He Jiaguo didn't wait for Qian Fanxing's words "dismiss", and his buttocks had left the chair. When the deputy mayors who attended the meeting packed up the documents and notebooks in front of them and officially entered the state of adjournment, He Jiaguo had already walked to the door of the conference room. Qian Fanxing, who was sitting opposite He Jiaguo, smiled when he saw this, saying that Xiao He's movements were always half a beat faster than everyone.

He Jiaguo also turned around and smiled at Qian Fanxing, and asked, "Mayor Qian, do you still have something?" ”

Qian Fanxing waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, you're busy with yours, just enter the situation at such a fast pace!" ”

I went downstairs and went to the office on the second floor, and Zhao Shuming, the deputy director of the third secretary department, came over and reported: "Mayor He, there is a reporter from "Xiajiang Daily" named Shen Xiaoyang, saying that you asked him to come by name, where do you see the meeting?" ”

He Jiaguo said casually: "If you don't meet him, tell him to come in, and immediately follow me to the grassroots level!" ”

He Jiaguo had dealt with Shen Xiaoyang twice before this, and he was deeply impressed.

Three years ago, when He Jiaguo was going to be the deputy secretary general of the city, Shen Xiaoyang sent him a full page of a long interview in the "Xiajiang Daily", entitled "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood", which vividly expressed his enthusiasm for serving the country and the people. There is nowhere to splash blood, and when he was engaged in Huamei International Investment Company, Shen Xiaoyang conducted an interview for him "Born with My Talent", which was more wonderful than the previous interview. While Shen Xiaoyang sang praises for him when he went to the sea, he also pointed out some shortcomings of the current system with regret and called for "reducing talents without sticking to one pattern". At the end of the article, Shen Xiaoyang openly said: The opening of Huamei International Company means that there is another big money on the land of reform and opening up, and the people of Xiajiang City may have lost a public servant forever. In the end, this interview article was not published in the "Xiajiang Daily", and it is said that Zhao Qigong, the secretary of the municipal party committee and father-in-law at the time, did not allow it to be published. After that, everyone was very busy, and He Jiaguo and Shen Xiaoyang cut off contact. When the 9999 website and "Huamei Technology" became the focus of discussion among the citizens of Xiajiang, Shen Xiaoyang came again, very twisted, and said over and over again that he wanted to come up with a collection of essays. He Jiaguo understood as soon as he heard it, and asked the accountant to write a cash check for 20,000 yuan to Shen Xiaoyang on the spot.

This time, He Jiaguo naturally thought of Shen Xiaoyang again, and wanted to borrow Shen Xiaoyang's hand to publish a few weighty articles to stimulate the numb nerves up and down. It is indeed numb, the economy of Xiajiang is like this, Mayor Qian Fanxing is still holding on to the planning of Times Avenue, and after the instructions of Li Dongfang, the number one leader, to reduce the scale, ** here is still changing the way to expand the total plate of the project. From the meeting just now, I accidentally learned that the budget for the first phase has been reduced somewhat, from the original plan of 2.2 billion yuan to 15 billion yuan, but the four old streets will be demolished correctly, and in the end, it will be turned into China's Champs-Élysées, and the additional budget in the future will definitely be indispensable. According to Qian Fanxing, this is called doing practical things, doing great things, and the people will not agree if they don't do this. It's a ridiculous joke! What are the people thinking in their hearts, what kind of life are they living in this difficult economic period, do they know Qian Fanxing?!

Public opinion must reflect the voice of the people, and we must not continue to create such numbness.

Just thinking about it, Shen Xiaoyang came in, and when he entered the door, he sighed: "Mayor He, it's not easy to see you now!" ”

He Jiaguo said: "What's not easy? Where can Xiajiang stop you Shen Da reporter?! ”

Seeing that there was no one else in the office, Shen Xiaoyang sat down on the sofa and spoke more and more casually: "It's not easy for you, Mayor He, you're coming up in the end!" This shows that there is still great hope for the reform and opening up of our Xiajiang! ”

He Jiaguo said solemnly: "Xiaoyang, don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing for me!" When I wasn't an assistant to the mayor, didn't people do a good job? The sky has not fallen, the earth rotates normally, and it travels 80,000 miles a day while sitting on the ground! ”

Shen Xiaoyang said with a smile: "Okay, okay, Mayor He, if you talk about politics like this, this official will be able to be stable!" ”

He Jiaguo said: "Please also tell me about politics, help me do more positive work, and help me less." ”

