Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Friendship of Classmates

Jia Shizhen and his party left the gate of Dongyu Prefectural Committee and walked on the asphalt road. Half an hour later, they saw five cars parked on both sides of the road ahead. A group of people stood on the side of the hot road under the scorching sun. Slow down beside those cars.At this time Wang Xiangmin turned to Jia Shizhen and said, "Director Jia, they are here to pick you up!" Jia Shizhen was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "What are we going to pick up? How can we pick it up!" Wang Xiangmin smiled and said: "Director Jia, this is a courtesy, or an unwritten rule. Other departments don't know about it. In our organization department, the main leaders of the county party committee and county government have to go to the county boundary to greet them when they are led by their superiors."

Jia Shizhen opened her eyes wide, at a loss, and was about to say something when the group of people had already arrived in front of the car, and the leader was a tall middle-aged man with a burly figure and a big belly.Wang Xiangmin and Jia Shizhen opened the doors on both sides respectively and got out of the car.Wang Xiangmin quickly walked around the front of the car and said, "This is Director Jia from the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee." He pointed to Yu Ming who had just gotten off the car behind and said, "That's Section Chief Yu." Everyone shook hands one by one, and under the high temperature, heat waves hit.Only then did Wang Xiangmin introduce the members of the Lingjiang County Party Committee and the county government, Gao Jia, Secretary of the County Party Committee, Xu Jiancai, County Mayor, Li Zhaoxian, Director of the National People's Congress, Zou Yiming, Executive Deputy County Mayor, Ma Xiangqing, Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee, and Tang Wandong, Director of the Organization.

Jia Shizhen was unhappy, but she couldn't show it. This kind of reception is really unhealthy!But he is just a deputy director, so how can he put down his face and talk about others! Afterwards, everyone got into the car, and the seven cars drove towards Lingjiang County in a mighty and majestic way. Jia Shizhen leaned on the back seat and gradually cooled down from the high temperature just now. Today's officialdom is really not as good as in ancient times. No one needs to carry the sedan chair, otherwise there are so many people, how much labor is needed to carry it!Those who carry the sedan chair are braving the high temperature, and those who sit on the sedan chair are also braved by the scorching heat. Now that it is modernized, the person who lifts the sedan chair is saved, and the person who sits on the sedan chair does not suffer from the high temperature.Jia Shizhen thought carefully in his mind, the director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee is like this, so what about the deputy ministers, ministers, deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, governor, and secretary of the Provincial Party Committee!

Just when he was lost in thought, the car drove into the county seat, and soon he slowly entered the Lingjiang Hotel, where he saw colorful flags swaying lazily in the hot wind inside and outside the hotel, and two young armed police soldiers standing at attention at the gate, sweating profusely under the scorching sun.Looking at the situation, Jia Shizhen thought that the secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor were coming. The seven cars seemed a little crowded. When they stopped in front of Building No. 1 of Lingjiang Hotel, Gao Jia got out of the car first, and ran to the Audi car that Wang Xiangmin and Jia Shizhen were riding in. When he was about to open the door, Jia Shizhen and Wang Xiangmin got off almost at the same time. car.Gao Jia led the way to the hotel gate, stood aside, smiled and respectfully invited the leaders of the Organization Department of the Provincial and Municipal Party Committees into the hall, and Tang Wandong, the head of the Organization Department of the County Party Committee, asked them to invite the guests into the guest room.

Both Wang Xiangmin and Jia Shizhen lived in large apartments.The outer living room and the inner bedroom are not as luxurious as the presidential suite in the provincial capital, but they are unique in the county.Freshly cut watermelon, American grapes, and local purple grapes were on the coffee table exuding a delicate fragrance. Yu Ming and Li Xiaofeng each lived in an ordinary single room. After a while, Wang Xiangmin came to Jia Shizhen's room and said, "Director Jia, everyone has a rest in the morning, and let's do some activities in the afternoon!" Jia Shizhen said, "Minister Wang, what are the flags and armed police soldiers at the entrance of the hotel?"

