Chapter 21 Chapter 21

Wan Hao called and asked: "Old classmate, how is the application for the project of the Southern Grand Theater? Why doesn't there seem to be any noise?" Dongfang Evergreen replied truthfully: "It's hard enough, I didn't expect it to be so difficult to apply for the project." Joking again Said: "Old classmate, you haven't called me since you went back. Do you have to ask me, a subordinate, to call you?" Wan Hao just laughed and said: "I've been a little busy recently, I'm sorry old classmate. It's recognized that the project is difficult to apply for. You should not be discouraged and try to get this project down. How about this, take some time and I will introduce a few I have a friend for you, it may be helpful for you to apply for the project." Dongfang Changqing became happy and said: "That's good, old classmate, time should be fast." Wan Hao laughed at the other end and said: "OK , let me make arrangements to call you." Dongfang Changqing said: "Let's not talk about it, let's meet and chat today, so as to enhance our relationship?" Wan Hao was also very happy and said: " Well, let me be the host, or the Shenzhou Hotel?" Dongfang Changqing said with a smile: "Why do you want to be the host, I will do it." Wan Hao disagreed, saying: "Old classmate, last time we met again by chance. See, you have already done something, so I will do it this time, after all, I am still the executive deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and I can afford a meal." Dongfang Changqing agreed.

When we went to Shenzhou Hotel, Wan Hao hadn't arrived yet, Dongfang Changqing ordered a box first, ordered a cup of strong oolong tea and waited in the box, after a while, the waiter brought Wan Hao in.As soon as Wan Hao came in, he smiled and said: "I'm sorry old classmate, I was caught up in something just as soon as I went out, so I came a little late." Dongfang Changqing smiled and said: "It's not too late, your leaders have a lot of things to do. I can understand." He asked again: "Where is your driver, why didn't you ask him to come in?" Wan Hao replied that he had asked the driver to go back to the department first, and when old classmates met, he inserted an outsider and started talking. It is also inconvenient.

Before it was time to eat, the two of them sat drinking tea and talked about the declaration of the Southern Hotel project. Dongfang Changqing explained the situation. , things will be difficult to handle. I also recognize the director of the Development and Reform Commission in your city. He is indeed a bit rough. Now the reporting project has not progressed, and I don’t know if they really reported it.” Wan Hao asked: "Is the project feasibility report ready?" Dongfang Changqing said: "So I made one and asked the bureau office to do it." Wan Hao laughed and said: "Dongfang, although you are in the county I have been a county magistrate, but I am still not familiar with this field. The feasibility study demonstration report cannot be done by the unit itself, and it is useless. It must be done by an engineering consulting company.”

When Dongfang Changqing heard this, he felt that he was indeed a little ignorant. He had never heard of an engineering consulting company, so he asked: "What kind of organization is this engineering consulting company, and they must do the project demonstration?" Wan Hao explained to him in detail, saying: "Engineering consulting companies refer to enterprises and institutions established in China to carry out engineering consulting business and have independent legal personality. The function of the company is to follow the principles of independence, impartiality and science, and use multidisciplinary knowledge and experience, modern science and technology and management methods to provide government departments, project owners and other customers with intelligence in decision-making and implementation of social and economic construction and engineering projects. services to improve economic and social benefits and achieve sustainable development. In fact, at present, most engineering consulting companies in my country focus on researching national project policies. The feasibility study report of the project is compiled in a decent manner to facilitate entry into the cage of the project, and there is no intellectual service at all. Some engineering consulting companies have even become professional scam companies that specialize in helping the client to defraud the national project together.”

Wan Hao gave an example, saying that a county applied for an education project in order to obtain a national project. Because the state stipulated that the construction area of ​​the education project should be linked to the total population, the engineering consulting company took the county’s population as an example. Over reported hundreds of thousands, and finally the project entered the cage smoothly. Dongfang Changqing smiled and said: "This can also be deceived. If you check on the Internet, it is not clear which county has the population?" Wan Hao said with a smile: "Strictly speaking, this really cannot deceive the country. The problem is that these engineering consulting companies are called enterprises or institutions, but they are actually closely related to the development and reform departments, and some are even affiliated with the Development and Reform Commission. , the company gets benefits, and the National Development and Reform Commission can get a piece of the pie, but in fact there is no independence at all.”

