Lao Tzu is a toad

Chapter 345

After work on Friday, when Zhao Jiadi was going down the stairs, he received a call from his nemesis Huang Ying, who told him that he was invited to dinner at home. Zhao Jiadi, who was in a hurry to go to Shanghai, had to explain the situation to the old principal first, and then get acquainted when he arrived. In the compound of the provincial party committee, I met a girl who met once at Qi Shugen's birthday party. She was 25 and six years old. She was wearing a leopard print dress with an OL temperament. It is true that a girl with a good family background is more likely to shine. She brought two big bags of things, and Zhao Jiadi went up to help carry a bag, and sent her to a villa before returning the things. During the 4-minute journey, the two chatted for a while, and Zhao Jiadi realized that Huang Ying basically knew everything that the official daughter knew, such as zero marks in English in the college entrance examination, bad luck in the national examination, and poor erhu skills. , knows some out-of-key Beijing opera, German and Russian are a little bit better than English, the girl's surname is Zheng, and her single name is Dan, she speaks gracefully, probably Zhao Jiadi's appearance is harmless, for this guy who visits the provincial party committee compound every day Legendary was very unsuspecting. If she hadn't learned that Zhao Jiadi was rushing to Secretary Huang's house for dinner, she would have dragged him into the house for tea.Secretary Huang has roughly decided to retire to the National People's Congress in the next term, and the apex of this life will stop here. The old man once worked with the current big man in the capital who will be in charge of the country after the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and also with a Members of the Politburo traveled to [-] provincial cities in Zhejiang Province together, not only out of reach for ordinary people, but even Zhao Jiadi would be suspicious, admiring and awed when he thought of this.After really working with Secretary Huang for a long time, Zhao Jiadi felt firsthand that the so-called big officials in the frontiers and state equipment are not very conspicuous in life, their conversations are plain, and there are few shocking words, and they also enjoy talking about some life dramas , I will be dragged by my granddaughter to watch Happy Camp or If You Are the One, I will recommend myself to cook and cook, but the cooking is not well received, and I will be teased by the younger generation about some minor problems. For example, at the dinner table, Secretary Huang is taught by Huang Ying The understanding of the post-[-]s generation is too narrow and biased, so Secretary Huang had no choice but to listen obediently.There is a rule in the Huang family, never tell the children about official politics, no matter how much gossip or inside story it is, no one will mention it, probably because they want to leave Huang Ying's generation of children relatively warm to the adult world Anyway, Huang Ying is doomed to suffer a lot in this life, so why let her be exposed to those thrilling dark sides too early?

Secretary Huang was in a good mood today, and made a few dishes with his own hands. He picked up a piece of Longjing shrimp and a piece of Dongpo meat for Zhao Jiadi respectively, and said with a smile: "Jiadi, these two dishes are famous Hangzhou dishes, and the shrimp is my dish." Stir-fried Dongpo Pork was served by Yingzi after more than two hours of cooking, and if you judge it high or low, this group of people is biased towards Yingzi, and today it is up to you to uphold justice and make a final decision."

Zhao Jiadi tasted it carefully, and said seriously: "Shrimp is more delicious."

Huang Ying, who was supposed to scold Zhao Jiadi for her lack of eyesight and taste, burst out laughing unexpectedly, and said to her grandfather, "I'll let you shoot yourself in the foot. Look, my cooking skills are better than yours, so I learned it." I've compared you in a few days, you have no talent."

It turns out that the shrimp is Huang Ying's masterpiece.Secretary Huang was not angry at Huang Ying's outspokenness, but just smiled at Zhao Jiadi. If this question were asked in another way, Zhao Jia would most likely be embarrassed.Probably because she won against her grandpa, Huang Ying was in a great mood, and after dinner, she and Zhao Jia were together for the first time.

