Chapter 19 Can you lend me this person?
Feng Xiaochen didn't know that there was a group of people who were sharpening their knives and preparing to remove him from the big chunks. He ran out of the Coal Design Institute like the wind, squeezed into the bus the moment before the last bus closed, and then returned to the Metallurgical Bureau. When he entered the door, he was still thinking about whether Wang Weilong and the others had stewed meat today. He was hungry now and felt that even if there was a whole pig stewed in the pot, he could eat it all.
Before he could finish his dream, an office cadre blocked his way and informed him to go to Director Luo's office in a tactful tone. Of course, this cadre also heard of Feng Xiaochen's "great achievements" made by Feng Xiaochen at the Coal Research Institute, and felt a little sympathy and a little inexplicable gloating. However, because Luo Xiangfei had already given special instructions to others not to blame Feng Xiaochen, he was inconvenient to say anything more.
"Director Luo hasn't gotten off work yet?" Feng Xiaochen asked in surprise. It was already past seven o'clock in the evening and it was already dark. Feng Xiaochen knew of course that Luo Xiangfei often worked overtime, sometimes he delayed until ten o'clock, and when he returned home at eleven o'clock, it was not a special thing to stay in the office at around seven o'clock. He asked this mainly because he was hungry and wanted to find a reason to turn off Luo Xiangfei's summons.
Of course the cadre would not give Feng Xiaochen this opportunity. He nodded and said, "Director Luo hasn't gotten off work yet. He told you to go to his office as soon as you come back. You'd better go quickly."
"Okay." Feng Xiaochen tied his belt, sighed, and walked towards the office building. The cadre followed him, as if he was accompanying him, and as if he was escorting him. When he thought that Feng Xiaochen had caused such a big disaster, he might have escaped fearlessly.
"Is Xiao Feng here?"
Seeing Feng Xiaochen walk into his office, Luo Xiangfei greeted him, and then he gestured to the cadre who escorted Feng Xiaochen to leave. Then, he asked Tian Wenjian to close the door of the office.
"This is..." Feng Xiaochen was even more puzzled. It seemed that there was something secret to discuss. But think about it carefully. What secret can there be between him and Luo Xiangfei? After arriving at the Metallurgical Bureau, Luo Xiangfei only arranged a task for him, which was to do a data summary. Even if he had to listen to his report, it seemed that he would not have to make it so mysterious.
"Sit down, Xiao Feng." Luo Xiangfei said, while scrutinizing Feng Xiaochen's expression with his eyes. He found that Feng Xiaochen had a bit of suspicion on his face, and there was no other expression. Logically speaking, he had just had a fight with a minister and was so angry that he was hospitalized. He should have been a little nervous. Could it be that this kid was heartless and didn't know how outrageous what he did?
"Where have you been?" Luo Xiangfei decided to ask.
"Coal Research Institute." Feng Xiaochen replied.
"What did you do?"
"I checked the information and there was a magazine called "Mining_Magazine". Last year, the second issue published a very good review on the development of mining machinery. I wanted to find it. Because our bureau's information room does not have this magazine, a professor from an outside school told me that Coal Research has this magazine, so I went there."
"Have you found it?"
"Finished."
"Then what?"
"Then?" Feng Xiaochen thought for a while, "and then I took some notes."
"That's all?" Luo Xiangfei continued to ask.
"That's all." Feng Xiaochen said. The communication with Meng Fanze is something that has nothing to do with the Metallurgical Bureau. Feng Xiaochen doesn't feel that he needs to explain to Luo Xiangfei. Besides, Luo Xiangfei is probably not interested. So far, he doesn't know who the old man's surname is. Even if he wants to tell Luo Xiangfei, he doesn't know where to start.
Luo Xiangfei glanced at Tian Wenjian and said, "Is the information you received wrong? Feng Xiaochen obviously didn't know what quarrels or the fact that the minister was angry. Will it be spread by rumors? It was not Feng Xiaochen's affairs, but it was spread to him."
Tian Wenjian was sure, and Liu Yanping told him clearly: The information room, young, brought the introduction letter from the Metallurgical Bureau. Who else could Feng Xiaochen be if this is not? He couldn't figure out why Feng Xiaochen was so calm. Could he be an extremely outstanding actor and can still pretend to be calm after doing such an extraordinary thing?
"Xiao Feng, who did you have any conflicts with at the Coal Research Institute?" Tian Wenjian began to tempt him step by step.
"Conflict? No." Feng Xiaochen replied. He had contacted two people there. The data clerk Wang Yaru and an unknown little old man. Wang Yaru was a little rude to him, but he did not retort, so it was not a conflict. As for the old man, um, I had choked a few words in the middle, but the whole atmosphere was very harmonious, so it could not be reached by the conflict, right?
