Zhabei Education New Village is presented in front of you.

Under the May sun, this former ruin is as beautiful as a virgin. It is not an exaggeration to say that the ruins are not exaggerated, Zhou Zhengqun remembers that he came here in the year when he was transferred from Chunjiang City to the provincial capital. At that time, there were signs of development here, but it was only a few small foremen, an abandoned ancient riverbed, and dozens of dilapidated small factories. The factory building was left over from the establishment of rural enterprises in those years, and some people set up a small shipyard here, but later they did not do it. Some people bought the factory at a low price and used it as a scrap yard, so this ancient riverbed exudes the smell of decay all day long. Around the riverbed, there are some dilapidated village houses. I don't know when these village houses were built, I heard that the first place where the displaced people lived, every time the Yangtze River flooded, many people would lose their homes, and some people went down the river, where they could live and settle down. The history of this piece of Zhabei is there. Later, it became a good place for the boatmen to settle down and find a happy life, and those strangers who fled in all directions, because they lacked a way to live, relied on the women of the family to warm the feet and warm the bedding for the boatmen and the slender man. Later, some women in the center of the city, who were fond of leisure and hard work, and horns who couldn't get along in the fireworks area of the city, also came here to squeeze the poor oil and water of the slender men. Zhou Zhengqun heard that on the eve of liberation, the prostitution industry here was very popular for a while. But standing on this ruin, he couldn't imagine how such a thriving prostitution industry could arise in such a barren land.

The past is like a dream, and Zhou Zhengqun has been working in the provincial capital for eight years. The barren land of the year has long been full of vitality. Before the province and city put forward the concept of Zhabei Higher Education New Village, some people also used their brains to invest here to build the Jiangbei Shipbuilding Industry Base, and the plan was very exciting, but unfortunately before it was approved, it encountered a tightening of the monetary system, and the state made a major adjustment to economic construction. Otherwise, there might have been a rumbling sound here long ago, and there would be enough people.

Zhou Zhengqun got out of the car and walked towards the new village surrounded by Li Ximin and others. Beneath your feet is a straight concrete pavement, and the trees on both sides of the road have come to life, and the May sun casts dappled shadows through the layers of leaves. As far as the eye can see, the city sculpture standing in the central square is particularly eye-catching, which was transported from Guangzhou for 8.8 million yuan. At the beginning, Zhou Zhengqun and Feng Peiming had a dispute over this city carving. Zhou Zhengqun resolutely disagrees with the city carving from Guangzhou, Jiangbei is so big, there are more than a dozen art academies alone, there are many talents, what city carving can't be done? Feng Peiming insisted on custom-made from Guangzhou, saying that Guangzhou was the forefront of China's reform and opening up, the hotspot of the economy, and its art was also the most avant-garde. Zhou Zhengqun later compromised, not because he agreed with Feng Peiming's views, but because there were some things, especially seemingly inconsequential trivial matters, which must be compromised when it was time to compromise, otherwise, you, the vice governor, would not be able to do it.

Because of this, Li Jiangbei mocked him in private, thinking that he was now slippery and knew how to protect his official hat. Zhou Zhengqun couldn't explain to Li Jiangbei, many times, he thought that Li Jiangbei's concept was right, but he just couldn't accept it. After all, he and Li Jiangbei belong to two different circles, each with its own rules of the game, Li Jiangbei can stick to a truth and not give up, he can't, he has to waver, he has to wander left and right, and sometimes he has to make sacrifices and make concessions. This is called the art of politics, and it is even more called the helplessness of politics. Really, Zhou Zhengqun now feels more and more that the biggest difference between politics and academia lies in perseverance and compromise. The more you stick to the academic well, the more you can produce results, because it is a well, and only by persevering can you drill deep. Politics is a wandering in the field, and this is what people call officialdom. Since it's a field, you can't keep a certain creed, you have to learn to detour around the field, learn to enter and exit the field, and now there is not one rule in this field, there are many, explicit rules, dark rules, unspoken rules, sub-rules, etc., which rule is not followed. You can't just obey it, you have to learn to use it, play with it, you can't deviate too much and you can't get too involved, in short, you have to be comfortable in this game.

Can he tell Li Jiangbei about this? No!

