The winter rain is bleak and cold, and the cold is bone-chilling.

In the wet city of Zhongzhou, pedestrians wrapped like penguins can be seen everywhere, and shallow ice slag has formed in the water stains and edges of the road.

In the office of the executive vice mayor, Huo Zemin stood by the window, looking at the dry branches in the courtyard that had been washed and washed, and his expression was a little gloomy.

The bidding work for the reconstruction of the Olympic Sports Center and Airport Road, which has attracted the attention of the entire Zhongzhou officialdom, has just been successfully concluded, and the bidding work has been under the auspices of Huo Zemin, and the pressure from all sides has been forcibly withstood and achieved openness, fairness and justice.

After the bidding, according to the bid opening, the powerful Zhiyuan Company, together with the Provincial State Construction Seventh Bureau, won the bid for the reconstruction of Airport Road and the construction of the Olympic Sports Center.

Although Zhiyuan Company is Yu Gang's, Huo Zemin can definitely announce the results with a conscience, because Yu Gang's Zhiyuan Company is indeed professional and convincing enough, and the plan is also obviously standing out from the crowd, far ahead.

However, not long after the bidding meeting, Ma Han, secretary of the municipal party committee, called.

Huo Zemin reported the bidding situation to him, and on the phone, Huo Zemin could hear that Secretary Ma Han was very unhappy, because of this bidding, Xin Wu, the son of Vice Governor Xin Hongzhen of the province, had found Secretary Ma Han, and Secretary Ma had also mentioned Xin Wu's "Soochow Company" to Huo Zemin in private, although he did not make it clear, but the meaning had already been pointed, but he did not expect Huo Zemin to hold a bidding meeting according to his requirements.

This incident naturally swept away Secretary Ma Han's prestige, but the most important thing was to break Secretary Ma's good calculations.

Originally, Secretary Ma wanted to pass the line of Xin Wu, hoping that when the change of office, Vice Governor Xin Hongzhen, who ranked fourth in the provincial party committee, could help him say a few words, but now, naturally, it has failed.

However, Huo Zemin acted according to the rules and procedures, and everyone saw it, even if Ma Han was the secretary of the municipal party committee, he couldn't find out whether Huo Zemin was not, so he could only say a few words to Huo Zemin, and then hung up the phone coldly.

Nowadays, Ma Han, secretary of the Zhongzhou Municipal Party Committee, and Si Zhiqiang, the mayor of Zhongzhou City, are fighting fiercely, Secretary Ma Han was a good man before, he likes to be with mud, and he feels a little weak, and Si Zhiqiang is only three years older than Huo Zemin, extremely strong, and the two complement each other in the first year, at least on the surface.

But in the past six months, the difference in concepts, the contradiction in the concept of governance, and the drive of power have gradually made the contradictions between the two gradually become public, so that the "third-in-command" Huo Zemin has become the object of two sides, but Huo Zemin has his own principles, is unwilling to form a gang, and likes to talk about things, so he has become a "wall-riding faction" in their eyes.

Both of them are a little unhappy with him, it can be said that Huo Zemin is working now, and the pressure and constraints are very great.

Therefore, it is very irrational to offend Xin Wu at this time, because there is also a powerful vice governor Xin Hongzhen behind him, if Vice Governor Xin is determined to make a little stumbling block for Huo Zemin behind his back, it is conceivable that Huo Zemin's career prospects in Zhongzhou will become even more bleak and difficult.

At this time, the phone rang suddenly, Huo Zemin picked up the phone and saw that it was Xin Wu calling.

Huo Zemin's brows furrowed slightly, as calm as him, and his face couldn't help but show a trace of anger, he naturally knew why Xin Wu called at this time, but he still picked it up and said with a smile: "I'm sorry Xin, this bidding is ......"

"Don't, Vice Mayor Huo, you're too embarrassed, I know it's my company that can't get into the eyes of the deputy mayor. But I called today to send Vice Mayor Huo a sentence that the old man of my family often reminds me: Be a good person can't be too indiscriminate, be a bad person can't be too absolute, the so-called 30 years of Hedong and 30 years of Hexi, this is a good person and a worker, or to leave some room for yourself and others! Xin Wu interrupted him coldly.

When Huo Zemin heard this, the anger on his face became even stronger, but he still smiled: "Okay, I remember this sentence." However, I also sent Mr. Xin a sentence that my old man often reminded me: be an upright person and do things innocently. ”

"Haha, what a sentence of being an upright person and doing things innocently, thank you for the teachings of Deputy Mayor Huo, I, Xin Wu, will definitely remember this sentence." After speaking, Xin Wu hung up the phone with a snap.

The anger on Huo Zemin's face reached its extreme at this time, this was a naked threat, but in the end, he sighed heavily, and then turned around and walked to the window again.

Everyone thinks that it is easy to be an official, but how can those who have not been an official know the difficulties involved, in fact, few people in this world are born determined to be a corrupt official, on the contrary, most people are actually full of ambition and ambition before stepping into the officialdom, and they all hope that they can be a good official with clean sleeves for the country and the people.

But only when you really step into it, will you know that the so-called people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, it is difficult to be an official, and it is even more difficult to be a good official.

The phone rang again, it was from An Hao, deputy director of the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee, An Hao was Huo Zemin's colleague in the Secretariat when he was the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and the two had a very personal relationship.

