Liu Fei belongs to the kind of person who is resolute and resolute. Especially when Xie Wendong mentioned that the combustible ice project would be launched soon, Liu Fei's excitement was incomprehensible, because he knew very well what kind of changes the combustible ice project would bring to Xishan County! Thinking of that change, Liu Fei's heart was full of longing and expectation.

The combustible ice project is a super-large project, and it is expected that the total investment will require tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of funds, and only in the start-up stage, it will take about 2 billion yuan. Liu Fei is not too worried about the funds, because there is Xinyuan Group behind him. What really excites Liu Fei is that the launch of this project will directly solve the problem of overpopulation and lack of arable land in Xishan County, at that time, tens of thousands of people are needed for infrastructure construction alone, at least for a full year, when the infrastructure is completed, it is the problem of recruitment, and the start of the combustible ice project can solve the work problem of tens of thousands of people at least. The launch of the combustible ice project will inevitably drive the construction of other related supporting industries and infrastructure, so that most people in Xishan County will not worry about work. The living standards of the people of Xishan County will also be improved because of the launch of this project.

So that night, after dinner, Liu Fei asked Heizi to prepare the car, took Xie Wendong with him, and the three of them rushed to Nanping City, the provincial capital, overnight. Early the next morning, Liu Fei appeared in the office of Xu Guangchun, the secretary of the provincial party committee.

Xu Guangchun was reading the documents, but when he saw Liu Fei's bloodshot eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and asked his secretary to pour Liu Fei a cup of tea. Only then did he say to Liu Fei: "Why did you come so quickly, you didn't sleep last night, okay?" ”

Liu Fei smirked and said: "Hehe, it's okay, I'm in good health, but I'm very anxious about the combustible ice project, Secretary Xu, who is the capable person you mentioned to me yesterday, I want to visit him as soon as possible, the combustible ice project will start one day earlier, and the people of Xishan County will get out of poverty one day earlier." ”

Xu Guangchun shook his head with a smile and said, "Liu Fei, do you know? What I appreciate most is that you are willing to do things and do practical things! But this time, I'm afraid you're in big trouble! The person you are going to meet is a veteran college student in the 80s, very arrogant, and has suffered a lot of blows in officialdom in the past few years, and now he has lost all his thoughts, and he hates officialdom to the core, and there have been many large companies that want to hire him out of the mountain, but all of them have been rejected by him. ”

When Liu Fei heard this, he couldn't help frowning, but his eyes were full of fighting spirit, as a person in the officialdom, the first element of officialdom survival is to identify talents, recruit talents, and control talents. Liu Fei is not worried about whether the other party is difficult to invite now, the most worried is whether the other party is a talent, as long as the other party is a talent, Liu Fei does not mind following Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched house, thinking about it a little, Liu Fei said cautiously: "Secretary Xu, can you introduce me to what kind of person this person is?" ”

Xu Guangchun nodded, first called the secretary over, told him not to receive any guests within half an hour, and then carefully introduced this capable person to Liu Fei: "I introduced this capable person called Zhuge Xian, has always regarded himself as a descendant of Zhuge Liang, he graduated from Tsinghua University in the 80s of the last century, and later studied for graduate school in the Institute of Nuclear Energy and New Energy Technology, and worked in Shengli Oilfield for more than 10 years after graduation, in the mid-nineties, as an expert talent introduced by Hexi Province, He was assigned to serve as deputy general manager of Hexi Energy Group, and two years later, he was promoted to general manager, with the rank of director. During his six years as general manager, the provincial energy group has leapt from an enterprise on the verge of bankruptcy to a large-scale key enterprise in the province, with an annual turnover of billions of yuan. ”

Hearing Xu Guangchun say this, Liu Fei's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of joy, all those who have great talents are some people who can turn things around, from this point of view, this Zhuge Xian is a real capable person.

Xu Guangchun continued: "Around 2002, a paper order, Zhuge Xian was dropped to the provincial CPPCC to be the most idle and has no real power of the deputy department-level researcher, and this Zhuge Xian personality is arrogant, he is very dissatisfied with this order, repeatedly to the leader to declare that he does not want to be transferred, and then the leader annoyed him, so he said: If you want to do it, you will do it, and if you don't do it, you will leave." This Zhuge Xian was really stubborn enough, so he resigned from his official position at that time and went home. ”

Liu Fei was puzzled at this time, and asked, "Why do you want to transfer him away at this time?" ”

Xu Guangchun smiled bitterly: "It's not because someone is eyeing this piece of fat, billions of dollars a year, many people have long been red-eyed, but this Zhuge Xian is a master who does not enter the oil and salt, when he is in power, no one's hand can be inserted, so some people joined forces and directly took him down, and came to a bright rise and a secret descent, the level is to mention him to the deputy department level, but the right is gone." Hey, some of our officials don't think about doing things for the people at all, they only focus on their own interests. ”

Liu Fei felt a little more sympathetic to this Zhuge Xian in his heart, this Zhuge Xian is very talented, but unfortunately he is not particularly proficient in officialdom, so he can only suffer a dumb loss!

