Chapter Seventy-One: Everyone Has a Bottom Line
Liu He stood up, supported his waist with one hand, and stared at Xia Xiang with a gloomy face and unkind eyes: "Xia Xiang, you and I are really not together, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect Yang Bei's previous boyfriend to be you...... So, you and I will never be good friends? ”
Yang Bei looked at her mother, then at Xia Xiang, and suddenly tears welled up: "Xia Xiang, why are you doing this?" Why do you have to come to Ba County to find me? ”
Xia Xiang's heart was rolling, and he forcibly suppressed his impulsive thoughts, ignored Liu He, and said: "You are wrong, Yang Bei, I didn't come to Ba County specifically to find you, I came to work." ”
"Work? It's a joke, I can't get along in Yan City, and I actually go to Ba County to work! Although Ba County is poor, there is no shortage of useless people like you to work in Ba County? Tell me which bureau you work in, and I'll go to your director and ask him to fire you. Yang Bei's mother said menacingly.
"Auntie, you just said that you are the director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, so you shouldn't be able to manage other bureaus, right?" Xia Xiang suddenly smiled and asked politely.
Yang Bei's mother was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I can't control it, but Liu He's father can manage it, and his father is the county magistrate." ”
"It seems to be the deputy county magistrate, right? I heard that the county magistrate's surname is Shi, not Liu! Xia Xiang glanced at Liu He, saw that he looked indifferent, and there was a look of hatred on his face, knowing in his heart that there was already incompatibility with him, not to mention, he would actually be Yang Bei's boyfriend, so he couldn't tell whether he was sad or disgusted in his heart. He glanced at Yang Bei again, and saw her standing aside with tears in her eyes, helpless, pitiful, remembering the tenderness for her before and her warmth for him, but now he couldn't mention the slightest distress and pity in his heart, leaving only indifference and indifference!
"What's wrong with the deputy county magistrate? The deputy county magistrate can still let the county magistrate give three points, and the secretary of the county party committee doesn't dare to take County Magistrate Liu! You are a foreigner, how do you know who the real family members of Ba County are, tell you that it is County Magistrate Liu, and County Magistrate Liu is the undisputed soil emperor in Ba County! ”
"Today is the second time I've heard such words, it seems that I, the secretary of the county party committee, are just in vain!" Li Dingshan came out of the house, looked at Liu He with an unhappy face, and said meaningfully.
Liu He picked up Yang Bei and her mother Zhu Hongmei from the county seat today, came to Jiazhai Township to do some business, and took the two of them to try it and eat stew pot dishes in the countryside. He was familiar with the road, and parked the car directly in front of the hotel, so he didn't see Li Dingshan's car parked on the side of the road in the distance. Liu He knew who in the village hid pheasants and hares, and who had good mushrooms and bracken, so he asked Yang Bei and Zhu Hongmei to wait for him in the restaurant first, and he went to the farmer's house to have an autumn breeze.
Since the last time he came forward to invite Xia Xiang to dinner, he was also quite unimpressed, and he didn't take Xia Xiang in his eyes at all, and even Li Dingshan was not regarded as a threat by him. Although Liu Shixuan told him to be more careful in his actions recently, and to give Li Dingshan some face, after all, on the surface, he is the secretary of the county party committee and a righteous leader. But how could Liu He, who is very familiar with his father's tone, not hear the contempt in Liu Shixuan's tone, too, two or three successive county party secretaries have come and gone, left and come, he Liu Shixuan has been firmly sitting in the position of executive deputy county magistrate, and he has not been promoted to county magistrate because he is a local, and in principle, he cannot serve as the local party and government leader, but the position of deputy county magistrate does not affect the fact that he has always stood tall as a local leader in Ba County!
It is true that he is the deputy county magistrate, but whether it is the county party committee or the county political axe, there are people who obey him, not to mention the people who have been placed in townships and towns at all levels and county bureaus for so many years, they have successively become deputies and leaders, it can be said that the entire Ba County has an inextricable relationship with him, not to mention a small county party committee secretary, even the secretary of the municipal party committee personally came down, and it is impossible to immediately change the status quo of Ba County. Even if he is dismissed, he believes that the subordinates he has carefully cultivated over the years will definitely stand with him at a critical moment, such a huge force does not need to be put on the surface to deter Li Dingshan, just let him feel a lot of resistance at the critical moment, and it will make him retreat.
Ba County is his Liu Shixuan's Ba County, as long as others come and don't endanger his interests, everyone will be fine, and if you want to stay for a few years and then be promoted, he can cooperate on the surface. If you want to make a little political performance project, as long as it is beneficial to him, he can also help. But his bottom line is that the core issue that cannot be touched on him is Liu He.
Liu Shixuan only has one son Liu He, everything he does is for Liu He, and he was not tempted to have an opportunity to become a county magistrate in another county, just because he no longer wants to develop in his career, he just wants to take advantage of his reign to pave the way for Liu He and let him make enough money. Liu Shixuan is very clear about the advantages of Ba County, poor is poor, but there are also treasures, mushrooms and bracken can be sold for a lot of money, but he also knows that now it is just a time difference, using the asymmetric surname of information to make money, so he does not let Liu He dig too much at a time, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of people with a heart, once a week, only one hundred catties each time, the water is long, in his opinion, as long as he reigns for one day, he can ensure that Liu He's capitalless business continues for one day.
In addition to operating mushrooms and bracken, Liu He also opened restaurants and song halls in the county seat, and in the past few years, he has made millions of dollars. Liu Shixuan plans to wait for him to retire, and then move his family to Charter City to enjoy happiness, anyway, the money he earns is enough to spend, and then do some legitimate business to spend his old age in peace.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that Liu He was young after all, how could he bear to watch the money thrown everywhere and not pick it up? He carried Liu Shixuan behind his back every time he had to let people dig up two or three hundred catties before stopping, and he didn't listen to Liu Shixuan's advice, not only did he not give a penny to the villagers, but he didn't even bother to score a few boxes of cigarettes, he felt that these villagers had no brains, as long as they heard that the county magistrate asked them to dig mushrooms and bracken, they would definitely work hard, as long as he made a few empty promises.
People are born to pursue interests, whether it is a high-ranking magnate or a villager who has no brains in Liu He's eyes, but the means and process of pursuit are different, and Liu He has unconsciously buried hidden dangers for himself.
"Secretary Li......" In front of the future mother-in-law and girlfriend, Liu He originally wanted to be tough, but the four words of the county party secretary seemed to have magic, and naturally carried the majesty of oppression. Therefore, Liu He still remembered Liu Shixuan's repeated instructions that before the two sides did not reveal their hole cards, they must be respectful to Li Dingshan.
"Why are you here? Fortunately, fortunately! ”
Li Dingshan protects the short, Xia Xiang is his most important person, seeing Xia Xiang sitting on the ground, the fire in his heart can no longer be suppressed: "Fortunately? Luckily, that's your excuse for beating my secretary? If I'm not mistaken, this is the second time you've done it to Xia Xiang, Liu He, do you really think that I, the secretary of the county party committee, are easy to talk about and don't hold grudges? ”