As get off work was about to end, Zang Yi received a call from Ouyang Dui. He sighed and said, "If you have anything to do in the future, you still have to let me know in advance."
Ouyang Dui smiled and said, "It's such a small matter, there's no need for that."
Zang Yi said: "This matter is not that simple, right?"
Ouyang Dui nodded and said, "There is a saying that goes, 'You can't get to know each other without fighting.'"
Zang Yi said unhappily: "What do you mean? You spent so much effort just because you want him to know you?"
Ouyang Dui said: "That's right! If nothing unexpected happens, he and you are the same kind of people. Even if we can't become friends, it's an honor to let him remember that he has an enemy like me."
Zang Yi said calmly: "You are becoming abnormal again."
Ouyang Dui said softly: "We live in the best of times, and also the worst of times."
Zang Yi nodded and said, "In an apparently peaceful era, it is really difficult to distinguish who is the enemy and who is the friend."
"Aren't we friends?" Ouyang Dui asked with a smile.
Zang Yi was silent for a while, and said: "At least for now. No one can control the future. After all, many unexpected events will happen in life."
"So this is how you view our friendship. Sigh, you are so wary of someone you've worn the same pants with since childhood. Sometimes I really think you're a cold-hearted person." Ouyang Dui didn't feel disappointed, and smiled faintly, "Although there will be many changes in the future, it is also possible that it will remain the same as before."
Zang Yi smiled and said, "Maybe."
Chapter 0738: Interpersonal Relationships Need to Be Maintained
In the evening, Fang Zhicheng invited Xiang Xin to dinner. Recently, Xiang Xin had helped him solve a lot of problems, so Fang Zhicheng still had to maintain his relationship with Xiang Xin. Although Fang Zhicheng was Xiang Xin's superior, and Xiang Xin was able to quickly become the top figure in the Xiaguang District Public Security Bureau from the deputy director, it was all because of Fang Zhicheng's promotion, but they still had to get together occasionally to cultivate their relationship.
This is how relationships between people work. If they are not maintained frequently, they will fade away one day. There is a saying that love needs to be managed and maintained. It is love, so it still needs to be maintained. Moreover, Fang Zhicheng and Xiang Xin’s friendship is not very solid.
People's hearts are indifferent. Now those former colleagues in Dongtai are gradually not so familiar with each other because they have not been in contact for a long time. Interpersonal relationships need to be lubricated occasionally, otherwise, like a machine that does not work, it will rust over time.
The venue was set in the private room on the third floor of Jinxique. Jinxique was one of the few good new hotels in Hanzhou. I heard that after the new renovation, a national-level chef was replaced. Therefore, it has been very popular in the official circles of Hanzhou recently, and most of the official or private dinners will be held here.
Although it has been advocated to reduce the eating and drinking habits among cadres, dinner parties are an essential element of officialdom. Although Zhang Tianling has been cracking down on it for a while, the effect is not very good, as can be seen from the liveliness of Jin Xique.
After Fang Zhicheng entered Jin Xi Que, several people took the initiative to greet him. Some of them were familiar, and some looked unfamiliar, but Fang Zhicheng knew that most of them were probably people in the officialdom.
Xiang Xin arrived shortly afterwards and saw that Fang Zhicheng had already arrived. He wiped the sweat off his face and said with a smile, "Sorry, something urgent happened before I left, so I was delayed for a few minutes."
Fang Zhicheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's my treat today, so it's only natural that you arrive after me. In addition, there are still ten minutes before the agreed time, so you are not late. Also, I'm treating you to dinner alone today, and it has nothing to do with work, so relax a little."
Xiang Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed in his heart. A year and a half ago, when Xiang Xin faced Fang Zhicheng, he was not like this. He was straightforward and free and easy at that time, but now in front of Fang Zhicheng, he was much more restrained.
The relationship between people will change, especially after a long period of contact, Xiang Xin gradually developed a sense of awe towards Fang Zhicheng, because he knew that Fang Zhicheng could help him get everything he has now, and therefore could also deprive him of everything.
Seeing Fang Zhicheng bring a bottle of Moutai, Xiang Xin smiled and said, "I'm sorry to have cost you money today."
Fang Zhicheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay to treat you to a bottle of this occasionally. But if I have to treat you every day, that won't work."
Xiang Xin knew Fang Zhicheng well. This Moutai might have been a gift from someone else, but Fang Zhicheng must have given it back. In the officialdom, it was common for superiors and subordinates to give gifts to each other. If you didn't accept it, it would seem too old-fashioned. So the smart and appropriate thing to do was to accept the gift from others and give a gift of the same value in return.
The interaction doesn't feel awkward and it also increases the affection between you.
Fang Zhicheng couldn't drink much, so he certainly wouldn't take the initiative to buy wine, so this Moutai must have been given to each other.
After three glasses of wine, Xiang Xin slowly relaxed a little. This was also Fang Zhicheng's purpose, because he felt that the relationship with Xiang Xin should not be as simple as superiors and subordinates. He hoped to become a close partner or comrade-in-arms with Xiang Xin.
Xiang Xin is a very talkative person, so even though there were only two people at the dinner, it didn't seem lonely. Xiang Xin told many strange cases, such as a woman who bought concentrated sulfuric acid to avenge her boyfriend and poured it on the third party who had destroyed their relationship. As a result, after the third party was disfigured, the boyfriend decisively returned to the woman.
Fang Zhicheng laughed and said, "Old Xiang, you must have drunk too much. Are you trying to trick me? I remember a similar plot on a TV show, but in the end the boyfriend stayed with the third party and never returned to the woman."
Xiang Xin waved his hand and said with emotion: "Boss, society is very realistic. Those things on TV are all lies. If the TV station reports this news truthfully when editing it, then wouldn't it be promoting negative energy, which would go against the main theme of society?"
Fang Zhicheng smiled and said, "Old Xiang, you sound very convincing, but I still choose not to believe it."
Xiang Xin smiled and said, "Boss, if you stay in the public security system for a while, you will know that all the fakeness, ugliness and evil of society are here. Alas, sometimes I feel like I have become rotten."
Fang Zhicheng sighed and said, "The pursuit of economics in society has caused most people to lose their principles and lower their moral bottom line."
Xiang Xin said: "That's a bit too abstract."
Fang Zhicheng laughed and said, "Are you mocking me?"
Xiang Xin shook his head and said with a smile: "I dare not."
Afterwards, Xiang Xin started the next story. Before they knew it, half an hour had passed and the relationship between the two had become much more harmonious.
Xiang Xin was very smart. He knew why Fang Zhicheng invited him to dinner, so he let go of his restraint and said with a smile, "Boss, it's a bit boring for two people to face a table of Western food. How about inviting a few ladies? Otherwise, it would be awkward for two grown men to just stare at each other."
Fang Zhicheng thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Oh? Do you have a close female friend?"
Xiang Xin nodded and said, "Of course, I have many female confidants. Wasn't it through a female confidant that we first met that we were introduced to each other?"
Fang Zhicheng patted his forehead and said with a smile: "I almost forgot - Dou Jiaojiao."
When I first met Xiang Xin, the scene was a bit strange. Fang Zhicheng and Shen Wei were recognized by Dou Jiaojiao while they were shopping...