Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

After Cao Wuping became the deputy mayor, he was too busy with work and seldom went home. Sometimes when he came back, he would just sit and go, and hardly ate at home.Mother Liu Fengzhu had an opinion, saying that her eldest son had become an official and did not even recognize his family.Not only at home, but also with the neighbors in the neighborhood, it is by no means a pretentious show off, but a very real complaint, sometimes wiping away tears.At this time, Cao Xinli always said that this is called loyalty and filial piety, and Wuping cannot be blamed. This afternoon, Cao Xinli went to the mine. Liu Fengzhu was listening to the radio saying that Cao Wuping, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and executive deputy mayor, was inspecting the work of Jinlong Group in Minjiao County. Said to Liu Fengzhu: "Mom, get ready, I'm going to have dinner at home tonight."

Liu Fengzhu was very surprised, but also very happy. She responded again and again, ready to go to the street to buy vegetables, and asked her son: "Who else are you inviting?" Cao Wuping said, "My brother, please make it happen." Liu Fengzhu was even happier: "Okay, okay, it's time for you two brothers to sit together. Wu Chengcheng likes to eat the fish I cook, so I'll go to the market and buy two right away." But Cao Wuping stopped his mother and said, "Don't go anywhere, just go to the canteen on the mine and get some frozen pig lungs and frozen pig pancreas. Wucheng likes to eat this, I know."

Only then did Liu Fengzhu realize that Cao Wuping's expression was not right, so she asked, "You also know about the deal between Wucheng and the mine?" Cao Wuping didn't answer, but looked at the watch on his wrist and asked, "Why hasn't Wucheng come back yet?" Liu Fengzhu clapped his hands and said, "How do I know this? It's not that you don't know. Your younger brother has opened a joint company to do business all over the world. He is a busy person like you. He is not busy at any time. What is he doing when he comes back?" Cao Wuping said with a dark face: "I had a good phone call with his secretary in the morning and asked him to come back. If he dares not come back to see me today, he will be attractive."

Liu Fengzhu asked worriedly: "Wucheng and the mine are doing this business again, is it under your banner?" Cao Wuping said: "He dare not. I have stated on many occasions that I don't have such a shameless brother." Liu Fengzhu said: "This is too extreme. What did he really do wrong? If you are a brother, you should be criticized, and you should be scolded. How can you deny your own brother?" Cao Wuping became angry and complained: "Mom, don't protect him all the time. If you continue to protect him, he dares to lie to you! This time he lied to my father and Shengli Mine, and the trouble became bigger. Shengli Mine has more than 30 People jointly filed a lawsuit, saying that my father and Cao Wucheng's joint venture partner cheated people, and I was also involved. Mom, tell me, do I, the deputy mayor, still have the face to face people?!"

Liu Fengzhu was frightened, and hurriedly asked, "Does your father know about this?" Cao Wuping said: "How would he know? The letter of complaint was sent directly to the municipal party committee. Secretary Xiao Daoqing came to me last night and showed me the letter. Old frozen pig lungs costing 20 cents a catty, he bastard What kind of thing is it to sell things to the mine for more than one catty?! Can people not doubt my father?!" Since it involved the face of the party secretary's husband and the mayor's son, Liu Fengzhu took it seriously and didn't say anything more. He hurriedly followed Cao Wuping's instructions and went to the mine.

Before going out, Cao Wuping said again: "Tell my father to come back too. As soon as Mr. Cao Wucheng and Mr. Cao arrive, I will work on the spot at the dinner table! The time can't be too long. I have to go back to the city at seven o'clock in the evening. office meeting." As soon as his mother Liu Fengzhu left, Cao Wuping fell into irritated thinking, and the more he wanted to hate Cao Wucheng, the more he hated him.This unfulfilling younger brother was obviously destroying his reputation and future. He even thought that Cao Wucheng did it on purpose to embarrass him.As a cadre who was born as a miner without any background and background, it is not easy for Cao Wuping to get to where he is today!In the north and south courtyards of the municipal party committee and municipal government, he never said a word, and never took a step. He really had the mentality of sister Lin who had just entered Jia's mansion.He was conscientious and worked hard, and he was afraid of being gossips, but Xiao Daoqing still found him today!Is this brother born from one mother really his enemy? !

