Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One

A few days after Zhu Huaijing came back from Beijing last time, several leaders of the Meici prefectural committee and administrative office got top hats on them, and even the color was mostly navy blue like Zhu Huaijing.Half a month later, that is, after an enlarged meeting of the prefectural committee, more than half of the leaders of the prefectural departments and county and city leaders put on their top hats.The common people were amused and made up a jingle: wear a top hat on their heads, and four wheels turn; they say they look like Xu Wenqiang, but not so handsome.Chow Yun-fat played Xu Wenqiang, wearing a top hat, suave and suave, and the common people were so impressed.China has never had such a beloved hooligan.

Accompanying the top hat is the rumor that Zhu Huaijing will soon be appointed as a local secretary.Among the leaders at all levels who wore top hats, there was almost no one who did not know that the top hat on Zhu Huai's camera was given by Secretary Wang of the Municipal Party Committee.Zhu Huaijing returned to Meici that day and reported to Miao Ming.Miao Ming looked up and said, "Your hat looks like Secretary Wang's." Zhu Huaijing smiled and said, "Yes. Secretary Wang insisted on giving it to me." He smiled and said, "Very good, very personable." When Lu Tian saw him later, he also said, "It looks like Secretary Wang's hat!" He still smiled and said, "Secretary Wang must give it to me." " Lu Tianyi's eyes lit up, and he immediately patted him on the shoulder with a meaningful smile.

It's really strange, why are they so impressed with Wang Mang's hat?It seems that Wang Mangzhi only recently put on his top hat.In a few nights, the top hat became the symbol of Umeji's leading cadres.Lu Tianyi also got a top hat on.Black.Although Miao Ming didn't wear a top hat, he also found an opportunity to say that he didn't look good wearing a hat.That's what Miao Ming said jokingly during a meeting with the leaders of the prefectural committee.The sensible person listened but it was not a joke, he might be trying to tell everyone not to misunderstand, don't think that he deliberately made it seem like he was alienated from everyone.In fact, this hat is a knot in his heart, and its symbolic meaning is too great.

Zhu Huaijing originally revealed the origin of the hat inadvertently, without any intention of showing off.However, the rumors that he was going to be promoted were even worse.Nowadays, leaders who are not rumored are often worthless.There are roughly three types of rumors: promotion, embezzlement and lovers.In fact, there have been rumors for a long time that Miao Ming will be promoted and Zhu Huaijing will take over.Now that he put Wang Mangzhi's top hat on his head, people believed those words even more. Zhu Huaijing was a little uneasy because of the rumors.The relationship between him and Wang Mangzhi seems to be close, but it is not yet ready.Then the rumor is too much, for fear of negative impact.It is rumored that there are noses and eyes, but he is just pretending.Avoiding rumors is obviously superfluous.Because of the arrest of Wu Fei and Zheng Weiming, Mei Ci's officialdom showed some intriguing strangeness.Miao Ming, Lu Tianyi, and other leaders of the prefectural committee and administrative office were also rumored to be in their positions. Some said they would be transferred, some said they would stay, and some had an uncertain future.All kinds of rumors are similar, but what is more consistent is: Zhu Huaijing is the secretary of the prefectural committee, and Lu Tian is afraid that he will be arrested.

The rumors became more and more popular, and even Zhu Huaijing felt strange.It is not surprising that some rumors about leading cadres are too normal.Could a hat really change his fate?Only in mythology is there such a magical hat that can make all wishes of its owner come true. However, many seemingly grotesque things in officialdom are actually real.It is said that Khrushchev, who never wore a hat, had a whim one day and put on a fur hat to convene a meeting of the Politburo. As a result, within 15 minutes, other members of the Politburo had their fur hats delivered from home. .They looked at each other and smiled, maintaining a high degree of agreement with the general secretary.In the Soviet Union, where the efficiency of affairs was extremely low, it was like magic.In Jingdu, there was a story that the head of the cultural department was consistent with the above.Once, several old comrades in the Department of Cultural Affairs were playing mahjong while watching TV news, and saw the leaders of the central government wearing Chinese tunic suits.Someone said, pay attention tomorrow, if our director does not wear a Chinese tunic to work, I will be a grandson!Early the next morning, a few old men made an appointment. After playing Tai Chi, they stood in front of the office building to watch the show.Sure enough, they saw their director in a blue serge Chinese tunic suit, buttoned up tightly, walking over in square steps.The old people were immediately overjoyed, and bent over laughing, which made the young director who was proud of his youth but used to pretending to be old-fashioned bewildered and at a loss.Someone added fuel to the story afterward, saying that the young director hurriedly raised his hand to wipe his face, for fear of getting lipstick on his face, and it turned out that he spent the night with his mistress.

