Chapter 2 Chapter two

Master Wisdom had been waiting inside the mountain gate for a long time. When Dongfang Changqing got out of the car, Master Wisdom greeted him with folded hands and said, "Amitabha, Director Dongfang hasn't come for a long time. How are you doing?" Dongfang Changqing also put his hands together. , said with a smile: "Listening to Master's tone, he has some objections to my not coming to visit for a long time." Wisdom also smiled, and said: "The Buddha said not to be angry, how dare the old monk have any objections." Feeling brightened, he also said hello with palms together.Dongfang didn't think it was funny, and thought that the master had practiced so deeply, so it turned out that his eyes would shine when he saw a beautiful woman.Bai Xue also followed the example of the two, put her hands together, and said hello to Jishou.

The three of them walked slowly on the brick and stone floor, without burning incense, they went directly to Zhizhi's dormitory, sat down on the grass futon, and a young monk brought plain tea, and they were polite to each other.Dongfang Changqing said: "Master, since I was transferred to the Cultural Bureau, I have been busy with official duties, so I haven't been able to visit the master for a while. It's not that Changqing has forgotten the old man, and I ask the master to forgive me." Wisdom said with a smile: "Director Dongfang Seriously, the officialdom is busy with business, and it is no more leisurely than a monk. You two are tired all the way, how about we have a fast meal first?" Dongfang Changqing said: "This is the best, and I am really hungry." When Bai Xue heard the word fast, Her eyes sparkled with excitement, she had never eaten a monk's vegetarian meal in her life, and she was full of curiosity.The three of them got up and went to the small room next door to have a meal, only to see several lay disciples serving food one by one, but they were bamboo shoots, mushrooms, fern cakes, fungus, etc., which were indeed treasures in the mountains.There is a special fragrance in the taste, secreting into the heart and spleen.After eating, Bai Xue proposed to worship Buddha, Dongfang Evergreen smiled and agreed, and the wise monk led the way. When he arrived at the main hall, he bought incense paper, burned incense under the guidance of the wise master, and worshiped the Buddha.

Dongfang Changqing took advantage of his wisdom to insert incense, and quietly said to Bai Xue: "Xue, what wish do you want to make?" I wish: "The Tathagata Buddha has a spirit, and bless me and the enemy around me to have a successful marriage. I love him more than my own life." Bibi got up, and was moved by himself almost to tears.Seeing this, Dongfang Changqing also guessed Bai Xue's thoughts, and couldn't help feeling a sense of loss. After worshiping the Buddha, returning to the master's room, Bai Xue asked: "Master, I heard people say that the Buddha in Dongjiang Temple is the most spiritual, and all wishes can come true. I may make a wish, but I don't know if it will come true?" The master smiled and said: "There are believers, but there are no non-believers." Dongfang Changqing asked: "Bai Xue, what wish did you make?"

Next, everyone talked about other things. Dongfang Changqing carefully asked about the protection of Dongjiang Temple. Master Wisdom said that Dongjiang Temple was rebuilt in the early Qing Dynasty. It was more than 300 years ago. It was soaked by rain, and the damage was serious. A few years ago, Mayor Fang Renxin visited Jiangdong Temple and approved a sum of money for repairs. Because of limited funds, only some simple maintenance was done on the main hall, and the side hall and other places were not damaged at all. No maintenance.Dongfang Changqing heard this and said: "Master, Jiangdong Temple is a first-class cultural relic protection unit in our city. Cultural relic management is one of the important responsibilities of the Cultural Bureau. You can give me a budget for maintenance costs, and I will think about a solution later." The master clasped his palms together quickly to express his thanks, and said, "Director Dongfang, if you can raise money to rebuild the temple, it is a great charity. My Buddha is merciful, and I will bless you to rise to the third level. The monk here also represents many good men and women, thank you gone."

