At ten o'clock in the evening, Meng Dongran walked out of Tongjiang Hotel. The driver Dong Hao was waiting next to the Audi, and the office director Li Kaiwang also came, waiting on the side of the self-driving car, his eyes flashing towards him. Seeing him come out alone, Li Kaiwang's steps quickly came to him.

"You go back, after a hard day, rest early, just have Dong Hao here." Meng Dongran said thoughtfully.

Li Kaiwang's face moved, and he showed a hint of disappointment imperceptibly, but he still said very formally: "I know Director Meng, then you should also rest early." After speaking, he stood for a while, convinced that Meng Dongran didn't need him to accompany him, so he reluctantly left, and looked at Dong Hao enviously before leaving. Meng Dongran couldn't cry or laugh, he was really considerate of this subordinate. Li Kaiwang was his secretary at the earliest, and he followed him when he was in Tongba District, and later he was promoted from deputy district head to district head, and Li Kaiwang was also promoted to deputy director of the district office, but in fact he was still his personal secretary. After he went to the city to serve as deputy secretary general, he always wanted to transfer Li Kaiwang up, but he was afraid that others would gossip. There are a lot of secretaries in the city, which ones are not as intimate and convenient as Li Kaiwang, especially those who have not been promoted by the previous leaders, not only are they awkward to use, but they will often make you angry, and they are also using old qualifications to compete with you. When he arrived at the National Development and Reform Commission, Meng Dongran no longer hesitated, for officials, there are two people you must be comfortable with, one is the secretary, and the other is the driver. There is a joke in officialdom that the driver is the leader's shoe, and when the shoe is big, the foot is small, and when the shoe is small, it will clean up the foot; The secretary is the leader's shoelaces, it can't be tied too tightly, the heels are bullying you, too loose and out of tune, you go east it is not west, you want to take two steps and it is dragging you not moving. There is also a treasure, saying that the hearty female subordinate is the leader's little padded jacket, and many leaders now have such a small padded jacket, Meng Dong is not burning, Ye Xiaotang is in charge of it tightly, and it is the key that he can control it himself. The little padded jacket is not worn indiscriminately, not to mention that it will make you sweaty, and it will make you get prickly heat. Without a small padded jacket, Meng Dongran is particularly picky about shoes and laces. Just one month after he took office at the National Development and Reform Commission, he transferred Li Kaiwang from the district to his side through the deputy director of the Organization Department, and served as the director of the office of the National Development and Reform Commission.

But sometimes being considerate can't get the desired effect, and if you don't get it right, you will be misunderstood, Li Kaiwang is good at everything, but the string in his head is too tight, especially for him, almost a little dead-eyed. Thinking so, he walked to the side of the Audi.

Sitting in the car, Meng Dongran felt something else in his heart. Just now I accompanied the research team to dinner, Zhao Naizin seemed to have something to ask him all the time, and his eyes met him several times, but unfortunately the scene was too lively today, and Zhao Naizin couldn't find a chance. Meng Dongran didn't dare to say much, compared to Hu Bingying's hospitalization, the research team of the National Development and Reform Commission is a big deal. The global financial crisis has disrupted everyone's footsteps, and all parties are supporting how to respond, but the key trick has to come from the above policies, especially whether Tongjiang can be taken as the focus, and in the back of a series of policy support, pour more rice from the cauldron into the small pot of Tongjiang. Fortunately, judging from the current situation, the research team is still satisfied with Tongjiang's work, at least it has not raised any criticism. Zhao Naizin must have gotten some hint from the director and Mei Ying, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to Moutai tonight.

Alcohol burns in the body, Meng Dongran is not used to drinking Moutai, the sauce-flavored wine reaches his throat, it is extremely difficult to swallow, just like a person with the wrong temper sitting together and suffering, the stomach is also resolutely refused, and he is not at all inconsiderate that he is working for the revolution. It's okay to pour a pound of other wine, but when Moutai is less than half a catty, he wants to vomit. Fortunately, Mei Ying secretly helped him, and those people in the National Development and Reform Commission who had bad intentions and wanted to put him down made Mei Ying stand in the way of him without showing anything. Zhao Naizin also noticed Mei Ying's special treatment of him, and whispered a joke in a sour voice, which made Mei Ying laugh, a man's vinegar is not divided into strong and weak, and it will pop up as soon as it is stimulated. Meng Dongran felt uncomfortable like he had never felt before. Sitting in the car this time, I felt that Mei Ying, the eldest sister, made friends worthwhile, super value, without her, the research team could come to Tongjiang? It is not so much that Mei Ying is putting gold on the faces of Zhao Naizin and Pan Xiangming, it is better to turn her elbow out privately and force him, the newly appointed director of the National Development and Reform Commission, to support him.

