Chapter 15 7. Calligraphy
As soon as Ding Nengtong got off the plane, he received a call from Lin Dake: "Nengtong, do you have any complaints about me, the executive deputy mayor? You didn't report to me, the supervisor, when you accompanied Zhou Yongnian back to Dongzhou. Don't think that I don't care. Knowing your whereabouts, have you been picked up by Luo Xiaomei?"
Ding Nengtong knew that Lin Dake was picky, and quickly explained: "Mayor Lin, I'm really sorry. I was going to the city government to report to you after I arrived in Dongzhou. I didn't expect Zhang Tienan to drag me to Huang County to relax. So I sent Xiaomei to stop me halfway, and I paid a visit to your old mother. I have finished what you asked me to do, and the old man is very happy. I wanted to see you after I returned to Dongzhou from Huangxian County. The secretary went to Beijing for a meeting, so I had to hurry back."
"The old mother has already called me, let me thank you! However, I can get through, you are a bit of a sexist, and when Jia Chaoxuan was the executive deputy mayor, you were very courteous. Don't forget, I am now in charge. Beijing Office."
"Mayor Lin, don't scare me. I've just landed and I'm still out of breath. Your eldest brother has become the executive deputy mayor. You can only be friends if you pull me. You won't push me into the river!" "Ding Nengtong said neither humble nor overbearing.
"Okay, don't talk about mayors one by one. When I was the secretary of the Huangxian County Party Committee in the past, you called one big brother one by one very pleasantly. Call it whatever you want."
"That can't be done. It's still respectful to be called an official title. I have a punishment on me. Don't let the villain take advantage of the loophole!"
"Do as you please. I know that Comrade Wen Tian is very fond of you. You must seize this opportunity. Just held an executive meeting. Comrade Wen Tian hopes that you will work for the Hong Kong Yellow River Group. I hope that Huang Hanchen can take the lead in developing This is a big project, and it will serve as a model for foreign businessmen in Southeast Asia. When the matter becomes clear, we will accompany Comrade Wen Tian to meet Mr. Huang in Hong Kong."
"Okay, Mayor Lin, I will do my best on this matter!"
Just as Ding Nengtong hung up his phone, the song "Shanghai Bund" rang again, and the ringtone set on his phone was the theme song of "Shanghai Bund".Because when he was in college, his favorite TV series was "Shanghai Beach" starring Chow Yun-fat. He admired Xu Wenqiang's demeanor very much, and he often imitated Xu Wenqiang when he was in love with Yixue.
Ding Nengtong looked at the number displayed on his phone, and felt excited. He hadn't seen Jin Ranran since the "Xiao Jia case", and he must have been admitted to the National People's University as a graduate student.
In Ding Nengtong's mind, Jin Ranran is like his own sister, he watched her grow up bit by bit. When she met her from the Internet, she was a college student who had just lost love and wanted to commit suicide. I suggested that she go to Liu Fengyun's house to be a nanny. Her boss was reluctant, but now with the help of Zhou Yongnian and Liu Fengyun, she has grown into a master's student in economics.
"Ran Ran, long time no see!" Ding Nengtong said with emotion.
"Brother, I know you were involved in the 'Xiao Jia case'. I called you several times and you turned off your phone. I wanted to go to Dongzhou to see you. I was afraid that something might happen to you, but sister Liu Fengyun said, you won't Something to do. A few days ago, I went to see Sister Fengyun and said that you have returned to the Beijing office again. I am very happy, brother, I miss you, and I want to treat you to dinner." Jin Ranran said sweetly.
"Ran Ran, brother knows that you must miss me, but not tonight. Our municipal party secretary has arrived in Beijing. I have to accompany you. I will call you when I have time. Let's have a good chat then!"
In fact, Ding Nengtong really wanted to see Jin Ranran right away, and he didn't know what the future of this girl was, but not long after he took office, Secretary Hong came to Beijing for the first time after he took office, so being with Secretary Hong is the top priority!
