Chapter 584: Hide on the New Year

"Oh, it's another year--" It was Chen Tongda who sighed.

On New Year's Eve, there are no activities in Mingyang City. After all, it is a traditional Chinese festival. Everyone is in a hurry to go home to have the New Year's Eve dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala, and no one has the intention to spend time in the unit.

Except for some units with special work nature, most people have already returned home. Now the streets are basically deserted and there are not many vehicles, not to mention pedestrians. On the contrary, the children who set off fireworks occasionally appear.

There was no snow during this year's Spring Festival, which is relatively rare in the history of Mingyang.

Perhaps because of the large-scale flood disasters in spring and summer last year, the weather this year seemed a bit drought, just in line with the old saying that it is prone to severe drought after major floods.

Chen Tongda's mood is also quite complicated. After all, flood control achieved a brilliant victory last year, but it is hard to say whether the drought resistance work will be smoother this year. After all, this matter is even more difficult to figure out than flood control.

However, Dai Xuan was watching the Spring Festival Gala program. When she saw Liu Ruyan sing solo, she said to Chen Tongda, "Look, that girl is Liu Ruyan who has a rumor with Mingluo - Oh, she is really pretty-"

Chen Tongda's face turned dark and said, "What a mess? I have to warn this kid to be honest and be self-disciplined, and cause trouble if you don't have any other things."

He said this with great intentions. His family is developing so well now, which is inseparable from Xiao Mingxue's support. Although his father and son played a decisive role in overturning the case when Xiao Mingxue was in the most difficult time, Xiao Mingxue's care for his family was also very effective. Otherwise, he would not have been so easy to transform from a teacher to a mayor of a prefecture-level city at a department level within a few years.

Putting aside these things, even with his old classmates' relationship with Xiao Mingxue, Chen Mingluo can't tolerate anything that would be sorry to Xiao Xiao, right?

"This guy doesn't know if he's back from New Year's Eve—" Chen Tongda said depressedly.

"Didn't it mean that Premier Hong was summoned temporarily? It's normal that he can't come back-" Dai Xuan replied.

Dai Xuan was still quite excited about her son being summoned by Premier Hong himself twice. What a faceless son. It is really unique among her peers. Even if she counts a round, not many people can reach this level. As for wealth, no one can match it.

Dai Xuan felt that she was great. She gave birth to such an outstanding son for the Chen family and could win the Outstanding Contribution Award.

"I always think this matter is unreliable. Premier Hong has so many things to deal with. It's the New Year again, so why have time to summon him? If Vice Premier Sang summons him, it's still a little bit possible." Chen Tongda always thinks this matter is unlikely. He suspects that Chen Mingluo has something outside, so let's talk about it like this.

After all, even if you have some doubts, you can't call Premier Hong's office to verify the authenticity of this matter, right?

Even a cadre at the department level, he would not be able to visit Premier Hong. When Chen Tongda thought of this, he felt a little angry. What do you think is this? I am a department level, and my son is already at the department level. Could it be that in two years, I will be inferior to my son’s level?

Although this is not a bad thing, Chen Tongda still feels a little awkward. This son is really too evil.

"There's nothing wrong. Better than the blue ones—" Dai Xuan felt that this was a matter of course. "At that time, my son's level was higher, no one said that this was the result of my promotion, right? Even if I had the ability, I would not be able to promote my son to a higher level than my own, right?"

"What you said is correct-" Chen Tongda agreed with this.

After the noisy Spring Festival Gala finally ended, there was a series of news programs. At this time, Chen Tongda and Dai Xuan received a call from Chen Mingluo.

"Happy New Year, my mom and my mother - I will almost be able to go back to Mingyang in the afternoon -" Chen Mingluo said on the phone.

"Where are you?" Chen Tongda asked.

"Beijing City, I just had the New Year's Eve dinner with Boss Hong, and now I have left the homestay and rushed to the hotel. The staff of the Hong Office have helped to book the air tickets." Chen Mingluo replied on the phone.

"Really or not?" Chen Tongda expressed his doubts.

Chen Mingluo did not expect that anyone would doubt this matter, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I would have stayed Zhang Ying if I had known it."

But at this time, Dai Xuan shouted, "Old Chen, watch TV, and our son is here again!"

Chen Tongda turned his head and saw the scene of the Ninth Standing Committee appearing at the New Year tea party of people from all walks of life in the capital. Sure enough, among a group of celebrities, he saw the scene of Chen Mingluo sitting there eating cakes.

