That night, in the private room of the best Crown Hotel in Luzhuang City, Hu Jiyuan looked at the alarm clock on the wall and was waiting anxiously. Suddenly, the door of the private room was opened. Chen Ping walked in and said to Hu Jiyuan: "Hello Mayor Hu, I'm sorry I'm a little late. It's so frustrating to let Mayor Hu wait here for a long time."

At this time, Hu Jiyuan also hurriedly stood up and welcomed Chen Ping in and said, "Mayor Chen is too humble. I actually just got along with Mayor Chen, so I can't talk about waiting for a long time."

Then Hu Jiyuan welcomed Chen Ping into the private room. After Hu Jiyuan asked the waiter to bring all the wine and food, he first raised his glass and said to Chen Ping: "Mayor Chen, thank you very much for agreeing to my presumptuous invitation to attend my dinner. I will give you a cup first."

If I just listen to this sentence, I am afraid no one would have thought that this is what a mayor said to the deputy mayor, but the fact is that due to the video conference call of Vice Premier Sun Chengjun of the State Council, Hu Jiyuan is now completely afraid to provoke Chen Ping anymore and is determined to reconcile with Chen Ping. Facing a person with a central relationship, Hu Jiyuan has not naively felt that he still has any chance. After all, the other party can handle a small official like himself at will, so it is not embarrassing to pretend to be a grandson in front of him.

On the other hand, Chen Ping certainly understood the meaning of Hu Jiyuan treating him to a meal, so he agreed.

For Chen Ping, his current task is to stabilize the situation in Luzhuang and not have any further problems, so as to ensure that the pilot policies implemented by the central government in Luzhuang can be implemented smoothly in the future.

In addition, Chen Ping has no central relationship. Sun Chengjun can help him this time, but it does not mean that he will help him next time. After all, Sun Chengjun wants Chen Ping to help him do things, not to be a backer. If Chen Ping wants to find him every now and then, it will definitely make Sun Chengjun very angry and eventually lose this relationship.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Ping and Hu Jiyuan were very frugal about the issue of financing platforms, just to give full play to the best influence of Sun Chengjun, and use Sun Chengjun's identity to fool Hu Jiyuan, making him doubt his identity and never dare to sing a counter-topic with him again, so that the situation in Luzhuang can stabilize.

So when Hu Jiyuan called Chen Ping at noon, Chen Ping agreed without hesitation.

Under such thoughts, Chen Ping also raised his glass and said to Hu Jiyuan: "What are Mayor Hu saying? Mayor Hu, you are my leader. The leader invites me to dinner together. Where can I not go?"

"Mayor Chen is so proud of me. Mayor Chen and you are just public servants who serve the people together. How can you distinguish between leaders and subordinates?" Hu Jiyuan said, "It's Mayor Chen that you have worked in Luzhuang for so long and have also carried out heavy industry projects and financing platforms, which are crucial to Luzhuang's economy. On the contrary, I should admire Mayor Chen, you are."

Chen Ping waved his hand and said, "That's all my job, and Mayor Hu's praise really made me feel ashamed."

"Mayor Chen is so humble. Although Luzhuang's economic achievements today are inseparable from Mayor Chen's hard work, Mayor Chen is still not arrogant or impatient. He can be regarded as a model for all party members and cadres! When I first arrived in Luzhuang, I also wanted to take Mayor Chen as my future work goal and study Mayor Chen's work spirit hard!"

Just like other dinner parties, Hu Jiyuan praised Chen Ping first when treating Chen Ping to dinner. As the deputy mayor, Chen Ping naturally would not be unfamiliar with this routine. He just changed from a subordinate director to a current mayor.

Therefore, in the face of Hu Jiyuan's politeness, Chen Ping's reaction was not too fast, so he just accompanied him to be polite. Anyway, people are in the officialdom, and there is no experience of being polite to other officials. Now Hu Jiyuan is definitely more anxious than himself, so in this way, he just needs to wait for him to feel at ease and can't help but express his purpose.

Sure enough, after Hu Jiyuan made such a few polite words from Chen Ping, he couldn't help but say to Chen Ping: "Mayor Chen, today is like a dream for me. I really didn't expect Premier Sun to hold a video conference call for us Luzhuang."

