Dressed in dark gray clothes and wearing a red leader's badge on their chests, dressed somewhat in the style of the sixties and seventies in China, they walked down the streets of Andong, and although their expressions were natural and their demeanor was upright, passers-by knew at a glance that they were Koreans from across the Yalu River.

Andong is located on the banks of the Yalu River and the Yellow Sea, and faces Sinuiju in North Korea across the river. Due to the frequent exchanges of personnel and materials with North Korea, Anton has become a window for the outside world to spy on North Korea.

Tang Yi is now strolling through the streets of Andong, silently observing this border city.

Tang Yi and Gu Xinming, secretary of the Anton Municipal Party Committee, agreed on Monday, that is, the day after tomorrow, the Organization Department reported that Tang Yi was two days ahead of schedule, hoping to have a preliminary understanding of Anton as an ordinary person.

"Anton's development is good", this is the provincial party committee's view of Anton or Gu Xinming, Tang Yi appeared in front of his eyes the image of the burly, enthusiastic and bold man, the forty-seven-year-old Gu Xinming's first impression of Tang Yi is still good, his speech is sonorous and powerful, and he looks full of energy, not as feminine as most local leaders.

Gu Xinming probably received the notice from the Organization Department and was anxious to understand what kind of people his new team members were, so he took the opportunity of a meeting in Chuncheng to meet Tang Yi. Tang Yi was a little helpless, perhaps the only reason why Gu Xinming welcomed himself was that most of the cadres who had worked in the party directly under the provincial party committee were wide-faced, and they could contribute more to some projects in the city.

With a gurgling stomach, Tang Yi looked at his watch, it was already past twelve o'clock, he glanced at the restaurants on both sides of the street, but turned around and walked towards the river, and came to Andong, how could he not go to the North Korean restaurant to taste the exotic flavor.

The North Korean Hotel is a restaurant opened by the North Korean political axe in Andong, on Binjiang Road, and the girls who work as waitresses in it are all college graduates from North Korea, and they are sent here to work for three years before they can return to China. They wore blue dresses and uniforms, white lapels, white buckles at their belts, transparent white stockings, black wedge slippers, long hair tied up with uniform head flowers, and a smile on their faces.

Most of the restaurants are Korean or Korean dining, Tang Yi ordered cold noodles, bibimbap, cake and spicy cabbage, are very traditional fresh cuisine, cake is very delicious, delicate tendons, sugar to eat the aftertaste, cold noodles are also gluten, just to mix the noodles took a while, the sour and hot taste is far longer than the usual ones.

When the beautiful North Korean lady saw Tang Yi's clumsy noodles, she couldn't help but smile slightly, and asked again: "Comrade, are you here to dine by yourself?" ”

Tang Yi stirred the noodles casually, stuffing them into his mouth, and when he was hungry, he felt that the things tasted very good, not to mention that these Korean dishes were really delicious.

Listening to Miss North Korea's question, Tang Yi nodded, he had heard of this restaurant a long time ago, these North Korean female college students were probably chosen at the school flower level, after all, they represent the face of North Korea, and each of them is very strong, and the political trial is very strict, and some businessmen who came out of Andong by border trade are tired of the domestic Xiaomi, so they set their sights here, money offensive, love tricks, and all kinds of means emerge in endlessly, but let them be full of tricks, these North Korean waiters are not glancing at them.

This makes Tang Yi very impressed, although there may also be factors that worry about the family being implicated, but in order to get rid of the life of poverty, is there less abandonment of husband and children?

Just as she sighed, Miss North Korea smiled and said, "Comrade, wasting is a very bad behavior." ”

Tang Yi smiled: "I will pack it if I can't finish eating, thank you for the reminder." ”

Miss Joseon looked at him in surprise, then smiled and nodded, and went to greet the other guests.

Tang Yi was hungry, and the Korean food was sour and spicy, and the dishes on the table were swept away. At the checkout, Tang Yi took out a hundred yuan as a tip and said, "Thank you, I am very satisfied with your service, this is your service fee." ”

Miss North Korea smiled politely, of course, the service fee has to be handed over to the organization.

Tang Yi had just walked out of the North Korean Hotel not far when he heard someone shouting behind him: "Dude, buddy!" When he turned around, he saw a lean man running out of the hotel and chasing after Tang Yi, he had a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, and his small eyes flashed with cunning, and he looked very shrewd.

"Dude, you're here to trade at the border? Generous, hehe, big business, right? As the thin monkey man spoke, he took out a business card and handed it to Tang Yi, "Sun Xiangqian, general manager of the China-Korea Trading Company" Tang Yi smiled slightly, China-North Korea trade, his tone is not small.

