After leaving the Hezhou Hotel, Qi Tianxiang returned to the office of the provincial government, took a short break after lunch, and attended the final review meeting of the semi-annual economic report held at the Provincial Bureau of Statistics in the afternoon.

Although Qi Tianxiang was not very satisfied with the economic data after many squeezes, considering the relationship and face in all aspects, Qi Tianxiang reluctantly agreed to the final draft of the report, and submitted it to the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Congress for review as an official annual report, and then reported to the State Council.

Qi Tianxiang's attitude is surprising, in the usual annual report, the main leaders of the provincial government are dissatisfied with the unsightly figures. This time it was the opposite, Qi Tianxiang stared at the accuracy of the figures, and several times he was sent back to redo it, which made the Provincial Bureau of Statistics very embarrassed, and revised it many times, but it was still difficult to fully achieve Qi Tianxiang's satisfaction.

After many repetitions, even the urban survey team and the rural survey team of the Provincial Bureau of Statistics had to adjust the template again, so it was still difficult to achieve accuracy, especially the conflict between the progress and data of the prefecture and the city.

Although this toss is only a little more than a week, in the eyes of the Provincial Bureau of Statistics, it is more difficult than a year, every coordination meeting is a debate competition, and every report is an unbearable torment.

Fortunately, at the afternoon meeting, Qi Tianxiang finally nodded and agreed, although he was still not very satisfied with his speech, but the unified draft itself was like an amnesty, which made the Bureau of Statistics from the director to the chief economist, and even all the staff involved in this matter, all breathe a deep sigh of relief.

Qi Tianxiang can be said to have attended the meeting with questions, and he left the Provincial Bureau of Statistics with helplessness and regret, and he has a firm understanding of his seriousness and harshness, that is, he wants to start with statistical data, change the stubborn disease of officials who produce data and data that produce officials, so as to completely change the concept of political performance and the political thinking of some officials who rely too much on economic data, as well as the simple pursuit of economic growth and blind development, and then make necessary preparations for adjusting economic development ideas.

There is resistance that Qi Tianxiang is prepared for, and he also has a certain psychological expectation, but the resistance is so great that it is beyond Qi Tianxiang's expectations. The members of the provincial government team have a slight word Qi Tianxiang can understand, after all, all the vice governors are macro control of the field or department, whether the numbers are good or not is directly related to the face of the leaders in charge, the competition between several vice governors in charge, many times or the weight brought by the numbers, this is a reality that is difficult to ignore.

But the vice governors' micro-words are subtle, even if they are not explained, as long as they insist, they can still be dissolved. To put it heart-to-heart, every vice governor knows that the biggest victim is Qi Tianxiang, the head of a province, Qi Tianxiang is not afraid of exposing his own ugliness and being embarrassed, so what else can make the vice governors lose face?

The opposition of the city, Qi Tianxiang also considered, the ranking between the cities, to a large extent, is still determined by economic data, there is no certain exaggeration or moisture, the competition for the position is definitely difficult to achieve, the position is unpredictable unknowns, and the inertia of the data fluctuations are too large, it is not a matter of face, but a matter of accountability. Therefore, Qi Tianxiang does not require the city to be completely clear, but by adjusting the template, using the squeezing effect to promote the change of the city, in fact, it has also played some roles, although it is not completely ideal, it is also acceptable.

Qi Tianxiang's only unacceptable is the resistance from the provincial departments and bureaus, several departments and bureaus that occupy important positions, disguised resistance to the adjustment of data, on the surface to respect the efforts of the grassroots, in fact, the biggest crux is still from the accounting of administrative costs, especially the proportion of financial allocation. These problems are particularly serious in the direct management bureau committee, and the target assessment is still secondary, and the important thing is the competition for interests.

No unit or department leader dared to openly oppose data verification, but the approach was basically the same, that is, to delay as much as possible, and each back-and-forth took time and took up precious time. Because each unit knows the importance of time and data authenticity for the report, it is difficult for the Provincial Bureau of Statistics, but also for Qi Tianxiang.

The method that Qi Tianxiang can take is to squeeze the Provincial Bureau of Statistics, and then force the Bureau of Statistics to do a good job of supervision, but the effect of this Qi Tianxiang is very clear, it can only play a relatively small role, and the real problem is still in the data itself.

Today is the last day, Qi Tianxiang is ready to compromise, in the face of so many unanticipated problems and resistance, it is simply unrealistic to expect a reversal, and moderate concessions are not only a manifestation of wisdom, but also a foreshadowing for the overall change in the future. Therefore, from the beginning to the end of the meeting, Qi Tianxiang rarely spoke, but only expressed his dissatisfaction in the final summary speech, but it seemed to be aimed at the work efficiency of the Provincial Bureau of Statistics, a request rather than a complaint, at least on the surface.

But Qi Tianxiang's depression and helplessness were clearly written on his face, and he never escaped Zhou Tong's keen eyes. After the meeting, walking out of the building of the Bureau of Statistics, Zhou Tong waved his hand to let the director and others who saw him off go back, and walked to the special car before whispering to Qi Tianxiang's ear and saying: "Find a place at night, how about I invite you to drink two glasses?" ”

Qi Tianxiang looked at Zhou Tong with a sideways face, and asked knowingly with a slight surprise: "Relieve fatigue?" Or is it relieved? Or is there something else? ”

"Is the celebration a reason?" Zhou Tong also deliberately misinterpreted the meaning, looked at Qi Tianxiang and said with a smile: "In one day, the group of ghosts bowed their heads and swept away the moths that eroded the body and the interests of the masses, shouldn't we have a few drinks to celebrate?" ”

Looking at Qi Tianxiang's ambiguous expression, Zhou Tong continued: "The drama you have planned for many days has kicked off, and the victory is just around the corner, which is also a reason to drink two glasses." ”

Qi Tianxiang smiled, knowing that he couldn't hide anything from Zhou Tong's eyes, in fact, he was not prepared to hide it from him, raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, and after thinking for a while, he said slowly: "You should celebrate, but now is not the time, you should go to a banquet with me!" ”

Looking at Zhou Tong's puzzled expression, Qi Tianxiang was secretly happy, so he smiled and said: "Officially, it's a wine banquet, but in fact, Yan Yong invited me to drink, let's two old guys go to deal with it together, okay?" ”

"Yan Yong invites you to drink? It won't be another training center iron pot stew! There's really not much he can get his hands on. Zhou Tong laughed teasingly, looked at Qi Tianxiang seriously and asked, "Do you want to go now?" You still need to prepare something. ”

Zhou Tong's words seemed to speak to Qi Tianxiang's heart, which made him smile even happier, and said slowly: "Don't look at people with old eyes, Comrade Yan Yong is also the director of the hall now, and the place where you can drink is not just the training center, let's know in the past." ”

Qi Tianxiang spoke, smiled knowingly, lowered his head and got into the special car, waiting for Zhou Tong to quickly get into his own car, and then guided towards the hotel mentioned in Yan Yong's text message.