Revival Road

Chapter 19 Party Three

The Development and Planning Department is the core department of Red Star Company. Although the external entertainment is not as good as that of the Marketing Department, it is not too small.Lu Qi realized very early that drinking capacity is combat effectiveness, and the depth of drinking capacity largely represents work ability.Almost all leaders at all levels she knows are good at drinking.

Lu Qi's drinking capacity is not light.She doesn't even know what her amount is.Her good drinking is legendary in Red Star.Song Yue, Tao Tang's predecessor, took office at the beginning. Because a certain state-approved technological transformation project passed the acceptance test, Song Yue was very happy and invited the directors and section chiefs of the Development and Regulations Department to celebrate. Looking for a reason to clink glasses with Lu Qi, Lu Qi said helplessly: "Let's talk about drinking, now the leader is on top and I'm on the bottom. You can say as many times as you want."

The crowd cheered loudly.

That time Lu Qi overwhelmed Song Yue.Song Yue was escorted back to the hotel by the secretary in the end.Duan Hui, who was in charge of the project, had long been unconscious, but Lu Qi went home steadily without losing her composure as usual.

Lu Qi became famous for this.But she learned a lesson, because that wine fight brought her a lot of negative rumors.Therefore, she set a rule for herself, never drinking liquor on special occasions, and even Luo Chong, the head of the regulatory department, persuaded her not to move.

Today is naturally a special case in her mind.She had a lot to ask Tao Tang, especially after briefly describing their respective lives in her office that day.She really wanted to know the "story" of Mrs. Tao Tang's death, how did he come here in the past few years, he was still young, only 43 years old, what plans did he have for his future life?She even had an urge to tell him that she had never forgotten him, but she snuffed out the idea as soon as it arose. If Tao Tang hadn't come back with Red Star, even if he was poor, she could "choose an opportunity" to confide I have hidden my thoughts for more than twenty years.But it can't work now, she doesn't want him to misunderstand, thinking that she has something to do.

Everyone is an adult, and Lu Qi believes that she can control it completely.That's right, I once secretly liked him, but that was just a colorful dream of a girl, and there would be no consequences if I said it, but it made me settle my mind.

After the three small glasses of white wine together, the banquet entered the stage of free play, and Lu Qijiu poured the glass dry without any hesitation.The other woman, Gu Meijun, was more forthright, very active, and with witty remarks, she could always find a reason to toast, just clinking three glasses with Tao Tang, and it was a big cup—Gu Meijun laughed at the wine utensils prepared by Tang Yikun. For girls, "Change to a bigger one, it's too fucking verbose."

The replaced wine glasses are simple in style, and each glass is enough to hold three coins.

"We haven't seen each other for 25 years, should we have a drink? You have been separated for 25 years and never contacted your classmates. Should you be punished for a drink? You have been promoted to the top of the Red Star, should you celebrate a drink? The small cup is too long-winded. Let's come here once! I'll accompany you, let's go big!" Gu Meijun forced Tao Tang.

Tao Tang could not refuse.

Zhou Hongyou smiled and watched the two of them fight for wine, and after the two had finished drinking, he said to Gu Meijun: "Squad Leader Gu, I'm afraid you will be killed today. A few days ago, Secretary Wang and Mayor Shangguan greeted Tao Tang, so I have seen him before." amount of alcohol."

"Really? Why didn't you say it earlier? It's not meaningful. However, I'm hurting my body but not my feelings. I know that there are tigers in the mountains, so I prefer to go to the mountains." She heard Zhou Hongyou's implication. Tao Tang has a background, otherwise The main leaders of the city will not be the top leaders of the central enterprises.

Sure enough, Gu Meijun did what she said, she then approached Lu Qi, and they had two drinks in a row, followed by Sun Dunquan and Han Ruilin.Gu Meijun raised his head to attack, and the atmosphere immediately set off a climax.This is the case with the wine bureau. If the female guests take the initiative, the effect will be very different.

Han Ruilin has been paying attention to Gu Meijun. When she challenged Zhou Hongyou, he leaned over and said to Sun Dunquan: "Now I know that being a leader really requires quality."

Sun Dunquan raised his eyebrows, "If you were them, you would have already practiced it. Besides, good wine is hard to get drunk."

The two bottles of 52-degree Wuliangye opened on the table were dried out in less than half an hour, and someone immediately brought in a box.The red-faced Tang Yikun was very happy, waved off the waiter, and refilled wine for everyone himself, "Brothers and sisters, I am here for one-stop entertainment, singing, playing cards, sauna, sports, in water, on land, whatever you can think of , I have them all here. It must be fun to drink today, otherwise I will look down on Old Tang."