For example, for the relocation of Zhabei New Village, it is said that as soon as the first phase of the project is accepted, he should actively organize the relocation. But can he be positive, or can he be in a hurry? No! He was in a hurry, Xia Wentian was the first to be unhappy, Xia Wentian was a resolute opponent of Zhabei Higher Education New Village, as a cadre cultivated by Xia Wentian, how could he be active in this matter? Feng Peiming is also not happy, Zhabei Higher Education New Village is a project that Feng Peiming grasped when he was in charge of education in the province, and it is the most earth-shattering and beautiful thing Feng Peiming has done in his life, if he is in a hurry, what will Feng Peiming think?

He had to wait for Feng Peiming to be anxious first, Feng Peiming was anxious before he could take action, and this action had to take into account Xia Wentian's face and the faces of the other members of the team. It's complicated, otherwise, can the relocation be delayed until now?

What's more, after Secretary Pang arrived in Jiangbei, he never expressed his opinion on Zhabei Higher Education New Village, and no one could figure out what he thought. If you can't figure it out, you can't act randomly, this is called a rule!

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhengqun smiled bitterly, Li Jiangbei mocked him for slipping, can this be called slippery? This is called crossing the river by feeling the stones, if you don't pass well, you will drown in the water!

Zhou Zhengqun retracted his gaze and glanced at the people around him, wondering, why wasn't the master present today?

The owner is Wanquanhe, the builder responsible for the construction of the first phase of Jiangbei University.

Thinking of this person, Zhou Zhengqun's face turned gloomy again.

Wanquanhe is now becoming more and more mysterious, so mysterious that Zhou Zhengqun can't even figure out what kind of person he is. At the relocation ceremony of the Chunjiang ** building, Zhou Zhengqun thought to himself how he could see him, hundreds of millions of projects, he Wanhe Industrial did 80% of the project, Chunjiang City held such a big celebration ceremony, he was stunned, and only sent his sister Wanhe Industrial Vice President Wan Daihe to come forward. Such an arrangement, in the province's construction industry, I am afraid that only he Wanquanhe can make it.

Isn't he showing up today?

Zhou Zhengqun walked forward while thinking, Li Ximin pointed to the surrounding buildings from time to time to report to him, he couldn't listen to a word, he was thinking, in the Chunjiang ** building project, the pottery that disappeared was really taken away by Wanquan River?

When he was about to enter the gate of Jiangbei University, the graceful Wan Daihe walked over with a smile accompanied by several vice presidents. Unlike the time in Chunjiang City, today's Wandaihe has no flowers and branches, and she is wearing overalls. This is a major feature of Wanhe industry, as long as it is on the construction site, no matter who inspects, the company's senior management will wear tooling. can break the rules, just a Wandaihe, maybe she is a woman, and women should sometimes enjoy privileges.

Zhou Zhengqun held Wan Daihe's outstretched hand, these hands seem to be petite and weak, sometimes the strength is surprisingly large, she can mobilize two or three billion funds, can make Jinjiang City shortage of building materials overnight, and what makes Zhou Zhengqun dare not underestimate is that this hand only needs to make a phone call to Beijing, and the plate set by the province can be turned over in a few minutes.

But what Zhou Zhengqun was holding at this time was indeed a petite, soft, and secretly feminine jade hand.

"The governor has worked hard." Wan Daihe was not in a hurry to withdraw her hand from Zhou Zhengqun's hand, her tone of voice was like the fragrance of flowers, always so soft and gentle. And she always maintains her style of addressing the leader, never with the word "deputy" in front.

Zhou Zhengqun withdrew his hand and did not smile. This is also his style, as long as it is an inspection work, no matter who the other party is, whether he is satisfied with the work or not, Zhou Zhengqun's face will always be that dull and old-fashioned expression. Take his son's hiking words, looking at his face, I always feel that he is in dire straits.

Seeing that Wanquanhe did not come to greet him, Li Ximin's face was a little unhappy, and he held Wandaihe's hand and asked, "Mr. Wan is not here?" "Yes, he's on the construction site." Wan Daihe said with a smile.

Colorful flags and banners fluttered in the small square in the center of the campus, dozens of orange balloons fluttered in the wind, and common words such as "warm welcome" floated on them.

Wanhe never uses red balloons, and they use orange for several ceremonies. Even the big and small buntings can't find a single red one.

This may also be a mystery, but Zhou Zhengqun has no heart to solve it.

Walking through the square, Li Ximin pointed to the office building in front of him and said, "Go to the conference hall to listen to the report first?" Zhou Zhengqun ignored Li Ximin and walked straight towards a building on the south side of the office building.

