Chapter 8 Chapter VII

In Zhao Guozhong's view, the most attractive part of Beijing is that he can taste the high cultural charm from eating and drinking.In Beijing, many educated people with real talents are very rich and know how to live; or some powerful entrepreneurs have a deep cultural background and accidentally turn their business into culture. Unlike Shanxi, the literati are very poor, and they don’t know how to treat culture as an industry; or, those rich coal bosses, except for mistresses, can’t do anything. Therefore, as long as Zhao Guozhong has time, he is willing to stay in Beijing, while managing his personal network while eating, drinking and having fun with veteran cadres, while engaging in calligraphy and painting activities that he has loved since childhood.Those veteran cadres have special identities, and they often have subordinates and their sons and daughters to eat and drink, and the places to eat and drink are the most distinctive places in Beijing. After they finished eating, they recommended these places to Zhao Guozhong.

Like this restaurant named Yi Jiangnan, it was recommended to him by a veteran cadre. Recalling Jiangnan is located by the water, and the outside is a Jiangnan building with blue bricks, black tiles and horse-head walls.People who passed by looked at it with disapproval.why?The reason is simple. Beijing is the Beijing of the people of the whole country. There are offices here all over the country. Each office wants to fully display its own architectural culture. Naturally, it is not uncommon for the most distinctive buildings from various places to be transplanted here. matter.The same is true for Recalling Jiangnan Hotel.

But if you have the opportunity to eat a meal inside, it will feel very different.The decoration design inside is unique. Take the first floor as an example, it is completely different from other hotels. In general hotels, when you enter, you will see densely packed dining tables. The owner is afraid that the space will be wasted. In Beijing, where every inch of land is precious, wasting space is tantamount to wasting lost money.But Yijiangnan is completely different. There is no table for eating in the hall, but a complete Jiangnan garden is built indoors, with strange rocks, streams, waterfalls, lakes, small bridges, galleries, round pavilions, steles, flowers and birds, The courtyard... has everything you need. Being here is like entering the hometown of a certain celebrity in Suzhou or Hangzhou, and a pleasing mood follows.

The private rooms in the hotel are located on the second to third floors, and there are very few private rooms, less than ten in total.Each space is very large, full of Jiangnan charm, and the dining tables inside are made of golden nanmu, huanghuali or chicken wing wood, elegant and luxurious, antique. The calligraphy, paintings and plaques hanging on the walls are all the works of the most famous masters in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as "Four Kings" or "Four Monks", etc. There are no ordinary people. Taking a look at the recipes, there are very few shark fins, abalones, and swallows that the nouveau riche often taste, but the extremely rare shad, white fish, puffer fish, perch, and many fresh vegetables along the Yangtze River. Seasonal vegetables and so on.

Because there are few private rooms and the decoration is extremely elegant, the consumption here is naturally astonishingly large.Without considerable strength, I dare not come here to taste the life of Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats. After Zhao Guozhong ate here, he became a frequent visitor to Yijiangnan. In the afternoon, he received a call from his "subordinate" Yang Juan, saying that Duan Tiansheng, secretary of the municipal party committee, was in Beijing and was going to have dinner tonight, and there was a mysterious guest. "White Bear" decided to arrange dinner at Yijiangnan.

To be honest, for this "subordinate" Yang Juan, he couldn't afford to offend him and hated him so much.I can't afford to offend him, because this little goblin is backed by Zhang Juhai, secretary of the district committee, two of his coal mines are on his territory, and his life is in his hands; The coal mine is listed under the name of Huihai Group, and the benefits are reaped by themselves, but the taxes and fees have to be paid by the group company.This is tantamount to the fact that Huihai Group, as a superior, has to "pay" more than 10 million yuan to Feiyang Company, a subordinate unit, every year.

