When Liu Hong heard Song Xitang's suggestion to hold a grand birthday banquet for Lu Tao's mother's fiftieth birthday, he was so happy that he laughed heartily, repeatedly praising, "Little Song, you're really quick-witted, this idea is not bad. Now that Xiaoyu is dating Lu Tao, Lu Tao's mother is Xiaoyu's future mother-in-law. We can use this as an excuse to hold a birthday banquet for her. In this way, we can not only make Lu Tao proud, but also make Xiaoyu happy. It's killing two birds with one stone. I totally agree! "
Speaking of this, he paused and asked, "Little Song, how do you think we should hold this birthday banquet to make Lu Tao satisfied? Do you have a general idea? "
Song Xitang thought for a moment and replied, "First of all, we need to decorate the banquet hall carefully. We need to hang blessing banners in eye-catching positions and invite professional hosts and bands to liven things up. We need to make the celebration more grand and festive, giving Lu Tao and his mother an unexpected surprise.
"Second, Lu Tao doesn't have any relatives in the local area and probably doesn't have many friends. It's estimated that there won't be many people coming to celebrate his birthday. Therefore, I suggest that all the management and some employees of the O 'Neal Group attend the banquet on that day. You can give each employee six hundred yuan in advance as a gift for drinking. In this way, our group's employees can fill more than ten tables, and our popularity will suddenly increase.
"Third, you can invite Secretary Luo, Deputy Secretary Du, and other leaders of the county committee to attend the birthday banquet. As long as they come, there will probably be a large number of flattering officials coming to the birthday banquet. At the same time, let Li Weijun bring his friends over, nominally to celebrate Xiaoyu's mother-in-law's birthday. In this way, Lu Tao can't refuse or fall out with Li Weijun. In the middle of the banquet, you can let Li Weijun go alone to toast Lu Tao and sincerely apologize to him to get his forgiveness. This is killing three birds with one stone! "
Liu Hong gave a satisfied "En" sound and said, "Okay, you can arrange the things at the hotel. I'll tell Feiyan later and have her arrange for all the management and some employees of the group to attend the banquet on Saturday. Also, give each of them six hundred yuan in advance as a gift for drinking. As for Li Weijun, I will look for him tomorrow and ask him to attend Lu Tao's mother's birthday banquet on Saturday. He must also sincerely apologize to Lu Tao! "
At 4 pm on Wednesday, Lu Tao returned to the Local Taxation Bureau from Huaguang Village ahead of time. He wrote an application for two days of leave. After getting the Director of the Party Committee Office and the Deputy Director in charge to sign, he put the application in the People's Education Department. He then made a call to the Mass Work Office of the Organization Department, saying that he was on leave on Thursday and Friday. He did not stay in Huaguang Village and asked them to register.
After going through the formalities, Lu Tao was about to leave the office building when he ran into Xia Bingbing's younger brother, Xia Yuze, in the lobby on the first floor.
When he saw Lu Tao, Xia Yuze pulled him aside. Seeing that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said anxiously, "Brother, can you call my sister and persuade her? I'm worried that she might do something stupid! "
Lu Tao was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What happened? What stupid thing would she do? "
Xia Yuze sighed and said, "Yesterday morning, my sister suddenly received a call from the deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Du Shangwu, asking her to go to his office. At that time, my sister was very surprised because she had never dealt with Deputy Secretary Du before. She didn't know why he suddenly asked her to see him. In the end, when she arrived at Deputy Secretary Du's office, he didn't ask her what was going on and scolded her with a straight face. The general idea was that my sister did not follow the Party's principles and did not follow the political rules. In order to compete for the position of the Deputy Director of the Finance Bureau, she used underhanded means to frame her competitor. She also engaged in illegal activities and secretly mobilized the cadres of the Finance Bureau to slander and belittle Zhang Yaling during the inspection process. His words were very unpleasant and my sister cried because of his scolding. When she came back, she hid at home and cried for the whole day.
"Unexpectedly, this morning, Director Liu of the County Commission for Discipline Inspection called my sister again and asked her to go to the Commission for Discipline Inspection. When she arrived at the Commission for Discipline Inspection, she was taken to an interrogation room. The County Commission for Discipline Inspection's Deputy Secretary, Wang Youbing, personally questioned her. First, he asked her to think about whether or not she violated any rules and regulations. If she did, she had to take the initiative to confess. After receiving my sister's firm denial, Wang Youbing reminded her of two points. First, someone reported that she had an improper relationship with a certain leader of the County Committee. Is that true? Second, three units reported that she used the power of budget allocation to ask for bribes from these units. The amount was huge.
"My sister knew that the leader of the County Committee he was talking about was the County Magistrate, Su Yetai. The so-called bribery was a lie, so she was so angry that she cried on the spot. Wang Youbing and the others questioned my sister for the whole morning but to no avail. They didn't have any evidence to prove my sister's two questions, so they could only let her go back at noon. You know very well that my sister has a strong temperament and can't stand being wronged and insulted. So when she returned home, she didn't eat and just cried silently on the bed. My brother-in-law was afraid that she would do something stupid, so he asked for leave in the afternoon to accompany her at home. "
Speaking of this, Xia Yuze's eyes gradually turned red. He said in a choked voice, "Brother, my sister has been working conscientiously and diligently all these years. She often works overtime until late at night. She has never accepted any red packets or gifts from any unit or individual. Her lifestyle is also strict and self-disciplined. She doesn't joke around with men easily. Take County Magistrate Su as an example. I told him last time that he did have some ideas about my sister, but my sister has never been nice to him. Because of this, she even offended him. Tell me, now that those people are so despicably accusing her of having an affair with Su Yetai, how can she stand it? "
Lu Tao nodded sympathetically and said, "Brother Xia, I believe your words and also believe in Chief Xia's character. But how do you want me to persuade her? Will she listen to me? "
Xia Yuze replied, "If you persuade her, I think it will be effective. Because she knows that you have a good relationship with Minister Fu of the Organization Department and Secretary Xie of the Commission for Discipline Inspection. Also, Secretary Zhou of the Municipal Party Committee trusts and thinks highly of you. If you are willing to continue helping her, she will feel dependable and secure. She won't have to worry about being framed and suppressed by Deputy Secretary Du, Wang Youbing, and the others. Secondly, she has a very good impression of you and trusts you a lot. I'm not flattering you in front of your face. After you came back from the provincial finance department that time, my sister told me many times that Lu Tao is a very good young man. You must learn from him and interact with him more in the future. This will be very beneficial for you. "
When Lu Tao heard this, he smiled and interrupted him, "Brother Xia, these are your sister's praises for me. I don't deserve it! How about this, I'll give her a call now and ask her to come out for a meal with me. I'll comfort her. If there's anything I can help with, I'll try my best to help her get out of this predicament! "
Xia Yuze was overjoyed and quickly thanked him.
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