Behind the scenes

Chapter 9

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The just-elected tenth Standing Committee of the Xianghan CPPCC held its first meeting, and there was a very tense situation.The topic of the Standing Committee this time is mainly to study the work arrangement of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC this year and the work of the special committees. The city's newly elected 69 outstanding representatives from various democratic parties, non-party affiliations, people's organizations, and all walks of life have become ten. Member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC.Among the members of the Standing Committee, newly elected members accounted for about two-thirds, and the meeting was presided over by Lin Xuesong, chairman of the CPPCC.The secretary-general of the CPPCC read the "Work Points" printed in advance and distributed to each member of the Standing Committee verbatim, and then invited everyone to discuss it.

In order to pay attention to the First Standing Committee of the new CPPCC, the municipal party committee specially arranged for Ba Tianguang, the executive deputy secretary in charge of organization and discipline inspection, to attend the meeting and sit side by side with Chairman Lin in the middle of the rostrum.The venue was silent for a while, and Xiao Nan, the Citizen Revolutionary Committee, was the first to speak.He is 45 years old, has a heavy beard, speaks in a loud voice, and is full of confidence. "The secretary-general read this work arrangement and asked for our opinions in advance. We fully agree. I don't want to say more here. As a representative of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Committee, I want to say something when the new Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is held. Secretary Ba is here, let’s see if what I said makes sense.”

As soon as the members of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC listened, they all listened carefully when someone wanted to raise their opinions when they started to speak.The venue was very quiet.

"The CPPCC is a multi-party political organization of the Chinese Communist Party. Although it cannot be compared with the National People's Congress, the National People's Congress can elect mayors and can publicly elect mayoral candidates approved by the Communist Party. The CPPCC is not good. It is a consultative organization, but it can also Can’t be too far away from the National People’s Congress! The National People’s Congress has exercised its power and changed the mayor. Now, I heard that the National People’s Congress is going to replace the car, renovate the office, and issue additional office funds. I don’t know if this is decided by the municipal party committee or who. , Is it necessary for the National People’s Congress, so the CPPCC doesn’t need it? The broken Volga of our Kuomintang has run into pieces and has been scrapped for half a year, and we can’t buy a new one. Secretary Ba, tell me, does this make sense?”

"Yes, I've heard that too." A female vice-chairman of the Democratic Progressive Committee has already grabbed the microphone. "The National People's Congress bought an Audi A6 limousine, replaced doors and windows, and increased office expenses. The city gave more than 100 million yuan. Could it be that our CPPCC was brought by the stepmother of the Communist Party?" It's hard to hear.

After the two members of the Standing Committee said it, the venue became chaotic.There was a lot of discussion, counting how the municipal party committee did not pay much attention to the work of the CPPCC.Chairman Lin who presided over the meeting was secretly happy.He also heard yesterday that the head of the National People's Congress was going to buy a new car, and the city gave the National People's Congress some money. He wanted to report it to the standing secretary of the municipal party committee after the meeting today, but he didn't expect the members of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to bring it up in person, so he said it smoothly : "If you have any opinions, feel free to express them. As for the CPPCC, everyone is allowed to speak, including more objections. Fortunately, Secretary Ba attended the meeting today, so please ask Secretary Ba to give instructions." To the unprepared deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Ba Tianguang.

Secretary Ba thought for a while and said, "I'm not very clear about the matter you reported. The municipal party committee must not have studied this matter specifically. I'll go back and investigate it!" He wanted to push the matter away.But the Democratic Revolutionary Committee with a heavy beard kept pressing on. "Secretary Ba, isn't it easy for you to investigate? You don't need to go back. You can investigate on the spot now. Just ask Director Qian of the Finance Bureau and you will know!"

So, everyone's eyes were directed at Qian Hui, deputy director of the Finance Bureau.Qian Hui, 45 years old, is also a newly elected member of the CPPCC Standing Committee.He has worked in the Finance Bureau for 20 years, ranking first among deputy directors. When he joined the Standing Committee of the CPPCC, he was considered to be the executive deputy director in charge of the budget. Unexpectedly, as soon as the National People's Congress ended, Liu Rong became the mayor, and rumors spread that Liu Rong Ding Fan, Rong's secretary, was appointed as the executive deputy director of the Finance Bureau.He has been feeling uncomfortable for the past two days. He didn't lift his head when he heard the Democratic Revolutionary Committee order his generals. He was still reading the materials as if nothing had happened. Ding Fan became the executive deputy director of the Finance Bureau, and he was dissatisfied before him. How could the municipal committee arrange cadres like this?
Secretary Ba sat on the rostrum and said, "Xiaoqian, is there such a thing?"

