Under the arrangement of the Huaining Municipal Party Committee and the senior management of the natural gas company, the central inspection team was arranged to stay in a hotel in the center of Huaining.

Zhou Fan is not worried about the problem of funds caused by the stagnation of the natural gas project, since the project has passed the approval of the central high-level, even if the central financial pressure is great, I believe that the high-level will also ask the Ministry of Finance to increase investment in this project through the budget, after all, such a large investment in the early stage, it is impossible to give up and give up, but how the Ministry of Finance passed such a large budget, this is the real difficulty.

It seems that the high-level of this project has already guessed the mind of the central government, so that there will be no fear to start this face-saving project, but from the surface of the situation, the early tens of millions of funds smashed in, but not a drop of water splashed, if it is not for the completion of this project can drive the development of several provinces in the northwest, Zhou Fan really hopes that the central high-level will withdraw this project.

That night, Director Fang and the person in charge of the natural gas project talked for a long time, although I didn't know what the two were talking about, but Director Fang was in a good mood the next day, thinking that some things should be discussed very well, and Director Fang also showed a rare smile.

As soon as he entered the conference room, Zhou Fan noticed that the atmosphere in the conference room was a little depressing, and Director Fang did not have the smile on his face from a few days ago, and looked preoccupied.

It can be seen that Director Fang's mood at the moment does not seem to be calm, everyone is also you look at me, I look at you, obviously I don't know what happened, which can make Director Fang also worry about it.

"Xiao Yang, send the things down and let everyone see them." Director Fang opened his mouth and instructed his secretary Xiao Yangdao.

Xiao Yang nodded, handed a few pages of letter to everyone, and asked everyone to take turns to read it, and the expression on the face of each cadre who read the letter was extremely heavy, as if the letter weighed a thousand catties.

Zhou Fan sat in the last few positions, and when Zhou Fan saw the content of the letter, the cadres in the office already knew that everyone would hang their heads and look preoccupied.

"Everyone has read it, and everyone has their opinion on the content of this letter." Director Fang frowned and said, looking at the deputy ministerial-level inspector on the left-hand side, obviously asking the other party to be the first to talk about his own views Ministries and commissions generally arrange some positions of deputy ministerial-level inspectors, although they are nominally at the deputy ministerial level, and even rank in front of the assistant minister, but in fact, some cadres who are about to retire, or cadres who are about to retire in the next two years, these cadres have faded out of the center of power, and they are basically in the category of pension in such a position.

The deputy ministerial-level inspector who came out with Director Fang is surnamed Zhou, and he has the same surname as Zhou Fan, who originally held the position of deputy secretary in a province in the southwest, and fell north in the competition for the position of secretary of the provincial party committee, so he was arranged to be put into the National Development and Reform Commission for the elderly, I heard that this inspector Zhou is a well-known figure in a certain province in the southwest, even the central high-level have heard of this name, and the influence in the southwest at that time is not comparable to the current secretary of the provincial party committee of the southwest province. Maybe the other party won't be sitting here today.

I heard that Director Fang values this person very much, although he is only an inspector, it seems that Director Fang will discuss anything with others, and this time he will arrange the other party to the inspection team, and it can be seen that Director Fang's attitude can be seen.

Inspector Zhou frowned and glanced at Director Fang, obviously wanting to see some of Director Fang's views on this matter, but unfortunately, Director Fang's expression did not change, and he couldn't see anything unusual.

"I think it is groundless, it may not be without a reason, I think I should discuss it with Secretary Zhang of the Provincial Party Committee, and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection will come forward to deal with this matter, or will the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection personally take charge of the people?" Inspector Zhou said cautiously, obviously worried that if his words did not conform to Director Fang's meaning, he would have time to change his words.

In fact, what Inspector Zhou said is also decent, generally encountering such problems, they are dealt with through these two ways, without knowing Director Fang's views on this matter, the next cadres undoubtedly copied Inspector Zhou's statement, neither need to make a bird, nor do you have to worry about not meeting Director Fang's opinion, if Director Fang is not satisfied, it is not to blame on their own heads, it seems that these people are all good calculations.

