Zhang Jianzhong still stayed in the provincial capital to find out the real purpose of the eldest young master, first called Zhong Zhentao, saying that he had brought some seafood from the border town to him, and then said that we would have lunch together! It's almost time for lunch, so I made an appointment to meet at a side street restaurant not far from the compound of the provincial party committee.

Yongqiang was surprised and asked, "He works in the provincial party committee?" ”

Zhang Jianzhong said with a smile: "How can someone who can get close to the eldest young master have a little background, right?" ”

"What kind of official is he?"

"Section Chief!"

Being a section chief in a provincial party committee is not a role, and there are many monks in the temple, even the director is full of eyes.

The side street is not wide, only two cars can be connected to each other, it is an old street, the buildings on both sides are not high, but the trees are very lush, and the noon sun does not shine in.

The restaurant is not big, but it is a two-story building, perhaps, Zhong Zhentao often eats here, and is familiar with the restaurant owner, and a middle-aged woman who looks like a proprietress at the counter heard that it was a room booked by Section Chief Zhong, so she took them to a single room on the second floor.

"Section Chief Zhong has explained, if you go first, you will wait for him."

Looking out of the window, I happened to see the big party emblem hanging by the provincial party committee, and suddenly there was a sense of awe. This is the first time that I am so close to the provincial party committee office, and thinking that I am at most in a small place like the Xingning County Party Committee, I have a feeling of heaven and earth.

Zhou Zhen said: "It is very easy to be an official in such a big organ, how can you be a director after working for more than ten or twenty years, in comparison, it is the level of the secretary of the county party committee." We mix down there, and we can't get to that level in our lifetime. ”

Yongqiang said: "Every day it is said that everyone is equal, but in fact, it is impossible to be equal. In the provincial capital, it is one level higher than the city, and in the city it is one level higher than the county, let alone our border towns. Sometimes, it is still necessary to say that you are born and well-born, and in the provincial capital, you can mix it no matter what, and it is better than the border town. ”

Zhang Jianzhong thought about the situation when he first entered the provincial capital and was teased by Wang Yan for the hillbilly, at that time, he was not convinced, but now he thinks about it, you are not convinced. You Zhang Jianzhong can be regarded as lucky, left the factory, went to the border town by mistake, and relied on his father-in-law Lao Li to climb to today's position step by step. What does Zhong Zhentao rely on? It seems that he hasn't done anything, he works step by step all day long, goes to work and gets off work, he can get mixed to the section level, if he can find a good father-in-law, the future is even more immeasurable, even if it is so plain, ten or twenty years later, you Zhang Jianzhong can't compare to him.

He didn't dare to have too many extravagant hopes, let alone think that he could be a county magistrate or secretary of the county party committee, and it was already the end of his life to be a member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee or a deputy county magistrate.

Zhang Jianzhong said self-deprecatingly: "Let's not compare these!" If you are bigger than an official, you can't compare to a provincial official. We are higher than rich, higher than salary. They can't compare to us in this regard. Now, our salaries and bonuses are not much more than their commissioners. ”

Zhou Zhen smiled and said, "This is true. ”

"We are real people, down-to-earth real people."

"I hope to follow Secretary Zhang, and in the future, I will get more salary and bonus benefits than the governor."

Zhang Jianzhong laughed and asked, "What is the governor's salary for a month?" ”

Zhou Zhen and Yongqiang both shook their heads.

"I don't think much is going on, we have to run a few more waterways, and I'm afraid we won't be able to reach that goal?"

"It's just that I don't know if it can last."

Yongqiang said: "It definitely can't last long. He hurriedly added, "First, policies will always change, and the crackdown on smuggling will be implemented one day." Second, Secretary Zhang doesn't know how long he can stay in the border town, and as soon as Secretary Zhang leaves, the border town may be calm again. ”

Zhou Zhen said with a smile: "Then we will take advantage of these three years to earn enough money in this life." ”

Zhang Jianzhong asked: "How much is enough?" ”

"I think, a dozen or two hundred thousand is about the same, right?"

