The night in Pyongcheon is a real night, and there is not much to splendor except for the old-fashioned street lamps on the main street and the lights of residential areas. For Pingchuan at that time, descriptions such as brilliant lights were just written exaggerations of cultural people, and there was a great distance from the reality of Pingchuan. Two months ago, the Pingchuan Daily published an article by reporter Wang Darui, which wrote, "...... The main leading comrades of the municipal party committee and the municipal party committee walked the streets and alleys in the glorious lights of Pingchuan, planning the city's tomorrow ...... "Yunyun." Wu Mingxiong became popular when he saw it, and made a special phone call to Peng Yongan, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, and asked him, where is the brilliant light in Pingchuan? Peng Yongan couldn't say a word. Wu Mingxiong also said: It is precisely because Pingchuan has not yet become brilliant that we must lead 10 million people to struggle.

Now, driving slowly in the dark city on a winter night, looking at the empty streets and alleys outside the car window, Wu Mingxiong said with emotion to Yan Changqi, the deputy mayor and the commander-in-chief of the ring road project, who was in the same car: "Mayor Yan, it seems that the glory of Pingchuan may start from tonight, from you, the deputy mayor of urban construction. ”

Yan Changqi was eating instant noodles in the car, and said: "Secretary Wu, the power supply department still has some opinions on the power design of the ring road, saying that it is too wasteful to install so many new street lights, and the electricity cost of light street lamps is about 2 million a year. In addition, we have a serious shortage of electricity in Pingchuan. ”

Wu Mingxiong waved his hand and said: "Let's not listen to them, the power is insufficient now, and there will be no shortage of power in the future, aren't we going to go to our own big power plant?" After the construction of our large power plant, it not only solves the problem of industrial electricity consumption in the international industrial park, but also fundamentally solves the electricity problem of the entire Pingchuan City. ”

Yan Changqi said: "Secretary Wu, don't be too optimistic about the power plant, although we have signed a contract of intent with Taiwan's Fahrenheit Group, it is difficult to really implement it. The main obstacle is not with us, nor with Fahrenheit, but with the Kuomintang authorities in Taiwan. According to the current policy of Taiwan's Kuomintang authorities, it is very difficult for well-known Taiwan-funded groups to make large-scale investments in the mainland's basic industries. ”

Wu Mingxiong said: "You can be flexible and ask Mr. Hua Yifu to switch to a third country or a third place." ”

Yan Changqi said: "We have also thought of this method. Fahrenheit had intended to implement this investment plan cautiously through its subsidiary in Malaysia. However, it is still very difficult to operate. This is not 300 million 500 million, it is billions, and the construction period is so long, it is denied. Yesterday, Miss Hua Nana, the plenipotentiary representative of Fahrenheit, came to me and asked us, if Fahrenheit's investment does not come for a while, we will not be able to put this power plant on the ground. How? ”

Wu Mingxiong said: "Of course, the water circuit is the three foundations of our Pingchuan economic take-off, and all of them are indispensable. In my opinion, we can continue to seek joint venture partners on the one hand, and on the other hand, we can do a good job of preparations. If the situation permits, you can also invest hundreds of millions of yuan to start the first phase of the project first. ”

Yan Changqi asked: "We still have to ask the citizens to donate money on the ring road, where does the start-up capital for the power plant come from?" You can't lead someone to rob a bank. ”

Wu Mingxiong said: "Who told you to rob a bank? Your brother should use more brains, thinking of turning other people's money into our money, turning small money into big money, lending if you can, borrowing if you can, and pulling others into shares if you can pull them in. By the way, you can also bond power plants to the people of the whole society! The municipal finance guarantees the repayment of principal and interest in five years, and the interest rate is one or two percentage points higher than that of the National Bank. ”

Yan Changqi said: "It is difficult to issue bonds with the approval of the People's Bank of China. ”

Wu Mingxiong said: "Then you go to the provincial people, you should beg for it, you can cry if you should cry a nose, if he doesn't approve, you don't leave." I heard that there is a deputy director of our Municipal Tourism Bureau surnamed Liu, who is a lesbian and very good at crying. Mayor Shu's money bag is so tight, this female director cried two million from Mayor Shu to renovate the Longfengshan Hotel. Run to the provincial people's bank, you take her with you, and tell her to use moving tears to deal with the bank, don't just fight the civil war against our own mayor! ”

Yan Changqi smiled: "Secretary Wu, you can really think." ”