For this, he hated this little goblin to death, but he never dared to show it. Once he showed it, he would be in big trouble. Despite repeated orders from the central government not to allow leading cadres and their relatives to participate in coal mines, Yang Juan is not a legitimate relative of Zhang Juhai. Moreover, only a few people such as Zhang Juhai, Yang Juan, and herself know about this matter.If anyone else found out, it was undoubtedly Zhao Guozhong who betrayed him, and he would definitely be retaliated wildly by Zhang Juhai. Every time he thought of this, he felt uneasy and frightened.It's really uncomfortable to live this kind of life with a knife hidden inside and flowers blooming outside.

It was quite a coincidence that when it was almost dusk, Beijing, which had been drought for a long time in spring, suddenly began to rain lightly. The people outside were particularly pleasantly surprised. Recalling the people in the Jiangnan Hotel, the feeling is even more unique. The spring flowers are blooming in front of you, the garden is full of grass, separated by a layer of green glass, the spring rain outside is like a thin water line, flowing down .The scene of the spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River slowly penetrated into the room, and finally penetrated into the hearts of every diner.

"Beijing is the most eye-catching and heart-warming city. Even our coal boss in Shanxi has become a refined celebrity after staying here for a long time." Duan Tiansheng, secretary of the municipal party committee, came in, first praised Zhao Guozhong for choosing a good place, and then used his spare time Guang glanced at Yang Juan and the strange beauty Tan Xiaoming next to her. At the beginning, everyone's eyes were on the secretary of the municipal party committee, and they rarely observed who the secretary of the municipal party committee was looking at.But there is one person who pays close attention to Duan Tiansheng's every move, and she is Yang Juan.Relying on a woman's intuition, Yang Juan felt that when Duan Tiansheng's peripheral vision swayed towards her for more than ten seconds, only one or two seconds stayed on her body, while the other eight or nine seconds fell on Tan Xiaoming who was beside her. body.

Yang Juan was half delighted and half jealous for such a subtle move.Jealousy is natural, but joy is expected, indicating that the big fish has smelled the presence of bait. The seats for dinner at night were carefully arranged by Zhang Juhai. Of course, Duan Tiansheng is the main seat, and on both sides are Zhang Juhai, Zhao Guozhong, Director Liu of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Secretary Sun, and Dahei, the owner of a small coal mine. The two beauties are sitting directly opposite Duan Tiansheng, with Yang Juan on the left and Tan Tan on the right Xiao Ming.

