In the following days, there were not too many waves, and the two deputy directors, Zhou and Wang, also tried their best to help him get familiar with the affairs of the bureau, at least on the surface, no one could find any problems.

Lu Zhengdong can also feel that the cadres in the bureau have gradually abandoned their initial strangeness and strangeness, and there seem to be more cadres who are close to him, especially Qiu Ze, who often likes to come to his office to go around and report on his work. Talking to himself about his experience, he didn't hide his armpits, he talked about some problems and some tricks in the work, Qiu Ze also faintly talked about the experience and personality of some cadres in the bureau, which made Lu Zhengdong have a new understanding of Deputy Director Zhou Wanger and some middle-level people below.

As the person in charge of the work assigned to this part of the bureau's office, Qiu Ze is not only very familiar with the people and things in the bureau, but also knows some situations of the Commission for the Reform of the Bureau, and also tells the relevant focal points, which makes Lu Zhengdong very inspired.

Lu Zhengdong knows why he can integrate into it so quickly, there are reasons for his own way of doing things, and more importantly, I am afraid that Lan Jiaxing, the impact of intimate contact, many cadres may guess their background, after all, such a young bureau-level cadre is so eye-catching no matter what.

But that's not very intuitive after all, and now a deputy director with a relatively high ranking is undoubtedly more impactful when he talks to himself intimately like seeing a friend, and it also makes everyone evaluate and judge in their hearts, so as to take a way to deal with it.

After a month, Lu Zhengdong gradually adapted to the life in the ministry, and the work gradually got started, compared to being busy in the local area, the life in the ministry is indeed much more regular, commuting on time, although there are also a lot of entertainment dinners, but they are mainly concentrated in the scope of business involved.

Lu Zhengdong is also not pretentious, to see if it is necessary, he still basically maintains a cooperative attitude in the contacts involving the various subordinate enterprises and the provincial and municipal offices in Beijing. It's also a process of building connections. These people who can come to the ministry to negotiate and do things are often the role of shaking three points with a kick in the local area, but since they have come to the bureau, they must need to be supported in some aspects, and the flexibility is not. Without violating the principles, it's up to you how you deal with it.

Lu Zhengdong looked at Wen Jiàn for a while. I received a call from Director Zhang Xingkui. I got up and went to Director Zhang's office on the twelfth floor.

Zhang Xingkui had a programmed but kind smile on his face, and gestured for Lu Zhengdong to sit.

"Zhengdong, sit down, don't be restrained."

by Zhang Xingkui. But he sat behind his desk and didn't move.

Zhang Xingkui put his hands together in a very stylized way, rested his elbows on the edge of the table, and his eyes kept staring at Lu Zhengdong's face intentionally or unintentionally, as if. I really want to read Lu Zhengdong's true thoughts thoroughly.

"The work is okay, right?"

Lu Zhengdong and Director Zhang looked at each other for a few seconds before leaning their gaze to the other side, but they did not leave the range of Director Zhang's face, that is, they were polite and did not dodge.

Hearing Director Zhang's question, Lu Zhengdong pondered for a moment and said:

"Working in ministries and commissions is still very different from working in the localities, and it is a work that has a bearing on the overall situation, and the requirements for cadres are very high. Raise again. ”

Zhang seemed pleased with his modest statement. The hand resting on the table put down the chat, leaned back slowly, leaned back in the chair, glanced at him, and then said slowly:

"Yes. As long as you can keep a clear head, you can improve your understanding, but I have to. You can't be too modest, I've seen your past carefully. I also believe that with your ability, it is okay to adapt to the new position, otherwise, the organization can put you in this position? ”

Lu Zhengdong listened to Zhang Xingkui's words with a little agitation, and there seemed to be some other flavors, but since Zhang Xingkui said so, he couldn't back down, nodded and said:

"I will work hard to live up to the expectations of the organization and the director."

Zhang Xingkui is the leader in charge of the Economic Operation and Reform Bureau, this is the first formal work conversation between the two, and this is the first time, the two are more like making a work report, for a long time, there is no substantive content, perhaps, the two are cautiously understanding each other.

