Chapter 118
What a coincidence
() As soon as it was dawn, Lin Tao had a rare lazy bed.
The hotel I stayed in in the capital was so high-end, but I still didn’t feel as comfortable as at home. Sure enough, the golden nest and silver nest were not as good as my own dog kennel.
After getting up and tidying up briefly, Lin Tao went to the breakfast shop to inspect it.
In a practical sense, this facade no longer belongs to his real estate, and Zhou Guangcai has the title certificate.It's just that this person doesn't dare to make any big moves now, and he doesn't dare to take the house away openly, letting Lin Tao use it "temporarily".
The young chef still respects Lin Tao very much, he doesn't despise Lin Tao just because he is only a few years older than him, and treat him respectfully as the boss.
Lin Tao also found some sense of "leadership" from him. No wonder everyone likes obedient subordinates. It turns out that this is really the case.
The revenue of the breakfast shop has declined recently. The breakfast part is still the same, and the income from the main meal is somewhat small, but this is understandable. After all, the main focus is on breakfast. There are also several restaurants in the community. It depends on the quantity and quality of the dishes for the main meal , they must be more professional.
The young chef made the accounts in great detail. Lin Tao simply flipped through the accounts and found that there was no problem, so he didn't ask any more questions.Overall, the total loss since the opening was less than 5000 yuan, which has far exceeded his expectations, and it is considered the best situation.
After getting out of the breakfast shop, Lin Tao came to the police station. Since he was close to Wang Dezhi, the film crew knew him well, and led him to the gate of the director's office.
Lin Tao knocked on the door and went in. Wang Dezhi sat on a chair and read a newspaper. There was an enamel tea mug on a small desk in front of him.
"Come on, sit down!"
Wang Dezhi pointed to the old sofa with cracked leather, and put down the newspaper.
The police station wasn't very big, and his office was even smaller. Apart from the decent desk, the biggest object was the filing cabinet behind him, which was full of documents.
"Have some tea?"
Lin Tao glanced at the enamel jar, which was full of broken tea leaves, and said with a smile, "Uncle Wang, just drink broken tea!"
"It's good to have something to drink. I'm just a little policeman, but I can't afford a few hundred yuan a tael of good tea."
Lin Tao chuckled, took out two boxes of white peonies from his shoulder bag and put them on the table.
"Try this year's new tea, specially bought for you!"
Wang Dezhi glanced at him, weighing the price of the tea in his heart, and didn't accept it immediately.
"Oh, I said, Uncle Wang, adding one of these two boxes of tea is not as good as having a meal with us. Don't be so scruples!" Lin Tao laughed because of his caution.
He wasn't lying. White tea wasn't very expensive in the first place. The two boxes together cost only a catty, and the total was only a few hundred yuan. Wang Dezhi was too cautious.
As he said that, he took out two more Chinese cigarettes from his bag. Police officers are heavy smokers. Even if they don't smoke at first, they will be worn out after a few years of work. This is what Sun Zhenying told him.
"I'll accept the tea, forget about the cigarettes!"
Wang Dezhi knew the price of Zhonghua cigarettes. A stick could buy two boxes of tea. To him, it was already the highest quality cigarettes he could smoke.
Lin Tao said: "Brother Sun asked me to bring it to you, don't worry, keep it!" He moved Sun Zhenying out.
Unexpectedly, Wang Dezhi called Sun Zhenying directly.As soon as Sun Zhenying picked up the phone, she knew what was going on and told the story with a smile. Wang Dezhi finally let go of his slightly frowned brows, hummed twice and hung up the phone.
"Lin Tao, since you call me uncle, we have to explain something clearly. I never accept gifts..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Tao interrupted: "I understand, this is not a gift for you, it is a human relationship. Is it possible that you need to worry about giving something when you get along with relatives?"
