"Nothing has ever happened to the Buddha. Everything is calm. Even Wang Wenyuan, the head of Wuzhong District, Wucheng City, who was sneering at her some time ago to investigate the construction quality problems of Bibo Highway, suddenly seemed to have forgotten this matter and completely ignored the quality problems of Bibo Road, which was close at hand.

In mid-May, the general election of the city government finally entered the substantive operation stage.

Before formally nominating candidates for inspection to the provincial party committee, the organization department of the provincial party committee decided to conduct a democratic recommendation in each provincial municipality and solicit opinions from a wide range of people.

He was also the director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and notified Wang He of the information in advance as soon as possible.

It is said that the promotion of Director Guan to vice minister has already been discussed at the ministerial meeting, and is waiting for the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee to study and approve it.

This time, answering the call of Director Guan, Mayor Wang did not avoid Huang Ping. Although the voice over there was low, Huang Ping, who was sitting opposite Mayor Wang, heard it very clearly. When the phone rang, the two of them were discussing things. Knowing that it was Director Guan's call, Huang Ping got up and wanted to avoid it, but was stopped by Mayor Wang's gesture. Recently, regarding the re-election, Wang He not only no longer avoided Huang Ping, but also intended to let him participate more in grasping the situation.

"Immediately entering the sprint stage, you have to take the initiative to step in and familiarize yourself with the situation as much as possible, and you may need to take on a little more burden." Mayor Wang said this to Huang Ping more than once. And every time he said it, Huang Ping would feel that his shoulders were sinking, and the weight of the invisible burden seemed to be heavier than really lifting a thousand catties of burden.

Thanks to the director of the Guan, he always calls in time at the most critical moments. The latest top-secret information he provided enabled Wang He to know more about the inside story earlier than others, and to be more fully prepared to deal with it. This is completely the same as the war during the war years, and whoever has first-hand information will be able to know the other first, win the initiative, and seize the opportunity to win.

Director Guan revealed on the phone that a five-member team of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee led by him will quietly enter Wucheng in 10 days to carry out a week-long democratic recommendation work by combining organizational recommendation with individual recommendation.

Of course, the recommendation of the organization is mainly based on the opinions of the principal leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, especially the views of the secretary of the municipal party committee.

The scope of individuals is relatively wide, including members of several sets of leading bodies in the city, as well as principal responsible persons of organs and departments, and it is also possible to solicit the opinions of some veteran comrades, and the methods adopted include holding forums, individual visits, centralized evaluations, and so on.

As decided at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee more than two months ago, the current change of the municipal government has carried out some important adjustments and deceptions in accordance with the instructions given by the Provincial Party Committee to the secretary. Among them, the age of mayoral candidates has been relaxed from the original general age not exceeding 50 to 53 years old; The academic qualifications are reduced from a bachelor's degree to a junior college; In terms of service experience, it is no longer required that the term of office of a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and the deputy of the government at the same level shall not be less than five years. In this way, in the two sets of teams of the Wucheng City Party Committee and the Municipal Government, in addition to Wang He, the executive vice mayor, Deputy Secretary Yue Bangwei is only 43 years old, Vice Mayor Zhao Jiemin is 39 years old, and even another veteran deputy secretary, Du Qiusheng, is only 52 years old, and there are also a group of people who can be successfully shortlisted.

Although it is not a five-year reshuffle, and it does not involve the people's congress, the government, the CPPCC, the procuratorate, and the courts, it is said that the provincial party committee attaches great importance to this reshuffle, and there is even news that the provincial party committee is also fighting for this readjustment, and there is also news that Secretary Xiang Yang, Governor Wang, and Deputy Secretary You have different opinions and do not give in to each other, so on the surface, the movement will appear to be particularly large, and the scope of the impact will also be particularly wide.

But in fact, insiders can understand that in several sets of teams, the government is the real one, and the core of this recommendation is the candidate for mayor of Wucheng, and the others are just routines. This recommendation work, if nothing else, will produce a candidate for the future mayor of Wucheng, and its significance is self-evident.

