As the car sped on the highway, the mountains and trees outside the car passed by like a tsunami, making Liu Lihai feel dizzy. He also learned from Yao Haidong and closed his eyes to rest. But after closing one eye, Liu Lihai thought of something and took out his phone. Liu Lihai set his phone to vibrate, which was also taught to him by Leng Hongyan. At present, he was the youngest divisional cadre in Jingjiang City. Naturally, he would become the opponent and target of many people. This was how it was in the officialdom. Imaginary enemies were everywhere. It was not that no one was against anyone, but that the position was blocking the way of many people, or that many people were not convinced. Why could he sit in this position, and why couldn't they, who worked so hard, move? In the officialdom, once one couldn't move, it was equivalent to a person in the terminal stage of cancer. No one was willing to suffer from a disease like cancer. So naturally, there was a popular saying in the officialdom: There are no permanent enemies, and there are no permanent friends. There are only interests obtained by joining hands. Whoever was tied to the same boat with whom was a community of interests. Just like a listed company, the controlling stake and being controlled had to be based on interests.
There was no message on his phone, and Liu Lihai was a little disappointed. His previous phone had a song called "The Mistress", which was downloaded by the female reporter Sun Xiaomu for him. Once when he was with Leng Hongyan, the song "The Mistress" rang on his phone. Leng Hongyan severely criticized Liu Lihai and asked him to delete the song immediately. Leng Hongyan's expression was very strange that day. She even fiercely accused Liu Lihai of having some dirty things in his phone. Now he had left Jingjiang City, and left the Jingjiang Daily that he had fought hard for for four years. But in his subconscious, what he most desired was to be able to receive a message from Sun Xiaomu. Even if it was a blessing or a "safe journey", it would make Liu Lihai's empty and messy heart feel a little bit of comfort. The comfort hurt Liu Lihai's heart. He had always thought that he was very strong. Since he was a child, it was Liu Lihai's mantra to be a man of indomitable spirit. Unfortunately, he was not a man of indomitable spirit. He seemed to be destined to fight to the death with a younger brother. "Beautiful women have a short life." These four words wrote the life of a beautiful woman, but the handsome Liu Lihai could never escape being chased by a sister-like woman.
In Beijing, Liu Lihai's virginity was taken away by his female boss after she was drunk. It was just that at the moment when Liu Lihai climbed up from the female boss's snow-white body, what he felt was not the excitement of finally becoming a man, but a kind of grief and indignation of losing his chastity. From a boy to a man was completed overnight, but a kind of loss, emptiness, helplessness, and sadness after losing his virginity were all intertwined. He did not know what kind of person he was at that moment. Although he and the female boss hugged each other after drinking, and although it was the female boss who seduced him most of the time, he still could not forgive himself. What made Liu Lihai most ashamed was that after he sobered up, the female boss threw him 20,000 yuan. He grabbed the yuan that was exchanged for his virginity and threw it at the female boss, who was still naked. He ran away from the female boss's house, and it also strengthened his belief to leave Beijing.
Liu Lihai did not know when Sun Xiaomu's waterfall-like black hair and elegant back were embedded in his eyes, and he never walked out of his sight. This Sun Xiaomu, who had only been in Jingjiang Newspaper for a year, forcibly occupied the heart of Liu Lihai with a clean face, making him fantasize that Sun Xiaomu was tightly held in his arms at countless nights.
They arrived at the Lin County Government Compound. When the car drove into the asphalt road of the government, Yao Haidong's eyes finally opened. It was not until this time that Liu Lihai knew that Yao Haidong did not fall asleep on the way. He did not want to talk, or he did not want to talk to Liu Lihai. However, Liu Lihai pretended to know nothing.
In officialdom, it was more important to learn to act. Whoever played more roles, who was more realistic, who would be the final winner. Of course, these were all taught by Leng Hongyan to Liu Lihai. From the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee to the deputy governor of the Standing Committee, Song Lihai taught Leng Hongyan a lot of very practical officialdom theories and officialdom experiences, and now she passed them on to Liu Lihai little by little.
As soon as the car stopped, Liu Lihai quickly got off the car and walked to the door of Yao Haidong's car. He opened the door close to Yao Haidong and said with a humble smile, "Hello, Minister Yao." Yao Haidong replied with a lukewarm "hmm", but he sighed in his heart. This boy was too good at doing things. No wonder Leng Hongyan loved him.
At the thought of Leng Hongyan, Yao Haidong's heart was bitten by ants again. He used to work with Leng Hongyan. At the beginning, he was not convinced by her. It was humiliating for Yao Haidong to have a woman who climbed up by loosening her belt to be his leader. But when they worked together, Yao Haidong had to admire Leng Hongyan's calmness and meticulousness.
