Thinking about it afterwards, Meng Dongran felt that he was still not calm enough and should not have chased him to the workshop, or he should not have asked about this matter at all, let alone sent Liao Tingyuan to Guanghua in advance.

Power is a multi-faceted mirror, sometimes I think it's big, the director of the dignified Development and Reform Commission, what is it to investigate the illegal employment of the enterprise, it is not impossible to seal the enterprise. That's what you're in charge of, and the power in your hands is used to regulate, and when the actions of the enterprise go beyond the scale of the legal system and run counter to social civilization, you are qualified to stand up and speak. But the society is not made up of you alone, although the NDRC has great power, it is after all a leg below, and this leg is for walking. Nowadays, these enterprises are inextricably linked with the world, and some of the relationships are clear and can be seen and felt, such as Guanghua is the core backbone of the city, the leader, the pillar, the big taxpayer, and the enterprise that wants to protect in this financial storm; Some relationships are hidden in the shadows, hidden from all eyes. Xie Huamin is not a local, she has been investing in Tongjiang for 13 years, from a handicraft workshop to now, and she is stunned to achieve Guanghua to what it is today. If there are no three heads and six arms, can Xie Huamin gain a foothold in Tongjiang? She is almost windy and rainy now, and how many leaders in the city revolve around her all day long.

When Meng Dongran was the deputy secretary general, he once heard such a joke: the tax department has a new director, wants to make political achievements, and as soon as he takes office, he will check Guanghua's taxes, Xie Huamin treats him warmly, and brings the account books for many years one by one according to the instructions of the director, and the director is not polite, and instructs his subordinates to quickly find out a lot of problems, and then issue a fine, and say how many days to pay the taxes, otherwise...... Xie Huamin smiled brightly and looked at the tax commissioner very ambiguously.

Three days later, Xie Huamin invited the director of the public security bureau to dinner, and talked about a place during the banquet, saying that it has been very popular there recently, and there are many Russian beauties here, who are sexy and generous, and the service is very special, which makes many men happy. After speaking, his eyes fell on the face of the director of the public security bureau: "The chief doesn't want to try, I heard that your authorities are good at this?" ”

The director of the public security bureau hurriedly said: "It's okay, that kind of place is still left for them to go to Lehuo, we have to go home to accompany our wife." ”

"My wife has to accompany me, and I have to do my job." As he spoke, Xie Huamin pushed a note in front of the public security chief, with a private room number written on it. The public security chief saw something in Xie Huamin's watery eyes and asked, "Is there anyone inside?" The hand was placed on Xie Huamin's hand.

"You'll know when you go." Xie Huamin smiled, withdrew his hand from the public security chief's hand, reached into the kun bag, and took out a card: "It's a little meaning, please burn your feet, brothers." The director of the public security bureau accepted the card knowingly, and said: "It seems that the eldest sister is uncomfortable with her feet, okay, whoever puts small shoes on the eldest sister, I will take off the shoes on his feet first." ”

As a result, the next day, the Tongjiang Public Security Department came to a sweep, and five policemen invited the naked tax commissioner off the lady's stomach in the VIP private room of the nightclub called Emperor on the spot. The tax commissioner initially scolded the police for ruining his taste, and one of the policemen said: "Big brother is so funny, one is called five, three oceans and two soils, it's amazing." The head of the tax bureau was furious: "Who do you call the eldest brother, call your director, I am the director of the tax bureau." ”

"Why, they also evade taxes?" As soon as the policeman lifted the tax commissioner, he didn't even put on a bath towel, and slipped him naked under the bed. The reporters who had already been ambushed poured into the private room, and the spotlights were shining, and the tax commissioner wanted to cover his face again, but it was too late. The next day, several newspapers in the province reported the results of the anti-pornography campaign, and the tax commissioner was pulled out as the biggest yellow croaker for public display. He hadn't been sitting in that chair for a week before he changed places and went to the detention center to explain his problems.

There are limits to power, you must manage what you should manage, and you should not ask about it, and you will make trouble when you use your brain. This is a truth that Meng Dongran has realized for many years.

Unfortunately, he still made mistakes.