Wang Dezhi did not refute him this time, but nodded, opened a pack of cigarettes, took out 6 packs of cigarettes, opened the office door and shouted, and a police officer outside responded immediately.
"Here, Lin Tao sent it!" Wang Dezhi said.
"Yo, thank you Wang Suo!"
The police outside said happily.
Wang Dezhi was very strict with his subordinates, and he was absolutely not allowed to accept gifts casually. If he had something that he couldn't pass up, he basically gave it to his subordinates, the police officers.
After closing the door, Wang Dezhi brewed a new cup of tea for Lin Tao, while he picked up the enamel jar and drank several sips, he couldn't bear it.
Lin Tao said, "Uncle Wang, you are really thrifty!"
"It's not that I'm thrifty, but that I can't help it. The little policeman has no power or power, and he has no ability to enjoy it." Wang Dezhi sighed.
"Shall we have something to eat at noon?" Lin Tao was still thinking about what Wang Dezhi had said to him back then, looking for an opportunity to talk about his history back then.
"Not at noon!" Wang Dezhi saw through his thoughts at a glance, "You can't drink at noon, you have to work in the afternoon, and you have to work in the evening!"
Lin Tao responded and said, "Then let's call tonight."
When he came out of the police station, the attitude of the police officers was even better. Although a pack of cigarettes is not expensive, it is worth it. They are usually called around by others, but they actually receive no more respect than ordinary people. Being scolded even if something happens, it will be very unbalanced after a long time. Lin Tao's pack of cigarettes actually represents respect.
Since it was arranged for Wang Dezhi to meet at night, Lin Tao naturally had to say hello to Guo Yiling and would accompany her at noon.
After taking a taxi to the downstairs of the building, Guo Yiling just walked out of it.
"Punctual!" she teased.
"That's right, you must be on time for a date!" Lin Tao asked, "Where can I eat?"
"Come with me, there is a new restaurant opened in front, the taste is not bad, but the price is not cheap!" Guo Yiling said, and glanced at Lin Tao.
"A few dollars, please!" He said very consciously.
Guo Yiling raised her chin slightly, with a satisfied smile on her face.
Nowadays, it is becoming more and more difficult for restaurants to distinguish between so-called Chinese food and Western food. Almost all of them are a combination of Chinese and Western food. You can also order Western food if you have Chinese dishes.The same is true for this newly opened restaurant, with a sign at the door saying "Opening Offer, [-]% Off Set Menu".
There are quite a few people inside, it seems that the [-]% discount is still very attractive.
The two of them came at the meal time, and after waiting for a while, they found their seats.
Guo Yiling had already thought of something better, she didn't even look at the menu, she opened her mouth to report a bunch of things, but before Lin Tao could react, the waiter left.
"You are too skilled."
"I've always eaten here recently, and the taste is pretty good." Guo Yiling put a white napkin on her lap and asked, "Did the trip to the capital go well?"
"It went well, and I met a few high-ranking officials!"
Guo Yiling asked curiously: "How old is the official? The mayor or the secretary of the municipal party committee?"
"It's much bigger than that!" Lin Tao wasn't exaggerating, it was indeed the case. "You know my landlord?"
"You know, you are also from the capital?"
"Of course, the daughter of the Zhang family!" Lin Tao said pretending to be mysterious. In fact, he knew that Guo Yiling must be more familiar with the senior officials in the capital than he was.
"The Zhang family?" Guo Yiling frowned and thought deeply, and filtered through the list of the Zhang family in the capital that could be called a family in her mind, and was suddenly startled, "You mean Zhang Tieyuan's Zhang family?"
Lin Tao snapped his fingers and said appreciatively, "That's right!"
"No!" Guo Yiling really didn't expect it to be like this, "I have heard some anecdotes about the Zhang family!" Immediately afterwards, she suddenly said "Huh" and asked, "Didn't you go there by yourself?"
"No, didn't I tell you?" Lin Tao was surprised by her expression.
