: A fight, it’s rare to be confused

Sure enough, although Liu Yilin's voice was not loud and very soft, she immediately attracted everyone's attention as soon as she spoke.

Among everyone's eyes, Gu Xiangguo's gaze was the sharpest. At the same time, what surprised Xia Xiang was that Ai Chengwen just glanced at Liu Yilin indifferently, then turned his head over and looked careless.

Liu Yilin was fiddling with a pen in her hand. Seeing that everyone was looking at her with curious and inquiring eyes, she nodded and smiled without explaining too much, but said: "So here I only welcome Comrade Xia Xiang to work in Lang City, and I can also responsibly tell comrades that Comrade Xia Xiang is indeed a trustworthy good comrade."

Liu Yilin first aroused everyone's appetite, and then gently put it down. She did not mention why she met Xia Xiang in advance, nor did she explain why Xia Xiang was a trustworthy comrade. Moreover, her words clearly revealed a message - Xia Xiang had already arrived in Lang City yesterday!

Of course, it makes people think a lot more. What is the relationship between Xia Xiang and Liu Yilin?

No matter how calm Xia Xiang was, he was a little angry. Liu Yilin's move was completely a matter of only caring about his feelings, and clearly putting him in an extremely unfavorable situation. No matter what her considerations were, it made him very dissatisfied.

However, Xia Xiang still maintained enough cultivation and nodded slightly to Liu Yilin: "Thank you Minister Liu for your hospitality."

It is equivalent to admitting the fact that we met in public.

Everyone was surprised, but after all, they were also a person who had been through the officialdom for a long time. After being stunned, they all returned to peace.

Lu Hongzhan coughed, with a faint displeasure on his face. I don’t know if it was because Liu Yilin stole the words and was dissatisfied or because of something else.

Many people like to cough before speaking, as if they want to attract everyone's attention, or it is just a habit that they develop normally - after being an official for a long time, they like to clear their throats before speaking, and it seems that they cannot show their importance without coughing.

"Comrade Xia Xiang welcomes to work in Lang City. Lang City has a beautiful environment, stable society, and a low criminal rate. It has always been among the top in the province's governance arrangements..." Rather than saying that Lu Hongzhan was a welcome speech, it is better to say that he is bragging and reporting to everyone here.

Xia Xiang didn't say anything, listened with a smile, but Ai Chengwen stopped doing it and gently knocked on the table: "Secretary Lu, today is a meeting, not a work report meeting, click until it is..."

Ai Chengwen's tone was not harsh, but a half-joking tone, which caused everyone to chuckle.

Lu Hongzhan didn't blush and laughed: "I just like to speak, and I can't stop the car as soon as I speak. Thanks to Secretary Ai's reminder, OK, I'm done."

"After listening to Secretary Lu's speech, I will interrupt a few more words." Liu Yilin stood up in time again, with a comfortable smile on his face. "When it comes to the public security environment of Lang City, I think Comrade Xia Xiang must have a deep understanding, because yesterday, Comrade Xia Xiang was besieged by a group of people and almost beaten up on the streets of Lang City. It was precisely because of this incident that I hurried to the scene to help him rescue him. If this matter was spread to the provincial party committee, Secretary Lu's statement that the public security environment was stable would become a joke..."

Lu Hongzhan's face suddenly turned cold: "This is really a thing? Why didn't Comrade Xia Xiang tell me? Find out who did it? I immediately asked someone to arrest them and repair them well."

Xia Xiang didn't say anything. He now knew that it was a fight between Liu Yilin and Lu Hongzhan. He could just be a bystander, so he laughed without saying a word.

Seeing that Xia couldn't think of it, Liu Yilin suddenly remembered Mei Shengping's reminder - don't test Xia Xiang's intelligence - she hesitated slightly, wondering if she wanted to stop when she saw it. After thinking again, Xia Xiang might not be as smart as Mei Shengping said, so she was confident in her heart and replied: "The person in charge is an old thief!"

The old thief's real name and surname Xia Xiang didn't know, but it was obvious that everyone here knew it. As soon as Liu Yilin said something, many people's faces changed slightly. It is estimated that they not only know who the old thief is, but also who the old thief's backstage is.

Oh, it’s amazing to make several members of the Standing Committee famous and change their colors.

Lu Hongzhan was fine, but his face changed slightly, but it was very slight. He slapped the table: "I'm so brave. I'll catch him into the bureau tomorrow. Whoever dares to slander Langshi will do whatever he wants!"