Wang Xiangmin smiled and said, "I don't know, maybe it's because... well, leave him alone." Jia Shizhen felt that there was something in Wang Xiangmin's words, and said, "Minister Wang, don't make too much of a fuss, okay? If it really spreads out, it's okay! Isn't this harming us!" Wang Xiangmin didn't speak, his face was serious, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward. Jia Shizhen pushed aside the clouds, tried to make the atmosphere more relaxed, and said, "Maybe the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee has just left and hasn't had time to revoke it!" Jia Shizhen smiled and changed the topic, "I If you want to get rid of all procedural things, you don’t need to hold a joint meeting of the Standing Committee or the four sets of teams. Most of what is said at the meeting is clichés, empty words, and big words. Get in touch with the members of the team. This is not only to inspect the cadres, but also to grasp everyone's thoughts. I think you have already sent us, so you can do your work! Comrade Xiaofeng can go back if you have something to do. If you stay, it's up to you Decided, the following progress depends on the specific situation, and I will contact you.”

Before lunch, the armed police and the colored flags at the entrance of the hotel were gone, but Jia Shizhen felt that the colored flags and the armed police were still dangling in his mind, making him feel as uncomfortable as motion sickness. At 11:30, Tang Wandong, the head of the organization department of the county party committee, went upstairs to invite everyone to have dinner. A group of important officials from Lingjiang County flocked to the restaurant, using Jia Shizhen as their magnetic field. Xu Jiancai, Ma Xiangqing, and Tang Wandong sat relaxedly at one table, and the rest took their seats in another box.The cold dishes are also home-cooked dishes, but unlike the small dishes in the provincial capital, which are only as big as the mouth of a teacup, they are all large dishes, and the portions are very generous.

A beautiful waiter came forward to pour wine, and Jia Shizhen saw that it was Moutai for the state banquet.At this time, Gao Jia stood up with a wine glass and said: "The weather is hot today, and all members of our Lingjiang County Party Committee, County Government, County People's Congress, and County Political Consultative Conference are even more enthusiastic. Let us welcome Jia Chu from the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee with the most sincere heart." Chang and Section Chief Yu, welcome Minister Wang and Section Chief Li of the Organization Department of the Prefectural Committee, let's toast together!" Gao Jia looked very excited, and drank up his glass with a tilt of his neck.Everyone was standing with wine glasses, Jia Shizhen only put the wine to his lips and put it down.

Wang Xiangmin said: "Everyone do what you want!" Gao Jia looked at Wang Xiangmin, smiled and said, "Drink what you can drink! It's so rare!" Gao Jia usually drinks alcohol as an unhappy person. If you can hide, you will depend.In fact, this is no wonder, as a secretary of the county party committee, if he must drink every time he goes to the winery, he may be set on fire by alcohol even if he does not enter the crematorium.But today was different, not only did he not dare to hide and lie, but he was also respectful.People say that the leaders in the officialdom are afraid of the Organization Department and hate the Discipline Inspection Commission. Moreover, it is an extraordinary period, especially Director Jia has some policies, policies, and organization. Naturally, the county magistrates also I can only express my meaning symbolically, and the atmosphere of the banquet will inevitably be cold and depressed.

After eating and returning to the room, Tang Wandong said, please take a rest, let's start on time at 2:30 in the afternoon!Jia Shizhen said, let's talk to Secretary Gao Jia first this afternoon! At 2:30 in the afternoon, when Jia Shizhen opened the door, Gao Jia was already standing outside the door.Although they had shaken hands many times, it was as if they were meeting for the first time. Jia Shizhen stretched out his hand first, and held Gao Jia's hand with a pleasant smile, as if receiving foreign guests.The two entered the living room holding hands, and Yu Ming came in with a notebook.