"Of course you didn't tell me!" Guo Yiling was very angry. She walked with other women and didn't tell herself. It is really unforgivable.
"I really didn't say it?" Lin Tao opened his mouth wide, as if a light bulb was stuffed in his mouth, and blinked vigorously, looking innocent. "I remember saying it, did I not say it?"
"No, not at all!"
"Okay, I was wrong!" Lin Tao immediately raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "Maybe I forgot, but I really remember that you told you, I was very impressed!"
"Didn't say anything!" Guo Yiling gave him a hard gouged look, "Forget it, for the sake of your sincere apology, forget it this time, it's not an example!" she warned.
"I promise there will be no next time!" Lin Tao laughed and said, "Then do you still want to listen?"
"Of course!" Guo Yiling was successfully diverted from the topic.
"I helped a girl a while ago, you know that?"
"I don't know!" Guo Yiling shook her head again, staring at Lin Tao with an unkind expression.
"It's normal if you don't know. At that time, we had nothing to do with each other!" Lin Tao laughed harmlessly to humans and animals. Guo Yiling couldn't get angry if she wanted to. What he said was also true.
"Sister Zhang belongs to Zhang Tieyuan Zhang's family, but the little girl I helped was from Guo's family, her name is Guoguo!"
Guo Yiling finally couldn't calm down, she thought it was a coincidence, the Guo family was well-known in the military circle, the old general Guo didn't join the Military Commission, but his prestige was unmatched by the current leaders of the Military Commission.
"I know her, and I seem to have met her a few times, but I was too young to remember her at that time!" Guo Yiling said.
"Are you saying this is strange? What's so good about Junbei? People in the capital are running here?" Lin Tao looked at Guo Yiling.
She responded calmly: "The environment is good, and there is the sea, don't you know that women like the sea?"
"Oh, then I understand!" Seeing her, Lin Tao still refused to speak, and did not pursue her further. "Didn't I go to donate hematopoietic stem cells this time? Guess who is in charge of receiving me?"
"Could it be the child of another high-ranking official?" Guo Yiling was a little numb. This is not a donation, it is obviously going to the capital to meet the children of high-ranking officials.
"The granddaughter of the current chairman of the National People's Congress!" Lin Tao said in a low voice, pretending to be mysterious.
"Huang Yuewei?" Guo Yiling was only slightly surprised this time. "I know that she was chased by the Zhang family's kid. Everyone in the so-called circle knows about it. The Zhang and Huang families also hold a tacit attitude towards this matter and let the younger generation develop."
"You know quite a lot!" Lin Tao finally realized the difference in Guo Yiling's identity, and said that he knew everyone, maybe they were also people in this circle.
"It's okay! The capital is such a big place, and if something happens, it will spread all over the city." Guo Yiling snorted, obviously not liking that kind of atmosphere.
"I finally know what it means to get out of the mud without being stained!" Lin Tao looked at her, boasting and secretly praising her.
Guo Yiling squinted at him delightedly, and said, "You're getting more and more slick!"
"Don't dare, dare not!" Lin Tao was humbled again and again.
The two were chatting, and the dishes were all served. Lin Tao knew it when he saw it. No wonder Guo Yiling dared to order a bunch. It turned out that the dishes were not many.
"Why is he here?" Guo Yiling frowned just after eating two mouthfuls of food.
Lin Tao turned his head and saw that it was Zhou Yuheng.
But at this moment, he was attracted by the woman next to Zhou Yuheng. Guo Yiling said with some taste, "Why, is it pretty?"
Lin Tao laughed and said, "Good-looking is good-looking, but not as good-looking as you!" He heard Guo Yiling snorted, and then said, "I know that person, do you think it's strange?"
"Who is it?" Guo Yiling asked curiously.
Before Lin Tao could say his name, Wei Yuqing, who was wearing big sunglasses on his face, looked at him, raised the corner of his mouth, waved his hand vigorously at him, and said, "Lin Tao, why are you here?"
