Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen

Wang Mangzhi came as soon as he said he was coming, and walked around several townships with jujube forests in the east of Mashan County.Zhu Huaijing happened to be attending an organizational work meeting in Jingdu, so he didn't see Wang Mangzhi.This organizational work conference is mainly to learn from Mashan's experience and strengthen the construction of rural grassroots organizations.Fan Dongyang originally said it was Zaolin's experience, but Wang Mangzhi couldn't remember it, and always said Mashan's experience.So the formal statement becomes Ma Shan experience. Zhu Huaijing sat in the meeting room, and saw a beautiful glass, tall and crystal clear, in front of the leading comrades on the rostrum.There are silver needles, Longjing tea or ginseng whiskers soaked in the cup, all of which are vivid in my memory.He didn't know what to call the new mug yet, but thought it tasteful.I casually glanced to my left and right, and saw that some city leaders also had this kind of cups.I thought Umeji was behind after all, and everything was a beat behind.The meeting lasted for three days, and by the second day of the meeting, two-thirds of the city leaders had replaced the stainless steel cups.Zhu Huaijing was still holding the two-year-old mug, feeling a fever in his chest.He is not a person who likes to follow the fashion, but being in this kind of atmosphere, it is like listening to a qigong master's lecture by a qigong master, and entering a certain mysterious aura in a trance.

It's really interesting to say that in today's officialdom, food and clothing, everything is a gust of wind.However, before the 1970s, leading cadres always seemed a little shy and did not dare to follow the trend.At that time, if a worker wore a peaked cap, he would be the big brother of the worker, and if anyone else wore a peaked cap, he would be a hooligan.The jackets at that time were also rare, and I always thought they were worn by bums.The hooligans in movies or comic books of those years usually wore jackets and peaked caps.But in the 1980s, those who wore jackets and peaked caps were not hooligans, but leading cadres.Suits are orthodox attire, but they were the first to wear suits in China in the 1980s, which is also impressive, almost like hooligans.At that time, people in the officialdom were still happy to wear the square tunic suit.By the 1990s, it was no longer easy to tell who was a leader and who was a hooligan just by looking at their clothes.Perhaps this is a sign of social progress?But hooligans cannot always be ahead of the times after all. Since about the mid-1980s, leading cadres have gradually begun to lead the trend of consumption.

The most interesting thing is the replacement of the mouth cup.At first, the thermos cup with glass liner was popular, and leading cadres sat in the conference room, each with a thermos cup.After a few years, suddenly overnight, they all held thermos cups with purple sand liners in their hands.Later, the update became faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, they all replaced with stainless steel thermos cups.No matter what kind of cups are popular, the cup changing project of leading cadres is often completed within two or three days, which is extremely efficient.In case any leader's mug is changed slowly because no one gave it in time, or he has to secretly buy one to save face, that feeling is very uncomfortable.

In the evening, a friend who was doing business in Jingdu came to visit Zhu Huaijing, and brought him nothing but a glass cup, which was exactly what he wanted.Open the package and play with it, and saw the words "Noah's Cup".After reading the manual again, I realized that "Noah" is just a company name.Still don't know how to call this cup.I thought, just call it a crystal cup?On the third day, he was much more at ease when he entered the meeting room with the crystal cup in his hand.Looking around, the shadow of the stainless steel cup has long been lost in the meeting room...

Wang Mangzhi was unable to attend the meeting in person, and Fan Dongyang read out his written speech.So every dozen or so people sat together and talked about how well Wang Mangzhi spoke.This is called a group discussion.The meeting discussion is actually similar to the Chinese class in primary and secondary schools. It is nothing more than summarizing the leaders' speeches and then talking about the experience.This is almost the same as summarizing the general idea and central idea of ​​the text paragraph.This rigid teaching method has long been criticized, but Chinese class-style meetings have become commonplace.Elementary and middle school students with not too bad grades, I am afraid they can be good leaders.

This time Zhu Huaijing was very conspicuous.He made a speech at the meeting, introducing Mashan's experience.The leader of the municipal party committee always runs to his group and participates in their group discussions.Fan Dongyang shook hands with him every time he met, patted him on the shoulder, and said that the mirror was good.When Zhu Huaijing got excited, he went to Fan Dongyang and wanted to treat him to a meal.Fan Dongyang smiled and said, Huai Jing, you are welcome, the future will be long.Zhu Huaijing didn't feel ashamed for not inviting Fan Dongyang to dinner.He pondered what Fan Dongyang said, and felt that it was meaningful. What is the "coming day" of "the coming day will be long"?After Fan Dongyang became a member of the Standing Committee.

