The publishing group that Qi Tianxiang is going to today is more than ten kilometers outside the city. After more than ten years of construction and development, the remote suburbs have already been built into a prosperous commercial area with high-rise buildings.

Due to the prior contact, when Qi Tianxiang's special car, guided by the police car, slowly drove into the courtyard of the publishing group, Sun Pingfang and the leadership of the publishing group were already waiting under the porch.

Seeing Qi Tianxiang's special car stopped, everyone slowly waited to come up, but they waited for Qi Tianxiang to get out of the car in an orderly manner, no one rushed forward to open the door or make any moves, but waited with smiling eyes.

"It's just waiting in the conference room, and you still need to be so formal." Qi Tianxiang waited for Xiao Wang to open the car door, slowly got out of the car, walked over to Sun Pingfang, and said gently: "You don't need to be so polite, it's good to be simple and natural." ”

"That's natural! We've just gathered here. Sun Pingfang took the initiative to stretch out her hand, shook Qi Tianxiang gently, and said with a smile: "Governor Qi came to the publishing group for the first time to inspect and investigate, which is a big event for the publishing group, and it is also appropriate to greet it." ”

As she spoke, Sun Pingfang turned sideways, pointed to the few people standing beside her, and said to Qi Tianxiang: "Let me introduce to you these people in charge of the publishing group, this is Comrade Li Mingfu, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of the Group, and the other two are Comrade Han Huamin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager, and Comrade Fan Lingling, Deputy General Manager and Editor-in-Chief. ”

Qi Tianxiang smiled and shook hands with the three group leaders one by one, and said with a gentle smile: "Some comrades have seen it, and some are not very familiar with it, so don't introduce them one by one, and when you need it, everyone will report to their homes!" ”

Seeing Qi Tianxiang say this, Sun Pingfang motioned to Li Mingfu with his eyes to invite Qi Tianxiang to enter the door, Li Mingfu quickly understood Sun Pingfang's intentions, and invited Qi Tianxiang to enter the publishing group building with a smile, Qi Tianxiang did not shirk, smiled gently Under the guidance of Li Mingfu, he walked into the hall, and before entering the door, he seemed to inadvertently glance back at the parking lot behind him, as well as looking around at the magnificent and beautiful building.

Walking through the spacious hall, going up the stairs on both sides to the second floor, entering the multi-functional conference room, Qi Tianxiang was arranged to sit in the middle of the oval conference table, Sun Pingfang sat next to Qi Tianxiang, the accompanying officials were seated in turn, and Li Mingfu and other personnel of the publishing group sat opposite. It didn't take much effort, and all the personnel sat in their seats in an orderly manner, and the debriefing meeting officially began.

"Today, it is a major day for our publishing group, Governor Qi and Vice Governor Sun and the Provincial Department of Culture, the Provincial Press and Publication Bureau, as well as the leaders and comrades of relevant units, to our group for inspection and research, this is the first time in the history of the group, will have a significant and far-reaching impact on the development and progress of the group, on behalf of all the cadres and workers of the group, to the Governor of Qi, Vice Governor Sun, and the arrival of leaders and comrades, I would like to express a warm welcome!"

Li Mingfu's passionate and incendiary opening remarks aroused a warm welcome from the participating group personnel, and the atmosphere in the conference room instantly warmed up and reached the highest level.

Li Mingfu was very satisfied with his speech and the echo of the participants of the group, and after the applause gradually subsided, he then looked at Qi Tianxiang and Sun Pingfang with a smile on his face, and said in a high-pitched voice: "Next, I will briefly report to Governor Qi, Vice Governor Sun, and all leaders and comrades on the basic situation of our publishing group. ”

After getting the consent of Qi Tianxiang and Sun Pingfang's eyes, Li Mingfu began to report on the structure and composition of the group, and focused on the group's operation and development performance, especially the outstanding book publishing, as well as the development and progress of multimedia and audio-visual production in the past few years. Speaking of a simple report, but it is not simple at all, it includes almost all the performance and development achievements of the group in the past few years, of course, it has not forgotten to introduce the heavy personnel costs and burdens of the group, as well as the constraints of the management system and operation mode, and the resistance and impact on the development of the group. It can be said that there are a lot of achievements, problems and contradictions, but they are two parallel contexts, and there is no intersection between them, let alone contradictions and entanglements.

It seems that Li Mingfu is very good at this kind of report, or he has made sufficient preparations, and he did not look at the materials in his hand in the report, nor did he use the tips of anyone next to him, and he can report endlessly from memory, and the numbers and data are clear, often a series of data, and he can blurt out without thinking, which can be seen that he is also familiar with the heart, or has undergone long-term exercise.

