Behind the scenes

Chapter 3

Gong Qiang wiped the sweat off his forehead, "I have worked in the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee for ten years, and I have never seen such a situation. I don't think it will be announced for the time being. I will ask the Provincial Party Committee for instructions first."

Gu Yishun thought for a while and said: "Well, we will act according to Director Gong's opinion. If you ask for instructions from the Provincial Party Committee, Director Gong will ask for instructions. Comrade Shi Lin immediately notified the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee to report the situation. The meeting will be temporarily adjourned. No one is allowed to leak information. These ballots will be sealed immediately and protected by two special personnel, and no mistakes will be made."

When Gu Yishun walked back to the rostrum of the conference, the smile on his face was gone.Just after the emergency standing committee was held, he informed the ballot situation and decided to adjourn the meeting temporarily for him to explain to the delegates.As soon as the people on the rostrum sat down, there was no sound below.Delegates know now that something is going to happen, in fact they knew it was going to happen when they wrote their ballots.What they are eager to know now is what the outcome of the election will be.

Gu Yishun spoke very seriously. "Deputies, due to some technical problems in the vote counting process, the election results cannot be announced immediately. After research by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee just now, it has been decided that the National People's Congress will be suspended temporarily. When will the meeting be resumed? Leave the hotel, don't spread unfounded news, and maintain the seriousness of our People's Congress. The meeting will be adjourned now, and comrades should go to the restaurant on the first floor to have dinner immediately."

The Xianghan Hotel is not too big, and the large restaurant on the first floor can accommodate more than 300 representatives for meals.But there are not enough chairs, so they have to be used back and forth with the chairs in the conference hall on the second floor.It was originally envisaged that after the election results came out, there was still a period of time before the meal, and the staff could take some chairs from the conference room on the second floor to the restaurant on the first floor for use. After the meeting room came out, they all rushed to the restaurant on the first floor.Although the meals in the restaurant are ready, there are more than 12 tables without chairs.When the representatives rushed into the restaurant, they were already hungry. They sat down when there were chairs, and ate when they sat down. Those without chairs called the waiter a few times, and when no one answered, they ate standing up. No one even read the name tags of the leaders.Sitting, standing, shouting, the restaurant was in chaos.

Several city-level retired veteran cadres who participated in the meeting were the last to enter the restaurant. They had neither their original seats nor empty tables and chairs. Their faces were ugly. Even after retiring for the past few years, I have never encountered such a neglect.A few people turned their heads and walked away. As soon as they went out, they ran into Gu Yishun. An old comrade spoke first, "Secretary Gu, there is no place for us in this restaurant. Let us old fellows stop eating this meal!"

When Gu Yishun heard this, he shouted to the hotel manager who was surrounded by him: "What's wrong, the old leader can't even eat? Ah?!" His expression had never been so scary.

"This, this made the representatives mess up." The hotel manager explained.

"Stop explaining, and arrange the old leaders right away, otherwise, the manager, don't do it." After Gu Yishun finished speaking, he walked out of the hotel and got into his car without looking back.He was so angry that he didn't even eat lunch.

5
Just after noon, a black Audi A6 car rushed out of the provincial party committee compound, turned north, passed through the bustling provincial capital street, and drove onto the highway from the provincial capital to Xianghan.

Zhu Yunhe, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and head of the organization, was sitting in the car. He wiped the corners of his mouth after eating with a handkerchief, and said to the driver, "Go faster." Once asked the driver to speed up.He then said to the secretary sitting in the front row: "You can contact Xiaogong again and tell me that I have already got on the expressway and arrived in an hour. Let Comrade Yishun wait for me in his office. We will not go to the hotel. There are many representatives there, and I went to Zhayan."