"You brag," Gu Meijun came to Tao Tang again with a glass of wine, "Tao Tang, can I ask you to do something?"

"You said."

"Transfer your basic account to me, as a support for me."

"As I said just now, we only talk about friendship, not official business. If you violate the rules, you will be punished with alcohol." Tao Tang's face remained unchanged, "The alcohol order is greater than the military order, and the rules are used to enforce it."

"Okay, I accept the punishment. I will invite you in Bei'an some other day, so don't break the appointment." Gu Meijun accepted the punishment and drank the glass, "You can't sit peacefully like a mountain, do you want to respect everyone?"

"No problem. But, let me say something first. Thank you, everyone. Look, there are our parents and officials here. When it comes to government affairs, there are naturally Hongyou who are involved. Funds are the blood of a company, and it is inevitable to find a bank loan. This is especially true for Red Star, which is difficult to operate. I didn’t expect our monitor to be the head of the company department, so it would be easy. And we, Old Tang, are now rich and powerful. If Red Star asks for a visit, Old Tang cannot refuse. Lu Both Qi and Ruilin are the backbone of Red Star, and they know much more about Red Star than I do. With their help, I am naturally relieved. Old Sun is even more amazing, if I can borrow your giant pen to write a few words for Red Star This article is even more beautiful. In short, thank you everyone. I drank three cups in a row to express my gratitude. You can do whatever you want. No, this is not about work. Squad leader Gu, please don’t look at me like that. Bar?"

"Hey, you really know how to go around. However, since you punish yourself with three cups, we won't call you a foul. In this case, let me accompany you for a cup." Zhou Hongyou stood up, "Help each other. Haha."

"It's serious, how can East Lake compare with Red Star's deep heritage, and I will accompany you for a cup. Why don't we have one together?"

Sun Dunquan, Lu Qi, and Han Ruilin would naturally not refute Tao Tang's face.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Tao Tang drank two cups first, and drank the third cup together.

Tao Tang turned to Lu Qi, and moved his chair back, "I can always think of you when I listen to the song "You at the Same Table". Borrow Lao Tang's wine and toast to the former tablemate. May you stay young forever, Everything goes according to plan.”

"No, no, no, one cup is not enough. It took a hundred years to cross the same boat, and once at the same table, at least it is better than crossing the same boat." Zhou Hongyou laughed loudly when he heard Tao Tang's words, "Do you think so?"

"That's that." Tang Yikun nodded, "That's right. At least three cups."

An inexplicable sadness welled up in her heart, and Lu Qi's eyes became moist, "Listen to you, I'll just stay with you."

"It's refreshing enough. Lu Qi has expressed her opinion like this. Let's change to a big cup." Tang Yikun clapped his hands, and a waiter came in immediately, "Bring a big cup."

Poured three cups in a row in the thin waist cup, "Dry it first as a respect." Tao Tang drank the wine in the cup and filled it up for himself, "I will help me more in the future."

"Eat some food..." Lu Qi asked with concern.

"It's okay, I'm happy today," Tao Tang didn't eat any food, and went directly to Han Ruilin's side, "Old classmate, let's go together?"

"Thank you Mr. Tao, I respect you." Han Ruilin quickly stood up.

"Wine penalty!" Tao Tang said with a smile, "You violated Zhou Hongyou's rules."

"I admit the punishment, I accept the punishment. However, I need more guidance from Mr. Tao in the future." Han Ruilin stammered.

"Hurry up, besides you will be punished again." Sun Dunquan reminded.

Tao Tang turned around and Zhou Hongyou entered the stage.The deputy mayor toasted, even if Han Ruilin couldn't drink enough, he would have to sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman, and the two bottles of wine soon emptied again.

Finally, Tang Yikun circled, "It's been a long time since I had such a good time. Students, I have a proposal. As for the liquor, this is the last bottle. Let's slow down, or we will waste a good table. After dinner, let's change places Have a good chat."

"Go ahead and sing, Old Tang has the best K hall in Hiraizumi, the acoustics are absolutely top-notch." Gu Meijun said.

At this time, the door knocked, and Qi Ping, the manager of the clubhouse, came in with a tall wine glass, "Mr. Tang, let me toast your classmates, okay?"

"Of course. You should have come earlier. Let me introduce you. Everyone, Manager Qi Ping, the top manager of the club, Mr. Tao, the chairman of Red Star Company," he first introduced Tao Tang to Qi Ping.

"I've seen you for a long time. Mr. Tang often mentions you. In this way, you can drink half of it as you like." She picked up the wine bottle on the table and poured herself a small half glass, at least one or two.

"Thank you, Manager Qi..." Tao Tang politely clinked his glass with Qi Ping.