As soon as Lu Hongzhan made a statement, everyone looked at Xia Xiang, meaning that Xia Xiang should also express it appropriately and give a step. Unexpectedly, Xia Xiang just smiled but didn't speak.

The first quiet battle made many people understand the fact that Xia Xiang is harmonious, neither ostentatious nor low-key, and seems to be a doctrine of the mean. But one thing is that he is calm and modest and not fooled. When he should be confused, he is well aware of the essence of the rare confusion.

Xia Xiang didn't respond, and Liu Yilin didn't give Lu Hongzhan a step, so Lu Hongzhan was a little reluctant to come to Taiwan. Fortunately, Li Xiaoliang answered the conversation in time and made a comeback for him: "Today is a meeting. Don't be too formal, and don't say too much off-topics. The meeting is just meeting. Comrade Xia Xiang just arrived in Lang City and didn't know much about the situation in Lang City. Do you need time, right?" He turned to Xia Xiang and nodded and smiled, "I also warmly welcome Comrade Xia Xiang to work in Lang City in my personal name!"

Li Xiaoliang is the secretary-general of the municipal party committee. He is of medium size, slightly fat, and has a relatively powerful appearance. He is 43 years old this year, as old as Ai Chengwen, but he looks a little younger than Ai Chengwen.

The main reason is that he is thinner than Ai Chengwen. Although he wants to be fatter than Xia, at his age, he is still quite fat and thin.

Xia Xiang also responded to Li Xiaoliang, but still had no expression to the unexpected episode just now.

Seeing this, Ai Chengwen looked at Wu Xiaoming, who was sitting opposite him, and quietly winked.

Wu Xiaoming understood and smiled: "The introductions were too slow. I saw that I was about to get off work. There was a welcome banquet specially prepared for Comrade Xia Xiang in the evening. I thought Comrade Xia Xiang was tired and probably wanted to have a meal and rest a long time ago, so I would do it on my behalf, for Minister Liu, Mayor Tu, Minister Pan, Commander Tian, ​​and myself, warmly welcome Comrade Xia Xiang to work in Lang City!"

Applause was everywhere.

Wu Xiaoming is the secretary of the Wutang City, a county-level city under Lang City. Because Wutang City is the closest county to Lang City to the capital, Wutang City is the east of the capital. Many people in Beijing buy houses in Wutang City. Ming Dynasty is from Beijing, but they live in Wutang, so the housing prices in Wutang are very high. Moreover, as a window for direct contact between Lang City and Beijing, the importance of Lang City is self-evident. The secretary of the Wutang Municipal Party Committee has always been a member of the Standing Committee.

Wu Xiaoming is a white-faced scholar, but his speech is quite inflammatory. Maybe he has done publicity work before. Xia Xiang can understand that no matter how inspiring Wu Xiaoming's words are, he is a member of the Standing Committee who is not very high, and he does not have much appeal at the Standing Committee. Everyone applauded in response, which should be another reason.

Xia Xiang didn't see Ai Chengwen's actions that winked at Wu Xiaoming just now, but he also vaguely guessed that Wu Xiaoming should be Ai Chengwen's firm alliance.

Several members of the Standing Committee who did not speak to Xia Xiang alone were Propaganda Minister Liu Kai, Deputy Mayor Tu Yun, United Front Minister Pan Shuzhi, and Military Sub-district Commander Tian Huishu.

Propaganda Minister Liu Kai is a little older, 50 years old, wearing Zhongshan suit and reading glasses, which is full of the image of a teacher.

Deputy Mayor Tu Yun is in her early 40s and is a plump, beautiful and serious female official. Although it is a bit inappropriate to describe a woman in her 40s as a beautiful appearance, Tu Yun is well maintained. Those who don’t know will never think that she is in her 40s and cannot stand her at least 28 years old.

If you don't look closely, she even looks younger than Liu Yilin.

When Tu Yun was 28 years old, she probably had a loli-like face. I don’t know why her appearance had been in the terrifying officialdom, and she was also a member of the Standing Committee and Deputy Mayor.

The Lang Municipal Party Committee has two female members of the Standing Committee. The proportion of female officials in the Municipal Party Committee is so high that they are the first in Yan Province, which fully reflects the improvement of women's political status.

United Front Minister Pan Shuzhi has a very strange name, but he looks ordinary. He is 45 years old and has no expression on his face. During the meeting, he always lowers his head and doesn't speak much, as if he is in a dull mood.