Although Zhou Fan and others are also members of the inspection team and are qualified to attend this meeting here, they basically have no right to speak, at most they just keep their ears open to listen, Zhou Fan naturally will not be this up-and-coming bird, and he will be in the limelight here, since everyone can't say why, Zhou Fan is also happy.

"Xiao Zhou, tell me what you think about this matter." Originally, Zhou Fan was ready to stay out of the matter, but he didn't expect Director Fang to let Zhou Fan speak by name, this time, Zhou Fan seemed to have eaten flies when eating noodles, this is really bitter and can't be said.

The content of the report letter, Zhou Fan said, said that it was the senior management of the Huaining Municipal Party Committee and the natural gas project team, and there was a shady scene in this bidding activity, looking at the appearance of the report letter, it seemed to be the same, and even at the end of the report letter, it also involved a major leader of the provincial party committee, no wonder Director Fang looked so bad when he saw this report letter.

"I ......." Zhou Fan was about to say a few words casually and push things out, but seeing Director Fang's encouraging eyes, Zhou Fan couldn't help but think about it.

"In fact, I think that although this matter is written clearly, but the content in it seems to be a bit exaggerated, it is inevitable that someone is not retaliating against him, I think it is a more appropriate way to hand it over to Secretary Zhang, as for how to deal with it, it will be arranged by Secretary Zhang." Handing over the report letter to Secretary Zhang naturally has nothing to do with the inspection team, but in this way, the initiative falls into the hands of the Northwest Provincial Party Committee, which in essence seems to be a little unreasonable.

But Zhou Fan understands that the inspection team came to the northwest this time, and Director Fang mainly came to see the natural gas project, and if he really wants to turn the world upside down in the northwest because of this report letter, then the impact on Director Fang may not be a good thing, and Director Fang may take over the position of the leader of the National Development and Reform Commission in the second half of the year.

In fact, the inspection team came forward to ask the Northwest Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to intervene in the investigation, compared with Zhou Fan directly handed over the report letter to Secretary Zhang, the final role of the two plans is the same, but the two plans are still very different, the most important point is to hand over the report letter directly to Secretary Zhang, so how Secretary Zhang handles it, and the inspection team naturally has nothing to do with it, so the inspection team will naturally get out of the matter completely.

However, such a big matter, Secretary Zhang wants to suppress it, it is obviously unlikely, and the final result will naturally be handed over to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to investigate, but no matter what the results of the investigation are, this matter is obviously not linked to the inspection team, which may also be what Director Fang wants to see the most.

As soon as Zhou Fan's words were finished, Director Fang nodded with a smile and said, "Secretary Zhang is an old man in the northwest, and I also agree to hand over the report letter to Secretary Zhang, do you have any other opinions?" ”

Director Fang opened his mouth, there are cadres there who will have other opinions, everyone is smiling and agreeing, and the final result of this matter here can be regarded as being discussed, but I didn't expect that the natural gas project is only in the first phase, and there is such a problem, it seems that for the person in charge of this project, Director Fang will have some other ideas in his heart.

Back in the room, Zhou Fan was frowning and thinking about the source of this report letter, a person's name appeared in Zhou Fan's head, could this letter be written by him? Zhou Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head, although he didn't dare to confirm it, but he thought that the cadres of Governor Niu's family were the most suspicious, even if it was not instructed by Governor Niu himself, I believe it was also a move made by cadres close to Governor Niu, and now it seems that Governor Niu is still thinking about the position of the secretary of the provincial party committee, Chen Zhiyuan really wants to sit in that position, and there is still some pressure in the middle.

The site selection of the natural gas project was selected by Chen Zhiyuan, although it also has a lot to do with resources, but Chen Zhiyuan began to declare the project, I believe that the main leaders of Huaining City are obviously close to Chen Zhiyuan, and now the report letter is aimed at Huaining City, which is undoubtedly aimed at Chen Zhiyuan.

