After breakfast, Lu Tao returned to the hotel room to catch up on his sleep. He slept until around eleven o 'clock when he was woken up by the ear-piercing ringtone of his phone. He groggily picked up his phone and looked at the caller ID. It was Secretary Zhou Yihong.
"Little Lu, the day before yesterday, you told me that you were going to the provincial finance department to ask your classmate, Chen Pei, for a sum of money. You also said that you would go to the provincial capital with the delegation participating in the provincial new village construction experience exchange meeting. Are you at the finance department now? Have you seen Chen Pei? "
Lu Tao hurriedly replied, "Secretary Zhou, I arrived at the provincial capital with the delegation yesterday. I met Chen Pei last night and made plans to have dinner with her tonight. By the way, did you not come to participate in the new village construction experience exchange meeting? "
"No. Although this experience exchange meeting was organized by the provincial party committee, most of the participants were from the government. The top leaders of the various cities, counties, and cities were all participating. The main leaders of the provincial party committee who attended the exchange meeting were originally Deputy Secretary Chen and Minister Huang of the provincial party committee, but later it was changed to Governor Qin and Minister Huang. It was said that Deputy Secretary Chen went to the central government for a meeting, so the leader of the city attending the exchange meeting was Mayor Haiping. "
Speaking up to this point, Zhou Yihong paused for a moment and asked, "Who did you invite to have dinner with Chen Pei tonight?"
"I made an appointment with Chen Pei over tea last night. At that time, there was Mayor Su Yetai of Taolin County, Director Cai Changming of the county finance department, Section Chief Zhang Wenqing of the provincial party committee office, and two other female comrades. They were the budget director and office director of the Taolin County finance department. Because they were all present when I invited Chen Pei to have dinner, they might be having dinner together tonight. "
Zhou Yihong thought for a moment and said, "I'll probably arrive at the provincial capital around five o 'clock in the afternoon. Let's have dinner with Chen Pei then!"
It turned out that Zhou Yihong's main backer and backer in the province was the current Governor Qin. Governor Qin was also a soldier. Before he transferred to the military, he was a deputy division commander in the army Zhou Yihong was in. Zhou Yihong was the regiment commander of the division he was in. The two of them had a superior-subordinate relationship in the army and their relationship was quite good.
After Zhou Yihong was transferred to the local government, under the care of Governor Qin, he was first appointed as the deputy director of a department in the province. Then, he was transferred to become the mayor of a certain city. A few months ago, he was transferred to Songshan City to become the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee.
Zhou Yihong knew very well that Governor Qin would be 62 years old next year, and there was no possibility of further promotion. He would probably be arranged to take on an idle position in the National People's Congress or the National People's Political Consultative Conference, and the most likely person to take over his position as governor was the current deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chen Dengfeng.
However, the relationship between Chen Dengfeng and Governor Qin was not very good. Although there was no big conflict between the two of them, and there had never been a direct conflict, it always gave people the feeling that they were not on good terms. As Governor Qin's direct subordinates and trusted aides, Zhou Yihong and Chen Dengfeng's relationship was naturally not good. Although the two of them knew each other, they usually only interacted with each other at work and basically did not have any personal relations.
Now, what Zhou Yihong was most worried about was that Chen Dengfeng had a very close relationship with the current secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. Once Governor Qin left Nanjiang Province, Chen Dengfeng, who took over his position as governor, would most likely suppress the former's trusted aides and direct subordinates. Although he usually paid attention to balancing his relationship with the leaders of the Provincial Party Committee and was very respectful and respectful to Chen Dengfeng when he interacted with him, he still had an old relationship with Governor Qin. He was indeed Governor Qin's direct subordinate and trusted aide. If Chen Dengfeng and Governor Qin had a deep conflict, he would definitely become the target of suppression in the future …
Because of this, Zhou Yihong had been very anxious during this period of time, and he also wanted to use a certain way to get closer to Chen Dengfeng. Coincidentally, when he and the people from Songshan City's Finance Bureau invited Chen Pei to a banquet last time, he accidentally discovered that she was very close to Lu Tao. She might even have fallen in love with Lu Tao.
This unexpected discovery made him feel a burst of ecstasy. He suddenly had a feeling that if Chen Pei really liked Lu Tao, he could use his close relationship with Lu Tao to get close to Chen Pei. After winning Chen Pei's favor, he could then get close to her family. Maybe he could finally win Deputy Secretary Chen's favor and trust …
Therefore, when he found out that Lu Tao was inviting Chen Pei to a banquet tonight, although Zhou Yihong felt that the people present were a little too messy, he still decided to rush to the provincial capital to attend this banquet …
When Lu Tao heard that he would rush over in the afternoon to treat Chen Pei to a meal together, he hurriedly replied, "Okay, we've booked the place to eat at the VIP floor of the Crown Hotel. You can go there directly!"
Zhou Yihong was silent for a moment, then said, "It's not good for me to go there directly first. How about this: after I rush to the provincial capital, I'll find a teahouse near the Crown Hotel to rest for a while. You go with Chen Pei, Su Yetai, and the others to the hotel's private room first. Don't tell them that I'm here specially to attend the banquet. After everyone else is in the private room, I'll secretly send you a message. Then I'll call you and ask where you are. You can invite me over for a meal in front of them. That's better! "
When Lu Tao heard his words, he understood. Zhou Yihong didn't want Su Yetai and the others to guess that he wanted to get close to Chen Pei. He also didn't want them to know that he drove more than a hundred kilometers to attend the banquet. Moreover, among the people attending the banquet tonight, most of them were Zhou Yihong's subordinates. The rest of them were much lower in rank than him. Therefore, he couldn't wait in the private room first. He had to be late for a while to show his status …
Thinking of this, he secretly scolded himself for being an idiot. He hurriedly replied, "Okay, okay, okay. You can find a place near the hotel to rest for a while. When everyone is in the private room, I'll send you a message in time."
After hanging up the call with Zhou Yihong, Lu Tao immediately called Lin Hua's cell phone in the provincial tax bureau's monitoring room. After the call was connected, he smiled and greeted the other party. He also asked him in an inquiring tone where it would be convenient for him to have lunch at noon.
Lin Hua hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Lu, you're too polite. Why don't I treat you to lunch? There's a small alley about a hundred meters west of the provincial bureau. After entering the alley, there's a local restaurant called 'Qingxi Yuan' on the right. The owner of this restaurant is from Qingxi County. The dishes there are all authentic Qingxi flavors. The restaurant's environment is also not bad. Why don't we have lunch at this restaurant? "
Lu Tao hurriedly said, "Okay, I haven't eaten authentic Qingxi dishes in a long time. I'll go there immediately and reserve a private room to wait for you after work. Oh right, do you have any other leaders or friends there? I'll order after confirming the number of people. "
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