To tidy up the dishes, in fact she did not move much, it was Zhao Jiadi who was proficient there, she was just doing a symbolic favor, and asked in a low voice, is the Longjing shrimp delicious?Zhao Jiadi nodded.Huang Ying hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Then next time we have dinner at home, will you show your skills?"Zhao Jiadi smiled and said, are you not afraid that I will overshadow your limelight?Huang Ying generously said that it's okay, the main reason is that I can take the opportunity to steal my teacher, and you will be defeated by this lady in just a few times.Zhao Jiadi curled his lips and said where did you get the confidence, just for knife skills, you have to practice in seclusion for seven or eight years before you can barely graduate.Huang Ying raised her eyebrows angrily and warned you not to discourage my enthusiasm, the knife is very close to me now, be careful if you miss it, you will be practiced!Zhao Jiadi put the bowls and chopsticks neatly into the cupboard, glared at the lawless Huang Ying, and said sternly that you are not my sister, otherwise I would have hung you up and beaten you, or you would have been dragged to the corner and slapped twice.Huang Ying snorted coldly, and kicked Zhao Jiadi's calf, neither light nor heavy, Zhao Jiadi gasped, and rewarded Huang Ying with a chestnut. Huang Ying, who had never been beaten in her life, ran away like a wild animal. A recalcitrant kitten with teeth and claws, Zhao Jiadi looked around and listened to all directions. He had figured out Huang Ying's temperament that he would not complain. He wanted to teach this heartless girl a lesson. He flicked his hand hard on her forehead.All of a sudden, the kitchen was full of gunpowder and smoke, and Huang Ying fought repeatedly, until her mother came in to wash the fruit, and the two gave up, and smiled to help each other. I was very relieved, when she left, Zhao Jiadi and Huang Ying started to fight each other again, but Huang Ying quarreled for a long time, and suddenly found that she was the one who was being beaten, and that bastard with no grace and no guts had nothing to do, and suddenly felt miserable Painful, eyes red, staring at Zhao Jiadi in a daze, as soon as the killer came out, Zhao Jiadi immediately disarmed and surrendered, showing weakness and saying, I will let you kick, don't you hide?Huang Ying didn't respond, there was a tendency of pear blossoms bringing rain, Zhao Jia was the first to grit his teeth and kick his feet!Huang Ying deserved to be an acting school, her little face was instantly bright with sunshine, and she kicked Zhao Jiadi's crotch without saying a word. Zhao Jiadi, who was frightened into a cold sweat, subconsciously stretched out his hand to hold the little Zhuyeqing's leg, only to realize that he had no strength at all. , purely scary, just relieved, afraid of being fooled by the sudden situation, Secretary Huang coughed when he saw this scene at the door, and left with a smile, thinking that he didn't see it.The villain Zhao Jiadi complained first, and said angrily that you have hurt me so badly!Huang Ying, who was blushing at first, couldn't get angry when she heard this, she still maintained the golden rooster's independent and indecent posture and shouted, are you embarrassed to say? !Zhao Jiadi let go of his hand, thinking that he was lucky not to be beaten out of the house by Secretary Huang. Would you like to explain?But I'm afraid that superfluous things will be superfluous, and I won't even think about going to the door in the future.Seeing Zhao Jiadi's appearance of being good-looking after being cheap, Huang Ying has the heart to kill. Zhao Jiadi knew that this place would not last long, so he slipped to the balcony on the first floor facing the garden, smoked a cigarette, and Huang Ying heeled. In the morning, Secretary Huang was having a routine heart-to-heart talk with Huang Ying's father in the study upstairs, while several women were watching TV in the living room. They didn't treat Zhao Jiadi as an outsider, so they didn't deliberately greet Zhao Jiadi. Now many times when visitors knock on the door, they come from the nearest Zhao Jiadi went to open the door, and everyone in the Provincial Party Committee compound gradually knew that there was such a young man surnamed Zhao in Secretary Huang's family.Zhao Jiadi glanced at Huang Ying. The greatest virtue of this girl is that she has no grievances overnight, and the same is true of her biggest fault. If there is any hatred, she must avenge it on the same day. Jiadi's fatal blow, the broom is too light, Zhao Jiadi's skin is rough and fleshy, not lethal, and the mahogany chair is too heavy, don't flash your waist without lifting it, Zhao Jiadi quickly persuaded Huang Ying , Huang Nuxia, don't worry about it, can you?If the trouble continues, I really dare not come to your house in the future.Huang Ying smiled and said that this is a good thing, this house is only clean without you.Zhao Jiadi shook his head and smiled wryly.Huang Ying lowered her voice and asked what's wrong?Zhao Jiadi seriously said that my unit may have to work overtime in the future, but every weekend must be determined to squeeze out time to go to Shanghai, so I won’t give you extra lessons, so you should be happy, right?Huang Ying let out a cry, but said nothing.

In the study, at the end of the conversation, Huang Ying's father, Huang Jianhua, was a little worried and said, "Does Yingzi have any thoughts about Jiadi?"

Secretary Huang asked back with a smile, "What do you think?"

Huang Jianhua said helplessly: "It's not that the friends don't get together, Yingzi is only in the first year of high school."

