As soon as the Audi car entered the compound of the Qinghe Municipal Party Committee, Qi Tianxiang immediately had a strange feeling, his heart was very blocked, and he also knew that he remembered Tan Pingshan again, remembered the cheerful scene not long ago, and the burly man who was not harsh. [Ran^Text^Library] Although I have been desperately depressed for a year, I can still think of Big Brother from time to time, and think of the happy and happy years of the past.

When he saw the figure of Wang Jianxian, secretary of the Qinghe Municipal Party Committee, standing on the steps in front of the building, he hurriedly beckoned Xiao Wang to stop, quickly pushed the car door and got out of the car, and walked quickly to meet Wang Jianxing. Waiting for Wang to react and was about to walk down the steps, he was just blocked by Qi Tianxiang, who was walking up quickly.

"How dare you do this, how can you stand in this wind and wait for me, isn't this a torture for Xiaosheng?" Qi Tianxiang stretched out his hands with a smile on his face, held Wang Jianxian's hands tightly, kept shaking, and kept expressing his apologies.

Qi Tianxiang's actions and words made Wang Jianxing a little surprised, and also made the big and small officials standing beside him deeply surprised, puzzled or admiring eyes complicated and puzzled, even many officials who had invaded the officialdom for many years had never seen this kind of scene, and couldn't help but look at Qi Tianxiang and Wang Jianxing in amazement.

Qi Tianxiang's unexpected performance gave Wang Health a great face, and after the accident, he immediately thought of why, and then returned to his natural demeanor, and said with a smile: "Shangguan is here, how can the lower official not wait solemnly, I am afraid that the etiquette is not good and I will neglect the distinguished guests." ”

Although Wang Jianxing is polite and humble, and tries his best to maintain peace, the words are correct and round, and there is still a strong taste of Beijing rhyme. As he spoke, he took Qi Tianxiang's hand, looked at everyone and said to Qi Tianxiang, "I'll introduce you to you." Before he finished speaking, he changed his words again: "Forget it, it's cold below, let's go to the conference room and introduce them one by one!" ”

Qi Tianxiang's hand was tightly held by Wang Jianxing, almost dragged to the conference room on the second floor, pressed it in the middle of the oval conference table without saying anything, and then sat down next to Qi Tianxiang, picked up the cigarette on the table, handed one to Qi Tianxiang, took out one himself, lit it and smoked, and said slowly: "It's still this cigarette, as soon as the two exchange cigarettes, they will become friends." ”

Qi Tianxiang slowly smoked a cigarette and did not speak, his face was always full of gentle smiles, waiting for Wang to be healthy.

After Wang Jianxing saw that everyone had arrived, and he sat down one after another, he turned his head to Qi Tianxiang and said, "The party and government leaders above the Qinghe Standing Committee who are at home today are all here, and I will introduce them to you." As he spoke, he introduced Mayor Cheng Heping, Deputy Secretary Liu Donglin, Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection Luan Shi and others.

Qi Tianxiang politely shook hands with the introduced comrades one by one, smiling implicitly, until the last comrade finished the introduction, under the urging of Wang Jianxing's eyes, he slowly spoke: "There is no arrangement in advance, and there is no preparation, just say a few words casually." Qi Tianxiang said with a gentle smile: "Some of the comrades here, some of them know each other, and some of them are not very familiar, let me slowly familiarize myself with and understand!" ”

"Maybe many comrades will wonder about the purpose of my coming to Qinghe, of course, they will have different guesses, and maybe they hope that I can make some name for myself." Qi Tianxiang said lightly: "What kind of thoughts or hopes I can't stop, and I'm not ready to stop it, some people see me fidgeting, it's not a bad thing." But today I am going to disappoint many people, I came to Qinghe neither to do things, nor to handle cases, but to see an old friend, a big brother. ”

When Qi Tianxiang said this, he was a little excited, and his voice was a little hoarse, "Tan Pingshan, I believe that many people know this name, although they don't know much about his person or deeds, but there are not many people who don't know this person." When the car entered this yard just now, I felt a little blocked in my heart and very depressed. An ordinary retired soldier, an ordinary leader of the political and legal department, his deeds are also ordinary, and what he can say is conscientiousness, but he is such an ordinary person, a simple person, but he is my respected big brother, and his relatives who ache whenever I think of it. Qi Tianxiang looked around at everyone present and said affectionately: "I don't hide my weakness, nor do I hide my feelings, because Big Brother has given me a lot of help and inspiration, especially what Big Brother said, it is full of simplicity and wisdom." ”

