Wei Jie
Chapter 977 Chairman—Huo Dongsheng
St. Paul, headquarters of the Chinese Workers' Association.
In a clean and spacious ward, there was only one hospital bed. Wu Boxin was lying on the bed, with two young and beautiful nurses standing beside him, using very professional and expensive medical equipment to examine his body.
A young Chinese doctor stood beside Wu Boxin, looking at the various data displayed on the tablet computer, and then told Wu Boxin in a gentle voice: "Mr. Wu, there is nothing wrong with your body, you are just a little overworked. Take a good rest for a few days, I will prescribe some medicine for you, remember to take it on time, and you will be fine in a couple of days."
Wu Boxin nodded and sighed in a relaxed posture, "Hey, I'm old, and my body is not as good as before. If it were in the past, this kind of thing wouldn't be a big deal."
"Knock, knock, knock!"
A crisp knock came from the ward door. After waiting for a few seconds, the door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man about 1.75 meters tall, with some gray hair at his temples and wearing a Zhongshan suit, walked in. Behind him, followed three attendants in black suits, including Wang Xiao.
Two attendants entered the room and stood at the door without going further, while the middle-aged man with gray temples smiled heartily and stepped forward: "Long time no see, Chairman Wu!"
This man's name is Huo Dongsheng, the current chairman of the Chinese Workers' Association. Four years ago, he was elected as the president of the Chinese Workers' Association, and during his tenure, the Chinese Workers' Association developed rapidly, quickly expanded its scale, and greatly increased its size.
"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!" Huo Dongsheng smiled and slowly walked to Wu Boxin, while extending his right hand and gently holding Wu Boxin's hand: "I am Huo Dongsheng, the president of the Chinese Workers' Association."
"Chairman Huo, hello." There wasn't much surprise on Wu Boxin's face, because everyone was in the same circle, and he had seen photos of Lao Huo before.
"I wanted to meet you for a long time, but I never had the chance..."
"Haha, you're too kind."
After a few words of greeting, Huo Dongsheng pointed to Wang Xiao standing aside: "Let me introduce you to Chairman Wu, this is Wang Xiao, the Minister of the Action Department, you should have met him."
"Oh, oh, I've met him, I've met him!" Wu Boxin nodded to Wang Xiao, and Wang Xiao smiled in return.
"Chairman Wu, how is your health?" Huo Dongsheng looked at Wu Boxin with concern: "We must pay more attention at this age!"
"Ah, I'm just old." Wu Boxin waved his hand: "There's no big problem, just rest for a few days."
"Hehe, that's good." Huo Dongsheng smiled: "Sit down, sit down."
While the two were talking, the man in the black suit at the door answered a phone call, then stood up and walked quickly to Huo Dongsheng and whispered, "Chairman, lunch is ready."
Huo Dongsheng nodded, then looked at Wu Boxin: "Well then, Chairman Wu, it's time for lunch, shall we go out and sit down?"
"Sure!" Wu Boxin agreed.
"Okay, let's go somewhere else."
"Please!"
"Please!"
The two got up and walked out of the ward, and Huo Dongsheng's three followers immediately followed.
Passing through the corridor, they came to an outdoor courtyard with lush greenery. A table covered with a white cloth was placed in the center of the courtyard, and a chef in uniform stood beside it, bowing slightly to the two of them.
"Here we are, Chairman Wu, please!" Huo Dongsheng smiled and gestured.
"You first!" Wu Boxin replied softly.
The two sat down facing each other, and the chef immediately served the dishes, while Wang Xiao and the others sat in the corner.
"Chairman Wu." Huo Dongsheng picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Wu Boxin himself: "Don't worry, I have arranged everything for your son."
"Oh?" Wu Boxin took the tea, his face remained calm, but he couldn't help but think about Wu Taiyong's affairs. As a politician and businessman, Lao Wu certainly didn't want his son to be involved in the intelligence system. The water was too deep and too dangerous. And Wu Taiyong had been rebellious since he was a child, which really made him worry a lot.
"He is already on the plane, and he should be in the Hua region soon." Huo Dongsheng said with a smile: "Let him call you when he lands, so you can rest assured."