Wu Mingxiong looked at the night outside the car window and said with a fascinated expression: "The night of Pingchuan will be brighter in our hands, and the city of Pingchuan will also be beautiful in our hands." Mayor Yan, don't you want to think about it, for the image and dignity of a city, what is the electricity bill of two million? I heard that Kangkang Soybean Milk Group spent more than 8 million miles to advertise soybean milk powder this year. ”

Yan Changqi said: "It's the same. Then, he said with emotion, "Secretary Wu, I can see that you love this city too much, not only thinking about her today, but also thinking about her tomorrow." At yesterday's meeting, you proposed to build more parks and green spaces in the ring road, and I thought that you have a vision as a family member. ”

Wu Mingxiong said: "We must start with parks and green spaces. By 2020 in the next century, according to the national land plan, the population of our urban area of Pingchuan will reach 3 million. At that time, the people of Pingchuan had to have the corresponding living space and living space, how could they not build more parks? Today, let's occupy the land first and build a park, can he build a factory in the park in the future?! ”

Yan Changqi nodded: "This is also called the right not to use, and it will be invalid after expiration." ”

Wu Mingxiong said with emotion: "Mayor Yan, I don't know what you really think in your heart, but I know that from the province to our city, there are some people who are dissatisfied with me. Just half an hour ago, someone persuaded me that something had happened to Hetian, and that I should be more stable and stop the ring road project first. But can I stop? Time is running out for me, I'm fifty-seven years old, and I've been working for three years, or more than a thousand days and nights. There are many things that I don't do today, and I may never be able to do them. When you retire, thinking that you failed to fulfill that historical responsibility when you were in power, you will blush and heartbeat, and you will be ashamed of yourself. It was precisely because the time was so tight that I didn't dare to delay for a minute. ”

Yan Changqi said: "I also heard about Hetian, it seems that Secretary Xie is very annoyed. ”

Wu Mingxiong said: "I had to let him be annoyed." Anyway, I don't want to be promoted again, so he has nothing to do with me. It's amazing that I'm stepping down. However, Pingchuan is a big and difficult matter, and whoever takes over will have to do it. Now, our Pingchuan is ready to fly, and we have to send it. No matter who does it, as long as he can shoulder this historical responsibility, I will applaud him from the audience......"

Speaking of which, Wu Mingxiong suddenly discovered something and asked the driver to stop.

The car was parked on a large stone bridge at the junction of urban and rural areas, Wu Mingxiong got out of the car, stood on the bridge, looked at a warehouse and factory not far from the bridge, looked at it, watched, looked, and became angry, asked the driver to bring a mobile phone, and immediately dialed a call to Cao Wuping, who was in charge of demolition coordination.

It was not Cao Wuping who answered the phone, but Jin Dahua, deputy secretary general of the city. Jin Dahua has been following Cao Wuping to manage the industrial mouth, Cao Wuping entered the Standing Committee and became the executive deputy mayor, and Jin Dahua still follows Cao Wuping.

Jin Dahua asked Wu Mingxiong: "Secretary Wu, are you in a hurry?" ”

Wu Mingxiong was very impatient: "You find Mayor Cao to answer the phone for me!" ”

Jin Dahua said: "Mayor Cao is tired and sick, with a high fever of 40 degrees, and is hanging water in the hospital. ”

Wu Mingxiong said "oh", so he had to say to Jin Dahua: "Secretary General Jin, what's going on here in Donghuan?" Why hasn't the 112 warehouse of the Provincial Materials Bureau been demolished yet?! I can't see the Provincial Coal Bureau Automobile Overhaul Plant next to the 112 warehouse, and it doesn't seem to have been demolished. ”

Jin Dahua said: "It was not demolished, it was originally said that it would be demolished, but people have changed their hexagram again." The situation is quite complicated, I heard that 12 nearby provincial and subordinate enterprises have privately colluded to ask the city to pay the demolition fee. Today, there was another word that the province might not agree with us to go on the ring road immediately. ”

Wu Mingxiong was on fire: "Where did this rumor come from? Who said the province didn't agree to go on the ring road? We're going to have a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow, don't they know?! ”

Jin Dahua said: "Secretary Wu, don't worry, anyway, the East Ring Road is the second phase, and the start of construction will be a while late, so we will continue to do the work." Mayor Cao has already made up his mind with me, and tomorrow the provincial and subordinate enterprise coordination meeting will be held, and he will be carried to the venue even if he is carried on a stretcher. ”

Wu Mingxiong then said: "Okay, tell Mayor Cao and let him rest for a good night, and don't attend the meeting of the engineering headquarters tonight." Tomorrow's coordination meeting must be held, no matter what, the warehouse and house in the East Ring Road will have to be demolished for me within ten days! ”

Unexpectedly, when Wu Mingxiong and Yan Changqi rushed to the headquarters of the Ring Road Project, Cao Wuping had already arrived first, his whole body was crooked in the broken sofa, and the hanging needle bottle was held in Jin Dahua's hand.

