Ma Bokun and Chen Jing have seen it many years ago.

At that time, Ma Baikun gave Chen Jing the impression of a very strong and arrogant person, a man from the Northeast, born tall and majestic, ordinary people, all looking at the sky, and the shelves were very high.

But today, Ma Baikun has subverted Chen Jing's previous impression.

I haven't seen him for some years, Ma Baikun has aged a lot, the hair on his temples has turned gray, and his originally straight waist has become a little rickety.

When he entered the door and saw Chen Jing, he was slightly stunned, and hurriedly stretched out his hands, with a smile on his face, and said very politely: "It's Secretary General Chen, hello, hello!" The secretary also sold it to me in the morning, saying that there was an important escort, and it turned out to be you! ”

Chen Jing's ears were very sharp, and when he heard the word "you", he was stunned for a moment.

In terms of qualifications, Ma Baikun is not much older than Chen Jing, the two of them have the same level, they are both deputy ministers, and in terms of age, Ma Baikun is twenty years older than Chen Jing.

But Ma Baikun, the word "you", said it so naturally, which just reflects his current mentality.

The authority is no longer there, it has faded out of the center of power, and the previous spirit is no longer visible in him.

This is the ecology of officialdom, and this is also the root of the people in officialdom who chase power so much, power is more important than life for some people, it is their soul.

Once the scepter is lost, the soul is gone, and the person is completely changed.

Chen Jing suddenly had infinite emotion, and he warmly invited Ma Baikun to sit down.

Wu Daming also walked out of the study at this time, and Ma Baikun stood up again.

Wu Da rang like a bell and laughed. Said: "Old horse, eating iron plate stone frogs today is your favorite, the kitchen has called just now, and it has been arranged." Let's go straight to dinner! ”

There are three people, and there are not many dishes, but each dish is a masterpiece.

The sizzling stone frog is the main dish, and this dish is not easy to obtain.

Generally, stone frogs live in cold and damp wild environments, and are not suitable for artificial feeding.

And in the summer, the weather is hot. This kind of cold and cool place. Snakes and insects are rampant, and when Chen Jing used to work in Lihe, he often heard that some mountain people were bitten by poisonous snakes because they caught stone frogs.

The flesh of the stone frog is tender and contains a natural fragrance. Well cooked. The aftertaste is endless.

Chen Jing just looked at this pot of stone frogs. If you convert money, it will cost at least 1,000 yuan to eat in an ordinary restaurant.

If there is good food, it will naturally be accompanied by good wine.

Wu Daming proposed to drink Moutai. Two bottles of Moutai for three people, Ma Baikun naturally did not shirk.

At the wine table, Ma Baikun kept sighing at Chen Jing, saying that he was very optimistic about Chen Jing's future back then, but he still didn't expect Chen Jing to grow so fast, and now he has become a member of the top leadership of Chujiang Province.

He also said that now experts govern the country, talented people are in charge, and Chujiang produces talented people.

First of all, Wu Daming is a great talent, and Chen Jing has the reputation of being the first talented man in Chujiang, writing splendid articles, and having a wide range of minds, all of whom are talented people, and the party's cause and future in the future are all tied to Chen Jing, a group of young people who have made achievements.

Ma Baikun is very talkative, exported, and exquisite.

Chen Jing was just secretly funny in his heart, he remembered that when he was the deputy secretary of the district party committee in JCDecaux, he once met Ma Baikun at the gate when he went to the Finance Department to do business.

He greeted him very politely, but Ma Baikun just glanced at him, nodded very reservedly, and then ignored Chen Jing.

Now he says that he was optimistic about his future back then, isn't this obvious nonsense?

But the interesting part of the officialdom is here, each other knows that it is nonsense, but the party who says it is very sincere, Chen Jing has to be modest, otherwise how can he afford to make friends?

In officialdom, friendship is a relationship and a connection.

Even if everyone has the same interests, but you have to start with friendship, if you don't have friendship, you have to climb friendship, even if it's far-fetched, you have to climb up.

It seems that only in this way can the name be justified and everyone can cooperate happily.

This is the cultural embodiment of the Chinese people, which is why many factions in the republic are centered on villagers, family affection, classmates' affection, and regional affection.

Of course, all friendships are just skins, and the real linings are interests.

The so-called different ways do not conspire with each other, and everyone's interests and demands are different, there is no foundation for cooperation, and naturally they will never come together.

No matter how deep the friendship is, no matter how good a classmate you are, a brother, and a conflict of interest, it is still a turn of face and denial of people, and you have to fight to the death.

Now at this table, Wu Daming has a special identity, he is the leader of the provincial party committee, and his speech is concise and to the point, and the main speakers are naturally Chen Jing and Ma Baikun, both of whom toast Wu Daming, and they are even more pushable and speculative with each other, and the more they talk, the more speculative they become.

After a meal, the relationship between the two became much closer.

After the meal, Chen Jing personally sat in the village to make tea and chatted, drank tea for more than an hour, and it was time for Wu Daming to soak in the hot spring.

