The calmer the sea, the more likely it is to breed storms. These words were read by Meng Dongran from a book when he was in junior high school, but he didn't expect that in his later career, these words became a symbol and a fable. In several weird and grotesque power struggles, Meng Dongran almost drowned, and a few times he was about to sink, but in the end, he avoided the evil and sought good fortune, grasped the most favorable side, and made himself bright. A few months ago, Meng Dongran won the competition again, left the Tongjiang Municipal Secretariat, and came to a new job as the director of the Tongjiang Municipal Development and Reform Commission. He has become a mirror of Tongjiang, allowing many people to hold it there and reflect themselves.

His wife, Ye Xiaotang, always stared at the other side of him, thinking that he was insidious, ruthless, and unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals. Ye Xiaotang said more than once, living with people like you, I'm afraid, others are companions like tigers, and I, Ye Xiaotang, are companions like ghosts. Meng Dongran doesn't argue with his wife, the treacherous officialdom has made him develop a good habit of talking less is the best thing not to talk about, and the same is true at home. Misfortune comes from the mouth, and he can't help but keep this ancient precept in mind. Think about those powerful characters, just because of impulsiveness, they tell the truth and tell the truth that should not be said, and they will slap people to the bottom, and they will never be able to turn over, and the power of language is too powerful. The facial features of an official cannot be the same as those of a normal person, and the ears must be spiritual, and they must be deaf: the voice that rings in the dark must be heard by the leader in time; And you have to learn not to hear the overwhelming complaints and angers. If it is inconvenient for others to hear the words between the leader and the leader, you just have ears, and you can't let it in. The mouth should be sweet, and it is more important; The eyes should be flexible, looking up is one posture, looking down is another, don't take it seriously; The nose should be sharp, the smell should be smelled, no matter how far away you have to smell, and what should not be smelled, even when it goes under the nose, you have to let it catch a cold and have a stuffy nose and can't breathe. In short, your five senses are not only responsible for you, but also responsible for the overall situation, and responsible for the fate of the leader, and the fate of the leader will be your fate at a certain time. Although the home is yours, and the wife is also yours, you are not your own.

Besides, how can a woman understand these mysteries, a nerd like Ye Xiaotang will always see one, Meng Dongran is never in one place, nor in two places, he is in three places or even everywhere, deep. In the face of Ye Xiaotang's cynicism, Meng Dongran smiled lightly, still going his own way, and his gait was sophisticated in and out between people and "ghosts".

If you want to say that Ye Xiaotang's words are also reasonable, officialdom can't do without morality, there is morality anywhere in the world, and if you deviate from morality, you will become a lonely soul and be thrown away by everyone; Officialdom focuses on borrowing strength, you yourself are a kind of superior, and stepping on the shoulders of others is also a kind of superiority. Although Meng Dongran is not so despicable as stepping on other people's shoulders, he likes to cling to the strength of others, and he can't borrow such a good power, stupid. But all the power is not borrowed in vain, you have to pay, the process of paying is a process of morality, Meng Dongran firmly adheres to this fundamental. Officialdom is too moral, it is not according to morality, the beauty and cruelty of officialdom are on a "card", when to play cards, what cards, with how strong, with which card to deal with others, to fulfill themselves, this is wisdom, but also courage. At the critical time, you have to turn your back on some and stick to morality, you will be harmed by morality, very dogmatic, and you will be regarded as ignorant. Fools are not suitable, unless you have no ambition and want to live that kind of peaceful life, can there be such a day?

"Live and learn, be flexible in a timely manner, advance and retreat in a certain degree, and be calm and natural" is the sixteen-character progress rule formulated by Meng Dongran for himself. Relying on this sixteen-character rule, he has successfully achieved breakthroughs again and again, and is now the leader of the Tongjiang Development and Reform Commission, the real power unit that everyone in Tongjiang pays attention to.

Meng Dongran was just forty-five years old, and it was not easy for him to get to this position at the age of forty-five. Forty-five years old climbed to this step, with a beautiful view all the way ahead.

But storms followed.

The officialdom storm is the kind of storm that cannot be seen, what you see is the ending, and what you can't see is the real game. Sometimes the ending is after the game, sometimes before the game, or one ending is the beginning of another......

Tongjiang has been strangely quiet lately.

Since the bribery of Mayor Zhao Naizin was exposed, Meng Dongran has been extremely cautious. He is Chang Guoan's former confidant, and now he is a celebrity next to Zhao Naizin, any trouble with Zhao Naizin will affect him. Fortunately, the bribery storm passed quickly, and the investigation team of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection finally announced that the report that Zhao Naizin accepted a huge bribe of 5 million yuan from real estate developer Wang was purely false, and that the real estate developer was manipulated and deliberately framed. As for the nude photos of Zhao Naizin, Guanghua Electronics CEO Xie Huamin and his beautiful female assistant Yuan Yaqi playing "3P" that were rumored on the Internet, they came from PS, and the ** diary written by Yuan Yaqi was a pure spoof, and the initiator has been punished. However, this incident still had a great impact on Zhao Naizin, and in just two months, Zhao Naizin's sideburns turned white.

