Chapter 20: Dumbfounded
Located in the heart of Dongping City, the Holiday Inn is a towering, triangular skyscraper, and the night has just begun, and it is already brightly lit, and it is even more majestic under the reflection of brilliant lights. This 27-storey five-star hotel has become a beautiful scenery in Dongping, dazzling, flashing neon and night lights give people a dreamy color, that is, luxury and romance. You can see it from afar.
The hotel is located on the bustling Wenwu Street, with a shuttle of traffic and a full of people. Feng Xiaohua got out of the car, looked at the hotel doorman in red uniform who opened the car door for him with some blankness, and looked up at this extraordinary, luxurious hotel with an extraordinary momentum, like a sharp sword piercing into the sky, and couldn't help but feel a sense of timidity in his heart.
In the final analysis, although he, the deputy head of the township, is not a person who has never seen the world, but as a cadre in a remote area, it is almost the same as returning to the county seat on weekdays, and he has never been in such a high-end occasion. Turn your head and look at the wide streets, gorgeous street lamps, high-end cars speeding by, and bustling crowds...... Feng Xiaohua couldn't help but sigh lightly, this is the life he wants. It's no wonder that everyone yearns for life in the big city, that poor and remote place, and if you stay any longer, I'm afraid that even the whole person will be out of touch with this era. But when will I have the opportunity to work in such a city?
When he was standing at the door in a daze, a luxury car slowly drove over at the door of the Holiday Inn, just looking at the signs of the four circles in front of the car, he knew that the car was worth a lot of money, and he couldn't get off without hundreds of thousands.
The car stopped, and the doorman on the side hurriedly stepped forward to open the door, and a fashionably dressed young woman came down, and a middle-aged man with a big belly, forty years old, slightly bald. As soon as the middle-aged man got out of the car, he casually threw a ten-dollar bill to the doorman as a tip. The doorman's face suddenly bloomed with a bright smile that Feng Xiaohua had never seen before, and thanked him repeatedly.
In the mainland, although the vast majority of people are not in the habit of tipping, some local nouveau riche have more or less learned this way from the coast and abroad, as if they are showing their style and identity in this way. Of course, these doormen were overjoyed, as there were more people coming and going, and the tips they received every day were also a lot of money, sometimes even higher than their wages.
Feng Xiaohua glanced at them with some envy, and said in his heart that this amount of money alone was enough for the family to live for a week in Guantang.
The two of them strode over affectionately hand in hand, looking at this pair of brightly dressed men and women, Feng Xiaohua inexplicably felt a little inferior, he hurriedly took a few steps back and got out of the way. Even so, when the couple walked past him, the young woman glanced at him contemptuously, and said to the middle-aged man in a coquettish voice: "Darling, didn't you say that this Holiday Inn is the most upscale place in Dongping?" How can such a person be here? ”
The middle-aged man also glanced back when he heard this, frowned, looked Feng Xiaohua up and down a few times, and did not squeak, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes. Then he snapped his fingers, and the uniformed doorman at the door nodded and greeted him, and said with a smile on his face: "Boss Xu, I don't know what to order?" ”
This middle-aged man is a well-known boss in Dongping, and he is also a frequent visitor to the Holiday Inn, because he is generous and gives more tips, therefore, these doormen at the door of the hotel all know each other, and they all regard him as the God of Wealth, and his attitude is naturally a little more humble and earnest.
Boss Xu pointed at Feng Xiaohua with some impatience and said, "When will your hotel let these cats and dogs come casually?" I look disgusting, why don't you send me away? ”
At first, Feng Xiaohua didn't know who they were muttering about, but it wasn't until this Boss Xu pointed at him that he understood, and a sense of shame suddenly rushed to his mind. Although his dress is not as good as this middle-aged man, he is also in a suit and leather shoes, so how can he not fall to the point of being ridiculed and looked down upon, right?
Just when Feng Xiaohua was trembling with anger, the doorman turned his head and looked, was stunned for a moment, and explained to the other party with a slight smile: "Boss Xu, this is also our guest here, this ......" was the door he opened for Feng Xiaohua just now, although he didn't get a tip, but it was a government-branded car, and his memory was particularly clear, and he didn't dare to be offended in the words.
"Guest?" Before the boss could say anything, the fashionable woman chuckled disdainfully: "Why, now people can become guests of Holiday Inn?" ”
Feng Xiaohua's face was flushed, he had been suppressing his anger just now, thinking that this was Dongping after all, don't make trouble for yourself, but if he was ridiculed one after another, even a clay man would be a little angry. He just wanted to step forward to argue a few words, but suddenly someone on the side said coldly: "What? Do you have any comments? ”
The woman's face suddenly became a little gloomy, Boss Xu was also blue-faced, looked over, but saw a few people coming out of the hotel, the first was a young man in his twenties, although he was not very old, but his bearing was like, his calm face was very powerful, presumably it was the son of the family, Boss Xu didn't pay much attention to it, but after seeing a person behind the young man, he was slightly stunned, and then a flattering smile appeared on his face, and he hurriedly let go of the woman beside him, and stretched out his hand from afar, and said: "Oh, Wang Ju, Why are you here today? What a coincidence, let's save face......"