Even if it is a tidbit during the meeting, it is also related to Zhu Huaijing.First, the "Jingdu Daily" published another report on Hong Jian's donation: "I don't know where the clouds are deep - and then find a good-hearted person, Hong Jian". ... This is the third donation from the kind-hearted Hong Jian, less than two months since his first donation.According to reports, it was no longer the pretty little girl who went through the donation procedures this time, but a noble and elegant lady.This lady wears a magic mirror and speaks Mandarin with a sweet voice...

... People infer from the name that Hong Jian may be a gentleman.So, is this sweet lady his beloved wife?Is that pretty little girl their child?All kinds of speculation have placed people's good wishes. ... At dinner that day, the leaders of cities and counties from all over the world sat at the same table.For some reason, everyone mentioned Hong Jian's donation.Only then did Zhu Huaijing know that Hong Jian had long been known as a magical figure in the entire city of Jing.Someone joked: "Secretary Zhu, you Meici are really amazing people. If you have a few more Hongjians, you don't even need to attract business and capital. Just accepting donations will make you rich."

"How could there be so many Hong Jian?" Zhu Huaijing laughed casually. Someone said: "We are always thinking, who is Hong Jianhui? Why is the donation kept anonymous? Secretary Zhu, you should be clear. Did you already know who it is, and deliberately used it as a news pretext to hype it up?" ?” Zhu Huaijing smiled and asked back: "As the secretary, are you still in charge of the news hype in your place?" Everyone laughed.Another person said, "Who the hell is this? Why do you have so much money to donate? In less than two months, you have donated more than 400,000 yuan. Why don't you donate again?"

"Yeah, why make it so mysterious?" "Is there a big boss in Meiji's place? There must be. Look at Secretary Zhu. When I asked them if they had a big boss, he had some opinions." "In any case, the person who made the donation must have secrets." "Confidentiality? Could it be that the money was stolen or robbed? Why steal money and rob it to do good deeds?" "It's a mystery, what a mystery." "Now it's a big world, full of wonders. Maybe the answer to the mystery will be revealed one day, and it won't necessarily scare you."

