In the south of Huiping City, there are several huge chimneys outside the fourth ring road, and they have not smoked much since the second half of last year......

Nearly 10,000 workers of the large power plant is about to go out of business, at the beginning of the municipal party committee and municipal axe did not have much reaction to this, because the local power plant can not manage the power plant, Huiping thermal power plant under the central enterprise under the umbrella of the central enterprise, prosperity or decay, and the local has not much to do with the power plant, the power plant is not supplied to the city, it can be said that the Huiping power plant is subject to the local very small individuals, including the families of workers also make a living within the scope of the plant, in addition to the dual-income family, the family members of those single workers do various businesses around the power plant, Very few people from power plants enter the city system, except for the self-employed.

In the second half of 02 years, Huiping Power Plant was lost to Huiping City, the central government let the province take over, the province let the local government take over, the resettlement funds also pulled out a piece, from the province to the city, the resettlement funds shrunk, the city took into account the placement of more than 10,000 workers on the head of the big, originally that little money is not much, it is clear that the province also has to pay a part, how do you know that the province did not pay and took away a part of the resettlement funds, this thing is done!

Chen Ruihuang, the mayor, was originally very comfortable, and suddenly ran out of the power plant, and he didn't have a good time on Chinese New Year's Eve in 02, throwing off such a big burden and giving such a little money, who can do this? But the central ministries and commissions and the province are paying attention to this matter......

After the Chinese New Year, Chen Ruihuang began to set up a power plant to divert and lay off workers, so as to reduce the financial burden of the municipal axe, because the money was drawn to you Huiping, which is to let you feed these people, and you can't feed it is a problem of your ability, and it is all a manifestation of your incompetence to solve and arrange...... The basic living expenses of 450 yuan per staff member on average every month alone will cost 4.5 million yuan per month, and the total amount of money transferred from the province to the municipal treasury is only 30 million yuan, and according to the standard of resettlement funds pulled out by the central government at the beginning, it is 100 million yuan, and if you really go according to this standard, the laid-off resettlement fee for 10,000 workers will be 10,000 yuan per talent.

In fact, the above means that the province should supplement a part, and then the local government axe will give the laid-off workers a new way out and solve their basic living expenses...... This is the general situation, and the workers have not said anything, but now they have not received a penny of the resettlement fee for laid-off and relayed workers, starting from August in the second half of last year, each worker has only 450 yuan of living expenses, and as of April this year, a total of 31.5 million yuan of living expenses will be paid.

No wonder Chen Ruihuang has a headache, he has no money to put, 100 million resettlement funds, the province gave 30 million, and the other 70 million don't know where to go, in this more than half a year to the province to ask for countless times, the answer is 'the money is to be issued one after another, your city still has to proceed from reality, to solve the employment problem of workers as soon as possible, just to eat living subsidies, and then one billion is not enough for them to eat, the state to feed workers is a social obligation, But in turn, workers should also create wealth for society, not eat enough to listen to the drama and play chess'.

With the outbreak of the US-Iraq war, the economy has been hit again, oil prices have soared, and the prices of related means of production have also risen, and the consumer market has gradually become sluggish.

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Ling Han is to take the 19 bus to the Huiping Power Plant, here in addition to the periphery of the plant also formed a relatively large scale of living area, the power plant workers and their families together with a piece of nearly 50,000 people, within a radius of three kilometers, densely covered with factories, family areas, small markets, life and leisure areas, the power plant street office and police station of the 16 sub-district offices in the urban area are rooted here, to solve some problems for the families of the power plant workers, what marriage certificates, birth permits, annual conscription, resettlement of rehabilitated soldiers, maintenance of living quarters, Neighborhood policing and all other trivial matters.

In the past, when the power plant was booming, the police station and the sub-district office were also quite popular, but now it is not good, and the poor should be ringing.

After getting off the bus, Ling Han felt the lifelessness in this area, the people he met on the street were all crying and mourning, and a gloomy and melancholy mood enveloped them, and the street was full of idlers, groups of three or five, groups of seven or eight, squatting or standing in front of the shop or scratching on the street......

