How could Zhou Wen's little trick be hidden from Liu Ziguang? He fell from being the mayor's secretary with a bright future to the head of the Qingshui Yamen in a poor county. Let's not mention the gap for the moment. When he was a secretary, he could call all the shots and no one dared not give him face.
, but now Zhou Wen is alone, in a remote small county, and his backstage Director Zhou is beyond the reach of him. Who will give him face?
Grassroots officials dislike parachute leaders the most, especially the deputies in Qingshui Yamen in small counties like this. They cannot be transferred and their salary is very limited. The only thing they can hope for is to survive. It is the lifelong dream of many people to go from deputy to full-time.
After finally struggling with a director, I thought the opportunity had come, but unexpectedly, a new director fell from the sky. It is said that this new director gave up the opportunity to enter the provincial capital and actively asked for training at the grassroots level. This made the four deputy directors even more embarrassed.
The director was angry about this. If he doesn’t do his job as a good director and secretary, why would he come to us to grab his job?
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It was already half past one at noon. Zhou Wen looked at the clock on the wall, picked up his bag and stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."
Liu Ziguang said: "There are so many of us, aren't you afraid of being poor?"
Zhou Wen smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I am also a director after all, and I still have the right to reimburse for meals."
The three of them left the office building. Zhuo Li went to drive. Liu Ziguang and Zhou Wen were waiting on the steps. At this time, a group of people walked in from outside the gate. At first glance, they were dressed as county cadres, with flip-up leather shoes, navy blue trousers, and dark blue trousers.
Wearing coats like Serilang or Annunciation Bird, holding briefcases in their hands and holding cigarettes in their mouths, they walked over chatting and laughing. They were all surprised when they saw several off-road vehicles parked in the yard.
Seeing Director Zhou standing on the steps again, the cadres immediately came forward to greet him enthusiastically: "Director Zhou, are you friends from the city?"
Zhou Wen said calmly: "A few entrepreneur friends have come to the mountains to collect information. I will have a meal with them. You go in first."
Hummer, Cayenne, Land Cruiser, Wrangler, these are all valuable cars. The cadres of the tourism bureau still have a good eye for value. They all stared at these luxury cars with envy as they walked into the building.
And while they were discussing something in a low voice, Zhou Wen suddenly said: "Zhuoli, don't drive. The hotel is nearby. Let's walk there."
Liu Ziguang secretly laughed in his heart. Zhou Wen was just trying to make a tiger skin out of a banner to show his soft power to his colleagues. Forget it, just cooperate with him and invite everyone to go out together and have lunch at the Game House opposite the Tourism Bureau.
As the saying goes, people who rely on mountains to eat rely on water to eat. Nantai County is backed by mountains and faces rivers. The most indispensable thing is delicacies from the mountains and rivers, wild boars, pheasants, wild mushrooms, pangolins, and crabs in the rivers in the deep mountains and old forests.
River shrimp and the famous puffer fish are the specialties of Nantai. Leaders from the city and province always want to taste wild boar meat and puffer fish to make their trip worthwhile.
Zhou Wen took the briefcase and led everyone straight to the second floor. The owner of Yeweiju was a discerning person and had already recognized the guest as the new tourism director. He hurried forward to entertain him personally, and asked the waiter to pour tea and tableware. He took one himself
The plastic-wrapped menu introduced: "What would Director Zhou want to eat today?"
Zhou Wen said: "Special dishes."
The boss said: "The most famous dish of our game restaurant is puffer fish, but the season is not suitable now, so I suggest that we eat wild boar meat. Real wild boar meat roasted with fruit trees. If you don't eat it, you will be punished by ten. The price is cheap and very affordable."
Zhou Wen took the menu and looked at it, then pushed it to Liu Ziguang and said, "What do you want to eat?"
Liu Ziguang took a look and said: "Come to the wild mountains, I would rather eat one or two birds than half a catty of animals."
The boss praised: "You look like you are a good eater. The pheasants are all brought to you by hunters in the mountains. They are so alive and kicking. I will help you arrange two of them."
It didn’t take long for the dishes to arrive one after another. The cold dish was boiled peanuts and mixed elm coins, the main dish was roasted wild boar and stir-fried pheasant with red pepper, and there were also a few fat and big fish. Since we had to drive in the afternoon, we didn’t have any.
I ordered white wine and brought two boxes of beer.
The wild boar meat is roasted to a brilliant yellow color, with charred skin and tender meat. City people who are used to eating charcoal-roasted goat meat all exclaimed how delicious it is when they first taste this delicacy. Only Mao Boy showed contempt after taking a bite and said
: "What the hell, it's far worse than my great-great-grandfather's ability to hunt game."
Zhou Wen said: "Hey, this little brother is right. This is a kind of meat pig that is a cross between wild boar and domestic pig in the county's breeding farm. It is not a real wild boar. If you want to eat real game, you have to go into the mountains."
Liu Ziguang said: "Then let's go into the mountains in the afternoon and try real wild boar meat."
After drinking and eating, Zhou Wen sent Liu Ziguang and the others downstairs first, and went to the counter to pay the bill. The boss said: "Director Zhou, do you want to pay?"
Zhou Wen said: "No, cash payment." He took out the banknotes to pay the bill, asked for an invoice, and insisted on writing his name on the invoice. After he left, the cashier and the boss looked at each other: "The sun hits the west.
Come out, the director will pay for the treat himself?"