According to Director Guan's judgment, the mayor of Wucheng should be selected from among the existing members of the local team, and the possible reason for parachuting or exchanging places in other places is that Wucheng, as the largest city in the province's economy, although its political status is not yet comparable to that of Jinning, the provincial capital, is the number one region in the province in terms of economic aggregate, geographical location, and the development momentum and potential of the entire economy and society, and all kinds of honors are also available. As soon as you enter the gate of the municipal government, you can see a row of pennants lined up: National Health City, National Advanced City for Civilized City Work, National Excellent City for Comprehensive Management of Social Security, National Advanced City for Scientific and Technological Progress, National Model City for Double Support, National Model City for Environmental Protection, Excellent Tourism City in China, National Garden City, National Advanced City for Landscaping, Model Award for Chinese Human Settlements, National Cultural Model City, National Advanced City for Children's Work, Model Management City for the Implementation of Smooth Projects, and the First Batch of Demonstration Cities for Strengthening the Police with Science and Technology in the Country, National Demonstration City for the Construction of Barrier-free Facilities, National Demonstration City for Community Construction, National Advanced Area for "Double Basic" Work, Chinese Cultural Poverty Alleviation Achievement Award, National Advanced City for Civil Air Defense, National Advanced Unit for Promoting Benevolence and Openness, Top Ten Red Flag Units for National Marriage and Childbirth New Wind into Ten Thousand Homes,"

However, in recent years, the political fate of Wucheng officials has always been extremely incommensurate with this kind of strong position. As early as more than 10 years ago, Wang Hehe's secretary of the municipal party committee was promoted to the province as a member of the Standing Committee and secretary general. Most of the previous terms of Secretary Xiao and the mayor were transferred to the people's congress and the CPPCC in Wucheng, or transferred to the provincial capital to arrange a department director at the same level, at most they were only the deputy secretary general of the people's congress and the CPPCC.

Secretary Xiao only came to Wucheng not to mention for the time being, his predecessor Secretary Dong had been rumored to enter the provincial government team a few years ago, and the former Secretary Zhang of the Provincial Party Committee had been in office for more than three years. Unexpectedly, there was a medical accident, and his life returned to the west, which is why Secretary Xiao suddenly parachuted in.

Mayor Ren Xuanping is actually only 47 years old this year, and he is not an ironclad person who can only go to the people's congress and the CPPCC to retire at the time of the election, let alone a hopeless promotion. But Ren Xuanping, as a young and promising political star who used to be prosperous, failed to compete for the secretary of the municipal party committee twice in a row, and lost to Secretary Dong for the first time, because Secretary Dong was "old and respectful". This time he lost to Xiao Zhen, but he lost all his pride and ambition. This is not surprising, he has always been proud of his youth and promising, but he doesn't want the provincial party committee to send down a young secretary who is still thirty years old, and his most powerful advantage has become a joke in front of Secretary Xiao, how can he not be discouraged? This phenomenon of "even yin" among Wucheng officials is actually not uncommon in today's Chinese officialdom, and it is not a strange phenomenon. The gradual promotion of young cadres, or the relaxation of the age of cadres, seems to have become an established policy of the central government, according to the grapevine, this was originally decided by Zheng Lao and Xiao Lao, and now the central government intends to start serving as vice chairman Gu Banglan

Nowadays, there is a trend in the political arena that prevails, and once a certain official is in charge of the government, he has mastered a certain level of life and death and seized power, and soon brings up a group of classmates, fellow villagers, and old people, resulting in a "tornado effect." "Jinning City, the provincial capital, is a clear proof that the two provincial party secretaries in front of Secretary Xiang are from Jinning, and now the province from the four sets of teams to important departments and bureaus, you can hear the soft and glutinous Jinning dialect everywhere, if it is not for the secretary parachuted down from the central government, according to some people ridiculed: Jiangdong is really Jiangdong of Jinning people.

And like Wu Cheng, no one has been promoted for many years, and over time it has produced a sluggish effect, implicating a group of people to stand still, making it more and more a forgotten corner. However, everything is implicitly in line with the concept of the unity of opposites, and has two opposite sides.

According to some unspoken rule of today's officialdom, the new mayor of Wucheng must be produced locally, which is not only a certain comfort to Wucheng, but also shows a certain balance between gains and losses, bitterness and sweetness. To put it bluntly, even if it is a dignified provincial party committee. It will never make the officials of Wucheng feel too lost. In this regard, there is no need to worry that foreign officials will steal the position of mayor, after all, the secretary of the municipal party committee has already given one. "Outsiders." It doesn't make sense that the mayor can't take the turn of the local people of Wucheng, not to mention that the local consciousness of the people of Wucheng is already very strong.

