After hesitating for a moment, Gao Jiangong finally sat down. But he said unhappily, "I've eaten out so many times, but this is the first time I've sat at the table."
Wang Rubing breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, she had finally passed the test. She hurriedly told the waiter to serve the dishes.
When she booked the table just now, she had already ordered the dishes. She didn't dare to let Gao Jiangong order the dishes himself. Otherwise, the dishes in this clubhouse were really expensive. If this guy ordered them, how could she clean up the mess?
Li Changzhi was usually honest and self-disciplined. He never accepted gifts or money from others. This time, he paid for the meal out of his own pocket. He couldn't afford to spend too much money.
Soon, the waiter served all the dishes. Gao Jiangong glanced at the dishes, and his eyes flashed with contempt.
Li Changzhi reached out and grabbed a bottle of Maotai on the table.
He opened the lid and poured a glass of wine for Gao Jiangong, and then poured a glass for himself and Wang Rubing.
He raised his glass and said to Gao Jiangong, "Chief Gao, a glass of wine is not enough to show my respect. I'll drink to you first. Drink up!"
Generally, Li Changzhi wouldn't let a girl like Wang Rubing drink at the table. He said a few polite words and drank up the wine in the glass.
Gao Jiangong didn't drink the wine in front of him. He didn't even pick up the glass. His face became more and more gloomy.
As the person in charge of a department with real power, there were many people who invited him to dinner. But this time, it was a little shabby. Although he had been asked to go to the Flower Square Health Club, he was sitting in the hall like an ordinary person.
He had tolerated it, but the dishes were so poor that none of the club's signature dishes were available.
The most important thing was the wine. Who would drink Maotai or Wuliangye in the capital? Which one of them didn't drink red wine?
Now a bottle of Maotai, which was not very old at all, was given to him. If this was seen by others, he would lose face.
Sure enough, he came from a small place and didn't know the ways of the world at all. It seemed that he had to hold back the money and couldn't send it to Jiangnan City in a short time.
Thinking of this, he picked up the glass and sniffed it gently. Then he put it back on the table and said with a frown, "I haven't been feeling well recently. Drinking this kind of Maotai-flavored liquor is too stimulating for my stomach. I'm sorry, I can't drink it."
Li Changzhi and Wang Rubing looked at each other. They were not fools, so they naturally heard Gao Jiangong's dissatisfaction. However, this bottle of Maotai was ordered by them and they spent a total of 2000 yuan.
Wang Rubing's eyes widened. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. The money should have been allocated to Wufeng County. It had been stuck here for more than half a month, and now she hadn't seen a penny.
Now, Mayor Li was treating them out of his own pocket, and the dishes and wine on the table had cost him half a year's salary. The standard was not bad, but this old thing actually thought that the Maotai wine was not good.
Li Changzhi winked at her, indicating that she must suppress her anger. Then he said to Gao Jiangong, "Chief Gao, I'm so sorry. I didn't know that you were in poor health. Let's change a bottle of red wine right now. Which brand do you like?"
Gao Jiangong's expression eased a lot. He said to the waiter next to him, "Give me a bottle of Bordeaux. This wine tastes good."
"Okay, sir. Please wait a moment."
The waiter turned back to the bar and soon came over with a bottle of red wine with foreign characters. "Excuse me, sir. Do you want to open it now?"
Although he knew that the wine must be expensive, Li Changzhi gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, of course."
The waiter pulled out the cork, poured a glass of wine for each of them, and turned to leave.
Gao Jiangong picked up the glass and took a sip. Then he nodded with satisfaction. "This wine tastes good, and red wine is good. Red wine is good for health!"
After a while, Wang Rubing sneaked to the bar and took a look at the price of the wine. She suddenly stuck out her tongue in shock. It turned out to be 12,800 yuan per bottle.
This bastard was really cruel. He actually ordered more than 10,000 yuan for a bottle of wine.
But now that the wine had been drunk, she could only hope that the money was not spent in vain and that she could take it back.
Gao Jiangong didn't hesitate to eat and drink at the table. Because they knew the price of the wine, Wang Rubing and Li Changzhi didn't drink much. The 750ml bottle of red wine was almost in Gao Jiangong's stomach.
Seeing that they were almost drunk, Li Changzhi said, "Chief Gao, we're from Jiangnan City. It's not easy to work at the grassroots level. Please help us.
"We really need the poverty alleviation fund from the state. Can you help us solve it as soon as possible?"
Gao Jiangong drank up the last glass of wine, but he was getting angrier and angrier. He really didn't know what people from such a small place were thinking. They just drank a bottle of wine, but they didn't call it wine. He hadn't drunk enough yet. How could they talk about it?
He said with a cold face, "Old Li, there are many grassroots departments in the country, and there are many poor counties. There are too many places that need money. You'd better wait for the money."
Then he sneered in his heart. "Although your level is higher than mine, so what? This is the capital, under the feet of the emperor. You still have to listen to me."
Seeing that the meal was going to be wasted, Li Changzhi quickly said, "Chief Gao, can you make an exception? This money is used to build an ecological agricultural industrial base."