Wan Hao said: "Dongfang, of course, your project must be reported to the Municipal Development and Reform Bureau and the Provincial Development and Reform Commission at the first level, but I still suggest that the choice of engineering consulting company should go to Beijing, and the demonstration report should be made by the university. Some engineering consulting companies are reliable, not to mention their relationship with the National Development and Reform Commission, at least they are well-informed, and the reports they make are more in line with national project policies.” Dongfang Changqing said: "It's easy to justify the report. Isn't there a project reserve fund allocated in the city? Where can it be used if it is not used for it? The key now is that the leaders of our city's development and reform bureau have offended the provincial development and reform bureau. This project has not been submitted to the individual leaders of the Bureau. I heard from them that every time the project report is submitted, the Social Development Department of the Provincial Development and Reform Bureau says it is unqualified. It seems that this is not a problem with the demonstration report.”

Wan Hao laughed, and said, "Dongfang is indeed a man of understanding. I have a suggestion for this matter. It's better to start a new one. You should get rid of the people yourself first, and then apply for the project through the opening of Fachang." Dongfang Changqing said: "I think the same way, but I am really not familiar with the people above, and I can't find the temple gate even with a pig's head." Wan Hao said: "We are fairly familiar with the Director of the Social Development Division of the National Development and Reform Commission. When I invite them out, we will meet. As for the National Development and Reform Bureau, let them contact them."

After chatting for a while, the dishes came out. Wan Hao said, "Dongfang, it's really not interesting for two people to drink. Let's call Zhou Xian too. If there is too much food left on such a table, it will be wasted." After hesitating, he said, "What are you calling her for? She actually doesn't have a lot of alcohol." Wan Hao laughed and said, "Let's call her here. The old classmates meet, and the atmosphere is more lively. In the provincial capital, as far as I know, There are only the three of us old classmates, and it’s rare to see each other.” Dongfang Changqing had no choice but to call Zhou Xian, thinking that Zhou Xian, as an accountant, probably didn’t have time to come out.

As soon as the call got through, Zhou Xian answered it.Dongfang Changqing said: "Zhou Xian, are you free? If you are free, come to Shenzhou Hotel for dinner, Wan Hao is also here." Zhou Xian looked very happy on the other side, and said: "Wan Hao is also there, then I will come, just , wait a little while." After more than an hour, Zhou Xian arrived. While drinking, we chatted about some anecdotes from our school days.Dongfang Changqing still does not forget about work, Wan Hao said: "Dongfang, why do you still talk about work after drinking? You are really a workaholic."

Zhou Xian said: "You don't know yet, his dreams are all about work, and that big theater project makes him eat poorly. If I say that work is a matter for the country, if you do your best, it will be successful." What does it matter, is it worth eating or not, and not being able to sleep?" Wan Hao said: "This is Dongfang's strength. I remember that in school, Dongfang was the class leader. He was strict in everything he did and was famously serious. Zhou Xian, what do you want? How much do you support the work of the East.” After having a full meal, Zhou Xian left, saying that the child was coming back today, and she had to go back to accompany her.Wan Hao said: "Women, once you get married, you lose your ego and devote yourself to your family." Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Dongfang ignores everything except work. " Dongfang Changqing heard this, and said guiltily: "This is also the truth, Zhou Xian is a good wife and mother, without her, I really can't take care of this family."

