In the evening, the rain was much lighter, but it was still a little drizzling.

A black Audi slowly drove out of the city hall and drove towards the family compound of the municipal party committee at No. 39 Binhe Road.

This Audi is the car of Zhou Qihong, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, since Audi entered China in 1986, it soon became the first choice for government official car procurement with its perfect displacement system, luxurious but not luxurious, stable and restrained image, and good quality.

In recent years, with the vigorous investment of Feiyuan Company and the determination of the government to develop, the popularity of Fuchang has been greatly improved. In order to meet the needs of external publicity and reception, after the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee studied and reported to the Provincial Party Committee for approval, the Changfu Municipal Government also purchased two Audi cars in early 89 as the cars of the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and the Mayor.

However, after Leng Yunfei took over the mayor's position, he still used the original Santana, and sent the Audi car to the Municipal Economic and Trade Bureau as a reception vehicle. Therefore, the Audi car that often goes in and out of the municipal party committee and municipal government is only Zhou Qihong's No. 1 car.

The car drove smoothly, but Zhou Qihong, who was sitting in the back seat, had a worried face.

Zhou Qihong is fifty-six years old this year, he is not a native of Changfu, he was originally a teacher in Dechang County, and at the age of thirty, he met a noble man by chance, and was appreciated by the county magistrate of Dechang County. Later, the county magistrate was transferred to the post of secretary of the Changfu County Party Committee, and he was transferred to Changfu as the director of the county party committee's office. He was not yet forty years old.

However, the good times did not last long, and less than a year after that, the old leader died of illness, and he suddenly became a child without a mother, not only did his entry into the regular become a bubble, but he was also dumped by the new secretary of the county party committee to the party history office for seven or eight years. This can't be helped, the county party committee office is such a core department, the new leader must use caring people, didn't Zhou Qihong kick out the former director like this back then?

It wasn't until Wang Peiyuan became mayor that he re-entered people's attention. Everyone suddenly discovered that after 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, overnight, he Zhou Qihong stood up again.

The reason why Wang Peiyuan used him was because he valued his ability, second, he had no background, and third, the secretary of the county party committee who originally appreciated Zhou Qihong was Wang Peiyuan's cousin, and he was more or less his own person.

However, Zhou Qihong has always been in the agency and lacks experience in grassroots work, so Wang Peiyuan did not have the idea of letting him do his job again, and Zhou Qihong himself knew his fatal injury. Besides, he is very satisfied to be able to get up again from a place like the Party History Office.

Wang Peiyuan can let him step by step from the deputy director, director, and deputy mayor of the municipal government office to the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, he has a lot of feelings.

To be able to become the secretary of the municipal party committee, to be honest, it was purely an accident, and even he didn't expect it. Originally, I thought that I would work as deputy secretary of the municipal party committee for a few more years, and then serve as a chairman or vice chairman of the people's congress and the CPPCC, and then retire like this. If there was no Feiyuan Company to invest in Changfu, if Wang Peiyuan had not been transferred to Shudu, if there was no butterfly that flapped its wings gently, then Zhou Qihong would definitely have no chance with the secretary of the municipal party committee.

In fact, Zhou Qihong also understands that the reason why Wang Peiyuan pushed him out as the secretary of the municipal party committee when he left was not because he valued his ability. On the one hand, he is not enough to innovate and keep more than enough, and Wang Peiyuan does not want the development pattern of Changfu to be affected by any changes. The second is his age advantage, he can help Leng Yunfei occupy this position first, and when he is almost retired in a few years, Leng Yunfei can naturally take over the position of secretary of the municipal party committee.

At the beginning, Zhou Qihong also adhered to this line of thinking and cooperated with Leng Yunhong's work, but as time went by, his mind gradually swelled a little after taking the position. It is no wonder that the secretary of the municipal party committee is nominally only in charge of the party, but he is the number one in the city who holds the power of personnel and finance, which is equivalent to the ancient Wupin prefect and the emperor of the soil.

So his mind began to change a little, many times for Leng Yunhong's work proposals, he also likes to play official, find some faults, and even make some obstacles, although the results are not very great, but he wants to show his existence through this, and use practical actions to tell everyone that Zhou Qihong is the justifiable secretary of the municipal party committee.

But the result of the confrontation between Mayor Hong Gang and Leng Yunhong shocked him and made him feel very disappointed. He was unwilling to give up the power in his hands like this, but he was worried that he would encounter the same result as Hong Gang. Hong Gang is okay, he is still young, and he has at least one position as the director of the provincial capital, what about himself? As a result of failure, can you only go to the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to wait for retirement, and once again suffer from the cold eyes of others? Every time he thought of this, he couldn't help but tremble, and his back was full of cold sweat.

The municipal government building is not very far from the family compound of the municipal party committee, and there are few people and cars on the road on rainy days, so it will not take long to arrive.