"President Tao is welcome to come to the clubhouse to guide the work." Qi Ping drank it down, and before Tang Yikun could speak, Qi Ping came to Zhou Hongyou, "Mayor Zhou, do you want to give Xiao Qi some face?"

"Look at what you said..." Zhou Hongyou poured wine for Qi Ping himself, and the two clinked glasses and finished their work.

Qi Ping then came to Gu Meijun, "Mr. Gu, this is not the first time for the two of us, and you didn't have time to come."

"Xiao Qi, you should respect Red Star's friends." Gu Meijun seemed to be a frequent visitor to the club.

"Of course, don't I come next to each other?"

Lu Qi shifted her attention away from Tao Tang, and watched the graceful female manager of the clubhouse toast the guests one by one. She didn't eat a bite of food during the period, and she had already drank half a catty by the end of her place.

"You missed one..." Seeing Qi Ping approaching with a smile, Lu Qi stood up.

"Mr. Tang is my boss. I said I came to respect Mr. Tang's distinguished guests. Oh, you are really Mr. Tang's classmate? Isn't it?"

"I'm definitely older than you, and much bigger."

"Ah, I was envious of Mr. Gu's good looks, but I didn't expect to have a new idol. Sister Lu, you should leave a phone number, so I can ask for advice at any time."

"Stop flattering each other. If you say anything else, I will feel ashamed. Hurry up." Gu Meijun laughed.

After clinking glasses with Lu Qi, Qi Ping really asked Lu Qi for a phone number, "Mr. Tang, do you think you are going to order some staple food? Also, do you want to make other arrangements?"

"The staple food is the one that you should focus on. There should be more variety. Mr. Gu just said that he wants to sing, so you can arrange it."

"Okay. Everyone, please take your time." Qi Ping saluted and went out.

Sun Dunquan has always wanted to write an online article about grassroots entrepreneurship, but he suffers from a serious lack of life experience, otherwise he would not have come to Donghu Clubhouse due to his cynical temperament.But he did not tell Tao Tang the real purpose.When the banquet entered the final stage, Sun Dunquan approached Tang Yikun.

"Old Tang, I want to ask you for a favor."

Of course, Tang Yikun couldn't guess what Sun Dunquan was thinking, so he said haha, "You say, as long as I can do it." I don't know how many people have asked him to do things over the years, and begging and being begged constitute the main content of his life.Whether to do it or not, he has a ruler with precise scale in his heart, and Sun Dunquan is definitely not among the people he will definitely agree to and work hard to achieve his goal.

"You can definitely do it. I'm not looking for you to buy a house cheaply." Sun Dunquan immediately dispelled Tang Yikun's worries.

"Haha, it's not a bad idea to buy a house."

"Old Tang, I believe that there are not many people who call you this way. Isn't it very new? Old Tang, can you tell me about your entrepreneurial history? I am very interested, really. Especially your first How the pot of gold is obtained is the most important thing.”

"Why do you know this?" Tang Yikun immediately became vigilant.

"Do you know what I do for a living now?"

"Honestly, I don't know. Everyone has their own way of living..."

"I sell words for a living. You probably won't really understand. I want to write a book about entrepreneurship, and I want to use you as the prototype. Don't worry, in my vision, you are the modern version of the carp jumping the dragon's gate. Except for the expansion, all personal family and emotional stories have nothing to do with you. It is completely fictional."

"Why are you writing this?"

"Readers like it? Everyone has dreams of wealth, fantasizing about becoming the lucky one with billions of wealth. In my real life, you are the only real billionaire I know. How can you satisfy my wish ?"

"No." Tang Yikun immediately refused.

"why?"

"No reason. Old Sun, it's not that my brother doesn't help, it's because my brother doesn't want to recall those hard times in the past... You won't understand this. If you want to buy a house in my real estate, you can also discuss some discounts. What you said is absolutely not."

"I have always thought that at least [-]% of the rich people born since the reform and opening up have original sins. Is it the same for you? Why don't you want to talk about the first pot of gold in starting a business? In fact, that is the most touching part... After drinking, Sun Dunquan was not forgiving.

"Write whoever you want, not me. Really."

"Then you introduce one to me? Birds of a feather flock together, there are always rich people who are willing to show off their best fortune, right?"

"I never cared about how other people started their businesses. As far as I know, no one would tell an unrelated person about their past." Tang Yikun looked sternly.

"Forget it, don't force others to make things difficult for you." Tao Tang smoothed things over.

"That's right, don't force Boss Tang..." I don't know why, Lu Qi is not in the right state today, her head starts to feel dizzy, and double images appear in front of her eyes, "Tao Tang, come and sit..." She patted the empty chair beside her .

