Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven

The Coal Culture Promotion Association, chaired by former mayor Zhang Guojun, held a meeting at the Longtian Hotel to organize coal bosses to donate to the families of the "Shuiyugou Mine Disaster". Many coal bosses participated. Among them is the well-known Guo Tianliang, who is one of the initiators of this event; Zhao Guozhong came back from Beijing specially, accompanied by two beauties, one is the deputy general manager Yang Juan, and the other is an extraordinary temperament Assistant Xiao; Dahei's identity is not only the owner of the coal mine, but also the victim—the village head of the village where the victim lived; of course, there are also many social enthusiasts...

More than a hundred coal bosses, big and small, came to hold a fundraising meeting inside, and the outside of the hotel almost became an exhibition site for famous brand cars, such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Rolls-Royce, Hummer, Cadillac... The mounts of the coal boss are almost all famous brand cars from all over the world. This time, they all gathered in front of the Longtian Hotel, attracting many curious people to watch. The most attractive part of this meeting is that all the main leaders of the municipal party committee attended the meeting, and both the mayors of the previous and previous terms participated.The former mayor Zhang Guojun organized public welfare activities, at least in name; the later mayor Li Lilin came out again, showing that he escaped the catastrophe of the "Shuiyugou Mine Disaster".Duan Tiansheng, secretary of the municipal party committee, everyone knows that he and the former mayor Zhang Guojun are mortal enemies, but he also came to the meeting. What is the reason?There must be a reason why he couldn't push it away.

Everyone present was most interested in not only being able to see the main leaders attending the meeting, but also wanting to learn about the final handling of the "Shuiyugou Mine Disaster" from this meeting. The meeting was presided over by Zhang Juhai, secretary of the District Party Committee. The first speaker at the meeting was a woman, whom no one knew.From the host's introduction, everyone learned that she is a Chinese-American who grew up in this city, finished college here, and then went to the United States.Recently, she heard that there was a mine accident in her hometown, and she came to donate 200,000 US dollars on behalf of a foundation.

When she donated the charity money to the government representative, many people below were curious while approving.Who is this mysterious woman?Only a few people on the stage, including Duan Tiansheng, Zhang Guojun, and Guo Tianliang, knew her details.They looked at the woman who donated money for a while, and at the mayor Li Lilin who looked a little unnatural. Li Lilin felt from the strange eyes of his colleagues that today's arrangement was really a big mistake. The second person who made a donation at the meeting was Deputy Director Zhang of the Mining Bureau of the Shuiyugou Mine's superior unit.He had an intriguing speech: First of all, on behalf of the 100,000 employees of the Mining Bureau, I would like to apologize to the families of the victims, because our work mistakes have brought a heavy disaster to everyone.At present, the main leading secretary and director of the Mining Bureau have been "double-regulated" by the Disciplinary Inspection Commission. The new team has not yet taken office, and the entire unit is in a state of leaderless.

Deputy Director Zhang was a little choked up: This time, 100,000 workers spontaneously donated 200,000 yuan to express their heart for the dead brothers.Finally, I have a plea: I hope that the more than 3,000 elders and folks in Hougou Village and other related villages will stop besieging us. The living area of ​​the Mining Bureau has been without water and electricity for more than half a month.We are all brothers and sisters. Because of the mine disaster, the safety production license of Shuiyugou Mine, which is our entrusted company, has been revoked by relevant departments. We will withdraw from the management and mining of Shuiyugou Mine in the future. To local government, redistribute, reprocess...

Deputy Director Zhang said in tears, but not many people were emotional at the scene. The next person who made a donation was Guo Tianliang, the chairman of Tianliang Group, which everyone is familiar with. He donated 300,000 yuan. According to his worth, this amount is not much.Although donations are voluntary, there is also an unspoken rule: you can't have more people with higher status than you, and you can't have more people with more weight than you. If you exceed them, it will embarrass others.For example, in today's matter, he inquired in advance that the municipal party committee and the municipal government only donated 500,000 yuan. If he surpassed others, wouldn't he embarrass the protagonists at the meeting, Secretary Duan and Mayor Li?Guo Tianliang would not do such a stupid thing.

After he donated the money very low-key, he did not forget to praise others: I can have such an opportunity to do something for the families of the victims. First of all, I should thank the old mayor Mr. Zhang Guojun. He taught me many times that I should be rich and rich. Think about the source, think about progress when you are rich, help the poor and help the poor, and serve your hometown.Secondly, I should thank Ms. Shi Jiamin, a Chinese-American, who first persuaded me to co-organize such a unique event today. I will continue to cooperate with her in the future to do more charity and benefit the people of Coal City...

