Chen Yang stood in front of the windowsill, raised his wrist and looked at his watch, there was still more than half an hour before the meeting of the Standing Committee.

He lit a cigarette and inhaled silently.

Today's Standing Committee is just a routine meeting, and according to the practice of the Huahai Municipal Party Committee, it should have been scheduled for Friday afternoon, but it was brought forward to the morning by Gao Ming, and it was naturally not difficult for Chen Yang to guess the reason.

As for the few topics that were originally going to be passed at the meeting, of course he also knew, in addition to discussing the matters related to the municipal government about Huahai City's hosting of the F1 race, the other topics had little to do with him, including the transfer of the main leading cadres of some committees and bureaus at the end of the year, he didn't have much right to speak, basically the troika of the municipal party committee could be decided after discussion, at most, at the meeting, Gao Ming would ask "Mayor Chen, do you have any other opinions?" Respect for him.

Obviously, because of the suddenness of the Zhou Wangnan incident, the appointment of a new director of the financial bureau will definitely be added to the personnel agenda this time.

Although Chen Yang couldn't intervene on personnel issues, it took him a lot of effort to get Zhou Wangnan away, and if the new director of the finance bureau was a senior person, this would obviously be contrary to his original intention, and he was definitely not a person who specialized in doing stupid things that hurt others and did not benefit himself.

However, how to ensure that the newly elected candidate for the director of the municipal finance bureau is in his interests obviously needs to be carefully considered.

In fact, when Chen Yang decided to make a move on Zhou Wangnan, he already had several candidates in mind. One is Qin Gang, the mayor of Nancheng District, who is in his early forties. looks young, but in fact, he has been in the position of the mayor of Nancheng District for nearly six years and has not touched the nest, it is obvious that he is a marginal person who is free outside the core of the high system, and of course there is a breath of fire in his heart, as soon as Chen Yang arrived in Huahai, this guy took the initiative to come to the dock, and Chen Yang also had access to Xue Xiaobao's channel. Knowing that Qin Gang was trusted by Xue Rui, he welcomed Qin Gang with reservations when he took the initiative to move closer to him, and after observing it for more than a year, he learned that this Qin Gang was still a usable person. The work of Nancheng District has always been in the forefront of the city's six districts and one county. This is very revealing, it's just because Qin Gang offended Shi Minghui in the past that he hasn't been promoted, and now this guy comes to him to report to him if he has nothing to do, obviously gambling his life on himself. For such a cadre who has surrendered his name, Chen Yang certainly hopes to put such a cadre in a more critical and important position.

The second candidate in his mind is his student Wang Wanping. Wang Wanping is now one of the many deputy directors of the Finance Bureau, if he can let his students take charge of the financial department, this is obviously the most ideal situation, but he knows very well in his heart that the possibility of Wang Wanping is very small, first of all, the current problems of the Finance Bureau have not been thoroughly investigated, and it is certainly unlikely that another person will be selected from within to replace Zhou Wangnan's vacancy. This is an unspoken rule recognized by everyone in officialdom, and another and the most critical factor. No matter how generous Gao Ming is, it is absolutely impossible to agree to let Wang Wanping take over Zhou Wangnan's class. Unless he is so soft-minded, after all, almost everyone in the Huahai officialdom now knows that he, a former party school professor, has a close relationship with his students in Huahai.

As for the third candidate, there was no original, and it was also a recent period of time, and the idea suddenly came to mind, this candidate is none other than Liao Dahai, secretary of the Huadong County Party Committee, because he has been to Huadong County many times to investigate, but he has had a lot of contact with Liao Dahai, he was originally not very interested in this high-level cadre, but somehow, Liao Dahai was very flattering to him, and even put on a posture of taking the initiative to get closer to his dock, which made him feel a little strange, but think about it carefully, Xue Xiaobao is now serving as the deputy secretary of the party committee in Huadong County, and I think this old Liao must have learned some of his deep-seated background from Xue Xiaobao's mouth, if you compare Gao Ming, who may be promoted from Huahai when he follows, it is more secure and promising to stand behind someone, this choice is actually not difficult, in fact, this is also the root cause of many cadres gathered around Chen Yang for more than a year, it cannot be said that these cadres are realistic, but it can only be said that officialdom is so realistic. And Liao Dahai is obviously a smart person.

