There were traces of sweeping in the yard, and the vines on the grape trellis were showing signs of yellowing. In the autumn afternoon sun, an old man basks in the courtyard with a wicker chair and a grass-green blanket under him.

When the faint sound of footsteps came, the old man's eyes opened at once, as if he felt something. When his eyes fell on the door, Wang Guohua, who was holding the child, and Chu Chu, who was next to him, appeared, and it was Lao Zhou who led the way in front.

The old man is really old, and his hands tremble and he wanted to prop himself up but couldn't do it, but a staff member appeared next to him in time to help him up.

Rarely, there was laughter in this yard. At lunchtime, the old man actually drank some wine, if it wasn't for Lao Zhou to stop him, the old man would have drunk a glass and wanted to drink.

After the cow dinner, the old man glanced at Wang Guohua, Secretary Wang stepped forward to help the old man very cooperatively, and the trembling old man sat on the rattan chair that was mended and mended. The dry hand like a chicken claw pointed to the opposite side, and Wang Guohua sat down silently.

"You are good, if you don't have a little persistence in this life, you will live in vain." The old man spoke very slowly, and seemed to have a hard time speaking. Wang Guohua vaguely felt that the old man's limit was not far away.

"You've won a prize!" Wang Guohua bowed slightly, and the old man waved his hand and said, "Don't be modest!" I know it very well in my heart. In the future, be kind to Chu Chu. Wang Guohua nodded, and the old man's eyelids slowly closed, as if he had entered the water state. Lao Zhou came over at this time and glanced at Wang Guohua. Wang Guohua stood up and walked out gently.

"It's been a long time since I've seen the old man so happy." Lao Zhou smiled, Wang Guohua didn't know how to answer, he could only laugh

Chu Chu came over with the child in his arms and said, "Let's go back." ”

When Lao Zhou sent the two of them to the car, he whispered to Wang Guohua, who was driving: "Come often in the future, the old man's days are numbered." When he said this, Lao Zhou's eyes were red.

When the car came out of this forest, Wang Guohua asked Chu Chu: "How long has Lao Zhou been by the old man's side?" ”

Chu Chu said: "I can't remember clearly, when I was sensible, he was already there." The old man ...... "Chu Chu wanted to speak and stopped.

In this way, Lao Zhou has been by the old man's side for at least thirty years, how many thirty years are there in this life?

Wang Guohua was going back to Tiezhou, and when Chu Chu was packing his luggage, Wang Guohua came over, held Chu Chu's hand and said, "Why don't you stay in Beijing "Spread Your Wings and Watermark" City, the old man is too lonely." Chu Chu listened to her nose and threw herself on her husband's body.

The consequence of the physical contact was that Wang Guohua was about to move, and the hand that fell on his hip slipped down and scratched it along the groin in the soft place. Chu Chu's body softened, and when he raised his head slightly, his eyes were confused, and a wicked electric "watermark with wings" came in.

Helplessly, Wang Guohua had no choice but to let go of Chu Chu and reached out to take the electric "watermark of spreading wings" on the bedside table. "Hello, which one?" The electric "watermark of spreading wings" is unfamiliar, and not many people know Wang Guohua's mobile phone number.

"It's me, Guo Qinghao! Is it convenient to come out at night? The voice from the words of "Watermark of Spreading Wings" scared Wang Guohua, how did this person think of calling himself "Watermark of Spreading Wings"?

"Secretary Guo is good, no problem, you say the place." Wang Guohua hurriedly replied, and Guo Qinghao in the "watermark of spreading wings" said with a smile: "That teahouse, you can come over now." ”

After Wang Guohua explained to Chu Chu, he hurriedly went out under the somewhat resentful gaze of his wife. Driving on the road, in less than an hour, Wang Guohua arrived at the place.

The place is quiet during the day and even quieter at night. When he parked, Wang Guohua noticed that someone was coming over. When he opened the car door and got out of the car, a man in his thirties asked expressionlessly, "Is it Comrade Wang Guohua?" ”

Wang Guohua said: "It's me." The man said, "Come with me." ”

The atmosphere was obviously surprised compared to the last time, Wang Guohua put away his casual and followed upstairs very carefully. It's still the same room, and there are two people sitting in it drinking tea.

