Chapter 37: Revisiting the Gulf War

  The dishes and wine were ready, Duan Yunpeng was the first to raise his glass, "Hehe, brothers can come here to celebrate my birthday, I'm very happy. Everyone gathering together is fate, I think there's no need to say anything else, let's just drink together."

  "Alright, brother said it well, let's do it together." The person who accompanied Duan Yunpeng was undoubtedly Duan Yuntao. Yu Tian felt that he seemed to be very obedient to his older brother.

  The Duan brothers said so, and the five people raised their cups of wine, then tilted their heads back and downed the five cups of Maotai.

  At that time, the most famous good wine in China was Maotai. Generally, good hotels and Chinese people also like to drink this wine. Of course, the Maotai sold on the market cannot be compared with the tribute Maotai drunk by national leaders, but even the Maotai on the market is of good quality, very strong and not dizzying, and the price is not cheap either.

  Wine is the best tool for communication between men, a few cups of wine and everyone's belly is happy, originally slightly awkward people at the dinner table slowly open up, when speaking everyone is also more casual.

  Zu Jie was clearly a smooth talker, and the conversation of several people immediately revolved around him. As a section chief of the Central Organization Department, he was very familiar with the political system. Suddenly, from his mouth, you could hear that this year is almost over, and before the Fourth Plenary Session of the Seventh National People's Congress next year, which provincial party committee will change, who will be promoted from deputy minister to minister, which provincial governor will be promoted to provincial party secretary, and which provincial party secretary will enter the State Council or reach retirement age and enter the National People's Congress.

  Although he is only a section chief of the Central Organization Department, such big things are not something he can touch, let alone have a say in. However, as an insider of the Central Organization Department, it's normal for him to hear some rumors. Moreover, when Zu Jie mentioned these things, he was able to subtly raise his eyebrows and use attractive language, which made Duan Yunpeng and Duan Yuntao listen very seriously.

  Duan Yunyue, as a soldier, was obviously not too concerned about these politics. He maintained his posture, looking straight ahead, occasionally picking up food with his hands, and sometimes taking a sip from his wine cup. Of course, he also toasted others with his wine cup, such as Duan Yunpeng, the birthday star. During this time, he also clinked glasses with Feng Siche, who didn't hesitate to drink, feeling quite pleased. People like him usually leave a good impression on the Iron Blood soldiers.

  Feng Siche often went drinking with his classmates when he was in the UK. Although they mostly drank red wine at that time, many foreign wines also had a high alcohol content, and there was a characteristic of wine that made people feel good at first, but after a while, the alcohol would kick in and it was hard to avoid getting drunk. Feng Siche had also gotten drunk before, got drunk again after drinking, drank again after getting drunk, and over time, he didn't have much feeling left, slowly becoming proficient in drinking. In his later years, there were almost daily banquets, and wine was a must at every meal, so his alcohol tolerance became quite good. After reincarnating this life, he found that although his age had returned to his youth, many things from back then still existed, such as his good physique and his alcohol tolerance.

  Zu Jie blew for half a day on the other side, and it seemed that except for Duan Yunpeng and Duan Yuntao, Feng Sicheng and Duan Yunyue were not interested. Duan Yunyue was also a good friend of Duan Yunpeng's family. But as Feng Sicheng was invited by Duan Yunpeng as a special guest, it wouldn't be good to ignore him. So he changed the subject and asked Feng Sicheng: "Feng Sicheng, huh? I read your article about the securities industry, to be honest, I didn't quite understand it at first, but now it seems that you really have an economic vision."

  "Hehe, just my humble opinion. A blind cat met a dead mouse, that's all." Feng Sicheng smiled humbly and nodded towards Zu Jie, it was clear that the other person had intentionally steered the conversation in this direction to avoid leaving him out, so he should show some courtesy.

  "Hmm." Zu Jie nodded, apparently very satisfied with Feng Si Zhe's attitude. He continued to ask: "I also heard that after the publication of this article, your grandfather and uncle wrote two more articles about the Gulf War breaking out in the near future, one of which was even signed by you. I wonder whose point of view it is that the Gulf War will break out - your grandfather's, your uncle's or yours?"

  The topic then shifted to Feng Zikai's father-in-law's military articles, which was the difficult problem that Zu Jie gave him. In fact, many people who are aware of the situation will, after reading these three articles, inevitably attribute the author to one person, namely Feng Zikai.

  Zhao Zhongjiang is a famous roughneck in the army, not very cultured, how could he possibly write such an article with such insight? Apart from the fact that Feng Sihai wrote it, there seems to be no other explanation. Feng Sihai also guessed what everyone would think and had already prepared his response, smiling and saying: "I drafted those two articles."

  Feng Siche's acknowledgment suddenly made everyone present stunned, even Duan Yunyue, who seemed to be indifferent to everything, fixed his gaze on Feng Siche at this moment, and in his opinion, this topic was still quite attractive to him.

  "Is this really your idea?" Originally still suspicious, but now that Feng Siche has admitted it, Zu Jie asked another question, because he really couldn't think of how someone so young could have such a profound view of military affairs. Can't say that everyone who returns from studying abroad is so powerful?

  The education of the Republic at that time had problems, too focused on exam scores and neglecting social practice. But it can't be said that all those who returned from studying abroad were so fierce, who could compare with a reborn person?

  Facing Zujie's attitude, Feng Siche was obviously very satisfied. He chuckled and said, "The vocabulary of the article is organized by me, but the thinking is indeed my grandfather and uncle's. These are their thoughts, I just wrote them out."

  Feng Siche's supplement made everyone even more stunned, this answer was completely opposite to what he said earlier, but it seemed that only by doing so could people understand and believe.