There were twelve people at the table. Xie Bisheng, as the host, stood up. "Come on! Today, I'm extremely grateful to Boss Gong and the elites of his company for coming to our Anping County. On behalf of the Investment Promotion Office and hundreds of thousands of people in Anping, we warmly welcome you. A light drink is offered to show our respect. I wish everyone a pleasant and enjoyable evening, and also wish our cooperation goes smoothly. Again, I wish Boss Gong a continuous flow of wealth and new romantic encounters every night."
"Good, drink! Let's all drink together!"
Boss Gong laughed heartily. "I love this sentence. I didn't expect Director Xie to be so erudite. Come on, let's all raise our glasses and have a great start for our cooperation."
Twelve glasses were raised together, and the glasses intersected. Chen Yan took a shallow sip.
Seeing that Boss Gong's eyes had been fixed on her, and he and Xie Bisheng and others all drank it up in one gulp, she felt somewhat helpless and had to finish the drink.
Gu Qiu was sitting beside Chen Yan. Chen Yan was sitting beside Xie Bisheng. On the other side were two deputy directors and Xiao Liu. After drinking this glass of wine, everyone sat down.
The dishes were all the most famous signature dishes of Anping County.
A woman beside Boss Gong stood up and picked up food for him. What she picked was a long-shaped turtle leg.
At the first attempt, she didn't hold it firmly. The turtle leg dropped on the table.
Xie Bisheng looked at her and laughed, "Miss Li is so weak. How come you can't even hold a leg firmly? When you hold Boss Gong's leg, you have to use more strength."
This Miss Li wore glasses and was of good looks, but compared to Chen Yan, she was several grades lower. Hearing Xie Bisheng teasing her, she was rather generous.
"How do you know I'm weak, Director Xie? Why don't you give it a try?"
Director Xie was someone who had seen many scenes. Such bawdy jokes came in abundance for him.
He laughed. "How could that be? Boss Gong hasn't signed yet."
Boss Gong glanced at Chen Yan. "I'll sign this. I'll sign. Xiao Li, Director Xie is yours tonight. See if he's your type."
Miss Li was rather charming. With a flirtatious look, she picked up her glass. "Whether he's my type or not, let's have this drink first. Director Xie, come on?" With a flirtatious voice, she was truly a captivating vixen.
Chen Yan remained calm. She had seen such scenes many times before.
But Miss Li was so flirtatious and blatant, which made people somewhat disgusted. However, men at the wine table were mostly like this. The more dissolute and flirtatious, the more they liked.
Director Xie was drinking with Miss Li. Miss Li said, "Director Xie, why don't we have a toast with crossed arms? So that no one would say I'm not enthusiastic."
Director Xie laughed loudly. "This is good. This is good."
When Miss Li crossed arms with him for the toast, she deliberately rubbed her chest against Xie Bisheng's elbow, making Xie Bisheng's mind wander for a moment.
Everyone shouted together to cheer for the two of them.
Xie Bisheng proudly said to everyone, "None of you should be idle. One-on-one. Let's take them down one by one. Our Investment Promotion Office dares not brag about anything else, but we never lose in drinking. Tonight, Boss Gong has spoken. If the six of us can take them down, we'll go to Daqiu Township for inspection tomorrow. Straightforward. Let's decide the outcome at the wine table."
Boss Gong had a smile on his face. "I just love people with Director Xie's personality. Come on, let's all drink. You all should also do your best. If you lose in drinking, don't tell others that you follow me in the future."
Everyone in the room laughed heartily.
The assistant of Boss Gong stood up. "Since it's a drinking competition, let's divide the wine. Each person has a bottle in front of them first."
Director Xie waved his hand grandly. "If you want wine, there's plenty. Waiter, bring two cases of Wuliangye first."
Damn!
When Gu Qiu saw this situation, he was secretly shocked in his heart.
Judging from their manner, these two cases of wine might not be enough.
Sure enough, the assistant asked the waiter to change to larger cups.
The kind of cups where one bottle of wine could fill about three cups.
After the cups were changed, Xie Bisheng said to Chen Yan, "Chen Yan, Boss Gong is waiting for your toast. A woman can't always be passive. Sometimes being proactive is more romantic."
Chen Yan had to pick up her glass. "Boss Gong, I'm very grateful that you all came to Anping County for inspection. I should have fulfilled my promise and drunk with you all until we were drunk. But unfortunately yesterday, I fell when I went out and just came back from getting an injection at the hospital this morning..."
Before Chen Yan finished speaking, the assistant interrupted her. "Hey, Miss Chen, don't make so many excuses. Our Boss Gong is a straightforward person. Either drink or leave. Since everyone is sitting at this table, it's meaningless to say other things at this time, right?"
Chen Yan felt embarrassed. "My alcohol tolerance is really not good. You won't bully a weak woman, will you?"
The assistant said, "Whether your alcohol tolerance is good or not, this depends on your leader. If the leader says you can, you can. Right, Director Xie?"
Xie Bisheng said, "Toast Boss Gong first. Other things can be discussed later."
Boss Gong spoke, "Let's do it this way. Let's have a drink first. Then we have six people here. You can pick anyone at random. If he (she) gets drunk and you don't, I'll count you as the winner."
Chen Yan glanced around. There were four men and two women on the other side. She pointed at the accountant. "Then I'll choose this big sister."
The other person just smiled. "Your eyes are really sharp. Among the entire team, my alcohol tolerance is the worst."
Chen Yan said, "Please be lenient, big sister."
Then she picked up her glass and toasted Boss Gong.
After the toast, Gu Qiu secretly pulled Chen Yan. Chen Yan understood and turned to ask the waiter to bring a cup of warm water. When no one was paying attention, she took the pill.
After the courtesy, everyone started to drink one-on-one.
The accountant on the other side said with a smile, "Miss Chen, our Boss Gong has been full of praise for you. If I don't keep you company well tonight, I'll definitely be criticized when I go back. Come on, I toast you."
A full glass of wine in a tall glass, which was about three taels. On normal days, Chen Yan would definitely be nervous. But today, she felt more at ease. With Gu Qiu here, she shouldn't be bullied, right?
After drinking so many times, Chen Yan didn't believe that the pill Gu Qiu gave could have any effect, but she felt at ease in her heart.
Because she glanced at Gu Qiu and saw that he was calm and composed without a trace of timidity.
The accountant said, "Big sister, my alcohol tolerance is not good, but for this first glass of wine, I definitely won't hold back. I'm the kind of person who would rather hurt my body than hurt the feelings. Come on, let's have a toast."
Chen Yan clinked glasses with her. The other person, neither in a hurry nor in a rush, brought the glass close to her mouth.
No one could have imagined that such a large glass of wine was drunk by this young married accountant in her thirties in one go, and her face didn't turn red and she wasn't out of breath.
Chen Yan then realized that this person was a master.
At this time, she could only bite the bullet.
After drinking this glass of wine in one gulp, the two of them smiled at each other. The accountant sat down. "Miss Chen has a good alcohol tolerance."
Chen Yan shook her head. "I drank too fast. My head is dizzy."
After several rounds, Chen Yan had drunk at least about eight taels. Her head really started to feel dizzy. She was somewhat puzzled. Didn't Gu Qiu say that the pill could sober up?
Under the table, she quietly wrote on Gu Qiu's thigh with her finger. What pill did you give me? It seems to have no effect!
Gu Qiu wrote two words, Aphrodisiac!
Chen Yan frowned and pinched Gu Qiu's thigh.