Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One

Shu Huaru said: "It was started by a few young people from our Pingchuan rice mill, Tian Dagui. A bankrupt small state-owned factory, with the support of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, carried out reform experiments, and its appearance has really changed. Now, Tian Dagui and his group of young people are more arrogant than me, the mayor, flying all over the sky in a plane, looking for markets and cooperation all over China." Xie Xuedong said again and again: "Okay, okay, the younger generation is awesome, the younger generation is awesome! In my opinion, the hope of China's reform lies in their generation."

However, Xie Xuedong's attitude changed as soon as he sat down to report on his work.When Shu Huaru talked about the treatment of Shang Dequan, Xie Xuedong's face sank; when he talked about the difficulties in the water conservancy project, Xie Xuedong was so irritable that he couldn't listen anymore. Hua Ru shut up knowingly. At this time, Xie Xuedong said kindly: "Mayor Shu, you talk, you talk, I'm listening." Shu Huaru said: "That's all. What we mean is that if Secretary Xie can help us with the work and allocate some funds to us in improving drought and water, our life will be easier. Isn't the South-to-North Water Diversion just Change drought to water? The province advocates it. When the municipal party committee held a meeting, we all said, there is someone in our province, and this person is you, Secretary Xie. You are our old secretary, and you don’t care about our affairs. Who cares?!"

Xie Xuedong asked: "Wu Mingxiong also said that?" Shu Huaru said: "Isn't it?! Old Wu has always said that the foundation of Pingchuan was laid by you and many old comrades; there are not many people who have worked in Pingchuan with you. Old comrades, we wouldn’t be able to do great things today.” Xie Xuedong smiled noncommittally: "You, Mayor Shu, mean that Wu Mingxiong respects me a lot?" Shu Huaru nodded and said, "Old Wu said at the first meeting of the Standing Committee after taking office that none of us should despise our predecessors, especially Secretary Xie."

Xie Xuedong said: "But Wu Mingxiong heard what I said?! I suggested to him several times to replace Chen Zhongyang, did he move?! The trouble has reached the point of death, and he is still responsible for the leadership Chen Zhongyang, what do you want to do?!" Shu Huaru said cautiously: "Secretary Xie, as far as I know, the Hetian incident has nothing to do with Chen Zhongyang, it was completely caused by Shang Dequan. Chen Zhongyang was also very angry about this. It was he who proposed to withdraw from the Standing Committee." Suntech works full-time." Xie Xuedong hummed: "I understand this trick, call the guards to protect the car." Shu Huaru didn't dare to make a sound.

Xie Xuedong then said: "Mayor Shu, don't think about it. If conditions permit, who wouldn't want to do more good things for their hometown and the people? The ancients, those feudal bureaucrats even knew that serving as an official would benefit one party. As Communists, we , the public servants of the people, why don’t we know this? If we don’t know this, are we still worthy of being a Communist?! But we must have a premise in doing things, that is, we must keep the masses of the people in our hearts, and we cannot Under the banner of the officer, people are forced to die."

Shu Huaruqiang explained with a smile: "Secretary Xie, it cannot be said that the fellow village head of Hetian was forced to death. He had a heart attack. We have conducted a serious investigation." Xie Xuedong asked: "Is this investigation objective? To what extent is it credible? Both the provincial party committee and I have doubts about this, and may send people down to re-investigate in the near future." Shu Huaru was stunned: "Is this necessary?" Xie Xuedong said: "Why is it not necessary? Wouldn't it be nice to send an investigation team down to the center of the alarm?!" Shu Huaru remained silent.

Xie Xuedong said: "In view of this situation, I suggest that you don't rush to start construction on Huancheng Road for the time being, and don't engage in large-scale donation activities in the city. Be more safe, and do as much as you want, and don't have such things as Hetian Yes. Of course, I'm just suggesting." Shu Huaru said: "It may not be able to stop, Pingchuan will hold the groundbreaking ceremony of the ring road tomorrow." Xie Xuedong looked up and let out a long sigh, and said nothing.Back in Pingchuan's provincial office, Shu Huaru called Wu Mingxiong.As soon as the phone call was made, Wu Mingxiong immediately asked, "How much money did Xie Xuedong promise to give us?"

