It was a small lottery, but it could reflect people's thoughts.
Half of those who were not selected were thinking, "Well, I didn't get the lowest prize. I will have a chance to get a higher prize." The other half were thinking, "It's over. I can't even get the lowest prize. I don't think I can get the other prizes."
Those who were selected had different thoughts. Some were thinking, "I'm lucky. I was selected as soon as I came up. I can buy lottery tickets later." Some were thinking, "I'm so unlucky. Why did I get such a rubbish prize? I still want the plasma TV."
These thoughts were reflected on their faces. Some people were very happy and had a blissful expression on their faces. Some people were very depressed. Although they were smiling, their smiles were very ugly. They might as well cry directly. There were also some people who were indifferent to this and had a relatively calm expression.
As a pure outsider, Li Rui did not pay much attention to this lucky draw event. His eyes were fixed on Yuan Jingjing. He saw her standing on the stage gracefully, guiding the people to line up in order, and occasionally sending a sweet smile to the cameraman below. Her performance was beautiful, elegant, casual, and natural. Her elegance on the stage was not inferior to the big baby, one of the city's most popular stars, Yao Xuefei.
At this time, Deputy Mayor Robin asked to leave. No one asked him to stay. They all stood up to see him off. Li Rui also followed him. Everyone walked Robin to the elevator. Zhang Jianshe and others even wanted to walk him to the hotel, but he refused.
After returning to the banquet hall, the leaders of the Water Conservancy Bureau couldn't sit still. First, Zhang Jianshe wanted to leave. Then, the Executive Deputy Director Wang Guanglai also left. The rest of the Deputy Directors also left slowly.
Li Rui understood their mentality. As a leader, it was good enough for him to attend this kind of gathering. He could eat and enjoy with the subordinates for a while. Could he really stay with them until the end of the annual meeting? That would be too unbecoming of a leader, right? It was difficult to be a leader. Sometimes, he had to be kind and easy-going. Sometimes, he had to consciously raise his status to avoid being looked down upon. Every leader was looking for a balance between these two extremes, looking for a way to show their amiable and approachable character while maintaining their power and prestige at the same time. Of course, most of them succeeded, just like the performance of Robin and Zhang Jianshe tonight.
Both of them were the last to arrive or even late, but this did not affect the respect and admiration of the cadres and employees of the Water Conservancy Bureau. Even if they were late, they still gave them the warmest applause. No one blamed them for being late, and they even thought that it was natural. At the same time, they were also the first to leave, but this didn't cause any resentment. Why? Because he was a big leader, and big leaders were always very busy. It was already not easy for him to take some time out to spend some happy time with small people like them. This was an honor for them.
Of course, most of the people sitting in the banquet hall were old foxes in the government departments. They had long been familiar with the way the leaders played, so they didn't care about it. They thought, "You can come and go as you please. It's none of my business." "I'll eat, drink, play, and receive awards. After the annual meeting, I'll go home and sleep. Tomorrow is a new day."
Li Rui felt that he should leave. If he stayed, it would be too embarrassing. Only the director of the Water Conservancy Bureau, Shi Dalin, was left at the same table. It seemed that Shi Dalin didn't want to talk to him. It was so awkward to sit alone. He regretted it a little. In fact, when Zhang Jianshe was about to leave, he should have pretended to leave with him. Even if he had to find a corner outside the hotel and wait for Yuan Jingjing, he should have pretended to leave. After all, he was invited by Zhang Jianshe. If Zhang Jianshe left, who would recognize him? If he stayed, it would be embarrassing for him. Thinking of this, he wanted to leave. At this time, his phone vibrated twice. He guessed that someone had sent a message. He took it out and looked at it.
The message was from his eldest disciple, Jiang Wei. She said, "I see you."
Li Rui replied, "I'm leaving." Jiang Wei replied, "I still want to talk to you." Li Rui replied, "Then let's talk outside. I'll go first and wait for you outside." After sending this text message, he said goodbye to Shi Dalin and left with his bag.
Shi Dalin watched him leave the banquet hall and sneered in his heart. He thought, "Only the director flatters you. Who cares about you? After the director leaves, who will care about you? You think you are awesome because you are the secretary of the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee? Humph, in fact, you are nothing. I don't know how thick-skinned you are. You actually have the face to come back and attend the annual meeting of the bureau … What does the annual meeting of the Water Conservancy Bureau have to do with you, a person from the Municipal Party Committee? You even want to stand up for Jiang Wei. Do you have the right to do that? "
When he thought of this, he thought of Jiang Wei's loveliness and cuteness. His heart moved and he couldn't help but look back to look for her figure. He just happened to see her get up and leave the banquet hall. He was a little surprised. Why did she go out as soon as Li Rui left? Could it be that the two of them had something to talk about? His heart jumped a few times. He rolled his eyes a few times and got up to follow her.
