(This 5,000-word chapter is a supplement to yesterday’s chapter.)

Shanghai. Jiang Tanle plays chess with his grandfather Jiang Shigen, who enjoys deputy ministerial status. The old man's Go skills are very poor. No matter how Jiang Tanle is abused by amateur masters in the Yicheng Heqi Saint Dojo, he does not have a strong sense of victory.

The old man is willing to humiliate himself. There are two volumes of "The Collapse of the Gray Empire" beside the chessboard. They have basically been circulated by the family, and most of them will mention this meaningful best-seller during the New Year greetings.

, Jiang Tanle always showed mild irritability, found an excuse to leave the meeting, and resolutely refused to participate in the discussion. Jiang Tanle played a game absentmindedly, not intending to play, and was in a daze, with his granddaughter covering up. Jiang Shigen

You can safely smoke secretly. In addition to studying for more than 20 years, the old man's life is only about teaching and educating people. His only pleasure is to compete with his wife who has grown old with him. He hides cigarettes and smokes. Wife, wife, it's rain or shine.

Will you never leave the woman who grows old with you? This generation is not long, but short is not short. How can we not find some harmless little fun?

Seeing that his granddaughter was not very interested, Jiang Shigen smiled gently and said, "Worried about that student of yours? It's okay. He called me and said he could take two weeks off at most."

Jiang Tanle became angry and said: "Who is worried about him?!"

The old man said, "Anyway, as a principal, I'm worried. You're not his English teacher anymore, so it's normal not to worry."

Jiang Tanle said bitterly: "If you continue to provoke me, I will tell grandma that you are smoking!"

The old principal immediately surrendered, changed the subject and said, "Tan Le, which piece on this chess piece do you think Zhao Jiadi looks like?"

Jiang Tanle snorted angrily: "I'm not happy to guess."

The old man entertained himself and picked up a "car", shook his head and said to himself that it didn't look like it, put it down, picked up another "horse", said it didn't look like it anymore, and put it down again. He picked it up and put it down for several times.

This time, Jiang Tanle's curiosity was finally aroused and she pointed at the elephant. The old man didn't nod. She pointed at the elephant again. The old man nodded but shook his head. Jiang Tanle asked impatiently what it looked like! The old man joked: "What kind of elephant do you think?"

Point them all, and there will always be a correct answer. Jiang Tanle got mad and shouted at the top of his voice, "Grandma, Grandpa is smoking!"

Jiang Shigen, who was extremely authoritative in the school and in Shanghai's education system, hurriedly eliminated the evidence and muttered that women were not admitted to the university, but his voice was very soft.

Hangzhou. Peach Blossom Book Bar, which is located in an alley, has begun to open for business, but the business is relatively deserted. Today, another customer asked if the book "Gray Empire" was available for sale. This was not the first time that Tong Dong smiled and shook his head.

She will strictly control the selection of books in the book bar, often rejecting some best-selling books. Taohua Book Bar, which follows the path of petty bourgeoisie, literary and youth, has initially planned to introduce a certain number of "Grey" because Tong Dong approved this set of books.

content, but when the second proprietress Tong Xia accidentally saw the "duplicate name" Zhao Jiadi, she began to protest. She didn't care whether Zhao Jiadi was the man in the book, because of this inconspicuous detail.

She hated "Gray" so much that she almost went on strike to fight. This left Tong Dong with no choice but to compromise. However, whenever a customer asked if this set of books was for sale, she would look down on Xixi, and the latter would make a face in return.

Today Tong Xia has been hiding on the second floor writing in a book "Nalan Ci". This is her beloved treasure, and she usually doesn't let Tong Dong touch it. Tong Dong took a free moment to sneak up behind her sister, and then she found out

What is she tossing about? She only writes one sentence on a page. The words are slightly different, but the format is the same, such as "Looking up at the bright moon, thinking about Zhao Jiadi", "Ten years of life and death, thinking about Zhao Jiadi", "Hang yourself on the southeast branch"

"Waiting for Zhao Jiadi", "The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village in the distance and is reading Zhao Jiadi", etc., etc., etc., etc., which made Tong Dong speechless, not even bothering to criticize and educate, and quietly walked away.