I thought that everything had calmed down, and if the NDRC did not pursue it, this matter would not be publicized, let alone expanded. Unexpectedly, the day after the research team left, Haidong Times, a newspaper in Tongjiang, suddenly disclosed the illegal detention of female workers by the Guanghua Group, and a photo of Meng Dongran questioning him at the scene was also distributed. One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and Tongjiang was in an uproar.

As long as the media intervenes in anything, it will immediately be deformed, which is also a direct reason for Meng Dongran's headache with the media.

Meng Dongran was very annoyed, he really couldn't remember how the reporter slipped in, when he captured the photos, there were more than a dozen reporters who followed the research team that day, and he couldn't remember which reporter named Chen Fei was for a while.

Walking into Zhao Naizin's office, Meng Dongran's heart was up and down, and he was very chaotic. Zhao Naizin took the newspaper and said seriously: "Now you are famous, the director of the National Development and Reform Commission is investigating black employment, okay, you can be on the focus interview." ”

Meng Dongran shuddered, Zhao Naizin never talked to himself like this, this kind of sarcasm can only show that Zhao Naizin is very annoyed by this matter.

"Mayor ......" Meng Dongran screamed timidly, thinking urgently in his heart, how to extinguish Zhao Naizin's fire.

Zhao Naizin threw away the newspaper, and there was still a layer of frost on his face: "What are you going to do next?" ”

"I didn't expect this to happen, I was a little impulsive at the time, and I didn't know what to do, so I ......" Meng Dongran didn't know how to explain it for a while, he wanted to try his best to say it satisfactorily.

"The problem is that now that we have poked it out, we must come up with countermeasures and give an explanation to the public."

Meng Dongran let out a sigh of relief, it seems that Zhao Naizin's fire is not too big. He has already thought of countermeasures, and he can't tell Zhao Naizin for the time being, because so far, he hasn't figured out the bottom of the reporter named Chen Fei, so he can only bite the bullet and say: "I'll meet with the relevant departments, get an opinion, and then report to the mayor." ”

Zhao Naizin is obviously not satisfied with this reply, as the mayor, Zhao Naizin absolutely does not want to see this phenomenon, let alone the media to intervene. Nowadays, these media, fearing that the world will not be chaotic, the ability to add fuel to the fire is stronger than the other, and a sesame seed sticks to the face, and they can make you freckles. Zhao Naizin has been under a lot of pressure in the past two days, and if the turmoil is not calmed down as soon as possible, a wildfire will burn. He didn't criticize Meng Dongran again, but just said deliberately: "Dongran, it's not chaotic now, no matter which factory has an accident, it's your business and mine." It's a small matter that affects the overall situation, but it's not something you and I can control. ”

Meng Dongran is also well aware of the bad impact of this kind of turmoil on normal development, especially now, the general environment is bad enough, and he knows what the result will be if he knocks a sharp stick on his lame leg again. After thinking for a while, he said in a pertinent tone: "Mayor, I remember that seeking development in stability is the only strategy at present. Please rest assured that the mayor will do my best to deal with the aftermath and try to minimize the negative impact. ”

"Not the lowest, but zero." Zhao Naizin said again, and said: "Dongran, this crisis has made us anxious, I don't want to make any more extraneous branches, let alone give someone a handle." Tongjiang's economy seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is very fragile, we have built the building for more than ten years, what is the quality, can withstand several earthquakes, you and I should know in our hearts. Zhao Naizin's last words were a bit reassuring. Meng Dongran was infected, and he felt that his heart was as sour as his nose.

Back in the office, Meng Dongran thought about it again, this matter is indeed not beautiful, as a department leader, no matter what the motive is, it is always not good to cause trouble. What the department leader does, that is, to extinguish the fire for the secretary and mayor, where there is a fire, the department leader should charge into the battle, even if he uses his body to block the muzzle, he must block it. Why can I be the director of the National Development and Reform Commission, isn't it that Mayor Zhao Naizin thinks that he is cool-headed and decisive on major issues, and does not leave a tail for the city? It's good now, the matter is not covered, and it has been exposed by his hands, how can Zhao Naizin not be angry? Also, why did you say that to Xie Huamin that day? If Xie Huamin had told Zhao Naizin these words as they were, Zhao Naizin might not just be angry with him.