Secretary Huang, who didn't seem to care, joked: "Yingzi was close to the tree root before, and I didn't see you worrying so much." Huang Jianhua shook his head and said, "Yingzi has always regarded the tree root as his brother, I can see that. Dad, Did you see Yingzi being so tit-for-tat with any boy before? I’m afraid that she doesn’t even know what she’s thinking, and one day when she regains her senses, it’s too late.”

Secretary Huang pointed to his son and said, "Worry."

Huang Jianhua said distressedly: "Dad, why are you so sure that Yingzi will be fine?"

Secretary Huang smiled and said: "Youth is a thunderstorm that cannot be avoided. It is not a bad thing to get caught in the rain. We will catch a cold for a few days at most, so we should stop being sentimental and hold umbrellas for the children. Didn't we all come here like this at the time?" Are you allowed to harm other people's daughters, and not allow others to harm your girls?"

Huang Jianhua was amused by his father's words, his mood improved and he said, "My daughter must be protected."

Secretary Huang said, "Okay, I'll check this matter."

When it comes to Zhao Jiadi, it is natural to be inextricably linked to the Li family in Yanjing, the old man of the Li family, and Xu Zhen, who is almost self-contained under his family. The son-in-law of the Li family has already caused a storm in Zhejiang. Numerous bureau-level senior officials died, and Secretary Huang, as a clearly labeled direct descendant of the Li family, had been a firm ally with Xu Zhenming in recent years, but inside, Secretary Huang didn't quite agree with Xu Zhen's actions, and had a general friendship in private. Except for the first year of Xu Zhen's airborne landing in Zhejiang, the two once drank tea and fished together a few times, and they rarely met afterward. The scenery is in full swing, mainly relying on two people in terms of personnel, Secretary Huang who has been in charge of the Political and Legal Committee for many years, and Secretary-General Song of the Provincial Party Committee who took the initiative to submit a nomination certificate in a certain team. , No longer concurrently serving as Secretary-General, but promoted to the second-ranked Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.Song's current number one job is to set up the Chuhe-Han border with the new Li Tan. It's very lively, and the provincial party committee and the provincial government are addicted to their eyes.Coincidentally, Zhao Jiadi, a small fish and shrimp, ran into the No. [-] Secretary of Zhejiang on the island after he and Li Tan went from the Provincial Fourth Prison to Xixi Wetland, and Secretary-General Song was accompanied by Zhao Jiadi, who was more familiar with him. A man, Cai Qiang transferred from Shanghai, Cai Yanzhi's younger brother.The two sides passed by without any greetings, but Zhao Jiadi and Cai Qiang, the two supporting actors, had a vague eye contact.Zhao Jiadi has a good memory. After Li Tan learned the identity of the middle-aged man, he remembered that in the VOGUE bar, the person surnamed Song was next door. He was sitting next to Fang Fei at that time. Fei learned something, knew himself and the enemy, not to mention winning, at least he didn't have to lose in a daze.After Zhao Jiadi came to Hangzhou, he hasn't contacted Cai Qiang yet, so it seems necessary to drink tea together in private.In Zhao Jiadi's view, the reason why Song valued Cai Qiang so much was that, apart from Cai's own ability, a large part of the reason was Cai Yanzhi behind Cai Qiang. Its energy cannot be underestimated, and Zhao Jiadi even had a flash of inspiration. Could it be that Cai Qiang has the opportunity to follow Song Sha back to the carbine, return to the magic capital, and each reach a new level?Or is it possible that Song's target is not the second deputy secretary of the provincial party committee?but?When Zhao Jiadi was on a boat on an outlying island, he told Li Tan about this idea. The latter stared at Zhao Jiadi for a long time, and finally said: "Your boy is enlightened, and the surname Song is now rushing to Yanjing." , is busy operating this, he fights with me here, it's all a cover-up.Zhao Jiadi murmured on the spot that each of these guys has become a master.Li Tan laughed it off, as if he wasn't afraid of someone surnamed Song.

For the whole weekend, Zhao Jiadi had to honestly stay at the old principal's house and cook a small stove. Before leaving on Sunday afternoon, after having a light dinner, Jiang Shigen suddenly called Zhao Jiadi to the study, with a serious expression, asking Zhao Jiadi for the first time. Zhao Jiadi didn't dare not refuse a cigarette, and the old headmaster said straight to the point: "I didn't go to Jinhai to be an independent director, you know about that, right?"

Zhao Jiadi nodded and said, "I heard what Zhao Sanjin said."

The old principal exhaled a smoke ring and said slowly: "Then do you know the Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee?"

Zhao Jiadi shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it."

