Old Man Wu shook his head and smiled. Thinking that Xia Xiang could always ask the point, he said: "Of course I encourage him, he contributes to the Wu family, and his way of doing things is no longer in line with my principles, he is also the only fulcrum of the Wu family, and he must be supported up." However, I propose to adopt a winding approach, and it is not necessary to have a tough attitude to win it, but to use force to fight, to propose an exchange, or even to win the position of secretary general of the provincial party committee as a guise, and at the last moment to change his attitude drastically, in exchange for the position of deputy secretary of the municipal party committee. It's a pity that Caiyang still didn't listen to my advice, and he was determined that he had gained a firm foothold in the capital, and he always felt that the political contest was still based on strength first, and he forgot that a Politburo member was lost by a vote when he voted on the Standing Committee, and ended up ruined! ”

Xia Xiang suddenly gasped!

Old man Wu is really powerful, if Wu Caiyang follows the old man's idea. Now the candidate for deputy secretary of the Yan Municipal Party Committee is definitely the Wu family! However, Wu Caiyang was stubborn and self-serving, and he had to stand up for strong forces, but as a result, he provoked the alliance of the three families, and in addition touched the interests of the high-level central government, and finally ended up with nothing, which was also a painful lesson.

Jiang is still old and spicy, if Wu Caiyang suddenly proposed a quid pro quo to the central high-level before the formation of the three alliances, giving up the candidate for the secretary general of the provincial party committee, in exchange for the position of deputy secretary of the Yan Municipal Party Committee, the high-level people are afraid of the power of the Wu family, and Wu Caiyang will be given a step down, and Wu Caiyang only needs to reveal a little to the Fu family, and is willing to support Fu Xianfeng as the mayor of Yan City, on the surface, it seems that he has suffered a loss, but in fact he has actually benefited.

But Wu Caiyang admits to death, and he doesn't know how to be flexible, or in other words, he can't pull it off, and it is reasonable to have today's defeat. Old Man Wu sat idly by, and also hoped that Wu Caiyang would learn a lesson from it, and not let the Wu family gradually go downhill because of his personal ability.

Xia Xiang still sincerely admires Old Man Wu's thinking, and he is really the first person to plan the situation, thinking from the big picture. But starting small, eating away at other people's forces little by little, and encroaching on territory, it is the clever strategy of hiding from the world and crossing the sea to be used to a very skillful realm.

In contrast, Wu Caiyang's aggressiveness and strong are exactly the style of the second generation of officials, and he thinks that he has a strong family power to support him, so he is naturally too lazy to use roundabout tactics again, and directly wants to bully others, but he still underestimates the situation and overestimates his own strength.

In fact, Wu Caiyang's approach is the same as that of many second-generation officials in later generations who use power to oppress people, and the rich second generation who use money to smash people, why is it difficult to inherit family businesses in China? Why are there countless official second generations, and there are few people who can get ahead in the end? Most of them rely on the big trees of their parents to take advantage of the cool generation, and then the next generation is basically unknown to everyone, because they are used to bullying others, and they are used to thinking that if they have money, they have everything, but they are not used to using their brains.

Throughout the ages, wisdom has always been the first condition for victory.

The United States is so strong, the first in the world. It is not a flaunt of force everywhere, but the means of dividing, co-opting, and borrowing strength to fight only by adopting the means of being invincible in the world. In the Middle East, relying on one Israel will make the entire Arab country sit on pins and needles, in Asia, Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN will be used to encircle China, and in the Far East, several small European countries will be used to arrange anti-alienation devices, so that Russia will be on its back, and the whole world will be under the layout of American wisdom, like something in a bag, not to mention using Taiwan to balance China, and only need to sell some old and outdated weapons to Taiwan, which will not only make money, but also make the descendants of Yan and Huang fall into the inner bar.

Only the Americans, who are less than 300 years old, can use the strategic wisdom of the ancient Chinese so skillfully, but we are discarding the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors, and we have to pick up the so-called tricks that the West has long abandoned.

Wu Caiyang's move, not to mention losing the watermelon and picking up the sesame seeds, is simply empty-handed, nothing to gain, and a complete defeat!

