Xianshan County's annual cadre selection and recommendation work is about to start again.

At this time, there are always some people who are like ants on a hot pot - round and round. Especially those who feel a little hopeful and desperate to be promoted, where can they sit still. There is a relationship between the trust, and there is a way to go to the door, which can really be described as "eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers". For a time, the large and small restaurants in the county were like a city, and business was booming. Today you invite me, tomorrow I invite him, please come, please come, please go, there is only one purpose, that is, to vote for yourself when the democratic recommendation is made, and say a few more good words.

Of course, Wan Guozhong can't leave either, because he also has his own ideas. Among the ten township party committee secretaries, he can be regarded as a veteran in terms of qualifications, not to mention that his idea of being promoted to the deputy county level is not something that only comes after a while. As early as when the previous secretary of the county party committee was in office, he had already begun to work hard. Every New Year's holiday, other towns and streets are courtesy to send some festival fees, and he always has to send more than other towns and streets, so that the old secretary has a deep impression. The old secretary's heart is very clear, and he has relieved him many times to make him feel at ease, and he will find a way to fill in the vacancy whenever there is a vacancy. It should also be when he Wanguo is loyal to the times, and after waiting for two or three years, you said that there is no vacancy in the leadership team of this county. Seeing that the old secretary was about to leave, I heard that he was going to serve as the vice chairman of the CPPCC, and it didn't count if he talked again. Alas, it seems that the only way to go back is to go down the road of the county magistrate again.

However, the county magistrate Gao was parachuted down from his superiors, and he was not a local, so he had no contact with him, and he had no deep contacts, and there were not many opportunities to report to him at ordinary times. Moreover, if we look at it on the surface, the county magistrate Gao looks like a righteous man and a gentleman, and often talks about the need for leading cadres to be honest and self-disciplined, honest in government, and resolutely resist all unhealthy tendencies. So he still didn't know anything about County Magistrate Gao's real preferences. As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will make one invincible, but how can one be sure of victory if he only knows oneself but does not know one's opponent? Although a large part of the current leaders are greedy for money, what if the county magistrate Gao is a good cadre who is honest and honest in government. Therefore, if you act rashly, not only will you not be trusted by the county magistrate, but you will also ruin your reputation.

Wan Guozhong sat and stood in the office for a while, always fidgeting. He took out the county's internal phone number book and rummaged through it casually, as if he wanted to find someone who could talk to the county magistrate Gao.

Flipping through the pages, Wan Guozhong's eyes lit up, "That's right, looking for Hu Sanyuan! Who in the whole county doesn't know that Hu Sanyuan is a big celebrity in front of County Magistrate Gao? Do you think you can still learn about County Magistrate Gao's preferences from him?"

"But I'm afraid that Hu Sanyuan won't reveal this details. Wan Guozhong suddenly remembered something ten years ago.

At that time, Wan Guozhong served as the mayor of Xianshan Town, and because the secretary of the town party committee went to study in other places, he temporarily presided over the overall work of the town. During this period, there was an opportunity to be promoted to the deputy section level, and Hu Sanyuan and another cadre were the most competitive. Speaking from the bottom of his heart, Hu Sanyuan's conditions were better than those of another cadre, but the cadre's uncle at that time was the leader of an important department in the city, and he made a special call. There was no way, Hu Sanyuan was defeated in the end. Hu Sanyuan was very angry about this, and he also beat Wan Guozhong, and the two got married. Later, Wan Guozhong became the secretary, and then Hu Sanyuan never came out again, until Gao Quansheng appeared, which changed his attitude towards Hu Sanyuan.

Is Hu Sanyuan still holding a grudge? Perhaps he has already turned the page anew! After all, in the end, Wan Guozhong strongly recommended Hu Sanyuan to the post of deputy director of the China Merchants Bureau.

Wan Guozhong picked up the phone and dialed the number in the phone book.

The other party soon echoed: "Hey, hello!"

"It's Director Hu, right? I'm Wan Guozhong!"

"Oh, hello, Secretary Wan, you helped me so much last time, I haven't had time to thank you yet!"

Since Hu Sanyuan was promoted to deputy director of the China Merchants Bureau, Hu Sanyuan no longer holds a grudge against Wan Guozhong as before. But if Hu Sanyuan is asked to completely eliminate the estrangement from Wan Guozhong, it seems that it will be difficult to do it for a while. After all, it was because of Wan Guozhong's years of suppression that his progress and promotion of Hu Sanyuan were delayed.

"Where, where, what a gesture, what a word of gratitude. I am embarrassed that I didn't have time to congratulate you on your promotion to the director. Wan Guozhong is still polite.

Hu Sanyuan didn't speak again. The microphone was silent for a moment.

Wan Guozhong hurriedly turned to the topic: "I heard that this expedition you organized has made great gains! It can win great glory for our Xianshan County!"

