Entering the room, Qi Tianxiang did not sit down immediately, but watched Xiao Zhang quickly clean up the ashtray and teacup on the coffee table. First, they brought a few ashtrays to the bathroom, emptied the cigarette butts, washed them back, and put them back on their respective coffee tables. Then I carefully picked up a few teacups, still went to the bathroom to pour out the residual tea, washed the cups and put them in the sterilizer. In the end, he picked up Qi Tianxiang's own teacup, poured out the residual tea, poured a cup of boiled water after washing, and put it on the sofa coffee table where Qi Tianxiang was sitting.

Everything seemed to be orderly and orderly, and in just a moment's effort, the living room was cleaned up by Xiao Zhang. Qi Tianxiang watched Xiao Zhang's back and forth without saying a word, until Xiao Zhang was busy with all this, picked up a towel to wipe the coffee table, then slowly walked to the sofa and sat down, slowly looked at Xiao Zhang and asked, "No one came over just now, right?" ”

Hearing Qi Tianxiang's question, Xiao Zhang stopped what he was doing, looked at Qi Tianxiang and replied: "Secretary Tao Ran Tao came once, and when he saw me and Secretary Hou's secretary Xiao Huang standing outside the door, he came over and chatted a few words before leaving. Secretary-General Zhou also came to see it and told me to inform him of anything on your side. No one else came. ”

Qi Tianxiang listened to Xiao Zhang's answer, smiled slightly, and then asked again: "Didn't Wang Tongjun show up?" ”

"I don't see it." Xiao Zhang looked at Qi Tianxiang, replied simply without thinking, and then added: "Since you started talking with Secretary Hou, Secretary Huang and I have been standing outside the door and waiting, and we haven't seen him coming. ”

"Maybe I didn't dare to come, maybe I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to take his turn, but it seems that I still have a hint of fantasy! Then let him wait! Qi Tianxiang said meaningfully, and instructed Xiao Zhang: "You don't have to be busy, come over and rest early!" I still have to read some information in the evening, so you and Xiao Wang will leave me alone. ”

Xiao Zhang heard Qi Tianxiang's gentle words and knew that Qi Tianxiang was going to work all night again, so he asked with concern, "Do you need me to ask the restaurant to prepare some supper?" I'll send it to you in a moment. ”

Qi Tianxiang was very satisfied with Xiao Zhang's meticulousness and thoughtfulness, so he said lightly: "No need, there will be a lot of things tomorrow, and I won't watch it too late here, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

Xiao Zhang waited for Qi Tianxiang to finish speaking, nodded lightly, quickly wiped the coffee table, slowly retreated, and closed the door casually.

As the door closed, the room fell silent for a moment, and I felt that the room was more empty. This is the feeling that Qi Tianxiang had as soon as he entered the door in the afternoon, and at this moment he pressed Qi Tianxiang more violently, so that he had to stand up, walk slowly to the door, and press a row of switches on the wall one after another, and all kinds of lights in the room were lit up, making the entire reception room as bright as day, adding to the feeling of emptiness and loneliness, Qi Tianxiang turned off all the switches irritably, leaving only the ceiling lamp in the room, and it felt slightly better.

Qi Tianxiang slowly walked back to the sofa, but he didn't want to sit down, but paced slowly in the room, but the irritability in his heart did not diminish at all, but became stronger. Qi Tianxiang knew that irritability had little to do with this large reception room, and he also knew where it came from, but he could only blame it on the extravagance and spaciousness of the room against his will.

Over the years, Qi Tianxiang has lived in many hotels, with the promotion of his position, the specifications of the rooms are getting higher and higher, standard rooms, suites, and assembly rooms have been lived, but the room like the one he is in now is the first time to see it. Unlike all the extravagant furnishings and decorations of the tall rooms, this luxurious room is not only extravagant in decoration, all the walls are made of the same mahogany panels, and from the bottom to the top to the roof, they are all the same planks, forming a whole, which looks like a piece of wood if you don't look closely.

With the exception of the reception room, the walls and roofs of several other rooms are the same, with wooden walls and wool sheared carpets, making the reception room, the main and auxiliary living rooms, the gymnasium, the recreation room, the study, all the rooms form a whole. It was supposed to be the regulation of a family or a team, but now there is only Qi Tianxiang alone, and the silence and loneliness oppress Qi Tianxiang, making his mood even more depressed and depressed.

The irritability did not subside with Qi Tianxiang's pacing, but with Qi Tianxiang walking from the reception room to the bedroom, from the gym to the entertainment room, several rooms walked down next to each other, not only the irritability was still there, but also added a lot of anger. It's hard to believe that I am in a small county in the mountains far from the provincial capital, and it is even more difficult to believe that this is still a national-level poor county.

What other people's rooms are like, Qi Tianxiang is not clear, just the so-called standard room of Xiao Zhang opposite his room, which is significantly different from the standard room of one room and two beds in a hotel in a simple sense, the room is nearly twice as large, and the bed is nearly half wider than the bed in the general room, the room is in addition to the basic facilities such as TV cabinets, sofas, coffee tables, etc., as well as computers and refrigerators, as well as disinfection cabinets, wine cabinets and other facilities, not like a hotel room, if there are no two necessary beds, it is simply a tea room and hotel private room.

