He was used to being marginalized, but today, Li Lin suddenly asked him about his thoughts. It was the first time in many years that he felt valued.
He was stunned, calm on the surface, but nervous inside. He even felt flattered. He looked at Li Lin gratefully and didn't speak for a long time.
Finally, he put down the wine glass in his hand and asked Li Lin unconfidently, "Team Leader Li, this is a matter for you to decide. Is it appropriate to ask me?"
Li Lin smiled calmly, "Of course it's appropriate. This is a matter within our group. Anyone is qualified to express their ideas. Besides, you have a lot of experience and high awareness, so we should listen to your opinions first."
Highly conscious? Zheng Hao seemed to have his scars exposed, and the smile on his face faded a lot.
Just because his leader often praised him for his high level of consciousness, he gave away all the treatment he deserved... He worked diligently for half his life, only to get the vanity of being highly conscious.
Sometimes when he was sleeping at night, he would cry out in his dreams, "I don't want to be highly conscious, I want to be a selfish person. I don't want to be highly conscious, I also want to lead others, I don't want to be a soldier and be ordered around..."
He shook his head with a self-deprecating smile, and finished a glass of wine. At this moment, the word "awakening" was like an insult. He seemed to hear someone euphemistically calling him "idiot"...
Li Lin saw Zheng Hao's attitude suddenly turned cold, so he didn't say anything. Zhang Mingchen happened to come over to toast him, and he stood up and drank three cups with a smile.
"Brother Lin has a good alcohol tolerance..."
Everyone started to cheer and the atmosphere reached a climax.
At this time, Li Lin's cell phone rang.
He took it out and saw that it was a call from Qian Lingyun.
So he quickly waved his hands to signal "quiet" to everyone.
Everyone quickly covered their mouths and quieted down, realizing that Li Lin had an important call to answer, and they all looked at him curiously.
"Mayor Qian, do you have any instructions?" Li Lin asked calmly.
When everyone present heard that the call was from Mayor Qian, they all showed shocked expressions.
He looked at Li Lin with disbelief as he watched him chat with Mayor Qian as if they were just chatting about family matters.
Qian Lingyun laughed heartily and said, "You kid, you didn't even bother to check in with me after the meeting. I was planning on having dinner with you, but I still haven't heard from you. Tell me the truth, where have you been?"
Li Lin smiled awkwardly, "It's like this, Mayor Qian. This is the first time I'm meeting these comrades in the group. I'll treat everyone to a meal tonight so we can get to know each other better. Tomorrow, I'll report to you."
"Oh, well, you know how to treat your colleagues to a meal. That's great, Xiaolin. You know how to maintain unity. You've grown up again." Qian Lingyun smiled again and joked, "Then I, a loner, will have to dine alone tonight... You should drink less so as not to delay tomorrow's work, okay?"
"Well, let's stop here and it won't affect tomorrow's work."
"Well, come to me tomorrow when you're done with your work and I'll tell you what you think about the reorganization of the cotton mill."
"Good money Mayor..."
After hanging up the phone, Li Lin breathed a sigh of relief.
Ever since Qian Lingyun returned to Pingyang City, his personality has changed a lot. He even knows how to make jokes and be funny... This makes it difficult for Li Lin to get used to it for a while.
At this moment, he only felt that the private room was unusually quiet, and slowly raised his head to look at everyone.
Xiao Qi, Zhang Mingchen and others all stared at Li Lin in shock with their eyes wide open, without blinking.
Did Mayor Qian just call Team Leader Li? I seemed to hear Mayor Qian just say that he had been waiting for Li Lin to have dinner...
Holy shit, this is incomprehensible! Team Leader Li and Mayor Qian have such a close relationship?
"Okay, stop looking at me like that and keep going! But Mayor Qian just said that no one can drink too much and affect tomorrow's work, okay?" Li Lin said with a smile.
"Don't worry, we are confident. We will follow your instructions and stop drinking when we are full."
"That's right, it will definitely not affect tomorrow's work."
A group of people looked at Li Lin and smiled foolishly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Suddenly, the door of the box was pushed open.
Two young men in white shirts strode in.
As soon as they entered the house, one of them took out a body camera that he carried with him and started filming the faces of everyone at the scene.
When everyone saw this sudden scene, their expressions suddenly became nervous.
Li Lin frowned, stood up and asked, "What are you doing?"
One of the men pointed at Li Lin, with a cold face and an imperative tone, "Sit down first, don't move!"
"We are from the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. We have received a report that a public official is eating and drinking with public funds here. Please cooperate and report your work unit!"
Li Lin didn't move. After listening to the man's words, he couldn't help laughing in his heart.
I paid for my colleagues' meal out of my own pocket, how did it become a public expense?
This must be malicious slander!
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