"How's he doing?" Liu Fei asked.

"I heard that after I resigned, I started a small business on my own, and my life was very hard. That's why I recommend him to you, because he never put a penny in his pocket during his tenure as general manager of the energy group, and he was paid a real salary. And his wife is not in good health, and she has to provide for the children to go to college, so now life is tight. Hearing this, Liu Fei felt a little bit in his heart, it seems that this Zhuge Xian was a rare clean official when he was in office. And if you want to do something, you have to use such people. So Liu Fei has already decided that he will invite this person out of the mountain this time.

Then, Liu Fei and Xu Guangchun reported on the development planning of the new energy project, and Xu Guangchun affirmed it, and when he left, Liu Fei said with a smile: "I will go to Governor Li to report it too." ”

Xu Guangchun nodded with satisfaction: "Go ahead, you kid is finally starting to do things now." ”

Liu Fei smiled and immediately slapped a sycophant: "That's not thanks to Secretary Xu's guidance." ”

Watching Liu Fei's back disappear at the door, Xu Guangchun's eyes were a little more appreciative, and now he looks at Liu Fei, as if the more he looks at it, the more pleasing it is, remembering the embarrassment that he met Liu Fei for the first time, he was vomited by the drunken Liu Fei, Xu Guangchun couldn't help laughing.

When Liu Fei came to Li Kaifu's office, Li Kaifu was very happy, he had already heard from the secretary that Liu Fei had gone to Secretary Xu's office to report to work, and Secretary Xu announced that he would not see guests for half an hour in order to see Liu Fei. At that time, Li Kaifu guessed that something important must have happened, and now when he saw Liu Fei coming, he knew that Liu Fei had begun to do things now, and it was also unprecedented for the secretary to pour Liu Fei a cup of tea, after Liu Fei thanked him, he told Li Kaifu about the start of the new energy project and the difficulties he faced, and then mentioned the candidate recommended by Secretary Xu to Li Kaifu, what Liu Fei didn't expect was that Li Kaifu smiled after hearing the name Zhuge Xian, and said: "Liu Fei, This Zhuge Xian is indeed a rare talent, you really want to work hard, let me provide you with a message, Zhuge Xian has a son named Zhuge Cong, graduated from college last year, and has not found a stable job until now, and I heard that he is preparing to get married recently, you can work hard in this regard. ”

Liu Fei was overjoyed, when he came out of Secretary Xu's office just now, he was having a headache how to do Zhuge Xian's work, and he didn't expect that he actually got such an important news from Governor Li, so Liu Fei was naturally grateful to Governor Li, and at the same time, he was also very satisfied with his behavior of reporting to Governor Li, and said that he really had to report to the leaders often in the future.

It was already about 10 o'clock in the morning when they came out of Governor Li's office, Liu Fei, Heizi and Xie Wendong went to find a place to eat something first, and then sat in the car and thought about how to invite Zhuge out of the mountain.

Xie Wendong saw Liu Fei's sad face, and said in surprise: "Boss, isn't it just to invite someone?" Why do you worry about being like this? ”

Liu Fei smiled bitterly: "You don't know, when I went to report to Secretary Xu and Governor Li before, the two of them had a positive attitude towards this Zhuge Xian, which shows that Zhuge Xian is indeed very capable, but the two of them also mentioned that this person is very arrogant, not greedy for money, not lustful, where do you say we should start?" ”

Xie Wendong smiled, "I remember there was a popular saying on the Internet, "This person is not perfect, as long as he is a person, he has desires, the key is to see if we find the right desires of each other." When he said this, Xie Wendong seemed to be very casual. Because he knows too little about things in officialdom, he just wants to express his opinion.

However, when he finished speaking, Liu Fei felt that he was in the haze, as if he had caught a glimmer of light, but specifically, he couldn't catch it, but after listening to Xie Wendong's words just now, Liu Fei's confidence became stronger again, and he said with a smile: "Wendong, you are right, there is no flame mountain in this world that cannot be passed, I believe that I can invite him." ”

When the three of them were talking in the hotel, the weather outside the window suddenly changed greatly, the originally somewhat gloomy weather suddenly became more gloomy, the sky over the whole city seemed to be covered with a very large black cloth, the light disappeared at once, and the gusts of wind also joined in the fun, began to roar, after a while, large snowflakes were scattered from the sky, and after a while, the ground was covered with a thick layer of cotton.

