Chapter 32: Sights in Chang'an

The Forestry Department is in Lianhu District, and most of the department leaders live in nearby residential areas. Under Guo Tongyu's guidance, Lu Fan drove cautiously, feeling extremely shocked. This is the legendary prosperous Chang'an!

High-rise buildings stand tall, carrying thousands of years of Chinese history. Chinese wonders that are familiar to the ear can be seen everywhere. It is truly the land of Sanqin culture and the Chang'an city of the Nine Provinces.

Touching the present and recalling the past, the charm of Chang'an, the dreamlike mountains and rivers, it is truly a guest of Chang'an for a day, the wind of a thousand-year emperor!

Starting from four o'clock in the afternoon, Guo Tongyu's "meat delivery" plan officially began.

The first was Deputy Director Wang Wentian, who warmly received Guo Tongyu and Lu Fan, and even wanted to keep the two for dinner at home.

Guo Tongyu quickly refused, put down the "pressure cooker," drank a cup of tea, and then got up to say goodbye.

After going downstairs, Lu Fan asked, "Director, is Director Wang from our place?"

"Yes, that's why he takes special care of Ningyang. He's only in his early forties. This connection must be maintained. I have to go to his office tomorrow; local specialties alone won't suffice."

The second was Deputy Director Zhang Shangjin. Although not from Ningyang, he was from Yingjiang, which is why Guo Tongyu could make the connection.

After knocking on the door, Director Zhang said with a smile, "Tongyu, you've come all this way, making a special trip every year. Thank you for your hard work!"

Guo Tongyu laughed, "Not having the taste of home during the New Year is my dereliction of duty. Director, I won't disturb you today. I want to go to your office tomorrow to report on work. Do you see if it's convenient?"

"Okay, then I won't keep you. Let's talk tomorrow."

The third was Duan Zhao, Chief Engineer of the Forestry Department, who spoke in Guanzhong dialect, most of which Lu Fan couldn't understand. But he knew that this gift-giving was a precious learning opportunity, so he carefully observed and learned the leaders' language art and Director Guo's way of dealing with the world.

Three department leaders were handled. Next were Li Haolin, Director of the Department Office, and Chen Jiang, Director of the Development Planning and Fund Management Division. These two were the highlights of this gift-giving, especially Chen Jiang, who held the power of distributing special funds.

After these five key figures were handled, Guo Tongyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Fan was a bit puzzled and asked the leader why he didn't go to the Director's house.

Guo Tongyu laughed, "The level is too high; I can't visit rashly, and I can't contact him by phone. I'll visit the Director's office tomorrow; whether I can see him is another matter."

Looking at the time, Guo Tongyu said, "Go to 'Detai Tower'. I've booked a private room and made an appointment with a few division chiefs to get together. It's just right to save trouble. After drinking, let them take the mutton back themselves. Xiao Fan, be smart when the time comes. The master leads you through the door, but the practice is up to the individual!"

Under normal circumstances, a restaurant is just a fleeting moment for a traveler, coming in a hurry and leaving quietly.

However, day after day, year after year, some shops have gone through the vicissitudes of life, leaving traces of time. After the precipitation of time, the golden signboard stands firm and shines even brighter.

Around five-thirty, Lu Fan followed Guo Tongyu to Detai Tower. Because it was the weekend, the shop was crowded, but fortunately, Guo Tongyu had booked a private room in advance.

"Xiao Fan, this place mainly serves Qin cuisine, and the taste is authentic. The specialty is gourd chicken, crispy skin and tender meat, fat but not greasy, and there are also green bean buns with meat." Guo Tongyu didn't even look at the menu and said directly to the waiter, "Gourd chicken, spicy garlic sheep blood, sauce dragon bone, millet sweet rice, oil pancake roll vegetables, liangpi, steamed sea bass..."

Before long, the first guest arrived. Qian Haifeng, Director of the Personnel Division, walked in and laughed, "Tongyu, it's settled. I'll treat you today!"

"Division Chief Qian, you're slapping my face, aren't you? I'm here specifically to pay New Year greetings to everyone today, so I must treat. Let me introduce to the leader, this is the director under me, named Lu Fan."

"Hello, Division Chief Qian, please take care of me. You can call me Xiao Fan."

"Strong generals have no weak soldiers. Let's interact more in the future!"

Guo Tongyu instructed again, "Xiao Fan, go to the bar and tell them to add a case of 'Maotai'."

Lu Fan went to the bar, handed the bank card to the cashier, and said, "Private room 6, the bill must be settled by me."

"Okay, boss."

After ordering a case of Maotai, Lu Fan personally carried it back to the private room and asked weakly, 5,000 yuan! There were forty or fifty thousand in the card, so it should be enough.

In less than ten minutes, Gao Hao, Director of the Policy and Regulation Division, Liu Yishang, Director of the Afforestation and Greening Division, Wang Peng, Director of the Science, Education and Foreign Affairs Division, Zhao Zhiqiang, Director of the Forest Management Division, and Sha Wenbo, Director of the Reform and Development Division, arrived one after another.

Guo Tongyu had the heart to promote Lu Fan and introduced him to all the leaders.

Everyone gave face and praised Lu Fan, a small fry who wasn't even at the deputy section level, for being young and promising.

After the drinking game started, Guo Tongyu was quite generous, proposing "six-six smooth," wishing everyone a smooth New Year!

Lu Fan was a full-time waiter and didn't touch the alcohol. His task was to safely send each leader and the "pressure cooker" home.

Guo Tongyu was very good at adjusting the atmosphere and took care of every leader. The banquet was harmonious and lively. Lu Fan basically didn't sit down, constantly pouring water and adding wine for the leaders, winning everyone's favor.

Two hours later, the case of white wine was slowly finished by the six people. Leaders are also ordinary people. After getting drunk, they revealed their true colors and started bragging and telling dirty jokes non-stop. Lu Fan witnessed it—truly, eating and sex are human nature.

Of all evils, lust is the head. Judge by actions, not by heart; if you judge by heart, there are no good people in the world!

Lu Fan went to the bar to settle the bill in advance. The number 6668 yuan was very auspicious, but it really hurt the heart. Three months' salary was spent on one meal!

Before long, the leaders came out swaying. After getting in the car, Lu Fan sent them home one by one, each with two "pressure cookers."

After sending everyone off, Lu Fan was sweating profusely, feeling even more tired than hoeing the ground for a whole morning.

Returning to the hotel, Lu Fan parked the car and helped Guo Tongyu back to his room to rest. Du Wenlong had already checked into the room.

But the drunk Director Guo had just gotten out of the car when he saw the golden signboard "Wutong Xiaoqi" across the street and walked towards it swaying.

A leader's will is the highest instruction, and Lu Fan hadn't heard little. Doing ten good deeds for a leader is not as good as doing one "bad deed" together.

Men, after drinking, are prone to restlessness and love to relax. It's normal to be messy.

Helping Guo Tongyu into "Wutong Xiaoqi," the waiter arranged a private room. The leader lay down to rest, and Lu Fan went out to check the project.

Holding the price list, Lu Fan asked the manager, "What exactly can this spa 888 do?"

"Boss, this is the highest standard of our shop, including: full-body massage, gastrointestinal maintenance, spinal maintenance, full-body lymphatic detoxification, full-body aromatic therapy, kidney maintenance, scraping detoxification, essential oil massage, etc. —16 items in total. It's absolutely worth the money. You'll understand once you experience it!"

Lu Fan understood Guo Tongyu's thoughts and asked directly, "Can you do that?"

"Boss, we are a regular massage shop. If you want that, you have to pay extra!"

Forget it, as long as Guo Tongyu is satisfied, Lu Fan doesn't mind being slaughtered, and asked again, "You understand what I mean, right? How much extra?"

"Don't worry, I guarantee you'll be satisfied! The price for special service is two 888s!"

Damn it, so expensive! However, this money must be spent!

"Okay, but you have to find a young, beautiful one with a good figure."

"Don't worry, we have more than thirty technicians here, you can choose."

Lu Fan felt ashamed, but bit the bullet and chose a young girl for Director Guo. She looked very pleasing to the eye, and her figure was quite hot.

The manager asked again, "Boss, don't you want to choose one for yourself?"

Lu Fan blushed and said, "No need, just serve the boss inside well."

After Lu Fan brought the technician into the room, Director Guo had actually changed his clothes and was lying on the bed pretending to sleep.

After arranging everything, Lu Fan sat in the lobby smoking, his mind full of 888, and a ball of fire seemed to be suppressed in his heart. He really wanted to be impulsive, but he had the heart of a thief but no guts. The number 888 also made people flinch.

Looking back at the experiences of the past two days, it was like a dream, completely subverting Lu Fan's cognition. He saw a large group of section-level, division-level, and department-level leaders. Although they were all very polite, he could feel that they were just polite, and their attitude was completely different from how they treated Director Guo.

This made Lu Fan understand that connections before having strength are just how many people you know, and connections after having strength are truly useful.

No matter what, Lu Fan was experiencing a different life.

Looking up, the starry sky is very bright; looking down, half of the thorns on the road have passed. Everything is moving in a good direction.

As for what is being done now, regardless of right or wrong, only gains and losses are discussed. When a person is in a low valley and in adversity, what kind of pattern or feelings are there? Survival is the kingly way!

Leave action to the present and results to time. Lu Fan has always believed that if you don't explode in silence, you will perish in silence. Just work hard. As long as you chase the light all the way, life will definitely be full of radiance!

Two hours later, Guo Tongyu came out of the private room with satisfaction, and Lu Fan hurried to greet him.

"Oh, I'm relaxed now. Let's go, go back and rest!"

"You have a heavy responsibility and a busy job. You really need to pay attention to your body's maintenance and health care."

"Xiao Fan, it cost a lot this trip, right?"

"You allocated 50,000, it should be enough."

Guo Tongyu laughed, "The forest farm is a small unit, it can't bear too much spending. The year-end balance funds from the county have come down. You write a report for 50,000, and I'll approve it for you when you go back."

If the leader gives it to you, you have to take it. This is called blocking the mouth. Refusing is not beautiful. Lu Fan laughed, "Thank you for the leader's care!"

"Xiao Fan, there are many unavoidable things in work. Remember, you must learn to adapt to circumstances in dealing with people and things. Be steady in handling things, be sweet-mouthed, and be firm!"

"Don't worry, I will keep it in mind. I will definitely not say what shouldn't be said, and I will definitely not do what shouldn't be done."

"Work hard, I'll stabilize things in the bureau. Strive to sit firmly in the director's position in two years."

The third day of the first show, starting the rating. Five-star reviews are needed. Thank you for your support! ===== CHAPTER 33 =====