Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Falling into a Serious Career Crisis

Ma Chaoran came to Jidong with various thoughts in his heart.On the one hand, Ma Chaoran holds a grudge against the transfer of the owner of the Dahua Haidong project that happened not long ago.This is not the first time. As early as when Song Hanlin was the governor of the province, he had privately advised Wu Yuhao, then Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, to transfer the urban construction and investment attraction he was in charge of to another deputy secretary. The work of letters and visits that no one wants to take care of was adjusted to him.When the central government adjusted the Haidong team, Ma Chaoran originally thought that Song Hanlin would not be able to take over, and the secretary of the provincial party committee would be sent from Beijing or other provinces. There were indeed rumors of this at the time, so during that time, Ma Chaoran fully revealed Dissatisfaction with Song Hanlin.Everyone else ran to Song Hanlin's side, trying to get close to Song Hanlin in different ways, but he was the only one who acted like he was doing his own thing and was unmoved.As a result, Song Hanlin unexpectedly moved from the provincial government to the provincial party committee and became the veritable leader of Haidong.Dismounting Ma Chaoran was a little flustered, but Ma Chaoran calmed down soon after. His relationship in Beijing said that Song Hanlin was in Haidong, and it was just a temporary transition, and the central government was not satisfied with Song Hanlin.Moreover, during this inspection, the inspection team heard many different opinions, especially some veteran cadres reported that Song Hanlin's life was corrupt, his style of work was arbitrary, and he also had serious economic problems.These words were like a stimulant, making Ma Chaoran excited again who had wanted to be quiet for a while.He seemed to have seen Song Hanlin's future before others, and then he seemed to see that after Song Hanlin's downfall, he had risen steadily and sat in the seat he dreamed of.

Everyone is like this, if you don't stare at a certain position, you can be more or less satisfied with your situation.If your eyes are always on a higher and more prominent seat, no matter how good or bad your current situation is, you will always feel resentful in your heart.When there is a lot of resentment, what you say and what you do will be different from others. Ma Chaoran realized this, but he couldn't change it, and he didn't want to change it.There are only two ways to go in politics. One is to follow someone honestly, such as Pu Tiancheng and others, and the ones who are determined are the Baosong faction.The other is to muster up the courage to fight with others. The day when others fail is the day when you succeed.Ma Chaoran chose the latter.To choose means to throw all your eggs in one basket, and especially in politics there is no turning back.

Ma Chaoran dared to challenge Song Hanlin because he thought he had capital.For one thing, Ma Chaoran is young, he is eight years younger than Song Hanlin, eight years old may not show much in other places, but in the political field, it is an absolute advantage.Second, Ma Chaoran is a cadre of the Beijing faction, and his roots are in Beijing, which gives him an innate sense of superiority over others.When he first came to Haidong, he was the youngest provincial cadre in the country, and he also considered himself the most promising subordinate cadre.Unexpectedly, he, a subordinate cadre, was nothing in Song Hanlin's eyes.Wu Yuhao and the others gave Ma Chaoran face, and maintained the dignity and decency of his Beijing-style cadres everywhere. Song Hanlin alone insisted on downgrading him to the same standard as the local cadres, which made him very unhappy, which also led to his relationship with Song Hanlin. today.Of course, he challenged Song Hanlin for other reasons, for example, because of a project, for example, because of someone's promotion, and so on.

In the political field, there are often challengers, and there are often those who pay a heavy price for the challenge.But the word "challenge" will never disappear. The Dahua Haidong project is not because Ma Chaoran is not active, but because Ma Chaoran has ideas.Ma Chaoran knows Hong Kong Dahua very well. He had dealt with Hong Kong Dahua as early as when he was in Beijing.He has a female classmate who had a joint venture project with this company before, but it was abandoned halfway, and the female classmate lost tens of millions.Although Ma Chaoran dare not say that Hong Kong Dahua is a fraudulent company, he has been questioning the company's strength and integrity.At first, he wanted to take charge of this project because of another person, who was in Beijing and was a person with a deep background. big project.Ma Chaoran wrote down these words, Ma Chaoran belonged to the kind of character who wanted to have a relationship with this character, but suffered from no chance.As soon as the Dahua project was proposed, Ma Chaoran felt that the opportunity had come.That person never engages in projects alone, but always partners with large international companies.Ma Chaoran didn't know exactly how to form a partnership, and there was no need to be clear, as long as he knew that he was good at playing this kind of game.But this good wish came to nothing in the end, Song Hanlin snatched the project from him, causing Ma Chaoran to accompany and apologize in front of that person, and promised again and again that if there was a big project next time, he would definitely help him contributed to.Song Hanlin went to the provincial party committee and temporarily handed over the Dahua Haidong project to Ma Chaoran, and Ma Chaoran was naturally unhappy.What's the use of handing it over to him at this time?The person whom he can't afford to offend has already taken another company in Hong Kong to a coastal province to engage in a project. I heard that the leaders of that province are surrounded by people, and the scenery is very good.Ma Chaoran went to Beijing several times and wanted to see him, but he was ignored.This is one of them.Second, Dahua Haidong has reached an impasse.This deadlock can be broken by Ma Chaochao, but why does he want to break it?

Ma Chaoran never does things for which there is no reason, and if he does, it will lead to a dead end. In view of the above reasons, Song Hanlin held the meeting and suddenly handed over the Dahua Haidong in his hands to Zhou Guoping, the executive vice governor. Ma Chaoran did not have any regrets, but felt that Song Hanlin's doing so was stripping him of face.At the same time, he also had a kind of vigilance, Song Hanlin can take away the project today, but what about tomorrow? Thinking of this level, his originally clear heart instantly became cloudy.After the meeting that day, he made a phone call with the Beijing side, and tactfully expressed some of his inner thoughts, and of course he also mentioned his unhappiness with Song Hanlin.The Beijing side laughed and said: "It's normal. If there is only one voice in the team, it would be terrible." Then, the Beijing side reminded him: "However, you should not show your sharpness too much, and prevent others from consciously letting you It shows that Song Hanlin is not an easy person."

These words suddenly woke up Ma Chaoran.Ma Chaoran suddenly realized that Song Hanlin was playing a game of cat and mouse with him! The scary thing about this game is that the cat knows the mouse's motives, but pretends not to know, and turns a blind eye to let the mouse pretend to be clever.When the mouse was almost done with the game, the cat yawned, then stretched out its hand lazily, and caught the mouse without any effort. This thought shocked Ma Chaoran into a cold sweat. Lying in Jidong's hotel, Ma Chaoran thought about some things over and over again. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his steps were a little messy and his strategy was a little simple. No wonder Song Hanlin didn't take him seriously.