When the three of them came out of dinner, they were all stunned, what a white world! You know, it's the end of March, and it's rare for it to snow in Nanping at this time!

As the snow fell, the weather was a bit overcast. Xie Wendong tightened his neckline to prevent the wind and snowflakes from pouring into his clothes, and said with a frown: "Boss, I don't think I'll visit that Zhuge Xian today, let's talk about it tomorrow, I think this snow has no intention of stopping!" ”

Liu Fei shook his head firmly and said: "No, we must make a quick decision, and invite him out of the mountain one day earlier, so that our project can be started one day earlier, and the people of Xishan County can get out of poverty one day earlier." ”

Heizi didn't say a word from beginning to end, but when Liu Fei's words fell, Heizi started the car and sped away according to the address provided by Liu Fei during the meal.

I have to say that Kuroko's driving skills are quite good, along the way, because of the snow, many cars are driven carefully, but Kuroko is still driving at a normal speed, and the other drivers are dumbfounded.

In the car, Xie Wendong was still complaining: "Boss, you said it's all this weather, can people see us?" What if they don't see them? ”

Liu Fei said with a smile: "If we have sincerity, we can do it." ”

The car was parked at the entrance of the residential area of the dormitory of the Provincial Energy Group.

Liu Fei came to Building 2, Unit 1 of the community, climbed down the stairs to the fifth floor, took a look at the room, and finally stopped in front of the door of room 501, and looked up, it was a very thin green security door, the green paint had been mottled and peeled off, and it looked very old.

"Doodoo, doot!" Liu Fei knocked on the door very politely, knocked for a long time, but no one came out to answer, which made Liu Fei very puzzled, and said in his heart that it was this time, why didn't he come out to open the door, wouldn't the address that Secretary Xu gave me was wrong?

When Liu Fei was anxious, the brand-new black-painted and sturdy security door of 502 next door opened, and a woman in her fifties poked her head out and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Liu Fei said with a smile: "This aunt, let's look for Mr. Zhuge Xian, don't you know that this is his house?" Why didn't anyone come out? ”

The woman smiled and said, "You are not looking for a wrong place, but at this time, Zhuge Xian is busy?" ”

"Busy? It's snowing heavily, what is he busy with? Xie Wendong asked in surprise next to him.

The old woman sighed and said, "Hey, isn't this Zhuge Xian's son going to get married?" Zhuge Xian doesn't have a lot of money at home, so he has been out of his old face for a while now, selling pancakes and fruits at the gate of the community! ”

When Liu Fei heard this, he immediately remembered the old couple he saw when he entered the gate of the community, it turned out that they were Zhuge Xian and his wife, Liu Fei immediately thanked the women, and then turned his head and ran downstairs.

Before arriving at the gate of the community, Liu Fei saw the pancake stall at the entrance of the community from a distance, in front of the pancake stall, an old man in a gray down jacket and a wife were standing in front of the pancake stall, guarding the stove to bake the fire there, large snowflakes fell on their bodies and heads, but they didn't have time to wipe it, the old man was even shouting to the passers-by on the side of the road against the wind and snow: "Pancake fruit, pancake fruit." ”

When they got closer, Liu Fei saw that the faces of the old man and his wife were frozen red, and their mouths kept coming out of the heat, and at this time, seeing Liu Fei and Xie Wendong and the two of them entering, the old man shouted at them: "Young man, let's set pancakes and fruits!" ”

Liu Fei saw that although the old man was making pancakes and fruits, he was wearing an unusually clean body, and the leather shoes on his feet were even brighter, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little more sour, this is a dignified former general manager of an energy group, he saved a company on the verge of bankruptcy with the strength of one person, and now it ended up with such a miserable ending, is it his fault? If he stretched out his hand even a little at that time, driving a car and living in a villa now would definitely be a piece of cake, but he didn't do it, can you call him stupid?

Liu Fei's smile was a little reluctant, full of sadness, and his voice was a little choked and said, "Come to 3 sets." ”

When the old man heard about the old business, he immediately shouted happily: "Okay, 3 sets of pancakes and fruits!" While shouting, the old man skillfully waved the spoon, beating the eggs, and after a while, 3 sets of pancakes and fruits were ready, the old man wrapped Liu Fei and handed it to Liu Fei, and said with a smile: "Each set is 2 yuan 5 cents, a total of 7 yuan 5." ”

Liu Fei took the pancake fruit, took out 10 yuan and handed it to the old man, and said, "Uncle, don't look for it." ”

The old man smiled, unhurriedly took out 2 yuan and five cents and handed it to Liu Fei and said, "Young man, I understand your kindness, but when I do business, it's about fair trading, not greed." You can take this change. ”

After watching Liu Fei put it away, the old man began to yell at the passers-by again.