"What's going on?" Director Qian raised his head pretending to be ignorant, staring blankly at Secretary Ba on the stage.

"Has your finance bureau allocated a lot of money to buy a car?" Secretary Ba asked.

"This……"

"Stop this and that, what do you say!" Secretary Ba was a little unhappy.

"Do you want me to tell the truth, or to tell a lie?" Chief Qian made a trick on purpose.Secretary Ba was even more unhappy. "What's wrong with you, cadres of the Communist Party, you can't tell lies at any time! Why are you so hesitant."

"Since Secretary Ba of the Municipal Party Committee asked me to tell the truth, then I have to tell the truth. Yesterday, the Finance Bureau allocated 100 million yuan to the Municipal People's Congress, including buying an Audi A6 car, replacing the doors and windows of the office building, and subsidizing last year's Office funds are insufficient." Director Qian said word by word.

"Who approved this?" Secretary Ba asked.

"Mayor Liu Rong." Director Qian replied.

"Since it was approved by Mayor Liu, I am the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, and he is also the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, and he is listed in front of me, so I can't say anything." Secretary Ba was obviously dissatisfied with this matter, but he had no choice but to shirk.However, Chairman Xiao of the National Revolutionary Revolutionary Committee kept a close eye on it, "Secretary Ba, you are here on behalf of the municipal party committee. We did not regard you as the deputy secretary. The CPPCC has expressed its opinion to the municipal party committee. This is the normal organizational order of the CCP. You If you can solve it, help to solve it. If you can’t solve it, you should also ask your superiors for instructions. If there is no result today, our Standing Committee does not need to be opened, and this year’s work does not need to be studied. You CPC Municipal Committee, I don’t support the work of the CPPCC and the democratic parties too much.” His words were very instigating, and some members of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC who had just joined were very angry, and they all expressed that they wanted the CPPCC to solve this problem first.

Chairman Lin, who presided over the meeting, was always smiling. Seeing the scene like this, he said softly, but also into the microphone, so that everyone in the meeting could hear his words: "Secretary Ba, do you need to ask Secretary Gu of the Municipal Party Committee for instructions immediately? Let’s see what to do? An accident happened just now in the election of the mayor of the National People’s Congress, which shocked the whole province. If another accident happens to our CPPCC Standing Committee, it will be a big deal.”

When Secretary Ba heard this, he also felt the seriousness of the situation, and hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll call right away." So he got off the rostrum, accompanied by the secretary-general of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and went to the office to make a phone call.

Gu Yishun, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, was approving documents in his office when Secretary Ba called. Secretary Ba told him that the members of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are in trouble, and they are going to make trouble. What about the result of the municipal party committee?As soon as Secretary Gu got angry, he stopped calling. He said to Ba Tianguang: "This matter is decided by the government. You let them go to the government, or you go to Liu Rong." Secretary Ba said: "The CPPCC said, no When looking for the government, people want to look for the municipal party committee, which is led by the municipal party committee, not the government. Besides, I am the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, how can I find Liu Rong? He is the mayor!" Gu Yishun was very angry when he heard this, and said angrily Said: "Okay then."

Secretary Ba also said: "You have to be quick, or you will cause trouble!"

Gu Yishun put down the phone, picked it up again, called Liu Rong's office, rang a few times, but no one answered.He called the secretary's office of the municipal government, and when someone answered the phone, he said sharply, "I am Gu Yishun, secretary of the municipal party committee. Please find Liu Rong within 10 minutes and ask him to call my office. There is something urgent." " After finishing speaking, without waiting for the other party to respond, he put down the phone heavily.

For the reelection of the National People's Congress, he, the secretary of the municipal party committee, is very disgraceful.He is now beginning to wonder if Liu Rongzhen has tampered with the election.He took a sip of water slowly, no longer looking at the documents on the table. He looked at his watch to see if Liu Rong could answer the phone within 10 minutes, to see the work efficiency of the government office, and to see his prestige in Xianghan City.

At nine minutes and thirty seconds, the phone rang.When he took it, it was Liu Rong's voice: "Secretary Gu, do you need me urgently?"

"The Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is holding a meeting, and there is a dispute over the purchase of a car for the National People's Congress. The meeting can't go on. Secretary Ba is there. It won't help. You should go there quickly and settle the matter. There can be no more troubles at the National People's Congress. !" Gu Yishun said the last sentence very harshly.

"Okay, don't worry, I can solve it." Liu Rong put down the phone with confidence.

