Behind the scenes

Chapter 5

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Xianghan Municipal Government is located in the middle of the bustling Guangming Road.The courtyard is very large, with several buildings side by side. The government and the office are in one building, which looks very tall. The Planning Commission, Economic Commission, Agricultural Commission, Foreign Economic and Trade Commission and other relevant departments are in the other two buildings.In the middle of the yard is a large round flower bed.In front of the flower bed is the flagpole for raising the national flag.The small building facing the street is the petition office of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, which is responsible for receiving people who petition the government.Just arrived at eight o'clock in the morning, more than 200 elementary school students dressed in neat school uniforms lined up and walked into the government compound.The guards and comrades from the Letters and Calls Office thought the students were here for a meeting or some other activity, and they didn't care. More than 200 elementary school students surrounded the gate of the mayor's office building.A woman in her 50s with white hair and glasses pushed the door of the director of the Petition Office, "Director Yang, I can't help it. I'm here to petition again."

"Principal Zhong, you are here again, please sit down quickly, please sit down quickly." The director of the Letters and Calls Office hurriedly gave up his seat.

"Stop sitting, I'll report to you, this time not only me, but also more than 200 students from the school. Look, they are right in front of the mayor's building!"

"What, you brought the students here too, that's okay, don't you want to be the principal?" The expression of the director of the Letters and Calls Office changed drastically.

"I'm 55 years old, and I don't want to be a long time ago. But I think the children don't have a school building and go to school in a borrowed warehouse. What's the point of being a principal. I'm not afraid of anything now. Your letter and visit office I have been here more than ten times, and you always talk about solving it, and you always say it is solved, but it has been more than a year, and the school building problem has not been solved at all. I came today to find the mayor. Didn’t you say that the new mayor took office? Look Let's see if the new mayor can solve it, and see if we can find a place to reason in our Xianghan City." After Principal Zhong finished speaking, he turned around and left, and Director Yang of the Letters and Visits Office hurriedly followed behind, calling out to the Letters and Visits Office just now. All comrades at work, receive this petition of more than 200 students well.

The principal is Zhong Xiuwen, the principal of Xiangyang Primary School, who has worked in education all his life.Xiangyang Primary School is located in the most prosperous Xiangyang Street in Xianghan City. Xiangyang Street is a commercial street. It is not suitable for a primary school to be built here. The school has long wanted to move.However, the location of the school is a golden zone, and many businesses are eyeing Xiangyang Primary School.In the end, it was Liu Yunna, the general manager of the city's No. 200 Construction Company, who had great powers and moved Xiangyang Primary School away.She promised to build a standardized elementary school with a full range of modern teaching facilities.Before the new school building was built, she demolished Xiangyang Primary School, rented a large warehouse in a nearby factory, did some simple repairs, and let the school hold classes there temporarily.Of course the school did not agree, but Liu Yunna's hands and eyes were all over the sky, and Liu Rong, the executive deputy mayor of the municipal government, agreed, and the leaders of the district committee, district government, and municipal education committee dared not speak up, and this matter was really done.Liu Yunna used her strength to quickly build a commercial outlet on the original site of Xiangyang Primary School, and then leased and sold it, earning a lot of money.However, the construction speed of the new building of Xiangyang Primary School is very slow. It has been more than a year, and the new building has not been completed yet.The school petitioned several times, and Liu Yunna didn't pay attention to the approval documents from the Petition Office.The Letters and Calls Office also knew that it couldn't offend the executive deputy mayor's "god sister", so it had to postpone today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, but today, it pushed more than [-] elementary school students to the city hall.

New Year's January is the coldest time in the north. There are soft snowflakes in the sky, and the surrounding area is full of snow that has just fallen. The temperature is more than minus 20 degrees. Hats and coats, but they stood outside, still stamping their feet and rubbing their hands in the cold.The children looked at the building with strange eyes, at the national emblem on the top of the building, and at the rows of brand new high-end cars parked beside the building.

The children's petition shocked the commuters on Guangming Road. They gathered around the gate of the government. More and more people gathered, talking and yelling.

Liu Rong's No. 0008 Audi A6 car is parked in front of the rain deck of the office building.He walked out of the office building excitedly, preparing to go to the hotel to attend the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress at ten o'clock in the morning, and to give the new mayor's inauguration speech at the meeting.Looking at the elementary school students surrounded by the door, he hurriedly asked the secretary behind him, Ding Fan, "What's going on?"

Ding Fan glanced at the students, and immediately found that Director Yang of the Letters and Visits Office was talking to a woman with white hair, so he shouted loudly: "Old Yang, come here, what happened, ah?"