It stands to reason that with Liao Dahai's current position, serving in the Finance Bureau is at most a flat adjustment, and even a bit of demotion, but the situation in East China County has already been said many times, if Liao Dahai is dedicated to developing agriculture in East China County, then he is estimated to be able to mix with a deputy mayor in his life, not to mention comparing East China County with the core and vital departments of the Finance Bureau, thinking that if he is allowed to choose, he will definitely choose to work in the Finance Bureau without hesitation.

Taking a deep puff of cigarette, Chen Yang filtered the three people in his mind one by one, and then walked back to the desk, extinguished the cigarette that he had smoked in half, picked up the telephone on the desktop, and seemed to hesitate, but finally dialed a relatively unfamiliar phone number.

"Hey, is it Secretary Fang?"

"Hehe, Mayor Chen, hello."

"Secretary Fang, do you have time to talk for a while?"

"Hehe, what did Mayor Chen say, I've been busy for a while, and I've long wanted to find an opportunity to report to Mayor Chen, why don't I go over?"

"Don't, Secretary Fang, the Standing Committee will be held soon, and I don't have much to do here, so I just go to your place and drink a cup of tea."

Yes, Chen Yang's call was indeed made to Fang Yi, that's right, Fang Yi was a tiger temporarily dormant in his eyes, but at this time, he had no other choice

At half past ten, the Standing Committee started on time.

The cadres who attended the Standing Committee meeting once again realized what it means to be prescient.

Gao Ming had obviously made all the preparations before the meeting, just to prepare for a possible dispute, but this dispute. It still came as scheduled.

Most of the previous topics did not cause much controversy, and they were passed on to the Standing Committee very smoothly. However, when Wu Yunsong, the head of the organization department, proposed that Gao Jian, the head of the coastal district, be appointed as the director of the finance bureau, Chen Yang decisively interrupted the normal speaking procedure and raised his objections in a clear-cut manner.

Chen Yang's attitude was very firm, and he said: "According to the principle of the party's organizational work, all the topics of cadre appointment and dismissal should be studied and communicated before the meeting. I am the deputy secretary of the Huahai City Party Committee and the mayor of the government, and I have the right to put forward opinions on the candidates for the director of the Finance Bureau, but the municipal party committee did not ask for my opinion before making such an important personnel adjustment. I have reservations about that. Moreover, I am very frank and frankly say that I personally do not think that Comrade Gao Jian is the most suitable candidate for the director of the Finance Bureau. ”

According to the practice of officialdom, the party committee firmly controls the personnel power, and the same is true in Huahai, Gao Ming is the secretary of the municipal party committee and the squad leader. Personnel power has always been firmly controlled by him, although Chen Yang is the deputy secretary of the party committee, but in this area, he can't interfere at all.

Of course, since Chen Yang chose to make trouble at this time, he must have been fully prepared, otherwise, it would be really empty. It's a busy day.

Immediately after, Chen Yang did not leave time for others to interject. Continuing to say in a firm tone: "I don't have any bad opinions about Comrade Gao Jian's worksheet, but. First, Comrade Gao Jian was only transferred to Binhai District last year, and the work had just started, so he was asked to change his position in such a short period of time, which is also not in line with the principle of employing people in our organizational work, and secondly, and most importantly, everyone must have read the circulation of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, although Zhou Wangnan's problem is still under investigation for the time being, but judging from the situation that has been verified, his problem is absolutely not small, and this needs to arouse the vigilance of all of us here, and this time the chaos of the Municipal Finance Bureau is not small, and Comrade Gao Jian is a decent person, which can be certain. Third, Comrade Gao Jian had been working in the municipal party committee office and had not worked for a long time at the grassroots level, and he was not very familiar with financial work, so the conditions for him to become director of the finance bureau were very immature. ”

Chen Yang firmly listed one, two, and three reasons, and every sentence was to the point, not without purpose.

