Official Road Hongyan

In the afternoon of the next day, Ye Ming was looking at the newly issued and forwarded official documents in the "official business processing system" in the office, when he suddenly received a call from Gong Zhichao, asking him if he had time, and said that he had something to look for him.If you have time, ask him to visit his company headquarters immediately.

Ye Ming just finished reading the official document, and when he looked at his watch, it was already 04:30, so he promised him to come right away.

Gong Zhichao's company headquarters is on the 0th floor of Tianhong Building, its full name is "Chaoda Economic and Trade Co., Ltd.", and it rents three suites in total.Among them, a large house with an area of ​​more than [-] square meters is Gong Zhichao's chairman's office.

Ye Ming walked into "Chaoda Company" and saw Gong Zhichao standing outside his chairman's office to greet him.Seeing him coming out of the elevator, Gong Zhichao immediately took two steps forward, took his hand affectionately, and led him into the office.

As soon as he entered the door, Ye Ming saw the "Four King Kongs" such as Tie Tuo, Shorty Winter Melon, Mao Lizi, and Fu Mengzi, standing in two rows at the door. When Ye Ming came in, the four of them immediately bowed and bowed together with expressions They solemnly said in unison: "Brother Ming, thank you for saving your life!"

Ye Ming was taken aback by their unanimous thanks, turned his head to look at Gong Zhichao, and asked in surprise, "Brother Chao, what's going on? Brother Tie, they all came out?"

Gong Zhichao nodded and said, "Brother, I called you today because of my brothers. Last night, they came out of the County Public Security Bureau, and they went through the formalities of release on bail this morning. They had supper last night. When Ye Ming frightened them, I told them: You were able to come out of the detention center, and you were able to temporarily avoid prison, all thanks to the help of Brother Ye Ming. Without Brother Ye Ming, not only the four of you might be sentenced to heavy sentences, but I might They will also fall into it, and they may even be decapitated. After the four of them heard this, they must ask me to invite you here today, and thank you in person!"

When Ye Ming heard this, he clasped his fists and bowed to Tie Tuo and the other four who were still standing there with their bows and heads bowed, and said a little embarrassedly: "Brothers, you are too polite, why should I be so polite! Come on! Come on, let's all go in and talk together, don't be so polite, it will make you feel different, right?"

Seeing what Ye Ming said, Gong Zhichao waved to Tie Tuo and the other four to raise their heads.

Then, Gong Zhichao took the lead, and a group of six people walked into a relatively hidden inner room in the office.

This inner room is about 30 square meters, about the size of a three-bedroom living room.

In the north of this secret room, there is a square table carved from mahogany, and on the table is a shrine also carved from mahogany.Inside the shrine, there is a red-faced, long-bearded, majestic gilded statue of Guan Shengdi.Offerings are placed in front of the holy statue, joss sticks are lit, and wisps of soft smoke dance around the shrine.The entire altar and shrine are arranged exquisitely, elegantly and solemnly.

In front of the mahogany altar table, there are two padded grand master chairs lined up side by side. On the ground to the south of the grand master chair, there are four cloth mats that are exactly the same as the worship mats in the temple for believers to kneel down. Ye Ming guesses that these are people who believe in Guan Gong Gong Zhichao usually leads Tietuo and others to kneel down to worship Guan Gonggong.

After Gong Zhichao entered, he took out a stick of incense from the front of the altar, held it in his hand, and stood in front of Guan Gong's holy statue.Tie Tuo and others lined up with him in silence, and under the leadership of Gong Zhichao, they bowed respectfully to the statue of Emperor Guan three times.

Ye Ming is a party member and an atheist.Although he respected Guan Shengdi very much, he didn't want to participate in this kind of gang-inspired incense offering ceremony, so he stood aside and watched them salute to Guan Gong's icon in silence.

After paying homage to Guan Gong, Gong Zhichao turned around suddenly, pulled Ye Ming up, pushed him to sit on the grand master's chair on the left in front of the altar, and sat down on the grand master's chair on the right.Then, he suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Tie Tuo, Shorty Winter Melon, Mao Lizi, and Fu Mengzi, you four kneel down and formally pay respects to Brother Ming! From now on, Brother Ming will be your second brother and be equal to me. From now on , if Brother Ming has any orders, you don’t have to report to me, but follow his orders to the letter.”

As soon as his words fell, Tie Tuo and other four people who had already stood side by side in front of the four cushions immediately knelt down in unison, kowtowed three times to Gong Zhichao and Ye Ming, and responded in unison: " Little brother pays homage to Brother Ming! In the future, if Brother Ming has any assignments, we will not be afraid of swords and mountains, we will not avoid water and fire, and do our best to do good things for Brother Ming!"

Seeing them kowtowing to him suddenly, Ye Ming jumped up from the grand master's chair in shock, looked at Gong Zhichao dumbfounded, and blushed and said, "Brother Chao, this is a bit too much! These are my elder brothers, how can you Let them worship me? Guys, get up!"

Gong Zhichao stood up, pressed him to sit down, and said very solemnly: "Brother Ye Ming, this is not what I mean, it is what my four brothers think. In my team, heroes are not judged by their age. Those who are capable are the greatest, and those who are capable are the best. Although you are young, you have strong ability, good character, loyalty, and responsibility. Therefore, my brothers are willing to worship you as the second brother. I know that you are from the government , I don’t like this. But, please rest assured: this is just a small ceremony inside us, and it will never be spread outside. Outside, you are still Director Ye of the Local Taxation Bureau. But if something happens, Tie Tuo and the others will be your little brothers , you can send them anytime and anywhere—that’s the purpose of my small meeting ceremony today, please don’t think we are abrupt!"

As he said that, he said to Tietuo and the others: "Get up! No one is allowed to spread the matter today. But, you have to explain to your younger brothers: In the future, when you see Brother Ming on the street, you must greet him respectfully. In case Brother Ming encounters any urgent or difficult matters, everyone should spare no effort to help Brother Ming solve his problems—do you all understand?"

"understand!"

Ye Ming was forced by Gong Zhichao and kowtowed by Tie Tuo and other four people, and suddenly became the so-called "Brother Ming". Let them toss silently.

After the meeting ceremony was over, Gong Zhichao took out a bottle of Wuliangye from the wine cabinet next to him, opened it, and ordered Tie Tuo to bring six cups, sift the bottle of wine into the six cups, and asked Ye Ming to lift the bottle of wine into the six cups. One cup, six people held up the cups and drank it all in one gulp, the whole ceremony was officially completed.

Then, six people came out of the secret room and sat down on the sofa in the chairman's office outside.

Gong Zhichao asked: "Brother Ye Ming, I heard from Tao Yong: You are going to invite Captain Chen of the Provincial Public Security Bureau and Director Liang of the Municipal Public Security Bureau to dinner tonight. Have you decided on a place?"

Ye Ming shook his head and said, "Not yet. When you called me just now, I was about to call the catering department of Xinleng Hotel to book a box!"

Gong Zhichao said: "Brother, I will invite this guest tonight. But, to avoid suspicion, I will not participate. I have already booked a box at the newly opened Wangjianglou Restaurant, which is No. 999. When the time comes, you will bring Captain Chen and Director Liang Just wait for someone to go to the box. I have already made an agreement with the main station over there: that box is for our company's account."