When she walked out of the waiting hall, Bai Lina drove to pick up Ding Nengtong herself. Ding Nengtong got into the car and asked, "Where is Secretary Hong now?"
"I went to the Central Party School." Bai Lina said while driving.
"Who is accompanying?"
"In addition to Secretary Hong's secretary Zhang Xiaoquan, there is also Huang Mengran."
Ding Nengtong felt his heart skip a beat, thinking, Hong Wenshan must have gone to see his old partner Liu Guangda when he went to the Central Party School. When Hong Wenshan was the deputy secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Liu Guangda was the secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. Corrupt officials in the province were frightened.However, ever since Hong Wenshan took office as secretary of the Dongzhou Municipal Party Committee, he didn't seem to be too cold about himself. If Mayor Xia hadn't tried his best to protect himself in the Standing Committee, I don't know where I, Ding Nengtong, would be assigned now. It is unknown that Miaotang County, the poorest county in the state, will be the magistrate! "Boss, where are we going now?" Bai Lina asked in embarrassment.
Ding Nengtong didn't answer right away. He considered in his heart that Secretary Hong was a very upright person, and he hated people who followed suit and sycophants. If he went directly to the Central Party School now, Secretary Hong would be disgusted.
After thinking over and over again, Ding Nengtong said, "Lina, go back to Beijing Garden and wait for Secretary Hong."
"Can it work? Mengran is with you. What will Secretary Hong think if you don't show up?"
"Listen to me, go back to Beijing Garden!"
Ding Nengtong has Ding Nengtong's reasons. Since Huang Mengran accompanied Secretary Hong from Dongzhou all the way to Beijing, let him explain what needs to be said, and rushing there by himself seems more passive.
It is reasonable to say that the reception work is Yang Shanshui's. Huang Mengran clearly knew that he had gone to Dongzhou with Zhou Yongnian, but he couldn't communicate at all. After half a year, Huang Mengran has presided over the work for several months, and he has matured a lot, so he must not take it lightly.
When Xiao Honglin and Jia Chaoxuan were in power, if there was any disturbance, the secretaries would talk to Ding Neng, but today it changed, the new secretary broke the rules and learned to sit on the kang through the pot.
Secretary Hong's entry to Beijing is such a big event, his secretary Zhang Xiaoquan actually informed Huang Mengran that he would not tell Ding Nengtong, obviously he didn't pay attention to Ding Nengtong, the former secretary, and Ding Nengtong secretly made up his mind to set rules for these new secretaries. .
As soon as Bai Lina drove the car to Beijing Garden, Ding Nengtong received a call from Xin Zejin from the Provincial Office in Beijing.
"Yes, Secretary Liu invited Secretary Hong to have dinner at the Provincial Office in Beijing. Secretary Liu asked you to come over by name. Where are you?"
"I just arrived in Beijing Garden, is there any reason why Secretary Liu suddenly called my name?" Ding Nengtong asked tentatively.
"I can't say that. Anyway, it's for dinner. You'll know when you come. Come quickly. Secretary Liu and Secretary Hong have already set off from the Central Party School."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
When Ding Nengtong arrived at the Provincial Office in Beijing, the leaders had not yet arrived. Xin Zejin was waiting outside the gate of the Provincial Office in Beijing. Seeing that Ding Nengtong got out of the car and wanted to let Bai Lina go, he stopped him and said, "Nengtong, don't let Lina go. This meal is not lively without a lady."
Ding Nengtong had no choice but to leave Bai Lina behind, and Bai Lina parked the car and walked over like lotus leaves.
"Director Xin, don't be afraid that my fragrant wind and poisonous mist will corrupt the leaders!"
"Lina, I can't tell others. What kind of fragrant wind and poisonous mist these two leaders have met, they have to turn into water vapor." Xin Zejin said humorously.
"Lina, Zejin is right. Who doesn't know that when Secretary Liu and Secretary Hong were partners, one was Hong Tianlei and the other was Lei Hongtian. They fought against corruption with iron fists. Not to mention the fragrant wind and poisonous fog that couldn't get close to them, they were just sugar-coated cannonballs. When you see them, you have to turn them into sugar water."
