Chapter Thirty: Inviting Guests from All Over

  Since Wang Fangyun invited his guests and came to toast, and also had Old Zheng's face, Ye Pingyu certainly couldn't treat the owner of a wine house as an ordinary person. So after clinking glasses, he indicated that there was no need to stand on ceremony, with County Chief Zheng present, everything would be easy to say.

  When she heard this, Wang Fangyun was delighted and, without regard for the two men present, after finishing her wine, she used her hand to lift up the large, full bosom in front of her chest, then poured another large cup of wine, wanting to toast Ye Pingyu again.

  Seeing her flirtatious and coquettish appearance, Ye Pingyu could only be speechless, so he poured another cup of wine to toast with her. After drinking it, his face turned crimson, and the charming and seductive aura of a tavern owner's wife emerged.

  At this moment, the door was suddenly opened by someone, and Zhao Yuncai walked in with a cup of wine. It turned out that he and Yan Bingli were drinking in the next room and found Old Zheng and Ye Pingyu, so they wanted to pull Yan Bingli over to toast them with a cup of wine. However, when Yan Bingli saw Ye Pingyu inside, he was unwilling to go. This old man relied on his own power and didn't think much of Ye Pingyu even after he became the director of the Party and Government Office. After a brief moment of panic, he simply ignored Ye Pingyu, looking at him with disdain.

  Zhao Yuncai didn't want to be like him, neglecting his duties, and his position as the head of finance was precarious. Although he had Zhao Yuangong's support, if Cao Dafu was dissatisfied with him, he would still be ousted. So he had to come over and offer a toast, and now Old Zheng could also supervise him, so he couldn't not come either.

  As soon as he came in, Zhao Yuncai showed a smiling face, and Ye Pingyu's expression also added a few more brilliant ones, but Ye Pingyu just smiled slightly and didn't show too much excitement.

  Holding his wine, Zhao Yuncai first toasted Old Zheng's wine, indicating that from now on he would be under the leadership of Zheng Xiangzhang. He promised to obey the leadership and do a good job in the future. Old Zheng stood up with a smile and said: "Old Zhao, there is no need to mention our relationship, what leadership or not, we are just brothers. If there's anything that needs discussion, let's talk about it together. As for work arrangements, just follow the leader's arrangement, isn't that enough? No need for so much courtesy!"

  Although Old Zheng said so, Zhao Yuncai didn't dare to take a big shot and still respectfully toasted Old Zheng with a cup of wine. Then he sat down to eat some dishes and chatted with Old Zheng for a couple of sentences before standing up to toast Ye Pingyu's wine: "Director Ye, I'll also toast you a cup of wine, brother, congratulations on your promotion! Another day, I'll set up another round, let Village Chief Zheng sit in, and everyone will get drunk together, how about that?"

  Zhao Yuncai became very enthusiastic and started calling Ye Pingyu "brother", but the more he did this, the clearer Ye Pingyu saw his true face. Before becoming the director of the party and government office, he had been playing tricks on him, not giving him the account that was supposed to be given, and even mocking him in front of others. Now that he has become the director, he comes over with a proud face, wanting to be his brother. This kind of person is someone Ye Pingyu really doesn't want to deal with for even a moment, but this is how things are in official circles - it's all about give-and-take and putting on a show. Haven't you seen the way Old Zheng acts? He clearly wants to take care of him, but still calls him "brother", making it impossible to sense any problem. In this regard, Ye Pingyu has something to learn from him.

  Ye Pingyu stood there and burst out laughing, saying: "Director Zhao, you're too polite! What Director Zheng said just now is right, we're all brothers, don't be so polite. In the future, I'll still need your support for many things, so let this cup of wine be my toast to you, Director Zhao!"

  Ye Pingyu responded with ease, and Zhao Yuncai listened afterwards even more dare not underestimate him. It's just that he originally didn't discover Ye Pingyu was a talented person, if he had discovered it earlier, he wouldn't have refused to reimburse his medical expenses. Alas, the only thing to blame is his original vision being too high, looking down on people, otherwise he wouldn't have made such a low-level mistake.

  After the two men clinked their glasses together, Zhao Yuncai casually brought up the topic: "By the way, Brother Ye, the county just sent over a batch of money. If you have any unreimbursed expenses, hurry up and report them to me, otherwise there might not be any more money in a few days. Zheng Xiangzhang, you too, if you have any expenses, quickly come to me to report them!"

  As soon as he heard this, Ye Pingyu couldn't help but let out a cold laugh from his nostrils and immediately said: "Thanks, Director Zhao, I don't have any accounts to settle for now, but Secretary Cao might need some money recently, so it's better if you keep some of it and don't let others pay it off so quickly!"

  Zhao Yuncai hastily bowed and said: "Director Ye, you are right. Everything is still Secretary Cao's priority. If others come to report, just tell them that the countryside has no money! Hehe!"

  But he had just finished speaking, and felt that it was not quite right to speak like this in front of Ye Pingyu, so he explained again: "I'm not cheating them, but I want to make sure that the village leaders' money is not being wasted?"

