Building 8 of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the 90th birthday of the old lady of the Chen family was held in a small banquet hall here.

Although the old man has been in poor health for a while, he has already spoken, and he doesn't want to make it too grand, the children of the Chen family are naturally low-key and low-key in accordance with the old man's wishes, but today's birthday banquet is still in an endless stream of heavyweight guests, not only some of the old man's former disciples have come to the scene to congratulate the old man on his birthday, even the principal, the prime minister and other political officials in the bureau have come to visit the old man who is not in good health a few days in advance, Today, Zhao Qiang, the new director of the Central Committee Office, was appointed to congratulate the old man on his 90th birthday on behalf of the Central Committee.

There is no way, there are almost very few high-level people in China who are like the old man, especially in the first few years of the new century, some old revolutionaries of the same generation as the old man have passed away, and now there are only two or three of them left, and the body is not very good.

As for some of the immediate family members at the head of the family, including Chen Yang, they have been busy early this morning until almost seven o'clock in the evening, and the workload is not ordinary.

It can be said that in today's country, there is probably no old man who can put on such an influential birthday banquet to be the right of the old lady of the Chen family.

But the Chen family's family background is so prosperous, in a sense, it is not necessarily a good thing, and the story of the prosperity and decline of the wealthy family in history is not uncommon, and it can even be imagined. Perhaps more people are waiting for the day when Old Man Chen will go west, and in their eyes, the prosperity of the Chen family today will also go downhill with the arrival of this day.

The old man's energy is limited, and not everyone who is present to celebrate his birthday can have the honor to congratulate the old man in person, basically according to the corresponding level of the guest, and the host arranges someone to be responsible for the reception, but in this way, it is busy Chen Yang and his third uncle Chen Yaoguo, Chen Yaoguo is the leader of Yanjing, and a member of the political bureau. It is ranked in the middle of the 27 members. In the political sequence of the republic, among the cadres of the entire Chen family, except for Vice Premier Lao, the third elder of the Chen family has the highest status, and basically the bigwigs who come to celebrate his birthday at this level are personally received by Chen Yaoguo with the old man. The remaining large votes of the members of the Central Committee. He was received by Chen Yang, a newly promoted member of the Central Committee. As for the military, Chen Yaohua, the son of the Chen family and deputy commander of the Ningzhou Military Region, came to entertain them.

All in all, a busy day. Chen Yang barely had time to catch his breath, and the dinner party officially began.

In fact, when it comes to a birthday banquet for people with such an identity as the old man, the vast majority of heavyweight guests send someone to send a congratulatory gift, and those who really stay to eat at this time are in addition to relatives who are related by marriage, such as the Li family of Ruonan's grandfather, etc., and the rest can be called the core cadres within the Chen family.

It's just that, unlike previous years, this time, Chen Yang sat at the main table, and under the instruction of the old man, he sat next to the old man, and on the other side, he was deeply supported by the old man. Among them, there are many heavyweight guests such as the representative state councilor of the Central Committee and Zhao Qiang, director of the Central Office.

And said that it was the Chen family's birthday banquet, in fact, after looking around, the second generation of the Chen family's direct family at the main table was the three Chen Yaohua brothers, and as for the third generation, Chen Yang was undoubtedly the only one qualified to sit here.

Of course, Chen Yang knew very well in his heart the deep meaning of the old man's arrangement, you must know that in the past, this position has always been the exclusive seat of the old man's grandfather, Chen Yang's adoptive mother's father, but after the death of General Li a few years ago, the old man has not set up such a formal birthday banquet again.

Perhaps, grandpa also guessed that his time was running out.

Thinking of this, Chen Yang couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Grandpa, I wish you happiness like the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan!"

Chen Yang was the first to stand up and raise a glass to the old man.

Of course, in the past, the order of this toast could not have been the turn of Chen Yang, but today it is different, and no one feels anything strange about the heavyweights sitting there, including Chen Yang's third uncle Chen Yaoguo, Vice President Lao, etc.

The old man smiled and raised his glass, didn't say anything, just lightly touched the cup with Chen Yang, and drank about a finger wide of Moutai, in the past, the old man was naturally massive, but tonight's move surprised the bigwigs on the side, and Vice President Lao directly persuaded: "Old chief, you"

"Hehe, it's okay, while Xiao Zhang is not here now, I'll drink two more glasses and be fine."

The old man smiled and waved his hand. Xiao Zhang is the person in charge of the health care group next to the old man, if he was present, he would definitely not allow the old man to drink like this.

"Grandpa, whether Dr. Zhang is not there, you should drink less."

Chen Yang was also worried and persuaded him.

"Yes, old chief, what do you mean, let's be happy."

Others chimed in.

Under the persuasion of everyone, next, although the people sitting in the seat toasted the old man in a tacit order, the old man drank less than two taels, which was a little over, but it was not too much.

Although the old man didn't drink much, but his complexion was a lot ruddy, and the conversation was also excellent, chatting with other people from time to time, of course, most of the situation was that the cadres sitting there reported to the old man the content of his recent work and life, after all, the old man has faded out of the domestic political arena for many years, and at most on weekdays, the big guy at the level of Deputy General Manager Lao can occasionally have the opportunity to chat with the old man in person for a short while.

And at this time, Chen Yang seems to be a little dispensable, although he is familiar with most of the uncles seated, but after all, he has only just taken the throne, and he does not have much common language with these heavyweights who have long been in charge of one party, of course, he can sit at this table tonight, and sit next to the old man, instead of arranging for Chen Yang's third uncle Chen Yaoguo to sit in this position, which in itself is a signal released by the old man to the bigwigs in these factions.

Perhaps, this is also the last instruction or expectation of the old man a hundred years ago.

It is not for nothing that Chen Yang is very familiar with at this table, Yu Qiang, the head of the Central Organization Department, is also impressively listed, of course, he is not a person within the Chen department, he has already been to the old man's residence two days ago, and the reason why he came over in person tonight is that there are seven or eight layers related to Chen Yang, in a sense, it can be regarded as support for Chen Yang.

Halfway through the wine, Chen Yang talked to the old man, and then planned to leave the table and go to the outer hall to greet the guests and friends from all over the place, Yu Qiang saw this, so he also got up and told the old man to confess, and walked out with Chen Yang with a smile. (To be continued......)