For example, his analogy of the action of the stomach and the heart is very wise. The stomach is only the size of a fist, a pig's trotter or a steamed bun can be filled, of course, a superb abalone rice can also be satisfied, the stomach is very easy to satisfy, but every day I always think about the requirements of the stomach, so it is a fist-sized heart can still fit something. An ordinary person is still okay, but a cadre, especially a leading cadre, always thinks about his fist-sized stomach, can he still have ordinary people in his heart, and can he still have the position of others? Qi Tianxiang's eyes became cold, his tone was a little cold, and he said slowly: "A simple metaphor, I am willing to encourage everyone here, I hope that comrades will think about it, and if you think about it, you will understand." ”

Qi Tianxiang originally wanted to continue to say something, but after thinking about it, he held back, he knew very well the depth of the water in the officialdom of Qinghe City, and he also knew the source of some cruxes and problems, after all, the purpose of coming here today was not to investigate, but he didn't want to be a good old man in a gentle manner, and nodded implicitly, especially mentioning Tan Pingshan purposefully, just to show his tendencies and attitudes, even if he was not shocked, it should make some people less comfortable.

Wang Jianxing saw that Qi Tianxiang no longer spoke, and knew his intentions, so he took over the conversation and began the work report of the Qinghe Municipal Party Committee, which is the proper meaning and the procedure that must be followed, after all, Qi Tianxiang has the title of a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the title of full-time deputy leader of the deep reform team.

But since the formation he saw after getting out of the car, as well as the centralized report of all the Standing Committee members at home, Qi Tianxiang was stunned and quickly understood Wang Jianxing's intentions, which also confirmed the rumors he heard before, it seems that the strong dragon can't suppress the head snake This is true, not to mention that Wang Jianxing is not necessarily a strong dragon.

As the secretary general of the provincial government, Wang Jiankang parachuted into the secretary of the Qinghe Municipal Party Committee, and the one-step arrangement disrupted the original officialdom order in Qinghe, and naturally caused some dissatisfaction and resistance, although they were all inadvertently wrestling in secret, which was manifested in the resistance and difficulties of many work advances, especially the connection of economic work, as well as the coordination and cooperation between departments, which were always not so smooth.

In addition to the coordination and mutual constraints between the top leaders of the party and government, there is also Wang Jianxing's own shortcomings and the lack of overall work ideas. A secretary general who works in the provincial government all the year round can coordinate the work of the provincial leaders in various departments, but it requires their own ability and experience to carry out their work independently.

Thinking of this, Qi Tianxiang stopped the recorded action, and couldn't help but glance at Wang Jianxing, who was talking, the square face of the Chinese character was oily and white, the thick eyebrows, big eyes, and the hanging nose were just right to blend together, the thick voice with a heavy chest resonance, the words were clear and smooth, they seemed to be so perfect, so elegant, but when you listen carefully, you always feel a little contrived, and it is also weak and fake, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a performance.

Wang Jianxing finished speaking easily, and Mayor Cheng Heping began to report, this is a very bold and courageous man, which can be seen from the grim expression on his thin face, the voice of the words is not high, but he can always feel the taste of rigidity, and his eyes are sharp and sharp, as if he wants to capture the heart of the person opposite.

Contrary to Wang Jianxing's eloquent performance and grease and whitewashing, Cheng Heping has been in a posture of inspection from the very beginning, from urban construction to social stability, and even economic operation are all problems and deficiencies, and funds, policies, management methods, etc.

Cheng Heping said in his mouth, but he couldn't hear the slightest apology or uneasiness, as if he was talking about other people's things, his eyes kept staring at Wang Jianxing and Qi Tianxiang's faces, without any concealment and evasion, his eyes were full of provocation, as if waiting for the counterattack and response of the two opposite, and there were more and more contradictions and problems.

Cheng Heping's provocative eyes deeply stimulated Qi Tianxiang, and the pen that was still recording seriously stopped, looked directly at Cheng Heping with gentle eyes, and when he finally came to an end, he also thought of the strategy and topic of response.

Originally, Qi Tianxiang participated in this meeting with the attitude of Xu Shu entering Cao Ying, and he was also slightly dissatisfied with Wang Jianxing's Zhou Zhanghe's practice of making an article about him, but with the tone and tendency of Cheng Heping's speech, he felt that he could no longer be a watchman, and he should respond for himself and Wang Health.

