Guan Xiong

Before the banquet started, as usual, the major leaders gave speeches. What Liu Qifeng said was exactly what Li Xiaoning had written to him before. Li Xiaoning and the others just reported that the day was better than a little bit.

Li Xiaoning sat in his seat and listened intently, but he didn't listen to a single word. Anyway, he wrote the manuscript, so he didn't need to study hard to understand it deeply.His attention had already moved to the wine table, and he found that there were three wine glasses in front of each person, beer, wine, and liquor. The smaller the glass, the stronger the concentration and the higher the quality.

After the banquet officially started, a waitress dressed in a high-cut cheongsam came to the front, took off the folded napkin with her slender hands, spread it on the guests' knees, and asked the guests what they wanted to drink in a soft voice, and filled the three glasses.

This was originally a normal procedure. This is how five-star hotels treat everyone. But for the fledgling Li Xiaoning, he still feels a little guilty. He has been served like this in his life!

Binhai City is close to the sea, and eats the sea by the sea. Naturally, fresh seafood plays the leading role on the table, such as prawns, crabs, sea cucumbers, scallops, grouper, jelly fish, abalone, sea urchin, lobster...there are a variety of delicacies , rich and fragrant, fresh, tender, cool, smooth, light, full of five flavors, but light but not too much, fresh but not fishy, ​​tender but not raw, oily but not greasy...

The baijiu is not Moutai and Wuliangye, but the Yanghe blue classic that is advertised aggressively nowadays, presumably in response to the spirit of the central government’s directive that Moutai and Wuliangye are not allowed to go to official receptions.

Zhang Yuqiang stood up first, raised his glass, and planned to toast Liu Qifeng.Liu Qifeng didn't want to raise his glass, but said with a smile: "Everyone, forgive me! My blood pressure is a bit high recently, the doctor said, don't drink even a little alcohol."

Zhang Yuqiang stood there, slightly embarrassed. As we all know, many things can only be discussed after drinking, and there are many things that don’t need to be discussed after drinking. Liu Qifeng doesn’t drink, how will this drink go on? ?

Fortunately, Liu Qifeng's next words turned around, "However, on this occasion today, if you don't drink some wine, you probably won't be able to enjoy yourself to the fullest, so I brought Xiao Li here today, and Xiao Li will drink all my wine today. "

Li Xiaoning couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words. To be honest, he didn't think about doing this job before he came, because the rules on the Huaxia National Wine Table are very big, and the status gap between himself and Liu Qifeng is too big. If others respect Liu Qifeng To take the initiative to block the wine for Liu Qifeng by himself would be ignorant of the rules, he would not know what is good or bad, and it would be a very taboo thing.

But it is different now that Liu Qifeng proposed it on his own initiative. Li Xiaoning immediately realized that this is Liu Qifeng paving the way for further promotion. It's on the wine table.Thinking of this, he stood up abruptly and said, "Leaders, before Secretary Liu came, the doctor had repeatedly told him not to drink alcohol. But Secretary Liu knew the kindness of the leaders here, so he brought me here to drink with you today. .”

Li Xiaoning was talking, picked up the wine glass on the table and continued: "Although Secretary Liu asked me to drink on his behalf, everyone is my leader and my seniors, so I will respect everyone for the first glass of wine. After finishing speaking, Li Xiaoning raised his head and did it first, then smiled and turned down the wine glass to indicate that he drank it up, and then said: "I did it, leaders, please feel free."

Looking at Li Xiaoning's performance, Zhang Yuqiang couldn't help but nodded secretly in his heart—this young man is not simple, as a newcomer, facing this kind of situation, not only is he not stage-frightened, but he is also able to talk eloquently, and his gestures are so appropriate, Having won the essence of "being low-key and doing things high-key" in the officialdom, it is no wonder that Liu Qifeng is highly regarded at a young age. It seems that the future is boundless!This person must seize the opportunity to make friends. "

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuqiang laughed, and said, "Brother Xiaoning, there is a good saying, 'If you don't have three or two, don't dare to go to Liangshan', since you dare to drink on behalf of Secretary Liu, you must have a lot of alcohol. But our development zone is also the pioneer of the entire Binhai City, and everyone is a hero, I'm afraid you may not be convinced! Brother, I am a little bit unconvinced, let's learn from you first!" Zhang Yuqiang raised his neck as he spoke. dry.

Zhang Yuqiang's words not only further shortened the distance between him and Li Xiaoning, but also set an example for his subordinates—Secretary Li speaks politely, but no one can be really casual, and everyone has to follow the example of me, Zhang Yuqiang.

All the people here are old officials, so which one is not winking?Immediately, one cup after another, a group of people took turns respecting Li Xiaoning.These people are fighters of the 'alcohol test', and they don't have to worry about finding a reason to drink alcohol. For example, my child is about the same age as you, and my relative is also a graduate of Yenching University, and you are an alumnus Oh, wait, wait, even if it's rambling, it can still be talked about. Everyone's purpose is very clear, that is to try to get Li Xiaoning to drink the wine in the glass into his stomach.

