Chapter 7 1. Official position

For a long time after the death of Li Guofan and Zhang Guochang, the people of Dongzhou City were still talking about them, which made Wei Zhenglong, secretary of the municipal party committee, think a lot.There was such a big corruption case in Dongzhou, and I, the squad leader, had an unshirkable responsibility.It's all because I was afraid of hurting the harmony of the party and the government, so I didn't criticize and correct in time, and even tolerated accommodation. Not long after Li Guofan took office in Dongzhou, he began to fight independently with the municipal party committee. From renovating the municipal government building without saying hello to the municipal party committee, he gradually developed into major projects and important financial issues.Although objectively doing some work well received by the masses, a power without any supervision, a leader without any restraint, and an official with a poor sense of self-discipline will inevitably go their own way, and corruption is also a reasonable thing.

Wei Zhenglong was given a "serious warning within the party" due to the "Li Zhang case", and should have been transferred from the post of secretary of the municipal party committee, but considering the stability of Dongzhou City, the organization still gave Wei Zhenglong a chance to change his ways. Now Xue Yuanqing wants to put aside the municipal committee and strive for independence. Not only does the city government not greet the municipal committee for many decisions, but even the people's congress is bypassed. Thinking of this, Secretary Wei's forehead was sweating, and he felt that he should have a good talk with Xue Yuanqing.Back then, if I could have had a good talk with Li Guofan and Zhang Guochang, the two of them would not have come to a dead end.

Xue Yuanqing was very dissatisfied with Wei Zhenglong's constraints. He felt that although Wei Zhenglong had a good reputation, he had an advantage in age, and it would be a matter of time before he replaced him. The most important thing right now is to form and manage his own circle well, and to form his own capital and influence .The foundation of a politician is his own team and power. As a politician who wants to make a difference, he must spend his efforts in this regard, so as to have the capital to realize his ideals. The core of Dongzhou's power must not be controlled by Wei Zhenglong alone under the banner of the party. Xue Yuanqing is extremely sober and vigilant about this, but Wei Zhenglong is an extremely difficult opponent. The party stick is stinky and hard, and it is so tyrannical that it does not leave any room for the opponent. When dealing with such an opponent, you must wait for the opportunity. unacceptable.Because for politicians, Dongzhou is an excellent political stage for political achievements, and it can also be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime political opportunity.

At this time, Xue Yuanqing was facing many reporters at the investment promotion conference, showing his lofty ideals. "Mayor Xue, do you hope that through government planning, Dongzhou will be built like Washington, or like New York? Like Shanghai, or like Beijing?" a reporter asked. "I hope Eastern State is neither like Washington nor New York; neither like Shanghai nor Beijing. The culture of Eastern State is unique. Without the Louvre, what is Paris? Without music, what is Vienna? So Dongzhou is Dongzhou, and Dongzhou is unique." Xue Yuanqing said in high spirits.

"So what are Dongzhou's advantages?" The reporter asked again. "The concept of 'running the city' is our greatest advantage. The new concept of 'running the city' was proposed and actively advocated by me after I became the mayor of Dongzhou City. State-owned enterprises are state-owned assets, and the city itself is also a state-owned asset. The government earns money, Not only by collecting taxes from enterprises, but also by operating cities to increase financial revenue. Enterprises can be managed by the chairman and general manager, while cities can only be managed by the mayor. If the mayor’s interest is not in the city but only in the enterprise, The city will be abandoned due to neglect of management. From an economic point of view, a dirty city means a quiet depreciation, that is, the loss of state-owned assets. The mayor does not care about the enterprise, and there are also the chairman and general manager; If the mayor doesn’t care about the city, no one will manage the city.”

Xue Yuanqing's speech was very provocative, and his ability to put on a show was no worse than that of Li Guofan. I remember that at an economic seminar, Li Guofan and Zhang Guochang invited more than 20 economic advisors from the Dongzhou Municipal People’s Government. At the meeting, Mayor Li and Deputy Mayor Zhang talked about the growth of Dongzhou’s economic GDP. At that time, Li Guofan’s original intention He wanted to use this show to make these economic consultants theoretically improve their political achievements in Dongzhou, but unexpectedly they were criticized. An academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences surnamed Zheng seriously pointed out the contradiction between Dongzhou’s economic and ecological development, pointing out that growth must also be ethical; another academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering surnamed Wang took a more direct view. He said that growth and development It is not a concept with completely overlapping connotations.The decision-makers in Dongzhou have misunderstood this point. They always think that economic growth is the last word, and that growth means development.In fact, according to the type of development, some are "high growth and high development", some are "high growth and low development", and some are "high growth and no development".Dongzhou City must guard against falling into the vicious circle of "high growth and low development" and the trap of "growth but no development".

The two academicians criticized the development of Dongzhou, which made Li Guofan very uncomfortable.Finally, Zhang Guochang said, if you have any requirements for the municipal government, just ask them. You are all experts and academicians and the greatest wealth of Dongzhou City. We will try our best to meet any requirements. Academician Zheng and Academician Wang made a request that made Mayor Li and Deputy Mayor Zhang very embarrassed.They said, can the academicians of Dongzhou be given "mayor-level treatment". I didn't expect the two academicians to still have this kind of official-based thinking. The greatest tragedy of science is to put a black hat on accomplished scientists.However, I can see that if these two academicians are elected mayors, they will give up their hard-won academician titles without hesitation.This is not the tragedy of the scientific system.

This incident made me seriously think about the treatment of mayors. The answer is: a non-corrupt mayor is just a public servant of the people, and there is no special treatment; What kind of treatment is there. If officials regard power as belonging to the public, they will use power to benefit the society; if officials regard power as a tool for realizing self-worth for self-enjoyment, they will endanger the interests of society and the people. It is difficult to prove in real life that those who want to be officials are all for the purpose of serving the society.Rational sociologists are more willing to examine the choice of career and life path as a way of life.Since it is an investment, every rational investor will consider obtaining the maximum profit with the least cost.