What Lao Aifang brought was an Audi A6 sedan, with a Kyoto license plate, and the driver's surname was Sha, 36 years old, a native of Zhoukang, Xihai Province, whose working relationship belonged to the municipal government office, and who had been in Beijing for five years.

He and Lao Aifang were both relatively good at talking, chatting with Guo Xiaozhou along the way, and during the hour's journey, Guo Xiaozhou learned a lot about the "Beijing Office" from them.

Before the county-level Beijing Office was abolished, Lao Aifang and the six staff members of the Beijing Office belonged to the state staff with a full establishment. Because of her meritorious service in managing the Beijing Office, Lao Aifang's administrative rank was promoted to the main department the year before last. After not hanging the signboard of the Beijing Office, they not only lost their legal status. Now he can only take a temporary position in the State-owned Assets Management Section of the Zhoukang Municipal Finance Bureau.

As we all know, only the people's governments at and above the municipal level have set up the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Zhoukang, a county-level city, entrusted the management of state-owned assets to the Finance Bureau, and set up a state-owned asset management section within the Finance Bureau. Some county-level cities have offices of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, referred to as the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Office.

And the director of the Zhou Kang Finance Bureau is also a regular section level, and the section chief of the state-owned asset management section is Dingtian deputy section. This is tantamount to causing the Beijing Office to lose several levels in succession, not only losing its original administrative level and establishment, but even slipping into the management of a unit-level department.

The most important thing is that without the talisman of the Beijing Office, the allocation of funds for activities is becoming less and less. The money earned by the hotel is also monitored by the Finance Bureau, and the degree of freedom is greatly reduced.

The driver, Lao Sha, complained all the way, saying that the policy had changed him from a state worker who was envied by everyone to a supernumerary worker in a second-level unit with an unjustified name.

Lao Aifang didn't complain, and along the way, she was very respectful to Guo Xiaozhou. Even the driver, Lao Sha, didn't understand. Why did Mr. Lao slap a secretary on the back?

Even Guo Xiaozhou is a little inexplicable.

Drive to Zhoukang Hotel on the south side of the Southwest Third Ring Road. Guo Xiaozhou got out of the car and saw that the Zhoukang Hotel was located in a three-story building, with five or six cars parked in front of the building.

Guo Xiaozhou looked up and said, "The building is quite big. ”

Lao Aifang's eyes sparkled, and she said unabashedly: "When we bought this building, we only spent a few million, but now it has increased to more than 30 million yuan. In the past, the maximum number of staff in the office was 13.

The driver got out of the car and leaned over and said: "The year before last, the office was included in the list ......of abolished institutions, and Director Lao and I watched the completion of the account freeze, asset appraisal and other work, and the personnel were almost evacuated, if it wasn't for Mayor Zhao's temporary call to stop, this building was only afraid that it would be sold cheaply."

Guo Xiaozhou smiled and did not answer.

Lao Aifang took Guo Xiaozhou to the backyard of the building.

It can be seen that Lao Aifang has put a lot of thought into this courtyard. The courtyard of about 100 square meters is planted with flowers and grass, and there is a small wooden pavilion in the center of the courtyard, and there are four or five stone benches and wrought iron chairs next to it. The surrounding row of gray bungalows looked unremarkable, but when Lo opened a room and invited him in, he found that although the decoration was not luxurious, it was very delicate and warm.

Lo says the settings here are decorated in a family style. The largest of the three suites is a three-bedroom set-up, with three two-bedroom apartments and two studios.

Guo Xiaozhou thoughtfully noticed that his room was a two-bedroom apartment in the middle of the location.

After taking him to familiarize himself with the room, Lao Aifang said with a smile: "After Director Guo rests for a while, I will go to dinner later." ”

Guo Xiaozhou said thank you, watched her leave, closed the door, just went to the bathroom to wash his face, the mobile phone in his pocket rang, he took it out and saw that it was an unfamiliar number, he answered the channel: "Hello!" Excuse me......"

"It's Senior Brother Guo, I'm Zheng Zesheng......"

Guo Xiaozhou was surprised and delighted: "It's Senior Brother Zheng......"