"Hey, this kid!" Chen Tongda immediately laughed. It was estimated that such a shot would be really hard to see in such an occasion. I don't know if it was the editor who neglected it or something, but it was released directly, which was really speechless.

However, this also shows one thing, at least Chen Mingluo is in the capital now.

"It's not stable at all. It's not like a deputy department-level cadre-" Dai Xuan looked at it and complained a few times.

After seeing it, Chen Tongda smiled and said, "There is nothing bad. You have to do whatever you are at the age of yours. If you put this behavior on others, you will cause trouble. If you put it on your son, you will be shining. Even if the leader No. 1 looks at it, he will think this little guy is very interesting, but he will not think that this matter is not serious or disrespectful."

"I don't understand how you officials think about the problem-" Dai Xuan shook her head, saying that she was puzzled.

Chen Tongda explained, "In fact, people in the officialdom who are in the rules have two sides. On the one hand, they need to maintain this rule, because this rule is the one who is one's own interests and is one with oneself. They must maintain their dignity, because doing so is equivalent to maintaining their dignity. But at the same time, everyone has long been tired of the strictness of this system and hopes to surpass it. For example, the president of the United States, you see how comfortable they are. They usually have jobs, leave, etc., and they are all given to ordinary people, but they are not possible in China."

"The national conditions are different-" Dai Xuan replied, "It's like you are the mayor, aren't you already busy with your feet?"

"Yes, different national conditions are actually different systems." Chen Tongda said, "But it cannot be denied that many people in the system are disgusted by certain unreasonable aspects of the system, especially the higher they reach the top, the more they are disgusted by these things. Therefore, sometimes, when you can see things that naturally jump out of the rules, everyone is still a little excited. Of course, the premise is that people who jump out of the rules are acceptable to everyone."

Chen Mingluo is an alien to the entire officialdom. It can be said that things that cannot be recognized by others will not be recognized by everyone. If they happen to him, everyone will feel very natural and will not feel that there is anything wrong with it.

Take the fact that I was eating cakes at the New Year tea party today. If I were to any guest, I would probably not invite him next year. If he was a cadre in the system, I would probably be scolded. However, when it happened to Chen Mingluo, everyone would only pay more attention to this young man and ask what his origin was. Then they said in surprise that this young man is good. He has done so many big things and is a talent. Look at how free and easy they are when eating cakes. From the small to the big, it can be seen that successful people are always unique.

"Go to bed early, just talk about these useful and useless things, and you will have to deal with a lot of things tomorrow-" Dai Xuan said to Chen Tongda.

After becoming the mayor, there are naturally many things to come and see off. In Mingyang, there are many people who are flattering themselves, especially on important festivals like the Spring Festival. How could no one visit?

Chen Tongda has already thought about it and will leave the guests behind closed doors tomorrow, so that his husband and his wife can hide out to save trouble at home.

"How about we go to Yangshuo? Get together with Lao Xiao and his family?" Chen Tongda suddenly had a whim.

"Forget it, do you think Lao Xiao is like you?" Dai Xuan immediately objected, "He is much smarter than you. He knows how to use the network of relationships in his hands. It is estimated that at this time, he may be thinking about going to Beijing to do activities."

"Hey—" Chen Tongda did not refute after hearing this.

Since he was thinking about hiding in the provincial capital, Xiao Mingxue, as a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the Secretary of the Yangshuo Municipal Party Committee, could not have had the same thoughts. Maybe he really went to the capital for activities as Chen Mingluo said.

However, after only a few minutes of this, Xiao Mingxue called, "Tongda, you probably haven't been asleep yet?"

"No, Brother Xiao is happy new year." Chen Tongda said with a smile, "I plan to greet you in the morning. I didn't expect that you call me now, so I will save trouble."

"I won't mention these things. I'm asking you, are you staying in Mingyang during the Spring Festival?" Xiao Mingxuewen said.

"I originally wanted to go to Yangshuo to find you and avoid the limelight, but considering that you must be very busy, I didn't mention this." Chen Tongda answered honestly.

"Then come to Yangshuo. I don't plan to go to the capital these days. Let's gather together in Yangshuo." Xiao Mingxue said, "You don't have to worry about not having a place. Mingluo's villa is good. You can live in the two families."

"Okay, that's all we have to say, we'll go there early in the morning." Chen Tongda agreed.

"Oh, if that happens, you have to call your son again, so that he won't be able to pierce back to Mingyang." Dai Xuan reminded.
Chapter completed!