Chapter 99: Dinner Party (2)

Chinese dinner parties have special requirements. Whether official or private, there is an order of seniority and respect. The first is the choice of the banquet place. The higher the official position, the more hidden the place, the bigger the scene, and the place must be the busiest hotel. The second is the rule of seating. The person with the biggest official position sits in the main seat, and others are arranged left and right according to the rank of their positions. The closer to the main seat, the closer the person is to him.

I followed behind Minister Huang Shan and wanted to laugh when I saw his Mediterranean-like top of the head. Officials probably use their brains too much, and many are bald. Minister Huang Shan was short and fat, with a few pieces of fat on the back of his neck, looking like he had a big life and thick blessings.

Deng Hanyu followed closely like a pug, reporting the situation of the Cement Products Factory incessantly, bringing along praise for his own work ability, and leading Minister Huang's thoughts without a trace.

The Cement Products Factory was originally a county-owned enterprise and was a product of Huang Shan's assessment of the situation back then.

The county nitrogen fertilizer plant back then was almost wiped out under the impact of imported fertilizers from abroad. The nitrogen fertilizer plant was the largest enterprise in the county, related to the production of hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the whole county. As long as the nitrogen fertilizer plant didn't light a fire, the economy and people of the whole county would be panicked.

Seeing foreign fertilizers attacking the city and land, the carbon ammonium urea produced by the nitrogen fertilizer plant could not be sold. Huang Shan immediately drew a part of the workers from the nitrogen fertilizer plant and formed the County Cement Products Factory.

Building a factory requires a place, so the county reached an agreement with Chengguan Town. Chengguan Town provided the land and owned the land ownership of the Cement Products Factory. After the County Cement Products Factory operated independently for thirty years, the factory and land would belong to Chengguan Town.

After the Cement Products Factory was established, it mainly produced prefabricated components. It happened that the economy became active. Whether it was public or private, they began to engage in large-scale construction, and business became hot, with a trend of replacing the status of the nitrogen fertilizer plant.

After a few years, Chengguan Town watched the Cement Products Factory make a lot of money, but helplessly the agreement was first, and they couldn't eat half a bite, so they came up with an idea, cutting off his electricity every three days. Sometimes the material was just half-formed, and once the power was cut off, all losses were lost. They also found some farmers, saying that the sewage of the Cement Products Factory made their fields harden, could not plant crops, and the sewage flowed into the fish pond and poisoned the fish. They often went to block his door, or blocked the road and didn't let the car transporting materials in, and didn't let the car pulling products out, isolating the factory like an isolated island.

The factory director couldn't stand it, went to the Chengguan Town Secretary and Town Mayor to solve the problem. The Secretary and Town Mayor either avoided seeing them or pushed them around, so they had to go to the County Party Committee. It happened that Huang Shan was transferred to Hengyue City, and others simply didn't want to manage this mess. Finally, there was no way, the original team of the nitrogen fertilizer plant withdrew, the factory was handed over to Chengguan Town, and a symbolic few tens of thousands of yuan were paid to the nitrogen fertilizer plant to end it.

The main planner of this incident was Deng Hanyu. At that time, Deng Hanyu was less than twenty-five years old and had just been appointed as deputy town mayor of Chengguan Town.

The banquet to welcome Secretary He Zhi was set in the best and largest room of the reception house. The room of about one hundred square meters had a huge table in the middle. Several waiters stood in the room, with their hands folded on their hips, listening to commands at any time.

He Zhi was talking to Secretary Guan Peishan with a smile. Because of his full beard, his smile looked extremely ferocious, making me want to laugh.

Minister Huang Shan walked a few steps faster and said to He Zhi, "Secretary, I went to the Cement Products Factory, and there is something I want to report."

He Zhi smiled and said, "Minister Huang, you are a leader in charge of cadres, why do you think of managing enterprises?"

Huang Shan said sincerely, "Secretary, it's not that I want to manage enterprises, it's just that this enterprise was built by me back then. It's like my own child. When I come home, I want to see how it's growing."

He Zhi waved his hand and said, "Understand, understand. No wonder Peishan and I waited for a long time, and didn't see you, the minister, appear. It turns out you went to see your own child."

Huang Shan apologized, "Sorry, Secretary, I didn't report to you in advance. I also had a temporary idea. I'm really sorry. I should be punished for drinking one more cup."

He Zhi said, "Want to drink? Still can't give you a drink. Such good wine, one cup is tens of yuan, it hurts to drink." He pointed to the Moutai wine on the table, frowned, and asked, "Doesn't the Municipal Party Committee have a document? Reception wine must use the Daqu wine of the municipal winery!"

Guan Peishan accompanied with a smiling face and defended, "The meaning of the document should refer to external reception. Secretary He, you come to inspect, it doesn't count as external, it should be internal reception."

He Zhi didn't speak, picked up the wine glass in front of him, handed it to the waiter, and said, "I won't drink today. Let's be simple and have a working meal."

