Fang Wenzhou watched Jiang Yang go down the mountain.

Long after Jiang Yang and Xu Zhigao left, Fang Wenzhou was still in front of An Shengsen's tombstone on the top of the mountain.

"Secretary Geng, how long do you say it takes for a person's soul to go from pure to complex, from sunlight to darkness?"

Fang Wenzhou looked at the tombstone and said lightly.

Geng Qiusheng was dressed in a straight suit, carrying a briefcase, and responded: "It should depend on the environment around him and what happened to him before he can be judged." ”

Fang Wenzhou turned around: "Seven years." ”

Geng Qiusheng sighed slightly after hearing this: "Seven years." ”

"I've heard the chief tell the story of this Mr. Jiang."

Geng Qiusheng said: "In the summer of 1998, in the northern suburbs of Shishan County, Huazhou City, in an overgrown abandoned cannery, a cold drink workshop quietly appeared. ”

"China, Blue Whale, Bloody Wall Street, Venezuelan Inflation Incident, 2002 Financial Turmoil, Meigang Special Economic Zone."

Geng Qiusheng sighed: "In just nine years, Mr. Jiang has created too many legends. ”

Fang Wenzhou shook his head after hearing this: "That's not all. ”

"Far more than that."

Fang Wenzhou looked at Geng Qiusheng: "What he has done before, what he is doing, and what he is about to do may be beyond the imagination of all of us." ”

"Dark clouds overwhelm the city."

Fang Wenzhou said lightly: "Once, I thought that I might be able to become a partner who fought side by side with him. ”

"When I first met him, I was the head of Shishan County, he was a well-known entrepreneur in Shishan County, and I had the heart to train him at that time."

"When I met again a few years later, I was the deputy mayor of Huazhou City, and he was already the founder of the Blue Whale Group. At that time, I was already stagnant, and he was already able to talk and laugh with those core executives in Kyoto. ”

"He began to nurture me."

Geng Qiusheng was stunned.

Fang Wenzhou continued: "When we meet again today, his level is far above mine, and he has become a national weapon. But it seems to me that his heavy weapon has no hilt. ”

Geng Qiusheng was puzzled: "What did Mr. Fang say about this?" ”

Fang Wenzhou said: "There is no hilt, which means that he will hold this sword in whose hand, and where the blade will end up, I don't know." ”

"Especially after this disaster, his resentment and dissatisfaction have become even greater."

Geng Qiusheng was silent.

"That's it."

Fang Wenzhou waved his hand: "At this time, I can't keep up with his footsteps." Where he's going, whether he's going to light or dark, I can't control it anymore. ”

Geng Qiusheng smiled after hearing this: "It turns out that Mr. Fang also has people who want to follow. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the head of the DPRK and China once threw an olive branch to you, but you refused."

Fang Wenzhou smiled slightly: "Nonsense, the chief's olive branch, who dares not to accept it." ”

Geng Qiusheng turned around and looked at Fang Wenzhou: "In that case, your surname is Deng now." ”

Fang Wenzhou was silent.

Geng Qiusheng smiled: "You are still the same as before, disdainful of standing in line." ”

"The chief said that you are a respectable person."

"People like you are rare now."

Fang Wenzhou looked into the distance: "What kind of fish are raised in what pond water." ”

"There are carnivorous sharks, and there are beautiful goldfish."

"The pond in Huaxia is so big, and there are naturally more types of fish."

Geng Qiusheng looked at Fang Wenzhou's side face: "What kind of fish are you?" ”

"Me?"

Fang Wenzhou laughed at himself: "I'm a catfish." ”

Geng Qiusheng was stunned: "Catfish? ”

Fang Wenzhou said: "Yes, I will eat everything." ”

The wind is howling at the top of the mountain, accompanied by the fragrance of flowers.

Today's sunshine is just right, a great view from the top of the mountain, and the entire Huazhou can be seen at a glance.

"I don't know what kind of side you are referring to, and what the surname Deng is."

Fang Wenzhou looked at Geng Qiusheng: "I am now following Minister Deng's instructions and ideas to complete the planning and construction of Hua Province and the northern region, which has already shown my attitude. ”

"But that doesn't mean I've become a tool for some people to use, and although I think he's a man of integrity, I can't guarantee that he'll go against his intentions one day."

"The temptation of power is far greater than money."

Fang Wenzhou's eyes were profound: "On this train of history, I don't know how many people have forgotten their original intentions. ”

"Just like me."

"When a person left the countryside and wanted to enter this system, the goal was to let the villagers live a good life, eat well, and no longer be oppressed by the forces of capital."

Fang Wenzhou no longer looked at Geng Qiusheng, and his voice was low: "But when I stood high, I found a very contradictory problem. ”

"It turns out that in the process, I unknowingly became capital."

"A tool to enrich some people."

Geng Qiusheng's eyes were surprised, he couldn't believe that this was what Fang Wenzhou could say.

Fang Wenzhou continued: "If I want to get more rights and voices, I must become that tool. If I can't be that tool, I won't have more rights and voices, and then there is no point in me leaving my hometown in the first place. ”

"It's a road that has left a lot of people dead."

"Their intentions are all good."

Fang Wenzhou shook his head: "But the original intention is so fragile, so ridiculous, and so vulnerable in the face of continuous temptations." ”

"How do I stand in line in these turbulent times?"

Fang Wenzhou looked into the distance: "Standing in line represents a position, and it means that I can only look at problems, analyze problems, and implement problems for a certain position in the future." ”

"I can't see things with my own eyes, I can't think with my brain, I can't judge right and wrong."

"So what's the point of me sitting in this position?"

Fang Wenzhou pondered: "Seeking power, I am now in a high enough position. To make money, my salary is enough for me to support my family. ”

"I'm not interested in what the rich eat and wear."

"At my age, at my position."

Fang Wenzhou said: "Is there anything else I haven't seen?" ”

Geng Qiusheng nodded silently after hearing this: "What Mr. Fang said is right, I didn't understand the chief's words before. ”

"Now I understand."

"Mr. Fang, he is indeed a respectable person."

Fang Wenzhou was silent and spoke again: "Sometimes, I don't know if it's right or wrong for me to do this. ”

"If you are dedicated to the people, is you really a good official?"

"Is it really the right thing to do?"

Geng Qiusheng was stunned again.

Fang Wenzhou said: "This person in the tombstone is a real hero. His wife, relatives, and brothers gave almost all of their lives to protect the land and people under their feet. ”

"He has done so much for Huazhou, for the people and people of Huazhou."

However, when he was most helpless and desperate, it was precisely the people he once protected......

"The bite he bites the hardest."