Chapter 163: Asking Su Yang for a favor, sending a big gift

Su Yang could easily hear that this was mocking him for ruining the official careers of those dozens of corrupt elements in the Lancheng officialdom. His expression suddenly turned cold.

The others also looked at Su Yang with very displeased eyes.

Just as Liu Fusheng was about to speak, Su Yang said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "If Director Mao feels that my coming here is an offense or an intrusion, I can leave."

"Brother Liu, thank you for your hospitality. I'll invite you to dinner another time."

Since the other party didn't intend to give him face, he didn't intend to give them face either; anyway, no one needed face.

Mao Kai hadn't expected Su Yang to dare to talk back to him! His expression instantly turned gloomy.

"Old Mao, what are you doing? What do you think this place is? Little Brother Su is not an ordinary Town Mayor. Most people couldn't invite him even if they wanted to."

"Let me tell you this: Little Brother Su went to report work to Mayor Gao this afternoon and received Mayor Gao's affirmation and attention."

"In addition, his relationship with Secretary Gu is also very good. If Secretary Gu didn't have other matters tonight, he would have invited Secretary Gu to come over for dinner as well."

Hearing this, Mao Kai's expression changed abruptly. Clearly, he had been "judging a book by its cover" just now.

He was about to apologize. Su Yang said, "Brother Liu, don't lift me so high, otherwise if I fall later, won't I be covered in bruises?"

This made Mao Kai, who was about to speak, feel somewhat embarrassed. Instead, Director Gou Xiong of the Tax Bureau smoothed things over, "Town Mayor Su, our Old Mao has this kind of personality. He's a straight shooter, speaks directly, and has no ulterior motives."

"This kind of person is easy to deal with. His words just now weren't aimed at you; he's just used to joking with Old Liu."

"We all know that since Old Liu could invite you to this kind of place, you are clearly a distinguished guest here. You are Old Liu's brother, which means you are our brother too. Come, come, come, let's go in and drink."

At this time, Li Xunhuan on the side also said, "That's right, hurry in and eat and drink. My stomach is already growling with hunger. If you guys keep standing here talking, I'm going in first."

Director Liu then greeted everyone to go in and take their seats.

He said to everyone, "I don't have any good wine here, so let's make do with Moutai. Come, I'll toast everyone first, hoping we can gather often and enhance our friendship."

"In the future, everyone should communicate with each other and help each other, especially Little Brother Su, who should guide us more."

Su Yang hurriedly stood up and said, "Brother Liu, all of you present are older brothers; you should be the ones guiding me."

At the same time, he also understood why Liu Fusheng had invited him to dinner.

Liu Fusheng said, "Little Brother Su, don't be humble. Although we few work in the municipal bureaus and it sounds quite good, everyone wants to progress, and everyone wants their position to be stable."

"Among us, only you have the ability to help everyone; the others can't. This is absolutely not flattery."

As his voice fell, everyone was shocked again. Just now, it was said that Su Yang was deeply trusted and favored by Mayor Gao, but that didn't mean Su Yang could do anything for them.

But coming from Liu Fusheng's mouth, Su Yang was already omnipotent.

Su Yang was fortunate to have guessed what Liu Fusheng wanted him to do and had already known the result; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have had time to leave at this moment.

At this time, facing the suspicious eyes of everyone, Liu Fusheng said, "How about this, let me keep you in suspense for now. Let's eat first. Standing here for a long time without drinking a cup of wine or eating a bite of food is not the way to treat guests."

Saying this whetted everyone's appetite.

After Liu Fusheng's words fell, everyone clinked glasses three times in a row and started using their chopsticks.

During this period, Liu Fusheng took the lead in starting the rounds, all using those small cups, with everyone doing six cups of wine for each round of finger-guessing games.

After one round, it was about half a jin of liquor.

This was the lowest standard for drinking in Lancheng City. Otherwise, generally speaking, it started at twelve cups to pass.