Huzhou, Zhejiang, across Taihu Lake from Wuxi and Suzhou, there is a simple-looking cruise ship with only a few passengers, a dozen men, women and children, two women standing on the bow, the rouge tiger Pei Cuihu, and the ponytail who was brought to Huzhou as a guest by her.

Yuan Shu. The members on the boat were all members of the Pei family. The king of Huzhou, Pei Xiyan, was naturally present, and with the help of his daughter, he favored the well-spoken young man with a ponytail. If he had not been reminded by Pei Cuihu earlier, this girl who was studying at Fudan University would have been

He is the candidate appointed by the Crown Prince of Jinhai. Pei Xiyan wants to poach people in his company. For talents, especially practical talents whose emotional intelligence is above the qualified line, the King of Huzhou has always been willing to build a golden platform.

Pei Cuihu smiled and said: "It's a pity that there is no snow this year, otherwise the scenery would be the best at this time."

Ponytail smiled.

Pei Cuihu looked gently into the distance and said: "But looking at it alone, or without one person, even if there is snow, it will be boring, right?"

The ponytail blushed.

Pei Cuihu sighed: "You have the same fate as my sister, no wonder we are compatible. In my life, except for the pitifully few and bold suitors of the opposite sex, I have never had a single friend of the same sex, so I hope that no matter what happens in the future, no matter what camp you and I are in,

When we leave the mall, we are all sisters."

Ponytail hummed.

Pei Cuihu lay on the railing, turned around and looked at the girl who loved and cherished her wholeheartedly with a smile, and asked: "Miss him?"

Yuan Shu looked at the lake view, nodded and said, "I really want to."

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What shocked Zhao Jiadi the most in that luxurious villa in Sheshan, Shanghai was not the magnificent decoration, not the number of rooms upstairs and downstairs that could be counted on two hands, or the three walls of books, but a letter from the hero Yang Qingdi who ended the movie.

Zhao Jiadi did not deliberately record the suicide note and the dense network of people on the blackboard. However, he had always been very confident in his memory, especially when he was in the Sheshan villa.

Dozens of famous and evergreen figures from all walks of life are still well-known, so the writing seemed to be full of energy in the early stage, but began to dry up in the middle and late stages, which is consistent with the diminishing marginal effect. However, in the end, only a small number of characters were successfully written, so the big blackboard in the courtyard is far away.

It is not as full and complete as the blackboard at Sheshan Villa. This is under the premise of omitting Yang Qingdi's comments on the members of the network. Zhao Jiadi looked up at the blackboard with the names of several direct members of the Chen family such as Chen Hongxiong. It was a bit regretful.

He would never go to Shanghai to make this request to Aunt Cai Cai Yanzhi. He silently told himself to be content. Zhao Jiadi went on to write the list given by Huang Fangfei and the names he extracted from "Gray" on another blackboard.

The characters I interacted with this time would be supplemented by rough comments, which I also learned from Emperor Yang Qing. Behind him stood Han Daode with a look of wonder. Back then, this uncle insisted on taking similar notes when he was in poverty, but

It was of little use, and he always wanted to sell it to the emperor's family or the rich Bole, but no one wanted it at all. After entering the Jinhai, he stopped because Han Daode knew that even if he wrote a lifetime of notes, if he couldn't catch it, he would just let it go.

Opportunities that have passed away are just a pile of waste paper, just like those who dropped out of college and finally got into office by luck. They can use their youth and frivolity as conversation materials, but more people who were lost in their student days are running errands and working for others in society.

He still can't sell a few copper coins, but Han Daode occasionally reflects on himself and thinks that if he meets a young man who is very similar to himself in the future, he will definitely be able to help him, but he will not encourage others. Han Daode Station

Behind Zhao Jiadi, who was completely selfless, looking at this figure who was not a stalwart, the depth of emotion in his heart increased day by day, from the initial gratitude to admiration. He was deeply involved in the waves with the eldest young master, and witnessed with his own eyes his careful and cautious step by step.

Slowly falling into place, fighting wits and courage with three or four people from different fields, either dark or wise, in one day. Just changing the facial makeup is not easy. Han Daode became a little more awe-inspiring. The world's favored people with superior births are gone.

, but not everyone is able to make progress in the face of setbacks and tribulations. Too many people choose to huddle in a safe corner, trembling and panicking. This makes Han Daode admire him the most. You must know that this man has suffered a hard life for more than 20 years.

