Behind the scenes

Chapter 10

Liu Rong said, "Mayor Li and I came to see the newly built Xiangyang Primary School today. I am very happy after seeing it. In such a cold day, the employees of our first construction company overcame many difficulties and it took a short time. On behalf of the municipal government, I would like to express my gratitude to you for completing the finishing project of this teaching building. In the next step, the Municipal Education Commission and the district government must cooperate closely to move the school from the warehouse as soon as possible. The matter should be reported as soon as possible. After the beginning of spring, the school should pay close attention to greening and beautifying the school, and build walls and playgrounds. If there are any difficulties then, the government will study it.”

After getting out of the building and before getting into the car, Liu Rong said to Li Zimin: "Mayor Li, I have to rush to the province immediately. The provincial government will hold a meeting of mayors of various cities in the afternoon to convey the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference. It will take a day and a half. You should ask more about family affairs, those deputy mayors are all new here, and they are not familiar with the situation."

Li Zimin nodded and said: "Okay, you can go to the meeting without worry, I will try my best to help take care of the family affairs."

After Li Zimin said goodbye to Liu Rong, he returned to the government office by car. As soon as he went upstairs, he bumped into Zheng Gang, the director of the chemical plant, who was about to go downstairs.Zheng Gang's face was flushed, as if he had just quarreled with someone. Behind him was Zhou Changxue, the chief of the technical section, who was still cursing and saying loudly: "What is it, he is still the secretary-general, and he can't even say a word."

When Zheng Gang saw Li Zimin, he stepped forward and held his hand tightly, "Old Mayor, what do you want me to do?!"

"Come on, come into my room and talk." Li Zimin gave Zheng Gang and Zhou Changxue to his office, and poured them two more glasses of water.Zheng Gang told him what happened.After Liu Rong held an on-site office meeting at the General Chemical Plant, the factory followed the instructions given by Secretary-General Ma at the meeting, but Zhou Changxue disagreed.Zhou Changxue also attended the meeting that day. He was the chief of the section and sat in the last row. After listening to the mayor's final speech, he wanted to stand up and talk about the opinions of professional and technical personnel, but the new mayor had already pushed the door and left. very angry.After seeing off the leaders of the city, he said to Zheng Gang, Director Zheng, this meeting has not solved any problems, the problems of No. 1 and No. 2 control main devices have not been solved, and production cannot be stopped. What about a big accident?Zheng Gang said, then follow the mayor's opinion to solve it while producing it. According to Zhou Chang's theory, it is easy to solve it. The imported equipment has been used for these years, and it is not shut down for maintenance. Who can solve it?If you can solve it, you can solve it. Anyway, I can't solve it. If there is a big problem, I have already reported it to my superiors, and I am not responsible for it.Although he said so, he still told Zheng Gang that this is not a trivial matter, and he still has to go to the government and the mayor.It's not easy for you to talk as a factory manager, so let me tell you, I'm a section chief, so you can't do anything to me.The two of them came to the government at nine o'clock, but Mayor Liu Rong was not there, saying that he had gone down to see the school, so the two of them found Ma Guanjun, the deputy secretary-general.

Ma Guanjun has just moved from the deputy director's office on the second floor of the government to the deputy secretary-general's office on the third floor. The room has also changed from a single room to a suite. He is picking up things at the newly replaced boss's desk when he sees Zheng Gang and two people coming in. His face was not very good-looking, he looked at the two of them, and didn't even give up his seat, "What's the matter?"

"We're here to report what's going on in the factory." Zheng Gang said softly.

"Isn't the matter in the factory already studied? Just follow Mayor Liu's decision!" Ma Guanguan said without raising his head.

"But the problem of the abnormal operation of the device has not been resolved! It is still abnormal these two days. I came with Section Chief Zhou of the technical department, and I still want to talk about it." Zheng Gang wanted to explain further, but Ma Guanjun I didn't want him to talk at all. "This matter is a matter of your factory. You don't need to go to the government. The government can't take care of such a small matter!"

"It's our factory's business, we still want to stop production for maintenance!" Zheng Gang said.

"Stopping production, stopping production is not acceptable. Didn't you all hear the meeting that day? If the chemical plant stops production, it will affect the output value of the city's industry, profits and taxes, and affect the emotions of all fronts. Is this a small problem? This is Big political issues, understand?" Ma Guanjun showed his ability to train people.

Zhou Changxue, who was standing on the sidelines, was already angry with these words of Ma Guanjun, and said, "We don't let the production stop, but we can't overhaul, let the horse run, and don't let the horse eat grass. What kind of logic is this? Something happened in the factory. Who is responsible?"