You need to be a little more strategic, he reminded himself. Deputy Secretary-General Mo Bin came in from the outside in a panic, and there was a person behind him. Ma Chaoran saw that it was Qin Huaizhou, secretary of former Deputy Secretary Sun Tao.Ma Chaoran frowned slightly, obviously, he didn't want to see Qin Huaizhou. "Secretary Ma, I have something to report to you." Mo Bin bent over with an unnatural expression on his face. "What's the matter?" Ma Chaoran got off the bed, put on his slippers, and asked while looking for a water glass. Qin Huaizhou hurriedly handed over the water cup, seeing that the water was cold, he ran to the bathroom again, poured out the remaining tea in the cup, and replaced it with a new one for Ma Chaoran.Ma Chaoran took the cup without looking at Qin Huaizhou, he was annoying this man, Qin Huaizhou stuck to him like a rubber cake, which made him very depressed.

"It's like this," Mo Bin was sweating because of nervousness, and he stuttered a little.Ma Chaoran was not happy. After coming down this time, he had a new view on Mo Bin. He used to think that Mo Bin was good, loyal to him, and took good care of him in every aspect.When a person becomes a leader, many things cannot be dealt with by himself, and a reliable person is needed to help take care of them. Mo Bin is reliable in this regard, and he is dedicated to his duties and dedication.But recently Ma Chaoran suddenly had an idea, did he listen to Mo Bin too much?Also, are those ideas that Mo Bin came up with really called ideas?

Many leaders are ruined by their staff.As the saying goes, success is also a staff member, and failure is also a staff member.With a good staff, the career is half successful, with a group of good staff, the country is in your hands.In this regard, Ma Chaoran envied Song Hanlin very much. It's not that Song Hanlin is great, but that Pu Tiancheng is a genius. "Why are you stuttering, you can't talk well if you have something to say?" Ma Chaoran gave Mo Bin a blank look, and sat back on the sofa. Mo Bin took half a step forward, bowed his waist and said: "A few old people held banners and came to ask for someone at the door of the hotel just now."

"An important person?" Ma Chaoran was startled. "It was the case of migrant workers. The family members of the deceased came to us and strongly demanded that we punish the murderer severely and give justice to their son." Mo Bin said clearly. Ma Chaoran's body bounced back to the sofa, and when he heard that it was a migrant worker incident, his tense heart immediately relaxed.He had heard about this. Five years ago, Jidong had a real estate project, Bishuilongting.The project was undertaken by a project department under Su Run. When the main body of Building No. 12 was about to be completed, an accident happened. The entire cab of the tower crane fell. Five workers were killed and three others were seriously injured.Afterwards, Jidong concealed the vicious accident and compensated each deceased with 200,000 yuan in private.After Ma Chaoran arrived in Haidong, he heard people discussing this matter several times. Some people said that it was not Su Run who was in charge of this project. The entire incident was concealed by means of coercion.It was also said that Zhu Tianbiao was Pu Tiancheng's half-brother. Pu Tiancheng's father, Pu Kequn, was dissatisfied with the arranged marriage, and had an affair with a medical soldier named Zhu in the army, and gave birth to a boy and a girl. He died of illness, and the man lived with his mother.Putiancheng became the secretary of the municipal party committee. His half-brother came to him and asked Putiancheng to give him a way to get rich. Putiancheng asked his younger brother to engage in real estate.

Whether these rumors are true or not, Ma Chaoran did not research and cannot verify, but he believes that Pu Tiancheng is responsible for Ji Dong's concealment of this accident, otherwise, so many people would not have caught this matter Don't let things go. "What are you doing here? It's inexplicable!" Ma Chaoran said angrily, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of tea very nourishingly. "I heard that they approached the municipal party committee and the municipal government before, but no one took care of them, so they came to the hotel and asked Secretary Ma to make decisions for them." Mo Bin further said. "What can I be the master of, how many years have passed since this matter, why didn't they put forward their opinions when it was dealt with?!" Mo Bin took another half step forward, and said in a low voice, "I heard from them that someone used their power to prevent them from speaking." "I heard I heard, can you not hear this word in the future? You are a senior party cadre, how can you be as unaware as ordinary people?" Mo Bin's face turned pale, and the sweat on his head became more intense. In fact, he knew exactly how the petitioners outside the hotel got here.Two days ago, someone called him and said that he wanted to organize the families of the victims of the incident to report the situation to Secretary Ma Chaoran. Mo Bin didn't stop him, and added embellishments: "What's the use of mere reporting? The truth should be exposed. Now that these people came, they stood outside the hotel, holding a banner in their hands, saying "Severely punish the murderer, give back my son", Mo Bin was suddenly a little scared, if this happened to be self-defeating, he