Listening to Hu Jiyuan's words, Chen Ping sneered in his heart, I'm afraid that what you would never expect was that Sun Chengjun would support me at the meeting.

Chen Ping thought so in his heart, and said at the same time: "Mayor Hu was joking. I think this is because our Luzhuang has outstanding economic work, so that the central leaders can pay attention to it."

"This is of course. I just say that Mayor Chen's economic work is great, and it is natural to be taken by the central leaders. I just didn't expect that Premier Sun even mentioned the issue of financing platforms by name." Hu Jiyuan said.

"I think this should be because the financing platform is novel and has excellent results in the process of economic development, so it can be paid attention to by the central leaders." Chen Ping said.

"So I wonder how Mayor Chen plans to use this financing platform in the future, or how to deal with the current situation in Luzhuang?" Hu Jiyuan asked again.

Chen Ping replied directly to this: "Of course, it is to follow the leadership's arrangements and organizational decisions."

Obviously, Chen Ping's very polite answer was very dissatisfied with Hu Jiyuan, and it was also very anxious.

After all, Hu Jiyuan invited Chen Ping to dinner today to reach a settlement with Chen Ping, but if Chen Ping just kept going around with him, wouldn’t he really plan to attack him? Hu Jiyuan didn’t believe that Chen Ping didn’t understand his meaning, but if Chen Ping really didn’t plan to forgive him, then why would he agree to his dinner?

Thinking of this, Hu Jiyuan gritted his teeth and suddenly stood up and bowed to Chen Ping and said, "Mayor Chen, I know that my approach was inappropriate in the past on the financing platform, and I also had some unhappiness with Mayor Chen. I know that this is all my fault, but I have reflected deeply now. Now I just hope that Mayor Chen can give me another chance. I will follow the direction of the leadership of the municipal party committee and will never make the same mistake again. Please, Mayor Chen."

Chen Ping watched Hu Jiyuan's performance coldly. In fact, for Chen Ping, he didn't want to really do anything to Hu Jiyuan. He just had to do something like that.

Because in the officialdom, the relationship between political opponents is often the same as one who dies, especially Hu Jiyuan treated Chen Ping so arrogantly before. If Chen Ping easily forgave him, he would definitely not believe it. He would only think that Chen Ping was doing this to perfunctorily and when would he attack him again?

On the contrary, Chen Ping pretended to let him go, forcing him to come and beg him in a low voice. Only then would he believe that Chen Ping really forgiving him.

This idea has to be said to be very cheap, but it is Hu Jiyuan's most real idea. Chen Ping did this because he saw something and wanted to reassure him.

Chen Ping then said to Hu Jiyuan: "Mayor Hu, don't you want to lead the financing platform now?"

Hu Jiyuan shook his head hurriedly and said, "Mayor Chen, don't joke. That's just that I was confused for a while. Now Mayor Chen and Secretary Xiao have taught me how to do things. I also understand that I don't have the ability to lead the financing platform at all. This matter is decided by the Municipal Party Committee. I will definitely obey the arrangements of the Municipal Party Committee!"

Chen Ping nodded with satisfaction. He asked Hu Jiyuan to sit down, and then said to him earnestly: "Mayor Hu, how great you would have had this awareness earlier."

Hu Jiyuan said a series of words: "Mayor Chen is right. I am really blind to the matter of financing platforms and I can't get along with Mayor Chen and Secretary Xiao."

Chen Ping waved his hand and said, "Okay, after all, Luzhuang still needs a mayor to stabilize the situation in many things in the future. Let's expose this matter."

Hu Jiyuan was about to show a happy expression, and Chen Ping continued to say to him: "But Mayor Hu, don't be too happy too early. Although Luzhuang needs a mayor from the perspective of the situation, I hope that Mayor Hu will be clear about his obligations and responsibilities in the future. If you encounter something, you can consider the problem with a more overall perspective, instead of being petty for your own little profit. I believe Secretary Xiao hopes so too. Do you understand?"

"Of course I understand. I've written it all down. Please ask Mayor Chen to tell Secretary Xiao for help. My future work will definitely not disappoint Secretary Xiao." Hu Jiyuan said.

Chen Ping nodded and stood up and said, "Okay, since I have brought Secretary Xiao's words and I still have something to do, so I won't accompany Mayor Hu. Goodbye."
Chapter completed!