After all, Xiao Xu's father is an old comrade. Although he seemed a little nervous and excited in front of me at the beginning, he has become completely natural now. Of course, this has a lot to do with my low-key and peaceful attitude.
In fact, I know very well that what Xiao Xu’s father really respects is not exactly me as a person, but the power attached to me.
Of course I know it very well in my heart, so I feel that I should keep a low profile, and I shouldn't put on any airs in such an environment. That would be meaningless, and there would be no need for me to come here today.
I also want to go to the community or the street, but I don’t think that would be very effective. In such a place, I might not be able to hear other people’s true opinions of me personally. But I will definitely go there in the near future, because I
From such a place, we can hear more real opinions from citizens on our work.
After Xiao Xu and Xiao Sui left, Xiao Xu's mother also went to the kitchen. At this time, Xiao Xu's father said to me: "Mayor Feng, did you come to my house today to ask me something? But?
, I’m just an ordinary cadre, I can’t compare to those who are leaders, I don’t know much, and I can’t give you any ideas.”
I smiled and said, "It's nothing special. The main thing is that I want to come and see you two. Xiao Xu is my secretary and the person next to me. I should have come to your house a long time ago, but on weekdays I really
I am busy, and I often work overtime on weekends, and I have to take time to go home to see my wife and children. Today I finally have time to come to your house, and I also want to have a good chat with you.
Mr. Xu, I am not a local. I usually either read documents or have meetings in the office. Although I sometimes go down there for a walk, there are many real situations that I cannot see or hear, so I think today is a good opportunity.
, I would like to know from you what some citizens think and say about our work and about me personally. I hope you can tell me truthfully, and I also hope you can give me some advice. Come on, let me toast you first."
He drank it with me, very generously, and then he said to me: "Mayor Feng, no one has said anything about you. They say that although you are young, you are very capable and have good connections with the province.
Yes, if we can get so many projects for our Shangjiang City, our Shangjiang City will undergo great changes in a few years."
I was drinking soup at the moment. After hearing what he said, I almost burst into tears. I couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Old man, what you said is what you said. I did not introduce these projects in our city alone. We established
China Merchants Bureau, our Shangjiang City’s geographical location, preferential policies and huge business opportunities, these are the fundamental reasons for those projects to enter our Shangjiang City.”
But he shook his head and said: "Mayor Feng, you are too humble. Our Shangjiang City People's Hospital can become the teaching hospital of Jiangnan Medical University, and there is also a sanatorium to be built soon. Isn't this all the result of your introduction to our Shangjiang City?
Of?
There is also our industrial park. It is impossible for other people to do it so well so quickly. At the beginning, some people said that you came here to be the deputy mayor because of your connections, but no one says that anymore.
. You are a capable person, and you don’t like to mess around like the previous leaders. To be honest, the people respect leaders like you the most. However, there are too few leaders like you now."
Normally, when I hear other people say nice things to me, I would definitely feel happy in my heart, but today is different, because what I want now is negative things. I smiled bitterly and said, "There are some things now."
The thing is very strange. Originally, this was something that those in power should do, but it turned out to be something new. I graduated from Jiangnan Medical University, so this kind of thing is very convenient for me, since I am from Shangjiang City.
Mayor, of course you have to use your connections to get more projects for our place. Anyone else would do the same thing."
He nodded and said: "That's true. There are many situations like this. It is said that a leader in our province changed the design drawings in order to allow the highway to pass through his hometown. The people in his hometown can thank him
However, the construction of this expressway cost more than one billion yuan. Haha! Things like this are normal now."
I immediately felt that he was probably drunk: Can such a thing be compared with what I did? But thinking about it carefully, it seems to be almost the same. After all, I still let the Medical University invest so much in us. Although those things
It is good for us in Shangjiang City, but after all, it will increase the financial burden on the Medical University. Of course, they are also doing it for future development.
In fact, there are indeed a lot of things like this in the officialdom nowadays, but this can be regarded as something done by conscientious officials. After all, it is still a kind of seeking public benefit for personal gain. Although I have never heard of the incident he just mentioned,
I don’t know which leader it is.
But I have heard of another thing before: a leader in the province asked the design unit to change the design plan because he was designing a highway that would pass through the leader's ancestral grave. Later, the design unit asked the design unit to change the design plan.
The highway bypassed a large bay to avoid the leader's ancestral grave.
You know, our Jiangnan Province is a mountainous area. Once the design route is changed, bridges or tunnels are likely to be added. For this reason, the cost of this expressway has increased by several hundred million.
This incident is similar to what Xiao Xu's father said, but its nature is completely different.