"Oh, actually, it didn't make a big gain, just signed a few more letters of intent to invest. Hu Sanyuan is modest, but he likes to mention investment attraction when others mention it. Every time he hears it, his heart is always happy.

"Brother is humble. Wan Guozhong continued to compliment.

"Dude has won awards. Hu Sanyuan continued to be modest.

"You see if this is good, you don't arrange other activities tonight, you ask a few guys who feel good, and I'll pick you up and wash the dust." This is the first time in Wan Guozhong's life that he personally invited Hu Sanyuan to dinner.

"You are my old leader, how can you arrange it, or give me a chance, let me arrange a thank you bar!" Hu Sanyuan knew that this was Wan Guozhong's kindness, how could he be embarrassed to refuse, so he had to be polite again.

"Okay, okay, don't argue with me anymore, even if it's a chance to give me a chance to make up for it, if you're really in the mood then you can arrange it next time, but that's it for today. After a slight pause, Wan Guozhong continued, "There is a new 'good taste' soft-shelled turtle restaurant in the west of the city, it tastes good, you can make an appointment with seven or eight people, I will arrange the wine and food, we will see you at six o'clock tonight, see you or leave!" After speaking, he hung up the phone.

Putting down the phone, Hu Sanyuan thought to himself, it just so happened that their group of Ren brothers had not been together for a long time, so why not take this opportunity and let Wan Guozhong invite him to forget it? Thinking of this, Hu Sanyuan immediately called Yan Wei and asked him to inform Liu Qing'an, Wang Lejun, Gao Qiang, Hao Bin, Han Wei, and others to gather at the "Good Taste" soft-shelled turtle restaurant in the west of the city before 6 o'clock in the evening.

The owner of the "Good Taste" soft-shelled turtle restaurant is Wan Guozhong's brother-in-law.

Although the taxpayer of the hotel is registered in the name of Wan Guozhong's brother-in-law, it is said that 80% of the shares belong to Wan Guozhong. This is not surprising, in Xianshan County, there are many leading cadres like Wan Guozhong who are indirectly involved in business, and some even directly participate in business in the name of their wives and children. Although it is not explicit, everyone knows it. Why should leading cadres get involved in the catering industry? First, they can make use of their connections to arrange entertainment and make more money. Second, they can directly use the cigarettes, alcohol, and other valuable gifts they usually receive for consumption, which is called legalizing illegal interests. Why not kill two birds with one stone! The right not to expire and invalidate!

At six o'clock in the evening, Hu Sanyuan's group of Ren brothers still gave face, except for Deputy Director Gao Qiang, who was on a special task and could not participate, the rest of the people were all there, plus Wan Guozhong, Huang Youqing and Xu Guanghua, a total of ten people, perfect, none of them were late.

Wan Guozhong called his driver over and arranged: "You first go to the kitchen and choose two good big turtles to stew." You just wait for the other drivers at the door, and then take them downstairs to eat alone, you can eat what you like, drink what you want, and leave us alone. ”

In fact, the driver is reluctant to be with them, not eating and drinking well, and having to be restrained. I wish I could go down and eat by myself, I don't talk about it freely, and I can flirt with the service lady when I have time.

Since they are all acquaintances who came today, they just exchanged a few words of greeting each other, and they were not polite, so they sat down separately.

Wan Guozhong sat with the Lord.

"Director Hu led a team to the south to inspect and meritorious, and today's wine field is mainly for you to pick up the wind and wash the dust, so you can sit in the guest of honor position. Wan Guozhong asked Hu Sanyuan to sit in the position of guest of honor.

"Where, there are still a lot of big brothers here! Let Brother Liu sit, and I'll just be next to Brother Liu." Hu Sanyuan knew that Liu Qingan was present, and he could sit in the position of guest of honor. arranged for Liu Qingan to sit as the guest of honor, and Hu Sanyuan sat down next to Liu Qingan.

Xu Guanghua competed for the position of deputy chief accompaniment, "Leaders and good brothers get together, I am an enterprise taxpayer, today I sit as deputy chief accompaniment, and I will pay the bill." ”

Wan Guozhong pulled Xu Guanghua to the position of deputy guest of honor and sat down.

"Today you are the guest I invited, and you and Sanyuan are the great contributors to our county's investment promotion, so I should be the one to take you over. So no matter how much money you have, don't want you to check out today. In the future, just remember to come and drink soft-shelled turtle soup often. After Wan Guozhong finished speaking, he did not forget to advertise the soft-shelled turtle restaurant by the way: "Everyone listen, this 'good taste' is the soft-shelled turtle restaurant opened by my brother-in-law, everyone remember to come to the scene often!

