At this moment, I feel desolate in my heart: I never imagined that I have done so many things for Shangjiang City, but yet I am being talked about like this by people here.
But I quickly calmed down and went to Mayor Liu's office.
When I entered, he was discussing matters with a director of the department below. I said to Mayor Liu: "Mayor Liu, I want to report to you in a moment."
Mayor Liu immediately said to the director: "You go back first, I will talk to Mayor Feng about something."
The director immediately stood up and left, greeting me respectfully before leaving. At this moment, I highly doubted that his respect for me was an illusion.
"Please take a seat. Mayor Feng, don't be so polite. We are colleagues and comrades in the trenches. You are always so respectful in front of me. I feel awkward." He made a gesture towards me and asked me to sit down.
He made a gesture and then said to me with a smile.
I smiled and said, "You are my leader and you are older than me. I should be like this."
He shook his head, "You, why are you always like this? Work is the same thing, we can still make friends in private. Don't you think so?"
I smiled and nodded, "Of course... Mayor Liu, let me report something to you. It's like this. Last weekend, I privately treated Japan's Kazuo Tanaka to a meal, and this meal
He also asked me to treat him to the meal..."
Immediately, I told him the ins and outs of the incident, and then told him about the general situation during the meal that day, "But Mayor Liu, today I discovered that there were rumors about me on the Internet, and when we went to Jiangxi
There are also many people in the city talking about this matter behind their backs. Mayor Liu, I am treating you privately in the name of a friend, and Minister Wu also attended. I can fully explain this matter clearly."
He kept frowning while listening, but after I finished speaking, he immediately laughed, "Since I explained it clearly, what are you worried about?"
I said: "Some of these rumors are too much. I think, no matter what the purpose of those spreading rumors is, I should protect my own name, right?"
He looked at me, "You mean you want me to clarify this matter on some occasions. Right?"
I shook my head, "That's not necessary. I hope our city government office can explain the truth of the matter online. We only need the city government office to release the truth. As for what will happen after the release, then
That’s it. If we don’t tell the citizens anything, it will be equivalent to us and myself acquiescing to this matter. Mayor Liu, this is the fundamental reason why I must report to you and ask for instructions.”
He pondered for a moment, and then said: "I think this is what it should be. Okay. I'll ask the general office to do this immediately. It's not good for you to come forward yourself. But Mayor Feng, you don't need to spend money to treat things like this.
Yes, this is official business."
I shook my head and smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, it's a private treat. If I really used public funds, it might be even more troublesome."
He said: "Mayor Feng, you should believe that there is justice in this world. Let others judge everything. Be more courageous in doing things. You are still young and have a long road ahead. Don't be affected by temporary anger.
We have reached our own future.”
I immediately looked at him in astonishment, "Mayor Liu, do you mean to just let this matter go unchecked? Not allow the general office to issue a statement?"
He shook his head and said: "This matter is not just your personal matter, it has already involved the reputation of the government. Therefore, it is necessary for the general office to issue a statement. What I mean is that you personally should not be here anymore.
You are still upset about this matter. You are clear about your conduct as a person and your organization, and your comrades also believe in you. This is enough. Isn’t it?"
I nodded, feeling suddenly moved in my heart.[
In fact, I had another idea before this: while the municipal government office issued a statement on the situation, I really wanted to ask Li Qian to investigate the matter in private again. But now, I hesitate.
I was thinking to myself: Am I being too cautious if I did that?
No, this is not being petty, this is knowing yourself and your enemy. I will not tell anyone else about this matter, even if I find out who posted it.
Thinking of this, I finally made up my mind.
Yes, I can not care about anyone, but I can't be a fool. At least I can know who my enemy is through this incident. No, not an enemy, but an opponent.
I left Mayor Liu's office and immediately returned to my own office. About half an hour later, the Secretary-General of the Municipal Government Office called me, "Mayor Feng, are you in the office?"
I immediately couldn’t laugh or cry, “Isn’t it my office landline you were calling?”
He hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I was confused. Mayor Liu told me about your situation, and I want to ask you about the situation in detail so that I can draft a statement of the situation."
I said calmly: "It's not a good idea for you to ask me about this matter, right? You should ask Minister Wu of the ** Department, don't you think so?"
His voice suddenly became stuttering, "I, I, I'll go find Minister Wu right away. I'm sorry, Mayor Feng, for disturbing me."
I secretly wondered: Why is he so nervous? Am I that scary?
I think the Chief of Staff is far behind Li Wenwu. How could he come to me for something like this? What I need is the testimony of others.
Very low level, I don’t even understand the basics. I thought angrily in my heart.
