In the evening, Chen Xing arrived at the Jiangcheng Hotel in advance. In the evening, he invited Zeng Jing and Liao Wenhao to dinner, which could be regarded as a more formal banquet. After thinking about it, Chen Xing decided to treat them at the Jiangcheng Hotel.
As the former guesthouse of the Municipal Party Committee, the Jiangcheng Hotel had always been the reception place designated by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. The main leaders of the city also had a special reception box in the Jiangcheng Hotel. Since Chen Xing took office, he rarely ate at the Jiangcheng Hotel. Although he had dinner with Wu Gang and Zeng Jing many times, the friendship between the three was private. Chen Xing didn't want to make it known to everyone. In this Jiangcheng Hotel, who knew how many spies there were.
"Xiaoyu, you go back first. There's nothing to do tonight." At the door of the hotel, Chen Xing said to Yu Zhiyuan.
Hearing this, Yu Zhiyuan nodded and didn't say much. However, he was a little depressed. Obviously, he hadn't been really recognized by the mayor as a secretary. From the fact that Chen Xing didn't let him participate in private occasions, he knew that Chen Xing didn't fully accept him. As the secretary of the leader, how could he be recognized and sit firmly in the position? There was no doubt that he had to enter the personal inner circle of the leader. Yu Zhiyuan knew that he was still far from this.
The driver, Miao Yuanliang, left with Yu Zhiyuan and sent Yu Zhiyuan back. Chen Xing lived in the Jiangcheng Hotel and had dinner here at night. After dinner, he went upstairs directly to his residence, so he didn't need to take a car. So he asked Miao Yuanliang to go home first.
When they arrived at the No. 2 private room on the third floor, Chen Xing went in and waved away Ni Jiali, the deputy general manager of the hotel who had been respectfully accompanying him. After staying in the hotel for a while, Chen Xing had a deep impression of Ni Jiali because every morning, Ni Jiali would personally wait at the door of his room with breakfast when he got up. Ni Jiali, the deputy general manager, didn't need to do this kind of thing in person. Chen Xing also told Ni Jiali not to do this, but Ni Jiali persisted very diligently every day.
Ni Jiali was another person who knew how to get things done. Even though he didn't know Ni Jiali well, Chen Xing made such a preliminary evaluation of Ni Jiali.
As for Zhao Zhenyue, the general manager of the hotel, because Zhao Zhenyue was also the deputy director of the Municipal Party Committee, Chen Xing didn't see him often.
Mayor Chen, would you like me to make you a pot of tea first? Seeing that Chen Xing didn't need her company, Ni Jiali added.
No, I'm not in the habit of drinking tea. Chen Xing waved his hand.
Seeing this, Ni Jiali could only say, "Then I'll go out first. If Mayor Chen needs anything, just call me at any time."
"Boss Ni, you can just find a smart waiter to come here. You don't need to do this kind of service work." Chen Xing shook his head with a smile.
"Mayor Chen, what you said is wrong. Jiangcheng Hotel was formerly the guest house of the Municipal Party Committee. It was originally built to serve the leaders of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. As the staff of the hotel, it's our duty to serve the leaders of the city. Whether it's an ordinary waiter or a deputy general manager like me, we all have to serve the leaders of the city well. Mayor Chen, since you're here, if I, the deputy general manager, don't do my best to serve you, it will be my dereliction of duty." Ni Jiali smiled faintly.
"Boss Ni, you've already done your duty enough by serving breakfast to me every day. If you, the deputy general manager, have to worry about all these trivial things, won't you die of exhaustion?" Chen Xing said with a smile.
"Nothing is trivial about the leader's business. To serve the leader, even if I have to die of exhaustion, I should do my best." Ni Jiali said with a straight face.
Chen Xing looked at Ni Jiali, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. This time, he was completely speechless by Ni Jiali's words. He originally hoped that Ni Jiali would not think about serving him, the mayor, all the time. She just needed to do her job well. However, Ni Jiali's serious words made him unable to refute.