Zhu Yunhe is 47 years old this year. He came to this province as an organization minister from other provinces.He has just been here for more than a year, and he is not very familiar with the situation of the cadres in the whole province. He caught up with the new elections of the cities, and Xianghan City is the first among the fifteen cities in the province. Such a big event happened in the city. He reported the situation of the election in Xianghan City to Zhao Qingming, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and then rushed to Xianghan City after a hasty lunch.He wants to actually understand the situation in order to report to the provincial party committee and study solutions.

The speed of the car was very fast, and it drove into the Xianghan Municipal Party Committee compound within an hour.Gu Yishun, Shi Lin and Gong Qiang were already standing at the gate to welcome them.After Zhu Yunhe got off the car, he only shook hands with Gu Yishun and Shi Lin, without saying anything, and went straight to the small conference room on the third floor of the municipal committee.As soon as he entered the room and sat down, before the waiter poured tea, Zhu Yunhe said, "Yishun, hurry up and talk about the situation!" He took out his notebook from his purse.

"Minister Zhu, I'm really sorry. I didn't do my job well, so I asked you to come here in person." Gu Yishun said embarrassedly.

"Don't be polite! Hurry up and talk about the situation."

"The situation is as follows: After five repeated counts by the voting monitoring team, there are 361 valid votes, 112 votes for the election of Comrade Li Zimin as the mayor, 244 votes for the election of Comrade Liu Rong as the mayor, and 5 abstentions." These numbers are memorized.

"Before the meeting, didn't you find any signs? Including during the meeting?" Zhu Yunhe asked.

"No. We always thought that this election would go smoothly. Before the meeting, Comrade Li Zimin approached me and said that he had heard rumors that Comrade Liu Rong wanted to be mayor. For this reason, I specifically approached Liu Rong talked once, and Liu Rong made a very clear statement that he would resolutely obey the personnel arrangement of the Provincial Party Committee and continue to do a good job as an assistant. Moreover, we did not find any small tricks by Liu Rong." Gu Yishun said.

"Then why are there so few votes for Li Zimin?" Zhu Yunhe asked again.

"This, this may also be related to Zimin's work. You may not understand that Comrade Li Zimin has a strong sense of responsibility and ability in his work, but his character is indeed too hasty. Over the years, he has offended many people because of his work. He also criticized and punished some people, and because he is too old, he doesn’t pay attention to building relationships, so it is normal for some people not to elect him. For example, I know that Feng Dachun, director of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, is at odds with him. The contradiction is deep. Lao Feng is very influential in the city, which is probably not good for Li Zimin. But I didn't expect that he would lose so many votes, and the votes were so concentrated for Liu Rong. It seems that Liu Rong is also very basic At the beginning, when thinking about the candidate for the mayor, there were two plans, and then Li Zimin was continued to be arranged for the sake of stability. I am afraid that the representatives know about these things."

"Judging from the information you have so far, have you found any non-organizational activities such as canvassing and election bribery?" Zhu Yunhe asked further.

"We can only say that we haven't found it yet, but we can't guarantee that there won't be any. Because some time ago, there were several county and district party committee secretaries who wanted to be in the position of deputy mayor. We were afraid of messing up the election, so we concentrated on a few county and district party committee secretaries As for the work of the secretary, they mainly want to run for the deputy mayor. We never thought that there would be problems in the election of the mayor, which would bring passiveness to the work of the provincial party committee. We are responsible, and I should review it." Gu Yishun said He looked sad when he said this.

"Now is not the time for a review. With such a result, what is the opinion of the municipal party committee? What is your opinion?" Zhu Yunhe looked at Gu Yishun's face and asked word by word.

"I have also thought about this issue seriously. The election of the mayor by the people's representatives is a power conferred by the Constitution. They have the right to choose the mayor they think is suitable. As long as no fraudulent behavior in the election is found, the election result should be legal. Yes, we should admit it. Otherwise, we will not be able to explain to the representatives of the people, and at the same time, it is illegal to do so. The work of the party must also be carried out within the scope permitted by the law. Besides, Comrade Liu Rong was once the city we imagined. If he is elected as the chief candidate, it cannot be said that there is a major problem in the election." Gu Yishun said seriously.

