Not only did people in the building participate in the fun betting games, but people outside also placed fifty-cent bets just for fun. Even if they ended up with just a few cents, they enjoyed playing.
For the betting that the project would flop, the total amount reached three thousand, while the bet for winning accumulated fifty yuan.
A brutal contrast.
These were employees from the Capital's Secretariat, unable to stand others looking down on President Hu and Hu Ping, stubbornly pulling in a few more people to top up the fifty yuan bet.
...
President Hu led the people into the meeting room, trying to use his "massive" body to block Wu Zhaoxiang from entering.
Wu Zhaoxiang was a step quicker and dodged agilely, slipping into the meeting room along with his daughter.
President Hu was so angry he almost pounded his chest.
Standing beside him was Secretary Bai, who was much older than President Hu.