"This Hong Jian can't be a bad guy, can he?" "Hard to say." Zhu Huaijing just laughed and said nothing.Even if someone asked him, he just smiled and shook his head.He also guessed that maybe one day the truth would come to light.If that day is destined, he should be silent now.But he didn't want people to know that he was Hong Jian in the end.If you have to show Lushan's true colors, then it must be a bad time. The meeting was about to end, and "Jingdu Daily" published another report related to Umeji: "Lack of money to build a school, the commissioner sells mounts". It's a hot summer day.Lu Tianyi, a commissioner of Meiji Administrative Office, braved the scorching heat and went to the grassroots to inspect the work.When he passed Jinji Village Primary School in Baoziling Township, Longwan County, the dilapidated schoolhouse caught his attention.He got out of the car to visit the teachers and students of this elementary school, and carefully inspected every classroom.When the primary school principal reported that all the classrooms were dangerous buildings, Lu Tianyi felt very heavy.Seeing so many high-end cars coming at once, the innocent children circled around them happily, but they dared not touch them.This scene deeply hurt Lu Tianyi's heart.He immediately called a person in charge of the accompanying company and said, I dare not sit in this car anymore. Looking at this precarious school building and these lively and lovely children, I can't sit still.I will sell this car to your company and use the money to build a school.No matter how poor you are, you can't have poor education, no matter how hard you are, you can't suffer children! Everyone was silent, only the larks chirping and flying in the air.The mountain wind was blowing, and the national flag was fluttering on the simple flagpole.The entrepreneur wrote a check for 300,000 yuan on the spot.Holding the check in both hands, Lu Tian solemnly handed it to the principal. The principal of the mountain village, who is as simple as a farmer, suddenly burst into tears. "Students, we have a new school in Mashan!" When the principal announced the good news, the children ran wildly in the dusty playground with joy. ... Immediately, someone joked with Zhu Huaijing, saying: "Secretary Zhu, when will your car be sold?" He couldn't say anything, so he just smiled.He was almost embarrassed, as if his own child had made a fool of himself outside.I wondered why Lu Tianyi couldn't get through with his old fellow car?It's not smashing the car, it's selling the car.Recently, due to various rumors about Wu Fei's case, Lu Tianyi's popularity index is very low, so he can't sit still.But there is no need to make such a move. Back in Meici, Zhu Huaijing immediately reported to Miao Ming.He first locked the crystal cup in the office filing cabinet for later use.I thought Comrade Miao Ming hadn't used this kind of cup yet, so he couldn't presume.When I went to Miao Ming's office, I saw a crystal cup already on Miao Ming's desk.It really is an information society.Miao Ming only asked Zhu Huaijing to briefly talk about the spirit of the meeting, and decided to hold a leadership meeting of the prefectural committee immediately in the afternoon, and then listen to a detailed report. After agreeing to have a meeting in the afternoon, Miao Ming said again: "Huai Jing, when you were not at home, a few of us met and gave Long An an expulsion." Zhu Huaijing was surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Why is this happening? According to my personal opinion, Comrade Long An should never be removed. I'm afraid that something wrong will leave sequelae." Miao Ming shook his head and said, "You don't know. The last time Comrade Long An was given a warning and punishment, he refused to accept it, and he didn't go to work. He went to Jingdu, went to Beijing, and sued everywhere. The absenteeism lasted for more than a month. He was arrested. Comrade Tianyi brought up this point, and he must be removed from the list. I also think that the handling can be eased, but the opinions at the meeting are one-sided, and all support Comrade Tianyi. I have to listen to everyone’s opinions. A gust of wind is also good." Zhu Huaijing thought that Lu Tianyi insisted on punishing him, and no one could stop him.The leaders all hate people who complain, so it's no wonder that everyone agrees with Lu Tianyi.Thinking of Lu Tianyi selling cars, Zhu Huaijing asked: "Secretary Miao, do you know about Comrade Tianyi selling cars? What's going on?" Miao Ming didn't want to say more, just shook his head and said, "Comrade Tianyi, I just like a lively scene." Zhu Huaijing didn't say anything, went back to his office, and put the new cup on the table.I thought that Lu Tianyi's play was too stupid.The state-owned enterprise bought your car with money, isn't it still using the state's money?Why not directly allocate money from the finances to build schools?Is it necessary to feint like this?You sold your car, will you really ride a bicycle to work in the future?You personally sold the car, where do you put the face of the leader who didn't sell the car?Simply let everyone sell the car!Now that's all right, from now on, leaders at all levels will go one, two, one, and walk in unison as long as they go out. Zhu Huaijing was thinking about these things, but his hands were not free.He opened the notebook, ticked some important points with a red pen, marked some serial numbers and symbols that he only understood, and he was ready to report the outline.Originally, this set of work was not necessary, and there would be no mistakes in oral reports.But this seems too sloppy, and everyone looks bad.Then I suddenly remembered: just now I didn't pay attention to whether Miao Ming was revising some important manuscript again.Zhu Huaijing is a person who looks serious, but there is always a little humor and even mischief in his heart, so he secretly bet with himself: Miao Ming must be revising the article again. He looked for something