Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the end of 2010. The 10-year cooperation agreement signed by Anzai TV with Jushi Advertising Company also expired.

Liu Hong has been thinking about the next step in advertising business. She knows very well in her heart that the employees of the TV station have been away from the advertising market for 10 years after acting as an agent for advertising in Jushi Advertising Company, and it is very unrealistic for them to put on their uniforms again and then run advertisements. The best thing to do is to hire an outside advertising agency to act as an agent.

Liang Jincai, the boss of Jushi Advertising Company, called Liu Hong many times to exchange information. He said on the phone: "Liu Tai, to tell you the truth, our Jushi Advertising Company has really not made any money from cooperating with you over the years, and of course we haven't lost much. I'm a person who likes simplicity and pleasure, and I still hope that our cooperation will continue. ”

Liu Hong said with a smile: "I believe in the sincerity of your cooperation with Mr. Liang." As for the business that makes you lose money, we don't dare to continue to do it, at least to achieve a win-win situation. ”

Liang Jincai hurriedly responded: "Of course." Liu Tai is the female leader I admire the most. I, Liang Jincai, have recognized you as a friend in my life. ”

Liu Hong said: "If you think my friend is my friend, you will give us some more agency fees." In this way, Mr. Liang, in the near future, our team will specialize in advertising management. Let's wait until the plan is finalized, shall we?"

Liu Hong's heart is actually reluctant to bear the golden doll held in his arms by Jushi Advertising Company. However, she had already solemnly promised to the employees who held the "black box operation theory" at the all-Taiwan conference that a public tender would be held after the expiration of the contract with Jushi Advertising Company. Now, she must fulfill her promise no matter what, otherwise it will cause speculation and doubt among the employees about whether there is a personal interest relationship in the cooperation, and it will deal a fatal blow to the career development of the main station and her own political life.

Liu Hong first communicated his thoughts with the team members one by one, and waited until the conditions were ripe before he formally went to the meeting to study and decide.

Everyone unanimously agreed that the advertising agency of Anxi Radio and Television Station in 2011 implemented public bidding, and Wu Shifei, deputy director of the station, communicated with the municipal government procurement office whether the public bidding could be carried out through the procurement center.

Wu Shifei went to the municipal government procurement center to consult about the bidding.

The director of the procurement center told Wu Shifei that the procurement center has not yet carried out this business, and the main station can open bidding on its own.

As a result, Liu Hong organized the establishment of a leading group for public bidding for advertising agents of the main station, and selected the leaders, middle-level cadres and employee representatives of the main station as members according to the proportion, and personally served as the team leader.

Liu Hong led the leading group to formulate strict bidding regulations and work discipline, arranged for discipline inspection and supervision departments to participate in the supervision of the whole process, and invited the leaders of some radio and television stations in charge of advertising inside and outside the province to form an expert group to collectively discuss and score, and finally determine the winning company according to the score.

The announcement of the public tender for the advertising agency of Anzai Radio and Television appeared on television, radio and newspapers for several days in a row.

For a time, dozens of advertising companies inside and outside the province have come to understand the situation and discuss cooperation, including many large-scale advertising companies with strong strength, deep pockets and expectations to open up new markets.

However, when the deadline for applying for bids approached, only three companies remained. Among them, Himalayan Advertising Company quoted 58 million yuan, Yangtze Wanli Advertising Company quoted 58.88 million yuan, and Xiyangyang Advertising Company quoted 66.66 million yuan.

In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Hong was sitting in the office on official business.

Dongfang walked into the office with Ai Jinggong, the executive general manager of Himalayan Advertising Agency.

Liu Hong hurriedly got up and gave up his seat and poured water for Ai Jinggong to make tea.

Liu Hong said with a smile: "Your company is welcome to participate in the public bidding of our advertising agency. ”

Ai Jinggong smiled earnestly: "I have heard of your name a long time ago. You are a well-known name in the entire radio and television industry. I've been looking forward to working with Guitai for a long time. ”

Liu Hong said happily: "It's over." I would also like to cooperate with your company. ”

Ai Jinggong then asked, "You worked with Jushi Advertising Company before, right? Did they participate in the bidding this time?"