The hotel I stayed in in the capital was so high-end, but I still didn’t feel as comfortable as at home. Sure enough, the golden nest and silver nest were not as good as my own dog kennel.
After getting up and tidying up briefly, Lin Tao went to the breakfast shop to inspect it.
In a practical sense, this facade no longer belongs to his real estate, and Zhou Guangcai has the title certificate.It's just that this person doesn't dare to make any big moves now, and he doesn't dare to take the house away openly, letting Lin Tao use it "temporarily".
The young chef still respects Lin Tao very much, he doesn't despise Lin Tao just because he is only a few years older than him, and treat him respectfully as the boss.
Lin Tao also found some sense of "leadership" from him. No wonder everyone likes obedient subordinates. It turns out that this is really the case.
The revenue of the breakfast shop has declined recently. The breakfast part is still the same, and the income from the main meal is somewhat small, but this is understandable. After all, the main focus is on breakfast. There are also several restaurants in the community. It depends on the quantity and quality of the dishes for the main meal , they must be more professional.
The young chef made the accounts in great detail. Lin Tao simply flipped through the accounts and found that there was no problem, so he didn't ask any more questions.Overall, the total loss since the opening was less than 5000 yuan, which has far exceeded his expectations, and it is considered the best situation.
After getting out of the breakfast shop, Lin Tao came to the police station. Since he was close to Wang Dezhi, the film crew knew him well, and led him to the gate of the director's office.
Lin Tao knocked on the door and went in. Wang Dezhi sat on a chair and read a newspaper. There was an enamel tea mug on a small desk in front of him.
"Come on, sit down!"
Wang Dezhi pointed to the old sofa with cracked leather, and put down the newspaper.
The police station wasn't very big, and his office was even smaller. Apart from the decent desk, the biggest object was the filing cabinet behind him, which was full of documents.
"Have some tea?"
Lin Tao glanced at the enamel jar, which was full of broken tea leaves, and said with a smile, "Uncle Wang, just drink broken tea!"
"It's good to have something to drink. I'm just a little policeman, but I can't afford a few hundred yuan a tael of good tea."
Lin Tao chuckled, took out two boxes of white peonies from his shoulder bag and put them on the table.
"Try this year's new tea, specially bought for you!"
Wang Dezhi glanced at him, weighing the price of the tea in his heart, and didn't accept it immediately.
"Oh, I said, Uncle Wang, adding one of these two boxes of tea is not as good as having a meal with us. Don't be so scruples!" Lin Tao laughed because of his caution.
He wasn't lying. White tea wasn't very expensive in the first place. The two boxes together cost only a catty, and the total was only a few hundred yuan. Wang Dezhi was too cautious.
As he said that, he took out two more Chinese cigarettes from his bag. Police officers are heavy smokers. Even if they don't smoke at first, they will be worn out after a few years of work. This is what Sun Zhenying told him.
"I'll accept the tea, forget about the cigarettes!"
Wang Dezhi knew the price of Zhonghua cigarettes. A stick could buy two boxes of tea. To him, it was already the highest quality cigarettes he could smoke.
Lin Tao said: "Brother Sun asked me to bring it to you, don't worry, keep it!" He moved Sun Zhenying out.
Unexpectedly, Wang Dezhi called Sun Zhenying directly.As soon as Sun Zhenying picked up the phone, she knew what was going on and told the story with a smile. Wang Dezhi finally let go of his slightly frowned brows, hummed twice and hung up the phone.
"Lin Tao, since you call me uncle, we have to explain something clearly. I never accept gifts..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Tao interrupted: "I understand, this is not a gift for you, it is a human relationship. Is it possible that you need to worry about giving something when you get along with relatives?"
Wang Dezhi did not refute him this time, but nodded, opened a pack of cigarettes, took out 6 packs of cigarettes, opened the office door and shouted, and a police officer outside responded immediately.