Ma Guanjun glanced at him unhappily: "Why are you talking like that? Is this in your factory? This is the city government. It's really uneducated."

"Who do you say is uneducated? What about the city government? Doesn't the government also have to serve the grassroots? We came to you to ask you to help solve the problem. Is this how you treat us when you are an official? Are you educated?" Zhou Changxue had already roared.When Zheng Gang saw the situation, he quickly pulled Zhou Chang to learn, and then asked: "Mayor Liu has gone out. When will he come back? When will he be free?"

"I don't know." Ma Guanjun didn't even look up, and was still packing up the things on the boss's desk.

The two of them hurried out, and ran into Li Zimin as soon as they went downstairs.After listening to Zheng Gang's narration, Li Zimin said, "I didn't attend the mayor's office meeting that day because of something, and Mayor Liu didn't tell me afterwards. Is the situation in the factory really urgent?"

Zheng Gang nodded, "The two devices have been malfunctioning. We have tried everything we can think of, but it still doesn't work. I'm so anxious."

Zhou Changxue said: "Mayor Li, you know the situation of the General Chemical Plant. Once something happens, it's not a trivial matter. In the past ten days or so, I've been in the factory in fear, with my head on my waist. Don't be careless!"

Li Zimin said: "Mayor Liu went to the province to hold an economic work meeting, and he will not be back until two days later. How about this? After you return to the factory, hold an emergency meeting to study and take some necessary measures, such as two sets of equipment. Stop one and start another, and there is still production. If the production is not normal, it can be small and low. The mayor will decide whether to stop production or not. I am no longer the mayor. When Comrade Liu Rong comes back, I will discuss it with him immediately. , but no matter what you do, you must ensure that there are no accidents in the factory. Some things, you can do it first and then ask for instructions. The new government, do you understand?!"

Zheng Gang and Zhou Changxue nodded, "Understood, we will just follow your advice."

"Okay then, we will contact you at any time if there is a situation. Remember to take all necessary measures." After Zheng Gang and Zhou Changxue were sent away, Li Zimin suddenly felt that something might happen to the chemical plant, so he wrote "Chemical General Plant" on the desk calendar. I have urgent matters to discuss with Liu Rong."

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The meeting of mayors in the province was held at two o'clock in the afternoon in the large conference hall of Building No. 2 of the Friendship Hotel.This is a retreat. Governor Xia has just finished the economic work conference from Beijing. The provincial party committee and the provincial government are preparing for the provincial economic work conference. Eat some "small stoves", communicate the spirit of the central government to the city level first, and greet some preliminary ideas of the provincial government to the lower levels, so that the upper and lower levels can coordinate and jointly hold the economic work conference in the province.

As soon as Liu Rong entered the venue, the mayors of several cities immediately shook hands with him and congratulated him.The news of the Xianghan City People's Congress election has long been known to all the cities in the province. Several cities are also holding the People's Congress, and they are paying special attention to the election.Some asked Liu Rong about the convening of the National People's Congress, and some asked Li Zimin how it was arranged. Liu Rong just nodded with a smile and said nothing else.He is really hard to say.Governor Xia, who presided over the meeting, looked around at the people present at the meeting. Except for the three cities that were holding the people's congresses and the mayors couldn't come out, so they sent executive deputy mayors, the other twelve cities were all mayors. To attend a meeting.Governor Xia glanced at Liu Rong, nodded, and didn't say anything. He knew Liu Rong, but he didn't know him very well, as if nothing had happened.At the beginning of the meeting, the first thing is to convey the spirit of the speech made by the central leadership comrades at the National Economic Work Conference.

In addition to the mayors of the whole province, the top leaders of the major economic departments directly under the province attended the meeting.Liu Rong saw Keyan, the Minister of Finance sitting in the back row at a glance.He stood up, walked out of the seat as if going to the toilet, came to the back row, and sat down next to Director Guan, and then the two shook hands tightly.Director Guan whispered, "Congratulations."Liu Rong did not let go of his hand, but said affectionately: "Thank you so much, my little brother." Because of the meeting, Liu Rong is a very eye-catching figure, and it is not good for the two of them not to say anything deeply. After sitting together for too long, Liu Rong said, "I'd better sit in the front." Director Guan nodded and said in a low voice, "I'll invite you tonight. I still have something to say." The two separated, and Liu Rong went to I went to the bathroom, and when I came back, I sat down in the front row and listened to the delivery of documents.

The entire afternoon was spent conveying the spirit of the meeting and speeches by the leaders.After the meeting ended at five o'clock, Liu Rong returned to his room.Because Xianghan City is very close to the provincial capital, Liu Rong has already sent the driver and secretary back.As soon as he returned to his room and sat down, Director Guan called and said that the car was at the door.He hurriedly grabbed his bag and went out to get on Director Guan's black Audi.The car drove out of the Friendship Hotel quickly and headed north.Liu Rong asked: "Where are we going?" Director Guan said: "A good friend of mine opened a restaurant not long ago, and the grade is not bad. Today I welcome you and congratulate you. You can neither go to a place that is too bad, nor go to a place that is too conspicuous." place, right?"

"That is, that is. Thank you so much!" Liu Rong nodded repeatedly.

"Thank you, who made us two have fate, we were born in the same year, the same month and the same day!" Director Guan said.

The car drove for more than 30 minutes, and came to the outskirts of the city, and stopped in front of a newly built restaurant. The restaurant looks small, but when I walked in, I found that the decoration was luxurious and very imposing.It seemed that Director Guan was very familiar with this restaurant, the driver found a free seat in the lobby by himself, and the Director and Liu Rong were led to the second floor by the hostess lady and entered a private room.As soon as we sat down, the waitress poured some tea and asked, "What do you order, sir?" Director Guan didn't look at the menu, and said to Liu Rong, "Just the two of us can't eat much, so why don't we order something special? "Liu Rong said: "Okay." Director Guan asked the waitress: "Do you have a new big treasure?"

"Yes. Special class." Miss replied.

"Then have a braised big abalone, two per person. Then order a shark fin pot, a bigger one, one pot per person, and two lighter green vegetables, two small cold dishes, don't make it too big. Eat more No, tell Chef Zhao that my surname is Guan, and let him cook these dishes himself."

"Okay." The lady nodded as she spoke, and then asked, "What drinks do you want, sir?"

Director Guan asked Liu Rong: "What do you drink?"

Liu Rong said, "Anything is fine."

"Then let's drink some baijiu, otherwise the two of us will have no atmosphere. You know, I haven't drank baijiu for a long time, but you are here, and you have come across such a good thing that should be congratulated. How can you not drink some baijiu?" Sprinkle it. You tell Manager Wang to bring a bottle of Wuliangye from ten years ago." Director Guan said.

As soon as the service lady left, Director Guan took out a box of green "Panda" brand cigarettes from his pocket, opened it, took out one and handed it to Liu Rong, who said, "I don't know how." Director Guan said: "This is the 'Panda' smoked by Deng Xiaoping during his lifetime. When celebrating the return of Hong Kong, the Shanghai Tobacco Group Company released a batch of high-end cigarettes with numbers. Not everyone in China can smoke them. Try it. When you are studying at school , I think you also smoke sometimes!" After he said this, Liu Rong took the cigarette and took a look at it. This cigarette is indeed different from other cigarettes, and the filter tip is obviously good.Director Guan took out the lighter, lit it for Liu Rong, and then lit it himself, and the two smoked.

Before the cigarette was finished, the wine and food were served.Looking at the color and style, it is beyond what ordinary chefs can make.The waitress said: "This dish is made by the chef himself. He said hello to you, so he won't come over to toast you." Director Guan nodded, "It's all free, free. We drink, so you don't have to Served on the sidelines."

"That's good", the waitress walked away knowingly, and closed the door.

Director Guan raised his glass and said: "I am a little brother, I really congratulate you, my little brother who is an hour younger than me, was promoted to the mayor of Xianghan City. Come on, do it!" The two clinked glasses together and killed it in one gulp.Director Guan poured wine for Liu Rong and said, "Try the abalone and shark's fin here. The taste is pretty good, even in the provincial capital."

Liu Rong took an abalone, ate a mouthful, and took another mouthful of shark fin soup, saying repeatedly: "Not bad, really good. I often eat this food in Xianghan, but the taste is not as good as in the province. It seems that the cultural conditions It’s different, the same thing can’t taste the same!”

Director Guan said: "You are the mayor of Xianghan City, the real parent official, you can't eat anything you want, I invite you, that's just the meaning of the show! Come on, do one more, good things come in pairs! "The two of them did it again.

Liu Rong said: "As the mayor, how dare I be compared with the Minister of Finance? If you don't have my brother to support my 500 million yuan this time, the mayor's door will not be opened. Come on, thank you brother. Full support, I return two."

After four glasses of wine, both of them were a little excited.Director Guan asked: "Before and after the election, are there any flaws?"

Liu Rong shook his head, "Thank you for your advance warning, everything is going on peacefully, no one can see anything."

"Well, that's good. However, I invite you to dinner today. In addition to congratulating you, I have two things to tell you. One is the absolutely reliable news that I heard a few days ago. The provincial party committee will send an organization department to , Comrades from the Commission for Discipline Inspection went to Xianghan to investigate the election of the mayor. I haven't figured out whether someone reported it or the province has the specific situation. But I want to remind you that you must be prepared when you go back. They You have to make arrangements for the people you might want to find and the things you need to know. I think it is normal for the province to send people to investigate such a big incident. The key is not to find out anything substantive. "

When Liu Rong heard this, the smiling face immediately disappeared. "How will they check?"

"I can't tell you that. However, I'm trying to find out who is going down, and then talk to them. Don't be too nervous, the provincial party committee will still admit you, otherwise, the mayor won't let you Dang, come, have another drink."

After drinking this glass of wine, Director Guan lit another "Panda" cigarette, took a puff and said, "The second thing is also gossip. The new policy, one of the most important ones is to sell the company. This is something that has been considered for many years without a breakthrough, and it is said that the debates above are also very fierce. I think that when you just become the mayor, you must make some achievements and create It looks like this. Now it’s not easy to boost industrial production. If you don’t find a way to reform and make some breakthroughs, it’s hard to make any achievements. I heard that the provincial party committee and the provincial government are also considering this matter, and it’s true. It’s very important, so I dare not act lightly. But as a city, it’s easier to do it, and if you do it well, you can create some experience for the province and even the whole country.”

Liu Rong listened quietly, nodding from time to time.I was thinking about how to make a breakthrough and create experience in the issue of selling companies.The two drank and talked, and drank a bottle of wine.Director Guan said: "Two people drink a bottle, which is not a lot. I treat you as my brother, you just listen to me, don't go back to the Friendship Hotel tonight, you go back, the mayor asked you to vote The mayor asked you about Li Zimin. It’s not good for you to say it. If you don’t say it’s not good, just avoid it. After a while, no one will ask you. You rest here tonight. It's been arranged for you, it's run by a buddy of mine, it's very reliable and safe, you can take a good rest and relax here, at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, I'll pick you up in a car and go to the hotel for a meeting."

At this time, a male waiter knocked on the door and came in, "Sir, your manager Wang has finished paying, and there is a gentleman who wants to take a break, and we have made arrangements for it." Director Guan stood up, "Well, today I'll eat here tonight, I wish you a good rest tonight and have a good time." When Director Guan looked at Liu Rong, a special light flashed in his eyes.He shook hands with Liu Rong, and the waitress sent Director Guan downstairs, and the male waiter said to Liu Rong, "Sir, please follow me to rest."

Liu Rong followed the male waiter and went up to the fourth floor.This is the office department of the restaurant. The waiter stopped in front of the general manager's office, took out the key from his pocket, opened the door, and walked in.Liu Rong also followed in.This is a suite, and the outside room is a large office with a beautiful boss desk. The office facilities are all first-class in China, and some appliances are imported at a glance.There was no one in the office.The waiter pushed open a door next to it and walked into the inner room, followed by Liu Rong. This is a lounge with a luxurious double bed and a beautiful chandelier.Liu Rong thought it was for him to rest here, but the waiter walked to a large full-length mirror and pressed a light switch next to it with his hand. pulled away.It turned out that this was a secret door, and the waiter said to him: "This is your lounge, and all service facilities are ready for you. General Manager Wang does not work here, and the room outside is empty."

Liu Rong nodded, stepped in, and the mirror door outside was automatically closed again.He looked at this secret room similar to a movie, and there was nothing special in it. There was a corridor in front of it, and there were two rooms side by side. The door in the front room was open. The decoration of the corridor and the door was very particular.He walked into the room that opened the door. The room was not too big. There was a luxurious double bed, which seemed to be imported, exactly the same as the one in the general manager's room.The air conditioner in the room was on, and it was warm and comfortable. Floor-to-ceiling curtains were hung on the windows, and the chandelier was turned on, shining soft light.He took off his suit casually, and when he was about to look for a place to hang his clothes, he found a girl reading a book sitting on a set of luxurious sofas opposite the big bed.Seeing him enter the room, the girl put down the book in her hand, stood up, and said, "Hi, sir."

(End of this chapter)