The ring road project is progressing smoothly, two months after the start of the construction of the west ring road and the north ring road, the east ring and the south ring road have also started one after another, and 48 road construction teams from eight counties and cities in Pingchuan area and five districts in the city have worked from winter to summer, and have put out the roadbed of the ring road that is 60 kilometers long and 60 meters wide. About 26 kilometres of the Northwest Ring Road have been completed with concrete pavement and are in the final stages of installing traffic markers, barrier bollards and street lights. Nine large parallel traffic roundabouts have been built ahead of the curve, and nine giant sculptures representing the history and reality of Pyongcheon have begun to emerge on the roundabout. The special funds of the Provincial Department of Communications and the loans of the Provincial Construction Bank were in place in a timely manner, and the donations of Pingchuan citizens exceeded the expected amount, and the completion of the entire ring road project within the year has been largely financially guaranteed.

At the beginning of July, the readjusted Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, under the chairmanship of Wu Mingxiong, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, held a special meeting on urban construction work. At the meeting, after heated discussions, all members of the Standing Committee unanimously adopted the resolution of "making persistent efforts, increasing efforts, grasping the three major strategic projects of waterways, roads and electricity, and speeding up the pace of urban infrastructure construction in Pingchuan". The resolution clearly stated that the Pingchuan Power Plant, which has been approved by the state, will raise one billion yuan of funds within the year, and the reconstruction of the original roads in the inner city and the development of the new West Lake will be carried out immediately. The second and third phases of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project will be combined into one, and strive to be fully completed this winter and next spring; The ring road project is a popular project and image project, and involves the vehicle diversion of the inner city road reconstruction and the development and construction of the new West Lake, the completion date must be advanced, and the "October 1st" must be opened to traffic on the whole line.

On the afternoon of the end of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Mayor Shu Huaru presided over the mayor's office meeting in the first conference room of the city, and conveyed the spirit of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee to the deputy mayors in charge and the deputy secretaries-general of the nine municipal governments, arranged the work one by one, and also focused on the construction period of the ring road.

Deputy Mayor Yan Changqi, who is the actual commander-in-chief of the ring road project, immediately felt the pressure, and couldn't help sweating on the bald door. Yan Changqi wanted to interrupt Shu Huaru's words several times, talk about difficulties, and put forward conditions, but taking into account the impact, he finally didn't dare, and made a very relaxed appearance, drinking tea, smoking, and making records.

However, as soon as the mayor's office meeting dispersed, Yan Changqi couldn't wait to drag Shu Huaru back, and said to Shu Huaru with a bitter face: "Mayor Shu, let's make it clear, the commander-in-chief of the ring road construction headquarters is you, I work for you, and you have to pity me." You don't want to think about it, the original planned construction period of such a high-standard road is one year, which is already dark enough, and even experts from the Provincial Transportation Bureau say that this speed is rare in the history of highway construction in our province. This is going to be advanced to 'October 1st', you don't want me to live as a field conductor, do you? ”

Shu Huaru said with a smile while sorting out the documents and materials on the conference table: "No matter how sad the days are, we still have to live every day, how to live, you Mayor Yan mobilized everyone to find a way." I pity you, Secretary Wu won't pity me. Besides, I've also calculated, the completion of 'October 1st' is a little tighter, but you can be sure that you don't pretend to be garlic in front of me, I go to the construction site every day, and you can't blind me. ”

Yan Changqi said anxiously: "Your eldest mayor just looks at the surface. You know what? Even if the pavement works can be completed by then, there are still many supporting projects. Sculptures, green belts, full-line lights, and trees on both sides of the road, should we do a good job? We can't let such a good road open to traffic bare, right? ”

Shu Huaru said: "Of course, we must complete all the supporting projects, when did I, the mayor, say that it can be opened to traffic without supporting facilities?" You're not trying to get into my way, are you? We are building a road, not an airport runway, and even if it is a runway, we have to install night lights. ”

Yan Changqi said at this time: "Mayor Shu, is it okay if this is not the case?" I will strive for the completion of the '1 October' and do my best to do so, but do not announce it to the public at the moment, so as not to be passive in the future and lose the face of the municipal party committee and you, the commander-in-chief. ”

Shu Huaru said very seriously: "Oh, it's bad, your brother said this late, just when we were in a meeting, Secretary Wu had already said this on behalf of the municipal party committee." If you want to know what Secretary Wu said, you can watch the Pingchuan News in the evening. If you have any ideas, you can also talk to Secretary Wu directly. ”

Yan Changqi was stunned for a moment, then turned around and left.