After Zhou Xian left, Dongfang Changqing and Wan Hao went to the teahouse to drink tea and chat. While chatting, the mobile phone on the waist rang, and when they took it off to look at it, it was Wang Yuanhui's phone and said, "Director Dongfang, where are you? Dongfang Changqing said: "I'm eating, with some friends." Wang Yuanhui said: "Secretary Jiang called me just now and told me to call you. Please go to his office." Dongfang Changqing immediately asked: "Okay, I will go right away." Then asked: "I know it is What's the matter?" Wang Yuanhui replied with a smile: "How do I know this, our little secretary dare not ask about the leadership." Dongfang Changqing also laughed and said: "You are the minister of the central government, the leader's cronies, don't you know? ?” Seeing this, Wan Hao asked, "Is there something wrong?" Dongfang Changqing said with a smile, "Secretary Jiang Shuichang asked me to go to his office. I guess there is something wrong." "Then let's go." Dongfang Changqing smiled apologetically and said, "Old classmate, I didn't drink well this time. We will treat you next time. Anyway, we are in the same city and share the same dream." Dongfang Changqing let the car walk slowly, but he was thinking in his heart, what is the matter with Jiang Shuichang looking for him?On the issue of the merger of culture and broadcasting, Dongfang Evergreen also approached Jiang Shuichang, and wanted to ask him to say a few words for himself at a critical moment, but Jiang Shuichang's attitude was always very vague. Later, Dongfang Evergreen also treated him He gave up hope and finally gave up.From this incident, Dongfang Changqing knew that he still had no status in Jiang Shuichang's heart. Although he had a trip to the Northeast, even though he had a fur dress worth tens of thousands of yuan, Jiang Shuichang didn't seem to buy it.If a city-level leader is a bit greedy, these tens of thousands of dollars are indeed too much to buy. However, the length of the river has become too fast. Just now, he was still confiding in his heart, and turned his face away to deal with all business matters. Of course, this is because of Zhong Zhengchun's relationship.Dongfang Changqing often thinks, maybe the 30,000 yuan he gave to Jiang Shuichang is only a drop in the bucket compared with Zhong Zhengchun's investment in the past few years. So, now Jiang Shuichang took the initiative to call himself to the office, what's going on?Dongfang Changqing thought about it, and couldn't help laughing. Zhong Zhengchun did not compete with Dongfang Evergreen in the end, and Jiang Shuichang had to give up Zhong Zhengchun of course.In the current officialdom, every deputy leader has his own line of supervision, just like his own private land. If the leader wants to make a small fortune and spend a small amount of money, in fact, he still has to rely on the front that he is in charge of. I don't want you to interfere.From this point of view, Jiang Shuichang had to turn around, and he was reluctant to abandon this private land. When the car arrived at the municipal party committee compound, the lights were already on.The lights in most of the offices of the Municipal Party Committee Building have been extinguished, and only a few rooms are still lit. These lights are usually the secretary's office, and there are printing rooms and the like.Dongfang Changqing got out of the car, called Wang Yuanhui, and said, "Director Wang, I'm already downstairs." Wang Yuanhui said, "I'm upstairs in the office, come up." Dongfang Changqing went upstairs, and Wang Yuanhui Already at the stairs, seeing Dongfang Changqing coming up with a briefcase in his arms, he smiled and said, "Secretary Jiang is waiting for you in his office." The two shook hands, and Dongfang Changqing smiled and said, "I just drank some wine, fortunately I was not drunk, otherwise, I would be criticized." Wang Yuanhui said: "Leading cadres have a lot of socializing, Secretary Jiang will understand. You sit in the office for a few minutes, and I'll report first." After speaking, he walked to Chief Jiang's office. Dongfang Changqing was sitting in Wang Yuanhui's office and waiting. Wang Yuanhui's office was very tidy. On the desk was a file basket full of folders.There is also a pile of materials spread out on the table, with red marks all over it.Dongfang Changqing just laughed. Dongfang Changqing was born as a secretary. He knows the hard work of the secretary. The party committee is a little bit better, and the government handles more things. It is common to work overtime day and night. It seems that Wang Yuanhui still has to be the secretary. After a few more