Next, Zhao Guozhong took the stage and took out 300,000 cash.No one expected that he had carefully prepared a statement: Of the 300,000 yuan, 100,000 yuan was donated by Ms. Yang Juan, and the other 200,000 yuan was mine.Let me express my attitude to my fellow villagers: Although I spend most of my time in Beijing, my heart is always in my hometown.As long as there is something in my hometown, I am obliged. Zhao Guozhong especially emphasized: I am away all year round, so I don't know much about the specific things in my hometown.For example, despite such a big incident in Shuiyugou, there are still a lot of resource reserves. If it is redeveloped, it can still benefit the people in the hometown.I have an immature suggestion: I am willing to invest in the introduction of the most advanced fully mechanized mining equipment from Germany, participate in the development of the new mine in Shuiyugou, and strive to minimize the number of deaths.In order to benefit the folks and folks, I promise everyone: if I can win the bid, I am willing to donate 10% of the shares to the folks in nearby villages such as Hougou Village for free...

After Zhao Guozhong finished speaking, sparse applause suddenly broke out from the audience. It stands to reason that today's meeting was a rather heavy meeting, but Zhao Guozhong reversed the atmosphere of the meeting by surprise. Mayor Li Lilin of Taiwan, Deputy Director Zhang of the Mining Bureau, Chinese-American Shi Jiamin and others were very surprised; the old mayor Zhang Guojun and Guo Tianliang beside him frowned; Zhang Juhai kept smoking crazily; Yang Juan in the audience couldn't control her emotions and cursed on the spot. Amid the sparse applause, Zhao Guozhong stepped off the rostrum, did not return to his original seat, and walked out in front of the crowd, twisting his fat body, carrying a small leather bag...

... After all the donations had been made, Mayor Li Lilin turned on the microphone placed in front of him. As soon as he spoke, everyone felt that he was more emotional: "Thank you, thank you comrades and friends. Today's donation of more than 6 million yuan is a re-education for me. In the past, when the coal boss was mentioned on the Internet, it was all hype about coal. The boss buys a house, buys a car, has a mistress, shows off his wealth, and has kidney deficiency and Yang deficiency. Anyway, there are very few positive things. After the meeting is over, I will arrange the news unit to publicize everyone's righteous deeds and love..."

