As soon as Li Zhichao opened the door of the private room, Li Rui saw Gao Hongliang, the director of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce, sitting on the sofa in the middle of the private room. Seeing that Gao Hongliang also turned to look at him, Li Rui squeezed out an apologetic and respectful smile and quickly walked over. At the same time, he put his briefcase on the corner of the sofa and reached out to shake hands with Gao Hongliang.
Gao Hongliang saw Li Rui bowing and also extended both hands to shake hands with Li Rui. He smiled and said: "Li Rui, you are being too polite. Anyway, you have nothing to do tonight. What's wrong with waiting a little longer? Haha, please have a seat, please have a seat. Xiao Li, quickly get your old classmate some wine. "
Li Zhichao saw that he respectfully addressed Li Rui as "Director Li", but called him "Xiao Li". He was respectful to him, but arrogant to him. Li Zhichao felt sour in his heart, but he had no choice but to agree. On the contrary, he had to intimately promise with a smile, "Yes, I'll get it right away. Please sit down. I will take care of this small matter. Just let me know if you need anything. "He then walked over to the coffee table to pour the wine.
Aside from Gao Hongliang, there was another middle-aged man in his forties in the private room. When he saw Gao Hongliang stand up, he also stood up and smiled as he watched Gao Hongliang shake hands with Li Rui. Then, he saw Li Zhichao walk over with a glass of iced wine. He waved his hand and said, "Zhichao!"
Li Zhichao walked over to him and said softly: "Wang Zhichao, what can I do for you?"
Commissioner Wang took the glass of wine from his hand and didn't say anything to him. He walked to Li Rui's side and waited for him to finish his small talk with Gao Hongliang before handing the glass over. He smiled and said: "Commissioner Li, your wine." Li Rui nodded and took the glass from Wang Zhichao. He saw that Wang Zhichao did not look familiar and asked: "Thank you. You are … …" Wang Zhichao smiled: "I am the Deputy Bureau Chief of the North of the City. My name is Wang Kuan. Please take care of me in the future." Li Ruixin thought to himself. You are a powerful Deputy Bureau Chief, and I am only a small secretary with a Section Chief title. How can I take care of you? Li Ruixin smiled. "You are too polite. Please take care of me in the future."
The three of them got to know each other and exchanged some pleasantries before sitting down on the sofa.
Gao Hongliang and Li Rui sat on the center sofa while Wang Kuan and Li Zhichao sat on the outer sofa to accompany them.
Seeing that Li Rui and Gao Hongliang had started to talk, Li Zhichao whispered to Wang Kuan, "Director Wang, should we call the princess?" Wang Kuan glanced at the two leaders and shook his head slightly, "Let's wait for a while."
Gao Hongliang asked, "Is Director Li 35 years old this year?" Li Rui shook his head and said, "After the New Year, 30 years old." Gao Hongliang said in surprise, "Aiya, I saw that you were mature and steady, so I thought you were at least 35 years old. I didn't expect you to be less than 30. As the saying goes, one becomes successful at 30. You are not even 30 and you are already the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. It can be said that you are a promising young man. " Li Rui smiled and said, "Director Gao is overpraising me. I am just a little lucky." Gao Hongliang shook his head and said, "How is it overpraising me? Behind every successful person stands not only luck, but also ability. Brother, if you don't have the ability, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee wouldn't have taken a fancy to you. Even if he did, he wouldn't have used you for so long. "
As the saying goes, flattery is the last thing that gets you anywhere. Li Rui was pleasantly surprised by his flattery. He felt extremely comfortable from head to toe, especially in his heart. He was thinking about how to return the favor. When he saw that Gao Peng's glass was half empty, he got up and picked up the bottle to refill his glass. He said, "Chief Gao, I'm late today. How about this? I'll toast to you as an apology. What do you think?"
Gao Hongliang said straightforwardly, "Why not? But I have a suggestion. "Li Rui smiled and said," Director Gao, please say it. " Gao Hongliang said, "Let's have a drink together. After this drink, don't call me Chief Gao or Chief Li. You call me Big Brother and I'll call you Little Brother. Let's get closer to each other. What do you think?" Li Rui was flattered and said, "How can that be? Wouldn't that be disrespectful? " Gao Hongliang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Ai, we are already off work. Don't follow the rules of officialdom. Here, we are friends and brothers. "Li Rui said," Then I will be thick-skinned and take advantage of you, hehe. "
The more they talked, the more intimate they became. They each raised their glass and clinked it, gulping it down in big mouthfuls.