Seeing that it was the No. 1 car of the secretary of the municipal party committee, the guard at the door saluted very dignifiedly, raised the railing, and the car quickly drove in.

Seeing the Audi car in the distance, a slightly short guard said a little angrily: "What, there is not even a response, it is great to take the No. 1 car." ”

The tall guard next to him smiled: "You are daydreaming, someone else is the secretary of the municipal party committee, and will give you a little guard standing at the door to respond?" ”

"What's this?" The slightly shorter guard pouted and said, "When Mayor Leng used to live here, he would greet us with a smile every time the car came in and out, and sometimes he would come down to chat with us when he was not busy, so people are good." It's like this Secretary Zhou, who keeps a straight face all day long, as if everyone else owes him money, and doesn't look at us again. ”

"Just blow it." The tall guard had a look of complete disbelief: "Mayor Leng is such a big official and still chatting with you?" What are you talking about? ”

"Mayor Leng chatters about everything, such as asking who we are? How much is the salary now? How many people are in the family? How was life going? Now the price of the food is expensive or not, in short, there are a lot, you haven't come at that time, so I don't know, if you don't believe it, you ask the big cow to ...... them"

Back at home, Zhou Qihong just entered the door, and heard his wife Hu Hui talking to someone inside, and listened carefully, it was the voice of his daughter Zhou Fang.

"Ah, Xiaofang is back, why didn't you say it earlier, old woman." Zhou Qihong changed his shoes and walked into the house. Zhou Qihong has only one daughter, Zhou Fang, who is Chinese New Year's Eve and one year old today, and works at the Changfu Iron and Steel Plant with his son-in-law Lu Jianming. Since the family area of Changfu Iron and Steel Plant is still seven or eight kilometers away from the county seat, it is rare to come back on weekdays except after weekends and holidays.

"Dad, are you back? It's good to go up the meal. Daughter Zhou Fang brought out a plate of dishes from the kitchen and put it on the dining table, and returned to the kitchen.

"What's wrong with my daughter?" Seeing that his daughter's eyes were a little red, as if she had cried, Zhou Qihong asked Hu Hui in a low voice.

Hu Hui, who was wearing a scarf on his body, was tidying up the dining table and preparing dishes and chopsticks, glanced back at the kitchen, and whispered: "It's not that the work is making trouble, the steel plant has been shut down for two months, and you refuse to come forward to help them adjust and arrange a good job. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Qihong's original good mood because of his daughter's arrival was gone. Maybe it's because their generation has a very high consciousness, although they are in a high position, he never takes care of his children because of this, and never allows them to play their own banners outside, and now his daughter and son-in-law encounter difficulties, and they will inevitably complain.

The meal was unpleasant, and the atmosphere was very heavy, although Hu Hui always wanted to introduce the topic to his daughter's work, but Zhou Qihong had a gloomy face.

After eating, Zhou Qihong entered the study alone, sat at the desk and smoked a cigarette. It's not that he doesn't want to take care of his daughter's affairs, but after years of education and concepts, he has never been able to open this mouth, and he always believes that the current rights are given by the state and the government, so that he can better serve the country and the people, rather than use it for his own family. The old man is old, and he doesn't want to be overhauled.

But what about the daughters? Watching them industrialize, life is in trouble? Now the old couple can still help them, if they go by themselves, what will they do?

I don't know how long it took, and the whole study was full of smoke.

In a trance, he seemed to hear the sound of the doorbell, and he didn't care too much, except for urgent matters, he generally did not receive colleagues to talk about business at home after returning home, which is well known, even if there is something uninformed or uninteresting, Hu Hui will turn it away.

Within two minutes, the door of the study was pushed open, and Hu Hui walked in, immediately choked on the strong smell of smoke, coughed twice, and complained: "Smoking so many cigarettes again, you old man don't want to die?" After that, he pushed open the window of the study, and the fresh air mixed with some rain stars came to his face, and the whole room was suddenly much refreshed.

At this time, Hu Hui said to him: "Old man, Mayor Leng is here, and he is in the living room." ”

"What? Mayor Leng, what is he here to do? Zhou Qihong was taken aback when he heard this. It turned out that when Leng Yunphong lived here, he also came to the house, but after moving out, he was busy and never came to the house as a guest. What is the purpose of his visit?

Doubts are doubts, but Zhou Qihong still got up immediately, strode out, and said, "What kind of wind is the cold mayor?" Blowing? Why don't you call in advance, let's have two drinks. ”

"Haha, I just wanted to have a drink with the secretary before I came." Leng Yunhong stood up, took the initiative to stretch out his hands and shook Zhou Qihong heavily, and took out a bottle of wine from the bag next to him and said with a smile: "The good wine sent by Feiyuan Company, twenty years of Moutai, how dare I enjoy it alone?" No, let's have a drink with the secretary. ”

Zhou Qihong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly took it, looked at the bottle of wine carefully over and over again, and said, "Twenty years of Moutai? That's a good taste. Wife, let's fry a few more side dishes, I'll have two sips with Mayor Leng today. "He doesn't have any hobbies, he just likes to take two sips when he's fine, and he doesn't drink much. I have only heard of such a good wine as Moutai for 20 years, and now that I can drink it, I am naturally a little salivating and impatient.

