The three offices were not cleaned until the end of the workday. Li Jiawei looked at the clean and tidy office, supported her aching waist, and slumped in her office chair, too tired to even move a finger.

Zhao Jianye looked at the team members who were exhausted and collapsed, clapped his hands and said, "Everyone has worked hard today. I suggest that I treat everyone to a good meal to celebrate the official establishment of the working group. How do you think?"

After drinking half a bottle of mineral water, Qiu Zhihe responded, "Old Zhao, forget it today. I'm really too tired. I just want to go home and lie down to rest. Let's do it another day."

Zhao Jianye looked at Qiu Zhihe, who was covered in dust, and said jokingly, "Old Qiu, you don't have enough physical strength. Are you so tired after doing such a small job?"

Qiu Zhihe patted the dust off his body and said with a smile, "Look at how dusty I am. I carried out three sacks of garbage today."

Zhao Jianye walked up to him and whispered, "My daughter bought me a bottle of Moutai two days ago, but I didn't dare to take it home, so I kept it in the office. Seeing how hard you've worked today, I reluctantly gave up my bottle of Moutai today."

When Qiu Zhihe heard that there was Maotai liquor to drink, he immediately looked at Zhao Jianye with a smile and said, "Really? Don't fool me, you stingy guy!"

Zhao Jianye patted his chest and assured, "If I lie to you, I'm a dog."

Qiu Zhihe immediately stood up from his chair with a smile, touched his stomach and said, "Oh, I've been working all afternoon, and I'm a little hungry. So what are you going to treat us to? I don't want to eat cheap food."

Qiu Zhihe suggested, "There's a new barbecue restaurant on Guanxi Road. I heard the food is good. How about I invite everyone to go and eat barbecue?"

Everyone in the office raised their hands in agreement. After a busy day, everyone was a little hungry. Moreover, this was the first day in the work group, and the team leader took the initiative to treat us. Judging from the current situation, the team leader was obviously not the kind of person who would put on airs in front of the team members. At least the current impression given was that he had a good personality.

Now the team leader is treating us, we must give him face!

Zhao Jianye asked, "Which colleague is driving?" There were a total of ten people in the office, and three people raised their hands in response. They were team leader Zhao Jianye, deputy team leader Chang Gang, and Li Jiawei.

Chen Zhishu went on to say, "I came here by bus this morning." Several other colleagues were also brought here by the company's car in the morning.

Zhao Jianye immediately decided, "Three cars are enough. Jiawei, Changgang, I'll send you the location of the restaurant, and we'll meet there."

In the end, there were three people in Li Jiawei's car, including Chen Zhishu and Ye Zixuan, a young man in his twenties from the city's Internet Information Office.

When arriving at the Municipal Party Committee parking lot, Ye Zixuan saw Li Jiawei's car and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Wow, Sister Li, your car looks pretty cool. How much did you buy it for?"

Li Jiawei answered as she opened the car door, "More than 800,000."

Ye Zixuan was silent after hearing the price. More than 800,000! Too expensive.

Then he sighed and said, "I'm planning to buy a car. My budget is about 130,000 or 140,000 yuan. I've been dazzled by the cars I've seen these days. Does Sister Li have any recommendations?"

Li Jiawei smiled and said, "I don't really know much about cars. This car was bought for me by my brother."

Ye Zixuan shut up completely. Considering the importance of having a good brother, why doesn’t he have a brother or sister?

Chen Zhishu, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, looked at Li Jiawei, who was sitting in the driver's seat, and asked, "Jiawei, where did you work before?"

Li Jiawei glanced at the navigation and replied, "Chief Chen, I used to work in the Finance Bureau of the Economic Development Zone."

Chen Zhishu noticed a small bottle of perfume under the windshield of the car. She had seen this bottle of perfume at a counter in a shopping mall. Thirty milliliters was priced at more than four thousand yuan. She never thought that Li Jiawei would put it in the car for incense.

Now it seems that Li Jiawei not only has outstanding appearance, but also has very good financial conditions. She is undoubtedly a standard white, rich and beautiful woman.

Chen Zhishu's impression of Li Jiawei improved quietly, and she said with a smile, "Jiawei, don't call me Section Chief Chen. I'm older than you. Just call me Sister Zhishu."

Li Jiawei smiled and replied, "Okay, Sister Zhishu."