would not be able to explain it to Secretary Chao Ran. After Ma Chaoran criticized Mo Bin, he continued to concentrate on drinking his tea. It seemed that what happened outside had nothing to do with him.Mo Bin was a little embarrassed, he couldn't figure out Ma Chaoran's thoughts, and he didn't dare to receive petitioners without authorization, so he had to stand there ruthlessly. Ma Chaoran was a little annoyed, he knew what was going on with the petitioners, he had seen this kind of thing a lot, if there was no one to support him, the incident after many years would not be brought up again, and the petitioners would not come to find him he.He gouged out Mo Bin with disgust, how could he attract petitioners to the hotel, wouldn't it be obvious that this would lead to his army.This Mo Bin doesn't even have such a brain.Sitting stiffly for a while, but there was still no movement from Mo Bin, Ma Chaoran became even more angry. He thought that if he replaced Pu Tiancheng, the matter would have been settled long ago, and it was impossible for the leader to embarrass him.Thinking of this, he said to Mo Bin in a very bad tone: "You call the market and ask them to take the person back and surround the hotel entrance, what a shame." Mo Bin hummed as if he had been granted an amnesty, and went outside to call the leaders of the city.Ma Chaoran raised his eyes, saw Qin Huaizhou still standing there stupidly, and asked even more angrily, "Why don't you go?" Qin Huaizhou said submissively, "Secretary Ma, I..." "What's wrong with you?" "Secretary Ma, I'm in Xinhe..." As soon as Qin Huaizhou mentioned Xinhe, Ma Chaoran knew what he was going to say, and this topic must not be brought up here, so he interrupted Qin Huaizhou very seriously, and said in a critical tone: "Isn't it good for you to be in Xinhe? Young people should keep their feet on the ground and stop holding on to that illusion." Qin Huaizhou was just about to talk about work. He didn't want to stay in Xinhe for a day. The working environment was pretty bad, and now there was an extremely domineering county magistrate, which made him, the executive deputy county magistrate, worse than a little secretary. .But looking at Ma Chaoran's face, he knew that it was not the time to come today, he regretted it in his heart, it would have been nice to come a day earlier, it was all because of the little goblin Wang Yan who pestered him to not let him go.But this is where he regrets. Several county party secretaries below want to see Ma Chaoran, but they can't enter this door. Mo Bin holds this door tightly.Qin Huaizhou, who has worked in the provincial party committee, naturally knows what it means for the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee to go to the grassroots level. It is an opportunity for close contact. Whoever can win this opportunity will take a step ahead of others in his official career.Since Ma Chaoran didn't like seeing him at this time, he could only walk away.With a cheeky face, he added another sentence: "Secretary Ma, I... I'm going back first, you should rest well." Ma Chaoran ignored him, holding a cup in his hand, as if thinking. After the room returned to silence, Ma Chaoran put down the water glass.In many cases, water cups or cigarettes are actually props in the hands of leaders.It's not good for you to directly embarrass people, and the same is true for subordinates.Your work is inseparable from your subordinates, and your word of mouth and reputation among the masses cannot be separated from your subordinates to spread it to you. There are many, many things that require your subordinates to run and manage for you.But in front of your subordinates, especially in front of subordinates like Qin Huaizhou, you must maintain your majesty at all times, and you cannot let them come to you for everything and complain to you for any trouble.After all, you are not a mother-in-law, you are their high-spirited father-in-law and their god, so you must use some props to express a lot of things in your heart that you don't want to express or are inconvenient to express. Holding a cup but not drinking water, holding a cigarette but not lighting, a message is conveyed in it, and this message has different contents depending on different occasions or different people, and these contents are often related to your expression. At the same time, it is not difficult for Qin Huaizhou and the others who are used to watching the wind and the wind to understand such content.Therefore, a lot of communication between leaders and subordinates does not require words, a look, an expression, or a subtle movement is enough. My thoughts had to go back to Qin Huaizhou, this sticking plaster was becoming more and more sticky.When Qin Huaizhou served as the former deputy secretary Sun Tao's secretary, Ma Chaoran had a good impression of him, and he had a good relationship with Ma Chaoran's resigned secretary, Xiao Qu.At that time, the Haidong Provincial Party Committee had a saying that Ma Chaoran would agree to whatever Sun Tao wanted to do.Anyone who Ma Chaoran wanted to be promoted must be proposed by Sun Tao first.It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that two people have a good nose, but it is not an exaggeration to say that two people are getting closer.After the Provincial Party Committee adjusted its team, the original secretaries also had their own places. Ma Chaoran's former secretary, Xiao Qu, was assigned to