Shen Xiaoyang immediately asked: "Mayor He, do you want to give you another college interview?" Let you have a good appearance? ”

He Jiaguo waved his hand: "This is a disservice - don't say anything, follow me first!" ”

Shen Xiaoyang went out with He Jiaguo and asked, "Mayor He, where are you going today?" ”

He Jiaguo said: "Go to Hongfeng Mall, if you don't go, the chaos there will be a big mess!" ”

Shen Xiaoyang was stunned for a moment, and asked hesitantly: "Mayor He, what are the plans for Hongfeng Mall and the city?" ”

He Jiaguo said indifferently: "Why are you asking so much?" Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. ”

When they arrived at the foyer downstairs, Zhao Shuming, deputy director of the third division of the secretary, was already waiting with the car, and the three of them got in the car and left.

When the car drove all the way to Hongfeng Mall, He Jiaguo, Shen Xiaoyang and Zhao Shuming didn't talk much.

The turmoil in Hongfeng Mall is in the Xiajiang River, and everyone knows what is going on. This mall was originally the store department of Xiajiang Hongfeng Garment Company. Hongfeng clothing company in the 80s was prosperous for a while, the production of Hongfeng brand clothing has been sold inside and outside Xichuan Province, once also entered Shanghai, Beijing some big shopping malls. In the past few years, the market has changed too fast, new brands have been rising, the factory has stopped production, and thousands of people of all ages and children have not been able to eat, so they rented the store building with a total business area of nearly 3,000 square meters to Zhao Juanjuan, a celebrity who had been a TV host earlier, and opened a mall. Manager Shen Xiaolan is counting on the rent paid by Zhao Juanjuan to maintain everyone's basic life. Unexpectedly, Zhao Juanjuan only paid a deposit of 500,000 yuan, and never paid rent to Hongfeng Garment Company. At the beginning, the attitude was good, saying that the mall was opened, and the decoration cost was too large, so it would be paid slowly. This delay has been delayed for more than a year, but she still does not pay a penny, and her attitude has changed, saying that it is not that she does not pay, but that Hongfeng Company has cut off her electricity, which has brought great difficulties to her business and caused great losses. This is how the so-called "economic dispute" happened. Hongfeng Company had no choice but to file a lawsuit with the district court, demanding that Zhao Juanjuan pay off the arrears of 6.7 million yuan in rent and terminate the contract. The district court received the lawsuit from Hongfeng Company, and it was half a year to make a first-instance judgment, and the litigation time was more than a year, and Zhao Juanjuan's arrears and penalty interest had reached 10.32 million. The judgment was also very absurd, ruling that Hongfeng Garment Company was negligent in performing the contract, which caused considerable losses to the lessee Zhao Juanjuan, so Zhao Juanjuan was only allowed to take out a batch of backlog clothing to offset 2.6 million, and the contract was not allowed to be suspended. Hongfeng Garment Company was dissatisfied and appealed to the Municipal Intermediate People's Court, which upheld the original judgment. Because the judgment of the Intermediate People's Court was final, Hongfeng Company blew up all of a sudden, and conducted three group visits within two months, from the city to the province. The day before yesterday, a deputy secretary general of the municipal party committee, on behalf of the municipal party committee, invited Shen Xiaolan to talk to the municipal party committee, but Shen Xiaolan did not go to the order. said that unless this unfair verdict was changed, she would not enter the gate of the Xiajiang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Committee again.

Now, as the mayor's assistant, He Jiaguo, under the instruction of Li Dongfang, finally came over on behalf of the city.

The cadres and masses of Hongfeng Garment Company have obviously been looking forward to this moment for a long time, and hundreds of people have gathered at the gate silently, not only like a mezzanine welcome, but also like a silent protest. He Jiaguo's silver-gray Santana with a city number plate slowly opened in the March sun, like a pair of scissors cutting the crowd in half. The cut flow of people quickly closed, and in an instant it turned into a silent ocean. In front of the dilapidated two-story complex in the factory, He Jiaguo, Shen Xiaoyang, and Zhao Shuming got out of the car and met with Shen Xiaolan and several cadres of Hongfeng Company.

Shen Xiaolan was quite surprised to see Shen Xiaoyang, and said, "Xiaoyang, what are you doing here?" Shen Xiaoyang followed behind He Jiaguo and Zhao Shuming, didn't look at Shen Xiaolan at all, and Shen Xiaolan didn't pretend to hear it.