Seeing Qi Tianxiang and Sun Pingfang listening carefully and recording them in their notebooks, Li Mingfu was very satisfied with his performance, his tone was calm and his voice was clear. After the end of the report, he said passionately: "After my report is over, we will welcome Governor Qi to guide our work and issue important instructions with warm applause." ”

Li Mingfu's words set off the atmosphere of the conference room again, and the applause rang out again, and it became more intense and enthusiastic.

"At the beginning of getting off the bus, after listening to the report for more than ten minutes, I guided the work of the group and issued important instructions, how can I have such a great ability." Qi Tianxiang smiled slightly, looked left and right at the people from the provincial government sitting on his side, and said slowly: "If any of you has this ability, you might as well give me instructions in this regard." ”

Qi Tianxiang's words caused a burst of chuckles from everyone, including Sun Pingfang, and they couldn't guess what Qi Tianxiang wanted to express under Qi Tianxiang's smiling words, so they could only echo Qi Tianxiang's speech with a smile and listen to his next words.

"The press and publication, including radio, television, and cultural education, are important components of the ideological work of our party and government, and they have a special status and play an important role." Qi Tianxiang said in a calm tone, and said calmly: "In the past, when it was under the overall management, there was no such thing as the operation and development that Mr. Li just said, especially the personnel entanglements and contradictions, and there would be no gratifying scene of economic excellence. ”

Qi Tianxiang spoke, turned his face to look at Sun Pingfang, and said slowly: "If I remember correctly, a few years ago, the publishing group was still working in an alley behind Shengli Street!" A five-story building, with a compound inside, surrounded by bungalows, and several publishing houses in the province, such as the people, the advance, and the education, are all working in the building and the bungalow! ”

"Before the establishment of the group, several publishing houses were located there, and everyone worked in their own way, according to their own division of labor and characteristics, to undertake the task of book publishing and audio-visual product production." Sun Pingfang suddenly heard Qi Tianxiang mention such a question, and felt a little surprised, but she replied without thinking about it: "Later, after the reform of the cultural system, especially after the separation of the publishing system from the field of news and propaganda, the province mainly focused on the People's Publishing House, integrated more than a dozen large and small publishing houses in the province, established a publishing group, straightened out the mechanism, and also brought unprecedented opportunities to the publishing work. ”

Qi Tianxiang looked at Sun Pingfang seriously, and after patiently listening to her explanation, he said thoughtfully: "It's only a few years of hard work, the publishing house has become a group, and the small courtyard has become such a tall building, it is indeed a change that cannot be ignored!" In particular, after the book publishing operation in accordance with the market, the invisible hand of the market manipulates the guidance and also guides the development of cultural undertakings, and the effect cannot be said to be insignificant, and the achievements cannot be said to be insignificant, but such development and progress are not the path of the double harvest of spiritual civilization and material civilization that we hope for, and I believe that everyone here has their own views and thoughts. ”

Qi Tianxiang's expression was calm, and his words were also said calmly, as if he was talking about irrelevant things, and then suddenly looked at Li Mingfu and asked calmly: "I may not remember the data when you reported just now, what is your annual income now?" Can you tell us about it? ”

Qi Tianxiang's sudden question, which immediately made Li Mingfu's smile freeze somewhere, it seemed that he was surprised that Qi Tianxiang would ask such a question, but in the face of Qi Tianxiang's question, he couldn't help but say, hesitated for a moment, and said in a sneer: "Although I have a part-time job in the Cultural Department, I do not receive a salary in the Cultural Department, but receive remuneration according to my performance in the group, and my salary in the hall is always left in the hall." ”

"Governor Qi asked you about your current income, if it's convenient to tell the truth, don't say it if it's inconvenient, what is the salary in the said hall? Does not having a collar show that you are noble? Sun Pingfang finally understood the meaning of Qi Tianxiang's words, so she looked at Li Mingfu impatiently and said: "You and several senior officials of the group here, as well as some middle-level cadres, can truthfully tell some of their income. In addition, the income of the cadres and workers of the entire publishing group, as well as the front-line workers of the printing house and bookstore, is also roughly said, and Governor Qi is interested, and I am also very interested. ”

If Qi Tianxiang's question was still extremely subtle, Sun Pingfang's words were harsh, and even a little forced, which made the enthusiasm of the conference room just now cool down quickly, and instantly reached the freezing point.

Under the gaze of Qi Tianxiang and Sun Pingfangfei, especially in the eyes of everyone opposite, Li Mingfu couldn't help but look at the deputy sitting on the left and right, and quickly thought about the words in response, but he didn't know how to speak for a while. The smile on the chubby face disappeared, and gradually fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead because of nervousness, which instantly became brighter, and his eyes became hesitant and confused, not knowing how to answer this seemingly simple, but in fact extremely difficult question.