the Haizhou Price Committee. He will be the deputy director for the time being.The secretaries of other leaders have also arranged well, at least they are satisfied.Only on Qin Huaizhou's arrangement, the Provincial Party Committee had disagreements, and the key to this disagreement was Song Hanlin.At the beginning, the organization department arranged for Qin Huaizhou to be the secretary of the county party committee of a county below Nanhuai. This is what Comrade Sun Tao meant. Chaoran, Ma Chaoran was also very happy after hearing this.Whether the secretary is arranged well or not is actually an evaluation of the leader's work. The leader's evaluation is good, and the secretary's ending is of course good. If the leader has a problem, the first unlucky one must be the secretary.Unexpectedly, at the meeting, Song Hanlin suddenly asked: "Can Comrade Huaizhou be qualified to be the secretary of the county party committee?" The audience was dumbfounded by the question, and even Ma Chaoran had no idea how to answer this unexpected question. .Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, He Ping immediately responded, "Why don't you let Comrade Huaizhou's appointment go first, and we can conduct an inspection after the meeting?" For this inspection, Qin Huaizhou was sent to Xinhe County, which had the worst conditions in the province, and was the deputy county magistrate, and was not appointed by the Standing Committee.This ending is really unexpected.It was only later that Ma Chaoran realized that it was not Qin Huaizhou who left a bad impression on Song Hanlin, but Sun Tao was the key.In the past, Sun Tao was the executive deputy secretary in Haidong, in charge of organizational work. Once Song Hanlin wanted to promote someone, but Sun Tao blocked him, and the relationship between the two became delicate. As soon as Sun Tao left, Qin Huaizhou lost his big tree and could only pin his dream on Ma Chaoran, but could Ma Chaoran continue his dream? There is a question of whether it is worth it or not. Ma Chaoran obviously thinks it is not worth it, but Qin Huaizhou himself does not think so. He is full of enthusiasm and wants to return to the previous scenery, which makes Ma Chaoran feel funny. Those who know current affairs are heroes, Ma Chaoran let out a long sigh. Xu Zhaohu is here.This man was stout, not tall, at most 1.65 meters, because his body was too fat, and his neck was short, he walked like a rolling ball. As soon as Xu Zhaohu entered the room, he immediately reviewed Ma Chaoran: "Secretary Ma, please criticize. We didn't do the work of the masses well, which surprised you." I forgot about the grievance in front of the hotel, and there were too many things in my mind, and I often remembered this and forgot that.After Xu Zhaohu finished speaking for a while, he suddenly remembered, and said with a straight face: "What's the matter, didn't it mean that the accident had been dealt with long ago, why is there someone petitioning now?" Xu Zhaohu smiled wryly: "Maybe Secretary, you do not know that the accident was dealt with and the victims were compensated, but the person responsible for the accident has not dealt with it, and the family members are here for this." Ma Chaoran said oh, he doesn't want to continue talking about this topic, it's meaningless to talk about what happened five years ago, he doesn't understand why people love to dig old accounts, old vinegar is old vinegar, no matter how much you toss about it, it lacks freshness, Ma Transcendence likes new things.Unexpectedly, Xu Zhaohu said another word, and Ma Chaoran had a different idea. Xu Zhaohu said: "I was working with petitioners in the afternoon, and they talked about a situation where they were paid 50,000 yuan each for hush money when dealing with the accident. Someone even used the power of the underworld to threaten them. Secretary Ma, if That’s true, the nature of the problem is different.” "Is this really the case?" Ma Chaoran felt a ringing in his heart, but he tried his best to suppress it, so as not to let the waves in his heart show on his face. "It's absolutely true, Secretary Ma. Now many people have confirmed that the project manager at that time, Zhu Tianbiao, was Comrade Tian Cheng's younger brother. The relevant departments in the city were also instructed by Comrade Tian Cheng to act in violation of principles." "If there is no evidence, don't talk nonsense!" Ma Chaoran got up angrily, as if he was irritated by Xu Zhaohu's words. Xu Zhaohu stammered, and then said: "There is evidence, Secretary Ma, we have organized an investigation team, and we have obtained a lot of evidence." "Investigation team? Who told you to organize it? It's nonsense!" Xu Zhaohu's complexion turned cloudy just as soon as it turned sunny.He couldn't judge the clear meaning of Ma Chaoran's words, and it was indeed a bit of a risk to set up an investigation team. He wanted to win Ma Chaoran's support, so he boldly spoke out about it. With a beating heart, he stood silently by the side, looking forward to it. Ma Chaoran was angry for a while, turned around, and said to Xu Zhaohu: "When we come down this time, we will focus on the party style, party discipline education, and the work style of the cadre team. For other things, you should directly report to the provincial party committee." .” Report to the Provincial Party Committee?The hope in Xu Zhaohu's eyes was still flickering, but after Ma Chaoran finished