"Here, Lin Tao sent it!" Wang Dezhi said.
"Yo, thank you Wang Suo!"
The police outside said happily.
Wang Dezhi was very strict with his subordinates, and he was absolutely not allowed to accept gifts casually. If he had something that he couldn't pass up, he basically gave it to his subordinates, the police officers.
After closing the door, Wang Dezhi brewed a new cup of tea for Lin Tao, while he picked up the enamel jar and drank several sips, he couldn't bear it.
Lin Tao said, "Uncle Wang, you are really thrifty!"
"It's not that I'm thrifty, but that I can't help it. The little policeman has no power or power, and he has no ability to enjoy it." Wang Dezhi sighed.
"Shall we have something to eat at noon?" Lin Tao was still thinking about what Wang Dezhi had said to him back then, looking for an opportunity to talk about his history back then.
"Not at noon!" Wang Dezhi saw through his thoughts at a glance, "You can't drink at noon, you have to work in the afternoon, and you have to work in the evening!"
Lin Tao responded and said, "Then let's call tonight."
When he came out of the police station, the attitude of the police officers was even better. Although a pack of cigarettes is not expensive, it is worth it. They are usually called around by others, but they actually receive no more respect than ordinary people. Being scolded even if something happens, it will be very unbalanced after a long time. Lin Tao's pack of cigarettes actually represents respect.
Since it was arranged for Wang Dezhi to meet at night, Lin Tao naturally had to say hello to Guo Yiling and would accompany her at noon.
After taking a taxi to the downstairs of the building, Guo Yiling just walked out of it.
"Punctual!" she teased.
"That's right, you must be on time for a date!" Lin Tao asked, "Where can I eat?"
"Come with me, there is a new restaurant opened in front, the taste is not bad, but the price is not cheap!" Guo Yiling said, and glanced at Lin Tao.
"A few dollars, please!" He said very consciously.
Guo Yiling raised her chin slightly, with a satisfied smile on her face.
Nowadays, it is becoming more and more difficult for restaurants to distinguish between so-called Chinese food and Western food. Almost all of them are a combination of Chinese and Western food. You can also order Western food if you have Chinese dishes.The same is true for this newly opened restaurant, with a sign at the door saying "Opening Offer, [-]% Off Set Menu".
There are quite a few people inside, it seems that the [-]% discount is still very attractive.
The two of them came at the meal time, and after waiting for a while, they found their seats.
Guo Yiling had already thought of something better, she didn't even look at the menu, she opened her mouth to report a bunch of things, but before Lin Tao could react, the waiter left.
"You are too skilled."
"I've always eaten here recently, and the taste is pretty good." Guo Yiling put a white napkin on her lap and asked, "Did the trip to the capital go well?"
"It went well, and I met a few high-ranking officials!"
Guo Yiling asked curiously: "How old is the official? The mayor or the secretary of the municipal party committee?"
"It's much bigger than that!" Lin Tao wasn't exaggerating, it was indeed the case. "You know my landlord?"
"You know, you are also from the capital?"
"Of course, the daughter of the Zhang family!" Lin Tao said pretending to be mysterious. In fact, he knew that Guo Yiling must be more familiar with the senior officials in the capital than he was.
"The Zhang family?" Guo Yiling frowned and thought deeply, and filtered through the list of the Zhang family in the capital that could be called a family in her mind, and was suddenly startled, "You mean Zhang Tieyuan's Zhang family?"
Lin Tao snapped his fingers and said appreciatively, "That's right!"
"No!" Guo Yiling really didn't expect it to be like this, "I have heard some anecdotes about the Zhang family!" Immediately afterwards, she suddenly said "Huh" and asked, "Didn't you go there by yourself?"
"No, didn't I tell you?" Lin Tao was surprised by her expression.
"Of course you didn't tell me!" Guo Yiling was very angry. She walked with other women and didn't tell herself. It is really unforgivable.
