In the morning, Qi Tianxiang rushed to the Heavy Machinery Hotel by car, and because it was still early before the agreed time, he sat on the sofa in the hall and waited. [Ran^Text^Library] []

Today is the follow-up time of the celebration, and the leaders and guests are arranged to visit the core enterprises of Hezhou Heavy Machinery Group, which are actually several representative production and business sites. Due to the same route, the leaders and guests will visit in phases and batches according to different times, and the group reception department will arrange the time and batches.

The old leader accompanied by Qi Tianxiang was arranged at a relatively early time, basically leaving after breakfast, so that he could distance himself from the second group of visiting teams. For such an arrangement, the old leader was very satisfied, and felt that it was a respect for the old cadres, so he was very cooperative.

In the short time of waiting, seemingly unintentionally, Qi Tianxiang saw some scenes that he shouldn't see. First saw the lazy Tang Quande, accompanied by Wen Ming, hurriedly walked into the hotel lobby, and then Li Ting and another young woman walked in, and only after a closer look did they recognize it as Li Vanilla, the same line of hurriedness, at a glance seemed to see Qi Tianxiang on the sofa in the corner, with a trace of unease on his face, and hurriedly walked into the elevator room.

It seems that the five-star heavy machine hotel cannot meet the needs of these people's accommodation, or it is not convenient to live in the heavy machine hotel, Qi Tianxiang is not sure that they are together, but he can't explain the coincidence of coming in before and after.

The unexpected discovery aroused Qi Tianxiang's curiosity, so he took out his mobile phone and quickly sent a text message to Wang Jinlong: "Did you add new guests to the Beijiao Hotel last night?" ”

After sending the message, while waiting for Wang Jinlong's reply, he couldn't help but continue to focus on the rotating glass door, and suddenly found that Tian Weiren walked in in a hurry, and his huge body quickly disappeared in the elevator. Tian Weiren's appearance here alone seems a little unreasonable, and it is also a little contrary to his style of acting.

Qi Tianxiang took out his mobile phone again and sent a text message to Wang Shi'an, because he didn't think about the question well, and it was not easy to ask directly, so he sent it vaguely: "Is there anything to say?" Leave it to Wang Shi'an to think.

Wang Jinlong's text message came back quickly, short but satisfying all the questions Qi Tianxiang had to ask. "The northern suburbs were quiet and there were no new guests. The southern suburbs were inhabited by the leaders of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the rest of the leaders were received by the Heavy Machinery Hotel.

This confirms Qi Tianxiang's question, the celebration and award ceremony itself, have been received and arranged by Hezhou Heavy Machinery Group, whether it is leaders at all levels, or performing arts stars, the reception of Heavy Machinery Hotel is more than enough. This five-star hotel has been built and operated for a few years, the hardware facilities are not only first-class in Hezhou City, but also the first-class standard in terms of service, not only all service personnel have undergone strict training, but also hired a famous foreign hotel management group to manage on behalf of them, reaching a very high standard.

It seems that it is not the hardware facilities and services of the hotel, but there is another purpose, otherwise it is really difficult to explain the reason for this hurry.

Wang Shi'an's text message answered very clearly: "Last night, the owner of the park villa did not return all night, and several important guests stayed in the hot spring hotel. ”

The hot spring hotel is an internal hotel of the machinery company under the Heavy Machinery Group, and it was named because it was built near the hot springs, and it was formerly a sanatorium for the group, and later belonged to the machinery company. Such a seemingly simple piece of information was obtained by Wang Shi'an after several twists and turns. First, I contacted the relationship of several hotels by phone, but there was no accurate information, and then I called Director Tang, and finally determined Tian Weiren's whereabouts, and also got accurate information from several other people.

Qi Tianxiang read the message, replied with a thank you phrase, put the mobile phone in his pocket with a slight smile, and slowly walked towards the rooms where the old leader lived, accompanied by the reception staff.

After eating breakfast in the small restaurant and taking a brief rest, Qi Tianxiang and his party began their visit. The luxury van took them to the first station of the heavy machinery company, which is the core enterprise of the machinery manufacturing sector of the five listed companies, the production of heavy machinery and equipment, not only occupies an important position in the domestic market, but also has a great weight as a leading enterprise in the export of the national equipment manufacturing industry.

