"Chang Ma...Chang Ma..." Meng Qiang, who was sitting on the bed next to him, suddenly shouted loudly.
Ma Xiaoyao's train of thought was interrupted and he glared at Meng Qiang with dissatisfaction: "What are you yelling about! Don't you know I'm thinking about a problem!"
"Well... Mayor Ma, your cell phone is ringing..." Meng Qiang pointed to the cabinet next to Ma Xiaoyao's bed.
Only then did Ma Xiaoyao realize that the mobile phone he had placed on the cabinet was vibrating violently. He was so focused on thinking about things that he didn't even hear the phone ring. Ma Xiaoyao picked up the mobile phone and answered the call: "Hello?"
"Chief Ma, where are you now?" A woman's voice came from the mobile phone.
"It's Mr. Wang, I'm in the hotel now." Ma Xiaoyao could already recognize Wang Aiqin's voice.
"Oh, tell me the address of the hotel and I will pick you up right away." Wang Aiqin said with a smile.
Ma Xiaoyao was stunned: "Pick me up? What are you picking me up for?"
"Of course it's time for dinner, Mayor Ma, have you forgotten the agreement we made during the day?" Wang Aiqin asked.
"No, of course I haven't forgotten...it's just that it's so early now..." Ma Xiaoyao explained.
"Haha..." Wang Aiqin laughed: "It's still early? It's already past six o'clock and it's already dark."
"Is it past six o'clock?" Ma Xiaoyao raised his head and glanced at the clock on the wall. Sure enough, it was almost half past six. Ma Xiaoyao grinned. He was so absorbed in thinking about things that he didn't even notice that time passed so quickly: "
Well... I was thinking about something just now and forgot the time for a moment... Mr. Wang, please tell me the address and I will go there by car..."
"I'd better pick you up." Wang Aiqin smiled and said, "Tell me the address of the hotel..."
Wang Aiqin insisted on picking him up, and Ma Xiaoyao couldn't refuse anymore, so he told Wang Aiqin the address of the hotel where he was staying.
"Okay, I'll be there right away." After saying that, Wang Aiqin hung up the phone.
Ma Xiaoyao put away her phone and glanced at Meng Qiang: "I have a date tonight. You can eat in the hotel by yourself. If I come back late, you can go to bed first." After saying that, Ma Xiaoyao stood up and walked out of the room.
"Huh..." As soon as Ma Xiaoyao left, Meng Qiang suddenly became relaxed. He leaned on the bed, took out a cigarette, lit it and started to smoke: "Oh... this Mayor Ma is really hard to take care of."
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As soon as Ma Xiaoyao walked out of the hotel, a Mercedes-Benz parked on the side of the road. The driver's door opened, and a long and beautiful leg stepped out of the car. Then a beautiful woman walked out, it was Wang Aiqin.
"Mr. Wang." Ma Xiaoyao stepped forward and said hello: "Why are you driving by yourself today?"
"The driver has something to do at home, so he asked for leave." Wang Aiqin personally helped Ma Xiaoyao open the passenger door: "Chief Ma, please get in the car!"
"Mr. Wang is so polite." Ma Xiaoyao bent down and got into the car.
"Bang!"
Wang Aiqin closed the car door, then quickly got into the driver's seat: "Sit down, I'm going to drive." Wang Aiqin skillfully shifted into gear, stepped on the accelerator, released the clutch, and drove the Mercedes-Benz slowly out.
"I didn't expect Mr. Wang's driving skills to be so good." Ma Xiaoyao complimented.
"Chief Ma made fun of me, but I'm so far behind." Wang Aiqin said with a smile.
The two of them were talking and laughing along the way, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
More than ten minutes later, the Mercedes-Benz stopped.
"We're at the place, get out of the car." Wang Aiqin turned off the engine, opened the car door and walked out.
Ma Xiaoyao also hurriedly got out of the car. He looked up and found that the Mercedes-Benz was parked in front of a five-story building. There was a sign with lights on it that said "Qingyuan Hotel"
”.
"This hotel has just been opened for a year. The chefs inside are all hired from the city. The food they cook is very good. I usually choose this hotel for dinner." Wang Aiqin led Ma Xiaoyao into the hotel.
After entering the hotel, there was a sudden chill on the shop floor. There were several air conditioners in the hall, making the hall very cool, which was in sharp contrast to the hot June weather outside.
"Mr. Wang, you are here." A waiter came over and greeted Wang Aiqin respectfully.
Wang Aiqin nodded: "Have you reserved the private room I asked you to reserve?"
"It has been prepared for you a long time ago." The waiter personally led Wang Aiqin and Ma Xiaoyao to the fifth floor, and then opened the door of a private room.
Ma Xiaoyao took a look at the private room and found that the private room was very luxuriously decorated. In addition to an oversized dining table, there were also TVs, stereos, sofas, a red carpet on the floor, and a row of beautiful crystal lamps on the roof.
What a big deal! Ma Xiaoyao secretly admired, it would cost tens of thousands of yuan just to decorate this private room, right? It seems that the owner of this hotel is very rich!
After Wang Aiqin and Ma Xiaoyao were seated, the waiter began to serve the dishes. In a short time, the table was filled with delicious dishes. Finally, the waiter also served a bottle of red wine. After opening the lid of the red wine, the waiter slowly withdrew.
go out.
