Chapter 92: Tang Xueqian wants to meet Xu Hongbo

Du Fei and his son Du Xiaoshan took a car and left first.

Zhang Ke and Tang Jing got into the car and watched Wang Yanbin protect the car door and take Tang Xueqian in. They waited for the car to leave the school gate. They could see him saluting here.

"Xiao Ke wrote a good essay. Where can I go to have lunch? Uncle Tang invites you?" Tang Xueqian said with a smile. By this time, no one mentioned his bad test results again.

"I seem to be very busy now," Zhang Ke said with a shy face, "No need to induce you to give me a confession, I will honestly explain. A few days ago, I saw a draft of the overall scale of urban construction from my father. The draft mentioned that Shatian area would be completely demolished. It was a pity. Recently, I have been learning chess with Mr. Xu Hongbo from the Chess Institute and discussed the issue of the protection of Shatian Ancient Street. This essay is derived from this issue. I wrote randomly, don't take it seriously, and don't arrest me as a coolie..." Zhang Ke was careful and erected

He brought the topic to Xu Hongbo. He didn't realize that he would show his father and Tang Xueqian this way in the midterm exam. Since he first met Xu Hongbo, he had been interested in introducing him to Tang Xueqian and his father, but he never found a chance. Tang Xueqian and his father also knew Xu Hongbo, but the barriers and suspicion between adults, coupled with Xu Hongbo's deliberate indifference to the officialdom, if he had not promoted him by himself, and according to the current situation, the three of them would never have the possibility of deep understanding.

"Bo Xu Hongbo, I played chess with him, and he was embarrassed to beat me, so I didn't ask him to play chess anymore." Tang Xueqian of course also considered the relationship between Xu Hongbo and Wan Xiangqian, the current director of the Municipal People's Congress. Regardless of whether Zhang Ke was nonsense or not, it was necessary to have a contact with Xu Hongbo. He asked Zhang Zhixing, who was sitting in the front row, "Zhixing, it seems that if you have time, please ask Xu Hongbo to give us some advice on our chess skills."

I remember that Zhang Ke also mentioned that he learned chess with Xu Hongbo recently. Zhang Zhixing turned around and said with a smile: "Haizhou Chess Academy is in Shatin. Isn't Zhang Ke's essay about the protection of the ancient streets of Shatin? Anyway, I have to find a place to eat at noon, so it's better to go to Shatin to try my luck. Maybe I can meet Xu Hongbo..."

Tang Xueqian smiled and said, "Okay, I rarely go to Shatian to read this article. Zhang Ke wrote it first, so I have no place to put it on my face."

Liu Wenbing turned the front of the car, drove towards Shatian, and turned into Qingshi Street on the banks of Shugang River. Tang Xueqian deliberately asked Liu Wenbing to drive slowly. He had not carefully examined this ancient building complex. Haizhou Chess Academy was in the Taoist temple at the end of Qingshi Street, and Chen Feirong's tavern was right in front of the Taoist temple.

Xu Hongbo usually drinks in the tavern at noon. Tang Jing's eyes were pointed and she saw Chen Feirong riding a car in front. Chen Feirong saw the car coming, so she hurriedly stopped by the side of the road and asked the car to pass first.

"Ah, Chen Feirong's family lives here too?" Tang Jing looked at Zhang Ke with a sudden realization, "No wonder you often come here to learn chess."

Tang Xueqian looked out the window and saw that the girl was very beautiful, wearing the school uniform of Haizhou No. 1 Middle School. She laughed when she heard Tang Jing's words.

Not only Chen Feirong lives here, but Xu Si's family is also in an alley inside. Zhang Ke ignored Tang Jing. His father and Tang Xueqian were not so gossipy. When his mother heard Tang Jing's words, her reaction was different. When he arrived at Chen Feirong's door, Zhang Ke said to Tang Xueqian: "Uncle Tang, there is another Jianye Hotel to the east. It's pretty good nearby. You go there first. I'll go to Teacher Xu, and if you find us, walk over. It's not easy to take the car."

Seeing that the tavern was quite dilapidated, Tang Xueqian planned to ask Zhang Zhixing to invite Xu Hongbo. After hearing Zhang Ke volunteered, he didn't think much about it, so he let him get out of the car.

Chen Feirong pushed the car forward and saw Zhang Ke get out of the car and look back at her. She is a little panicked, parked there and staring at Zhang Ke.

