Chapter 174: The pinnacle is groundless

Liu Yunqi asked him to go to his office, which is also the biggest miracle in recent times. Pi Guocheng watched Secretary He leave, and did not leave immediately, but stood there thinking about it. Liu Yunqi, like him, often stays in his office in the middle of the night, especially recently, and has to stay in the office for a long time almost every night. In fact, they also tacitly understand each other, but no one is willing to take the initiative to break it.

Tonight, Liu Yunqi wants to call himself to his office, what do you want? Is it to pierce this layer of window paper, and it seems unlikely that there will be a gong to a gong and a drum. This is not Liu Yunqi's character. This lean old man seems to have been born with intrigues and tricks, and he never reveals his scheming easily. Even the words we usually talk to each other are very rare, and all the languages never leave the work.

Hum...... It's kind of interesting. Pi Guocheng thought in his heart, and while tidying up the clothes on his body, he shook his head, walked out of the office, and turned off the light.

The corridor is brightly lit, this is the old Zhang who guards the door below, and Pi Guocheng is working inside, and the lights are deliberately turned on. The leather shoes rattled on the shiny floor, making the footsteps of the deputy mayor, who was over fifty years old, sonorous and powerful.

Although the municipal party committee and government are in the same building, Pi Guocheng's office is not on the same floor as Liu Yunqi's office. Pi Guocheng is on the seventh floor, Liu Yunqi is on the third floor, and there are three floors in between, so it was very convenient to take the elevator, but Pi Guocheng still chose to walk from the stairs. The sound of rattling footsteps rang from the seventh floor to the third floor.

Liu Yunqi's secretary Xiao He heard the footsteps and was already waiting at the staircase, and when he saw Pi Guocheng coming down, he beckoned: "Mayor Pi, Secretary Liu is waiting for you in the office." After saying that, I made a gesture and led the way in front.

Pi Guocheng asked as if unintentionally, "Secretary Liu has been in good health recently?" ”

Although Xiao He knew some things about Liu and Pi, he had his own responsibilities as a secretary, and he didn't know the intention of Pi Guocheng to ask this, so he said truthfully: "Secretary Liu's health has not been very good during this time, and his insomnia is worse than before. ”

Pi Guocheng smiled heartily and said: "It's nothing, it's like this when you get older." Not to mention Secretary Liu, I am also sick now, not to mention insomnia, and I always have to bake cakes in bed for more than an hour every night. Otherwise, you won't be able to sleep. ”

Xiao He was surprised: "Mayor Pi should be just over fifty this year." How do you get insomnia? ”

Pi Guocheng was surprised and said, "I can't imagine that Xiaohe can remember my age so clearly." Yes, exactly fifty-one. However, this insomnia has little to do with age. The point is that these of us are the ones who live this way. ”

As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived at the door of Liu Yunqi's office. Xiao He knocked on the door now, until he heard a sound of "come in" from inside, he pushed the door in, said to Liu Yunqi, came out again, opened the door for Pi Guocheng and made a gesture of please, and then was busy pouring water and making tea, and after everything stopped, he quietly retreated.

Pi Guocheng looked at the back of Xiao He leaving, and said to Liu Yunqi: "Xiao He, this kid is really good. It seems that your big boss really knows and employs people. When this Xiaohe was in the political research room before, he couldn't see how it was, but it will be different immediately when he is next to you. ”

Liu Yunqi gave up a seat for Pi Guocheng, and he also sat down next to him, pointing at Pi Guocheng with an amiable look: "You have this mouth, I really can't do anything about you." I'm still going to use it. If you want to know people and employ people, I'm afraid no one in Hezhou City can compare with you. ”

Pi Guocheng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Big boss, don't say that, even if you kill me, I don't dare to continue." You're trying to trap me in injustice. I Pi Guocheng's weight of a few catties and taels in Hezhou, I can still recognize it. ”

Liu Yunqi stretched out his hand to block it and said, "Okay, jokes, let's not talk about this." I called you over today to have an open chat with you, and to hear your views on the future development of Rivers State. There is one thing that you may not know yet, Comrade Xintian may be about to be transferred to the provincial capital. Although I don't advocate any order of succession, I still want to recommend and recommend to the provincial party committee, after all, you are familiar with the situation in Hezhou, and you have assisted Comrade Xintian for so many years, and you have rich experience, so you are fully capable of picking up this burden. ”

Pi Guocheng was immediately a little flattered. In fact, Lan Xintian's transfer to the provincial capital, he had already known about it, but the province did not announce it, so it was not easy to discuss it casually, and he pretended not to know it. Unexpectedly, Liu Yunqi took the initiative to mention it. To paraphrase a popular phrase among young people today: Liu Yunqi: What does this mean?

What's more critical is that the struggle between the two people has gradually become white-hot so far, does Liu Yunqi want to stop fighting? With Liu Yunqi's character, this possibility does not seem to be great. Liu Yunqi's consistent style is to fight to the end, how can he make such a concession when the outcome is unknown. Then there is only one possibility left: Liu Yunqi is retreating and trying to paralyze himself.