The more than 100 coal bosses present applauded when they heard the mayor's praise. Li Lilin waved his hands and continued: "This time, the Shuiyugou mine accident, to be honest, exposed many problems. For me, some problems may not have been fully exposed. "I say these words, some people understand, some people don't understand. Those who don't understand are as strange as I am: in the past, when there was a mine accident, the mayor would definitely be removed from office, but I survived and am still serving as the mayor here. Long. Of course, the case of Shuiyugou Mine is somewhat special, but I, including the governor, have always had an intuition: I suspect that some "sensible people" took advantage of the special nature of this mine disaster to do a lot for me behind the scenes Work……" Compared with Zhao Guozhong's sensational speech just now, Mayor Li Lilin's unexpected speech was more explosive, and the scene was once again commotion. The face of the old mayor Zhang Guojun turned into a pig liver with anger; Guo Tianliang was fierce with "wolf eyes"; Duan Tiansheng, the secretary of the municipal party committee, was the strangest, at first he was in a daze with shock, and then he desperately searched for Zhao Guozhong, Yang Juan, and Assistant Xiao with fierce eyes Waiting for others; District Party Secretary Zhang Juhai could barely sit still; Many people in the audience were discussing. Mayor Li Lilin didn't seem to notice the change in the venue, and continued: "Why did those 'understanders' do this? They have nothing to do with me, why are they trying to help me? Why do they operate in secret? Why? There is only one answer: interests! For their own interests. "Everyone knows that the Shuiyugou Mine where the mining accident occurred, many people died in the two mine accidents, is bound to be boycotted and besieged by the people, and is bound to be re-auctioned by the government. A large mine with an annual output of hundreds of thousands of tons, If there is no accident, there will be at least 200 million net profits every year. If there is no mining accident, there will be no chance to reshuffle the cards. This time, the death of a person is a great disaster for the common people, and it is a great disaster for the coal boss. The reason why those 'sensible people' secretly protected me in this mine accident is that they want me to take their favor and take care of them in the process of reshuffle in the coal mine. This is their real purpose!" The impact of Mayor Li Lilin's speech on the audience was a bit like a thrilling roller coaster. There was a "wow", and the whole venue was completely in a commotion. Everyone was whispering and discussing. Li Lilin ignored these unusual circumstances and continued to give a speech: "According to the rules, I shouldn't play cards like this. Anyway, he did me a big favor without my knowledge, and I should thank him for that. "The reason why I tell these secrets in my heart on such an occasion is because until now, I don't know who the person who helped me was. But I have an intuition that this person is among you. No matter who it is , I would like to make a special statement here: I am personally grateful for your selfless help, and within the scope of my ability, I must repay you with gratitude, otherwise I will become a god who does not eat fireworks. "However, I have a weakness: I am timid and afraid of things, especially if I am required to violate party discipline and state laws. I am afraid of being investigated and punished, and I am afraid of being imprisoned. I am sorry. I bow to you in advance to express my gratitude and express my gratitude. Apologize." After the mayor Li Lilin finished speaking, he stood up on the spot, walked to the rostrum, and bowed deeply in public... There was thunderous applause one after another, and many people even cast admiring gazes, including some who started to worry about him. I don't know whether Li Lilin's speech was too exciting, or the applause of the crowd below was too warm. Everyone did not hear clearly what Zhang Juhai, the secretary of the district committee who presided over the meeting, said next. At the end, Duan Tiansheng, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, made the summary.Secretary Duan appeared on the stage, and the order of the venue calmed down a little. Everyone understood: he is the top leader in this city, and his appearance will definitely reveal some important news that ordinary people don't know. Duan Tiansheng took the microphone, and the venue was very quiet: "In today's meeting, love prevailed, and righteousness prevailed. What I want to tell you is that the provincial party committee and the provincial government have come up with preliminary opinions on how to deal with the Shuiyugou mine disaster. : Wang Dadong, director of the Provincial State-owned Assets Bureau, is currently being "double-regulated" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection; at the same time, the director and secretary of the Mining Bureau and Secretary of the Shuiyugou Coal Mine Party Committee Secretary Wang Xiangdong were also arrested. Of course, our city's work is not without problems, there are indeed For the problem of ineffective supervision, the superiors decided to suspend Comrade Wang Wenwen, the deputy head of the district government in charge of production safety, and give Mayor Li Lilin a warning within the party. "The thing that moved me the most and taught me the most was Comrade Lilin's speech just now. Of course, what he said was just speculation, just his own personal analysis and judgment. There was no real evidence, and he never communicated with me beforehand. But it is this paranoia and speculation that show the position that a civil servant of a country should have, and embodies his basic principles of being a man and an official. Everyone gave him applause, which also represents my personal true feelings... " After the meeting, Mayor Li Lilin's heavy burden was relieved a lot, and he became more relaxed.Others, however, cast a shadow over their hearts. Guo Tianliang has the habit of going to Mount Wutai to burn incense whenever there is a big event. Guo Tianliang had