In Qi Tongwei's view, as far as internal award ceremonies went, it did not matter who hosted them.
It was nothing more than pouring a pot of tea for Lu Yike and the others, and it was not as if they were discussing anything particularly vital. Having the secretary of the ministry's top leader handle the task was entirely in line with protocol. After all, the secretary was often dubbed the secondary leader, representing the will of the chief to the outside world.
Although the naive Huang Xi and the ordinary-born Xu Yingzi were submissive and timid in front of Qi Tongwei, in reality, if either of those two women were to go out on official business, even heavyweights at Luo Shanhe's level would not dare to treat them lightly.
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