to do and said a few more words, and he saw Miao Ming bowing his head at his desk with his brows tightly furrowed, carefully choosing his words. Zhu Huaijing returned to his office, lit a cigarette, smoked leisurely, and privately predicted Miao Ming's political future.From his point of view, Miao Ming's strengths may really be bureaucratic articles, but he is afraid that they will be articles of success and failure.If his article complex is a little lighter, and he spends more time thinking about big things, even if he spends more time playing tricks, he may be able to take the position of provincial and municipal leaders.As far as his current situation is concerned, he is afraid that at most he will go back to the city to find a secretary-general of the municipal party committee, barely counting as a provincial (city) level.This is only the quasi-deputy provincial (city) level leaders.I have been working for several years and I am about to retire. If I am lucky, I can get a position as the deputy director of the Municipal People's Congress or the vice chairman of the CPPCC.Even so, I'm afraid Miao Ming's signature has already been signed.Nowadays, it is rumored that Miao Ming is about to raise the level of Meiji, but it is just groundless. In the afternoon, Zhu Huaijing sat down in the meeting room with a smile, but saw that almost all colleagues had changed their cups, and only Xing Ziyun was still using stainless steel cups.It only took two or three days!Zhu Huaijing was secretly surprised.He guessed that when Xiang Yanping came in later, he might also be holding a stainless steel cup.But Miao Ming said, let's get started, ask Comrade Yanping for hospital leave, and everything is here.At this time, Zhou Kelin came in with a stack of newspapers, smiling, and put one in front of each leading comrade.Zhu Huaijing was not in a hurry to report, but opened the newspaper first.It turned out that it was the "Jingdu Daily" that day, and the front page published a long newsletter about Wang Mangzhi's inspection of Meici, titled "A Journey to Mashan in the Red Season".Miao Ming said: "Comrade Tianyi, Comrade Huaijing, shall we study this newsletter first?" So Zhou Kelin began to read the newspaper.The communication inevitably has a literary tone, which is very inconsistent with the atmosphere of the meeting; and Zhou Kelin read those deliberately rhetorical sentences in Meici's words, which is simply ridiculous. "...the jujubes are ripe, the red jujubes are falling all over the branches, and the jujube tree is bent over; the villagers laughed, and the old people laughed and bent over when they saw the fruitful fruits." The newsletter finally finished reading, and Zhu Huaijing reported The spirit of the municipal party committee organization work meeting. Miao Ming made the final decision and settled on three things.One is to promote Mashan experience in the whole region and further standardize Mashan experience; the other is to strengthen the construction of Mashan jujube base, and Comrade Lu Tianyi will contact Mashan for work; the third is to improve the infrastructure of the nine townships on the east side of Mashan Construction, welcome the city's agricultural industrialization conference. It turned out that Wang Mangzhi came down and walked around, very happy, and said: "I will go to Mashan more in the future. Comrade Tianyi, you should go to Mashan more! The city is preparing to hold an agricultural industrialization conference. I want to bring my comrades to Mashan to have a look.” Wang Mangzhi said it as if he was talking about it, but in fact he used Mashan as his contact point for rural work, and he also appointed Lu Tianyi to use Mashan as his contact point. point.But according to the usual practice, Wang Mangzhi should appoint Miao Ming to contact Mashan County.It is said that Miao Ming's left hand, which was rubbing his stomach, suddenly stopped for a few seconds, and immediately returned to normal, and said, "Yes, it is more appropriate for Comrade Tianyi to contact you." Afterwards, everyone knew that there were some twists and turns surrounding Ma Shan's experience.Wang Mangzhi didn't like Miao Ming, and he didn't want to be a model in Mei Cishu.But Fan Dongyang had this intention, so Wang Mangzhi let him go.Fan Dongyang is the head of the organization appointed by Wang Mangzhi, so he has to give him face.So he broke the convention and asked Lu Tian to contact Ma Shan by name.Umeji's side is equally subtle.Lu Tianyi always regards Yu Mingwu as a man of Miao Ming, so naturally he doesn't want Ma Shan to have any advanced experience.He didn't say strange things, which also hindered Fan Dongyang's face. After the meeting, Zhu Huaijing called Zhao Yipu to the office and said, "Comrade Xiang Yanping is hospitalized. You can ask from the side to see if Comrade Miao Ming has visited." Zhu Huaijing had just had dinner at home when Zhao Yipu called, "Secretary Zhu, Secretary Miao went to see Director Xiang at noon today." Zhu Huaijing said: "Okay. How about this, you call Yang Chong and tell me that I will use the car at night. At 8:15, you and Yang Chong will pick me up." "A meeting again tonight?" Xiangmei asked casually. "No meeting. Xiang Yanping is sick, go to the hospital to see him." Zhu Huaijing laughed as he said. Xiangmei knew that he often remembered something when he laughed, so she asked, "I see you laugh so weirdly, what's the matter!" Zhu Huaijing smiled and said, "I think the rules of the officialdom are fun. I know that Xiang Yanping is ill, so I want to go see it right away, my colleague. But I have to find out if Miao Ming has gone to see it. Only after he has gone to see it can I go." Look." Xiangmei said: "Is it so mysterious? I don't understand." Zhu Huaijing said: "In the officialdom, you are enlightened. If I rush to visit the hospital before Miao Ming, he will suspect that I am winning people's hearts. If I insist on going to see it first, I have to tell Miao Ming in advance that when I met Xiang Yanping