Ling Han walked all the way to the gate of the factory, the iron gate was locked, and the doorman inside sat in the communication room with a cold face and did not move.

A cursory look at the plant, internal planning, and the greening in front of the office building is still very particular, the power plant leaders are also department-level cadres, although the company's department level and the political axe of the department level have a world of difference, but people also have people's scenery, the current picture of the decline of the scene is quite sad, but not to say, Huiping municipal axe is incompetent enough, the power plant has been shut down for more than half a year, so far has not come up with any effective way to settle this pile of people, not to mention that the country pulled out a hundred million, and then pull out more meaningless, Because this is not the fundamental solution to the problem, welfare should be increased, subsidies must be given, but the people themselves still have to create wealth, to know how to reduce the burden for the country, the province handed over this part of the resettlement power to the city, but the city has no fundamental solution to the problem, just blindly drill the horns, trying to get a resettlement fee to send them away, let them go to the society to fend for themselves...... Turning it over, this is still a problem in Huiping City, and this bunch of people are trying to hold you back!

An avenue of Power Plant Street goes straight into the urban area, the traffic is also convenient, behind the bus stop sign is a row of small commercial shops, most of which are private, tobacco and alcohol non-staple food shops, hardware and native products stores, fruit shops, noodle shops, small restaurants, stationery stores, beauty salons, supermarkets and other miscellaneous ...... However, there are very few people in and out, and it seems extremely deserted, especially the power plant hotel on the street, which is even more cold and fearful.

Named 'spicy fat sausage' special flavor snack bar is also in the bleak business, fortunately there are some old customers in the city will drive here to eat, the proprietress Du Guixiang barely supported, relying on her husband's 450 yuan living expenses, the whole family is going to starve to death, but her family has also made money in recent years, just invested a large amount of money in May last year to expand the store and then operate, how to know the first phase of 'Xinya Power' The north-south power transmission business is fully southward, resulting in the Huiping thermal power plant barely maintained until the end of July on a complete shutdown, this is an important factor, another reason is that the power plant consumed the raw coal supply is completely cut off, originally they still have a little business can barely survive for half a year and five months, but it is too difficult to engage in coal here, the price is high, the original coal channels are all tightened, like large and medium-sized power plants, metallurgical and steelmaking enterprises are facing a huge threat of survival difficulties.

Du Guixiang's husband Zhang Baoshan was the chief of the production materials section of the power plant, and he still had some power in his hands, at that time, many people praised Zhang Baoshan's stinky feet, so that the fat sausage shop was said to be full, and the business was so hot that Du Guixiang bought the two stores around his store at a high price, but the huge cost could not recover one-tenth, and the hot business suddenly cooled down, which was a big blow to her. The rats crossing the street are chased by everyone, and the people who lend him money squat in the store every day to eat and drink, and they don't give money, right? I eat you every day, it's all interest, Du Guixiang lost a lot of weight sadly......

The proprietress who used to be graceful and graceful is now about to become a yellow-faced woman, and three or five people who ask for debts every day come as soon as it is time to eat...... When Ling Han walked in, there were not many people in the fat sausage shop, the newly expanded store was connected to the east and west, and it felt empty, a waiter came up to receive Ling Han, a very delicate girl, ten ** years old, melon seed face, almond eyes, water and pure spirit, how to look at her, she didn't look like a waiter in the store, after sitting down, the girl asked Ling Han a little timidly what she wanted? Then I handed him the recipe.

Ling Han ordered food, Rong Jie shook in, he and Tie Bing must have one of them will follow Ling Han, come directly and he sat down, the girl knew that the relationship was two people, she also looked outside again, and her eyes seemed to be looking forward to a few more people.

