Section 42 Two-to-two Analysis

"What do you think of Bai Yiming?" Ling Zhengyue walked on the cold mountain road wearing a thick coat. Both of them were ten meters away from each other. "I heard that he and Zhao Guodong had a good relationship when studying at the Party School, and many of them had a consistent view."

Chen Yinglu laughed in silence: "Secretary Ling, you should say that Bai Yiming and Zhao Guodong have a good personal relationship. This may be true. I heard that they had a close relationship when they were in the Party School. I have a comrade in the army who was also from the department-level cadre training class at that time. I have talked about them, which is quite active. Well, it is a bit of a touch of inspiring words."

"Oh? Who?" Ling Zhengyue became interested. Zhao Guodong's political views seemed a little blurred. Although this guy had many tricks in economic work, his political views were still not very clear. It felt like he was following the crowd for many times. It was an indisputable fact that Zhao Guodong was quite admired by senior officials. Ling Zhengyue did not believe that a person who was mediocre and lacked novelty in political views would be recognized by senior officials like this, or it could only be said that he had not really analyzed this person thoroughly. Perhaps some clues could be seen from his political resume. That Central Party School training class was undoubtedly a key step for Zhao Guodong to move forward in politics.

Zhao Guodong and his team were nominally a department-level cadre training class, but that department-level cadre training class was a bit special. In fact, the so-called middle-aged and young classes later came later. Basically, those from local areas were the top leaders of the party committee, and those from state-owned enterprises or colleges were all among the best reserve cadres waiting to be promoted, so they can be called the cradle of deputy provincial cadres. After graduating from that training class, many people entered the ranking of deputy provincial cadres within two or three years. Therefore, that training class was also the most influential among the previous department-level cadre training classes.

"Well, I heard from my comrade-in-arms that at that time, Wu Yuanji, Sun Xiaochuan, and Zhou Denggao were also quite close to him. Later, Bai Yiming and Ruan Daiqing also got very close to them." Chen Yinglu said while recalling.

"Wu Yuanji? He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Southern Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the Secretary of the Kunzhou Municipal Party Committee, right? Well, I have some impressions. There seems to be some controversy in his position. Cai Zhengyang supports him. Zhou Denggao is now a member of the Standing Committee of the Southern Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and Secretary-General. Liu Daoyuan played a great role in the promotion of this person. At that time, he was promoted from the mayor of Qianyang to the assistant governor of southern Yunnan Province to the deputy governor of southern Yunnan Province. Sun Xiaochuan is now the boss of China Southern Airlines, Ruan Daiqing? Is it the Qing Federation that the deputy director of Tianjin Binhai New Area? This time he also moved, and I can't remember where he goes."

Ling Zhengyue, who is the executive vice minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, has a good memory and can clearly recall the whereabouts of every cadre who has passed by himself, and even the details of the promotion at that time.

"Ruan Daiqing and Bai Yiming have a good personal relationship. This time, Ruan Daiqing has gone to the local area. Now he is a member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Organization." Chen Yinglu bent down and helped a small tree beside the road that was somewhat tilted by the wind, and stepped on the soil with his feet to help the small tree stabilize his foot.

"Their group is really a gathering of heroes. These five people have been promoted and promoted within three years." Ling Zhengyue sighed a little, "I think this group of cadres is not old, so they were also praised by overseas media as the young and strong in China at that time. It seems that this is true."

Chen Yinglu smiled and said nothing. Ling Zhengyue could say this. After all, he was the secretary of the provincial party committee who came down from the Executive Vice Minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, and he was just the director of the Provincial Party Committee Organization, so he could only listen.

"By the way, Yinglu, you just said that Zhao Guodong and Bai Yiming had a good personal relationship, but it seemed that they had left half of the words but didn't finish it." Ling Zhengyue was also very delicate and remembered the topic that he had not finished asking.

"Well, Zhao Guodong and Bai Yiming have a good personal relationship, but if they have the same views on work, it may not be." Chen Yinglu pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know if Secretary Ling, have you noticed that after Governor Guodong returned to our Anyuan, no, to be precise, some of his views after he became the deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission were somewhat different and changed from his original approach to serving as Secretary of the Ningling Municipal Party Committee."

Ling Zhengyue frowned slightly and nodded: "You said."