After drinking tea for a while, after calming down, I picked up the phone and called Li Qian, "Are you in Shangjiang?"
She answered me: "Yeah."
I asked again: "Is it convenient for you to talk now? Is there anyone else around?"
She immediately said: "Oh, I'll call you later."
I immediately understood: it is not convenient for her to talk to me now. She is very smart and knows that what I want to tell her must be something that needs to be kept confidential.
Quickly, she called me and said, "Mayor Feng, please tell me. There were other people in the office just now."
I said, "Excuse me. Please take a look at the post about me in Shangjiang Bar. I want to know who is behind it."
She said in a very hesitant voice, "Mayor Feng, what is going on?"
I guess she misunderstood, "Xiao Li, you should believe me, that post is a complete rumor..."
Immediately, I told her what happened, and then said to her: "I don't want to be a fool. Xiao Li, the current situation in Shangjiang is very complicated. I originally wanted to concentrate on doing more things, but I didn't expect that someone would do it for me."
I have some purpose behind this conspiracy. Xiao Li, I’m sorry to bother you.”
She said: "I believe you. I'll tell you after reading it."
I sincerely said to her: "Xiao Li, thank you. Thank you for trusting me. I'm not asking you to do anything bad, I just want to protect myself. Do you know? In today's environment, even if
It’s not that easy to be a good official. At present, I just want to protect myself. I can’t think of spending money to treat guests to my office, and I will still be maliciously slandered. Xiao Li, I don’t know anything else.
Thank you for saying more."
She said softly: "I understand."
I originally wanted to ask her if she needed anything, but I suddenly felt that it was hypocritical. I thought to myself: If she needs my help in the future, I will definitely try my best to help her without hesitation.
I hope she can feel the trust I have in her.
Li Qian's work was very efficient. She replied to me the next day, "Mayor Feng, I want to report the situation to you in person."
I asked her to come directly to my office.
I don't want to meet her alone outside. Shangjiang City is really undercurrent now, and I don't want to cause another trouble. I introduced Li Qian to work in Shangjiang City. It is normal for her to come to my office.
Moreover, the office is a place to work, and others will not think too much about it.
After she arrived, I didn't let her sit in the reception area, but directly asked her to sit opposite my desk. This seat is where subordinates often sit when they come to report to me.
Secretary Xiao Xu came in, made her a cup of tea, and then left. This is one of the secretary's jobs, and now he is becoming more and more skilled at what he should do.
I am still very satisfied with my secretary. He rarely talks, and I am more and more satisfied with what he writes. This is mainly because he likes to study. The longer he follows me, the better he becomes.
Becoming more and more able to adapt and keep up with my way of thinking, especially my speaking style.
As the executive deputy mayor, I will regularly speak at various meetings. A speech is not a speech. According to the rules of the officialdom, leaders should have speech drafts for their speeches in some formal occasions, and those who draft speeches for leaders should also
That's the secretary's job.
My speaking style is different from other leaders.
Generally speaking, leaders' speeches are all the same, and most of them have three parts: first, they want to emphasize how significant it is, and the title of this part is "Significance of attaching great importance to..."; then they talk about the situation, starting from the financial crisis,
The credit policy goes all the way to the transformation and upgrading of local enterprises. The title of this section is often "Recognize the form of..."; the last part is the measures, "pay close attention to... implement... highlight
..." and so on.
For a speech like this, even if it is taken out from a few years ago, at least about 50% of it can be recycled. No matter how you change it, it will just be a new soup without changing the medicine.
In fact, many leaders are very humorous and have their own language characteristics in life and daily work. However, once they come to power, what they say has to erase their personal characteristics and make it commensurate with their position. This is because they are worried that they will say something slightly inappropriate.
If you go too far, many people will talk about it and even make a fuss about it. Such an environment also forces leaders to talk empty words to avoid making mistakes.
Also, there is a type of people in the officialdom who only use lip service and know what to say and what not to say; or they only say things that are ambiguous and will not offend others; when dealing with problems, they always use "
"We will study it further", "We are investigating and dealing with it", etc.; when encountering fundamental problems, we will not express opinions casually and will not bear corresponding responsibilities. We call them "smart people" in official circles. Such people are very important today
The officialdom became popular, so talking about empty words and clichés became a common behavior, thought and way of life.
I don’t want to be like this. It’s not that I deliberately want to be new, but I am disgusted with the content of speeches like that. It has been like this since I was in the provincial recruitment office, and every speech I gave only talked about substantive things.