Gao Ming obviously expected that Chen Yang would have different opinions, but he didn't expect Chen Yang's attitude to be so resolute this time, and after subconsciously turning his head to look at Chen Yang, he suddenly frowned secretly, could it be that this kid was really so naïve to think that he could already meddle in the matter of personnel? Hmph, I don't know what to say.

Although he was secretly annoyed in his heart, Gao Ming was not in a hurry to make a final decision, but said lightly: "Mayor Chen, the Finance Bureau is the key cabinet bureau of the municipal government, and the work must be coherent, and it must not affect the overall development of Huahai because of Zhou Wangnan's disciplinary violations. ”

Chen Yang's face remained unchanged, and he immediately said: "I agree with Secretary Gao's view, the Finance Bureau cannot be without a handsome for a day. Immediately afterwards, he changed his words, "However, if the municipal party committee has to discuss the issue of candidates at this standing committee, then I think that the most mature candidates should be screened from within the Finance Bureau, and it will work to promote a deputy director, or temporarily preside over the work by a deputy director. I think it is very appropriate for him to take over the work of temporarily presiding over the rectification of the Finance Bureau. ”

Chen Yang had a posture of being virtuous and not avoiding relatives, and clearly put forward his favorite candidate. It's just that his approach is undoubtedly very immature in the eyes of others.

Suddenly, many members of the Standing Committee present secretly shook their heads, this Mayor Chen is still too young.

Soon, when Chen Yang finished speaking, Deputy Secretary Shi Minghui immediately lit up the microphone in front of the table and said: "The Finance Bureau has always been under the supervision and management of the municipal government, and now there are corrupt elements like Zhou Wangnan, which has undoubtedly had a very bad impact on the image of our municipal government, which is really sad." ”

What he said meant was that although everyone in Huahai officialdom knew that Zhou Wangnan was a smart person, he skillfully splashed a basin of dirty water on the side of the city government first, and even people couldn't find words to refute it, after all, the Finance Bureau was indeed under the jurisdiction of the city government. It is obviously impossible for the city government to be alone in this matter.

"Given that Zhou Wangnan is currently under investigation. The issue of the Finance Bureau has not yet been clarified. It is not appropriate to promote a local comrade of the Finance Bureau or to have the deputy of the Finance Bureau preside over the work; the Finance Bureau is now experiencing such a big corruption problem, and it is necessary for a comrade with a strong party spirit and principles to take care of this rudder, and Comrade Gao Jian's party spirit and principle are something that the municipal party committee can absolutely rest assured about, so I think it is appropriate for him to be appointed director of the Finance Bureau. As for the business side, there are so many cadres in the Finance Bureau. Are they all useless people? ”

Chen Yang glanced at Shi Minghui, who had a wooden-colored face, and said-for-tat: "Zhou Wangnan's problem is a personal problem, not a problem of the Finance Bureau system, this point must be clearly distinguished, we can't doubt it out of thin air, and we can't generalize from partiality." We cannot look at our comrades through colored glasses. ”

"It's not a suspicion. Instead, it is better to protect comrades, and from common sense, it is not appropriate to promote comrades in the Finance Bureau until the Discipline Inspection Commission has made a clear conclusion on Zhou Wangnan's issue. Shi Minghui's attitude is equally tough, and his words are conclusive.

When the two debated fiercely, Gao Ming never said a word, just silently drank his favorite strong tea. A non-self-respecting attitude.

It's just that after the dispute between Chen Yang and Shi Minghui became white-hot, he put down the teacup, glanced at the venue coldly, coughed lightly, and said, "What other comrades have any opinions?" ”

The members of the Standing Committee present know that Gao Ming's words mean that he is going to make a final decision, and the deputy secretary of the party committee who is currently in charge of the organization. With the Minister of Organization and the Mayor disagreeing, the room was unusually quiet. No one wants to wade into this troubled water.