Specific to the right person for the mayor of Wucheng. Director Guan thinks. The chances of the executive vice mayor should be higher than that of other Standing Committee members and vice mayors. Director Guan has been fiddling with the deployment of cadres for many years, and he is naturally familiar with the various rules of Chinese officialdom. In the ranking of Chinese officialdom, although the municipal party committee, the people's congress, the government, and the CPPCC are all at the level of departments and bureaus, their actual status, role, and influence are the same.

As the first-level municipal party committee of the ruling party organization. Naturally, he is the leader who leads everything, and the members of its Standing Committee are in the first phalanx, while the secretary and deputy secretary are in the forefront, and the bottom is a group of part-time Standing Committee members. In his opinion, if it had been a few years earlier, the mayoral candidate would have been selected from among a number of deputy secretaries of the municipal party committee. In recent years, however, the situation has been different. A few years ago, out of consideration for improving administrative efficiency and the ability to govern, the central authorities vigorously reduced the number and powers of deputy secretaries and strengthened the actual functions and powers of part-time standing committee members. At present, most of the two remaining full-time deputy secretaries of the municipal party committees have been weakened in their functions and powers, and their status and role have also been markedly weakened; Du Qiusheng, deputy secretary in charge of party affairs, is a little better; Yue Bang, who is the deputy secretary in charge of the economy who has been sent down by the central authorities for training, has almost become an ornament under the suppression of the powerful "Wucheng" faction and the city government. On the contrary, those full-time members of the Standing Committee, each of whom guards one aspect, has the right to hold office, and is majestic. In particular, the executive vice mayor, who is also a member of the Standing Committee, has become the third person in actual power after the secretary and the mayor, and even Deputy Secretary Du Qiusheng is not as powerful as Wang He in his usual authority. As for the rest of the teams other than the municipal party committee, no one can match the executive vice mayor.

"But. Director Guan made a turn, and his tone was obviously aggravated: "This democratic recommendation, because of the relaxation of the above conditions, Secretary Xiang hopes to take the opportunity to use the pool of water to revitalize the cadre appointment, so it has the nature of spreading a big net to catch fish, and the situation will definitely not be very simple, I dare not say the situation in Wucheng, and some cities in the north are estimated to be chaotic." Your brother should also prepare in advance, and you must not take it lightly. Besides, even if you are recommended and enter the shortlist, there is still an inspection at the bottom, and the work must be done first, and it must be done carefully and thoroughly. But you also have another consideration in mind, that is, from the secretary, some things may not necessarily be the same. The water in Jiangdong is not so easy to be muddy, and Director Guan's words have been quite in place. As an official of the Organization Department, he has said everything that should be said and what should not be said, and this has been done in terms of friendship. Moreover, Director Guan's words were still a bit cursing, and he had already vaguely mentioned that the central authorities were dissatisfied with the situation in Jiangdong, where "the whole world was unified" and water could not be splashed, and began to extend his hand through the newly appointed secretary Xiang. At the same time, Jiangdong's side will not be caught with his hands tied, even if Xiao Lao has already let go of these things that seem to him to be "trivial", but Jiangdong's camp has been in business for so many years, how can this field be so easy to smash?

Putting down the phone, Mayor Wang looked serious. In silence, the chewing muscle on his right cheek was rolling rapidly, as if he was holding a hot steel ball, and the Sichuan character between his eyebrows was even more gnawed like a knife, which suddenly made people feel turbulent.

"It's a bit grim for us!" Mayor Wang said.

The nose is flat and the heart is tight.

When he heard the word "we" just now, Huang Ping still felt hot in his heart. To be honest, for so many years, as long as he talks to Mayor Wang alone, the words he likes to hear and want to hear the most are, "We." These two words. What does it mean to be we? It means that Mayor Wang has never treated you Huang Ping as an outsider, which means that some futures, and the future do not belong to him alone, but to us, me and you. However, the word severe made Huang Ping feel nervous. After all, a battle-hardened person like Mayor Wang rarely utters such two words. And. From his expression and body language, it can be seen that this statement is not alarmist or pretentious.

"At this moment, for us, opportunities and challenges are together!" Mayor Wang is also slight

Huang Ping nodded, sat up straight like a warrior preparing to go into battle, adjusted his expression to an appropriate state, and asked, "What needs to be done below?" ”

"First of all, we must carefully consider it and make a foolproof plan." Mayor Wang also lifted his body up.

