Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1137 - 26: One-Shot Drunk!

At eight in the morning, Secretary Ye, Mayor Qian, and other municipal leaders gathered in the small meeting room of the City Committee Office.

Today, they were not there for a meeting, but to hang the honorary pennant awarded by the Central Committee and the National Council to the Linghai City Government for being a "National Flood Control Advanced Group" on the wall.

Linghai had received numerous national honors before, mostly awarded by related ministries and commissions.

In comparison, being a National Flood Control Advanced Group was a true national-level honor!

Looking at the pennant, Secretary Ye reminisced about attending the National Flood Control Summary and Commendation Conference and the banquet celebrating the 49th anniversary of the founding of New China, feeling waves of emotions and reflections.

"Everyone, it's not appropriate to just hang it like this."

"Secretary Ye, I also feel it shouldn't be hung like this. Hanging it this way makes it easy to fade. It's best to make a glass cabinet like in a museum, hanging the pennant inside for display."

"That makes sense. For now, let's just hang it up. Later, let's have the City Committee Office promptly order a display case."

"What about the one for the Reserve Camp?"

"We'll keep it temporarily. Once the camp is built, we can make a glass display cabinet during the decoration of the honor room and hang the Reserve Camp's pennant inside for display."

This time, Linghai truly made a significant impression.

Secretary Ye even felt somewhat "born out of time."

If it had been a few years earlier, as the City Secretary of this county-level city, he would certainly be qualified to participate in the evaluation for "National Outstanding County Secretary," and would have had a good chance of being selected!

For the top leaders at the district and county levels, there are many evaluations for advanced and outstanding roles, but the one with the highest prestige is the "National Outstanding County Secretary." Unfortunately, it was only evaluated once, and it's unknown when the next evaluation will be.

Mayor Qian didn't know what Secretary Ye was thinking. Although he didn't get to go to the People's Hall like Secretary Ye, such a significant achievement for Linghai also owed to his contributions as mayor.

He could even imagine how deeply the Central Committee and the province would be impressed by Secretary Ye when he represented Linghai in receiving commendations from superiors. Secretary Ye would surely be promoted and given important positions and probably wouldn't work much longer in Linghai.

The more Mayor Qian thought about it, the happier he became, and he chuckled, "Secretary Ye, Salted Fish has to report to the Provincial Military District today. Why not wait until Salted Fish returns from the All-Military Commendation Conference, and then we hold our own Linghai commendation conference."

"Let's wait a bit more."

"Still have to wait?"

"Beihu Province is going to hold a commendation conference, and they invited us. Our province will also hold one, and even the Nanjing Military Region is said to hold one. We should participate in all the superior commendation conferences first, then hold our own after that."

The more commendation conferences attended, the more honors received, and the honorary pennants awarded by various superior units would be even more than now. By then, hanging them in the venue would be quite impressive!

Mayor Qian realized this and smiled, "Secretary Ye, they mainly commend the Linghai Reserve Camp. At that time, Salted Fish and Yang Jianbo will definitely go, so there's no need for us to arrange people, right?"

"Salted Fish will only attend the All-Military Commendation Conference. He won't go to the other commendation conferences, or rather, he doesn't dare to."

"Why doesn't he dare?"

"He can't drink alcohol, and indeed he shouldn't. He gets drunk after a couple of glasses. Shen Fan said he's almost dead with worry, trying hard to find a hangover cure all over the world, hahaha."

Minister Yang of the Armed Forces Department couldn't help but ask, "He gets drunk after just a couple of glasses?"

Secretary Ye smiled, "Shen Fan said he really can't drink. It seems he only drank once during a blind date with Xiang Ning, and he got drunk after just one glass."

"Lack of practice."

"Trying to prepare last-minute, there's not enough time to practice now. I estimate he won't pass tonight's trial."

"He has to drink tonight?"

"Today, reporting to the Military District, the Military Region Commander will certainly give them a farewell. Since it's a farewell banquet, there will naturally be toasting. His situation is different from other military officers; he's the only reserve officer from the whole Nanjing Military Region attending the commendation conference. The delegation's commander and deputy commander will certainly introduce him to the Military Region Commander."

"He's a policeman. How can a policeman not drink?"

"He's both a public security police officer and a ship driver. Driving a ship is even more dangerous than driving a car. How can he drink while driving a ship?"

Mayor Qian asked worriedly, "What should we do then?"

Secretary Ye wasn't overly concerned and couldn't help but laugh, "If he gets drunk, he gets drunk. Who hasn't gotten drunk before? Besides, he's not an active-duty officer. Even if he's completely drunk and vomits everywhere, the Military Region Commander cannot and should not say anything."

"That's true. When he wears the uniform, he's a reserve officer. When he takes it off, he's just a local cadre, not really managed by the military."

"What local cadre? He's about to be transferred to Customs."

"Secretary Ye, how can you agree to let him transfer to Customs?"

"Whether Linghai Port can be approved as a National First-Class Port is critically dependent on Customs' opinion. They're using administrative approvals as leverage, so what can I say?" Secretary Ye sighed lightly, then added, "But don't worry. Even if Salted Fish transfers to Customs, he will still be the Camp Commander of our Linghai Reserve Camp."

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Meanwhile, Han Yu was sitting in the off-road vehicle of the Military District heading to Jiangcheng, watching the scenery outside the car with a heavy heart.

His mother-in-law and brother-in-law both said there is no medicine you can take that will keep you from getting drunk after drinking.

His senior sister was very worried, repeatedly advising him last night and emphasizing again this morning that no matter who's toasting, he shouldn't drink. If he can't drink, he shouldn't force himself.

Master Han's attitude was astonishingly consistent with Liu Degui's; he didn't say anything in front of his daughter, but privately instructed that he must drink when the commander offers a toast, drunk or not, drink first and deal with the rest later.

To drink or not to drink?

Han Yu was secretly struggling with this dilemma. Captain Xia, insisting on personally sending Han Yu to the Provincial Military District, suddenly asked, "Salted Fish, have you caught any big fish in these recent anti-smuggling operations? Does it also involve Hanwu?"