When Director Liu reached Su Yang, Su Yang stood up and said, "Brother Liu, I'll borrow flowers to offer to Buddha; I'll toast you first, and I'll need your help in the future."

Liu Fusheng said, "Little Brother Su, let's not be distant between brothers. I've already heard from Secretary Gu that you came this time to apply for road repair funds. Mayor Gao has already allocated 15 million for you, so there should only be a 5 million gap left. Then, I can help you solve 3 million on my end."

"It's really the middle of the year, and all the funds have been planned out. Otherwise, getting you 10 million wouldn't have been a problem."

Hearing this, Su Yang was overjoyed! He had just wanted to talk about this matter. He hurriedly said, "Brother Liu, I'll toast you three cups first." After saying this, he picked up the decanter and drank it down in one go.

Asking others for something versus others offering it voluntarily are two different concepts.

Asking for it yourself might be because the other party is giving it out of face. If the other party offers it voluntarily, it shows they don't treat you as an outsider. The relationship has sublimated much more than the previous level.

Director Liu laughed, "Little brother is refreshing. We only have so much available funds every year. Since I have to allocate it to someone, I might as well give it to my own brother."

"Don't you all agree?"

Everyone laughed heartily, saying one after another that it made sense, it made sense; "fat water doesn't flow into outsiders' fields."

In fact, they had always been doing this.

Su Yang's drinking capacity was also okay, and since they were drinking Moutai, they drank until evening. The others were all about the same; although they were all high, they weren't drunk yet.

However, four bottles of Moutai had already hit the bottom.

At this time, Director Liu picked up a bite of food and said, "Little Brother Su, I won't hide it from you anymore. I want to ask you for a favor."

"Everyone present today is a trusted old brother of many years, so I won't hide anything. Our old bureau chief is retiring, and I want to make a push for the position of bureau chief. But you know, the position of Finance Bureau Chief is a fat job, and every leader and relevant qualified person is eyeing this position."

"I've heard that the Organization Department has been having long lines for dinner these past few days. Of course, people are also pulling strings with various Municipal Standing Committee members."

"To say something discouraging, my old leader in the city just went to the People's Congress this year and basically can't exert any influence."

"And this time, for the position of Finance Bureau Chief, no matter how much effort everyone makes in the early stages, the final decision-making power is in Mayor Gao's hands."

"So, Little Brother Su, I am completely counting on you. I hope you can put in a good word for me with Mayor Gao. Of course, it wouldn't be appropriate for you to go and say it empty-handed. I have some savings here; although it's not much, I should have 200,000. You take it first to use, and if it's not enough, I'll think of another way."

Su Yang thought: *It's here, it's here, it's finally reached the real topic. *

*I knew it, under normal circumstances, how could someone introduce himself to his own social circle? And this kind of "knowing the roots and the bottom."*

*And as the God of Wealth of the city, he hadn't even opened his mouth, and the other party had voluntarily offered 3 million. This kind of thing probably hadn't happened in the Lancheng area. *

At the same time, he also understood why this Director Liu had to do this. Because the first time was the bureau set up by Ning Shu Yue, and he had asked Liu Fusheng to come forward to allocate the funds. It is estimated that after the last incident, this Liu Fusheng had privately gone to inquire about the relationship between him and Ning Shu Yue.

Because this matter was notified to Liu Fusheng by Secretary Gu at the time, he immediately discovered a huge secret: Ning Shu Yue was Mayor Gao's daughter. Among people at their level, he was probably the only one who knew this secret.

So when he saw Gao Yang again today and that he could be favored by Mayor Gao, and afterwards it was Gu Qingming who personally sent Su Yang out, he knew how deep the relationship was.

According to the logic of officialdom, as long as there is this layer of relationship and this opportunity, he can speak for him, so he absolutely wouldn't let go of this opportunity.

Immediately, everyone looked at Liu Fusheng with near-shocked eyes, and also looked at Su Yang.

In their view, Liu Fusheng was definitely not crazy, but Su Yang, a Town Mayor, where did he get such great energy? ===== CHAPTER 164 =====