As it turned out, Zhou Yihong already knew that Chen Pei was the daughter of Chen Dengfeng, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee. Coincidentally, the head of Songshan's finance bureau was hosting a banquet with a few department heads from the budget department, so Zhou Yihong specifically told the city finance bureau to invite Chen Pei to the banquet.
During the meal, Zhou Yihong arranged for Chen Pei to sit beside him and chatted with her passionately. As they chatted, the topic of their conversation turned to Lu Tao. Zhou Yihong immediately called Lu Tao and asked him to chat with Chen Pei.
Zhou Yihong paid close attention to the conversation while Chen Pei and Lu Tao were on the phone. From Chen Pei's expression and words, he realized that the only daughter of the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee seemed to like Lu Tao a lot. She might even have feelings for him!
After realizing this, Zhou Yihong couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised. He quickly told Lu Tao to treat Chen Pei to dinner tomorrow in order to further improve his impression of Chen Pei …
Who knew that Lu Tao would reply heartlessly, "Secretary Zhou, I'm very sorry. I've invited a few good friends to go camping at Mount Shuangxiong tomorrow. I'm the organizer of this event, so the preparations are all done. We'll be leaving at six tomorrow. Other people can choose not to go, but as the organizer of this event, I can't be absent. Please understand. I've already explained to Chen Pei just now. She's a reasonable person, so she won't blame me. "
Zhou Yihong didn't want to force him, so he could only say regretfully, "Alright then, we'll come to the provincial capital together next time to treat Little Chen to dinner."
After Lu Tao hung up, Li Tao, who had been waiting for him to finish drinking, asked casually, "Handsome Lin, who was that on the phone with you just now? You kept saying 'Secretary Zhou, Secretary Zhou', is it some town party secretary? "
Lu Tao quickly glanced at He Ying and saw that she was engrossed in drinking soup as if she hadn't heard his conversation. He knew that she didn't want others to know that she knew Zhou Yihong, so he smiled and said to Li Tao, "Sister Tao, Secretary Zhou's position is much higher than town party secretaries. He's the newly appointed Songshan municipal party secretary, Zhou Yihong —"
Just as he said this, he heard Zhou Youliang exclaim, "Aiya!". Zhou Youliang's eyes widened as he stared at him and asked in disbelief, "Little Lu, was that Secretary Zhou of the Municipal Party Committee on the phone with you? Is it real or fake? "
Lu Tao smiled, "Director Zhou, everyone here is a government official, how would I dare to make such a joke? Of course, it's real. "
Zhou Youliang stared at him for a long time before he continued to ask in a hurried tone, "You said on the phone that you went hiking with Secretary Zhou last night. Is that true? Is your relationship with Secretary Zhou that? "
Just as Lu Tao was about to speak, He Ying suddenly raised her head and gave him a quick glance. She blinked her eyes, obviously hinting for him not to say anything about Secretary Zhou having dinner with her last night.
Lu Tao had just inadvertently mentioned that he had climbed the mountain with Secretary Zhou last night. Now that Zhou Youliang asked, he couldn't deny it anymore. He nodded and said, "That's right. Last night, Secretary Zhou and I climbed to the top of the white green behind our community.
While Lu Tao was speaking, Zhou Youliang's eyes gradually shone with a strange light, and his face was flushed with excitement.
It turned out that in two or three months, Li Xuzhong, the current head of the county public security bureau, would retire to the second line, and the political commissar of the county bureau was already 58 years old, so it was not suitable for him to be promoted. Therefore, there were only two people who had the ability to compete for the position of head of the county bureau. One was the current Executive Deputy Director, Ouyang Qi, and the other was Zhou Youliang.
Zhou Youliang was a few years younger than Ouyang Qi, so he had the advantage of age. He had been the director of the city police station for many years, so he had a good relationship with the people in the bureau. If there was a democratic vote, his votes would definitely be higher than Ouyang Qi's. Moreover, he had a good relationship with the Executive Deputy Director of the Songshan City Public Security Bureau, who had promised to do his best to help him get promoted.
However, Ouyang Qi had his own advantages as well. First, he had a lot of experience. He had been the Deputy Director of the county public security bureau for more than ten years. Although he had offended many people due to his bad temper and stubbornness, his experience was something that couldn't be erased.
Most importantly, he had met the mayor of Songshan City, Li Haiping, through a relative. He would visit Li Haiping's house during the holidays, and Li Haiping had a good impression of him. It was said that Li Haiping had recommended Ouyang Qi to the city's public security bureau.
Although Zhou Youliang had many advantages, the most important one was that no one in the Songshan City Municipal Committee would speak up for him. The county public security bureau director was appointed by the municipal committee, so he had been trying to get to know the new secretary of the municipal committee, Zhou Yihong. It would be best if he could get Zhou Yihong's support. That way, he wouldn't have to worry about Li Haiping's relationship.
However, he had looked for a lot of connections, but none of them were able to connect with Zhou Yihong. Because of this, he had been very anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
He didn't think that he would meet Lu Tao, a 'benefactor' who had a close relationship with Zhou Yihong, when he unintentionally agreed to have a meal with He Ying today. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. It seemed that his luck had changed, and his star was shining! Judging from Lu Tao's tone and expression when he was talking to Zhou Yihong on the phone, his relationship with Zhou Yihong was clearly not ordinary. They were either relatives or close friends. As long as he had a good relationship with him, he could ask him to bring him to meet Zhou Yihong. Wouldn't that be like "searching high and low for something, only to find it by chance?"
Thinking up to this point, his face immediately glowed. He looked at Lu Tao with a fervent gaze and asked with a smile, "Little Lu, may I ask how long have you known Zhou Yihong? Are you going to visit a relative? "
Lu Tao shook his head and said, "No, I only met Zhou Yihong yesterday."
"What? You only met Zhou Yihong yesterday? " Zhou Youliang's face showed surprise and disappointment, but the smile that had just appeared on his face couldn't disappear. It looked strange.
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