As if suddenly seeing us, he raised his head, pointed at Deng Hanyu, and asked, "Who are you?"

Deng Hanyu immediately stood at attention and reported, "Report to Secretary He, I am the Town Mayor of Chengguan Town, named Deng Hanyu. You can just call me Little Deng."

He Zhi frowned, turned to Guan Peishan, and asked, "Didn't you ask Chengguan Town to come to report?"

Guan Peishan was a figure, and immediately understood He Zhi's meaning, and immediately reprimanded Deng Hanyu, "Who asked you to come? Why are you everywhere it's lively?"

Deng Hanyu's original smiling face froze instantly, he looked at Minister Huang Shan with a look of wanting to speak but stopping.

Huang Shan smoothed things over and said, "Secretary He, Town Mayor Little Deng is a cadre in charge of township enterprises. Last year, he won the National May Fourth Labor Medal. Just now I went to his Cement Products Factory, and he followed, wanting to report his thoughts to the Secretary."

He Zhi said "oh," pointed to the seat opposite, and said, "Why don't you eat a working meal together?"

Deng Hanyu just wanted to sit, Guan Peishan said with frost on his face, "Town Mayor Deng, Secretary He still has instructions to do, you go outside and wait first."

Deng Hanyu's face turned white and red, and he retreated with a smile.

He Zhi pointed at me again and said, "Are you called Chen Feng?"

I hurriedly nodded and agreed. His series of actions just now made my heart thump. Who knows what this old man is thinking? Isn't he going to expel me too?

"You come over, sit here." He pointed to an empty seat beside him and said to me, his face full of an unfathomable smile again.

I hesitated for a while, County Magistrate Liu Qimeng pushed me behind my back and said, "Secretary He is calling you, why don't you go quickly."

Then we sat down in order of priority. In the middle was Secretary He Zhi, on the left was me, next to me was Secretary Guan Peishan, on the right was Minister Huang Shan, and next to him was County Magistrate Liu Qimeng.

The secretaries and drivers who came with us were in the room outside, and the waiters served dishes like flowing water.

Sitting sandwiched between several leaders, I felt like I was sitting on a powder keg, feeling uncomfortable all over. I stole a glance at He Zhi. He was as motionless as Mount Tai, staring at the seven big bowls and eight big plates on the table with a heavy expression.

Secretary Guan personally poured the wine, insisting on accompanying He Zhi for a drink, and said with sincere words, "Secretary He, thank you for coming to Chunshan County to inspect. If you don't drink a glass of wine, you look down on the people of Chunshan County."

He Zhi said with a smile, "Peishan, you have put a hat on me. If I don't drink, it means I'm sorry for the people of Chunshan County. It seems that I have to drink this glass?" He waved his hand heroically and said, "Then I must drink it."

The waiter hurriedly sent the wine glass over. Guan Peishan filled the wine glasses one by one. When it came to me, he hesitated for a while, smiled, and said, "Little Chen, why don't you accompany Secretary He for a drink?"

I hurriedly stood up, took the wine bottle from his hand with both hands, and said sincerely, "Secretary Guan, I'll do it myself."

Guan Peishan still wanted to pour it for me. He Zhi tapped the table and said, "Peishan, Chen Feng is a junior, you pour it for him, does he dare to drink? Let him do it himself."

Guan Peishan let go and said with a smile, "Secretary He, now, I really feel that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves in front. For example, this Little Chen, originally engaged in social education in our Chunshan County, concurrently serving as the secretary of Suxi Township. Some time ago, the County Party Committee appointed him as a member of the township party committee, in charge of propaganda work. The road is long and the responsibility is heavy."

He Zhi said without changing his expression, "Young people, it's good to exercise more."

Guan Peishan probed, "Secretary He, Little Chen, this person, still has courage."

"Young people, if they don't even have courage, can they still serve the people? Party cadres must have the courage to take responsibility, have the courage to open up, and don't be afraid of making mistakes." He Zhi picked up the wine glass and said, "Old Huang, let's follow the host's convenience today, have a drink."

Huang Shan said with a smile, "Secretary, follow your instructions."

Saying that, he drank the wine in the glass with his neck tilted, and showed the bottom of the glass to us.

Big figures drinking are actually the same as our common people. I also drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, but I didn't dare to show the bottom of the glass to them.

I know that except for He Zhi, no one else knows my relationship with him. In fact, I don't have any relationship with He Zhi. Although it is a cousin relationship, I have to call him cousin. This cousin is meeting for the first time today, not as simple as I thought. The water inside him is deep.

Not knowing my identity, Guan Peishan felt that I was like a time bomb. Putting a time bomb by his side, no one would be at ease!

He took advantage of Huang Shan reporting the Cement Products Factory to He Zhi, and asked me in a low voice, "Little Chen, did Secretary He call you?"

I said, "I don't know, I came after receiving a call from Secretary Qishan."

"Do you know Secretary He?"

I shook my head.

He stopped asking and instructed me, "Go and help fill the leader's wine." ===== CHAPTER 100 =====