On the table is a whole large white paper, red and blue pens, rulers, erasers, and so on. If someone who doesn't know the inside story suddenly comes in, they must mistakenly think that they have broken into a certain combat headquarters.

According to the list of leading cadres compiled and printed by the municipal party committee, Mayor Wang dictated and Huang Ping marked it, and after a while, the huge paper was densely depicted.

From 5 o'clock in the afternoon to almost 11 o'clock in the evening, five or six hours have passed, Mayor Wang and Huang Ping locked up in the office, and listed the people who may participate in the democratic recommendation and evaluation in the city, from Secretary Xiao and Mayor Ren, down to the main responsible persons of various ministries, commissions, offices, bureaus, hospitals, banks, societies, counties, cities, and districts, and then classified and lined up according to Wang He's familiarity with these people.

This kind of pure talk on paper is like a general planning and rehearsal in the sand table before the war, the situation of the enemy and us is clear at a glance, and the advantages and disadvantages of both sides are fully visible. The high level of excitement and the high level of nervousness made them forget the time, forget the fatigue, and during this time they even ate a few biscuits, but they did not feel hungry at all.

According to Wang He and Huang Ping's paper formation, the general trend of Wucheng officialdom can be said to be in front of you. In addition to a small number of retired veteran cadres at the prefectural and municipal levels, there are about 160 leaders at or above the level of the city, among whom Secretary Xiao and Mayor Ren are the two main leaders, who are not only qualified to speak in the organization. Moreover, the weight of personal recommendation is also the most important, and the rest of the leading cadres, including the four sets of leading cadres, should be within the scope of individual talks and secret assessments.

Faced with the more than 160 familiar names on the paper, Wang He fell into deep thought, and Huang Ping was even more confused about these people, who are the undoubted friends and allies, who are the ironclad opposites, and who will be the wall grass that may be two-sided?

In the political arena of Wucheng, it usually feels calm and harmonious, but once it comes to this extraordinary moment of either/or, or even life and death, careful quantitative and qualitative analysis suddenly becomes blurred. Although everyone usually has some numbers in their hearts, they are still a little hesitant when they really need to put pen to paper. Whether it is in vain or wrongful killing, it is a hard vote.

For the future mayor of Wucheng, the attitude of Secretary Xiao and the mayor of Ren naturally plays a pivotal role first. Speaking of which, Wang He knew when Xiao Ke was transferred that Xiao Zhen's influence on him was too great, because Xiao Zhen's arrival broke the balance of Wang He's originally carefully constructed interpersonal network, and Xiao Zhen himself became the biggest variable. Wang He's relationship with the former secretary Dong and the mayor should be good.

More than ten years ago, when Wang He followed the old secretary as a secretary, Dong was the deputy mayor and Ren was the director of the Economic and Trade Commission. However, whenever Dong and Ren have something to report to the old secretary, or the old secretary has something to explain to the two of them, Wang He's setter role is always in place and decent, and his respect for them is also just right.

A few years have passed. When Wang He returned to Wucheng from the province as deputy mayor, Dong was already the secretary of the municipal party committee, and Ren became the deputy secretary and mayor. The newly appointed little brother is still more caring. In another two or three years, when Wang He becomes a member of the Standing Committee and executive vice mayor, the relationship between them will be a little delicate.

On the one hand, due to the struggle for power and the incompatibility of personalities and many other reasons, the contradiction between Dong Ren and the two gradually turned from underground to public, and the two even were on the same page for a while, to the point that they did not eat at the same banquet, or today you put a headline in the newspaper and TV, and tomorrow I have to find something to show up, which obviously has the taste of fighting in the ring.

On the other hand, Wang He, as a member of the Standing Committee and executive vice mayor, belongs to the top positions on both sides of the party committee and the government, so he naturally becomes the target of both Dong and Ren. In such a position, if it is a general role. may have been dizzy and overwhelmed for a long time, but after all, Xihe has been immersed in provincial and municipal organs for many years and has seen the ups and downs of officialdom, so it is not difficult to strike a balance between the two bosses.

From the bottom of his heart, he disdains Dong's domineering and Ren's intolerance, and both of them are proficient in power and neglect of ability, and they are not among his high esteem and respect. But on the surface, he was modest and courteous to both of them, respectful, and basically impartial.