Sun Xiangqian smiled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: "Let's find a place to talk?" seemed to be afraid that Tang Yi would refuse, so he immediately followed: "That Cui Baozhu, I've been thinking about it for a long time, let's exchange experience?" ”

Tang Yi was dumbfounded, and said that the iron buddies had carried guns together and slapped prostitutes together, and it was the first time they had seen chasing women as a topic to get closer to each other, but it did make people feel cordial, if Tang Yi really had the idea of chasing that "Cui Baozhu".

Although Tang Yi was not interested in chasing Miss Joseon, it was not bad to be able to understand Anton's situation from the mouth of a philistine businessman, so he nodded and said, "Then sit down for a while and have a few drinks?" ”

Sun Xiangqian was overjoyed and said, "You come with me, I'll take you to a fun place!" Come, take my car! ”

Tang Yi was stunned for a moment, can he afford a car, and his business is not small?

Who knew that Sun Xiangqian walked to the row of bicycles and motorcycles in the hotel parking lot, gave the parking lot aunt two cents, and launched a Suzuki motorcycle, Tang Yi smiled.

However, listening to Sun Xiangqian say what kind of fun realm to go to, Tang Yi knew that it was not a good place to go, but he couldn't go crazy with him, if it wasn't good, he would be arrested before the new secretary took office.

Sun Xiangqian pushed the motorcycle to Tang Yi's side, and Tang Yi said, "Go to the bar?" ”

Sun Xiangqian smiled: "What bar are you going to?" Come with me, you're satisfied. ”

As he was talking, he saw a police car turning at the intersection not far away, Sun Xiangqian's face changed slightly, and he said to Tang Yi: "Get in the car!" ”

Tang Yi's eyes were so keen, how could he get on his motorcycle at this time, so he smiled and said, "No, let's see you later?" ”

The police car slowly stopped on the side of the road, and several police officers wearing olive green police uniforms got out of the police car, and one of the police officers shouted at Sun Xiangqian: "Stop! The two joint defenses jumped over the iron railing next to the sidewalk and surrounded Sun Xiangqian, but Sun Xiangqian did not run, and said with a hippie smile: "Brother Du, what's the matter?" ”

The police officer surnamed Du ignored him, his eyes glanced at Tang Yi, who was walking forward slowly, and beckoned: "You! Stop me, too! ”

Tang Yi was stunned, but when he saw a joint defense officer running towards him, he had to stand still, screaming in his heart that he was unlucky, and a few casual chats with people could cause trouble.

…… In the sealed interrogation room, there were two cold-eyed policemen sitting behind the table, and the tone was very tough when questioning, but after all, law enforcement was quite civilized, Tang Yi sat on the lonely chair in the field, and inexplicably produced a sense of helplessness.

Tang Yi's handbag was placed on the table, and the RMB and bank cards were poured out, perhaps it was precisely because Tang Yi's handbag had so much RMB that it aroused the suspicion of the police. And Tang Yi's ID card has not been replaced, it is still Yanshan's one.

Tang Yi sighed, fortunately, the relevant documents of the Organization Department are in the hotel, otherwise he would have leaked the bottom, he just came to Anton, and he was arrested by the public security, it is really not a glorious thing, even if he is innocent, but how powerful the rumors are Tang Yi is clear.

I won't reveal my identity for the time being, and as for this little trouble, I will solve it after I take office and smooth out the relationship.

As soon as the iron door of the interrogation room rang and the sound of leather shoes, the two interrogators stood up: "White team." Tang Yi tilted his head slightly, and the one who walked in was a policewoman, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with fair skin, and a delicate goose egg face exuding the charm of a mature young woman.

The young woman police officer, known as the White Team, walked to the table, picked up Tang Yi's ID card and glanced at it, and asked Tang Yi with a frosty face: "Yanshan people, what are you doing here?" Say! Isn't it Sun Xiangqian's accomplice in smuggling?! He's just been recruited! Confession is your only way out! ”

Tang Yi was stunned, this joke is too big, I originally thought that Sun Xiangqian was also a businessman who was not very rude, but listening to the tone of the white team's questioning, it seemed that this Sun Xiangqian was not treated well by the police, smuggling? It turned out to be a smuggler on the border between China and North Korea.

