The father-in-law and mother-in-law debated for an hour and a half, Xu Haodong listened carefully at first, but after hearing it, Xu Haodong found that the second elder had fallen into clichés, arguing for the sake of debate, and opposing for the sake of opposition, so he listened to it tastelessly.

But this can't be shown, because he is a son-in-law, the heir to the mantle of the second elder, and he has to pretend to be very serious.

Besides, there are other observers, Xu Yunjie and Aunt Chen and Xiao Liu Xiaoqi, Xiao Liu Xiaoqi can be ignored, but with Xu Yunjie and Aunt Chen, Xu Haodong does not dare not show piety and respect.

The debate turned into a quarrel, from economics to family to marriage, and finally spat at the mouth, not knowing what to do.

The laughter of her daughter Xu Yunjie woke up the two professors with laughter.

In the living room, not only Aunt Chen and Xiaoliu Xiaoqi were nowhere to be found, but even the "loyal listener" Xu Haodong had fled.

The two professors looked at each other, too embarrassed to speak.

Even Xu Yunjie hid in the study with a smile.

In the study, Xu Haodong and Xu Yunjie kept laughing, but there was no laughter, because they were afraid that the second elder in the living room would be unhappy.

After a while, two professors appeared at the door of the study.

The mother-in-law said embarrassedly: "Haodong, I made you laugh." ”

Xu Haodong hurriedly said: "Mom, I did laugh, but I didn't laugh at your quarrel." ”

The father-in-law asked, "Then what are you laughing at us?" ”

Xu Haodong said with a smile: "I laugh at you and you don't quarrel, you don't have a level at all." ”

Xu Yunjie laughed even louder, "This statement is the highest evaluation of the two great professors." ”

The father-in-law said, "Talk about business, talk about business." Haodong, you are in charge, what do you think of the concept of running a city? ”

Xu Haodong glanced at his mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law said, "You don't have to look at my face, you are fully qualified to have your own position and opinion." ”

Xu Haodong thought for a moment before he said: "We have a broad and profound traditional culture, and there is a culture in it, which I call dualistic culture, which is either/or. Either right or wrong, either good or bad, either beautiful or ugly, black or white, either left or right, etc., is simply divided into two. This makes it easy for Chinese people to go to extremes, thinking, judging, speaking, and doing things, and it is easy to make the mistake of extremes and read the good scriptures crookedly. ”

Xu Yunjie smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, your big circle is too far." ”

Xu Haodong said: "Not far away, what I want to explain is that the concept of running a city can be mentioned, and the city can also be operated, but the problem is that the good scriptures are misreckoned." Nowadays, the operation of many cities can actually be described in one sentence, that is, everything is to money, and all the value is measured by money. ”

The mother-in-law said: "This problem is more prominent. ”

The father-in-law said: "It's not more prominent, but seriously prominent." ”

Xu Yunjie said: "Dad, Mom, listen to my brother-in-law, don't fight." ”

Xu Haodong said: "I will give a few extreme examples. First, the stadium can be named by a company or an individual, because it is a specific venue, and the entry and exit are also a specific audience. However, I firmly oppose the fact that bridges are named by enterprises or individuals, because bridges are part of the road, and like water and air, they are the necessities of urban people and the most basic public goods. Even from the perspective of urban culture, it is absurd to use enterprises or individuals to name bridges, and it is easy to arouse the disgust of citizens. ”

"Second, in order to make money, many cities began to toss the citizens, and the houses built more than ten years ago were also demolished and rebuilt, the reason is that the price of the land under the house has risen, and the purpose is land finance. But in doing so, the money is earned, and at the same time, the people are also offended, and this mode of running the city is infinitely harmful. We don't do this in Yunling City, we resolutely don't want this kind of GDP that makes history laugh, we have an iron rule, the house is less than 30 years old, it shall not be demolished for any reason, and the house more than 30 years old, even if it needs to be demolished, must be compensated in a market-oriented way. ”

"Third, the urban areas of many of our cities now have no humanistic value and tourism value. Why? Because the old houses were demolished. In many cities, for the sake of land finance, all old houses must be demolished, in fact, for the sake of immediate interests, giving up future development, they are demolishing history, culture and the future. Like our Yunling City, 7% of the streets in Nancheng, where our house is located, are old houses, from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty and even modern times, there are Chinese and foreign houses, and there are even more than 60 national style houses. The value contained in this cannot be measured by money, and the urban area can attract more than 20 million Chinese and foreign tourists every year, and more than 80% of the credit for this old house should be credited. Therefore, the image of the 307 citizens who opposed the demolition of this old house back then is the hero and hero of the city in my mind. ”

The father-in-law asked, "So, what is your governing philosophy?" ”

Xu Haodong said: "There must be a degree in the operation of the city, that is, it cannot all be handed over to the market, it must be led by the government, and in the process of running the city, it must maintain a limited marketization." ”

After a pause, Xu Haodong said to his mother-in-law: "Mom, I said this, I offended you a little." ”

The mother-in-law said: "It doesn't matter, you and I have different starting points, I look at the problem from an academic point of view, just say it and don't do it, and I don't care about the result." And if you are a government official, you must not only pay attention to the results, but also consider the feelings and opinions of the people. ”

Xu Haodong added with a smile: "I still have to think about the black gauze hat on my head. ”

The mother-in-law also laughed, "You said it yourself." ”

Xu Yunjie asked: "Brother-in-law, let me ask a question, now on the streets, the streets and alleys are full of corporate advertisements, how do you master this degree?" ”

Xu Haodong snorted, "This question is a good question, the degree is difficult to grasp, and the quality of the mastery is precisely the level of leadership." To be honest, I hate those ads because there are too many of them. And the people are very opposed, why can you hang advertisements in public places, but not on the walls of buildings in our community? Isn't this only the governor allowed to set fires, and the people were not allowed to light lamps? ”

Xu Yunjie said: "Brother-in-law, you are also verbal, since you hate it, why don't you stop and change it?" ”

Xu Haodong smiled, "Xiaojie, do you think that if I am the number one, I can cover the sky with one hand?" There is a question of the scope of power here, the phenomenon of too many and too indiscriminate street advertisements is really not under my control, it is the responsibility of the city government and relevant departments. What I can do is to express my opinions and opinions to the leaders of the city government. ”

The father-in-law said: "Haodong, Xiaojie doesn't understand, you are playing the piano to the cow." ”

Xu Yunjie laughed evilly, "Dad, I'm a cow, what are you?" ”

The father-in-law sighed, "I, I'm Daddy." ”

The laughter of the whole family filled the small study.

A new day.

In early summer, the sun rises early and heats up quickly. Xu Haodong drove to work, and because the window was closed, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Xu Haodong parked his car on the municipal square.

It's working time, but there are few people entering the building, and there are many people leaving the building, and there are still groups.

Xu Haodong lowered the car window and asked Li Zijian, who was standing not far away, loudly, "Zijian, what's the situation?" ”