"If the money is in place now, it can be used for the basic construction. If it's a little later, it will be too late. This delay will be a year."
"I can't make an exception." Gao Jiangong said with a sullen face, "It's your job to arrange the production. My job is to allocate the money reasonably. There are too many places that need money now. There are people who have to wait here for more than half a year."
"This kind of thing can't be rushed. After all, the state's funds are limited. You can continue to wait in line."
As he spoke, he felt a burst of disdain in his heart. "Sure enough, people from a small place. I can tolerate it when they sit at the table. I can also tolerate when they order some plain vegetables instead of the signature dishes."
"But they only drink one bottle of wine. How can they talk about it without drinking enough wine?" "It seems that this money can't be released in a short time."
Li Changzhi was a little anxious and said, "Chief Gao, this money is specially approved by the state."
Gao Jiangong sneered and said, "Which of my money isn't approved by the state? How can I release it without approval? Isn't that a mistake?
"I have something to do. I'll go first."
After that, he stood up and walked out of the door. Seeing that the meal was in vain, Wang Rubing could no longer suppress the anger in her heart. She stepped forward and grabbed his arm.
"You can't go!"
Gao Jiangong suddenly became angry. "Sure enough, people from a small place have no manners at all. What are you doing?"
He turned around, shook off Wang Rubing's arm, and said angrily, "Do you people from a small place have any rules? "I'm telling you, there's something wrong with this money. I'll go back and re-examine it. Whether to release it or not depends on the review."
No matter what, he was a tall and strong man. Wang Rubing was thrown back seven or eight steps by him. In the end, she failed to stabilize her center of gravity and fell backward.
She was so scared that her face turned pale. At this moment, a big hand firmly supported her back and helped her up.
Qin Haodong helped Wang Rubing up, looked at Gao Jiangong in front of him and said coldly, "I'll give you one last chance. Go back and handle the poverty alleviation fund in Wufeng County now. It must be distributed before 8: 30 tomorrow morning. Otherwise, you can quit your job."
"Boy, who are you? How dare you talk to me like this! "
Gao Jiangong was furious. He really didn't know what was wrong with him today. But at this moment, he suddenly saw Han Jieyu standing next to Qin Haodong.
"Miss Han, why are you here?"
Although as an ordinary person, he did not know the existence of the Seven Great Families in the capital, he knew that Han Jieyu's identity was extremely special.
Once, he came here for dinner with a deputy director who had real power in the bureau. The deputy director had to greet this woman respectfully when he saw her, and he was not even qualified to go up to her.
Later, he asked about Han Jieyu's identity. The deputy director said that she was the boss of the health club and he could not afford to offend her. But if Han Jieyu was unhappy, she could make the deputy director lose his job.
Even the deputy director could not afford to offend her, so he naturally remembered her. Every time he came here to eat, he would be very careful.
Today, he saw her and hurried forward to greet her.
Han Jieyu ignored his humility. She took a step forward and took Qin Haodong's arm. She said, "This is my man. Do as he says."
Qin Haodong was slightly stunned when he heard Han Jieyu say that he was her man. It seemed that once a woman fell in love with someone, her role would change very quickly.
In fact, even if he did not use the power of the Han family, he had 100 ways to make Chief Gao lose his job and even put him in prison.
Hearing Han Jieyu's words, Gao Jiangong trembled with fear. He could take Qin Haodong's words as a joke, but this woman's words were not a joke.
He quickly said, "Don't worry. I'll go back and work overtime now. The money will definitely be in place tomorrow morning."
At the same time, he hated Li Changzhi and Wang Rubing in his heart. Why didn't they use their connections in the capital earlier? Not only did they make a fool of themselves here, but they might also offend a big shot.
After that, he turned around and was about to leave. Qin Haodong shouted again, "Wait a minute, I haven't asked you to leave yet."
Gao Jiangong hurriedly turned back and said respectfully, "Sir, if you have any other orders, please feel free to tell me."
Qin Haodong said, "Go to the bar first and pay the bill before you leave."
"Pay the bill?"
Gao Jiangong could not help but grimace. Although he did not see the bill, he could guess that the meal would cost more than 20,000 yuan, which was almost half a year's salary. If he had to pay the bill, it would be really painful.
Qin Haodong said, "What's wrong? Don't you want to pay?"
"Yes! Yes! "
Gao Jiangong nodded repeatedly. In comparison, his hat was more important than the money for the meal. He obediently ran to the bar, paid all the money for today's meal, and then left the club in disgrace.
Wang Rubing and Li Changzhi were stunned. They didn't expect that they didn't have to spend a penny on this meal and they could get it done.
They did not expect that Qin Haodong would have such a great influence in the capital.
Qin Haodong went over to greet Li Changzhi and then introduced Han Jieyu.
Hearing that they were Qin Haodong's sister and fellow villager, Han Jieyu hurriedly opened her own private room and then ordered a new table of wine and dishes to entertain the two of them.
Finding an opportunity, Wang Rubing pulled Qin Haodong and asked, "Tell me the truth. What's your relationship with her?"
Qin Haodong did not hide it and said, "You heard it just now. Jieyu is my girlfriend."
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