"How is the relationship between Liu Rong and Li Zimin?" Zhu Yunhe asked again.

"That's right, they cooperated very well. I can't see any conflict between the two of them. During the National People's Congress, the two of them were also very normal." Gu Yishun replied affirmatively.

"If Liu Rong becomes the mayor, what will Li Zimin do? Is it easy to arrange in the city?"

"This is difficult. You know. I have only been here for more than a year as the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and I cannot be transferred immediately. He was elected in the sky, and there are only four city-level cadres in the city. How can he arrange Lao Li? Let the provincial party committee arrange it! But I also know that the candidates for all cities in the province have already been finalized, and it is difficult to change them now. In addition, Lao Li is already 55 years old, and his conditions are not good, or he will be arranged with the relevant departments directly under the provincial government. Anyway, I think it is difficult for him to stay in Xianghan City." Gu Yishun said.

"Okay, I will study this matter later, how to arrange it, and listen to the personal opinions of Comrade Zimin. Yishun, you have seen the complexity of the work in Xianghan City, the first city in the province to change its leadership, The election of the mayor candidate determined by the provincial party committee will have a great negative impact, and it will cause great passiveness in the work of the provincial party committee and the municipal party committee. You must fully realize this. In the future, Xianghan City Your work may also be more complicated, so you must not take it lightly. The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee must study the issue of the mayor candidate as soon as possible and give you an answer as soon as possible." Zhu Yunhe said while putting away his notebook.

"Yes, Minister Zhu, you must hurry up. Now that the National People's Congress is adjourned, there are a lot of discussions in the society. Today, the noon and evening news of TV stations and cable TV stations cannot report the news of the National People's Congress. They are all kept, and the editorial has already been written, and now nothing can be published, and we can only temporarily replace it with something else, which will destabilize society after a long time."

"I see, we will do it as soon as possible." After speaking, Zhu Yunhe stood up, shook hands with Gu Yishun, and said to Gong Qiang who was on the side: "Little Gong, if you stay in Xianghan City, the election results will be announced. I also need to stay for a while to seriously study the new situation and new problems faced by the general election under the new market economy situation. If there is not enough manpower, I will send a few more from the Ministry to grasp this tendentious problem and seriously study it. Do some research and research, and come up with a solution to the problem." Zhu Yunhe said as he walked out the door.

"Yes. I see." Gong Qiang nodded repeatedly.

"Also, Yishun, please keep the matter of my coming to Xianghan strictly confidential. Only a few of you know about it today. Don't spread it."

"Yes. We know." Gu Yishun nodded and replied.

6
Li Zimin didn't eat at noon either.How can he eat it? !As soon as he came out of the meeting place of the hotel, he went straight to his car outside the door.Secretary Xiao Dong was waiting in front of the car. He opened the car door. Li Zimin got into the car and said, "Go back to the government." The car drove back to the government compound.

It was noon at this time, and most of the comrades in the government office were preparing for the National People's Congress in the hotel, and the building was very quiet.When Li Zimin returned to his office, Secretary Xiao Dong put his briefcase on the desk and asked softly: "Mayor, let's have some lunch, can I arrange it in the cafeteria?"

"No need, I'm not hungry." Li Zimin looked at the secretary who had been with him for five years, recalling the conversation Xiao Dong had with him not long ago and the advice he gave him, he said, "Xiao Dong, thank you for the past few days. According to the news that God told me, it seems that what you said is right, I have very few votes in this election."

Xiao Dong is a very shrewd secretary. He already knew the specific results from other people, but he still persuaded the mayor, "The election result is one thing, and the provincial committee research is another. The provincial committee knows you well. , there will be a way, you must not get angry. You should eat something, or I will ask the cafeteria to make you some dumplings stuffed with three delicacies?" He knew that the mayor liked to eat dumplings stuffed with three delicacies.

