Coming to the Minghua Hotel at noon, Chen Xing was slightly stunned when he walked into the box, Xiao Guodong was not the only one in the box, there was also a fresh face, much older than Xiao Guodong, Chen Xing estimated that the other party was in his 50s, a dark tunic was quite eye-catching, Chen Xing's eyes swept over the other party, and soon looked at Xiao Guodong, and shouted Brother Xiao with a smile, and then half-jokingly, "Brother Xiao is busy until now, I have finally been free, in order to eat this meal, I have been waiting for more than ten days." ”

"A few days ago, Ning Ning called me when he arrived in Nanzhou, I was going to come over, but I was drunk by the cadres in Zhenhai City at noon that day, and I slept to death in the afternoon, and Ning Ning left early the next morning, and I delayed if I wanted to come." Xiao Guodong smiled, and Chen Xing also looked very casual, nodded, and motioned for Chen Xing to sit down by himself.

"It seems that Brother Xiao should be equipped with a few more assistants in the future, and he can help block the wine at critical moments." Chen Xing said with a smile, Zhenhai City in Xiao Guodong's mouth is a prefecture-level city in Nanhai Province, in the south of Nanzhou City, the distance between the two cities is not close, and it is nearly a three-hour drive on the expressway.

Chen Xing knew that Xiao Guodong had been busy with the nuclear power plant in Zhenhai City during this period of time, and he didn't know what the nuclear power plant had progressed to, but Xiao Guodong was indeed very dedicated, and when he first started to know Xiao Guodong through Zhang Ningning, Chen Xing thought that Xiao Guodong was only serving as the deputy general manager of the Nuclear Industry Group and was just relying on his family relationship to hang a position in it, and later learned that it was not the same thing at all, that Xiao Guodong relied on his own ability to move up step by step. From an ordinary grassroots employee of the group to the deputy general manager of the group, Xiao Guodong only took more than ten years.

Of course, this is of course because Xiao Guodong's own ability is very good, but no one can deny that Xiao Guodong's background plays a key role, otherwise in such a large state-owned enterprise, even if Xiao Guodong's ability is excellent, if he wants to do this position at the age of less than forty, it can only be a fool's dream, especially the nuclear industry group because it involves nuclear power and military industry, this enterprise has a certain mysterious and confidential nature, far more than the vast majority of central enterprises, the general manager of the group is a ministerial-level cadre. Instead of the so-called ministerial-level treatment, it can be seen from this that general, even ordinary, and even ordinary provincial and ministerial-level cadres have to be polite when they meet the top level of their group.

At that time, Xiao Dingping was not the vice chairman of the Military Commission, but he was already a prominent cadre with real power in the military, and he was the political commissar of a large military region with the rank of lieutenant general.

Many colleagues next to Xiao Guodong don't know his background, thinking that Xiao Guodong is just from an ordinary family, and later Xiao Guodong was promoted quickly with his excellent performance, which caused a lot of speculation, ordinary grassroots employees and low-level cadres do not know their identity, but to say that the group's senior management does not know Xiao Guodong's identity, it is pure nonsense, Xiao Guodong's promotion and promotion, Xiao Dingping has never asked, nor has he said hello to his son, but I have to say, The group's decision-making level also has the intention of currying favor with Xiao Dingping in disguise for Xiao Guodong's exceptional promotion, especially when Xiao Dingping was later promoted to the rank of general, and soon after he was transferred to the General Political Department as a leader, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Xiao Dingping's future is very good, and the relationship with the Zhang family has also benefited Xiao Dingping a lot, and he can become the vice chairman of the Military Commission, and the old man of the Zhang family has played a vital role in this.

"A few days ago, it happened to be the official foundation of the project, the municipal party committee and the municipal government set up a banquet to entertain, and the drink was messed up in the end, the secretary of the Zhenhai Municipal Party Committee and the mayor of Zhenhai City personally went out and desperately pulled me to drink a few more glasses, but it was difficult to refrain from being gracious, so I could only drink it." Xiao Guodong smiled, the secretary of the Zhenhai Municipal Party Committee and the mayor both knew his true identity, if he didn't want to drink, the two would never dare to let others pour him wine, mainly because he was in a good mood that day.