Shu Huaru joked behind Yan Changqi's back: "Hey, Mayor Yan, don't be in a hurry to leave, we can slowly exchange opinions and see if it is possible for Secretary Wu to retract his TV speech?" ”

Yan Changqi turned around and smiled bitterly, and said helplessly: "You and Secretary Wu have forced me to go to Liangshan, I, what else can I say!" ”

Returning to the Huancheng Road Construction Headquarters, Yan Changqi convened a meeting on the project scheduling of the whole line overnight, and summoned all the leaders in charge of urban construction in the eight counties and cities and the five districts in the city to the headquarters and said: "The construction period should be advanced again, and the Huancheng Road will be opened to traffic on October 1, which is a matter that has been decided by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and the mayor's office meeting, and there is no room for negotiation. As soon as Mayor Shu announced the decision of the municipal party committee, I didn't say a word, but I expressed my position, and the comrades on behalf of the comrades promised on the spot that not only the 'October 1' was opened to traffic, but also the high quality of the road must be guaranteed! ”

There was a lot of discussion in the venue.

Yan Changqi pretended to smile lightly: "The construction period is a little tighter, I think it can be completed with hard work." I don't bargain with the municipal party committee and the city, and I hope you don't bargain with me. Let's put the ugly words in front of me, I am now holding a project scheduling meeting, not a Chongqing negotiation. Comrades who want to negotiate in Chongqing are invited to leave. ”

Xiang Benyi, the head of Zhonglou District, sat on a chair by the door, made a very confused look and asked, "That is to say, if there is a difficulty, you will not be allowed to reflect?" Isn't it, Vice Mayor Yan? ”

Yan Changqi saw that it was his old opponent who was speaking, and smiled even brighter: "District Chief Xiang, why are you again?" We're old buddies. I know you're never going to negotiate with me in Chongqing, are you? If you have difficulties, of course, you can reflect it, and the command must grasp these situations. However, after the reflection, you still have to overcome the difficulties and do it. There's a very good line in the movie: 'There's no difficulty, what do you communists do?' ’”

Xiang Benyi rolled his eyelids and said: "Mayor Yan, I remember what the movie said, 'There is no difficulty, what do you want us Communists to do.'" It's 'us', not 'you'. ”

Yan Changqi seemed to be very serious: "I'm not a member of the ** team, so naturally I don't dare to call myself 'we', especially in front of you to the district chief, I don't dare to say this, lest you say that I am bragging." As you know from the district chief, my level of bragging is limited, and I will blow it up when I blow it. ”

The attendees who knew about the "bragging" joked.

Before Yan Changqi became the deputy mayor, he served as the deputy head of Pailou District for a year and a half, in charge of culture, education and health. At that time, Xiang Benyi was also in charge of culture, education and health in the Zhonglou District. On one occasion, the city held a patriotic sanitation campaign to exterminate rats in a district-by-district competition, and after a while, everyone was busy in a formalistic manner, and it is said that they were all accomplished. The city held a meeting to sum up the experience, introduced the experience to the Zhonglou District, the representative of the original meaning, talked eloquently, talked about the importance of the leadership, mobilized up and down, and worked together to exterminate the rats in total. This is not enough, Xiang Benyi was dizzy, and finally solemnly announced, "According to the latest scientific investigation in our district, there are no more than ten rats that have escaped the net at present." Yan Changqi then spoke on behalf of the archway district, learned to blow the tone of the original meaning even more inappropriately, reported 18 measures, 16 experiences, and openly announced, "Due to the effective measures, so far, none of the rats in our district have escaped the net, and all of them have been wiped out." There was an uproar, and someone asked Yan Changqi, "What if we find a mouse in your archway area?" Yan Changqi immediately said, "Please send it to the Zhonglou District, let the district chief verify his identity, and severely punish him according to law, this must be one of the ten rats that have slipped through the net to the district head." Only then did everyone hear that Yan Changqi was ridiculing and bragging to Benyi.