Seeing that Chen Feirong was like a little beast falling into a trap, Zhang Ke looked at her flustered eyes, biting her red lips, and her beautiful and refined face, she was more willing to make people have evil thoughts.

Zhang Ke smiled sideways and said, "Why, I won't go home when I see me?"

Chen Feirong gritted her teeth and pushed the cart forward, and asked Zhang Ke in a delicate voice: "What's the matter with me?" Even so, her voice was still delicate and pleasant.

"Look at you, you can't look for you if you have nothing to do?" Zhang Ke smiled, unable to bear to continue teasing her, "I'll come over and invite Teacher Xu to have a drink. I think he should be in your pub at this time."

"Are you looking for Teacher Xu?" Chen Feirong's pink face turned slightly red, she pushed the cart to the door of the tavern, looked in, and turned to Zhang Ke, "Teacher Xu is inside," her voice lowered again, and it seemed difficult to blurt out, "I want to thank you for my mother's hospitalization."

Zhang Ke smiled and said, "Don't thank you solemnly for your help."

"This matter is insignificant to you, but for someone like us..." Chen Feirong didn't finish her words, and pushed the cart into the yard through the narrow gate that only left behind.

Zhang Ke was stunned for a moment, then pushed the door and walked into the tavern. The tavern was still deserted. Chen Qi had no intention of managing the tavern for a while. He saw Xu Hongbo sitting in his original position with three fingers holding the wine bowl.

"When I heard your voice, I said I wanted to invite me to drink again?"

"In the Jianye Hotel in front, my dad and Mayor Tang invited you to drink. It is said that they want to compete in chess skills." Zhang Ke said with a smile.

"One is the mayor and the other is the secretary-general of the municipal government. The chess skills are much better than me. There is no way to discuss the competition, so you can still drink wine." Xu Hongbo turned his head and shouted loudly, "Chen Qi, today's account will be hung first. Zhang Ke invites me to drink somewhere else." Before Chen Qi came out to respond, he left the tavern with Zhang Ke.

After leaving Qingshi Street, I took a taxi to the Jianye Hotel. Xu Hongbo has become a sensible person, and he can express his meaning at all, without any slander.

When he arrived at the Jianye Hotel, he had just gotten out of the taxi and a Toyota sedan leaned over from behind. Zhang Ke was startled. The Toyota car stopped and a fat man came out of it. He circled around the Nissan car parked in front of the hotel, and confirmed that it was Tang Xueqian's mount and walked tightly. Zhang Ke followed him into the hotel lobby and heard him shouting to the waiter in the front desk in the uniform of the waiter: "Where is Mayor Tang? Take me over."

Yes, there is no need to ask, just follow it.

Zhang Ke and Xu Hongbo looked at each other and followed him up the stairs from the corner of the lobby. When they walked to the third floor, the fat man noticed Zhang Ke. Xu Hongbo kept following behind, raised his eyebrows, and the smile on his face did not disappear: "Which one are you looking for? There are private rooms on the third floor?" He complained to the waiter beside him, "Isn't anyone here to entertain guests at this time?"

"I heard that Mayor Tang was having dinner here and was worried that he couldn't find a place." Xu Hongbo said with a smile.

The fat man hesitated for a while and could not recognize who Xu Hongbo and Zhang Ke were, both old and young. He could not be too bad at the level of the person who could be with Tang Xueqian. He smiled and said, "My surname is Wu, Wu Tianbao, you two..." Seeing Xu Hongbo, Zhang Ke had no intention of introducing himself, and was not angry. He walked forward tightly and pointed to the room in front, "Room 318, why don't you go in first?"

Zhang Ke smiled and looked at his momentum. He was probably the boss of Jianye Hotel. When he heard the news that Tang Xueqian was having dinner here, he rushed over, but he was frightened before entering. Ignoring him, Zhang Ke and Xu Hongbo pushed the door first, and looked back at him before entering: "Mr. Wu, do you want to come in?"

"I'm going to go in." Wu Tianbao asked Zhang Ke to shout, wiped off the sweat star on his forehead, and followed him into the room.

Zhang Zhixing owed his body to invite Xu Hongbo to take his seat. When he saw Wu Tianbao following him, he was a little surprised and looked at Zhang Ke.

Zhang Ke spread his hands and said that he didn't know each other, so he sat down next to Tang Jing.