Liu Rong rushed to the CPPCC by car as fast as he could, stepped up to the fifth floor, and pushed open the door of the large meeting room.The CPPCC Standing Committee members did not expect Liu Rongneng to come so soon.Liu Rong walked to the rostrum with a smile, shook hands with the standing vice-chairmen, finally shook hands with Chairman Lin and Secretary Ba, and sat down between Secretary Ba and Chairman Lin.

The staff hurriedly poured a cup of tea and brought it over. Chairman Lin moved the microphone in front of him to Liu Rong's. The meaning was obvious: Speak up.

There was no one to host, and the venue naturally fell silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Liu Rong.Liu Rong smiled and said, "First of all, I have to do a self-criticism to everyone. I should come to see you after the National People's Congress, but these two days are indeed too busy. I have to come up with ideas and solutions for the company's production. You don't know, How can such a good factory like the General Chemical Plant stop production? So busy with these things, please forgive me for being late. In order to support the work of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the government does not want to talk empty words, but to do some concrete practical things. As you may know, it is a fact that a large number of people bought a car, replaced the windows, and added some office funds. This is what the National People's Congress has done, and the CPPCC will do the same. It's just that I came two days late, and today is considered an official contribution. To put it another way, the CPPCC also replaced an Audi A6 car, and also replaced the doors and windows of the office building, supplementing last year's office expenses, a total of 100 million yuan, the same as the National People's Congress. At the same time, considering the different characteristics of the CPPCC, the government also decided to Each of the six democratic parties to which the CPPCC belongs replaces a 2000 Santana car, and subscribes to a copy of "Guangming Daily" and "People's Political Consultative Conference Daily" for all elected members of the CPPCC Standing Committee. The bureau will go through the formalities." Liu Rong's words silenced the meeting place.What some people wanted to say was blocked, and the cars of the democratic parties and the newspapers of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference were problems that had not been resolved for many years, but now they were resolved at once. Chairman Lin led everyone to applaud.

Chairman Xiao of the Democratic Revolutionary Committee did not applaud. He looked at Liu Rong and said, "We thank Mayor Liu for his support for the work of the CPPCC and other democratic parties. You almost ran into a deficit when balancing your finances, and now you spend the money to buy a car and repair a house, where did the money come from? Is it a loan, or is it the life insurance money for workers’ pensions?”

Liu Rong smiled, "You're asking a good question. If you don't ask, I really don't want to say it. It's a secret. But in front of the members of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC, I dare not keep any secrets. The city's finance I'm really nervous, I can't afford the money, and I don't dare to touch the workers' pension money. I won the money from the province. To tell you the truth, I am very close to Director Guan of the Provincial Department of Finance. Comrade and friend of mine, I reported to him the financial difficulties in our city. He supported my work and allocated 500 million at a time, which was already in place yesterday. In addition to solving the difficulties of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, we also need to solve the problems of veteran cadres Living with laid-off workers is difficult. If you have any comments, please express them. I, Liu Rong, will definitely serve the CPPCC Standing Committee members well."

Upon hearing these words, all members of the Standing Committee, including Chairman Xiao, once again applauded for a long time.After the applause stopped, Liu Rong continued: "In order to thank all members of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for their consistent support for the government's work, at noon today, on behalf of the municipal government, I arranged lunch for you at the hotel. After the meeting is over, I will have dinner with everyone. "

The atmosphere of the venue became lively.What exactly the members of the Standing Committee were discussing, no one could tell after drinking at noon.

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Principal Zhong Xiuwen never imagined that Liu Yunna, the manager of the Municipal No. [-] Construction Company she had been looking for, would drive that white high-end Lexus car and take the initiative to come to this warehouse school that had been borrowed for a year to find her.And as soon as they met, they held her hand affectionately: "Principal Zhong, I'm here to pick you up to see the new school."

Principal Zhong looked at this woman who looked particularly well-dressed and conspicuous with disbelief, "Is the school finished?"

"Okay, okay! The last time you petitioned, Mayor Liu criticized me. No, the project has been taken up in just over half a month. Mayor Liu will also go to the school to inspect in person later. You, the principal, must be there too, get in the car quickly." Liu Quina said as she opened the car door, gave Principal Zhong to the back seat, got into the car herself, and said to the driver: "Go to the government office. .”

Liu Rong wanted to visit the newly built Xiangyang Primary School. He asked Li Zimin to go with him, and Li Zimin agreed.The relocation of Xiangyang Primary School has not been completed for more than a year, and it is also a heart problem for Li Zimin. After all, it was a project he decided when he was mayor.He and Liu Rong left the mayor's office building together.

