Chapter 19 Three, old friends

Gu Huaiyuan did not tell Ding Nengtong when he arrived in Beijing. He was busy signing books at Wangfujing Bookstore for a day under the arrangement of the publishing house. In the evening, he took a taxi to Beijing Garden. After receiving the call, he hurried downstairs to meet him.Gu Huaiyuan had already got off the taxi.  "Huaiyuan, don't even say hello, I'll pick you up at the airport!" Ding Nengtong said a bit rationally.  "I'm a free man now, coming and going without a trace, unlike your brother, who had a chance to be free, but you didn't want to leave your big dye vat."

After the two warmly shook hands, Ding Nengtong arranged a room in Beijing Garden.After not seeing each other for two years, Gu Huaiyuan lost a lot of weight, and also added a bit of bookishness and vicissitudes.  The two people were very emotional when they met. Gu Huaiyuan and Xiao Honglin's secretary, Zheng Weiguo and Xiao Jia, were slapped with shuanggui. Something happened too, and those gray days were really unbearable to look back on.  After Jia Chaoxuan was injected to death, Gu Huaiyuan's outlook on life changed a lot. The most fundamental manifestation was that after he was released from double regulations, the organization arranged him to be the director of the General Office of the Municipal Government. He resigned resolutely. Well, in less than half a year, a sensational official novel was published. 

Ding Nengtong specially ordered abalone and shark's fin for Gu Huaiyuan. He knew that when he was Jia Chaoxuan's secretary, Gu Huaiyuan had to eat two or three meals a day of abalone and shark's fin. Who is willing to treat you to eat shark fin and abalone?  After three glasses of red wine, Ding Nengtong was overwhelmed with emotion: "Huaiyuan, I really didn't expect why you resigned. I thought you would definitely get up wherever you fell!" "Yes, that's not true. I have never fallen, so there is no problem for me to get up. Jia Chaoxuan fell, but it doesn't mean that I also fell. I am still me, but I am tired of giving people The days of making wedding dresses can be passed. Whether I was working in the general office of the municipal government office or working as a secretary for Jia Chaoxuan, the number of words I wrote every year was in the millions. None, when the leader reads, we have to take notes carefully. Now when I write novels, not only can I write what I want to write the most, but the published works will always be mine. I used to live for other people’s careers, but now I live for myself Writing from the heart." Gu Huaiyuan said eloquently. 

"Huaiyuan, your choice may be right. Suffering makes great writers. Although the road is very difficult, I know you are a very persevering person." Ding Nengtong said with admiration.  "Yes, you are different from me. You have always been very ambitious in politics. I can't. We both worked as secretaries at the same time. You have been promoted to the top bureau. Jia Chaoxuan still won't let me go. There is no way, let him be his secretary. On the day of the secretary, when he talked to me, he said, "Don't even think about leaving me if you are a secretary for more than five years." It was sad to say that I wasted the most precious youth in my life on Jia Chaoxuan. If he can be a good official like Li Weimin with the common people in his heart, I would be worth it, but I really can't accept this ending, and resigning is my best choice."

"Huaiyuan, in fact, I have also re-examined myself. In the past, I had ambitions in the officialdom, but now I just want to do something practical, something meaningful, something that will make the common people applaud!" "It's easier said than done. If you are a district or county head, it's okay, but you are the director of the Beijing Office. The local political arena is not political, and state-owned enterprises are not state-owned. Just like today's literary world, it is a quasi-official field. All you do is greet and send , Run the 'ministerial', 'Qian' Jin, what can you do? If you really want to do practical things, find a way to operate it, and go back to Dongzhou to be a district head, county head or something. With your ability, you must be able to do it Come out with a sample."

"But I still have the punishment of party probation on my body, so I don't have the extravagant hope of being the head of a district or county. I am thankful that the organization can reappoint me as the director of the Beijing Office. Huaiyuan, one of my good friends A friend wrote a novel, I read it, and it was well written, but it was not well-known, and many publishers refused to publish it, so you recommend it to me, the author is very talented." "I can get through, I'm afraid they are not ordinary friends!" Gu Huaiyuan asked treacherously.  "It can only be said to be a confidante, nothing more."