Old Man Wu is now no longer in charge of the affairs of the Wu family for the time being because of his illness or other reasons, or he may have intended to gradually let Wu Caiyang control the overall situation. It's just that Wu Caiyang is too self-righteous, and he doesn't use the experience of the ups and downs of officialdom in his life to learn from it, but instead deliberately follows his own ideas. Wu Caiyang is stubborn or not. It was the personality that led to the final fiasco, and for the old man, it is estimated that it is also a mixed blessing.

The good news is that if Wu Caiyang can draw lessons from this, win without being arrogant or discouraged, regain a clear understanding of the situation, and make a decision in the face of major choices in the future, he will judge the situation and make a decision, this failure will only be a painful loss of the throne of the secretary general of the provincial party committee, and there is nothing to worry about, and he will slowly recover his interests in the future. The worry is that if Wu Caiyang still does not learn from the pain, but instead intensifies his desire to save face or justice, the Wu family has a short-sighted helmsman, that is, an aircraft carrier, and there is a possibility of sinking.

Xia Xiang also shook his head helplessly, and sighed secretly, Wu Caiyang has always been not very compatible with the old man, and he has not returned home for more than ten years. Maybe even Ruohan's character is inherited from Wu Caiyang, and she is also at odds with her father, and she is even incompatible with the entire family, which is okay. Lian Ruohan met him, slowly consumed her personality, and she was a woman again, after having a child, Xia Xiang felt that Lian Ruohan's personality was much gentler, and her heart was all on the child, and she was very indifferent to power and fame, and her personality did not develop in the direction of becoming more and more stubborn

Men, especially those who are obsessed with power, may often reveal a forbearant and tolerant side of their personality before they reach a high position. The purpose is to win the hearts of the people and consolidate their power. Once he ascends to a high position, the self-respecting and arrogant side of his personality will be extremely inflated, and he will not allow others to say half a bad word about him, and even shape himself as the first person who has never been seen before or since, as if he is the only god-like existence in thousands of years of human history.

Although Wu Caiyang is not so arrogant, he does not accept other people's opinions, and even ignores the old man's proposal, which is also a manifestation of self-confidence to a certain extent.

Gao Chengsong, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Yan Province, when he first arrived in Yan Province, he was also down-to-earth and diligent, and also made outstanding contributions to the development of Yan Province, which was also recognized by many people. Later, after taking over as the secretary of the provincial party committee, because he was appreciated by the first person at that time, he began to expand his individualism viciously, relying on his high position and power, ignoring party discipline, acting arbitrarily, and finally embarked on the road of serious violation of discipline.

I believe that Mr. Wu has been immersed in officialdom all his life, has seen many ups and downs of provincial and ministerial-level officials, and has also witnessed the time when figures at the level of Politburo members are also ruined, he knows the cruelty and seriousness of politics, and understands the application of balance in politics.

Sure enough, Old Man Wu greeted the warm sunshine, but let out a long sigh: "There is a gap between Caiyang and me, and there is no closeness between him and Ruohan, if you can get close to him and let him trust you, maybe you can persuade him on the side and do less battle of will!" ”

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and big families are no exception. Old man Wu has worked hard all his life, but none of his three sons have been able to catch his eyes. Seeing that the huge foundation may gradually sink, how can he not be heartbroken?

The vicissitudes and heaviness of Old Man Wu made Xia Xiang's heart pound!

It's just that Xia wants to know that under the appearance of Old Man Wu's seemingly true feelings, maybe it is an untraceable performance that he has practiced in his lifelong political career, but no matter what, the old man still has expectations for him, or hopes that he can join the Wu family, whether he really wants him to assist Wu Caiyang, or whether he likes his ability, the old man meets him today and talks to him, in fact, it is almost the same as he expected, he wants him to look at family affection and stand with the Wu family.

Xia Xiang really can't stand with the Wu family, his position is very firm, as early as when he met Lian Ruohan, when he initially heard that there was a family force, he didn't think about using the family power to take the road of official career. Now, when he has a deeper understanding of the family power and has a certain network, he knows that it is not his original intention to be attached to the family power.