"Dare to love that the nuclear power plant is only going to be officially constructed now, I thought that Brother Xiao, you have been in Zhenhai for a while, and the project has already started." Chen Xing said with a smile, he didn't care about Zhenhai's affairs, and he really didn't know the situation.

"Not so fast, you think it's so easy to build a nuclear power plant, from project approval to design and construction, there are many things involved." Xiao Guodong shook his head and smiled.

"Guodong, you have to change your habit of doing things yourself, can you let the people below do some things, you are now the vice president of the group, there is no need to be so detailed." The man in a tunic next to Xiao Guodong said with a smile.

"I'm used to it, and I can't change it for a while, but what Uncle Zhou said makes sense, it's really too busy to manage too much." Xiao Guodong said with emotion, turned his head to see Chen Xing, Xiao Guodong slapped his forehead violently, "Oops, I forgot to introduce, Chen Xing, this is Zhou Dongfang, the commander of the provincial military region." ”

Xiao Guodong introduced the man in the tunic next to Chen Xing, and Chen Xing stood up in surprise when he heard that the other party was actually the commander of the provincial military region, "It turned out to be Commander Zhou, disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

"I've admired Mayor Chen's name for a long time." Zhou Dongfang looked at Chen Xing with a smile.

"I said you two don't come to this hypocrisy." Xiao Guodong shook his head with a smile and said to Chen Xing, "Chen Xing, you should also call Uncle Zhou, you don't suffer in terms of age." ”

"Brother Xiao, you have called Uncle Zhou, then I will not suffer if I shout." Chen Xing smiled and echoed Xiao Guodong's words, and he had already shouted Uncle Zhou, he didn't mind picking up a cheap uncle, the key was that the other party was still the commander of the Nanhai Provincial Military Region, maybe he needed to use the other party's things.

"Uncle Zhou, look, Chen Xing called you uncle, if he has something to find you in the future, you can't shirk it." Xiao Guodong turned his head and smiled at Zhou Dongfang, he was used to joking with Zhou Dongfang, and he was often open-mouthed.

"Okay, you Guodong, I think you are digging a pit for me to jump, it seems that my uncle is not worthy of it." Zhou Dongfang nodded, Xiao Guodong smiled.

Chen Xing listened to the conversation between Xiao Guodong and Zhou Dongfang, the words of the two were very casual, after coming in for a while, from the words and deeds of the two, it was obvious that the relationship between Zhou Dongfang and the Xiao family was very close, and Xiao Guodong's Uncle Zhou was very kind and natural. Xiao Guodong seemed to see Chen Xing's doubts, and explained with a smile, "Uncle Zhou and my father are from the same army, and when I was a child, I was deceived by Uncle Zhou to do bad things. ”

"Guodong, if you say that, you will wronged me, and when you do something bad, you didn't push me out of the black pot." Zhou Dongfang's eyes widened, and he said angrily, when he was fifty years old, he actually looked like he wanted to be more serious with Xiao Guodong, and Chen Xing was dumbfounded.

"Haha, Uncle Zhou, don't be a fool, if you quibble again, I will shake out all the previous things." Xiao Guodong looked at Zhou Dongfang triumphantly, not afraid of Zhou Dongfang's posture at all.

"Forget it, I'm an old man who doesn't care about you young people." Zhou Dongfang waved his hand very generously, remembering the past, his old face was slightly red, when Xiao Dingping was still the commander of the army, he was just a small platoon commander under Xiao Dingping, he was only twenty-five or sixteen years old at the time, Xiao Guodong was still a teenager at that time, Zhou Dongfang once tricked Xiao Guodong into going to the female soldier's dormitory to make trouble, fortunately, Xiao Guodong did not confess him that time.

"I think Uncle Zhou, you are weak-hearted." Xiao Guodong was unforgiving, "Yes, Uncle Zhou, you are now the dignified commander of the provincial military region, the official worships the major general, at that time he was still a second lieutenant platoon commander with a dime on his shoulders, if you let Uncle Zhou, your current soldiers know Uncle Zhou's previous great achievements, it is estimated that everyone will be dumbfounded." ”

"Yes, yes, I'm afraid of your mouth, Chen Xing is also here, let's order food and eat, I'm almost hungry alone." Zhou Dongfang smiled and diverted the topic, the past was unbearable, thinking about the past, he was also a ruffian, a rookie egg, a veteran ruffian, Zhou Dongfang was definitely a thorn in the head of the chief when he was young.