What's more, unlike most officials in Wucheng's officialdom, he never gossips or mixes right and wrong between Xiao and Ren, nor does he judge you too much about me or wrong. Therefore. In general. Dong and Ren are satisfied with him, and they often complain in front of him and say what is in their hearts, if nothing else, at least when recommending candidates, they will vote for him and say a few good words about him. However, the problem lies precisely in the fact that this recommendation is not a normal situation, but something special.

First of all, Xiao Zhen ran to Secretary Dong on his behalf, becoming the first big variable, originally Secretary Dong's almost 9 out of 10 votes, but now it has become a little erratic, not so reliable. However, he is almost a crucial vote for Xiao Ding, although he is not very sure, but he still has some confidence. Because after he learned that Xiao Zhen was going to be transferred to Wucheng as the secretary of the municipal party committee, he took all the information and resumes that Xiao Ke could find on the bright side and studied them again, in addition to his own governance strategy, there is also a crucial point that Wang He's research focuses on: that is, Xiao Zhen's employment methods and preferences.

If you want to ask the secretary of the municipal party committee, what is in charge? Of course, everything should be said. But in fact, the two most critical powers of the secretary of the municipal party committee are financial power and personnel power. It is precisely because of the financial and personnel rights in his hands that the secretary of the municipal party committee can manage anything. In order to study Xiao Zhen's employment habits, Wang He spent great energy and thoroughly studied all the cadres promoted at or above the deputy department level in the six years from Xiao Zhen's beginning as deputy secretary of the Dingqing District Party Committee to the mayor of the Langliu City People's Government. Based on the analysis, Wang He came to the following conclusions:

First, Xiao Zhen employs people, first looking at ability. Second, Xiao Ding prefers to use young cadres and unambitious cadres. Third, Xiao Zhen employs people, once selected, he usually uses people without suspicion, let them go, and if the people below have needs, he will do his best.

Fourth, Xiao Zhen likes cadres with expertise, but he doesn't like "panacea" very much. Fifth"

In short, the premise of Xiao Zhen's employment is that you must be useful, once it is activated, he may be able to tolerate some minor problems of this cadre, and he will fully support the work that this cadre is good at. It is precisely because of these reasons that the cadres promoted by Xiao Zhen can often make achievements, so they are concerned by their superiors and even focused on training.

In short, a leader like Xiao Ding is a follower, as long as he keeps up with him, there will be a lot of constraints, and a big future! Wang He was a smart man, and when he came to these conclusions after careful analysis, his work style changed. Originally, Wang He did things, although he seemed to be vigorous and resolute, but in fact, he was only the appearance of him, and any arrangement he made in his work was in accordance with various unspoken rules in the system, never exceeded, never fell into the hands of others, and rarely offended people. Its methods are so clever that they don't know if they don't know it, and they are shocked when they analyze it.

But since Xiao Zhen came, Wang He's style is a lot tougher, this toughness is mainly for the policy implementation personnel, that is, the administrative staff, that is, to the people, Wang He has become more and more amiable, even when the old city is renovated, a tree next to a house to be transferred, he personally ran to talk to the owner of the tree four times in a row, the owner of the tree is actually still dissatisfied with the government's compensation plan, but was moved by Wang He's sincerity, and even signed a document on this" Xiao Zhen was quite appreciative at this time, At the two Standing Committee meetings, they specifically put forward it, first, to praise him, and second, to hope that everyone would learn from Wang He and learn from this kind of people-friendly practice.

After analyzing Xiao Zhen's characteristics, Wang He believes that Xiao Zhen may not want the kind of cadres who are too eager for official positions, or at least not very much like the kind of cadres who rush to him for official positions. He felt that Xiao Zhen might prefer the kind of cadres who were capable of handling government affairs, and then show closeness to him after being "subdued" by him. Among them, Zheng Zhipeng, the former deputy head of Dingqing District of Langliu and the current secretary of the Hanning County Party Committee of Langliu City, is the most prominent.

Therefore, during this time, Wang He was particularly concerned about government affairs, but he did not deliberately get close to Zhou Wu, judging from the current situation. Xiao Zhen's performance did not surprise him, and the more he showed ability, willingness and courage in government affairs, and did not deliberately approach Xiao Zhen, the more Xiao Zhen appreciated him.