In fact, I hate meetings. Many things can be solved through a phone call or on-site office, and the effect will be better. Nowadays, meetings are all empty once we sit down, which wastes time and cannot solve the problem.
I don't care what others think of me on this issue. It's not a matter of principle, but a matter of one's style.
Xiao Xu has become accustomed to my speech pattern. At first, he also formatted my speech in that format, but I changed it into a mess. Now, he is even used to writing speeches in my usual tone, and
I can also get used to my usual thinking mode.
I like to use data, especially on issues of finance and taxation. I think data can best explain the problem, and it is also clear at a glance. I have a good memory and often speak out a string of sentences casually when speaking.
Data comes in, and the data can even be accurate to a few decimal places.
In fact, the people below are very welcome to this way of speaking, but I also know that some people will still gossip about me behind my back. For example, I heard Xiao Xu tell me in private that someone said that I did this behind my back.
It's just to be in the limelight, to show off one's level or something.
I just laughed at it, and I also told him: "A person should have his own style. Being in the limelight is not about things like this. Xiao Xu, do you think I am very high-profile in my daily life?"
He smiled and shook his head: "No. You are very low-key."
I immediately laughed, "That's it."
It is true that it is impossible for a person not to be talked about behind his back by others, but it depends on what kind of things those people are talking about.
At this moment, what I must figure out immediately is very important. This matter is related to my future safety. It is not my personal safety, but my future future.
So, when Li Qian sat in front of me, I suddenly became a little nervous and had a kind of expectation. And this kind of nervousness and expectation made me a little impatient, "Li Qian, tell me, in the end,
What's the situation?"
She looked at me, "Mayor Feng, it's still the same person as last time. Did you notice? It's the same person who posted this time and last time."
I was startled for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "Last time I didn't remember who the person who posted the message was, so I didn't pay special attention to it this time..." At this point, I was shocked, "
You mean..."
She nodded to me, "Besides, this time he registered with his own ID card. His surname is Liu."
I was stunned again, because this was the result I least expected to see. It was already obvious that Mayor Liu had ordered his son to post the post. Maybe neither Mayor Liu nor his son had thought of it.
We can find the person who posted the message through the post. As his son, he probably doesn’t have that much careful thinking, and as for Mayor Liu himself, he probably doesn’t understand the Internet at all.
That's why they didn't take any precautions against such things.
But there is one thing I don’t understand: Why would Mayor Liu let his son do such a thing? His son is still a student. For a child who has not yet started working, let him participate in such a thing.
It seems inappropriate, because such things can make a young person's heart become dark or even distorted.
And... I asked Li Qian my question, "Li Qian. This matter is obviously the news that someone got after following me. This student shouldn't have such time and energy, right?"
?”
She smiled and said: "Mayor Feng, you are such a smart person, why can't you think of another possibility? For example, his father paid someone to follow you and then told him the news. His task is to post
.”
I suddenly realized, "Yes, this is very possible...Hey! How could it be like this? What I despise most are people like this who like to do little things behind their backs, they are so insidious."
She said softly: "Mayor Feng, I don't want to get involved in this. But I am very worried about you."
I looked at her and seemed to understand what she was really thinking. I smiled and said to her: "Xiao Li, you are doubting... Oh, no, you are worried that there is something wrong with me."
Bar?"
She was silent for a moment. This showed that my guess was correct. I continued: "Xiao Li, I can tell you very honestly that I have absolutely no financial problems. I have never accepted anything from anyone.
I have never obtained any benefits for myself through my position. Yes, I am rich, but my money is all earned through legal means. I used to speculate in real estate, but now I speculate in stocks and open a restaurant.
And you know some things. As for my job, I just want to do everything I do well and do more practical things for the people. But I don’t want to be assassinated by others, so I’m asking you to help me investigate this matter.
thing."
She nodded, "Actually, I believe you, but I'm still a little worried. There are really too few good officials nowadays. Mayor Feng, maybe this is the real reason why I am willing to help you."
I felt a little touched in my heart. I looked at her and said, "Thank you, Xiao Li, thank you for your support, thank you for helping me."
She hurriedly said: "Mayor Feng, don't say that. In fact, I have always felt guilty for you. Regarding your child..."
I interrupted her hastily, "Don't talk about that matter. It's not your responsibility, and it's been so long."
She stood up immediately, "Then, I'll leave first. By the way, Mayor Feng, do you need any information related to this matter? I asked my friend to save all relevant things."
I thought for a while and then said: "Please keep it safe for me. I don't need it for the time being. I just know about such things. My idea is very simple. I just don't want to be assassinated without knowing who did it."
.Now I just need to take precautions."