After the host Yang Juan introduced everyone's identities, the banquet officially began. According to the custom in Shanxi, the first three glasses of the banquet are all shared by everyone.Many people present today are familiar with Secretary Duan's drinking habits. Although he drinks a lot, he seldom drinks to his heart's content until critical times. Once Duan Tiansheng lets go, there are only two possibilities, one is to meet a heavyweight person, and the other is to encounter an unprecedented opportunity.Like today's wine shop, according to the past practice, Secretary Duan can serve wine glasses and put on a show. At most, others drink three glasses, and he drinks one symbolically. This way, it not only gives everyone face, but also maintains own identity. To the surprise of many people, there was an accident in today's banquet: three glasses of wine were shared, Secretary Duan drank it without hesitation, and every time he did it first as a respect, and then looked around everyone, as if he was supervising and encouraging.Every time everyone looked up to drink and had no time to take care of it, Duan Tiansheng seized the rare opportunity to take a few more glances at Tan Xiaoming on the opposite side. All of them drank in one gulp.Only Tan Xiaoming is an exception. After three rounds, he only tasted a little bit, which is considered to be a face for everyone. Smart people immediately realize that in today's scene, there are heavyweights or once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.Zhang Juhai, Director Liu, Zhao Guozhong, and Secretary Sun were all taking advantage of various opportunities to scrutinize Tan Xiaoming secretly. Of course, Secretary Duan should not be aware of it. Compared with the beauties they often see, the unfamiliar Tan Xiaoming has at least a few things special: his skin is extremely white and tender, his figure is extremely thin, but his breasts are extremely plump.The eyes are the most special, to be precise, cold and jade.Even if Secretary Duan took the lead in drinking so enthusiastically, there was no trace of heat from those cold jade eyes. Everyone felt a bit of chill in their hearts, but Secretary Duan was excited by the cold air and burst into enthusiasm: "Come on, drink! Xiao Zhao has chosen a good place, the south of the Yangtze River is infinitely good, and the spring rain moistens the heart." "Unexpectedly, our Secretary Duan is still a poet!" Yang Juan felt the restlessness of "Big Fish", and deliberately flattered her. Director Liu of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission took the film even more vigorously: "Of course! When I was in college, Tiansheng and I were in a poetry club. Every New Year's poetry meeting, as long as Tianshengyi recited his works, many girls in the audience wiped their tears. I'm crying." Everyone laughed, but Tan Xiaoming was still expressionless. "Old Liu, I'll punish you for a cup, and I'll take my old life away." Duan Tiansheng said it was a fine cup, and before Lao Liu finished drinking, he drank another cup, then glanced at the spring rain outside the window, and finally his eyes fell on Tan Xiaoming There: "Good rain knows the season, Hongxing comes out of the wall." Yang Juan deliberately coquettishly asked while pouring the wine: "Secretary, the cheating red apricot in your poem is me, right? Could it be someone else?" "Of course! Of course!" Duan Tiansheng suddenly discovered that there was a huge loophole in the work he uttered casually, and quickly admitted it, and then saw Zhang Juhai next to him, and immediately realized that he had made mistakes again and again: "It's not you! It's not you! I made a mistake, and I punish myself with a drink." Everyone roared with laughter, including the uneducated Dahei.There was only one person with the same expression, and that was Tan Xiaoming who was as cold as jade. "Yang Juan, you can't make fun of our secretary. Others don't know it, and you don't know it. Our secretary is a master in politics, but his emotional intelligence is not high. If you continue to trick him, it will be bad intentions." At a critical moment, Still an old classmate talking about loyalty, Director Liu beat the seductive woman intentionally or unintentionally. The officialdom, the drinking hall, and the love arena are all game occasions in essence. Once someone tells the truth, it will inevitably make people embarrassing.Director Liu originally wanted to protect his old classmates, but he let it out unintentionally.Yang Juan restrained her jokes, Secretary Sun was a little uncomfortable, Zhao Guozhong tried to pretend to be dull, Dahei didn't understand, Tan Xiaoming was still expressionless, and the most uncomfortable thing was Duan Tiansheng, secretary of the municipal party committee, his dirty psychology suddenly Being exposed to the sun by Lao Liu, there was no reaction for a while... "What are you talking about, Director Liu?" Zhang Juhai picked up the cup, "Tonight is because of the continuous spring rain and the infinite scenery, so we are in