Liu Qifeng did not live in the compound of the municipal party committee, but in the Binhai Guest House. Don't think that the guest house is just an ordinary small hotel, this is actually an internal club specially used to receive central leaders in Binhai City. Behind it is a two-story villa, where several main leaders of the Binhai Municipal Party Committee each have a villa.

In fact, there were originally several villas in the compound of the municipal party committee. One of the earliest villa complexes was a garden house built by the Germans, with thirteen houses, which happened to be the same number as the number of members of the Standing Committee of the Binhai Municipal Party Committee. Therefore, after the liberation, it became the residence of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee.

Before the reform and opening up, Binhai City has not built new high-end residences, because in the past few decades, the Standing Committee of the Binhai Municipal Party Committee has changed back and forth, and there are only a few people, even if this one leaves and that one comes, the number of people has always been relatively fixed. In addition, people's pursuit of material life at that time was not very high, so these thirteen villas have always been enough.

However, after the reform and opening up, the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes, and first a number of veteran cadres have retired and joined the advisory committee. The person is no longer in place, but the level is there, and they must not be allowed to move out of the villa. Therefore, the newly appointed Standing Committee members will not be able to live in the villa. In order to solve this focal problem, the municipal party committee built another villa complex.

But within a few years, this villa complex was overcrowded again, and the key is that although some leaders have come down, their treatment has not changed. There are even some people who were at the department level before their abdication, and when they abdicated, they rose by half a level and enjoyed the treatment of the deputy provincial level. One of the most important aspects of this treatment is to live in a villa. Therefore, a third villa complex had to be built.

In this way, there is no difference in treatment between the abdicated leaders and the incumbent leaders, and those incumbent leaders are a little unhappy. In order to solve this problem, the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee has come up with another way, and the incumbent Standing Committee members can enjoy a separate office room in the guest house in addition to enjoying a separate villa.

Liu Qifeng is not a local cadre, he came to Binhai City alone, and the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee originally assigned him a villa, but he resigned on the grounds that it was too expensive to occupy two villas by one person, and he lived in a guest house, and he didn't have to worry about no one taking care of him, so he has been living here.

When the car was parked downstairs in the villa where Liu Qifeng lived, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and after helping Liu Qifeng open the car door and wait for him to get out of the car, Li Xiaoning opened the back cover of the car, took off the gifts prepared by the development zone, and said: "Chief, this is me to help you take these gifts." ”

To Li Xiaoning's surprise, Liu Qifeng, who kept praising Li Xiaoning all the way, lowered his face sharply and asked coldly, "Where did you get the gift?" ”

Li Xiaoning was stunned for a moment, but still said truthfully: "This is what Secretary Zhang of the Development Zone prepared." ”

Liu Qifeng became angry and said angrily: "Who told you to ask for other people's things casually? Probably feeling that his tone was a little heavy, after a slight pause, Liu Qifeng continued, "Xiao Li, you have to remember. We are party members, cadres of the party and the state, and public servants of the people. ”

Liu Qifeng finished speaking solemnly, threw down Li Xiaoning, and went upstairs alone angrily.

Li Xiaoning was carrying a large bag and a small bag, stunned on the spot, completely stunned. He toiled all day, but at the last moment, he made a big mistake. In fact, Li Xiaoning himself is quite disgusted by the things that are ushered in and sent between officials, but the reality is that "officials don't give gifts", not to mention Liu Qifeng, a feudal official, even ordinary county cadres and township cadres are doing everything possible to get some local products to take away. In officialdom, everyone understands that giving gifts to leaders is like a countryman visiting relatives in order to connect with feelings, and it has absolutely nothing to do with bribery. Therefore, Li Xiaoning did not make the decision to refuse to accept the gift prepared by the development zone for Liu Qifeng.

But what I never expected was that Liu Qifeng would be so honest that he directly reprimanded himself strictly. Li Xiaoning certainly admires Liu Qifeng's high style and bright festival, but his own situation is worth worrying about. Liu Qifeng considered himself an unprincipled comrade, and basically his political future was ruined. And now Liu Qifeng went upstairs angrily and threw Li Xiaoning down by himself, making him a little at a loss - what should I do with this gift? Send it back? It's already past ten o'clock now, and if I rush back to the development zone, it is estimated that everyone will wake up for a sleep. Besides, if you really want to do this, what will Zhang Yuqiang and the others think? I guess I don't even want to mix in officialdom.

"Secretary Li, get in the car, I'll send you back." The driver, Tang Hui, opened the door and shouted at Li Xiaoning.

Li Xiaoning raised his hand with a wry smile, frowned and said, "What about these things?" ”

"What to do? Take it back yourself. Tang Hui said with a big grin.

"I'll take it back?" Li Xiaoning was really glared, "Secretary Liu has already reprimanded me just now, if I take these things back, it is estimated that I will be laid off tomorrow." ”

Tang Hui smiled mysteriously and said, "You just became a secretary for the leader, right?" ”

"yes!" Li Xiaoning heard what Tang Hui said, and hurriedly said, "Please also ask Brother Tang to give the younger brother some guidance." ”

"Let's get in the car first, and then let's talk about it." Tang Hui spoke, and closed the car door again.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoning knew that Tang Hui was definitely not as simple as he appeared on the outside, maybe he could really help him get out of the predicament, so he put the gift back in the trunk and sat in the co-pilot's seat.