Chen Xing sat on the side and remained silent, listening to the conversation between Xiao Guodong and Zhou Dongfang was also interesting, the generals in these troops looked solemn and solemn, but in fact, they also had a cute side.

"I forgot to eat without saying anything." Xiao Guodong nodded with a smile and handed the menu to Chen Xing, "Chen Xing, you can order it." ”

"No, I have the most headache to order." Chen Xing smiled bitterly and looked at Zhou Dongfang and Xiao Guodong, both of whom were obviously not used to ordering food, Chen Xing said simply, "Do you want to let the hotel serve a few special dishes?" ”

"It's okay, let's eat to have an atmosphere." Xiao Guodong smiled indifferently, looked at Chen Xing, and said with concern, "How are you in Nanzhou, the work is going smoothly." ”

"It's fine." Chen Xing smiled and nodded, Xiao Guodong asked, he immediately thought of the tricky matter in front of him, and wondered if he should mention it, there was also a Zhou Dongfang at the scene, maybe Zhou Dongfang had a lot of connections in the province that could be of great use to him, and he was also the commander of a provincial military district, and he should have a good relationship with some bigwigs in the province.

"What, something?" Chen Xing fell into Xiao Guodong's eyes after a little hesitation, Xiao Guodong said with some dissatisfaction, "Chen Xing, just say something if you have something, we are a family, so what are you doing outside." ”

"There's something wrong, Brother Xiao, do you know anyone in the Provincial Public Security Department?" Chen Xing is not hypocritical at this time.

"Provincial Public Security Department?" Xiao Guodong glanced at Chen Xing suspiciously, quickly turned his gaze to Zhou Dongfang, and said with a smile, "Chen Xing, it seems that you didn't shout Uncle Zhou in vain just now, you should find Uncle Zhou for this matter." ”

Xiao Guodong's words surprised Chen Xing, and he turned his head to look at Zhou Dongfang, could it be that Zhou Dongfang and the leaders of the provincial department still have any special friendship?

Xiao Guodong played the role of relieving doubts at this time, and said with a smile, "In the past, when Uncle Zhou was the platoon commander, Vice Governor Guan was even an instructor, and he was still Uncle Zhou's superior. ”

Chen Xing knew that the vice governor Guan in Xiao Guodong's mouth was Guan Jinhui, vice governor and director of the provincial department, and Chen Xing was surprised to hear that Zhou Dongfang and Guan Jinhui had such a relationship, and then came a surprise, this relationship can really come in handy, as long as Zhou Dongfang is willing to come forward, Guan Jinhui will definitely give face, then he will add a lot of help in the political and legal system.

"It's not necessarily a bad thing for Brother Guan to change jobs, at least he is also a provincial-level cadre now, and he will not be worse than in the army." Zhou Dongfang smiled, Guan Jinhui is several years older than him, speaking of which, this former old boss is not as beautiful as him now, but Zhou Dongfang respects Guan Jinhui from the bottom of his heart, and this Guan brother is even more heartfelt, and at the end Zhou Dongfang said again, "In fact, there is no comparison between the army and the local government, after all, they are two different systems." ”

"Also, it's hard to make a concrete comparison." Xiao Guodong smiled and nodded in agreement, if you want to say who has a higher level between Zhou Dongfang and Guan Jinhui, this is actually meaningless, but it really has to be compared, both of them are at the deputy ministerial level, here is according to the comparison between the level of troops and local cadres, generally speaking, the regiment-level cadres of the army are equivalent to local department-level cadres, division-level cadres are equivalent to local prefectural and departmental levels, and military-level cadres are equivalent to local provincial and ministerial levels. However, only the principal posts of the large military regions are equivalent to the local ministerial-level cadres.