After Ding Nengtong finished speaking, the three of them laughed.
At this time, a Mercedes-Benz drove over, and the driver was Huang Mengran. As soon as the car stopped, Ding Nengtong stepped forward to open the door. Hong Wenshan came down from the left, and Liu Guangda got off from the right. Zhang Xiaoquan, Hong Wenshan's secretary, also came from the co-pilot. The position was drilled out.
As soon as Liu Guangda got out of the car, he said jokingly, "Well, you Ding Nengtong, how dare you, the head of the Beijing Office, not accompany the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee when you come to Beijing, you have the guts!"
Ding Nengtong was embarrassed by Liu Guangda's words.
"Secretary Liu, Secretary Hong, I just rushed back from Dongzhou, mainly because I didn't receive the notice from Secretary Hong to go to Beijing."
"Wenshan, Director Xiaoding didn't know you came to Beijing. What the hell are you doing? Has the Beijing Office of Dongzhou changed its functions?"
Hong Wenshan glanced at his secretary Zhang Xiaoquan, and Zhang Xiaoquan quickly explained: "Secretary Hong, Director Huang was in Dongzhou at that time. I notified Director Huang directly, thinking it would be convenient for him to accompany him all the way."
Xin Zejin quickly gave up his hand and said, "Secretary Liu, Secretary Hong, let's chat while eating."
Everyone walked into the private room, and after taking their seats according to priority, Xin Zejin asked the waiter to serve the dishes.
After all the dishes were served, the waiter brought up another bottle of Wuliangye. Liu Guangda waved his hand and said, "Wuliangye is free, Zejin, do you have Dongzhou Daqu? I like this, but I can't drink it in the Central Party School." , Comrade Wenshan is also here, I know he likes it too, Wenshan, it's rare for you to come to see me, let us two old partners have a few more drinks today!"
"Today I'll just get drunk with the old leader!" Hong Wenshan said with a smile.
After three glasses of wine, Liu Guangda started chatting: "Zejin, Nengtong, and Mengran, you are all directors and deputy directors of the provincial and municipal offices in Beijing. Today, you specially went to the provincial and municipal offices in Beijing to invite Comrade Wenshan to dinner. Otherwise, I would have invited Wenshan to the small restaurant in front of the Party School. A few days ago, the Auditor-General of the National Audit Office gave an auditing class to our provincial and ministerial-level cadre training class. After listening to it, I shuddered! In the class, he focused on the Beijing Office. He said: Now, all provinces, municipalities, prefecture-level cities and even counties have set up offices in Beijing. Running is next to a foot, and there is a bag, which must be taken to run. Whoever runs more and knows more about the ministries and commissions may get more money, which is very random. According to incomplete statistics, The Beijing Office spends more than 20 billion "gray funds" on dredging up relations every year, Wenshan, among the more than 20 billion, Qingjiang Province and Dongzhou City also donated it?"
"Secretary Liu, there is also a systemic problem here. The board cannot only be placed on the Beijing Office. The board of the national ministries, commissions, and bureaus should be given more weight. It is because the ministries, commissions, and bureaus have too much power to allocate resources, and the financial transfer payment is not transparent. , irregularities." Hong Wenshan said indignantly.
