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When they went upstairs, Fatty Tan and Slender Wang flattered Mr. Zhou, and the three girls next to him came out from time to time to play and chat, and the scene was very lively.

After the tea was brewed, Mr. Zhou sat there and boasted: "Do you know who I have dinner with recently? Let me tell you, they are all big shots. You can't stand in front of them when you go to the unit for inspection on weekdays. In the past few years I can be considered to have seen a big scene, especially during the holidays."

"The main reason is that your life is good, our father can't do it." Fatty Tan's words were somewhat sour.

"Let me tell you, it's really not about my father. My uncle is the chairman of Shandong Post and Telecommunications Group. My father's second child is the chairman here. My fourth uncle is in charge of the coal mine in Shanxi. You should know the truth, right? You can’t do it alone, you have to rely on the influence of the family, and I am also very grateful to my uncle and fourth uncle, who taught me a lot." Mr. Zhou said triumphantly.

Fatty Wang asked curiously, "Where's your third uncle?"

"My third uncle is just a small clerk. He has no great prospects. He doesn't usually come and go." After Zhou Gongzi finished speaking, he looked around and said to the three beauties: "Don't think you three are not as rich as the two of them. Let me tell you, those who eat in public houses, money is useless, no matter how rich you are, you can be taken care of, ten thousand taels of gold is not as good as a seventh-rank official."

Several people at the scene also echoed. Lu Feng sat there and watched their chatting in full swing, as if he shouldn't be here. When he was just thinking about whether to leave, Mr. Zhou said: "If you say you are rich, then we are here With all the people added up, I'm afraid Mr. Lu is not as rich as Mr. Lu!"

When Lu Feng heard them mention him suddenly, he raised his head and smiled modestly, "I don't have much money either."

"Don't say that you don't have much money, you are the richest man, and you can use it here. Let's put it this way, if you say you can do it, you can do it, if you say you can't, then you can't. If you have money but no power, it is just a pocketbook in the end. "Mr. Zhou said very bluntly: "If you want to cooperate with the Post and Telecommunications Group, don't you have to find me here?"

"That's right, I hope you can open your mouth and take care of this matter." Lu Feng praised him a few words, and then talked about the business: "It's still the same conditions that I told Mr. Zhou, [-] million network access fee , We will pay, but we will pay a very small part of the follow-up construction, or we will not pay the [-] million, and we will pay half of the construction of the signal towers later, but we will share the revenue of these signal towers in the future.”

"Mr. Lu, look at what you said, what can't be talked about, why are you so serious, you have asked Mr. Zhou, is there anything else you can't do?" Fatty Tan said from the side: "How about this, I will be a The middleman, fold the middle, and fold all your conditions in half, how about it?"

Mr. Zhou sat there silently, groping for his bracelet with his head down. Fatty Tan saw that Mr. Zhou was silent, and didn't know what to say, so he asked Miss Manners, "How is the kitchen preparation? Let's make a meal." It’s so slow, if you don’t want to do it, let them pack up my bed and get out!”

In less than two minutes, the first dish was served, and the head chef came over to apologize. Mr. Zhou said flatly, "Let's eat."

Fatty Wang took the opportunity to pull Lu Feng aside, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Lu, pay more attention. You are a person who has been in the mall for a long time, and you know how to speak?"

"What's wrong?" Lu Feng looked at him with raised eyebrows and asked, "Where did I say something wrong?"

"Look at you, what I said earlier is very good. Why do you let others handle things as soon as you come up? You have to be your own person first. We are here to help you. You can't ruin things by yourself." Fat Wang said Lu Feng said: "For a while, toast a few more glasses of wine, say something nice, and finally settle the bill."

"Check out? Isn't this the teahouse for you two?" Lu Feng wondered.

"Tsk!" Fatty Wang seemed very dissatisfied with Lu Feng's performance, and frowned slightly: "Are you still short of this money? Besides, the two of us took care of everything for you, so you can't ask us to post it for you." Meal money? This kind of big thing is really not bad, you will remember it later, don't mention it today, when you enter the circle, your things will not be a big deal. "

Hearing this, Lu Feng secretly thought, they are treating themselves as ordinary people. Many people who want to mix in circles, who are new to leaders or are in higher circles, will be "educated" like this , when you understand the face of this group of people, you will find that the so-called rules do not exist at all, but it is just a means and an excuse to suppress you.

As for circles, Lu Feng is also quite disdainful of this. He has been a human being for two lifetimes, and he has a different understanding of circles. It’s not called a circle, but a circle. When eating in a pig trough and going out to play at the same time, your friend touches someone else’s girlfriend. You think it’s normal, and the people in the circle don’t care.