a strange experience. He had a special relationship with the Wutai Mountain Temple since he was a child.His adoptive father, known as "Liu Foye", has passed away.The remains of the old man are still stored in the Tianmen Temple in Wutai Mountain, and are carefully cared for by the foster father's good friend Ziyu Great Monk. A few years ago, because of some accidents in the coal mine, he was so restless every day. When he was really upset, he went to Wutai Mountain to live for a day. All his troubles were thrown away, and when he returned to the provincial capital from Mount Wutai, the coal mine was calm. The most amazing thing is that before the accident last time, Guo Tianliang learned that he was about to be arrested, and he was powerless to recover. With his last hope, he stayed at Tianmen Temple in Mount Wutai for two days, burning incense every day.After going down the mountain, he lost his personal freedom and was detained for more than ten months.During this period, the interrogators almost exhausted all means.Whenever Guo Tianliang couldn't stand it, he always told himself in his heart: Only by clenching his teeth can he survive the catastrophe. No matter what happens, the Bodhisattva of Mount Wutai will always bless him... It was with this belief that he survived the greatest catastrophe in his life, not only protecting himself, but also winning the respect of everyone including Zhang Guojun. This time, he took the initiative to ask Zhang Guojun to come to Mount Wutai to burn incense. Just about to enter the mountain gate, Zhang Guojun saw that the toll collector was about to take out his ID card, but was stopped by Guo Tianliang: "President, there is no need for a free ticket. We are here to pray for Buddha, we can't come empty-handed, we always have to pay a price, so The Buddha will bless us even more." "It seems that you have really become a devout believer." Zhang Guojun put his ID back in his pocket, "Brother, you have become much more mature after going through that disaster." "To say I am mature, that is what fate taught me. From now on, firstly, I must be kind to others, and secondly, I should stop doing illegal things." Guo Tianliang looked at Longquan Temple in the valley while driving, "As long as I don't break the law, No one can do anything to me!" "The scene yesterday, especially what Li Lilin said, I was worried that you were stimulated." Zhang Guojun looked up and saw the cigarette smoke hanging over Longquan Temple. Guo Tianliang put the car in the parking lot: "From now on, it's not us who will be stimulated, it must be Li Lilin!" Zhang Guojun got off the car, looked up and saw a hundred and eight white marble steps in front of him: "Why?" Guo Tianliang took out a long string of Buddhist beads from his arms and hung them on his chest: "Because of that woman!" "Is it Shi Jiamin who donated US dollars?" At yesterday's meeting, Zhang Guojun noticed that Guo Tianliang had a strange expression, looking at the woman for a while, and Li Lilin for a while, which made Li Lilin look very embarrassed. Guo Tianliang twisted the Buddhist beads in his hands, and raised his head to a high place, where was the white marble gate of Longquan Temple: "Of course, it is the Chinese American. She is Li Lilin's first love, and she is the place where Li Lilin's nerves are most vulnerable. By the way, I still I understand that the woman is currently single." "Yeah, you just got divorced, and you're also single." Zhang Guojun's legs trembled a little as he walked up the steps, "You don't want to get that woman and use her relationship with Li Lilin to control the mayor, right? No, you can't Do it like this! I don't know anything else, but Li Lilin has pure feelings and pays special attention to friendship, so don't..." "Why?" In the process of going up the steps, Guo Tianliang's footsteps were particularly steady. "It's too despicable to do that!" Zhang Guojun turned around. Guo Tianliang laughed loudly: "You think I'm too despicable, right?!" "Don't you have the same idea?" Seeing that the gate of Han Baiyu had arrived. Guo Tianliang was the first to climb up the high place, and the pure white marble gate was right in front of him: "Of course I'm not that despicable!" Eighty-nine flying dragons are carved on the white marble gate. Zhang Guojun watched carefully: "Why did you target that woman?" Guo Tianliang appreciates the highest state of sculpture art: "I want to cooperate with her and influence Li Lilin through cooperation." "How to cooperate? As long as you win the mine, you will contribute and she will take the shares?" Stepping through the gate is the main hall of Longquan Temple, which is solemn and full of incense, and Zhang Guojun stopped. "You still think of me too worldly." Guo Tian lit three sticks of incense, bowed solemnly, and then enshrined it on the altar at the door, "I don't do coal mines with her, I don't do business with her, I want to do business with her." She does charity work. Shi Jiamin, a Chinese-American, needs someone to cooperate in her charity work. I can provide her with office space, office funds, service personnel, and a large amount of charity funds, as long as she needs it.” Looking at the hazy Buddha statue behind the cigarette, Zhang Guojun suddenly realized: "Great! Smart! Charity is never provided for free, why didn't I think of it?! Sometimes, love is also the most powerful spiritual weapon. Even stronger than the power of love." Guo Tianliang looked at the pair of ancient pine trees at the door, and casually uttered a poem: "'Ask the world, what is love, and teach life and death?' If I remember correctly, the poet who wrote this beautiful line through the ages is Mount Wutai. The next yuan is good to ask." "Yes, yes, yes!" Zhang Guojun remembered, "He is a famous Jin Dynasty poet." Today in the main hall happened to be performed by someone, the bells were melodious, the scriptures were chanted continuously, the incense was filled, and the crowds were crowded, even the outside of the main hall was crowded with pilgrims watching the excitement.Guo Tianliang and Zhang Guojun wanted to go in to burn incense several times, but they never had a chance, so they had to continue