The meal was selected at the Fengzeyuan Hotel on Zhushikou West Street, which was renovated from the Fengzeyuan Restaurant with fifty or sixty people, and was once known for the central leading comrades' special love to dine here, but Zhao Guodong did not like the dishes here very much, and Lu cuisine was not the type he liked.

In the face of Liu Yan's strength, although Liu Ruotong was very reluctant, but probably because he was unwilling to expose the discord within the family in front of outsiders, Liu Ruotong still behaved relatively restrained, but the cooperation between her and Zhao Guodong was still not hot, so Zhao Guodong felt that even if he had another drill with Liu Ruotong, fortunately, Cai Zhengyang and Liu Yan thought that the two young people were a little stiff in front of the two brothers who were a lot older, and they didn't get up much. However, I still feel that the relationship between the two does not seem to be as warm as imagined, and it is not as hot as it is said.

Cai Zhengyang likes the dishes of Fengzeyuan very much, and Zhao Guodong doesn't like seafood such as shark fin and fish maw, even if it is a famous dish of Lu cuisine, Zhao Guodong has no interest, but he just wants not to show his flaws in front of Cai Zhengyang.

Zhao Guodong, who had just left after dinner and left with Cai Zhengyang, received a call from Liu Ruotong, reminding him that he must follow tonight's performance standards tomorrow, which made Zhao Guodong quite depressed.

"Guodong, this girl is good, her temperament is a little colder, but it's okay, although the reputation of the children of the Liu family is mixed, but it is also ruined by one or two unscrupulous children, Liu Zhongda's family has always had a strict family education, and it is also quite well-known in the diplomatic circles, and your age is not too young, so" Cai Zhengyang did not say anything thoroughly.

"Brother Cai, this progress is not too fast, right? I've only known her for half a year, and I've had a few noodles and a few meals, so such a hasty and hasty decision is also irresponsible for myself and the other party, isn't it? Zhao Guodong said cautiously: "I have discussed it with her, and I still think it is more appropriate to contact each other for a period of time to increase mutual understanding and affection." ”

"I didn't ask you to do anything right away, the man should get married, the woman should get married, you will be twenty-eight in the new year, and the girl will be twenty-five or six, right? Even if you advocate late marriage and late childbearing now, you are not early marriage at this age, right? Cai Zhengyang glanced at Zhao Guodong and said leisurely: "I don't know how much time you mean by this period of time?" ”

Zhao Guodong's scalp was numb and said: "Uh, we think that we will be familiar with and cultivate our relationship for a year or two, and then we will think about marriage, Brother Cai, are you too anxious, even us"

"Gordon, what are you kid thinking? Still waiting a year or two? What is your current status? You are already a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, a deputy department and bureau-level cadre, do you understand? If you don't even have a family, how can you convince your superiors of your maturity? Cai Zhengyang looks like he hates iron but not steel.

"Or you think I'm nosy, but I'm doing it for your good! You have laid such a foundation, and your political performance and official reputation are not bad, why don't you want to think about competing for progress? Only when you stand in a higher position can you feel your own insignificance will be more and more eager to have a bigger stage for you to display your own talents, I believe you have now felt this, from the temporary deputy county magistrate to the current Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the District Party Committee, during which I believe you have impressions and feelings, here I don't need to say more, you think about it yourself. ”

Of course Zhao Guodong knows it. It's just that if you have to sacrifice your own life of happiness in exchange. Indeed, he was a little unwilling. What's more, he is not alone in this matter. Liu Ruotong is also facing this dilemma. I don't know how she copes?

"Cai. I will think about it carefully. But. I don't want to make such hasty decisions. A lifetime of things. I think it's more prudent and responsible for both sides. It's also better. Zhao Guodong did not flinch.

Cai Zhengyang shook his head. Say no more. He also knew that he was an outsider on such matters. External pressure always works through internal factors. He himself did not want to. No one can help it.

"Brother Cai. Has the Ministry of Energy basically finalized the matter? Zhao Guodong is also concerned about this issue. The Ministry of Energy has moved from division to integration. and from merging to dividing. Now it's a critical time again.

"What the hell are you doing with these things? Divide and merge. Merge and divide. That is also the result of the country's economic development and management concepts are constantly changing. The National People's Congress (NPC) is already studying this issue. I guess there should be a rough plan. Cai Zhengyang did not answer clearly.

"Is it because the people in the Ministry of Coal are very opposed?" Zhao Guodong pondered and asked.

