Zhengfeng Hotel across the street from the county government.

Located on the easternmost side of the third floor, Room 317 is a large suite.

Many cadres in Zhengfeng County know that in addition to the office in the county government building, Wang Jingsheng, the county magistrate, occasionally works here.

As the former county government guest house, Zhengfeng Hotel was transformed from a public institution to an enterprise after marketization. Since it has always been used as a reception hotel in the county, the habit of the main leaders of the county who like to work here has also continued.

Although the Shangyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government later jointly promulgated the "Regulations on Strictly Prohibiting Leading Cadres from Renting Hotels and Hotel Rooms for a Long Time as Office Space," Wang Jingsheng still keenly grasped the word "long-term" in the regulations. Gently use "occasionally" to effectively rub the ball to the edges.

In the eyes of County Magistrate Wang, Zhengfeng Hotel, which has been renovated and renovated according to four-star standards, has no luxury service facilities.

Although he is one of the best in the county, he has seen too many luxurious places than here.

The main reason is that the county often holds government reception and investment promotion activities in Zhengfeng Hotel. Entertain guests nearby, and work by the way, which is efficient and convenient.

Privately, he has another purpose.

I go in and out of the county office building every day, and I can't maintain a sense of mystery with my subordinates.

You must know that if a leading cadre wants to have a far-sighted view and focus on the overall situation, he must keep a certain distance from the cadres and masses below him, so that he will not be led astray by his subordinates.

This is what the so-called distance generates authority.

Moreover, in the county government, there are often retired cadres who are not interested, or petitioners who do not know the height of the sky, and ask to see the county magistrate by name.

These people must have watched too many Hong Kong films and thought they were "taxpayers".

In this case, if you hide in the office and disappear, you will be laughed at by your subordinates.

But once you meet, with your own hot temper, you will inevitably encounter times when you are not calm. Some unexpected embarrassment is really not good for your tall image.

Therefore, working in a hotel is by no means a matter of coveting the comfort of the place, nor is it engaging in any specialization, but is entirely for the purpose of facilitating work and maintaining the image of leading cadres.

Hanging up the phone of Wang Chang, director of the county party committee office, Wang Jingsheng opened the bedroom door and came to the living room.

If you want to ask whether the above set of theories is tenable, the three people in the living room at this time will definitely vote in favor.

They are Kong Yexing, deputy secretary of the county party committee, An Dacai, member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee, director of the organization department, and Chen Xiangyan, executive deputy county magistrate.

As cadres who grew up in Zhengfeng County, in terms of their feelings for Zhengfeng and for the sake of the people of Zhengfeng, in the eyes of the three of them, no one is more representative than them. Although Wang Jingsheng was only transferred from other places three years ago, he has already mingled with local cadres, and he can be regarded as half a Zhengfeng person.

Seeing the stocky Wang Jingsheng stepping in with two thick eyebrows, tall and thin, wearing a pair of rimless glasses, Kong Xingye, deputy secretary of the county party committee, who was sitting on the sofa, asked first:

"How?"

Neither the surname nor the other cases were ruled out. The three of you don't need to communicate, you don't need to make eye contact, you all know what you mean.

Moreover, among the three people, Kong Xingye is the oldest, has the highest position, and is similar to Wang Jingsheng, and he is the only one who can speak so straightforwardly.

"Two things."

Wang Jingsheng stretched out two short and thick fingers and said to the three of them:

"One is very dissatisfied with today's door blocking incident, and the other is that tomorrow I will follow the light car and go down to investigate without saying hello."

I don't know who is in the seat, oh.

Wang Jingsheng sat back on the sofa in the main seat, took out a Chinese cigarette from the coffee table, and let the three people in the seat easily.

Kong Xingye on the other side shook his head.

Anda on the left just said: "Just pinch." ”

Chen Xiangyan on the right got up, first picked up the lighter and lit it for him, and then took out one and lit it himself.

Wang Jingsheng leaned his body against the back of the sofa, took a deep breath of cigarette, pursed his thick lips and spit out a smoke ring, and then asked:

"What do you think?"