Zhu Huaijing really didn't expect that that ordinary hat would trigger a chain effect in Umeji.In his impression, there was another time a few years ago that he followed the example of the leader.That year, there were major floods in the suburbs of Jingdu, and the mayor went down to various places to inspect the disaster situation.The mayor has a preference that he never leaves his folding fan.Throughout the summer, as long as the TV is turned on, the mayor will be there waving a folding fan and giving advice.For a while, folding fans became popular in Jingdu official circles.The common people called folding fans oil-paper fans, so they came up with a jingle: oil-paper fans are shaken in their hands, and nine out of ten are leaders.Running from east to west, either eating, drinking or whoring.Back then, several leading cadres did not live up to expectations, because of whoring, they were resigned.

Zhu Huaijing thought that after he visited Mr. Li's house in Beijing, Wang Mangzhi immediately received him alone, and then took off the hat he was wearing and gave it to him.All this seems ordinary, but it has profound meaning when you think about it carefully.Then this hat is not just a simple hat. Perhaps because of the unusualness of the hat, he worried that his situation in Metz would be complicated.Miao Ming was still very polite, but he no longer discussed matters with him alone.There were no new developments in Wu Fei's and Zheng Weimin's cases. Miao Ming was very anxious, but never asked Zhu Huaijing for advice.This matter should have been caught by Li Longbiao, and Miao Ming only needs to intervene.But Li Longbiao is a patient, so he can't be bothered too much.Miao Ming was also about to take care of this matter himself, and it happened that Li Longbiao was ill, which made it all the more logical.Lu Tianyi's attitude is unpredictable, but Zhu Huaijing guessed that he would not be too comfortable.Lu Tian has always believed that only he himself is the boss of Mei Ci, and he will not admit defeat in front of anyone.In fact, neither Miao Ming nor Lu Tianyi believed that the outside rumors were true.It was only when they suddenly discovered that Zhu Huaijing had a very good relationship with Wang Mangzhi.They didn't know their connections at first, which shows that Zhu Huaijing is very sophisticated.Lu Tianyi's discomfort, to put it vulgarly, is that there is another person beside him who is competing for favor with him in front of Wang Mangzhi.And Miao Ming is probably full of regrets, regretting that he should not regard Zhu Huaijing as the most reliable person.

Zhu Huaijing finally knew that Chief Prosecutor Xiang Changshan was now very close to Miao Ming.It can be said that Xiang Changshan went all out to handle the cases of Wu and Zheng.Someone revealed that before the leaders of the prefectural committee collectively listened to the case report, Xiang Changshan had to report to Miao Ming individually.In fact, Xiang Changshan and Lu Tianyi had already turned against each other, but they still dealt with each other on the scene.It turned out that since the news of Li Longbiao suffering from cancer came out, many people were staring at his top spot.Xiang Changshan figured that he was already a deputy prefecture-level cadre, and it was only natural to move his position forward and become a deputy secretary of the prefectural committee. Moreover, he was an old political and legal cadre with excellent professional ability.However, Lu Tianyi intended to let Wu Guisheng, director of the Public Security Bureau, replace Li Longbiao, and he had already done a lot of work for him.It is said that Lu Tianyi once had a private conversation with Changshan, saying that your brother is already a cadre of this level, so let this opportunity be given to Brother Guisheng.Xiang Changshan didn't have much to say, but since then he has become estranged from Lu Tianyi, and instead runs to Miao Ming's office every few days.

