Since the 80s, Xu Kangnian has been staring at the cars speeding by on the streets of Beijing.

It is a pity that it is impossible for a department-level cadre like him to have a car according to the state's regulations on allocating cars for leading cadres, and there are so many cadres of his level in the capital that if even he is equipped with a bus, then the streets of the capital will immediately be congested.

Sometimes Xu Kangnian thought to himself, if he didn't work in the capital, but a local cadre, how good it would be, although according to the regulations, those local cadres are not qualified to allocate cars, but after all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and many cadres have their own cars to save the country.

Owning a car of your own was almost an unattainable dream for most men in the eighties and nineties.

Xu Kangnian's Beijing Construction Committee owns many buses, and he and other department- and section-level cadres in his unit often borrow cars from the drivers of the unit on Sundays and holidays, learn to drive, and enjoy driving until they finally get the car book.

But until he retired in the early 90s, he didn't have a car of his own, and he couldn't even afford tens of thousands of yuan of Xiali.

This time, Song Yu called him in Wulin City and asked him to go to the car store in the capital to choose an off-road vehicle of about 400,000 yuan as a car for him by Xiangyang Electronics.

Hearing this on the phone, Xu Kangnian couldn't believe his ears, he hurriedly excused himself and said that he was accustomed to the work style of hard work, and the office funds of Xiangyang Electronics should also be very tight, so he could save a little.

The reason why Xu Kangnian spoke like this was completely out of habit, it was like when the leader talked to him before he retired and wanted to promote him, he would definitely deliberately excuse himself and put on an indifferent appearance of fame and fortune. It's not bad to say that Lao Zhang is of noble character, Lao Li is also good, and his professional ability is very strong.

It wasn't until he found out that the leader really wanted to promote him sincerely, that he reluctantly said: "Since the leader trusts me so much and puts such an important burden on my shoulders, I must work hard to do a good job!" ”

Now hearing Song Yu say that Xiangyang Electronics actually wants to take out a huge sum of 400,000 yuan to equip him with an off-road vehicle, Xu Kangnian once again put on the same posture.

But Song Yu didn't have the kung fu to fight guerrilla warfare with Xu Kangnian in circles like a superior leader, and he said bluntly: "Old Xu, why are you talking so much nonsense? If you want to buy it, you will buy it! This is the treatment we give to you from Sunningdale, I hope you will work well for Sunningdale in the future! I know you have a driver's license, hurry up to buy a car, and rush to Wulin City as soon as possible after getting the license plate, you are needed here! ”

Xu Kangnian hung up the phone, and he felt like he was about to float up like a balloon.

He walked out of the house quickly and stood on the street blankly, standing for a long time before remembering what he should do now - immediately find a 4 s shop to choose a car!

This time, the purpose of choosing a car is very strong, that is, to pick an off-road vehicle of about 400,000 yuan.

And in the mid-90s, most of the cars of this type were imported, and the domestic 212 simply did not cost so much money.

Xu Kangnian, who is in his sixties, ran all day without feeling tired at all, and did not even feel thirsty.

After running several 4 s stores, he finally picked an original imported Mitsubishi Pajero.

Xu Kangnian circled around Pajero like a donkey, and he liked it very much.

When he got married, his comrades said that his lover was beautiful, like the heroine of the sentinel under the neon lights of the movie. But even so, Xu Kangnian was not as excited as he is now when he met his daughter-in-law for the first time!

After looking at it for a long time, Xu Kangnian asked tremblingly: "How much is this car?" ”

The car sales staff in the 4 S store in the 90s were very arrogant, and the girl in her early 20s looked at Xu Kangnian, who was obviously a retired old man, and replied, "Which one are you asking?" The price of this kind of car is different according to different configurations and displacements, and there are many differences. ”

"What's the cheapest?" Xu Kangnian asked.

"The cheapest 360,000." The salesman replied.

Xu Kang felt very satisfied, this price met the standard of about 400,000 yuan that Song Yu told him.

However, according to the good habit of asking for more instructions and reporting more that he has developed as a cadre for so many years, Xu Kangnian hurriedly went outside to find a phone booth and called Song Yu and asked: "Mr. Song, I am optimistic about a Mitsubishi Pajero, only 360,000, do you think it's okay?" ”

Song Yu knows more about automobiles, especially imported cars, than Xu Kangnian.

