As the twilight wore on, the silver-grey Volvo was parked in the parking lot on the east side of the synagogue.

Lin Quan sat in the passenger seat, holding a cigarette in his hand, resting his arm on the window of the car with the glass down, staring at the Huabiao pillar in the hall square with burning eyes, as if he could feel the dull atmosphere in the hall, Lin Quan's brows would frown from time to time, and even he couldn't realize it.

To the west, the new Civic Building reflects the last rays of the setting sun, leaving a bright red on the curtain wall.

Lin Quan retracted his gaze and watched the soot be blown away by the wind. At this time, the door of the synagogue opened, and the delegates rushed out, as if dark waves were pouring out. Lin Quan extinguished the smoke, pressed the glass window, and watched the delegates who had already walked to the hall square through a layer of reflective film.

"It's finally over." Ji Yong sighed softly, Lin Quan's words were quite rare on this day, even if Fang Nan called, he hurriedly said a few words, which showed that he was pressing things in his heart.

"Heh," Lin Quan exhaled lightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "How can it end so easily?" Lao Ji, you call home and send me to the provincial capital in the evening. ”

Ji Yong has been driving for Lin Quan since 00, and until now, he knows things that many company executives don't know about Lin Quan, and his steady and serious surname also makes him gain Lin Quan's trust. Lin Quan has such an achievement at a young age, in the hearts of others, there may be various opinions, but Ji Yong knows in his heart that Lin Quan's achievements are by no means so easy, and the things he bears in his heart are incomprehensible to others. Not to mention Lin Quan's talent and keen insight in business, Ji Yong has never seen anyone more diligent than Lin Quan. Of course, Ji Yong's respect for Lin Quan is also due to Lin Quan's generosity to the people around him, since he came to work by Lin Quan's side, Ji Yong has never been worried about family affairs, and because he has been working by Lin Quan's side, his status within Liantou is not comparable to that of ordinary middle-level supervisors.

"Do you want to inform Mr. Gu?" Generally speaking, Lin Quan has to meet Gu Liangyu when he goes to the provincial capital, and Ji Yong is still used to asking Lin Quan's opinion.

Lin Quan nodded and said, "When I am free today, it may be a little late, tell Gu Liangyu that I will stay in the provincial capital all day tomorrow." ”

Many delegates passed by the silver-grey Volvo and picked up their cars from the parking lot, and many delegates had drivers waiting in the parking lot. Wei Jiaqiang and Shu Jingkun talked to the driver on the phone while going down the steps, and asked the driver to drive the car to the square to pick them up. Shu Jingkun is the deputy bureau, there is no special car, and he is about to rub Wei Jiaqiang's car home, when he accidentally caught a glimpse of Volvo parked on the edge of the parking lot, and yelled at Wei Jiaqiang: "Is this the car?" ”

"Ah," Wei Jiaqiang followed his gaze and hurriedly asked the driver not to rush over on the phone, at this time people were confused, Wei Jiaqiang knew that it was not the time to come forward to say hello, so he stood on the steps with Shu Jingkun to rub time. Shu Jingkun was also strange in his heart, he was afraid of seeing Lin Quan, but he also wanted to personally confirm Lin Quan's attitude towards him, people can't live in fear all the time.

The flow of people gradually dissipated, the square was lit up, and the central music fountain spewed a cheerful column of water, Volvo stayed where it was and did not drive away, if it were not for the flickering fireworks in the glass window, Wei Jiaqiang almost thought that there was no one in the car.

Wei Jiaqiang strode over, Shu Jingkun followed, presumably Lin Quan also saw them, and as they approached Volvo, the car window slowly lowered, and Lin Quan showed his thin and young face.

Wei Jiaqiang was worried about how to call him, calling Mr. Lin, he seemed to be angry, calling Mr. Lin, he was too light on himself, and he was a little contemptuous.

"The light is dim, wait until you get closer, Uncle Wei, and you will recognize it, sin, sin." Lin Quan didn't mean to get out of the car, he threw his fist at Wei Jiaqiang to apologize, looked at Shu Jingkun behind Wei Jiaqiang, and nodded slightly.

Wei Jiaqiang licked his lips and wanted to say something more, when Geng Yimin's No. 1 car drove out of the inner corner of the parking lot, and Liu Yetian's license plate 00088 followed. Car No. 1 staggered, pressed a horn to signal, car No. 88 stopped, Liu Yetian poked his head out of the window, beckoned to Lin Quan, and followed car No. 1 to raise dust.

Lin Quan said: "I have to leave beforehand, and next time I have time to get together." Without waiting for Wei Jiaqiang to respond, his body had already sat upright, and Volvo quickly turned around and followed the first two cars.

Wei Jiaqiang noticed the details of Liu Yetian taking the initiative to greet Lin Quan, sighed secretly, and exhaled softly, revealing the surprise in his heart.

Shu Jingkun didn't know if Lin Quan's nod to him recognized him, or if it was simply a habitual action. Even if he recognized himself, he was indifferent enough, Shu Jingkun didn't expect Lin Quan to have any special attitude, he was a small deputy department, just begging the Lin family not to hold a grudge against the old things. Wei Jiaqiang's daughter and Chen Jianguo's son are friends, and Lin Quan's attitude towards Wei Jiaqiang is quite affectionate, so in this way, the rumors about the Lin family and Chen Jianguo's brother and sister tearing up their faces in the past two years should not be true.