Dongfang Changqing smiled, although Master Wisdom has profound practice, he is not pedantic, but can combine Buddhism and customs, both born and entered the world. After chatting for a while, Master Wisdom asked, "Director Dongfang hasn't come for a long time. I'm afraid that he came here today to worship Buddha, right?" Dongfang Changqing smiled, and couldn't help thinking deeply, admiring the wisdom monk's deep understanding of people, indeed, he came to this thousand-year-old temple on the Buddha Mountain, of course not all to worship Buddha.Since I took office in the Cultural Bureau, many things have not gone well.The Cultural Bureau does not have enough status in the minds of the leaders.Over the years, although the documents say that material civilization and spiritual civilization should be grasped with both hands, both hands must be strong, but in actual work, it is obvious that one hand is hard and the other is soft. Leaders pay attention to economic work, and they talk about GDP, Fiscal income seems to be all economists.The ideology part, relatively speaking, is almost unpopular.Although the propaganda and cultural department is relatively unpopular compared with the economic department, there is still a difference. In the eyes of the leaders, news units are directly related to political achievements, so regional newspapers and radio and television bureaus rank first, and the education department is related to the face of a place. , ranked second, the sports sector was originally partial, and the Chinese Olympic complex has expanded in recent years, and it also ranked third.The tourism department has only recently been placed under the management of publicity outlets, and with the rise of tourism, it also ranks fourth.Only in the cultural sector, writing is important, talking is secondary, and doing is optional.When Dongfang Changqing reported to the Cultural Bureau, there was a welcome meeting in the bureau, and everyone said: "Director Dongfang is here, and the spring of culture has come." But an old cultural person who is about to retire told the truth, he was bitter Said: "Every time we come to the bureau, and every time we hold a welcome meeting, we say that the spring of culture and art has arrived. I don't know how many times I have talked about this spring. I hope that the director of the East will not let us down this time." Dongfang Evergreen Just like other leaders, when they first took office, they spent a week of research. Wherever they went, when they talked about the status of the cultural department, they all shook their heads and sighed.On the contrary, some old people miss the glory of the cultural department during the Cultural Revolution. Some old comrades are not afraid of making any political mistakes, saying: "Jiang Qing fell, and the status of culture followed her. Spring will never come again."

Dongfang Changqing has been working in the Cultural Bureau for almost a year. He wanted to report to Jiang Shuichang, the deputy secretary in charge of ideology of the municipal party committee several times, but he was pushed away by Jiang Shuichang's Tai Chi push hands. The leader is always busy and sometimes forced to rush Jiang Shuichang put on a straight face and said: "Comrade Changqing, can you report to the Propaganda Department and the deputy mayor in charge of culture, education and health? I don't necessarily have to listen to the report? Ideology and organizational personnel, plus political and legal , I’m incompetent.” The next best thing was to report to Lin Xuemin, the deputy mayor of the municipal government in charge of culture, education and health work, and only got half a chance, saying it was half, because the report was only halfway through. The mayor received a call from Huang Meng, director of the County Education Bureau, and left in a hurry, not knowing what the emergency was.In fact, there was nothing wrong with Huang Meng calling Deputy Mayor Lin. It was just an invitation. How many years have I been a chief, the complex for education has not faded, I always feel that I am still a member of the education department, and I pay special attention to the line of education, and even some things that should belong to the director of the education bureau have been taken care of by him. Zudai has blisters.Huang Meng, Director of Health Deng Fang, Director of Tourism Su Lan and Lin Xuemin are Lei's undisputed poker friends, and they often get together to play mahjong. He said there was something urgent and left in a hurry, leaving Dongfang Changqing there unable to advance or retreat, how embarrassing it would be.

Faced with such a situation, Dongfang Changqing was unavoidably a little frustrated.Seeing the master asking, and because there was Bai Xue beside him, there were many things that were hard to say, and he was in a dilemma. Bai Xue was also a smart person. Seeing this situation, he said: "Changqing, you can talk to the master, it's my first time here. This resort, I want to see the mountain scenery alone." Dongfang Changqing said: "You go, just don't go too far." Bai Xue gave him a sweet look, and said: "I still want you to say." After Bai Xue left, Dongfang Changqing explained his situation to the wise monk in detail, and finally said: "Master, I think that when I was in the Political Consultative Conference, I have lost my heart to use the world, and I have no intention of going out of the world. .I don’t want to enter this Vanity Fair again today, and encounter such an embarrassing situation. I really don’t know how to deal with it. I also want to ask for your advice.”