The current few are all well-known figures in Zhengfeng County.

A deputy secretary of the county party committee and county magistrate, a deputy secretary of the county party committee, a member of the standing committee of the county party committee and the head of the organization department, and a deputy county magistrate of the government, properly handle the posture of the joint meeting of half of the county party committee and half of the county government team.

But today's atmosphere is obviously not about a joint meeting, and there is no formal agenda.

Their purpose is quite unified: to care for the new county party secretary.

After seeing off Minister Guo Shengwen and other leaders, Wang Jingsheng arranged for his distant nephew, Wang Chang, director of the county party committee office, to serve the new county party secretary Lu Xiangyang.

Although Lu Xiangyang, as the director of the Policy Research Office of the Shangyang Municipal Party Committee, has accompanied the leaders many times, or visited Zhengfeng County alone a few times, most of his contacts with them are superficial.

As the saying goes: once the power is in hand, the order will be carried out.

For a newcomer who is the number one leader of the county, after coming to Zhengfeng, whether it is to keep it or set off some waves, the people here are as concerned as the cadres of all sizes in the county.

In addition to concern, several of you here have regrets that are different from others.

According to the practice of officialdom, after the former secretary of the county party committee was promoted to Shangyang City, several people present here had the opportunity to improve.

Wang Jingsheng, the second-in-command of the county party committee and the number one leader of the county government, took over the post of secretary of the county party committee because he had been running around the main appeal of the familiar relationship at the provincial and municipal levels since he learned of this news.

Once realized, Kong Xingye, as the deputy secretary of the county party committee, will take over the post of county magistrate as a matter of course.

Similarly, An Dacai, director of the organization department of the Standing Committee of the county party committee, is of course aiming to take over the vacant post of deputy secretary of the county party committee.

Although he has to compete with Andacai, Chen Xiangyan, as the executive deputy county magistrate, has an age advantage over the former, and if he can win the deputy secretary of the county party committee, it will be equivalent to going to a higher level.

Therefore, the next three have also found their own line of leadership and operation, but in the final analysis, the most critical person is still Wang Jingsheng.

Only if he moves, the ascent of those behind is possible.

After all, there are only three types of vacant seats above nowadays: promotion, expiration, and being reported.

The ideal state is naturally to ascend in order.

Everyone was happy.

As a result, the operation came and went, and Wang Jingsheng's efforts were in vain.

It is said that the leaders of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee communicated with the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee several times, and from the perspective of developing the economy and promoting the rapid development of Zhengfeng, they arranged for Lu Xiangyang to parachute to Zhengfeng.

Wang Jingsheng and others were a little incomprehensible.

If you don't do it, the director of the Municipal Party Committee Research Office will go to Zhengfeng, a poor and remote place, to gild, and you will be in the right place, so why bother?

The key point is that in this way, it is equivalent to temporarily closing the space for these people to be promoted.

Except for Chen Xiangyan, the 43-year-old executive deputy county magistrate, who is still a little younger, the other three are all over 50 years old.

In county-level units, the specifications cannot be compared with those of provincial and municipal organs, and as the grassroots level of positions within the system, it is easy to hit the ceiling.

The popular phrase "after fifty-one, I won't approve anything" is also applicable even for those who are related.

If you don't get promoted in three or five years, I'm afraid there will be no hope in this life.

The arrival of Lu Xiangyang is tantamount to blocking the path of progress here in a short period of time.

Therefore, while everyone sits together, while sympathizing with each other, they care more about whether the new secretary will come to gild for a year or two and leave, or stay in Shajiabang for a long time, but they are more concerned than anyone else.

Officially based on a common purpose, there are usually occasional discordant four, and today it is rare to be unanimous.

In their eyes, the iron is abundant, and the leader of the flowing water.

In their political careers of more than 20 years, they don't know how many airborne secretaries they have sent away.

Touching the context of the new secretary as soon as possible and adjusting their posture is what they must do next.

Seeing County Magistrate Wang's question, Chen Xiangyan and Anda turned their attention to Deputy Secretary Kong.