This is a five-story building, and if Zhou Zhengqun remembers correctly, this should be a mechanics laboratory building. Jiangbei University was the first to rely on mechanics, and in the 50s of the last century, its mechanics laboratory was very prestigious in the world. This laboratory has cultivated a first-class mechanics team for China, especially in the field of structural mechanics of marine engineering, and its contribution is unparalleled. It's just that in recent years, the direction of Jiang University has been adjusted, and with the rise of other new disciplines, the advantages of mechanics are not as obvious as before.

Zhou Zhengqun walked into the building and saw No. 20 and 30 workers gathered in the west corner of the hall on the first floor, where a big pit had been dug, as if something had gone wrong with the project. Wan Dai River hurriedly explained: "The sewer is not well drained, and there is a leak there. Zhou Zhengqun didn't answer, and walked quickly over there. Wan Daihe hurriedly caught up, put away the smile on his face and said, "It is estimated that it is a pipeline quality problem, and the technicians are checking it." ”

At the report meeting a few days ago, Li Ximin repeatedly affirmed that Jiangbei University's project acceptance was 100 percent qualified, and that the five projects had reached the level of the Luban Prize awarded by the ministry, and the construction department was reporting for the award.

The workers probably didn't expect the leaders to come straight here, and their faces were somewhat unnatural, but someone immediately reported that it was their president who went down to the pit to inspect the pipes.

A smile flashed proudly on Li Ximin's face, and he said with a tone of amazement: "A CEO with tens of thousands of people, the president of a listed company, can still go down to the ditch, Wanhe Industry is not simple." ”

Zhou Zhengqun looked down the pit, the pit was too deep to see the inside. But he believes that the squatting below is definitely the Wanquan River.

Zhou Zhengqun raised his gaze, looked around, and left the experimental building without a sound.

Li Ximin didn't wait for Zhou Zhengqun's praise, he was not sure, and chased a few steps to catch up: "Vice Governor Zhou, do you want to go to the conference room first, and wait for Mr. Wan to finish?" ”

"What do you say?" Zhou Zhengqun gave Li Ximin a sentence and walked towards the student apartment.

Zhou Zhengqun thought that today's Wanquanhe was by no means a show, nor was it deliberately performed for anyone. He believes that the problem of water seepage in the pipeline cannot be solved in one or two times, and it is difficult to say whether it is caused by the quality of the pipeline. But before we move, this problem will definitely be solved. I'm afraid that among this group of people, except for him and Wan Daihe, there is no second person who knows that Wanquanhe, who is now worth tens of billions, started as a plumber at the earliest.

Before I got to apartment No. 1, I heard a voice that was a little too loud. Zhou Zhengqun slowed down, thinking to himself, do you want to go in? At this time, Li Jiangbei followed closely from behind with a group of people, and when he saw Zhou Zhengqun going to the student apartment, Li Jiangbei was excited. Zhou Zhengqun glanced at Li Jiangbei, was ruthless, and was the first to enter the apartment.

What Zhou Zhengqun saw at a glance was not an elevator, not a wall or roof that was extremely luxuriously decorated, or even a luxurious roof, but a scar!

This scar has been dangling in his head for more than ten years, no, it should be 20 years. From Jianglong to Chunjiang, from Chunjiang to Jinjiang, no matter where he goes, this scar can always appear, and it can always appear in front of his eyes when he doesn't want to see it. On this sunny afternoon in May, the smell of sea water in the air, the hungry Zhou Zhengqun let the scar prick again, and almost stood at the door to recall the past, but fortunately, a cry from Huad made him retract.

"Vice Governor Zhou has arrived, welcome."

Hu Ade said, stretched out a pair of thick and powerful hands, although Zhou Zhengqun tried his best to control himself, at this moment, he was still a little distracted, so that Hu Ade's hands that had been worn out by the decoration materials paused slightly in the air for a while, and just when the hands were about to be withdrawn, Zhou Zhengqun grasped it.

"Well done, Mr. Hu."

This is Zhou Zhengqun's only word of praise for others in Gaojiao New Village, but he didn't expect it to be said to Hu Ade.

Hu Ade was afraid and didn't expect that as soon as they met, Zhou Zhengqun would be able to praise him. Huad, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, naturally knows that it is more difficult to get a compliment from Zhou Zhengqun on the spot than to get a 10 million yuan trip. When he withdrew his hand, Huad's heart was confused for a while, could it be that it was that thing that worked?