The taste of spicy fat sausage is really good, and there are some side dishes with wine, but there is no good wine, so Ling Han will not drink it...... Zhang Baoshan came out of the kitchen stove in the back and wiped his hands on his apron, "Girl, are there just a few people?" Alas...... This deal is over, and the few who asked for money haven't come yet, right? ”

"Dad...... Do you want them to come? When you were the section chief, look at their faces one by one, and I can't wait to lie down and lick your feet, now what? One by one, they come to eat like scoundrels every day, and I keep an account for them, let them eat, and eat back! ”

Zhang Baoshan smiled bitterly, he looked like he was about forty-six or seven, medium stature, Chinese face, his expression was shrouded in gloom, he looked at his wife Du Guixiang who was sitting at the counter in a daze, and his heart became more and more unpleasant, the power plant is over, this land is also over, and the shops bought at high prices have all depreciated, it depends on how the city plans in the future, because there is a power plant located in the south of the city, which has hindered the pace of the city's expansion to the south, and now the power plant is going to give way, but who knows how many years it will take for the city's planning to be implemented? Those who have a short life don't know if they can wait?

"Girl, adult's business, you don't have to worry about it, it's right to have a good way out in the future after studying, you owe money to others, we have a loss, what else is there to say?" Zhang Baoshan sat down next to his wife, "Guixiang, how many stores do you say we have in the city?" Alas! ”

"Are you blaming me for doing the main business expansion privately? Didn't I talk to you about opening a store in the market? Do you have to say that the business here is good, the matter of the Nortel power transmission to the south was decided the year before that, and the leaders of your factory are still fooling people, saying that it will not affect your power plant, now let's see if it will be affected? It's good for them to dispose of all the valuable things in the factory, and then pat their butts and leave if they want to pay a penny, and there is no door, you don't shrink in the kitchen stove as a turtle for a day, organize the workers to go to the municipal axe to make trouble, and see how much Chen Junying looks like a man, and if the factory wants to pull the machine out, people can call hundreds of jobs to lie on the road for him, and want to sell the machine? Okay, run over us, you're still a section chief, hum! ”

Zhang Baoshan, whose face was blue and red for a while, said to his wife was silent, and his daughter came over to help her father speak, "Okay, Mom, you will point to my father to go down the dry well, Uncle Chen is a hero enough, but isn't he squatting in the detention center now?" Is it good to do it right with the leader? ”

Hearing this, Ling Han frowned, it seems that the matter of the power plant is quite big, and the inside story is still very deep, he continued to listen quietly.

"What do you kid know? In this blind ...... Are you talking nonsense about this kind of thing? Zhang Baoshan glared at his daughter.

The girl was unconvinced: "Why don't I know? Xiaoying told me how her dad got in, hmph, there are no good people who are officials. ”

Du Guixiang stretched out her finger and nodded on her daughter's head, and also said in a low voice: "You will be with Chen Xiaoying less in the future, she will go to the dance hall to sit on the stage as a young lady, you can save the old lady's heart, no matter how poor our family is, we can support you, I want me to know that you are messing with Chen Xiaoying and strangling you!" ”

"......Shh Xiaoying is a good girl, it's not as dirty as you think, you don't let me associate with her, just strangle me now"

"You ......" Du Gui was speechless, Zhang Baoshan stretched out his hand to stop his wife who was about to beat his daughter, and the girl took the opportunity to slip away.

Coming out of the fat sausage shop, Ling Han instructed Rong Jie to keep an eye on that 'girl', and found that Chen Xiaoying along the vine... He went to the streets by himself, chatted with whoever he met, and personally observed the people's feelings, and he had a premonition in his heart that as soon as he took office, the difficult work would be piled up.

Guo Ziyi told him about these situations in Huiping City, and the power plant was the most troublesome, and then there was the Guohua Machinery Factory, and then there was the problem of the three impoverished counties, which involved immigration matters...... There are also a bunch of big and small things in the city, the old city is newly expanded, in which direction is it developing, the roads are expanding, and where are the funds? It is still about to establish Huiping Airport to open the international door for the tourism industry......