Shu Huaru said angrily: "Boss, just wait, they will send an investigation team over soon, and they may bring you the entire Provincial Agricultural Bank by the way." Wu Mingxiong said: "Forget it then, hurry up and come back overnight, the road around the city will start tomorrow, and you, the chief road engineer, cannot be missing from the swearing-in meeting." Shu Huaru asked, "Should I still go to Secretary Qian Xianghui?" Wu Mingxiong said: "Since Xie Xuedong is going to send an investigation team, I don't want to go to Secretary Qian's place, and don't make things difficult for Secretary Qian. We don't do anything wrong, and we are not afraid of ghosts calling at the door in the middle of the night. If you want to investigate, let him Why don't you check it out, Wu Mingxiong is responsible for finding out the problem; if you can't find out the problem, I don't care about it with him, I just hope he won't let me do my business."

Shu Huaru said, "Should I go to the old governor's place again? When I went to the hospital to see the old governor yesterday, I saw that he was receiving oxygen and injections. I didn't dare to say anything." Wu Mingxiong said: "Then don't talk about it anymore. The old governor is hot-tempered and can't tolerate sand in his eyes. Let's accumulate some virtue and let the old man live for two more days. Come back soon and go to the Huancheng Road Engineering Headquarters to find him." Me, we're going to have a meeting overnight. Let's make a deal first, we'll have breakfast with you and the mayor."

Shu Huaru said "OK", put down the phone, put the briefcase under his arm, and immediately ordered the driver to rush back to Pingchuan overnight.The night of Forty-Six Hirakawa is a real night, except for the old-fashioned street lamps on the main streets and the lights in residential areas, there are not many bright and brilliant light sources.For Pingchuan at that time, descriptions such as bright lights were just exaggerations written by cultural people, which was far from Pingchuan's reality.Two months ago, "Pingchuan Daily" published a report article by reporter Wang Darui, in which it was written, "The main leaders of the municipal party committee and municipal government walked the streets and alleys amidst the brilliant lights of thousands of houses in Pingchuan, planning this The tomorrow of this city..." Yunyun.Wu Mingxiong became popular when he saw it, so he called Peng Yongan, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, and asked him, where are the brilliant lights in Pingchuan?Peng Yongan was so blocked that he couldn't say a word.Wu Mingxiong also said that it is precisely because Pingchuan has not yet achieved glory that we have to lead 10 million people to fight.