speaking, the flames were slowly extinguished little by little. It is said to be an inspection, but it is actually to listen to the report and see the pilot.As long as today's inspections come with great fanfare, you won't hear or see the truth.Everything has been set up, just waiting for your praise.Two meetings were held in a row, Xu Zhaohu and Mayor Yang Qiliang made reports on the work of the previous stage respectively.The work report is nothing more than how the city pays attention to how to deploy it, and how to carry out a massive publicity campaign among the city's cadres, which is boring to hear.Next, three more points were arranged in the city. Wherever they went, they were all in good condition. There were written on the paper, posted on the wall, and publicized in the newspaper. It's really going on like a raging fire.Ma Chaoran gave instructions while watching, and also made some criticisms in some places.Under the current leadership, grass-roots inspection work insists on seven points of affirmation, two points of hope and one point of criticism, seven points are well done, two points are relatively well done, and one point is poorly done.Such an evaluation can be accepted by anyone in any department.Therefore, Xu Zhaohu and Yang Tianliang always had lively smiles on their faces. For Ma Chaoran, what he cares about this time is not how Jidong’s activity is carried out. This kind of activity, if you say it is carried out well, it will be carried out well, and if you say it is not carried out well, it will really be bad. it is good.Because there is no hard target, and no one dares to say that the development is not good. From top to bottom, it can only be said that it has achieved gratifying results. To be more modest, it can also be said that it has achieved phased victories.What Ma Chaoran cared about was Ji Dongfang's attitude after he came down. This is very important. attitude decides everything. The attitude of the following towards you is actually a mirror, from which you can see your position in the provincial party committee team, and you can see your position in the minds of the following people. To Ma Chaoran's relief, Jidong's attitude has changed this time, and he is far more enthusiastic and thoughtful than before.Not to mention the main leaders of the four major teams accompanied the whole process, they also gave meticulous care in life.Last night, it was eleven o'clock, and Xu Zhaohu came to the hotel again, bringing someone he didn't know. Xu Zhaohu said it was Boss Ye from Wenzhou. Ma Chaoran had never heard of this Boss Ye. From Xu Zhaohu's introduction, he just I know that Boss Ye has been in Jidong for eleven years and has made a very important contribution to the economic development of Jidong. He is currently the largest real estate developer in Jidong.Hearing about real estate, Ma Chaoran became vigilant instinctively, for fear that Xu Zhaohu would cause him any problems again.At the beginning of the year, Jidongfang made a report to the province that it would relocate the Sanlihe Stadium and build it in Jidong New District. It said that the original stadium facilities were backward and the construction scale was small, which could no longer meet the requirements of Jidong sports development. The first-class stadium in the province is also considered the top-level stadium in China.Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a cover, and the real purpose is to move the stadium away and develop it on the original site.There are too many similar projects nowadays, all under the banner of invigorating one or the other, moving some non-profit or small-profit social and public service institutions to the suburbs, freeing up the golden land in the center for development.Last year, Haizhou City moved the Haizhou Art Theater and Haizhou Library to the relatively remote Haidong District, where Haizhou International Building, a new landmark of Haizhou, was built.After the Jidong project was reported, the provincial government has not made a clear statement. Before coming down this time, the director of the National Development and Reform Commission came to Ma Chaoran to ask for instructions on how to do this project. Can't comment.For some projects, he could directly approve them according to his own wishes without asking Song Hanlin for instructions. For some projects, he could not do so, and if approved, accidents would happen. Xu Zhaohu also probably guessed what he was thinking, and then introduced: "Boss Ye recently invested 50 million yuan to build a new international business club. I would like to invite Secretary Ma to inspect it." "The scale of the international business club must not be small." Ma Chaoran pretended to be very interested and asked. "The scale is not bad. I should have come to invite Secretary Ma a long time ago. Secretary Xu kept saying that Secretary Ma was very busy, so he didn't dare to bother." Boss Ye is a gentle and polite middle-aged man. The appearance is very modest.As he spoke, he took out two things from his handbag, one was tea and the other was health care products. "Meeting for the first time is not a respect. I hope Secretary Ma will appreciate it and come to guide me. There are many health care programs in the center. Secretary Ma has worked hard all day, so he should relax." "Go again if you have a chance. It's too late tonight, so let's go to bed early." Ma Chaoran said, turning his gaze to Xu Zhaohu.Xu Zhaohu