Qi Tianxiang was shocked again by Hou Zhehai's words, as if he couldn't believe his ears, he looked at Hou Zhehai with a stern expression, and a wave of anger surged in his heart, as if it was these things that Hou Zhehai had done that caused such serious environmental pollution and harm, and his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about what kind of words to use to express his mood and feelings at the moment.

"You don't have to say anything, I know how you feel at the moment." Hou Zhehai raised his hand and waved it gently, as if he expressed Qi Tianxiang's indignation, and said with a stern look in his eyes: "Does it feel incredible, and I have the urge to beat someone and scold my mother?" Isn't it a traitorous act for an old revolutionary who has been educated by the party for many years to allow his children to behave in such a wanton manner, and to openly infringe upon the interests of the state and enrich himself on the premise of national security? Isn't this a traitor? ”

Hou Zhehai expressed his feelings in his heart instead of Qi Tianxiang, and then sighed helplessly and said, "What can be done about this?" That's the current atmosphere, didn't you deal with an old cadre not long ago? Isn't it a good example of conniving at children to wantonly embezzle state-owned assets and using network and power-for-money transactions to gain improper benefits, seriously harming the interests and dignity of the people, reaching the point of common anger among people and gods, and finally ruining their reputation? ”

"The trend is changing, first of all, because our own party spirit and principles and conscious consciousness are decreasing, and we should find the reasons in ourselves, and all blame them on reform, opening up, and economic activities, either prevarication or irresponsible indulgence." Qi Tianxiang was very dissatisfied with Hou Zhehai's understatement, and originally didn't want to answer his words, but he still couldn't help but say: "Why before and in the early days of reform and opening up, our social atmosphere, especially the party style and cadre style, is still worthy of affirmation, the reason is clear to you if I don't say it." Focusing on economic construction does not mean that we do not give prominence to political and ideological work, that we do not give up supervision and management of the contingent of cadres, and still less that we look at money in everything; this is abnormal, and it is also our own problem. ”

When it comes to these issues, there are many areas that need to be explored, and the development and inheritance of traditions, the disconnection between theory and practice, the weakening of advanced nature and representativeness, the backwardness of supervision and management methods, and especially the wandering of the guiding role all have an impact that cannot be ignored. This is only a problem in the realm of political ideology, but it is even more difficult to change it when we add to the problems that arise in the economic sphere. Hou Zhehai glanced at the watch on his wrist and said earnestly: "It's not tonight, the two of us can talk about the problem of being ugly, let's go back to reality!" ”

Qi Tianxiang knew what Hou Zhehai was thinking at the moment, sat up straight, looked at Hou Zhehai with a straight face, and said solemnly: "Practical problems need to be solved, and we need to make great efforts to solve them, this is not only a problem in our Hehai Province, but also a series of issues involving national security and environmental security, which cannot be explained clearly in one sentence." ”

Qi Tianxiang spoke, trying his best to soothe the resentment accumulated in his heart, and then said to Hou Zhehai: "I know your good intentions, and I also know what you want to say, including the problem that Wang Ping came to solve I also know, but now I can't promise anything, everything must be done after the results of the investigation and environmental impact assessment come out, and the final decision on the direction of the deal can be made." But one thing is clear, no matter what the results of the EIA are, this situation must not continue, and on the premise of not ensuring environmental and ecological security, no matter how rare the metal is, it can only be buried in the mountains, and we cannot turn our green mountains and rivers into hell on earth for the sake of immediate economic interests. ”

Hou Zhehai was a little surprised by Qi Tianxiang's statement, but he still felt that it was acceptable, so he took over and said: "Don't deal with it simply, don't make a blind decision, this is the best way to deal with it at present, cold treatment is also a strategy, time can dilute everything, let it be verified by time!" Now what needs to be dealt with urgently is the problem of water pollution, and other thorny problems can be handed over to the housing construction to deal with, and you can go to Hezhong City to supervise and guide the people's livelihood and social stability work. ”

"This is a good idea, leave the problem to the housing construction to deal with, I can walk around, say some words to appease the people in front of the camera at the water supply point, and even I can go back to Hezhou and let Comrade Luo Jian come over to deal with this complicated situation, when I really need to come forward, I am speaking out. In this way, not only can you not offend the powerful and not set yourself on fire, but you may also get corresponding benefits, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. Qi Tianxiang tried his best to suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart, and tried his best to speak calmly, but the ridicule and ridicule in his words could not be controlled in any way, knowing that this would stimulate Hou Zhehai, but he still looked at Hou Zhehai and asked, "Do you think I will do this?" ”