Nowadays, many officials are very superstitious. It can even be said that officials are the most superstitious group after businessmen. In a sense, officials are superstitious. In fact, they just regard all gods, Buddhas and ghosts as a kind of thing that can be directly or
The supernatural power of indirect bribery. As long as you give out a lot of money, the other party will do things for you, allowing you to turn misfortune into good luck, turn disaster into good fortune, and be promoted to three levels in a row.
The superstition of officials also means that they believe that they can predict and change their destiny through some strange technical operations. Those masters of divination and feng shui are the masters of this technology. When they ask for divination and feng shui, they just find a technician to do it for them.
It's almost the same as repairing a car, but the attitude is a little more respectful.
In other words, superstition in the past itself has a certain moral restraint significance. People who believe in superstition also do bad things, but they will worry about retribution after doing it. They are not only afraid of retribution on themselves, but also afraid of retribution on others.
On descendants.
Therefore, not only do they restrain themselves when doing things, but they also feel fear after doing it and seek redress. However, our current superstitious officials are not afraid of this. They do things without scruples, as long as it is beneficial to themselves, nothing in the world is
What they cannot do. The so-called moral bottom line, whether out of fear or conscience, does not exist for them.
Now these superstitious officials are actually in such a mental state: the original orthodox beliefs have collapsed. For them, the charm of ideology no longer exists, and therefore the binding force no longer exists.
However, they do not have the social consciousness of traditional society, including China's unique pan-religious beliefs. For them, tradition is only a scale and a feather, manifested in pure technical operations.
In the face of the pursuit of superstitious technology by officials and rich men, not only Taoism or wild temples pray for fortunes, but Buddhism, which has always drawn a clear line from superstition, and even various famous temples, have become enthusiastic about this practice, and more than one monk has read fortunes to people.
two.
This kind of officials actually have a blank mind. If they have faith, they only believe in one thing, and that is interests. They are the craziest materialists in the world. Here we can see their "thorough materialism"
The shadow of "ism" is just that there were ideals in the past, but now they are only "materialistic". This is a very strange phenomenon. People in a very ideal system will suddenly become the least ideal people and believe in nothing.
, only believe in the money in hand and the power that can be exchanged for money. The context is actually not difficult to find.
But I don’t want to discuss such issues with him. It’s not that I think his level is too low, but issues like this should not be discussed by officials of my level and half of the cadres below. Even though many things are reality, but
Officials of my level cannot say this in casual situations. This is also the minimum principle.
I said: "Old man, what I want to know most now is whether the people below have any opinions on our work? Including me personally."
He said: "What I hear most is the problem of laid-off workers. But I can understand this matter. After all, this is an inevitable process of the development of our Shangjiang City. And now the problem of laid-off workers is not limited to our Shangjiang City.
, this is true across the country.
However, I still want to make a suggestion to Mayor Feng, hoping that the city government will pay more attention to the lives of our laid-off workers. Their current situation is worse than that of farmers. Farmers still have land and have enough to eat. But our laid-off workers
Now that we have nothing but the compensation, it will be easy to get nothing."
I nodded, "This is indeed a problem. However, this problem is very complicated. We are considering granting subsistence allowances to the urban poor in accordance with national policies. In the future, we will slowly establish a pension insurance and medical insurance system in accordance with the implementation of national policies. However,
This matter is not something that we in Shangjiang City can handle alone, it is a matter on the entire national level. Now is a period of pain, and I believe everything will be fine."
He nodded, "That's great. Mayor Feng, there's a situation in the city recently. I wonder if you've heard of it? There is a company that is raising funds, and the interest is very high.
Now many laid-off workers have invested their money in that company. I think this matter is somewhat risky. With such a high interest return, can this company make back the money it raises?"
After hearing this, I was immediately shocked, "Is this really happening? What kind of company is this?"
He said: "It is a company co-founded by Xiao Qianhua from the former Education Committee and several people. The company was established not long ago. It seems to be a financial investment company. Moreover, this company was registered in the provincial capital. It is said that there are formal procedures.
It is precisely because of this that everyone can safely deposit their money in that company."
I immediately understood: Secretary Chen probably handled this matter for Xiao Qianhua. I thought to myself, since they have a formal business license, there is no need for us to interfere in their affairs, and after Xiao Qianhua went through something like that
, her situation became very embarrassing, and it is understandable that she would do such a thing now. After all, seeking an official position would not lead to entry into business, which is also the path that many people take. I said: "That is normal business behavior.
, the government will have no power to interfere. For ordinary people, the returns and risks of investment exist at the same time, and they should understand it themselves.
He nodded and said: "That's right. Mayor Feng, everyone knows that my son is your secretary, so many people will not say more things in front of me, let alone speak ill of the leader in front of me. They are all on guard.
I'm here. So I'm sorry, I really can't provide you with any more information." (To be continued)