At the end, Zhang Xingkui finally showed a slight smile and said:

"Next week, there's a National Symposium on Power System Reform, you know?"

Lu Zhengdong nodded.

"I want to visit Europe with the central leaders, Director Lin and I will arrange for you to make a speech, go back and prepare the next draft, mainly to talk about the reform of the power system, how about it? No problem, right? ”

Lu Zhengdong was stunned when he heard it, the National Power System Reform Seminar is generally held once a year, and the leaders of the Ministry of Electric Power and the Structural Reform Commission will participate, and even the Secretary-General of the State Council and other heavyweights will also attend the meeting.

Traditionally, the leader in charge of the Commission presides over such meetings, but the director has the task of visiting the country, and he has to go over to ask Lu Zhengdong, the director of the bureau, to speak on behalf of the Commission.

It's just that Lu Zhengdong knew that he couldn't put his position too high and fall on his heels, so he said:

"I am very grateful to Director Lin and Director Zhang for their trust in me, but it is a matter of ......"

"After all, you're in charge of this square meter's work, right?"

Zhang Xingkui couldn't go down further, as if he didn't agree with Director Lin's opinion, so he laughed.

"This ......"

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Lu Zhengdong's face.

"What, having a hard time?"

Zhang Xingkui glanced at Lu Zhengdong seemingly casually.

Lu Zhengdong picked up the teacup on the coffee table, blew the tea powder floating on the water, didn't drink it, and put the teacup down. Looking up at Zhang Xingkui:

"Director, I've only been in the bureau for more than a month, to be honest, I really don't have any experience in the work of the bureau, if I have to speak, then I can only ask the comrades in charge of writing work to write a manuscript, I will read it at the meeting, I think, this is not the original intention of the leader, right?"

Lu Zhengdong has some reservations about this, he knows that railways, petroleum and other departments are more tricky, if you want to find a breakthrough in work, it is relatively easy to use electricity, Lu Zhengdong already has some ideas in this regard, but I don't know if it is appropriate to talk about it at this time.

The outbreak of the Asian financial crisis, although in the long run, had little impact on the country. However, in the short term before the adjustment, the negative impact is inevitable, and there will even be a surplus of electricity in a short period of time, but after a short period of time, there will be a blowout increase in electricity consumption. Electricity shortages can be the biggest headache.

Zhang Xingkui glanced at Lu Zhengdong. His body leaned back in the chair even more, and his eyes softened.

"So be it. If you think about it again, I will also share your opinions with Director Lin and several other leaders, but you must be prepared to speak. ”

Lu Zhengdong nodded.

Walk out of Director Zhang's office. Lu Zhengdong sighed softly. It's really hard for him to sit in this position, and this speech at the meeting is a good opportunity for others to show, even if the leader doesn't agree, I'm afraid he will have to fight. But this is someone else, and he is too young to appear in such a meeting to speak too conspicuously, too conspicuous.

Lu Zhengdong stepped out of the elevator on the ninth floor, his office was at the easternmost end, walking in the long corridor. As soon as the door of an office opened, inspector Li Xuezhong came out and smiled when he saw Lu Zhengdong: "Director, I just wanted to talk to you." ”

Lu Zhengdong entered Li Xuezhong's office. Li Xuezhong helped Lu Zhengdong make a cup of tea, with a smile on his face that was a little humble, knowing that Li Xuezhong's past experience Lu Zhengdong was inexplicably trembling in his heart, a very bitter feeling, a kind of sourness that he had once came to his heart.

"The tea was nice. It's hairy, right? ”

Lu Zhengdong took the opportunity to taste the tea, lowered his head, stabilized his feelings, and when he looked up again, he had already regained his usual calmness.

"It seems that the director is also a person who knows tea."

Li Xuezhong nodded. sat at the other end of the sofa and kept a distance from Lu Zhengdong. Not too far away, he asked with a smile:

"The director is a student of Professor Wu?"

Lu Zhengdong snorted, while inquiring about the experience and personality of the main cadres in the bureau, why didn't these people know about themselves through various channels?

