Although Secretary Chen jokingly told me that there will be many units asking me for money in the future, today is the first time I encountered them. This is certainly related to the straightforward character of the soldiers, but most importantly, I guess they are indeed in difficulty.
The place where they invited me to drink today was not in the hotel, but in the canteen of the military branch. However, the private room we were in was still very good, at least comparable to a restaurant in a four-star hotel. The food was also very good.
Actually I like this kind of atmosphere.
But I couldn't agree to their request casually, and of course, I couldn't refuse it directly. I smiled and said: "I haven't completely taken over this area yet. But you also know that our current financial difficulties in Shangjiang City are quite difficult.
....Haha! Let’s wait until I understand the situation and then talk about it. I’ll try my best to arrange it, but I guess I can’t solve your problem.”
People who understand what I said should have known that I was joking, but Political Commissar Ye immediately became happy, "Mayor Feng, I like your character. Our requirements are not high, we only need the mayor
The government will temporarily give us 200,000 yuan. This year we organized the militia training venue and added some equipment. The money allocated to us by the garrison headquarters is not enough. At present, we still owe the construction team money. We
This is a military zone. Wouldn't it be too bad to have those people come to our door every day asking for money? Thank you very much, Mayor Feng. Come on, let me toast you. Now that's it, you can help us solve a big problem."
I couldn't help but secretly shout "I've been fooled" because I didn't expect that Political Commissar Ye was not as "innocent" as I thought. He would pretend to understand what I meant, and then force me into a situation where I couldn't change my story. Now
It seems that the truly innocent person should be myself.
But 200,000 yuan is not much. If it doesn’t work out, it’s just a matter of finding a way to give them tens of thousands yuan. I thought to myself.
But you still have to drink the wine and continue to say what you need to say. Anyway, it's just a joke at the wine table.
It's strange, I drank a lot that day but I didn't seem to feel drunk, but later I pretended to be drunk and asked to stop there.
Fortunately, they did not insist and the dinner ended quickly.
What I didn’t know at the time was that I would often come to eat here because the place was quiet and easy-going, and the people in the army were really fun. And this also allowed me to get to know Commander Hou of the Garrison Area Headquarters.
He is one of the Standing Committee members of the Provincial Party Committee...
Later I understood that many things in this world are full of unknowns and inevitabilities. Sometimes the acquaintance between people seems to be explained only by fate.
After returning to my residence, I took a shower first, but then I found that I became excited and couldn't sleep. I felt very strange: my drinking capacity seemed to have increased a lot recently. This may be because I have been drinking every day recently.
You know, alcohol capacity can also be increased through practice.
Although I clearly know that alcohol has a huge harmful effect on the body, I have no way to refuse to drink. This is also a kind of helplessness. I thought to myself: After this period of time passes, when I and the people here slowly
Once you become familiar with it, drink as little as possible.
It was still early, and I wanted to read a book, but when I picked up the book, I found that my eyes were blurry. I had no choice but to lie on the bed, and I suddenly remembered that I had missed something in the recent period - unexpectedly.
He did not report his recent situation to Lin Yi.
To be honest, I am really grateful to Lin Yi in my heart. He found a way to help me get my child back. When my father was ill, he fulfilled my requests unconditionally. You know, he ordered Huang
It would be dangerous to go find those cigarettes for me.
As far as he is concerned, he has done enough for me.
Lin Yi's call was dialed, and he immediately smiled on the other end of the phone, "You finally remembered to call me. It's rare."
I clearly felt a kind of well-intentioned criticism in his words, and I hurriedly explained: "Uncle Lin, I have been too busy recently. I have been busy since I arrived in Shangjiang City, because I found out after I got here that I have a lot of
I don’t understand anything, and I have to conduct research on state-owned enterprises in the city. Haha! Uncle Lin, I am calling you today to tell you that today the Shangjiang Municipal People’s Congress approved my appointment as deputy mayor.”
He said in a very happy tone, "Oh, great. Congratulations. By the way, didn't you go there to be the executive deputy mayor... I understand, the executive deputy mayor is an organizational appointment, that is, the first
Deputy Mayor. Feng Xiao, good thing, I congratulate you! I think if your father knew something underground, he would be very happy. By the way, are you free recently? If you are free, let's have a good chat.
Maybe I will be able to help you with your work."
I suddenly thought of the series of reforms that Shangjiang City will carry out next. Although I don’t want his Jiangnan Group to participate in our specific projects here, I think I can definitely gain some experience from him in corporate reforms.