Impulsiveness is the devil, and Meng Dongran realized that he was too impulsive that day.

He sighed and got up and went to the window, trying to relax his nerves. There are a lot of shadows floating downstairs, and the hurried footsteps and the kind of cautious facial expression that he can't see but can feel will always explain this truth to people: **is**, it is the core of power, every door in this building, with majesty and sacredness, but also with an invisible pressure, so those who come to it, the footsteps are always tight, like stepping on a certain drumbeat, because the foot is a little slow, you can't catch up with a certain beat.

The beat is very important to people, for officials, it may be an opportunity to climb up, seize it, your fate in this life will change, you can't catch it, you have to stand still for many years, maybe a lifetime to get old, just because of this miss, your fate will be much darker than others; For businessmen, it could be a project, or a piece of land. Looking at this building, there are some simple office supplies, and some people with wooden but serious expressions, in fact, all the wealth of Tongjiang is concentrated in this building......

Meng Dongran thought for a while, and his thinking suddenly turned to the side of the municipal party committee. Since the accident, Pan Xiangming, secretary of the municipal party committee, has never said a word, which makes Meng Dongran unable to figure it out. It is said that when such a thing happens, Pan Xiangming should be angry, and it is not too much to hold a meeting to rectify it, but Pan Xiangming remained silent and did not ask a word. This is unreasonable, too unreasonable, Meng Dongran thought, Zhao Naizin's urgency may have nothing to do with the newspaper, it is precisely Pan Xiangming's silence. The two leaders of Tongjiang are really incomprehensible, to say that they are not compatible, it is a lie, in the big aspect, their opinions can always be consistent, either Zhao Naizin obeys Pan Xiangming, or Pan Xiangming supports Zhao Naizin with a high profile, giving people a high degree of harmony in the party committee. But Meng Dongran never found the point of their harmony, and always felt that the two of them were playing intellectual games, comparing kung fu to see who could dive deeper. Diving among leaders is very knowledgeable, not everything you can come up with, when to take it, how high it is, whether to spit out blisters or not, are very particular. The two have rich political experience, I heard that they have competed in the provincial capital Dongjiang before, and they have not won or lost, and this time they came to Tongjiang one after another, Pan Xiangming is in charge of the whole situation, and Zhao Naizin is still playing a supporting role although he is the mayor, which is also consistent with their past performance. But who can guarantee that there will be no left-footed right-footed thing, especially Zhao Naizin, his ambition is not felt by others, but as the first staff, or the person Zhao Naizin admires the most, Meng Dongran will not be unaware.

Li Kaiwang came in, and said in a low voice: "Director, Chen Fei's background has been clarified, she was to the Haidong Times last year, and she used to be in the legal newspaper, this woman has a nickname in the press industry: 'Extraordinary Dao', love for right and wrong, the matter of the 12 suites of the director of the Dongjiang Construction Committee was stabbed out by her." At that time, she was in the Legal Newspaper Office, and she was still a guest of Liu Guangxing, director of the Construction Committee, because Liu Guangxing insulted her colleagues at a meeting, she ......" Li Kaiwang observed Meng Dongran's face while speaking, and found that Meng Dongran was not very interested in how Liu Guangxing, director of the Dongjiang Construction Committee, capsized the boat, so he stopped talking and returned to the main topic and said: "She came to Tongjiang this time for advertising expenses, and the Haidong Times gave each reporter a dead task, generating 500,000 yuan a year. I have already implemented this with the newspaper, and the vice president of the newspaper, Mr. Lin, admitted that there was such a thing. Chen Fei approached Mr. Xie a few days ago, but Mr. Xie didn't agree, and the result was ......"

"This Xie Huamin!" Meng Dongran slammed his fist on the table. When he was deputy secretary general, he received a lot, and he had to give a little bit every time, saying that this is called mutual benefit, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it is also fear, it is coercion. Now these reporters, with a pen in their hands, are empty-eyed wherever they go, as if they are really the embodiment of justice. Xie Huamin must have annoyed this kind of reporter, Meng Dongran can imagine how many reporters fly over like mosquitoes every day as the largest enterprise in Tongjiang.