Seeing that it was almost noon, and before he knew it, he and the old man had been sitting on the chair for an hour, Xia Xiang reached out and helped the old man: "It's still very cold, old man, don't sit outside for too long." ”

Seeing that Xia wanted to avoid talking about the question just now, the old man knew that he still didn't impress him, and felt a slight regret in his heart, but his face did not show it, but pointed to the door with his hand: "Let's go, go to the house to drink tea, and be quiet." ”

said that it was drinking tea and meditating, maybe the old man thought that he was because he had an opinion on Wu Caiyang, and it was a battle of will, Xia Xiang didn't say it clearly, nodded in response, and helped the old man into Lian Ruohan's villa.

An hour later, Xia Xiang stood at the gate of the villa, watching the old man's car go away, but his heart was calm. Tea is good tea, it tastes sweet, the words are good words, and it has a lot of meaning, but it has always been out of tune and out of sync. When he left, the old man's eyes were hard to hide the disappointment, Xia Xiang didn't say anything, some things were reluctant to come. Even if he agreed to the old man, if he had to get close to Wu Caiyang, and wanted to influence Wu Caiyang, he might get the opposite effect.

Let's take a look and talk about it, there is still a big gap between Wu Caiyang and him that needs to be crossed, and he can't be in a hurry.

Xia Xiang was stunned in the villa alone for a while, so he called Mei Xiaolin again.

When she arrived at Mei Xiaolin's house, Mei Xiaolin had already asked for leave and came back early, Xia wanted to knock on the door, and saw Mei Xiaolin holding Mei Ting's hand, standing at the door, waiting for him with a light smile.

Mei Ting has grown a lot taller.

Mei Ting, who was dressed like a flower, kept rolling her eyes, looked Xia Xiang up and down a few times, and said crisply: "Hello uncle!" ”

A "uncle" called Xia Xiang was full of emotion.

Xia Xiang squatted down and stretched out his arms: "Come, let my uncle hug me." ”

Mei Ting glanced at Mei Xiaolin, hesitated and refused to come, Mei Xiaolin said gently: "Tingting, let your uncle be your godfather in the future, okay?" ”

"Why is it a godfather, not a father?" Mei Ting, who is a few months younger than Lian Xia, speaks very clearly and very pleasantly because she is a girl, which makes Xia Xiang feel excited.

Mei Xiaolin glanced at Xia Xiang with infinite resentment, and Xia Xiang answered: "Because godfather can't always be by your side, he can only take time to come to see you, so he is godfather." ”

Mei Xiaolin also said: "It's better to have a godfather than not to have a father, isn't it?" Call Godfather! ”

"Godfather!" Maybe it was out of yearning for his father, maybe it was really blood thicker than water, Mei Ting finally let go of Mei Xiaolin's hand, threw herself into Xia Xiang's arms, and after calling sweetly, she leaned into Xia Xiang's ear and whispered, "I'll call you dad in the future, okay?" Goddad doesn't sound good, I don't like it. ”

His daughter's little careful thinking made Xia Xiang's heart flutter, he hugged Mei Ting tightly, and whispered in her ear: "Okay, in the future, it will be a little secret between us, and we are not allowed to tell others, okay?" ”

"Okay." Mei Ting was happy, and stretched out her pink fingers, "Fishing on the hook for a hundred years is not allowed to change!" ”

Xia Xiang hooked up with Mei Ting, and when she peeked, Mei Xiaolin smiled on her face on the side, and there were tears in her smile, which were clearly happy tears.

Then, sit down and talk to Mei Xiaolin.

Mei Xiaolin's work in the Central Committee of the Youth League is unremarkable, usually some trivial and uninnovative work, because she has no intention of pursuing a career, she doesn't feel anything, anyway, it is better than being idle at home and having nothing to do.

Mei Xiaolin wore a professional outfit, dressed very neutrally, without any makeup on her face, and her face was plain. Maybe it's because of the good mood, and it's slightly radiant. Among the few women Xia wants to know, Mei Xiaolin is not the most beautiful, her figure is not the best, and her skin is also above average, in comparison, she seems to be the most featureless, but in fact, she still has many things that others are not good at.