a good mood to drink. Xiao Yang made a joke, and you made irresponsible remarks. We drank The interest is almost exhausted. Leave them alone, Secretary Duan, let me toast you. A good leader is first of all a man of temperament!" "Good! Good! Good! Let's have a big drink." Zhang Juhai gave Duan Tiansheng an excellent antidote to his heart disease, and Duan Tiansheng was very grateful.He opened his mouth to finish the drink, and then unconsciously took a look at Tan Xiaoming afterwards. I don't know if it was because of drinking, or because he was touched by Secretary Duan's sincerity, the cold beauty finally had an imperceptible smile.At this time, Duan Tiansheng suddenly felt an uncontrollable air rushing up his head after the baijiu entered his stomach, and he was occasionally dizzy. Shrewd Yang Juan is keenly aware that the scent of the bait has firmly confused the "big fish". Zhao Guozhong sighed in his heart: It is still the seductive woman who has the wrists, or the frozen beauty who is the most charming. One meal can satisfy Duan Tiantian's appetite, making him want to stop and get what he wants.Duan Tiansheng has fallen into a deadlock.Why!I have spent so much money on Duan Tiansheng, and found so many women for him, but none of them are as effective as they are now. "You guys, don't just sit around and drink, drink in a big cup like me!" Half order and half rebuke, Duan Tiansheng took the initiative to talk about drinking, with two purposes: bring down these idiots, let them Completely forget the embarrassment just now; as long as they fall down, I will have enough time and freedom to appreciate the cold beauty opposite. Several men, including Yang Juan who knew it well, drank big cups under Duan Tiansheng's yelling... After a while, many people became dizzy.At this time, Duan Tiansheng felt that the best time had come to take revenge on these people and please the cold beauty: "You tell me the truth, does my leader mean what he says?" "Count!" Everyone was half-drowsy and half-awake. "Then each of you tell me one of the most embarrassing things in your life." It seems that only Duan Tiansheng is the most sober, "However, the things you tell must satisfy Miss Tan, and it is best to make Miss Tan laugh. Just be happy." Without saying anything, Guang Duan was born with this bad idea, which made Tan Xiaoming on the opposite side laugh for the first time.It was the first time Duan Tiansheng saw this beauty's delicate jade teeth whiter than his skin from her light smile, all the wine in his chest evaporated into the smell of alcohol, surging towards the top of his head. "Let me tell you first." Zhang Juhai volunteered, "The most embarrassing thing in my life was that when I was young, I went to Suzhou for the first time on a business trip, and the reception unit invited us to a banquet. It was full of tea. I happened to be extremely thirsty. Before anyone could introduce me, I picked up the big bowl and gulped it down. It was really quenching my thirst. It was very embarrassing. Why? Someone told me quietly afterwards: that bowl of tea was used by southerners to wash their hands before eating!" Everyone roared with laughter, and Tan Xiaoming showed his bright teeth again. "Okay! It's over." Duan Tiansheng was very satisfied, "Yang Juan, it's your turn." Yang Juan was unprepared, and suddenly heard Duan Tiansheng point out, and said bravely: "Everyone knows that although Zhang Juhai and I have lived together, we have not received a certificate. Secretary Duan, tell me that I am such an elegant woman. Finding Zhang Juhai, a vulgar man who has never seen the world, is it the most embarrassing thing in your life?" When Tan Xiaoming heard this, he quickly covered his mouth with his hand and secretly laughed. Duan Tiansheng saw the cold beauty on the opposite side gradually melting, and the wine in his chest was as hot as boiling water: "Okay, forget it. Old Liu, it's your turn!" Lao Liu, director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, blushed from drinking: "The most embarrassing thing for me is that once I received a report that a peasant woman in Kaoshan Village opened a black coal kiln. When she arrived at the site, all the coal mined was transferred away. We only had to find Only black holes can blow up the black coal kiln. Everyone searched for a long time but couldn't find it. Finally, I found that the peasant woman was sitting on the kang and never left. I understood everything. One person stepped forward and dragged the peasant woman away. During menstruation, all the dirty blood from the lower body seeped into that black hole..." "Your mother, Lao Liu, what is the most embarrassing thing? This is the most disgusting thing! You are not allowed to talk nonsense. The next one is Dahei." Duan Tiansheng interrupted immediately. When it comes to women, Tan Xiaoming is really embarrassed. Dahei: "I don't know what embarrassment is." Secretary Duan said happily, "It's the most shameful thing you do." Dahei: "The most shameful thing? I...then I'll tell you the