The person who came in turned out to be Tao Ping, the vice president of the municipal bank.
Li Jideng froze there.
He stared at Tao Ping blankly, speechless for a long time.
"What, aren't you welcome?"
Tao Ping glanced at Li Ji intentionally or unintentionally, and sat down in the empty seat amidst Wang Shulan's affectionate greeting.
"Welcome! Of course you are welcome!" Li Ji immediately woke up, raised his voice, and a smile appeared on his face, "President Tao, please take a seat!"
Tao Ping moved his buttocks and leaned back comfortably; he stretched out his hands to comb his shiny hair and smiled reservedly; he looked around the table, as if he had the aura of a king.
He wore a striped short-sleeved shirt with dark flowers today. He was clean shaven, his hair was neatly combed, his face was rosy, and he seemed to be several years younger.
"Old leader, why are you here? I've been waiting for a long time!"
Wang Shulan raised her orchid fingers, grabbed the kettle, poured a cup of tea for Tao Ping, and then lightly patted his shoulder with her hand.
Wang Shulan was panting, her charming eyes were as silky as silk, and her voice was sweet, like she had turned eighteen turns, she was absolutely in love with a little bird.
Li Ji was stunned and couldn't believe that this voice came from Wang Shulan's mouth.
Just listening to this voice, everyone thought it should be that of a delicate girl, and it was impossible to match it with Wang Shulan's appearance.
However, everyone in the Chengdong branch seemed to be okay with it, and no one showed any surprise.
But Tao Ping grabbed Wang Shulan's hand, touched it, and pressed it on Wang Shulan's thigh.
Then he raised his hand, stroked the hair on the temples with his fingertips a few more times, shook his head and said: "There is a meeting at the People's Bank of China this afternoon, and it's past the end of the day and it's not over yet..."
"Leaders who have everything to do all day long are nothing like us!" Chen Donglin said with a smile.
"Well, I'm already old, so I just have meetings, drink tea, and wait for retirement..."
Tao Ping rubbed his face twice with his hands, seeming quite emotional.
"How can that be possible!" Chen Donglin answered, "The old leader is always getting stronger..."
"Old Huang Li, I can't mention it! I can't mention it!" Tao Ping waved his hand and interrupted Chen Donglin.
While talking, the waiter had already served a table full of dishes.
"Okay, okay!" Tao Ping pointed to the table and turned his eyes to Li Ji, "Shulan told me that tonight is Xiao Li's reception banquet..."
Li Ji raised his head unconsciously, and his eyes suddenly collided with Tao Ping's.
His heart skipped a beat, feeling that there were many things hidden in those eyes that he couldn't see.
"I had plans for the evening, but I just turned them down," Tao Ping chuckled, "I don't have to come to other people's events, but I must attend Xiao Li's event..."
"Oh, our President Li still has more face..."
Wang Shulan gouged out Tao Ping and looked at Li Ji with a half-smile.
Li Ji smiled and didn't answer.
A hint of vague displeasure flashed in Tao Ping's eyes, and he coughed twice: "Xiao Li is a talented person in our industry! He is young and promising, and he has this temperament, haha..."
"Young people are like this, just grind it out and you'll be fine..." Wang Shulan said and winked at Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan understood immediately, stood up and faced Tao Ping: "Boss, what do you think we are drinking?"
"If you don't drink alcohol, you won't be able to get in love. It's better to drink something alcoholic!" Tao Ping looked at Fang Yuan with a smile, as if he suddenly remembered something, and pointed to the door with his hand, "I asked the driver to go back and get two bottles. Bottle of Maotai, let’s drink this first!”
As he said that, he turned to look at the waiter standing aside: "Girl, please pour us the wine!"
The waiter went over to get the wine and quickly poured it into the wine dispenser. After a while, the wine glasses in front of everyone were filled with wine.
"Old leader, colleagues!" Wang Shulan stood up with a glass of wine in her hands. She changed from her previous charming attitude and instantly turned into a solemn female bank president. "Tonight, one is to greet President Li, and the other is to welcome the old leader back. have a look......."
Li Ji sat up straight, crossed his hands in front of him, and listened carefully. He couldn't see Tao Ping's face, but he could clearly feel the gloomy afterglow.
Li Ji began to regret again. He was obviously too cold to Tao Ping just now.
No matter what, they came here specifically to pick him up. The big leader of the municipal bank. The way I look is a little too ignorant, like a chicken.
After all, he is still too young.
There is no city government at all.
If you are happy and angry in everything, you will not achieve great things.
Li Ji thought to himself and couldn't help but glance at Tao Ping secretly. Unexpectedly, Tao Ping was also looking towards him.
When their eyes met, they were both startled, and then they laughed in unison.
Li Ji felt relieved and suddenly returned to the past. Looking at Tao Ping again, his eyes didn't seem so gloomy anymore.
Tao Ping's face also relaxed. He winked at Li Ji, picked up the wine glass with one hand, and raised it to Li Ji.
Li Ji hurriedly leaned down, held up the wine glass with one hand, held the mouth of the glass with the other hand, and nodded towards Tao Ping.
At this time, Wang Shulan was heard saying: "...I'll drink this glass of wine first!"
After saying that, he raised his neck and drank a glass of wine in one gulp.
Everyone raised their glasses and drank them.
Tao Ping held the wine glass and looked at Li Ji with a smile.
Li Ji raised his hand to Tao Pinggong, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, then turned his hand over and lit the bottom of the glass.
Tao Ping nodded with satisfaction and drank his own wine.
"This is the second cup..."
The waiter quickly refilled the wine, and Wang Shulan picked it up again.
It is the custom in Fengcheng that the wine table should be divided into the guest of honor and the deputy guest of honor; the guest of honor and the companion of the guest of honor. If there are many people, there may be three or four guests; three or four companions.
Wang Shulan was the host and the head of the branch, so she naturally took the position of principal companion; Chen Donglin obliged and took the position of deputy companion.
Although Li Ji was already an employee of the Chengdong Branch, because it was his first day to take up the post, and this meal was nominally his reception banquet, he and Tao Ping became the "guests" tonight.
It is a custom in Fengcheng’s wine table that at the beginning, the host and companion toast first.
"Toasting" is also called "bringing wine", and there is a certain point in it.
Toasts should be in even numbers.
Fengcheng people like auspiciousness, usually auspicious numbers such as six cups and eight cups, which mean "six or six fortunes" and "wealth from all directions".
If it is a big cup, drink it in several times; that is, drink a glass of wine in six (times) or eight (times).
Wang Shulan toasted six glasses of wine in a row.
After drinking, she was not panting, her heart was not beating, but her face was slightly rosy. She was indeed a "good cadre who tested alcohol."
This unintentionally showed her femininity.
Big mouth, high nose bridge, high cheekbones, affectionate eyebrows, and a beautiful face. Looking from the side, she looks very similar to the American actress Julia Roberts, the "Big Mouth Beauty".
Looking at Tao Ping again, his eyes were slightly slanted, and his hot gaze seemed to tear off Wang Shulan's skirt; more like a hungry cat that saw a fish full of fishy smell.
