When Qi Tianxiang and Lu Shanzun walked into Liu Zhengguo's office together, Liu Zhengguo was giving instructions to the office director, his demeanor and tone were very stern, as if something had not achieved the expected purpose or effect, and he was very angry and dissatisfied.

Seeing Qi Tianxiang and Lu Shanzun enter the door, he felt a little surprised, hurriedly stopped speaking, and waved his hand to let the office director go out first, and then hurriedly walked out from behind the desk, saying as he walked:

"In the morning, Secretary-General Li Guoqiang called, saying that the two of you are going to come to the ministry to greet you, and Director Wang will not do anything, so he agreed. Can't we think about problems from an open perspective, within the scope of service, and guide our own actions? It seems that we are a higher-level organizational department, can override the first-level party committee and government, can arbitrarily give orders, and make people look up, when will this bureaucratic style be completely changed? ”

When will we be able to make them understand that the service of our functions not only serves the overall situation of the central work of the provincial party committee, but also serves the organizational and personnel work of the grassroots units, and only when we understand this truth, can we truly eliminate the stubborn disease of being difficult to enter the door and having an ugly face, can we truly change our work style, and realize the overall work requirements of the provincial party committee for us to be close to the grassroots and serve the grassroots. ”

"Minister Liu is too polite, in fact, the two of us have gone all the way, except for the armed police soldiers who are guarding and asking us to show our documents, there is no situation where the door is difficult to enter and our faces are ugly!" Qi Tianxiang smiled, looked at Liu Zhengguoxiang and pretended to be serious and said: "This is actually not to blame Director Wang, the key is that Lao Li did not explain it on the phone yesterday, so there was a mistake in the meeting." If we had just done it according to the old practice, would these problems still arise? It is also appropriate for us to come over to greet us, one to show respect, and the other to unify the time and planning, so that it is more convenient to work? ”。

Qi Tianxiang's words were gentle and appropriate, and he seemed sincere and friendly, which not only maintained Liu Zhengguo's face, but also eased the embarrassing scene of seeing him angry just now, Liu Zhengguo was very happy, and motioned to Qi Tianxiang and Lu Shanzun to sit on the sofa, and then turned around and took the tea cup handed by the secretary, slowly put it on the coffee table in front of Qi Tianxiang and Lu Shanzun, smiled and made gestures, and asked the two to sit down and drink tea.

Then he turned around, looked at the secretary and said solemnly: "Which side do you contact Deputy Secretary Hou, tell him which side Secretary Qi and Secretary Lu have come over, temporarily rest and wait on my side, see where he is prepared, if you can go, please let me know at any time." ”

After the order, Liu Zhengguo seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, looked at Qi Tianxiang, and said with a kind smile: "It's still early, the two secretaries, please be calm and don't be impatient, and when Deputy Secretary Hou is ready, let's go." ”

"We don't have anything to do with it, as long as it doesn't affect Minister Liu's work!" Qi Tianxiang looked at Liu Zhengguo seriously and said, "It's also that we came early, and we are also afraid that we will make a mistake late." ”

Qi Tianxiang glanced at Lu Shanzun as he spoke, exchanged a knowing look with each other, and then faced Liu Zhengguo, and said with a smile: "I am also familiar with you, so I came directly to you, it stands to reason that Comrade Shanzun and I should go to you and Hou's Secretariat to greet you and Hou respectively." ”

"It's all old guys for so long, why be so polite, Deputy Secretary Hou and I are not noble, and we also know the way to the Hezhou Municipal Party Committee." Liu Zhengguo seemed to be polite, and as if explaining, he said with a big grin: "Deputy Secretary Hou has just come over for a short time, and the time for communication is relatively small, Comrade Tianxiang has been in contact with the Standing Committee a few times, and Comrade Shanzun wants to be unfamiliar, but it doesn't matter, it would be good to communicate more later." ”

"Thank you Minister Liu for the invitation, you will inevitably trouble you in the future, you are not only the provincial leader, but also the old leader of the Hezhou Municipal Party Committee, and the overall political, economic and social work of Hezhou City needs more guidance from you." Lu Shanzun smiled and said heartily: "Just like Comrade Tianxiang just said, you are familiar with the road here, and it is naturally more convenient to come and go. ”

"It's good to cook, you can come and go often, and there are not so many restrictions, it's very convenient." Liu Zhengguo's face instantly became gloomy, but it only took a moment to return to normal, and he sighed slowly imperceptibly, and said faintly: "It's still an old friend and a newcomer!" ”

The change in Liu Zhengguo's expression did not escape Qi Tianxiang's keen eyes, knowing that Lu Shanzun's words were inadvertently echoed, which caused Liu Zhengguo's unhappiness in his heart, especially his sour and self-deprecating words, which showed his heart at the moment, so he smiled knowingly and said: "Whether it is the front yard or the back yard, convenience is the last word, and it is reasonable to facilitate work, I think this is what Minister Liu said, and we have to step up to understand the intention." ”

Qi Tianxiang seemed serious, but in fact, the intention of finding Lu Shanzun under the steps was obvious, Liu Zhengguo completely understood what he meant, so he looked at Lu Shanzun, who was slightly embarrassed, grinned generously, and seemed to show his lenient attitude, and then looked at Qi Tianxiang, and said slowly: "In the future, I hope that the two of you can come and sit on the way, don't forget where the door of my office opens." ”

Qi Tianxiang quickly adjusted his thoughts, thinking about how to deal with Liu Zhengguo's words, but he couldn't find suitable words after searching his stomach, so he had to meet Liu Zhengguo's gaze and smile faintly, knowing in his heart that Liu Zhengguo's sour words at this moment contained a lot of complex meanings, and it was really not something that could be relieved in one sentence or two.