"Director Ontario called, what are your instructions?" Seeing that it was An Hao's call, Huo Zemin hurriedly put away his negative emotions and said with a smile.

"You Huo Zemin, I'm not your secretary or mayor, how dare I give you instructions as the executive deputy mayor!" An Hao said with a smile.

"You are one level higher than our secretary and mayor, and you are the leader of the provincial party committee." Huo Zemin said with a smile.

"Come on, if I am also the leader of the provincial party committee, then the leader of the provincial party committee will be too worthless." An Hao laughed at himself.

Huo Zemin smiled when he heard this: "Director An is modest, isn't he?" Why don't we sit in a different position? ”

"Huo Zemin, you don't have the right mouth." An Hao laughed at himself and laughed at himself, but when he heard Huo Zemin say this, he was very useful in his heart, smiled, and said seriously: "Okay, let's stop praising each other, let's get down to business, Zemin, I called here today because I have an important matter to ask you." ”

Speaking of this, An Hao paused, and the atmosphere seemed to sink between the two phone calls.

"You say?" Huo Zemin put away the smile on his face, and said with a solemn expression, it is absolutely impossible to be called by An Hao in person and say that it is an important matter.

"I just got the news that Deputy Secretary Sima De is going to be transferred to Qinhuai Province as governor. You know that? An Hao asked.

“…… I don't know, thank you for telling me about it. Huo Zemin was stunned for a while before he said, at this time, his landline phone rang, and when he saw that it was the phone of Kong Zhi, Secretary Sima's secretary, the whole person instantly slumped weakly on the chair, and seemed to suddenly become a little depressed.

He didn't listen to what An Hao said later.

With Deputy Secretary Sima De here, even if Xin Hongzhen tosses again, Huo Zemin is not afraid of sitting up straight, but now......

This matter is really weird, Deputy Secretary Sima De has done a good job in Zhongzhou, and it is not yet the time for the change, how can he say that the adjustment will be adjusted? !

What he didn't know was that this matter was also directly related to his idol-like uncle, more than a month ago, Zhuo Jun went to the capital, first cured Sima De's heart disease, so that Sima De had a further physical capital, and then casually cured the old man of the Yan family, Yan Tairan, and it happened that the old man of the Yan family, Zhuo Wenshan, did not know what opportunity he encountered, and his condition was greatly improved.

These two lifelong rivals in the army tigers both came out of the mountain, competing to show their muscles, and naturally set off a lot of shocks at the top level, as a result, Sima De was adjusted to Qinhuai Province by mistake, although Qinhuai is a little poorer than Zhongzhou, but for him, it can be regarded as a promotion.

But for Huo Zemin, who is in danger and still needs to rely on him, it is big bad news.

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In the administrative building of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Lei Hao knocked on the office of Deputy Director Liu Xiangyang with an excited face.

"Uncle, I heard that Deputy Secretary Sima is going to be transferred to Qinhuai Province!" As soon as he entered the door, Lei Hao immediately gloated.

"What are you yelling about, what are you excited about Deputy Secretary Sima transferring away?" Liu Xiangyang saw that Lei Hao had been suspended, and he still looked breathless, and glared at him angrily.

Lei Hao was glared at by Liu Xiangyang, and he shrank his head, but he still couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, walked to his uncle's side, and said in a low voice: "I heard that Huo Zemin went all the way up because of the line of Deputy Secretary Sima De, and now that Deputy Secretary Sima De has been transferred, he will not lose his backer, then my business is ......."

After the incident of "Beauty International" came out, because there was no direct evidence to prove that he deliberately hurt people, Lei Hao escaped criminal responsibility by luck, but in the end, under the pressure of Huo Zemin, he didn't even go to the Archives Management Department of the Letters and Visits Office, and was directly suspended at home.

"Superficial. Do you think that Huo Zemin is so big, he doesn't have any real skills, and he can be promoted by his backers alone? Liu Xiangyang hated iron and said with no steel.

Lei Hao was also suffocated during this time, and his work was temporarily unavailable, and he still didn't have a letter until he was suspended.

The people who used to pat him on the back heard that he had offended the executive deputy mayor, and they avoided him intentionally or unintentionally, and even those who had a holiday with him before took the opportunity to step on him and cut him, even those student sisters of Zhongzhou Radio and Television University, black fungus, used to surround him one by one, and now they don't let him touch it.

So as soon as he heard the news of Secretary Sima's transfer, Lei Hao was excited, thinking that his opportunity had come, but he was trained by his uncle, and he was suddenly poured from head to foot by a basin of cold water.

Yes, he is the executive deputy mayor, a deputy department-level cadre, a provincial management cadre, and there are only a handful of officials in the entire Zhongzhou Province who can really decide the position below his ass, even if Sima De is transferred? As long as people turn their buttocks, there are still provincial and ministerial-level officials vying to take care of it, and they want to accept it as a descendant.

It's like him, without his uncle's protection, not to mention Zhongzhou City, there are stacks of officials in Yinshui District who can pinch him.

Seeing Lei Hao drooping his head, like a frosted eggplant, Liu Xiangyang, who had been close to Mayor Si Zhiqiang during this time, narrowed his eyes, so he was unhurried and said slowly: "However, Huo Zemin is too upright to be flexible. The so-called rigidity is easy to break, especially in officialdom, if there is no one to cover it, this kind of surname can often ruin his future. (To be continued.) )