Although Mayor Ma is a woman, she stands out from the crowd, and the men at the table are weak chickens in front of her. When she listens to her words, she is obsequious and can only agree and applaud.
Among this group of weak chickens, Chen Mu is the youngest one.
He has a decent appearance and a gentle temperament. Mayor Ma obviously likes such a young man, so he takes care of him the most.
As soon as he entered the door, Mayor Ma solemnly introduced the other weak chickens on the table: "This is Chen Mu, the general manager of Muya Forestry Company. Although he is young, he is a young man I am very optimistic about." …”
Mayor Ma told about Chen Muzi's deeds of inheriting his father's business, engaging in farmhouse entertainment to attract tourists to activate the local economy, setting up a forestry company to raise seedlings and afforestation, and donating money to build a school. He was not stingy with praise in his words.
It made the other weak chickens look at Chen weak chicken with fire in their eyes, which mixed various elements such as envy, jealousy and hatred, and the heat was compelling.
Chen Ruoji felt that the female mayor had exaggerated a bit, so she quickly waved her hands modestly: "It is the mayor, you have a good leadership, and I can achieve some achievements... Well, let's take the matter of building a school as an example, if it weren't for you With our great support, the school could not have been built so quickly."
Everyone loves to hear good things, especially good things that can be said basically based on objective facts, which made the female mayor laugh happily: "You don't have to be humble, I heard from Kurbanjiang that your forestry company This time, I got more than 3 million orders at the seedling exhibition in W City, and the results are very good. I will continue to work hard in the future, make more money and give back to the society. As long as you don’t violate laws and disciplines, I will support you.”
"Thank you mayor!"
Chen Mu quickly expressed his thanks.
The leader's words were a little emotional, and he was sincerely grateful.
Then, the female mayor introduced the other weak chickens on the table to Chen Mu one by one.
Just like what Secretary Wu said before, this time there were five suppliers in the town's bidding fair.
Some supply flowers, some supply trees, some supply potted plants, some supply lawns, and some supply seeds... Chen Mu mainly supplies shrub saplings, which are different from others.
Therefore, there is no direct competition among these suppliers.
The so-called bidding meeting in the town is mainly to call the suppliers over, discuss the price and quantity, and see how to make the business.
Bahe Town is so small, the town government spends very little money in this area every year, so it is impossible for any big foreign company to be interested in it. The people who come here today are all small local businesses. The principle of not leaving outsiders' fields, try to let the meat rot in your own pot.
After all the people arrived, the dinner officially began.
Now that the imperial court advocates clean and honest office, food cannot be too expensive, so there are some affordable things on the table.
Of course, it is impossible to have no wine. After all, for the Xia people, only drinking can express feelings. If there is no wine in such a meal, it cannot be called a meal at all.
Most of the baijiu that is usually drunk in the Northwest is produced in Gan Province. Today, what is on the table is the true color of Huangtai in Gan Province. The price is moderate and the taste is good.
The female mayor asked Secretary Wu to pour a glass for everyone on the table, and then said: "Huangtai Liquor has not been doing very well in the past two years, and it has been rumored everywhere that it will be poured. Let's drink more today, as a support." .”
Everyone quickly raised their glasses together.
Chen Mu also pretended to raise his glass, but he only touched the rim of the glass with his lips, and then put it down.
The female mayor let everyone do whatever they wanted, and many people just drank a little casually, so no one noticed him.
The meals came one after another, and after everyone on the table ate for a round, they began to toast each other.
Chen Mu has been playing the role of little transparent, eating food quietly, anyway, just like what Secretary Wu told him before, eat more food and talk less, try to weaken the sense of presence.
But-
People are floating in the rivers and lakes, how can they not be knifed.
Not long after, a fat supplier came over, held a full glass of wine and said to Chen Mu: "Come on, Chen...Chen Mu, right? It's the first time we meet today, let's go together."
Chen Mu smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "I'm sorry, Manager Li, I'm allergic to alcohol, so I can't drink it... well, then I'll replace wine with tea, and have a drink with you!"
"Tea instead of wine?"
That manager Li put on a serious face, showing an unhappy look, and looked up and down Chen Mu: "Are you looking down on me? I respect you. If you don't drink, you will lose face. This is not acceptable!"
Chen Mu wasn't angry either, he chuckled: "I don't drink it when anyone respects me, it's not a matter of face, it's because I'm really allergic to alcohol, so I can't drink it."
"You really don't want to drink?"
Manager Li became even angrier. He picked up Chen Mu's wine glass and said to Chen Mu, "What is alcohol poisoning? You're talking nonsense. Just have a drink, and I'll treat you as a friend from now on." , otherwise... hum..."
He also didn't explain the consequences of not drinking it, but he was so aggressive that it was clear that if you didn't drink it, we would become enemies.
Chen Mu has seen a lot of people like this, he has never been able to drink, and he has often been intimidated at the wine table like this, in fact, there is nothing you can do if you don’t drink the other party, so he shook his head calmly: "Sorry, Manager Li, I really can't drink."
"Okay, it's fine if you don't save face!"
Manager Li drank his wine in one gulp, turned around and left.
The wine table is so big, and the situation here has been seen by many people. The more Chen Mu stopped drinking, the more people came to respect him. After a while, other people came to respect him, making him a target of public criticism.
Chen Mu politely declined the toasts offered by these people one by one. Anyway, his response was not to eat oil and salt, and he was not angry, and replaced the wine with tea.
Those people had no choice but to speak sourly to the female mayor: "Mayor Ma, it's not that we don't show face, brother Chen doesn't even want to drink a glass of wine, how can we make friends?"
The female mayor also saw the process of Chen Mu's refusal to drink, and after thinking about it, she said to Chen Mu: "Xiao Chen, everyone is an enterprise in Bahe Town, and there must be opportunities for cooperation in the future, so let's make an agreement." , you have a drink with them, and none of them can respect you after that, okay?"
The female mayor has said so, and it seems unreasonable to refuse.
Chen Mu thought for a while, and felt that it was okay to have a drink, at most, he was drunk...
Sudden-
A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly thought of the vitality value...
Immediately, he thought about what would happen if he used vitality points to point at the liver...
Explosive
Chen Mu swallowed, then looked up at the female mayor: "Okay, then I'll have a drink."
After a slight pause, he secretly summoned a black-tech map and put a little energy point on his liver, while looking at the suppliers on the table who had offered him a toast, he said, "Toast me, I'll give you a toast." Even if you are allergic to alcohol, you can still drink it, then if I propose to you in the future, you must drink it, no problem?"
"no problem!"
Those people all smiled and looked at Chen Mu indifferently.