Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen
When the first ray of dawn of the new year shines on Heyang City, Yulan, the residence of the four famous people in Heyang, is checking the heating at home.As soon as her hand touched the radiator, she screamed from the heat.This is a routine thing she has to do every morning in winter. If the radiator can't make her scream at home, she will go to the city hall to call.
Her daughter, who was working at the municipal education committee, was still sleeping, probably feeling the heat in the room, so she pushed the quilt under the bed.She covered her daughter with the quilt, and quietly looked at her daughter's sleeping face for a while. On the last day of 1999, her daughter lost her love.The stinky man who seduced her daughter into falling in love, almost made her belly bigger, and finally kicked her daughter away viciously, was a small clerk of the Municipal Letters and Visits Office.My daughter was confused by this smelly man when he took the trouble to come to the door to check whether the heating was hot, whether the sewer was blocked, whether there were peeping Toms upstairs.Di Yulan will never let go of this little character who bullies her daughter.She ate a solid breakfast.After entering the winter, she ate her breakfast at home instead, the food stalls on the street were too cold, and besides, she had the earliest breakfast time in Heyang City, and all the breakfast stalls hadn't been set up yet.
"Dare to play with my daughter, you bastard." Di Yulan scolded the little clerk, neatly picking up her props.At this time, she didn't know that so many major events would happen in Heyang City in the next day, otherwise, she would calm down and think for a while, so that she could have a priority, so that she wouldn't get sick from exhaustion on the first day of the new year .
She changed three batteries for the small speaker, tried the effect on her mouth, and put the tape of Xianxiao who scolded Chen Shimei into the recorder.After everything was packed, he looked at his sleeping daughter through the bedroom door, and embarked on a journey of revenge for his daughter.
As soon as she stepped out of the building, the cold northwestern wind stabbed at her like a knife. She tugged on her collar, trying to hide her exposed neck in her clothes.Then he pushed a brand new bicycle and walked towards the municipal party committee.This bicycle was bought for her by the director of the Letters and Calls Office. When she was wandering in the Xishou Street in the west of the city, she accidentally found this old man walking out of a newly opened "Reminiscence of Things Past" dance hall. The moment he got into the taxi , she clearly saw a young woman in her twenties also got in. In order to catch up with them, she let the bicycle fly out of the speed of the car, and finally blocked the dog and man in a private guest house.But the bicycle was missing, and it must have been taken by the big smoker who had just eaten wild food.The big smoker didn't dare to take her props, otherwise, the small speakers and tape recorders would have been replaced with new ones.
When passing the farmer's market, a shining head came into her eyes.She hurriedly squeezed the handbrake and flew out of the car, Ding Wanshou came to her with a bright smile on his face.She held Ding Wanshou's extended hand, and with the other hand, she stroked his bald head, which was brighter than a watermelon and darker than a light bulb, in a friendly way.Ding Wanshou grinned and smiled naively, like a silly child who wants to act like a baby but can't when he sees his mother.They stood by the side of the road and greeted each other affectionately, and their gestures even revealed the shyness of young boys and girls who have just dabbled in love.The mysterious intimacy instantly warmed the air in Heyang City.A few beggars at the entrance of the market looked at the couple from afar, drooling.The street vendors who got up early all turned their eyes to this pair of treasures in Heyang City. The meeting of the two celebrities stretched their imaginations, and they couldn't guess what was going to happen in Heyang City today.
Saying goodbye to Ding Wanshou and riding her bicycle again, Di Yulan hummed the popular ditty "Sister, you ride on the bow, brother, I'll walk on the shore".Just as she was humming vigorously, she suddenly felt a scene of red, green and green in front of her eyes, and Heyang City didn't look like it in her eyes.She slowed down the speed of the car and rode towards the red, green and green, only to find that the upstairs was covered with advertisements.Damn, almost all the floors on both sides of the street are covered with this thing, which suddenly makes the street a certain color.
Di Yulan's nerves immediately became excited.She pushed the bicycle, and Grandma Liu walked into the Grand View Garden, stopped eastward, looked west, and changed her mouth into the tune of "The big river flows eastward, and the stars in the sky are drawn to the Big Dipper...".Walking in front of the old ICBC building, she seemed to smell something, and looked up strangely. This building was the only one in the street that didn't have any stickers.I wonder why this building is not posted?Just as she was looking around, she saw the glass of a window on the top floor shatter suddenly, followed by a black shadow flying out of the window, flying unsteadily towards the top of her head. .There was a loud bang in her ears, and she saw a person paralyzed where she had just stood like a broken egg.Bright red blood flowed from the man's head, quickly staining a large area of the street red.The bright red slowly turned black in her sight, and the sticky fishy smell permeated...
Di Yulan, who has experienced many battles, was shocked by this sudden incident.His legs were stiff on the ground, his hands were holding the bicycle numbly, his eyes were wide open for a long time, but he couldn't realize what happened in front of him.
When the people from upstairs rushed over, cold sweat was still breaking out on her back, her front was pressed against her back, and she couldn't help shivering.When several police cars "roared" and stopped next to her, she immediately understood what happened. She quickly pushed the bicycle in the middle of the road, chose a spacious area, picked up the car, picked up the tape recorder, and wired... After everything was tidied up, The police downstairs just surrounded the scene with ropes.
This is how the first morning of the new year begins.When the sun rises, people are surrounded by the Old Industrial Building.Di Yulan has long forgotten the private matter of avenging her daughter. She twisted Yangko in the crowd and sang a newly compiled jingle: We, the police and corrupt officials in a good place in Heyang formed a gang
People are suffering and petitioning
Who is dirtier than the corrupt officials and the police...
After twisting a Yangge song, there are more onlookers. Di Yulan changed another song and sang casually: I jumped off the building, fell to my death, and fell to my death. Don’t forget the credit
Jumped off the building and fell to his death
The police line is down
Broken--
There is a corrupt official in the east and a policeman in the west
The corrupt official said, stop investigating
You'd be an idiot if you checked
The police said, my line is disconnected
break the line and you will be free
become free--
In Di Yulan's singing, the leaders and police officers of Heyang City did not dare to relax at all.At this time, they have been distributed in the main streets, commanding groups of students, workers, and cadres mobilized urgently to clean up the advertisements upstairs.
The manufacturers and sellers of false certificates are really abominable, they actually covered the four streets and eight alleys of Heyang City in one night.What's even more exasperating is that the advertisement this time is not a sticky note, but a high-tech non-stick colored paper. It sticks to the wall as if printed on it, and it won't come off no matter how you wash it.The individual bosses in the wholesale market took the opportunity to bring the brushes of various colors that had been accumulated for several years, and finally selected a steel brush.Seeing a golden opportunity, the slender boss raised the price of the steel brush, which usually only sells for one piece, to two yuan and five.The person in charge had no choice but to grit his teeth and buy it!
