Not long after the message was sent, Lu Tao's phone rang. After swiping the answer button, Zhou Yihong asked seriously, "Little Lu, I heard that you came to the provincial capital. Where are you now?"
Lu Tao deliberately raised his voice and said, "Hello, Secretary Zhou. I am eating at the Crown Hotel near the provincial finance department. Did you come to the provincial capital too?"
When he said "Secretary Zhou", everyone at the table except Chen Zhao looked at him. Apart from them, they all turned to look at Lu Tao in unison, their faces revealing a surprised expression.
Zhou Yihong continued to act according to the script he and Lu Tao had designed. "Yes, I have to meet a leader tonight. I just rushed over from Songshan. Who are you eating with? "
Lu Tao glanced at Fang Xin, Su Yetai, and the others and answered, "Secretary Zhou, I'm having a meal with the leaders of the Budget Department of the Provincial Finance Department, as well as our county's County Mayor Su and Chief Cai of the Finance Bureau. Have you had dinner? Why don't you come over and eat with us? "
"Not yet. Are there many people over there? If there aren't many people, I will just come over for a meal. My current location is not far from the provincial finance department, so I can come over very quickly. First, tell your county people that I want to be an uninvited guest and come over for a meal. "
Lu Tao hurriedly agreed and hung up the phone. Just as he was about to tell Su Yetai and Cai Zhangming that Secretary Zhou was coming over for dinner, he saw Su Yetai's face full of excitement. He stared at him with bright eyes and asked impatiently, "Little Lu, who was the leader who called you just now? Was it Secretary Zhou Yihong of the municipal party committee? "
Lu Tao nodded. "Yes, Secretary Zhou is visiting an important leader tonight. He just rushed over from Songshan and hasn't eaten yet, so I took the liberty to invite him over for a meal."
Su Yetai gave him a thumbs up and said with a shining face, "Little Lu, you did the right thing. You should invite Secretary Zhou over for a meal. Did he agree?"
"Yes, he is near the provincial finance department. He should be here in a few minutes."
"Good, good, good, that's great!"
There was a reason why Su Yetai was so excited. During this period of time, other than wanting to find a solid backer in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, he was also thinking of ways to get close to the new Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Zhou Yihong. This was because he knew very well that if he wanted to successfully take over Luo Qiulin's position and become the Secretary of the Taolin County Committee, the support of the Provincial Party Committee was secondary. The key was the recommendation of the Municipal Party Committee. If Secretary Zhou had not recommended him or agreed to it, he would not have been able to enter the examination of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Department.
However, because Secretary Zhou had just been transferred to Songshan not long ago, he did not have much contact with the government officials in the county and city. Therefore, Su Yetai had only seen Secretary Zhou a few times and did not have the opportunity to interact with him in private. This was also the matter that he was most worried about.
Therefore, when he suddenly found out that Secretary Zhou would be coming to the Crown Hotel for a meal, Su Yetai was overjoyed. It seemed that his luck had really turned for the better! Judging from the fact that Secretary Zhou had taken the initiative to call Lu Tao, his relationship with Lu Tao was definitely not ordinary! He had been painstakingly looking for a "benefactor" who could have a relationship with Secretary Zhou, but he did not expect this benefactor to appear out of nowhere. Lu Tao was not only the classmate of the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee's daughter, but he also had a close relationship with Secretary Zhou of the Municipal Party Committee. As long as he could win over Lu Tao, he would be able to kill two birds with one stone. Not only would he have a relationship with the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, but he would also have a relationship with Secretary Zhou of the Municipal Party Committee. It was simply too perfect...
After saying "okay" a few times, Su Yetai stood up and said to Fang Xin and Li Tao with a smile, "Director Fang, Director Li, Secretary Zhou of our Municipal Party Committee is coming over later. We have to go outside to welcome him. Excuse us for a moment. Please don't take offense!"
Fang Xin and Li Tao nodded in understanding and said, "Of course, of course! We also know Secretary Zhou. Why don't we go out to welcome him together? "
Su Yetai quickly said, "Director Fang, Director Li, there's no need for you to go out. Please sit down and drink some tea. The few of us will go out."
Then, he waved at Cai Zhangming, Zhang Yaling, and Xia Bingbing and asked Lu Tao to walk in front. They walked out of the private room together and waited at the elevator.
A few minutes later, Zhou Yihong and the driver walked out of the elevator. Su Yetai quickly went up to them and greeted Zhou Yihong with a smile on his face. Zhou Yihong smiled and shook hands with him. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he greeted Lu Tao and shook hands with Cai Zhangming, Xia Bingbing, and Zhang Yaling under Su Yetai's introduction.
After entering the private room, Fang Xin, Li Tao, and Chen Zhangming immediately stood up and greeted them. They all stood up and warmly greeted Zhou Yihong, and Zhou Yihong also smiled and shook hands with them one by one. Fang Xin took the initiative to give up the seat in the middle of the table, but Zhou Yihong rejected him with a smile and sat down next to him.
At this moment, the waiter had already started serving the dishes. Before Zhang Yaling was about to open the wine, she asked Chen Zhangming first. What wine do you want to drink? Chen Zhangming? He shook his hand and said that he couldn't drink. Zhang Yaling didn't open the red wine. Instead, she opened two bottles of Maotai and counted the number of people. Besides Zhou Yihong and the driver, there were a total of eight people drinking white wine. She filled the eight wine dispensers and personally served them to everyone.
Zhou Yihong raised his glass first and suggested that everyone drink three glasses together first. After three glasses, they would toast to each other.
Cai Zhangming waited for everyone to drink three glasses together before he stood up with a glass of wine and toasted Zhou Yihong first. He then toasted Fang Xin with the second glass and said with a smile, "Director Fang, our Taolin County is now vigorously carrying out the work of settling in villages and forming pairs to help each other. The construction of the new village is in full swing, and the poverty alleviation work has also reached the most critical stage. However, our county's finances are very tight right now. There's a huge gap in the poverty alleviation funds and the new village construction funds. We urgently need the provincial office's financial assistance, so we need the provincial office's budget department to support us. I'll drink this glass of wine first as a toast! "As he spoke, he drank the glass of wine in one gulp.
Fang Xin smiled and drank the wine in his hand as well. He said, "Director Cai, Comrade Li Tao has already told me about the situation in your county. I also understand that you want to fight for the provincial financial subsidy quota for a poor village's new village construction. However, just as Director Li told you, you're a little late. These twelve quotas have already been allocated. However, since????????? Little Lu came to me and Comrade Li Tao. Now that Secretary Zhou is here in person, we'll think of a way to fight for a subsidy for you. However, this temporary fund needs to be approved by the provincial office's leaders, so I don't dare to make any guarantees. It might take a little longer, so if we can't fight for it, please don't be offended! "
As he spoke, he also drank the glass of wine in his hand.
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