Outside the banquet hall was a large open space. Outside was the tempered glass wall of the hotel. The glass wall was thick, huge, and transparent. Through the glass, half of the night view of Qingyang City could be seen. Against the glass wall, there was a row of stainless steel railings. There were tropical bonsai plants placed every few meters to beautify the environment.
Li Rui's mind was all on Yuan Jingjing tonight. He didn't have any improper thoughts about Jiang Wei, so he stood by the railing of the glass wall and waited for her. He didn't deliberately take her to a secluded and safe place such as the stairwell. If he wanted to be intimate with her for a while, he would have to take her to a shady place.
Jiang Wei saw him after she walked out of the banquet hall. She didn't expect that he would wait for her in a public area. In this way, her colleagues in the bureau would see her talking to him. Although they were both from the flood control office and had the so-called master-disciple relationship, it was still improper for a man and a woman to get together in the middle of the night to have a private chat. She was a little nervous.
She walked to a place more than a meter away from Li Rui and said, "Let's go somewhere else. If we talk here, people will see us." Li Rui couldn't help but laugh and said, "If they see us, then so be it. We are not here for a rendezvous." Jiang Wei immediately blushed and said angrily, "Go to hell!"
The two of them changed places and avoided the place where the two doors of the banquet hall were facing. They talked in a small empty space on the left corner of the elevator hall.
However, just as the two of them exchanged a few words and before they could get down to business, a female employee of the Water Conservancy Bureau walked out of the banquet hall in a hurry with a bag. It seemed that she was in a hurry to go home. She wanted to take the elevator down, so she inevitably passed by Li Rui and Jiang Wei, so she happened to bump into them.
The three of them were not strangers, so they knew each other, so they greeted each other.
However, Jiang Wei felt that there was an inexplicable ambiguity in the woman's eyes after she saw Li Rui and then looked at her. Jiang Wei's face immediately turned red. After the woman took the elevator down, she said, "Let's go somewhere else. This won't do." Li Rui said, "It's just a chat. What are you thinking about? If we go somewhere else, we can only go to the stairwell. "Jiang Wei said shyly," Then let's go to the stairwell. "
Li Rui smiled at her ambiguously and led her to the stairwell. The stairwell was next to the elevator hall, so it was very easy to find. When they opened the door and entered, it was another world. It was secluded, deep, and they never had to worry about being disturbed by unnecessary people.
The two of them did not notice that the moment Jiang Wei stepped into the stairwell, Shi Dalin appeared at the exit of the elevator hall and happened to see her disappear into the stairwell.
Shi Dalin came a little later, so he did not know where Li Rui went. However, now that he saw Jiang Wei's mysterious movements, he naturally thought that she must be with him. Perhaps, the two of them were taking advantage of the time during the annual party to have a rendezvous. He sneered in his heart. A pair of thieves and prostitutes, pretending to be master and disciple to outsiders, but in fact, they were doing the dirty things between a man and a woman. No wonder that Li Rui wanted to stand up for her and scold him indirectly. It turned out that they were in such a relationship. He thought that now that the two of them were in the stairwell, they probably did not have the guts to do that, but kissing would definitely be something they could not do. If he could take a look, it would be very interesting. If he could take a picture with his phone, perhaps he could use it to threaten Jiang Wei in the future. However, the stairwell was only so big. How could he open the door and enter if the two of them were in there? When he thought of this, he suddenly became very worried.
Standing in the empty space of less than four square meters in the stairwell, Li Rui looked at his beautiful and amiable eldest disciple under the dim yellow light of the stairwell. He secretly laughed and said, "We were just talking, but now you're making it seem like we're having an affair." Jiang Wei blushed and said, "Go to hell! I'm looking for you to talk about something serious. "Li Rui said," Then tell me. " Jiang Wei composed herself and said, "Ever since you helped me to warn the bureau chief, Shi Dalin, last time, he stopped harassing me …" Li Rui interrupted, "Isn't that good? See, even if your master doesn't protect anyone, he will protect you. "Jiang Wei pursed her lips and said," Not at all. Let me finish. He stopped harassing me, but he started to discipline me. He made things difficult for me every day. If he didn't ask me to do this, he asked me to do that. He couldn't wait to put all the work in the office on my head. That's not all. The most despicable thing is that he always finds fault with my work and then criticizes me in front of the people in the office. "
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