Of course, Qi Tianxiang understands that Cheng Heping's words are not aimed at himself, but speaking like this at such a meeting is itself an attitude, and he also understands that such a speech and attitude directly affect the Standing Committee members attending the meeting, and will soon spread to a larger scope. In fact, as soon as he entered the door and sat down, he saw Cheng Heping sitting in the middle of the opposite side with a big grin, which confirmed the rumors that the party and government in Qinghe City were not harmonious, but Cheng Heping's undisguised way of singing the opposite drama still surprised Qi Tianxiang. This kind of attack is not only aimed at Wang Jianxing, but also at himself, which can clearly be read from Cheng Heping's eyes, which is not only contempt for them as scholars and literati cadres, but also dissatisfied with the ways and means of obtaining positions.

Qi Tianxiang knew Cheng Heping's resume, this is a cadre who came up from the grassroots township, and he has stopped in the position of mayor for a few years, and he has survived Huang Qing to Liu Zizhou, and it is easy to wait until Liu Zizhou retreats to the second line, and the provincial party committee parachutes Wang Jianxian, which has become the biggest obstacle on his road to progress. With the gradual loss of age advantage, eagerness is certain. In the stage of exploration and exploration from the planned economy to the market economy, they have made some political achievements by virtue of their courage and courage, as well as their arbitrariness or domineering in daring to think and act, and they have become their capital and pride. Step by step, they care very much about their own prestige and image, and like birds that love their feathers, they seem to have the courage to think and dare to do nothing in the unexpected world. It is this domineering thinking that makes them despise all authority and relationships, and they hate the pain, it seems that the cadres who are not hard workers are either lucky, or the products of relationships and money, which are not worth mentioning, so Qi Tianxiang's response went to the key point of Cheng Heping as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Comrade who recorded the record, please give me a copy of the speech of the mayor of peace after the meeting." Qi Tianxiang smiled slightly and turned his head to look at Wang Jianxian, it seemed that he was talking to Wang Jianxing, and it seemed to be talking to the comrades who recorded it, picked up the notebook on the table and shook it lightly to signal to everyone, but his tone was understated: "It's rare that Comrade Cheng Heping is careful, pragmatic and thoughtful in his work, so many figures, such a detailed description, I can't remember it, I can only take a copy of the meeting minutes back and slowly participate in the study, and I think that there are such problems and contradictions in a concentrated manner, which is more targeted than any research that looks at flowers and dragonflies, It should be submitted to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee for special study, and if necessary, it can be supervised and improved, so as to achieve effective improvement in the short term. ”

"It's not terrible to have problems, finding problems and solving them have always been the two focuses of our work, and Mayor Cheng Heping's problems need to be solved in a concentrated and perfect way, and they can also have a practical effect from point to point." Qi Tianxiang glanced at Cheng Heping quickly, didn't care about the consternation and remorse in his eyes, and said to himself: "Qinghe City, as a key area of grain, cotton and agricultural production in Hexi, occupies a position and role in the economic layout of the entire Hehai Province. Stability and prosperity have both political and economic significance, and it is the greatest contribution to the development of Ho Hai Province. ”

Qi Tianxiang's speech caused a burst of warm applause, Qi Tianxiang waved his hands to stop the applause, and also stopped Cheng Heping's expression of wanting to speak, and said gently: "This is just some of my thoughts, throw bricks and lead jade, see which comrades below to talk about, don't repeat the comrades who have said it, save a little time, and try to have a short meeting." ”

The people's congress and the CPPCC respectively reported on their work, and since Qi Tianxiang's speech showed his attitude, they all tried to be plain and brief.

Finally, Luan Shi's speech, as soon as he said two words, he was interrupted by Qi Tianxiang, "Lao Luan doesn't need to say anything here, let's go down and walk when we go back, and we have time to communicate with each other."

Qi Tianxiang's words conveyed a clear signal, which not only showed the intimacy between him and Luan Shi, but also indicated that he would have to walk around Qinghe City to have a look, which was invisibly like injecting coagulant into the conference room, which immediately made the air and atmosphere in the conference room stiffen.

Qi Tianxiang clearly saw the gloomy dissatisfaction and irrepressible anger in Cheng Heping's eyes, Xiang pretended not to see it, glanced at him as if he didn't see it, turned his face to look at Wang Jianxian, and asked for his opinion, "It's better to stop here today!" Everyone is very busy, so don't delay everyone's time. ”

looked at Cheng Heping with a smile as he spoke, but he didn't mean to ask for his opinion. Qi Tianxiang just wanted him to know that he was not qualified to sing the right role, and it was not his turn to call the board.

