things that people can't help but do.

As Chen Dong spoke, his eyes looked at Zhang Nan, who had already gotten up. Laughing, "Hehe." This distinguished guest, I believe that without my introduction, Brother Chen should have known each other a long time ago. ”

Zhang Nan also looked at Chen Yang with a smile at this time, strictly speaking, her appearance is not outstanding, her round face is slightly fat, and her eyebrows are slightly wider, but her skin is well maintained, fair and smooth, her hair is very fashionable, and her clothes are also very decent, which covers up the imperfections of her figure very well.

is such a woman, she is a middle school classmate that Chen Yang has not seen for more than ten years, and she was still the class president of Chen Yang's class, which can be regarded as Chen Yang's former leader.

"Chen Yang, hello, long time no see, old classmate." Zhang Nan greeted with a light smile, his tone was neither humble nor arrogant, and he appropriately expressed the bland feeling of the reunion of two old classmates who had an average relationship after many years.

"Hehe, squad leader Zhang, hello." Chen Yang smiled and held Zhang Nan's outstretched hand and shook it lightly. Zhang Nan's handshake is different from that of other women, and it is a bit weighty.

Chen Dong naturally knew that the two used to be classmates, and greeted Chen Yang with a smile to sit down, while the other two senior presidents Yao inadvertently glanced at Chen Yang, no wonder, although they often deal with officials in government departments, but they are not real people in the officialdom, before coming to this dinner, although they have already known the reputation of Chen Yang, the mayor of Huahai, they are still relatively vague and unfamiliar with Chen Yang and his background, and they have also contacted many provincial and ministerial-level senior cadres. There is no need to compliment the other party because of Chen Yang's identity, on the contrary, they are investment businessmen, and they are guests of the local government wherever they go, and they have the capital to be proud.

But at this time, when I heard that Chen Yang and Zhang Nan used to be classmates, I couldn't help but look at Chen Yang a little differently, they were not familiar with others, but they were very familiar with Zhang Nan, a strong woman in the business world who often had some dealings with them.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, but I'll make a rule first, tonight's dinner is only about feelings, not about work, everyone has to be conscious, otherwise I'll be punished for drinking with a cheeky old face."

Chen Dong seemed to be very suitable for such an occasion, and after sitting down, there was a three-chapter covenant, and he was the organizer of this dinner, so everyone naturally smiled and agreed.

In fact, there is no need for him to specifically point out this, and basically no one will be stupid to talk about the topic to the project and the cooperation, this level of official and business exchanges is a long process. From tentative contact to mutual understanding and trust. and then a small cooperation to see the effect, and finally it is intimate, for example, the relationship between Chen Dong and these two industry giants is established in this way. In short, it's the same as falling in love.

And because of this rule, the atmosphere of the next dinner is very good, and everyone here is considered to be the top people from all walks of life in China. Everyone can participate in any topic they talk about, and Chen Dong, the half of the hosts, was even more witty during the banquet, so that there were many laughs and laughter during the banquet, and there was no coldness at all, even if Chen Yang was not familiar with the other two bosses, he did not feel the slightest discomfort. This is a great example of Chen Dong's skill as an organizer.

Chen Yang also observed in the chat. Chen Dong's two old friends are indeed very stylish, and they are very insightful in their conversations, although they are all some ups and downs, but they can feel from the small talk of these two top bosses that their status today is not due to luck, and their own su zhì is the most important. Chen Yang has his own set of evaluation criteria for the businessmen he has come into contact with, and Chen Yang gave these two CEOs for the first time, but Chen Yang gave them a high score of more than 80 points. It belongs to the object of cooperation.

The only thing that surprised Chen Yang a little was that what he heard when he was outside the door was that it was clear that Zhang Nan seemed to be the core figure in the chat at this dinner, but since he joined in, Zhang Nan had obviously fewer words, but he would often smile and smile on the side, or throw a beam of seemingly absent glances at him.

Obviously, it's not just Chen Yang who is curious about Zhang Nan. Zhang Nan is also very curious about his old classmate who has not seen him for many years.

Chen Yang guessed, wait for the dinner to pass. Zhang Nan must find an opportunity to catch up with himself alone.

Sure enough, they ate. When using dessert fruits, Zhang Nan found an opportunity and took the initiative to sit on the chair next to Chen Yang.

"Chen Yang, I can't see it, you guy is deeply hidden, and he actually hugged the beauty, it seems that in the class, you deceived our classmates by you and Chen Ruonan."

Zhang Nan joked with a smile, and her simple joke quickly brought the relationship between the two of them who were slightly rusty at the dinner closer.

Chen Yang smiled bitterly: "Squad Leader Zhang, look at what you said, the ghost only knew that it would be like this back then." ”

What he said was the truth, although he and Chen Ruonan have lived together since childhood, he really never had any thoughts about Chen Ruonan, Ruonan is in his heart, just a relative like his adoptive parents, all in all, his feelings towards Chen Ruonan back then were like touching his right hand with his left hand, to put it bluntly, he didn't feel anything at all.

"Yo, look at you, you are still unhappy, do you know, I learned that the senior school of our school married you, how many of our alumni wanted to slaughter you and bury you alive!" Zhang Nan seems to have returned to the past, and has become the articulate little pepper squad leader in the class again.

It's just that her ridiculous words did not make Chen Yang feel disgusted, but gave birth to a trace of warmth, indeed, although the middle school they studied in at the beginning were basically red children, but after all, it was also a relatively innocent student era, and now looking back, the remaining memories of those years are precious.

"Hehe, it's not so exaggerated, I don't think Chen Ruonan has anything good." Chen Yang could only continue to smile bitterly, of course he knew that Chen Ruonan's charm in school was indeed the dream lover that could not be desecrated in the minds of those boys, which can be seen from the fact that he had to help Chen Ruonan deal with a lot of small gifts or love letters and other things every once in a while, but it was just like the so-called school flower and class flower, which was actually just a beautiful symbol in people's hearts for the memory of their student days.

"Hmph, you guy just doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks, when I was in the class, I really looked away, I thought you were an honest man, but I didn't expect to sneak up with Chen Ruonan, what's even more infuriating is that Chen Ruonan is a character with many eyes above the top, and he was really hooked up by you, don't be angry with the bad guy." Zhang Nan wrinkled her nose and said angrily, if she didn't pay attention to her image, it is estimated that she would be able to point at Chen Yang's nose.

"Class President Zhang, it's outrageous for you to say that, in our class, I'm not just an ordinary classmate who is honest." Chen Yang laughed, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea to cover it up.

Zhang Nan also seemed to be amused by his angry appearance, he laughed, but his face suddenly darkened a little, sighed lightly, and said faintly: "Actually, looking back now, I didn't count it at the beginning, I had already guessed that your future achievements will definitely far exceed all the classmates in our class, Chen Ruonan followed you, it can only show that our school flower classmates have good eyesight, if she doesn't choose you, I will feel strange."

Chen Yang was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Zhang Nan with some surprise.

"Isn't that weird?" Zhang Nan's eyebrows regained his flying look, blinked his eyes, and said with a smile, "Hehe, then if I sue you, what if I, the head of the class, secretly had a crush on you back then?" Would you be even more?"

"Ahem! Ahem! ”

Before Zhang Nan's words fell, Chen Yang almost squirted out the hot tea that Chen Yang had just drunk into his mouth. (To be continued......)