A strange thing happened in Cao Yao yesterday, and before the Standing Committee began, many members of the Standing Committee were discussing among themselves. Fang Zhicheng was also a little curious, and leaned over to listen for a while with a smile before he realized what was going on.

One hundred meters away from the compound of the municipal party committee, there is an old mansion, which is the personal private courtyard left by a wealthy gentry in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. After the liberation, the government remained there, hence the name "Old Government". In the early eighties, the city government built a new compound, and because of the policy change, it moved out of it, and then transferred it to the descendants of the wealthy gentry. Yesterday, the descendants of the rich gentry sold the ownership of the house to a businessman for 100 million yuan.

If that's the case, it's just sparse and ordinary. On the night after the contract was signed, lightning and thunder thundered in the evening, slashing a century-old ginkgo tree in the middle of the yard. Coincidentally, in the process of excavating the ginkgo tree this morning, a worker found two jars of silver dollars buried in the ground, as well as a box of jewelry. The silver dollar can still be estimated by price, but most of this box of jewelry is immeasurably old, so the descendants of the rich gentry and merchants began to quarrel.

Because of the controversy, it is topical, and it is difficult to decide who the silver dollar and the jewelry belong to. Some people think that since it has been sold to that merchant, then everything in the yard should belong to the merchant. But there are also those who believe that it was the yard that was sold, and that the merchant had promised that the furniture in the house would not be included, and that the silver dollar jewels hidden under the hundred-year-old ginkgo tree should also be included. Some people even think that the silver dollar jewelry does not belong to any party, because everything buried in the ground should be handed over to the state.

Everyone laughed for a while, Wang Guoyue and Qu Kang walked into the conference room one after another, Fang Zhicheng sat in his place, opened the notebook, unscrewed the pen sleeve of the pen, and his eyes drifted to Sui Qi not far away, secretly thinking that Sui Qi was dressed up in an abnormal spirit today, a navy blue professional women's suit, which was a white round-necked shirt, his hair was combed into a ball, revealing his beautiful ears, and the silver platinum studs emitted a faint light, which was extremely eye-catching.

Today he is destined to be a supporting role, so Fang Zhicheng looks lazy and relaxed, starting with Sui Qi, after his eyes wander around the field, he landed on his notebook, and the pen swiped over and drew a simple cartoon. The big yard, the ginkgo tree, the treasure, the merchants, the descendants of the rich gentry, and the country.

I'm afraid most people are thinking in their hearts that this treasure should belong to the state. It's not because of any personal interests that are subordinated to collective interests, but because everyone has a common hatred of the rich, thinking that no matter the descendants of businessmen and rich gentry, they are not bad for money.

To use an inappropriate analogy, Wang Guoyue and Qu Kang are now businessmen and descendants of wealthy gentry, and the list of Standing Committee members that are about to be discussed is the ownership of treasures. In fact, many members of the Standing Committee are spectators, except for those who are in the more obvious camp and are very close to the chief and deputy squad leaders, the rest are probably watching a good show.

Wang Guoyue habitually put on black-rimmed glasses, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Chen Yuejin, the commander of the military division, stepped into the office quickly. Wang Guoyue took off his glasses again, and his fingers subconsciously clicked on the table. Chen Yuejin will not attend ordinary meetings of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. Although he bears the name of the Standing Committee, the military and the government have always been separated, and Chen Yuejin will not appear on the Standing Committee unless he encounters a major accident that requires the assistance of the military.

Chen Yuejin is about 1.8 meters tall, with silver hair on sideburns, and is already in his fifties, he smiled faintly with Wang Guoyue: "I'm sorry, it's late!" ”

In fact, Wang Guoyue knew that Chen Yuejin would attend the meeting today, because when Chen Zhen informed the meeting yesterday, Chen Yuejin did not ask for leave, which shows that Chen Yuejin is very likely to be there. Judging from Chen Yuejin's previous position, he was on Qu Kang's camp, and it seems that Qu Kang has put a lot of effort into dealing with himself today.

After Chen Yuejin sat down, Wang Guoyue glanced at Secretary-General Chen Zhen and said lightly: "Because the topic involved today is related to Comrade Chen Zhen, please leave for a while." ”

After Chen Zhen left, Wang Guoyue cleared his voice and said, "As everyone knows, the total number of members of our Standing Committee is twelve. Now there are two comrades who are more suitable, one is Comrade Chen Zhen, secretary general of the municipal party committee, and the other is Comrade Zhang Xian, deputy mayor in charge of industry. These two comrades are very good and work hard in their posts. Comrade Zhang Xian is the mainstay of the city's cadres, and under his auspices, the industrial development has been climbing higher and higher; Comrade Chen Zhen is the chief steward of the municipal party committee and conscientiously performs his duties. However, there is only one position on the Standing Committee, and everyone can only choose one of them. I invite you to vote by show of hands. If Comrade Zhang Xian is agreed to serve as a member of the Standing Committee, then Comrade Chen Zhen will lose the opportunity to become a member of the Standing Committee; On the contrary, if Comrade Zhang Xian is opposed to serving as a member of the Standing Committee, then Comrade Chen Zhen will officially become a member of the Standing Committee. ”

Wang Guoyue is very familiar with the process and explains it very carefully, generally speaking, simply say the candidate, and vote directly.

