"Say no more, drink!" Qi Tianxiang glanced at Wang Jinlong, and said to Li Zhenghu with a face: "Didn't you see Mayor Wang in a hurry?" Why don't you pour the wine quickly, invite someone to come and don't let the family drink, what do you mean? ”

"It's ordered!" Li Zheng responded with a hippie smile, hurriedly stood up and took the wine bottle, poured wine for Qi Tianxiang and Wang Jinlong in a circle, and then walked back to his position, poured wine into Lu Jinshan and his own glass, and then looked at Wang Jinlong and asked playfully: "The wine is full of dishes, how is Mayor Wang going to drink?" Would you like to have three glasses first? Or do you want to have a few drinks on yourself first? ”

"Am I a person who lacks alcohol?" Wang Jinlong glanced at Li Zheng, smiled slightly and said, "I am almost soaked in the wine bottle every day, but how much wine do I really want to drink?" And how much alcohol does it feel? Is it that I don't understand? Or is it not clear to you? ”

Wang Jinlong spoke, looked at Qi Tianxiang, and then said to Li Zheng: "Governor Qi came over today and drank a few glasses of wine in a small area, this wine is not easy to drink, do you think I can be reluctant?" ”

"He said all the good things, but he didn't say what he really wanted to say." Qi Tianxiang glanced at Wang Jinlong with a smile, picked up the wine glass in front of him casually, looked at Li Zheng and Lu Jinshan and said, "Let's take it!" If it weren't for the fact that the mayor of Jinlong would be unhappy, he had run so far and waited for so long, wasn't it just for this moment! ”

Qi Tianxiang's suggestion made everyone involuntarily pick up the wine glass, touch it lightly, and drink the wine in the glass. While waiting for Li Zheng to pour wine, Qi Tianxiang looked around at the small dining room and the furnishings on the round table, and said with satisfaction: "This environment is very good, a small-scale dinner, a simple few dishes, a few glasses of wine to relax, it is also a very good rest!" ”

Qi Tianxiang's emotion resonated with several people present, but it was an uneven state of bitterness and happiness. In Qi Tianxiang's opinion, it is to find a few confidants to drink a few glasses of wine and relax, but in the eyes of Li Zheng and Wang Jinlong, it is still a social entertainment that needs to be taken seriously, although it may not be as careful as other leaders, but after all, it is still not a state of real relaxation.

It is only in a state of complete equality, or complete freedom, that relaxation is truly possible. Otherwise, any form of relaxation can only be a seemingly approximate balance, or a state of perfect appearance, as is the case in the family, in society, and even more so in officialdom. There is no absolute balance, let alone absolute freedom, and it is even more impossible to completely relax between superiors and subordinates.

Seeing that several people were just smiling, and no one responded to his words, Qi Tianxiang understood what he had just said, and he was just standing and talking to himself without backache. Everyone's feelings are different, especially in the face of a high-ranking governor, it is impossible to be completely relaxed, so he smiled slightly and raised his wine glass to the other three, dried the second glass of wine, and then praised with emotion: "This is a good drink, comfortable." ”

Looking at Wang Jinlong and Li Zheng's smiling expressions, Qi Tianxiang said to the two of them a little unhappily: "Just the four of us drinking, Lao Lu is an honest man and is not good at words, have you two started to pretend to be deep?" Ready to keep it all the time? Where are all the usual sharp teeth? I'll listen to a few words. ”

Qi Tianxiang's detailed words of dissatisfaction immediately broke the deadlock in the small restaurant, Wang Jinlong and Li Zheng couldn't help but glance at each other, knowing that Qi Tianxiang saw through their thoughts, they couldn't help but smile, or Wang Jinlong reacted faster, and said with a smile: "I don't know the theme of your drinking, so I don't know where to start." With you, we are not afraid of saying the wrong thing, but we are afraid that it will not be in place, and it will affect your mood, and we don't feel good. ”

"Mayor Wang is good at summarizing, after all, he is trained by the General Office and the Beijing Office, knows how to deal with different leaders, and tells the key problems." Li Zheng followed Wang Jinlong's words, and also said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a while, and there are fewer times when we sit together in a small area, we have a stomach of things to say to you, but we don't know how to speak, and I don't know if it's appropriate to say it now." ”

"You two are poor! There are many such words, as long as you believe in them. Qi Tianxiang glared at Wang Jinlong and Li Zheng angrily, turned his face to look at Lu Jinshan, and said gently: "Let's drink and let the two of them finish the official words and clichés." ”

Qi Tianxiang spoke, picked up the wine glass and touched Lu Jinshan lightly, regardless of Wang Jinlong and Li Zheng, he drank a glass of wine with Lu Jinshan, and said slowly: "This clinking glass reminds me of the first time we drank, in Sister-in-law Li's small restaurant, a few appetizers, two bottles of wine for a few yuan a bottle, a few people drank so much. Because the wine you bought was not good, the old secretary also complained about you. Think about it just like what happened yesterday! It's also that I haven't seen the old secretary for many years, so I miss him! ”

