That day, the staff at the secretary office hadn't seen the usual sight of Assistant Xu.
He was always the one who handled all office affairs through the secretary office.
Xu Fang kept traveling to various places in this city, all to accomplish a certain matter for Director Gu.
January 18, 2009, was the eve of the Chinese New Year; the Chinese have always placed great importance on festivals, and C City, as the financial hub, took these festivals even more seriously, seemingly with an ambition to promote traditional Chinese festivals.
With the evolution of the age, people's regard for festivals may not be as intense as in ancient times, but neither the government nor the businessmen would miss any opportunity to garner traffic and money.
Take television stations, for example; the New Year's Eve program on the eve of the Little New Year is also extraordinarily lively.