And Qi Tianxiang's luxury room is more luxurious and exaggerated, the reception room is like a small conference room, the Chinese classical mahogany sofa around the room is elegant and elegant, the leather seat cushion is heavy and noble, the mahogany coffee table and the mahogany flower stand, and the mahogany wall is integrated, making the whole reception room like a huge mahogany exhibition hall, the dark red wood texture tone is dignified, it looks simple and elegant, revealing a heavy retro atmosphere.

The reception room is very large, the bedroom, the gym, the recreation room, as well as the study and the auxiliary bedroom, form a whole, and the utensils used are all hard wood, although not all of them are mahogany materials, but there is no lack of huanghuali, sandalwood, etc., and the rooms are characterized by large, which seems empty and stretched.

Walking down, Qi Tianxiang seemed to be tired, slowly sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette and smoked slowly, time was always reminding Qi Tianxiang that what he needed to do most now was to turn on the computer and explore the truth of the matter in his e-mail. But I think so, but my body is always reluctant to move, let alone see anything.

In fact, there is no need to look at it, Qi Tianxiang also knows what will be in the mailbox, Yan Yong's relationship with Beijing has sent him a message back, informing him that the information has been sent to the mailbox, just waiting for him to open it. But Qi Tianxiang didn't have such an impulse, on the contrary, he resisted a little, just like he refused Wang Ping's introduction.

From the excavation to the refining of the rare mineral resources in Guishui County, to the final direction, from Han Zizai's mouth in the afternoon, Qi Tianxiang already knew a rough idea, and also understood that the black hand that stretched out to these precious metals was either rich or expensive, and it would involve very complex entanglements of interests. This can be intuitively felt from Han Zizi's fearless confrontation with Tao Ran, coupled with Hou Zhehai's rendering around the circle, which further intensified Qi Tianxiang's impression. Intuition told Qi Tianxiang that he is now facing the biggest crisis since he entered politics, not only at the economic level, but also at the political level, which is likely to affect his present and even the future.

Why did Hou Zhehai come, when he first saw him appear in the VIP room with Wang Ping and Liao Yong, Qi Tianxiang was still a little puzzled, a deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, did not ask for instructions, did not report, and did not even greet him, and was willing to violate the organizational principles and political discipline and appear in Guishui County, which is far away from the provincial capital, his own motives are a little unbelievable. When Hou Zhehai came over to chat in the evening, Qi Tianxiang gradually felt that things were not simple.

What does Hou Zhehai have to do with this matter, this is Qi Tianxiang's first consideration. For Hou Zhehai's city government, Qi Tianxiang knows a little about it, and he can lower his body frame and blow on his own camera, which is very difficult in Hou Zhehai, unless it has a far-reaching purpose, so that Hou Zhehai can do this, whether it is self-esteem or self-esteem, it is impossible.

But it really happened, and Hou Zhehai went around and around, hoping that Qi Tianxiang would turn a blind eye, or avoid it, or pretend to be deaf and dumb, and let the environmental protection department of housing construction deal with it. This also shows the complexity of the matter and the difficulty of dealing with it.

What Qi Tianxiang can say, just like what he can do now, is to wait, although the language of answering Hou Zhehai is straightforward and frank, but he also knows that it is not enough to deal with these tricky things by courage alone, and resistance and interference will appear more and more as the truth of the incident is revealed. Hou Zhehai is just a lobbyist, and the role he can play is only that, and the pressure will follow, which cannot be avoided no matter what.

Hou Zhehai is easy to deal with, after all, he is a member of a team, and he is constrained by organizational discipline and terms of reference, even if he can't get over his face, it is not enough to interfere too much, and with the deepening of the incident, Hou Zhehai or Wang Ping is already difficult to play a greater role, and higher-level figures will come forward, or instruct relevant personnel to exert pressure on the handling of the incident.

Although Lin Dongsheng did not say it clearly on the phone, he also expressed his attitude, that is, if necessary, Qi Tianxiang could put the responsibility on him, and he would rather sacrifice his future to protect Qi Tianxiang. This can also be seen that Lin Dongsheng knows the inside story of some incidents, even if he didn't know it before, at least through Tao Ran's report, he knew about the huge crisis he was facing.

Thinking of Lin Dongsheng's conversation with himself in the morning, Qi Tianxiang had such a judgment, if Lin Dongsheng knew the inside story of the matter in advance, then his blocking would not be objected to, and he would resolutely push Luo Jian to the forefront. It can be seen that Lin Dongsheng doesn't know more than himself, at least not more than he knows now.

With such a judgment, Qi Tianxiang didn't want to open the mailbox even more, although there were not many ways he could choose, but he could take a step-by-step approach, first solve the matter of cyanide pollution of the Guishui River and the Qinghe River basin, and then approach the matter of rare metal deposits step by step. In this way, we can not only respond to the crisis, but also wait and see how things unfold.

Thinking of this, Qi Tianxiang seemed to be relaxed, and the irritability in his heart was slowly relieved, he extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, slowly stood up, and decided to do nothing at night, sleep peacefully, and do it according to his own ideas tomorrow morning.

Master gambling is not only about seeing moves, but also about sticking to your own path and forcing your opponent to change your moves, so that you can win in danger.

Faced with the impending crisis, Qi Tianxiang felt as if he had seen the dawn of a solution.