Li Rui was not surprised to hear this question. He vaguely remembered that Sun Zhouzu had asked him this before. Now that he was asking again, it was obvious that Sun Zhouzu was trying to get closer to him. He thought about it and decided not to tell him the truth to prevent him from causing trouble. He said vaguely, "It's not decided yet. The main thing now is to get into a relationship."
Sun Yaozu put on the look of a kind elder and solemnly said, "It's enough. There's no need to date for two or three years or even longer. You can continue after marriage. Haha, isn't it popular to get married first and then date later? You have to hurry. You can't let Xiao Lu run away. This is a political task given to you by the leaders of Qingyang City. You must complete it. Haha. "Li Rui said with a smile," Okay, I'll try to complete it as soon as possible. " But he was puzzled. This old man was going to retire in a year. Why was he still trying to get close to Lu Zhouxing? In fact, even if he got close to the provincial party secretary, Huang Xinnian, or even the president, he would not be able to become the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. After all, he was old and no one could save him. Sigh, I really don't know what he's thinking.
Sun Yaozu said, "Okay, on the day of your wedding, you must send me an invitation. I want to go and drink two cups of wine." Li Ruixin thought, Qingman already told me that the wedding would be held in the provincial capital. Other than relatives, no outsiders would be invited. You should stop worrying. He smiled and said, "That's for sure." Sun Yaozu looked at him with gratification and praised, "Do well. Your future is limitless. Your achievements will not be below mine." He nodded repeatedly as if he was very emotional. He said, "Go on with your work. I'm going back."
Li Rui hurriedly and respectfully sent him out.
After lunch, Li Rui took some time to call Zhang Zixiao. But when the call went through, he suddenly did not know what to say. He was stuck.
On the other end of the phone, Zhang Zixiao saw that he did not speak and sneered, "Don't tell me you want to ask me to continue tonight but are too embarrassed to say it directly in front of me?" Li Rui smiled bitterly and said, "Do you think I am that kind of person? Although we haven't known each other for a long time, you should know a little about me. How can I be that kind of greedy man? " Zhang Zixiao said, "Then why are you calling me? If you have something to say, just say it. If not, just hang up. Don't waste my phone bill." Li Rui didn't know whether to laugh or cry. With her net worth, she could afford to drive a Land Rover Aurora. Why would she care about a one or two yuan phone bill? She said, "I'm fine. I just wanted to call you to tell you that I was in a hurry to get to work this morning and woke up early. I was afraid that I would wake you up, so I left without saying goodbye. I hope you don't mind." Zhang Zixiao said coldly, "You don't have to say that to me. Is there anything else? If not, I'm hanging up. "Li Rui was stunned and said," That's all. "
Zhang Zixiao didn't say anything else and hung up the phone. Li Rui listened to the dial tone from the other end, and his heart ached bitterly. He was very depressed.
That night, Li Rui sent Song Chaoyang back to the Qingyang Hotel. On the way, he casually asked, "Boss, the mayor seems to be thinking of using me to get close to Governor Lu Zhouxing. But isn't he going to retire? What's the use of him getting close to Governor Lu? Could it be that he wants to go one step further and become the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee? That's impossible. He's already at a certain age, isn't it? " Song Chaoyang smiled and explained, "When a leader reaches a certain age, there are usually two places to go. One is to stay in the city and become a leader of the Municipal People's Congress or the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference. The other is to go to the province and become a deputy leader of the Provincial People's Congress or the Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference. The former is a transfer at the same level, while the latter is a promotion in disguise. Think about it, who wouldn't want to choose the latter? But the latter isn't something you can choose just because you want to. It depends on the intentions of the main leaders in the province. "
Li Rui finally came to a realization and said, "I see. He wants to suck up to Governor Lu and use that to go one step further and be promoted to a deputy provincial leader in the province. " Song Chaoyang nodded and said, "Once promoted to a deputy provincial leader, not only will he be able to continue to enjoy the political, economic, and lifestyle benefits he previously enjoyed, but his benefits will also be one level higher. The most important thing is that when a provincial leader is about to retire at the age of 65, he can still work for another term. Even if he officially retires after one term, he will still be a deputy provincial leader and will still enjoy the benefits of a deputy provincial leader after he retires. This kind of treatment is something that ordinary officials don't even dare to dream of. "Li Rui nodded and said," No wonder. "
A few days passed, and it was soon December. It was also the weekend.