"It's coming!" Guo Qinghao smiled and spoke to the man opposite when he saw Wang Guohua, and the man smiled when he saw Wang Guohua: "Although your relationship is in the Central Organization Department, it is the first time I have seen a real person. In a word, even if he understood the "wings Ω watermark", Guo Qinghao still introduced a sentence: "This is Director Liu of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee." ”

Wang Guohua hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and when he shook hands, Director Liu smiled: "It's really young, it's enviable." ”

Guo Qinghao smiled when he heard this: "Yuanhe, aren't you only thirty-five years old?" ”

Wang Guohua finally had a place to sit down, and when the waiter came to pour tea, Guo Qinghao smiled and handed Wang Guohua a cigarette: "Guohua, let's talk about the situation in the East China Sea." ”

Wang Guohua smiled: "You are asking the wrong person, I haven't been to Tiezhou for a long time." ”

Guo Qinghao smiled, his expression changed significantly compared to the last time they met. On such private occasions, his laughter is common.

"So, talk about your views on the economic development of Donghai Province." Guo Qinghao asked again with a casual look, and Director Liu on the other side smiled and looked at Wang Guohua's reaction with interest.

"Your topic is too big, can you let me just talk about Tiezhou?" Wang Guohua hesitated a little and replied.

Guo Qinghao couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "You are very cautious." Then don't embarrass you, let's just talk about Tiezhou, Tiezhou is in Donghai Province, which is still relatively representative. ”

"Tiezhou is a microcosm, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country developed heavy industry, in the era of planned economy, Tiezhou is a relatively good city. With the acceleration of economic reform and structural reform, the original industrial structure of Tiezhou has been unable to keep up with the times. After I took office, the focus was to increase the efforts to attract investment, and there was no shortage of workers in Tiezhou, but enterprises. From the results, the industrial problems in Tiezhou have been preliminarily solved. When Wang Guohua said this, Guo Qinghao raised his hand and interrupted: "You can put it directly, just say that the pressure brought by a large number of laid-off workers to the Tiezhou Municipal Party Committee Xin Zheng's "Spreading Wings and Watermark" Mansion has been alleviated. ”

Guo Qinghao's words made Wang Guohua's heart more vigilant. At the same time, I can also get a glimpse of Guo Qinghao's personality and style, and after a little thought, Wang Guohua continued: "Solving the problem of reemployment of laid-off workers and the problem of unemployment rate is only the first step I want to take." As secretary of the municipal party committee, I believe that it is of course very important to solve economic problems, but what is more important is the issue of grasping the contingent of thousands of troops. It can be said that in the process of economic development, the problem of corruption Ω Ω watermarks, which has appeared in thousands of troops, is inevitable if there is no good system to restrain power. ”

"You're thinking far ahead!" Liu Yuanhe interrupted Wang Guohua's words very suddenly.

Wang Guohua subconsciously looked at Guo Qinghao, Guo Qinghao waved his hand and said, "You go on to say that this problem will have to be faced sooner or later." ”

"My understanding is that we can't pin our hopes on the quality of Senbu. Having a good system is a good way to reduce the risk. Wang Guohua was very careful in his choice of words and sentences, Guo Qinghao leaned on the back of the chair, his face was tilted to the sky, and his hands were patted on his thighs one by one, very rhythmically. Wang Guohua stopped talking and waited for a while, Guo Qinghao suddenly sat up straight, looked at Wang Guohua and said, "Why don't you say it?" Let's move on. ”

Wang Guohua smiled: "I have said everything that should be said." ”

After spending about an hour in this tea room, Wang Guohua left. During the period, except for a few words at the beginning, I listened to the other two talk after that. Their topics are very complicated, personnel and economy are involved, Wang Guohua has been very careful to accompany him, until Director Liu suddenly glanced at Wang Guohua, Wang Guohua took the initiative to stand up and say goodbye.

