Fang Zhicheng sat down happily and said with a smile: "Old man, you seem to be in a good mood!"
Old Ning laughed and said, "This is a vulgar way of greeting!"
Fang Zhicheng scratched his head and smiled, "Otherwise I don't know how to start."
Ning Lao's half-opened eyes were gleaming with a gleam of light, and he said leisurely: "You don't need to ask. Vanilla invited you to Ali because I have something to talk to you about."
Fang Zhicheng thought to himself that it was just as he expected. When he talked to Ning Xiangcao on the phone that time, she asked him to make time to come to Yunhai. Although she didn't say it explicitly, she hinted at it. After all, Mr. Ning, who was in charge of Wang Chong, took the initiative to meet Fang Zhicheng, and it was not easy to say such things directly, so she just nodded to Fang Zhicheng.
Fang Zhicheng was quite straightforward and immediately agreed to Ning Xiangcao's request.
Fang Zhicheng thought about the whole process and asked with a smile, "Old man, what do you want me to do?"
Old Master Ning waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's not really an order, I just want to chat with you and understand your current situation."
Fang Zhicheng was slightly startled, feeling flattered. Fang Zhicheng was also a proud person, and he did not take ordinary dignitaries seriously, but Mr. Ning was a famous figure in Chinese history. It was such an honor to be able to talk to such a person.
How to introduce yourself is also a science. He smiled and said, "I am now two steps closer to my goal since the last time I saw you."
Old Ning saw that Fang Zhicheng's words were interesting, so he smiled and nodded and said, "Good boy. Since the first time I met you, I have been paying attention to you. Regularly, someone will hand in your situation to my desk. As I get older, my own story is almost coming to an end, so I like to read stories about young people. Your story is good, with tension and relaxation, and people can always read some surprises."
Fang Zhicheng smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Ning, I didn't expect to receive your attention. I was quite surprised. However, I think I am just an ordinary person, doing some very ordinary things. It's just that when you read my story, you may have some emotions, so you think my story is unusual, right?"
Elder Ning pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right! I'm paying attention to you because of Vanilla."
"Grandpa, what bad things are you saying about me behind my back?" Ning Xiangcao had brewed a pot of tea and walked into the house with a smile on her face. She was very happy to see Fang Zhicheng and Old Ning having a good chat.
Old Ning took the teapot, took a sip from the spout, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Zhicheng and I are praising you."
Ning Xiangcao showed her dimples, as if she had turned into a young girl. She pinched Old Ning's back and said, "Grandpa, there's no need to praise me. Just smoke less in the future."
"Cigarettes?" Ning Lao pretended to be stupid, "I have quit smoking for a long time."
Ning Xiangcao said unhappily, "Grandpa, I heard from the guards that you secretly smoked three times this week."
Mr. Ning sighed and said, "It's just three cigarettes. I'm a heavy smoker. How can I quit it just like that?"
Ning Xiangcao glared at Old Ning and said, "No! This is for your health. My father entrusted you to me, and I have to be filial to him."
Old Ning nodded and said, "I'll listen to you. I'm alone now, so it's just that you're willing to come and see me occasionally."
Ning Xiangcao smiled and said, "In the future, not only will I come to visit you often, Xiao Fang will also come here often, right?"
Fang Zhicheng nodded quickly and promised: "Old man, I will come to report to you every month in the future."
Old Ning waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, but don't do it too often. I have a weird personality. If you talk to me once a month, it's enough. If you talk to me more than once, I will get bored."
Fang Zhicheng was very happy to see that Mr. Ning was willing to accept his visit, because this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Fang Zhicheng chatted with Mr. Ning for a while. He was good at speaking and deliberately made the old man happy. Mr. Ning smiled from time to time, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Before they knew it, it was noon. Mr. Ning had lunch with Fang Zhicheng and Ning Xiangcao. After all, Mr. Ning was over 80 years old, so he had to take a nap after lunch. Fang Zhicheng and Ning Xiangcao left the old house.