Wu Tianbao discovered that Xu Hongbo and Zhang Ke were rushing to Tang Xueqian’s dinner, so he quickly introduced himself: “I am the manager of Jianye Hotel. Tang Xueqian took his time and went to our Jianye Hotel to have a meal. It is the honor of all the staff of Jianye Hotel…”

"Although I'm busy, I still have to eat," Zhang Ke turned around, "It's not a honor or not," he turned his head to look at the menu pressing under Tang Jing's arm, "How can I choose what you like to eat?"

"What do you have any objections?" Tang Jing raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes clearly distinguished with black and white eyes fixedly at Zhang Ke, and said in a delicate and charming voice, "I don't pay attention to you if I have any objections."

Zhang Ke smiled helplessly, looked at Tang Xueqian and said, "We have to wait for Tang Jing to make up what to eat. We are all going to starve to death. Why don't you ask Manager Wu to help recommend a few dishes?"

Tang Xueqian laughed and said, "Then please ask Manager Wu to recommend a few dishes..."

Wu Tianbao looked at Zhang Ke for a long time. Is there any Zhang Ke saying this? He has not yet spoken. He has recommended a few special dishes and took the menu and arranged them personally.

Both Xu Hongbo, Tang Xueqian and Zhang Zhixing knew each other, but they were not familiar with each other, so the topic naturally started with Zhang Ke learning chess. Zhang Ke learned chess in the Youth Palace when he was in elementary school. At that time, Xu Hongbo had just resigned from his public office and taught chess in the Youth Palace. At that time, Zhang Zhixing and Tang Xueqian were still working in Haizhou Normal University, and Zhang Ke did not leave him a deep impression.

The topic should naturally be carefully avoided Xu Si. From the chess skills, we should talk about the Go heritage in Haizhou and the Taoist temple at Qingshi Lane. Go masters have been repeatedly produced since the end of the Ming Dynasty. The Go in Haizhou gradually declined until the Republic of China. When it comes to Taoist temples, it is naturally necessary to have the characteristics of deep houses and dark gray and white houses around Taoist temples.

While eating and drinking, Xu Hongbo talked freely, not intentionally buying things. After Zhang Ke mentioned the issue of demolition or retention, he spent his energy and carefully studied the Minqing complex in Shatian, and also heard that the people from the Planning Bureau tended to demolish and rebuild. If he could write straight in front of Tang Xueqian, he naturally had to spare no effort to influence Tang Xueqian, so that he could save the fate of the ancient building complex in Shatian.

Tang Xueqian smiled and said, "Is this question raised by Zhang Ke first?"

"He hit me and drank in a tavern. A game of chess first destroyed my might, and then asked me if it was a pity to demolish all Shatin and rebuilt them. I thought about these questions carefully," Xu Hongbo said. "I have started to do some work these days to piece together the history of Shatin Ancient Street. Shugang River originated from Kumho. However, in the 1960s, Kumho was filled in the fields of lakes. Only the small Kumho in the People's Park was left. The lake surface was less than 11 years ago. Shugang River became a canal. Qingshi Street by the river was originally named Shatin Zhijie Street. At least not many people in the local area knew the old name. The Taoist temple at the end of Zhijie Street was Qingyang Temple. It was built in the late Southern Song Dynasty, destroyed by war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and was rebuilt in the early Ming Dynasty, but the scale was small... Although Shatin was old and dilapidated, the inheritance of Haizhou culture could not be demolished. Is history and culture completely opposite to modern civilization?"

Tang Xueqian nodded deeply: "The city commissioned the Urban Planning Bureau to draft the general design draft of the urban planning system last year. The planning ideas were discussed and approved by the Municipal Standing Committee meeting. They only mentioned the old city renovation and did not involve the protection of the old city. The ideas were severely restricted and there was a need to make adjustments..." Taking the folded test paper from the jacket pocket, he said: "Zhang Ke wrote an essay, Teacher Xu helped him take a look..."

It is not very difficult to reject Ding Xiangshan. The key planning idea was discussed and approved by the Municipal Standing Committee meeting. Tang Xueqian also had a member. Other members of the Standing Committee were still in office. If you readjust the planning idea, there will be no less resistance. Xu Hongbo didn't know how Zhang Ke wrote an article that made Tang Xueqian pay so much attention. Xu Hongbo took it and read it carefully. The more he read it, the more surprised he became. The questions that he had not completely thought through in just two thousand words were illuminated one by one. There are indeed geniuses in this world.