At this time, a car horn sounded at the door, and for a moment, Cao Wucheng entered the house with his mobile phone and briefcase in his hands.Cao Wucheng was followed by Ma Haohao, the charming and charming female secretary, as usual. When Cao Wucheng entered the door, he said, "Mayor Cao, I heard that you are going to meet me in your busy schedule. I left aside a business worth hundreds of thousands and came here on time." Cao Wuping looked at his watch and asked coldly, "What time did I call you?" Cao Wucheng said, "Didn't it say six o'clock? It's only five forty."

Cao Wuping said, "I'm talking about five points!" Cao Wucheng turned his face to Ma Haohao and asked, "Is it five o'clock? How do you say it is six o'clock? Do you know that the leaders of the municipal party committee are very busy? How can we waste the precious time of the leaders of the municipal party committee? This is your negligence at work. I will deduct the monthly bonus." Ma took a good look at Cao Wucheng, and said to Cao Wuping: "Mayor Cao, don't listen to your brother's nonsense. He drank too much at noon and slept until almost four o'clock. He wouldn't come if I didn't force him."

Cao Wucheng laughed: "Brother, why do you think the German devils can drink so much? Three catties of 'Wuliangye' at noon is not enough." Ma Haohao said again: "He's talking nonsense again. I was there drinking at noon. Where did the German devil come from? He drank with the director of the meat joint factory Wang." Cao Wuping waved his hands impatiently and said: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, it's good if you can come, I have some serious things to talk to you about." Cao Wucheng asked: "Is there any good thing to take care of our joint company?"

Cao Wuping said: "Of course there are good things. The city wants to raise some funds to relieve the difficulties. Would you donate two to me?" Cao Wucheng smiled and said, "I was thinking of asking you, the mayor, to help me out of my troubles! Now the triangular debt is too serious, and we are really overwhelmed." Cao Wuping sarcastically said: "Your business is so good, you are still overwhelmed? Didn't you resell the frozen large intestines and frozen pig lungs that the meat joint factory can't sell? I, the deputy mayor, are also your beneficiaries. At noon I ate at the Jinlong Group in Hedong Village and tasted your pig intestines, and tonight I will try your frozen pork lungs. It is said that they taste good, and have they been exported to Eastern Europe and Russia? Have you made foreign exchange and earned a lot of dollars?"

