When Liu Yan came to the Zhongzhou Municipal Party Committee, it was already nearly eight o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Heping and Lian Zibin's offices were lit up, Liu Yan first came to Lian Zibin's office, he had to say hello to Lian Zibin first, on the one hand, out of politeness, on the other hand, out of etiquette, according to the rules, anyone who wants to see the secretary of the municipal party committee must first say hello to the secretary, and then the secretary will ask for instructions, and only after permission can he enter. And under normal circumstances, it has to be led by the secretary.

Although Liu Yan's identity is special, the rules that should be paid attention to must be paid attention to.

Lian Zibin was sitting in the office, looking bored, when he saw Liu Yan coming in, he pointed to the next room and said, "You go in, Secretary Zhou is waiting for you." ”

Liu Yan saw that Lian Zibin didn't want to get up, so he had to smile at him and enter Zhou Heping's office from the small door.

Zhou Heping was sitting on the sofa, and when he saw Liu Yan coming in, he waved his hand at him and said, "You wash your hands first, let's eat, I'm a little hungry when you wait." ”

Liu Yan saw that there were six lunch boxes on the coffee table, which should be ordered for takeout, Liu Yan went into the bathroom to wash his hands, and said very casually: "Even the secretary didn't eat, right?" I'm going to call him. ”

Without waiting for Zhou Heping to express his position, Liu Yan had already entered Lian Zibin's office through the small door and said to Lian Zibin: "Secretary Lian, come in for dinner." ”

Lian Zibin stood up, waved his hand at Liu Yan, and said, "You guys eat, I'll go back first." ”

Saying that, Lian Zibin had already walked to the light switch, Liu Yan frowned, and had to retreat from Lian Zibin's office.

When he returned to Zhou Heping, the lunch box had been opened, and Liu Yan took a look, all of which were what he liked to eat.

Zhou Heping poured himself a glass of Sprite, then looked at Liu Yan and asked, "What do you drink?" ”

"Let's drink Sprite too." Liu Yan took the bottle from Zhou Heping's hand and poured a glass of Sprite into the cup in front of him, "Maybe I was assimilated by you, I find that I like to drink this thing now." ”

Zhou Heping said: "Assimilation is mutual, these dishes are what you like to eat, but I found that they are becoming more and more to my taste." The relationship between people is really interesting, although you have been my secretary, but I think our relationship is a bit like husband and wife. ”

Liu Yan deliberately said: "Secretary Zhou, do you mean that I am a little pampered and arrogant?" ”

Zhou Heping waved his hand and said: "Arrogance is not the main thing, the key is that you can feel my favor for you, and I can also feel your love for me. Alas! Now that you're no longer with me, when you're depressed, you don't even have a person to talk to. ”

Liu Yan understood in his heart that when Zhou Heping said this, he was obviously dissatisfied with Lian Zibin. Just take this opportunity to understand what kind of diaphragm exists between him and Lian Zibin, Liu Yan hopes to change this situation through his own efforts.

"Secretary Zhou, what do you think the relationship between you and Secretary Lian is like?"

Zhou Heping said: "I really haven't considered how to describe it, maybe there is no such intimate personal relationship between us, if you have to find such a relationship, I think it should be a father-son relationship." ”

Liu Yan said: "This shows that even the secretary respects you more, at least compared to me." ”

Zhou Heping sighed and said, "When respect is to the extreme, it becomes a diaphragm. It's not too short that Xiaolian has been with me, but I think he has never considered himself the master here. Take tonight's meal as an example, strictly speaking, you should be considered a guest here, but as a result, the host left and left the guests here, which is too unusual! ”

Liu Yan said: "Maybe even the secretary feels too restrained when he eats with you, so I'm embarrassed to stay." ”

Zhou Heping said: "Then why don't you feel this way? Xiaolian has been with me for more than half a year, if you say that you were a little restrained at the beginning, it is completely understandable, and you are still restrained after such a long time, then this kind of restraint can only be understood as a kind of diaphragm. ”

Liu Yan felt that what Zhou Heping said also had a certain amount of truth, so what caused such a situation?

Liu Yan suddenly remembered one thing that Lian Zibin had told him, Peng Ziyu said Lian Zibin's small words in front of Zhou Heping because of a shopping card, maybe it was because of this that Lian Zibin had a knot, and he always felt that he had made a mistake, and Zhou Heping didn't know the truth, so Lian Zibin had to take an evasive posture.

But how should I tell Zhou Heping about this?

