On the surface, the banquet seemed to have pleased everyone. No matter how you look at it, Liu Zhizhong had entered a different social circle, gaining prestige and indeed standing out quite brilliantly. He had even joined the Zheng Family Clan group, as well as the secret group of the Southwest Conference. That kind of buff stacking was really something.
In officialdom, young people like him, haha, would never even dare to dream of such treatment. Take Zhang Hongyang, a few years his senior and half a rank above him, who had become a County Mayor. Recently, he and Xie Peng had been plotting to cut his roots, thinking up such sinister tricks!
After Zheng Xitong led Liu Zhizhong in toasting everyone around, when he was drinking individually with each person, barely sipping his red wine, he drank deeply with Feng Lun and, in passing, shared a few words with him:
