Behind the scenes

Chapter 2

"Yes." Liu Rong suddenly thought of Feng Dachun, director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress.The former executive deputy mayor who was driven out of the city government by Li Zimin two years ago must have bitter hatred for Li Zimin.He told Feng Dachun's previous experience and Li Zimin's conflict from beginning to end, and the finance minister patted his bald head, "Okay. There is a door."

On the night he came back from the province, Liu Rong went to find Feng Dachun, director of the Municipal People's Congress, alone.They have worked together on government teams in the past.As soon as we met this time, Feng Dachun held his hand and said, "Mayor Liu, you don't need to talk to me to know what to do. Don't worry, as long as you want to do it, I, Feng, will do nothing. I will never forget Li Zimin in my life." The shame brought to me, I will not take revenge, and I will not be a human being."

Liu Rong said: "Director Feng, I know what you are like. I respected you in the past when I was in the government. Now I rely on your help. As long as I become the mayor, then you have nothing to say." Drank a bottle of Wuliangye.

Liu Rong was sitting on the rostrum, but he didn't know what to do now.The meeting took a break, and the delegates discussed in twos and threes below, and some played poker. He didn't dare to go on, for fear of talking to people and causing unnecessary trouble.Looking around, there were not many people on the rostrum. He looked at his watch. At 35:[-], the ballot box had been taken away for half an hour, and he didn't know what the result would be now.He took out his mobile phone to see if it was turned on. He and Liu Yunna had already discussed it. Once there was a result, he would secretly call him and tell him.The phone was on, but no calls came in.This phone was newly bought for this election campaign, and only a few people knew the number.When he looked up, he saw Gu Yishun, secretary of the municipal party committee, walking from the stage to the rostrum. He might have just returned from going to the bathroom. He quickly stood up and walked towards Secretary Gu.

"Secretary Gu, I have something to report to you."

"Okay. Let's sit down and talk." The two sat down on the chairs on the rostrum.

"Secretary Gu, the last time you talked to me, I am indeed very educated. Don't worry, if I can be elected as the deputy mayor this time, I will definitely support Mayor Li's work with all my strength."

"Hey, how can you not be elected? You are still young, and the people are already 55 years old. How many years can you work? You have a high prestige and ability in Xianghan City, so why don't you worry about not burdening you in the future?"

"Yes, Secretary Gu, I'll listen to you. In the future, if I am not good at work, you will criticize me more. We all know that you are sent by the provincial party committee, and your level and ability are much higher than those of our small place. Dakuai, we have been taught for more than a year, and we are completely convinced, during the limited time you work here with us, you must take us well!"

"Where is it? Look at what you said, I also want to learn from you when I go to the grassroots level!" Gu Yishun said modestly.

While talking, Liu Rong felt the phone vibrate in his arms.He was afraid that the phone's ringing would attract people's attention, so he deliberately chose to vibrate.He smiled at Gu Yishun calmly and said, "Secretary Gu, I won't bother you anymore. I will report to you often when I have work to do." After speaking, he walked quickly to the small room behind the rostrum, closed the door, and eagerly took out the The phone was turned on, and Liu Yunna's excited and nervous voice came out immediately: "Success, 361, 244, 112, 5." After speaking, the other party immediately turned off the phone.He knew that Liu Yunna must have typed it in the bathroom or somewhere.There was a surge of excitement in his heart.According to the prior agreement, the first is the total number of votes, the second is his votes, the third is Li Zimin's votes, and the fourth is the number of abstentions.He is engaged in finance, and remembering numbers seems to have special abilities. 361 is the total number of votes attended today's election, 244 is the number of votes to elect him as mayor, 112 is the number of votes for Li Zimin, and 5 is the number of abstentions. 244 votes, more than half.His election as mayor should be said to have been a success.But he thought again, did Liu Yunna get the ticket wrong?Won't.She is a very shrewd woman, and she has been fiddling with numbers, and it is such an important matter that she can't make a mistake.He looked at his watch, it was already 10:30.It stands to reason that the result should come out, why can't there be any movement.The less you can see it, the more likely you are to succeed.

He came out of the hut behind the rostrum and saw a group of representatives playing poker. He hurriedly walked off the rostrum with a smile and came to the poker representatives. Someone saw him coming and said: " Mayor Liu is here."

He sat down beside the representative with a smile, "How about counting me in as you play poker?"

"Okay, okay, Mayor Liu will play poker with us." Immediately someone handed the cards to him.

"What do you play? Do you want to spin if you lose?"

"Of course, even if the mayor loses."

"Okay. If I lose, I still turn." Liu Rong happily played poker.

3
Feng Dachun sat on the rostrum, feeling indescribably happy.For three years, the resentment that had been buried in my heart for three years finally had a reward today.He clenched his fists involuntarily with excitement.He glanced at Li Zimin who was sitting in the back seat from the corner of his eye. His facial expression was very calm, and there was no sign of panic. Could it be that he really didn't know anything?

For three years, as long as he closed his eyes, Li Zimin's serious face kept swaying in front of his eyes.

He couldn't help asking secretly: Li Zimin, Li Zimin, I, Feng Dachun, have done a good job under your command, why do you want to drive me out of the government?Just with a condom?Are you worth it?You were unkind back then, but now you really can't blame me for being unrighteous.Think about what happened three years ago, as if it were yesterday.

Feng Dachun's situation is a bit special.He and his wife have been married for more than 20 years, but they have never had children. For this matter, they don’t know how many hospitals they have visited, how many doctors they have visited, and how much they have spent, but they have never had children. Later, the couple thought about it , and adopted one.Feng Dachun is very passionate and has a strong attitude towards sex, while his wife is relatively cold.During the period when they had no children, the couple barely maintained their married life in order to have a child. After having this child, the wife became very annoyed by the sexual affairs between the husband and wife.Sometimes it can't be done once a month, even if it is done, Feng Dachun is very dissatisfied.For this reason, the couple had been quarreling for a while, but they couldn't tell outsiders about this matter, and they felt that they couldn't say it, so they kept it in their stomachs.

Feng Dachun's wife is a primary school teacher, and she is also very open-minded. He said to her husband: "Dachun, I know you are in pain, but I am really annoyed by that thing. When you ride on me, put that thing in , I, I feel sick and want to vomit. That incident is suffering for me, and I will never think about it in my life. You can't get a divorce after having a child. After thinking about it, I think you shouldn't be too bad. You can look for it outside, but there are three rules. First, don't bring it home and don't let me see it. Second , keep it strictly confidential, and don't have a bad influence on your work and political future. Third, don't make a fake show that affects our family." Looking at his wife's sincerity, Feng Dachun didn't nod or shake his head. .

As the executive deputy mayor of the municipal government, Feng Dachun has a wide range of contacts, and there are quite a lot of people who ask him for work and ask him for help.There were quite a few young and beautiful women among them. Slowly, he really had sexual relations with several women, but he kept it strictly confidential according to his wife's request.No one else knew except him and the woman involved.It was an afternoon when I made a fool of myself.He drank some wine outside at noon and was very excited. When he returned to the office, a girlfriend came to him, and the two of them closed the door and started making out.His girlfriend didn't wear a ring, and it was a dangerous period. He was afraid of getting pregnant, so he found a condom, and his girlfriend put it on for him. After all, he was doing this kind of thing in the office, and he was still very nervous. The bell rang, and it kept ringing, so he had to retreat hastily, put the condom with dirt under the corner of the bed, and hurried to answer the phone.The call was made by the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and I talked with him about a few things. It took a long time to talk about work on the phone, and the conversation lasted for more than 40 minutes. My girlfriend couldn't wait, so she opened the door and left.After the phone call, the leader of the Municipal Planning Commission came to report on his work again. The people from the Planning Commission left, and the leader of the tax bureau came in again. He was busy all afternoon, and there were no people in his room.There was another party in the evening, and he forgot all the condoms under the corner of the bed.The next morning, I went to the province for a meeting, which lasted for two days.

It just so happened that the government office had a new cleaning staff in the past few days.The original ones are getting older, time has passed, and they have learned to be oily, slippery, and sloppy.This time, I found two girls who had just graduated from middle school from the mountainous area to clean up.The girl may have never seen this thing before, so she swept the condom under Feng Dachun's bed into the pocket. The floor of Feng Dachun's room was clean, and nothing else was found in the pocket, only this white Dirt condoms.After cleaning the office of the executive deputy mayor, he went to clean the office of mayor Li Zimin.Li Zimin just came back from a meeting outside and was sitting at the table angry.The meeting was to study industrial projects. It was originally scheduled for 08:30, but when it was time, half of the talents came, which made him angry. Those who came late had to explain the reason.Li Zimin's temper and character are well understood by the cadres. He is quick-tempered, harsh in criticism, and unreasonable.There was a meeting at nine o'clock, and the person who reported the project did not understand the report, and could only read it according to the material. After asking a few questions, he couldn't explain it. No scale.A good project will get nothing done.He severely criticized the department preparing for the meeting and the relevant deputy secretary-general. How can they do the work like this?How can such a group of cadres boost the economy of Xianghan City?He came back to the office full of anger.The cleaning girl knocked on the door and came in. She put the condom with the condom in front of the mayor. Li Zimin glanced from the girl's face to the condom she just put down, and his eyes didn't move. Looking at the condom filled with dirt, he suddenly flew into a rage, "Where did this thing come from?"

"This, this was just swept under the corner of the bed in Mayor Feng's office." The girl was terrified by the mayor's face.

"Shameless. What?" Li Zimin cursed.

The girl thought she was scolding her, and cried out in fright.

"Don't cry, I'm not scolding you. You go out, I don't need you to clean the house." Li Zimin was still not angry when he said this.

The girl left crying, Li Zimin picked up the phone and called the secretary-general. "Old Chen, please notify immediately. After get off work at five o'clock in the evening, the government party group meeting will be held. Those who are not members of the government party group should not be notified."

Secretary-General Chen nodded, "Okay, I'll notify right away. Mayor, is there any urgent document to convey?" The government generally seldom holds party group meetings, sometimes only once or twice a year, to study cadres, or democratic life will.The secretary-general of the government is a member of the government party group, and the content of the meeting is generally known in advance.

"Don't ask, you'll know when the time comes, go and inform. By the way, you must inform Deputy Mayor Feng Dachun to participate."

"Okay." Secretary-General Chen left his office with doubts on his face.

At five o'clock, the government party group meeting was held in the government executive meeting room on time.Feng Dachun had just returned from a meeting in the province, and he joked when he entered the door: "Mayor Li, what's the rush? Could it be that Clinton stepped down because of the scandal?"

Li Zimin ignored him, his face was sullen, and he didn't smile at all.When he saw Bai Zhi, the deputy director in charge of writing and general affairs, and Ma Guanjun, the deputy director in charge of administrative logistics, sitting in the back row of the meeting room, he said: "Comrades who are not members of the government party group, please leave." The two deputy directors stood up immediately. , blushed and left.He glanced at Xiao Cao, the general secretary of the secretary's office sitting in front of the record desk, who was opening the minutes of the party group meeting to take notes. "Comrade Xiao Cao, please leave too. Today's party group meeting does not need to be recorded." Several party members, the deputy mayor and the secretary-general felt very strange.But the mayor is the secretary of the party group, and he will do whatever he says. Xiao Cao stood up, took the notebook, and left the meeting room.

"Today's government party group meeting was decided on a temporary basis by me. As the secretary of the government party group, I require members of our government party group to strictly demand themselves and have the minimum moral character, and not to tarnish the reputation of our government because of personal scandals. .”

What Li Zimin said made the members of the party group, Monk Zhang Er, puzzled. Taking advantage of his age and long time in the government, the secretary-general, Old Chen, blurted out and asked, "What happened?"

"What's the matter?" Li Zimin put the teacup heavily on the table, "This morning, when the cleaners were cleaning our offices, they found a condom filled with dirt. Tell me, what is this? thing?"

The members of the party group looked at me and I looked at you, all of them were full of surprise.Only Feng Dachun complained secretly in his heart, forgetting to throw away that thing.

"I hope everyone will take this as a warning and don't ruin your own reputation, let alone our government's reputation. The meeting will be adjourned." After Li Zimin finished speaking, he was the first to leave the meeting room.

Although the government party meeting is attended by a small number of people, the fire cannot be contained in the paper, especially for such irritating things, it is still spread to ten, ten to hundreds, first in the government courtyard, and then in the municipal committee courtyard, Then there are the rumors in the whole organization, the society, the more the rumors become more outrageous, the deputy mayor is having sex in the office, and the mayor met him, and the deputy mayor is looking for an escort lady in the office, and the city is full of storms.