This weekend, Song Chaoyang had to go home. Considering that the First Secretary Department had an autumn outing, he didn't let Li Rui accompany him. He only brought his driver, Lao Zhou, and took the first bus back to the provincial capital on Friday night.
On Saturday, all the cadres and staff of the First Secretary Department, including Li Rui, gathered in the office, regardless of whether they were working overtime, on duty, or on holiday. After finishing their work in the morning, at two o 'clock in the afternoon, they took a Toyota Coaster official car from the Municipal Party Committee's small fleet and drove to the Baiwang Mountain National Forest Park, which was seventy miles away in the eastern suburbs of the city.
Before this, Deputy Director Yuan Xiaodi, who was usually in charge of the department, had already borrowed two colleagues from the Second Secretary Department to help with the shift and deal with any unexpected situations.
All seven people from the First Secretary Department were participating in the autumn outing. Not one more, not one less. Someone had suggested bringing their family along, but Zhang Hui rejected it. Zhang Hui's reason was very good. "It's quite lively if you bring your wives and children along, but who will play with me? Aren't you embarrassed to see me all alone? " Of course, she also had other reasons, such as, "If you all bring your family, you will alienate your colleagues, and then you won't be able to play together." Her reasons were very reasonable, so those who wanted to bring their families were persuaded by her. Six big men and a little beauty embarked on the autumn outing just like that.
Qingyang City was located in a plain. However, due to the Taihang Mountains to the north, there were more or less hills in the suburbs of the city. Some of them only had a single mountain, standing abruptly on the boundless plain. Most of them were a few or even a series of mountain ridges. The Baiwang Mountain National Forest Park was a chain of mountains covered with vegetation, located 70 miles east of the city. In the early days, it was just a large piece of wilderness. Later, it was contracted by a developer from the provincial capital and developed commercially. In the end, it became the National Forest Park, which was a combination of vacation, tourism, leisure, and sports. However, no one knew whether it was really a national forest park or not, but everyone called it that, and the name spread.
70 miles was not long, but it was not short either. In addition, there were red lights, traffic jams, mountain roads, and so on. It would take at least an hour to drive there. It was really boring on the road, so the people of the First Secretary Department, under the initiative of Zhang Hui, the department's activities committee member and the arts committee member, started an entertainment program. The format of the program was simple. Everyone would show their artistic talents. Those who could sing would sing, those who could tell jokes would tell jokes, and those who could tell ghost stories would do. In short, everyone had to present a program, and they had to stand at the front of the car, which was the aisle in the middle of the first row, and perform in front of everyone.
In order to encourage everyone, and also to set an example, Zhang Hui was the first to stand at the designated performance position and sing a song for everyone. In fact, her seat was on the left side of the aisle in the first row, and she sat together with Li Rui. She sat together with the director. No one had any objections, and no one dared to have any objections. Beautiful women were supposed to follow their leaders, and that was a matter of course.
Li Rui had heard Zhang Hui's voice before, but that was in the KTV. Now that he heard her sing for the first time, it was very interesting. He turned his head to look at her and saw that she was wearing a white baseball cap on her head. Her hair was in a ponytail, and it was sticking out from the buttonhole at the back of the cap. It was both youthful and clean. Her pretty face was clean and flawless, and she was beautiful and moving. She was wearing a burgundy sports suit, which wrapped around her slender body beautifully. Her delicate feet were wearing a pair of snow-white sports shoes. She stood next to him and sang, and her charming appearance really made his heart beat faster.
After Zhang Hui finished singing, Li Rui took the lead and applauded. Everyone else also applauded and cheered.
Zhang Hui smiled and pointed at Li Rui, and said, "Director, it's your turn." Li Rui was stunned, and said with a bitter smile, "I don't know how to sing." Zhang Hui shouted, "You're lying, you and I …" When she said this, she suddenly realized that she had let it slip. How could she say that he had sung with her in front of all her colleagues? Wouldn't that expose her ambiguous relationship with him? Li Rui smiled and said, "I'll tell everyone a joke." Zhang Hui said, "That's fine, but if one person doesn't laugh, you'll have to tell another one." Li Rui said, "If you deliberately don't laugh, what about me?" Zhang Hui laughed and said, "I won't, I'm not that bad."
Li Rui stood up and told everyone a joke. After he was done, almost everyone laughed except for Zhang Hui, who kept a straight face and did not laugh. It was obvious that she was deliberately holding back her laughter.
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