"Yes, I received a call from Zheng Jie in the morning and only found out that you were coming to Kyoto. It's time to go to Beijing now, isn't it in Zhou Kang's Beijing Office? Oh, Zhou Kang's Beijing office seems to have been revoked, if you haven't arranged an address yet, I'll help you arrange it. ”

"Thank you, brother! I have settled in the original office. ”

"Oh! Okay, too. You can spare time in the afternoon, and I'll pick it up for you. You set the time first, and then I will inform your other senior brothers, Luo Yunsheng and Pei Jintan should have no problem, Gu Songtao and Fei Daji are not easy to say. ”

Guo Xiaozhou's main purpose in entering Beijing this time was to meet a few senior brothers, and he immediately replied: "Senior brothers are all busy people, the time is set by senior brothers, and I am an idler when I come to Kyoto." ”

"Okay, that's in the afternoon. I'll arrange a car to pick you up in the afternoon......"

"Thank you, senior brother, don't bother, I'll ...... it myself," Guo Xiaozhou said politely.

"Don't be polite to me, I'm in a hurry if you're polite! That's it. We'll be talking about it later. ”

"Goodbye, senior brother!"

After putting down the phone, Guo Xiaozhou thought that he should ask Zhao Weiguo for a leave. He then dialed Zhao Weiguo's phone. Zhao Weiguo didn't connect on the spot, but called back a few minutes later.

"Xiaozhou, you should go to Zhoukang Hotel, do you want to stay?"

"Accommodation has been arranged. I'm going to take a leave of absence in the afternoon, and the senior brother from the Ministry of Water Resources will pick up the wind for me in the afternoon......"

"Go, go, by the way, isn't it Zheng Zesheng, director of the Construction and Management Department of the Ministry of Water Resources......"

"Yes."

"You can't go so empty-handed, I'll call Director Lao in a while, and ask her to arrange a gift for each of your senior brothers, and in addition, prepare a car and driver for you, we can't let you lose face with your senior brother."

Guo Xiaozhou said very calmly: "I don't know much about these ushers and sends, what do you say I do." ”

Zhao Weiguo seemed to be in a very good mood, he said with a smile, "Take your time, Director Lao is an expert in this regard, you should ask her for more advice." ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Weiguo lowered his voice, "If you have the opportunity, you invite your senior brothers for me, and I will invite them to a light meal." ”

Guo Xiaozhou replied, "I'll try." ”

"Okay, you have a good rest, take care of your spirits, your task is to accompany your senior brothers." Zhao Weiguo explained a few more words before hanging up the phone.

After a while, Lao Aifang came to invite him to an exquisite box in the restaurant in the front building. In addition to Lao Aifang, one is the driver Lao Sha, and there is a middle-aged man about forty-five years old, Lao Aifang introduced that he is the vice president of Zhoukang Hotel, surnamed Ding, who used to be the deputy director of the Beijing Office and is the absolute veteran of the Beijing Office.

Lao Sha is a self-acquaintance, he and Guo Xiaozhou talk and laugh, but this Vice President Ding is a little unmotivated, and he talks to Lao Aifang sentence by sentence, and he has no intention of talking to Guo Xiaozhou at all.

Guo Xiaozhou knew from the bottom of his heart that this Vice President Ding used to receive either the secretary and mayor of the city, or at least a figure such as a bureau chief and mayor.

The food is very rich, and the wine is also good wine, Guo Xiaozhou just realized a glass, and most of the bottles were solved by Vice President Ding drinking stuffy wine alone.

In view of Vice President Ding's affection, this meal was not particularly satisfying.

After Vice President Ding left early after dinner, Lao Aifang repeatedly said sorry to Guo Xiaozhou, saying that something happened to Vice President Ding's hometown and that the situation was very bad.

Rausa also said depressedly: "I don't even want to do it here now......"

Guo Xiaozhou always felt that Lao Aifang and Lao Sha had something to say, but he couldn't understand what she wanted to do?

After the meal, Lao Aifang talked about the gift arranged by Secretary Zhao, she asked the driver Lao Sha to bring six sets of beautifully packaged boxes from the office safe, and said, "This is a small set of gold and silver commemorative coins issued by XX Bank last year, and the issue price at that time was less than 3,000 yuan. ”

Guo Xiaozhou's heart moved, and he also felt that this gift was good, neither vulgar nor valuable, but it had the potential to appreciate. He didn't know much about this set of commemorative coins, but he remembered that the gold panda coins issued by the central bank had appreciated tenfold in value.

"It seems like an extra set. I may not be able to give away these five sets. Guo Xiaozhou thought to himself, although the other senior brothers were busy, their degree of freedom was not low. But Fei Yunhai of the General Office of the Central Committee, even if his parents and family want to get in touch, they may not be able to get in touch. It is said that his time is in the hands of the General Office and the Security Bureau, and he belongs to a special group with no degree of freedom.

