In just one day, the news that the new secretary Gao Changhe was about to take office in Pingyang spread everywhere, so a banner appeared at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the cross-sea bridge in the afternoon that Jiang Chaolin did not expect. At the same time, Jiang Chaolin was also sensitive to the subtle changes in Liu Yiru, the director of the office. Liu Yiru had never said no in front of Jiang Chaolin in the past, but when Jiang Chaolin asked for the latest data on the introduction of foreign investment in the International Development Zone this night, Liu Yiru actually said that it was too late, and the relevant personnel of the State Development Institute had all left work, and I am afraid it would be difficult to do it.

Jiang Chaolin's heart was very angry, but he couldn't help but suppress it, so he had to say: "Okay, okay, Director Liu, you can report it to me tomorrow morning, these latest data, I will use it when I hand over the shift to the new secretary Comrade Gao Changhe." I hope you don't make a mistake. When he put down the phone, Jiang Chaolin said, "Some of our comrades are very active!" ”

Tian Liye was in Jiang Chaolin's office at the time, and was reporting to Jiang Chaolin on how to arrange the interview and investigation work of Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xinxiang. That's why people say that they have the right not to use it, and it will be invalid when it expires! ”

Jiang Chaolin sighed: "Yes, yes, I have the right not to use it, and it will be invalid when it expires, so before I get off the stage, I will make a surprise move, arrange relatives and friends, and use the principle to send favors everywhere, as if this day is no longer over!" ”

Tian Liye said teasingly: "That's it, that day is someone else's day, what's your business?" ”

Jiang Chaolin Hu made a face, "What do you mean by this?" Like what the Deputy Secretary-General said?! ”

Tian Liye smiled: "It's not like you to withdraw me, I'm afraid it's too late, right?" ”

Jiang Chaolin also smiled: "It seems that you are not good at transformation, and my six-year transformation work has failed." After thinking about it, his expression became serious, "Hey, let's be serious, so many people came to me a while ago, wanting to take the last step in my hands, why didn't you think about it?" ”

Tian Liye said: "Do I dare? I'm grateful that you didn't remove me. ”

Jiang Chaolin nodded: "You comrade is not bad, a little self-aware." ”

Tian Liye came again again: "It's not that I have self-knowledge, it's that you and the organization department lack Bole's insight." In fact, it is not good to be the number one leader in which city and county according to my level? Without Bole, a maxima like me would have to lie in a groove. ”

Jiang Chaolin feigned anger and said, "You Maxima? Thousands of miles of cow bar! Think for yourself, how did the organization train you earlier, huh? Just because you are the first graduate student assigned to the Pingyang Municipal Party Committee, and you are a party member, let you go down to exercise, the deputy secretary of the town party committee, the secretary, the deputy secretary of the county party committee and the secretary of the discipline inspection committee, you are good, you don't leave, you go backwards, and you quarrel with Geng Zijing in Lieshan into a pot of porridge! What else do you say? It's understandable that others are lying in the groove, you deserve it! ”

Tian Liye said dissatisfiedly: "You are protecting Geng Zijing!" ”

Jiang Chaolin said: "Protect Geng Zijing? Do you have Geng Zijing's ability? Can you make Lieshan what it is today? ”

Tian Liye was not convinced: "If you transferred Geng Zijing away and let me be the secretary of the Lieshan County Party Committee, maybe I would have done a better job than Geng Zijing!" He grunted again, "Seriously, I really hate the way officialdom shakes hands and kicks off the stage, and I'm not used to it, so I always suffer!" ”

Jiang Chaolin said: "Secretary Gao Changhe is here, you will gradually get used to it, I believe that he is more capable than me, generally speaking, he will increase the transformation of you, and I will also suggest this to him when I take over the shift." ”

Tian Liye said: "Let him be reformed, it's great that I will move the nest, and the deputy director level will have to give it to me." ”

Jiang Chaolin said: "Yes, the iron chair, you can't get down if you go up, you can be regarded as having thoroughly understood the cadre policy." ”

Tian Liye said seriously: "Hey, old secretary, how about I go to the National People's Congress with you?" Don't want you to mention me, flatten, and be the deputy secretary-general of the National People's Congress, is it okay? I love with you! ”

Jiang Chaolin was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "I'm going to the National People's Congress to make a family in the world?" Are you my own soldier? ”

Tian Liye said sincerely: "No, old secretary, I am the one who obeys you, and I obey you from the bottom of my heart!" I still want to write a book for you, and the title of the book is ready: "A Man and a City"! ”

Jiang Chaolin waved his hand and said: "Xiucai, this kind of book that is good for my personal evaluation, I advise you not to write it." What "One Man and One City"? Do all the work by me? After 20 years of reform and opening up, the secretary of the three municipal party committees should at least be 'three people and one city', right? What is more important is the support of 9 million people, without the 20 years of hard work and enterprising efforts of the vast number of cadres and masses in Binh Duong, this city would not exist now, so even if you really write this book, it should also be '9 million people and one city'. ”

Tian Liye said: "Okay, I'll just write like this." ”