The cashier said: "Boss, Director Zhou is very kind. Why don't you report the previous signings to him? The tourism bureau's entertainment fee alone is more than 5,000."
The boss sighed and said, "Let's give it a try. Each of these cadres signs orders more aggressively than the last, and they all become cowards when it comes to asking for money. These days, it's hard to get good food and money."
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Back in the Tourism Bureau compound, Zhou Wen said hello to the comrades in the office and said that he would take entrepreneurs from the city to the mountains for inspection and would not be back at night. Then he got into Zhuoli's Hummer and led the convoy.
Swing towards the mountains southwest of the county town.
Before leaving the county seat, Zhou Wen also led everyone on a stroll along the main road in the new district of the county seat, showing everyone the magnificent county government building, the vast marble square, the European-style white dome-roofed building, the green lawn, and the musical fountain.
, it all opened the eyes of the country bumpkins from the cities.
After leaving the county boundary, the road became difficult to navigate. The narrow concrete road was full of potholes and riddled with heavy-duty trucks. The convoy had to slow down and move forward slowly to avoid the heavy-duty trucks whizzing by.
The carriages of these shabby trucks without license plates have been modified and filled with coal. Black soot is floating everywhere on the road, making everything gray.
"There are several small coal mines contracted by private parties nearby, which can be regarded as the pillar industry of Nantai." Zhou Wen pointed to the trucks and introduced casually. The car drove forward bumpily and left the coal mining area half an hour later. At this time, it was obvious that it could
It felt like it was going uphill, and the road changed from a cement road to a gravel road. The passing cars gradually became rarer, and occasionally one or two tractors or dilapidated minibuses came from the opposite direction.
The mountains in the distance were undulating and verdant. Zhou Wen said: "We're almost there." But the road became increasingly difficult to walk. The winding mountain road was steep and narrow. If you were not careful, you would fall into an abyss. The Hummer was too wide and had to slow down.
Slow down again and drive carefully through the mountains.
They continued like this until it was dark, and Zhou Wen kept saying it was almost there. Zhuo Li became anxious and said angrily: "It's almost there, it's almost there, why can't it come yet!"
Zhou Wen said: "It's a dead horse across the mountain. This mountain is deep. Fortunately, we drove here. If we had to walk to climb the mountain, it would have taken at least three days."
Zhuo Li said: "Why not build a road?"
Zhou Wen sighed and said: "The county is poor and cannot afford to build roads."
Zhuo Li curled his lips: "Poor?!"
Without saying anything, we continued to drive forward and finally arrived at the second stop of our trip, Tianjie Town.
Tianjie Town, as its name suggests, is located at a very high altitude. The town is located on a small piece of flat land deep in the mountains. There is only one extremely dilapidated street. It is getting late, the street lights are dim, and everything is in ruins. Zhou Wen points to the distance
He turned to a building and said, "Just park there."
Zhuo Li drove over and couldn't help but laugh: "Isn't that what it is?"
The antique-style gate tower with red walls and glazed tiles has crudely made plaster tables on both sides, and the signs of Tianjie Township Party Committee and Township Government. It looks similar to a certain building on the national emblem, but it is too simple and looks painterly.
Tigers are not like dogs, but the parking lot in front of the door is still wide enough to park everyone's cars.
The car stopped and everyone got down to stretch their numb legs and feet. Zhou Wen went over to say hello to the gatekeeper and introduced himself as someone from the tourism bureau. The gatekeeper hurriedly ran to the distance and called a dark and fat man.
Come over, the man is wearing a double-breasted suit with a sweetheart-collared sweater underneath. A scarlet tie is placed outside the sweater. The collar of his white shirt is already pitch black, and the top two buttons are open in a smart way.
Revealing a close-fitting gray cotton sweater.
"Oh, Director Zhou, you are here. Welcome, these are all leaders of the city." The man greeted enthusiastically, took out a box of cigarettes from his armpit bag and distributed them everywhere, from Zhou Wen to Liu Ziguang
, even the hairy boy smoked a cigarette, and his enthusiastic attitude made everyone truly feel the simplicity of the mountain people.
"This is Mayor Gao." Zhou Wen introduced, pointing to Liu Ziguang and others: "This is Mr. Liu, the representative of the city, this is Mr. Zhuo, a well-known entrepreneur, and this is..."
Following Zhou Wen's introduction, Chief Gao stretched out his hands and wiped them on his pants twice, then shook hands with these big shots one by one, with a look of reverence in his eyes, and took out his gold-gilded business card and handed it over with both hands, using a very humble expression.
He introduced himself in a tone of voice: "My name is Gao Yishui, just call me Xiao Gao."
"Chief Gao, we came all the way from the city just to inspect the wild boar meat that our township is famous for. Don't let us down," Zhou Wen said half-jokingly.
Mayor Gao slapped his chest and said, "I'll keep it with you, brother." He took out his mobile phone and dialed a number, shouting at the top of his voice, "Accountant Xie, do we still have wild boar meat at home?"
There was also a loud voice on the other side of the phone: "I just asked the county cattle master to take away two of them this afternoon, and I have only one pig leg at home. It has been stored in the ice cellar all winter, and it is still edible."
"Nonsense, this matter can't be fooled, Lao Xie, please give me two wild boars and don't say anything." After speaking, Mayor Gao hung up the phone and put the phone in the leather phone case across his waist.
He said boldly: "Let's go have a drink at the guest house!"