In the luxurious box of the famous Radisson Hotel in Haidong District, Chen Mingyuan met the long-lost father and daughter of the Liu family.

"Mingyuan, this idiom is not what it used to be, it is the most appropriate to use it on you, it has only been two years, you have been promoted to the ranks of department-level cadres, come, I will toast you first, I wish you a great career in Haidong District!" Liu Ting raised her wine glass with a smile, she hasn't seen her for a few years, and Liu Ting has changed quite a lot, less of the arrogance of the eldest lady, and more of a mature and steady charm.

Liu Ting's father, Liu Zhida, also said with a smile: "Haidong District can have District Chief Chen in charge, that is the gospel of our entrepreneurs, District Mayor Chen's economic style, but it is famous!" ”

Chen Mingyuan smiled humbly: "You two are singing and harmonizing like this, you want to torment me, I just came to Haidong District, and many things will depend on the support of Mr. Liu and many entrepreneurs." ”

"Be polite, District Chief Chen has a useful place, despite the squeak!" Liu Zhida's smile is even stronger, they all say that there are people in the DPRK and China who are easy to do, and the violent turmoil in the officialdom of Haidong District has indirectly cast a haze on many enterprises, since ancient times, the cooperation model between officials and businessmen and elites has a long history, especially in Haidong District, which is an economically strong area, and the contact between many business owners and system officials can be said to be popular.

Now, overnight, a group of officials have been dismissed, in addition to the uprooting of many relationship networks, there are also many businessmen who have been involved, stirring up the rumors, panicking, and the damage to commercial interests is ironclad, and what is even more worrying is that the situation is confusing, so that the rich people in Yongcheng, including Liu Zhida, are unable to sleep, for fear that the future changes will affect their own families!

In view of this, when he learned that the new district chief was his daughter's college classmate and the No. 1 secretary of the provincial party committee Chen Mingyuan, Liu Zhida was almost ecstatic.

Chen Mingyuan took a sip of wine, and suddenly said, "Looking at Liu Ting's appearance, it's time to get married, right?" ”

Liu Ting's face turned red, and her face was a little embarrassed.

Liu Zhida laughed and said: "District Chief Chen is really accurate, I won't tell you that I just got engaged a month ago and is going to get married at the end of the year. ”

"I'm ready to drink this cup of wine!" Chen Mingyuan raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Liu Ting, congratulations." ”

Liu Ting also raised her glass, said thank you, and after drinking, she suddenly asked, "What about you and Xia Yuan?" ”

Chen Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I have been separated from her for a long time......

Liu Ting was surprised, Liu Zhida hurriedly kicked her daughter under the table, which pot is really not opened, this kind of private matter can also be inquired casually? !

"I'm sorry, Mingyuan...... I do not know. Liu Ting said in a panic.

Chen Mingyuan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, everyone goes their separate ways after graduation, and there is no contact on weekdays, so don't blame those who don't know...... However, I'm also getting married on Monday next week. ”

Liu Ting sighed, and was busy congratulating her father together, but she felt a little emotional in her heart.

Originally, she still felt that Chen Mingyuan and Yin Xiayuan were very right, but she didn't expect that after all, they still couldn't stand the polish of time and reality, and finally separated from each other......

Chen Mingyuan didn't want to talk more, so he said: "By the way, in the past two years, how is Mr. Liu's business?" ”

"It's very good, it's good, especially the Mr. Ye introduced by District Chief Chen before, I really have nothing to say, I can call it a cow, and I can call it a woman in the business world!" Liu Zhida gave a thumbs up and praised him: "Before I partnered with Mr. Ye to engage in luxury trade, I originally had the intention of trying it, but I didn't expect to open the market in just two years, and now the entire luxury field in Yongcheng, from bags, perfumes to jewelry, is the company of me and Mr. Ye!" ”

"That's good." Chen Mingyuan smiled, in the incident that exposed the fake officer, the Liu family's father and daughter owed Mu Jiayin a favor, and then, Mu Jiayin brokered the business cooperation between Ye Qingxue and Liu Zhida, relying on the Liu family's ocean-going advantages in Yongcheng, to develop luxury goods trade on a large scale.

The next moment, Liu Zhida sighed with some interest: "However, the market has not been good in recent days, to be precise, everyone's market is not good......"

Chen Mingyuan's heart was like a mirror, and he said with a smile: "Could it be that Feiliu always feels that the turmoil in officialdom has affected the business of entrepreneurs? ”

Liu Zhida sneered and was silent.

Chen Mingyuan shook his head and said: "This kind of thinking is unacceptable, officials have official ways, business has business paths, we are engaged in a market economy, the government is only a supervisor and guide at best, and the real development has to rely on your enterprises themselves, if everything is linked to officials, then it will not become a bureaucratic economy?" ”

Liu Zhida's heart tightened violently, and he hurriedly apologized: "District Chief Chen criticized it, but I was confused. ”

Chen Mingyuan smiled open-mindedly, "It's okay, in the final analysis, the chaos within the government will inevitably lead to a negative mentality in the market and the people, it is understandable, I personally hope that the environment in Haidong District can be calmed down as much as possible." After a pause, he asked, "What does Liu always think of the recent chaos in Haidong District?" ”

The gleam in Liu Zhida's eyes flashed, and he knew that Chen Mingyuan was asking himself about the specific cause of this major corruption case in Haidong District.