Liu Fei handed the pancakes to Xie Wendong, then rubbed his hands and said, "Uncle, let me take the liberty of asking, are you Mr. Zhuge Xian?" ”

The old man was stunned, looked at Liu Fei and said puzzledly: "It's true that I'm Zhuge Xian, but young man, we don't seem to have met, right?" ”

Liu Fei nodded and said, "Uncle Zhuge , I am Liu Fei, the county magistrate of Xishan County, Hengyang City, and I came today to invite you out of the mountain. We hope you can help us run a large energy project. ”

However, Liu Fei didn't say it's okay, Liu Fei's voice fell, and the old man Zhuge Xian's face sank suddenly, and his voice became very indifferent, and said: "I'm sorry, you may have found the wrong person, I don't know what the Ministry of Energy is." With that, he turned his head and shouted at the passers-by again.

When Liu Fei looked at it, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed in his heart, especially Xie Wendong, he himself is a returnee and a super arrogant person, and he said in his heart that you old man is too ignorant of lifting, do you know who is standing in front of you? This is not an ordinary person, can you compare to me in terms of talent? Just kidding, the chairman of LeBron Group, the second largest consortium in the United States, personally invited me to develop in their group, I didn't agree, and in the end I didn't follow Boss Liu, you can't even compare with me, the days are mixed like this, and you dare to play with Boss Liu, damn, it seems that I can't scold you anymore, thinking of this, he stepped forward and shouted: "Hey, old man, who do you think you are, what kind of is here, I'll tell you......"

As soon as Liu Fei heard it next to him, he knew that it was going to be bad, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover Xie Wendong's mouth and pulled him aside, and said angrily: "Stay here, don't speak." ”

Xie Wendong glanced at the old man a few times unconvinced, but because of Liu Fei's face, he could only endure it.

Liu Fei walked to Zhuge Xian's side again, and said apologetically: "Uncle Zhuge I'm sorry, my brother is not very good-tempered and can't speak, I apologize to you here, you see if you can do this, I bought all your pancakes and fruits today, delay you a little time, let's sit down and talk." ”

However, Xie Wendong's words just now had already angered Zhuge Xian, and he sneered and said: "I'm sorry, County Magistrate Liu, I'm just a small trader who sells pancakes and fruits, I'm really nothing, you must have found the wrong person, as for you saying that you want to buy all my pancakes and fruits, I'm sorry, I don't sell them, because my pancakes and fruits are sold to those who need it, not to you bureaucrats." The thing I hate most in my life is bureaucrats! ”

After speaking, Zhuge Xian turned his head again and raised his voice to sell his pancakes to passers-by.

At this time, the wife next to Zhuge Xian said to Liu Fei: "Young man, let's go, our old man is stubborn, he won't talk to you, and many people from large and medium-sized enterprises have come to ask him to be the general manager, and he has pulled people out of the house." Hey, my heart is sick! After that, the wife sighed and shook her head, put her hand on the stove and began to start the fire.

"Hmph, it's all mixed up like this, what are you pretending to be! Boss, let's go! Let's not be angry with him, it's a big deal to let Xinyuan Group send someone directly! As he spoke, Xie Wendong, who was already angry, pulled Liu Fei past him and walked outside.

When Liu Fei saw this situation, he also knew that today's closed door was settled, so he could only sigh and follow Xie Wendong towards Heizi's car.

When Liu Fei and the others left, Zhuge Xian frowned, and said softly: "Xinyuan Group, these people are so big, what kind of project are they?" ”

At this time, Zhuge Xian's wife said: "Old man, I said when can you change your temper, you talk about you, so many people come to invite you out of the mountain, you just refuse, now it's good, your son is about to get married, this is not even enough money for a wedding car, you say this is not a hurry!" If you want me to say, this young man who came today is stronger than everyone who came before, you see, such a big snow, people have come to visit you in person, why don't you think about it? ”

However, Zhuge Xian shook his head lightly and said, "You don't understand the things in officialdom." Even I don't quite understand. ”

The next day, the heavy snow still did not mean to stop, the whole Nanping City was shrouded in a white snowflake, lying on the bed in the hotel, Xie Wendong buried his head in the quilt and asked: "Boss, are we going back today?" ”

At this time, Liu Fei was already dressed and said very firmly: "Go, of course you have to go, hurry up." ”

However, when Liu Fei, Xie Wendong, and Heizi walked out of the hotel together, they found that the snow on the ground was more than a foot thick, the traffic had already been paralyzed, and the wheels of the cars were half gone.

Xie Wendong saw this situation and turned his head to look at Liu Fei: "Boss, the car can't be driven, shall we still go?" ”

Liu Fei shook his head resolutely, and said in a firm tone: "Go, you must go." ”