Just as I was pondering this, the curtain to the consultation room was lifted, and Assistant Liu, who was with Dean Du, appeared in the doorway. He saluted first, and then said, "Director Li, Dean Du asked me to come and ask you if you would like to go with him?"
Generally, if it's just him and Nurse Zhou in the consultation room, Li Chu won't let them close the door; he still needs to be mindful of avoiding any appearance of impropriety.
Li Chu glanced at the time and asked in surprise, "Is Dean Du really going to personally go over to report in?"
"The dean said that an acquaintance of his happened to be attending a meeting, and he planned to go and see him."
"Oh, is that so? Tell him I won't go. I'll have Tian Jun help me register. I'll go tomorrow."
"yes"
After Assistant Liu left, Li Chu didn't stay in the consultation room either. He told Nurse Zhou and then strolled towards the administration building at the back, stopping to salute him along the way.
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"Director Ding, when will your meeting end? I'll come pick you up then."
The car had already arrived at the headquarters gate. Tian Jun glanced at Ding Qiunan sitting in the back seat through the rearview mirror.
"Uh... The notice said it would be at 6 p.m., Xiaotian, you don't need to worry about it. I'll just take the bus back then. He has a meeting today too."
"The director doesn't have a meeting today. I'll just go over and check in for him. I'll come over a little early this afternoon."
"That's fine then, thank you for your hard work, Xiaotian."
"Director Ding, you're too kind."
As they were talking, the car had already entered the headquarters compound. Tian Jun, who was driving, didn't pay any attention and drove straight to the front of the office building, stopping right in front of the gate.
Ding Qiunan, who was tidying up her things, didn't notice anything outside. She felt the car stop and was about to open the door to get out when she realized where the car was parked.
She glanced up and saw several people talking on the steps. She quickly withdrew her hand from the car door and patted Tian Jun's seat back: "Xiao Tian, hurry up, drive the car to the parking lot."
Upon hearing Director Ding's words, Tian Jun realized that he had parked in the wrong place today. Fortunately, he hadn't turned off the engine. He quickly put the car in gear, released the handbrake, and drove towards the parking lot.
He usually drives Li Chu here, and each time he arrives, he parks the car in front of the building. After the leader goes downstairs, he drives the car to the parking lot and waits in the car bay not far from the parking lot. Someone will call to notify the leader when he comes out, so he didn't think much of it this time.
But the people sitting in the back are different; the parking spot is very particular.
This isn't a place where just anyone can get on or off their car. His car is entitled to park here, but the people in the back seat aren't.
There were a few leaders standing on those steps just now. If Ding Qiunan had dared to swagger off the car like that, no one would have said anything to her face. But she had to give Li Chu face no matter what, and she couldn't guarantee that people wouldn't gossip behind her back.
They are now in a situation where their fates are intertwined, so talking about her is tantamount to slapping her husband in the face.
Even if Ding Qiunan was immature, she knew that she had to protect her husband's reputation in public no matter what.
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"I'm so sorry, Director Ding, I didn't notice just now."
As soon as the car came to a stop in the parking lot, Tian Jun apologized profusely, sweat beading on his forehead.
"It's alright, it's alright, you're used to it."
It's true that he's gotten used to it. If you gave Tian Jun a regular car now, he probably wouldn't know how to drive it. Drivers who have driven for leaders for a long time are all the same.
You can understand just by looking at the stack of passes on the windshield.
A group of people were talking on the steps in front of the office building. One of them said with a smile, "Wasn't that Director Li's car just now? Why didn't anyone get out and it drove away? Did they really invite him to this meeting today?"
"Minister, I just saw Comrade Ding Qiunan sitting in the back row. She must be here for the meeting."
"Oh," the leader nodded, and didn't ask any further questions, then moved on to other things.
After getting out of the car, Ding Qiunan thought for a moment and decided not to go through the main entrance, but turned around and walked towards the side entrance.
Sitting in the car, Tian Jun took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the sweat from his forehead, then opened the car door, stood under the car, and lit a cigarette for himself.
"Hey, Tian Jun, is your boss here for a meeting today too? Why don't you go sit in your office? The meeting is going to end this afternoon."
A deputy driver walked over.
"No, I brought my boss's wife here for a meeting. I have other things to do and I'm about to leave."
"Okay, I have something to do, so I'll go first. We'll talk later."
"Okay, go ahead and do your thing."
Previously, whenever Tian Jun came over, the dedicated drivers of these small car fleet would at most nod to him, and maybe chat for a few words if they were in a good mood.
Since the re-awarding of ranks, the attitude towards him has changed drastically.
Tian Jun stood there watching the cars coming and going in the parking lot, took two more puffs of his cigarette, threw it away, got back into his car, and drove away from the parking lot.
He drove all the way to the guesthouse not far from the health department compound, but he was too lazy to drive the car to the backyard of the guesthouse, so he just parked it on the side of the road.
There were quite a few people coming to register in the hall, many of them carrying luggage and looking travel-worn, clearly from out of town.
"Comrade, I'm reporting to Li Chu."
"Okay, please sign here. Take this bag and this key. Room 303 is for Director Li. Meetings will be held in the large conference room on the fifth floor, starting promptly at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Lunch will be on the second floor."
Tian Jun carefully noted down all the instructions given by the staff, signed Li Chu's name on the roster, and then left the guesthouse lobby carrying the black imitation leather bag that had been provided to him.
The bag is a souvenir for attending the meeting. It contains a pen and a notebook. Nowadays, various organizations will issue such bags when they organize large meetings. Some organizations will also issue enamel mugs. Whether it is a bag or a mug, the organizer will print the name of the meeting and the date of the meeting on it.
This can be considered a characteristic of the times.
It seems that by 2000, these souvenir items will be almost nowhere to be seen.
However, many organizations still distribute souvenirs from meetings, only they've changed them to other, less noticeable items.
When he returned to the main hospital, Li Chu was writing something in his office.
When Tian Jun mentioned what happened at headquarters, he waved his hand dismissively, as he considered these things to be trivial matters.
"Did they not say anything else after you reported for duty?"
"That's all."
"Okay, you can go and rest now. By the way, Xiaotian, what time does the meeting at headquarters end?"
"Director Ding said it was six o'clock in the afternoon."
"I understand. I'll pick her up then, you don't need to worry about it."
"yes"
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