At the end of the year, Li Zimin formally proposed to the secretary of the municipal party committee that Feng Dachun be transferred away.There was a conflict between the first and second leaders of the government, and the mayor put forward a good reason for the transfer, so the municipal party committee formally reported to the provincial party committee and transferred Feng Dachun to the municipal people's congress as the executive deputy director. The reason was to further strengthen the work of the people's congress. At the same time, Liu Rong, the youngest deputy mayor, was promoted to the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor.

Feng Dachun left the government full of anger and humiliation.He didn't even attend the government's farewell party for him.But Feng Dachun's luck was good. He had just been in the National People's Congress for a year, and Director Su of the National People's Congress suffered from a cerebral thrombosis after drinking eight taels of white wine.At the National People's Congress at the end of the year, he was elected as the director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress.From the deputy city level to the full city level, and in the ranking of the city, it ranked in front of the mayor Li Zimin.Even so, he has always kept in mind the harm Li Zimin gave him during his time in the government.He started working two months before this transition.He is a landed householder in Xianghan City. He has worked in enterprises, rural areas, and government agencies. He has many friends. In addition, he is the director of the National People's Congress and has the right to appoint government members. He started these activities. , with considerable convenience.He participated in the election of many people's representatives, and many people listened to him. In addition, Liu Yunna and others were active below him. He believed that this time, Li Zimin was going to make a big fool of himself.

4
At eleven o'clock, the election results had not yet come out.There was some confusion in the venue.The representatives who were playing poker had already left their poker behind, and someone asked loudly, "Why is there no result yet? It's been more than two hours, and there are more than 300 ballots. It's time to finish looking at them one by one." No one answered. The representative's loud questioning.The delegates started talking in groups of three or five, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the No. [-] conference room, because the vote monitoring team was working there.

Gu Yishun still sat on the rostrum calmly, with a smile on his face.It has been almost a year since he came to Xianghan City as the secretary of the municipal party committee.Before he arrived, Zhao Qingming, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, talked to him and told him that although Xianghan is a medium-sized city with a population of only 200 million, this city has a history of more than 2000 years, with outstanding people and many great figures in history.Xianghan City is very close to the provincial capital, and its relationship with the province and Beijing is very complicated. If you can manage such a city well, you have increased your actual talents.Gu Yishun is really just like his name, everything goes smoothly.At the time of graduating from middle school, there were two aspects, one was to go to the countryside, and the other was to stay in the city. However, he stayed in the city’s office and worked for two years to join the party. The philosophy department of the university, because he is a party member, served as the class party branch secretary and the chairman of the school's student union after entering the school. Before graduation, he was selected and transferred to the provincial party school for training.Two years later, he served as the Secretary of the Youth League Municipal Committee, and was later promoted to the Deputy Secretary of the Youth League Provincial Committee. Because of his strong pen, he was favored by the Provincial Committee. He first served as the Deputy Director of the General Office of the Provincial Committee. reserve cadres.Due to lack of experience at the grassroots level, the Provincial Party Committee decided to let him go to Xianghan City as the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee for further training.

It was [-]:[-], and the election results hadn't come out yet. Gu Yishun was a little anxious. He stood up and wanted to ask the head of the organization.But at this time, Shi Lin, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and head of organization, hurriedly walked towards him with a serious face, walked up to him, and said in a low voice, "Secretary Gu, please come out immediately."

Gu Yishun followed the head of the organization out of the venue, and walked straight to the No. 361 meeting room.After entering the meeting room, I found that all the people in the vote monitoring team were standing, there was no sound in the whole room, and everyone's face was full of seriousness.Shi Lin said: "Secretary Gu, something went wrong. As a result of the ballots, there were 112 valid votes, 244 votes for Comrade Li Zimin as mayor, less than half, and 5 votes for Liu Rong as mayor, more than half, [-] abstentions Zhang. This result is inconsistent with the mayor candidate selected by the provincial party committee."

"Are you sure about these tickets?" Gu Yishun's expression changed.

"It's guaranteed to be accurate. We counted five times before and after. It took such a long time. It can be said that one vote is not bad." The words of the head of the organization made Gu Yishun completely dispel the idea of ​​doubt.

"Then what should we do?" Gu Yishun turned his attention to Gong Qiang, the deputy director of the provincial party committee's organization department and city division who was standing next to the head of the organization department, "Director Gong, you are sent by the provincial party committee to guide the work. What's wrong with this situation?" OK?"

(End of this chapter)