For two days in a row, Ling Han and Rong Jie were in the power plant, seeing that the report was approaching, Ling Han was also a little anxious, he also knew a lot about the situation of Chen Junying being imprisoned in the detention center, but people didn't know the inside story, they only knew that Chen Junying was for the benefit of the workers, in order to prevent the dismantled units in the factory from being sold, but his little arm didn't twist his thigh in the end......

On the night of colorful neon, Ling Han and Rong Jie walked into a modern high-standard field called 'Blue Bird Entertainment World' in the urban area, integrating leisure and entertainment, and this afternoon Rong Jie finally followed the girl to find Chen Xiaoying's pedestal, which is this Blue Bird World.

In the world of glittering lights, the rich people's gold caves, the rich people in Huiping are far less than the poor people, but the high-consumption fields abound, the streets are full of high-end cars, look carefully, most of those who get rich are private, and those who go in and out of the high-end fields are people with status, either businessmen and huge riches or officials at all levels, it can be seen that some people are really rich, but the poor are even poorer, and the wealth is seriously imbalanced.

No wonder Guo Ziyi said that Huiping's extortion and kidnapping cases broke out from time to time, some injured and some were disabled, and those who were not dead, and the means of making money for the rich were endless, some people were professionally engaged in this business, and some people were forced by life to embark on this road......

A young man who sent them into the private room, with a sharp tongue and a professional smile, "Two, what do you need?" ”

Ling Han didn't speak, just took out a cigarette and lit it, and said, "Whatever, you have a young lady named Yingying, right?" Call her to ......"

"Miss Yingying...... Oh, I'm sorry, the two of you are a little late, Miss Yingying has already entered the No. 6 box, let's change it......"

Rong Jie didn't speak, took out a wad of money and counted ten and threw it on the table, "You can call her, this thousand yuan is your tip......"

"Huh?" The waiter's eyes lit up on the spot, to be honest, he was a guy running the hall here, and he rarely had the opportunity to get a tip, so could he not be bright when he saw a thousand yuan? Gritting his teeth, he had a plan in his heart, and reached out for the money, "Okay, I'll try it......"

It didn't take much effort to bring wine, dried fruits, etc., and after a while, the waiter walked in with a beautiful girl.

Rong Jie bowed slightly towards Ling Han, which meant that she was the Chen Xiaoying who met the girl, and then Rong Jie got up and went to guard the door.

After closing the door, the music outside was much smaller, Chen Xiaoying showed the Rong ring guarding the door outside the frosted glass, and couldn't help but get nervous, when she peeked at Ling Han again, she found that he was observing herself, maybe because Ling Han was too good, she seemed a little flustered, and she also misunderstood Ling Han's meaning, thinking that he was going to do something here, otherwise why would he let people guard the door, "Sir, I, I only accompany the song." ”

To say that this Chen Xiaoying is purer than a girl, with a round face and big eyes, a petite and delicate figure of a southern beauty, and her dress is also fashionable and trendy, with a very strong surname, at most she is ten ** years old...... Ling Han smiled, "Only accompany the song?" So how do you make money? Tell me what the price of accompanying the song is? ”

"60 yuan for one hour, 100 yuan for two hours, no additional service, I, our regular song hall here ......"

"Heh......" Seeing that her timid appearance is also a young chick, Ling Han doesn't tease her much, "I won't let you accompany the song, you can chat with me." ”

"Don't you sing with the song?" Chen Xiaoying was a little confused, and Ling Han said again: "The money will be paid." Twice as much as for you, how about it? Would you like to? ”

"Let's talk about it, but ...... I have a request, I can't talk about surnames, anything else is fine, if you agree, let's talk. ”

Ling Han frowned slightly, feeling that this young lady sitting on the stage was a bit unworthy of her name, and was slightly surprised in her heart, "It seems that you have a strong sense of self-protection...... I don't understand, it's clearly a party here, can you tell me about the types of ladies sitting on the stage here, okay? ”

"Yes, a young lady like me who accompanies a song has the lowest income and half of the income, and the other several grades of young ladies can all have special services, each with its own price, and I don't know the specifics...... Sir, if you are not satisfied with me, I—I can introduce you to other young ladies......"