After that, Yan Changqi and Xiang Benyi competed everywhere at work, and they made a few half-truths and jokes when they met. Later, Yan Changqi became the deputy mayor as a person outside the party, and Xiang Benyi also mentioned the position of district head from the deputy district head. Although they have all been mentioned, the speed and position of the mention are different, and Xiang Benyi has complained, saying that it is better to be a Communist Party than a Kuomintang. After Wu Mingxiong heard this, he criticized him fiercely, he didn't dare to say nonsense, but he was still dissatisfied with Yan Changqi in his heart, and he would always give Yan Changqi some problems when he was busy.

Today's scheduling meeting really made Xiang Benyi angry, Yan Changqi set the tone as soon as he opened his mouth, and there was no tone of discussion at all, as a person outside the party, this was also a little too bullish. When Xiang Benyi and Yan Changqi were arguing, I wanted to say, if you Yan Changqi want to shoot the secretary and the mayor's ass, you can't shoot it like this! He didn't care whether his brothers were alive or dead. But he didn't dare to say it. This is not because I am afraid of Yan Changqi, but because I am afraid of Wu Mingxiong.

Wu Mingxiong said to Xiang Benyi very seriously, the deputy mayor is the deputy mayor, there is no distinction between inside and outside the party, Yan Changqi's instructions are wrong, and you have to implement them first, because he is your superior to Xiang Benyi, representing the city.

Now, the on-site commander-in-chief who represents the city's ** is arranging the work in a lively manner, regardless of it, one by one, "not discussing", forcing the heads of the counties and cities to express their stance one by one, go back to find their own way, and do everything possible to overcome difficulties and ensure the construction period.

In the end, when the leaders who received the task were almost gone, and only Xiang Benyi was left in the conference room, Yan Changqi asked: "Xiang District Chief, what did you say to your brother?" ”

Xiang Benyi drooped his eyelids and said, "What else do I have to say?" You, Vice Mayor Yan, said that if you don't discuss or negotiate, I'll just listen to it. ”

Xiang Benyi emphasized the word "deputy" of Vice Mayor Yan very clearly.

Yan Changqi smiled and said, "Very good, very good, there is progress to the district head, obey the leader, and should be praised." In this way, your bell tower area is a large area, the quality of several construction teams is also good, and there are not many kilometers of road in total, and there is nothing to say about the construction period two months ahead of schedule under the premise of ensuring quality. As for me, I won't specify anything. You just hold on. Now the question is, the engineering team in the suburbs is not good, and it has dragged its feet, what does the engineering team from Shengli Coal Mine look like? Count on them, and when the time comes, you will have to mislead. So, when I thought about it, I thought of you, an old fellow, and asked you to send some machinery and manpower from the bell tower area to help them. ”

Xiang Benyi was so angry that he almost didn't jump up, and said, "Vice Mayor Yan, you, how are you talking?" I haven't even finished half of my three-kilometer journey until now, and I'm in a lot of difficulty, and I haven't opened my mouth to you, but you've taken a look at me again! Vice Mayor Yan, are you a bureaucrat? Or is it deliberately trying to trick me? ”

Yan Changqi said with a smile: "District Chief, look at you, I just praised you, you are proud, and you will not obey the leader." Aren't you just three kilometers? The suburbs are five kilometers? ”