Jia Shizhen said: "Secretary Gao, please talk about the implementation of the party's line, principles, and policies by the county party committee in the context of reform and opening up in Lingjiang County in recent years, leading the masses to become well-off, the construction of grassroots organizations, and the construction of cadres. working conditions.” Gao Jia was not in a hurry, he was neither as generous as a report, nor as submissive as a report. He spoke in a decent manner and was very experienced. Cadres at all levels have united and fought hard. From leading the masses to a well-off life, to the year-on-year increase in industrial and agricultural production in the county, it is very exciting.Jia Shizhen was born in a cadre family and had never worked at the grassroots level. Of course, he knew little about the rural situation, but this was not a professional seminar, and he could still hear some truths.According to the regulations of the organization department for inspecting cadres, inspectors mainly listen, and of course they can ask questions, and they don’t express their views or answer any questions, so Gao Jia mainly speaks alone.Jia Shizhen and Yu Ming just buried their heads in recording, sometimes looking up at Gao Jia.Gao Jia was worthy of being the head of the county party committee for many years, and he spoke freely, beautifully and seamlessly, and talked for nearly two hours without knowing it. Next was the county magistrate Xu Jiancai. Although Xu Jiancai was two years older than Gao Jia, he was a novice magistrate. Jia Shizhen looked at her watch, saw that there was still more than half an hour, so she told Ming, let's talk about one more time!So Ma Xiangqing, deputy secretary of the county party committee, came in. It wasn't until half past six in the evening that the conversation ended.At this time, Tang Wandong, the head of the organization, opened the door and said, please invite the two leaders to have dinner in the hall. Members of the fourth county team are already waiting in the hall to accompany the guests.Gao Jia, secretary of the county party committee, also walked in, moved his hands behind his back to his face, crossed them in front of his protruding lower abdomen, and said with a smile, "Director Jia has worked so hard, and he didn't take a break all afternoon!" Jia Shizhen went forward to meet her, stretched her arms, and said, "Secretary Gao and Minister Tang, from tomorrow onwards, all of you should be busy with your work! The organization department of the county party committee can just keep one comrade, why is it always mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people?" Gao Jia shook hands and said, "It's also our job to accompany the leaders. Besides, when the directors of some units in the province come down, the leaders of the county party committee and the county government still have opinions if they don't accompany them!" Gao Jia immediately felt that his words were not appropriate. , showing a trace of embarrassment on his face, and then said, "It is rare for Director Jia to come to our county, and everyone cherishes this opportunity." Jia Shizhen ignored it, walked to the center of the living room, turned around and said, "Secretary Gao, you don't have to arrange lunch at noon tomorrow. I have a classmate who invited me to sit down. Originally, the organization department did not accept banquets during the inspection of cadres, but My classmate is too young, just an ordinary cadre, and an old classmate I haven’t seen for many years, and they are unwilling to say that they don’t want to eat, so I agreed and went to have a light meal.” Gao Jia laughed, smiling so brightly, so energetically, and said: "It's natural for human beings to understand. Who is Director Jia's classmate?" Jia Shizhen smiled, "In this county, who doesn't know who, I don't think it will alarm your county leaders." "Who the hell?" "Mei Ting from the County Cultural Center." "Ah, so it's Wei Xin's lover in our office? I've met her twice, she's beautiful and capable." Gao Jia opened his eyes wide, looked at Jia Shizhen in surprise and said. Jia Shizhen nodded and said: "We are not some famous university, Wucheng Teachers College, ashamed!" Gao Jia paced back and forth in the room, waved his hands and said, "Director Jia, history has never judged heroes based on academic qualifications. Comrade Mao Zedong graduated from Changsha Normal School in Hunan, so he is a technical secondary school! But his talent is world-class , not only a unique politician and military strategist in Chinese