And this silence lasted for more than ten seconds, just as Gao Ming was about to finalize the sound. Fang Yi, the deputy secretary who had not spoken at the meeting, pressed the microphone in front of him at this time, and said in a low voice: "Secretary Gao, I have a not very mature idea, first of all, I personally agree with Comrade Minghui's opinion, before the internal problems of the Finance Bureau are not thoroughly investigated, it is not appropriate to be promoted from within the Finance Bureau or temporarily presided over the daily work of the Finance Bureau by the internal personnel of the Finance Bureau, Zhou Wangnan is a lesson from the past, secondly, I agree with Comrade Gao Jian's party spirit and principles, but according to some of the information I have learned, Comrade Gao Jian has a relative who currently runs a real estate company in Huahai and has business dealings with the Municipal Finance Bureau, so I don't think he is a suitable candidate for the director of the Finance Bureau. ”

Fang Yi's words are very beautiful, neither side can be offended, but in the officialdom, the result of not offending both sides may be that both sides are offended.

Obviously, Fang Yi is not such a stupid official.

Of course, Gao Ming didn't expect Fang Yi to jump out of this troubled water at this time, but for Fang Yi, he was obviously not as wary of Chen Yang as he was, Fang Yi was currently in Huahai, that is, a member of the Standing Committee in the fourth or fifth position, and he didn't have much say on key issues such as personnel appointments, at most his own vote in the final vote.

Of course, Fang Yi's behavior at the moment was intolerable, and he immediately said with a calm face: "Deputy Secretary Fang, since your idea is immature, then we will not discuss it at the meeting for the time being." ”

Fang Yi didn't feel any embarrassment because Gao Ming was slapped in the face at the moment, he smiled faintly and said: "Secretary Gao, according to the organizational principle of democratic centralism, the appointment of personnel issues related to important matters will be decided by the final meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. ”

Gao Ming glanced at Fang Yi deeply, and then said coldly: "Oh, Deputy Secretary Fang, do you have the right person to recommend?" ”

"Yes." Fang Yi nodded, "Comrade Liao Dahai, Secretary of the Party Committee of Huadong County, has a lot of experience at the grassroots level, and has many years of experience in the ruling party, plus he has worked in the Municipal Economic and Trade Commission, I personally think that it is appropriate for him to be the director of the Finance Bureau to clean up this mess." ”

As soon as Fang Yi said this, not only Gao Ming was secretly surprised, but the other Standing Committee members also thought so.

In fact, objectively speaking, the Liao Dahai recommended by Fang Yi is indeed a good candidate.

For a while, Gao Ming couldn't get off the stage, he asked who else had a candidate to recommend, originally just asked casually, but I didn't expect someone to take the opportunity to jump out, although Fang Yi has no right to speak on personnel issues, but after all, he is the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, and the energy behind Fang Yi is not small, unless necessary, he is not very willing to tear his face with Fang Yi, not to mention that if he really makes a statement on the spot to reject the candidate recommended by others. That's also slapping yourself in the face, isn't it, let the other people present think about it.

Then. No one spoke in the conference room, and Gao Ming's eyes looked around the audience, and his heart was quite undecided.

Judging from the current situation, although the thoughts of the Standing Committee members are different, it is obvious that basically no one will choose to support Chen Yang's opinion, and this is his bottom line. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the edge of the conference table, where sat a capable officer in a straight military uniform, although this lord does not come often, and he can't control the overall situation when he comes, but every time he comes back for a meeting, he always feels a little unhappy in his heart. Because he knew it in his heart. This guy made it clear that he was here to be a voting machine for Chen Yang.

As for Gao Jian or Liao Dahai, Cheng Biting Jin, who suddenly came out, both have their own advantages and disadvantages, in fact, if he hadn't been close to Chen Yang recently, he would still value this person, and Liao Dahai would have cleaned up the mess of the Finance Bureau is obviously much stronger than Gao Jian, who has a weak personality, and it is more in line with his desire to hope that this matter will not be more widely implicated.

It's just that Fang Yi jumped out like this. It was really unexpected and did catch him off guard. Not only him, but Shi Minghui and Wu Yunsong were also a little confused, and they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Fang Yi's gourd.

After weighing the pros and cons, Gao Ming spoke: "Originally, according to the organizational procedures, it was not possible to make such a hasty decision on the appointment of personnel for such a key position, but now the situation is special, and the Finance Bureau is a place where the whole body is involved. Someone should be specifically responsible, and this matter should be done to come up with a plan. In order to minimize the adverse impact, for the three candidates proposed by several comrades. Since there are differences of opinion among the people, the three comrades will be voted by secret ballot in accordance with the principle of democratic centralism. ”

Clever attitude is the final attitude, and soon, the staff was quickly ready to vote.