"Didn't you meet Minister Meng?" Tian Wenjian asked.
"Minister Meng?" Feng Xiaochen was stunned. He thought for a while and asked, "Is it an old comrade who is not tall, gray in hair and has a strong voice. Well, he is probably about 70 years old."
"It's him." Luo Xiangfei's heart skipped a beat. Although there were many old men who met this standard, combined with the complaints from the Coal Research Institute, the person Feng Xiaochen said must be Meng Fanze. From this point of view, Feng Xiaochen did meet Meng Fanze, and things were a little difficult to deal with.
"What did you say?" Tian Wenjian asked again.
Feng Xiaochen muttered in his heart. After a long time of trouble, the old man was actually a minister, Minister Meng... Well, I think he had some impression that when he was working in the reinstallation, Minister Meng should have retired long ago. He just vaguely remembered that there was such a person once, and he didn't know what the name was. However, this minister was so clingy that he ran away on the grounds of driving the car. He even called the Metallurgical Bureau. Is this meant to pester him to chat with him?
There seems to be nothing that I can’t explain to Luo Xiangfei when I talked to him. Some of my thoughts are a little ahead of the times, but they have been tested by practice in later generations, so they are not a mistake. Before I left, Minister Meng went to get paper and pen to record what he said, which shows that Minister Meng also agrees with his words, so he won’t sue Luo Xiangfei for any illusion?
After understanding this, Feng Xiaochen was confident. He said, "Actually, I didn't say anything, and I didn't know that he was Minister Meng at all, because he had never revealed his identity to me. When he saw that I was looking up information about mining machinery, he discussed it with me a few words. Later, I saw that it was too late and I was afraid that I wouldn't catch the last bus, so I left first."
"That's it?" Luo Xiangfei couldn't believe it.
"That's it." Feng Xiaochen replied, the question and answer were exactly the same as before.
"You didn't make Minister Meng angry?" Luo Xiangfei asked again.
"No." Feng Xiaochen said. After saying that, he quickly changed his words and said, "No, I said something wrong in the middle. He was a little angry, but I apologized immediately, so he didn't care."
What Feng Xiaochen said was about the fact that he mocked the foundry workers, which was the only place that made Meng Fanze scold him. Luo Xiangfei asked about the process and felt that although Feng Xiaochen's words were not appropriate, being able to apologize immediately would be nothing. With Luo Xiangfei's understanding of Meng Fanze, Meng Fanze was not such a stingy person, so he would not be worried about such a sentence.
"Didn't you see Minister Meng get sick?" Luo Xiangfei said.
"Minister Meng is sick?" Feng Xiaochen was surprised. He shook his head and said, "When I left, he was still fine. The information officer in their data room could make a certificate."
"What's going on?" Luo Xiangfei frowned, and he began to feel that something might be strange about this matter. If Feng Xiaochen hadn't deliberately concealed something, it was the institute that made a mistake. Perhaps Meng Fanze's illness was an isolated incident and had nothing to do with Feng Xiaochen. As for quarrels, anger, etc., it might be that the people in the institute themselves made up for it. Judging from Feng Xiaochen's previous performance, this young man is indeed not too impulsive.
"Dingling, Dingling!"
While Luo Xiangfei was thinking, the telephone on his desk rang. He picked up the receiver, listened only one sentence, and replied solemnly: "Hello, Minister Meng, I am Xiao Luo!"
Tian Wenjian and Feng Xiaochen both turned their eyes to the receiver in Luo Xiangfei's hand, and their thoughts were different. Tian Wenjian was very confused and didn't know whether the call was here to complain or to clear Feng Xiaochen. Feng Xiaochen's idea was relatively simple. He believed that Minister Meng would not be so unreasonable. Everyone was talking well, so what could you complain to my leader?
"Little Luo, I'll ask you about someone. Is there a young man named Feng Xiaochen in your unit?"
Meng Fanze's voice was full of energy, not like a person who was sick and sent to the hospital. Luo Xiangfei's heart was a little calmer. Even if Meng Fanze was really hospitalized, it would not be a big problem, and Feng Xiaochen would not have any major responsibility. Hearing Meng Fanze approached and asked Feng Xiaochen, Luo Xiangfei quickly replied: "There is such a comrade who has just been seconded from the grassroots level, mainly to do some translation work."
"Doing translation work? It's so inexplicable. Xiao Luo, let me discuss with you. Can you lend this young man to me? No, no, it's best to give it to me directly. I'll transfer him to the department and get into the formal establishment." Meng Fanze is worthy of being the deputy minister and offered excellent conditions as soon as he opened his mouth.
Chapter completed!