Of course, there is a small detail in this, that is, Wang Guoyue deliberately put Zhang Xian on the object of a show of hands, so that Zhang Xian became the target of public criticism.

Take the ginkgo tree that was split just now as an example, this is a game of psychological warfare. None of the onlookers wanted to favor either the businessman or the descendants of the wealthy gentry, so they were likely to choose to vote against it during the voting process. If the negative vote is predominant, it is an invisible support for the other candidate.

Wang Guoyue used the power of the secretary of the municipal party committee to skillfully increase the opportunity for Chen Zhen.

Of course, the reason why Wang Guoyue used this trick is also because there are two candidates for the Standing Committee today. If there is only one person, then there is no need to explain this, just vote directly.

A total of 12 members of the Standing Committee present here today can vote.

According to the previous camp arrangement, it is divided into Wang Guoyue faction, Organization Minister Guan Ruofei, Executive Vice Mayor Sui Qi, Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection Mai Zhaolong, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee Deng Zhanying, and Propaganda Minister Lu Baojuan.

Qu Kangpai, Deputy Secretary Chang Mengyuan, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Economic Development Zone Guan Qijun, Commander of the Military Division Chen Yuejin, and Minister of United Front War Yuan Suhua.

Fang Zhicheng is a member of the Standing Committee on a temporary basis, and there is no obvious camp.

Therefore, Wang Guoyue's situation is still relatively dangerous, if Fang Zhicheng helps Qu Kang, it may cause a 6-6 draw. At this time, Wang Guoyue had to exercise the power of the secretary of the municipal party committee in order to achieve his goals.

Although the top leaders have the final say and can ignore the decisions of the Standing Committee, they can only do so occasionally.

"If you agree with Comrade Zhang Xian to add a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, please show your hands to vote!" Wang Guoyue held the frame with his hand and asked in a deep voice.

Chang Mengyuan slowly raised his hand, Guan Qijun, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Economic Development Zone, raised his hand, and Yuan Suhua, Minister of Unification and War, raised his hand, Qu Kang's face became extremely solemn, he glanced at Chen Yuejin with a normal expression, which surprised him, Chen Yuejin did not raise his hand, that is to say, there were only three votes for those who agreed.

Qu Kang slowly raised his hand and swept his gaze towards Lu Baojuan. Propaganda Minister Lu Baojuan secretly complained bitterly, sighed helplessly, and also raised her hand. For the time being, there are still only five votes on the field. Qu Kang's eyes fell on Chen Yuejin again, and his eyes shouted expectations and encouragement.

It's a pity that Chen Yuejin held the teacup and took a sip of tea, as if Qu Kang was air.

Wang Guoyue was slightly surprised when he saw this scene, because Chen Yuejin did not help Qu Kang vote in favor, which was a very strange thing. Of course, on her own side, Lu Baojuan turned against her,

Wang Guoyue is not surprised when he thinks about it carefully, before he came to Cao Yao, there were rumors in the officialdom that Mayor Qu Kang and Propaganda Minister Lu Baojuan were at odds. So after he served as the secretary of the municipal party committee, he often talked to Lu Baojuan for a long time, and Lu Baojuan seemed to be deferential on the surface, but there was always a feeling of intimateness. Now I understand that the disagreement between Lu Baojuan and Qu Kang is only superficial, and it is an illusion secretly created by Qu Kang, just to be able to play a surprise role at a critical moment.

There were only five votes in favor of Zhang Xian's co-optation of the Standing Committee, and half of the votes were not passed, so Zhang Xian's chances were slim.

However, Wang Guoyue still continued to preside over in accordance with the process, "If you oppose Comrade Zhang Xian's addition of a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, please raise your hand!" ”

Guan Ruofei raised his hand first, and then Executive Vice Mayor Sui Qi, Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection Mai Zhaolong, and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee Deng Zhanying raised their hands one after another. There are only four votes on the field for the time being, and even if Wang Guoyue raises his hand, there will only be five votes, which means that there are no more than five votes against it? It's going to be awkward.

Qu Kang's face was solemn, the Sichuan character lines were very deep, and he paid attention to Fang Zhicheng's body, because if Fang Zhicheng raised his hand, he would lose today.

Fang Zhicheng was always smiling and did not raise his hand, Wang Guoyue was a little disappointed, but he arranged Sui Qi to persuade, didn't it have a miraculous effect?

Fang Zhicheng put down the pen in his hand, swept his gaze to Chen Yuejin, and smiled playfully.

Chen Yuejin, the commander of the military division, slowly raised his hand, the pupils in Wang Guoyue's eyes dilated, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and also raised his hand.

The results came in, and the negative vote went from four to six. In other words, more than half of the Standing Committee members oppose Zhang Xian's addition of a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. This means that Chen Zhen, secretary general of the municipal party committee, has been successfully passed.

How so? How could the Standing Committee get completely out of control?

According to Qu Kang's idea, it should have been six votes in favor and five votes against, and Fang Zhicheng chose to abstain. But the result was unexpected, Lu Baojuan became his own surprise soldier, while Chen Yuejin became Wang Guoyue's secret weapon to win.

Qu Kang subconsciously touched the teacup and found that he didn't hold it steadily, and the water almost splashed out.

Although it was just a small detail, everyone present found it, and everyone's facial expressions were as usual, but they all secretly sighed in their hearts that Cao Yao's municipal party committee had officially entered another era.