There were not a few people in the medium-sized bus, except for Lin Dongsheng and Qi Tianxiang in the huge carriage, it was Yang Qunshan and Han Xuebin, chairman of the provincial CPPCC, and Qin Liang, secretary general of the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee, and Zhou Tong, secretary general of the General Office of the provincial government, and the rest of the Standing Committee or vice governors took the initiative to avoid them.

This is the usual way to travel, but also the usual method, the provincial party secretary and the governor appear at the same time, presumably there will be some conversation or exchange, even if there is no private conversation, but it is not suitable for ordinary personnel to be present to observe, although there is no deliberate request, but if it is not for Lin Dongsheng's invitation, all personnel will automatically avoid suspicion.

There is a distance of more than 100 kilometers from Hezhou City to Laizhou City, and even if it is a high-speed road and there are police cars to open the road, it still takes more than an hour. During such a long journey, no one knew what Lin Dongsheng and Qi Tianxiang would say, and what were the things that were not suitable for too many people to know, and they were embarrassed to hear it if they didn't listen to it. The best way is to stay away, and it's not that there is no means of transportation, so why not go to find this uncomfortable.

Since the central government issued the requirements for light vehicles, as long as it is an occasion for multiple people to travel, or an activity that requires multiple people to participate, it is basically a medium-sized passenger car to travel, which has become a conventional rule. Lin Dongsheng also didn't want to be special, he had a special car on such an occasion, but the passengers in the same car made Qin Liang difficult, and a medium-sized passenger car couldn't only sit Lin Dongsheng and Qi Tianxiang, which was unreasonable in any case. The two secretaries-general can accompany them, and the candidates who come down can only be Yang Qunshan and Han Xuebin of the Provincial People's Congress and the Provincial Political Consultative Conference. Other people are really not good at arranging the same car, if you count Xiao Chaogui, secretary of the Laizhou Municipal Party Committee, and Li Qianqian, director of the Legislative Affairs Office of the provincial government, who are going to greet them, they are basically neat, but Lin Dongsheng clearly does not want to greet and accompany them, Xiao and Li have to wait in Laizhou, and a medium-sized bus can only be a few people.

Fortunately, Lin Dongsheng didn't care about this, and after getting on the bus, he simply said a few words of greeting and stopped talking, and then closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, and no one in the carriage spoke. It was only after getting off the highway and entering the Laizhou toll station that Lin Dongsheng opened his eyes, and made a meaningful speech in response to the layout of the environment, except for Yang Qunshan's answer, Qi Tianxiang and Han Xuebin did not respond, which inevitably made the atmosphere in the carriage seem dull, but fortunately, this atmosphere did not last long, and the main venue arrived.

The so-called main venue, which is actually temporarily used as the Laizhou Gymnasium, has only undergone necessary renovations, which seems to be much more organized. Not only the stadium has changed significantly, but the entire surrounding area of the stadium has changed significantly. Qi Tianxiang has an impression of this stadium, and the provincial law enforcement on-site meeting in the spring was held in this venue, but under special circumstances at that time, the scene will not be too grandiose, let alone carefully arranged and operated.

For the city of Laizhou City, although Qi Tianxiang has not come many times, the overall impression is still good. A city based on Laizhou Iron and Steel Group has strong corporate characteristics, strong corporate culture characteristics, and obvious characteristics of enterprise society.

In the period of planned economy, there is no clear demarcation between enterprises and cities, and the enterprises are the cities, and the cities are the enterprises, which have become integrated with each other. Laizhou Iron and Steel is a heavy industry project that focuses on the start of the second five-year plan, is an important plan to meet the demand for steel for machinery manufacturing in Hohai Province, and lays out the industrial development of the entire peninsula region, and is also a heavy industry enterprise that has invested a lot of financial and material resources in the construction. That is, with Laizhou Iron and Steel, all the supporting facilities are also built for the needs of Laizhou Iron and Steel, shops, schools, hospitals, theaters, as well as food processing, clothing manufacturing, textile printing and dyeing, shoes and hats production and other supporting enterprises and facilities, have come into being, so that the urban management functions of enterprises in addition to production are increasing day by day, and gradually forming the characteristics of the city.

In order to alleviate the non-productive work of enterprise management in the city, especially in the vast agricultural areas, and also to better coordinate the production of service enterprises, Laizhou City came into being, but the main function is still service and supporting, but it is only a county-level administrative level, and the giant iron and steel enterprises in the sky, which is not the same level at all. The problem of enterprises managing the city has not been effectively solved, on the contrary, because of the independent institutions of enterprises and the government, as well as the overlap of functions and management authority, conflicts and contradictions between enterprises and the government have constantly emerged.