Now, driving slowly in this dark city on a winter night, looking at the deserted streets and alleys outside the car window, Wu Mingxiong said with emotion to Yan Changqi, the deputy mayor and chief commander of the Huancheng Road project in the same car : "Mayor Yan, it seems that Pingchuan's brilliance may start tonight, in the hands of you, the deputy mayor of urban construction." While eating instant noodles in the car, Yan Changqi said: "Secretary Wu, the power supply department still has some opinions on the power design of Huancheng Road, saying that it is too wasteful to install so many new street lights, and the electricity bill for street lights is 200 a year. About 10,000. Besides, we in Hirakawa have a serious shortage of electricity." Wu Mingxiong waved his hand and said, "Don't listen to them. The power shortage is not enough now, and it won't be in the future. Don't we want to build our own big power plant? After our big power plant is built, it will not only solve the problem of the international industrial park. The problem of industrial electricity consumption has also fundamentally solved the electricity consumption problem of the entire Pingchuan City, and at that time, I am afraid that there will be too much electricity to be sold." Yan Changqi said: "Secretary Wu, don't be too optimistic about Shanghai Power Plant. Although we have signed a contract of intent with Taiwan's Fahrenheit Group, it is difficult to implement it. The main obstacle is not with us or Fahrenheit, but with the Taiwan Kuomintang authorities. According to Taiwan According to the current policy of the Kuomintang authorities, it is very difficult for well-known Taiwan-funded groups to make large-scale investments in the mainland's basic industries." Wu Mingxiong said: "It can be flexible, Mr. Hua Yifu, please switch to a third country or a third place." Yan Changqi said: "We have also thought about this method. Fahrenheit had planned to carefully implement this investment plan through its subsidiaries in Malaysia. However, the operation is still very difficult. This is not 300.5 billion, but several billion. The construction period is so long, so it was denied. Yesterday, Ms. Hua Nana, the plenipotentiary representative of Fahrenheit, came to me and asked us, if Fahrenheit’s investment cannot be paid for for a while, can we still build this power plant? How?” Wu Mingxiong said: "Of course we must. Water and electric circuits are the three major foundations for our Pingchuan's economic take-off. They are indispensable, and we have to work hard. In my opinion, we can continue to look for joint venture partners on the one hand, and do the preparatory work on the other hand. Good. If the situation permits, you can also invest a few hundred million to start the first phase of the project first.” Yan Changqi asked: "We still have to ask citizens to donate for Huancheng Road. Where does the start-up capital for the power plant come from? You can't lead people to rob banks." Wu Mingxiong said: "Who told you to rob the bank? You should use your brain more, find a way to turn other people's money into our money, turn small money into big money, borrow if you can, borrow if you can, borrow if you can. If you invite others to buy shares, you will invite others to buy shares. By the way, you can also issue power plant bonds to ordinary people in the whole society! The municipal finance guarantees that the principal and interest will be repaid for five years, and the interest rate is one or two percentage points higher than that of the National Bank. go out?!" Yan Changqi said: "Issuing bonds requires provincial approval, which may be very difficult." Wu Mingxiong said: "Then you go to the Provincial People's Bank, you can beg if you want, you can cry if you want, if he doesn't approve, don't leave. I heard that there is a person named Liu in our city tourism bureau. The deputy director is a lesbian who knows how to cry. Mayor Shu’s purse is so tightly covered. This female director forced 2 million from Mayor Shu to renovate the Longfengshan Hotel. If you go to the Provincial People’s Bank, you will Take her and tell her to fight the bank with moving tears, not just civil war against our own mayor!" Yan Changqi smiled: "Secretary Wu, you can really think." Wu Mingxiong looked at the night outside the car window and said with a fascinated expression: "The night of Pingchuan will be bright in our hands, and the city of Pingchuan will also be beautiful in our hands. Mayor Yan, don't think about it, right In terms of the image and dignity of a city, what is the electricity bill of 2 million? I heard that the Kangkang Soybean Milk Group spent more than 8 million miles on advertising soymilk powder this year.” Yan Changqi said: "That's true." Then, she was very moved and said: "Secretary Wu, I can see that you love this city so much, not only thinking about her today, but also about her tomorrow. Yesterday's meeting In the past, you proposed to build more parks and leave more green space in the ring road, I thought, you, the head of the family, have a vision." Wu Mingxiong said: "We must start with parks and green spaces first. By 2020 in the next century, according to the national land planning, the population of our Pingchuan urban area will reach 3 million. At that time, Pingchuan people must have corresponding living space and Living space, what if we don’t build more parks? Today we occupy the land first and build a park, so he can build factories in the park in the future?!” Yan Changqi nodded: "This is also called the right to not use it, and it becomes invalid after the expiration date." "No matter who does it, as long as he can shoulder this historical responsibility, I will applaud him from the audience..." Speaking of this, Wu Mingxiong suddenly discovered something and asked the driver to stop. The car was parked on a large