Seeing Hou Zhehai's face become gloomy, Qi Tianxiang simply let go of his scruples, looked directly at Hou Zhehai and said: "Just like you just said, the rare metals in Guishui County, between one entry and one exit, the value has increased by a thousand times, where are these huge benefits?" When you entered Guishui County, you should have noticed that in addition to one more such hotel in the past three years, has there been any substantial improvement in the appearance of the county and the lives of the people? Not to mention the lives of the people, even the transformation of the dignified county party committee and county government has not been completed for three years. Is it because Han Zizi doesn't want to have his own office building? Are the officials of Guishui County happy to live in poverty? This kind of gentleman who is unkind to the rich and eats bones and doesn't spit out slag, do you want them to toss so unscrupulously? What do you want us people to do? What else can we do but be complicit? ”

Listening to Qi Tianxiang's angry words, especially Qi Tianxiang's deliberate use of "you", Hou Zhehai chuckled in his heart, and suddenly felt that his plan had reached a dead end, although his heart was also full of anger, but he couldn't do it in front of the angry Qi Tianxiang. Although they are all provincial-level leaders, Qi Tianxiang is the leader of the provincial government, and the dignity and domineering brought by power are difficult to understand as a deputy person, not to mention the unruly sour rot as a literati, which makes it difficult for Qi Tianxiang to change instantly, and he can only think of other ways to maneuver, but he can't stiffen the situation, this is the basic principle.

Thinking of this, Hou Zhehai endured the unhappiness in his heart, laughed awkwardly a few times, and said slowly: "Don't be too excited, I know your thoughts, you don't rub sand in your eyes, and you don't want to trade the interests of the country and the people, especially your own beliefs and conscience, this is not my idea." We are all senior leading cadres who have been educated by the party for many years, and we cannot walk today without a certain consciousness and conviction, but we are not brave warriors, and if we don't want to die, we are fighters, and our strengths also have our own soil and environment for existence, and there is no contradiction between paying attention to strategy and tactics and being brave and tenacious, and this is what I want to say. ”

"I'm glad that you can say this, which shows that we are still comrades, and we can also do something for the people of Hehai with the same heart." Listening to Hou Zhehai's slightly excited words, Qi Tianxiang involuntarily changed the title to "you", after all, he was still a colleague, and it would be no good for anyone to tear his face, so he sighed deeply and said with a wry smile: "I know your good intentions, and I also know your intention to persuade me, but to be honest, I can't turn a blind eye, and I can't say that I have a mission, but I can't pass the enthusiasm of so many accompanying cadres and the expectations of the provincial party committee." ”

Qi Tianxiang spoke, picked up the cigarette case on the coffee table, took out a cigarette and handed it to Hou Zhehai to ease the atmosphere, got up and leaned in front of Hou Zhehai and asked him to light a cigarette for himself, this series of actions was natural and sincere, expressing his sincerity, and then took a deep puff of cigarette and said: "I am not angry with the co-workers of Zhoushan, nor am I a day-by-day boasting father, I know what I should do, and I also know that I cherish my career and future like cherishing feathers." I just don't make deals, it's not that I can't judge the situation, and I'm not willing to bend, I'm not the secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection now, but the governor of Hohai Province, and I won't leave the trouble to myself and to Hehai. ”

Hou Zhehai glanced at Qi Tianxiang seriously, knowing that these were Qi Tianxiang's sincere words, and he should be able to do it, the words had reached this level, and there was no point in continuing to talk about it, so he extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, glanced at his watch, and slowly stood up and said: "This talking time flies so fast, it will be almost ten o'clock before you know it." Okay, don't bother you to rest. ”

Hou Zhehai spoke, looked at Qi Tianxiang and said kindly: "It's been a busy day, it's enough for you to be tired, you have to be busy tomorrow, rest early!" When you close your eyes, you don't think about anything, and you don't have anything to worry about. ”

Qi Tianxiang saw that Hou Zhehai was leaving, so he didn't stay anymore, but stood up, looked at Hou Zhehai, and sighed with a slight smile: "It would be nice if it could be as you said, if you close your eyes and don't think about anything, how comfortable it would be." Hiding in a small building to become a unity, regardless of its spring, summer, autumn and winter, is just a good wish, self-deception. ”

Hou Zhehai looked at Qi Tianxiang's self-deprecating demeanor, and couldn't help laughing, which caused Qi Tianxiang to laugh, and the two looked at each other and laughed, which was considered to be a satisfactory end to this unpleasant conversation.

In the midst of laughter, Hou Zhehai waved his hand lightly to Qi Tianxiang, opened the door and walked out, and walked slowly towards the elevator in the middle of the corridor with the secretary standing outside the door.

Qi Tianxiang followed Hou Zhehai behind him, sent him out of the door, and politely watched Hou Zhehai leave slowly, until he walked outside the elevator room, turned around and waved to him politely again, and waited until Hou Zhehai's figure disappeared completely, and then returned to the room with Xiao Zhang.