Chen Tianbiao is in the office right now.The workers of Hehua had a holiday for the New Year, and the city asked to immediately assemble a team of 3,000 people to clean the main street, Xidajie.While he was calling for someone, the Public Security Bureau called again, telling him to rush to the old ICBC building immediately, saying that the Hehua worker under investigation by the procuratorate had committed suicide by jumping off the building!
What's the matter today? !
Chen Tianbiao's mind suddenly became a mess, and he tried his best to calm himself down. Based on his intuition, he concluded that the person who committed suicide was definitely not Lin Ziqiang, nor could it be Wang Xiaoli, it must be Changjiang Shangyue, the deputy director of the Finance Department.When they arrived at the scene of the accident, they saw Jiang Shangyue lying prone on the ground, with his right face pressed against the concrete floor, black blood gushing from his mouth, nostrils, and ears, half of his head was broken, and his brains splashed all around.Chen Tianbiao took a look and couldn't help vomiting.
This scene once flashed in his mind, but he couldn't remember when it was, probably not long after the procuratorate took him away.Very clear and very accurate.At that time, it was just a dream, and I didn't pay much attention to it, but I didn't expect it to be in front of my eyes now.
Jiang was in charge of finance in the listing team last month, that is, the specific expenditure of each fund.If someone had to commit suicide by jumping off a building, who would jump if he didn't jump?
Half an hour later, Jiang Shangyue's old mother, daughter-in-law and 10-year-old daughter rushed over from the crowd crying, trying to break through the defense line of the armed police and pounce on Jiang Shangyue's corpse.Chen Tianbiao couldn't bear to watch this tragic scene, so he went upstairs accompanied by the deputy chief prosecutor.
Jiang Shangyue lost his father when he was young, his mother was a widow with a baby, sold all his belongings to pay for him to finish college, and married him a virtuous daughter-in-law.
In a guest room that was temporarily converted into an office, the deputy chief prosecutor said to Chen Tianbiao with a gloomy expression: "I originally planned to release him after the festival, but I didn't intend to make it like this."
Chen Tianbiao glared sideways at the deputy chief prosecutor, feeling that his weeping face was extremely contrived, and there was a kind of hypocrisy that wanted to be concealed.Since the incident of Lin Ziqiang, they have lost contact with each other. The friendship in the past has long been a cold wall, which now stands in the middle.Chen Tianbiao wanted to speak, but he felt a fishbone stuck in his throat. He moved his mouth, but couldn't make a sound.
"I also hope that you can take the initiative to cooperate and handle this matter well."
Chen Tianbiao jumped up abruptly, risking his throat being cut by a fishbone, and said excitedly, "Where were you when I took the initiative? Now that someone is killed, why do you want me to take the initiative?"
The deputy chief prosecutor's face was still hiding behind the gray, because he had deliberately hidden Chen Tianbiao in his heart, and he had to beg him today, which was a bit awkward, but he was an old man after all, his face remained unchanged, his heart was not beating, his face was thick and his words were soft. This basic skill is still there.He adjusted his mentality and said, "I think the work of the family members is still up to you. As for the case, I will make my statement today and the case is closed."
Chen Tianbiao opened his eyes wide, what does it mean to accept it as soon as it is good?Only then did he realize that it seems that there are people who play the flute and those who pinch their eyes.After the key witness jumps off the building, the case will be settled.Taking the life of an innocent person to extinguish a fire, is this the so-called investigation?
"I can't do this job, you should hire someone else."
After speaking, he threw down the deputy prosecutor and went downstairs bitterly.He originally wanted to persuade Jiang Shangyue's old mother, daughter-in-law and children to come downstairs to the factory. It's cold and cold, so don't make trouble for the old man. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived downstairs, he ran into a flustered Li Munan.
"problem occurs!"
When Li Munan saw him, he said in shock.From his face, Chen Tianbiao saw that something was serious, and asked in a low voice, "Talk slowly, why are you panicking, and what's the matter?"
Li Munan wiped the cold sweat from his brow, breathless and said: "Guo Chunhai led thousands of workers from the following factories to the municipal party committee to make trouble, I can't stop it, chairman, hurry up, it's too late. "
There was a bang in Chen Tianbiao's head, like a pre-buried detonator exploding on time, and blackness exploded in front of his eyes.Li Munan hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and said, "Is it all right?" Chen Tianbiao closed his eyes for a while, then opened them and asked, "Who else is in the lead?"
"The directors of several branch factories are here."
Chen Tianbiao thought it was too late to go this time.Since he deliberately planned to make a fuss, let him make a fuss.It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married, Chen Tianbiao is powerless.Only then did Chen Tianbiao really feel what it means to add insult to injury.An inexplicable sadness hit him, he felt that he was surrounded by boundless black waves, and he might be swallowed and torn apart at any time.He explained a few things to Li Munan, got in the car and went back to the factory.
At this moment, Guo Chunhai led five or six hundred people towards the municipal committee.
The plot had begun ten days earlier.After the meeting in the market, another meeting was held in the factory, followed by Hehua's restructuring work.This time it is not a diversion, the market is carrying out buyout reforms in one step in Hehua.The average annual buyout fee is 1,000 yuan per person. After the buyout, the labor contract will be terminated, and all labor-management relations will be transferred to the talent exchange center or re-employment center.Only then did Guo Chunhai realize that the knife was already on his neck.
If you don't let me live a good life, don't be at ease either!He began to quietly contact the directors of each branch factory.The directors of the branch factories have nowhere to vent their anger, and are sulking at home.No matter how bad the factory is, I am still a big man, and I still have hundreds of people at my disposal.This time, Chen Tianbiao ruined everything, and he became nothing overnight. Doesn't this make people lose their lives?As soon as Guo Chunhai encouraged it, the directors of the branch factory said nothing, just do it!Chen Tianbiao has to get out of the stage even if he has to risk his life!
When they mobilized the workers separately, they encountered a very embarrassing problem.The worker who was obediently pointing out the east and the west yesterday immediately turned his back on him, made a look of surprise, and asked eccentrically, "Are you still the director of the factory?"
The director of the branch factory met at Guo Chunhai's house once, and they all said that this tone was really unbearable.I will never be reconciled if I don't smash Chen Tianbiao into pieces.Guo Chunhai looked at everyone, feeling more angry than anyone else, but he endured it and asked viciously, "What's the deal?"