Ma Xiaoyao and Wang Aiqin were the only two people left in the huge private room.
"Come on, Mayor Ma, let me toast you." Wang Aiqin personally picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for Ma Xiaoyao and herself.
Ma Xiaoyao didn't refuse. He picked up the wine glass and touched it lightly with Wang Aiqin, then put it to his mouth and took a sip. Red wine needs to be savored slowly. You may not feel anything when you drink it at first, but when the red wine enters
After it is in the stomach, the comfortable feeling will slowly appear.
Of course, low-quality red wine will not have this effect. Only high-end and expensive red wine can make people fascinated and loved. The red wine Ma Xiaoyao and Wang Aiqin drank today was a very expensive one. Wang Aiqin is a rich man. A bottle of
Expensive red wine is nothing to her.
"Chief Ma, you are working well in the city, why did you come to work in Dongcheng County?" Wang Aiqin asked curiously. Although she didn't know much about the rules of the officialdom, she also knew that the urban area was much better than the county seat.
Few people are willing to leave the city to work in the county.
Ma Xiaoyao smiled slightly: "I want to exercise at the grassroots level, which will be helpful for my future development."
"So that's it..." Wang Aiqin showed a hint of realization on her face.
"The jobs in the urban area are very decent and relatively leisurely, but I still can't find a sense of belonging... After some careful consideration, I plan to go to the grassroots level to exercise. The conditions at the grassroots level are more difficult, but the chances of getting ahead are great, and
It can train people better!" Ma Xiaoyao expressed his thoughts.
Wang Aiqin nodded: "You are right. It is easier to achieve results at the grassroots level, and it is easier to get ahead, but the living conditions at the grassroots level are much worse than in the city... Mayor Ma, if you go to work in Gaohe Township, you
Does your family agree?"
Ma Xiaoyao smiled bitterly: "Of course they disagreed. They felt that I was just letting go of a good life and had to go to the grassroots to suffer. I was out of my mind... Later, I spent a lot of effort to convince my parents, even if
In this way, they still feel very unhappy."
"As parents, of course we all want our children to live a better life," Wang Aiqin said.
"Yes, I also understand my parents' hard work, but I also have my own pursuits and ideals... Sometimes, I am also very embarrassed." Ma Xiaoyao sighed.
"What you have to do now is to achieve results as soon as possible. Only when you achieve results will your parents know that you have chosen the right path and will support you!" Wang Aiqin said.
Ma Xiaoyao nodded: "I don't want to achieve results as soon as possible... but... it's too difficult... For example, this time I came to the county to ask for money, but I ran into obstacles everywhere, which made me quite depressed...
"
"Go to the county to ask for money? What money do you want?" Wang Aiqin asked in surprise.
Ma Xiaoyao picked up the wine glass and took a sip of red wine: "I plan to ask the county for a sum of money to build roads in Gaohe Township. Mr. Wang, you don't know that the roads in Gaohe Township are really in bad condition. It's hard to walk on a regular basis."
It’s very difficult, and when it rains, the road will be even more impossible to walk.”
"It turns out it's for road construction." Wang Aiqin nodded: "What did the county say?"
"What can I say? Just say that I have no money." Ma Xiaoyao sighed: "I went to see the county magistrate today, and he rejected me on the spot, saying that the county's finances are also very tight and there is no money at all.
Help Gaohe Township build roads..."
"How much does it cost to build a road?" Wang Aiqin asked.
"It's estimated to be more than two million. I can't say the exact amount." Ma Xiaoyao said uncertainly.
Wang Aiqin frowned: "Can't the county even come up with two million?" Dongcheng County has developed well in recent years, and it stands to reason that the county's fiscal revenue should be quite a lot.
Ma Xiaoyao smiled bitterly: "I can definitely spend two million, but the county won't give it to me."
"Why?" Wang Aiqin asked confused.
"Because we have to take into account the feelings of other towns, if the county allocates money to Gaohe Township, other towns will definitely come to ask for it. Then the county will be passive. You must know that there are more than ten towns in Dongcheng County. If every
If each township is given two million, the county's finances will definitely not be able to support it," Ma Xiaoyao said.
"Isn't it enough to secretly give money to Gaohe Township? Just don't let other towns know about it!" Wang Aiqin said.
Ma Xiaoyao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "There is no airtight wall in the world. If nothing else, as long as Gaohe Township builds roads, other towns and villages will get the news. When I inquired about it, I heard that the county allocated funds to Gaohe Township to build roads.
, those towns will definitely rush to the county to ask for money."
"What should I do?" Wang Aiqin also felt a little headache.
"I don't know either..." Ma Xiaoyao took a sip of wine depressedly: "When I came to the county, I made a guarantee with the Gaohe Township cadres. If I go back in despair, I will definitely be laughed at and looked down upon by them.
, I have just been transferred to Gaohe Township as the mayor, and my foundation is not stable. As a result, my prestige in Gaohe Township is completely gone." Ma Xiaoyao became more and more depressed as he talked, and the more depressed he drank, the more he drank. A glass of red wine.
After basically two gulps, he picked up the bottle and poured the wine. In a short time, Ma Xiaoyao drank half the bottle of red wine by himself, and his face became extremely red.
