I took out a box of cigarettes and a pen from my pocket. I smoked a cigarette and handed it to him.
Sun Tao lowered his head and smiled. He blocked the cigarette and said, "Smoke mine, smoke mine!"
Then, he took out a box of Yuxi cigarettes from his pocket and flicked them with his middle finger. Two cigarettes jumped out of the box side by side.
I took a cigarette and lit it for Sun Tao with a lighter. Then, I lit my own cigarette.
Sun Tao turned to Su Qian and said, "The person you were talking about on the phone was Zhang Long?" While talking, he used the cigarette to point at me.
I was a bit disgusted.
Su Qian smiled and said, "Zhao Long!
Not Zhang Long!
You've watched too much Bao Qingtian, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu. "
Sun Tao shrugged and turned to face me. He placed the car keys in his hand on the dining table and asked me, "Zhao Long, where are you getting rich now?"
I said, "Not rich, but I'm just making ends meet.
I'm working in a security company. "
Sun Tao's face changed, but he still gave a perfunctory smile and declined, "Okay!
How about this, I'll go out first. You guys wait for a while. "
I saw a trace of disdain in his fake smile.
I quickly judged that this was a person who knew how to change sides. From the moment I told him that I was a security guard, he had lost all interest in me!
But I had to admit that he was very arrogant. He had the air of a petty bourgeois!
Moreover, I didn't know why, but I suddenly had a bad premonition. It was getting stronger and stronger …
After Sun Tao left the room, Su Qian seemed to wake up from her thoughts. She sat on the chair and meditated.
Su Qian took out a box of wet wipes from her purse and wiped her hands. She smiled at me and said, "Zhao Long, Niu Dezhu and the others will be here soon. Niu Dezhu is very tall now. I think he's about 1.9 meters tall!
Yang Kening was still very thin and small, like a girl.
Hao Mei, she's become beautiful now, she's become very beautiful … "
I nodded perfunctorily and continued to smoke my cigarette.
Five minutes later, Sun Tao returned to the room and ran his fingers through his hair. He frowned and said, "Damn, they're not enthusiastic about the party. There's something wrong with their minds!"
Su Qian looked at the time and said, "It's already 6: 15. Why aren't Niu Dezhu and the others here yet?"
Sun Tao smiled as he came to a sudden realisation. "Make a call and urge them to hurry up.
No matter what the reason is, if they don't come after 6: 30, they'll have their right to attend the party! "
Susie did as she was told and called Niu Dezhu. He said that he was stuck in a traffic jam and was on his way.
She also called Hao's Hao Mei's number.
He dialed Yang Kening's number again, but there was still a traffic jam!
Su Qian closed her phone and bitterly smiled at Sun Tao. "Traffic jams have always been a part of Chinese culture!
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Sun Tao looked at us sideways. He looked like Xu Wenqiang.
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If there's a big traffic jam in Beijing, it means there's an important event! "
Su Qian probed, "What, do you know?"
Sun Tao said confidently, "Just ask!" Then, he took out his phone and dialed a number.
I saw that his phone was a Nokia 8800!
This phone was a luxury phone that came out in 2006. It was priced around 9,000 renminbi, and its full name was "?" after 8800.
It meant "the hot African wind that blows from Africa to Southern Europe."
The stainless steel sliding cover of this phone had a whirlpool design that looked like a sand dune in the desert.
Not only was the design beautiful, but it also had a good touch.
This was also one of the more obvious differences between this phone and other mobile phones.
The specially designed black theme elements made the 8800 look noble and exclusive. The high price made this machine still a plaything for the rich. It was a symbol of identity and status.
I carefully scanned Sun Tao's entire body. He was wearing a Donnie business suit that cost more than 10,000 RMB, a pair of luxurious crocodile leather buckles from Spain that cost more than 8,000 RMB, and a pair of leather shoes that cost more than 8,000 RMB. I couldn't tell what brand his pants were, but I could see that he was wearing an exquisite Swiss watch on his wrist, and the shirt underneath his business suit was also a famous brand that cost several thousand RMB.
With a rough calculation, his clothes were worth at least 70,000 renminbi.
To be exact, I was stunned!
In our country, there were many rich people. They were either government officials, businessmen, or government officials.
Sun Tao was just a small part of them. He was wearing branded clothes and drove a Land Rover that cost more than a million renminbi. He was just an ordinary government official, but when he went out, he looked really cool.
I wasn't jealous of him, but I felt an indescribable sadness that filled every corner of my body.
I didn't want to use too many adjectives to describe his wealth, because the richer he was, the more it confirmed the poverty of the people.
It was said that the country was rich and the people were poor in China. This saying seemed to be true.