"Well, is it a little uncomfortable?" Tao Tang saw that Lu Qi's face was flushed, and she looked even more gorgeous.

"No, it's all right. Maybe the wine isn't to your liking... I want to know, your lady, what's the matter with her..."

"Drink some grape juice, you shouldn't have drunk it so hard just now." Tao Tang pushed the grape juice to Lu Qi's hand.

"There's nothing to say...I care about you..."

"I know. I don't want to talk about this today..." Tao Tang's gaze met Lu Qi's and he immediately avoided it.

Just when Zhou Hongyou came over, "How do you feel in the past few days? I think your Mr. Feng thinks highly of you."

"Put me on the fire. How can I be idle in the headquarters? This kind of attention is not worth mentioning."

"Red Star's top leader will undoubtedly be reused. Congratulations again." Zhou Hongyou took the cup, and Tao Tang touched him, and each took a sip, "Red Star is really having a hard time right now, and many people have sent letters to the city to complain... Dude Where are you going to start to rectify?"

Feng Shizhao's trip was highly valued by the province. After Hiraizumi's work, Mayor Shangguan Hong accompanied him to the provincial capital Bei'an.Zhou Hongyou did not accompany him to the provincial capital, but according to the information he received, Governor Xing, who is also an alternate Central Committee member, met with Feng Shizhao, and the two sides successfully reached a so-called strategic cooperation agreement.Provincial TV One broadcasted in the second article of "G Province News" the next day: "...Our province has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with China Brilliant Machinery Industry Group Corporation. The two parties will strengthen cooperation in a series of fields..." But the Brilliant Group In terms of scale and influence, its enterprises in Beian are not as good as Hongxing Company in Hiraizumi.

"I don't know... You have to survive first and then develop. Even though I grew up on Red Star, my understanding of it is extremely superficial, so it's really hard to say."

"I know something about Red Star. Old Tao, Red Star needs to be reborn from the ashes. This opportunity is right in front of us. The new city construction plan determined by the city has basically been approved by the province. I happen to be in charge of this area. Why don't we cooperate together?" If it is done well, all the historical burden of Red Star will be thrown away at once, which is much faster than any product development and market expansion.”

"I have heard some official news before. In principle, the headquarters supports the relocation and reorganization of Red Star. But I have never studied this. The current situation does not allow me to spare more energy to do this. I can’t get enough to eat. To tell you the truth, I was surrounded by people when I went to the workshop today.”

"The Hongxing family has a great career, and the burden of history is particularly heavy. The general means of getting out of trouble are difficult to be effective. You have to find another way."

"Yes."

"If you need my help, just talk. However, you are a central enterprise, and you have always had little contact with the city. Moreover, I am not in charge of labor and transportation, so I am afraid I can't help you much."

"No, I'm very grateful for your words."

"Did you see someone else? Come to my house another day, and we'll get together in a small area."

"It's better to come to the factory, it's also considered a support for me."

"Let's forget it. It's arrogant to say that one's identity is sensitive. But it's true that the official cannot help himself. You are in a central enterprise, so you can definitely understand my difficulties."

"By the way, who else is in the factory in your family?"

"There's no one. They've all left...By the way, where are your parents? They're still in the factory? Are you healthy?"

A well-developed son would not leave his relatives behind in a company with declining profits. Tao Tang was not surprised, "They followed me in Binjiang and have to come back. After all, they have lived here for most of their lives. I will take over after a while. They come back."

"Well, I'll visit the second elder when the time comes. Where's the wife and child? Come back with you too? It's not convenient to ask at the city hall that day."

"No, the child is studying in Binjiang junior high school, I don't want her to transfer."

"That's right. People like us are like rootless weeds. We don't know where the next stop will be. It's right for them not to come back. I don't have time. I have to go back to the meeting." Zhou Hongyou looked at his watch and got up. Shake hands with Lu Qi, Han Ruilin, Sun Dunquan, and Gu Meijun to say goodbye, "Everyone take your time, and let Lao Tang arrange things to be relaxed and relaxed. It's the weekend, don't rush home."

Tang Yikun asked Zhou Hongyou: "Do you have to go?"

Zhou Hongyou pointed to the ceiling, "I can't help it, I'm really sorry. You greet everyone well."

"Okay, I'll send you off on behalf of everyone." Tang Yikun gestured to Tao Tang and the others, and accompanied Zhou Hongyou out of the private room.

Zhou Hongyou is a frequent visitor to the clubhouse.But neither Tang nor Tuesday expected that this would be Zhou Hongyou's last visit to the club.

(End of this chapter)