From the bottom of his heart, Liu Yan was unwilling to let Lian Zibin continue to be wronged because of this incident, but he didn't want to involve Peng Ziyu, so he could only say tactfully:

"When I was a child, whenever I made a mistake in school or didn't do well on an exam, when I came home, I would always avoid our old man. Even the secretary deliberately avoided you, probably out of this mentality. ”

Zhou Heping glanced at Liu Yan and said, "There are some things I know, no matter what the truth of the matter is, I will not and cannot misunderstand or even prejudice anyone because of these small things." Xiao Lian may have a little psychological burden because of this kind of thing, but his fundamental problem is not here, but his mentality. ”

Zhou Heping told Liu Yan that when Lian Zibin first came to work beside him, he was indeed under a lot of pressure, and this pressure came more from others always comparing him with Liu Yan.

At that time, there was a very common understanding that Lian Zibin was too rigid, and compared with Liu Yan, it was too far behind, it could be said that there was a heaven and an underground.

Speaking of this, Zhou Heping smiled bitterly and continued: "To tell you the truth, my opinion is the same as most people, Xiaolian is too hard, to put it mildly, it belongs to the kind of donkey who dies every day and does not untie the reins." However, I don't think there is anything bad about this kind of character, the most important point of doing secretarial work is to be able to pass on the leader's mind to everyone, as for the way, you can be as delicate and clear as you, or as straight as Xiaolian, the only difference is that your popularity will be better, and his popularity will be almost, for me, popularity is secondary, the important thing is the transmission of the mind. Of course, the biggest disadvantage of his approach compared to yours is that people will feel a little awkward in the process of implementation. ”

Liu Yan's heart is a lot easier, it seems that Zhou Heping still fully affirms Lian Zibin's work, as for the working method, Liu Yan feels that it is not so important.

"Secretary Zhou, Secretary Lian is from the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and he may not be able to fully adapt to his new role for a while, and there needs to be a process for the change of working methods."

Zhou Heping said: "At this point, I don't think the same as you. In my opinion, a person's working method is determined by his own character, and the formation of character is the result of a long period of subtlety, and even a large part of it is brought from the mother's womb, and it is difficult to make a reborn change. Xiaolian's biggest problem is that he can't understand himself correctly and examine himself objectively, he just blindly takes you as a model, trying to keep up with you in interpersonal communication, but the result is that he is a toddler in Handan and follows his example. ”

Zhou Heping told Liu Yan that Lian Zibin came to the Municipal Party Committee Office for about a month, and the whole person completely changed, he carried Zhou Heping behind his back and took the initiative to interact with all kinds of people in the society, and all the invitations were not refused, and many times, he even put his work aside, completely ignoring Zhou Heping's feelings. What's even more terrifying is that Lian Zibin is now a little addicted to the kind of life of drunken dreams and death.

Liu Yan was taken aback, he never thought that in just a few months, Lian Zibin would become what he is now. Liu Yan felt that he was responsible, and he had to pull Lian Zibin back.

"Secretary Zhou, I must persuade Secretary Lian when I go back, I want him to know that those who invite him to eat, drink and play have a certain purpose. They are trying to build your bridge through Secretary Lian, or they want to inquire about the dynamics between you and the municipal party committee from Secretary Lian, and sooner or later they will make mistakes when associating with such people. ”

Zhou Heping sighed and said, "Xiaolian came out of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, he should still have this vigilance, right?" Maybe he didn't wake up at the beginning, he just wanted to change in terms of interpersonal communication, so that everyone could get to know him again, recognize him, and be able to be like you in people's minds. But if he blindly does this, he will be a little obsessed. You may have also heard that I've been drying him a little bit lately, and I can't do it if I don't dry him! ”

Liu Yan said: "I understand your good intentions, so I should dry him." In this case, he may come to his senses. The most important thing is to make those who often invite him to eat, drink and have fun feel that even the secretary has fallen out of favor and there is no need to invest in him emotionally. ”

Zhou Heping said: "At present, it can only be like this. A person should pursue change, the key is what kind of change you are pursuing, what this change will bring to yourself, and what impact it will have on the people around you. Speaking of change, I think I should also remind you that some people have told me that you have changed recently, you have become proud, and you have completely lost your previous humility, and some people even said that you have become arrogant, with no one in your eyes, and you have completely ignored the leaders of the Zhongzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. ”

Liu Yan instinctively realized that Kong Fanjun must have sued himself in front of Zhou Heping, and now this topic is the real purpose of Zhou Heping calling him to Zhongzhou City.