"When Governor Guodong was the mayor of Huaiqing and served as the secretary of the municipal party committee in Ningling, his view was still inclined to vigorously attract investment. Based on local facts, he focused on cultivating advantageous leading industries, using large-scale infrastructure construction to improve the investment environment, drive the development of the secondary industry, and use industry to drive local economic development. There were some changes in the later stages of Ningling, that is, it emphasized improving the soft investment environment and attracting investment from high-end industries. However, the overall dominant idea was to strengthen infrastructure construction, attract foreign investment, cultivate and build advantageous industries, emphasize the role of large projects and large investment, and use the rapid development of industry to drive the growth of fiscal and tax revenue, and even take some political risks."

Ling Zhengyue showed a very interested expression on his face. Listening to Chen Yinglu's introduction, the organization minister gave him a lot of new surprises, even far beyond his expectations. It seems that this person who once partnered with Zhao Guodong and even served as the leader of Zhao Guodong has never given up on his attention. Even after Zhao Guodong left Anyuan, he did not leave his sight. This made Ling Zhengyue quite curious about why Chen Yinglu paid so much attention to Zhao Guodong.

"I don't know that Lingpiao Astronomy and online media exposed it, and even went to Xinhua News Agency's internal reference, which attracted the attention of the central government."

"Well, I have some impression of you when you say this. At that time, something happened to Yunling. It seemed that several foreign students were in danger in an outdoor adventure and were finally rescued. At that time, the two things were mixed together, which made Yunling County famous." Although Ling Zhengyue was in his fifties, his memory was indeed not bad.

"Yes, the two incidents happened almost at the same time. The State Council investigation team came to investigate the major illegal land occupation incident of the Yunling electrolytic aluminum project. It was in the most sensitive period at that time. The Tieben incident and the Stegosaurus incident were in a sensation. The public was very concerned. The Yunling electrolytic aluminum project was suddenly stepped on the brakes, and rumors might be completely ended. Later, it was also rumored that the central government intends to allow China Aluminum or Minmetals Group to intervene in this project before it can be released." Chen Yinglu was already the vice governor at that time and still has some understanding of these situations.

"If it was China Aluminum or Minmetals at that time, it might not be very cost-effective for local conditions. Xinda Group promised that if they took the lead in this project, they would continue to introduce their partners. The second and third phases and affiliated investments reached billions, and the deep processing projects of aluminum and profiles were introduced. Therefore, Zhao Guodong insisted on being led by Xinda Group, and for this reason it was a bit stale with some leaders of the provincial and central ministries and commissions. However, Zhao Guodong insisted on it. Later, Xinda Group may have also done work through other channels, so this project was refrigerated for more than half a year before restarting, which is why the two major enterprises of Xinda electrolytic aluminum and Longsheng aluminum are booming today."

Yunling Xinda Electrolytic Aluminum Co., Ltd. has now become the leading electrolytic aluminum manufacturer in China besides China Aluminum. It is now actively seeking to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and the preliminary work has also been going smoothly. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange next year. Longsheng Aluminum is an important downstream customer of Xinda Electrolytic Aluminum. It has been built almost with the progress of the construction of Xinda Yunling Electrolytic Aluminum Project. The Xinda Electrolytic Aluminum Project has been completed and put into production less than three months after the completion and production of the Longsheng Aluminum Project was completed and put into production, and it began a year later and its expansion.

Now, the taxes paid for the three major projects of Xinda Yunling electrolytic aluminum, Longsheng aluminum and Gurugou Power Station account for more than 30% of Yunling County's finances. Yunling's fiscal revenue ranks among the top three in Ningling City's counties and districts, and ranks eleventh in the province's financially strong counties (districts).

"If we follow the ordinary thinking, there was such a big problem with the Yunling electrolytic aluminum project at that time, as the main leader of the city, if he wanted to reduce his responsibilities, he would definitely rather choose to terminate the project, because the project was not really started at that time, or he would choose to cooperate with central enterprises such as China Aluminum and Minmetals Group. After all, China Aluminum and Minmetals have stronger connections on it, which can eliminate some adverse effects on it."

Chen Yinglu said with emotion that Zhao Guodong's domineering attitude, whether in major issues, whether in politics or economic work, is something he does not have. Although it seems to be a bit weakened after he served as governor, it is hard to say whether it is his intentional dormant. Perhaps he also realizes that as governor, some changes need to be made.
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