In addition to Zheng Junming, secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection who went to Yanjing to handle the case, the remaining twelve members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee were all listed, however, the result of the vote surprised many people, Liao Dahai received six votes, Gao Jian recommended by Shi Minghui only received five votes, and there were two abstentions, as for Wang Wanping, who was recommended by Chen Yang, it was a pity that he did not get a single vote.

At this point, Liao Dahai's transfer to the post of director of the Finance Bureau has become a foregone conclusion.

Not to mention the Standing Committee of the Standing Committee, even Gao Ming was taken aback, although he had a dispensable attitude, but he knew very well that he voted for Gao Jian, and he voted for the top two votes, even in this case, Gao Jian still lost to Liao Dahai, which can only be said to be the will of God.

Or it shows that the eyes of the masses are bright, and Gao Jian is indeed not suitable to be the director of the Finance Bureau. Also, what makes people wonder is, who voted for those two invalid votes? and the master of the military division, didn't this guy come here to pat Chen Yang's ass, why didn't he even support Wang Wanping, who was recommended by Chen Yang? Oh, by the way, I almost forgot that Wang Wanping's votes were zero, that is to say, in the final vote to decide the candidate, even Chen Yang himself did not vote for the candidate he highly recommended.

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Gao Ming seemed to vaguely feel that he had been put on the table, so that when the meeting was adjourned, his face was obviously a little ugly, but this matter was his final decision, and it was impossible for him to overturn the final decision of the Standing Committee. In desperation, he could only sweep the faces of the Standing Committee members one by one with a cold gaze, trying to find some clues from them, and then he was the first to get up and left the conference room without saying a word

A week later.

It was also another Friday morning, and Chen Yang's office welcomed a comrade who came to report to him.

"Mayor Chen, I have compiled the details of the income and expenditure of Huahai City's financial mouth in detail in the past five years, please check it."

A slightly nervous voice sounded in front of Chen Yang's desk, it was none other than Comrade Liao Dahai, the new director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, who had just taken office.

"Oh, it's done so quickly?" Chen Yang raised his eyebrows slightly, and casually took a thick booklet handed over by Liao Dahai.

"Well, that's the case, Mayor Chen, you are in a hurry, so after I took over the specific work of the Finance Bureau, I immediately organized the business backbone of the Bureau to work overtime to sort out the materials."

"Well, Lao Liao, you've worked hard." Chen Yang praised the other party, and opened the booklet casually, but he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. At the beginning, I asked Zhou Wangnan several times to sort out these materials for myself, but this guy has always been against himself. It's just such a booklet, and it hasn't been published for more than half a year, but now once he changes to his own person, it has an immediate effect, which has to say that Zhou Wangnan has fallen to the point where he is today, and it can only be said that he is to blame.

"Mayor Chen. Don't say that, it's all my business. Liao Dahai said while carefully looking at his new boss, this time he gambled on his political future, and bet that he didn't follow the wrong big boss.

Chen Yang glanced at it a few times and put it down again, smiled and took out two cigarettes from the cigarette case and handed one to Liao Dahai. Liao Dahai hurriedly bent down slightly to take it. Then he took out a lighter, lit it for Chen Yang first, and then lit a cigarette for himself.

Chen Yang's gaze inadvertently swept over the silver lighter that Liao Dahai held in his hand, and said with a faint smile: "Hehe, Lao Liao, although your Givenchy fireboat is a copycat, it is not worth a few dollars." But I'd say you'd better not take it with you in the future, and there are many people in your current position who are staring at you with a magnifying glass every day. ”

Liao Dahai immediately burst out of a big cold sweat on his back when he heard this, this lighter was given by a friend in one of his shopping malls, but the guy didn't say what kind of knock-off, and he kept saying that it was a limited edition worth thousands of euros, and he didn't want to accept this gift at the beginning, but this lighter was beautiful and well-made, and he really liked it. I reluctantly accepted it, but who knows. It turned out to be a knockoff, if it weren't for the wrong place that friend bought it. It's that he was put in a position by that guy, and what's even more embarrassing is that he was actually seen by the big boss at a glance.