  Ye Pingyu sneered repeatedly, he knew what kind of person Zhao Yuncai was. No matter how he explained, it was useless. What he said and did now wasn't the same as what he had said and done in front of him before? What's the use of explaining more to himself?

  Zhao Yuncai felt that the more he explained, the more Ye Pingyu would misunderstand, so he had to turn to Old Zheng and ask if there were any accounts to be settled. Old Zheng smiled blandly: "There's nothing on my side, Director Zhao, don't be polite, if we have any accounts, we'll naturally come to you to settle them!"

  Zhao Yuncai felt embarrassed, if it wasn't for the matter of not letting Ye Pingyu pay the bill that time, no matter what, he wouldn't be in such a predicament now. Now it's too late to say anything, so he just made two more polite remarks and then left.

  After he left, he thought that Ye Pingyu had an unreported account in his hand, but how could he say nothing? It seems that this kid was taking revenge on him, and it didn't seem to be a good thing.

  He returned with a heavy heart, and Yan Bengui saw him come back, so he invited him to drink wine. He had no choice but to go through the motions without enthusiasm, thinking about what to do next.

  The day after drinking, Ye Pingyu thought of proposing to Cao Dafu to strengthen the party and government office team. He came to Cao Dafu's office and put forward his idea. Cao Dafu listened and felt that the party and government office was short of two people at once. Now, transferring one person over is also possible, so he agreed to his request. After finding Yan Bingli to talk about it, he transferred Wang Qiang, the person he wanted to transfer, over.

  After saying that, Cao Dafu smiled and said: "Xiao Ye, now our team has been adjusted. Go contact Manager Han and we'll go to the region together to thank them!"

  Ye Pingyu also felt that he should go and thank them, the banner was already made, just waiting to be sent over. He thought for a moment and said: "A couple of days ago, I spoke with Manager Han on the phone, he said there's no need to thank him, but I told him this is our sincere intention, we truly want to thank them, and he agreed. Now that we're going, Secretary Cao, do you want to call him personally?"

  Ye Pingyu reminded him that he is now the secretary of the township committee and should go to visit Han Yuanqing. It would be more appropriate for him to make a special phone call, but he was also afraid that Han Yuanqing would not give him face and refuse him in person. So he asked another question: "Xiao Ye, did Manager Han agree at the time?"

  "He agreed readily, you just give him another call and we can go."

  When Ye Pingyu said this, Cao Dafu finally felt at ease and thought about calling Han Yuancheng, but he wouldn't make the call in front of Ye Pingyu, fearing that something unexpected might happen. After saying this, he smiled slightly and asked in a low voice: "Little Ye, we're going to invite Manager Han for dinner tonight, will Director Zhu go or not?"

  Seeing him like this, Ye Pingyu knew what he meant and immediately said: "I'll call him right away, if he has time, I'll try to get him to go over too!"

  Cao Dafu happily said: "He's gone, it's even better. I heard Manager Han say that Director Zhu let him come to our place to collect rice. So, we should also thank him, don't you think? Little Ye, this matter is now handed over to you, you must find a way to invite Director Zhu too!"

  Cao Dafu thought that if he could see Zhu Zi Chuan, his face would be radiant and he could boast about it wherever he went, making others not dare to look down on him. If Ye Pingyu could invite Zhu Zi Chuan over, it would mean that Ye Pingyu really had a relationship with Zhu Zi Chuan.

  After listening to Cao Dafu's instructions, Ye Pingyu went downstairs and thought about how to call the middle-aged man he had met by chance. In the past, he would only call him when there was something going on, but this time it was just to invite him out for dinner. Although he said it was to express gratitude, as a government official, one could see his purpose at a glance. If the other person was unwilling, he had no way of forcing them. Moreover, he didn't even know what the man's specific name was or what position he held. It was just that the man had helped him in a daze, and it was only right to express gratitude to him. However, it shouldn't be done in this way, which clearly showed that Cao Dafu wanted to make connections with him and have him act as an intermediary.

  After thinking for a long time, Ye Pingyu was very hesitant and found it difficult to make up his mind. He didn't have the thick skin of Liang Jun, who could brazenly go forward without considering anything. He felt that the middle-aged man wasn't that kind of person either, and their interactions had no utilitarian purpose whatsoever. Now, suddenly wanting to call him with a utilitarian purpose made Ye Pingyu feel a insurmountable obstacle in his heart.

  Staying in the office for half a day, Ye Pingyu couldn't think of how to call that middle-aged man, whether to thank him himself or say that the countryside wanted to thank him? Or should he say it was the masses of Jinhu Village who wanted to thank him?

  If it's just himself, he can just say something and that's enough, no need to treat others. If it's about the village, he's afraid that middle-aged man will realize his intention. And if it's about the masses of Jinhu Village, how would they know to thank him? He'll still be exposed!

  After thinking back and forth, Ye Pingyu gritted his teeth and went all out, directly hitting the point, no matter what the middle-aged man thought, as long as he got his point across, that was enough, if he disagreed, then so be it, you can't force someone to do something they don't want to do.

  With a determined mind, Ye Pingyu picked up the phone and dialed the number.