Fortunately, he expected this stubble before he came, and he already had a case in his heart, handed Chen Mingyuan a cigarette, lit it himself, took two puffs, and then said slowly: "It's still the same, related to smuggling, what I heard is that the branch of Zhonghai Tianyi Group in Haidong District has channeled some officials and customs officers in the government, and is suspected of tax evasion in the trade of diesel, iron ore and vehicles, and the amount is said to be very large." ”

Chen Mingyuan nodded, similar to what he had learned.

In fact, Ren Tianping's smuggling business has long been a semi-open secret in East China, and this time those people at the top are focusing on this handle before concentrating firepower, of course, because the Zhonghai side is ironclad, it is difficult to start, so the muzzle of the gun turned to Yongcheng, where the power of the Zhonghai system is relatively weak, and in this, Hong Yuanshan can obviously be seen as well......

"What is Mr. Liu's impression of Secretary Cui?" Chen Mingyuan asked directly.

Liu Zhida's face stiffened, and he seemed to be a little hesitant, but thinking that this was a key step in whether he could gain Chen Mingyuan's trust, he said truthfully: "Secretary Cui, I don't have much contact, most of them are through the side of the circle, his reputation is still very good in Haidong District, during his tenure, he has done a lot of practical things, such as the construction of the bonded port and Qiantang Bay, the expansion of the ring highway and the South Bus Station, which are all good things for the benefit of the people and future generations, and it is said that he is also very sympathetic and tolerant to cadres, and he is very disgusted with gangs. This time something like this happened, my and everyone's feelings are actually quite complicated, alas......"

Chen Mingyuan bowed slightly, this is also the most objective evaluation so far.

It stands to reason that for a fallen cadre, the general mentality is that the wall is falling down and everyone pushes it, but the fall of this Secretary Cui has caused many people to sigh and regret for a while, and I think there is indeed some real talent and hard work.

As for his economic problems, it can be roughly summarized in the argument of 'Xu Jiehai Rui Yan Song' discussed by Chen Mingyuan and Ning Lizhong, a big country, wanting all officials to be honest and honest and capable and dare to do it is tantamount to a fantasy, under such a premise, we can only retreat to the second, choose some 'Xu Jie-type' officials who have small problems in their work style, but are capable, and then take a step back, that is, the 'Hai Rui-type' officials who are honest and honest but do nothing, and the most should be abandoned is a corrupt and dumb official like Yan Song who is both greedy and useless!

Thinking of this, Chen Mingyuan asked again: "How is Secretary Jiang?" "This time, the officialdom of Haidong District is in turmoil, and most of the cadres who have fallen are on the side of the party committee, and the government has only lost two deputy district heads of the non-committee committee, which is obviously a bit intriguing.

Liu Zhida's face was shocked, he buried his head in smoking, and seemed to be considering the wording, and after a long while, he said: "Has District Chief Chen heard of the Yongcheng Business Gang?" ”

Chen Mingyuan nodded, Yongcheng merchant gang, can be called the largest merchant gang in modern China, one of the traditional Chinese "ten merchant gangs", its history and scale, even far above the Wenhai merchant gang, that is a group of business elites who are famous at home and abroad in modern history, such as the first Chinese-funded bank in modern sense, the first Chinese-funded steamship shipping company, the first Chinese-funded machine factory, etc., were founded by Yongcheng businessmen, and made important contributions to the rise of the Great Zhonghai in the late Qing Dynasty and the prosperity of Xiangjiang after World War II.

Today, Yongcheng businessmen are all over the world, many of whom are world-class industrial and commercial tycoons, and they can be described as a group of elites, and even Tung Chee-hwa, the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, can only be regarded as a "junior"!

"In fact, most of the cadres in Haidong District and even Yongcheng officialdom have background in this regard." Liu Zhida said with a solemn face: "The biggest characteristic of these people is that they are quite united!" ”

Chen Mingyuan suddenly understood, Liu Zhida didn't say it explicitly, but the meaning was very clear: Jiang Fangtan is one of the members of the Yongcheng Business Gang!

"Not only him, originally here in Haidong District, the party committee and the government are almost distinct, the party committee is Secretary Cui's mountain, and the government is Secretary Jiang's original mountain, like Director Cheng of the Public Security Bureau, they are all hardcore followers of Secretary Jiang." Li Zhida's courage gradually became a little bigger, since he talked about this, he might as well talk about it, so as to save Chen Mingyuan from feeling unreliable, "Originally, Secretary Cui was the most disgusted with the gang and faction, but he couldn't stand the influence of the Yongcheng Business Gang in the local area, so he could only forbear to compromise, and Secretary Jiang also knew how to advance and retreat, although the two sides occasionally had friction, most of the time they were still peaceful. ”

Hearing this, Chen Mingyuan finally understood that the reason why the district government was relatively stable in this officialdom storm did not show how honest Jiang Fangtan and these people were, but that the energy of the Yongcheng Gang was too huge, and high-level bigwigs such as Hong Yuanshan had no choice but to take Secretary Cui's party committee!

Persimmon should be pinched softly, this is a truth that the general public understands, how can Hong Yuanshan have a bad relationship with the Yongcheng Gang when his foothold is not stable? !

"Speaking of the surname Cheng, I'm angry!" Liu Ting suddenly said sullenly: "Isn't it just that I got into a relationship with Secretary Jiang, the family is so nasty that their nostrils are almost upside down, especially his bastard son, who is so arrogant that he is boundless, Sisi's girl is really fascinated by ghosts, and she will fall in love with this kind of gentleman brother!" ”