The interview ended at 5:30. Factory Director Yuan made arrangements in advance. He wanted the reporters to stay for dinner. Deputy Editor Zhang and other media people originally did not accept the invitation of the interviewees, but the hospitality was difficult to refuse because this time The interview was completely based on orders and had no commercial purpose. The meal did not violate any major principles.
Fang Hanmin believed that the dinner was for the factory leaders to entertain guests from the press. It would be too ignorant for him to join in, so he took the opportunity to go downstairs and slipped away from another staircase.
Before getting on the bus, Factory Director Yuan noticed that Fang Hanmin was not present. He asked Mr. Xia what was going on. Lao Xia speculated that Fang Hanmin might have gone to the staff cafeteria to eat.
"Go find him." Lao Yuan ordered.
Lao Xia went straight to the staff canteen. Since there were not many employees eating in the canteen at night, as he expected, Lao Xia saw at a glance that Fang Hanmin had just bought food from the window and was about to sit down and eat.
He walked quickly to Fang Hanmin and said, "Stop eating and follow me."
"Follow you? Where are we going? I haven't eaten the food I just bought yet." Fang Hanmin asked knowingly.
"It's not like you don't know that Director Yuan is inviting friends from the press to dinner, and we all have to go and keep him company. The car is still waiting in front."
"Accompanying friends from the press is a matter for the factory leaders, so I won't go, right?"
"Stop lingering and come with me quickly. Director Yuan asked me to come find you."
Seeing that Lao Xia was in a hurry, Fang Hanmin no longer shied away. He asked the chef in the cafeteria to help him handle the food in the tableware, and followed Lao Xia quickly towards the parking lot in front of the factory office building.
The guests and hosts arrived at the reserved hotel in two separate cars. The guide took the guests to the reserved private room. Director Yuan personally arranged the seats, dishes and drinks for the guests and hosts.
Before the dinner officially started, Deputy Editor Zhang said in a casual chat: "Director Yuan, your Section Chief Fang looks young, doesn't he? He became the department head at a young age, and his future is limitless!"
"Yes, Section Chief Fang is only twenty-four or five years old. When I was his age, I was still working three shifts with the workers in the workshop. Now the stage is very broad, giving young people more opportunities to perform. As long as there is real All abilities will be put to good use." In front of reporters, Factory Director Yuan of course wanted to express his concept of cherishing talents and cherishing talents.
"Chief Fang, don't you feel lucky to have met a leader like Factory Director Yuan?" Deputy Editor Zhang intended to highlight Lao Yuan's bole spirit.
"I am very lucky. My work has been fully supported by Factory Director Yuan. It can be said that without Factory Director Yuan's support, I am afraid that I have achieved nothing so far. Just like Factory Director Yuan said, I might still be in trouble with the workers in the workshop. Class three." Fang Hanmin said frankly.
Lao Yuan is a more pragmatic person and does not seek fame, so it is okay to hear a few flattery words. If there are too many flattery words, he will feel it is too vulgar. Therefore, he does not want to touch on this topic too much at the wine table. "As a factory leader, We should support the work of young people with great fanfare. This is not worth publicizing. The key is that young people must have the spirit of daring to venture into and dare to show off their intelligence and talents, but there are too few such young people!”
While talking, food and wine were served one after another, and the waiter filled the guests' glasses with wine. Director Yuan suggested a toast to today's successful interview!
The host has never been involved in such an occasion. The traveler's studies and short career experience were mainly in Europe. Therefore, Fang Hanmin is very uncomfortable with this kind of occasion. He is also uncomfortable with the etiquette, rules, routines and toasting orders at the wine table. don't know.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Fang Hanmin was at a loss as the other guests and hosts exchanged glasses and exchanged glasses. Among the guests and guests, Fang Hanmin was the youngest, with the lowest qualifications and the lowest status. Logically speaking, he should toast to the factory leaders and the media guests respectively, but he did not know these etiquettes and sat in a daze.
Since it was decided to let Fang Hanmin participate in today's wine party, Director Yuan certainly would not let Fang Hanmin embarrass himself in front of the guests. He reminded: "Hanmin, Mr. Xia and I have completed our tasks. You are also the host today, and now it is your turn." A toast to the guests."
Because he seemed very passive, Fang Hanmin felt a little embarrassed. He immediately stood up and said mechanically: "Okay, I propose a toast to the guests and wish everyone good luck in their work and success in their careers!"
Just when Fang Hanmin was about to take the lead in toasting, he heard deputy editor Zhang say: "Wait a minute, how do you drink this wine?"
Fang Hanmin looked at the other party inexplicably, "How, how to drink? Editor Zhang, I don't understand what you mean."
"Director Yuan and Mr. Xia are both older than us. We don't compare with the two leaders, but Section Chief Fang is our younger brother in terms of age. Should we set a certain amount of drinking?" Deputy Editor Zhang said in several media The oldest of the guests is still in his forties, which is when he drinks a lot.
"Determine a quantity? Editor Zhang, how do you decide?" Fang Hanmin didn't know what to do.
"As a technical person, you should know the concept of quantity better than we do. It's up to you to decide." Deputy Editor Zhang said with a pun.
Seeing that Fang Hanmin still didn't know what he meant, Mr. Xia reminded: "Editor Zhang wants you to determine how many sips to take and how much to drink each time."
"Oh----," Fang Hanmin thought to himself, it's really not worth the trouble to have a drink! "Then drink the wine in the glass and drink it up twice."
Deputy Editor Zhang shook his head, "The wine in the glass is less than half, which is not commensurate with the courage shown by Section Chief Fang at work! Otherwise, I would like to make a suggestion and ask the waiter to fill the glass and take a sip. Drink half of it and finish it in two sips, what do you think?"