Thinking of this, Pi Guocheng smiled slightly, and still made an excited look and said: "Xie Lu thanks Secretary Liu for his trust." Regardless of whether I can become mayor or not, I will definitely do my best to contribute to the development of Hezhou. ”

Liu Yunqi seemed to be very satisfied with Pi Guocheng's answer, nodded and said, "Don't worry, when it's time to speak for you, I will definitely speak to you in the provincial party committee." But you can't be idle during this time, I'll do the work for you with Secretary Dacheng, and Governor Zhang and Governor He need you to work hard. ”

Liu Yunqi said, and explained earnestly: "You can put aside the work in the city recently, and leave the important ones to others to do." You run more to the province, although we can't say that we are running for officials, but we can't sit still, don't you say? Governor Zhang and Governor He should focus on running there, and their Standing Committee members should not be pulled down. Otherwise, even if only one person raises an objection in the end, it will be very disadvantageous to you. As far as I know, the mayors of several underdeveloped cities in the north are particularly concerned about this position, and some people in the provincial units can also be said to be salivating. You can't relax in the slightest. ”

Hearing that Liu Yunqi seemed to mean that he was going to come to the truth, Pi Guocheng couldn't help but feel surprised. How is this possible. Could it be that Liu Yunqi, the old fox, really plans to die down.

"Yes, yes," Pi Guocheng was undecided, but his heart couldn't help but move, and he said with some emotion: "Xie Lu Xie Secretary Liu's concern." I'll do my best. ”

Liu Yunqi nodded and said, "That's good." To be honest, I'm also selfish. We have been working together for many years, and we are very clear about each other's tempers, and if a mayor is suddenly parachuted in, I'm afraid I'm really uncomfortable. Then he sighed and continued: "You also know that I am already sixty years old this year, and I should retire after this term, and I don't want to toss anymore." If there is a new mayor, people will definitely burn his three fires, and I really don't know how to deal with it. ”

Pi Guocheng smiled and said, "Secretary Liu, you are too modest. If I say something too much, don't be surprised. The achievements that Hezhou has made today can be said to be completely due to your leadership in Hezhou for so many years. Your prestige in River State is irreplaceable. Whoever is the mayor has to listen to you. ”

Liu Yunqi said: "That's not necessarily. You probably know about Shuobei City. Secretary Wang Qingquan has worked in you for so many years, from the deputy commissioner of the prefectural party committee in the past to the secretary of the municipal party committee later, it can be said that he has spent his whole life in Shuobei, but what is the result? After parachuting a mayor, didn't he also make him a ghost. I heard that before Secretary Qingquan retired, no one listened to what the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee said. ”

Pi Guocheng smiled helplessly, and knew that what Liu Yunqi said was true. However, the mayor who landed in the air was not small, he was hand-picked by a certain leader of the center, and Secretary Wang Qingquan was used to being dominant in Shuobei again, and he didn't want to be trampled underfoot. As a result, after all, the background is very deep, and they quickly stripped away the rights of Secretary Wang Qingquan.

"That's not a special case." This kind of thing generally can't be said too clearly, and Pi Guocheng can only say vaguely.

For Liu Yunqi, this is the best example of "the rabbit dies and the fox hurts its kind", so he snorted coldly and said: "Who knows what kind of situation will be encountered." People can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, and even more so in officialdom. I now understand why the great man likes Jin Yong's martial arts novels so much. In fact, officialdom and rivers and lakes are also connected. ”

Rivers and lakes? Pi Guocheng suddenly remembered that "Smiling Proud Jianghu" said such a sentence: Where there are people, there are grievances, and where there are grievances, there are rivers and lakes. To put it bluntly, I want to tell everyone: rivers and lakes are grievances. If there are no grievances, there will be no rivers and lakes. But the Jin seniors also said very clearly, where there are people, there are grievances, so we ordinary people will never be able to escape from the rivers and lakes.

Although he understood these truths, Pi Guocheng still humbly said: "The truth in this is too profound, I'm afraid I won't be able to understand it for a while." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yunqi changed his smiling face and said, "Okay, don't talk about this." The fact that the rivers and lakes are not rivers and lakes has little to do with us people. Let's talk about what you think. ”

Pi Guocheng thought for a moment and said: "Secretary Liu, to be honest, I have been a cadre all these years, and I have never presided over the work, so I really don't have any ideas for a while." Let me tell you this, everything is subject to the arrangements of the municipal party committee and you. ”

Liu Yunqi nodded well, but he didn't know whether it was good to say that Pi Guocheng had no ideas, or whether it was good to say that Pi Guocheng said it well. Of course, these two things are good, and they are both a kind of appreciation for Pi Guocheng.

In fact, Liu Yunqi had already said it to death before, and told Pi Guocheng plainly that he didn't want to toss anymore in office, and Pi Guocheng was not a fool, how could he not hear it, so he would naturally follow his meaning.