Every day there is a new story told.The protagonists of the story are nothing more than Wu Fei, Zheng Weiming, the leaders of the prefectural committee and administrative office, and some women.Today I heard that Zheng Weiming committed suicide, and tomorrow I heard that someone tried to murder him but failed.For a while, it was said that some people said that Wu Fei was very hard, let you hang and beat him without saying a word, and for a while, it was said that he was demented in prison.The place of detention of Wu Fei and Zheng Weiming is also a topic of most interest to people.The rumor is very mysterious, saying that the place is changed every day, and three people take turns to guard it.It was rumored twice in three days that Lu Tianyi was locked up, but soon he would be seen giving an important speech on TV again, which made people feel a lot of regret.Because of these stories, the common people are full of interest, helpless, righteous indignation, impassioned, and dejected. "It's rotten, it's rotten, it's rotten, it's all in one pot."

Such indignant arguments are often heard. Zhu Huaijing had to call Mr. Li every once in a while to ask questions attentively.Even Aunt Dong was familiar with his voice. As soon as she answered his call, she was very polite and said, Xiao Zhu, you wait, I will ask the old man to answer the phone.Zhu Huaijing also specifically asked the director of the Beijing Office to visit Mr. Li often.Of course, I went to visit on behalf of Zhu Huaijing.In both Beijing and Jingdu, Zhu Huaijing has many important people who need to be entrusted to the office to visit frequently.The leaders of the prefectural committees each have their own network, and the director of the foreign office is responsible for managing each network for them.Those important people who are visited know how to see through the essence of the phenomenon.In their eyes, the director of the office is a phenomenon, and the essence is Miao Ming or Zhu Huaijing.The directors of these offices are all very flexible people. When visiting Zhang San today, he is Miao Ming; when visiting Li Si tomorrow, he is Zhu Huaijing.Sometimes the relationship network of the leader overlaps, so in front of Wang Wu, he is Miao Ming for a while, and Zhu Huaijing for a while.

After all, Hu Yuekun is of the same age, so Zhu Huaijing has no scruples, calling from time to time to chat.He made a lot of money himself, so he didn't expect him to send someone from the office to visit him every day.Hu Yuekun also called and said that you must not be polite if you have something to do.The two really hit it off, like old friends who have known each other for many years.Zhu Huaijing thought that there might be many big and small Hu Yuekuns in China today, they are just businessmen, but they are well-connected, popular, and have their own personal charm, so they can meet people from both sides.They are either between clear and turbid, or both clear and turbid, and they do things without leaking, leaving no clues, which makes many seasoned officials feel inferior. One day, Hu Yuekun called and asked about the Meici Expressway by the way, and said: "Huai Jing, I originally intended to participate in the bidding for the expressway project where you are. I am afraid that you will not avoid suspicion, so I will not mention it. How is it? ?” Zhu Huaijing said: "Yue Kun, you are too polite. If you are interested, come and try it. I know you won't make it difficult for me. Your company is strong, and there is nothing to make it difficult for me. Sorry, I originally I don’t know what kind of business you mainly do, if I knew you would also do expressways, I would like to attract business from you on behalf of the prefectural committee.” Hu Yuekun murmured, "Okay, I'll send someone over." Zhu Huaijing said, "Why don't you come over here in person, so we can meet up." Hu Yuekun said: "I'll take a step back." Zhu Huaijing said it easily, but he didn't know whether it was appropriate or not to let Hu Yuekun come to participate in the bidding for the Shang Expressway.He immediately contacted Wu Hong and expressed his concerns.Wu Hong laughed when he heard this, and said, "Huai Jing, you are too cautious. Hu Yuekun is a man who knows how to do things, and he can get along with both sides. He won't do things that embarrass his friends. When it comes to him For the sake of it, you can accomplish things with your own strength, so why do you want to come here? I can say this, as long as you really make things fair, Hu Yuekun will definitely win the bid." Hearing these words, Zhu Huaijing was relieved up.