"There is indeed a problem of standardized management. Individuals in some ministries, commissions, bureaus and bureaus decide to invest in some major projects, but we must first find faults with ourselves. Recently, I studied at the Central Party School, and I also did some research. I found that The Hong Kong Office in Beijing is worth learning from. The Hong Kong Office in Beijing is completely different from the mainland in terms of its organizational structure and work functions. When it was established, the Hong Kong Office in Beijing defined its function as a link between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and the mainland authorities. The first task of the Hong Kong Office in Beijing is to provide information about the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the Central People's Government, provincial and municipal departments, and non-governmental organizations. The primary function of the Beijing Office of the Mainland is mostly to strengthen cooperation with central government agencies. Contact, go to the "Department" and "Qian" Jin; in the content of work, the Hong Kong Beijing Office mainly serves Hong Kong residents, including providing in-kind assistance to Hong Kong residents in the Mainland and handling Hong Kong entry for foreign citizens in the Mainland Visas; while the Mainland Office in Beijing mainly serves the leaders and their families, not the common people. I think the root of this difference lies in the system and mechanism. At present, many provinces and cities are learning from Hong Kong’s anti-corruption experience. I think learning from Hong Kong’s anti-corruption For experience, it is better to start with the Beijing Office, and learn from the civilian characteristics of the Hong Kong Beijing Office, and implement the government's people-oriented and public service functions throughout the Beijing Office." Liu Guangda talked eloquently.
"Yes," Hong Wenshan interjected, "Secretary Liu is very pertinent. I suggest that your Beijing Office go to the Hong Kong Beijing Office to learn from it. You should have the ability to understand the preferences of the leaders of the ministries, commissions, bureaus, and bureaus of the country, and study it carefully." How does the Hong Kong Office in Beijing serve the common people."
"Secretary Hong, before I took office, Mayor Xia gave me a task. Let us conduct a project in the Beijing Office. We are investigating how the functions of the Beijing Office should be changed." Ding Nengtong said cautiously.
"Okay, I agree with Comrade Wen Tian's idea, and I will read the report after it comes out." Hong Wenshan said approvingly.
"Okay, Secretary Hong, I will definitely come up with a constructive report." Ding Nengtong said flatteringly.
"Secretary Hong, I think the main problem with the Beijing Office is that it is not official or commercial, and its positioning is not clear. If you say we are officials, we also run many companies. If you say we are enterprises, there are administrative levels, organizational The structure is an agency, you can call it an agency, except for the basic salary, all the expenses are self-financed, and the functions are so vague that the official is not official or commercial, and it is more like a quasi-official field, so there are inevitably many problems." Xin Zejin said mockingly.
"Zejin's words have a certain truth. Our social official-based thinking is too serious. Let alone the Beijing Office, even the temple is almost becoming a quasi-official place. Isn't there already a division-level monk and bureau-level abbot!" Hong Wenshan Said with emotion.
"Yes, a few years ago I took a team to Shenzhen for inspection. After visiting a private enterprise, the boss invited us to dinner, accompanied by his office director. This director is an associate professor from a university in Beijing. During the meal, there was basically no After eating, I took a notebook to write down the impromptu conversations during the boss’s dinner that had nothing to do with work! It can be said that the boss was no one else, and the secretary, the office director, was very respectful. The imprint of feudalism is so deep!" Liu Guangda sighed.
"It's also an enterprise. I took a delegation to Australia to attend the banquet held by the newspaper king Rupert Murdoch. During the banquet, everyone should sit and drink. Everyone is equal. I have never seen the private enterprises in the special zone you mentioned. Scenario!" Hong Wenshan added.
"If the Beijing Office continues to use the planned economy and then the feudal officialdom, it will obviously be far behind the times. Tian is obsessed with ranking in the officialdom or playing tricks such as mutual checks and balances. The Beijing Office wants to serve the civilians based on people, which is just a dream. Comrade Lina, what do you remember?"
"It's nothing, I've written down all the instructions from the leaders, and I'll go back to implement them." Bai Lina said flatteringly.
"Look, I just invited you to have a light meal. How come you are like the director of the office of a private enterprise? Don't forget, come, let me toast everyone!" Liu Guangda blamed.
After everyone clinked glasses, Liu Guangda continued: "Wenshan, there is a situation that I need to report. The comrades from the Provincial Department of Mines who came to Beijing reported to me that the management of your molybdenum mine in Huangxian County is too chaotic. At present, mine disasters are frequent across the country. , It’s like a mine disaster, your brother should take the time to go to Huangxian County, don’t let a major mine disaster happen in Huangxian County, and discredit the safety management work of the whole province!”
