Old Liu said earnestly: "Hou Weidong graduated from you in one year and has no foundation in Yiyang. He can be promoted from an ordinary cadre in Qinglin Town to a bureau-level leadership position. He must have outstanding strengths. You should be more modest, learn from him, and establish good relationships. This will be of great benefit to you in the future."

Liu Kun was a little arrogant and said after hearing this: "I will never learn how Hou Weidong flatters and beats his horse."

Seeing that his son was dissatisfied, Old Liu said, "Plaining is also a skill, and Hou Weidong is also a practical person. He has these two advantages and now he has become Secretary Changquan. If nothing unexpected happens, he can take the position of county-level leadership in a few years. Uncle Liu and I are older. At the end of this term, Old Liu and I will either join the National People's Congress or the CPPCC. You can only rely on yourself in the future."

Liu Kun finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll have an appointment with Hou Weidong for dinner."

Minister Liu emphasized: "Hou Weidong was transferred to the city to Gaosheng, and there must be many people giving him farewells. You go to his office in the afternoon and go to invite him in person. I made an appointment with Lao Liu to have dinner together in the evening."

After work in the afternoon, Liu Kun climbed to the seventh floor in person. Although the government office and the Science and Technology Commission were in the same building, Liu Kun, the director of the government office, only visited the Science and Technology Commission once. It was during the Spring Festival that he came to pay New Year's greetings to various departments with the county magistrate Yang Senlin.

Director Xiaoning was holding a stack of materials and was about to go downstairs when he saw Liu Kun walking upwards. He smiled and said, "Hello, Director Liu." Liu Kun said with a smile: "Director Hou is in the office?" Director Xiaoning said enthusiastically: "Director Hou is in the office. I just sent him the documents." He led the way in front and reached out to make a request.

Hou Weidong didn't expect that Liu Kun was coming, and he had nothing to do. He was watching a book called "Half-Moon Talk", Director Xiaoning walked to the door, knocked on the door, and said, "Director Hou, Director Liu is looking for you."

Hou Weidong looked up and saw that it was Liu Kun. He deliberately slowed down his movements and put Banyuetan on the side of the table. Then he said, "Director Liu, a rare guest. Please come in."

In the eyes of Director Xiaoning, the director of the government office is already an amazing person. He didn't know the entanglement between Liu Kun and Hou Weidong. He happily found a paper cup and made tea, and then left the office.

Without outsiders, the two classmates looked at each other and had no language for a while.

Hou Weidong habitually took out a cigarette, threw one to Liu Kun, and said, "Do you smoke now?"

When he was in college, Liu Kun was the only person in the dormitory who didn't smoke. After working for so many years, he still maintained this good habit and hesitated for a while. He took the cigarette that Hou Weidong threw, grabbed the lighter on the table, and lit it with a "bang". He also took a hard breath.

"It's uncomfortable to smoke this cigarette. I really don't know why you like it so much." Liu Kun expressed this view a few years ago, but it has not changed at this time.

The relationship between the two of them was very ordinary when they were students. After work, due to the vote retardation incident during the Qinglin Town election, the two felt a grudge. After that, apart from their work, they had no personal relationships. Now they have to leave Yi Yang. Hou Weidong looks back at their relationship with Liu Kun. In fact, there is no irreconcilable conflict between them, but more of a disagreement in their personalities.

Liu Kun coughed twice, pressed the cigarette in the ashtray, and said, "I heard you are going to transfer to the Shazhou Municipal Party Committee Office. Congratulations on whether you have time tonight, I will treat you to a meal."

Hou Weidongdao looked at Liu Kun with great interest and said cheerfully: "Okay, have a meal tonight. After leaving Qinglin Town, we have not had a meal together seriously. We have been in the same dormitory for four years and work in the same town for four years.

Seeing Hou Weidong agreeing, Liu Kun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "At 6 o'clock in the evening, Chongqing Jianghu Restaurant will see you all the time, and my father and Minister Liu will also come to participate."

When Liu Kun went out, Director Xiaoning came over and sent Liu Kun to the stairs with diligent attention. He followed Hou Weidong and watched Liu Kun downstairs respectfully.

On the third floor of Ma Youcai's office, Yang Dajin entered the door, touched the tabletop, and picked up the teacup to check. He saw a circle of light yellow tea stain on the inside of the teacup, and walked to the office of the Comprehensive Department with a frown. Ren Xiaowei was talking to the department and deputy director Zhuang Weiguo. Yang Dajin raised the teacup in his hand and said, "Section Chief Ren, Secretary Ma will go back to the office in the afternoon. Look at this teacup, what is inside."

Ren Xiaowei saw the tea stain inside and blushed slightly and said, "I'm sorry, I'll arrange for someone to clean the office again."

Yang Dajin reminded: "Office work is to serve the leaders, and you must be careful, otherwise you will not be able to do this job well." Ma Youcai has always paid attention to hygiene and was promoted from county magistrate to county party secretary. He went from hygiene to having a vicious obsession. Once he found that there was dust on the high-back chair. He said something mercilessly that Yang Dajin said, and Yang Dajin made cleaning a very important thing.

Ma Youcai returned to the office at four o'clock. After entering the room, he touched the desktop casually. Seeing that the desktop was spotless, he nodded, which was a praise for Yang Dajin's work.

