The moment Director Li from the Provincial Finance Office called me, I immediately realized something: it was unusual for him to take the initiative to make such a call to me. He clearly knew that I had a relationship with Huang Province
He has a long-term relationship with me, and he also understands Governor Huang’s consistent principles on such matters. It is only normal that he should avoid this matter. Because of this, he had not approached me before this, but went to Mayor Wu.
However, now he called me directly. What does this mean? It is obvious that the matter we discussed that night was leaked, so he became nervous.
If his relative is really powerful, why is he nervous?
However, I immediately felt a little strange: Since he understood my attitude, why did he still call me? Could it be that it was not because of the leak, but that Mayor Wu rejected him in disguise? That's why he was the last resort.
Did you come to me directly?
That's probably the case. Those people that night were trustworthy, and they would never tell anyone about our conversation, not to mention that I warned them repeatedly.
However, now that he has called me, I cannot refuse. After all, he is the director of the Provincial Finance Office, and we will still need his help with many things in the future. Therefore, things like this cannot be simply avoided.
Solve the problem.
I smiled and said to him: "Let me invite you. Do you think who else needs to participate? I will arrange it right away."
He said: "I invite you, you just need to come alone. Let's talk about some work matters." Then he told me where to have dinner in the evening.
What else could I say under such circumstances? I had to agree repeatedly. After hanging up the phone, I thought to myself: Let’s talk about it after we get there and see how he tells me about that matter. Anyway, I have one principle: as long as it involves
I will never agree to something that violates discipline or the law. Of course, I will pay attention to the way I refuse.
Then I went to Mayor Wu's office and asked him: "Has Director Li from the Provincial Finance Office been looking for you recently?"
He nodded and said: "He just called me yesterday. I told him in embarrassment that my words on this matter don't count. Mayor Feng, I also told him according to your wishes. What's wrong?
?He found you?"
I nodded and said, "Yes, he wants to treat me to dinner today."
He smiled bitterly, "It's no wonder, after all, it's strange that he is not interested in such a big project. Mayor Feng, what are you going to do?"
I shook my head and smiled bitterly, "What else can I do? We'll see what happens then. Try not to offend him."
He looked at me, "Do you think..." Then he pointed in the direction of the municipal party committee, "Push that way?"
In fact, I had this thought just now when I answered the call from Director Li, but I think this is not the best way. After all, I am the mayor. If I push such a thing to Secretary Rong, others will think that I am very unkind.
.Moreover, if I push it like that, people may not believe it. The government itself is the executive agency. For projects like this, I, the mayor, have certain decision-making power.
I sighed and said: "We'll see what happens then. Old Wu, we still have to keep this matter confidential. Last night I was thinking, if his relative has that kind of strength and meets our bidding conditions, will he
Even if it violates our principles, we should give priority to each other. What do you think?"
He nodded and said: "That's true. We don't have to be so left-wing. As long as his company meets the conditions stipulated in the bidding documents and we don't make any mistakes, we should give it priority. This will also be very beneficial to our future work.
.”
I thought about it and said, "Or, you can go with me tonight. It's not good for me to go alone for something like this, and having you here can also buffer the atmosphere."
He was startled for a moment, "Okay, you make arrangements, I'll just go."
In the evening, Director Li arranged for dinner at a five-star hotel in the provincial capital. When I got there, I found that except for Director Li, I didn’t know the other people he brought. After being introduced, I found out that the short, fat, middle-aged man among them
The young man is his wife's brother, and the other three people are the vice presidents and secretaries of his wife's brother's company.
Sure enough, it was for that matter, I thought to myself. But I still went to shake hands with them politely.
Business people like to recruit beautiful women, and so does Director Li’s brother-in-law. The secretary and vice president he brought today are both women with excellent temperament and appearance. Although the project manager is a man, he is extremely graceful. On the contrary, this
The boss looked a bit wretched, because he was very short and had a bald head, and there was a flattering smile in his eyes when he looked at people. I couldn't imagine how big a company like this could be made by such a person. But then I thought again
, after all, he has such a brother-in-law who controls the resources of the province's financial industry, and doing business will definitely go smoothly.
Director Li insisted that I sit at the head seat. I smiled and said to him: "You have to pay to be the chief seat, unless you promise me that I will treat you tonight."
He laughed, "That's not possible. Well, I'll take the main seat, and the two mayors will sit on either side of me."