Originally, Liu Zhengguo's goal was the position that Qi Tianxiang would take on, although age is the biggest shortcoming, but steady and mature, many years of experience in the administration of prefectures and cities, especially the outstanding achievements of the provincial capital city leader, can still make up for the lack of age, and such a precedent is not without precedent, the central government for a large economic province like Hohai Province, seeking progress while maintaining stability has always been an important principle, and it is also an important guideline for the selection and use of cadres. After Chen Nengliang stepped down as governor of Hohai Province, in the face of Lin Dongsheng's stubborn disease of lumbar vertebra hyperplasia, as well as the current situation of gritting his teeth and insisting on work, the overall situation of the province's work really needs a comrade with rich work experience, familiar with and understanding of the provincial conditions and economic characteristics of Hohai Province, and superb political wisdom to be responsible for and lead the overall situation.

Compared with all aspects, Qi Tianxiang has a certain ability to work, young and courageous, and has a strong sense of knowledge structure and overall situation, and has a strong training and latecomer strength, but the only deficiency and deficiency is the accumulation of experience and practice, after all, the time in charge of Hezhou City is not long, and there is no experience in managing and leading economic work, such a jump is not only not conducive to the stable development of the overall economic and social situation of Hohai Province, nor is it in line with the overall idea of the central government for the development of Hohai Province.

Positive operation, the news from the top is very exciting, the tendency is also obvious, although the game in the dark is very intense, for a period of time the balance is still tilted towards him, but the situation is almost instantaneous subversive changes, the speed of rapid change is simply unexpected, not only the views of all parties unanimously point to Qi Tianxiang whose advantages are not obvious, and soon make the central and local to achieve unprecedented unity, it seems that the strength of the local and central high-level forces at the same time, forming a joint force, and finally divided the game between him and Qi Tianxiang.

Qi Tianxiang was discouraged by the feedback from all sides, and Qi Tianxiang was recognized by the central high-level precisely because he was young and energetic, with a professional knowledge structure and a keen attempt at economic work, and of course, Hezhou City's efforts to highlight people's livelihood and pay attention to the improvement of social customs, which were in line with the political intentions of the central government and were unanimously praised. Especially the strong push of the ruling and resigned veteran cadres in Hohai Province, of course, it is inseparable from Lin Dongsheng's positive attitude, which makes the balance instantly tilt to which side of Qi Tianxiang is.

Although the defeat in the game made Liu Zhengguo very angry, but the shortcomings in comparison still made him gradually relieved, after all, the younger is related to the stability of power in Hohai Province in the next few years, or longer, this is a consideration of political intentions, and the central government's vision is longer-term, which is a reality that cannot be discognized. But what I never expected was that after the defeat of the game with Qi Tianxiang, greater blows followed, not only the hope of seeking the position of the provincial government was dashed, but also the substantiation of the position, and the attempt to go up one step further was difficult to achieve, and the central government soon parachuted a party affairs expert cadre, who served as the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee that had been vacant for a long time, so that Liu Zhengguo did not slow down for a long time, and he could not figure out what the crux of the problem was, why the loss and the struggle for power, and the loss of power and the straightening out of the position.

More than a month has passed, but Liu Zhengguo's feeling is that the blow happened yesterday or now. Therefore, the mood during this period is extremely bad, either angry or sour.

After Qi Tianxiang smiled faintly, Liu Zhengguo didn't know what to say, and for a while, the atmosphere in the office solidified, gradually solidifying, and it seemed that it would soon freeze into solid ice and become a solidified eternity.

Fortunately, Liu Zhengguo's secretary walked in at the right time, whispered a few words in his ear, and after the secretary finished speaking, the smile on Liu Zhengguo's face seemed to be resurrected, and he also found a way to thaw the atmosphere, slowly stood up, looked at Qi Tianxiang and Lu Shanzun, and said with a slight smile: "Deputy Secretary Hou has already left the office, and now he is waiting in the car downstairs." ”

Liu Zhengguo spoke, he didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave the office, slowly walked to the hanger next to the desk, slowly took the scarves, coats, and hats handed by the secretary one by one, and slowly put them on one by one, and then invited Qi Tianxiang and Lu Shanzun to go out and go downstairs with great interest.

Qi Tianxiang and Lu Shanzun patiently waited for Liu Zhengguo to change his clothes and dress, not only glanced at each other, but they were both disdainful, especially in Qi Tianxiang's heart, while disdainful, there was also a faint contempt, just because Deputy Secretary Hou went out to wait first, it can make Liu Zhengguo's mood change so obviously, it can be seen that his heart is not as strong as the external performance, not even powerful.