Feiyuan Company often sends some good things to Leng Yunfei, and every time it is above board, which is a well-known secret in the city. It is also strange to say that a big-name company like Feiyuan cannot be invited by other places, and there is no need to use these means to get in touch with the Changfu government. Moreover, Feiyuan Company's things were only sent to Leng Yunping, even if Leng Yunfei was only the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee at the beginning, and he, the secretary of the municipal party committee, and Hong Gang, the mayor at the time, had never enjoyed such treatment.

Besides, Leng Yunfei has never given Feiyuan Company extra preferential treatment or betrayed state-owned interests because of this, every time he cooperates with Feiyuan Company, others can't talk about it, and the conditions he talks about often exceed everyone's expectations. What else do you have to say about such a situation? It can only be said that other people Feiyuan Company only recognizes him, and there is no way.

I heard that Leng Yunphong also contacted Feiyuan Company at that time, so there must have been all kinds of unknown relationships. Anyway, it's good that everyone benefits from it, as for Feiyuan Company to send Leng Yunfei good things, everyone has nothing to say except a little envy, who doesn't have this ability?

The two entered the study, chatted for a while, and Hu Hui fried a few appetizers and sent them over.

Leng Yunfei opened the wine bottle, and a strong aroma of wine wafted out, and the room was suddenly filled with the smell of wine. As soon as Leng Yunhong poured it on Zhou Qihong, Zhou Qihong couldn't wait to take a sip, with an aftertaste on his face, and said after a while: "Well, it is indeed worthy of 20 years of Moutai, mellow and soft cotton, rich in aroma, and has a long aftertaste." ”

"If the secretary likes it, drink two more glasses, this wine can't be drunk, as long as it is in moderation, it is good for the body."

"I want to too, I'm afraid that your sister-in-law will interfere and won't let me drink, hehe, if you hadn't come to touch your light today, I wouldn't have had a chance to drink two sips. I'm hungry for a while. ”

Both of them don't drink much, they drink slowly, and they are talking more often than not.

"Secretary, it was Xiao Fang outside just now, right? I haven't seen her in a long time, okay? Leng Yun asked without a trace.

Zhou Qihong smiled bitterly and said: "What's good, this factory has been out of production for more than two months, and the two of them quarreled at home, no, they ran back to their parents' house." Tell me, what's wrong with young people now? I don't know how hard I work, and I have to come forward to help them change a good job at every turn, and I, the secretary of the municipal party committee, am not for them, so what right do I have to change their jobs? ”

Although the two sometimes have different political opinions, and sometimes they are tied up in battles, Zhou Qihong still thinks that Leng Yunfei and him are the same kind of people, and they have never used power for personal gain for their families, and his wife Li Yuanfen has also been teaching her husband and children at home and taking care of housework. Therefore, he regarded him as a bosom friend, and his family's incomprehension and full of depression also confided in Leng Yunhong at this time through the strength of wine.

"Secretary, what you say is reasonable, people now think differently than we do." Leng Yunhong took a sip of wine and said, "However, our government has a great responsibility for the steel plant to be like this." Thousands of families are facing difficulties in their lives, and we are ashamed of them because we have not done our job well. ”

Zhou Qihong also seems to think of the situation of his daughter's family, even a family like them that basically has no burden is so annoyed now, and the other old and young, don't know what to do, and some relatives said: "Yes, for the official term, for the benefit of one party, now the steel plant is not well run, we, as the parents of Changfu, are really a little shameless to face them." How are you talking to Feiyuan now? ”

"I came here this time because I want to report something to the secretary." Leng Yunphong pondered for a while and said: "Feiyuan Company's attitude is very clear and affirmative, it can acquire the steel plant, but it must be acquired together with Changfu Mining Company, and the bid is also very good, 330 million to buy, otherwise it will give up the acquisition......"

"This price is very good, but after all, it is not a non-performing asset...... Zhou Qihong also frowned, a little helpless. Although the state has introduced policies to encourage reform and development in various localities, it is still very sensitive when it comes to state-owned assets, and if it is not done well, it will fall into the notoriety of selling state assets.

"Yes, so I'm also confused, so I can only come to the secretary for your guidance."

"Hehe, you're a good hand at the economy, don't drive my old man to the shelves." Zhou Qihong smiled, seemed to be very satisfied with Leng Yunhong's attitude, and said: "If you have any good ideas, you might as well tell me, as long as it is good, conducive to solving problems, and beneficial to the people, my old man will definitely support it." "Since the other party has shown sincerity, he also makes a statement.