She nodded and was about to leave. I hurriedly stopped her and took out an envelope from the drawer, "Xiao Li, you can use this money to treat your friend to a meal. I don't know how to thank you.
, but I think this is appropriate. Don’t refuse, I have no other intentions, and I have no intention of hiring you to do things for me. I just think you should thank your friend."
She hurriedly said: "Mayor Feng, you don't need it. You really don't need it."
I looked at her and smiled, "If you don't want it, then I will be embarrassed to ask you for help in the future. Xiao Li, you have just started working, you need this thing, and for me, this little money is nothing."
.So, take it."
She then took it and said, "Mayor Feng, you are like this..."
I smiled and said to her: "It's a small thing. Just go and do it."
She left, and my heart suddenly became complicated.
She left, and my heart suddenly became complicated. At this moment, I truly felt the danger of people's hearts, and at the same time, I couldn't help but feel grateful for my caution.
The situation now is very obvious, that is, Mr. Liu has been instigating people to follow me secretly. Why would he do this? He is the mayor, I am the executive deputy mayor, and I do not pose any threat to him.
The only possibility is that he is trying to get a hold of me and blackmail me in the future.
It can only be like this. He is planning for his future. Maybe he is trying to keep his position, or more likely, he is trying to get a chance to rise in the future. For example, if something happens to Secretary Chen, he can replace him.
And he knows the relationship between me and Lin Yu, so if he has evidence of something bad done to me, he can use it to blackmail me in the future. He learned this trick from Secretary Chen. As long as he catches me
If you take advantage of someone, that person will never dare to act rashly in the future.
If this is really the case, then he should send people to follow Secretary Chen. This is for sure, because Secretary Chen is his focus.
He had something to hold on to Secretary Chen, so he could only let Secretary Chen make mistakes that could lead to dismissal, and he was not involved. Only in this way would he not be implicated, and only in this way would he
Only then can we escape from Secretary Chen’s control. For example, if we have a conflict with Secretary Chen and let me fight against Secretary Chen, then he can profit from it.
From this, I can completely believe that the matter between Zhu Dan and I reached Secretary Chen’s ears through his channel. Maybe he did it more secretly, such as passing the news to Secretary Chen through other people or something more appropriate.
Way.
I no longer want to deal with Secretary Chen's affairs, and I don't want to have a direct conflict with Secretary Chen. This is not a question of not being fooled, but it is simply impossible for me to fight Secretary Chen. I don't like fighting with others.
But I don’t understand: when I went to Mayor Liu to report the matter today and asked the city government to come forward to refute the rumors, why did he agree immediately?
Is he just trying to prevent me from doubting him?
No, it shouldn't be like this. For him, he never thought that I would suspect him, because he probably didn't know that he could technically find the person who posted the message, otherwise he would definitely tell his son
Do not use your ID card to register online.
People who engage in conspiracy are often more cautious than ordinary people.
Or he had to agree because my request was reasonable. In addition, I think there is another possibility, that is, he regretted the measures he took against me, or he did not expect that I would react so violently, so he began to worry about himself.
The conspiracy was exposed.
If this is really the case, then he will definitely be more cautious in the future. Or... he will cancel tracking me in the future. He should have some scruples about things that are of little significance and are risky.
I thought that I had no leverage against him. Even if he discovered the affair between Zhu Dan and me, such a thing would not be a leverage for me at all.
I hope he can give up his plan to continue to follow me. As for me, I don’t want to fall out with him yet. Of course, now at least I know who I should be wary of, and I also have his handle. He ordered himself
His son did such a thing, which in itself is a source of evidence. Once such evidence is made public, his reputation will be immediately tarnished.
I don't want to remind him, because if I remind him, I will be safer, but it will also make the conflict between us open and intense. Under the current situation, I don't have the ability to make enemies on many sides.
, not to mention that I have no intention of fighting with others.
I don’t want to talk about this matter to anyone for the time being, because I think this matter may become my most powerful weapon at some point.
The evidence is all with Li Qian and I can use it at any time if I need it.
But in the following period of time, I always felt bored every time I saw Mayor Liu. Especially when we ate together in the city hall canteen, he was chatting and laughing there, and sometimes came to talk to me.
When I'm joking.
If I hadn't known that he did those things behind his back, I couldn't believe he was that kind of person. Not to mention his work ability, his personal ethics are not suitable for being a mayor.
long.
But I could only pretend that I didn't know anything, and I could only greet him with a smile.
In about a month that followed, I returned to my previous work status and was busy every day. After I reported the situation to Mayor Liu that day, he immediately instructed the municipal government office to publish a statement on the situation online.