For the production and structure of Hezhou Heavy Machinery Group, Qi Tianxiang is not very familiar, these large enterprises Qi Tianxiang is also the first time to see, the outstanding feeling is shock, followed by sighing. The enterprise is far larger than Qi Tianxiang imagined, and it also has obvious advantages over the large enterprises he has seen. Because the factory area is too large, I got off the van and changed to an electric car for sightseeing, and several workshops hurriedly walked down, which consumed more than an hour.

There are special escorts and commentators, several browsing cars rush in, the itinerary is compact and relaxed, and when it comes to the key position, it does not stop, but slows down, the narrator explains in detail, but there is no obstacle, and it ends the first stop of the visit smoothly.

The second stop is the iron and steel group, the visit is the advanced cold-rolled sheet production line, still in front of the factory to take the tour bus, enter the production workshop, and then slowly approach the visit site, listen to the narrator carefully introduce the production and equipment, as well as the market sales and profits, watch the production process in detail, and then walk out of the factory, transfer to the van, and go to the next visit point.

The third stop is vehicle production, it is still a transfer vehicle, the same fish runs in, and the fish runs out, although the busy production scene is still in full swing, but after all, the first two stations have been seen, and the old leader has no freshness, so the trip is very fast.

The fourth stop is the science and technology building, the old leaders finally got out of the car, carefully watched the group's research and development and electronic products experimental process, the old leaders were full of interest to talk with the scientific and technological personnel, to understand their scientific research, full of excitement, seems to have forgotten the tiredness.

The fifth stop is the group's real estate development, planning to visit the newly built commercial and residential dual-use community project, because the time is close to noon, Qi Tianxiang solicited the opinions of several old leaders, and decisively suggested canceling the visit to this station.

It was close to twelve o'clock when I returned to the hotel, and because I was the first team to set off, the schedule was tight, and all five visiting points were seen in the morning, while the other teams may have to visit in the morning and afternoon to see all the scenes.

Since there was no visit in the afternoon, there was only a symposium at five o'clock, and the leaders and guests were invited to talk about the experience of the visit, as well as the prospect of the development of Hezhou Heavy Machinery Group, which was a successful end to the celebration. The time to come down is up to the guests' arrangement, and those who want to stay will then arrange follow-up activities, and those who need to leave are ready to see them off.

After a short rest, Qi Tianxiang accompanied the old leaders to the small restaurant for lunch, after the meal Qi Tianxiang asked the old leaders to go back to the room to rest for a while, and later arranged for them to go to a few nearby scenic spots to see, which is also a review of the historical attractions in Hezhou, and bid farewell to several old leaders, Qi Tianxiang declined the kindness of the reception staff to open the room to rest, walked back to the hall, and wanted to rest on the sofa in the hall for a while.

But when he approached the sofa, he saw Wang Jinlong and Director Tang sitting on the sofa, so he teased strangely: "What are you doing sitting here, don't you eat?" ”

"Waiting for you!" Wang Jinlong complained aggrievedly, "I'm hungry before I feel sorry for the back." ”

"Wait until I'm full?" Qi Tianxiang teased knowingly, "It's better to save it!" ”

"No! If I can't complete the task, I won't have anything to eat. Wang Jinlong still had a bitter face, full of grievances and grievances, with a sad look, and only after doing enough scenes did he solemnly said: "Someone asked me to invite you to the banquet, and it was quite formal, and they were all waiting." ”

"I've already eaten it, so let's get rid of it." Qi Tianxiang knew what Wang Jinlong said, and he also knew who wanted to invite him to dinner, but he was not very reluctant to appear on such an occasion, so he said lightly: "Please thank you on your behalf!" ”

"Let's go! People have come to meet you, and they are leaving in the evening, so they still have their wishes! Wang Jinlong said casually, it seemed to be a suggestion, but it was full of resolute information.

"That's it, several leaders are waiting, Secretary Qi should appreciate his face!" Director Tang echoed Wang Jinlong's words and said with a flattering smile.

Qi Tianxiang thought for a moment, nodded slowly, and walked towards the restaurant with Wang Jinlong and Director Tang. Along the way, I was thinking about the reason for eating and the strategy for coping.

Walking into the private room, as Wang Jinlong said, everyone was waiting for his arrival, on the side of the big private room, there were Tang Quande, Wen Ming, Tian Weiren, and Tian Weiren, of course, Li Vanilla, and Li Ting, who was sitting close to Tang Quande.

Seeing Qi Tianxiang walk in, Tian Weiren hurriedly stood up and looked at Qi Tianxiang with a smile, as if he wanted to introduce a few distinguished guests.