Of course, he didn't have time to be embarrassed now, Chen Yang's words had obvious warning meanings, and he hurriedly said with a sincere and fearful face: "Mayor Chen, what you said is that I will throw this gadget in the trash when I go back." ”

At this time, I was secretly a little glad in my heart, fortunately this firer is a copycat version, otherwise it would be really difficult to explain it to the boss.

Chen Yang smiled and did not continue this topic, for economic issues, he asked himself whether he could stand up to inspection, frank and selfless, but for the cadres under him, he did not dare to guarantee that all of them were clean officials like him, and if the water was clear, there would be no fish, after all, he also knew that none of his subordinates might have such a strong economic strength as him, which was the reason why he often turned a blind eye to some small things, of course, what kind of muddy water is, he has his own degree of certainty, once it exceeds his bottom line, Then he would never allow such cadres to surround him.

"Mayor Chen, according to your request, I personally checked all the large sums of more than 100,000 yuan signed by Zhou Wangnan to approve the expenditure, but for the time being, I did not find any problems with strict zhòng, only two payments violated the financial regulations, but they were not too strict." Liao Dahai continued to report.

"Oh, which two?"

Chen Yang frowned and asked.

"These two transfers are related to the same construction engineering company called Zhongtian International, one is 65 million, one is 87 million, both are the company's project money for the City Paradise project, the Municipal Finance Bureau paid to the other party in advance before the project acceptance, but after the project also passed the acceptance audit, and Zhou Wangnan also made the accounts very beautiful, which also found that some cadres in the Finance Bureau did not adhere to the principles, On the contrary, he took a protective and conniving attitude towards Zhou Wangnan's bold and reckless disciplinary violations, and it took me a lot of effort to find out, Mayor Chen, do you want to?"

Chen Yang waved his hand and interrupted Liao Dahai's report: "Okay, Lao Liao, the matter of the case will be handed over to the comrades of the Commission for Discipline Inspection to investigate, your first job is to catch the work of the Finance Bureau, not to hold on to these details, you remember, I only have one request for you." ”

"Okay, I see, I'll work hard to live up to the mayor's expectations."

Liao Dahai said repeatedly, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he originally thought that finding these things could win Chen Yang's appreciation, after all, everyone knew that Chen Yang and Zhou Wangnan did not deal with each other, and even many people in private were speculating that Zhou Wangnan was brought down by Chen Yang, but who knows, Chen Yang didn't seem to have much interest in this matter at this time, this was really a waste of his efforts, and he slapped the horse on the horse's leg.

"By the way, Lao Liao, how much living money does the city finance have at its disposal now? I want an accurate number. Chen Yang asked again.

"Excluding the items that must be paid in the budget, if we do not add the fiscal revenue in the fourth quarter, the total disposable liquidity in the treasury at present is 22.356 billion yuan." Liao Dahai quickly reported a number, obviously he had done his homework before reporting to Chen Yang.

"What? Only more than 20 billion? ”

Chen Yang said dumbly, his surprised appearance was not pretended, the original number reported to him by Zhou Wangnan was about more than 50 billion, and it had shrunk by more than half in just a few years.

Liao Dahai smiled bitterly: "Mayor, this is the accurate amount of living money you want, if you add some names that can be borrowed, I want to make up again, it should reach about 50 billion." ”

This number is close, but it is still far from Chen Yang's request.

Chen Yang has always felt that Hua Hai is very rich, who knows that he doesn't know that firewood and rice are expensive, this money seems to be a lot, but if it is used to realize his super-large project, it is obviously far from enough, when Zhou Wangnan was in charge of the Finance Bureau, he was used to him, and he was too lazy to ask about the affairs of the financial department, and now I know that this family is not good.

Where can I get the money?

Thinking of the package ticket he made with Yan Lingguo, Huahai City's finance can provide at least about 100 billion financial support, and his head hurts even more. (To be continued......)