Wang Jianxing looked at Qi Tianxiang with satisfaction, and his eyes even showed gratitude, so he happily announced the end of the meeting, and when the conference room was almost gone, he held Qi Tianxiang's hand tightly and clenched it tighter.

"Lao Luan, you will greet Xiao Zhang and them for dinner later, I will drink Secretary Wang's wine today." Seeing that Luan Shi nodded and was about to leave, he stopped him and teased, "We have to go down after dinner, you ask your sister-in-law for leave in advance, so as not to be criticized in time." ”

As he spoke, he laughed first, causing Wang Jianxing to laugh jealously, which made Luan Shi's dark face thicker, but he was extremely happy in his heart.

Because he came out a little late at noon, he listened to the reports of the Standing Committee members after arriving, although he repeatedly compressed the time, but the end of the meeting was still already brightly lit, so Wang Jianxing held Qi Tianxiang's hand and pulled it until he was in the small dining room, and then reluctantly let go.

Qi Tianxiang looked at the warm layout of the small dining room, as well as the warm lighting, and immediately felt warm in his heart, and when the waiter finished serving the food and left, and only Wang Jianxing and the two of them were left in the room, he slowly stood up, faced Wang Jianxian, bowed deeply respectfully, and shouted sincerely: "Uncle Wang, I bowed to you here, if there is something offended, please bear with me!" ”

Qi Tianxiang's actions instantly startled Wang Jianxing jumped up from the chair, stretched out his hands to support Qi Tianxiang's shoulders, and kept chattering: "Don't be like this, don't be like this, how dare you be, how dare you be, torture me, torture for." ”

"It should be, and it must be." Qi Tianxiang looked at Wang Jianxing sincerely, and said sincerely: "For so many years, you have helped my father-in-law and taken care of Yan Li and me, I can't thank you enough, you deserve this uncle, you deserve it." ”

"Tianxiang, really don't say that, I'm even more ashamed to say this." Wang Jianxing's voice was raised, and he said apologetically: "I have followed the old leader for so many years, and I have received so many words and deeds, but the old leader's work ability and experience have not been learned at all, and it has only been less than a year, and I have encountered so many difficulties in my work, I am really sorry for the trust and care of the old leader, how can I be worthy of the title of this uncle!" ”

"Two different things, these are two different things, and they can't be confused." Qi Tianxiang comforted Wang Jianxian, and said earnestly: "If there is a problem, we will solve it, it belongs to the development of the way to develop, and other problems are solved by other methods, there is nothing to worry about." ”

"Since that's the case, then let's revisit, I'm a few years older than you, at best, I'm your brother, and I'm definitely not qualified to be an uncle." Wang Jian regained his composure, and also regained the prestige of the local magistrate, glared and said: "If you recognize me as a brother, just sit down and let's drink, if you call uncle, you can go out, uncle has no wine here for you to drink." ”

Qi Tianxiang waited for Wang Jianxian's words, he knew the strength and domineering of the number one leader in a place, and he also understood that all the seemingly weak expressions in front of him were deliberately made for him to see, just like the collective waiting on the steps when he first came, he had to show a gesture, and this seemingly low-key posture actually showed a lot of content. What Qi Tianxiang wants to see is Wang Jianxing's strong side, so he does not hesitate to be used as a gun to deal with Cheng Heping, after all, what Qi Tianxiang wants to achieve is not to be a strong Wang Health.

Thinking of this, Qi Tianxiang stretched out his hands like a donkey and begged for mercy: "Brother, brother, let's do it!" Today is for your brother's good wine, how can you leave without drinking! ”

"That's right!" Wang Jianxing smiled with satisfaction, took Qi Tianxiang's hand, sent him back to his seat, and said boldly: "Only good brothers, this wine can be drunk happily!" ”

Qi Tianxiang stretched out his hand and humbly asked Wang to pour wine for himself, the strong mellow aroma of the liquor spread in the cup along the poured liquid, and soon permeated into the small dining room, and the elegant aroma made people feel comfortable and intoxicated.

Looking at Wang Jianxing's satisfied expression, as well as his oily and smooth white face, Qi Tianxiang couldn't help but think of the handsome white-faced scholar many years ago, as his father-in-law's secretary for nearly ten years, Wang Jianxing at that time seemed energetic and energetic in terms of work enthusiasm and work efficiency, and he was also humorous and funny, which was very likable. Although he has not been a secretary for many years and has been a secretary general, he can still be seen often, but his steps are not so vigorous, his body is also bloated, and he seems to be less energetic. Especially during this period of time, I obviously felt his fatigue, aging and mental emaciation, which had the pressure of work and the anxiety brought about by age.