In the night, Wang Guohua's car had already gone away, and Guo Qinghao, who was staying in the tea room, said to Director Liu: "What do you think?" ”

"It's a rare talent, very young and very cautious." Director Liu's conclusion was very simple, and Guo Qinghao thought about it: "Leng Yu is interested in making him into Beijing "Spread Wings Watermark" City and enter the National Development and Reform Commission to help. ”

"Well, I can help." Director Liu gave an explanation unhurriedly, and Guo Qinghao smiled slightly: "Then thank you, I'll invite you to drink another day." Director Liu said: "Let's drink tea, drinking too much wine is not good for your health." ”

After Wang Guohua drove away for a while, he subconsciously stopped on the side of the road, hesitated a little after taking out his mobile phone, and dialed the number. After connecting, he said: "Old leader, Secretary Guo asked me to sit down just now." ”

Leng Yu smiled in the words of "Watermark with Wings": "I guessed that he would meet you, so I hinted to him before that I planned to transfer you to the National Development and Reform Commission to help." Wang Guohua was stunned, didn't Leng Yu veto it when he proposed it last time?

"Don't think crooked!" Leng Yu smiled, and Wang Guohua immediately understood the meaning of these words. Cautiously asked, "What do you mean?" Secretary Ma Yuedong ......" Leng Yu said very simply: "You guessed it, Ma Yuedong has reported many times and asked to take a back seat. There aren't many of them like him now. Leng Yu's words, Wang Guohua fell into thought when he heard it. Leng Yu smiled and pressed the hang-up button. When Wang Guohua was interrupted by a beep to think, he slapped his head with a wry smile, and was sorry for his dissonance4

There are not many such old people, this statement is worth pondering.

The plane landed at Chenzhou Airport, and when Wang Guohua walked down the gangway, he unexpectedly saw an Audi car parked near the plane. On the edge of the gangway, Hao Longguang waited there with a smiling face, and beckoned when he saw Ren Guohua.

"Secretary, I'm back." Hao Longguang's tone was still a little unnatural, but it was enough to have this attitude.

"Why are you bothering Comrade Long Guang to pick me up." Wang Guohua said politely, and there was no sarcasm between his words.

"The governor sent me, and he would have come himself if he hadn't had a meeting." Hao Longguang said.

Liu Zhaoming is indeed in a meeting, and he is still a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. In fact, when Wang Guohua got off the plane, the meeting had ended almost two hours. It was already half past twelve at noon, and Liu Zhaoming was still very patient in the office, just constantly looking at the watch in his hand.

In the office of the secretary of the provincial party committee, Ma Yuedong was also constantly looking at his watch, and when the secretary came in to pour water, he said, "Boss, it's time to go back." Ma Yuedong shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Wang Guohua's flight should have arrived, right?" ”

The secretary said: "It's already here, and the provincial government "spread its wings and watermark" government sent someone to pick it up at the airport. ”

"Oh?" After Ma Yuedong groaned slightly, he stood up with a smile and said, "Then I'll go back." ”

The secretary said: "Or, I'll call Secretary Guohua a "watermark with wings"?" Ma Yuedong hesitated slightly, waved his hand and said, "No need!" ”

It should be said that Ma Yuedong was moved by the secretary's proposal. But after thinking about it, I decided to give up. There are some things, even if it is a personal secretary, Ma Yuedong will not let him know. The right is not something that can be put down, but there are some gestures that cannot be left out. Between advancing and retreating, Ma Yuedong can be regarded as fully prepared, but when the time comes, he can only retreat.

It's just that after all, there is a reluctant heart!

Liu Zhaoming's enthusiasm is not pretended, as soon as Wang Guohua arrived at the door of the office, Liu Zhaoming had already strode out, took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said: "Guohua, hard work!" Great work! When shaking hands, Liu Zhaoming was very strong.

"Governor, I'm really flattered that you're like this." Wang Guohua maintained a polite and smiling face, the pattern of Donghai Province is about to change, presumably Liu Zhaoming has his own channels to get the news, and it is impossible to have no ideas in his heart.

"Yes, you have done a great thing for the people of Donghai, the electrolytic aluminum project, the report of the National Development and Reform Commission has been discussed and finally approved, and it has been settled in Renxian District, Tiezhou City. You don't have to be humble, I know it's all the result of your full activity. Liu Zhaoming said that Wang Guohua had no way at all, and he couldn't explain it clearly.

"Actually, I didn't do anything." In the end, it can only be a simple sentence of modesty, although it is the truth, but Liu Zhaoming must be understood as modesty. Therefore, Governor Liu instinctively turned his head and glanced at Hao Longguang who was following him, feeling a little regretful in his heart.