Several factory directors thought of Lao Ge almost at the same time.At this time, it would be tantamount to farting for them to give orders again. If they want to stir up the workers, they have to bring out a person who the workers obey. Lao Ge is perfect for this important task.
Lao Ge is an employee of the old factory in Hehua, and he is the most qualified mechanic in Hehua. After Hehua merged these branch factories, Lao Ge spent almost half a year in a branch factory, repairing equipment next to him, and brought out a lot of apprentices.Originally, the restructuring of Hehua could not be changed on Lao Ge's head, but Lao Ge's son Xiao Ge was in the printing factory. The diversion plan had just been introduced. Lao Ge approached the group's labor department and proposed to exchange with his son. The factory, and this is the fate of Lao Ge's buyout today.
Guo Chunhai personally came to do Lao Ge's work.I didn't expect the work to be quite difficult.Lao Ge, who has been a model worker for most of his life, looks down on people who secretly trick others the most. "I can't do this immoral thing." He flatly rejected Guo Chunhai, leaving no room for discussion.Guo Chunhai walked into the bedroom, sat down in front of the bed of old Ge Jiu's sick wife graciously, and asked about the health and wellness.Asking directly made Lao Ge's nose sour, so he left.
When he went there for the second time, Guo Chunhai handed over 500 yuan to Lao Ge with everyone's kindness.He is poor and short-sighted, and Lao Ge has already lived in a desolate family, and his relatives and friends have nowhere to go.The matter of money has long been unable to straighten up.It happened that Xiao Ge talked about the Zhejiang people wanting to buy Hehua, and Guo Chunhai fanned the flames, saying that it was all a conspiracy by Chen Tianbiao, who was openly carrying out reforms and secretly engaged in robbery.Lao Ge didn't believe it, and said, "I don't believe he would do such an immoral thing." Lao Ge's wife used to be a worker in a chain factory. After the chain factory was sold to Zhejiang people, she went to the trade city to start a clothing business.Not only did he lose tens of thousands of dollars in half a year, but he also lost his job. He couldn't catch his breath and lay down on the hospital bed.
Guo Chunhai saw that although Lao Ge's words were tough, his expression was qualitatively shaken, and he immediately had an idea in his heart.When Li Munan was dating Shen Jia, a woman from Zhejiang, at the entrance of the bar, Guo Chunhai led Lao Ge to stand across the road.He spent half a month's salary that day to invite Lao Ge to the bar to meet him back in the world. After returning, Lao Ge's temper was shaken.
"Son of a bitch, I've worked so hard to sell my life all my life, just give me a few money for the medicine. They're good, they know foreign countries, and they're traitors."
Lao Ge is the kind of person who can't turn back when he sticks his pole in to the end and beats him to death. When his temper flicks, he can't pull back nine cows.
"Fuck! Fuck these lock sellers!"
As soon as Lao Ge stepped out, the situation changed drastically.Lao Ge is a flag in the hearts of the workers. He said "rectification", and no one will be merciful again.This vigorous petition was launched.
They walked around the Beiguan Cross and lined up in a four-way column, each face was dyed with a solemnity that seemed to be filled with happiness but sadness.At first people on the street thought they were here to clean up the slogans, but they still thought in their hearts that Hehua is Hehua after all, and they even did such things as cleansing up the slogans impressively.When they arrived at the gate of the municipal party committee, they suddenly spread out and sat cross-legged in the newly built small square of the municipal party committee. People knew that the Hehua workers had finally petitioned.
Look at others, a big company is a big company, and petitions are grand!
The people scrubbing the walls in the streets and alleys immediately stopped, threw away the buckets and washbasins, and gathered around to watch the commotion.
Jiang Shangyue committed suicide by jumping off a building, and Li Munan felt strangely excited.The first reaction was that the procuratorate was unlucky this time. During the investigation, the suspect involved in the case committed suicide. The procuratorate had ten mouths and couldn't tell clearly, so Lin Ziqiang could still come out?After Chen Tianbiao left, Li Munan didn't rush upstairs, but came downstairs and stood at a distance.This was done to prevent others from discovering him, and to prevent Jiang Shangyue's family members from crying into their ears.
Jiang Shangyue's body was carried into a police car by four policemen, while more policemen protected the crying family members.Mother Jiang's voice was already hoarse, and there was blood on her head.Jiang Shangyue's wife passed out for a while, and when she woke up, she cursed the sky and the earth again.The scene made the people present sad and angry, and many of them were in tears.Seeing her son being dragged away by the police car, Jiang's mother frantically broke away from the policeman's hand. She even touched her head and scratched her face. With all her strength, she yelled, "My son—" and then slammed her head on the upstairs and passed out. .Bright red blood flowed from her forehead, dyeing her gray hair a blood red.Jiang Shangyue's wife's two arms were held around her neck by two police officers, a man and a woman. Her whole body was like a thin piece of white paper floating in the wind.Her ten-year-old daughter was rubbing her red and swollen eyes with her small hands, not knowing what a disaster it was that her father died, but when she saw her grandma bumped her head upstairs, her crying burst into tears...
This is a very sad morning, and the whole Heyang City is filled with a strong atmosphere of sorrow.Li Munan was later invited to the temporary office on the top floor. The procuratorate, the Public Security Bureau and the factory began to argue about the family members. The public prosecutors agreed that the family members should be taken care of by the Hehua Group, but Li Munan said that Jiang died at work last month. Hehua didn't have this obligation, and the family members didn't agree to it either.
The Deputy Attorney General was very patient at first, but gradually became impetuous.He didn't expect Li Munan to be more difficult to speak than Chen Tianbiao. This gentle young man didn't give him face, and even wanted to embarrass the procuratorate.He wanted to teach him a lesson, but he held back when he thought that things were more difficult.
"You bargain, is this a bargain?"
Waves appeared on Li Mu'nan's calm face, he was not used to this kind of admonishing tone, he was most annoyed by these officials who always used official accents to oppress others.It's fine to use an official tone to oppress people on weekdays, but it's so reasonable to kill someone!Immediately, there was a rebellion in my heart: "Until the cause of Jiang Shangyue's death is found out, Hehua will not do family work. Moreover, you'd better give us an explanation."
The deputy prosecutor's face turned black, and the anger spread from around the eye sockets. No factory director or manager of any enterprise dared to talk to him like this before, and slammed the table: "What do you want to say? This is the place where the case is handled, isn't it?" You Hehua Group will not tolerate you acting wild in front of the law!"
When Li Munan heard that he compared himself to the law, he smiled contemptuously, and quickly came up with a plan in his mind, he wanted to upset this person, and let the deputy chief prosecutor hold hatred for Hehua in his heart.