This power was not in vain, in the past few days, Meng Dongran has felt the heat on his face in all aspects of Tongjiang, and the worry that has always been hidden in Zhao Naizin's eyes has also been blown away by the hot wind of the research team. A solid step, a sentence that Mei Ying inadvertently uttered made the best interpretation of all his efforts. The ice breaks, and then the spring flowers bloom and the sun shines......

With these, Meng Dongran didn't feel that there was anything wrong with being wronged in the hospital in the afternoon, on the contrary, he was very satisfied with his performance in the hospital in the afternoon, and his stomach was much more comfortable.

"Director, go home or not?" Dong Hao turned his head and asked uncertainly.

"Go to the hillbilly." Meng Dongran took out his phone as he spoke, sent a text message to Sun Guofeng, and asked him if he was there? Sun Guofeng quickly came back, "I've been waiting for the director for half an hour." ”

Tomorrow afternoon, the research team will return to the provincial capital, and the work in Tongjiang will be successfully completed. The gifts prepared by the city have been finalized, and each person will be given a Tongjiang iconic tourism product, a bronze cow, plus a box of local products. This gift is a bit thin, and it doesn't match Mayor Zhao Naizin's requirements, but there is no way, Liu Zejiang said, Secretary Pan Xiangming spoke, you can't be extravagant, let alone cause any turmoil, just do the etiquette. The two of them could only cancel the original preparation of a mobile phone worth 10,000 yuan per person, Meng Dongran was upset, he had just arrived at the National Development and Reform Commission, he should deepen his impression, so he pondered to let Sun Guofeng put some more blood here, and get something high-grade and tasteful.

He didn't tell Liu Zejiang about this, for fear that Liu Zejiang would be coaxed, and even more afraid that Secretary Pan would hear about it.

The hillbilly is on the West Second Ring Road, on the north side of the Science and Technology City, and the name is dirty, but there is no dirt in it at all. With a total investment of more than 80 million yuan, one-stop service of catering, accommodation and entertainment, there are two floors underground, and I heard that it is a casino. Meng Dongran has never been in, but he knows that leaders of their level often go in, and Pan Xiangming, secretary of the municipal party committee, was still beating a side drum at the meeting a while ago, which means that those revolutionary comrades who often go to the hillbilly should pay attention, don't take yourself seriously, the convenience is public, and the innocence is your own. I have never seen anyone who sensitively put himself innocent because of the beating words of the secretary of the municipal party committee, and they all feel that they are very innocent. In these years, unless you hit the mallet on someone's head, he knows what to call and what should not be called.

When Meng Dongran got out of the car and went inside, he saw a group of people hugging Zhao Xuguang, director of the Committee of Agriculture, to go to the basement. He is also good for this, Meng Dongran sighed a few times, and rushed up like a cat-and-seek, for fear that Zhao Xuguang would see him and make him a comrade-in-arms in the underground casino.

Sun Guofeng asked for a private room on the eighth floor, with a very elegant name: Water Mill, which is his old place. The eighth floor is the tea art, and the tea proprietress Yue Xiaocian has a good relationship with Sun Guofeng, and Sun Guofeng often comes here to praise the field.

"Happy with you?" Sun Guofeng was drinking tea alone, and when he saw the steaming Meng Dongran, he asked about the meal just now. Eating is the most important thing in revolutionary work, this is a sentence that Sun Guofeng, who is the boss, often hangs on his lips. He eats almost a single meal with his family for 365 days a year, except for breakfast. He said that his Guofeng Group came out with food.

"It's all let go and drink, the effect should be good." Meng Dongran told the truth.