At the age of his early fifties, time is more important than money, and this is especially true for Wang Health, he has reached the edge of age, and there may be a greater future if he takes a step forward, otherwise he can only accept the fate of taking a back seat, although no one says it explicitly, but it is a cruel truth. Parachuting into Qinghe City to be the secretary of the municipal party committee requires him to make achievements in a short period of time, and then return to Hehai in a beautiful manner to serve as a vice governor or standing committee member at the vice provincial level, or to return to Hehai in a gloomy manner to serve in the people's congress or the CPPCC. Everything depends on his performance in Qinghe City, which he knows very well.

Sometimes the official journey is like catching a train, and when you catch up, it will be smooth, and you can go down one station at a time, and go faster and farther. Sometimes if you miss a bus, you may have no chance to remedy it, and you can only watch others happily get promoted, and these important signs of seemingly cruel officialdom rules are age, and there are clear rules for what age and what kind of opportunities, which no one can ignore, let alone treat them detachedly.

It was precisely because of the critical juncture that Wang Health was currently at that Qi Tianxiang decided to come to Qinghe City before going to Pingyuan County, and instantly decided to change his itinerary, which was also suddenly thought of after a short period of thought. He expected the crux of Wang Health, and also knew that Wang Health needed a breakthrough from the Shuguang Factory, and the change of the Shuguang Factory also needed Wang Health's help, and he knew that the provincial party committee could not give Wang Health three years or more, and the Shuguang Factory would definitely not be able to wait for three years.

"Come, let's go first." Wang Jianxing picked up his wine glass and said to Qi Tianxiang with a smile: "Let's talk about it after drinking." ”

Wang Jianxing's proposal recalled Qi Tianxiang from the chaotic memories, smiled apologetically and picked up the wine glass and touched it lightly with Wang Jianxing, drank it all happily, and sighed: "Good wine!" It's really good wine, it seems that this trip is worthwhile, and I can drink such good wine, and I am happy when I am drunk. ”

"Drunk, your brother will get drunk? Whoever gets drunk you won't get drunk, your brother is very sober. Wang Jianxing shook his head and smiled slightly, then changed the topic, and proudly boasted to Qi Tianxiang, "Your brother has been looking at the door for a long time, my small dining room is well decorated, carved screens, mahogany cases, flower stand bonsai, and celebrity calligraphy and paintings are hung on the wall. ”

"No matter how good it is, it's not home, your home is in Hezhou, where are your wives and children." Qi Tianxiang smiled teasingly, picked up his wine glass and saluted Wang Jianxing: "Wu to Wu, Shu to Shu, don't make a mistake about the time and confuse the location." ”

"Knowing what you mean by Tianxiang, your little thoughts can still hide from my old king." Wang Jianxing squinted at Qi Tianxiang and said coldly: "This wine has passed the third round, if you have any orders, just say it!" ”

Qi Tianxiang was stunned, he didn't expect Wang Jianxing to take the initiative to mention it, he thought about it for a while and regained his calm, but slowly but confidently said, "Can I help you walk around?" ”

"How can I help you solve the financial problem of the Shuguang Factory?" Wang Jianxing said mysteriously, laughing, "It feels like our brothers are doing business with profiteers, there is no exchange between us, and there is no transaction, Shuguang Industrial Park is the focus of Qinghe City's industrial transformation, and it has a very important demonstration role, it must be done well and successfully, this work is not promoted by you Qi Tianxiang, and we must also make every effort to solve the problems in the development of the park, which is nothing to say." ”

"Okay, this is the secretary of the Qinghe Municipal Party Committee in my eyes, and it is my respectable big brother. Come, I salute you! Qi Tianxiang couldn't help but praise loudly with high emotions, "After drinking this cup, is the elder brother giving the elder brother two throats and trembling." ”

"Good Ratcha." Wang Jianxing drank all the wine in the cup, clasped his hands into fists, and shouted loudly: "Virtuous brother! Last night, on the head of the city, watching the sky and thinking about the strategy, it is expected that there will be the east today, for the brother I wish the virtuous brother to the success, take the east wind to swing Cao Kou, make meritorious contributions, and wait for the triumph to continue the pride of the wine. ”

A song of old singing, with a board and eyes, full of charm, the vivid interpretation of Zhuge Liang, who is a magnificent and strategic, attracted Qi Tianxiang's heartfelt applause and appreciation, so that he sat in the Audi car, and was still chanting "Wait for the triumph to continue the pride of the wine", which really made Luan Shi inexplicable all the way.