Chapter 105 Dinner Party (Part 2)
"Director Liu." Jiang Ningyue responded to Director Liu with a smile.
Everyone at the scene was puzzled by this scene. Why would a deputy minister of the Propaganda Department and director of the Radio, Film and Television Bureau take the initiative to greet a young reporter?
Are you interested in her?
The expression is not right either.
At this moment, Director Liu's expression was not only not obscene, but even very pure. He dared to look at Lin Chenxi a few times, but he didn't even look at Jiang Ningyue, and there was even a bit of respect in his eyes.
Others don’t know, but Lin Chenxi knows the reason.
"Director Liu, let's go to the box first."
"Okay, okay."
Several people walked into the private room. When they were assigned seats, Director Qian said, "Xiao Jiang, sit next to Director Liu and pour him some wine."
Director Qian, who said this, believed he meant well. After all, being able to establish a relationship with the Deputy Minister of Propaganda and the Director of the Provincial Radio and Television Bureau was a great thing! It would also be beneficial for his future career.
But Jiang Ningyue's face looked a little ugly.
The other party involved, Director Liu, tensed up and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Hey, Director Qian! I'm not disabled. I can still pour the wine myself!"
As he spoke, Director Liu said, "Everyone, please sit wherever you want."
There are certain rules for how to sit at the table. The main seat naturally belongs to Director Liu, and there are also the main host and the deputy host. Jiang Ningyue didn't know anything about this. Regardless of whether it was right or not, she just sat next to Lin Chenxi.
The few people didn't have much objection to this. They had already seen that reporter Xiao Jiang seemed to be a little unusual.
Qian Hongze was a little confused and asked, "Director Liu, do you know Xiao Jiang?"
Director Liu smiled and nodded, "Reporter Jiang! Who in Haizhou doesn't know him?"
Qian Hong knew that Director Liu didn't want to tell him the truth, so he didn't ask any more questions. Everyone started eating and drinking.
Jiang Ningyue always downplayed her presence at the dinner table, and no one dared to make fun of Jiang Ningyue out of boredom.
Lin Chenxi seemed to be very good at handling things, and some flattering words came out of his mouth casually.
Jiang Ningyue felt a little emotional when she saw this scene. She originally thought that Lin Chenxi could make money without any effort thanks to his father's legacy. But she didn't expect that Lin Chenxi would not have it that easy.
Apart from the little incident at the beginning which made Jiang Ningyue a little unhappy, the drinking party was very harmonious in the end.
When everyone left, Lin Chenxi warmly saw them off one by one, and her followers also loaded "local specialties" into the car.
After everyone left, the surroundings immediately became quiet.
Lin Chenxi breathed a sigh of relief, stretched, and turned to look at Jiang Ningyue, "There are two more boxes of local specialties. I'll load them up to your car later."
Jiang Ningyue refused directly, "No."
Lin Chenxi nodded and didn't force it. "Alright. It's only because you're here this time. Otherwise, Director Liu isn't usually so easy to talk to."
Jiang Ningyue was a little puzzled, "He knows about the relationship between me and Sister Yan?"
"That should be it."
Lin Chenxi nodded, "Otherwise he wouldn't have such an attitude."
"Director Qian from our station looks like he's been kicked in the head by a donkey."
Lin Chenxi was the system's designated 'connection', so Jiang Ningyue could honestly say, "And you asked me to pour wine for them."
"Hahaha."
Lin Chenxi patted Jiang Ningyue's arm and said, "Isn't this normal? Look at the people who were drinking just now. Not only did they toast, but they also said auspicious words in various ways. Otherwise, Director Liu wouldn't drink. This is normal."
"Forget it, don't call me in this kind of situation anymore."
Jiang Ningyue admitted, "I don't feel comfortable here."
"That's because you're not a leader." Lin Chenxi said with a smile, "If you were a leader, you'd like it when everyone around you flatters you. Okay, let's go get some midnight snack. We just drank a lot and didn't eat much."
Lin Chenxi leaned back in the seat as the driver drove. Jiang Ningyue asked curiously, "Are you going to join the drinking party too? I originally thought that you rich second-generations just wanted to have fun."
"For some minor leaders, their subordinates can just take care of things. But for a bureau-level official like this, if I don't come, I'll be offending him."
"oh."
Jiang Ningyue nodded after hearing this, "What a hassle."
"What are you going to eat?"
Lin Chenxi tilted his head and looked at Jiang Ningyue, "Is there anything you want to eat?"
Jiang Ningyue looked out the window and pointed to a barbecue restaurant not far away. "This one, I remember eating here when I was in college. It was pretty good."
"Okay, let's have barbecue."
Just like that, the Bentley pulled up to the door of the shop. It wasn't summer, so the barbecue restaurant wasn't crowded. The owner looked at the two of them in confusion. He'd seen people drive to eat barbecue before, but this was the first time he'd seen someone driving a Bentley.
On the other side, after Director Liu left, a colleague in the car asked, "Leader, are we going to give this drama the green light?"
"Let's talk about it later."
Although Liu Ju seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, he was still very sober in his heart. He still had doubts about Jiang Ningyue's identity. His ordinary relationship with Li Chunyan was not worth his special efforts to please her. He needed to confirm it again.
"Listen for my call on Monday."
On Monday, Director Liu took the opportunity to casually bring up Jiang Ningyue's matter while reporting to Li Chunyan.
"Boss, a few days ago, reporter Jiang Ningyue participated in the production of a TV series. She wrote a script, and I took a look at it. It's pretty good."
"Xiaoyue can also write scripts?" Li Chunyan naturally knew the real intention behind Director Liu's question. She smiled and said, "Old Liu, your Radio and Television Bureau should just handle official business. Don't give them any special privileges because of my relationship with her."
"I understand." Director Liu nodded quickly with a smile.
Although Li Chunyan said that she didn't want any privileges, Director Liu understood what she meant.
If Director Liu had some guesses in his mind when he accidentally heard Jiang Ningyue call Li Chunyan "sister" before, but Li Chunyan's acquiescence this time further confirmed Director Liu's thoughts.
If Li Chunyan was a leader in her fifties or sixties, Director Liu would definitely not have gone to such lengths to do this, after all, she would retire in a few years.
But Li Chunyan was different. She was only in her forties, in the prime of life. In two or three years, she would be a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. If she didn't please him now, it would be even harder to please him later.
After leaving Li Chunyan's office, Director Liu immediately made a phone call. "Has the crew of 'The Beginning' completed the approval process? Not yet? Is this how you serve businesses? Speed up!"
Lin Chenxi called Jiang Ningyue that evening and said in an exaggerated tone, "Xiaoyue, do you know about the 'TV Series Project Application' we submitted this morning?"
"Ah." Jiang Ningyue was puzzled. "What's wrong?"
"The provincial radio and television bureau has approved it and it's just waiting to be submitted to the General Administration for review on the 1st of next month."
"So what?" Jiang Ningyue didn't understand the process, so she didn't understand what it meant to submit in the morning and get approved in the afternoon.
But Lin Chenxi kept chattering, "The Provincial Radio and Television Bureau isn't that easy to talk to. It's common for them to take ten days or half a month to apply and then ask you to correct a minor mistake..."
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