brought the man surnamed Ye not just to invite him to relax, there must be other purposes.Xu Zhaohu didn't dare to play riddles, he really came here on business.Seeing that Ma Chaoran didn't dislike Boss Ye, Xu Zhaohu said boldly: "Boss Ye has always wanted to meet Secretary Ma, and asked Secretary Ma to write a subtitle for Mingquan Group. Besides, Boss Ye is both an entrepreneur and a collector. I know that Secretary Ma is an expert in this field, and I would like to ask Secretary Ma to appraise something." Then, he winked at Boss Ye, and Boss Ye took out a jade article from behind as if doing a magic trick. Ma Chaoran's eyes lit up suddenly, and what Boss Ye took out was Yushan, a lady from Tongyin in Qing Dynasty.This is a treasure. Ma Chaoran, who likes to collect, can't help but want to keep it for himself every time he sees this kind of thing.Boss Ye caught the faint blue light in Ma Chaoran's eyes, and chuckled in his heart. This is one of the five treasures that Xu Zhaohu helped him choose, and it is also the most precious one for him. Collection.He smiled at Ma detachedly and humbly, holding the jade in both hands: "I'm a rough man, I don't know much about goods, so I ask Secretary Ma to enlighten me." Ma Chaoran couldn't wait to take the jade. The cool and sweet feeling of the jade in his hand was so good. He carefully held the jade mountain and started playing with it. It can be judged from the feel alone that this jade is not a fake, but a genuine Qianlong jade.This jade mountain is made of white jade with a yellow-brown jade skin.With the moon gate as the boundary, the courtyard is divided into two parts, the front and the back. The gate is half-closed, and a woman stands on the right side outside the gate holding a ganoderma lucidum, surrounded by rockery and tung trees; on the other side of the gate stands a woman holding a vase in her hand , looking at the woman outside from the crack of the door, surrounded by banana trees, stone benches, stone tables and rocks.The bottom of the vessel is engraved with Qianlong imperial poems and essays.The poem goes: Take the material of the bowl, and cut the shape with quality.Remaining water and mountains, Tongyan Banana Shaft Garden. The girl is a consultant, and the craftsman moves his heart.Righteousness is heavy and nothing is discarded, and if you win him, you will weep at Chu Ting. At the end, "Qianlong Guisi New Autumn Royal Inscription" and "Qian" and "Long" seals each.The text said: "The Khotan tribute jade was stipulated to be made into a bowl, and Wu Gong used the remaining materials to carve it into a picture. There is no waste, and the uncut jade is still intact. Imperial knowledge." At the end there is a seal of "Tai Pu". From content to style, this vessel is imitated from the oil painting "Tongyin Ladies". The jade material used is actually discarded after carving bowls. Whispers through the crack of the door.The leftovers are utilized, and this method of taking its natural shape and color and passing it on to the vivid god is just in line with "the one who is in power, takes advantage of the profit to control it." This vessel is a representative work of round jade carvings in the Qing Dynasty. treasure. Ma Chaoran once saw this jade in the Palace Museum in Beijing, but unexpectedly, he could see it again in Jidong today.He sighed again and again: "Good jade, good utensils, genuine treasures." Boss Ye pretended to be surprised and said, "It's really the real thing. Last year I invited experts from Beijing to appraise it. They also said it was a fake and it wasn't worth a thousand dollars." "How is it possible? Although this jade cannot be said to be priceless, it is definitely indispensable..." Ma Chaoran almost said a scary number, but he was experienced and could still keep his mouth shut at critical moments.He picked up the jade again, looked at it again by the light, and said: "I can't guarantee it. After all, this kind of thing is rare among the people, and there are many imitations and counterfeit ones. Let's ask experts to appraise it." Xu Zhaohu hurried to curry favor: "There are no experts. Secretary Ma is the best expert. If Secretary Ma says it is true, it is true. If Secretary Ma says it is false, it is false. Lao Ye, put it away first and let Secretary Ma take it back. Take it easy." "Okay, okay, that's exactly what I mean, I'm afraid of causing trouble to Secretary Ma." Boss Ye carefully wrapped Yushan up while being polite. Ma Chaoran thought for a while, and said: "Alright, I'll give Boss Ye a receipt first, and after the appraisal, you and Lao Xu will come and get it." As he said that, he really wanted to write the receipt with a pen, and Boss Ye panicked. "I can't, I can't, how can I get the secretary to send a receipt." Xu Zhaohu also said: "It doesn't matter if it's a small thing, the secretary doesn't have to be serious." Ma Chaoran was just putting on a show, how could he really send a receipt to Boss Ye.The so-called appraisal was actually giving Yushan to him in a disguised form. Nowadays, there are more and more tricks to give gifts, and the gifts are getting more and more generous.But someone as generous as Boss Ye is really rare.Ma Chaoran thought to himself that what Boss Ye asked him to do must not be small. But it's worth it, Ma Chaoran said to himself. Owning a piece of jade by accident, Ma Chaoran was very happy, and his attitude towards Xu Zhaohu and the mayor Yang Qiliang was much