A certain large military region and a local provincial party committee have jointly issued a following article stipulating the order in which the two sides are to report in regular news reports, and if the activities of local organizations are attended by troops and local party and government leading cadres, the order in regular news reports is: secretary of the provincial party committee, commander of the large military region, provincial governor, political commissar of the large military region, ....... If it is an event organized by the military, the order in the news report is: commander of the large military region, secretary of the provincial party committee, provincial governor, political commissar of the large military region.

Therefore, there is no question of the rank of the commander of the large military region, the political commissar, the secretary of the provincial party committee, and the provincial governor, and their respective ranks are all at the ministerial level; of course, there is no high or low level, but there is a distinction between high and low status, just like the secretary of the provincial party committee and the provincial governor, who are at the ministerial level at the same time, but there is a difference in the status of the two.

Zhou Dongfang, as the commander of the provincial military district, belongs to the regular army-level cadres, Guan Jinhui is the vice governor and director of the provincial department, and he is also a deputy provincial-level cadre.

But then again, cadres at or above the division level in the army generally will not change jobs, Zhou Dongfang is now only in his early fifties and has served as the commander of the provincial military district, and his future in the army is also very good, it makes no sense to compare him with Guan Jinhui, but if it is put in the eyes of outsiders, Guan Jinhui is far worse than Zhou Dongfang, because Guan Jinhui's age has gone six, and the deputy provincial cadre is his limit, and at the age of 60, Guan Jinhui is determined to take a back seat, and the age limit of the army is relatively relaxed, what level can Zhou Dongfang reach in the future, no one dares to make judgments.

Xiao Guodong and Zhou Dongfang chatted, and Zhou Dongfang looked at Chen Xing, "Chen Xing, you are also an acting mayor now, and you still need to worry about the case yourself?" ”

"Brother Xiao doesn't know, the situation in Nanzhou City is too complicated, the local faction is deeply rooted and intertwined, I have the title of deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and acting mayor on my head, but I can't control people at all, there are many people below who don't buy it, if you are not afraid of Brother Xiao, I can't command the Municipal Public Security Bureau."

"And that kind of thing?" Xiao Guodong was surprised, and turned his head to Zhou Dongfang for confirmation in confusion.

"Guodong, don't look at me, I don't know about this kind of thing, I don't pay too much attention to local things." Zhou Dongfang smiled and shook his head, the military and the government are separated, the army and the local government do not interfere with each other, Zhou Dongfang only cares about the affairs of his own troops, and the contact with the local government, most of them are also political commissars, whether it is the provincial military district or the municipal military subdivision, the political commissar of the military region has the title of standing committee member in the local party committee at the same level, which is also to facilitate the coordination between the army and the locality.

Zhou Dongfang spoke, turned his head to Chen Xing and smiled, "Chen Xing, your matter is not important, do you want me to call Vice Governor Guan now and ask him if he is free to come." ”

"It would be best if Vice Governor Guan could come over now, but he would trouble Uncle Zhou." Chen Xing said with a smile, with this kind of opportunity, how could he let it go.

"You call me uncle, then my uncle can't be in vain." Zhou Dongfang smiled, he hadn't sat down with Guan Jinhui for a while, and it was not bad to take this opportunity to sit together today.

After Zhou Dongfang finished speaking, he took out the phone and called Guan Jinhui, as soon as the phone was connected, Zhou Dongfang immediately smiled and said, "Vice Governor Guan, do you have time to sit at noon, or do you need to make an appointment in advance?" ”

"Oh, what a rarity, did the sun come out in the west today?" Guan Jinhui on the other end of the phone also teased Zhou Dongfang in his first sentence, and the relationship between the two can be seen in general.

made a joke with each other, Guan Jinhui asked Zhou Dongfang very simply where he was, indicating that he would come over soon, and Zhou Dongfang hung up the phone with a smile.

"Vice Governor Guan still gives Uncle Zhou a lot of face, and as soon as he heard Uncle Zhou's call, he was going to come over immediately." Xiao Guodong said with a smile.

