When pouring the wine, Huang Wei covered the cup, poured himself a cup of tea, looked at Zhang Xingguo and said, "Secretary Zhang, I came here today to be Secretary Li's driver. I won't drink this wine. How about I offer you a glass of tea instead of wine?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xingguo looked at Li Xiuyuan with a higher opinion. As the deputy section chief of the General Affairs Section works as a driver, Li Xiuyuan is indeed quite impressive. No wonder others say that Li Xiuyuan is influential in the county government.
"Hey, Chief Huang, that's not right. Let's just have tea instead of wine and show our appreciation later." Zhang Xingguo said with a smile. He didn't care at all whether Huang Wei drank or not.
He came over the next evening to ask for help, so he had to be humble.
It's not like someone is asking you to do something for them, so whoever is asked to drink has to drink. If you don't drink, you are not giving them face.
After the wine was poured, Zhang Xingguo picked up the glass and said, "Secretary Li, let me toast you first. Thank you very much for coming over and giving me this honor."
"Secretary Zhang, you're too polite. It's the end of the year and I'm definitely busy with work, but Zhitao said that Secretary Zhang will treat us. No matter how busy I am, I have to come and have a drink with Secretary Zhang." Li Xiuyuan picked up the wine glass and mentioned Wang Zhitao calmly, giving Wang Zhitao enough face.
The meaning is quite correct. If Wang Zhitao hadn't said it, the work would not have been possible.
"Haha, yes, I want to thank Zhitao too. Zhitao's father and I are old friends. We had a good relationship when we were in school..."
After a drink, Zhang Xingguo brought up the topic and mentioned what happened in school. He was 44 years old, almost 20 years younger than Li Xiuyuan and the others who were in their early twenties.
The two sides didn't have much in common, and just when Wang Zhitao was mentioned, the experience between him and Wang Zhitao's father when they were in school became a good topic to talk about.
The two sides chatted and drank, and mentioned some things about their work.
At the same time, Zhang Xingguo had a wine glass in his hand. Except for the time when he was smoking, he never let go of the glass. He drank one glass of wine after another. It was not considered forced drinking because he always drank more than Li Xiuyuan.
But once the wine is there, the atmosphere is there.
Drinking Li Xiuyuan, Zhang Xingguo and Wang Zhitao all had a bit of drunkenness on their faces, and the atmosphere was just right.
Zhang Xingguo raised his glass and said, "Secretary Li, are you aware of the recent events in our central town?"
"I heard a little."
"Hey, speaking of this, I want to apologize with this glass of wine. Secretary Li, you have accompanied Yunxian to Meilin Village more than once. As for the matter of the demonstration village, we were negligent. We have a problem. I will drink a glass as a punishment."
Zhang Xingguo raised his glass to drink as a penalty, but Li Xiuyuan stopped him. "Secretary Zhang, if you say that, I definitely won't accept it. Yun County is in charge of this project, and I'm just running errands."
Zhang Xingguo's face was embarrassed for a moment. He understood what Li Xiuyuan meant. You have nothing to do with me. The one who is angry is County Magistrate Yun. It's useless to apologize to me.
"I understand, I understand, Secretary Li, I'm really at my wit's end. I need Secretary Li's help. Please help us explain to County Yun. We didn't expect the dredging process to be this way."
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