He Jiaguo noticed this situation, and when he went upstairs, he asked, "What?" Xiaoyang, do you know this Manager Shen? ”

Shen Xiaoyang smiled bitterly: "Mayor He, what ...... That's too familiar, she's my eldest sister! ”

He Jiaguo was a little surprised, oh, and didn't say anything more.

When she arrived at a musty so-called conference room upstairs, she didn't even pour a glass of water, and Shen Xiaolan had to report.

He Jiaguo made a gesture: "Manager Shen, please wait a moment," walked to the window, opened the window, pointed to the crowd downstairs, and suggested, "Manager Shen, can you persuade the comrades downstairs to go back first?" Can all gathering here solve the problem? The social impact is not very good! You're noticeable enough. ”

Shen Xiaolan said: "Mayor He, their willingness to wait here shows that they still have hope for the Xiajiang Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the people of Xiajiang City!" Let me ask: When did we, the people, start to be afraid of the people? ”

He Jiaguo smiled: "If the people were really afraid of the people, I wouldn't have come today." ”

Shen Xiaolan's eyes turned red: "It's been almost two years, we reflect so much, which of you has been here?!" ”

Shen Xiaoyang couldn't help but interject and said, "Isn't Mayor He here today?" Mayor He has just taken office! ”

He Jiaguo immediately noticed that there was a loophole in Shen Xiaoyang's words, so he said: "In the past, the municipal party committee and the city ** have never been here, it doesn't mean that they don't care about you, as far as I know, Comrade Li Dongfang has made three instructions for Hongfeng Mall, and after entering the judicial process, Comrade Li Dongfang is still paying close attention to the progress of the case." Today, it was Secretary Li and Mayor Qian who entrusted me to come! If you hold this antagonistic mood and plan to put pressure on the municipal party committee and the city, I'm sorry, I'll leave now! I can't waste time here, there are nearly 200,000 laid-off workers in the city, and ** have to be concerned! ”

Shen Xiaolan was completely open-minded: "Mayor He, then please take a look!" Can these hundreds of hungry workers downstairs make you just leave? Didn't you say you were going to expel me from the party? Let me tell you: Don't talk about expulsion from the party, I have the ideological preparation to go to prison! Just look at it! ”

Shen Xiaoyang's face turned white in fright: "Sister, why are you talking like that!" Do you still dare to take our Mayor He hostage? You have to figure it out, Mayor He is here today on behalf of the municipal party committee and the city to understand the situation and solve the problem! ”

Shen Xiaolan burst into tears and said sharply: "Shen Xiaoyang, please shut up for me, it's not your turn to speak here!" ”

Shen Xiaoyang became angry: "Sister, do you want me to take care of your affairs in the future?" If you want me to take care of it, you can't do it! ”

Shen Xiaolan said: "What can I do? In a world ruled by the Communist Party of China and a society governed by the rule of law, a group of Communists cannot win a reasonable lawsuit by relying on the law. I and the cadres and masses of Hongfeng Company have to figure it out! You can be irresponsible, I have to be responsible for the 932 cadres and employees of Hongfeng Company! This contract was signed by me Shen Xiaolan! ”

He Jiaguo looked at the crowd outside the window and asked calmly, "Then Manager Shen, what do you think is the problem?" ”

Shen Xiaolan cried out with tears in her eyes: "Do you still need to ask?" Out of corruption, judicial corruption! The case-handling personnel from the district court to the intermediate court were all bought off by Zhao Juanjuan! If the lawsuit is not adjudicated, Zhao Juanjuan will know the result! People used to be celebrities, but now they are big money, and they have money to treat and give gifts, but we are poor and have no money to give gifts! ”

He Jiaguo turned around and looked at Shen Xiaolan: "Okay, good, very good, Comrade Shen Xiaolan, I ask you to show me evidence!" With the evidence, we will do a good job of reversing judicial corruption, no matter who he is, no matter what level of cadres are involved! But if there is no evidence, please don't say it yet! Let me warn you: you are legally responsible for what you say! After that, he waved at Shen Xiaoyang and Zhao Shuming, "They are not calm now, let's go back first!" ”

Shen Xiaolan was stunned for a moment, and cried out bitterly: "Mayor He, you ...... Don't go, don't go! The cadres and masses downstairs are really ...... I really won't let you go, they've been looking forward to you for two years! ”

It really didn't work out.

He Jiaguo took Shen Xiaoyang and Zhao Shuming downstairs, and as soon as they reached the door, dozens of elderly women who could almost be their mothers hugged them, and a gloomy dress and gray head forced them back to the staircase.