Director Yang immediately ran over and said to 28-year-old Ding Fan with a smile on his face: "I'm sorry Secretary Ding, this is about students from Xiangyang Elementary School coming to petition to build a school building for the school."

"What are you doing here to build a school building? Hurry up and take them all away. Hurry up, Mayor Liu is going to hold an important meeting!" Ding Fan was full of anger, criticizing the 50-year-old director of the Municipal Letters and Calls Office like criticizing a subordinate.

Zhong Xiuwen walked up to Liu Rong, "You must be Mayor Liu! I am the principal of Xiangyang Primary School, and my name is Zhong Xiuwen. I brought the students to petition today, and it has nothing to do with the director of the Petition Office. Our Xiangyang Primary School has been relocated. You said you agreed, and it was handled by Liu Yunna, a construction company. Now more than a year has passed, the commercial building has been completed, sold, and rented, but our school building is still not ready for use. The students are in the warehouse. It has been a year since I attended classes in the school. In such a cold day, the heating is not hot, there is no playground, physical education class, and computer class are not allowed. We have petitioned dozens of times and approached Liu Yunna dozens of times. Now, where is it now? I am an old Communist Party member with more than 40 years of party membership. Today I am leading the party. It has nothing to do with others. Mayor Liu, what do you think about this problem?" Zhong Xiuwen stood in front of the mayor. , with awe-inspiring righteousness and no fear at all.But the face of the director of the Letters and Visits Office had already turned pale with fright.

Liu Rong knew Zhong Xiuwen, and it was Liu Rong who presided over the on-site office meeting for the relocation of Xiangyang Primary School by the municipal government, and it was he who made the final decision.He knew that Zhong Xiuwen was a model worker in the city and was very influential in the education field.He smiled and said, "Principal Zhong, isn't this matter all settled?"

"It hasn't been resolved. Mayor, it really hasn't been resolved. Principal Zhong has come to our Petition Office more than ten times, and we have also communicated with Manager Liu of the construction company, but..." The director of the Petition Office hurriedly answered, It proves that the Letters and Visits Office has done a lot of work, and this petition has nothing to do with them.

"If it is not resolved, our government is responsible for this matter, especially I am responsible. President Zhong, how about this, I promise to let the students live in the new building within one month. If they can't live in, I will The mayor resigned. You go back first, don’t freeze the students to death in the cold weather, and the final exam is coming soon, so don’t delay the children’s study.” Liu Rong’s words moved Zhong Xiuwen very much , she grabbed Liu Rong's hand, "Mayor Liu, I thank you, thank you!"

As soon as Liu Rong got into the car, he said to Ding Fan, "Call Liu Yunna quickly and tell her that I want to see her now." Ding Fan picked up his phone and contacted her. Go south and go straight to the City No. [-] Construction Company.Both the driver and the secretary knew about the relationship between Liu Rong and Liu Yunna, so Ding Fan opened the car door when the car arrived at the company, let the mayor get out of the car, and did not follow.Liu Rong was familiar with the road, and went straight to the general manager's office on the second floor, without knocking on the door, he pushed it away and walked in.

Liu Yunna was painting her eyebrows in front of the boss's desk, and she was going to go to the hotel to attend the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress. Seeing Liu Rong come in, she put down the eyebrow pencil in her hand, and rushed over, saying sweetly: "What the hell is going on?" It's my god-brother, and he came to see me on the first day when he became the mayor." As he spoke, he was about to hug, but Liu Rong blocked him with his hand.Seeing Liu Rong's expression, Liu Yunna hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, is your face full of displeasure?"

"Let me ask you, why hasn't the school building of Xiangyang Primary School been completed yet?"

"Lack of money!"

"Lack of money? Didn't you make a lot of money by building a commercial network?"

"What I earn is not enough to spend. I spent more than 50 yuan on the election of the National People's Congress alone."

"With so much money?"

"Why not? You have become the mayor. Do you know how much work I have done below? Each representative has to be careful and careful with what he eats, uses, and delivers. Otherwise, such a big move has not been done now." If you miss a little bit of cheating, it’s all about money. You don’t thank me, but you still come to blame me, really.” Liu Yunna had an aggrieved look on her face.

"I don't blame you. One morning, more than 200 elementary school students petitioned the government. It has been more than a year, and the school building has not been built. They are justified! I just became the mayor, can I not deal with this matter? Don't keep your eyes peeled. Focus on money, some things are more important than money. I have already agreed to the Xiangyang Primary School, and the students must move into the new building within one month." Liu Rong said firmly.