"Huh...... I've got my eye on you, so you might make a price yourself, and I'll pay you as long as you say the amount, how about it? Ling Han knew that her father was in the detention center, and the family had been cut off from even normal living expenses, and now life was just to eat that little savings, maybe she needed a sum of money to save her father...... Because of such an idea, Ling Han decided to test this girl with an extremely innocent appearance.

Chen Xiaoying stared at Ling Han for a few moments, seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, and seeing the hardcover Yellow Crane Tower in front of him, his heart jumped away, didn't he come to this place to find a rich man who was willing to pay a high price at one time to make a sum of money to save his father? But for more than two months, I haven't had the opportunity to meet such a master who is willing to bid, and they are all guys who want to take advantage of the door on the surface and in their bones, is he too?

"I—Am I worth 200,000? I, I'm a virgin......" After saying this, Chen Xiaoying was ashamed to find a crack to get into.

"It's worth it, this price is not high, I can give you more, maybe 500,000, but I have one condition, you have to explain in detail what you do with the money, that is to say, why are you willing to sell your soul and ** for a sum of money, maybe you have difficulties, but I want to know the reason behind it."

Chen Xiaoying couldn't help but be stunned, not knowing how to speak, Ling Han took out the check, wrote the number of 500,000 on the spot, ripped it down and handed it to her, "If you have a little financial knowledge, you can tell if this cash check is real or fake, if you don't worry, you can take the money tomorrow and talk about it." ”

Chen Xiaoying was a first-year student at the University of Finance and Economics, and after a few glances at the invoice, she was sure that it was true, which was more than double the 200,000 she expected, she carefully put the invoice away, "Let's go, I'm your person, get out of here, I'll resign tomorrow!" ”

Coming out of the 'blue bird', the night breeze was slowly sending it to the face, Ling Han and Chen Xiaoying walked in front, and Rong Jie hung not far behind.

"Is that person your bodyguard? You don't look like an ordinary person, can you tell me who you are? I want to know. ”

Ling Han shook his head slightly, looked up at the cold moon in the sky, and sighed lightly, "Tell me your story first, okay?" ”

So, Chen Xiaoying explained to Ling Han the reason why she took the money as she walked, and said at the end: "My father didn't commit a crime, he just offended the leaders of the factory, the leaders of the people are powerful and powerful, and he is not a small dish at all?" My dad is a deputy director of the workshop, and he likes to be able to... I'm going to pay to save him. ”

"Why don't you go to the political axe to file a complaint? Why don't you go to the Public Security Bureau to redress grievances, the political axe is for the people, you have to believe in the political axe! ”

"Hmph...... The matter of the power plant is in an uproar, and the petitioners can't even enter the door of the political axe, so how can they shout for grievances? My dad was arrested for obstructing official business, and he was not allowed to be released on bail, saying that he had to explain the problem clearly before releasing him, in fact, the leaders of our factory did not let him out through some relationships, for fear that he would still lead the people in the workshop to make trouble, I think about it now, my dad is really stupid, Uncle Zhang is still smart, never out. ”

The Uncle Zhang in Chen Xiaoying's mouth is naturally Zhang Baoshan, the father of her friend Yazi, "We ordinary people, how can we make a political axe?" ”

Ling Han smiled, "There are some situations where the political axe is not clear, you have to have confidence in the political axe, the political axe will give an explanation to the wronged people, your father is not stupid, your father is good, it is precisely because of people like your father that some shady scenes cannot be hidden, you should be proud of him!" ”

"Pride?" Chen Xiaoying glanced at Ling Han, "I can't cry anymore, I'm still proud of him?" My mom sheds tears for him every day. ”

"Xiaoying, believe in the political axe, the political axe will always be the political axe of the people, not the political axe of a handful of people, will you have time to lead me to meet your mother?"

"What are you doing? Are you going to marry me? But you're pretty handsome, I'll think about it, do you want me tonight? ”…… Ling Han shook his head!

(To be continued)