10 At this moment, secretary Zhou Feng came in carrying several strings of mandarin fish and said: “Bureau chief Liu, these are for you.” Liu Dashan, waving the letter in his hand, said: “I myself just caught a big fish. Tell me the truth, how many days since this letter arrived?”
11 Zhou Feng said: “Bureau chief Bai Fan from the Beicang branch office called in and said this letter was written by a Baita station worker who likes to show off. I thought, you and bureau chief Bai squatted together for two years in the cowshed, so passing you that letter would also put you in a difficult position.”
12 Liu Dashan’s lips closed tightly, he paced around angry and in hot temper, only letting out panting breaths through his nose: “Hmpf! A few nice words, a little favor, and you throw away your principles—what a fine secretary you make!
13 Suddenly he asked Zhou Feng: “Have you seen Lenin in 1918? That guard commander at the Kremlin, the capitalists gave him so much money, was he tempted? If it were you, would you be tempted?”
14 Zhou Feng froze there on the spot unable to answer. Liu Dashan grabbed the phone: “Party School? This is Liu Dashan, I am sending you a student, named Zhou Feng.” He then said to Zhou Feng: “Tomorrow you will right away go to the Party School. Wherever the fish came from, give it back there!”
15 That afternoon, Liu Dashan convened a meeting and formed an investigation team. Before they departed, he said: “When you reach Baita station, you absolutely must not drink alcohol, whoever invites you for dinner you just don’t accept that, for if you eat someone’s food, your mouth goes soft…”