Jiang Chaolin said: "Don't write yet, the new secretary will arrive soon, you still have to work with peace of mind, and you must remember that after all, you Tian Liye is the deputy secretary general of the Pingyang Municipal Party Committee, not a writer." Only then did he remember the topic, "Hey, Xiucai, you go on, how does that Xinhua News Agency reporter Li want to interview level by level?" How is it arranged? ”

Tian Liye also returned to the topic: "Oh, old secretary, it's like this, Reporter Li is going to stay in Pingyang for about a week, and he will live in the guest house of the Pingyang Rolling Mill. Then, I accompanied her to the provincial capital and Beijing. During your stay in Binh Duong, you and Mayor Wen may be asked about some important decisions about the launch of the Pingyang rolling mill. After the report, he said, "Reporter Li is also convinced by you now, saying that when you accept their joint interview, it is like Zhao Zhongxiang broadcasting news!" ”

Jiang Chaolin smiled and said, "Xiucai, don't hold me up." This matter, I think it is done like this: first, it is not necessary to live in the guest house of the flat rolling mill, the conditions are a little more difficult; 2. You accompany you in Pingyang, and you should not go to the provincial capital and Beijing, nor should other comrades, so as not to cause misunderstanding to others; 3. After that, don't report this matter to me anymore, you can report it directly to the new secretary, Comrade Gao Changhe. ”

Tian Liye understood: "Okay, old secretary, I will do everything according to your instructions." Before leaving, he said seriously again, "Old secretary, I'm not joking, I really want to go to the National People's Congress, can you think about it?" ”

Jiang Chaolin felt faintly hot in his heart, patted Tian Liye on the shoulder and said: "Work hard in the municipal party committee first, Comrade Gao Changhe is also a graduate student like you, maybe he will also value you very much." Of course, if you really can't stay in it, I won't look at you as a cadre on standby, anyway, I'm relied on by you. ”

Tian Liye said again: "Why don't you recommend it to the new secretary and let me do a full-time job below?" As long as it's a regular job, even if it's a township or a town, I have to do something in my life to show your old secretary, don't think that I can only share apples in the agency! ”

Jiang Chaolin didn't take Tian Liye's words seriously at all, waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go, I still have something." ”

Tian Liye felt bored and walked away. A few minutes after he left, Mayor Wen Chunming came.

As soon as Wen Chunming entered the door, he said that he had just sent away the vice minister of transportation and his group, and the guests who would leave tomorrow had also been arranged, and the ribbon-cutting activity could be roughly regarded as a good beginning and a good end. As he spoke, he started a complaint, first blaming Liu Huabo, secretary of the provincial party committee, and Chen Honghe, the governor of the province, for not coming, and then talking about the flat rolling mill.

Jiang Chaolin said: "Chunming, look at you, are you emotional again?" Fight back against what? Who's going to fight back? Someone handed over the materials to the Xinhua News Agency, and we had no choice but to make the problem of the flat rolling mill public! In this way, some people in Binh Duong may be offended, and some work in Binh Duong may be affected in the future, but what can be done? It's not that we don't want to bear the burden of humiliation, it's that someone has to take it as a big problem! ”

Wen Chunming asked: "Do you want to report this matter to Gao Changhe?" ”

Jiang Chaolin said: "Of course, I have to communicate with him, when the handover, I will hand over the copy of the internal reference that was originally going to be published to Comrade Gao Changhe, and it will be above board!" ”

As he was talking, Wen Chunming's secretary came in with his mobile phone and reported to Wen Chunming and Jiang Chaolin that the city flood control headquarters had called, saying that due to the continuous heavy rain in the vast areas of the upper reaches of the Changjiang River, the water level in the Pingyang section of the Changjiang River was close to the highest level in history, and if the torrential rain in the upper reaches of the river did not stop and the new flood peak came down again, there might be problems in some urban areas of Binhai and Pingyang in the county-level city.

Wen Chunming was anxious when he heard this, and got up to leave: "I have to hurry to the flood control headquarters." ”

Jiang Chaolin instructed: "You have to report to the provincial flood control headquarters." ”

After Wen Chunming left, Jiang Chaolin still felt uneasy when he thought about it, so he called the driver and secretary who had gone to bed, and also drove to the Changjiang embankment, which is located at the junction of urban and rural areas, to make a surprise inspection of the flood control work.

According to the city's arrangement, more than a dozen townships and towns along the Changjiang River have organized tens of thousands of people to immediately go to the front line of river defense.

However, when the No. 0001 Audi rushed all the way to the river embankment, the night sky of Pingyang was bright and the moon was high, and the sky was full of brilliant stars.

At this time, it was 23:45 on 24 June 1998, and Jiang Chaolin's last day as secretary of the Binh Duong City CPC Committee had not yet ended, and he still had an unshirkable and heavy responsibility for the city of Binh Duong and the 9 million people living in the city and living on this land.

Sitting in the car, watching the lights of the city rushing in front of him, Jiang Chaolin thought, this is really the longest day.