Guo Jinyuan had already left after sending Fang Zhicheng to the Ning family's old house, so Fang Zhicheng got into Ning Xiangcao's car. Ning Xiangcao saw that Fang Zhicheng was confused and smiled, "We are so familiar with each other, you don't have to hold it in."
Fang Zhicheng let out a long sigh and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple for Mr. Ning to meet me today, right?"
Ning Xiangcao nodded and said, "You are quite smart. I believe you are aware that you are in a very complicated environment now, right?"
Fang Zhicheng was slightly stunned, and suddenly realized something. The figure of Hua Zhanlu flashed through his mind. Could it be that because of Hua Zhanlu, Mr. Ning wanted to meet him
Ning Xiangcao continued, "There are forces in the military that are targeting you now. The old man wants to meet with you to discourage those people and make them tone down their arrogance."
Fang Zhicheng suddenly realized and was quite surprised. He obviously didn't expect that Hua Zhanlu was actually related to the military. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, and at the same time he was deeply moved by Mr. Ning's good intentions.
Chapter 0417 The Legendary List of Hundreds
After returning to Dongtai, Fang Zhicheng carefully sorted out his relationship with the Ning family. He felt that he needed to study carefully what Mr. Ning said to him, that is, "I like to read the stories of young people", which means that Mr. Ning has always been paying attention to his growth. Although these older generation revolutionaries have withdrawn from the stage, their influence has never disappeared. Every word they say can be heard by the heavens, and will be highly concerned and valued by national leaders. At the same time, their styles of doing things are also different. They pay more attention to the deployment of troops and the placement of chess pieces. Through strategizing, they can grasp the fortune of the country and then affect the fate of more than one billion people.
From a normal perspective, he should be happy about what Mr. Ning said to him. What is reading your own story? The implication is that Fang Zhicheng is regarded as a force of the Ning family.
In the minds of this older generation, only the power of the family can inherit their own ideas. Each family will choose one or two leaders to compete and compete with other factions at different age levels.
It is said that there are three lists within the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, each of which contains about 30 people. They are updated once a year and those who do not meet the requirements are removed from the list. At the same time, these lists are also ranked, and a comprehensive assessment is conducted based on the individual's age, qualifications, and political achievements to determine the corresponding sequence.
The three lists correspond to fifty-five, forty-five, and thirty-five respectively. This list of nearly one hundred people includes the core figures of the three generations of the Chinese government: old, middle-aged and young.
The competition between family factions not only starts from the highest level, but also begins at the beginning of one's official career. Those who can finally reach the top of the pyramid are all, without exception, talented people with excellent qualities and extraordinary skills.
For example, Jin Feng’s brother Jin De is the person that the Jin family focuses on training. If there really is a list of one hundred people, Jin De must have been on it.
Fang Zhicheng thought too much and couldn't help but feel a little distracted. He wondered if he could get closer to the Ning family, would he also be able to make it into the legendary list of 100 people
Feeling that he was overthinking it, Fang Zhicheng quickly shook his head and smiled at himself.
In the officialdom, one's personal power is very small. Even if one has a good relationship with the Ning family and Old Master Ning appreciates one, it is difficult for an outsider to enter the core circle of the Ning family. The reason is simple. From ancient times to the present, factions are connected by blood or marriage. If an outsider wants to integrate into a faction, there is no other way.
If he wanted to enter the core circle of the Ning family and become the third-generation leader that the Ning family was training, he had to become the son-in-law of the Ning family... Although his relationship with Ning Xiangcao was becoming more and more ambiguous, it was too difficult to capture Ning Xiangcao's heart. Besides, he already had people he needed to be responsible for, such as Qin Yuming or Ye Qingrou...
At this moment, Fang Zhicheng didn't know that because of Mr. Ning, there was another person who was even more panicked than him. That was Sun Weiming, secretary of the Dongtai County Party Committee. He received a secret document from the "Xiyuan Organization". He spent half an hour deciphering the code from the decoding book, and was speechless for a long time, "Cancel all actions against Fang Zhicheng."