"One of our employees died in your hands for no reason, don't we even have the right to ask questions?" His firm questioning immediately aroused even greater dissatisfaction with the Deputy Attorney General, and the two almost quarreled in the office.Fortunately, a comrade in charge of the Public Security Bureau was there, otherwise, the deputy chief prosecutor's face would be completely torn by him.
The three negotiations eventually broke down.No way, the Public Security Bureau had no choice but to take care of it first.
The gate of the Municipal Party Committee was surrounded by people.
Wherever you need me, go there.This is the motto of Yulan, the four famous residences in Heyang.People saw her raising her arms downstairs in the old Industrial and Commercial Bank just now to denounce her, and now they saw her setting up her bicycle in front of the Municipal Party Committee, holding a small horn in her hand, and her clear soprano voice rang out: "Speaking of Heyang, Dao Heyang, Heyang is a bad place."
The municipal party committee builds a building and builds a square
The collapsed houses where the common people live
Heyang workers are busy laying off
Leaders in Heyang are busy selling the factory
Big and small businesses are sold out
Drag children and daughters to petition
Amid Di Yulan's resonant singing, the director of the Letters and Calls Office and a small staff member walked over tremblingly.As soon as they met Di Yulan's sharp gaze, the two of them tucked their heads into their necks, their feet froze at a distance of four or five meters from the gate, and looked timidly in this direction.
Seeing their ghostly appearances, Di Yulan twisted her small steps, shaking the red silk in her hand, and sang even more vigorously: "Two little friends, hurry up and come here!"
today is new year's day
I'll come to celebrate the New Year with you
As soon as they heard that Di Yulan was going to celebrate the New Year for them, the Director of Letters and Visits led the small staff, turned around and walked in as if fleeing.Those two were the ones who bought a car for Di Yulan and kicked Di Yulan's daughter. They ran in and didn't dare to come out again.Later, an older section chief came out, bypassed Di Yulan, and stood in front of Hehua employees.
"We need to see the secretary!"
"We want to see the mayor!"
"We will live and die with Hehua!"
Seeing that only one section chief came out to receive the workers, the anger in their hearts was even greater. Some people shouted slogans, and more people responded, making the scene even more chaotic.
The old section chief is a very patient and calm person. He has worked in letters and visits all his life, and has encountered all kinds of difficult things.His eyes flicked over several branch managers, and Guo Chunhai, and then fixed on Lao Ge's face without moving.Based on his experience, he concluded that the nearly one thousand petitioners had only this one head today, which was cultivated from dealing with similar incidents for many years.He walked over, sat down opposite Lao Ge, slowly took out a pack of cigarettes, and handed one to Lao Ge.Lao Ge frowned and said, "No smoking!" The old section chief smiled, ordered a cigarette by himself, and chatted with Lao Ge while smoking.
"I said, old brother, why are you here to join in the fun if you're not at home to keep warm in this cold weather?"
Lao Ge glared at him, not in the mood to talk to him.The old section chief didn't mind, and said to himself: "To tell you the truth, I am also about to retire. After working all my life, my mind was confused when I was about to retire. You said that this Heyang City Why do so many people like to petition? If you don’t come, he will come, and the master will not come to the west. Anyway, there are people petitioning every day. No, even your brother is here, and you have brought so many people. Heyang City, it’s quite a lively one.” He sighed, smiled teasingly, suddenly raised his eyes, and asked Lao Ge, “But how useful is this petition?”
Lao Ge faintly heard something from his words, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the use of your words?"
"If you ask me to talk about it, it's useless." The old section chief took a breath of his cigarette, swallowed it all, and looked surprisingly calm.
"Why do you say that, is there a cadre with your number?" Lao Ge was obviously interested in what the old section chief said.
"Okay, my brother, just let me tell the truth." The old section chief simply sat flat on the ground, without the airs of a cadre at all, "You know the slums, those people went to the province from Heyang to appeal. I’m still not reconciled, and I heard that I’m going to Beijing again. But has the building been repaired? No! Why? You submit your interview, and I’m busy with mine.”
"Then...don't care about it?" Lao Ge asked in surprise.
"I don't care! I don't care about it. Is it possible to take care of it? Let's talk about the laid-offs. How many are there now? How much can the higher-ups control. Sigh... What's the use of relying on the top of the head? In the final analysis, it depends on yourself. Do you think this is the reason?"
"The words are right, and the reasoning is the same. But they want to sell the factory." Lao Ge's voice was drawn out, and it seemed that Lao Ge still had a lot of affection for the factory.
"You're a layman again. What's the point of selling a factory now? People in big cities have sold even the land. If you ask me, it's better to sell it sooner than later. It may save you if you sell it. The example of the sugar factory is in the front. At that point, if you can’t get a penny, you still have to be laid off. It’s unreliable, brother..."
The words of the old section chief slowly made Lao Ge's froze heart vivid.Seeing that Lao Ge's expression had turned around, the old section chief persuaded him tepidly: "Listen to me, go back, go back and think about what you are doing early, you have to live your own life, you have to overcome difficulties by yourself, no one can rely on what you say... ..."
The old section chief stopped talking, his eyes flew into the distance, as if planning for his own tomorrow.Old Ge Niu chewed his words like a cud, and began to understand that he was being used as a gun.If nothing happens in Heyang City, maybe the job of the old section chief will be done.But at this time, word buzzed from the crowd that workers from the sugar factory sat in front of the city hall and vowed to go on a hunger strike.
"We asked to see the secretary!"
"We demand to see the mayor!"
"We will defend Hehua to the death!" The voices became louder and louder.It was too late for Lao Ge to stand up and stop him.
The workers of the sugar mills actually sat in front of the city hall.
In fact, Guo Chunhai secretly contacted Su Lianquan of the sugar factory several times while doing Laoge's work, and agreed to appeal together today.If you want to make trouble, make it big, this is their consensus.
After the rail lying incident, the workers at the sugar factory thought there would be an explanation, but until now, there is no explanation at all.Someone suspected that Su Lianquan and Wang Chunshou had betrayed them and ran to find them to make trouble.Wang Chunshou swore that whoever betrayed him would be hit by a car to death.Su Lianquan wished to show his heart to everyone, and swore that he would go to the province to go to Beijing to get back the wages for everyone.Su Lianquan's son Su Peng was sentenced within a few days after the incident, and his daughter-in-law Huang Erya divorced soon after.This blow was fatal to Su Lianquan, and people were convinced that the two of them hadn't betrayed them.Later, Su Lianquan really went to the province to appeal, and the answer he got was that Heyang City was dealing with the matter, and he was asked to go back and wait patiently.