But when he took the elevator, came to the student dormitory, and pushed open the doors, the little joy in the heart of Hu Ade, the boss of the decoration company, disappeared, and he couldn't even understand why Zhou Zhengqun was angry at such a beautiful and luxurious student apartment, could his decoration skills not be up to par? Jiang University's renovation project, he has taken out the housekeeping skills, which is more serious than his five-star hotel decoration.

More dissatisfied than Zhou Zhengqun is Li Jiangbei!

As soon as he entered the elevator, Li Jiangbei's opinion came out. Regardless of whether it is his turn to speak on this occasion, and whether the people present are accustomed to listening to it or not, in short, he said it, and there is still a lot to say!

"Look at this decoration, it looks like a student apartment, I always think I am visiting a hotel."

"What a wonderful idea to equip the student apartment with an elevator, I think it will be time for them to have a car if it continues to develop!"

The people in the elevator all looked at him, but Li Jiangbei didn't care, as if he came today to complain.

When he entered the dormitory, Li Jiangbei's opinion was even greater, and in front of Zhou Zhengqun and others, he said: "In the past, when we went to college, more than ten classmates crowded into one room, but now with this condition, double room." You see, the bathroom, the kitchen, the small balcony, I think the students can live here. Before the words landed, I saw the line maintenance worker in the corridor with a canvas bag, and said angrily: "Cable TV, network cable, all connected." Is it for students to learn or ......"

Seeing Zhou Zhengqun glaring at him, General Li Jiangbei swallowed half of what he said, but he looked like he spent his family's money on repairing a student apartment.

He has raised similar issues at many meetings, and there are no less than ten proposals and questions transferred to Zhou Zhengqun alone. In terms of the infrastructure construction of Zhabei Higher Education New Village, there have always been two opinions in the province, one of which insists on using limited funds for laboratories and teaching equipment, and the infrastructure can be simplified. One opinion is just the opposite, that infrastructure construction can best reflect the current situation of higher education in a province, and that nothing can be said to be conservative, let alone improvised.

In the end, it is simple that can be simplified, and the money that should not be spent is spent everywhere, anyway, there is bank support. It is said that this apartment, the double standard room seen in front of you, is not the best, it is said that on this building, there are three-story studios, which should have all the facilities, and the conditions are no worse than four-star hotels. Zhou Zhengqun once calculated an account, and this expenditure alone would cost an additional 300 million yuan in Zhabei New Village.

Three hundred million!

These 300 million will eventually be passed on to the students, and they will be repaid by the students' tuition fees. It is no wonder that many people exclaimed, now it is not to stimulate students to learn, but to stimulate student consumption. What is even more absurd is that in the report written to him, the Department of Education also openly put forward a new concept, saying that education investment will be the largest investment of the Chinese people in the next ten years, and education consumption is the most lever that can stimulate domestic demand. By seizing this opportunity, we can shorten the journey of education industrialization by half.

Industrialization! Zhou Zhengqun once again drew a big question mark in his mind.

After inspecting more than a dozen apartments and checking some supporting facilities by the way, Zhou Zhengqun said: "Everyone is hungry, let's go to the canteen first." ”

It was 2:40 p.m., strangely, there was no food at noon, and no one present felt hungry. Zhou Zhengqun just watched and didn't say anything, making the entourage confused. Especially Li Ximin, just now he sighed at Li Jiangbei, and at this moment, he simply retreated to the back and let Li Jiangbei talk nonsense in front of him.

Although Li Jiangbei is a cliché, some people's faces have darkened. They are guessing, did Vice Governor Zhou deliberately let Li Jiangbei play today?

Wan Daihe always accompanied Zhou Zhengqun with a smile and groaned, turning a deaf ear to Li Jiangbei's denunciation.

She is a builder, and the task of a builder is to present the best project in front of your eyes, and Zhou Zhengqun believes that she has done it.

On the way to the cafeteria, Zhou Zhengqun accidentally found that Li Ximin was holding his mobile phone and talking about something very emotionally. He thought, it must be Feng Peiming on the other end of the phone.

The meal was prepared a long time ago, four dishes and one soup, and a table for ten people. As soon as they smelled the fragrance of the food, everyone felt that their stomachs had been wronged for a long time, and Zhou Zhengqun said: "Hurry up and eat, and then watch after eating." After speaking, he found a chair and sat down, picked up the steamed bun and nibbled on it. At this time, I saw the short Wan Quanhe hurriedly walk into the canteen hall, he was also dressed in overalls, the difference was that he was still covered with mud and his hair was dirty and unkempt, which was similar to Wan Quanhe in Zhou Zhengqun's impression.