The short, short and chubby middle-aged man with his hair parted seemed to have no eyes at all, and said lukewarmly: "Hehe, Mr. Xu's is wide?" I haven't heard that the owner of this holiday hotel has been replaced by Mr. Xu, right? ”
Mr. Xu was stunned for a moment, his body trembled slightly, his expression seemed to be constipated when he was squatting in the pit, he couldn't get up or down when he was stuck there, and he took it back with a smile with his outstretched hand, and the smile on his face was ugly than crying. He couldn't figure it out, how could this Wang Bureau be like a child, saying that if he changed his face, he would change his face, and when they ate together two days ago, didn't they still call each other brothers?
"I can't tell if I change it, you didn't see that Mr. Xu didn't allow others to come here to consume, maybe, we were also blocked out of the door in Ming'er."
At this time, there was a strange sound of yin and yang on the side, Mr. Xu turned his head to look over, couldn't help but gasp, and secretly complained bitterly. With two eyes so big, why didn't you see this great god just now? Guo Minggang, the head of Tanghu Township, although he doesn't have much contact with him, has been in the limelight recently, and who doesn't know about the entire Dongping? But it seems that he hasn't offended him, why is this saying so weird? Could it be that I have recently had a temple gate that has not been worshiped in place?
For a while, he didn't care about thinking so much, so he hurriedly stepped forward, nodded and said: "Leaders, the little brother doesn't know where to offend you, but please don't remember the villain, a lot of Haihan Haihan, don't mess with the little brother like this, the little brother can't afford it!" At night after the beginning of autumn, the temperature was still a little cool, but when he spoke, he was sweating.
Once he offends the heads of these governments and comes to find fault in three days, it will not take more than a few days, and the company will probably only go bankrupt.
But the two of them didn't even look at him, but their eyes were focused on the young man.
Seeing this situation, Mr. Xu's heart was shocked, could it be that this young man is the protagonist today, and everyone else is looking at his face?
He turned around tremblingly, wanting to look at the young man, but saw the other party walking straight past him, and then walked quickly to the object he despised just now, shook the other party's hand enthusiastically and said, "Township Chief Feng, I'm sorry, I've made you wait for a long time, have you been wronged?" ”
Feng Xiaohua looked at Lin Chendu, and inexplicably felt the urge to cry. He tried his best to suppress his emotions, and said with an unnatural smile: "Hehe, Township Chief Lin, don't be so polite, I just arrived." ”
"The village chief?" Mr. Xu felt dizzy.
The rustic man was called the village chief, and although he was indeed a little surprised, it was not as violent as the young man was called the village chief. The township chief in his twenties is too appalling, right? Could it be that I heard it wrong, but the other party's name is somewhat similar to the pronunciation of the word township chief?
He didn't have time to think about it at this time, he stepped forward in three or two steps, and said loudly to Feng Xiaohua: "Hehe, I really don't know Mount Tai, I am guilty of sins, and I hope that Township Chief Feng will be more considerate, today I held a banquet in Fengqi Pavilion to make amends, and I hope that all the leaders must come to Chang ......" is worthy of being a businessman, clever and exquisite, which not only solves the problem, but also makes friends with so many leaders at the same time. Isn't the relationship network just managed slowly?
Unexpectedly, the young man didn't even look at him, and said to Township Chief Feng: "Township Chief Feng, come, introduce you to a few friends." After that, he introduced them one by one: "This is Director Wang of the Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce, this is the head of Tanghu Township, Guo Township, this is Director Chen of the Municipal Finance Bureau, and President Liu of the Municipal Industrial and Commercial Bank......"
The positions were reported one by one, which was deafening, not only Feng Xiaohua, but even Mr. Xu on the side was a little dumbfounded. Don't look at him, he also claims to be a character in Dongping, but he has never met so many powerful people. Take the president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Liu, for example, he tried to take out a loan several times, but he didn't get through. But today, they are all here for this hillbilly who was almost driven away by himself. For a while, his face turned pale, he felt that his whole body was weak, and his brain was even more chaotic, and he wanted to say something, but his lips moved with difficulty, but he couldn't make a sound.
Feng Xiaohua only felt as if there was a train whistling past him at this time, and he was completely stunned. He never dreamed that Lin Chendui would be able to invite so many leaders who were out of reach on weekdays for this meal. He, the deputy head of the township, arrived in the county seat, and the heads of those departments and organs in the county were all arrogant, and he often had to accompany him carefully, but when he arrived in the city, he had the opportunity to eat with these big leaders, which was really like a dream.
Perhaps it was because he had been told in advance, and the attitudes of several city bureau leaders were extremely cordial and kind, which made Feng Xiaohua feel terrified, but he also suddenly found that Lin Chendu's bearing seemed to be more dignified and calm, and he exuded an indescribable majesty and courage in his gestures, which was not inferior to those other leaders, and he actually faintly had the kind of oppression that he could only feel in front of the county leaders in front of him.