Master Wisdom listened carefully, pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Director Dongfang, how can I, an outsider, understand the affairs of the officialdom? You are like asking blindly. However, all things have different shapes and realities. They are similar, but the situation is different and the truth is the same. From my point of view, getting along with people is the most difficult of all things in the world. I think you are a little too hasty, don’t you hear that haste makes waste? To tell you the truth, although I am Buddhist disciples often read the works of ancient and modern sages, and what I feel most deeply is Mr. Shen Congwen's words, everything must be patient. This word of patience really captures the true meaning of life. Eager for quick success and instant benefit, and seeking fame and fortune, of course patience Don’t be bored anymore. Therefore, only by reducing the desire in your heart to the minimum can you be patient. Without desire, you can be calm, calm and far away, far and clear, clear and clear, and clear and then reach.”

Dongfang Changqing listened carefully, the fog in his heart seemed to gradually dissipate, and he felt cheerful, and said sincerely: "Master is right, it seems that I am a little eager for quick success, and I have no patience. It seems The skill of sitting on the bench especially needs to be repaired." Wisdom smiled happily: "Director Dongfang is talented and intelligent, and understands by analogy, which is really enviable." Just as he was talking, his waist went numb, and the phone vibrated.Dongfang Changqing apologized to Master Wisdom and said: "This ghost mobile phone is really convenient for others and hurts me." Look, this time it was really Hu Song's call. As soon as the call was connected, Hu Song asked in a hurry: "Director, where are you?" Dongfang Changqing frowned, thinking that Hu Song was also a deputy. Senior cadres, deputy directors have been working for many years, why don't they understand the rules and ask where they are going?Thinking about it, he agreed affectionately: "Director Hu, I have something to do outside. Is there something wrong?" Hu Song said, "It's nothing. Those employees of the film company have petitioned again and surrounded the municipal committee compound." Dongfang Changqing laughed and said, "The municipal committee didn't go to work on Saturday. What's the use of them surrounding there?" I went. Deputy Secretary Jiang of the Municipal Party Committee called me and told us to do ideological work right away and evacuate the masses.”

Dongfang Changqing was a little tongue-tied all of a sudden, and he didn't know what it was like.Ordinarily, if something happened to the cultural department, the leader of the municipal party committee should call him, the chief of the bureau first, but he called the deputy chief of Hu Song. Call, you can deal with it" said.Fortunately, in these years at the CPPCC, I have tempered my temper a little bit. Although I can't think twice before I do everything, I can still make a few turns in my voice before I say it, so I said: "Director Hu, please work hard, and immediately organize the comrades of the organization. Go do ideological work, and I will rush back immediately."