The old principal took out an edited book from the table. In addition to the habit of reading newspapers and magazines regularly and quantitatively for decades, the old man also developed the habit of pasting and pasting useful information into the book. Give it to Zhao Jiadi, Zhao Jiadi took it over and took a look, and checked the time. It was almost a report from the "People's Daily" 10 or [-] years ago. The old principal said softly, a few pages later. They are all related reports in the next few years, the length is not long, but the aftertaste is lingering, so please read slowly.It took Zhao Jiadi about [-] minutes to finish reading, and the old headmaster smoked five or six cigarettes one by one, the study room was filled with smoke for a while, Zhao Jiadi closed the book, and told the old headmaster The organization has a clear outline. This committee includes the governor of the central bank, the deputy director of the Ministry of Finance, the director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission and other financial leaders. To put it simply, the responsibility of this institution is to manage all matters related to monetary policy on the basis of comprehensive analysis of the macroeconomic situation.The old principal stubbed out his cigarette butt, and said softly: "The committee only set up one expert member ten years ago, and started to set up three members last year. , director of the Center for China and World Economy Research, Tsinghua University, with a term of two years. To become an expert committee member, the requirements on paper are very high. He has worked in the financial industry for more than [-] years, is not a national civil servant, and does not work in any profit-making organization, etc. , but the real standard is higher, Jiadi, you are my retreat disciple, tell me what my strengths are, don’t flatter me, tell the truth.”

Zhao Jiadi said without hesitation: "Comparative economics, institutional economics, transition economics, your research on the budget constraint mechanism is recognized as No. 1 in China."

The old principal smiled lightly, and lit a cigarette again, "I only changed my election in one or two years, and now someone greeted me, saying that I am ready to go to Zhongnanhai for classes."

Zhao Jiadi tentatively asked, "Chen Jing?"

The old headmaster nodded.

Zhao Jiadi sighed: "Zhao Sanjin is really capable of tossing around."

The old principal leaned on his chair and said slowly: "According to the rules, two seats for the next expert committee will definitely be allocated to Peking University and Tsinghua University. There will be countless people fighting for the No.3 candidate. By the way, Zhao Jiadi, you Have you ever heard of the 'Foresight Cup' hosted by Securities Market Weekly?"

Zhao Jiadi didn't think through this slightly off-topic question. He had only heard about the Foresight Cup, which was entertained by a small group of people in the financial circle, and was not familiar with it. Half and half."

The old principal said softly: "Then you can go and find out more, because I plan to recommend you to participate in the competition next year. Over the years, I have participated four or five times, but I have not gotten a good ranking. It has always been a knot in my heart. This Vision Cup , the disadvantage is that to some extent, they are trying to "figure out the Beijing Tianting". Those contestants who can accurately count the minds of the statistics department are easy to win. In addition, the rule setting of the Foresight Cup conflicts with the original intention of economic analysis, so it is difficult Convincing the public. But I suddenly thought, isn't this all your strengths, recruiting apprentices, you have to reap some benefits, so you cheer me up, you can't win the first place for three consecutive years, you Just pack up and get out!"

Shocked, Zhao Jiadi said with a bitter face: "Old principal, you don't accept apprentices like you!"

Jiang Shigen said angrily: "Remove the old characters."

Zhao Jiadi was about to hand the old principal a filial piety cigarette for his apprentice, but immediately put it back in the case.

The old headmaster didn't mind either. He took off his glasses, rubbed his temples, squinted his eyes and asked, "What do you think about Zhao Xin taking so much trouble to lure me into the Monetary Policy Committee?"

Zhao Jiadi blurted out: "Good thing."

The old principal waited for a long time for the text, but it was gone. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Is this the end?"

Zhao Jia answered naturally with his first face: "It's over, why not?"

The old principal laughed angrily: "The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked."

Zhao Jiadi threatened: "When the time comes, I will give you the last place for three consecutive years. Let's see where you put your old face!"

The old headmaster threw a book, Zhao Jiadi easily caught it.

The old and the young turned their heads to look at the door at the same time. In Zhao Jiadi's view, that graceful figure became more and more mature and delicious.

The old principal crossed the river and demolished the bridge and said: "I still have some work to do, Jiadi, go play chess with Tanle before leaving, she finally came home, you are a little enlightened as a student."

living room.

A pair of good chess pieces, two boxes of chess pieces, black and white, the sitting relationship used to be more dry than ambiguous, but now it is a man and a woman who describe strangers.

Rather than talking about playing chess, it is better to say that Zhao Jiadi is teaching Jiang Tanle how to play chess, step by step, so as not to embarrass her.

When the ball reached the middle, Jiang Tanle said softly: "You have walked a big dragon."

(End of this chapter)