"Really?" "Really!"  Gu Huaiyuan took the manuscript with a smile, "Who doesn't know that you Ding Nengtong is a lover, don't fall over because of women again!" Gu Huaiyuan reminded kindly.  "Don't worry, Huaiyuan, I asked you for help entirely because this book is well written." Ding Nengtong argued.  Gu Huaiyuan carefully flipped through the manuscript and didn't speak for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, you are really talented and understandable, I will do my best to make this book published."

The two of them chatted about some old affairs in the officialdom, and they both broke up when they were seven or eight points drunk.  Sending Gu Huaiyuan back to the room, Ding Nengtong wanted to go back to the room to take a shower to sober up, and Xin Zeyin came over in a suit and leather shoes.  "Brother Nengtong, let me find you easily. Lina said that you were having dinner with the guests. I found the restaurant, but the waiter said that the guests were sent back to the room. I hurried up again and finally found you." "Zeyin, didn't you go back to Canada? When did you come back?" Ding Nengtong asked drunkenly. 

"Yeah, I just came back. The headquarters hopes that Mayor Xia will visit Canada in the near future. I can get through. Your brother needs to help!" "Zeyin, Dongzhou's economy has encountered unprecedented difficulties, now is not the time to take the subway!" "Secretary Hong and Mayor Xia don't particularly hope that foreign businessmen can invest in Dongzhou? Our Canadian Brown Company is one of the world's three major subway companies with strong strength. At this time, Mayor Xia's visit to Canada to attract investment will definitely play a role in leading the demonstration. It can work, Mayor Xia admires you very much, if you go to lobby, it will definitely succeed."

"Okay, I'll try my best." "That's right, you might as well take this opportunity to go to Canada to see your wife and children. Since your wife and children went to Canada, you haven't been there yet. If you don't go, your wife may have an affair." "How do you say that?" "Just kidding, Yixue is not that kind of person, just like this, I can get through, please!" After finishing speaking, Xin Zeyin left in a hurry.  Ding Nengtong stood ignorantly, the more he thought about what Xin Zeyin said, the more unpleasant he was, and he couldn't help calling Yixue's phone number at home in Canada. 

It was morning in Canada at this time, and Yixue had just woken up and was making breakfast for her child. She did not expect that it was Ding Nengtong who called, so she opened her mouth and asked, "John, you called so early and missed me again?" Ding Nengtong's heart skipped a beat, he didn't dare to speak, and hastily turned off the phone, an ominous premonition flashed across his heart.I'm afraid Xin Zeyin's words are groundless, what should I do if Yixue cheats on me?Ding Nengtong didn't dare to think deeply, what he heard was false, but what he saw was believing. It seemed that he really should go to Canada.Ding Nengtong was determined to facilitate Xia Wentian's visit to Canada, and then he would make a surprise attack on Yixue, and he would know it at a glance.  Thinking of this, Ding Nengtong felt infinite sadness in his heart. He and Yixue have been married for almost ten years, and he has been constantly running for his career. When he was Xiao Honglin's secretary, he couldn't go home until midnight every night. After the director of the Beijing Office, the husband and wife lived apart, and the children were so young, Yixue made a fuss about studying abroad for the children, but she couldn't bear to let the children suffer, so she quit her job as a director of Dongzhou TV Station and went to Canada .This time they are farther apart. I have suffered for Yixue for so many years, and my own husband has done too little responsibility. Even if Yixue really cheated, the responsibility lies with me. However, Ding Nengtong still dare not accept such speculation.As the saying goes, a couple of one day is a hundred days of kindness, let alone a couple of ten years!Thinking about it, Ding Nengtong sighed deeply, the wine surged up, and he sprayed all the food he had just drank on the ground.