Someone had already put his hand on Zhao Naizin's neck. This person, some people suspect that it is Chang Guoan, an old-school force in Tongjiang, and some people suspect that he is one of the three bureau chiefs who were removed from their posts not long ago, because that one's official hat was actually taken off by Zhao Naizin. When he was dismissed, Secretary Pan Xiangming was quite hesitant, if it weren't for Zhao Naizin's tough attitude, his official position might have been retained. If you don't while standing in the pit, then I will ask you to get out of the way of the pit first, this was said publicly by Zhao Naizin at a cadre meeting. Using Maokeng as a metaphor for a prominent official position, Zhao Naizin's careless remarks also aroused some micro-words in Tongjiang, but Pan Xiangming, secretary of the municipal party committee, didn't say anything, he laughed a few times, and then there was no follow-up.

Two months have passed since the incident, Zhao Naizin has not lost his official position, nor has he left Tongjiang as predicted by some people, he is still active in the political arena of Tongjiang as always. However, his mental outlook is indeed not as good as before, which Meng Dongran can deeply feel.

As for why the lively Tongjiang suddenly fell silent, Meng Dongran has not yet found the reason, perhaps because of the financial crisis. The sudden financial turmoil disrupted the pace of everyone in Tongjiang, and in the face of a series of economic events, people's political nerves gradually relaxed, and their attention was focused on the crumbling enterprises in the high-tech industrial zone. Even if you don't care about the company, you have to worry about your own life, and this crisis has affected far more than just small and large enterprises, but everyone. Of course, this is just a good guess, I'm afraid that things are not so simple, that wave did not defeat Zhao Naizin, and it is unknown that someone is brewing a new wave.

This tree cannot fall, and the other tree must also be held on to with all its might.

This month, Meng Dongran consciously stepped up his steps towards Pan Xiangming. ran diligently, and the reports became more and more frequent, and some words that should not have been directly said in Pan Xiangming's ears began to be said now. Pan Xiangming likes to listen to this, and he smiled slightly when he listened, although he didn't respond to anything, but the brows that he had twisted towards Meng Dongran before were finally loosened now, which was a good sign. What made Meng Dongran excited was that Pan Xiangming asked his secretary to call a few days ago and asked Meng Dongran to be his wine bag. This wine bag is different from the other wine bag, this is the wine of the secretary of the municipal party committee, and Meng Dongran enjoys drinking it.

Zhao Naizin didn't know these things, or pretended not to know if he knew. Don't worry about him for now, Meng Dongran believes that there is a way to give Zhao Naizin a reasonable explanation, even if Zhao Naizin blames, it will not break the relationship, at most he will feel uncomfortable a few times, and there will be a way to make him comfortable in the future.

Some balances are swinging between comfort and discomfort, sometimes creating a little awkwardness, it is also a strategy, or an episode, rice with condiments always tastes different, Meng Dongran is quite confident in this regard.

The problem is that Mei Ying is worried about him.

Mei Ying said something very interesting to Meng Dongran yesterday.

"You have to think about which way to stand, and once you step out and retract it, you can't help it. You play difficult actions sister support, stumbling legs, falling and fighting sister can't help you. Don't come when grandma doesn't hurt and uncle doesn't love, and the chains on both sides have fallen. Meng Dongran smiled and didn't answer directly. Mei Ying said again: "One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, this is an iron law, Tongjiang's two elder brothers are martial arts masters, those fists and feet they play, I'm afraid you haven't heard of it, look at them laughing now, there is a day when you complain." ”

Mei Ying is talking about Mayor Zhao Naizin and Secretary Pan Xiangming, on the surface, the two leaders of Tongjiang are united, singing and harmonizing, and playing Tongjiang smoothly. But secretly, the kung fu in the hands of the two has not stopped, you test me with a kick, I will give you a punch in return, and then sit down with a smile and sing a lot of harmony. It's not okay if you don't fight, it's not okay if the struggle is too fierce, the audience is uncomfortable to watch, and the above doesn't want you to fight endlessly, if you move too much, a red card will send you off.

Fortunately, Tongjiang and the two are still restrained, or it is not yet time to really make a move.

Mei Ying is familiar with both of them, especially Pan Xiangming. I heard that once upon a time, Pan Xiangming also pursued Mei Ying, and if Mei Ying didn't marry, he still seemed to have such a meaning in his heart. Mei Ying often makes fun of Pan Xiangming with this, saying that Pan Xiangming's words don't count, not a grandfather. Pan Xiangmingle smiled: "Okay, one day I'll do it again, but then I say it's okay, if I attack, you can't dodge." ”

"Think beautifully!" Mei Ying laughed, her laughing posture can no longer see the innocent girl of the year, but like a battle-hardened veteran of the love field, whenever this happens, Pan Xiangming has a trance sense of things and people.