Alcohol is wonderful, it can dilute troubles, bind contradictions, and strengthen friendship.As soon as the cup is touched, the understanding is long live, intimacy, like-mindedness, and brothers in the world.

Each of these people has a lot of people, and they will never fly into the clouds, get drunk, or talk nonsense just because of a little something in the cup. They just blush a little more, talk more, and the atmosphere will be more enthusiastic.Among these people, there are also those who have no good intentions. They are jealous that Li Xiaoning can be favored by the top leaders of Binhai City at a young age, and they try their best to make Li Xiaoning look ugly, want him to get under the table in public, vomit, or talk nonsense, Get drunk so they can get the most out of it.

Therefore, these people unanimously launched a very enthusiastic and ulterior attack on Li Xiaoning.One said that Li Xiaoning was young and promising, and he would have a bright future in the future; the other said that the young man was so handsome and handsome, and he would definitely find a good partner in the future; A toast for any reason.

At first Zhang Yuqiang saw that his subordinate was so unscrupulous, he couldn't help but feel that it was inappropriate, he coughed twice, but it was completely ineffective, and then looked at the calm expression on Liu Qifeng's face, and stopped interfering.

Even a born Jiuxian couldn't stand such a bombardment!After drinking three bottles of "Dream Blue" in a row, Li Xiaoning finally began to feel top-heavy, dizzy, and the root of her tongue was stiff.

But the situation of the "alcohol test" fighters in the development zone is even more difficult to see. On the entire wine table, Zhang Yuqiang, the secretary of the district party committee, is the only one who can sit in a dignified manner. Talking nonsense for a while, even sitting on the chair crookedly without saying a word, and others just kept giggling.

"Xiaoning, you've made me look good today. Killing a whole table by one person, these people are the pioneers of Binhai's 'alcohol test'!" Liu Qifeng said happily, patting Li Xiaoning on the shoulder.Although Liu Qifeng didn't drink alcohol today, his face was flushed now, as if all the wine Li Xiaoning drank had poured into his stomach, and his speech was a bit unrestrained.

Liu Qifeng couldn't help but be unhappy, he just saw how Li Xiaoning turned over a table of people cup by cup just now.While secretly surprised by Li Xiaoning's astonishing drinking capacity, he also really felt happy.Men have a kind of inferiority in their bones. Whether it is a high-ranking official or a dead dick, they all have a paranoid pursuit of power, money, and beautiful women. In reality, every man wants Be a real strong person in the venue, wine table, and bed.Today Li Xiaoning poured down a table of people by himself, although Liu Qifeng did not pour it himself, but Li Xiaoning poured it on Liu Qifeng's behalf, this feeling is as good as if he poured it himself.

There are two other reasons that made Liu Qifeng happy. First, Li Xiaoning's performance proved that Mao Qiushi was lying, which made him realize Mao Qiushi's true face. Second, Li Xiaoning's performance proved that he was not mistaken.Although drinking ability does not represent all abilities, but in the officialdom, drinking capacity and wine quality are also important indicators.

Liu Qifeng even thought of a joke at this time: "If you can't drink one or two to three liang, such cadres should be praised! It needs to be cultivated; a cadre who can drink eight taels and a catty is a typical cadre; a cadre who can drink a catty and a carton, such a cadre has strong ability; A tank, the secretary of the municipal party committee let you be! A cadre who can drink a tank and drink a car, such a cadre... I have never heard of it."

"Chief, stop praising me. You look fine on the surface, but I'm already beating up in my stomach. No, I have to go to the toilet first. I just endured it. Now that the task is completed, I can I can't help it anymore." Li Xiaoning said with a bitter face, pointing at her stomach that had been pressing down all the time.Here, he deliberately pretended to be drunk, and seemingly unintentionally changed his title to "Chief". He wanted to see the change in Liu Qifeng's attitude through this change of title.

"Haha, let's go, let's go. The task is well done. Go wash your face, and then we'll go home." Liu Qifeng laughed and said, looking very happy, and didn't care about Li Xiaoning's change of address at all.

Li Xiaoning finally let go of his hanging heart, and rushed to the bathroom at the fastest speed.What he said just now is also true, although he is indeed a good drinker, but after drinking three bottles of white wine, the discomfort is really unbearable for ordinary people. For the sake of Liu Qifeng's face at the wine table, he has been enduring it all the time, stunned It just poured everyone down, and I never went to the toilet once.

Now he couldn't bear it any longer. As soon as he entered the toilet door, he frantically unbuttoned his trouser belt, and let out the full water in his bladder first.Then, I looked left and right to see if there was no one else, and plunged into a single room again, stretched my fingers to my throat, and then vomited violently...

While washing her face, Li Xiaoning looked at herself with red eyes in the mirror, and said in her heart: I'm so fucking uncomfortable, if possible in the future, I will definitely be a good boy who doesn't drink alcohol.But this wish, he himself knew, was actually an extravagant wish.