The blood around He Jiaguo's body suddenly surged to the top of his head, he didn't expect Shen Xiaolan's words to become a reality in a blink of an eye, and he encountered such an embarrassing thing for the first time when he went down to the grassroots level. He came to help the cadres and masses of Hongfeng Garment Company solve the problem with sincere sympathy, but their eyes revealed nothing but indifference or hostility.

Zhao Shuming is the old secretary of the city's **, and he has probably experienced this kind of scene, so he had an idea and lied and said: "Hey, hey, aunts, aunts, let go, let everyone let go, let Mayor He go out to the toilet......"

The women didn't pay attention, but pressed forward a little tighter, and one of them said, "There's a toilet upstairs!" ”

He Jiaguo had no choice but to take Zhao Shuming and Shen Xiaoyang back upstairs.

Shen Xiaolan's attitude changed, wiped her tears, and apologized again and again: "Mayor He, I was not good just now, but now I am calm, really calm!" Can you hear from us? Can you? Hongfeng Mall is still occupied by Zhao Juanjuan, and the arrears of 10 million will not be returned, we really have no way out! ”

He Jiaguo's face turned red, and he tried his best to endure it: "Manager Shen, you won, you really didn't let me go!" However, I also made it clear: I can not leave today, I can accompany you here, but I will not listen to any reports! Unless you take steps now, please get the workers downstairs out of here! Get out now! ”

Shen Xiaoyang also went up to persuade him: "Sister, let the people downstairs go, what should you do!" It's all blocked here, so how can Mayor He listen to your report? Who are you putting pressure on? It's not a problem-solving attitude at all! ”

Shen Xiaolan relented and took a few cadres downstairs to do persuasion work.

After Shen Xiaolan went downstairs, Shen Xiaoyang carefully explained: "Mayor He, I'm ...... I didn't know you were coming here, if I did, I ...... I avoided it. My sister is a person who admits death, and I have been worried about her, I ...... I'm trying to get her out! She's really not rushing at you today, she's rushing into a lawsuit......"

He Jiaguo waved his hand: "Don't say it, don't say it, Xiaoyang, I know it all in my heart." ”

Shen Xiaoyang still said: "Mayor He, you really have to help them workers, I know, the workers are so pitiful!" ”

After listening to the report made by Shen Xiaolan on behalf of Hongfeng Garment Company, I realized that because the 10 million arrears would not be returned, the labor insurance wages of more than 200 retired workers had not been paid for ten months. Hongfeng Mall is still occupied by Zhao Juanjuan, more than 500 laid-off workers have no jobs, and their monthly living expenses of 120 yuan are also owed for two years. The company had no choice but to turn the yard in the garment factory into a small vegetable market, so that the laid-off workers who had no way out could barely make a living. This was specially approved by Li Dongfang when he was mayor. There are more than 100 cadres in the garment workshop and the company, and they are paid some wages when they have work, and they don't have a penny when they don't work.

He Jiaguo asked casually: "So, how much salary do you on-the-job cadres get every month?" ”

Shen Xiaolan said: "I can't talk about how much salary I get every month. Each of the comrades present here will not receive more than 1,000 yuan a year. Like this Liu Gong, the situation is special, the husband and wife are in our company, and the wife is sick all the year round, it is too difficult, after the study of our party branch, we made a special decision, guaranteed to pay 200 yuan per month. As for me personally, I haven't received a penny of the company's salary or bonus in the past two years. Mayor He, if you don't believe me, you can send someone to investigate and find out that I have taken a penny in any name in the past two years of litigation, and you will expel me from the party! ”

Liu Gong immediately confirmed: "Mayor He, if there are still good party members in our party, our Manager Shen is one!" If there is no Manager Shen in the past two years, I am afraid that many people will have to go to the street to beg for food, and some families will have to die! ”

He Jiaguo's heart warmed up all of a sudden, and he asked with concern: "Manager Shen, how can your family live without salary?" ”

Shen Xiaolan said lightly: "My child and I have something to eat with his grandfather, and I take care of myself." ”

He Jiaguo asked puzzledly: "How can you take care of yourself?" You have to take on some family responsibilities, right? ”

Shen Xiaoyang explained for Shen Xiaolan: "My brother-in-law is the secretary of the town party committee in Taiping Town, Shayang County, and he has not been paid his salary for more than a year. Fortunately, he is a sesame official, he saves one meal in the morning, and someone always invites him to eat two meals in the middle and evening. After that, he made a joke with sarcasm, "So, Mayor He, I am afraid we have to look at the problem of corruption dialectically, without the corrupt wind of eating and drinking, the grassroots cadres in our difficult townships and towns will be half starving!" ”

He Jiaguo didn't have the heart to joke at all, glared at Shen Xiaoyang, and didn't answer.