"I really didn't say it?" Lin Tao opened his mouth wide, as if a light bulb was stuffed in his mouth, and blinked vigorously, looking innocent. "I remember saying it, did I not say it?"
"No, not at all!"
"Okay, I was wrong!" Lin Tao immediately raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "Maybe I forgot, but I really remember that you told you, I was very impressed!"
"Didn't say anything!" Guo Yiling gave him a hard gouged look, "Forget it, for the sake of your sincere apology, forget it this time, it's not an example!" she warned.
"I promise there will be no next time!" Lin Tao laughed and said, "Then do you still want to listen?"
"Of course!" Guo Yiling was successfully diverted from the topic.
"I helped a girl a while ago, you know that?"
"I don't know!" Guo Yiling shook her head again, staring at Lin Tao with an unkind expression.
"It's normal if you don't know. At that time, we had nothing to do with each other!" Lin Tao laughed harmlessly to humans and animals. Guo Yiling couldn't get angry if she wanted to. What he said was also true.
"Sister Zhang belongs to Zhang Tieyuan Zhang's family, but the little girl I helped was from Guo's family, her name is Guoguo!"
Guo Yiling finally couldn't calm down, she thought it was a coincidence, the Guo family was well-known in the military circle, the old general Guo didn't join the Military Commission, but his prestige was unmatched by the current leaders of the Military Commission.
"I know her, and I seem to have met her a few times, but I was too young to remember her at that time!" Guo Yiling said.
"Are you saying this is strange? What's so good about Junbei? People in the capital are running here?" Lin Tao looked at Guo Yiling.
She responded calmly: "The environment is good, and there is the sea, don't you know that women like the sea?"
"Oh, then I understand!" Seeing her, Lin Tao still refused to speak, and did not pursue her further. "Didn't I go to donate hematopoietic stem cells this time? Guess who is in charge of receiving me?"
"Could it be the child of another high-ranking official?" Guo Yiling was a little numb. This is not a donation, it is obviously going to the capital to meet the children of high-ranking officials.
"The granddaughter of the current chairman of the National People's Congress!" Lin Tao said in a low voice, pretending to be mysterious.
"Huang Yuewei?" Guo Yiling was only slightly surprised this time. "I know that she was chased by the Zhang family's kid. Everyone in the so-called circle knows about it. The Zhang and Huang families also hold a tacit attitude towards this matter and let the younger generation develop."
"You know quite a lot!" Lin Tao finally realized the difference in Guo Yiling's identity, and said that he knew everyone, maybe they were also people in this circle.
"It's okay! The capital is such a big place, and if something happens, it will spread all over the city." Guo Yiling snorted, obviously not liking that kind of atmosphere.
"I finally know what it means to get out of the mud without being stained!" Lin Tao looked at her, boasting and secretly praising her.
Guo Yiling squinted at him delightedly, and said, "You're getting more and more slick!"
"Don't dare, dare not!" Lin Tao was humbled again and again.
The two were chatting, and the dishes were all served. Lin Tao knew it when he saw it. No wonder Guo Yiling dared to order a bunch. It turned out that the dishes were not many.
"Why is he here?" Guo Yiling frowned just after eating two mouthfuls of food.
Lin Tao turned his head and saw that it was Zhou Yuheng.
But at this moment, he was attracted by the woman next to Zhou Yuheng. Guo Yiling said with some taste, "Why, is it pretty?"
Lin Tao laughed and said, "Good-looking is good-looking, but not as good-looking as you!" He heard Guo Yiling snorted, and then said, "I know that person, do you think it's strange?"
"Who is it?" Guo Yiling asked curiously.
Before Lin Tao could say his name, Wei Yuqing, who was wearing big sunglasses on his face, looked at him, raised the corner of his mouth, waved his hand vigorously at him, and said, "Lin Tao, why are you here?"