As soon as he saw Wu Mingxiong coming in, Cao Wuping immediately struggled to sit up straight and reported: "Secretary Wu, don't worry, there will be no mistakes over there in Donghuan, and I have sent people to do the work separately." ”

Wu Mingxiong couldn't bear to criticize Cao Wuping anymore, patted Cao Wuping on the shoulder and said, "Okay, good, no matter how tense you work, you have to pay attention to rest." ”

As he spoke, all the generals arrived. Wu Mingxiong set a meeting time, and no one dared to be late.

The meeting was presided over by Vice Mayor Yan Changqi. First of all, the generals from all walks of life reported the situation, from the preparation of tomorrow's groundbreaking ceremony to the contracting and implementation of the first phase of the West Ring and North Ring Roads; From the progress of fundraising in the past few days, to the experience and problems in the national propaganda work, almost all of them have been discussed.

Finally, Wu Mingxiong spoke.

In his speech, Wu Mingxiong once again pointed out the arduousness and urgency of the demolition and relocation tasks in the East Ring Road and the South Ring Road, and Cao Wuping must not take it lightly. At the same time, the Propaganda Department was asked to further intensify propaganda and clearly pointed out that during the month when citizens made donations in a concentrated manner, the city radio and television stations, in addition to ensuring normal programs, should broadcast and publish images 24 hours a day, publish a list of citizens who have made donations, and report relevant news.

Wu Mingxiong said excitedly: "As long as we firmly believe that what we have done today truly represents the will of the 10 million people of Pingchuan, our road will continue like this." No matter how much pressure there is, no matter how difficult it is; No matter what anyone says behind our backs in front of us, or what rumors there are, we have to go down step by step. Our propaganda is to let every cadre and masses in Pingchuan know that what we are engaged in today is a great cause for the benefit of future generations and a cause that is justified and courageous.

"Of course, it is not surprising that to do something, especially to do such a big thing, it is difficult to do something, and it is inevitable to make some mistakes of one kind or another. In our world, there are probably only two kinds of people who don't make mistakes: the first type of person is the person who never does things, and the second type of person is the dead person. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, just correct it in time. Here, on behalf of the municipal party committee and the municipal party committee, I would like to report on a situation: When we were engaged in water conservancy fund-raising, Comrade Shang Dequan, secretary of the Hetian County CPC Committee, violated the spirit of the municipal party committee and held a long-term meeting for two days and two nights to collect funds, resulting in the death of an old villager with heart disease in the conference room, and he was dismissed from his post by the municipal party committee. Everyone must learn this lesson, the donation of the ring road must be voluntary, and no incidents like Hetian will be allowed!

However, Comrade Shang Dequan's understanding of his mistakes was good, and he took the initiative to ask to go to the water conservancy site to become a commando leader. He expressed his stance to the organization that he would use his actions to redeem some influence for the party and the party. Although this comrade made a very serious mistake, this is very good, he did not lie on his stomach! Comrades, at this point, we must learn from this comrade, straighten your waist at all times, and don't lie down! ”

The participants were a little confused by what they said.

Later, the province sent several investigation teams down, and everyone learned that Wu Mingxiong's words meant something.

After the work meeting of the engineering headquarters was over, the sky was hazy. The county mayors of various counties and cities entered the door with the leaders of the engineering teams that won their respective bids, and studied the implementation of the project with Yan Changqi and a group of engineering and technical personnel. Wu Mingxiong then hid in the next room and slept for a while, and had a short dream.

When he woke up from the dream, Shu Huaru was already standing in front of Wu Mingxiong, and asked Wu Mingxiong with a smile: "Big boss, where are you going to invite me to breakfast?" ”

Wu Mingxiong looked at his watch and immediately shouted: "Oh no, it's already half past eight, and the commencement ceremony is nine o'clock, let's go quickly, it seems that we can only nibble bread in the car." With that, he walked out the door.

Shu Huaru followed behind Wu Mingxiong and said as she walked: "Big boss, you're too boring, aren't you?" I work for you day and night, and you always ask me to nibble on bread. ”

Wu Mingxiong turned around and said, "Are you working for me?" I think I'm working for you! Don't forget, the commander-in-chief of the Ring Road is not me, but you, the big mayor! ”