Tang Yi hurriedly explained: "It's the first time I've met him, and I've known him for less than ten minutes, and I really don't know who he is!" ”

The white team said coldly: "That's not what he said, if you don't confess, we will completely accept his confession!" ”

Tang Yi smiled bitterly in his heart, he naturally knew that the white team was deceiving him, but depending on the situation, if he didn't tell the truth, he was afraid that it would be difficult to get out, and if he waited for the public security organs to find out his identity, he would be passive.

Tang Yizheng said how to speak, the phone on the interrogation table rang, the white team picked up the phone, listened to a few words, his face became even more serious, whispered a few yes, and snapped the phone down.

"Let go!" The white team glared at Tang Yi, looking like he couldn't wait to eat Tang Yi raw, Tang Yi felt even more depressed, she was very cooperative from beginning to end, she might have been forced to release her under some pressure, but it was obvious that the account was on her head.

Tang Yi put money, mobile phones and other miscellaneous items into his bag in a regular manner, said goodbye honestly, and expressed his gratitude to the public security organs for their civilized law enforcement, who knew that Officer Bai became more and more angry, in her eyes, Tang Yi's behavior was like a silent mockery of her, and he was deliberately contrived to give herself eye medicine. This made Officer Bai feel depressed even more than the departure of his martial arts, watching Tang Yi and Sun Xiangqian walk out of the compound shoulder to shoulder, Officer Bai's face sank like water, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire.

Tang Yi pushed away Sun Xiangqian's hand on his shoulder several times, but Sun Xiangqian didn't care, he smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, in Anton, Brother Sun is good at talking, let's go to the bar for a few drinks!" ”

Tang Yi smiled: "Another day, I'll call you another day!" Saying that, he broke free from Sun Xiangqian's embrace, Sun Xiangqian laughed and said, "Okay, you must call me, why do I feel that I am in love with you?" ”

…… After Tang Yi reported to the municipal party committee, Gu Xinming held a meeting of the municipal party committee and municipal axe team, mainly to make the division of labor of the standing committee of the municipal party committee, and to introduce Tang Yi to the leaders of the two groups.

Tang Yi's division of labor is urban economic development, united front, Taiwan, overseas Chinese federation, science and technology association, federation of industry and commerce, municipal party committee agricultural office, investment promotion, Qinghe Economic Development Zone, Andong Industrial Park, etc.

Contact the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Economic and Trade Commission, the Bureau of Commerce, the Finance Bureau, the Land and Resources Bureau, the Industry and Commerce Bureau, the Safety Production Supervision and Administration Bureau, the Construction Bureau, the Audit Bureau, the Price Bureau, the Urban Investment Company, the Market Construction Department, the State Taxation Bureau, the Local Taxation Bureau, Geology, Tobacco, etc.

The so-called contact unit is the organ directly under the municipal axe or relevant departments, but under the current system, the deputy secretary in charge of contact is heavier than the deputy mayor in charge of the relevant unit.

Tang Yi is still quite satisfied with his division of labor, as he thinks, according to the important surname of the work, ranked fourth in the party committee, if the entire Standing Committee team is the fifth, second to the secretary, the mayor, the deputy secretary in charge of the party and mass organizations and the deputy secretary in charge of propaganda and ideology, but in the Standing Committee ranking, it is the sixth, and the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission is in front of himHowever, this kind of ranking is a formality, and the Standing Committee's right to speak is not based on the ranking. Moreover, his own work is easier to achieve than the deputy secretary of organization and the deputy secretary of propaganda.

Zhang Zhen will probably not take office until the end of the National People's Congress, and Tang Yi began to observe several of Anton's main Standing Committee members.

Gu Xinming was speaking, his words were sonorous and powerful, even a little domineering, which Tang Yi appreciated the most, but Tang Yi knew that such a superior leader was usually not easy to get along with, because he often couldn't tolerate different opinions.

Mayor Wang Xiaofeng smiled and tasted tea, she is a woman in her forties, in the officialdom, beautiful women often do not get promoted, Wang Xiaofeng is probably a special case, although he is already in his forties and close to fifty years old, but his skin is delicate, his demeanor is graceful and magnificent, and he can vaguely see the demeanor of the year.

Female comrades have an innate advantage as the second-in-command, the team is often smooth, and Anton's team has been running smoothly and orderly, which is probably inseparable from Wang Xiaofeng's cooperation, of course, the negative factor is that the number one is easy to be arrogant.