What’s more, Secretary Miao won’t be able to come for a while, so I entrusted me to come and see you first. If that’s the case, I haven’t done any favors in front of Xiang Yanping, so maybe I’m not going to please both sides, so why bother?” Xiangmei said, "I'm afraid I'm thinking too much." Zhu Huaijing sighed: "It's better to make it more complicated!" After dinner, after sitting for a while, Zhao Yipu knocked on the door. He didn't enter the house, but stood at the door and asked, "Secretary Zhu, are you leaving?" Zhu Huaijing responded, put on the bag and came out.Zhao Yipu took the bag and let Zhu Huaijing go ahead.The car stopped at the entrance of the hospital, and Zhao Yipu went down to buy flower baskets and fruits.These are all just meanings.As long as Zhu Huaijing was present, it was more important than anything else, and it didn't matter whether he gave something or not. There were already several people sitting there in the ward. When they saw Zhu Huaijing, they all stood up, moved to the sides, and nodded their greetings.Zhu Huaijing also nodded and smiled, he didn't know these people. Xiang Yanping sat on the bedside, Zhu Huaijing rushed over to shake hands and said, "I just know, I just know." "It alarmed you. It's not a serious illness. You don't need to look at it." Xiang Yanping said, and seemingly casually dropped a sentence, "Comrade Miao Ming came here at noon." Zhu Huaijing added: "I went to the city for a meeting before I came back. In the afternoon I reported the spirit of the city committee's organizational work meeting, but I didn't see you. When I asked, I found out that you were sick. How is it?" Xiang Yanping said: "You must be old. You have chest tightness, shortness of breath, and weakness in your limbs. They haven't been diagnosed yet." Zhu Huaijing said: "You have always been in good health, so there will be no problems. I think you are too tired. Take care of yourself and you will be fine." Xiang Yanping smiled and said, "Why am I tired? Second-line cadres." Zhu Huaijing also smiled and said, "Director Xiang, the leader of the National People's Congress is a second-line cadre, but there is no such thing as that!" Xiang Yanping said: "Let's not talk about this. Secretary Zhu, you are so busy, what are you doing here?" The people standing in the ward finally found it inconvenient for them to stay here, so they left.Zhu Huaijing said: "Director Xiang, you are a veteran of Umeji, and my work cannot do without your support." Xiang Yanping hurriedly said: "Secretary Zhu, you are too polite. But ask yourself, I support your work. You have always supported my work. After all, we are not a first-level people's congress, but an agency of the municipal people's congress. We need the support of the leaders of the prefectural committee.” Zhu Huaijing said: "Director Xiang, the so-called support is mutual. You are living in the hospital, so it is not convenient to talk to you about work. Let me just briefly report to you about this municipal committee organization work meeting." Shaking his head to Yanping, he said, "Why are you being polite!" He said that, and he felt good in his heart. Zhu Huaijing talked about the spirit of the meeting, which was very concise and decent.Xiang Yanping kept nodding, as if enjoying some kind of noble treatment.In fact, Zhu Huaijing had nothing to say, so he just talked about the spirit of the meeting, so as to avoid embarrassment and show respect for his colleagues.This is much better than just saying a few polite words of comfort. When it was over, Zhu Huaijing smiled and said, "Director Xiang, you are unwell, so let's not talk about work. I just hope that you will be discharged from the hospital soon, and we will find a chance to have a few drinks alone. I have never had a drink with you before." Xiang Yanping shook his head and sighed: "Secretary Zhu, I can't afford to drink with you. It would be good to have an appointment to discuss." Zhu Huaijing joked: "You are not a widow's pants for drinking to the director, can't you stand it?" Xiang Yanping laughed loudly, "Look, look, my theory about the three widows back then was quite poisonous." At this time, Guan Yun came in and shook hands with Zhu Huaijing, "Ah, ah, Secretary Zhu, hello, hello!" "Hello, Xiaoguan." Zhu Huaijing turned to Xiang Yanping and said, "Xiaoguan is very good, full of vigor and drive." Xiang Yanping only said: "He is too young, has no hair on his mouth, and can't do things well. Xiao Guan told me that you, Secretary Zhu, cared about him very much. I said, for these young people, you should criticize them more. Praise them less." Zhu Huaijing said: "Where is it? Xiaoguan has strong principles in his work, which is rare. I mentioned him to the leaders of the Maya Municipal Committee." Guan Yun nodded and said: "Don't ask Secretary Zhu to say the last sentence for me, just the first half of the sentence, I'll do it right here." Zhu Huaijing said: "I'm not that godly, am I? It's not like a golden mouth and jade teeth." Xiang Yanping said: "The leaders of the Meah Municipal Party Committee told me that they plan to nominate Xiaoguan as deputy director of the Public Security Bureau. Should we have talked?" Guan Yundao: "We've talked. I know, it's all under the care of Secretary Zhu." Zhu Huaijing smiled and said: "Xiaoguan, you can't say that. The growth of a cadre is the result of the organization's care and hard work. It is not just any leader who can cultivate a person. This is not in line with our organizational line!" Xiang Yanping looked at Guan Yun seriously, and said: "In terms of age, Secretary Zhu is not much older than you. But in terms of level, you will never be able to catch up in your lifetime. You still have to learn with an open mind." Guan Yun nodded, "That is, that is." When Zhu Huaijing got up to say goodbye, he accidentally discovered that Xiang Yanping's bedside was indeed a stainless steel teacup. The rubber sleeve around the teacup's waist had aged and cracked like a dry paddy field.