That time, Yao Haidong and Leng Hongyan went to Beijing together to negotiate with a reporter director of a media company. They invited the reporter director to dinner in Wangfujing. At the table, Leng Hongyan did not mention the moldy military food in Jingjiang City. Instead, she kept drinking with the reporter director. The reporter director did not want to be defeated by a woman, and as a result, he got drunk.
Under such circumstances, Leng Hongyan asked Yao Haidong to put the prepared red envelope into the reporter director's hand and took a photo of it. When the photos of the Explosion Army's food were sent to the Head Reporter, the incident of the moldy Explosion Army's food quietly slipped away.
When the reporter director brought two reporters to Jingjiang City, no matter how many times Yao Haidong invited them to dinner, they politely declined. In Jingjiang, Leng Hongyan did not show up. When she learned about the incident, she flew directly to Beijing with Yao Haidong. Through Jingjiang's connections in Beijing, he successfully invited the director reporter to the Wangfujing Restaurant and quietly staged this scene.
This scene completely changed Yao Haidong's opinion of Leng Hongyan. But he could not tell when Leng Hongyan had snuck into his heart. He knew that it was dangerous to meet a woman like Leng Hongyan, but sometimes people's feelings did not follow the normal rules.
Yao Haidong liked to sneak peeks at her. Leng Hongyan's beauty was different from that of many other beautiful women. Her beauty was natural, perfect, and tranquil. Few people in the competitive officialdom did not desire a quiet beautiful woman. No wonder Song Lihai had chosen her.
It was said that Song Lihai had never had any other women except for Leng Hongyan. Even when the female principal of Jingjiang's Guangming Private School, who had returned from studying in England, publicly attacked Song Lihai, Song Lihai was not moved. Of course, these were gossip in Jingjiang's officialdom. For example, there were many versions of the love story between Leng Hongyan and Liu Lihai in Jingjiang's officialdom. Yao Haidong even thought that if he was still the president of Jingjiang Daily, would Liu Lihai have today?
When Yao Haidong got out of the car and walked to the Lin County government compound, Liu Lihai enthusiastically followed him. Yao Haidong glanced at Liu Lihai. Liu Lihai, who was more than 1.8 meters tall, stood next to Yao Haidong, who was less than 1.7 meters tall. An invisible pressure rushed to him in an instant. He instinctively took a few steps faster, consciously trying to separate from Liu Lihai. His change in pace was caught by Liu Lihai.
In the officialdom, one must have the sensitivity of being observant and listening in all directions. What he heard and saw should be stored in his heart. After the brain analyzed thoroughly, he could make corresponding plans. Two years ago, Leng Hongyan consciously cultivated Liu Lihai's awareness of being observant and listening in all directions.
At that time, Leng Hongyan hinted that Liu Lihai's future path was officialdom, not to be a reporter. It was just that Liu Lihai's reporter's instincts made him extremely talented in the area of observing people. This kind of talent was the best potential power in officialdom. In Leng Hongyan's consciousness, officialdom had officialdom culture and officialdom rules. Whether you were willing or not, you had to consciously follow this magnetic field.
The word 'personality' was the most childish excuse in the officialdom. Those who used personality to deceive themselves were those who lacked the talent to enter the officialdom. In all walks of life, there really was a difference in professional talent between people. Some people were born fascinated by numbers and money. This kind of person would definitely have a talent for doing business. Some people could say beautiful words the moment they opened their mouths and knew how to deal with situations. This kind of person would definitely be like a fish in water in the officialdom.
When the ancient people created the word "official", they understood that the so-called "official" was a hat with two mouths. It was telling all officials that one mouth was the mouth that could be seen, and the other mouth was the mouth that could not be seen in the depths of the heart. Whoever could use the mouth in the depths of the heart to devise strategies, the hat on his head would be bigger and bigger.
Leng Hongyan had followed Song Lihai for so many years, she thought that she understood the officialdom culture. She had always analyzed and understood the officialdom men dialectically. This was also why she could go through 20 years with Song Lihai. She played the role of a mistress to perfection, so she was very dismissive of today's mistresses. However, she never talked about the topic of mistresses in public places. Even when women openly talked about this topic at the "March 8 Women's Day" commendation ceremony every year, she also pretended to be deaf and dumb. For such a woman, once she devoted herself to teaching Liu Lihai, the starting point of Liu Lihai's entry into officialdom was already at the divisional level, or even close to the thinking and theory of officials at Song Lihai's level.
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