First of all, Mei Xiaolin's personality is the most direct, compared to Lian Ruohan's boldness, she is rarely polite to Xia Xiang, whether it is angry or deliberate, anyway, she is not swayed by Xia Xiang, and Xia Xiang has no way to take her, so in Xia Xiang's eyes, Mei Xiaolin's straightforwardness reveals a bit of commendable cuteness.

Secondly, Mei Xiaolin's beauty is not intellectual beauty, nor is it charming, but a very clean beauty. When I first met Cao Shumu in the summer, Cao Shumu had short hair, which gave people a very capable and neat beauty. Of course, now the Mucuna girl has long hair, which adds a lot of women's style. And Mei Xiaolin has always had short hair, when she first met her, and now she has given birth to Mei Ting, too. Her short hair, her neutral dress, and her plain face without makeup at all give people a very sunny and tranquil feeling.

Also, compared with before, Mei Xiaolin has more of the brilliance of maternal love, less resentment and white-snatching, and is much more indifferent when she speaks, so she has more of a strange woman's taste.

Xia Xiang secretly sighed, the power of life to change a person is very huge, Mei Xiaolin is mature, more feminine, and at the same time, she is much calmer, it can be said that she can now feel at ease with the trivial work of the Central Committee of the League, which is very beneficial to her future growth.

The first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League is now Zheng Sheng...... Zheng Sheng is considered a third-tier person in the regimental system, because when Xia Xiang was reborn, he had just served as the secretary of the provincial party committee of Xiangjiang Province, was a member of the Central Committee, and had not yet entered the Politburo.

But Zheng Sheng was born in 60 years and is only 44 years old! If a 44-year-old senior ministerial-level official says that he has no political future in the future, no one will believe it. When Zheng Sheng served as the secretary of the provincial party committee, he was only 50 years old. The 50-year-old feudal official, who was only 55 years old five years later, entered the Politburo is almost a foreseeable result.

Moreover, he is a person who has always been very important in the group.

Xia Xiang asked tentatively: "How is Zheng Sheng?" Have you been in contact with him? ”

Secretary Zheng ...... People are very kind, easy to talk, wear a pair of glasses, speak slowly and softly, and are easier to deal with. Mei Xiaolin glanced at Xia Xiang suspiciously, thinking that he and Zheng Sheng didn't know each other, so it could be said that he couldn't beat the eight poles, how could he care about Zheng Sheng's personality? I couldn't figure it out, but Xia wanted to ask, and she still replied carefully, "I have been in contact with Secretary Zheng a few times, and he is very kind to everyone. ”

"I suggest that you report to Secretary Zheng more in the future, walk around with Secretary Zheng more, and ask him for more instructions, which will be beneficial to your future growth." Between him and Mei Xiaolin, Xia Xiang didn't need to hide it, and directly said what he thought in his heart, "Secretary Zheng will definitely start from the governor in the future, if Secretary Zheng appreciates you, he will ask you by name when he leaves, and your career path will be broad." ”

Mei Xiaolin looked surprised, and after a while, she glared at Xia Xiang dissatisfiedly: "Are you I concerned about my future, or do you have ulterior motives?" Did my uncle also say that I have a great future in the future? I'm not very interested in career development, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

It is true that Mei Xiaolin has family power to rely on, but the domestic political situation will be more complicated in the future, with the group, the princelings, and the hidden family forces, and then some high-level people from the grassroots, which is almost a four-way game.

"It's a pity that you don't go into politics, I think if you are an official with your heart, you are no worse than others, well, no worse than other female officials." Xia wants to tell the truth, Mei Xiaolin is beautiful, but she is not as touching as Lian Ruohan, nor is she gentle and lovely like Cao Shumu, nor is she charming and seductive like Xiao Jia, the above three women are not the material for being an official, and domestic officialdom does not allow a stunning beauty to rise to a high position. Mei Xiaolin has a dignified attitude and a family background, if she puts more effort into her work, she will not worry about her future.

Xia Xiang also hopes that she can become the first female provincial party secretary in China. Although the road is long and may not be successful, it is always a good thing to have hope, and it also allows Mei Xiaolin to pursue a goal in life.

"I hope you can become the first female provincial party secretary in China!" Xia Xiang didn't mean to joke at all, and said to Mei Xiaolin solemnly. (！ wW