Sun Tao didn't let us down. After he dialed a number, he asked the other side: Secretary Zhang, what are you busy with?
Secretary Zhang?
My head buzzed when I heard the word 'swish'!
Because I thought of Zhang Dengqiang!
But I immediately rejected my idea. There were more than a thousand secretaries with the surname Zhang in China. It wasn't like Zhang Dengqiang had a monopoly!
The conversation that followed made me more and more interested.
I heard Sun Tao say into the phone: Haha, tonight was a class reunion. Damn, unfortunately, there was a traffic jam!
So I want to ask you the truth. Did the officials do something again?
Sun Tao deliberately turned on the speaker and heard a deep male voice on the other side of the phone: Tao Zi, don't ask about this!
It's not something you should know!
Sun Tao sneered and said: You don't want to talk?
Then it's easy. If you don't talk, I'll call Deputy Bureau Chief Cheng right away and tell him what happened that day!
As you know, I've met Deputy Bureau Chief Cheng once.
Secretary Zhang said: Okay, okay, okay. Then I'll tell you. I really can't do anything about you.
Sun Tao said proudly: People who can be threatened by me have a certain value.
Otherwise, I won't waste my time and breath.
Secretary Zhang said: Three members of the Standing Committee went to the sea for a meeting today. Also, an important foreign guest came to our country. Several main roads in Beijing were blocked. It would be strange if there wasn't a traffic jam!
Sun Tao said with a smile: As long as there is a large-scale traffic jam in Beijing, it must be related to the officials' trip.
If there is a traffic jam on any road, humph, then the traffic in Beijing will be paralyzed!
Secretary Zhang said: Don't go out and talk nonsense!
I've already leaked the secret to you. Don't sell it to me.
Sun Tao said: Brother Zhang, am I that kind of person?
Okay, okay, I understand. You just work obediently. I'll treat you to a meal some other day.
Secretary Zhang said: By the way, the thing you asked me to do last time, I've done it for you!
It's almost the New Year, your promise should be fulfilled, right?
Sun Tao said with a smile: Of course.
Tomorrow, take some time to go to the bank and check the accounts.
Secretary Zhang said: You're still the one who does things quickly.
Good, if there is something like this in the future, don't hesitate to look for me!
Sun Tao said: Then let's see if you can give me a discount, haha.
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While listening to the conversation between Sun Tao and Secretary Zhang, I was almost stunned!
As the saying goes, there is no story without coincidence. I could tell that the Secretary Zhang on the other side of the phone was Zhang Dengqiang, my comrade-in-arms who worked with me for several years!
I don't know how Sun Tao and Zhang Dengqiang met, but from the content of their conversation, it was enough to analyze that these two were engaged in shady business.
Of course, Sun Tao didn't hide this kind of shady business. Instead, he used it as a way to show off and win the admiration of others.
I had to admit that the circle in Beijing was very small.
Zhang Dengqiang's reappearance made me realize a lot of things, but it also made me feel very uncomfortable.
After Sun Tao hung up the phone, he smiled at Su Qian and said: "I received reliable information that today's traffic jam was because several members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee went to the sea for a meeting, so they blocked a few main roads.
It's normal, as long as the leader or foreign guests come to visit, there will be traffic jams in Beijing!
Plus, there was a traffic accident on the road we came from, so the entire Beijing will be stuck in traffic.
Actually, that traffic accident might have been caused by the traffic jam! "
Su Qian looked at Sun Tao with an almost worshipful gaze and asked: "The person who called you just now, whose secretary is he?"
Sun Tao stroked his hair and leisurely held another cigarette in his mouth: "I'm afraid I'll scare you if I tell you!
Let me tell you, he's … he's the leader's security secretary! "
Su Qian seemed to be stunned. "Ah!" She asked in disbelief, "Really? Is she really the chief's secretary?
Sun Tao, your social circle is too wide, you even know the leader's people.
The leader is one of the leaders of China!
He's too powerful, too powerful! "
Sun Tao smiled: "That's nothing!
Not only do I know Secretary Zhang, I also know a few security staff officers, and I have a good relationship with them.
Especially this Secretary Zhang, he's two bar one, no, no, he's already two bar two, he's like the leader's housekeeper, and he's in charge of everything.
A while ago, I asked Secretary Zhang to do something for me.
A relative of mine from my hometown wanted to join the Central Secret Service, but the Secret Service's selection was too strict, and my relative couldn't even get a spot.
So, I went to Secretary Zhang, and guess what, it was settled with one sentence!
My relative was immediately taken away by the Secret Service.
In this day and age, if you don't have connections, you can't do anything. "