stone bridge at the junction of urban and rural areas. Wu Mingxiong got out of the car, stood on the bridge, and looked at a warehouse and factory building not far from the bridge. Asking the driver to bring his mobile phone, he immediately called Cao Wuping, who was in charge of demolition coordination. It was not Cao Wuping who answered the phone, but Jin Dahua, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government.Jin Dahua followed Cao Wuping to manage the industrial port, Cao Wuping joined the Standing Committee and became the executive deputy mayor, Jin Dahua still followed Cao Wuping. Jin Dahua asked Wu Mingxiong: "Secretary Wu, are you in a hurry?" Wu Mingxiong was very impatient: "Can you find Mayor Cao to answer the phone for me?" Jin Dahua said: "Mayor Cao is exhausted and sick, with a high fever of 40 degrees Celsius, and is on water in the hospital." Wu Mingxiong said "Oh" and had to talk to Jin Dahua: "Secretary Jin, what's going on here in the East Ring Road? Why hasn't the 112 warehouse of the Provincial Materials Bureau started to be demolished yet?? The provincial coal bureau car next to the 112 warehouse I can’t see the overhaul factory clearly, and it seems that it hasn’t been demolished yet.” Jin Dahua said: "It was not demolished. It was originally said that it would be demolished, but people changed their minds again. The situation is quite complicated. I heard that 12 nearby provinces and enterprises affiliated to the ministry have colluded with each other and asked the city to pay for the demolition. Rumors have spread that the provincial government may not agree to our going to the Huancheng Road right away.” Wu Mingxiong became angry: "Where did this rumor come from? Who said that the province does not agree to go to the Ring Road? We will have a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow, don't they know?" Jin Dahua said: "Secretary Wu, don't worry. Anyway, the East Ring Road is the second phase, and the start of construction will be delayed for a while. We will continue to work. Mayor Cao has already agreed with me to open the provincial and ministerial enterprises tomorrow. Even if the coordination meeting is carried on a stretcher, he has to be carried to the venue." Wu Mingxiong said: "Okay, tell Mayor Cao to let him have a good night's rest, and don't attend the meeting of the engineering headquarters tonight. Tomorrow's coordination meeting must be held well. No matter what you say, the East Ring Road The warehouse and the house have to be demolished within ten days?" Unexpectedly, when Wu Mingxiong and Yan Changqi rushed to the Huancheng Road Project Headquarters, Cao Wuping had already arrived one step ahead, with his whole body crooked on the broken sofa, and the bottle of needles was in Jin Dahua's hand. As soon as Wu Mingxiong came in, Cao Wuping struggled to sit upright and reported, "Secretary Wu, don't worry, there will be no delay in the East Ring. I have already sent people to do the work separately." Wu Mingxiong couldn't bear to criticize Cao Wuping anymore, he patted Cao Wuping on the shoulder and said, "Okay, okay, no matter how stressful the work is, you still have to pay attention to rest." While speaking, all the generals from all walks of life arrived.No one dared to be late for the meeting time set by Wu Mingxiong. The meeting opened as soon as it was said, and was presided over by the deputy mayor Yan Changqi.First of all, generals from all walks of life briefed on the situation, from the preparations for the groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow, to the contracting and implementation of the first phase of the West Ring and North Ring projects; Arrived. Finally, Wu Mingxiong spoke. In his speech, Wu Mingxiong once again pointed out the arduous and urgent task of demolition and relocation in the East and South Rings, and Cao Wuping must not take it lightly.At the same time, the Propaganda Department is required to further increase publicity efforts, and it is clearly stated that during the month when citizens donate money, in addition to ensuring normal programs, the city's radio stations and TV stations must broadcast and produce images 24 hours a day and night, announce the list of donating citizens, and report relevant news . Wu Mingxiong said very excitedly: As long as we firmly believe that everything we do today truly represents the will of 10 million people in Pingchuan, our road will go on like this.No matter how much pressure there is, how difficult it is; no matter who says something behind our backs in front of us, or what rumors there are, we have to move forward step by step.Our propaganda is to let every cadre and the masses in Pingchuan know that what we are engaged in today is a great cause for the benefit of future generations, and it is a righteous cause. Of course, to do something, especially such a big and difficult task, it is not surprising that you will inevitably make mistakes of one kind or another.In our world, there are probably only two kinds of people who do not make mistakes: the first kind of people are people who never do things, and the second kind of people are dead people.It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, as long as you can correct it in time.Here, on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, I would like to report a situation: when raising funds for water conservancy, Comrade Shang Dequan, Secretary of the Hetian County Party Committee, violated the spirit of the Municipal Party Committee and held a long meeting for two days and two nights to collect funds, resulting in the death of a fellow villager with heart disease In the meeting room, he has been dismissed by the municipal party committee.Everyone must learn from this lesson. Donations to Huancheng Road must be voluntary, and incidents like Hetian will never be allowed to happen again?