"Huh?" Cai Zhengyang glanced at Zhao Guodong, and he didn't hide much in front of Zhao Guodong, "Your ears are quite long, not only the Ministry of Coal, but now CNOOC and Sinopec are just as unwilling to see it."

Established, the same is true of the Ministry of Electric Power, the entanglement of departmental interests is the main factor, and the national interests need it, hmph, they are not short-sighted, they are also stupid, but too smart. ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid that some people are smart but are mistaken by smart, Vice Premier Hong is not a master to be messed with, and what he believes must be carried out to the end, doesn't he have a famous saying, he has no hesitation, and he will die." Zhao Guodong chuckled.

"Alas, the Ministry of Energy is really able to be established, and it also takes a process to really play a leading role, and the purpose, role, function, responsibility and rights must be tested to shoulder the role of this heavy burden, which is not an easy thing." Cai Zhengyang shook his head, "the Economic and Trade Commission under the Department in charge of the energy industry is actually a complete ornament, not playing a role at all, with the situation changes, we must have unified management of our energy industry, otherwise this decentralized management will affect our future energy policy formulation, which is unacceptable for a country with rapid economic development and increasingly strong energy demand." ”

"Reform, it is inevitable to touch the interests of some vested interests, it depends on whether you have this exception." Zhao Guodong looked at him levelly, "For the sake of national interests, everything must give way." ”

"Well, this is also my point of view, and it is also the view of Vice Premier Hong, reform will inevitably pay some price, but for the sake of long-term interests, labor pains are also inevitable." Cai Zhengyang seemed to think of some other questions, and he had an enlightened way.

"Labor pains are inevitable, but the family can do more to alleviate the pain." Zhao Guodong followed up with a sentence.

"Oh?" Cai Zhengyang turned his head to Zhao Guodong in surprise.

"The pain of state-owned enterprise reform has begun to appear, which will greatly affect social stability, but also bring considerable negative effects on reform and opening up, the trend of reform and opening up is inevitable, but the country should be able to do some things for them, such as the establishment of unemployment and employment insurance mechanism and the minimum living security system, the social re-employment system and the skills training system to keep up, and improve the establishment of these systems to ensure the basic living needs of laid-off workers and ordinary citizens as soon as possible, which can largely avoid the sharpening of contradictions. In particular, with the undeniable reality of economic development and the intensification of the gap between the rich and the poor, failure to do a good job in this regard is very likely to increase social turmoil, highlight the instability of the social situation, and bring trouble to the cause of reform and opening up. ”

Cai Zhengyang fell into deep thought, he was not in charge of state-owned enterprises, but after all, he had also experienced the pilot reform of state-owned small and medium-sized enterprises in Andu, and had personally experienced the difficulties and confusion faced by those laid-off workers.

But this is not a problem of two enterprises, the pace of reform of state-owned enterprises in the country continues to advance, the contradiction will be more prominent, the laid-off group will be larger, if the country wants to fundamentally solve the problem or develop the economy, but this is a long-term process, during this period, this group also needs the state to undertake their basic living security and re-employment training, and this is not a small project, as Zhao Guodong said, it will be a rather grand systematic project, It's not that he is alone, and it's not even a leader who can solve it with a pat on the head.

Taking a breath slightly, Cai Zhengyang nodded lightly: "Guodong, you can think so far, it's very good, the country will have to take this step sooner or later, it's better to go late than early, but the country also has difficulties, first, the reform of state-owned enterprises is still very controversial, although the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has determined the major policies, but the specific implementation still needs to be implemented after the convening of the Ninth National People's Congress next year, I am also anxious in my heart, but some things are not in a hurry, and if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, we can only find a way to build momentum in public opinion in the early stage, Do some more preliminary preparations, wait for it to be determined, and then push it away. ”

Zhao Dong also knows that this can only be the case, now the government and the theoretical circles on the direction of the reform of state-owned enterprises is still not a small controversy, at this time I am afraid that even Vice Premier Hong is not much sure in his heart, after all, China's national conditions are indeed too unique, there is no precedent to follow, but there is no precedent to move forward, only by deepening the reform, in order to further untie the shackles, release the productive forces, only in this way can China's big ship really enter the sea.

At this time, Zhao Guodong also faintly felt that Cai Zhengyang was trying his best to promote the matter between himself and Liu Ruotong, to a certain extent, you need to realize your own career dreams, you must not resort to external forces to achieve it, and there are various sources of external forces, and marriage may be the most convenient and direct one.

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