Something special, or an idea. You know, he is an expert in business, a real expert.
I hurriedly said: "Uncle Lin, do you think it's okay tomorrow night? I'll leave early and come back to have a meal with you."
He said in an even happier voice, "That's great. We'll contact you again tomorrow."
He called me in the afternoon of the next day, mainly telling me where to eat, which was Zhong Feng's restaurant. I said that I had put down all other things today and would leave from Shangjiang at five o'clock.
Departing from the city, it is estimated that the time to arrive at the hotel should be around six o'clock.
He immediately asked me: "Xia Lan is here with me, how about I call her then? Then I call Zhong Feng, just the four of us, how about it?"
I felt a little weird in my heart, but then I felt that it didn't matter. They were not outsiders anyway, and it didn't prevent me from talking about certain things with him, so I said, "Okay, I'll just listen to whatever you arrange."
He immediately sighed and said, "Feng Xiao, I'm very happy because we are finally as close as before."
I immediately fell silent, because what he said was true. In fact, the two of us had felt the estrangement between us for a long time, but neither of us was willing to speak out.
And both of us know the reason for that estrangement - Shangguan Qin's death.
Now that the matter has passed, maybe he and I are both responsible for that matter, so I don't want to think too much about it.
Before going down, I called the driver to the office, and then took out two soft Chinese sticks from the cabinet on the desk, "Xiao Cui, I don't smoke, you can just smoke these."
He grinned and said, "Mayor Feng, why are you so embarrassed?"
I smiled and said: "You are my driver, and you have the habit of smoking. From now on, you can smoke whenever you feel sleepy while driving. This can be regarded as a subsidy for you. Haha! I have only one request for you, and that is
Pay attention to driving safety at all times. Take it and prepare it immediately. I want to go back to the provincial capital. You will come back after you drop me off and pick me up at my house tomorrow morning. Tomorrow morning is the executive meeting of the municipal government.
, you should come pick me up early."
He agreed and went.
At this time, Xiao Xu came in and said, "Mayor Feng, this is the topic of tomorrow's government executive meeting. Please take a look."
I took it and looked at it, and found that the summary of the meeting topics actually mentioned the restructuring issue of Shangjiang Winery. I thought to myself: The director of the factory there has been double-regulated, who will report it? That's fine.
What makes me even more surprised is why Mayor Wen brought this matter up again? Does he have to confront Secretary Chen? It’s such a small matter, is it necessary?
I really couldn’t figure it out. Then I looked at several other topics. Among them, one from the Construction Committee was a request for additional funding for a project under construction, and another was a request from the Municipal Health Bureau for instructions on creating a national sanitary city. The rest
Several questions may not seem important.
I thought about it and then called Secretary Chen, "Tomorrow we are going to hold a government executive meeting. I took a look at the topics above, and among them was the winery restructuring. And I found that it seemed that other things were not
It’s particularly important. Maybe it’s because I don’t understand the situation yet, so I may not realize its importance.”
He said: "I know about this matter, and his purpose is still for the sake of the winery. This matter is not very big, so it is not appropriate for the Listing Committee Standing Committee to study it, so he wants to make it a fait accompli." Lao Wen
This person is very concerned about face, and he feels that his prestige has been affected by my veto of the last resolution. I know his innermost feelings, because he feels that he can afford to speak tough words, and because he has never accepted anyone's opinions on it.
bribe."
I asked: "What should I do?"
He smiled and said: "Whatever. It's up to him to let him do this. I'm too lazy to be serious with him."
I didn't expect that his thoughts would change so quickly. You know, a few days ago he told me that he would never give in, but why did he suddenly change today? I hurriedly said: "But..."
He smiled and said: "Mayor Feng, thank you for telling me this matter. You can take care of it. I have something else to do, that's all."
Then he hung up the phone. I suddenly felt confused and depressed: How could this happen? He asked me to figure it out. What does this mean? It's impossible for me to go against Mayor Wen alone tomorrow, right?
Secretary Chen said that he already knew about this matter before I told him. I don’t think there is anything strange about this matter. He even knew about Mayor Wen’s attempt to defeat me last time, let alone this matter? You know, last time
When Mayor Wen criticized me, there were only two of us in his office. Of course I would not be stupid enough to go back and suspect that there was a bug in Mayor Wen's office. The reason why that matter was spread was very
Obviously there is only one situation——
Mayor Wen later talked about this with people close to him, but he did not know that someone or a few people close to him had already joined Secretary Chen's team. (To be continued)