Qi Tianxiang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Minister Tang's name is like thunder, so there is no need to introduce it." As he spoke, he approached Tang Quande, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "Minister Tang, hello!" ”

Tang Quande seemed to be talking to Li Ting, he didn't turn his head, he was still laughing with Li Ting. Such an arrogant style immediately solidified the atmosphere in the private room.

As a cadre of Qi Tianxiang's level, such a cold reception is even more embarrassing than public reprimand, but in the face of everyone's embarrassed looks, Qi Tianxiang still calmed down, raised his voice, and said word by word: "Minister Tang, hello, welcome to Hezhou." ”

Tang Quande seemed to be awakened by Qi Tianxiang's words, turned his face and glanced at Qi Tianxiang, and did not stretch out his hand to shake hands with Qi Tianxiang, stretched out his hand to point to the sofa next to him, and said casually: "It's Secretary Xiao Qi!" Have a seat! ”

"Qi Tianxiang, it's not small." Qi Tianxiang endured the anger and dissatisfaction in his heart and solemnly emphasized.

"Yes, it's not small, it's not too young compared to Xiao Li's age." Tang Quande still looked at Li Ting casually and smiled softly, and then turned his face back and added indifferently: "But for us old guys, it's still Xiao Qi!" ”

"This is a bit of a dialectic, very profound." Wen Ming grabbed the conversation, seemed to be very satisfied with the effect just now, and saw that the heat was almost over, so he looked at Tang Quande and said with a smile on his face: "Secretary Qi has arrived, let's talk while eating, there are still activities in the afternoon." ”

"Okay, eat." Tang Quande stood up with a big grin, took Li Ting's hand, and said softly: "Let's eat, it's not too early." ”

Seeing Tang Quan holding Li Ting's hand, he walked to the main seat of the round table in the private room, diligently pulled out the high-backed chair, invited Li Ting to sit in, and gently pushed the chair forward slightly, and then sat on the main seat by himself, as if he remembered the people around him, he beckoned and said, "You can sit casually!" Do you still need to be invited to eat? ”

Looking at Tang Quande's arrogant and rude style, Qi Tianxiang felt a trace of disgust in his heart, and there was a deep contempt, the performance of this act itself seemed to be lacking in confidence, and it also revealed his own weaknesses, so he stood far away and said politely: "I have already eaten, you can please!" ”

"Let's eat a little more!" Tian Weiren was round and spoke slowly, but his eyes were on both sides of Tang Quande and Qi Tianxiang.

"No, I've already eaten it, feel free to do so!" Qi Tianxiang resolutely refused, and was about to leave as he spoke.

"If you don't eat, forget it, can you still stump Secretary Xiao Qi after drinking a few glasses of wine?" Tang Quande still said with a big grin, looking at Qi Tianxiang's eyes serious and gloomy, "You are an academic, and you seem to look down on us cadres who are born in enterprises, but I want to remind you that respecting enterprises and entrepreneurs is the minimum quality of the leaders of the party and government departments. They are not easy either. ”

Tang Quande's provocation deeply stimulated Qi Tianxiang's self-esteem, if arrogance and pretentiousness count as performances, but this kind of straight to the point of questioning is challenging Qi Tianxiang's emotional bottom line. Looking at the eyes of several people in the private room, they all turned to themselves, as if they were waiting for him to take a seat, and as if they were watching his jokes. Qi Tianxiang immediately sprouted a kind of pride in his heart, and slowly walked to the round table, without looking at the vacant seat next to Tang Quande, and went straight to the opposite position and sat down, since it was a deliberate provocation, then it might as well be-for-tat, there is no need to leave any affection for this kind of person.

After sitting down, facing Tang Quande's surprised expression, Qi Tianxiang slowly responded: "What Minister Tang said is very right, but that refers to the person in charge of the enterprise decades ago!" Qi Tianxiang sneered: "I grew up under the care of a state-owned enterprise, and whether I have feelings or not doesn't seem to be lip service." At that time, the person in charge of the enterprise could see them on the production line every day, and it can be said that they shared weal and woe with the employees of the enterprise. You are from a business background, where did the sweets and hardships of doing business come from, is it very clear? ”