"Secretary Liu, I've also thought about the issue you mentioned. It's just that due to the impact of the 'Xiao Jia case', Dongzhou's economy has been hovering at a low ebb. Relax!" Hong Wenshan said in shame.
"Comrade Wenshan, the responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai!" Liu Guang said earnestly.
After Ding Nengtong heard this, his heart skipped a beat. In fact, something serious happened to Huangxian Molybdenum Mine, but Huangxian suppressed it and refused to report it. Logically speaking, Huangxian's leadership team is not responsible for the mining disaster caused by piracy. Woolen cloth?But the fire cannot be contained in the paper, and sooner or later the truth will be exposed, not to mention that the migrant worker leader Wei Guoshan has already escaped.
At the wine table today, Huang Mengran was uncharacteristically silent and Ding Nengtong didn't smile at him. The two seemed to be secretly competing.
Xin Zejin was very active. After toasting a round of wine, he said with a smile on his face: "Secretary Liu, Secretary Hong, I have long heard that the calligraphy of the two leaders is unique. You can’t leave calligraphy treasures for the Beijing Office.”
"Your salary is so rich, you really know what to do. I heard that your provincial office in Beijing can hold a leadership calligraphy exhibition." Liu Guangda teased.
"Secretary Liu, this is true. Over the years, the Beijing Office has developed under the spur and encouragement of leaders at all levels." Xin Zejin said flatteringly.
"Secretary Liu, it's rare for Zejin to open his mouth. Zejin, let's serve you with pen and ink!" Hong Wenshan said enthusiastically.
Xin Zejin had been prepared for a long time, and with a wave of his hand, the waiter presented the Four Treasures of the Study.
"Secretary Liu please first!" Hong Wenshan said politely.
Liu Guang sank into his dantian, pondered for a while, and wrote four big characters: "People-oriented", with a strong pen and everyone applauded.
Hong Wenshan took the pen and wrote four words with confidence: "Scientific Positioning".But the last "bit" word is missing a dot.
Hong Wenshan put down his pen, looked at Ding Nengtong and Huang Mengran and asked, "What do you two think?"
Huang Mengran quickly said: "Secretary Hong's handwriting has the legacy of the two kings! It is chic and elegant, and it is as strong as the back of the paper!"
Hong Wenshan glanced at Liu Guangda, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled. Ding Nengtong saw the clue at that time. Hong Wenshan was deliberately trying to test himself and Huang Mengran. Go up to that point, what a powerful Hong Wenshan!
Ding Nengtong was so shrewd, and he immediately said calmly: "Secretary Hong's words are quite profound, but in terms of 'scientific positioning', our city's Beijing office is a little worse than the provincial office in Beijing!"
Ding Nengtong spoke in a subtle manner, not only did not embarrass the leader, but also pointed out the problem with the handwriting. Hong Wenshan immediately had a good impression of Ding Nengtong.
At this time, Bai Lina yelled stupidly: "Secretary Hong, the word 'bit' is a bit short."
Xin Zejin quickly smoothed things over and said: "Lina, Secretary Hong hasn't finished writing yet. Secretary Hong, I know that the most important point is to close the pen. You have to carry your breath to your wrist, please!"
Hong Wenshan laughed loudly, took the pen handed over by Xin Zejin, and added that point: "Lina, being a human being, being an official, and being an official are just like writing. If it's a little bit off, it's a thousand miles away!"
Huang Mengran blushed when he heard this, Huang Mengran had no idea that Hong Wenshan understood Huang Mengran's intentions when he learned that Huang Mengran was accompanying him to Beijing for a meeting, without saying hello to anyone in the Beijing office team, Hong Wenshan thought to himself It's fine if you want to climb branches with me, Hong Wenshan, but what about your character?The difference between Ding Nengtong and Huang Mengran was verified in a splash of ink. No wonder Ding Nengtong was able to escape unscathed in the "Xiao Jia case". Wrong person!