Shu Jingkun remembered that when he worked with Lin Mingda, the relationship between the Lin family and Chen Jianguo's brothers and sisters had always been bad, because Chen Jianguo's brothers and sisters had always looked down on Chen Ran's adopted daughter Chen Xiu, and Lin Quan was adopted by Chen Ran, so his attitude towards Lin Quan was naturally not good. Since Lin Mingda's family and Chen Jianguo's brothers and sisters can get along peacefully, maybe the Lin family has long since stopped taking the grievances in the city No. 1 Middle School in their hearts.

Shu Jingkun thought so, his heart was a little relaxed, and he smiled at Wei Jiaqiang and said: "I work together in the same building all day, but there are very few opportunities to drink with you, how about going to Jingnan Hotel together?" ”

Wei Jiaqiang was in a good mood and said, "It's okay to go and have a drink." ”

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Linquan only accompanied Geng Yimin and Liu Yetian to have a simple meal in Xiushui Pavilion, and asked Ji Yong to send him to the provincial capital just after half past seven. After resting in the car, before entering the provincial capital, Lin Quan called Geng Tianshuang: "Brother Geng, I am about to enter the provincial capital, and I want to see Secretary Gu at night......"

On the other end of the phone, there was a slight vibration of the motor, and a dull and indistinct horn sound, Geng Tianshuang and Gu Xianzhang were in the car.

After a long time, Gu Xianzhang took the phone: "Xiaolin, I'll go home now, you can come to my house." ”

Lin Quan breathed a sigh of relief and asked Ji Yong to go directly to Gu Xianzhang's courtyard at No. 71 Yanjing Road.

On the way to the car, Lin Quan received a call from Geng Tianshuang's father-in-law, Yang Tianhua, head of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and Yang Tianhua's voice on the other end of the phone was very hearty: "Jinghai is almost going to the sky this time, fortunately, the Liu Yetian you pushed out has prestige, which can reflect that the local elections are moving in a more open direction. I just talked to Lao Geng on the phone, and I know that you are on your way to the provincial capital, forget it tonight, and remember to take time to come to my house tomorrow to play a few games of chess......"

Liu Qingshan also called to express his condolences, but no one else in the province called. Liu Yetian was elected as the new mayor of Jinghai City with a high vote of 356 votes, the procedure is reasonable and legal, even if there are too many differences in the province, the results of the Jinghai City election will be recognized, on the surface it seems that the dust has settled, but the real consequences of the matter are not over.

Yang Tianhua and Liu Qingshan were able to call at this time, which made Lin Quan's heart feel somewhat comforted and warm, and Lin Quan could only have a helpless attitude towards other people's retreat and ambivalence at this time, after all, most people learned this law of survival in the cracks.

After driving past the forty-eighth, Lin Quan looked sideways at the indifferent courtyard, and his slightly tired heart became firm again.

Volvo drove into the deep house with lush trees, Geng Tianshuang stood outside the living room, with a grim expression on his face, saw Lin Quan push the door down, strode up to meet him, and whispered: "Nine members of the Standing Committee of the province are at home, and the other four Standing Committee members also expressed their opinions on the Jinghai incident by phone, and the reaction was very fierce, Secretary Gu set the tone, but Deputy Director Wan Yong still reserved his objections, and I accompanied Secretary Gu in the office until the editorial on the front page of the newspaper office was finalized tomorrow. ”

Lin Quan asked, "How is the editorial going to give a surname to Jinghai Matter?" ”

"Adhere to the leadership of the party, fully carry forward the bright boil, strictly elect in accordance with the law, and promote social harmony," Geng Tianshuang said this, thinking of the thrilling, he still sighed, "Fortunately, Zhang Quan's support rate is quite low, and the second election has just passed 100 votes, so Deputy Director Wan has nothing to say, otherwise it will be difficult to clean up, and it is inconvenient for me to disclose other things to you first, Secretary Gu is waiting for you in the study." ”

Lin Quan nodded and didn't ask anything more. Gu Xianzhang was not completely relieved, and it was impossible for him to reveal more information to Geng Tianshuang.

Gu Xianxian's second son, Gu Qing and his wife, happened to be at their parents' house, and he had just learned about the incident in Jinghai, when he saw Lin Quan walking in, he pointed towards the study. Pushing open the study, only a small wall lamp was on, the light in the study was very dim, and the outside courtyard light sprinkled in like moonlight.

Gu Xianzhang sat on the corner chair in front of the window, pointed to the corner chair opposite and said, "Sit." ”

Unable to judge Gu Charter's inner thoughts from his voice and expression, Lin Quan stopped at the door for a few seconds, walked to the corner chair opposite Gu Charter and sat down.

"What do you think about this?" Gu Xianzhang looked up at Lin Quan, he knew in his heart that this young face had a different mind.

"Staying out of the way?" Lin Quan asked.

"Hmm!" Gu Xianzhang nodded.

"Jinghai City's move may be a kind of taboo to attack the political tradition of stability above all else for more than two decades, but I don't think it's a bad thing," Lin Quan licked his lips, a little astringent, "The local elections must move in a more open direction." Judging from Jinghai's incident alone, the province can of course ask Jinghai to still choose Zhang Quan as the only candidate in the second election, even if three elections are held, Zhang Quan can always be pushed to the top. There is always a discrepancy between the intention of the organization and the will of the masses, in the face of such a trade-off, politicians and politicians will be distinguished, the reason why Jinghai wants to take this risk is that he does not want to interfere with the adjustment steps of the provincial party committee, and more importantly, I believe in Secretary Gu! ”

(To be continued)