Everyone then sat down one by one. Director Li’s brother-in-law sat next to Mayor Wu, and the one who loved me was his vice president. This arrangement seemed a bit abnormal, but I knew the meaning behind it.
After all, it has the connotation of beauty and temptation.
But I didn't say anything more, because if I said too much about something like this, it would embarrass Mayor Wu, and also embarrass Director Li's wife and brother. We are all part of the scene, there is no need for that.
The waiter began to serve dishes, mostly seafood, and of course high-end wine. The beautiful female secretary put a pack of Chinese soft drinks in front of each of us. I declined and said that I didn't smoke, and she smiled charmingly at me and said:
"Put it here first."
I picked up the pack of cigarettes and put it in front of Director Li next to me, "Here you go, you are a smoker."
Director Li smiled and said: "People who have been doctors are different, they know how to take care of their bodies." Then he raised his wine glass and said to Mayor Wu and me with a smile: "I am very happy to be able to invite two mayors today.
Let’s have dinner together. I know you are both very busy, so I would like to thank you both for giving me this face. Come on, let’s have a drink together first.”
Originally, he did not invite Mayor Wu today, but his performance was so natural. This is the most basic skill of a person in official circles: to talk and laugh calmly in the face of embarrassment.
After drinking together, Director Li said to me: "Mayor Feng, we are also old friends. Although you are very young, I admire you very much."
I hurriedly said: "Don't say that, who am I? Director Jin is an expert in the financial industry in Jiangnan Province. We still need more help from you on many things."
He smiled and waved to me and said: "Mayor Feng, what I told you is the truth. Many people know your ability and level. Even Secretary Fang is impressed by you. Governor Huang will not say it anymore.
He praised you even more. Mayor Wu, do you think what I said is right?"
Mayor Wu smiled and said: "Director Li is right. Mayor Feng is very respected by both cadres and citizens in our Shangjiang City. Mayor Feng is very capable and works hard day and night.
Qian, and everyone knows that he is a very honest leader, and there are too few leading cadres like him now."
Mayor Wu's words were very beautiful, but I still waved my hand and said modestly: "Don't say it like that. I used to be a doctor and am not familiar with administrative work.
Do your job well by working hard to make up for your shortcomings. When it comes to the issue of integrity, I believe most officials are the same as me, including Director Li and you, Lao Wu, aren't they all like this?"
Director Li laughed and said: "Mayor Feng, that's well said. Come on, let me toast you."
At this time, I really admired Director Li. His purpose of inviting me to dinner today was obviously for his brother-in-law's affairs, but he didn't feel any embarrassment after I said these words. This man is really shameless.
Normally. Now, I am more wary.
After Director Li and I had a drink, Mayor Wu went to toast Director Li and said, "Director Li, I am very grateful for your support in our work."
Director Li drank it with a smile, but said: "You're welcome, this is what I should do."
Next, his brother-in-law came to greet me and said, "Mayor Feng, I'd like to toast you. Please take good care of me in the future."
I smiled at him and said, "Okay."
Drink it immediately.
Then several other people came to salute Mayor Wu and me, as well as Director Li. After this round, I drank several glasses of wine. Mayor Wu and I, Director Li, also drank a lot. Director Li then said
I said: "Mayor Feng, we are old friends. I will tell you some things directly. You won't be surprised, right?"
I smiled bitterly in my heart: Since I am here today, I have already prepared your move. And I also believe that since he invited me to drink today and also called his brother-in-law, the situation is already very clear.
.I smiled and said: "Director Li, just tell me if you have anything to do. Who among us is following whom?"
He raised his glass to me, and at the same time went to greet Mayor Wu, "We'll talk after we drink."
Then he said: "Two mayors, my brother-in-law has been doing engineering for many years. The business is not big, but he is a very good person. This time you have the five-star hotel project in Shangjiang City, he
I want to bid. I don’t mean anything else, I just hope that the two mayors will take care of him under the same conditions. I wonder if Mayor Feng and Mayor Wu will be convenient in this matter?"
I pretended to be silent, and after a while I said: "Director Li, this project is a state-owned enterprise investment, you should be aware of this situation. Moreover, this project has a huge investment, and the Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission will also supervise it. This is one. Second,
Our municipal government has not yet studied the bidding documents for this project. However, generally speaking, the units participating in the bid will first be required to provide a deposit of more than 20%. If the cost of the civil engineering part is 300 million, then the deposit
That’s 60 million.”
At this time, Director Li's brother-in-law immediately said: "There is no problem with the deposit." (To be continued)