Section 7: Discussing Politics

  Before long, Brother-in-law's phone call came, and Sister-in-law's face didn't look good after answering the phone.

  "Put down the phone and coldly said to Ma Lixin and his son: 'Ma Chongxi won't be coming home for dinner, tell them to go to De Yue Lou at the Century Hotel to wait for him. What a decadent life. Can this day even be gotten through?' After finishing speaking, she didn't bother with them anymore and went into the kitchen herself."

  Ma Lixin and others didn't care whether Biao Jie liked it or not, they still greeted her and went directly to the Century Grand Hotel.

  Ma Lixin and his father saw the luxurious lobby of the Century Grand Hotel, they were a bit intimidated. The security guard thought they had walked into the wrong place and asked sternly: "Who are you looking for?"

  "We've come for dinner." Ma Lixin said. The security guard was a bit more polite and said: "Please enter."

  They looked for half a day before finally finding the De Yue Building. Sitting in a private room, Father said, "Fortunately, I brought some money today, or else we would have been embarrassed later."

  "Isn't this place quite expensive?" Mali Xīn was just about to ask when his older cousin walked in.

  Behind the elder brother, there was another person. Medium build, with a smile, his eyes became a big "one" word. The elder brother introduced to Ma Benshan: "This is Xie Changming, the deputy director of Qiaoshan Office, my best classmate." Ma Benshan hurriedly stretched out his hand, and Xie Changming also seriously stretched out his hand.

  After they sat down, Ma Chongxi kept talking to Xie Changming.

  Ma Benshan ordered a bottle of Maotai. "I know you like 38," he said, referring to the 38-degree liquor.

  "We're classmates, so let's be a bit more casual. Today we're here to speak the truth, usually we're very careful with our words, wearing a fake mask, it's uncomfortable." After they toasted each other twice, Ma Benshan carefully raised his cup towards Xie Changming and said: "Director Xie, although this is our first meeting, you are my nephew's classmate, so I'll toast to you first."

  Xie Changming didn't decline and said: "I won't be polite, our relationship is very good, besides your affairs are also my affairs."

  Seeing Ma Benshan about to stand up, Director Xie said: "If I stand up, I won't be able to bear it. You are my elder, let's all sit down today."

  Seeing his father make a toast, Ma Lixin also immediately stood up. Ma Chongxi said: "Don't rush, don't rush. Let's eat some dishes first and then talk. Eating and being an official are the same, you can't rush into it. You need to be calm and composed."

  "Right, Little Horse, you've just graduated from school and there's still a lot to learn."

  "Ah", Director Xie cleared his throat and said: "Xiao Ma, you need to think carefully about your current situation. Do you want to go into government or do you want to find a teaching position?"

  He also said: "If you want to find a place to teach, I can arrange it for you immediately. If you want to enter politics, that's a bit more difficult."

  Fortunately, Ma Lixin is also a clever person and must have said that his elder brother wants to join politics.

  He immediately said: "I just want to join politics now, and I hope Director Xie will take care of me."

  "I don't have much to consider, I'm just helping you come up with a plan." Director Xie looked at Ma Benshan and then at Ma Chongxi, saying: "In that case, we can only take the loan transfer approach first and talk about it later."

  Ma Lixin saw his uncle nodding. "Then you just wait at home first. Just say that you're asking for leave from school, there's a problem with your body." His uncle said to Ma Lixin and his father, tilting his head to the side.