Understanding the boss, figuring out the intentions, and understanding the preferences of the leader are the normal state of people in the system, and it is already a tacit thing, and it is the normal feeling of people. Not only in the system, but also in many industries, there are such conventions, which is the general rule of the workplace.

Li Xuezhong's meaning of talking to him Lu Zhengdong is also generally clear, obviously hoping that after the change of director, his situation can be improved, and he can have something to do.

Lu Zhengdong has always disliked to take everything in his hands, he is more willing to let the people below share the work, make the best use of their talents, and make the best use of things has always been Lu Zhengdong's style, of course, Li Xuezhong is also a good bargaining chip to contain Zhou Shi'an and Wang Zhenhe, the triangle has stability, let these three people carry out the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is more conducive to balancing the following people, so that he can grasp the situation more smoothly.

Lu Zhengdong Wenyan talked with Li Xuezhong and left with Li Xuezhong's happy smile.

Although Lu Zhengdong told Director Zhang that the manuscript would be handled by the secretary, it was really implemented on his head, and Lu Zhengdong attached great importance to the first heavyweight meeting after his arrival. This is not an internal meeting of the Commission for the Reform of the System, but a meeting attended by multiple departments, and if it is disgraced, it will be a big disgrace.

On the basis of the reform of the power system, there has been a discussion before, and the establishment of the national power company has been completed, and on this basis, Lu Zhengdong further put forward the reform idea of pipe, plant and separation, and the focus is on the situation that the downward trend of electricity consumption in the country has been highlighted, Lu Zhengdong systematically expounded the fundamentals of the country's economic development and the trend of economic development.

In the midst of the Asian financial turmoil, the mainland has been under tremendous pressure to insist that the renminbi will not depreciate, and the country has also paid a high price; unlike countries in crisis, China's capital account is strictly controlled, and it is difficult for floating capital to attack the renminbi. A prudent external financial policy has been implemented, the size of external debt has been severely limited, and most of the foreign exchange exposure is not short-term loans, but long-term foreign direct investment.

It played the role of a responsible major country in the crisis, promising not to depreciate the yuan. This avoided a new round of currency devaluations in the countries in crisis, although this decision was not without risk at the time.

But luck belongs to the brave.

The decision not to depreciate and the policy of stabilizing the exchange rate pegged to the dollar forced the country to carry out structural adjustments, reform of the tax system, restructuring of state-owned enterprises, and reform of the banks was also on the agenda. These measures will ultimately lead to further productivity gains in the crisis.

The collapse of the banking system in Southeast Asian countries and the political instability caused by the crisis will inevitably lead export companies to move quickly to the mainland, which has cheaper labor and a large domestic market. China's commitment to a stable renminbi has won international trust, and China has received huge amounts of foreign direct investment. Although the renminbi has not depreciated, China's exports have remained competitive thanks to increased productivity...... Lu Zhengdong used detailed numbers and theories to make it clear that this was only temporary, and that because the state implemented a relatively cautious financial policy and adopted a series of measures to prevent financial risks in the past few years, it was not directly impacted by the crisis. The financial and economic sectors continue to remain basically stable, which ensures that the fundamentals of the economy are still good.

Although the fixed exchange rate policy is a constraint, it can lead to the short-term pain of structural reform and restructuring, but it can be exchanged for long-term competitiveness. In addition, the mainland has a population of more than 1 billion and has a huge domestic demand market. It is entirely possible to achieve export substitution by stimulating domestic demand. There won't be a situation like the Four Dragons.

Based on this, the oversupply situation of the decline in electricity consumption is only temporary, short-lived, and after this short-term low tide. The country's electricity consumption will inevitably have a blowout growth, and the lack of electricity will become a tight spell that restricts economic development, and will be stored for a long time. At the same time, in the long run, in order to alleviate the pressure of government investment, it is necessary to change the current status quo of state-owned power only operating state-owned power generation enterprises, and the state and local state-owned power should be open to private and type power generation enterprises on an equal footing.