"The chairman is here." Wan Dai River said softly. Zhou Zhengqun got up, held Wanquanhe's outstretched hand, and in Wanquanhe's polite greeting, Zhou Zhengqun said politely: "Mr. Wan has worked hard." ”

"What's the matter, didn't it be arranged yesterday, why didn't you prepare at all?" Li Ximin may have felt that the four dishes and one soup were too simple, and softly rebuked Wanquanhe.

"I'm really sorry, most of the people have been evacuated to other projects at the moment, and this is just a maintenance worker, and it just so happens that the pipe is leaking again, and I forgot about the reception."

Li Ximin wanted to say something, Zhou Zhengqun said gently: "Sit down and eat." ”

Zhou Zhengqun's dining place is the first canteen of Jiang University, and the new campus has a total of 6 canteens, which can accommodate 10,000 people. The first canteen has a total of 4 floors, and the windows of the hall on the first floor are bright and clean, and the light penetrates through the shiny glass doors and windows, reflecting the warmth of the hall. In the distance, five or six middle-aged women were still mopping the floor with mops. As soon as I looked at the clothes on their bodies, I knew that they were the "4050" personnel placed by the Provincial Reemployment Office. Several large state-owned enterprises have gone bankrupt or been restructured, and the laid-off or unemployed people in Jinjiang City have broken through the warning line; fortunately, the reemployment office has tried to find a way to enable some laid-off or unemployed men and women in their 50s and 40s to find jobs again. Zhou Zhengqun stared at them for a while, and suddenly asked as if he remembered something: "Mr. Wan, how many '4050' personnel has been arranged by Wanhe Industry?" ”

Wan Quanhe smiled politely: "I don't know much about this, let Daihe report to you." ”

Wan Daihe was just about to report, Zhou Zhengqun said: "No need, I also asked casually." ”

Before the meal was finished, a staff member started the elevator. Looking at the elevator slowly sliding up, Zhou Zhengqun subconsciously set his eyes on Li Jiangbei who was on another table. Li Jiangbei really didn't eat, lowered his head and wrote something in his notebook, and at this time he heard the sound of the elevator, raised his head and asked in surprise: "Didn't the canteen finally decide not to let the elevator be installed, why is it still safe?" ”

When he took the elevator to the second floor after dinner, Li Jiangbei's face was even more gloomy, he seemed to be dumb, and he no longer gave random opinions like before.

Zhou Zhengqun's heart was very heavy. He knew that when he went back this time, Li Jiangbei would bombard Zhabei New Village again, and he might not know where to hand in the questioning letter.

Yes, such construction, I'm afraid that whoever sees it will not feel good in their hearts. Zhou Zhengqun suddenly remembered the children who dropped out of school in Jianglong County, and those extremely poor students who had to give up going to college because they couldn't pay the tuition.

The second floor is a private room with 15 food pick-up openings. Li Ximin said that the 15 dishes are 15 different cuisines, and the students of Jiang University are from ****, so they should be allowed to eat delicious hometown dishes.

The third floor is a bar and tea, although there is no music, and there are no shadows in pairs, but it still makes people feel like they are in the wrong place. The decoration here is really generous, and Zhou Zhengqun couldn't help but look back at Huad.

The fourth floor was idle, looking at this empty floor, Zhou Zhengqun thought to himself, in the future, maybe it will really be renovated into a singing room or something.

Behind the cafeteria is a huge stadium, but the canteen has to take the elevator like a department store, which is really interesting.

On this day, they visited a total of five schools, except for the City College, which was unexpected, and the others basically met the requirements. Zhou Zhengqun thought to himself that from the construction of the new school alone, the conditions for relocation have been met.

On the way back, Li Jiangbei walked up to him and said in a low voice: "Look around, can people believe that this is a new village of higher education?" ”

Taking advantage of the not-so-bright light of dusk, Zhou Zhengqun set his eyes on both sides of the street, where the newly built buildings on both sides were full of signboards such as bars, Internet cafes, tea talks, and lover's houses, as if they were waiting there with a bloody mouth. What's even more terrifying is that Zhou Zhengqun also saw many dazzling signboards such as student hotels and two-person worlds.

Colleges and universities can indeed stimulate the tertiary industry. Zhou Zhengqun's heart seemed to have been bitten by someone.

Dinner was supposed to be eaten with Wanquanhe, Zhou Zhengqun also wanted to take the opportunity to learn more about the development of Wanhe Industry, but as soon as he got into the car, his wife Meng He called and asked him to go home quickly.