Xu Hongbo whispered and read "The clear water circulates the city, the pink walls and black tiles, and the ancient bridges are continuous", and looked up and said, "Good articles, at least the old men from the Planning Bureau will read..."

"It's a pity that the article is too short. The article should leave a lingering charm. It is necessary to make others agree with it. It is better to have a thorough meaning," Tang Xueqian looked at Zhang Ke, "Can you write a big article?"

Zhang Ke was grabbing a cumin pig's trotter and gnawing. His hands were greasy and said whispering: "Teacher Xu has researched this. If you want to write a big article, you also need Teacher Xu to write a brilliant idea. It is not good to catch child labor randomly."

Tang Xueqian knew more about Xu Hongbo's resignation from public office than others. He was not sure that he had Xu Hongbo's approval. He asked Zhang Ke tentatively, but asked Zhang Ke to gently touch Xu Hongbo. It was indeed clever. With this article as the foundation, supplementary information can make a good article, but who did this article come from, and its influence is completely different.

Tang Xueqian didn't dare to take the false reputation for himself. He took the lead in reconsidering the ideas of urban planning. Who knows what other members of the Standing Committee and Wan Xiangqian would think? Such a political risk is too great.

Xu Hongbo is a folk person, but he is not far from the officialdom of Haizhou. With the resume between Xu Hongbo, the article comes from him, which is really a masterpiece.

Thinking of this, Tang Xueqian felt that Zhang Ke was smart enough to hide the wisdom that adults could not meet. He heard Zhang Ke say this, so he naturally had to go with the flow and give it a try. He pretended to be helpless and turned his head to Xu Hongbo and said, "Teacher Xu taught Zhang Ke to play chess, and asked him to write articles. This article also requires teacher Xu to write a pen. What information is needed? Let Zhixing help you say hello to the old man in the Planning Bureau..." His words were also very dissatisfied with the bureaucratic style of the agency.

Xu Hongbo was a little hesitant. This big article was naturally something that Tang Xueqian wanted to use. He could figure it out in a blink of an eye. If he agreed, he would undoubtedly be re-entered into the vortex and could no longer escape.

"Does Teacher Xu think it's a pity to dismantle Qingyang Taoist Temple, or is my chess skills too poor and not worth teaching?" Zhang Ke picked up a wet tissue, wiped off the greasy lips, looked at Xu Hongbo, thinking to himself: After all, I took all these thoughts and walked around you and let you slip away casually, wouldn't it be a shame for me to die? Seeing Xu Hongbo hesitating and refused to agree, he said, "Wine is a good wine, and a banquet is not a good banquet. I just told Manager Wu of Jianye Hotel that Teacher Xu invited Mayor Tang to dinner. If you don't agree, this table of wine and food will be enough for you to have a headache."

"Don't talk nonsense, do you think you Uncle Tang is a rogue in the market?" Tang Xueqian laughed and said to Xu Hongbo: "When Director Wan was the secretary, I like to read a few good articles, but unfortunately it is just a good article..."

Xu Hongbo hesitated for a while before laughing, "I only have twenty yuan in my pocket, I can't afford this wine." If the planning ideas cannot be adjusted, it would be a pity to remove all Shatian.

After the wine was gone, Zhang Ke handed his wallet to his father under the table. Although Wu Tianbao would not charge meals, his father could not hide his face and eat and drink for nothing, and he might not have enough money in his pocket.

Zhang Zhixing took the wallet and opened it. He saw that the thick stack of money was much larger than his wallet. He didn't know how much Xie Wanqing gave Zhang Ke. It seemed that his pocket money was no less than that of his. He smiled bitterly and took the wallet to pay the bill.

Everyone stood up and wanted to leave. Zhang Ke said, "It's a pity to throw away so many dishes. Teacher Xu lives nearby. I'll help Teacher Xu pack it and send it back."

Tang Xueqian smiled and said, "It's okay if you don't go with us, but you're still making excuses. Whenever you eat, will you feel that it's a pity for leftovers?"

Zhang Ke smiled shamelessly. If he didn't separate from Tang Jing at this time, he would definitely not be able to get rid of himself later. He led Zhitong to meet Xu Wei last night, and today he asked Xu Si to lead Xu Wei to the company to meet Sister Wan Qing directly. The person who introduced him always showed him.
Chapter completed!