The main content is very simple, that is to say, it explains the situation in which I privately invited Tanaka Kazuo to dinner that night.
Later, I read the post again and found that the evaluation of me had become better. Of course, some people still took a skeptical attitude.
This has been said, at least my matter has been made clear.
But one thing I didn't expect was that there was a scandal in our Shangjiang City, and the protagonist of the scandal turned out to be Secretary Chen.
That's what happened
Shangjiang City is a relatively leisurely city. Many people start doing morning exercises every morning after six o'clock. There are very few cars on the street during this time. The work of morning exercisers and cleaning workers makes up the city.
A beautiful scenery every morning.
And this morning, there was one more person in the morning exercise team in this city, and he was Secretary Chen.
According to others, around six o'clock that morning, people doing morning exercises were surprised to find a man wearing only underwear running slowly on the street. At first, everyone was just surprised: Who is this?
?Why do you wear underwear and exercise on the street?
Later, someone recognized him. This person seemed to be our municipal party committee secretary!
At this moment, people suddenly heard someone asking: "Secretary Chen, do you also exercise?"
This person who looked like Secretary Chen did not answer, but quickened his pace and continued running forward.
So the rumors started, and some people said that Secretary Chen must have been caught by the man of a certain woman when he was having a tryst, so he fell out in a panic, and that's why people saw such a scene.
Strange sight.
Subsequently, the rumors spread more and more...
Some people say that that person is indeed Secretary Chen, because someone also saw him downstairs where he lived wearing only underwear.
So someone asked, "Since he was only wearing trousers, how did he get into the house?"
Then someone said very mysteriously: "His family has hired a young and beautiful nanny from the countryside... No need to say more, right?"
People suddenly realized, "Oh..."
The story continued to unfold. Then someone asked again, "If he ran out of the house, then the floor where the woman lives must be very low."
Someone said, "The newly promoted deputy director of the Health Bureau, that woman named Xiao, lives on the first floor."
At this time, some people didn't believe it, "You live on the first floor? How come you don't install an anti-theft net?"
The man smiled and said mysteriously: "The back door of her house is a small garden... Moreover, it is said that the man named Xiao went to the provincial capital yesterday because of something unexpected. Maybe he will be there today.
I discovered this when I came back early."
People suddenly realized, "Oh..."
So, the whole story was unearthed and imagined: Secretary Chen took advantage of Xiao Qianhua's man to go to the provincial capital and went to Xiao Qianhua's house to have a tryst with this woman. It is said that sleeping with a woman in someone else's house is very exciting.
Things. Xiao Qianhua's man suddenly came back in the early morning. Maybe Xiao Qianhua locked the door, so after hearing her man shouting outside, she hurriedly woke up Chen Ji, and Chen Ji hurriedly ran away from the garden behind...
..
This matter has spread a lot in Shangjiang City, and even I have heard such rumors. And I heard such rumors by chance, because this morning I suddenly didn’t want to go to the city hall canteen to eat, because
I felt like I had a mild cold, so I went to a noodle shop downstairs and ordered a bowl of spicy noodles.
It was in this place that I heard people talking about it.
I was sitting in the corner of this small noodle shop. Maybe people's attention was focused on this matter, so they didn't notice my existence. Maybe they never thought that I would go to such a place.
Eat, maybe they don't know me at all.
After hearing this, I was secretly surprised: Is there really such a thing? If it is really like this, then Xiao Qianhua’s man must have known about his woman’s affair. You know, Secretary Chen’s clothes are still on
Where are they at home? Unless Xiao Qianhua hid them immediately.
The city hall was peaceful, and everyone was doing their own thing, as if the matter didn't exist at all.
Of course I won't ask anyone. For things like this, the farther away you can, the better. I suddenly thought: Maybe everyone else is thinking about this like me.
However, half a month after this incident, I still didn't feel anything unusual had happened. Both the municipal party committee and the municipal government were as calm as ever.
Is this really just a rumor?
But I don’t really believe that this is just a rumor, because those people told the story so vividly, and there are many people in this city who know Secretary Chen. Even if he is only wearing a pair of underwear, people have to recognize him.
It was not difficult for him to come.
It is unlikely that something like this is simply a rumor. Even what happened to me last time was very real. It was just that someone added a lot of speculation to the situation that day.
I don't believe that Secretary Chen, who is running on the street wearing only underwear, is really exercising. What's more, as far as I know, Secretary Chen has never been in the habit of morning exercise.
A few days later, it was an afternoon. When I was going downstairs from the office to take a car to a department below for a meeting, I suddenly met Xiao Qianhua face to face...