Foreign wine, especially ice wine, was naturally not to be drunk like this. However, any foreign product would change once it entered the country. The intelligent and flexible Chinese could always use all kinds of things to create their own articles. Just like now, Li Rui and Gao Hongliang drank all the ice wine in order to show their affection. If people with good taste saw this, they would definitely laugh at the two for being vulgar and tasteless. However, in this private room, no one said anything.
Li Zhichao watched from the side as Li Rui and Gao Hongliang chatted and laughed. He was extremely jealous, but there was nothing he could do. He could only think to himself, "How did this brat get so lucky and climb so high all of a sudden?" When he saw the two put their empty glasses on the coffee table, he quickly got up and went to pour wine for the two.
Li Rui wanted to help Li Zhichao in front of Gao Hongliang. After all, he was already here. Since he was here, he might as well help him. However, he felt that he was not familiar with Gao Hongliang yet, so he suppressed this thought. He thought that it would not be too late to help Li Zhichao after chatting with him for a while. It would be the same sooner or later. It might not be useful if he said it early, but it might not be useful if he said it late.
Li Zhichao poured wine for the two and went back. When he saw that Li Rui had not put in a good word for him in front of Gao Hongliang, he was a little anxious.
Wang Kuan got up and walked over. He bowed and asked the two leaders, "Director Li, Director Li, should we call the two girls over to serve us? They should sing a song and relax. "
Gao Hongliang smiled and looked at Li Rui, "Brother, you decide." Li Rui waved his hand and said, "No, no, no. Regardless of age or rank, you are the leader here. How can I overstep my authority? I'll listen to you. " Gao Hongliang's eyes showed a look of admiration. He thought that this person was able to climb to such a high position at such a young age. It was rare that he was humble and knew when to retreat. No wonder the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee picked him as his secretary. He really knew how to conduct himself. He smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll give the order." He then nodded to Wang Kuan and said, "Let the manager pick the prettiest one."
Wang Kuan smiled and nodded. He turned around and went back to Li Zhichao. After a few words with him, he went out to call the princess.
Li Zhichao's rank was the lowest among the four people here. Moreover, he was the one who organized this time to ask for help. Naturally, he would be in charge of everything here.
Li Rui chatted with Gao Hongliang, "The Bureau of Industry and Commerce is a good place." Gao Hongliang shook his head and said, "Sigh, brother, you don't know. The Bureau of Industry and Commerce is a thing of the past." Li Ruiqi said, "Oh? From what you're saying, the Bureau of Industry and Commerce is not good now? When I was in school, I had two good friends. Their parents worked in the Bureau of Industry and Commerce. Their family was quite wealthy and was one of the first people to install a programmable telephone in the city. "Gao Hongliang asked," When I was in junior high school, it was about 15 or 16 years ago. "Gao Hongliang laughed and said," What you said is indeed a thing of the past. "He then sighed and said," It's completely impossible now. "
Li Ruiqi said, "Oh, what happened?" Gao Hongliang explained, "In the past, the Bureau of Industry and Commerce was very powerful. It was mainly because the market economy was not developed from the 1990s to the beginning of this century. The administrative licensing was also not standardized. The Bureau of Industry and Commerce had a lot of authority. But now, all the departments have been established. All kinds of pre-approval have taken away the Bureau of Industry and Commerce's authority. Moreover, the country's fee system has also been standardized. In the past, there were market management fees and individual management fees. Although they were legal fees, they could be returned to the government. Not to mention, in the past, they could collect arbitrary fees. For example, individual management fees, private enterprise fees, enterprise training fees, etc., all of these fees could be directly put into the treasury. Now that these two fees have been abolished, and arbitrary fees are closely monitored, of course they can't do without a source of income. "
Li Rui understood a little. He nodded and asked, "Besides the fees, doesn't the Bureau of Industry and Commerce have the authority to punish enterprises? If we take advantage of this, we won't have to worry about not having extra income. " Gao Hongliang smiled bitterly and said, "You're right. The Bureau of Industry and Commerce has a lot of authority to punish economic violations. Trademarks, advertisements, and unfair competition can be punished. But first, the enforcement methods are limited. If the enterprise doesn't pay attention to you, there's nothing you can do. Second, basically, enterprises have all kinds of connections. Everyone has a backer. Who can you investigate? Moreover, the government also needs to collect taxes. As long as there are taxes, who cares about counterfeits? So, sometimes, even if we want to investigate those counterfeits, the government will protect them. Therefore, the Bureau of Industry and Commerce's position in the various government departments is not as good as before. "
Even after hearing this, Li Rui still couldn't believe that the Bureau of Industry and Commerce, which used to be so rich, had fallen to such a miserable state. This was really a case of "the river flows east for thirty years, then the river flows west for thirty years." At this time, looking at the heroic Bureau Chief Gao, he couldn't help but feel that he was not as high and mighty as before.
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