truth: don't look at me as a village head, I used to earn some money from coal mines. I have three wives in total, one is in the village and has no education. The other two Two, one in Beijing and one in Shanghai. The ones in Beijing are technical secondary school students, and the ones in Shanghai are college students..." "You are such a fucking honest person, you also have mistresses and mistresses!" Duan Tian was angry and didn't say anything. Tan Xiaoming, who had been silent all this time, spoke for the first time, with a soft voice: "Didn't you ask him to tell you the truth!" "Okay! It's over, Zhao Guozhong said." From her inadvertent complaints, Duan Tiansheng felt the delicate tenderness of the cold beauty. Zhao Guozhong was so ashamed of drinking alcohol: "When I was in the normal school, I especially liked sports. Once I got up too early and it was dark. I went to the classroom to get the textbooks. I passed by the physical education teacher's office and found that the door was unlocked. A slight noise, I think the thief must have entered, and I was going to catch him on the spot... I pushed the door lightly and went in, and found that the sound came from the back of the cabinet. I tiptoed over and suddenly turned on the light, but the thief didn't grab it, But caught my most respected physical education teacher having an affair with my most admired female squad leader, and the two of them are doing that naked!" As Zhao Guozhong spoke triumphantly, a faint blush appeared on Tan Xiaoming's tender face. Although Duan Tiansheng was hot-headed, he felt ashamed when he heard it: "The more you say it, the more outrageous it is. This is not an embarrassing thing, it is clearly unsightly. Xiao Zhao, you have been in Beijing for so long, and you do it every day. Elegant calligraphy and painting, why can't you wash away your dirty thoughts!" "Didn't you tell me the most embarrassing thing about yourself?" Zhao Guozhong drank a lot. Yang Juan was still awake: "Then you can't say obscene things in front of the secretary." "Yes, embarrassment does not mean indecent, and you and Lao Liu will be punished with a glass of wine." Duan Tiansheng gave the order to die, and the two had to drink, and they almost vomited in the end. Only Secretary Sun was left on the wine table without telling the story.He was about to speak when Secretary Duan stopped him: "Don't talk, don't drink. No matter what, safety comes first. We need a sober person to drive everyone tonight. Now, you go outside and wait." Let's do it." Secretary Sun was the first to leave the wine table according to the secretary's instructions. After another wine fight, Director Liu, Da Hei, and Zhang Juhai all collapsed on the wine table to varying degrees.Only Tan Xiaoming, who didn't drink much and was most lucid, was left on the scene, Duan Tiansheng, whose head was swollen and horny, and Yang Juan, who was half drunk and half awake. Duan Tiansheng pointed at Yang Juan: "I didn't expect you, a little woman, to drink so much. The three men are all down, but you still don't." "I'm about to collapse, and there is no one to supervise, so Secretary Duan made a mistake?" The seductive woman replied. Duan Tiansheng patted his chest: "Don't worry, elder brother is a gentleman. As long as Xiao Tan is not willing, I will definitely not bully the king." Yang Juan leaned on Duan Tiansheng on purpose, and looked at Tan Xiaoming who was facing him: "Brother, tell the truth, how about the girlfriend I introduced to you?" Duan Tiansheng was finally able to stare at the other party unscrupulously: "It's good, but it's a bit cold." After hearing this, Tan Xiaoming had a direct conversation with him for the first time: "That's because you usually see too many hot girls." "Isn't it?" Duan Tiansheng was not drunk at all, "It's because you have seen too many people like me, and you have no passion." Yang Juan leaned against him hotly: "Brother, Ms. Tan is not the kind of person you said without passion. She graduated from the Art Institute of the University of Los Angeles in the United States. American women, what kind of man has never seen before, the passion is going to explode, you At once……" Duan Tiansheng looked at Tan Xiaoming bewilderedly: "How am I?" The "big fish" approached the bait tightly and caught her in one bite. Tan Xiaoming suddenly opened his watery eyes wide, and hot spring-like bubbles finally emerged from the icy water: "When the fire burns out, you must be the one who gets cold in the end!" "Then I really want to try the process of going from fire to ice." Duan Tiansheng felt the heat in his body expand to the extreme, and he only needed to rub a small flame lightly, and it would burst into a raging flame immediately. The scene carefully directed by Yang Juan came to an end. The "big fish" had already bit the bait tightly, and the bait no longer struggled. The seductive woman looked at the drunks lying on the ground: "Both of you, burn to your heart's content. Xiao Sun and I are responsible for moving these cold 'corpses' home."