"Hmm..."
"By the way, Wang Xiao..." Huo Dongsheng turned to look at Wang Xiao sitting aside and casually asked, "How did the Hua region arrange for Young Master Wu?"
Wang Xiao looked at the two of them, and replied with a light smile: "Hehe, I have spoken to the Southwest Military Region Command. For studying abroad, there are two options. If he wants to further his studies in cultural subjects, he can go to Yanbei University; if he wants to wear a military uniform, he can also go to the Army University for further studies. We have special enrollment quotas, just a phone call away. Oh, and our friends over there have already arranged Young Master Wu's residence in Chuanfu."
"The Hua region, you know." Huo Dongsheng took a sip of tea and smiled, "The political environment there, and the safety aspects, are better than other places. You don't have to worry about your child being there."
"Then thank you, Chairman Huo." Wu Boxin smiled slightly, his face didn't show much emotional fluctuation, but he felt that Lao Huo was quite reliable in his work. In order to reassure him, he even called someone over to explain the situation: "Hey, Chairman Huo, how old is your child?"
"The older one is married, and the younger one is just three years old. Alas, neither of them is easy to handle." Huo Dongsheng spoke casually, without any sense of distance.
"Hehe." Wu Boxin smiled, secretly envious that the other party had achieved something that he hadn't been able to achieve even after changing four wives: "You're still going strong, Chairman Huo!"
"It's all about combining work with leisure!" Huo Dongsheng replied with a faint smile.
"Haha!"
The two smiled at each other. Huo Dongsheng could clearly feel that Lao Wu was an informal person, and being too reserved when talking to him would make him seem estranged.
After a few cups of tea, Huo Dongsheng looked at Wu Boxin and said casually: "The First, Second, and Third Districts are engaging in political obstruction and shifting resources to the military intelligence agencies, trying to set up new Chinese group management units. The government is trying to appease them as much as possible. In the northern Dragon City, Lao Li is developing behind closed doors, Tan Hengqiang is taking a long-term view, and the An faction's strategy is unclear. Further south, the official army in Old Mexico is about to split, and in Panama City, the Chi Army and the Qingyi Bureau's armed forces... each has its own territory, like a warlord's separatist regime. Lao Wu, what do you think, in this situation, what should overseas Chinese groups do?"
Hearing this, Wu Boxin pondered for a long time with a serious expression: "Talking about rebellion is a reckless act; talking about sovereignty, there is still a glimmer of hope."
Huo Dongsheng nodded heavily and filled Wu Boxin's cup with tea again: "Then how to become independent? Where is that glimmer of hope?"
"If guns are fired, it is war, and people will die. If guns are not fired, it is negotiation, and there is still a glimmer of hope." Wu Boxin frowned and replied.
"So you can't leave without a gun." Huo Dongsheng said thoughtfully.
"Yes, no matter what you do, or in which direction you do it, you must first hold the gun in your hand." Wu Boxin sighed and said, "Although Lao Li's team is the administrative brain, controlling the body of the warlord, I don't like it, but the facts prove that their direction is right."
Huo Dongsheng picked up the teapot and changed his address with a smile: "Brother, drinking tea to this point is really starting to have some flavor."
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Inside the Gate Island Prison, it was now recess time, and the prisoners were in groups of three or five, freely moving around in the closed parade ground.
The old man who helped Su Tiannan escape from prison before was sitting on a chair on the basketball court, surrounded by several strong prisoners not far away, protecting the old man's safety.
"Ring, ring, ring!"
A prisoner took out his mobile phone, looked at the caller ID, then walked to the old man, bent down and handed the phone to his ear.
"Hello?"
The old man answered the phone.
"Old Wang, what does Huang Peishan mean by doing this?!" Su Tiannan's questioning voice resounded.
"What Huang Peishan?" Old Wang replied faintly.
"Old Wang, don't tell me you don't know about this!" Su Tiannan roared with wide eyes: "He's just a vice president, how dare he take away the entire Wu family, father and son, in private?! What exactly does the association want to do?! Does the upper level know that doing this will cause a complete collapse!"