In normal times, no matter who sits as the main accompaniment and who sits as the deputy accompaniment, as long as the entrepreneur is present, it is generally out of the entrepreneur's pocket. But today, Secretary Wan wanted to treat him, and he made it clear that he would not let Xu Guanghua pay for it, so he didn't bother to fight anymore, so he had to be a guest generously. Then again, these days, a secretary and a town mayor, which one needs to pay out of his own pocket? Whether it is a work reception or a friendship with friends. No matter how much you eat, how little you eat, whether you drink or not, isn't it all the public that pays in the end?

As soon as Huang Youqing saw Wan Guozhong sitting as the main escort, he consciously sat in the position of deputy escort. It just so happened that the secretary of the town party committee was the main escort, and the town mayor was the deputy chief escort, so that outsiders could see it as if they were the party committee of Xianshan Town. The others, according to their elders and youngest, each found their own place and sat down.

After the first round of program drinking, everyone began to clink glasses to each other to express their feelings.

Wan Guozhong first drank two cups with Liu Qingan and Xu Guanghua. Then he came to Hu Sanyuan with a wine glass.

Hu Sanyuan knew that Wan Guozhong was here to toast him, so he quickly stood up to greet him. The two men held wine glasses in their left hands and clasped their right hands tightly together.

"In the past, there were places where the elder brother couldn't do it, and I ask the elder brother to forgive me. It was the first time that Wan Guozhong had expressed his humility to Hu Sanyuan so solemnly and sincerely.

"Where is it, but the little brother was disrespectful to you in the past, you have to invite the big brother Haihan. "The words are not clear, the reason is not clear. You respect me a foot, I respect you a foot.

"Good brother, thank you for your understanding!" Wan Guozhong clasped Hu Sanyuan's hand, and motioned for him to sit on the sofa next to him. "Let's take a step to talk. ”

The two sat down on the couch and put their glasses on the coffee table.

"Brother Hu, do you say that I am Wan Guozhong?" Wan Guozhong once again asked Hu Sanyuan to verify his credibility in his heart.

"Do you still want to ask?" Hu Sanyuan's tongue already had wine on it, "Absolutely, a good brother who can definitely be friends." ”

"Okay, my brother won't treat my brother as an outsider. Wan Guozhong is still looking for an opportunity to cut into the topic.

"If there is any arrangement, you will say yes. "Hu Sanyuan is a straight person, and he usually doesn't like to swallow and spit the most.

Wan Guozhong still glanced at the wine table, saw that everyone was drinking, and then whispered: "I want to give the county magistrate Gao a meaning, but I don't know what method and form is better?" Wan Guozhong went around in a big circle and finally returned to the topic.

"Oh, that's it!" Hu Sanyuan heard this, thinking to himself, isn't this exactly what you do, isn't this exactly what Gao Quansheng needs, just go directly, and come to ask me? But after thinking about it, yes, as a public official, how can he be as straightforward as Xu Guanghua, who is a businessman, and dare to act rashly if he doesn't come to ask for directions first.

Hu Sanyuan put his index finger and middle finger together, rubbed it with his thumb, and made a gesture of counting money: "I think the best gift has to be this." ”

"In your opinion, what is the general number?" Wan Guozhong thought, the more he understood, the more he had the base.

"Then it depends on what you want to do, if you want to get a deputy county magistrate directly, you can get three or five hundred thousand no matter what!" Hu Sanyuan didn't know how much he needed, he just casually said the number.

"Oh, I know what to expect. Wan Guozhong thought to himself, as long as I can ensure that I become the deputy county magistrate, not to mention three or five hundred thousand, even six or seven hundred thousand is worth it.

"However, if I send it over directly, will he accept it?" Wan Guozhong asked after breaking the casserole.

"That's hard to say, but ......" Hu Sanyuan thought to himself that this matter was not difficult, and then he had an idea, why not send a favor, "In this way, tomorrow I will take the time to report your situation to the county magistrate Gao, first let him have a preliminary understanding of your intentions, let him feel that you are indeed his trustworthy person, and then you go over, I guarantee that he will be able to accept it happily." ”

"Thank you brother for your heartfelt words, as long as you succeed, I will never treat you badly!" Wan Guozhong was worried that he would not be able to send it out. After listening to Hu Sanyuan's analysis, my heart suddenly became much more steady.

"You treat me as your own brother, what kind of politeness can you be! It's just that when you become the deputy county magistrate, don't forget to find an opportunity to promote your brother!" Hu Sanyuan felt that he and Wan Guozhong had abandoned their previous suspicions and turned their rivalry into friendship. I thought, I can help you now, and when I need your help, will you stand by and watch it?

"Good brother, don't say anything. I drank this glass of wine first as a respect, and my heart and affection were all in this wine. After Wan Guozhong finished speaking, he drank it all, Hu Sanyuan was not ambiguous, and drank a large glass of wine with a raised neck.

The two shook hands tightly again, and then returned to their respective seats.

Everyone continued to drink heartily until the wine was full.