"No. I really can't eat. Go to the cafeteria and have a meal. I want to rest alone for a while."

As soon as the secretary left, the phone on the desk rang. He didn't want to answer it. It must be a bad thing to make a call at this time. What about the election results?But the phone was still ringing non-stop. He picked up the phone and heard that it was his wife Hu Min.Hu Min asked loudly on the phone: "My son, did you hear something happened?"

"What happened?"

"Why, are you still hiding it from me? Has your mayor been elected?"

"This……"

"What is this, what's going on?"

"The tickets haven't been announced yet, but I have very few tickets."

"Don't lie to me. Now the whole city is buzzing, saying that you have been elected. I am at home. Come back quickly. I have something to tell you." Before Li Zimin could reply, Hu Min had already put the phone on the phone. Bye.

Sitting in the office was boring, and he had to listen to what his wife said. Li Zimin picked up his briefcase, left the office, and when he walked to the secretary's duty room, only the secretary Xiao Dong was sitting in the room, and he didn't go to eat.Li Zimin said to him: "I'll go home and have a rest, don't look for me if there is no serious matter. You should hurry up and eat." Xiao Dong nodded, picked up the phone and asked the motorcade for the mayor's car, and followed Li Zimin went downstairs behind him and sent the mayor all the way to the car. Seeing the car leaving the government compound, he turned around and went to the cafeteria to eat.

When Li Zimin got home, he was about to take out his key to open the door. The door opened from the inside. Hu Min stood at the door, took his briefcase, helped him into the house, closed the door again, took his slippers, and helped him put them on.He glanced at his wife, she was still so young and beautiful, but her complexion was not very good.

"You haven't eaten yet, shall I make some?"

"No, I'm not hungry." Li Zimin said, walked into the bedroom, and fell on the bed.Hu Min followed, fell gently beside him, hugged his head with her slender hands, and pressed that wet mouth against his.She started kissing him lightly.The wife is a gynecologist and knows how to please her husband.Her kisses spread all over his face, and her hands stroked his body.After a while, she stopped kissing, "Zimin, since you have been elected, don't get angry, remember the lesson, I told you a long time ago, you are impatient and serious about your work. You have offended many people by criticizing comrades for what you say, and you are not good at building relationships and gaining influence. I am afraid that you are destined to come down this time. But you are the mayor determined by the provincial party committee, and the provincial party committee cannot ignore it. You are not in Xianghan City Being mayor is the same as being mayor of other cities. It’s just that other cities are not easy to arrange, so it’s okay to be the director of a department in the province. Wherever you go, I’ll follow you wherever you go. It’s enough to stay here, the city is not big, and the relationship is so complicated, how many people will spread rumors about our marriage, it’s really boring.” Hu Min said, opened her underwear, let Li Zi Min put his hand in.

Li Zimin caressed his wife, but he didn't have the same passion as before. "The provincial party committee arranged for me. I guess it will be difficult. After all, I am 55 years old, and I wanted to retire at first."

"No. Don't retire early. It's a good time to be mayor at 55. Don't city-level cadres retire until they are in their 60s? Besides, with your work and integrity, when you are not married, I will I really don’t know about you. I thought that a mayor like you would have at least one million assets after serving one term. But I only know now that you are a poor man among mayors. Now a cadre with a clean government like you , It’s really hard to find, how can the Provincial Party Committee not arrange for you. I think it’s a good thing to leave this place. Okay, okay, let’s not talk about this. Let’s be happy!”

Hu Min is a woman who likes to have sex very much.Although she married late, the 36-year-old eldest girl married Li Zimin, 54, but as soon as she got married, she seemed to want to regain all the lost good times in the past, making love to her husband endlessly.She is a gynecologist and knows how to maintain and stimulate men. She bought Li Zimin a lot of health care medicines and massaged him every night. After a few months, Li Zimin also felt that he was more than ten years younger. Had a great time too.I really love this delicate wife who is younger than me.

(End of this chapter)