"If you call, won't Brother Guan come faster." Zhou Dongfang glared at Xiao Guodong with a smile, the two of them joked as if no one was around, and they didn't treat Chen Xing present as an outsider, Xiao Guodong and Chen Xing were originally in-laws, Zhou Dongfang and the Xiao family have a lot of relationship, speaking of which, Zhou Dongfang is Xiao Dingping's hardcore supporter in the army, because of this staggered relationship, it is not an exaggeration to say that the three of them are a whole interest.

Guan Jinhui's speed was very fast, and he came over in less than ten minutes, mainly because the Minghua Hotel was not very far from the provincial government, Guan Jinhui had been in the office in the morning, and it would be close to noon, he happened to be about to eat in the canteen of the agency, and rushed over after receiving a call from Zhou Dongfang.

"Ah, Gordon is there too." Walking into the box, Guan Jinhui was very surprised when he saw Xiao Guodong, but a hint of surprise flashed and walked over quickly, "Guodong, are you busy with Zhenhai?" Why didn't you notify me when you arrived in the provincial capital, it seems that the old brother of the East has a big face, so I have to stand aside. ”

"Uncle Guan, don't say that, I just arrived in Nanzhou today, and I'm planning to go to Uncle Guan's house at night to fight the autumn breeze." Xiao Guodong said with a smile, knowing that Guan Jinhui was joking, but he also had to say two good words.

Guan Jinhui walked to Xiao Guodong and sat down, his eyes quickly swept from Chen Xing, he also saw Chen Xing as soon as he came in, although it was only the first time he saw Chen Xing today, it didn't mean that he didn't know Chen Xing, the youngest mayor of a prefecture-level city in Nanhai Province, Guan Jinhui has no reason not to pay attention to the vice governor of this province, especially Chen Xing is behind the relationship between the Zhang family, and he can be regarded as a little related, he can become this vice governor, it was Xiao Dingping who helped him speak at the top, otherwise where would he have today's position, This is also the reason why he is particularly enthusiastic when he sees Xiao Guodong.

"Uncle Guan, you should know this one." Xiao Guodong smiled and pointed at Chen Xing.

"Of course I know, the last time Mayor Chen went to the provincial government, I still saw it at the time." Guan Jinhui glanced at Chen Xing and smiled.

"Last time, Governor Shun asked me to go over, and I didn't notice you Governor Guan when I was walking with my head down." Chen Xing said with a smile, don't say that I didn't notice it last time, but I just noticed it, at most it was just to say hello, I didn't know that Guan Jinhui had something to do with the Xiao family last time.

"I know, I saw you enter the office of Governor Bora later, and I missed it when I wanted to talk to you at that time." Guan Jinhui smiled indifferently, only he knows whether this is true or false.

"You two don't bother to say hello." Zhou Dongfang interjected at this time, "Brother Guan, how long did you say that we haven't had a drink, did you make a bottle of white at noon today?" ”

"Don't, drink it yourself, I don't have your barrel belly." Guan Jinhui smiled and waved his hand, "If you have the ability, you can go to the old head of the regiment to drink and see if you can drink him." After Guan Jinhui finished speaking, he glanced at Xiao Guodong, and the old head in his mouth naturally referred to Xiao Guodong's father.

"I wanted to drink with the old leader, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity." Zhou Dongfang shook his head, "The old regiment commander is now among the ranks of national leaders, and it is not easy for us to see each other. ”

"What's this, Guo Dong is going back to the capital after he is busy with Zhenhai, don't you go back with him, others can't see it, Guo Dong can't see it, you can see him if you go with him." Guan Jinhui said with a smile.

"You just have a bad idea, I won't stay in the station, I have nothing to do and go to the capital, and I won't be criticized by the old regiment leader." Zhou Dongfang rolled his eyes with a smile.

Guan Jinhui and Zhou Dongfang were joking with each other, Xiao Guodong and Chen Xing were not idle, I saw Xiao Guodong leaning over to Chen Xing and whispered, "Chen Xing, don't see you later, just say whatever you want, Guan Jinhui If he can help, he won't dare not help." ”

Chen Xing listened to Xiao Guodong's words and nodded secretly, but he saw a little clue at the moment, compared to Guan Jinhui, Xiao Guodong seemed to have a closer relationship with Zhou Dongfang, as for Guan Jinhui, Xiao Guodong's politeness was more like staying on the surface.