When Guo Chunhai found him, Su Lianquan was raising money to go to Beijing to appeal.After repeated persuasion by Guo Chunhai, he postponed his trip to Beijing and went door-to-door to notify him of the petition on New Year's Day.
With Hehua as the background, the sugar factory workers are naturally confident.They lined up in a line and sat quietly on the road in front of the government gate, and the traffic on East Avenue was immediately blocked.Nothing is as fast as Di Yulan's legs. As soon as the workers in the sugar factory sat still, Di Yulan's voice sounded.This time she changed her usual blunt tune, and actually used the minor tune of Heyang folk "Crying at the Fifth Watch".
The moon rises in one more mile
Sugar factory workers go to lie on the rails
my god my god
The workers of the sugar factory go and go and lie on the rails
In the second watch, the northwest wind blows
The hard-earned money of the workers is gone
my god my god
The hard-earned money of the workers is gone
In the middle of the third watch, the coming moon is in the middle
Who cares about the lives of workers
my god my god
Who cares about the life and death of workers?
Dark clouds rise in the fourth watch
This world is confusing
my god my god
This world makes people talk and talk and talk and can't tell
...
Di Yulan's fifth watch cried heartbroken and burst into tears.It's like a soul who has suffered an injustice complains to the sky about the grief and anger in his heart.The sky had a reaction, the earth had a reaction, and a heavy resentment permeated in Heyang City, which could not be dissipated for a long time.
This day's petition was so unlucky, as if the person looking for relatives traveled thousands of miles and overcame all difficulties and obstacles, and knocked on the door of his relatives with excitement, looking forward to hugging his long-lost relatives, but was told that he was missing him forever The relatives who are eager to see have something to go far away, the enthusiasm suddenly turns cold, and the longing for many days has turned into an inexplicable anger, wishing to kick the door that rejected him to pieces.
Huang Feng, a native of the old city, smelled a smell from the abuse, a rotten smell of rotten cabbage dumped on the street.He stood five or six meters away from the crowd, his eyes full of confusion.The successive strange things that happened in Heyang City this morning made him lose his composure.I pondered these things over and over in my mind, trying to figure out a way.Unexpectedly, these things formed a lump in his mind, completely blocking his way of thinking.
Chen Tianbiao asked the mayor's car to take him to the municipal party committee guest house.As soon as he entered the meeting room, he was scolded by Xia Hongyuan.
"You, the chairman of the board, are working for nothing, and thousands of workers are petitioning, and you don't even know anything about it!"
The atmosphere in the conference room was gloomy, showing the tension before the battle.Chen Tianbiao wanted to explain a few words, but when he saw the cold faces all around him, he lowered his head and stood dumb as if being scolded.
The deputy secretary of the municipal party committee took Mayor Xia's words and said earnestly: "Workers' petitioning one after another shows that our ideological work is not enough. This is very dangerous! No matter how far the enterprise changes, the role of the party committee cannot be weakened. The lesson is worth pondering."
Chen Tianbiao knew that the deputy secretary's words were directed at him.A year ago, the market proposed a way of thinking for a large enterprise like Hehua, which meant that the chairman and the party secretary would no longer be chosen by the same person.Lin Ziqiang's candidate for party secretary was brought up at the party congress, but he lost six votes to Chen Tianbiao and was not elected.The deputy secretary is very worried about this, and it is reasonable to make use of the topic today.
Almost all the leaders criticized Chen Tianbiao explicitly or implicitly, and the meeting was considered to be over.Then discuss how to reply to the workers and calm the situation as soon as possible.
The meeting quickly formed two opinions. One was the hardliners represented by Mayor Xia, who wanted to characterize this petition as a mob gathering to disrupt the good situation of stability and unity.Some even asked the police to intervene and seriously investigate and deal with it.The other group, represented by the deputy secretary and deputy mayor Liu Zhenxian, suggested that the city immediately organize forces to go deep among the petitioning workers, understand them with reason, and move them with emotion.Let them understand the government's difficulties, and solve problems according to organizational procedures.
Opinions were not unified, and there was a brief stalemate in the meeting.
Mayor Xia Hongyuan turned his attention to Chen Tianbiao and asked for his opinion.
Chen Tianbiao swept the venue and said in a consulting tone: "Can I do the work first? The workers' request is not unreasonable."
"Okay, you go to work right now, we'll wait for your news." Xia Hongyuan interrupted him impatiently, pushing him to the front of the workers first.
Huang Feng, a native of the old city, felt that he was watching a play.From early to now, he sipped his tea while quietly watching the development of the situation.Today's scene was as early as he expected.How can it be so easy to buy Hehua?
Huang Feng is in a good mood today, as can be seen from his face covered by his old top hat.Last night, the rotten bird Erya finally sat in front of him respectfully and admitted that he was wrong.Erya said that she planned to live in such a muddle for the rest of her life, but now she has woken up.When he said this, the rotten bird Erya had tears of regret on his face, and the crystal clear teardrops were like spring rain hitting Huang Feng's cracked heart.After the rotten bird Erya finished confessing her life, Huang Feng's heart was also moistened by the rain.He began to understand Er Ya, and felt that this girl was actually suffering.He even regretted that he was too ruthless and harsh to Erya, he didn't heal her heart in time, and made her go so many detours.Fortunately, the girl woke up by hitting the south wall by herself.The prodigal son turned his back on gold, Huang Feng handed Er Ya a tissue, and motioned her to wipe away the tears on her face.The thin piece of paper towel seemed to hold a heavy heart from his father. The moment Erya took it, she covered her face and cried loudly with a "wow". The crying of father and daughter healed.
Huang Feng didn't fully understand the real reason for Erya's awakening, some things Erya didn't say, fearing that her father would never forgive her.All kinds of encounters in life really made her wake up, and she really wanted to live back to herself.
Huang Feng, a native of the old city, changed his position, trying to make himself lie down more comfortably.The sun has already slanted to the west, and the winter sun does not get hot for a long time, but once it covers the body, it becomes cold.Many people surrounded him, they were farmers who came from the countryside to watch the scene.The farmers chattered and said something that surprised Huang Feng.
"What about the mayor, why hasn't he come out yet." Someone said with a laugh.
"It's a mess, why isn't it coming?"
"He still has a face in his dog days, he has long since become a mouse that was smashed to death in the hole."
"..."
"Here comes the rags—"
There was a commotion among the crowd.Huang Feng was startled secretly, he didn't expect that Chen Tianbiao is really a wooden ghost, today's incident, you have no time to hide, if you force yourself to jump into the fire, you will die.
