Although this is bribery, things like this are not uncommon in official circles.
And generally speaking, using public funds to do such things is often considered a normal expense.
As far as I know, every year, provincial leaders and lower-level departments come to Beijing with a large amount of materials and huge sums of money to do things. There are also provincial offices in Beijing that specialize in handling such things. Everyone regards such things as
A necessity.
Regarding the issue of national projects, this is actually a form of planned economy. Who should be given the project and how much investment should be invested are all matters assigned by the above. Only by fighting for it can greater benefits be obtained by local governments. In the final analysis, local officials are also
We have to do that for the sake of local economic development. If there is really any problem in this, it can only be caused by the flaws of the system.
At this time, when I heard Su Wen asking me this on the phone, I thought to myself: Now that she is the director, why is she still so ignorant? Is this something you can ask? But I don’t want to do this.
I wanted to criticize her. After all, she was a lesbian. I said, "It's nothing, we're done talking. Do you have anything?"
She said to me apologetically: "Mayor Feng, I don't mean anything else. I'm worried that you are drunk."
My heart suddenly felt warm, "I am drunk. But fortunately, the wine I drank today is very real. Although I am groggy, I am still relatively sober. Xiao Su, you have a good drinking capacity. Fortunately, I have you today, otherwise I would
It's miserable for one person. After all, Director Hou drinks the most. He can deal with the three of us by himself. It's too powerful."
She said: "I don't know that I can drink so much wine without feeling drunk. Mayor Feng... I didn't eat much there today, and it seems that you didn't eat much either. Are you hungry?"
I understood immediately, but I didn’t want to go out with her now. After all, there are differences between men and women, and we were out of town, plus we had both drunk, what if... I said: "I want to rest, if
If you are hungry, there is food in the room. You should also go to bed early."
She said with a somewhat disappointed tone, "Okay. Mayor Feng, what are our arrangements for tomorrow?"
I said: "I'll talk after I call Governor Huang to report tomorrow, or we can go back directly tomorrow. It's too late today, and I don't want to disturb the leader."
She said: "That's okay. Just be fine. I'll send breakfast to your room tomorrow morning."
Women are different, very attentive and caring. I thought in my heart, but said to her: "No, thank you. I have been used to getting up early for many years. You should also go to bed early, good night."
After I finished speaking, I hung up the phone.
Lying on the bed, I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. I don't know how long it took before I finally fell into a drowsy sleep.
When I woke up early the next morning, I still remembered the dream I had at night——
I dreamed that there were a lot of red tableware like the ones in that magazine in the study room of my home. Their colors were so bright, eye-catching, and the red was so shiny. I was overjoyed and thought to myself
Now it’s easy. I just need to take out one or two of the things and give them to Director Hou. These are my own things. If I give them to him, I don’t have to worry about what will happen in the future. Anyway, I personally don’t need him to do anything.
.
I went to pick up one of the bowls to read, but at this moment, I suddenly felt the earth shaking, and the bookshelf suddenly began to shake. I was shocked and hurriedly tried to hold the bookshelf tightly, but
But he couldn't resist the shaking force.
The bookshelf fell to the ground with a crash, and in front of my eyes were the fragments of red porcelain... I woke up suddenly, my heart pounding.
I think about it every day and dream about it at night. It seems to be true now. When I woke up, I couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Before I went to have breakfast, I called Su Wen. Su Wen had already gotten up. I asked her about the situation of the director of the National Development and Reform Commission. She said that she had gone to call him and she was probably already up.
This man's hangover function is pretty good, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get out of bed today. I thought to myself.
When I was having breakfast, I found that the National Development and Reform Commission seemed to be fine. He apologized to me and said: "Mayor Feng, I'm sorry, my drinking capacity is really too small. Did I make any mistakes yesterday?"
I shook my head and said with a smile: "You, I can't call you on occasions like this in the future. Fortunately Director Hou is generous, otherwise you would have almost made a mistake."
Then I said: "After eating, you guys should take a rest in the room. I will report the situation to Secretary Rong and Governor Huang and then consider what to do next."
After breakfast, I returned to the room. I called Secretary Rong first. I reported to her my trip to Beijing, but I didn’t tell her about the red porcelain. After hearing this, she said: “It’s from the showroom.
The matter is very simple, and I think your idea is also very good. However, this matter may not be as simple as Director Hou thinks, right? I think you'd better find a way to meet with the leaders of the two departments before talking about it."
In fact, I was thinking the same thing in my heart, but people are lazy, and I also had the idea of giving up in spite of difficulties. I didn’t know the leaders of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transport at all, especially when no one recommended them.
Next, I know it is impossible to see them. Many people say that in this capital, there are so many division-level cadres, and department-level cadres are not considered officials in a place like this. A person like me in a place like this
As a young mayor, it is simply impossible to get an interview from a deputy minister-level leader without someone to recommend him.
A deputy director of the Ministry of Construction once came to our Jiangnan Province to hold a small-scale meeting. I also participated in that meeting. At that time, a mayor from another city was about ten minutes late. As a result, the deputy director
I criticized him mercilessly in front of everyone. At that time, I thought to myself that although this official from the capital was not a big one, his awesome and coaxing demeanor could fully illustrate the good self-feeling of the officials in the capital.
I said: "Director Hou has already talked to that extent. If I have to ask him to help me make an appointment with the leaders of the ministries and commissions, I guess the effect will not be very good. So, I will ask Governor Huang for instructions and see if he has any specific plans.
instructions."
She said: "That's okay. Since Governor Huang has a good relationship with Director Hou, his opinion may be more helpful to us. But why do I think this matter is so mysterious?"
I smiled and said: "Secretary Rong, I don't think so. For example, the things you can do are difficult to achieve in the eyes of ordinary cadres below us. People's positions are different, maybe this matter is in the
It seems to him that it’s really not a big deal and it’s hard to tell. Our subway project in Jiangnan Province is a project that has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. At present, what we hope is to extend it to our Shangjiang City.” (To be continued)