With this article, Wang He thinks that Xiao Zhen still has seven or eight points in his hand to get this crucial vote, and at least Xiao Zhen will not oppose him, what opinion does he have. As long as this vote is in hand, the other battles will be much easier. This is by no means alarmist, because if Xiao Zhen, the secretary of the municipal party committee, clearly opposes it, then even if he behaves well in other directions, the provincial party committee is likely to ignore it directly. Guaranteeing the authority of the top leaders at the lower levels is one of the Chinese systems. A well-known characteristic.

But the problem at the moment is not only here, but also the particularity of this democratic recommendation.

The mystery of democratic recommendation lies in the plurality of recommendation, which is not monistic. As Secretary Xiao and Mayor Ren, of course, they will say good things about you Wang He and recommend you to the province as a candidate, but at the same time, they can also recommend others and push others up as candidates. Moreover, there will be great flexibility and mystery in the order of ranking and the weight of speech.

Yes, usually you Wang He is relatively smart and sleek, and when dealing with the relationship between Xiao and Ren, you have a good balance technique, and you usually don't offend or even please both sides. But don't forget, this recommendation mayor is not an ordinary time, nor is it an ordinary trivial matter, in this kind of life-and-death moment that determines the fate of the future, balance often means walking a tightrope, sleek may be equivalent to slippery, intimate, not self-conscious, at this time the first rat at both ends may be offended on both sides, both ends are empty. is not too close to Ren Xuanping, because he used to balance the contradictions between Dong and Ren, and he was not close to Xiao Zhen, which is the reason mentioned earlier, but no matter what, in short, it is not close to both sides, right? Then there is still a danger. Because of this, many people who are proficient in officialdom and power, just like in the stock market or casinos, are born with the courage and vision of gamblers, often looking at the goal and fighting hard, daring to bet on one person, and finally win huge benefits. Recently, Wucheng-level organs have frequently sent out information that Xiao Shujiang and Mayor Ren are respectively pushing Zhao Jiemin and Du Qiusheng to participate in the mayoral race. Whether the information is accurate is not yet known, but it is not impossible to analyze and judge.

Du Qiusheng, the evil secretary of the municipal party committee, is obviously a member of the mayor. Ren and Du are both from the suburbs of the city, and when Ren served as the secretary of the township, Du was the deputy secretary; Ren became the secretary of the district, and Du was the deputy head of the district; When he was the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor, Du was the secretary general of the municipal party committee at first, and although Ren failed to compete with Secretary Dong for the secretary of the municipal party committee, Du Qiusheng was not greatly affected, but was promoted to the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee. In short, Ren Xuanping and Du Qiusheng have been working together for a long time, Du used to be obedient to Ren and followed the front and behind, and although the status gap was closer, it can also be said to be obedient, and Ren also took care of Du.

Du Qiusheng is a person, although his ability is limited and his skills are not very correct, but he is a native of Wucheng, he has come up step by step from the grassroots level, and has been the secretary-general, organization minister, and deputy secretary of the municipal party committee for many years. In the past few years, Du Qiusheng has been bent on solving the problem of the main hall, which is also a well-known thing in Wucheng.

The deputy mayor, Zhao Jiemin, had just turned forty years old. In Wucheng, it is customary to count the age of a fictitious person, and it was originally put down by a department-level cadre of the provincial Youth League Committee. Although there is not much experience in grassroots management

In fact, there have been several years, but the system has a very heavy atmosphere of seniority, and it is not worth mentioning in recent years, but he has a double master's degree in agriculture and water conservancy, although he has deliberately pressed it in the last two or three years, but in fact, it is a young reserve cadre who has been trained by the provincial party committee. He came to Wucheng for more than two years, because of his simple background, and the mayor of Ren has nothing to do with it, the former Secretary Dong held on to him, showing quite a preference, but unfortunately later Secretary Dong was not in good health, and finally failed to move up, but in addition to agriculture, forestry, and water, he was also in charge of Wucheng's vital private economy, which shows his ability and the importance of his superiors. And after Xiao Ding came, Zhao Jiemin's status suddenly got rid of the embarrassment of Secretary Dong in the later period, and suddenly became prominent, he and Secretary Xiao were classmates of the Central Party School twice in a row!

Recently, the provincial party committee is considering appointing Zhao Jiemin as a member of the standing committee of the municipal party committee, which is said to have benefited from Xiao Zhen's strong recommendation. For the mayor change, it is difficult to say that a descendant with such age, education, and potential advantages will not become a dark horse. If Xiao and Ren really vigorously recommended Zhao Jiemin and Du Qiusheng respectively, although it would not affect their basic evaluation of Wang He, and there were obviously many factors that competed with each other and stirred up the situation, the actual impact on Wang He should not be underestimated.