The main thrust of Lu Zhengdong's speech is to hope that the separation of pipes, plants, and plants can be achieved in one step, and the acquisition of private power generation enterprises at the same price can be realized. But in order to make the power system more acceptable, a lot of things have been added to it.

After Lu Zhengdong's speech was completed, it was submitted to the leaders of the Commission for Examination and Approval, and was approved by the Commission.

At the beginning of September, the power system reform conference was held in Beijing. Yang Zheng, general manager of the newly established State Power Corporation, made a work report, Zhou Xinsheng, deputy secretary general of the State Council, presided over the meeting, and relevant leaders of the Economic Commission and the Economic Reform Commission attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Responsible comrades of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry, and other major power-consuming ministries and commissions, as well as enterprises, made speeches at the meeting.

Lu Zhengdong made a speech on the top-level design of power system reform at the meeting, because he was very well prepared and very convincing. His speech was still recognized by all parties attending the meeting, including the State Power Company.

At the conclusion of the meeting, state councilors and secretaries general of the State Council made important speeches. At the meeting, the importance of electric power as a national strategic resource was emphasized, and it was required to further explore how to promote the development of the electric power industry, provide the driving force needed for economic development, further improve and improve the leadership system for reform work, and conscientiously implement the responsibility system. It is necessary to reform and tap the potential of the power system as an important means to achieve reform and efficiency. Implement it in your daily work. It is necessary to take the opportunity of deepening various reforms to establish a long-term mechanism for the efficient development of the power system.

At the end of the meeting on the last day, Lu Zhengdong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his speech did not cause any turmoil.

Lu Zhengdong simply dealt with it outside, and went to bed after washing up after going home, during this time he was very tired of preparing for the meeting, and what was even more tiring was that this was his first important appearance after arriving in the capital, even if he was considered to have been through the wind and waves for a long time, the mental pressure was still very great, and it was not until the meeting was over that a hanging heart was put down, and the spirit was relaxed, and the whole person was tired all of a sudden.

When Lu Zhengdong was sleeping soundly, the mobile phone rang, Lu Zhengdong picked up the phone in a daze, saw that it was a very unfamiliar phone, thought it was a mistake, Lu Zhengdong was a little annoyed by such a disturbing dream, so he ignored it, put it aside and continued to fall asleep, but the phone rang relentlessly.

"Hey, who's that? Did you make the wrong call? ”

Lu Zhengdong estimated that someone had made a mistake, and asked impatiently.

"It's Lu Zhengdong, I'm Lin Junsheng......"

When Lu Zhengdong heard this, his whole head was excited, Lin Junsheng was the first deputy director of the System Reform Commission.

"Hello Director Lin, I'm Lu, Lu Zhengdong."

"Well, if there is an emergency, you can prepare, and a car will come to pick you up immediately......"

Director Lin hung up the phone after finishing, Lu Zhengdong was completely sleepy, but at this time he was also confused, it was ten o'clock in the evening, what made the dignified director of the Physical Reform Commission call him personally, and Director Lin's tone was also very elegant, could it be that there was something wrong with the speech at the meeting?

Lu Zhengdong was wearing clothes, thinking about the content of his speech, carefully thinking about whether there was anything taboo, he was originally stable in his first appearance, and the views he put forward were not very sharp, and he couldn't think of why.

Before Lu Zhengdong could figure out a reason, the car that picked him up had already arrived, and Lu Zhengdong had to get into the car with apprehension.

There was still a young man sitting in the co-pilot of the car, Lu Zhengdong thought about it, and asked tentatively:

"Uh, what's the matter with me looking for me so late?"

The young man turned around and smiled gently, and said:

"I'm just in charge of picking you up, and I don't know anything, but you'll know when you get there......"

Lu Zhengdong couldn't ask anything, so he had to stop talking.

After ten o'clock, the capital was much quieter, and the car slid quickly, and then went a little further, and turned into a door.

Lu Zhengdong looked at the place and the guards at the door, his heart jumped violently, this was obviously going to Ouchi, and his heart was becoming more and more confused.

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