history, but also a great poet and calligrapher!" Jia Shizhen hurriedly pressed Gao Jia's hand and said, "Secretary Gao, how can we be compared with Chairman Mao? Hurry up and brake!" Gao Jia calmed down and said, "Director Jia, do you want us to accompany you tomorrow?" Jia Shizhen said: "I don't think so, once you go, there will be a big commotion." Gao Jia said: "What's the matter, we can be regarded as accompanying the leader!" Jia Shizhen said: "The more Secretary Gao says that, the more I can't invite you." Gao Jia said, "This Wei Xin is too, why don't you invite us?" Jia Shizhen said: "Secretary Gao, this is not a treat, it's just that our classmates haven't seen each other for many years, and we are talking about each other!" Jia Shizhen and Gao Jia talked while walking in front, and the others followed and left the room one after another and went downstairs together.In the hall, all the members of the four teams of Lingjiang County at home have come, there are about 20 people. To be honest, at least the secretary of the prefectural party committee, the head of the organization of the provincial party committee, the governor of the province, and the secretary of the provincial party committee will be present in such a lineup. So grand.Jia Shizhen felt a little uncomfortable. He really didn't expect that a county cadre and division chief of the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department was so important in the eyes of the county party secretary.But he still shook hands and nodded one by one like receiving foreign guests.Although Tang Wandong introduced each of them, Jia Shizhen still couldn't remember the deputy county magistrate, deputy director, and vice chairman. Three tables were set up in the big dining room. After the cups and cups were exchanged, they drank slowly at first, and gradually talked to each other until they became more and more excited.The crowd became more and more excited, Jia Shizhen tried to stop it many times, but couldn't speak, finally ended the banquet, the group hugged each other, and shook hands with Jia, Yu, and Li to say goodbye.Accompanied by Gao Jia, Xu Jiancai, and Tang Wandong, they went upstairs and entered the room. Gao Jia asked Director Jia if he wanted to have fun at night. Although the county town is small, the entertainment venues such as dance halls are passable.Jia Shizhen waved his hand, and Gao Jia said, let's play poker!Jia Shizhen said that you should call first, and I will make a call, then went into the bedroom and closed the door.After a while, the phone rang. As soon as Jia Shizhen answered the phone, it was Mei Ting calling. She said she would come with Wei Xin to visit her old classmates.Putting down the phone, Jia Shizhen wanted to take a shower first, but now it was too late, so she had to wait in the bedroom.Less than ten minutes later, the doorbell rang. He just opened the bedroom door and saw that Mei Ting and Wei Xin had already entered the room.Mei Ting shook hands with Jia Shizhen and greeted the rest of you.Wei Xin greeted Secretary Gao, County Magistrate Xu, and Minister Tang one by one, smiled at Yu Ming and Li Xiaofeng, and shook hands with Jia Shizhen. Gao Jia stopped the cards in his hand, looked at Wei Xin and Mei Ting and said, "Are you here for a treat?" Mei Ting said: "That's right! I'm afraid that we ordinary people's thatched huts won't be able to invite you big shots!" Gao Jia said: "Mei Ting, don't make a fool of me in front of the leaders of the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department! If there are still a few thatched huts in the remote countryside of our Lingjiang County, then it is possible, if we say that our dignified county Party committee office The secretary still lives in a thatched hut, so can I still be the secretary of the county party committee?" Mei Ting said: "Secretary Gao, you haven't been to my house yet, how do you know that my house is not a thatched cottage?" "Okay, let's go and see tomorrow, is there an invitation?" Gao Jia said. Wei Xin said, "That's right! Both Mei Ting and I are here, and Secretary Gao, County Mayor Xu, and Minister Tang are officially invited." Gao Jia said: "Secretary Wei, you are wrong again. You invited Director Jia, Section Chief Yu and Section Chief Li. We can only be regarded as companions!" The more Jia Shizhen listened, the more outrageous she became, and said, "Secretary Gao, you all have fun first, and I will sit with my old classmate for a few minutes." Everyone said yes in unison, and continued to play cards. After entering the bedroom, Jia