Chen Jing and Ma Baikun also changed their clothes and went to the hot spring pool, because Wu Daming had a skin disease, he had a special small pool, and Chen Jing and Ma Baikun enjoyed it in the big pool.

The water mist in the hot spring room is steaming, and each other is lying on their backs in the pool, and the skilled massage technicians around them help the two of them press their bodies, and there are no other people around.

Chen Jingdao: "Director Ma, you have a lot of wine." This wine is just enough to warm your stomach, right? ”

Ma Baikun shook his head and said, "No, Secretary General, it's not as good as it was then." People are old and sick, I am now a three-high, I usually don't drink, today is to accompany the secretary and the secretary-general, I can be regarded as sacrificing my life to accompany the gentleman! ”

Chen Jing sighed: "Director Ma, it's still early to retire, sixty-five years old is the line, you seem to have almost ten years!" ”

Chen Jing paused and said: "The secretary told me in the morning, saying that you are the same age as him, you have similar qualifications, and your talent is even higher than his, now that you are at this age, he very much hopes that you can grow old and strong, and then contribute more bricks and tiles to the construction of our Chujiang!" ”

Ma Baikun laughed, waved his hand again and again, and said: "The secretary is modest, and the secretary general, you wear this high hat so flutteringly." But what you said later, the secretary can be regarded as saying that my heart has gone up, and now our Chujiang is in a critical period of development, people's hearts are a little fluctuating, and some cadres are not very upright in their thinking.

Even some leading comrades are still selfish, and they do not pay attention at work, which sometimes makes people sigh! ”

Chen Jingdao: "Director Ma, this time the provincial party committee has given great support to the work of the National People's Congress, and one of the policies is to specifically encourage comrades to cross the sea to show their talents and give full play to their own initiative. That is, it is necessary to strengthen the authority of the leaders in charge and standardize the exercise of power.

In particular, the number one leader should not interfere too much in the work in charge, and he should not seize power too much, and this decision is of great significance in my opinion.

Now our four leading bodies should work together to promote the reform of the cadre system, what do you say? ”

Ma Baikun did not hesitate, nodded again and again: "This reform is good, which reflects the secretary's mind and courage, and reflects the high style and brightness of the leaders of our provincial party committee." Personally, I am very supportive of such a positive reform, and our people's congress should also support such a positive reform! ”

Ma Baikun is the first deputy director of the National People's Congress, and his position on this sentence is very clear, although his tone does not reveal any dissatisfaction with Lu Junnian.

But what kind of person is Chen Jing and him? When officials reach this level, they pay attention to speaking from point to point, some things can only be done but not said, and some things can only be thought about but not said.

Some words can only be said at the beginning but not at the end, and nothing can be said thoroughly, which is the so-called officialdom language.

Ma Baikun expressed a positive attitude, and of course Chen Jing couldn't help but express it, he stretched his arm and said:

"Director Ma, I can make such a statement with you, and I personally and the provincial party committee will definitely fully support the work of the National People's Congress. I can fight for the policy with all my might, what support you need, just ask.

Whether it is asking for money from someone, if you say a word, I can support it immediately, if I can't support it, I can also support it when I create conditions! ”

"Haha!" Ma Baikun laughed, his voice was very loud, and he waved his big hand and said: "Okay, Secretary-General, you are a cheerful person, although we haven't had much contact before." But I've heard of your name a long time ago, and they all say that you have the courage to do things and have a mind, and that's really the case, I don't convince people, and today I obey you! ”

His interest seemed to come up at once, he waved his hand at the massage technician, and said, "Let's go, Secretary General, let's go to the pool and bubble again." Yushan Hot Spring is said to be able to beautify and nourish the skin, my old rough skin, more bubbles, maybe I can rejuvenate! ”

Chen Jing also played a haha, and said with a pun: "That's really possible, you soaked in Yushan Hot Spring today, and your second spring is coming!" ”

After speaking, he jumped into the pool, the temperature of the hot spring water was moderate, people soaked in it and were lazy, and every pore in the province felt ironed to the extreme.

Ma Baikun is really a bit old and strong in the water, he slapped the water with his hand, splashing countless splashes, the water splashed from the air, drenching his head wet, but he never tired of it, haha laughed.

Coming out of the Yushan Villa, it was already dark outside.

The car shuttled like a dragon on the mountain road with nine turns and eighteen turns in Yushan, and Chen Jing slowly closed his eyes.

After a while, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Wu Daming, who seemed to have just woken up from a nap, and his speech was still a little slurred.

He asked Chen Jing a sentence and said, "Chen Jing, how was dinner today, and is the dish still appetizing?" ”

Chen Jing said: "Secretary, I have eaten too much, and the hot springs are even better." After soaking in the hot springs for an hour, the fatigue of the whole body was eliminated, and the spirit was relaxed, Yushan is really a treasure of feng shui! ”

Wu Daming snorted a haha and said: "That's good, it's a feng shui treasure and often comes, by the way, remember that pair of words, don't break it, I don't have a second inscription!" ”

The two did not mention Ma Baikun on the phone this time, but they knew each other well, and everything was already clear to them...... (To be continued......)