It turned out that Shen Youbin had just gotten off the plane when he came back from the capital and received a phone call from a deputy minister of the Organization Department of the provincial party committee, who had a good relationship with him. [No pop-ups]

On the phone, the deputy minister told him: Secretary Lu has held two meetings of secretaries to study the issue of personnel adjustment after the Spring Festival, and made a preliminary decision: after the Spring Festival holiday, the leading groups of the city, state bureaus and provincial organs will be adjusted immediately; Subsequently, some county and city teams were fine-tuned. The purpose is to adjust the team in place before the first convening, so that some acting mayors, acting county magistrates, and the top leaders of some provincial organs can be formally appointed by election at the people's congress.

Shen Youbin's original idea was to prepare to compete for the deputy mayor of City K, and he wanted to ask Ye Ming to go to Secretary Li or Secretary Lu to talk to him, help him, and let him go up a step.

However, after returning from Beijing, his thoughts and goals changed: he found that among the current government agencies of the country, in terms of power and awesomeness, there seemed to be no one that could compare with the National Development and Reform Commission.

When he was in Beijing, he heard many times from the fellow who was a small deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) that because the projects and funds approved by the NDRC covered all aspects of the national economy, such as agriculture, forestry and water conservancy, energy, transportation, information industry, raw materials, machinery manufacturing, light industry and tobacco, high and new technology, urban construction, social undertakings, finance, foreign investment, and overseas investment, the NDRC was called "the first ministry of the government" and also known as the "small State Council."

It is said that although some directors of the National Development and Reform Commission, who hold important examination and approval powers, are only a small "seven-grade sesame official," some provincial governors have to wait in line for half an hour when they go to see him. And some vice governors go to run projects, and they are often reprimanded by these directors for being submissive, and in the end, they have to be careful or humble with them. And the reason for this is very simple: although these directors are not high in terms of position and rank, they often have the right to approve investments of billions or even tens of billions of billions......

Moreover, this time he went to the capital, Shen Youbin also saw with his own eyes the power of the division-level officials of the National Development and Reform Commission. Take Lu Nianzi as an example, she is still a department-level cadre who is easy to deal with and does not like to make things difficult. However, before Ye Ming found Zhang Yan, Shen Youbin, Shi Xing and others couldn't see her at all. And in the end, when she decided to help Xinleng County, she turned things around with just one sentence, and squeezed out the application quota of Zinan City, which she was determined to win......

So, now Shen Youbin has shifted his goal of progress: he wants to join the provincial development and Reform Commission as deputy director. Because he knows very well that the NDRC is a key department, with great power, it is best to sell favors, and it is easiest to accumulate official connections. Those who go out of the National Development and Reform Commission will have a much smoother career in the future, and their promotion will be much faster.

One of the most impressive examples of this is a leader surnamed Zeng who served as the secretary of the county party committee in Xinleng more than 10 years ago. This leader's experience is similar to his own: first as the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee of the Communist Youth League and the chairman of the provincial youth, and then sent to K city as a member of the municipal party committee and concurrently as the secretary of the Xinleng County Party Committee; Two years later, he was transferred back to the provincial capital to serve as deputy director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission; Three years later, he successively served as the mayor and secretary of the municipal party committee of a certain city, and was promoted at a rocket-like speed, and became the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee of a certain province before the age of 50......

In fact, Ye Ming had already expected in his heart: for an official of Secretary Shen's level, every action he took had a clear purpose and pertinence. Today, despite everything at the end of the year, he took the time to come to the local taxation bureau to participate in an unimportant annual summary and commendation meeting, which is definitely not as simple as what he said to encourage and cheer up the overall cadres, but there must be something else important. Judging from the fact that he kept praising himself on the stage, uncharacteristically revealing the content of last night's Standing Committee meeting, and letting the cadres and workers of the whole country understand his feelings, the things he came to the local taxation bureau today to do must also be related to himself......

It's just that he didn't expect that Shen Youbin would come directly to ask him for help with his promotion, and also said that he wanted to be transferred to the Provincial Development and Reform Commission as deputy director, which made him feel a little embarrassed: because he didn't want to ask Secretary Li for help for this kind of thing, and he also knew that Secretary Li was particularly disgusted with such an act of running for office. Not to mention Secretary Lu - in his mind, between himself and Secretary Lu, it was far from good enough to open his mouth to ask for an official for others. Therefore, he didn't know how to help Shen Youbin at all.

Shen Youbin saw Ye Ming's embarrassed face, and guessed what he was thinking, so he said confidently: "Xiao Ye, I know that you have difficulties, and I don't know how to open your mouth to Secretary Li or Secretary Lu." Actually, I came to you today because there was a good opportunity ready to go. You can use this opportunity to say a few words for me. As for success or failure, that's another matter, and I definitely don't blame you! ”

"What good opportunity is readily available?"

Ye Ming asked a little puzzled.

Shen Youbin smiled brightly and said, "When I was in the capital yesterday, I heard Director Lu Nianzi say: During the Spring Festival, she is likely to come to Xinleng with Director Zhang Linjiang to play, and ask you to play with them for a few days, right?" ”

Ye Ming nodded and said, "That's right, Director Lu said such a thing, and she seems to be saying it very seriously, not joking." ”

"That's right! Xiaoye, the good opportunity I said is here. When I was in the capital, I saw that Director Lu's family, including Director Zhang and Miss Zhang Yan, were very kind and caring for you. Especially Director Lu, I observed that when you said goodbye to her and prepared to go back to the province, she had a very reluctant expression on her face, and even her eyes were red. I think: Although she and you have known each other for a short time, they are like a pair of brothers and sisters who have been separated for many years, and they care about and love you very much. Although I don't know the reason for this, Director Lu cares for you, which is obvious to all. ”

Speaking of this, he saw that Ye Ming had an embarrassed expression on his face, so he encouraged him and said, "Xiao Ye, don't be embarrassed by what I just said. In fact, this is your greatest strength: simple and kind nature, warm and generous, open-minded, and outstanding talent, so you can quickly gain the favor of Director Lu and even her family, so that Director Lu can have that kind of love for you like a sister. I dare to pack a ticket: Director Lu will definitely come to Xinleng during the Spring Festival. Although this is just a conjecture of mine that is not much substantiated, it should not be wrong! ”