Shizhen was busy pouring tea, Mei Ting pushed him onto the sofa, and the three of them sat down and chatted.When Wei Xin saw Jia Shizhen for the first time, he felt that his status was very different, so he didn't dare to say anything. He just sat on the sofa respectfully, with his legs together and his hands on his knees.Jia Shizhen glanced at it, then quickly looked away, afraid that Mei Ting would feel uncomfortable when she saw it. In fact, it is like this in the officialdom now. The subordinates see the cautiousness of the superiors. Jia Shizhen and Mei Ting only talked about tomorrow's banquet. He didn't quite agree with the county leaders accompanying her to her house, but Mei Ting said that would be bad.Jia Shizhen had no choice but to make a concession, thinking that she shouldn't have agreed to visit Mei Ting's house.But this is the end of the matter, and it has to be so.Wei Xin was very reserved, watching Jia Shizhen talking to Mei Ting, he couldn't get in his mouth.After everything was discussed, Mei Ting was about to leave, and Jia Shizhen didn't stay. He agreed to arrive at Mei Ting's house at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning, and then sent Mei Ting and Wei Xin out. Mei Ting and his wife said to everyone in the living room, Please come to my humble house tomorrow, so I will leave. Gao Jia wanted Jia Shizhen to play for a while, but Jia Shizhen insisted that he just watch it from the side.He looked around at the host and the west, and from time to time he helped out with a few words.After playing for a while, Gao Jia said that the leaders of the provincial and municipal committees should rest, and everyone dispersed. The conversation continued after breakfast the next day. At eleven o'clock, all the cars stopped in front of the door. Jia Shizhen did not agree to take the car, saying that the county town is not big and they just wanted to take a walk, so everyone had to walk and chat.On the way, Gao Jia and Jia Shizhen walked at the back. Suddenly, Gao Jia whispered: "Director Jia, Xiao Wei and Mei Ting are both very good cadres. I personally approved Xiao Wei to be transferred to the county party committee. Work ability, writing The level is good. I have already considered him. I should not talk casually about cadres, but you are not someone else. You are the leader of the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department in charge of cadres. I told Minister Tang that Xiao Wei is considering to be the deputy director of the county committee office, but the office lacks such a deputy director in charge of writing, and the current director of the county committee office is also too old, and he is considering focusing on training Wei Xin." The words just finished. Yin, and said, "Wait for a while, and then put the burden on Xiao Wei." When Gao Jia said this, Jia Shizhen frowned, feeling a little unhappy, Gao Jia's meaning was obvious.Unexpectedly, she was being used, and Gao Jia was too good at taking advantage of loopholes. This made Jia Shizhen feel awkward, but she couldn't confess.Without saying a word, he walked slowly. Gao Jia's pace became even slower, and he said: "Mei Ting is also pretty good, and she can't give full play to her talents in the cultural center. I want to put her in the Cultural Bureau, where a deputy director is old and is about to go through the formalities! " Jia Shizhen lowered her head, stopped before walking.Gao Jia went on to say: "Wan Dong said when to investigate, I said, the people around the leader inspect every day, and the inspections of your organization department are all formalities. It may not be good if you say it is good, but it is bad if you say it is bad." Feeling that her words were inappropriate, she patted herself on the head and said, "No, no, no..." Of course, when these words came from the mouth of the county party secretary, Jia Shizhen was really surprised.He wanted to stop Gao Jia from doing this, but there was no reason. Why should he interfere with the use of cadres by the county party committee?I had no choice but to pretend that I didn't understand. At this time, the people in front had already stopped by the side of the road, waiting for them, and Mei Ting and Wei Xin came out to welcome them.When everyone saw that Secretary Gao was whispering to Director Jia, they all turned their faces away to gossip.Jia Shizhen looked up at Gao Jia, the two eyes just met, they smiled at each other, and strode forward.Mei Ting and Wei Xin stepped forward, holding the hands of Jia Shizhen and Gao Jia, smiling and saying welcome.