Liu Hong replied: "I don't know exactly which companies should be bid. Anyway, whoever pays the highest price, we will work with whomever we want. ”

Ai Jinggong leaned closer to Liu Hong and whispered: "Although the price of our company is not high, the actual cost is not lower than that of others. ”

Liu Hong asked vigilantly, "Why?"

Ai Jinggong put his hand into the pocket of his jacket and said mysteriously: "Public relations expenses." This is the unspoken rule of the industry. ”

Liu Hong said unhappily: "Mr. Ai, I implemented public bidding in order to break this unspoken rule. I hope that all of your companies will abide by the law. ”

Ai Jinggong listened to Liu Hong's words, and the hand holding the gold card just pulled out of his pocket and quietly retracted. He laughed dryly twice, then politely took his leave.

Finally, in line with the principle of high not low, the expert group determined that Xiyangyang Advertising Company won the bid at the highest price of 66.66 million yuan, and obtained all the agency rights of radio and television advertising of Anxi Radio and Television Station from 2011 to 2015.

Public bidding, a standard, high or low, the procedure is legal, fair and just, the whole station is happy.

Liu Hong made a special trip to Vice Mayor Ye Peiying's office and reported the results of the public bidding to her as an important work achievement to show his fairness and innocence.

Ye Peiying has worked hard in the political arena for many years and has a lot of experience in politics. After congratulating Liu Hong, she sent Liu Hong away with a smile.

The crisp sound of Liu Hong's leather shoes hitting the floor had not disappeared, and Ye Peiying immediately returned to the desk and turned on the computer. She typed the name "Joy Advertising Agency" into the online search bar.

All kinds of information about the advertising company immediately appeared on the Internet, among which the name of Liang Jincai in the column of legal representative was particularly dazzling.

Ye Peiying suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly took out a letter from the drawer reporting that the advertising agency of the main station had cheated in public bidding, put on reading glasses and read it carefully.

The three words Liang Jincai that appeared on the letterhead were like a strong current, hitting Ye Peiying's heart violently, so that it took a long, long time to calm down.

She immediately arranged for the personnel of the relevant departments to thoroughly investigate the situation of the public bidding of Anxi Radio and Television and the cooperation agreement signed with Xiyangyang Advertising Company.

Soon, a copy of the investigation report and the cooperation agreement was presented to Ye Peiying.

The conclusion of the investigation is that the cooperation between the public bidding and the two parties is legal and compliant, and no violations of laws and disciplines have been found.

Ye Peiying breathed a sigh of relief. As the city leader in charge of the main station, if the main station violates the law and discipline, she must also bear the leadership responsibility and be severely dealt with by party discipline.

One day, Liu Hong heard that the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee was inspecting cadres in the city and was preparing to promote a female cadre to the rank of member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda.

Leaders of some committees and bureaus called Liu Hong one after another, saying that she had served as director of the Television Station, director of the Cultural Bureau, director of the Bureau of Radio, Film and Television, and director of the General Radio and Television Station.

After listening to everyone's analysis, Liu Hong also felt that it was very reasonable, and he couldn't help but feel a new hope in his heart, after all, after decades of hard work, the organization should also consider my promotion.

Liu Hong soon learned that there were three people on this inspection, in addition to himself, one was Li Shuhua, the chairman of the Municipal Women's Federation, and the other was Ma Liya, the secretary of the Chengguan District Party Committee. These two people started from the grassroots level of the district and county step by step, with genuine academic qualifications, solid foundation, rich resumes, strong youth, and good reputation.

By comparing himself with the two of them, Liu Hong knew that he was not their competitor, but he was still not very reconciled. She thought, since I have already become the object of investigation and am only one step away from the post of a city-level leader, why don't I strive for it? Not to mention that my work performance in the past few years has been obvious to all in the city and even the whole province, and it seems that there are few people who can compete with me.

At a city-wide cadre study meeting, He Yuntian, secretary of the municipal party committee, announced that only those honest people who work hard will be reused, and those who run for official positions will not be used, and they will also be admonished and talked, and party discipline will be dealt with if the circumstances are serious!

Liu Hong originally wanted to say hello to Niu Xinguo and Guo Mingkai, who worked in the province, and pay attention to his promotion, but now he saw the repeated requests of the municipal party committee, so he had to quietly dispel the idea of looking for someone and focus on the work wholeheartedly.

However, the trees want to be quiet and the wind does not stop.

