"That's what I want to say, the old man misses the old, you are affectionate, this hurdle is not easy to overcome." Qi Tianxiang stretched out his hand and pulled Zhou Tong back, pulled him back to the sofa, and said sincerely: "After all these years, how is your old Zhou, the old man knows, Yan Li knows, I know better, there is no need to hide between us, I know what I should do, I know it very well for public and private purposes, but you also know my character, I never promise, let alone pack tickets, please believe me, brother." ”

"Of course I believe that my Lao Zhou is not an ungrateful person, I know the severity, and I know what kind of person you Tianxiang is, just because of your feelings for Lao Bai and the arrangement of the golden dragon, it is worthy of my admiration, I can do something for you, it is my luck." Zhou Tong became excited, and sincerely said to Qi Tianxiang: "In the past few years, I have returned to the provincial government to do my old job, my heart has calmed down a little, and my motivated heart has faded, and I have seen it, you don't have to worry about me anymore, do it for another year, and when you straighten things out, I will ask to go to the National People's Congress or the CPPCC for a few years, and give you a beating of the side drum to help, and it is more suitable for Jinlong, whether it is age or temperament, it is more suitable than me." ”

"Since my brother said it, I won't hide my thoughts." Seeing Zhou Tong's excited look, Qi Tianxiang also said sincerely: "I suggested that Wang Jinlong take up a post in Qinghe, I had some ideas, but I didn't expect things to develop so quickly, Jinlong still needs to be experienced, and your brother's affairs have not been settled, and I will not make any adjustments, so please work hard and persist." ”

Zhou Tong saw Qi Tianxiang talk about this, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured about this, don't say a hundred feet, even in front of the Baizhang Cliff, my old Zhou has nothing to say." ”

Zhou Tong spoke, looked at Qi Tianxiang's smiling expression, and lost no time in suggesting: "You can tell me so much, I am already grateful, it will not affect your rest, I will go over to see Lao Liu and Lao Lian's movements, you should rest early!" ”

Then he pretended to joke lightly: "Don't miss your intimate phone call to Teacher Xiao Yan, this is the big thing!" ”

Qi Tianxiang stood up with a smile, sent Zhou Tong to the door of the room, and watched him leave quickly, and a stone in his heart fell to the ground. This kind of conversation should have been carried out a long time ago, but there was no suitable opportunity, and there was no context to talk about this topic, and today it was just because of Xiao's victory that this topic was discussed, which was both a statement and a closeness.

Zhou Tong's excited demeanor, in Qi Tianxiang's expectations, also knew that Zhou Tong had been waiting for such an opportunity for so long, similar to Qi Tianxiang's expectations, repositioning of the role, communication was needed, and it needed to be clear. This is not only his own business, but also something that Yan Bonian can't let go of.

As Zhou Tong jokingly said, Zhou Tong's name for Yan Li for a long time is Teacher Xiao Yan, but Qi Tianxiang's title has changed several times, from the original Teacher Qi, to Professor Qi, Dean Qi, and even Secretary Qi and Governor Qi, it has been continued with the change of Qi Tianxiang's position.

This also stems from the relationship between Zhou Tong and the Yan family, since he was the secretary of Yan Bonian, who was the vice governor at the time, in his thirties, until Yan Bonian retired from the governor's office, he has maintained a close relationship for more than ten years, and he has also been the secretary section chief and section chief, so that the deputy secretary general of the provincial government office, Yan Bonian strongly recommended him to become the secretary general of the provincial government after his retirement. It can be said that the Yan family has both the grace of knowing him and the wisdom of knowing people, but Yan Bonian is a Bole and an elder, and he has also become the most core part of the Yan family's relationship circle.

This is the difference between him and Xiao Shengli, both are the deputy secretary general of the provincial government, and Xiao Shengli is the secretary of the provincial party committee at that time Jiang Hao, the secretary of the provincial party committee in the provincial government, Jiang Hao left the provincial government to become the deputy secretary general of the provincial party committee, and at this time Zhou Tong was already the deputy secretary general, although the two had different circumstances, but the starting point is basically the same, the difference is that Jiang Hao died of illness in the provincial party secretary, and Yan Bonian sat until retirement.

After that, Zhou Tong became the secretary general of the general office, and Xiao Shengli was still the deputy secretary general, and later sent the prefecture and city to serve together, Zhou Tong went to Shanyin City, where the conditions were relatively better, and Xiao Shengli went to Laizhou, a small city with only one district and one county, although they were all mayors, but the weight in the eyes of the provincial government was different. Later, Zhou Tong went to the provincial economic city to serve as the mayor, and then he could complete the leap from the provincial management cadres to the central management cadres, and in fact, there was no big obstacle. The secretary of the municipal party committee retired every year, and Zhou Tong had both the qualifications of the secretary general of the provincial government and the advantage of age.

But current affairs make people, at the juncture of the change, Zhao Haonan, the secretary of the provincial party committee at that time, was optimistic about the summer secretary of the Huayi Municipal Party Committee, and removed Zhou Tong from the mayoral position half a year before the election, transferred him to the secretary of the Shanyin Municipal Party Committee, and appointed Xia as the mayor of the island city. Although the trick of changing the tanuki for the prince that anyone with a discerning eye can see, although it has caused dissatisfaction among many people, the arbitrariness and domineering brought by absolute power make everyone dare to be angry and dare not speak.

The bystanders can not speak, but the person concerned can not be silent, and finally after a drink, Zhou Tong couldn't hold back anymore, and said the strange words "I am a brick of the revolution, where I need to move", which soon spread all over the Hehai officialdom, and finally reached Zhao Haonan's ears, the reaction at that time was to sneer calmly, and then to say meaningfully: "Zhou Tong's brick should play a role in the building of the provincial government, and it was a mistake to move it at the beginning, or change it if you know the mistake!" ”

In this way, Zhou Tong, who had been secretary of the municipal party committee for less than a month, returned to the position of secretary general of the general office of the provincial government after six years of traveling in Shannan and Haibei, but the difference is that compared with when he went down, he had the title of deputy secretary of the party committee of the organ, which was also due to the requirements of the central government to strengthen the party building of the organ, the changes made in response to the situation, and the age of nearly 50 years old and in the prime of life, and now 55 out of 50.

The helpless reality, as well as the cold eyes of the main leaders, made Zhou Tong very depressed and neglected for several years when he first met the provincial government. After Zhao Haonan was transferred back to Beijing, Lin Dongsheng took over smoothly, although he had some ideas, but the provincial party committee and the provincial government were not a compound after all, nor was it a simple operation, so they could only watch quietly, and Chen Nengliang entered the main river and sea, and he wanted financial take-off, so he was not in the mood to pay attention to the elderly at all.

A few years have passed, Zhou Tong's mood has calmed down, and the environment is relatively better, but things have changed, and everything has not returned to its original appearance.

Sailing against the current, sometimes it is really not hard work to take advantage of the momentum, in addition to the joint force of the boat, if necessary, you really need the help of the slender man.

Qi Tianxiang's mind instantly slipped through such a thought, and he didn't understand how he could have such a negative thought, not only decadent, but also helpless, the only explanation was caused by Zhou Tong's encounter, the emotion, and a trace of sadness. As a result, I quickly stopped such cranky thoughts, and began to think about tomorrow's meeting, and my mind began to complicate again.