However, Mei Ying came down this time, obviously distancing herself from Pan Xiangming. Don't want to be too close and don't want to be too far is Mei Ying's principle in the world, standing in a moderate position, you can advance and retreat freely, this is a sentence she often teaches Meng Dongran. But Meng Dongran can't do it, Meng Dongran's principle of doing things is just the opposite of her, he likes to bring everything closer. "You are condescending, and I am looking up, and I can see clearly when I am close." Meng Dongran made a reason for himself.

"Do you see clearly?" Mei Ying asked rhetorically. Meng Dong was dumbfounded. Many things are not clear, seeing flowers in the fog, looking at the moon in the water, the more hazy the more attractive. Officialdom is sometimes the same as a woman, she paints a clear face colorfully, which makes people think about it and makes people look through the autumn water, but she has a powdery face, so that you can never guess the true face behind the powder.

The two chains naturally refer to the relationship between Zhao Naizin and Pan Xiangming. Mei Ying knew the relationship between Meng Dongran and Zhao Naizin, and she was the one who pulled the line, saying that Zhao Naizin was a rich mine and would be developed sooner or later, and asked Meng Dongran to keep in mind a truth, when you are not a mine yourself, others are your mine, and you have to borrow other people's gold to shine. Now Meng Dongran's size is also a mine, the director of the National Development and Reform Commission, what a conspicuous position. But he suddenly leaned on Pan Xiangming again, which made Mei Ying feel dangerous.

The most taboo thing in officialdom is to step on two boats, and when Meng Dongran got closer to Zhao Naizin, he had already aroused the dissatisfaction of the old backstage Chang Guoan, scolding him for eating inside and out, and selling the owner for glory. A few days ago, Chang Guoan also went to the province to complain, saying that Zhao Naizin's is not, especially grasping the water pollution in the two communities, and appealing everywhere in the people's congress and the CPPCC. Meng Dongran was very troubled by this, one side is his old club, he has been with Chang Guoan for more than ten years, how to say that the relationship is not ordinary, and the other party is his new owner, let alone guilty. In order to alleviate the contradiction between Chang Zhao and the two, he is divided into two halves with a smiling face, rubbing this and warming that, and has done enough to play the role of lubricant, but the effect is very little. It seems that Chang Zhao and the others are going to continue fighting, especially Chang Guoan, why is he so aggressive? Fortunately, the struggle between Chang and Zhao did not hurt him, thanks to Zhao Naizin, Zhao Naizin did not mind his relationship with Chang Guoan, saying that it was history, and he respected history. However, Zhao Naizin said to him: "I don't want to bring these to work, personal feelings are one thing, work is another, I hope you can distinguish clearly." ”

Meng Dongran said that he could tell the difference, but now that there is one more Pan Xiangming, can Zhao Naizin still be as always? Or will he be able to move in and out as easily as he used to?

Mei Ying doesn't believe this, in Mei Ying's opinion, being able to play with ease is an empty word, just like walking a tightrope, walking past is the king, if you can't walk and fall down, you deserve it. Mei Ying didn't want Meng Dongran to be like this, Meng Dongran's every move was concerned about her heart. Every time Meng Dongran played a new concept, Mei Ying pinched the sweat for him. Mei Ying doesn't believe that Meng Dongran can find a balance point from the three major forces of Tongjiang, and the person who can play with the three forces has never been seen by Mei Ying!

Mei Ying's above words came from a complaint from Zhao Naizin.

On the first day of the research team's inspection of the high-tech industrial zone, the group laughed and laughed. Mei Ying said that Zhao Naizin's steps to Tongjiang were different, step by step, "If you continue like this, your brother will have to walk out of a golden avenue." Zhao Naizin smiled, knowing what Mei Ying was alluding to, he didn't answer positively, raised his head, and just saw a team of people digging the road in front of him, and said with a smile: "I still want to make it an airstrip, maybe, you see, the front and back are digging roads, my way of walking, it is lucky not to fall into the pit." After speaking, he turned around, saw Mei Ying frowning, and said: "Alone, you can't go far, don't betray your relatives and leave it." ”

It may be that the words "lonely" made Mei Ying figure out something, Mei Ying smiled, turned a corner, and said to the team of road builders in front of her: "They didn't dig to put gold on Mayor Zhao's face, you look at this high-tech zone, it has only been a few years, and it has been built beautifully." As soon as Zhao Naizin heard that she didn't answer the stubble, he told the truth, and walked forward with a dry laugh. Mei Ying made a phone call under the pretext of breaking away from the main camp, Meng Dongran saw the situation, quietly slipped over from Zhao Naizin's side, and came to Mei Ying's side, the two didn't talk a few words, Mei Ying threw the previous words to Meng Dongran.

Meng Dongran had an extra stone in his heart.