The circle is a place to screen the three views, which may break the law or be immoral, but if you want to eat in a pig trough, you have to accept the three views in the circle, even if it is dirty, obscene, and what you despise.

The food on the dining table was served very quickly, several bottles of aged Moutai had already been opened, and the three beauties took the lead in performing a mouthful. Several people at the scene applauded, and the shouting sounded a bit like monkeys in a circus.

Fatty Tan pouts at Lu Feng: "Toast Mr. Zhou, today is the first time we meet, how about three drinks in a row?"

There was a lot of applause at the scene, the glass in front of Lu Feng had been filled to the brim, and the astringent smell made people frown, Lu Feng waved his hands again and again and said: "I really don't know how to drink, why don't you bring me a bottle of red wine? Can I Have some red wine."

"Look at what you said, I'm a girl who still drinks a cup, you won't be inferior to me, right?" The girl next to him encouraged: "Cheer up Mr. Lu, take a breath, and show your masculinity. "

At this moment, Lu Feng seemed to be not a man if he didn't drink this glass of wine. Seeing that he didn't drink, the atmosphere at the scene cooled down, and everyone stared at him. A cup is only three or four taels."

"I really can't drink it. It's not a matter of shame. I'm mainly here today to talk about things. I can't drink. I'm afraid I won't even be able to talk in a while." Lu Feng pushed the wine glass back as he spoke. for a moment.

"You can't die after drinking this cup. Why don't you give me face? You don't give face to Mr. Zhou? Then what are you doing?" Fatty Tan said angrily.

The atmosphere at the scene was very oppressive, but if someone else was here, let alone one cup, ten cups would have to be poured down.

"Since the matter can't be done, I'll leave first." Lu Feng looked very upright and stood up, as if to leave.

"Hey hey!"

Fatty Tan was in a hurry, he had been busy for a long time, it would be impossible to let him go, he hurriedly pulled Lu Feng aside and said in a low voice: "Brother, I am helping you, don't let me get off the stage, have a drink That's all, it's not about killing you, you give me some face, even if you don't give me face, you have to give Mr. Zhou face, otherwise why should he help you with things?"

"If you don't want to do it, don't do it. If you think of a way, it really won't work. When I go to the meeting of the Ministry of Information Industry and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission after the New Year, I will mention this matter more, maybe it will work." Lu Feng said very directly.

Fatty Tan was utterly blocked by these words, he could only blame the fish in front of him for being different from the ones in the past, in the past when he begged them to do something, they were all underlings, and when he came to this dinner table, he was an existence at their disposal. This is not the case with Lu Feng.

"Then we don't drink, it's easy for you to go to the top, and you won't come here. The process is so troublesome and the interpersonal relationship is so complicated. I believe you know it. It takes time and energy. Don't just leave. Sit down." Come down and talk." Fatty Tan persuaded Lu Feng to come back.

"Bring a bottle of red wine to Boss Lu." Fatty Tan sat down and ordered.

I brought red wine and chatted for a while, one of the girls volunteered to dance a bit, it was very coquettish, when returning to his seat, Mr. Zhou patted his butt with satisfaction, and Slender Wang poked his head over Lu Feng's back , whispered to Fatty Tan: "What a fucking slut."

"Little Lu, I heard from my dad about your matter." Mr. Zhou lit a cigar, leaned on the chair and said, "According to the regulations, your matter is not easy to handle. Now the state requires that the landline This is what all communication companies have to do, and it’s not about money, do you understand?”

"This kind of thing is what Mr. Zhou told you. If you go outside and ask, I'm afraid you won't even find a door." The girl next to her said with an insider's tone: "I think you are someone, so I told you. These."

The girl next to her also chimed in, saying that regardless of the fact that private companies outside earn more money, in front of them, they have to bow their heads and give gifts through the door.

Facing the pressure from these 'circle people', Lu Feng smiled and said: "I also know all these news, let's not talk about the meeting in the city Mr. Zhou said, and secondly, the content of the meeting in the province, Secretary Huang I have also told me that I am still adhering to the concept of common development.”

"Don't keep your mouth shut about Huang Youwei, what kind of green onion is he? Let me tell you, in my relationship, he is not worthy of carrying my shoes." Mr. Zhou was annoyed by Lu Feng's words, he took a puff of his cigar and said : "Huang Youwei is so powerful, you ask him to do it for you, why do you want me?"

"It's not about who is great or not, but we have to return to the matter itself. We will do what is beneficial to the people." Lu Feng said sincerely.

Mr. Zhou was taken aback when he heard this, knocked his cigar into the ashtray, stared at Lu Feng and said, "I am the people!"

"This table is full of people!"