Tang Yi's eyes turned to Qi Maolin, the deputy secretary in charge of the party and mass organizations, Qi Maolin is a fat man, very fat, always smiling on his face, seeing him Tang Yi couldn't help but think of the former Secretary Tao of Yanshan, but Qi Maolin's smile did not have the kind of stinging eyes that hid a knife in his smile, and chatted with him for a few words, I only felt that this person was very kind, and it was too kind, several deputy secretaries and deputy mayors liked to joke with him, and directly called him Qi Fat.

Jin Xiangyang, the deputy secretary in charge of propaganda and ideology, is a Korean, a little cold, in stark contrast to Qi Maolin, Tang Yi couldn't help sighing, it would be good if he and Qi Maolin's work could be reversed, the city should develop, and it is indispensable for him to deal with the propaganda department in the future, at least Qi Fat Man seems to be easier to speak, of course, it just seems, Tang Yi also knows that the first feeling is actually useless.

At the end of Gu Xinming's speech, there was immediately warm applause in the venue, Gu Xinming picked up the teacup and took a big sip, then turned back to Tang Yi: "Secretary Tang, do you have anything to add?" ”

Tang Yi shook his head slightly, Gu Xinming did not invite himself, the newly arrived Standing Committee, to speak as usual, does it mean that he has completely regarded himself as a cadre of Anton's team? Or has he consciously or unconsciously begun to downplay his existence?

After Gu Xinming asked Wang Xiaofeng and other team members again, he announced the dismissal of the meeting.

…… The main office building of the Andong Municipal Party Committee located in Jiefang Park Road, Andong City, formerly known as the office building of the former Andong Office of the Northeast Bureau, was built in 1952, with a design period of 50 years and has been repaired three times.

Tang Yi's office is on the fifth floor, and the secretary's office is about 30 square meters, which is not as spacious as the office of the provincial party committee's inspection office. You can enter your office directly from the hallway, or you can enter your office through the secretary's room.

Secretary-General Gao Tian led a young man in his twenties and introduced: "Secretary Tang, this is the secretary Wu Gang who is looking for you, wait for you to adapt to a period of work, and then make further arrangements." ”

Tang Yi understood what Gao Tian meant, Wu Gang belonged to the temporary grasp of the strong man, and after working for a while, he had a certain understanding of the secretary of the secretariat, and he could completely name and change the general, and he wanted someone who suited his own heart.

Wu Gang was a little restrained, his face was red, and he looked like he had just joined the work for a short time.

Gao Tian instructed Wu Gang to leave after a few words, and Wu Gang stammered: "Tang, Secretary Tang, I'll help you clean the office." ”

Tang Yi shook his head, the office had already been cleaned, and a few pots of flowers and plants were specially placed to add a bit of vitality to the serious and simple office. Tang Yi knew that this was all arranged by Gao Tian, the secretary general, at least by his subordinate cadres, and it can be seen from the details that Gao Tian, the chief steward of the municipal party committee, has done a very competent job.

"Then, I'll go get you some hot water." Wu Gang stared at the kettle next to the coffee table in the office.

Tang Yi smiled and patted Wu Gang on the shoulder: "Come, sit down and talk a few words." ”

Wu Gang rubbed his hands very nervously, but he didn't dare to sit, Tang Yi sat in the position of the secretary, the chair was a little hard, the sponge of the cushion had been deformed, and the tables and chairs in the office were also used, Tang Yi asked: "Here, whose office was it before?" ”

Wu Gang stammered: "Yes, it is the secretary of the Central Organization Department, the earliest, the first to hear that the old secretary works here." ”

Tang Yi saw that he was still nervous, so he smiled and said, "Xiao Wu, you look like this, but you can't find your own Chang'e!" ”

Wu Gang was stunned for a moment, then understood what Tang Yi meant, his face turned red, and said, "I, I have a partner." ”

Tang Yi smiled: "Isn't it beautiful?" Schoolmate? ”

After chatting a few words, Wu Gang gradually relaxed, but asked and answered with Tang Yi, and chatted with Wu Gang about Anton's big and small affairs at will, Tang Yi smiled and said: "You don't have experience as a secretary to any leader, I'm also just coming to Anton, and the two of us together really become a pair of blind people, so ah, I can't use you!" ”

Wu Gang was quite sensible, although he was a little disappointed, he was still very grateful: "Thank you, Secretary Tang, I also feel that I am not very mature, then I will call the secretariat." ”

Tang Yi nodded slightly.

After Wu Gang called, Gao Tian came after a while, and Wu Gang also said goodbye in a timely manner.