"In this way, you find a reason, contact Chen Fei, see what cards she still holds, if it's just for advertising expenses, you can help her be accommodating, find a few companies to send away, provided that she must stop reporting."

Li Kaiwang said along the tone: "I have already been in contact with her, this woman doesn't know her very well, she originally came for advertising money, and now she has caught the handle of black workers, so she has to make this matter bigger." ”

"How big can she be?!" Meng Dongran became angry when he heard this, and kicked his face with his nose, this woman was too self-conscious.

Li Kaiwang hurriedly pressed him down: "Director, please rest assured, I made an appointment with the two section chiefs of the Propaganda Department in the afternoon, and then invited Chen Fei to have a meal to see if she can go down the steps by herself." ”

According to Meng Dongran's usual temperament, this Chen Fei, he wants to see it in person, how deep the river is, how big the turtle is, he still has this bottom in his heart. Not now, the first task at the moment is to make the word "black labor" disappear, it can't become a scar on Tongjiang's face, and it can't be taken out to expose to the sun like acne. After thinking about it, he said, "Okay, you obey her first, and then think of another way." In fact, at this time, the solution was already in his mind, if Chen Fei toasted and didn't eat, he would have to eat the penalty wine, and he Meng Dongran would have a second pot head.

After Li Kaiwang left, Meng Dongran called Pan Xiangming's secretary Guo Code, and when Guo Codex heard that it was him, his attitude was immediately enthusiastic: "Director Meng, I've been tired these days, the research team came to Tongjiang, and you showed a big face." ”

"Thank you, Secretary No. 1, for complimenting me, I'm happy, in the office or?"

"I'm in the office, please tell me what the director has to say."

"How dare I order your No. 1 secretary, I just want to ask if the chief is busy today, if he is free, and there is a work I want to report to the chief alone."

In private, Meng Dongran called Pan Xiangming the big chief, and Zhao Naizin called the second chief, of course, sometimes they drank too much wine, and some directly called the boss and the second. There's nothing wrong with the boss, but the second is a little disrespectful, but fortunately, in private, the chiefs can't hear it. Their secretary also became the first secretary and the second secretary. Meng Dongran and the secretaries of the two chiefs have always been very polite, never calling them by their names, calling who is also the No. 1 secretary, anyway, the two are the No. 1 person of the municipal party committee and government, and it is reasonable to call the No. 1 secretary, and people are happy to hear it.

"I'm sorry Director Meng, Secretary Xiang Ming is receiving a VIP, it is estimated that there is no time in the morning, if you are free in the afternoon, I will call you."

Meng Dongran said very gratefully: "Okay, okay, thank you Secretary No. 1, I'm free another day, please sit with Secretary No. 1, a new Gangtian Fishing Mansion has opened by the river, it tastes good." ”

"What the director said is drooling now, I will definitely go another day, I don't want anything else, just talk about this happiness."

"The happiness on the lips is the great happiness, if we can't even serve the mouth well, how can we serve the leader?" Meng Dongran said flattering words. Every time Guo Code is invited to dinner, Guo Code has to say this, in fact, Guo Code has a lot of pictures. Tongjiang's secretaries, none of them are Rao Ye's grandsons, they say that when they are happy, you have to think about making them happy, and you have to think about making their wives and children happy. Meng Dongran has only been in the NDRC for three months, and the amount of money used to deal with these secretaries is not a small amount. Every time, I eat, drink, wash and wash the whole set of dishes, and give a special gift when I leave.

Guo Code won the official and behaved: "That's that, what the director said is always the truth." It is the duty of our secretaries to go to the fire for the truth. After a few sentences haha, someone came over there, and Guo Code hurriedly said: "The director is okay again, then I'll be busy first?" ”

Meng Dongran said knowingly: "Busy Secretary No. 1, don't forget to keep an eye on it for me, I'll wait for your call." ”

At 4:20 in the afternoon, Guo Code called and said that Secretary Pan had just sent off the guests, and there was nothing else to do in the afternoon, so let Meng Dongran pass this time. Meng Dongran was grateful to Guo Code in his heart, threw down his work, and went to the municipal party committee.