Speaking of Wang He himself, if you follow the usual rules of officialdom promotion, it should be said that the advantage is still relatively obvious. He entered the Wucheng Municipal Party Committee in his twenties. Starting from a small secretary, to becoming a member of the Standing Committee and executive vice mayor, he has always given people a good impression of being modest and cautious, not arrogant or impetuous, and immersed in work. When he was the secretary of the old secretary, he was very favored by the leader, but he never used his power for personal gain, and he had a good reputation inside and outside the secretary circle.

After that, he returned to Wucheng from the province to take charge of agriculture. From a layman who does not understand agriculture to a master's degree in agriculture, he can be called most of the experts, and has won the praise of professionals in the system. Since serving as the executive vice mayor, he has changed the image of a white-faced scholar in the past, and has made bold moves in the fields of urban construction, transportation, land, and planning in charge, running around the ruins and rubble all day long, and has carried out many distinctive highlight projects, and maintained the style and scenery of the ancient city of Wucheng, winning the praise of "local practical mayor" among the ordinary people.

In the eyes of the vast number of government cadres and ordinary citizens, Wang and his people are not as flamboyant and arbitrary as the previous secretary of the government, and they are more tolerant, pragmatic, and low-key than the mayor, so they should be an ideal candidate for mayor. However, the affairs of Huaxia have never been as simple as one plus one equals two, and Wang He's road to mayor is by no means achieved by relying on the superficial impression of grassroots people.

In him, there is another very obvious weakness, which can be said to be quite fatal: after so many years of entering the official career, he has almost no experience in the organization and personnel departments, and he has hardly served as the person in charge of a regional grassroots unit, so he does not have his own mountains and circles like many leading cadres. Such a situation may be an advantage in normal times, with a lot of personnel entanglements and peace of mind, but now when it comes to the need for popularity and power to echo, it has obviously become an irreparable short leg.

At this time, Wang He knew very well that Xiao "was the mayor of the city, and the dozens of members who were loyal to the four sets of teams were already formed, and they could not be easily changed between one thing and another. The most critical point is that the 100 or so responsible persons of various departments and units are recommended for democratic recommendation below. Whether it's an individual conversation or a group assessment, there should be an opportunity to express your opinion. The vote in their hands, if not directly determines the final outcome, will at least affect the direction of the situation. Now, it is crucial to enlist the support of this segment of the population.

"The situation is really not optimistic." After a calm analysis, Wang He once again came to such a conclusion.

"In that case, the situation is indeed a bit pressing." Huang Ping echoed.

"Tell me what you think." Mayor Wang cast a look of trust and encouragement, and as usual, he hoped to listen to Zhenping's opinion first.

"Before the arrival of Director Guan, I did the work of the relevant people, and I tried to fight for as much as I could." Huang Ping said.

"Does it work at this time?" Mayor Wang asked, but it didn't mean that he really doubted it.

"It may not be of much use to some people, but it is definitely useful for others, the key is to take flexible and diverse methods for different objects, one key to open a lock, and each one to break it." Huang Ping is full of confidence. "Oh? Let's be specific. "Mayor Wang is interested.

Huang Ping put forward a plan of "protecting, losing, and fighting". In his view, in recent years, there have been obvious contradictions between the top party and government leaders in the city. Wucheng officialdom has also formed several hills in a clear way, especially the more than 100 leading cadres on the roster in front of them, most of them are clearly distinguished, Secretary Xiao came late, and has not yet formed his own group of people, and now they are either the former secretary of the municipal party committee, or the mayor's election and the party, and there are also some middle wall-riding factions that are flattering and vacillating on both sides.

As far as the current situation is concerned, if the final outcome is really as analyzed now, forming a three-legged trend of Wang He, Du Qiusheng, and Zhao Jiemin, then the distribution of forces will present a more complicated situation. Aside from Wang He, let's talk about Du and Zhao first, the two of them are the mayor and Secretary Xiao, respectively, which has become a consensus among everyone.