better.Jidong was even more happy, because among the four inspection teams, only this inspection team was led by the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee. It can be seen that the provincial party committee still attaches great importance to Jidong. Today, the key to judging whether the province attaches great importance to a city or not depends on whether the main leaders of the provincial party committee and the provincial government come here frequently. Must be better than others.Xu Zhaohu had a good relationship with Ma Chaoran before, and privately said that he was on Ma Chaoran's line, but he felt that there was still something missing between him and Ma Chaoran. Diaphragm poked open.Only by being intimate with the leader can you truly become his person. During the day, he went to inspect the site again. Ma Chaoran visited two enterprises, checked the work of the next county-level city, and then drove to the city.The secretary and mayor of the county-level city insisted on keeping the leaders for dinner, saying that the city had already arranged it.Xu Zhaohu said no need, Secretary Ma was short on time and the schedule was arranged in advance.In fact, he left the opportunity of the banquet to Ye Mingquan, the boss, and asked Ye Mingquan to arrange a special program at night.As soon as he got in the car, Ye Mingquan called and told Xu Zhaohu that everything had been arranged and he was waiting for the two secretaries to come.Xu Zhaohu said with a smile: "Mingquan, I created the opportunity for you. Whether you can seize it or not depends on you." He briefly asked about the preparations for the banquet, and then closed the phone with confidence. The convoy drove into Jidong City, and under the guidance of a police car, 15 vehicles headed towards Mingquan Villa, Xu Zhaohu was overwhelmed with emotion.Ye Mingquan is a model he has set up, and is also a banner of the current Jidong business community. If Ye Mingquan gets in touch with Secretary Chaoran again this time, this red flag will never fall, then...he was thinking hard, when the phone suddenly There was a loud call, it was Mo Bin calling, asking him where the convoy was going?Xu Zhaohu hurriedly said: "Go to Mingquan Villa, where the dinner will be arranged." Mo Bin said: "Secretary Ma said that he wants to have a working meal. You let the comrades in the city go to the villa, and the comrades from the province all go back to the hotel." "Secretary-General, you can't, everything has already been arranged." Xu Zhaohu kept accommodating with Mo Bin, and Mo Bin's phone call was really unexpected. Mo Bin changed his usual warm tone, and said coldly: "That's it, let's go back to the hotel first, and you spread out the convoy." Xu Zhaohu seemed to be in the fog, not knowing what he did wrong. He froze in the car for a few seconds, and then he saw Ma Chaoran and Mo Bin's car passing through Shizi intersection and heading towards Jidong Hotel.He immediately called the mayor Yang Qiliang, who was also surprised when he heard this, and asked him what to do? "What else can we do, let the convoy separate, you and I go to the hotel, and the other comrades disband on the spot." Ten minutes later, the car stopped at Jidong Hotel, and Yang Qiliang ran to the restaurant. The restaurant didn't know the situation yet.Xu Zhaohu laughed along with him, and cautiously came to Ma Chaoran: "Secretary Ma, this..." "Just go to the restaurant and eat casually. The simpler the better, don't waste any more." Ma Chaoran didn't seem to be angry with Xu Zhaohu.徐兆虎略微松下一口气，不过还是不敢大意，接着道：“餐厅没有通知，就怕……” “没关系，先回房间休息一下，让他们准备简单点，四菜一汤，工作餐标准，半小时后我下来。”说完，也不管徐兆虎等人脸上什么表情，自顾自地上了楼。墨彬要跟过去，马超然说：“你陪陪他们吧，我上去洗把脸。”墨彬只好收住步子。半天，墨彬回过身来，有点怪罪地望住徐兆虎：“怎么回事？” 徐兆虎再次紧张地说：“我也不清楚，还以为秘书长知道缘由呢。” 两人脸上就都不自然起来，墨彬显得比徐兆虎还莫名其妙，他还以为是徐兆虎他们惹恼了超然书记，现在看来不是。默站了一会，墨彬不放心地说：“到里面看看吧，别再弄出不愉快来。”两人走进去，就看见杨其亮正在冲宾馆经理发火。原来好一点的包厢都坐满了人，宾馆腾不出地方。徐兆虎眉头一蹙，将市委负责接待的副秘书长叫来，问今天用餐的都是什么人？副秘书长说：“省物价局和省工商局各两桌，其它是市里部门。” “那就让市里部门全撤出去！” 不大工夫，几个包房腾了出来，徐兆虎和墨彬上楼去请马超然，走到门口，听见马超然正在打电话，两人互相望了一眼，止住步子，耳朵却像长了翅膀似的，要飞进去。徐兆虎屏声静息，终于听得里面的声音，马超然好像在跟别人谈这次检查的事，对方一直在讲，马超然一直在嗯，末了，马超然说了一句：“好的，我知道了。”徐兆虎有点扫兴，他还以为能听到什么要紧的话呢。 这天的饭吃得很压抑，餐厅倒是按马超然的要求，准备了四菜一汤，尽管这四菜比平时徐兆虎他们吃的一桌还要丰盛，都是一个大盘里面拼六个小盘，比叶明泉那边准备的也逊色不到哪里，但因为少了马超然的笑脸，饭菜的香味也就没了。马超然紧绷着脸，神情比半小时前还严肃，一桌的人谁都不敢讲话，都规规矩矩拿着筷子，马超然夹一筷子，他们轮流夹一筷子，马超然不夹，大家都不敢夹，就那么握着筷子，个个心事重重。 饭后，马超然一言不发地上了楼，墨彬犹豫了一会，也上了楼。省里来的同志一看情况不妙，全都做逃跑状。包厢里只剩徐兆虎和杨其亮时，两人长长出一口气，杨其亮说：“又不知哪儿开罪了，惊出我一身汗。”徐兆虎说：“估计不是我们开罪了他，可能另有原因。” “但愿如此吧，这两天，我紧张得“尿”都撒不出来。”杨其亮像吐出一根鱼骨头一样吐出一句窝在心里的话。徐兆虎望一眼杨其亮，他虽没这么严重，但因费机心机安排好的晚上的活动又泡了汤，不免有些失落：“其亮啊，这份差事，不好干。” 马超然并不是给徐兆虎和杨其亮撒气，他们没有做错什么，他是怪墨彬。下午五点，也就是县级市检查完工作的时候，马超然突然接到省纪委一位副书记的电话，这位副书记在另一个组，带队的是省人大一位副主任。副书记简单跟马超然寒喧几句，道：“马书记，有个情况我得向您汇报一下，不知道您那边注意到了没有？”马超然问什么情况，纪委副书记如实说：“这次下来，各组都很注意，我们这边是一天三顿工作餐，截止今天还没让市县宴请过，我问了下，其他两个组，情况也一样。” 马超然甚为愕然，如此重要的信息，他怎么一点都不知道？ !车上取消了宴请，马超然还不放心，回到宾馆，将电话打给另一个组的副组长，那位副组长证实了这点，说他们那边也一样，带队的黄副省长一到市里便要求，第一不准搞接待，第二，晚上不能单独活动，第三，不容许市里以任何方式向检查组成员送礼品。马超然听完，顿感被人戏耍了一般，脑子里那根神经怎么也缓不过劲来，一定是提前有人约定了口径，只把他蒙在鼓里。 这事极大地刺激了马超然，吃饭的时候，他在不停地想一个问题，宋瀚林这样做，目的到底是什么，就算别人都清廉，他马超然大吃大喝，也不是什么大问题啊。Could it be?马超然本能地将目光对到政研室新上任的主任余诗伦脸上，别人都是如覆薄冰，战战惊惊坐在那儿，独独余诗伦，照旧摆出一副我行我素的样子，在埋头苦吃。马超然盯着余诗伦望了好长一会，突然明白，宋瀚林下一步，很可能要在大吃大喝上做文章了。 晚上九点，马超然还在想，怎么才能把叶明泉送的礼品退回去呢？下午这两个电话突然提醒他，自己的一举一动，都在宋瀚林眼里，宋瀚林兴许就是要借这次机会，拿到他一些把柄。自己太轻率了，怎么能收下这件礼品呢？可一看见那玉山，他又露出难舍的表情，真是稀世珍宝啊，这样的东西，踏破铁鞋都觅不到，现在到了手，怎么能舍得再退回去？ 难啊，忍痛割爱的事，做起来真要命。 正捧着玉山独自伤感，门摁响了，马超然慌忙将玉山藏在床头柜里，整整衣服，问：“谁啊？” 门外响来气壮山河的一声：“我是退休老干部王化忠，有事向马书记反映。” 一听是王化忠，马超然的脸黑下来，旋即，就又明亮，兴奋地应了一声：“是老领导啊，快请。” 