After hanging up the phone, Dongfang Evergreen smiled wryly at Master Wisdom, "Look, once you enter this Vanity Fair, you are no longer free." Wisdom smiled and said, "I understand." Dongfang Evergreen called Baixue's cell phone, Just as we were doing it, Baixue came in from the outside and said: "Dongjiang Temple really deserves its reputation and has beautiful scenery." Dongfang Changqing said: "No matter how beautiful the scenery is, we can only come next time, we have to go back to the bureau immediately. " "In a hurry?" "Yeah, those people from the film company are making trouble again." The two said goodbye to Master Wisdom, got into the car at the mountain gate, and drove down the mountain with a gust of wind.Dongfang Changqing held the steering wheel with both hands, but his mind was spinning fast like a machine.Film companies have always been a big problem for the Cultural Bureau, not only in the city, but also in the counties. It has almost become a pain for the cultural departments across the country.Before the reform and opening up, TV and the Internet had not yet appeared, and movies were very popular. At that time, the spectacular scene of thousands of people watching movies was still fresh in Dongfang Evergreen.Film companies and cinemas were the most popular units in that era, with top-notch benefits.When the unit is ready, the children and relatives of leading cadres squeeze their heads into it, and they are almost becoming the leader's family courtyard.No one could have predicted that in the past 30 years in Hedong and in Hexi in the past 30 years, the good units in those days have become empty, and they can't even pay their wages.The municipal film company carried out reforms in the past few years. All employees are collective employees, and they get collective wages, and the finance pays one-third.When movies were popular back then, the pay was indeed better than that of all employees, but over the years, no one watched the movies, the income dropped sharply, and finally they couldn't even pay their wages.At that time, the leaders had all retired, and there was no way out, so everyone clamored to enter the financial salary. There were several quarrels, but there was no result. Now, it has developed to surround the municipal party committee. Dongfang Changqing is not worried that this mass incident will not be quelled. The people in the cultural unit say they are intellectuals, but in fact there are not many cultures. They say they are not intellectuals. It is an indefinable group.These people, although they usually put on the airs of cultural people, actually pay attention to the rules of officialdom in their bones.The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. It may not be effective for the leaders of the municipal party committee to solve such mass incidents, but once the director in charge is gone, they will all stay away.Dongfang Evergreen is considering Hu Song. Hu Song has served as the deputy director of the Cultural Bureau for nearly ten years.If you want to talk about Hu Song's specialties, I'm afraid that he eats, drinks, and forms cliques. The people in the cultural department are a bit like the Liangshan brothers. .Hu Song used to be a deputy secretary of the municipal party committee in a certain county. For some reason, he was transferred to the Cultural Bureau as a deputy director. , put out an attitude that I am a hooligan and I am afraid of someone, if the director is not sure, he will really be bluffed.After Dongfang Changqing left, this person was cooperative, but he didn't cause any problems.However, Dongfang Changqing also knew that Hu Song was behind him, always trying to pretend that I was in charge of the Cultural Bureau, so that the heads of some secondary organizations only looked for him when they had something to do, instead of Dongfang Changqing. green.Although he felt uncomfortable, Dongfang Changqing still endured it. As soon as a director went, he would freeze up the relationship with the deputy director. Even if he won, it would give the leader the impression that he was not good at uniting comrades to work together. He felt that this person was narrow-minded. , It is difficult to work together, which is not worth the candle. It is estimated that the executive deputy director is responsible for signing the invoices. Hu Song's prestige is indeed a bit too high.Even Jiang Shuichang, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, did not contact the director directly, but contacted Hu Song, which made Dongfang Changqing vigilant.Dongfang Changqing thinks it’s no wonder that some prestige subordinates in history are unpredictable. It seems that this person really needs to know how to restrain himself. The situation of Hu Song in the Cultural Bureau has to be changed. Just thinking about it, the phone rang again.Dongfang Changqing held the steering wheel with one hand, and answered the phone with the other hand, but it was Hong Linfeng, the director of publicity, who called. Hong Linfeng asked, "Changqing, where are you?" "Hong Linfeng said: "Secretary of the water chief didn't call you just now, did he?" Dongfang Changqing smiled and answered carefully: "The same is true for the secretary of the water chief to call Lao Hu. Lao Hu is the executive deputy director of the bureau. The division of labor inside, the film company is under his control." Hong Linfeng heard what he meant, and said with a smile: "Secretary Water Chief also made a mistake in a hurry, and he didn't consider it comprehensively." Now that Hong Linfeng had clarified everything, Dongfang Changqing said: "Secretary Shui Chang has more contact with Lao Hu, and I'm also to blame. I don't report to the leaders usually enough, and the leaders can't think of me at critical moments. However, the film company As for the petition of the employees, there will be no problems if Lao Hu is there." Hong Linfeng smiled and said: "No matter who is there or not, there will be no problems. How about it, you should come back earlier. After all, you are the first responsible person. I won't say anything else. I will listen to Secretary Shuichang later. Well, I won't call you if I have nothing to do." Putting down the phone, Dongfang Changqing slowed down the car.When Dongfang Changqing was the county magistrate in Changning County, Hong Linfeng was the secretary of the municipal party committee of Changshun County, a neighboring