Chapter 2138 Difficult Task

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In the evening, a small club villa outside the Fifth Ring Road.

Because he knew Xiao Qi's habits, Cao Zhichong didn't book a bustling restaurant. This small club usually has a lot of salons, but when it's time to eat, there are not many people.

"Here is the most authentic Shandong cuisine, which is delicious and full-bodied. I used to like it the most." Sitting on the wine table, Cao Zhichong said to Xiao Qi with a smile like this, "But if I knew Miss Du was coming, I should go Only places where Northeast cuisine is popular.”

"I don't care much about eating." Du Feixing pursed her lips and smiled. Compared to before, she is much more confident now.

Although I know that the two middle-aged people on the opposite side, one is the boss of PetroChina, and the other is the deputy director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, both of them are powerful figures, but her husband is more dazzling than them, so there is no need to be timid and humble.

In fact, from Du Feixing's eyes, it can be seen that these two people are unabashedly flattering Xiao Qi, just like Liu Chang.

"Female stars usually eat very little, especially at night, right?" Kang Yuanjun said, "But I think Miss Du is a little skinny. If you are pregnant with an unusually small child, then it won't work." .”

"If it is then, I will definitely eat Northeast stew all day long." Du Feixing smiled again, "But Director Kang, you are wrong. I still have to eat something at night, such as fruits and vegetables ...But those female stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan wish they could live on mineral water for three meals a day like models."

"I don't know what's so good about that. I ruin myself." Kang Yuanjun said dismissively, "Look at our older generation of artists, that's called nature! It's definitely not relying on crooked methods to attract others' attention."

Kang Yuanjun is also an old-fashioned person, and he doesn't think much of those impetuous celebrities, so he is naturally not polite when speaking.

certainly. This is because he and Xiao Qi are familiar, otherwise he would not dare to say these words in front of Xiao Qi, which seem to allude to Du Feixing. Although he has no such thoughts at all.

"Hehe, why are you talking about the entertainment industry?" Xiao Qi smiled and changed the topic back, "Aren't we here today to celebrate Chairman Cao's upcoming promotion to Deputy Director of the Development and Reform Commission? Come on, Myolie, pour us all, Director Cao must drink two more glasses today!"

"Qi Shao, you are too polite!"

Cao Zhichong quickly stood up. Holding up the glass with both hands, Du Fei Xing poured the wine.

Lao Cao is the best at this point, he knows what it means to repay kindness, and he also knows what it means to be unassuming.

It stands to reason that if he can enter the Development and Reform Commission as the deputy director, he will definitely be a high-ranking official in Huaguo, and there is no need to please Xiao Qi like before.

But Cao Zhichong never had this kind of mentality, he was still as respectful as ever.

There are many reasons. First of all, Cao Zhichong knows how he got his position today. If it wasn't for Xiao Qi's guidance all the way in the past few years, and because of Xiao Qi's ability to squeeze into Niu Boss' circle. How could he have the current position?

Then, although Cao Zhichong will be a high-ranking official in the future, he can only be regarded as a low-ranking deputy director of the Fa. Reform Committee. The authority is not that great, and Xiao Qi still needs to continue to take care of him and help him with his work.

What's more, although he has climbed higher. But Xiao Qi's two backers are one of the more than 30 people with the highest power in Huaguo, especially Niu Boss. It is a certainty that he will become a regular in the future. If he puts on a bad face now, then in the future Can Boss Niu use him again? ——No one wants to use a guy who is not familiar with it.

Kang Yuanjun's mentality was similar to Cao Zhichong's. He sat down holding a glass of wine, and drank it down after toasting with everyone.

Xiao Qi and Du Feixing naturally drank champagne. With Xiao Qi around, Du Feixing is not a drinker at all. Where is the need to wrong yourself to drink? ——Although her drinking capacity is much better than Xiao Qi's.

"Speaking of which, the work of the National Development and Reform Commission is not necessarily easy." Cao Zhichong said suddenly after eating two bites of food, "Although it seems like a good position, after going up, it is doomed to be very busy because of the introduction strategy of various energy sources. Stop. Not to mention anything else, the pipelines in Russia, Central Asia and South Asia alone are enough to be busy for seven or eight years."

"This is a hard job." Xiao Qi nodded directly, "Basically, after completing these tasks, you should retire, Mr. Cao. At most, when you retire, you will be promoted to the rank of the department. Better yet, giving you a transitional retirement from the CPPCC or the National People's Congress is the best reward."

"So I'm not reconciled. After all these years of hard work, I still want to be a tired scalper." Cao Zhichong said with a smile.

Although he was a little embarrassed and smiled wryly, Xiao Qi could see that Cao Zhichong was more of a kind of pride and drive.

From the chairman of a group in charge to the deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission in charge of the whole, Cao Zhichong's rank has risen, and his sense of responsibility and drive have also risen.