"Don't say anything modest, let's talk about your thoughts." Liu Zhaoming got to the point and beckoned Wang Guohua to take a seat.

When the secretary came up with tea, he glanced at Hao Longguang. Mayor Hao was quite interesting, and quietly changed his position, originally sitting side by side with Secretary Wang, which quietly moved the chair back a little.

"Then I'll talk about a few words, first of all, this is a big project, even if it is settled in Tiezhou, the municipal party committee and municipal government "spread their wings and watermark" government does not have much say in the actual operation. My personal meaning is that the provincial government "spread its wings and watermark" government will take the lead, and the Tiezhou side will beat the side drum. Secondly, after the completion of the project, how to deal with the relationship between the main person in charge of the enterprise and the local government. I mean, is the governor going to Beijing to fight for it? Wang Guohua stopped as he spoke, and Liu Zhaoming smiled with satisfaction: "That's good." However, I don't think I should think much about the problem of the person in charge of this enterprise, this is a central enterprise. It is necessary to make some preparations in advance, and it is not advisable to get Longwangshu. ”

"The governor is right, Guohua has been taught." Wang Guohua's modesty made Liu Zhaoming feel very comfortable. After thinking about it, did this kid deliberately leave a flaw in his words? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but glance at Hao Longguang again, if I was this guy, I can't say that I have three points of credit, right?

"Guohua, Tiezhou, how do you plan to cooperate?" Liu Zhaoming said this, even if he affirmed Wang Guohua's meaning. The next step is naturally to reward Wang Guohua's merits, and at this time, Liu Zhaoming will not deny whatever Wang Guohua mentions.

"Governor, this project has always been run by Comrade Longguang, isn't it still Comrade Longguang who is responsible for coordinating and cooperating." Wang Guohua groaned for a moment and said such a thing. Hao Longguang's obvious expression stiffened, and Liu Zhaoming seemed expressionless, but his eyes stayed on Wang Guohua's face, as if he wanted to see something.

Is it really so calm? Liu Zhaoming asked so in his heart, but Wang Guohua was not abnormal at all.

What is this young municipal party secretary thinking in his heart?

"This, isn't it appropriate?" Liu Zhaoming's words can be regarded as pouring a bucket of ice water on Hao Longguang's head. Disappointed, Hao Longguang lowered his head, this project settled in Tiezhou, if he came forward to cooperate, he would still be able to win a lot of points.

"What's wrong with this, this is the work of the government "spread wings and watermark" government. The Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government "Spread Wings and Watermark" Government cooperated, and the work of Tiezhou City naturally went smoothly. I have always thought so, and I have always admired Comrade Longguang's enthusiasm for his work. What did Wang Guohua say? It's a little uncomfortable to listen to, but you can't fault it.

Liu Zhaoming glanced at Hao Longguang and said lightly: "Longguang, you make a statement." ”

Hao Longguang lowered his head and immediately bounced up, and said a little excitedly: "Please rest assured that the governor of the province will do a good job, and I will definitely cooperate with Secretary Guohua's work in the future." ”

Liu Zhaoming looked back at Wang Guohua, Secretary Wang got up with a smile and stretched out his hand to Hao Longguang and said, "Comrade Longguang, I believe that we will be able to cooperate happily." ”

Wang Guohua left, and after a short conversation, Wang Guohua chose to leave, and even politely declined Governor Liu's stay. In this regard, Liu Zhaoming somewhat regretted, but he did not mean to stay. At the beginning of the fight, Wang Guohua's attitude has not changed. If Liu Zhaoming still had some ideas in the past, after the big project of electrolytic aluminum, Liu Zhaoming no longer had any extravagant hopes for Wang Guohua's acquisition. You must know that even if Liu Zhaoming comes forward to do the activity himself, the project will not be able to be won. Wang Guohua went to Beijing to "spread his wings and watermark" city, and the investigation report of the National Development and Reform Commission, which had been difficult for a long time, was released, with an obvious tendency.

If Liu Zhaoming can't see the problem inside, then he is not worthy of the position of governor. Of course, Liu Zhaoming is not very clear about the details, and the news channel gets a hazy impression. But one thing is clear, Wang Guohua is not the master he can worry about.