He hesitantly asked, "Is the Mitsubishi Pajero so cheap?" I remember more than 500,000 yuan. ”

Xu Kangnian immediately explained: "I have already asked in the 4 s store, it is the simplest kind in displacement and configuration, 360,000 is enough!" ”

Hearing Xu Kangnian's words, Song Yu said categorically: "Since you want to buy it, buy the best, buy the top one, that is, the kind of more than 500,000!" I'll call the financial staff of Sunningdale Headquarters immediately, and then you will go over and pick up the check! ”

After speaking, Song Yu hung up the phone.

Xu Kangnian was stunned for a long time holding the phone in the phone booth, it turned out that buying a car was so simple.

He hurried to the headquarters of Xiangyang Electronics Building in Beijing, got a check of 550,000 yuan from the accountant in the finance room, and then ran back to the 4 S store.

When Xu Kangnian handed the check to the people in the 4 S shop, the salesman was impressed by him, a retired old man. The meat of the bun is not on the pleats, and there are so many rich people in the capital who are not visible and do not leak!

When Xu Kangnian drove the more than 500,000 top-of-the-line Pajero back to his community, it caused a sensation.

The capital has a history of hundreds of years, and the people here have formed a fixed concept, that is, everything is about rank, and making a sedan chair should also pay attention to rank!

What kind of people can drive more than 500,000 cars in the capital now? At least at the ministerial level, right?

After Xu Kangnian got out of the car, he circled around the car, pulled all four doors again, and made sure that all were locked before he smiled and said to the people who were watching the excitement: "I am doing things for Xiangyang Electronics now, this is the office car they allocated to me!" ”

His words caused an exclamation, but most of the reaction was negative.

Some people say that now that private companies have made a few stinky money, they are so ostentatious, and they need to be rectified. Some people say that Xiangyang Electronics must be uneasy and kind to Xu Kangnian for giving so many benefits, and wants to use his relationship to make a lot of money by contracting projects in the capital.

Hearing all kinds of discussions, Xu Kangnian hurriedly explained: "Don't you know who I am? I'm just a little director, and a cadre like me is a fart in the capital! Besides, Xiangyang Electronics has no plans to contract projects in the capital, and they are now preparing to build a brewery and a large gymnasium in Wulin City, so they asked me to help. I'm even more nothing after I arrive in Wulin City! ”

When Xu Kangnian returned home, his wife had already cooked the meal, and the two of them sat down to eat.

Xu Kangnian had just eaten half of the bowl of rice before he walked to the window and looked downstairs to see if the Mitsubishi Pajero was still there.

From this time on, until he went to bed at night, Xu Kangnian had to look downstairs through the window every half an hour to look at the sedan SUV.

After going to bed at night, just lying down for an hour, Xu Kangnian secretly got up and lay in front of the window and looked at the Pajero downstairs affectionately.

When he got up from bed for the third time in the night, his wife finally couldn't bear it anymore and scolded: "If you're afraid of losing, it's better to sleep in the car directly!" The car thief even got you away, I can't see it and I don't bother! I can't even sleep all day long! ”

Hearing his wife say this, Xu Kangnian really got dressed and went downstairs, opened the car door and got into the car.

He sat in the driver's seat, looked at the touch, he couldn't put it down, and then just like his wife said, Xu Kangnian fell asleep in the back seat of the off-road vehicle.

Although it is not as wide as the bed, Xu Kangnian just feels comfortable!

The next day, Song Yu called Xu Kangning and asked him about his car purchase.

Song Yu said: "Lao Xu, you have to get the license plate as soon as possible, and then hurry over!" Wulin City is urging us to discuss the design of the gymnasium, but we are all laymen in this kind of architectural problem, so come over quickly! ”

Ten days later, Xu Kangnian drove his beloved Pajero to Wulin City.

Song Yu took the team to the field to play, and it was Wang Weidong who received him.

Wang Weidong arranged for Xu Kangnian to live in the football team's training base.

The first thing Xu Kangnian did after coming to the football training base was to find a bucket of water to scrub his dear Pajero.

"Lao Xu, the car is used to drive. When this one breaks down, we'll give you a better one! Wang Weidong said.