"Entering the new building within a month? Difficulty." Liu Yunna shook her head again and again.

"If you have difficulties, you have to deal with it. Even if you sell your first construction company, you must let the students move into the new building within a month. Otherwise, we will break up completely."

Seeing that Liu Rong was really popular, Liu Yunna also changed her attitude, "Well, I will try to finish the new building within a month."

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Zheng Gang, the director of Xianghan Chemical General Factory, was sent back to the factory by Zhou Changxue, the technical section chief of the factory.Zheng Gang is a representative of the people, and he also wanted to attend the closing ceremony to hear the final election results, but Zhou Changxue told him on the phone that there are currently problems with the No. 1 and No. 2 devices in the factory.He has been at the two installations for five days.The problem is getting worse and now requires an immediate discontinuation of production.As soon as Zheng Gang heard about the suspension of production, he immediately said that it is not acceptable to suspend production. Our factory needs the approval of the city to suspend production.But Zhou Chang said, what to do if there are problems in continuous production, so please come back now, the factory manager, and study and solve it as soon as possible.

There was a big event in the factory, so Zheng Gang had no choice but to leave the venue and drive back to the factory.The General Chemical Factory is located in the northern suburb of the city and is a key large state-owned enterprise in Xianghan City.It uses natural gas transported by oilfield pipelines as raw material to produce chemical product carbon disulfide. After the introduction and transformation of the factory in the past few years, the main product carbon disulfide has become the largest production base in Asia.The annual output is about 1000 tons, the total industrial output value is 1 million yuan, and the profit and tax payment are 2 million yuan each. It is a big profit and tax household in Xianghan City.However, because the imported equipment has been imported for too long and has not been overhauled for many years, the production has not been normal recently.The factory had twice reported to the Economic Commission and the government, requesting to stop production for maintenance and technical transformation, but the superiors did not agree.As soon as Zheng Gang returned to the factory, he changed into work clothes and a safety helmet, and went straight to the No. [-] and No. [-] installation towers in the center of the factory.Zhou Changxue and several engineers from the factory are here.

Seeing that the factory manager came back, Zhou Changxue let out a sigh of relief.He is 40 years old this year and is a graduate of the School of Chemical Engineering. He joined the General Chemical Plant as soon as he graduated. He has worked for more than ten years, working from an ordinary technician to a technical section chief and deputy chief engineer.He pointed to the computer in the control center and said to Zheng Gang: "For several days, the device has not been operating normally. I have adjusted it several times, but it has not been adjusted."

Zheng Gang looked at the control process on the computer, and then flipped through the work log on the side. He knew that the central tower device is the heart of the whole plant. Natural gas entering the plant is first decomposed through these two devices. When an accident happens, the consequences are unimaginable.He looked at the constantly beating computer screen, thought for a while and asked, "Will it be dangerous if this situation continues?"

Zhou Chang said: "There is danger, and the best way now is to stop production."

"The production can be stopped, but what our factory says doesn't count! The maintenance report has been printed for more than a month, and the city is busy with the 'two sessions', who is busy with who will be the mayor, and who cares about us?" Zheng Gang said. There was helplessness on his face.

"It can't be solved, it's dangerous! Besides, hasn't the mayor been elected? As the director of the factory, you can't take this matter as a joke! This is a matter of human life and death. You should report to him immediately The new mayor made a report, explained the situation, and suggested that production should be shut down for maintenance immediately, and it would be best to combine it with the technical transformation of the factory, which would save a lot of money." Zhou Changxue said seriously.

"Alright then!" Zheng Gang believed in Zhou Changxue very much. For more than ten years, he had a clear understanding of his technical level and character. "I'll go back to the meeting and report to the mayor. You, continue to be on duty here, be careful, don't be careless, and we will contact you at any time if there is any situation."

Zheng Gang didn't even change his clothes. He wore the work clothes of the factory, got in the car and went back to the hotel.Jing who guarded the door of the hotel stopped him, thinking that he was a petitioning worker.Zheng Gang took out his representative card from his purse, and then he was allowed to enter the hotel.At this time, there was no one in the venue, the closing meeting was over, and the delegates were eating in the restaurant on the first floor.

There was an ugly lunch yesterday, the manager of the hotel was severely criticized by the secretary of the municipal party committee, and today it was announced that Liu Rongxin was elected as the mayor. He drank liquor and expressed congratulations on the successful closing of the National People's Congress.As soon as the meeting was over, dinner started downstairs.Zheng Gang entered the restaurant, and seeing the scene, he knew that he had been eating for a while.He scanned the tables to see where the mayor was.

