Rebirth as an official

The Rural Credit Cooperative in Yangdong County is located on the most prosperous Jiefang Road in the county. It is an unprepossessing three-story building.

Li An took the information to the front desk of the credit union lobby. After asking the staff, Li An came to the manager's office of the credit approval department on the second floor.

Manager Zhao, who is in his 30s, is well-maintained, fair and fat, looks very kind, and is very polite to Li An.

"Head Li, you are young and promising. You are the assistant to the head at such a young age. Your future is limitless." After inviting Li An to sit down, they started chatting.

"Manager Zhao is joking. You are a manager at such a young age, and you will definitely be a candidate for president in a short time." Li An said as he took out a pack of Zhonghua and handed it over.

Manager Zhao glanced at the cigarette in his hand before taking it.

Yes, this young man, although he is young, is very sensible. He doesn't want other young people to come over and just chat dryly.

After the two chatted for a while, the topic turned to the purpose of Li An's visit this time.

"Chang Li, Secretary Yu and I have known each other for many years. He just told you about the cooperative." Manager Zhao put out the cigarette.

"Then please do me a favor, Manager Zhao. The people in our village are living a hard life. Why don't we set up a cooperative to help the villagers get rid of poverty and become rich." Li An passed another one very knowingly.

"Understand, understand, it's not easy for Mayor Li either." Manager Zhao showed empathy and continued:

"Our credit union has cooperated with several enterprises in your township. However, the national poverty alleviation policy is so good now that many villages in the county are engaged in agricultural cooperatives. There are too many cooperatives applying for this poverty alleviation and development loan. We only have so much quota. It’s very difficult to handle.”

Manager Zhao lit the cigarette and glanced at Li An to see if he understood what it meant.

"I know Manager Zhao is in trouble, but I still hope you can help me for Secretary Yu's sake. By the way, I wonder if you are free for a casual dinner tonight." Li An knew what to say at this time.

"I'm so familiar with you, Secretary Yu, so there's no need to do this. I'll take care of your business with ease." Manager Zhao said in a false refusal.

Of course, Li An would not think that Manager Zhao really didn't want to go, so he could only continue acting: "Manager Zhao, it is because you have a good relationship with Secretary Yu that I have the audacity to treat you to dinner and ask you for some social experience."

Manager Zhao seemed embarrassed, thought for a moment, and then said: "Okay, because of Mayor Li's sincerity, let's have a casual meal, but first we agree not to drink."

"Don't drink, don't drink." Although Li An responded with a smile, he complained in his heart, "It's not that I don't drink, it's that I don't drink in low-end bars."

At six o'clock in the evening, as night fell, Li An called the hotel called "Donghai Fishing Port Hotel" brought by Huang Xing and Qiu Yating.

This Fujian restaurant specializes in seafood.

Huang Xing found this store, and Li An's heart started to bleed as soon as he heard the name of this store.

The price of seafood in the Mainland is ridiculously high, and Pan Ruliang is not afraid of getting gout from eating too much.

Thinking of this, Li An couldn't help but recall his past.

It seems that I also liked eating seafood a lot back then, especially rare seafood such as Yangtze saury, large yellow croaker and geoduck clams.

When my boss used to treat me to dinner, any meal would cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Now that I think about it, I am really guilty!

In the end, he ate himself into the detention center and confessed his crime to rice porridge, pickles, and steamed buns every day.

Following the beautiful waiter, Li An and Huang Xing came to the private room called "Gulangyu".

The private room is luxuriously decorated and has a balcony, with an unobstructed view of the night view outside.

At this time, the lanterns are just beginning to turn on, and the bustling crowds, neon lights, and street vendors on Jiefang Road are quite poetic.

Not long after Huang Xing and Li An sat down, Manager Zhao came wearing casual clothes.

Li An warmly invited Manager Zhao to sit down at the private dining table and started chatting.

Qiu Yating worked as a waiter to help provide manager Zhao with tea and water.

Inviting people to dinner, especially when asking for help, can sometimes be awkward when two people eat alone. Inviting more people will make the atmosphere much better, especially if there is a good-looking woman.

Because beautiful women always make people feel happy, and the atmosphere of eating and drinking will be much better.

A few people sat down and started chatting casually. They had a tacit understanding and never mentioned the loan. They just talked about everything.

It goes without saying that Ang Lee's social skills are good. Even if they are strangers, as long as they find a common topic, they will get along well with each other.

Qiu Yating just sat quietly like this. Li An had already told her before coming here and knew that he was here to help, so he wouldn't be too disgusted.

She actually wanted to know more about this Li An.

The longer we stay in contact with him, the more secrets I feel about him. He seems to have a way of doing everything, knows everything, and understands everything.

At this moment, Li An was chatting with Manager Zhao about things like baby's breath, bodhi seeds, hand-twisted gourds, etc. He looked very knowledgeable.

How could a young man in his early 20s learn so much knowledge?

"Mr. Li, I still have a pair of lion heads at home. You can show them some other time." The lion heads that Manager Zhao mentioned refer to a type of Wenwan walnut.

"Manager Zhao still has such a good thing, I must try it next time." Li Nian looked surprised.

Huang Xing couldn't even talk about this kind of literary topic, so he could only chime in a few times, because he didn't understand what the two people were talking about, but he thought it was awesome.

While they were chatting, waiters wearing green cheongsam came in and placed exquisite dishes on the table. The aroma was fragrant for a while.

Every time a dish is served, the waiter must announce the name of the dish, which creates a sense of ritual.

Scallops, pan-fried eel, river eel with fragrant dew...

Li An opened a bottle of Wuliangye, poured it into the wine dispenser, and placed it enthusiastically on Manager Zhao's right hand.

"Brother Zhao, just drink a little today, not too much."

Manager Zhao glanced at the logo on the bottle and said with a fake look on his face: "Oh, for Brother Li An's sake, just have a few drinks."

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Li An toasted another glass of wine and said, "Brother Zhao, do you think the cooperative in our village can get discounted interest rates for its loans?".