There is another thing, I heard some rumors recently, Liu Zhaoming wanted to ask Wang Guohua if he had gained anything in the city of "Spreading Wings and Watermark" in Beijing, but he still didn't ask. After all, this topic is too sensitive, and the two sides don't have that friendship, so if you really want to ask, it's underestimated.

"Drive first and find a place to eat." Wang Guohua explained before getting into the car, Xu Yaoguo took the bag and said: "Secretary, do you want to go to Chenzhou Hotel?" Some time ago, your friend Mr. Jiang came again. ”

When Wang Guohua nodded, Tang Xinhua opened the door. Getting into the car, Wang Guohua leaned on closing his eyes to recuperate, and Xu Yaoguo carefully followed into the car. When the car started, Xu Yaoguo whispered on the side: "Secretary, Bei Qiusheng, director of the Beijing Office, are you moving?" This person has the ability, but the wind evaluation is a little worse. ”

Wang Guohua didn't open his eyes, he didn't seem to hear it, and Xu Yaoguo didn't speak. After waiting for a while, the car arrived at the Chenzhou Hotel, and Wang Guohua said: "Let's ask Comrade Longguang for the opinion of Comrade Longguang on this matter." Between the Tiezhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, we can't engage in confrontation for a long time, right? This is not conducive to the development of Tiezhou City. ”

Xu Yaoguo was obviously stunned, what does Secretary Wang mean? Wang Guohua opened his eyes and looked at Xu Yaoguo, and said with a smile: "Do you think that I and Hao Longguang are opponents on the same level?" ”

This sentence, Xu Yaoguo lowered his head and pondered for a while before he reacted, it turned out that Secretary Wang did not take Hao Longguang as an opponent at all, or in other words, Hao Longguang was not in Wang Guohua's eyes at all.

After careful consideration, Xu Yaoguo suddenly figured out that from the beginning to the end, Secretary Wang didn't regard Hao Longguang as a serious opponent. Xu Yaoguo only understood this truth, and he couldn't help but secretly blame himself in his heart. As the secretary general of the municipal party committee, I still don't think enough about the leaders.

Wang Guohua knocked on the door vigorously, and Jiang Yijun locked the office door to see what kind of plane he was doing inside.

Knock knock, knock knock, knock knock, it took about three minutes before someone inside asked, "Who?" ”

The voice was a little awkward, it was still made by a woman. Wang Guohua said angrily: "The public "spread wings and watermark" security bureau checked the account. ”

With a click, the door opened. revealed a panicked woman's face, well, it was actually a foreign girl, chestnut hair, a tall nose bridge, looking at Wang Guohua vigilantly. Well, the buckle on his chest seems to have forgotten to be fastened, revealing a shallow groove.

"Boss, people are scared to death." With a toothpick in the corner of his mouth, Jiang Yijun stepped forward with a smile, pushed aside the foreign girl in front of him, reached out and patted his little buttocks, and said, "It's okay, you go make tea." ”

Wang Guohua came to the door, smelled a strange smell, stretched out his hand and swept his nose and said, "Open the window, what does it smell?" ”

Jiang Yijun leaned closer and laughed twice, pointed to the back of the foreign girl and said, "Not bad, right?" Ukrainian girl, two-legged that is called a good one. It's just that Mimi is a little smaller, a pity! ”

Wang Guohua kicked it without hesitation, Jiang Yijun couldn't dodge, and he was hit with a strong butt and rolled forward.

"Where's your supermarket? Not going to open it? Wang Guohua occupied the boss's chair behind the desk and crossed his legs to comfort. Jiang Yijun came over with a smile, stretched out his hand and said, "How is it possible?" This is not a recent trip to Mobei Province, planning to open a new supermarket, but I didn't expect to gain a lot. "What's the catch? It is not difficult to see from Jiang Yijun's eyes.

"You're just healed, the scars forget the pain." Wang Guohua said very politely, Jiang Yijun smiled and said: "Of course I keep the lesson in mind, don't I change it to a foreign girl?" ”

"Sooner or later, she will die on a woman's belly." Wang Guohua lowered his voice, because the foreign girl came with a teacup.

"Boss, I'm going to build a club in Chenzhou, and the waitress is a foreign girl from Yishui. What do you think? Jiang Yijun asked with a smile, Wang Guohua glanced at Jiang Yijun expressionlessly, and the guy who saw it lowered his head weakly.