Gao Tian explained: "Secretary Tang, although Wu Gang has only been in the secretariat for three years, he was already a deputy section-level secretary last year. ”

Tang Yi smiled and nodded, Gao Tian was indeed thoughtful, the secretary is the most personal person to the leader, and he often ends up with the leader in both glory and loss. And for his new secretary, he should naturally use a more innocent new secretary, if he is an old fritter who has been mixed in the secretariat for many years, Gao Tian is worried that he will have any doubts, and Wu Gang was a deputy section-level secretary last year, and he was promoted to the main department for a period of time, and Wu Gang naturally became his own intimate person, which once again reflected the wisdom of Gao Tian's office.

Tang Yi said: "Thank you, Secretary-General, it's not that I don't like Xiao Wu, but I also told him that I just came to Andong and am relatively unfamiliar with my work, so I hope that the Secretary-General can arrange an old comrade with rich work experience for me." Please, Secretary-General. ”

Gao Tian smiled and said, "That's it, I'll arrange it." ”

Tang Yi knew that Gao Tian might not be able to guess his thoughts, and he must choose an old agency as his secretary, then he might have a time bomb planted around him, and his every move would not escape the eyes of others.

Tang Yi didn't care, because in a short period of time, he didn't have any secrets that couldn't be disclosed, and no matter who was the secretary, during the time when he had just taken over the work, his every move was probably under the microscope, and it would be visible.

The new secretary Gao Tian was looking for for Tang Yi was called Lin Guozhu, Si Swen, wearing a pair of glasses, very thin scholar, thirty-two years old, deputy section-level secretary, Tang Yi was also satisfied when he saw it.

However, after chatting with Lin Guozhu, I found that he is not as bookish as he looks, his speech is very smooth, and his little pony farts are not visible, which makes people listen to it pleasantly but do not feel numb.

Of course, Tang Yi will not despise him, but appreciate him a little, talking has always been a profound art, and in a position like Lin Guozhu, observing words and emotions should be like instinct, as the leader's secretary, many times, some words do not need to be said by the leader, he should know how to do it, and solve problems for the leader when the leader is silent, which is also a kung fu.

However, Tang Yi is strange that with Lin Guozhu's qualifications, why has he not mentioned the main department, there are many regular departments in the early thirties of the municipal party committee organs, of course, in the city-level organs, the number of departments in the main department is numbered, but the deputy department is a hurdle, and there are only a handful of cadres in their early thirties, as for the department-level cadres under the age of forty, in Anton, there is only one family, and there is no other semicolon.

Chatting with Lin Guozhu, Tang Yi remembered the phone call of Tang Wandong, Anton's former second uncle, and he said with a smile on the phone: "There are three countermeasures to manage a department, which are 'widows sleep, and there is no one below'; 'Miss sleeps, and frequent changes are required'; 'Husbands and wives sleep, and they want their own people to poke their own people'." ”

At that time, Tang Yi laughed, but Tang Wandong said very seriously: "Don't be patronizing and laughing, you should think about the philosophy behind these indecent aphorisms." ”

Tang Yi was naturally pleased that the second uncle talked about his experience in mixing with officialdom, but he knew that the second uncle's philosophy of officialdom was a bit extreme, and the experience could be absorbed by himself, but if he copied it completely, it was not suitable for him.

The main work of the first day was to look at the relevant documents and learn about the situation of the department in charge of the department. Lin Guozhu is very particular about his sycophants, but he is also meticulous in his work, and he classifies Tang Yi's documents into categories, which is very pure. Sure enough, according to his classification order, it was much easier, many documents that originally looked a little stiff, but when they were looked at in the order in which he arranged, they suddenly became clear, and the responsibilities of several intersecting units were quickly completed.

When the time came to get off work, no member of the Standing Committee came to look at him and say a few words of concern, as if his arrival did not cause any ripples in Anton's team.

However, Gao Tian, who was the chief housekeeper, called over, just concerned about Tang Yi's accommodation, euphemistically explained that the housing of the municipal party committee was tight, and asked Secretary Tang to be wronged in Xinhua Hotel for a while.

In fact, this is just a kind word, for Tang Yi, who is single, staying in Xinhua Hotel is comfortable and convenient, and it is really comfortable.

Although the Xinhua Hotel affiliated to the reception office of the Municipal Party Committee is not graded, the environment is elegant, the decoration is chic, the suite where Tang Yi stays is located on the eleventh floor of the top floor, the entire floor is not open to the public, and more than 20 suites are specially reserved for the use of the Municipal Party Committee.

After hanging up Gao Tian's phone, Tang Yi said to Lin Guozhu: "Let's have a light meal together tonight!" I'm in for a treat. ”

(To be continued)