county. There are several friendship activities between the two counties every year, and they have been familiar with each other for a long time.Hong Linfeng is peaceful and personable, so he has a good relationship with Dongfang Changqing.The two were transferred to the city at about the same time.It's just that the official career is very different, and the colleagues back then have become subordinates.In the routine, the Propaganda Minister is a marginal figure. Hong Linfeng has visited the Cultural Bureau several times. Because Hu Song has the relationship with the Deputy Secretary of Jiang Shuichang, he doesn’t buy much from the Propaganda Department. Hong Linfeng does not show it on the surface, but in fact I still have ideas in my heart.This incident, if it followed the normal procedure, Hong Linfeng had to order the Municipal Cultural Bureau to solve the problem, but Jiang Shuichang bypassed the Propaganda Department and directly called Hu Song, which was a taboo.Judging from the tone of Hong Linfeng's phone call, Hong Linfeng didn't want to express his opinion to Jiang Shuichang, but he had an opinion on Hu Song. Just as she was thinking about it, Bai Xue asked: "Changqing, what are you thinking about? Don't be distracted, a traffic accident is not for fun." Dongfang Changqing turned his head and said, "Don't worry, it's fine." Bai Xue said: "Actually, you don't have to worry about the film company. Manager Mo is a rotten piece of wood, begging for food with a golden bowl. If you are more flexible, these dozens of employees can get a salary, not to mention wages." Rich." Dongfang Changqing was taken aback, wondering if Bai Xue had any good ideas?Turning her head, Bai Xue was looking at him with a smile, as if she had a plan in mind. Dongfang Evergreen couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart. Dongfang Changqing secretly always felt that the fate between him and Bai Xue was given to him by heaven.When Dongfang Evergreen was accompanied by Hu Song to the secondary institution of the Cultural Bureau for investigation for the first time, he met all the cadres and staff of the cultural center in the cultural center.Curator Chen Xiaotong asked Dongfang Changqing to say a few words at the meeting.When he was speaking, he felt a pair of eyes from the crowd staring at him fiercely. Those eyes were clear, enthusiastic, and shy.When the eyes were focused, Dongfang Changqing couldn't help but his face became slightly hot, and he felt that he was blushing.Those eyes belonged to a young woman. The woman had long hair, her face was rosy, and her cherry mouth was tightly pressed. She was looking at him intently, as if she was listening intently to every word he uttered. Character.When he shook hands with everyone one by one when he left, he found that her figure was so good, slender, and soft, like a bamboo in the wind.Her fingers are slender and white, with a pleasant coolness. "Bai Xue, I specialize in dancing." Hearing Chen Xiaotong's introduction in his ear, he couldn't help but tighten his grip on her hand, feeling that her palm was dripping with sweat. Later, he learned everything about her from other colleagues.Bai Xue is twenty-seven years old. She graduated from a dance major in the art department of a certain university in the province. She first worked in a theater troupe, and later transferred to a cultural center as a dance specialist.When Bai Xue was twenty-four years old, she married a playboy, and she began her nightmare life ever since.The dude didn't cherish this flowery woman. When they were newly married, they went out to look for flowers and women, often stayed out all night, and often beat her.Bai Xue came from the countryside, and her relatives were all in the countryside. The family could only sympathize with her situation, and couldn't help her at all.The two have been married for several years, but Bai Xue has never conceived a child, and her husband finally got tired of her and kicked her out. Out of sympathy, Dongfang Changqing visited Bai Xue several times, heard her misfortune, and decided to help him.He found his classmate who worked in a law firm and asked him to represent Bai Xue in a property division lawsuit for free. A duplex building in Rose Community.On the day the lawsuit was won, Bai Xue called him and invited him to dinner hesitantly.At Baixue's house, Baixue cooked a sumptuous meal and waited for him quietly.That night, they were all drunk, and Bai Xue burst into tears, and the crying forced him to hold her in his arms, and their love journey began. At this time, Dongfang Changqing looked at Bai Xue and suddenly had an idea, so he laughed.Bai Xue made him smile a little shyly, and said, "What are you laughing at?" "A person's talent actually needs to be discovered." Dongfang Changqing answered irrelevantly, but the idea suddenly matured. "What are you talking about, the bull's head is wrong with the horse's mouth." Bai Xue said coquettishly. From a distance, the city can be seen standing like a child's accumulation of soil on the bank of the Zixu River. In ten minutes, the car will enter the city.Dongfang Changqing hesitated in his heart. Obviously, it was obviously inappropriate to take Bai Xue to the municipal committee compound like this.But he couldn't tell Bai Xue to get off the car halfway, it would hurt her self-esteem.Dongfang Changqing hesitated, but the accelerator under his feet did not slow down.In a blink of an eye, the car entered the city.Just as the car headed straight towards the direction of the municipal party committee, Bai Xue called out: "Dongfang, stop." Dongfang Changqing stepped on the brake slowly, and the car slowly pulled over and stopped. "Dongfang." Bai Xue raised her hands, combed her long hair behind her head, and looked at him with a happy smile. "You passed the exam." "What test?" "Fool, I actually want to see if you have the guts to take me to the municipal committee." Bai Xue replied softly. "Then why don't you go?" Dongfang Evergreen asked knowingly. "I don't want my lover to have any trouble." Bai Xue said, smiling happily, suddenly bent over and kissed Dongfang Changqing's face like a peck of rice, opened the door and got out of the car.Bai Xue was a little too bold, Dongfang Changqing couldn't help but looked around, but fortunately there was no familiar person around.When I looked again, Bai Xue had already walked a long way, leaving him with a gentle back.