Cao Wucheng was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Brother, don't mention this matter. I have forgotten about this matter, and I no longer sell pigs into the water. In fact, it is not easy to sell. There is no market in China, and there is no market in the world." There is no market. I am engaged in high-tech now, and I am going to sell projectors for the Republic of Korea." Cao Wuping didn't want Cao Wucheng to slip by, and he didn't care about Cao Wucheng's so-called high-tech, so he slapped the table and said bluntly: "Enough, my Mr. Cao! You know what you do yourself. I don’t care about other bad things now. I have to take care of the Shengli Mine today. You can spit out as much as you cheat people!" Cao Wucheng also shouted: "I cheated Who? I am helping the mine to solve the difficulties, and I am also helping the meat joint factory to solve the difficulties. This is a matter of mutual agreement between the three parties, and there is a contract! Don't say that you are just a deputy mayor, even Wu Mingxiong, the secretary of the municipal party committee, can't control me !" Cao Wuping never thought that Cao Wucheng would be so tough, his face turned pale with anger, but he couldn't get angry and scold others in front of the horse, losing the demeanor of a leader, so he softened his tone and said: "Wucheng, I am now I am not talking to you as a deputy mayor, but as your brother. Think about it, think about it carefully, and think about two questions: First, when Comrade Shengli miners are so difficult, do you Is it justified in my conscience to do this? Second, my father is the secretary of the party committee of the Shengli Mine, and I am the deputy mayor in charge of the industry. What impact will it have? Have you ever thought about the impact this has on me?" Cao Wucheng refused to recognize the identity of Cao Wuping's elder brother. He smiled coldly and said, "Deputy Mayor Cao, I can answer you without thinking: First, the commodity economy must act according to the law and according to the economic contract. There is no question of conscience. If This transaction Shengli Mine thinks I am a fraud, and they can sue me in court. Second, my father as his party secretary and you as your deputy mayor have nothing to do with me as a businessman. You have never taken advantage of it. What has your power helped me, why should I be responsible for your reputation now? Besides, you have said in many places that you have never had a younger brother who smells like me. So, how can I Affected you, the leader of the municipal party committee who is upright and clean-sleeved?!" Cao Wuping really wanted to slap Cao Wucheng twice in the face as his elder brother, but Cao Wucheng yelled at Deputy Mayor Cao one by one.Cao Wuping's face darkened, and he used the majesty of the deputy mayor: "Very good. Very good, Mr. Cao, you are very good. I, the deputy mayor, never thought that your joint company can handle affairs according to the law. This is Well, I will ask the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to check with your company's superior department to see what is going on with your leather bag company." Cao Wucheng immediately said: "Don't check, I can tell you right now. Since you scolded me last year, I changed my family and joined Weihushan. My current supervisor is not in Pingchuan, but in Shenzhen, No. 456 Shennan Avenue. The name is Pacific (International) Group Company, and I have to go there to pay the management fee once a year." Cao Wuping said: "Then, the various taxes and fees are paid well, right? You, Cao Wucheng, know the law so well, you will definitely not evade taxes, right? Director Wang of the Municipal Taxation Bureau often visits you to chat, I think you are very welcome. ?” Ma Hao panicked, and hurriedly said to Cao Wuping: "Mayor Cao, don't do this. Now which company doesn't make a fuss about taxes and avoid taxes?" But Cao Wucheng said: "I'm not afraid of this, so what if I'm found out for tax evasion? My brother who is the mayor can afford to lose face, so can't I afford to lose face?!" Cao Wuping was so angry that his face turned pale, and with trembling hands, he pointed at Cao Wucheng and cursed: "You...you are a rascal!" At this moment, Cao Xinli and Liu Fengzhu entered the door one after the other. When Cao Xinli saw Cao Wucheng, without saying a word, he rushed forward and slapped Cao Wucheng, causing Cao Wucheng to fall into Ma Haohao's arms. The horse was so scared that it went straight to hide in the corner.Cao Xinli also pointed at Cao Wucheng's nose and scolded: "You shameless bastard, it's not enough for you to embarrass yourself, you also made me and your brother embarrassed by following you, and let the workers sue the city. Your brother speaks to you, I won’t talk to you about the law! If you dare not pay the 200,000 yuan for tiles, I will break your dog’s legs with family law and let you crawl out from here.” Only then did Cao Wucheng soften, and covered his face and said in a low voice, "Where did you get the 200,000 yuan? If those pigs go into the water, you will eat them in vain?" Cao Xinli said: "I've already asked about the price of your pig lungs and pig pancreas, and it's only 400 yuan a ton. We accept the money, including the shipping fee." Ma Haohao tentatively said, "Boss, you have to give us some management fees, right?" Cao Xinli ignored Ma Haohao at all.Ma Haohao wanted to say something more, but Cao Wucheng was disheartened and stopped Ma Haohao from saying: "Forget it, forget it, let's not talk to them anymore, are they doing business? They are using power to oppress people, using power The feudal patriarchal system blackmails people! How can I tell you anything!" Then he turned his face away again, and said to Cao Xinli and Cao Wuping, "Okay, okay, I convince you. I have never been planted in Shenzhen, and today I am planted by the two of you." It is in the hands of a feudal patriarch. I declare here: from now on, I will do business with you for a penny, and my surname will not be Cao!" Cao Xinli said: "You shouldn't be named Cao long ago! You Cao Wucheng said your surname is Cao, and I, Cao Xinli, dare not