Xiang Benyi was even more annoyed: "What road section am I, what road section are they?" My three kilometers are at the foot of Longfeng Mountain, all of which are bulging rocks, and every time I move forward one meter, hundreds of cubic stones will be blown out, and the task of descending is so heavy. At the last meeting, we said that we would open an additional flood control ditch with a drainage capacity of 40,000 cubic meters on the side of the road, and the amount of my work was increased by one-third. I was just about to tell you, just like this, I don't dare to guarantee that I won't lose your face when the time comes. ”

Yan Changqi stiffened his face: "What, to the district chief, you want to bargain with the command again, don't you?" Let me make it clear to your brother that not only will you have to complete your own three kilometers two months ahead of schedule, but you will also have to send me a mechanical operation team to the section of the Shengli Coal Mine within ten days. ”

Xiang Benyi was angry: "You, Vice Mayor Yan, are deliberately cheating on me." ”

Yan Changqi smiled slightly, waved his hand almost cordially and said, "Okay, okay, I won't quarrel with you." If you don't say that I cheated you, even if I cheated you. Then, the long face suddenly pulled, "Xiang District Chief, don't think that I, Yan Changqi, am a member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, so I can't remove you as a Communist Party cadre, and you can disobey my leadership." I will tell you now: In my dual capacity as a political party participating in the CPC and the commander-in-chief of the project site, I can seriously suggest that the Pingchuan Municipal CPC Committee remove you from your post! ”

After that, Yan Changqi touched the phone and asked the municipal party committee office to ask the secretary of the municipal party committee to find Wu Mingxiong.

While waiting for the call, Yan Changqi said to Xiang Benyi again: "I have never engaged in conspiracy, only imperfection." ”

Xiang Benyi panicked and hurriedly said, "Mayor Yan, Mayor Yan, who are we with?" It's been a long time, it's really worth turning your face over this little thing? Isn't that a big joke, isn't it, Mayor Yan? ”

Yan Changqi corrected and said, "It's Vice Mayor Yan." ”

Xiang Benyi still affectionately shouted "Mayor Yan": "Mayor Yan, forget it, forget it, it's all my fault, why do you say we should do it." I know how powerful the Kuomintang is. ”

Yan Changqi put down the phone and asked Xiang Benyi: "Obey the leadership of the mayor again?" ”

Say to the original meaning: "Obedience, obedience." ”

Yan Changqi sighed: "I said today that there will be no negotiations in Chongqing, but for you, an old fellow, I will make an exception and conduct a negotiation!" The suburbs won't let you go to the mayor for support. But do your own thing. Yesterday I went to your construction site to have a look, and the slope drop is very problematic. I suggest that you immediately organize a professional team to carry out parallel firing. Otherwise, it is difficult to meet the technical requirements of the project. ”

When Xiang Benyi heard that he was not allowed to support the suburbs, he was very happy, as if he had won a big bargain, he thanked Yan Changqi again and again, and promised that he would overcome the technical difficulties on the slope and complete the three-kilometer road construction task two months ahead of schedule.

When they were about to break up, Yan Changqi explained with a smile: "Xiang District Chief, take care of the ten rats that are kept in your Zhonglou District, don't let them come to our site canteen to eat buns, the worker comrades have a lot of opinions!" ”

Xiang Benyi immediately shot back: "That's the rat in your archway area!" ”

After returning to the district, he was already ready to arrange work overnight, and Xiang Benyi felt that there was something wrong with Yan Changqi's performance today? Seems to be too good to talk to. Later, he woke up and realized that Yan Changqi wanted to get away with it. At the beginning, he expected that he would cry bitterly, and first threw out a condition that he couldn't accept, and finally blocked his mouth.

Xiang Benyi smiled bitterly, and scolded himself in front of several engineering captains: "Fuck, this guy is really very cunning, Lao Tzu has fallen for the tricks of the national army!" ”

An engineering captain came over in confusion and asked, "District Chief, what kind of national army is treacherous?" It's a treacherous plan of the communist army. ”

Xiang Benyi pushed the engineering captain to the side: "Go, go, go, it's none of your business!" ”