Pan Xiangming is still the same, when he saw Meng Dongran, he greeted him politely, and asked Meng Dongran to sit with a smile, as if he couldn't see that he was the leader of the municipal party committee, and that kindness was like Meng Dongran and he had been an old friend for many years. In fact, Meng Dongran went from the deputy secretary-general to the director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Pan Xiangming did not agree at first, Pan Xiangming was more inclined to let the deputy director Jiang Shangyuan come up, I heard that the organization department had determined the list according to his intentions, and the day before the meeting, Mei Ying suddenly came from the provincial capital and had a meal with Pan Xiangming. Mei Ying was the first secretary of Executive Vice Governor Yan Xiaosu, when Yan Xiaosu was in charge of industry in the province, Pan Xiangming was the deputy director of the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, relying on this relationship, Mei Yingcai moved Pan Xiangming at the last moment. The three months that Meng Dongran served as the director of the National Development and Reform Commission were actually the three months that Pan Xiangming observed him coldly. Fortunately, Meng Dongran does things without leakage, every move and style makes him have a plank and an eye, the gun is a gun, the sword is a sword, neither accidentally injure others nor hurt himself, he noticed what should be paid attention to and what should not be noted, and the throbbing Development and Reform Commission in Hu Bingying's hands quickly became a prosperous and prosperous unit, and became an inseparable unit for the secretary and the mayor. The performance in the past three months is enough for Pan Xiangming to admit that Mei Ying did not lie to him, and Meng Dongran is indeed a rare talent in Tongjiang.

A wise man thinks a thousand times, and there must be a mistake, who would have thought that Meng Dongran, whose popularity index is rising, would encounter such an unlucky thing.

Meng Dongran didn't talk about black labor without a mouth, and it was taboo to report to the leader when he came up, so he had to find a topic that the leader was interested in first, and slowly lead the atmosphere to that direction. Meng Dongran first made a report on some of the work done by the NDRC after the research team left, and then talked about the project. He knew that Pan Xiangming and Zhao Naizin were both interested in the project, and their focus and interests were slightly different, and Zhao Naizin was now anxious to save the high-tech industrial zone that was crumbling in the storm and let the high-tech industrial zone regain its glory. Pan Xiangming, on the other hand, is a big deal, and he wants to take advantage of the country's excellent opportunity of expanding domestic demand to stimulate economic growth, and introduce several more major projects to Tongjiang, especially infrastructure construction. At present, Tongjiang has reported a total of five major projects to the province, and the most promising is the highway from Tongshuwan to Liushuwan in Sanjiang County. Liu Binlin, the current director of the provincial *****, and Cheng Sijiang, vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, are all from Liushuwan, and the hometown of Chang Guoan, the current director of the Tongjiang People's Congress, is also in Liushuwan. But in recent years, the development of Tongjiang has forgotten such an important place, and now Liushuwan leads to Sanjiang, the county seat, which is still a simple rural road, with more than ten kilometers and can hardly be called a road, and cars can't pass. Last year, Liu Binlin went to Tongjiang to inspect, and very strongly expressed the desire to go to his hometown to have a look, who knew that the sky would not help, a heavy rain will break the mountain road leading to Liushuwan, and Liu Binlin's heart to return to his hometown was blocked on this side of the river. Standing on the embankment of the Wanglong River, Liu Binlin looked at it, and then he grabbed Pan Xiangming's hand and said affectionately: "Xiang Ming, I don't know if in my lifetime, can you build a road to Liushuwan, so that the people in my hometown can come out, so that I, a lonely old man, can also go to the ancestral grave to add a handful of soil, I am here to thank you for the people of my hometown first." Pan Xiangming's eyes moistened, and he held Liu Binlin's hand tightly and said: "Don't worry, the old leader, I, Pan Xiangming, don't do any other work, and I will also open up the road to Willow Bay, and I will definitely invite the old leader to cut the ribbon when the time comes." Liu Binlin was not excited: "Okay, good, with your words, I can rest assured, if you have any problems, you can come to me, I, an old man, still have a little residual heat, even if it is a fake public benefit, I have to make this wish." ”