Under normal circumstances, the people of the Xiao faction will inevitably support Zhao and reject Du. Although Secretary Xiao has not yet formed his own team, the secretary is a secretary after all, and his influence on the wall-riding faction is naturally much greater, so it is not necessarily less than the number of votes in the hands of Mayor Ren. In this way, Du and Zhao lost a lot of votes first, and naturally formed some opposites. Having said that, things in officialdom are often complicated, and it may not be the case when it comes to voting, scoring, and God's words.

For example, many of Secretary Xiao's wall-riding factions, either out of jealousy, or because they are not satisfied with their ability level, or because they have had some kind of holiday at work, or because of another more complex interpersonal relationship, they do not have a good impression of Zhao Jiemin, but they refuse to vote for Zhao Jiemin. The reverse is true for the Ren camp. Although Zhao Jiemin is a reserve cadre sent by the province. has a double master's degree, but after all, he is young and has little qualifications, and if he wants to ascend to the sky in Wucheng officialdom in one step, he can directly become mayor without going through the executive vice mayor, how can he convince those officials who have worked hard for most of their lives!

The votes that were divided between the two factions of Xiao and Ren could never be easily thrown into the enemy camp, and the most likely thing was that the real wall-riding faction in the middle of the franchise was the most likely to be the one who rode the wall. In this way, the votes that are really sure to belong to Du Qiusheng and Zhao Jiemin may not account for too much of Beizhong.

As for Wang He's side, the current situation is even more uncertain. One of the main reasons, as mentioned earlier, is that Wang He has been an official in Wucheng for a long time, but he has never been the head of a region or department, and he has never had the opportunity to cultivate his own power. After serving as vice mayor for so many years, although he has been in charge of agriculture and urban construction, there are also more than a dozen departments in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, vice-department, fishery, and water, plus now city, transportation, land, planning, and housing.

However, Wang He's cautious, low-key, and modest personality is an advantage and virtue in one aspect, but in another way it is often equated with arrogance, uneasy-goingness, and even cunning. In today's officialdom, whether up or down, left or right, the working relationship is just a surface, or even just a thin layer of skin, and the emotional contact and integration are the inside, and it is the arterial nerve that connects the flesh and bones. Therefore, Wang He may not have a good relationship with these people who have been in charge or are in charge of the departments, let alone know and are close to themselves.

Of course, from another point of view, Wang He kept an equal distance from Xiao and Ren, and usually did not deliberately form a gang, although he failed to form a Wang faction and circle, but he did not form any obvious hatred and enmity, and even won the sympathy and recognition of some upright officials in private. In this sense, Wang He's side is more malleable, and there is more room to fight for.

According to the above analysis and judgment, among the more than 100 units and departments in Wucheng's officialdom, such as Xu Huang, director of the Planning Bureau, are obviously people in Wang He's camp, and they belong to the hardcore royal faction and do not need to worry about the votes in the hands of this group of people. The number of this group of people should be no less than 20 percent at a conservative point. The hardcore votes belonging to Du Qiusheng and Zhao Jiemin are also placed in about 20 percent, so most of the remaining 40 percent of the votes belong to the real wind watching and wall-riding factions that can be won for, which constitutes an important force that can be vigorously fought for.

"How sure is it to win over this part of the population?" Wang He stared at Huang Ping's eyes and said again.

"Very big!" Huang Ping's tone was affirmative. "The current public opinion is obviously favorable to you, Mayor Wang, and most people are actually optimistic about you as the executive deputy of the executive branch. Moreover, a large part of the wait-and-see faction has a certain degree of arbitrariness and a certain speculative mentality. If everyone doesn't care about it and fight for it, they may casually cast their precious votes, which is a waste. However, if we take the initiative to show favor at this time, or even give them some kind of expectation, then the situation will change radically, and their vote will be very purposeful and determined. Moreover, this part of the population is often easy to become a weather vane, which has a great influence and driving effect on the surrounding unspecified people.

"Good! Good! Good! Mayor Wang didn't wait for Huang Ping to finish speaking, and immediately slapped his palm on the table and cheered loudly. Huang Ping, Huang Ping, don't look at your usual non-humming or non-ha, it turns out that there are so many goods hidden in your stomach. It seems that I usually really underestimate you. The ancients said, don't be three days, when you look at each other, today I want to say, Zhuo has a big bird for three years and does not sing or fly, does not sound is enough, a blockbuster, not flying is already, a soaring sky! It seems that the use of you in the future needs to be reconsidered, and you are a person who can take on a big responsibility! ”

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