And the leaders of the provincial party committee mentioned at the end of the report letter, although they did not name names, but Zhou Fan also doubted whether it was Chen Zhiyuan, in fact, the cadres who wrote the report letter also knew that this matter could not really involve Chen Zhiyuan, but to be able to move the cadres of Chen Zhiyuan's family at this juncture is undoubtedly a blow to Chen Zhiyuan's prestige, of course, if the inspection team really attaches importance to this matter and splashes dirty water on Chen Zhiyuan, it may not be impossible, if this is the case, Governor Niu will have a greater hope of winning.

In fact, when Director Fang asked Zhou Fan to express his opinion, Zhou Fan also considered whether to add fuel to the fire, but not to say that Zhou Fan's words have no weight, this opinion is also in vain, even if the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection is really allowed to come down to Northwest Province, in fact, it may not be a good thing, not to mention that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will come forward, it will cause the leaders of Northwest Province to unite together, with Secretary Zhang's surname, there will definitely be resistance, which will further narrow the relationship between Secretary Zhang and Chen Zhiyuan, and make the investigation of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection more and more difficult, and it may not be resolved in the end.

Compared with these, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection came forward to investigate, but to a certain extent, it swept Chen Zhiyuan's face, although I don't say what Secretary Zhang thinks in his heart, but I think there will be some prejudices against Chen Zhiyuan, so that Governor Niu can contribute, maybe even if Chen Zhiyuan really takes the position of Secretary Zhang, Governor Niu may not be able to compete with Chen Zhiyuan, plus borrowing Secretary Zhang's hand to stab the cadres of the Huaining family upside down, I think there will be cracks in the relationship between Secretary Zhang and Chen Zhiyuan, Is this an unexpected gain from Zhou Fan's trip to the northwest?

After getting the report letter handed over to him by Director Fang, Secretary Zhang immediately instructed the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to conduct a detailed investigation into this matter, the storm of officialdom in the northwest is ongoing, and Chen Zhiyuan is also busy with these things, but Zhou Fan has no chance to see these things, and the inspection team is already on the way back.

Originally, Zhou Fan was still counting on the time he came to the northwest to take time to go to Xiyuan Province to see the third uncle, but because of the report letter, the inspection team had to return to Beijing in advance, so Zhou Fan couldn't find time to see the third uncle, and when he called the third uncle, the third uncle said with a smile: "What's the matter?" The wind and sand in the northwest are not enough to eat, and you are going to come to the third uncle to eat some more? ”

"Third uncle, you are stingy enough, you are a dignified mayor, you will not let my nephew eat sandstorms, right?" Zhou Fan replied with a smile.

"You kid, listen to Huanhuan, this girl, you take her to the restaurant every day to eat delicious food, this mouth is raised, in the future, I, the father, will not be able to raise my daughter, and then it will be all up to you." Zhou Zishan said with a smile on the other end of the phone.

Although Zhou Huan often calls home, it is basically the third aunt who answers the phone, and if she wants the little girl to talk to the third uncle, she basically hangs up the phone without saying a few words, and I think these things are also passed on to the third uncle's ears through the third aunt.

"Third uncle, you like to play tricks when you become the mayor, it's a big deal that I will raise Huanhuan in the future, the daughter of our old Zhou family, I am afraid that I will not be hungry." Zhou Fan replied with a smile.

Zhou Zishan said inch by inch: "That's okay, you, the best brother, even worry about Huanhuan's marriage, and save me and your third aunt more thoughts." ”

This father is really idle, he used to leave Zhou Huan alone in the capital, the third uncle and his wife are not at ease, these days down, the third uncle and the third aunt are obviously relieved that Zhou Fan takes care of Zhou Huan, this is ready to let Zhou Fan serve in one stop.

"Then I have to pick and choose for Huanhuan, but Huanhuan's current age seems to be a little early, or the third uncle, you are in a hurry to drink Huanhuan's happy wine." Zhou Fan replied with a smile.

"Huanhuan's age is still young, this marriage is not in a hurry, your age is not young, the third uncle can wait to drink your wedding wine, I have discussed this matter with your father, and your father basically agreed, the main thing is to listen to your opinion." This was originally said for this stubble.

(To be continued)