walking back. "President, I paid special attention to Duan Tiansheng's every move yesterday, and found it to be very weird and unreasonable." Guo Tianliang was still thinking about yesterday's meeting, "At first, he didn't take it seriously, and his expression was indifferent; since Zhao Guozhong spoke, he suddenly became It was unreasonable, and it was exposed on his face; the most amazing thing was that in the first half of Li Lilin's speech, he became angry from embarrassment. In the second half, he pretended to lift Li Lilin to the sky, which is illogical!" From the front yard to the back yard, the aisle is very narrow. Zhang Guojun is a fat man, and it is very difficult to pass through: "Generally speaking, a man with a handsome appearance does not have a high IQ. It is impossible for God to give all the advantages to one person. Duan Tiansheng is indeed an exception." , looks talented, IQ is not inferior to you and me. I know his weird expression yesterday." "Didn't Zhao Guozhong communicate with Duan Tiansheng in advance about his idea of ​​competing for mines? So, Duan Tiansheng couldn't hold back anymore." In Guo Tianliang's view, Zhao Guozhong is Duan Tiansheng's confidant, and he will not hide such a big matter . Pass through the aisle, and behind it is a quiet courtyard full of ancient trees.Zhang Guojun paced back and forth: "He didn't communicate with Duan Tiansheng in advance on such a big matter, which means that Zhao Guozhong already knew that Duan Tiansheng had other interests in his heart, and he couldn't confess. It's a natural." Guo Tianliang looked up and saw a few black crows parked on the ancient tree: "Then it's troublesome, if Duan Tiansheng has a heart, who is it?" The black crow found someone under the tree, screamed a few times, flapped its wings and flew away.Zhang Guojun replied with a smile: "Who could it be? Of course it is Zhang Juhai's mistress, Yang Juan. That little flirt, eating what's in the bowl and looking at what's in the pot, must be the one who did a natural job." "How did you see that?" "When Zhao Guozhong spoke, apart from his female follower, Assistant Xiao, Duan Tiansheng, Zhang Juhai, and Yang Juan almost had the same expression: anger! And afterwards, when Zhang Juhai and Yang Juan saw Duan Tiansheng, they were still angry. Mixed with a look of blame." Zhang Guojun, who is over half a century old, has experienced too many storms, and even a trivial look cannot escape his shrewd gaze. Walking through the centuries-old trees, you will naturally feel a chilly atmosphere. Guo Tianliang: "It seems that Zhao Guozhong is going to throw away his crutches and fight with his back. By the way, in the first half of Li Lilin's speech, why did Duan Tiansheng have such a big baby?" Are you angry?" "What do you think?" Zhang Guojun walked from the cold shade to the sunny area. "In my analysis, Li Lilin took advantage of the situation and launched a surprise attack, which made Duan Tiansheng lose face." Guo Tianliang followed Zhang Guojun and came into the sun. "Not only that, but for this reason alone, he wouldn't be so irrational. Besides, after a while, his expression cleared up again, and he even flattered Li Lilin viciously." Zhang Guojun stepped across the gate of the small courtyard, into the adjacent garden. The garden of Longquan Temple is not large in scale, but it is very emotional, and it is well arranged up and down.The most amazing thing is that there is a natural spring at the top, flowing down from above.Along the way, Guo Tianliang didn't figure out what Duan Tiansheng was thinking yesterday, so he continued to ask Zhang Guojun: "Your old man should give me some pointers. What exactly is Duan Tiansheng thinking?" "Is it important to you?" Zhang Guojun disagreed. "Of course it's important. To find out his true intentions, at least I will know where to start in the next competition." Guo Tianliang's "wolf eyes" flickered. "Then let me tell you the real reason why the kid got angry first and then laughed." Zhang Guojun patted him on the shoulder, "At first, Li Lilin exposed that someone was helping him with activities in private. At that time, Duan Tiansheng had a short-circuited brain, thinking that Zhao Guozhong or Yang Juan were secretly helping Li Lilin Duan Tiansheng thought that those who secretly betrayed him would definitely show uneasiness. Later, he found that Zhao Guozhong was not there at all, and Yang Juan was also full of curiosity about this matter, without a trace of panic. Especially Li Lilin said at the end that he did not know the person who helped Who was it? Duan Tiansheng realized: his two minions would never do such a righteous thing, so Duan Tiansheng began to smile all over his face. Coupled with the heated atmosphere at the venue, he began to flatter Li Lilin. You say , is my analysis reasonable?" "Of course it is reasonable. There is nothing that can explain the problem better than this." Guo Tianliang walked to the top of the garden and saw a stream of clear water slowly oozing out. He was very pleasantly surprised, "I have seen the bottom, I have finally seen the bottom." "I didn't see the end." Zhang Guojun said deliberately. "Why haven't you bottomed out yet?" "certainly!" "What else?" "Who is our biggest opponent?" "Isn't it Zhao Guozhong? I thought of it." "and also……" "That restless little slut." "and also……" "Currently, the only ones exposed are the two of them?" "No! There is one more dangerous person, you didn't see it!" "Who is that person?" "The head of Hougou Village and the owner of a small coal mine, Dahei!" "he?" "He is the most dangerous person in this project competition. His attitude may determine the final success or failure of this competition!" "I know, you once said that there are several key 'hidden rules' in the competition for mines. Among them, the village head of the village where the coal mine is located is the key. But don't worry, I won't break the law and discipline, and I will take him down... ..." Guo Tianliang looked at Xuebaoding in the distance of Mount Wutai. The mountain spring slowly flowed down along the ditch beside the two of them, and finally converged into a small lake at the parking lot of Longquan Temple.