The commander of the Military Sub-district, Tian Huishu, is not tall and strong. He is obviously Kong Wu’s powerful type. He sat in the last seat, his eyes always drifting to the ceiling. No one called him, and he would never say a word. He seemed to be wandering around, people were in the venue, and his heart was far away.

After the meeting, Xia Xiang went back to the office first, and there was a banquet tonight. It was a welcome banquet that the municipal party committee invited him separately, and he had to go there. There were traditions from all over the place. Even if Xia Xiang didn't want to take the opportunity to exchange feelings with everyone, many leaders of the municipal party committee wanted to take the opportunity to eat and drink. It was the time to invite him, but in fact they had their own thoughts.

As soon as I sat down in the office, someone knocked on the door. Xia Xiang thought it was Li Caiyuan, because Chang Shuxin just said that Li Caiyuan was coming to express his gratitude to Xia Xiang, but he didn't expect that the person who pushed the door was Tu Yun.

The municipal government team has three members of the Standing Committee, Gu Xiangguo is the top leader. Needless to say, there are two others, he and Tu Yun. Although he is the executive vice mayor, he is the same as Tu Yun in terms of level. And if Tu Yun is more appreciated by Gu Xiangguo, even if he is the executive vice mayor, she may not be able to enjoy the municipal government.

Xia Xiang stood up politely to greet him: "Mayor Tu is here, please sit down. I'll pour you tea..."

In fact, Xia Xiang was deliberately trying to lower his posture. After he picked up the kettle and poured water for Tu Yun himself, Tu Yun still looked faint and had no expression. He calmly took the water cup he handed over, and he didn't know that it was because he didn't realize that the executive vice mayor poured water himself as a kind of politeness, and she was just the deputy mayor of the Standing Committee, so she should be humble.

Xia Xiang saw Tu Yun very proud, without a sense of humility, and was not angry, and smiled: "Mayor Tu is asking me, what's the point of doing?"

Tu Yun was a little distracted and stunned for a moment, then put down the water cup in her hand and said, "I heard that Mayor Xia wants to use Li Caiyuan? Are you not sure about Li Caiyuan's personal problems?"

"I know very well what mistakes he made, but it does not mean that he will not have a future in the future, and it may not affect his normal work." Xia Xiang glanced at Tu Yun in confusion, thinking that Tu Yun was also concerned about Li Caiyuan's affairs. Could it be that Li Caiyuan's affairs at that time caused public anger?

Tu Yun looked at Xia Xiang in confusion, her face changed slightly, she opened her mouth, as if she had made up a big decision: "Everyone works together in the future, don't blame me for not reminding you in advance, Li Caiyuan will be in a big trouble."

After saying that, Tu Yun nodded slightly and turned around and left.

Xia Xiang looked at Tu Yun's graceful back, but there was no restless thought in his heart. In his eyes, Tu Yun not only had a bad attitude, but also a little arrogant. He took his act of pouring water for her for granted. It is estimated that she has always been more superior to others in the municipal government team.

What shouldn't have come came, but what should have come did not come. Li Caiyuan did not show up as scheduled.

At the evening banquet, all the Standing Committee members and some middle-level cadres were invited, but almost all the middle-level cadres were present, but five of them did not show up and could not refuse if they had any excuses. There were 13 Standing Committee members, almost half of which reduced the situation of the welcome banquet, which fully demonstrated that Xia Xiang was not worth enough, or that someone was deliberately embarrassing him.

When you first arrived in Lang City, you will inevitably have resistance and stumbling blocks in all aspects, and Xia Xiang was mentally prepared. The few people who did not come were Deputy Secretary Zhang Yingji, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and Director of Public Security Lu Hongzhan, Minister of Propaganda Liu Kai, Commander of the Military Sub-district Tian Huishu and Minister of United Front Work Pan Shuzhi. Among them, Zhang Yingji, Lu Hongzhan and Liu Kai were absent, and the majority were all real power figures in the municipal party committee. They deliberately failed to come here, which was equivalent to directly losing Xia Xiang's face.

Xia Xiang is not a vengeful person, but today he will remember it if he doesn't give him face.

Gu Xiangguo did not explain any explanation for the absence of several people. Ai Chengwen was fine, and he made a special explanation to Xia Xiang, saying that the few people happened to have something to do, and that it also meant to comfort Xia Xiang. Xia Xiang expressed his gratitude to Ai Chengwen for his ideological work and expressed his complete understanding of the few people not attending the banquet.