A few days later, the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee issued a special notice document, announcing that the date of birth and place of origin of the cadres in the list would be subject to this document.

Liu Hong's name is impressively listed.

In this document, her date of birth is September 18, 1964, not October 1, 1966, as she usually says, and her place of birth is Xialin County, Hedong Province, not Qingdao City, Shandong Province, as she usually says.

Because her own thinking was immature in the past, and learning from other people's practice of changing her age and place of origin has now led to the disclosure of her personal privacy, Liu Hong feels unprecedented shame, just like the shame she received when she first anchored the news on Anxi TV. It's really a handful of rice that steals chickens.

Liu Hong was completely discouraged by his promotion.

In the end, Ma Liya, the former secretary of the Chengguan District Party Committee, was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Anxi Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Propaganda, in charge of science, education, culture and Weikou, and became Liu Hong's top boss.

Faced with such a result, Liu Hong couldn't help but smile bitterly: Section Chief Ma and Ma Xiaoming back then, and Ma Liya today, why have I always been entangled with people surnamed Ma in my life? She had no choice but to adjust her mood and mental state, and work and live very calmly.

As the saying goes, blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

One morning, Zhao Qingsong's mother, Chen Xiufang, went for a walk in the community's garden after breakfast. It's a habit she's developed over the years since she retired. Since her hip replacement surgery, she has changed her brisk walking and heavy exercise regimen to walk for half an hour every morning.

Chen Xiufang walked for about 20 minutes and met Sister Yao, who had returned from shopping for vegetables in the morning market, and the two of them chatted while walking.

Sister Yao said with an exaggerated expression: "Oops, I've been dizzy recently, and I went to the hospital yesterday for a check-up, and said it was high blood pressure." The doctor prescribed a whole bunch of medicines, more than rice in a bowl. I was terrified when I looked at it. Sister Chen, what kind of blood pressure medicine are you taking?"

Chen Xiufang replied: "Amlodipine tablets." ”

As soon as she said this, Chen Xiufang immediately realized that she had forgotten to take the medicine just now, hurriedly said goodbye to Sister Yao, and turned around to go home to take the medicine.

As soon as Chen Xiufang walked to the door of the house, she smelled a pungent smell of gas. She couldn't figure out if she had turned off the gas stove before she left the house.

Chen Xiufang hurriedly took out the key and unlocked the door.

A strong smell of coal came to my face.

The situation is not good!

Chen Xiufang's life experience is very rich. She hurriedly opened the door and window while shouting the names of Zhao Qingsong and Liu Hong loudly.

There was no one in the room.

She ran to Zhao Qingsong's room first, only to see the door wide open, and her son was asleep on the bed.

She pushed open the large bedroom again: Liu Hong was not there.

Chen Xiufang turned around and loudly urged Zhao Qingsong to get up quickly.

Zhao Qingsong didn't react.

She stumbled to Zhao Qingsong's bed, only to see him unconscious, his lips as red as cherries.

It's a symptom of gas poisoning.

Chen Xiufang was about to call the 120 emergency number, but she was afraid that using the phone at home would cause a gas flash, so she quickly knocked on the door of her neighbor's house and borrowed their landline to call the emergency number.

In less than ten minutes, 120 ambulances flew downstairs.

After the doctor's all-out rescue, Zhao Qingsong finally saved his life, but he was left with serious sequelae such as dementia, memory and comprehension loss, and limb paralysis.

He spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

Chen Xiufang cried out in grief, regretting the consequences of her forgetfulness and grieving for the misfortune that had befallen her only son.

Although Liu Hong and Zhao Qingsong have divorced and there is no legal relationship between husband and wife, they are a former couple after all, and they continue to live under the same roof, and people who don't know the inside story still regard them as a family.

She accompanied Chen Xiufang to shed tears, and persuaded her to take care of her body from time to time.

Since Chen Xiufang was hit by Zhao Qingsong's gas poisoning, her spirit has become increasingly weak, her memory has become worse and worse, she is often lost, she is too busy to take care of herself, and she is even less able to take care of her son's daily life.

Liu Hong also had no time to take care of Zhao Qingsong's food, clothing, housing and transportation, so he had to hire a nanny who lived at home 24 hours a day and took care of Chen Xiufang's mother and son carefully.