"We haven't seen him for many years, and my son is in his hometown in the Northeast, so I have to pick them up, but I can't help the child, so I have to pass, and it's been several years. The phone is often contacted, the health is okay, and there are many old people in his hometown, so he is more comfortable. Lu Jinshan hurriedly introduced the current situation of the old secretary to Qi Tianxiang, and then said with emotion: "In a blink of an eye, a few years have passed, in the most difficult time in our factory, you came to investigate, not only gave us confidence, but also gave us ideas and methods, I really don't know what our Shuguang factory will be like now without your guidance!" ”

"What else could it be? Bankrupt and bankrupt! Isn't this the final result of many state-owned enterprises? Li Zheng looked at Lu Jinshan and said jokingly: "Many people still wish this was the result!" Employees are laid off or bought out, machinery and equipment are sold at a discount to pay for the resettlement of laid-off workers or buyout costs, factories and land are mortgaged to banks, or a real estate company is contacted for development, and unconsciously the CEO of the enterprise makes a lot of money, and then immigrates or transfers assets, and after a few years the funds are bleached, and this is how wealth accumulation is generated, and this is how rich people come. ”

"If you want to be beautiful, you want to end up well, how can there be such a good thing in the world? There is nothing wrong with letting some people get rich first, but the prerequisite should be to get rich through hard work, science and technology, and knowledge, and it is not possible to get rich by cheating, or even embezzling state-owned assets, and infringing on the interests of the state and the people. Wang Jinlong seemed to be very disapproving, and said angrily: "Forgiveness of original sin is irresponsibility to the country and society, no matter when, this account must be calculated, even if the law cannot be punished temporarily, the moral and spiritual condemnation will never end." It's not that the time has not come, this is the truth that the people believe in, and the autumn will always have to settle the account. ”

Qi Tianxiang glanced at Wang Jinlong deeply, smiled slightly and teased: "Today, our Mayor Wang is very passionate!" I also have a strong sense of right and wrong! There are some cynical people who are usually calm, but it is rare to be able to say this. ”

Qi Tianxiang's words were pointed, and everyone in the room knew it. Recently, Wang Jinlong is facing pressure from all sides, the reason is very simple, that is, he began to investigate and deal with a hot business elite in Qinghe City, which caused a shock in the whole city, and there are discussions that Wang Jinlong is settling accounts after the autumn, with the intention of erasing the achievements of Qinghe City's reform, opening up, and economic construction, and some people say that Wang Jinlong failed to ask for bribes and turned to retaliate.

This was also the main reason why Qi Tianxiang asked Wang Jinlong to come over, but Qi Tianxiang did not contact him directly, but notified him through Li Zheng. Qi Tianxiang heard a lot of discussions, but Qi Tianxiang didn't take it to heart, mainly based on his understanding of Wang Jinlong.

Wang Jinlong has come to this day step by step, prudence is his main characteristic, and he is very careful about his reputation and protecting himself. When he was appointed to the Beijing Office, he submitted a report on the financial income and expenditure of the Beijing Office to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection every year, and made a detailed report on the use of funds by the Beijing Office throughout the year, including its own income and property status. No one asked him to do this, it was completely his own consciousness, and he returned to the provincial government office, so that after taking office as the mayor of Qinghe City, the property declaration has never been broken, and he has taken the initiative to do it consciously.

Qi Tianxiang knew Wang Jinlong's character and quality, but he was worried that his impatience and his views on things would affect his judgment and make mistakes. Regarding the rumors he heard, Qi Tianxiang's first feeling was that something stimulated Wang Jinlong, making him directly take action and face it, what should have been done by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection or the Public Procuratorate and the Public Procuratorate Law, the mayor personally faced it, whether it was his identity or angle, it was not very appropriate.

But Qi Tianxiang didn't want to persuade him anything, while hearing this, Qi Tianxiang first paid attention to Lao Pan's attitude, as the secretary of the municipal party committee, his views and attitudes may determine the direction of things, at least it will be a trend. Qi Tianxiang also began to think and look at problems from multiple angles, and with these judgments, he could judge the situation as a whole.

Lao Pan has no clear inclination, Qi Tianxiang is also ready not to take a position, these things can be let go of Wang Jinlong to face, a current mayor and a former head of a state-owned enterprise to start a game, without much thought to know what the result will be, and the balance of victory and defeat is also predictable. For these so-called elites who have become rich by the transformation of state-owned enterprises, someone should give them a careful calculation, Wang Jinlong should be a good candidate, and I believe that they can win this contest of power and money.

Qi Tianxiang does not take a position, but it does not mean that he has no attitude and opinion, and looking for Wang Jinlong to come over is to give him a signal and a clear message. If it weren't for Wang Jinlong's anger, Qi Tianxiang didn't want to get involved in this matter today, as long as he called him over, it would represent everything, thinking about Wang Jinlong's wisdom, these would be easy to understand.