Tang Hui started the car, but he didn't speak for a long time, Li Xiaoning finally couldn't hold it back, and took the lead in asking: "Brother Tang, you quickly teach me what to do, if Secretary Liu asks about this gift again tomorrow, how should I respond!" ”

Tang Hui smiled slightly and did not speak, but took out a pack of "Red Nanjing" from his pocket. From the meeting to the present, this is the first time Li Xiaoning has seen Tang Hui take out a cigarette, at first he thought he didn't smoke, but when he saw this, he hurriedly took out a pack of "soft China" from his pocket, took out one and put it to Tang Hui's mouth. This cigarette was just distributed on the wine table, and each person had several packs, and Li Xiaoning still had a few packs in his pocket.

"The people around the leader are just different. Even the grade of the cigarette is so high. Tang Hui took the cigarette with a smile and teased.

"Brother Tang laughed." While Li Xiaoning was talking, he took out a lighter to light a cigarette for Tang Hui, and then took the opportunity to put the pack of cigarettes into Tang Hui's pocket.

The smile on Tang Hui's face became even stronger, he took a hard puff of his cigarette, and then said: "Brother, you go back and sleep in peace, I promise you that Secretary Liu will never mention this matter again." ”

Li Xiaoning was stunned when he heard this, and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure?" ”

"Of course I am sure, 200 percent sure!" Tang Hui looked confident.

"Why?" Li Xiaoning really didn't understand it, but he never dared to underestimate Tang Hui again.

"Why? The learning here is deep. Tang Hui smoked "soft China" with a taste and said incomprehensibly, "I'm talking about the knowledge of serving leaders, this knowledge, there is no knowledge in books, you can't hear it in class, don't look at you are all college students, even graduate students, doctoral students graduated, and when you go to the officialdom, you are still blind, and you can't see anything wrong." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Xiaoning didn't want to listen to Tang Hui boasting here, but he had to follow his words and say, "I also hope that Brother Tang can teach the younger brother." ”

Tang Hui pursed his lips and said: "Many people look down on those of us who drive, and think that those who sit in the office are one level higher than us, but who knows the most about the knowledge of serving leaders?" Or us. Let me tell you, based on the experience I have summed up over the years, I will not sell it as much as you spend to buy it from me. That's you, I'm going to tell you some superficial things. It's not because of anything else, brother, I just think that you are more down-to-earth, unlike some people who look down on people. ”

"Thank you, Brother Tang, for looking up to my brother!" Li Xiaoning said solemnly.

Tang Hui threw the cigarette butt out of the window, and then said: "For a big leader secretary like you, you have to have the eyes of an old lady, the ears of a big girl, and the mouth of a little daughter-in-law." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Xiaoning heard of this theory for the first time, and couldn't help but be interested.

Tang Hui smiled slightly and said: "You have seen the old lady's eyes, say that she has good eyesight, but she can't wear the thread with a needle nose; said that her vision is not good, but the work she can do is not out of shape with fine needles and dense threads. This means that you must see what you should see, and you must pretend to be blind what you cannot see. ”

Li Xiaoning smacked it carefully, and felt that although what Tang Hui said was superficial, it was indeed the same thing, so he couldn't help but nod again and again: "Incisive." What is the explanation of the ears of the big girl? ”

"After all, it's a college student, and everything you talk about is so literate." Tang Hui said with a smile, "The ears of the big girl, that's even more kung fu." The eldest girl is in the daughter-in-law group or the men's circle, and there are no dirty words, ugly words, and stumbling words. What to do? You can't follow along, you can't pretend to be shy, you can only pretend to be deaf and dumb. ”

"Brother Tang, the true image of what you said, and then talk about the little daughter-in-law's mouth." Li Xiaoning really admires Tang Hui now.

"This little daughter-in-law's mouth, the key is in this small word." Tang Hui glanced back at Li Xiaoning meaningfully and said, "In front of your in-laws, you have to try to be shallow, and leave half a sentence on your lips, and don't throw away all your heart." ”

After a pause, Tang Hui continued: "All in all, in general, it is what you should see, if you can't see it, you will be beaten; If you see what you shouldn't see, you will be pierced. If you don't hear what you should hear, you will be revived; If you hear what you shouldn't hear, you will be punished. If you don't say what you should say, you will be wiped off, and if you say what you shouldn't say, you will be killed......"

For Tang Hui's words, Li Xiaoning sounded quite fresh and shocking. After all, he was a smart man, and after a little thought, he thought of the root of the problem, and asked tentatively: "According to Brother Tang, did I not say what I should have said tonight, or did I say something that I shouldn't have said?" ”

"The children can be taught!" Tang Hui glanced at Li Xiaoning again, his eyes were full of approval, "Of course you said something you shouldn't have said tonight." ”

Li Xiaoning's heart was cold, and he exclaimed: "Then don't I have to be killed?" ”