This situation has lasted for many years, and it has also plagued the provincial and municipal management departments, that is, after the reform and opening up, enterprises have stripped off their socialization functions, and problems and contradictions have been alleviated. However, the problem of large enterprises and small cities was not fundamentally solved, and it was not until Laizhou City was upgraded to a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of the province that the relationship between the local government and enterprises was finally straightened out. The person in charge of the company, who used to be conceited, has undergone a certain change in his attitude and understanding in the face of government officials of the same rank as himself. Especially after the socialization function of the enterprise is handed over to the local government, the dependence of the enterprise on the local government is increasing, and specific things such as education, public security, and life security depend on the face of the Laizhou municipal government.

With the development of urbanization function, Laizhou City, once a county-level city, has also begun to plan a new development path, the urban pattern established around Laizhou Iron and Steel in the past, the situation that there is a city in the factory, a factory in the city, and a factory in the city is not distinguished, has been far from meeting the needs of Laizhou City as a city, and is not compatible with the urban development plan. After the city was upgraded to a prefecture-level city, the first change was to change the area where the steel group is located into a steel city district, and around the steel city district, while transforming and laying out the old city in the past, a new Laizhou urban area was established. The old and new urban areas from the east and west ends, one left and one right will be sandwiched in the middle of the steel city, forming a livable city pattern with steel production as the main body, commercial trade as the auxiliary, coordinated development of agriculture and industry, tourism ecology going hand in hand, and beautiful environment, and has achieved good results in just a few years, and the urban structure has been initially established, becoming the most compact city among the 17 cities in Hohai Province.

But these changes and achievements are all the actions of the team at the beginning of the founding of the city, and they have nothing to do with Xiao Chaogui. If you insist on making some contacts, that is, when Xiao Chaogui became the deputy mayor of Laizhou City, the construction of the new urban area was in full swing, and Xiao Chaogui, as a member of the municipal government team, had participated in the planning and development of the city, which was the biggest achievement.

With the promotion of Xiao Chaogui's position, the focus of work and development ideas are also constantly changing. Just as Lin Dongsheng commented on him, his ability is average, he is very confident, and he likes to follow the trend and adjust according to the situation and policies, and in a sense, there are some great achievements.

It should be said that the planning of the old and new districts of Laizhou City coincides with the best period of economic and social development in Laizhou, and the iron and steel group is in the heyday of hot cooking. Reform and opening up has made the whole society in a period of vigorous development, the great development and prosperity of all walks of life, which has greatly promoted the demand for steel, and the efficiency and production capacity of the steel group have reached the extreme, coupled with the desocialization of enterprises, it has also reduced the investment for the enterprise, and the profit margin and energy efficiency of all employees have become the best state since its completion.

The production and sales situation of the iron and steel group is gratifying, directly bringing about the growth of tax revenue in Laizhou City, the financial money, many things can be planned and started, especially the urban planning and the construction of the new urban area, because of the strong financial support, become smooth and simple, in just a few years Laizhou City three urban areas, have formed a scale, the urban layout is also in accordance with the initial planning into reality.

But there are unforeseen circumstances, and when Xiao Chaogui is ready to pick up his arms and do a big job, the steel situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse, with the establishment of a number of iron and steel enterprises, especially the downturn in the economic situation and the saturation of the market, the steel group has encountered a production and marketing dilemma. In the past, the money bags and cash machines of the municipal government have instantly become a huge burden, reducing staff to increase efficiency and improving efficiency, pushing many old enterprises and workers to the municipal government, especially the service-oriented enterprises that have been stripped off, which is even more difficult to survive, and many laid-off and unemployed workers have become an important hidden danger to the social stability of the municipal government. This is undoubtedly a major problem for Xiao Chaogui, who has just taken up the post of mayor.

In this difficult situation, Xiao Chaogui's main task every day is to raise funds, the resettlement of laid-off and unemployed workers needs funds, the construction of new urban areas needs funds, the stability and development of the vast rural society, but also requires a large amount of capital investment, and what is more terrible is that with the implementation of urban planning and layout, the transformation of the old city has become urgent again, and it has also risen to the political height of the care of the party and the government, and the transformation of urban villages and shantytowns has consumed Xiao Chaogui's huge energy. It also makes it difficult for him to concentrate on what he wants to do.

In the past few years, especially after Xiao Chaogui became the secretary of the municipal party committee of Laizhou City, economic development and social stability have always troubled him, and the contradictory character of being overjoyed and cautious is well reflected in his behavior and work ideas. One will be the construction of a new urban area, to build a livable city with a beautiful environment and ecological harmony, one will talk about the transformation of the old city, so that the people in the old city can enjoy the fruits of reform, one will be to show the beauty and height of the small city with the city tall and straight, and one will be a high starting point and great development of the economy, and one will rank among the top three cities in Hehai Province.

The slogan is not mentioned, the movement is not less, but the changes in Laizhou City have always been tepid, neither striding forward, nor regressing significantly, and it is still the little brother in the cities of the province, and the small city with a medium economy.