"If you can let go of drinking, you are satisfied, these people are strictly disciplined, and they can't drink a cup if they can't get it." Then he asked: "Are you okay, I ordered you sour plum soup, quick hangover." ”

Meng Dongran felt thirsty at this time, hummed happily, picked up the sour plum soup, and poured it down. A cool feeling gushed out, so cool that I wanted to scream. The sour plum soup here is different from the hotel's, and the proprietress Yue Xiaocian has added twelve kinds of mountain delicacies to it, not to mention the taste, and the hangover is particularly effective.

Sitting down, Meng Dongran asked, "What about the gifts, have you thought about it?" ”

Sun Guofeng said brightly: "How dare you be sloppy about the things that the director explained, I slaughtered Lao Tai Weng and extorted a piece of blue and white porcelain. ”

Meng Dongran was shocked.

Lao Tai Weng is the uncle of Sun Guofeng's father-in-law, a strange man in Tongjiang, five out of eighty this year, full of silver threads, and a proud face. In his early years, he was a Chinese teacher at Tongjiang Normal School, good porcelain, better antiques, and lived to seventy years old, and all the collections at home were changed. At the age of seventy-one, he had a whim to build an official kiln like in the historical materials and excavate the porcelain process of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Tong** flower porcelain has a very high status in history, to the end of the Qing Dynasty to reach the extreme, it is said that Cixi Lafayette used many treasures are fired in the Tongjiang official kiln, but unfortunately later an earthquake, nothing was shaken. Old Tai Weng's uncle's family used to be the largest official kiln owner in Tongjiang, otherwise he wouldn't be able to move his heart. Surprisingly, Lao Tai Weng was a lot older, and he was stunned to get the official kiln out. He spent a lot of money to hire a few old potters to personally supervise the kiln, and the blue and white porcelain pieces fired were treasures. Because of the complexity of the process, coupled with the old Tai Weng and resolutely refuse to produce in batches, a few years later, the reputation of the porcelain has been greatly enhanced, and it has reached the point where it is difficult to find.

"Don't stare, I told him that the head of the central government came." Sun Guofeng smiled evilly.

Meng Dongran woke up from his stunned shock and punched Sun Guofeng fiercely: "You have done me a great favor, if you let the mayor know about this, you and I will not only be useless, but will also become sinners." ”

"I know I know, so I don't dare to make a noise, I secretly sent the things to the provincial capital, and then I will talk to Director Mei and let her arrange it." After speaking, he blinked and added: "I'm not serving you for nothing, how can I pay me back, I have a number in my heart early." ”

Meng Dongran picked up the teacup, Meimei moistened a mouthful and teased: "I'm not doing this all for you rich people, I didn't ask you for the errand fee, you still asked me for benefits in turn, no wonder people scold, rich people are shameless." ”

"No shame on you." Sun Guofeng happily replied, took a sip of tea, and said sarcastically: "Are you a scoundrel again, I said that you people can be kind, in order to engage in these gifts, I have cheated Lao Tai Weng." ”

"Who should be pitted, who should not be pitted? By the way, Mrs. Sister-in-law doesn't know, right? Sun Guofeng's wife managed Sun Guofeng strictly, and when there was a slight disturbance, she went to Meng Dongran to complain.

"I can't let her know, you have to keep your mouth shut about this, otherwise she will go to the old Tai Weng to complain, and I won't be able to bear it." The two of them laughed as they spoke. Men always have something to hide from their wives, and the more men who are not in an ordinary relationship, the more opportunities they have to do things together, and poor wives have to believe them.

The two talked a little deeper along the topic of the research group, and when they were about to touch some secrets of Tongjiang, Meng Dongran violently retracted his tongue and warned Sun Guofeng with a joke: "Do you want to make mistakes, if you want to make mistakes, say it earlier, haven't you heard that the next step is to improve your party organization?" When the time comes, I will find a secretary with you and control your mouth. ”

Sun Guofeng continued: "It's best to be a beauty, it's okay to be old, but you have to have taste." ”

"If you want to be beautiful, it is most appropriate to send your 'lion' to see if you dare to come to this place."

"It's boring, it's boring, which pot can't be opened, I think you're letting the professor's sister manage the level now."