My uncle's motto is that life is a chess piece and I am a pawn. Although my actions are slow and my fate is difficult, who has ever seen me take even half a step back?

Zhao Jiadi drew a circle on the name "Chen Jing" on the blackboard and said softly: "Old Han, for some reason, Huang Fangfei left out this person. It seems that he deliberately wanted me to get into trouble. Tonight

I want to go see him. It seems that this guy is still my senior. He is a radical warrior in the National Development and Reform Commission, a famous Phoenix man. The old principal said that this guy borrowed 512 books from the library in college. I guess

He would be extremely scornful of Adou, a second-generation rich man like me who can’t support him. No wonder Huang Fangfei is willing to leave him to me to contact him. He is really considerate and well-intentioned.”

Han Daode had no say in the intellectual battle among the senior officials and did not dare to comment. Anyway, talking less and doing more would never go wrong. It can be seen that in less than a week, the eldest young master has lost a lot of weight. He stayed up all night,

Busy going to work, flipping through Jinhai's high-density information, fortunately, his eyes were not cloudy, but became colder and clearer. Zhao Jiadi didn't care about what Han Daode was thinking, and went to Jiutian Literature to look for any information fragments about Chen Jing, the senior's deputy

The department had just become a full-time official with greater real power. No wonder the old principal Jiang Shigen, who regarded him as his favorite disciple, would laugh at the opening ceremony and say that in more than ten years, Chen Jing might be his leader when he returns to Shanghai. Daytime

When Chen Jing received the invitation call from Zhao Jiadi, it didn't seem strange or pretentious. He immediately agreed to have dinner together. He admitted that he didn't have time for dinner and had plenty of time for late-night snacks. The location was set at the approachable Guijie Street. At 10 p.m.

, Chen Jing, who was born in poverty but finally cultivated the Wild Fox Zen by his own efforts, arrived as scheduled and was a few minutes late. After Chen Jing sat down, he took the initiative to explain that parking was a bit far away and walked for more than ten minutes. Zhao Jiadi thought of rushing here that day.

Guan Yi was furious and smiled to himself. Aunt Mei's Santana is still in the repair shop.

The two of them ordered five dishes. Perhaps under the influence of his unique fast-paced officialdom life, Chen Jing took down his chopsticks like flying. Zhao Jia did not need to think about his words.

I answered the question I wanted to ask. This scene at the beginning of the year affected all aspects of the storm. Only at this moment did I really reveal the secret to Zhao Jiadi. The emergency approval document for Zhao Xin’s imprisonment was reported at every level. The highest level was probably the one that couldn’t be higher.

In Chen Jing's words, he is one level higher than his father-in-law. There are two joint teams at No. 41, Pinganli West Street, to a certain brother who even provincial and ministerial officials regard as a dragon in a tiger's den.

The department has seconded a large number of elite backbones, and the boss who presides over the work of the group has made it clear that no "connected households" are allowed to intervene. This is also the reason why some of Zhao Taizu's buddies have no way to help. It's not that they don't want to help, but that they can't help, so they act blindly.

, maybe it will only be counterproductive. Chen Jing did not say exactly who went to such trouble to send Zhao Taizu into the bureau, but he mentioned that the mistress of the key figure Han Hongjun had died suddenly in a secret apartment under heavy surveillance.

Naturally, he pointed at Zhao Taizu, who was the most suspected, and Chen Jing smiled and said that of course someone was pouring dirty water on Zhao Taizu. As for Han Hongjun, who had failed to succeed but failed to achieve success for many years, he was lucky. He was directly banned at a meeting of the Ministry of Commerce a year ago.

Take it away, at least your life will be safe, otherwise Zhao Taizu will jump into the Yellow River and he will not be able to clean himself. As for how to plan and how to break the situation, Chen Jing did not make any suggestions on his own, but only reminded Zhao that he should plan and act first rather than hastily.

The busy paper talk was useful. From the beginning to the end, Chen Jing's tone was calm and gentle, and there were not too many emotional fluctuations. Zhao Jiadi did not show gratitude on the surface, deliberately pretending to be attentive, and just

It’s better to educate your juniors as a senior. Having this kind of relationship to protect you is more effective than anything else.