"When will Hou Weidong leave?" Ma Youcai felt that the pores in his body were also ironed, and suddenly asked.

Yang Dajin said: "Secretary-General Hong Ang came here and asked Secretary Ji to find out the situation. The official documents have arrived at the county party committee office and require them to report within five days."

Ma Youcai put down his teacup and said, "Hou Weidong used to be the deputy director of the county party committee office and was considered a person from the county party committee office. This time he was transferred, he would give him a farewell ceremony in the name of the county party committee office. Comrades from the second-level team and above participated, and I would also come to clink glasses of wine at that time."

When he was cleaning up Yiyang Local Products Company, Hou Weidong was Zhu Yan's vanguard. From this incident, Ma Youcai had a prejudice against Hou Weidong. When Zhu Yan was transferred to Maoyun area, he would quickly move Hou Weidong to avenge the first arrow. This time, when he heard that Hou Weidong miraculously became Secretary Changquan's secretary, Ma Youcai immediately abandoned the prejudice and personally gave Hou Weidong off.

There are no eternal friends in the world, only eternal interests, the country is like this, the officialdom is like this, and the people are like this. Ma Youcai deeply understands this, so he can form a ceasefire and tacit understanding with Zhu Yan at a critical moment and achieve a win-win result. Hou Weidong became Secretary Changquan's secretary, so he naturally had to accept it specially.

If you can't be friends, at least you can't let Hou Weidong become an enemy.

When Yang Dajingang was about to step to the door, Ma Youcai explained again: "The dinner party for Hou Weidong in the past two days is mostly full. Please discuss it for him. If it doesn't work tonight, it will be tomorrow. Don't let Xiaohou make things difficult."

When Yang Dajin went out, he thought to himself: "In Yiyang, the county party secretary still needs to wait for time to treat him? Hou Weidong is also a smart person, and even if there are arrangements, he will adjust it."

After dialing Hou Weidong's phone number, Yang Dajin initially said that it was the county party committee office to treat him together. Hou Weidong said in embarrassment: "Director Yang, thank you so much for your comrades in the committee office. I have an arrangement tonight. Can I change the time?"

Yang Dajin said, "This is arranged by Secretary Ma."

When Hou Weidong heard that it was Secretary Ma’s arrangement, he had to say, “It’s better to obey orders than respect. I will obey Director Yang’s call to the evening.”

When Liu Kun heard that Secretary Ma was going to invite Hou Weidong to dinner, he felt sad and said, "Weidong, how about it tomorrow night, this is an appointment in advance, and it cannot be changed anymore. Uncle Liu is also a busy person, so it is difficult to get it all together."

Hou Weidong apologized sincerely: "Liu Kun, I'm really sorry."

Hou Weidong originally wanted to apologize to Minister Liu and Minister Liu himself, but he raised the microphone and put it down.

The dinner was arranged at the county party committee’s small guesthouse, which was specially used by Yiyang County to receive city-level leaders. The general department leaders of Shazhou City would not arrange it here. Hou Weidong, accompanied by Ren Xiaowei, walked into Building 1, where Ma Youcai often went in and out. When he saw the smiling faces of the county party committee office, he really felt flattered.

It was only after seven o'clock that Ma Youcai came over and dinner officially began. During the meal, Ma Youcai talked and laughed, making witty comments change his usual seriousness, allowing the comrades to recognize the other side of the county party secretary.

Hou Weidong was very generous in drinking, but he couldn't resist the crowds and returned home drunk.

Xiaojia called Hou Weidong several times. When he heard Hou Weidong's drunkenness in his words, his voice became heavier and louder. He was anxious and called Hou Weiguo. Hou Weiguo drove a police car and took Xiaojia to Yiyang Shazhou College in a short while.

Xiaojia entered the house and smelled the smell of wine. Hou Weidong slept on the bed and slept very heavily. The quilt was only covered in one section of his chest. One leather shoe was tilted by the bed, and the other leather shoe was kicked to somewhere.

She bent down to take off her clothes for Hou Weidong. When she smelled alcohol, her anger disappeared for no reason and her nose was sour.

"Xiaojia." Hou Weidong was awakened by Xiaojia. When he saw Xiaojia, he didn't react for a moment. He looked at the surrounding environment and then remembered that he was at home in Shazhou College.

"It's so late, why are you here?" Hou Weidong's voice was a little hoarse. After he returned home, he fell asleep and covered himself with only half of the quilt. Yi Yang's winter was really cool. Even though he drank, he still felt a chill. Xiaojia took off his clothes and covered him with two more quilts before he gradually warmed up.

"Brother sent me here, I've driven back. You can't drink tomorrow, otherwise I'll be really angry." Xiaojia walked around the kitchen, took a box of milk from the refrigerator, heated it in the microwave, and brought it to Hou Weidong. She originally wanted to scold her, but when she saw Hou Weidong's miserable appearance after drinking, her heart softened.

Before Hou Weidong finished drinking half of the box of milk, his stomach was in a state of turmoil. He knew he was going to vomit, so he sat up from the bed, covered his mouth and twitched to the toilet, and vomited for a while before his stomach felt more comfortable.

When Hou Weidong woke up again, Xiaojia was carrying a bowl of hot mung bean soup. She said, "This is the mung bean I asked for when I went upstairs. The aunt upstairs is very good and even told me several recipes for hangover."
Chapter completed!