Shen Xiaolan sighed: "Mayor He, compared to the company's difficult employees, my situation is not bad. ”

He Jiaguo's disgust with Shen Xiaolan has disappeared without a trace, and he said movingly: "Manager Shen, you are doing the right thing, in this difficult time, party members and cadres must share weal and sorrow with the masses!" In the eyes of the masses of Hongfeng Company, you represent the image of the party! ”

Shen Xiaolan said unkindly: "Mayor Kehe, the image of our party has been corrupted and corrupted, and it has been corrupted by some big party members!" Mayor He, put yourself in your shoes, if you were an employee of Hongfeng Company, how would you feel in the face of this unreasonable defeat? Do you think that I, a small party member, represent the image of the party? ”

He Jiaguo said solemnly: "Comrade Shen Xiaolan, I still think that you represent the image of the party, and it is precisely because there are many party members and comrades like you who uphold principles, uphold justice, and are responsible to the masses that our party has great hope!" However, it must be pointed out that as a leader of a grassroots party organization, it is extremely wrong for you to take the lead in group visits again and again, regardless of the impact. Secretary Li Dongfang and Mayor Qian Fanxing asked me to solemnly convey to you: In the past, you can not blame the past, but if this kind of group visit occurs again, the Xiajiang Municipal Party Committee will deal with it seriously, up to your expulsion from the party! ”

Shen Xiaolan asked rhetorically: "So, can the municipal party committee be responsible for the more than 900 cadres and masses of Hongfeng Company?" ”

He Jiaguo said: "I came here today to take this responsibility!" I also don't believe that the rule of law in a country ruled by the Communist Party of China cannot win this lawsuit by relying on the law! The municipal party committee and the city cannot use administrative orders to interfere with the law, they have not been able to do so in the past, and they cannot in the future, but the municipal party committee and the city have the ability to gradually eradicate all kinds of corruption, including judicial corruption! You must have confidence in this, if you already have evidence of Zhao Juanjuan's bribery, please hand it over to me, and I will investigate with the relevant departments to the end! ”

Shen Xiaolan smiled: "Mayor He, do you know what kind of character Zhao Juanjuan is?" ”

He Jiaguo said: "I don't care what kind of character she is, and I don't care who protects her!" ”

Liu Gong carefully interjected and said, "Mayor He, I heard that ...... I heard that she is a relative of Governor Zhao Qigong. ”

He Jiaguo couldn't help but be stunned: "Oh-this...... It can't be, right? ”

Shen Xiaolan didn't know about the relationship between He Jiaguo and Zhao Qigong's son-in-law at that time, so she forced it up: "Mayor He, what if it's possible?" What if Governor Zhao is Zhao Juanjuan's backstage? ”

He Jiaguo was silent for a moment, and waved his hand: "Then we must also act in accordance with party discipline and state law!" ”

As soon as these words fell, Shen Xiaolan and the cadres of Hongfeng Company around her all applauded.

Subsequently, the report on the lawsuit continued until half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

The comrades in the office brought the meal, a basket of steamed buns and a pot of white soup with yellow cabbage leaves.

Shen Xiaolan said, "Mayor He, do you want to eat some too?" Experience our grassroots life? ”

He Jiaguo smiled: "It's only been four days since I arrived at the 'upper level', and I used to deal with 'Master Kong' all the time. Just eat some, no, you have to eat to your heart's content! ”

The steamed buns are not bad, they are hot, and Shen Xiaolan said that they were steamed by the laid-off workers themselves, and each one was three cents cheaper than on the street. The white soup is a bit strange, there is a strong fishy smell, but there is not a piece of fish flesh or fish bones, and I don't know what it is made of.

He Jiaguo asked, "Manager Shen, what kind of soup is this?" ”

Shen Xiaolan gulped it and said, "It's nutritious soup, Mayor He, I promise you haven't drunk it." ”

When He Jiaguo was about to ask, Liu Gong spoke: "Mayor He, this is a major invention of our Manager Shen: it is made of eel bones and fish internal organs picked up from fish stalls in nearby vegetable farms, and boils a big pot every day to supplement some nutrients for the comrades at work......

He Jiaguo's heart was like someone suddenly stabbed him, and he couldn't help but twitch......