Those who are in politics, who would not want to paint a wonderful picture scroll by splashing pen and ink?

Although the work Cao Zhichong mentioned is very long-term and arduous, is it not a kind of honor?

In the future, everyone will enjoy the convenience of these land pipelines, and everyone will say "Good job, Director Cao".

Kang Yuanjun raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, "Old Cao, don't complain here, how about we change? You come to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission? I am not afraid of hardship or tiredness."

"Go, go, go!" Cao Zhichong sneered at his friend, "You've been fooling around for so long, why don't you allow me to be hypocritical? Just wait and see in the future, I'm a person who does big things!"

Kang Yuanjun was speechless for a while, but Du Feixing over there laughed softly.

"Okay, okay, don't worry, I will definitely not order you around in the future!" Cao Zhichong couldn't hold his face any longer, and raised his glass with a smile, "Come on, Lao Kang, let's have a drink! The days are still long, let's have a drink!" Support each other a lot!"

"Look at what you said, am I as stingy as you?" Kang Yuanjun drank it down after clinking glasses with him.

Both of them have been good friends for decades, so they naturally know the difficulties in the officialdom. Without people above, people supporting each other, and people below doing things, it is really difficult to do things well.

Fortunately, both of them have entered Niu Ruzheng's circle at the same time now, the big goal is the same, coupled with such a deep friendship, naturally there is no need to worry about the relationship changing in the future.

"Speaking of which, Young Master Qi is really my noble man." Cao Zhichong took a few more mouthfuls of food, suppressed his drink, and then said with a smile: "I complained to Young Master Qi before, why didn't the higher-ups see my credit, but in the end Qi Shao said that there is still time for me to perform... Then we waited for such a big deal! Good guy, if it can be done well, at least Huaguo will not worry about foreign countries until the world's oil is exhausted threatened!"

What Cao Zhichong said is a bit exaggerated, but it is also very close to the truth.

Hua Guo not only wants to build oil and gas pipelines from Russia on land, gas pipelines in countries such as Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan in the Middle East, oil and gas pipelines that cross Myanmar and go directly to the Bay of Bengal, and also go through Pakistan. Oil and gas pipelines in the Arabian Sea.

In fact, the last pipeline is directly at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, which will not only save time, but also save a lot of transportation costs.

This is also the goal that Huaguo has been striving for since the 1990s.

It's just that it was blocked by the United States and Western countries before, so it couldn't start work. Even now, it is not so smooth.

However, taking advantage of the current financial crisis, perhaps under the strong request of oil-producing countries, this energy line may also be completed.

And the oil and natural gas pipeline from Myanmar to the Bay of Bengal is more obviously inserted into the vital points of the countries in Southeast Asia, so that China's energy strategic ships do not need to cross the Strait of Malacca at all, and go directly from the angle between Sri Lanka and India. If you go straight up, you can reach the mouth of Myanmar, unload the oil and natural gas to the port, and then transport it back to China through pipelines.

In this way, neither Singapore nor Malaysia, nor even Indonesia and the Philippines can pose any strategic threat to China.

Moreover, Singapore, which is famous for its oil processing and transshipment trade, has to kneel down directly, and the good days are gone forever.

Compared with the one in Pakistan, it should be said that the one in Myanmar is more practical, because it is not so close to the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf, and will not touch the sensitive nerves of those Western countries.

However, the practical consideration is that the relationship between Myanmar and China is not very good, and it is far from the brotherhood of Pakistan, so this channel is also very difficult.

However, according to what Cao Zhichong said, if all the pipelines are really built according to the plan and put into use, then not only will Huaguo's oil and natural gas reserves reach a terrifying level, but it will also be able to offset Huaguo's reserves in all aspects. Weakness in marine military strength has greatly increased our confidence in energy strategy.

It is also because of this that Niu Ru was actively expounding this point of view at the executive meeting of the government, and asked Cao Zhichong, whose strength and patience had been proven, to do the job.

Errands are drudgery, but they are drudgery that is valued and watched by the whole country.

Cao Zhichong has eaten all kinds of delicious food in PetroChina, enjoyed it and enjoyed it, and the salary is not lacking. Now when he is on the last shift, he is given such a big task that can go down in history, saying that he is complaining about the hard work. There is no excitement and energy in it, it is pure nonsense.

Xiao Qi was worried that Cao Zhichong wanted to be famous, and he was unwilling to do things in a down-to-earth manner.

Looking at his vigor now, he knew that Uncle Niu really knew people.

With his guidance, supervision and coordination, and Lao Cao working hard, the success of the energy strategy is just around the corner! (The novel "Dream Era" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the top right "add friend", search the official account "qdread" and pay attention, hurry up!) (to be continued~^~)