say my surname is Cao!" Cao Wucheng said: "Okay, I'll go. From now on, I will never go to this door again." Liu Fengzhu, who had been worried all the time, hurriedly stepped forward to pull her youngest son: "Wucheng, what are you talking about? Your brother came here just for you today, and he said he would have a drink with you." Cao Wucheng said: "Mom, our Mayor Cao is throwing a Hongmen banquet!" As he said, Cao Wucheng pulled the horse and was about to go out. Cao Wuping called out, "Slow down." Cao Wucheng turned his head at the door and asked, "What's the matter?" Cao Wuping said: "Mr. Cao, you know the law so well, why did you forget to leave the papers? If you don't admit it when you leave the house, what will the mine manager Xiao and Secretary Cao do?" Cao Wucheng had no choice but to write down the documents honestly, stating that he would pay a total of 180,000 in total within one month. Liu Fengzhu looked at Cao Wucheng with tears in his eyes, and wanted to keep his youngest son for a while longer. While Cao Wucheng was writing the papers, he said, "Even if you want to leave, you have to eat before leaving." Cao Wuping also said: "That's right, these meat products are brought, why don't you try them yourself?" Cao Wucheng ignored his mother, and only said to his elder brother: "I can't create new losses of state-owned assets." He also said, "Mayor Cao, I think you bureaucrats should eat less, and our country will have hope." Cao Wuping laughed: "It's unexpected that Mr. Cao can say such words that worry about the country and the people." Cao Wucheng said: "Don't think that you are the only officials who worry about the country and the people. We ordinary people know more about the difficulty of reform and the hatefulness of feudalism..." After Cao Wucheng left, Cao Wuping asked about the work of the Shengli Mine.Cao Xin immediately reported Zhuang Qunyi's joint mining plan to Cao Wuping, and just after the report, Cao Xinli said: "Wuping, since you became an official in the city, I have never asked you to go through the back door. I'll just go through your back door once, no matter what you do, you have to approve the joint mining matter." Cao Wuping said with a smile: "Actually, I have to approve it if you don't go through my back door. Zhuang Qunyi of Wanshan Group is a good idea. It is beneficial to the country and the people, and to both of you. The united mining business can be run in the same way as township enterprises, and it must be alive.” After finishing speaking, Cao Wuping asked in surprise, “Father, why did your thoughts suddenly change? Come here? Why did you put down the shelf of the state-owned large mine and cooperate with the peasant brothers?" Cao Xinli said: "Zhuang Qunyi and the others are still farmers now? They have already become workers. They are the new type of workers created by the reform and opening up in the past 10 years! Workers are not born. If you look up three generations, which one of us is not a farmer?" Cao Wuping Nodding his head, he said, "Your concept is good, and even I find it fresh. However, it seems that it is not accurate enough. Zhuang Qunyi and the others still have contracted fields, and the positioning of new workers does not make sense in theory." Cao Xinli said honestly: "It doesn't make sense, this idea is all Zhuang Qunyi's. I thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, so I told you, the city leader. However, even though I said that, I still feel that I can't keep up This era of commodity economy is over, and I am getting older, so I want to retire." Cao Wuping was startled: "Father, have you really figured it out, or are you testing me?" Cao Xinli said seriously: "I really figured it out. I think Xiao Yuejin can be appointed as the party secretary of Shengli Mine. Let him take over with one hand. While engaging in joint mining with Zhuang Qunyi's Wanshan Group, he will also switch to production contracting. In this way, two Years, maybe the situation will gradually get better." Cao Wuping pondered for a while, and said: "I think it's okay. You are 61 years old this year, and you have to retire according to the regulations. If you retire early, I will save face." When his son said this, Cao Xinli felt sad again, and he said in a low voice. Ask: "Wuping, you... Tell me what's going on in your heart, is your father really going to die? Is the secretary of the mine party committee incompetent for so many years?" Seeing his old father's hair full of hair, Cao Wuping was also moved. : "Father, no one said that you are incompetent as the secretary of the party committee, but that you are too old. Last year I persuaded you to quit, but you didn't do it. In addition, the mess of Shengli Mine was difficult to clean up, so I stayed an extra year. Years ago, you were sick all over because of the trouble, I feel sad when I think about it." Cao Xinli said: "Wu Ping, don't lie to me old man, tell me the truth, can I still adapt to the current commodity economy society?" Cao Wuping said: "If you change your mind, you can always adapt, right?!" Cao Xinli twisted his neck and said: "Some things, I really can't get used to it! Let's just say it's done, what is he? Why did he post it? We know he's cheating, but we can't rule him out. He was scolded as a feudal patriarch. Is this also called a commodity economy?" Cao Wuping said: "Cao Wucheng is taking advantage of loopholes in policies and laws, and has nothing to do with the commodity economy. With the improvement of the legal system, such things will gradually decrease..." That night, the son who is the executive deputy mayor talked a lot with the old man who is the party secretary of the mine, until Cao Wuping’s driver Xiao Zhang came to pick Cao Wuping up for the mayor’s office meeting, and the father and son were still drinking at the table , talking. When Cao Wuping got up to leave, Cao Xinli made another statement: "Wuping, Dad means what he says this time, and he will report his retirement to the city in a few days." After seeing off his son, Cao Xinli, who had been secretary of the mining party committee for 18 years, could not help but see tears streaming down his face.