People are sometimes really amazing. Although they often hate those who despise the poor and love the rich, when they face people with good economic conditions, they can't help but become amiable; on the contrary, when facing people with poor economic conditions, they may unconsciously develop a sense of superiority.

As an experiment conducted abroad showed: a little girl dressed gorgeously always gets full patience and help when asking strangers for directions; but when she asks for directions again with shabby clothes and a dirty face, she is often ignored.

This is not simply a matter of despising the poor and loving the rich, but a complex and true reflection of human nature.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Zhao Jianye, Chang Gang and others had been waiting for a long time. The dishes had been ordered and they were just waiting for the three of them to arrive.

Li Jiawei quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I drove a little slowly."

Zhao Jianye smiled and consoled him, "Safety comes first. Besides, we just arrived not long ago."

At the table, among the ten people, only Li Jiawei and Chen Zhishu were women. Zhao Jianye asked, "Jiawei, do you want juice or Coke?"

Li Jiawei said, "I drink Coke." Chen Zhishu followed up with "I drink Coke too." Then, Zhao Jianye called the waiter and got two bottles of Coke.

Chang Gang and Qiu Zhihe couldn't help but look at Li Jiawei, thinking to themselves: To be able to get such care from Old Zhao, Li Jiawei must have an extraordinary background.

Qiu Zhihe suggested with a smile, "Gentlemen, let's have a drink. Team Leader Zhao brought a bottle of good wine."

Chang Gang smiled and declined, "I won't drink anymore. I have to drive."

Zhao Jianye took off his coat and put it on the back of the chair. "Old Chang, I'm driving too. You can drink when you want to. Can you call a designated driver? Also, are you sure you don't want to drink the Moutai I brought?"

When Chang Gang heard about Moutai, his already weak will completely collapsed. "Moutai, I'll definitely drink it!"

As the team leader, Zhao Jianye organized dinners to create a relaxed atmosphere and promote mutual understanding among the team, commonly known as the "ice-breaking trip."

Ten people sat around the dining table, half full of barbecue and two glasses of wine. The atmosphere gradually became better, and people were no longer restrained with each other and talked more freely.

Zhao Jianye and Chang Gang were quite satisfied with this. Chang Gang was full of praise for Zhao Jianye's social skills. He was worthy of being from the Investment Promotion Administration. His social level and ability to quickly get along with others were really admirable.

Li Jiawei observed the lively scene at the table and felt that these people were really good at talking, and there seemed to be no clear boundary between leaders and subordinates. She noticed that several male colleagues were enthusiastically persuading Zhao Jianye and Chang Gang to drink. One was a director-level cadre and the other was a deputy director-level cadre, and they seemed to have no sense of distance.

Li Jiawei couldn't help but recall the days in the Finance Bureau of the Economic Development Zone, where the leaders were very authoritative, and even at the dinner table, it was rare to be so relaxed. This meal allowed her to see the other side of the workplace and experience the different philosophy of the leaders.

The dinner ended at nearly 10:30 pm. Zhao Jianye and Chang Gang called a designated driver and took away three colleagues who were going the same way. Ye Zixuan chose to walk home because he lived not far from here, saying that he needed to digest his food. The other two colleagues lived in the same community, so they took a taxi together and left. In the end, only Chen Zhishu and Li Jiawei were left on the same road.

Chen Zhishu sat in the passenger seat and said to Li Jiawei, "Jiawei, thank you for your help."

Li Jiawei smiled and said, "Sister Zhishu, it's not a bother, it's just on the way."

Chen Zhishu asked casually, "Jiawei, which neighborhood do you live in?"

Li Jiawei replied, "My home is on Xihua Road, just two blocks away from your community."

Hearing this, Chen Zhishu coughed lightly, and her eyes unconsciously fell on Li Jiawei. She thought to herself: Although the two families are not far apart, the housing prices on Xihua Road are often tens of millions, and she can't afford it.

The largest apartment in her neighborhood costs less than 5 million yuan. Her family bought a second-hand house of 120 square meters for more than 3 million yuan. In order to buy the house, she and her husband spent almost all their savings and were burdened with debts for many years.

Looking at Li Jiawei's calm face, Chen Zhishu couldn't help but sigh, with mixed feelings in his heart: the gap between the rich and the poor in this world is really unfair. He couldn't help but sigh at the unevenness of life!

Others are living, but she is living.

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