Lao Aifang smiled and handed one of the commemorative coin sets to him, saying: "This set is for Director Guo, a small gift, not a tribute, please smile!" ”

Guo Xiaozhou quietly pushed the box back and said bluntly: "I won't accept the gift." Lao always has something to say, as long as I can help......"

Lao Aifang smiled and said, "Director Guo already understands the current situation of our hotel. The current hotel is responsible for the functions of the Beijing Office, but it does not enjoy the corresponding treatment. The municipal government office is in charge of us, the finance bureau is in charge of us, and there are leaders everywhere...... At the beginning of the year, we sent a report to the city, asking the city to set up a state-owned assets bureau or state-owned assets office, so that we have the administrative level of our own unit, and in the future we can only be responsible to the city government, and we don't have to kowtow everywhere to burn incense and worship the Buddha. ”

Guo Xiaozhou was surprised, "You can tell Secretary Zhao directly about this matter, come to me, Mr. Lao, are you a little ......?"

"To tell the truth, Secretary Zhao has agreed, and now it is Guanghan City that is stuck, and the report has not been approved. After all, the establishment of a new unit with an administrative level means that there are countless financial establishments......"

Guo Xiaozhou interrupted her, "I still don't understand, Mr. Lao, you really found the wrong person." ”

Lao Aifang smiled and said, "No, I heard that you are coming, so I made up my mind to beg you." ”

Guo Xiaozhou smiled bitterly: "Mr. Lao, I am just a small temporary deputy factory director, and the deputy section level is still a virtual ......"

"But Director Guo has many friends and great energy, Huang Zhan Hu Sihai of Guanghan, and Yao Hao Maizi of Wujiang are all admirers of Director Guo, as long as you are willing to speak, our matter is really not a big deal."

Listening to Lao Aifang's words, Guo Xiaozhou's eyes lit up, stared at her and said: "I didn't expect that Mr. Lao was in Kyoto, but he could still grasp the information of his hometown, it's really amazing!" ”

Lao Aifang smiled apologetically and said: "The Beijing Office has withdrawn its establishment, but it can't withdraw its tasks. We often receive leaders and businessmen from our hometowns, who not only bring information about the development of their hometowns, but also bring all kinds of gossip news. I heard about the name of Director Guo from the mouth of a big businessman in Xihai Province, and he kept sighing that he couldn't teach his son to discipline you! ”

Guo Xiaozhou suddenly realized that this was the case. This Lao Aifang is really good at exploiting loopholes! I refuse to let go of any resources.

"If Director Guo can lend a hand, as long as it is within the scope of our Beijing Office, we are duty-bound to do our best and serve the dogs and horses."

Guo Xiaozhou smiled, "The central government strictly prohibits county-level governments from privately setting up offices in Beijing, and I think this is one of the reasons why Guanghan City is stuck and does not approve, even if it is changed, it is really investigated and punished, who dares to take responsibility." ”

Lao Aifang said softly: "If the state issues an order saying that once the private Beijing Office is verified, what kind of punishment will the secretary of the municipal party committee receive?" If this point can be clarified, I believe that whether it is the Beijing Office that has quietly returned or the Beijing Office that has been remodeled, it will really withdraw from Kyoto. Otherwise, the Beijing Office will never be able to ban it. ”

Guo Xiaozhou was speechless. After a while, he nodded helplessly, "I can try, there is no guarantee of success." ”

Lao Aifang immediately stood up and said seriously, "On behalf of all my colleagues in Zhou Kang's Beijing Office, I would like to express my most sincere thanks!" ”

Guo Xiaozhou was more helpless at this time, he didn't expect that a few years later, it was the "good fate" formed this time, and Lao Aifang helped him a lot.

At this point, he suddenly remembered that Zhao Weiguo seemed to be very interested in Zheng Zesheng, but he was just a director of the Ministry of Water Resources, how much energy would he have? He opened his mouth and asked: "Mr. Lao has been in Kyoto for many years and understands the relationship between all aspects of Kyoto, let me ask something, does a director of the Construction Division of the Construction and Management Department of the Ministry of Water Resources have great power?" ”

"Big, of course big. Not to mention the general secretary and mayor at the prefectural and municipal levels, even at the level of vice governor, they have to squat in front of him. Lao Aifang smiled and said, "Director Guo doesn't understand, I'll tell you in detail......

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