After Chen Jing finished his meal, he smiled and said that if you want to smoke, you can smoke, and you should smoke while you are not married and have children. I am a negative example. Before I got married, I was a heavy smoker. Two packs a day was considered a small amount. But after I got married, my wife said smoking was right.

It was unfavorable to have children, so I quit smoking. I originally thought that I would be liberated after giving birth, but my wife said that it would not be a sin to let the children smoke second-hand smoke. After such a tragedy, I actually quit smoking. Zhao

Jia Di was not polite and smoked a cigarette. Chen Jing looked at his posture and joked that he was a bit old for smoking? Zhao Jia Di said with shame, it started in the second year of high school, within two years, if Uncle Chen had told me earlier, he would have done it again

I started to cherish my time a few years ago. Chen Jing laughed and said that it is still early for you to get married. Besides, you may not meet a tigress, but you should quit smoking before and after getting married. I am thinking about the day when my children will all smoke.

I just want to go back to my old job and hope that I won’t get used to it by then. I think it’s best for every child to smoke for the first time with a cigarette handed out by his father. This will make it easier for men to talk. Zhao Jiadi couldn’t help but

I can’t help feeling that this uncle is so open-minded.

Chen Jing changed the topic and said with a smile: "Why did you come to Uncle Chen so late? It shows that his status in Ba Liang's mind is not high."

Zhao Jiadi smiled bitterly and said: "Mathematics teachers don't always say that when doing papers, the difficult questions should be placed at the end."

Chen Jing glared and said, "Don't do this with me. Do you think Uncle Chen doesn't know that you do your science papers backwards?"

Zhao Jiadi was stunned.

Chen Jing said narrowly: "Not only do I know this, but I have also seen the social responsibility model you made for ICBC. It is very good. My uncle guided Jiangshan in his past. If you had graduated from college and come to the National Development and Reform Commission, the back door would not be open.

But as long as you pass the exam, uncle can still make some guarantees."

Zhao Jiadi joked: "If you open the back door, I will report it to the National Development and Reform Commission when I take the civil service exam, otherwise I won't do it."

Unexpectedly, Chen Jing said very simply: "That's it! I'm Jiang Taigong fishing, and you can take the bait if you wish. The big men will spit on you and trap them. If you don't report to me in the future, I can't do anything with you, but you can mess with Zhao Sanjin."

Go ahead."

Now Zhao Jiadi was dumbfounded, "Uncle Chen, are you serious?"

Chen Jing smiled slyly and said, "Otherwise, what do you think I am doing with this meal?"

The corners of Zhao Jiadi's mouth twitched, this unscrupulous uncle, none of the people he hooked up with Zhao Sanjin were decent and good people, and they were nothing like honest and honest people.

The two of them left the restaurant together. They were ten minutes away from Chen Jing's car. They talked about some things about the school and the old principal. Before getting in the car, Chen Jing smiled and said: "Ba Liang, if it weren't for the high regard that the old principal has for you."

, I will eat this meal with you today as Zhao Xin's friend and your "cheap" uncle, but I will definitely speak in an official tone and won't tell you things that would be disciplinary violations if they go online. To be honest, I trust you these days.

Running around the city of Beijing, I have realized that Zhao Xin is Zhao Xin and you are you. Most of the people who look up to and please you because you are the son of Zhao Taizu are characters who have not yet entered the circle, but at least here with Uncle Chen,

You handed in a beautiful answer sheet. I am very optimistic about you, because you are the second guy in so many years who can make the old principal look up to you and have high hopes for you, besides me. Ha, I am complimenting you, and by the way, I am complimenting myself.

Just pick the good one and listen to it. I hope the second good thing like the ICBC model won't keep me waiting too long. Okay, that's it for today, see you later."

Chen Jing got into the car that was already equipped with a full-time driver and left without incident. In his world, there were too many honors that required him to strive for and fight harder.

Beijing, such a huge vanity fair and arena, who is not struggling desperately? Either rise up and step on the corpses, or be at the bottom and become a stepping stone for others. In the torrent, everyone is playing Chinese chess, and the scholar chess is always in the minority.

, more often than not, they are horses that restrain each other, cannons that must take advantage of the situation to achieve success, and most of them are pawns who are trapped by the torrent and can only be used as cannon fodder.
Chapter completed!