Sure enough, not long after Chen Tianbiao entered, there was a commotion among the petitioners.He darkened his face and asked Guo Chunhai to take him back.Guo Chunhai smiled darkly: "Who are you?" Chen Tianbiao became more angry when he saw that no one listened to him. He rushed to the petitioning workers and said, "If you have the ability to make trouble, I will carry you back if you can make trouble."
"You surnamed Chen, get the hell out of here, you ruined my job and came here to be a good person." A curse broke out from the crowd.The person who scolded this was Zhang Gantou, a loading and unloading worker in a carton factory. He was in his thirties.Relying on this capital over the years, he has become a character in Hehua.Seeing Chen Tianbiao looking at him, Zhang Gantou was furious, and said with a black face, "Dare to look at me? Are you going to get out or not? If you don't, don't blame me for being rude."
Seeing that Zhang Gantou was also involved, Chen Tianbiao became even more angry, and shouted at the staff again: "Go back to me, listen to the rabble, do you have any brains?"
"Who is the mob?" Zhang Gantou deliberately provoked trouble, jumped in front of Chen Tianbiao, pointed at Chen Tianbiao's nose, and questioned in a vicious voice.
How could Chen Tianbiao bear such an insult, he said sharply: "You black sheep, get away from me!"
Before Chen Tianbiao could finish speaking, Zhang Gan punched him head-on.这一拳正好打在陈天彪脸上，他捂拄脸，眼冒金花，鼻脸在手指间肿胀起来。张干头索性一不做二不休，喊了声：“打这破烂儿！”拳头便像雨点似的朝陈天彪头上砸去。老葛一看动了手，扑上前护住陈天彪，骂张干头：“你耍哪门子二货，给我滚回去。”张干头冲老葛又是一拳，“敢骂老子二货，老子连你一起打。”
人群骚乱起来，工人们有的护老葛，有的护张干头。张干头疯了似的朝人群乱砸拳头，几个狗痞也乘势起哄，郭春海趁乱瞅准陈天彪的裆，猛踹一脚。那一脚，是能要掉人的命的呀！陈天彪一声尖叫，倒下去。骚乱的人群从他身上踩来踩去，场面完全失去控制。
这一天，若不是王大虎从外面豁上命地扑进来，没准陈天彪就让众人踩死了。王大虎一阵猛扑，将张干头放翻在地，几个狗痞一看王大虎豁了命，吓得住了手。等事态平息后，陈天彪已奄奄一息。
王大虎背起陈天彪，拼上力气往外跑。
黄风看到这儿，恨恨地“呔”一声，愤怒使他无法坐下去，一跺脚起身离开，走出很远，心里仍是一大片的失望。河化完了，彻底没救了。乌合之众，真正的乌合之众！他徒生悲哀，说不清是为河化，还是为自己。
接下来的一切便有点戏剧性。警车呼啸着从大什字方向开过来，毫不迟疑地冲进人群，十多个全副武装的防暴警察跳下车，狮子一样扑向张干头。张干头还在愣神，胳膊已被警察反扭到后头，警察的手劲一点不比他差。他听到胳膊“咔嚓”一声，就再也不能动弹了。他看见郭春海把头埋在裤裆里，藏得很露骨。心想这杂种是逃过去了，脑子里非常清晰地闪出郭春海踢向陈天彪的那一脚，他感到裆里猛地一痛，忙闭上了眼睛。
警车呼啸着开走了，声音有点张扬，有点示威，更有点卖弄的味道。
郭春海趁人不注意，猫腰溜出人群，不见了。
人们傻傻地坐着，像一群无处觅草的羊，等牧羊人拿鞭子来赶。
天黑时分，上访的工人都已散尽。几辆警车仍在街上叫来叫去，给平静的街道洒下几分不安。
夏鸿远接到最后一个电话，告诉他事态已彻底平息。他打发秘书回了家，自个从前楼消消停停走下来，朝院子后面的211室走去。
他看见浙江女人阵珮玲正等在211门口，身边还立着一个袅袅婷婷的女子。他知道那女子的名字，沈佳。他微笑着走过去，握住陈珮玲细软的手。
这天晚上，夏鸿远跟陈珮玲仔细商谈了关于河化收购的事。尽管之前方案就摆到了夏鸿远桌上，夏鸿远还让有关部门修改了几次。但在这样一个晚上，夏鸿远还是觉得应该跟陈珮玲深入地谈一谈。谈到后来，夏鸿远的注意力还有目光就集中到沈佳身上不动了。沈佳也感觉到夏鸿远目光有些邪，想提前走，被夏鸿远阻止了。
“谈得正好，干吗要走？沈小姐莫不是认为我跟你们陈总之间有什么秘密吧？”
“没，没，我哪敢那么想。”沈佳显得慌张。