"Ten or two hundred thousand?" Yongqiang said, "Your requirements are too high, I can have a hundred and eighty thousand to be very satisfied." ”

Zhou Zhen said: "Don't fool me, you have exceeded that number now, and in the years when you and Secretary Zhang were in the head office, the extra money was several times more than ours." ”

Yongqiang said very wrongly: "You think too highly of me." ”

Zhang Jianzhong asked: "This can't be the general opinion of the town cadres, right?" You don't think that we have earned a lot of money, right? ”

Zhou Zhen just laughed.

Zhang Jianzhong said to Yongqiang: "Now that I think about it, our hands were too soft at that time, and we should really send more." ”

Yongqiang said: "Yes, yes. We only know how to fish in troubled waters and earn a few more money for the town, but we don't want to fish in troubled waters and put more in our pockets. ”

Zhang Jianzhong said thoughtfully: "It seems that our minds are still not emancipated enough. ”

Zhou Zhen smiled and said, "It's not too late to liberate now, you can take me with you." ”

Yongqiang said: "I heard that in some towns, I won't say what town it is, and several people from the party committee are engaged in smuggling together, and everyone divides the money privately. ”

Zhou Zhen said: "We don't necessarily have to be like them, we run a lot of times, and the amount is also large, occasionally fighting ambushes, running for ourselves three times a year, and this life is also very nourishing." ”

"It's not just moisturizing, in three or a few years, you may have earned enough money in this life."

Zhou Zhen still didn't dare to ask, "You also have this idea?" ”

Zhang Jianzhong looked at Zhou Zhen and then at Yongqiang, and asked, "Didn't you come together to persuade me?" ”

In the past, I had heard of this practice in trading, underreporting the profits of several transactions a year, and a few core people dividing the money privately. Even if some companies do very poorly, the core few people can make money, lose money business, take the initiative to report, make money business concealed and not reported, and the profits are privately divided.

If Zhang Jianzhong did this, his waist bag would have swelled up long ago.

"Money is a good thing, but it always feels like a loss to earn like this. Perhaps, this is also the lack of emancipation of the mind! ”

Zhou Zhen was more outspoken than Yongqiang, saying: "It's definitely not liberated enough, isn't it just to make some people rich first?" ”

"That's for the masses, our identity, or for the benefit of everyone."

"For the benefit of everyone, we have to take risks ourselves, for example, smuggling, making money, it is collective. If you are caught, is it also collective responsibility? It's not a few of us who bear it, your secretary can't run away, and my mayor doesn't want to run. Yongqiang is in charge of the head office, and the specific person is the first to bear the brunt. ”

Yongqiang also said: "At that time, when we were sentenced to prison, no one would definitely go to see us. But we went in for the benefit of everyone. ”

Zhang Jianzhong felt that this was indeed a problem, in the county, the money you earned from smuggling was given bonuses to the county leaders, what is really the matter, those people are worried about the whereabouts of your funds, out of personal interests, they will definitely protect you, now, you are only for the border town, even if the cadres and the masses want to protect you, they can't protect you.

"Sometimes, we should have a spirit of sacrifice as well."

Zhou Zhen said: "But you have to die well!" ”

Yongqiang said: "The most wronged thing is that others still think how much we have earned." ”

Zhang Jianzhong said: "The best way is not to do such illegal things. ”

Zhou Zhen said: "Without this income, it is difficult to pay salaries in border towns, let alone what construction is going to be done." ”

"Going off the beaten track?"

"What better way to go? Seafood farming doesn't make much money, and the benefits from expanding the scope are not big. Besides, the eldest young master is still aiming at this piece of fat! There is no reason for us to give up so quickly. ”

"Let's talk about how to mitigate our risks."

"Exactly how to compensate for the risks we have to take." Zhou Zhen said, "After working for three or more years, we have earned enough money in this life, even if something happens, we have received a certain amount of compensation. ”

He also said: "You don't have this kind of awareness, it's not surprising at all, after all, there is Lao Li to protect you, after all, you can push the responsibility down." It sounds ugly to me, but it's true. ”

Zhang Jianzhong said: "You don't have to worry, I will not shirk my responsibility. ”

"It's not a question of whether or not to shirk responsibility, it's a question of how we can protect ourselves."

As he spoke, Zhong Zhentao came in, and when he saw that they had been there for a while, he apologized again and again, and interrupted them halfway through the topic.

"We'll talk about it when we get back." Zhang Jianzhong also felt that this matter would not work if it was not resolved.

This is a major event to stabilize the morale of the military!