At this moment, when these words came out of Ni Jiali's mouth, it gave him a strange feeling. Judging from Ni Jiali's age, she looked like she was in her thirties, but it was also possible that she was younger than thirty. This was because women were good at putting on makeup. In addition, some women were good at taking care of themselves. Some women in their forties looked like they were in their thirties when they saw them. It was impossible to tell their real age. Ni Jiali undoubtedly belonged to this type of woman. She had delicate and light makeup on her face, and her skin was fair and smooth. Her steady and fashionable suit made her look dignified and elegant. Chen Xing really couldn't guess Ni Jiali's real age.
Since he couldn't tell her age, Chen Xing naturally wouldn't ask. Age was a woman's secret. It was impolite to ask others about their age rashly. Besides, Chen Xing was not that nosy.
"Mayor Chen, I'll go out first." Ni Jiali said.
"Okay." Chen Xing nodded.
After Ni Jiali went out of the box, she closed the door. Chen Xing looked at the time, walked to the window, and stood there.
Looking out from the window, the view was very good. The location of Jiangcheng Hotel had almost no shelter in front, and the side was close to Yaohu Park. Every day, one could breathe fresh air. This also made Chen Xing, who had lived in Jiangcheng Hotel for some time, quite like this place. Therefore, two days ago, when Ma Xiaoning, the director of the government office, asked Chen Xing if he needed to change his residence, Chen Xing directly refused.
There was a knock on the door. Chen Xing shouted to come in. Turning around, he saw it was Zeng Jing. Chen Xing smiled and said, "You came so early."
"Didn't you come earlier than me?" Zeng Jing smiled and raised her hand to look at the time. She had arrived 15 minutes earlier, but Chen Xing came earlier than her.
Looking at the environment of the box, Zeng Jing's eyes flashed with a trace of amazement. "This is the first time I came to this Jiangcheng Hotel. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary hotel, but I didn't expect it to be so luxurious."
"You know the current environment. In order to get more official reception from the government, many hotels and guesthouses specially choose stars. Jiangcheng Hotel is a hotel under the jurisdiction of the city. In order to avoid being reported by the media, it naturally can't be a star." Chen Xing smiled.
"Although it's not a star, the hardware facilities and decoration are not worse than that of a five-star hotel." Zeng Jing shook her head and smiled. "After all, it's a special hotel for the reception of the city leaders. It can't be too shabby. Thanks to you, today is the first time I come to this Jiangcheng Hotel, and also the first time I'm lucky enough to enter the No. 2 box."
"You speak as if we are people of two different classes."
"But the fact is. You are the mayor, and I am a small policeman. Aren't we people living in two different classes?"
Zeng Jing joked and raised his eyebrows. "Director Liao hasn't come yet."
"Not yet." Chen Xing shook his head.
A strange smile appeared on Zeng Jing's face. "Chen Xing, do you know that Director Liao called me over today?"
"Oh?" Chen Xing was stunned for a moment, and then felt relieved. "This should be unexpected, but also expected. Did Director Liao call you over to give you advice because of tonight's dinner?"
"You guessed it. Our Director Liao knows that he is going to have dinner with you tonight, so he specifically told me not to talk nonsense. He also taught me how to answer your questions and asked me to cooperate with him." Zeng Jing sneered.
"Director Liao probably didn't expect that I would suddenly have the idea to invite you to dinner. I guess he has been thinking about how to fool me since he left my office in the morning." Chen Xing smiled.
"Maybe there are a lot of things he didn't expect, but I'm afraid he didn't expect that we know each other, and we are friends for many years." Zeng Jing sneered.
Chen Xing couldn't help laughing. In fact, today's dinner was planned by him. Before he told Liao Wenhao in the morning, he had already told Zeng Jing about it. The purpose of this dinner was to help Zeng Jing get back the honor and power that she should have. Normally, as the mayor, it should be easy for Chen Xing to help Zeng Jing. However, in the officialdom, it was not as simple as "rank is greater than everything". Especially now that Chen Xing had just arrived, he had a lot of concerns. Therefore, Chen Xing deliberately organized this dinner to restore Zeng Jing's original position with the help of Liao Wenhao. Moreover, he wanted Liao Wenhao to cooperate with him obediently, so that he didn't have to do it himself.
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