“没有就好，我夏鸿远做事可是光明磊落的哟。”夏鸿远边说边起身，在屋子里踱步，踱着踱着，突然一只手搭在了沈佳肩膀上。
“市长……”沈佳慌忙站起，满脸潮红，神色甚是不安。
“哈哈哈哈，我说陈总，你这沈小姐可是个人才啊。怎么样，如果舍得，我可要挖墙脚了。”说话间，手并没有移开。
陈珮玲不敢明着拒绝，只好站起来，笑吟吟望着夏鸿远说：“市长这边人才那么多，还跟我挖墙脚？晚上我们还有点事，不再打扰市长休息了，我跟小沈告辞了。”
“好，好！”夏鸿远倒也大度，并没太难为陈珮玲，不过心里，却是牢牢记住了沈佳。
听到陈天彪挨打的消息，招弟风风火火从乡下赶来，一进病房就说：“没明没夜替他们操心，操出一顿打来，不操了，不干了，图啥啊，跟我回乡下去，我养活你……”
陈天彪挣扎着抬了抬身子，说：“你别瞎说了，让人听见多不好。”
“怕啥，又不是我们做了亏心事。大天白日的，上千号人围着打你，王法呢？咋就没个人替你说句公道话？有本事去找上面的闹啊，打自个的厂长算啥能耐？”
招弟不听劝，越骂越起劲，边骂边摸陈天彪的头、腰、腿，摸一处问一句：“疼不？”陈天彪浑身肿得不能动弹，招弟手一重，痛得他嗷嗷叫。招弟又骂：“是人吗？下手这么重，出门叫车撞死，让雷劈死。”
护士听见吵闹，走进来问：“你是患者什么人，医院不许大声喧哗。”
“家属！”招弟的劲儿能吃人，见护士盯着她，越发不满，“我心里难受，不兴发发火呀。”
陈天彪冲护士摆摆手，护士忍住不满退出去。招弟就蹲床边哭开了，哭了好一阵子，止住泪：“小妖精哩？吃香喝辣时有她，人躺医院里就没她了……医生咋说，要紧不要紧？”
“没事，缓几天就好了。”陈天彪硬撑着说。
“还没事，打死才算有事？一辈子这个脾气，改不掉，吃亏的还不是你自己。”招弟一边抱怨一边往整齐里收拾病房。
第二天，墩子也从乡下赶来了，甩着一只空胳膊，一进门就问谁下的毒手。陈天彪怕他惹事，没往细里说。墩子蹲地上，眼睛里两股火直冒：“狗日的杂种，不想活了。”
“你别乱来，这事不怨工人，怨我。”陈天彪忙劝墩子。
“什么工人，良心叫狗吃了。”
陈天彪当上董事长的第二年，墩子便开始办砖厂，现在也算个人物，好歹不说也管理着上百号人呢，见自己最尊敬的人被打，哪能咽下这口气。
“公安局呢，人抓了没？他要不抓，我闹他个底朝天。”
“你看你，还是这脾气。说说厂子的事，砖销路好不？”
“好着哩，最近烧的都拉给车灰灰了，现款。”
“你可得谨慎点，别再学了我。”陈天彪叹气道。
“知道，我那个小厂，好管理。你安心养伤，别整天就知道把厂子挂心上，谁念你的情呢。”
墩子走时让招弟留下侍候陈天彪，招弟抢白道：“我不侍候谁侍候，还指望那个妖精？”陈天彪听了，心里更不是滋味。他已让律师把离婚协议给了苏小玉，具体怎么离，就让律师帮他打理吧，他是没精力也没心情理这事了。一场错误的婚姻让他疲惫不堪，苏小玉当然不会痛痛快快跟他离，好戏还在后面呢，但他已做好破釜沉舟的准备。有些事是错不得的，人生一步路错了，有可能一生都错。现在悔这些已经晚了，他只求苏小玉能放过他，少点曲折，多点宽容。他已嘱咐律师，自己所有财产，包括楼房包括存款，只要苏小玉提出，都归她。
他也只有这样来弥补她了。
后来招弟又跟他说起上访的事，陈天彪很是纳闷，这次上访背后肯定有阴谋，可阴谋的制造者是谁？动机是啥，想达到啥目的？想着想着，陈天彪猛地想起了郭春海。
郭春海在河阳城可是臭名昭著。
陈天彪一住院，河阳四大名人“神娃娃”就放出话，陈天彪煞气太重，建大厦压着了河阳城的土地爷，土地爷怒了，要灭陈天彪哩！又说河化建在女人双腿间，女人吸尽了陈天彪的阳气，陈天彪怕是自身难保……
到底“神娃娃”说过没有，传的人却添油加醋，越传越邪乎。招弟真想去问问“神娃娃”，可到了“神娃娃”家门口，腿又僵住了。
市上在河化召开紧急会议，参加的除河化中层以上领导外，还有市国资局，市体改委、经贸委的主要领导，副市长刘振先主持会议。
会议认真分析了河化目前的形势，提出坚定不移地走好改革的路子，要求中层以上领导干部务必保持清醒的头脑，以坚定的信念和饱满的热情迎接挑战，推进改革。
会议最后宣布，鉴于董事长陈天彪同志因病住院，河化集团的工作由李木楠副总全面主持。
郭春海坐在会议室最后一排的墙旮旯里，头始终垂在裆里，重得抬不起来。
自打元旦那天侥幸逃过警察的视线，郭春海就害了恐惧症，一听见警车叫，头不由得就往裆里钻。这些日子他躲在家里，整日提心吊胆，大气都不敢出一声。夜里他把卧室门牢牢锁上，蹲在床上不敢睡。脑子里老是想起自个踢陈天彪的那一脚，想着想着身上就冒出一层冷汗。那一脚偏偏让张干头看见了。脚踹向陈天彪裆里的一瞬，他清晰地捕捉到张干头惊愕的目光。狗日的张干头，咋就偏偏让他看见了呢？他担心张干头把他供出来，他的手腕冰了又热，热了又冰，臆想中已让警察戴过无数次手铐。
他想不出有啥好办法能帮自个逃过此难。为此他很伤心，也很恼火。
通知开会时，他着实吓了一跳，心想这下完蛋了，一定是想把他骗到厂里，然后抓他。后来脑子里又“万一”了一下，才战战兢兢地来开会。
会上竟然没提上访一个字！好像这事压根没发生过一样。这让他大为振奋，会一完他的头立马又昂了起来，胸挺得高高的。他想或许张干头根本没看见，是自己看花了眼，也或许张干头早就放了出来，屁事没有。不就一个破烂儿吗？现在河化的大权都落在了李木楠手里，他还能奈何得了我！这么一想他立马精神抖擞，重又威风起来。
李木楠主持河化全面工作后做的第一件事，是把参与了元旦上访的所有分厂厂长全都免了职。尽管分厂都在搞买断，有职无职已无多大实际意义，但这一招还是镇住了工人。
工人们原还巴望着李木楠的上台会给他们带来一线新的希望，没想他上任的三把火把把烧到了工人眉毛上。免掉分厂厂长后紧跟着将所有分厂的车间、库房，甚至大门全都封起来，而且在《河阳日报》公开打出了拍卖厂房、设备的公告。第三步棋便是在集团公司厂务公开栏里公示了买断者的名字、买断金，而且要求工人限期到集团公司办理手续。
工人们这才意识到，卷铺盖走人已成铁定的事实。所有分厂几千号工人居然没有一个站出来再次鼓动大家上访或是闹点别的，有消息说张干头和他的几个狐朋狗友已被正式拘留。公安正在全力搜集他们平日鸡零狗碎做过的坏事，打算新账老账一起清算。更有确切消息说，已经免了职的分厂厂长们陆陆续续被传唤到公安局，具体谈话内容不得而知。