Qi Tianxiang seemed to be unable to suppress the anger in his heart, and his tone became cold, "As Secretary Zhao Haonan said, state-owned enterprises belong to the state, but also to all employees, and it is inevitable and necessary to operate and manage enterprises with an attitude of being responsible for the country." But now as a state-owned enterprise, it seems that as long as you dare to go into debt, dare to spend money is a good business leader, you have ultra-luxurious office conditions, as well as extravagant life and treatment, paternalistic management, almost no visible figure on the production site, in addition to the wine table, the table, maybe there is a mahjong table around, is it difficult for such an entrepreneur? Do private entrepreneurs dare to do this? ”

"You can't blame entrepreneurs for their work so arbitrarily, they have to deal with production, security, markets, as well as economic data and profit indicators every day, and all kinds of troubles, don't you see?" Tang Quande was obviously seriously dissatisfied with Qi Tianxiang's behavior and language, his words became mean, and his tone was full of questioning.

"That's exactly what I questioned." Qi Tianxiang looked straight at Tang Quande, his eyes swept at Tian Weiren, and said lightly: "In such a difficult situation, such a difficult environment, why are the heads of our state-owned enterprises still doing it so happily, is it a sacred sense of responsibility?" Is it spiritual martyrdom? ”

"The more high-sounding fame, the less practical things there are, and just next to the glorious square not far away, there are not only towering office buildings, but also glamorous in front of everyone, which looks really good. However, a brain-slapping decision will move nearly 10,000 people to a branch factory hundreds of kilometers away, resulting in thousands of workers being laid off and unemployed, and the replacement of land with a premium of 3 billion yuan to develop commercial and residential real estate, nearly 10 billion yuan of income as a country, what does such economic growth mean? There are also hundreds of families of workers waiting to be demolished behind the shiny buildings, living in dilapidated houses with no water, no electricity, and no window frames. Is this the reform dividend we give to our employees? Qi Tianxiang seemed to have fire in his eyes, looked at Tian Weiren, seemed to be facing him, and as if responding to Tang Quande, he asked coldly: "May I ask Mr. Tian, such a thing happened in front of your eyes, such a decision is in a thought, have you thought about your own joys and sorrows, and have you thought about the feelings of employees in the cold wind?" Do you want to live the future life of those laid-off workers who have no food and clothing? ”

"What's going on, is what Secretary Xiao Qi said true? How do you work in the company, and how do you care about the lives of employees? Tang Quande was very surprised by Qi Tianxiang's questioning, and he also felt embarrassed, but in the face of Qi Tianxiang, he had no preparation for a counterattack, so he had to spread his anger on Tian Weiren, and asked with a cold face.

"It's a mistake in our work, and the responsibility lies with me." Tian Weiren pouted in a low voice: "It is the neglect of the real estate companies below, as well as the flaws in operation, which have been rectified." ”

"I think we'd better talk while eating! Different opinions can be argued, but the meal always has to be eaten. Wen Ming smiled and played the round field, looked at Li Ting and said, "Director Xiao Li, pour the wine for Minister Tang, let's still drink the bar!" ”

"I've already eaten it just now, so let's eat it slowly!" Qi Tianxiang blocked the waiter's action of pouring wine, looked at Tang Quande, and said with a natural expression: "It doesn't affect Minister Tang's meal, welcome the minister's visit again, I hope to walk around here more and see more." ”

As he spoke, Qi Tianxiang slowly stood up, left his seat with a slight smile politely, and walked towards the door by himself.

Sitting on the sofa in the hall, Qi Tianxiang still felt that his heart was blocked, this was not from Tang Quande's arrogance and rudeness, but from Tang Quande's intention to invite him, it seemed that it was not to vent his obscenity, but it still had the meaning of rounding and interceding, all the performances were to achieve the purpose of envy and power, but unfortunately he didn't grasp it well, the power was too much, and the grace was not yet there. Liao Yan's whereabouts have not yet been clarified, it seems that Li Ting has been taken in his arms, this comrade minister is really overflowing with love, and what is even more insidious is the beauty plan of the group and Tian Weiren, and the effect is really not small.

Thinking of this, Qi Tianxiang sneered, but he no longer wanted to review the conversation just now, feeling disgusted. The cold observation in the past two days has made Qi Tianxiang see some cruxes more clearly, and he has also been fully mentally prepared for the difficulties of the next work. In the past, I felt that as long as I had confidence, careful planning, and meticulous work, I could get the desired results, but now it seems that this is not the case, and I still need to work hard and endure more suffering, which requires my own preparation.

Suddenly, Qi Tianxiang's heart swelled with solemnity and sacredness.