"Professor's sister? This is the first time I've heard this name. Meng Dongran smiled, changed the topic and asked: "By the way, what I told you last time, how did you think about it?" ”

Sun Guofeng exaggeratedly punched himself: "Damn, damn it, forget the work assigned by the director." ”

knew that it was acting, and Meng Dongran did not expose it. He asked Sun Guofeng to vouch for a company that had not been in Tongjiang for a short time, and the factory had just been built, and it encountered this crisis, and now it can only live on loans. The bank has been accommodating for a long time, but it still insists that they find a company with a strong and reliable reputation to guarantee it, and then they are willing to release the 23 million that has been promised. Sun Guofeng was obviously unhappy, but he didn't dare to express it clearly, his teeth fought for a while, and he turned around and asked: "What does it matter, you have to tell me the truth, 23 million is not a small number." ”

"Two hundred million is not difficult for you." Meng Dongran's face showed a slight hint of unhappiness, why do you have to figure it out, can you figure it out? If it was someone else, Meng Dongran wouldn't talk about it, it wasn't his style. He likes the way of throwing out a word and the other party can catch the whole sentence, and he doesn't like the other party to hand over the topic. This road does not lead to another way, and the director of the National Development and Reform Commission is still worried that he cannot find a guarantee company? Thinking about it again, it was Sun Guofeng sitting opposite, his old classmate, and said in a different tone: "It's done, you don't need to know too much." ”

"I said brother, you won't ......" Sun Guofeng seemed to suddenly wake up to something, Meng Dongran has always been very good at women's issues, and he has not heard of any woman he has wet his shoes for, so he abandoned the conjecture that Meng Dongran had a personal affair with the female boss of that company, but thought of another layer, will Meng Dongran take shares?

Many leaders in Tongjiang are holding shares in enterprises, especially since the development of high-tech industrial zones, this move has become a common practice, and wildfire is burning. The bold take dry stocks, and the timid symbolically invest some money in order to have a saying in the future. Sun Guofeng also encouraged Meng Dongran more than once, he was afraid that Meng Dongran would move his mind elsewhere, and repeatedly emphasized that he was the safest here. Meng Dongran didn't take this as a word every time, and the last time he turned his face, and reprimanded Sun Guofeng sternly: "Do you have a lot of money, donate more money to the disaster area!" ”

Don't?

Meng Dongran saw that he was using his brain again, and his heart was even more displeased, so he wanted to stop this: "Don't be too rich in imagination, if Boss Sun has difficulties, I will find someone else." ”

"Don't, don't, do it now, do it tomorrow."

As soon as he heard that Meng Dongran was going to withdraw, Sun Guofeng was immediately anxious. The two are old classmates, and they have also cooperated in some things over the years, and it is said that they have long reached the point of wearing a pair of pants, but Sun Guofeng feels that as Meng Dongran's official position is getting higher and higher, the joy of jumping to each other's hearts and talking with each other in the past is becoming more and more indispensable. Now he can't do without Meng Dongran and is afraid of coming into contact with Meng Dongran, it's not happy, this kind of game that doesn't say anything and has to ask you to smack the taste from the back of your tongue is not suitable for him to play. Sun Guofeng likes real knives and guns, but he can't offend Meng Dongran, let alone transfer the trademark he has affixed to others for many years, especially now. This time the research team came, obviously to throw money to Tongjiang, this Sun Guofeng can see more clearly than anyone else, if the household appliances to the countryside can really expand Tongjiang, by the way to smash down a few big projects, it will not be a dozen pieces of blue and white porcelain and 20 million guarantees.

The atmosphere seems to be a little lighter, but it doesn't matter, it's, as much as you can pull out. Who knew that the topic fell on Hu Bingying for no reason, and the faces of the two of them suddenly froze when they were talking and laughing, and something that couldn't be seen clearly popped up, washing away the momentum just now.

There is no kind of sadness that is more disturbing than the sadness of the loneliness of officialdom, what Hu Bingying encountered was not ordinary loneliness, not much worse than the old man planting a big fight. In the afternoon, Meng Dongran thought about a lot of things in the hospital, recalled many people, and for a moment, he even wondered sadly whether he would be like this one day, and that feeling was as uncomfortable as someone scraping his heart with a knife. Sun Guofeng's pain was given to Liu Zhi, Sun Guofeng was close to Liu Zhi, and he couldn't see a woman suffering from this kind of official hatred like an infectious disease. The abnormality in Liu Zhi's eyes that erupted from the imbalance was even more terrible than her own pouring.