一条更令分厂工人吃惊的消息是河化老厂的工资往上调了百分之三十。怪不得老厂的工人这些日子上班总是趾高气扬，神气劲儿能气死人。这一招十二分的恶毒，老厂的工人觉得这几年工资涨不上去并不怪厂里，而是兼并进来的分厂抢夺了他们的利益，因此他们举双手拥护改革，一旦听到分厂工人说出不利于改革的话，便会不由自主站出来维护改革。老厂和分厂的差别到这时才十分清楚地显露出来。
分厂工人们蔫了。他们就像后娘养的孩子一样缩着脖子，灰溜溜地到临时设立的“买断办”签字领钱，然后在一份表格上签上“同意”二字。
河化的改革迈出了最为关键的一步，河阳所有的媒体都对这一重大事件做了主题鲜明的报道。
《河阳日报》头版头条刊发了名记林山的署名文章《甩掉包袱轻装上阵，龙头企业再显活力》。
《河阳晚报》两版篇幅发了《大集团裂变，小巨人重生》的长篇专题。
河阳电视台追踪采访了李木楠。李木楠面对全河阳的观众，信心十足地说：改革必将会使河化这艘巨轮跑得更快，有理由相信，三到五年的时间里，河化定会重振雄风。
浙江女人陈珮玲在浙江大酒店设宴，庆贺李木楠初战大捷。陈珮玲举起酒杯，恭喜道：“李总果然名不虚传，一出手就是大手笔。这个包袱河化背了几年没甩掉，你上任几天就甩了，佩服，佩服。”
李木楠谦虚道：“哪里，还不是承蒙陈老板鼎力相助，我该敬你才对。”说着举起酒杯，硬要敬陈珮玲一杯。
“一家人不说两家话，我可早把你当自家人了。你说呢，佳佳？”陈珮玲把目光挪向沈佳，别有意味地说。
沈佳脸一红，举了酒杯：“我敬二位老总一杯。”
“你是替李总敬，还是替我敬？”陈珮玲笑得越发妩媚。
李木楠窘红了脸，似乎这段时间，他对沈佳，心里也多了那么一种东西，忙说：“陈总就别难为她了，我喝了便是。”说着一仰脖子饮了下去。
“哎哟！李总倒是心疼上了，我这个当姐的成了外人。佳佳呀，你得提防着点，小心中了李总圈套。”
一句话说得两人勾下头，目光却暗暗往对方脸上去。最近一段时间，两人彼此心里都是朦朦胧胧，见面越来越频繁，似乎都有所期待。这阵四目相对，两张脸都是一片飞红。
陈珮玲道：“这次买断，李总可是名声大噪，听说省报也马上要采访。怎么样，名人感觉是不是很好？”
“什么名人？不要成为千古罪人就行，还不知那些工人怎么骂我呢。”
“工人骂顶啥用？再说，他们总算拿到一笔买断金。要是学了糖厂，一分钱拿不到还不照样失业。这方面李总还是少考虑，免得影响你的决心。”
“影响倒不会，只是大半买断金还没着落，我都快愁出病了。”李木楠实话实说。通过这段时间的接触，李木楠感觉陈珮玲并没那么可怕，相反，很多事她还能帮着出主意。李木楠本来就对南方老板有浓厚兴趣，现在对陈珮玲还有沈佳，更是有了依赖，真是不打不成交。
“银行不是答应贷款吗，怎么？还没落实？”陈珮玲问。
“谈何容易呀，以前没跑过银行，不知道银行的门槛有多高，难啊，比想象难十倍，百倍。”李木楠脸上涌上愁容。
为筹措买断金，李木楠先后跑了几家银行，没想他这个主持全面工作的副总在人家眼里连个财务部长都不如。一听说贷款支付工人买断金，银行不但不贷，反催着要他还款。尤其工行王副行长，张口闭口说让你们董事长来谈，好像他李木楠是个假冒伪劣副总，一想起那人盛气凌人的样子，李木楠就像受到莫大侮辱似的，心理极不平衡。
“要不要我出面给夏市长说说，让他通融通融？”陈珮玲表示出极大的同情，末了委婉地问道。
“恐怕作用不大，我就是夏市长打完电话才去找他们的，他们未必给市长这个面子。”
“车到山前必有路，来，干了这杯，让我们共同为河化祝福。”陈珮玲举起酒杯，一扫脸上的同情，转成幸福的微笑。她的举止里再次透出成功女人所向披靡的风采，令李木楠不得不佩服。
宴后，陈珮玲推说有事，再次将沈佳单独留下，还特意叮嘱要好好陪李总。她的用心再清楚不过了。
沈佳突然沉默，说不清为什么，她心里有种堵，很堵。她脑子里反复琢磨陈珮玲最后叮嘱的那句话，越琢磨越不是滋味。在陈珮玲手下干这么多年，她的秘密沈佳再清楚不过。为了摆平各种关系，陈珮玲网罗到一批跟自己一样年轻貌美又有较高学历的女孩。她们平日在毫不起眼的工作岗位上，有些甚至不在河阳，关键时候却往往被赋予某种特殊使命。刚才陈珮玲一番话，忽然让沈佳觉得，今晚，自己扮演的就是那种角色。
“到外面走走吧？”见沈佳不高兴，李木楠提议，他也不想在这种场合单独跟沈佳相处。
沈佳摇摇头，片刻后说：“我想回去。”
“怎么，不舒服？”李木楠忽然关心起沈佳来。
“没事。”沈佳心里很温暖，李木楠这句话，让她心头的阴郁淡去了一些，可是她决定不再陪李木楠了。一则怕自己心情影响到李木楠，再则，她也不想让陈珮玲那么去想。任何时候，她都是靠能力吃饭的，而不是靠出卖姿色，哪怕在李木楠面前。于是她果决地说：“我们回去吧，谢谢李总。”
李木楠好不扫兴，送走沈佳，他独自来到街上，机械地迈着步子，脑子里再次想起筹款的事。大街上的热闹与喧嚣这时都与他无关。自从全面主持河化工作后，他开始被一件接一件的事困扰着。他找不到以前幻想中的那份感觉，当大权真正落到手里时，才发现愁是唯一的感觉。
回到家他连脚都懒得洗，和衣躺在床上就想死睡。电话一遍接一遍叫，他懒得去接，更害怕是找他要账的。主持工作没几天，他已接待不少催款的客户。那些人一听河化搞“买断”，齐齐赶到他办公室，一坐就是一整天。任凭他磨破嘴皮，就是不走。
这个老总，真是不好当啊。不当家不知油盐贵，李木楠忽然理解起陈天彪来。
林子强出来了。
早晨一上班，工人们看见一辆黑色高级小轿车很显眼地停到办公楼前，林子强走下车，冲早晨的太阳微微笑了笑，美美地呼吸了几大口新鲜空气，然后在几位领导的簇拥下走进办公楼。
他白了、胖了，精神得就像刚从国外回来。他边上楼边冲闻声赶来迎接的每一位同志拱手作揖，在大家的一片热情里走进自己办公室。办公室立刻一片忙乱，抹桌子的，拖地的，沏茶的，不多时，便窗明几净，一片鲜亮。早晨的阳光柔和地洒进来，照得室内暖融融一片，不知何人已从花店购来几束鲜花，摆放在窗台上，屋内的活气更足。
李木楠静静地坐在小二楼里，目