Several other guests are younger than Deputy Editor Zhang, so there is no problem drinking this amount of wine. Fang Hanmin is younger than them, so it should be no problem, but the amount of alcohol consumed is not necessarily related to age. A younger person may not be able to drink as much as an older person. Yes, I heard that after two gulps, Fang Hanmin lacked confidence in himself and did not express his position for a long time.
"Chief Fang, do you agree with my suggestion?" Deputy Editor Zhang urged.
Fang Hanmin blushed in embarrassment, "I...I'm afraid I can't drink so much."
"If you can't drink it, you can leave it. I'll drink it for you!" Deputy Editor Zhang looked a little impatient. It seemed that he cared about drinking.
"How can I ask you to drink for me, but..." Fang Hanmin glanced at Director Yuan helplessly.
Lao Yuan felt that a glass of wine should not be a big problem for Fang Hanmin, but he had never tried it before and was a little timid. He encouraged: "Hanmin, you may not have had many opportunities to drink before. You might as well give it a try today. It may not be as difficult as you think. "
Encouraged by Director Yuan, Fang Hanmin plucked up the courage, "Okay, ask the waiter to fill up the cup. Just follow Editor Zhang's suggestion and drink it up in two gulps!"
Fang Hanmin raised his glass and said, "I wish Editor Zhang and all the reporters good luck in their work! I salute you, cheers!" After that, he raised his neck and took a big sip. As expected, half of the wine in the glass was gone. He swallowed it hard and held it up. He picked up the tea cup in front of him and drank all the tea in the cup.
After calming down, I took a bite of food. As Director Yuan said, it was not as difficult as imagined. So Fang Hanmin raised his glass again and drank the remaining wine in the glass.
After a glass of wine, although there was no abnormality, Fang Hanmin felt a little drifting.
According to local customs, it is important to come and go at the wine table without being rude. After the host expresses his hospitality, the guests must return the favor. Because Director Yuan and Mr. Xia are both in their fifties, when faced with the guests' return greetings, they just It was a symbolic sip, but it was different with Fang Hanmin. The guests asked to drink with him. After a round of fighting, Fang Hanmin drank two more glasses, and the total amount exceeded three glasses of wine. This has already been achieved. His limit!
The driver took Fang Hanmin back to the dormitory. He didn't even have time to wash up and fell asleep on the bed.
...
Two days later, the story of Hongxing Pharmaceutical Factory completely eliminating wastewater pollution through the use of new processes was featured on the front page of Shuangling Daily and on the morning news programs of Shuangling People's Broadcasting Station and Shuangling TV Station. It was truly a newspaper story. Famous, with sound on the radio and video on TV. This news report has a great publicity effect on Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory!
Since that afternoon, Fang Hanmin received calls one after another. Of course, the first caller was Yu Dongmei. She said excitedly on the phone: "Fang Hanmin, your company is so awesome! Not only was it in the newspaper, it was also broadcast on the radio. I heard and saw your deeds on the TV news. You are even more powerful. You were interviewed together with your factory director, and this time you showed your face in a big way!"
"Hey, it's not as magical as the news said. So what if you show your face during an interview with the factory director? I don't think it's that great."
"Fang Hanmin, your low-key character is also good. If it were someone else, you wouldn't know how to show off. You treat this kind of thing in a low-key manner without being ostentatious at all, which is conducive to continued progress. Work hard! Young man." After finishing speaking , Yu Dongmei laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Fang Hanmin didn't know what he meant.
"It's nothing, I'm happy for you."......
When he was about to get off work, the phone on Fang Hanmin's desk rang again, and he picked it up. Before he could speak, he heard a familiar voice coming from the other end of the phone, "Is this the Technical Department of Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory?"
"Yes, this is the technical department."
"Are you Fang Hanmin?"
"Yes, are you...?"
"Hanmin, I am Old Liu from the Guichun County Water Conservancy Bureau!"
"Ouch! Hello, Liu Gong! Maybe because of the poor transfer quality of long-distance calls, the voice on the phone is different from your real voice. It sounds a bit familiar, but I'm not sure it's you, so, no Dare to take the initiative to say hello. Liu Gong, how did you find me?"
"I used my unit's external contact number to call the switchboard of the Red Star Pharmaceutical Factory and lied that I was a staff member of the Municipal Science and Technology Commission, so the operator was willing to transfer me to the Technology Department."
"Staff of the Municipal Science and Technology Commission? Hahaha! Liu Gong, you have learned to lie too."
"If I don't lie, your operator won't transfer my call to your office. There's nothing I can do. It's forced by the situation, hahaha!"
"Liu Gong, what do you want from me?"
"Nothing else, I just wanted to call you to congratulate you!"
"Congratulations, what are you congratulating for?" Fang Hanmin had already forgotten about the news reports.
"Hanmin, are you deliberately keeping a low profile, or are you playing hide-and-seek with me? The deeds of you and your factory have not only made the front page of Shuangling Daily, but also appeared on radio and television news. Isn't it worthy of congratulations?"
"Did you also see this?"
"With the headlines in newspapers and the news on radio and television, how can I not know about such a big thing?"
Old Liu was the first noble person that Fang Hanmin met in his life. Fang Hanmin had always been grateful to him. Unexpectedly, he was still paying attention to him. A warm current came from Fang Hanmin's heart, "Liu Gong, thank you!"
"Why are you thanking me? I didn't do anything for you. These achievements were achieved through your own efforts. As a friend, I am proud of you!"...