At this time, the newly elected mayor Liu Rongzheng brought the five newly elected deputy mayors to toast at the table and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the people's representatives for their trust.He is full of smiles, radiant red, brand new navy blue suit, white shirt, red tie, freshly blown hair, giving people a clean and neat feeling.Liu Rong can drink, and he is happy today, so every table has a drink.Reporting to him on such an occasion is really not the time, Zheng Gang wants to withdraw, and we will talk about it later when we find a chance.But Zhou Changxue's anxious face flashed in front of his eyes again. After thinking about such an important device and the safety of more than 1000 employees, he still strode up to Liu Rong who was toasting at the table.

"Mayor Liu, I need you urgently."

Liu Rong was stunned for a moment, looked at the man in overalls, and recognized Zheng Gang after a closer look, reached out and patted his shoulder: "Why did you change into this suit, so I can't recognize him."

Zheng Gang nodded slightly, "I congratulate you on being elected mayor. I know it's not the right time, but I can't help it. There is an emergency and I have to report to the mayor. I just came from the factory to produce carbon disulfide No. 1 , No. 2 device is not normal, it has been several days, we have made two reports a month ago, but the superior has not responded, and now it is a bone problem, I have to ask the mayor for instructions to see what to do ?”

Liu Rong thought for a while and said, "Director Zheng, how can I answer you now? I don't understand the situation. How about it, I will go to your factory to solve the problem within two days, okay?"

"That's great." Zheng Gang was very grateful, turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Liu Rong.He took an empty wine glass, poured a glass of white wine for Zheng Gang, and said to the dozen or so people at the dining table: "Zheng Gang is our people's representative, and he still misses the factory during the meeting. The spirit is so good, I would like to drink to have such a good representative of the people, such a good factory manager, and to the economic prosperity of our Xianghan City." After finishing speaking, he drank a glass of wine.

Everyone applauded enthusiastically and toasted frequently.

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Liu Rong became the mayor of Xianghan City so smoothly.But he knew that to be a good mayor, the most urgent task is to handle the relationship with the secretary of the municipal party committee.These years in politics have made him clearly aware that in any region, from the province to the township, there are almost conflicts between the party committee and the government, but some of them clearly show that the two top leaders of the party and government are at odds, causing troubles. Go, the superior will transfer one away; some conflicts are not clearly shown, but are intriguing behind the scenes, and the face is at odds with the heart, which is the case in Xianghan City.After the original secretary of the municipal party committee was transferred away, Li Zimin was supposed to take over as the secretary of the municipal party committee, but for some reason, he was too stubborn to run, or something else, the provincial party committee sent 48-year-old Gu Yishun to be the party secretary secretary.How did Gu Yishun come here? On the surface, he respects Li Zimin very much, but he is the top leader in the city after all, and he has the final say. As for Li Zimin, relying on his seniority, familiarity, and violent temper, he often makes decisions. Gu Yishun's displeasure was clearly seen a few times, but for the sake of relationship, that's all.Now that he is the mayor, he has to rely on Secretary Gu, and only by relying on Secretary Gu can he gain a foothold in the government and in Xianghan City.Once Secretary Gu is promoted back to the province, he will be able to take over as the secretary of the municipal party committee logically.As soon as the National People's Congress ended at noon, he knocked on the door of Gu Yishun's office at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Gu Yishun let Liu Rong in with a smile. "Oh, Mayor Liu, the National People's Congress was held just now, you need to rest, why are you here so soon?"

"Secretary Gu, if I don't report to you, I have no idea, and I can't rest if I want to!" Liu Rong said this with sincerity.

The two sat down, and after a few words of politeness, Liu Rong took out his notebook and said, "Secretary Gu, I didn't expect that everyone would elect me as mayor at the National People's Congress. Assistant to the chief, do your job well, but at the meeting...you are the chairman of the presidium of the conference, and you know the situation well, so I won't say more. I'm here to report to you today. It's just one thing. I, Liu Rong, was elected mayor , I promise to do my job well under the leadership of you, the secretary of the municipal party committee. I am low in ability and have never been a leader in the government. You must criticize and correct me more at work. I would like to ask you to give me one hundred and one hundred percent. Don't worry, wherever your Secretary Gu points, I, Liu Rong, will rush there, and I must not miss it by half a step."

Gu Yishun was happy. "Mayor Liu, where did you say that? You will soon be appointed as the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee. Our municipal party committee is still democratically centralized. I, Gu Yishun, am not a dictator!"

"That's that, Secretary Gu, I don't mean anything else, I just want to tell you how I feel." Liu Rong nodded as he spoke.

(End of this chapter)