Liu Yunna's white car led, followed by four black cars, exited the gate of the city hall, and drove eastward.Li Zimin knew the specific location of the newly built Xiangyang Primary School, but he had never been there. This project was conceived by Liu Rong from the very beginning, and he has always been in charge of it.The convoy stopped at a less lively place about three miles away from the original Xiangyang Primary School.There, a new four-story white building was built. In front of the building, there was a flat land that was not too big, surrounded by barbed wire. It looked like a school playground.Liu Yunna had already got out of the car, calling for everyone in the accompanying car to get out of the car.Liu Rong took the same car, Li Zimin took the same car, the director of the Municipal Education Commission took the same car, and the head of the district government and the director of the district education bureau took the same car.When everyone got out of the car, Liu Yunna pointed to the newly built white building with a smile on her face and said, "This is our newly built Xiangyang Primary School. It's very cold, let's go into the building quickly."

It was really cold, and everyone went to the building one after another.Only the principal Zhong Xiuwen did not enter the building, she went to the west side of the building.

The building is undergoing interior decoration, and the weather is cold to catch up with the construction period. I work under the heater, and the heating pipes are also very hot. There are drops of water on the plastic-steel windows and walls.The oil workers are painting the oil, and the smell in the building is also very choking.Liu Yunna led these people from the first floor to the fourth floor. As she walked, she said that this 500-square-meter teaching building cost more than [-] million. Although the construction speed was slow, the quality of the project was not mentioned. .Construction is nearing completion and the school can move in immediately.The practical and good deeds of the government can be regarded as finished.Liu Yunna was frothing all over her mouth, and at the end, she said to Liu Rong and Li Zimin: "You two mayors, one old and one new, do you have any comments on this school?"

Liu Rongchong said to Li Zimin, "Let's ask Mayor Li to talk about it first."

Li Zimin thought for a while and said, "Let's ask Principal Zhong from Xiangyang Elementary School to talk about it, and see if she is satisfied." Everyone realized that Principal Zhong was not in the building, so they hurried outside and put Zhong, who was flushed with cold, into the building. Xiuwen came in.There was no smile on Zhong Xiuwen's face. She looked at Liu Rong and Li Zimin and said, "I did not agree with the school's selection of this place. But the government said that only this place is cheap and affordable to build new buildings. Students It's not too far from our school, so I agreed. But I know that this place was originally a garbage dump, and there is a deep pit next to it. I thought, can a building be built in this place? I just asked Manager Liu of the construction company, she told me that I could, and that she would not occupy the big pit. But I have already checked, and the big deep pit is gone. Is it just under the west corner of the building? I am not in construction, It’s not necessarily true, is it dangerous to build a building on top of the pit in such a short period of time?”

Upon hearing this, Li Zimin immediately asked, "Manager Liu, what happened to the big pit?"

Liu Yunna's face became tense for a moment, but she soon calmed down again, "There used to be a pit in the west corner of the building, but it wasn't big or deep, and we didn't want to occupy it at first. It was really not enough, so we organized and filled the hole.”

"It's not that the pit is not too big, nor is it not too deep. I came here a few times before you started work. Later, I saw cars from the Municipal Environmental Sanitation Department filling the pit with garbage. When I come again later, the pit will disappear." Principal Zhong said. Satisfied with what Liu Yunna said just now, she made corrections on the spot.When Liu Yunna heard this, she immediately became upset, "Aren't you talking nonsense? How can we dump garbage into the pit!"

"Who is talking nonsense? I saw it with my own eyes." Principal Zhong answered immediately.

"You see, is there any evidence? Who is the witness? What is the real evidence? Don't just talk nonsense."Liu Yunna has never been for people. Today, in front of the new and old mayors, how can she convince people.

The two of them started arguing while talking.When the director of the Municipal Education Commission saw this, he immediately said, "Both of you, please keep your words to a minimum, and listen to the mayor." Neither of them spoke.

Liu Rong looked at Li Zimin and said, "It's better for Mayor Li to continue." Li Zimin thought for a while and said, "I don't know the situation of this school. This is a good thing to do. But the words of Principal Zhong just now should draw our attention to whether this building was built on a big pit, whether the pit was filled with garbage, whether there is a problem with the quality of this building, these are not troublesome Just kidding, your manager Liu is the legal representative, if something happens, it will be a big deal, can you guarantee it?"

Liu Yunna said: "I can assure you, it will be fine. We have contacted the quality inspection department, and they also said that our project can be rated as a high-quality project on the market!"

Seeing that Liu Yunna answered so definitely, Li Zimin had no choice but to nod.

(End of this chapter)