The next day, the two rushed to the Wulin Municipal Government to discuss the design of the gymnasium.

The Wulin Municipal Government attaches great importance to this matter, and the future Wulin City Gymnasium will be a dazzling city card, which must be designed and built well!

Qiu Jingrong, deputy mayor in charge of education, sports and health, personally received the two people.

Qiu Jingrong asked the staff to spread out the design sketches of the gymnasium drawn by the design institute on several desks for Wang Wangdong and Xu Kangnian to see.

Xu Kangnian asked after reading more than a dozen design sketches: "Vice Mayor Qiu, I heard Chairman Wang say that the city plans to let Xiangyang Electronics invest 150 million yuan to build this gymnasium. Although I just looked at a few design sketches, I think that if I build according to this drawing, I can't get 150 million, even 200 million! ”

"How so? The design institute has a project budget report, and I can ask them to show you the project budget report, which should not exceed 150 million. Qiu Jingrong said with a smile.

Xu Kangnian immediately shook his head and said: "I am still very experienced in municipal construction, in the 50s I participated in the top ten construction of the capital, of course, at that time I was just a small designer below, in the 80s in order to meet the Asian Games in the 90s, the city built several new stadiums, in this regard I am responsible for the on-site construction, so I am still very familiar with the construction of the building." If Xiangyang Electronics is built in full accordance with your design drawings, I can say that I can't get 200 million now! If Vice Mayor Qiu doesn't believe it, your government can sign a contract with Xiangyang Electronics, and Xiangyang Electronics will invest 150 million yuan, and the excess part will be completely borne by your Wulin Municipal Government, what do you think? Xu Kangnian asked.

Hearing Xu Kangnian say this, Qiu Jingrong smiled awkwardly.

"Comrade Lao Xu, isn't this the case with municipal construction, it's common to exceed the budget!" Qiu Jingrong said.

"If it's all paid for by your city, then I won't say anything. This kind of thing is indeed very common, sometimes two or three times, three or four times the budget is not more than enough, the original budget of 10 million project, by the time the project is completed, it may have cost 60 or 70 million. There's no way, it's hard to ride a tiger, you can only add! Xu Kangnian said.

This kind of manipulation in construction is very common. In order to get the approval of the construction project from the higher authorities, the cadres at the bottom will try to lower the budget as much as possible when writing the plan and making the report, and when the project is halfway through the construction and there is no money, the higher authorities have no choice but to increase the budget.

But it was all the country's money, and now Xu Kangnian, as a member of Sunningdale Electronics, must point out the problems in the design. In the future, if the city government says that Xiangyang Electronics has not complied with the contract to build the gymnasium, and then forcibly take back the gymnasium that has been built half, what can be done?

If you don't get it, the 500,000 square meters of land that has been promised to Sunnings, will also be forcibly recovered in the name of Sunnings not abiding by the contract, and Sunnings will be beaten by then.

Of course, this is the worst expected outcome, and the Wulin City Government may be more reasonable than this. But be sure to prepare for the worst before doing anything, so that you can be prepared.

"In this case, Vice Mayor Qiu, I can bring back all the drawings or make a copy and find a third-party design institute to estimate the cost and see how much it will cost us to build this stadium?" Wang Weidong said.

Qiu Jingrong smiled and said to Wang Weidong: "Chairman Wang, I brought in your Red Star Beer Team and the 200,000-ton beer project at the beginning, and now the Red Star Beer Team has won glory for our Wulin City, which makes me, the deputy mayor, feel very honored!" However, I am the deputy mayor in charge of physical education and health, so I am not familiar with construction. In this way, I will reflect this matter to several other leaders, maybe we have a little mistake in the construction budget, and see if we can find a way to make up for it. In a few days, the city government will come up with a solid plan. ”

On the way back to the football training base by Wang Weidong and Xu Kangnian, Wang Weidong patted Xu Kangnian on the shoulder and said: "Old Xu, it's really good, it deserves to be an old building!" If we don't have you, what will we do when we ride the tiger? ”

"Sooner or later, this problem will be discovered, I just saw this in advance. Now I am also a member of Sunning, so I naturally have to consider the problem from the standpoint of Sunning. Xu Kangnian said.

(End of chapter)