门开了，门外站的，不只是王化忠，还有一女人，五十岁左右，挺干练，绿衣白裤，穿的也还得体，只是灯光下泛出施了薄粉的那张脸，让人看了不舒服。 不是每个女人都适合浓妆，尤其上了年纪的女人，尤其不属于妖冶的女人。 马超然不认识这个女人，但还是热情地邀他们进屋。 王化忠大大方方坐下，一副倚老卖老的样子，马超然说：“不知道老领导要来，失敬失敬。目光几次扫向女人，意在探明她的身份。王化忠见状，介绍道：“这位是吉东市原财政局长江玥同志，她也是找书记反映情况来的。 ”一听江玥这个名字，马超然心里一动，脸上挂着笑说：“是江局长啊，早就听说过。 " 江玥马上矜持地一笑：“马书记好，打扰马书记了。” 马超然说不打扰，王化忠说：“马书记就是下来体察民情的，江局长，你也大方点，现在不是扭捏的时候。” 江玥脸微微一红，看上去有点羞涩。五十岁的女人脸要是红起来，也别有一番风味。马超然突然感觉到，这女人好像是被王化忠胁迫来的。 两人坐定后，马超然问：“二位有什么情况要反映？”王化忠激动地说：“我们告状！” 马超然呵呵一笑，王化忠他以前接触不多，对这人也不太了解，但就凭他今天这态度，马超然心里就没有好感。不过他还是脸上堆笑说：“什么人惹老领导生气了，看把老领导激动的。” “我要告前市委书记普天成，他在吉东一手遮天，干下了党纪国法不容的事。”王化忠抖着身子说。 “有这么严重？”马超然边给二位倒水，边笑眯眯地盯着王化忠。 “还有比这严重的事，他利用职权，把大型工程承包给没有资质的自家兄弟，结果造成重大工程事故，五名民工当场被塔吊砸死。事发后他不追究肇事者的责任，反倒拿国家的钱安抚遇难者家属，还指使苏润等人造假，他这是在犯罪！” “不会吧，普秘书长哪来的弟弟，老领导一定是弄错了。”马超然故意道。 “我没有弄错，那个叫朱天彪的小包工头，就是普天成的弟弟，是他父亲跟别的女人生的。” 马超然表情微微一变：“老领导，这种话可乱讲不得，天成同志的父亲是老革命，老功臣。” “老革命咋的，他儿子不是好货，马书记，不瞒你说，我跟国安同志刚从北京来，我们就是拼上这把老命，也要把普天成这个混进党内的腐败分子搞倒搞臭。” 搞倒搞臭四个字，让马超然心里不舒服，这话带有文革遗风。他没再接王化忠的话茬，将目光转向沙发上矜持地坐着的江玥身上：“江同志请喝茶。” 江玥马上欠欠身子，一双大眼睛扑闪了几下：“谢谢马书记。” “江同志今天来，又有什么情况？”马超然问。 江玥本来红着的脸越发红了，看来，到领导面前告状，她还不适应，或者，她有什么压力。马超然发现，江玥的胸脯在微微起伏。 “我……”江玥不知该怎么回答，目光求救似地望住五化忠。 “江局长，你也不用害怕，马书记这次下来，就是专门调查吉东的**的，你把自己的遭遇跟马书记说说。” “这个……”江玥垂下头，半天不语，她的脸由红转白，继而，又变了颜色。马超然还没看明白，江玥突然哭出了声，肩膀一抽一抽，身子也跟着抽动起来。 马超然这才明白，这个女人会演戏，她刚才是在迷惑他。马超然叹一声，冲王化忠说：“老领导误会了，我这次下来，重点是检查吉东的党风党纪，并不是专门来调查谁的。” “这还不一样？党风党纪就是让普天成这些人败坏了的，你看看，他把一个好干部迫害成了啥样？江局长，哭不顶用，你应该把自己所受的迫害还有普天成在你身上干的那些勾当全讲出来。” 马超然突然就生出一股厌烦，说不清的一种感觉，很糟糕。这些年来，找他反映情况的人不少，告状的也很多，但没有哪个像王化忠这样，慢条斯理。他抓起电话，正准备打给墨彬，江玥忽然开了口。 等江玥说完，马超然就震惊了。 江玥说，她在财政局长位子上所做的一切，都是为了普天成，普天成跟她早就有私情，两人保持不正当关系已经有五年了。当时财政局小金库的钱，都是普天成拿走的，一部分给了他弟弟朱天彪，另一部分，给了一个叫金嫚的女人。 江玥还说，她在狱中怀的那个孩子，就是普天成的。普天成答应过她，让她先把事情扛起来，不论判几年，他都会想办法把她弄出来。有次普天成去监狱看望她，两人…… 这晚送走王化忠他们，已是凌晨一点，马超然无法入睡，如果江玥说的是真，那么，宋瀚林就是想保普天成，也保不了。就算江玥说谎，这些事也够有关部门调查一年半载的。马超然忽然有个想法，何不借此机会，先整整普天成？斗不过宋瀚林，难道还斗不过一个普天成？从普天成这里入手，说不定就能弄出宋瀚林什么事儿来。 是啊，顺藤“摸”瓜，指不定就能“摸”到一大瓜。 这个想法激动着他，也让他生出一种恐惧，但他实在不能拒绝开。他想起最后跟江玥和王化忠两人说的话：“天成同志现在是中央管的干部，如果他真有这些问题，也该中央去查，这样吧，我给你们提供一个地址，你们把情况如实反映到这里去。” 他给的地址是自己在北京的一个特殊关系，他在想，如果上面能从这个角度帮他一把，他在海东的位置，就有意想不到的变化了，可是，如何跟北京这个关系把内心的真实想法讲出来呢？ 有些事做得太明，不好，做得太暗，又达不到效果。纯粹放弃不做，又不是他马超然的性格。马超然从中央部委到海东，就是奔前程来的，他现在虽说是省委副书记，但离自己心中的目标还有一段距离。况且政治场时刻都有变数，今天你是副书记，明天你可能就什么也不是，像孙涛副书记，原本还雄心万丈，虎视眈眈盯着省委书记或省长的位子，一夜间，就成了正部级调研员。级别虽是上去了，但，谁都知道，那级别意味着什么。 外面不知什么时候下起了雨，雨声淅沥，滴滴打在马超然心上。马超然来到窗前，漆黑的夜晚像厚幕一样朝他压来，使他本来就阴沉着的心更加阴沉。后来他忽然想到一个问题，自己这么做，到底是不是在玩火？ 普天成这些天心绪烦乱，整夜整夜的失眠。 从子水回来，他的心情本来晴朗了许多，秦凤娇那边不出事，吉东大厦就永远也翻不了案。公安厅汪副厅长告诉他，吉东一监的监狱长已经换了，丁茂盛调到了劳改农场，接替丁茂盛的，正是当初紧急向汪副厅长反映情况的牛如虎。汪副厅长还说，苏润又反了供，当初跟王化忠丁茂盛他们说的，他现在一句也不承认，气得王化忠他们直瞪眼。普天成笑笑，对苏润，他太了解了，这种人要是玩起心眼来，能把你玩死。不过他也不敢掉以轻心，苏润这人反复无常，今天不出卖他，不等于永远不出卖，应该想个办法，让他早一点出来。或者…… 这些事都是按自己的意愿往前进展的，普天成非常满意，他还跟汪副厅长说，公安局政委马上要挪到政法委去，要他做好思想准备。汪副厅长感激涕零，再三表示，要把苏润这件事办好，绝不让领导再分心。谁知这天晚上，郑斌源突然找到他家，跟他谈了一件事，听得他心惊肉跳。 郑斌源说，副省长周国平在玩偷梁换柱的游戏，他把海州和省里用来解决一毛、三毛职工安置的三千万转到大华公司帐上，然后又以大华公司的名义拿出来，由大华公司亲自发到职工手上。这样，大华公司当初的承诺就兑现了。 “不可能！”普天成一开始根本不相信，认为郑斌源对省里和大华有意见，故意这么说的。郑斌源也不跟他争辩，拨通一个电话，让他亲自问。接电话的是位女同志，姓罗，叫罗恬。她原是一毛厂财务处长，现在受聘于大华海东，是大华财务副总监。罗恬在电话里重复了郑斌源的话，还说，下周还会有三千万从海州“药”业公司的帐上打过来。 海州“药”业是海东省最大的医“药”企业，国有控股，这家公司的董事长，是原海东省医“药”总公司的党委书记。 罗恬还在电话里信誓旦旦地说着，普天成却像是被什么烫着了似地抢先压了电话，猜得出，罗恬跟郑斌源关系不错，郑斌源有关大华的消息，很可能就来自于这个罗恬。 “行啊，知道往里派卧底了。”他装作什么也不在意地取笑郑斌源，心里，却在为罗恬和郑斌源刚才说的话直打鼓，如果真是这样，国平副省长就在玩火。 “你还有兴趣开玩笑，你们这是……挖国家墙角！”郑斌源憋半天，终于愤愤地吐出一句。 普天成没有说话，他实在想不出该跟郑斌源说什么，国平副省长采取这种办法安抚职工，也太荒唐了点。这个项目，省里已经让步太多，牺牲也太多，现在居然要把大华该出的钱也出了，这太有点莫名其妙。 但是另一个声音又警告他，国平副省长这样做，一定有这样做的道理，指不定就是瀚林书记的意思。瀚林书记不发话，谁也不敢这么做。这么想着，他冲郑斌源说：“一个小小的工作人员，她讲的话你也信，我说斌源，你现在是不是太敏感了？” “我敏感？是你们做得太过分！你们牺牲了职工利益还不算，还要牺牲国家利益。这哪是在招商，这分明是招来一个吸血虫！”郑斌源越说越激动，说到后来，索性站起来，带着警告的口吻冲普天成发火：“罗恬不是一般工作人员，她在财务方面是专家，而且是一个有正义感的专家。大华所有的猫腻，都瞒不过她的眼睛！” “是吗？”普天成也起身，郑斌源的态度激怒了他，他正视住郑斌源，这个时候，他已清楚自己肩上的责任，郑斌源和罗恬这样做，矛头对的并不是副省长周国平，而是瀚林书记。凡是跟瀚林书记作对的人，在他这里，都不能称为朋友。 “老郑，有些事，不该你我过问的，最好还是不要过问，你这样下去，很危险。” “危险的是你！”郑斌源说完，摔门而去，临走还没忘警告普天成：“你们太贪婪了，多行不义必自毙，没有谁会成为侥幸者。” 一连好多个日子，普天成都在想，他贪婪吗？ 这真是个难以回答的问题。 贪婪两个字，本来是冲那些利欲熏心者说的，普天成自认为不是利欲熏心的人。这么多年，他坚守着一个原则，不该贪的钱，绝对不贪，不该揽的事，绝对不揽，不该抢的权，绝对不抢。可是一路走下来，他却发现，自己离清白两个字，竟越来越远。离纯洁两个字，就越是沾不上边。是什么力量，让他走上了一条并不想走的路？又是什么力量，让他放弃了原本抱守的“独善其身，不与浊流同污”的信条，成了一名清道夫？ 是的，清道夫，普天成觉得用这三个字形容自己，再贴切不过。清自己的道，也清别人的道。 有些问题是没有答案的，越是苦恼着众人的问题，就越追寻不来真相，这是普天成的人生经验，也是他灌给自己的麻醉剂。有时候他觉得，人更像一台机器，被安装在什么地方，你就得按什么地方的步调运转。小齿轮并不因对大齿轮抱有想法，就不跟它同转。风扇绝不能因空气太肮脏而拒绝工作。人也一样，位置确定后，你的命运基本就定了。 也有例外，比如郑斌源，他算是一个独善其身者，是正义的化身，可结果呢？ 普天成不敢拥有那样的结果，也不能拥有那样的结果。当结果明确后，你所迈出的每一步，就被赋于特殊的使命，你是为使命而活，而不是为自己而活。 算了，这些深奥的问题，还是留给哲学家去思考吧，普天成认为自己是凡人，凡人要做的，就是把俗事做得津津有味，而且不出乱子。 客厅里传来脚步声，隐约还有音乐的鼓噪声，普天成知道，保姆卢小卉又出来找零食吃了。他看了一眼表，凌晨一点二十。卢小卉最近迷上了上网，家里年初刚换了电脑，是王静育硬给换的，有次王静育到普天成家，要上网查资料，发现网速太慢，再一看电脑，还是三年前的旧货，便擅自做主，让一家电脑公司搬来了新的。普天成当时也没阻止，很多事发生时，普天成都不去阻止，这又是他的性格之一。普天成自己不喜欢用电脑，要用也在办公室用，家里这台电脑，等于是摆设。卢小卉住进来不久，怯生生地征求他的意见，能不能让她把电脑搬到她睡的那间屋去？普天成笑了笑：“要用你就搬去吧，这种小事不用问我。”卢小卉吐了下舌头，高兴地奔电脑而去。普天成望着她兴高采烈的样，叹出一口气来。本来是想打发掉卢小卉的，这一忙，就把此事给忘了。现在想打发，就有点张不开口。 电脑搬进去后，卢小卉就有了一种如鱼得水的幸福感，小嘴巴一天比一天甜，脸上的笑也一天比一天灿烂。现在的小姑娘，都是人精啊。 普天成本来就睡不着，卢小卉这一折腾，就越发没了睡意，刚想起身到客厅走走，又听卫生间的门响了一下，他懊恼地叹了一声，这孩子，又让他一宿难眠了。 家里有个陌生女子，实在糟糕，尽管卢小卉年龄跟普乔差不多，但她身上散发出的气息毕竟不是女儿的，那是一种让人拒绝不开却又接近不得的气息，青春、奔放，还响彻着一种庄稼拔节的声音。这气息要说对普天成没有诱惑，那是假话。任何一个正常的男人，面对一个青春靓丽的女子，都不可能做到心如止水，况且卢小卉发育得那么饱满，那么结实，她哈出的每一口气，都透着早熟女子的芳香。有次普天成回来得晚，十二点多了吧，竟碰上卢小卉穿着三点式在家里走动，当下，他的脚步就僵住了，眼睛晕眩得睁不开。那天偏又喝了点酒，等卢小卉钻进卧室，他摇晃着身子来到书房时，脑子里就尽是那三点。黑色纹胸，粉红色的裤衩，裹住的都是蓬蓬勃勃的地方，他的体内发出一种久长时间都没有发出过的燥热。那晚他吓得书房都没出，半夜口干，想喝水，矛盾再三，还是坚持住了。第二天他就想打电话给王静育，让他把这个麻烦带走，也把这团火一般的燥热带走。但不知怎么，他又没打。后来他婉转地提醒过卢小卉，让她注意一点，卢小卉娇羞地笑了一下，粉红着脸道：“知道了，普叔叔。” 这声普叔叔，让普天成蓦地脸红。是啊，人家还是孩子呢，要怪也只能怪他自己。普天成暗暗责备了一通自己，就把打发卢小卉的想法原又收了起来。 现在，随着卫生间的门发出的那一声召唤般的响，普天成的心就又开始上下乱跳了，怦怦乱跳。耳朵也格外不争气，拼了命地要往那门里挤。不幸的是，卢小卉真就在这个时候冲起了澡，水声哗哗，撩动着屋子里的空气，也撩动着床上独守寂寞的普天成的心。这女子，居然连门也不插！ 一股混合着青春女子体味的异香幽幽飘来，“荡”在偌大的卧室里，久久不肯散去，普天成被这异香熏得想吼。