Since then, the Liutong Highway has been officially put on the agenda of Tongjiang. At the beginning, the plan was to first repair Tongshuwan to Shuanghe Township**, according to the standard of the third-level highway, and the township ** to Liushuwan according to the standard of the simple highway. Later, the plan was reported to the province, Mei Ying went to ask Liu Binlin's opinion, Liu Binlin was silent for a long time and said: "Why can't my hometown pass the third-level road, you all say that it is a palm-sized place, but that palm-sized place, back then contributed to the revolution a force that cannot be underestimated, and my Liu family alone had 26 people beheaded by the Kuomintang, and those graves ......" The old man was immersed in the memories of the past.

Mei Ying relayed the news to Pan Xiangming, who quickly convened the relevant departments to revise the plan again, added 1.3 billion yuan on the basis of the original project budget, and finally connected the high-grade highway to Liu Binlin's hometown, Liushuwan, the old revolutionary area.

After the Liutong Highway project was reported, it was questioned by some people, and the opposition was louder than the support, and the project was not approved for a long time. It is also said that Hu Bingying, the former director of the National Development and Reform Commission, was slow and unmotivated, and did not coordinate the relationship between the city and the province in a timely manner, especially did not run the "ministry" to follow up. After Meng Dongran became the director of the National Development and Reform Commission, the first thing he did was to take Mei Ying to Beijing, and he found a lot of connections before and after, and finally found a super hero who went out from the old revolutionary area of Liushuwan. When this super hero heard that he was going to build a road to Willow Bay, he said with tears: "The times are different, I didn't think that my old bones could go to the land of my hometown to see." He called the secretary and wrote a handwritten letter, asking the secretary to take Meng Dongran and Mei Ying to meet a person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission.

Mei Ying called last night and said that the Liutong Highway had been passed, and the investment was an additional 560 million.

"Good, good, exciting!" After listening to Meng Dongran's report, Pan Xiangming exclaimed excitedly, "Dongran, you have made a great contribution to Tongjiang, okay, I will celebrate you on behalf of the municipal party committee." Pan Xiangming unabashedly put joy on his face. Meng Dongran's tight heart was loosened at this time, but he still restrained himself, and said cautiously: "How dare you record this merit on my head, if you want to remember it, it must be recorded on the head of your secretary, without the support of the secretary, our NDRC will not be able to do anything." ”

"You can't say that, your NDRC has been doing well recently, and yesterday I was with Lao Chang and praised you."

"The secretary is criticizing me, we didn't do a good job and caused trouble for the city." Meng Dongran tried to introduce the topic to black labor. Pan Xiangming smiled faintly, and said like a dragonfly: "Two different things, or concentrate on thinking about how to bid for the project, and implement it as soon as possible, I can't wait." ”

Pan Xiangming bypassed the illegal employment incident with three words, proving that he didn't want to talk about it. Meng Dongran hurriedly stopped talking, not daring to say anything deeper. Some words can only be shallow, not half a step deep, his purpose is to let the secretary understand that he has guilt and baggage in this matter. As for whether and how to put down the burden, it is his own business, and it seems that he is not interested in entangling this topic again.

Meng Dongran further expressed his attitude on Liutong Highway, Pan Xiangming looked very excited, and grabbed the phone in the middle to report the good news to Chang Guoan, the director of the National People's Congress, Chang Guoan praised Meng Dongran a few words on the phone, and Meng Dongran blushed when he heard it. Meng Dongran first worked as a secretary for Chang Guoan in Shuanghe Township, Sanjiang County, and Chang Guoan was the secretary of the Shuanghe Township Party Committee at that time. More than 20 years have passed, and the white-faced scholar of the year has long been gone, and the world is like water, washing the passionate and proud Meng Dongran into another face, this face is all deferential, panicked, and just the right flattery in front of the leader.