Halfway through the banquet, Gu Xiangguo answered a call, using the excuse of leaving early. Tu Yun seemed to hesitate for a while, and he was a little confused when he wanted to leave. Ai Chengwen took a peek and saw Xia Xiang's face calm, and there seemed to be no unhappiness. He also secretly praised in his heart that ordinary people who are neglected like this cannot be immune to the influence of being angry. It is rare that Xia Xiang is so young and so arrogant and has the style of a general.

However, Ai Chengwen thought immediately, and his calm expression only showed that Xia Xiang was very powerful, which may not necessarily mean that he had real skills. A group of people in Lang City were not only not united, but also undermined each other. In addition, some were close to the provincial party committee, some were close to the capital, and even some were in the same interests as investors in Tianjin. It was a pool of muddy water, and there were also the influence of Chen and Wang Qiangwei. No matter how skilled Xia Xiang was, it was difficult for him to make a difference in Lang City.

Whether it is the capital or the provincial party committee, they want to completely control Langshi but cannot. Xia Xiang, no matter who his chess piece, was destined to be unable to walk out of a bright road in Langshi.

When the banquet was about to end, Xia Xiang expressed his gratitude to everyone in turn. Then when Ai Chengwen was about to announce that the banquet ended, suddenly the door of the room in the middle of the family was knocked, and a crisp and beautiful voice came from outside: "Secretary Ai, can I come in?"

Not to mention Ai Chengwen knows who the owner of the voice is, even if ordinary people hear such a beautiful voice with a slight pleading tone, they can't bear to refuse. Ai Chengwen glanced at everyone in confusion and was slightly stunned: "Please come in."

As soon as the door rang, a man pushed the door in.

The decorative room at Xia Xiang that the Municipal Party Committee invited Xia Xiang was decorated in a magnificent manner. Under the reflection of the light, it was as bright as day and the flowers were clustered together. It can be said that it was very luxurious and dazzling. But when the visitor came in, the huge private room suddenly became silent. Everyone felt that the light was dim and compared with the person's radiant face, it seemed that even the light was ashamed of himself and restrained a little.

The person standing at the door with a smile was Jasmine - but Xia Xiang couldn't recognize her if she was Jin Moli or Yin Moli, and I guess everyone couldn't understand it because she was wearing black clothes, neither gold nor silver, and there was no way to judge.

Today's banquet was held at the Caesar Hotel. The Caesar Hotel is Oh Chen's property and is also a designated hotel of the Municipal Party Committee. It is not surprising that Jasmine appears here.

However, Jasmine's eyes circulated, and she turned around in the crowd, and finally fell on Xia Xiang, and she smiled: "Mayor Xia, Dad said that because he offended you by accident, I specifically asked me to apologize to you today. Not only are all the consumption today free of charge, but everyone also has gifts. Please take a step slowly and go downstairs to sign and receive the gift."

After saying that, she blinked at Ai Chengwen again with a flattering smile: "Secretary Ai, you won't be angry if I didn't say hello to you first, right?"

With her beautiful face as beautiful as a flower, her delicate and coquettish tone, no man can resist her. Besides, Jasmine is dressed in black, graceful and exquisite, showing the most proud charm of women. At the moment, she doesn't have to speak, but the waves of her eyes make countless people beep in their eyes.

Ai Chengwen is no exception. He doesn't care about the rules of the officialdom, and his face is full of smiles: "No, no, do you think I am such a stingy person? Not only do I not blame you, but I also want to thank you and Mr. Chen for your free order... Haha, I have to say that Xia Xiang has a lot of face."

Ai Chengwen's eyes fell on Jasmine, with greed, unwillingness, and a hint of regret that she could not get. Yes, Jasmine is not someone else. She is so charming, but she is almost impossible to succeed because she is a father who makes people feel scared of talking.

No one expected that Chen would give Xia such a face. Those who did not leave early were secretly glad. Fortunately, they didn't take a step earlier. Oh, Chen praised Xia Xiang so much, does it mean that if the people who didn't come today did not give Xia a face, it would be like not giving Chen a face? Oh, and if everyone was asked to sign and receive the gift, was there any intention to find out who came and who did not come?

If this is the case, you have to quickly curry favor with Mayor Xia. Many people thought about it and immediately remembered the intimate relationship between the previous executive vice mayor and Oh Chen. There were rumors that Mayor Rui embezzled tens of millions, but he still escaped without hesitation. It was all Oh Chen who protected him behind his back!
Chapter completed!