years, the secretary who is about to be promoted will no longer write materials. Just as he was thinking, Wang Yuanhui came back and saw him looking at the materials, so he said: "These materials can really kill people. I have already changed the draft four times, and the leader is still not satisfied." Dongfang Changqing laughed and said: " According to director Wang's writing style, these materials are nothing more than trifles, and they came out after a night job." Wang Yuanhui complained, saying: "Director Dongfang wants to bury the hard work of our secretary. The hard work of the secretary is really useless. Dongfang Changqing quickly said: "Don't dare, it's because I made a slip of the tongue." With a smile, Wang Yuanhui said, "Go, Director Dongfang, Secretary Jiang invites you to go." Then he walked forward, Dongfang Changqing followed, and entered Jiang Shuichang's office.The office is large, and there is a living room outside.Jiang Shuichang was working inside, and Wang Yuanhui went in and reported, "Secretary Jiang, Director Dongfang is here." He heard Jiang Shuichang say, "Please come in." Dongfang Changqing didn't wait for Wang Yuanhui to invite him, so he went in and said : "Secretary Jiang, you are still working so late." Jiang Shuichang raised his head and said affectionately: "Director Dongfang, please sit down, Xiao Wang, make a cup of tea for Director Dongfang." Wang Yuanhui agreed, made tea for Dongfang Changqing, and said, "Secretary Jiang , Director Dongfang, talk about it, I'll go and revise the materials." After saying that, he withdrew. As soon as Wang Yuanhui walked out, Jiang Shuichang looked at Dongfang Changqing with a smile and said: "How about it, now I am the director of the overall situation, it feels good." Dongfang Changqing smiled and said: "Thank you for the trust of the leader. I really didn’t expect that the post-merger director of Wenguang would let me be the director. In fact, Director Zhong is highly respected and has more experience, so it might be more suitable.” Jiang Shuichang smiled and said, “You are very modest, Director Zhong is indeed possible, but , At the party committee meeting, I also proposed that the cadres should be younger. In comparison, you are younger than Zhong Zhengchun and have stronger abilities. As the leader in charge, the Standing Committee still adopted my opinion. Comrade Changqing, you want Work hard, don't let others say that the person recommended by Jiang Shuichang is not good." Dongfang Changqing couldn't help but want to laugh when he heard Jiang Shuichang's statement. Jiang Shuichang was too shrewd, and he didn't even blush when he sold favors.Dongfang Changqing made a very grateful expression and said: "Secretary Jiang, I know that the reason why I Dongfang Evergreen can be appointed as the director of the Cultural and Radio Bureau this time is the result of your hard work. I am very grateful, but I don't know what to do. Repay this kindness of knowing you.” This flattery was quite nasty, but Jiang Shuichang didn’t blush, and accepted it calmly, and said: “I recommend you mainly to advance the work, how can I seek any personal repayment? Besides, this is also the organization's trust in you." After talking for a while, Chief Jiang began to ask about the progress of the project application for the Southern Grand Theater. Dongfang Evergreen reported the facts and said, "Secretary Jiang, I was also thinking that I would report to you. What should I do about this matter?" ?” Jiang Shui smiled and said, “The relationship at the Municipal Development and Reform Bureau is not straightened out, there are some entanglements, but there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and you can also move around. I think your mobility is good, a little The demeanor of a diplomat." Dongfang Changqing laughed and said: "Secretary Jiang, you really know how to joke. What kind of demeanor do I have, but since you let go, I still want to give it a try." Speaking of this, Jiang Shuichang suddenly said: "Comrade Changqing, how is the bidding for the restoration project of Dongjiang Temple going? I am the secretary in charge and I am also the nominal commander. I don't care enough about your work." Dongfang Changqing I don't know why Jiang Shuichang suddenly asked about the situation of Dongjiang Temple, he was stunned for a moment, and said: "Secretary Jiang, you are too modest, you have always been very concerned about our cultural system, the development of culture, radio and television in Zixu City, and you The concern and guidance are inseparable. The Dongjiang Temple restoration project bidding is currently under intensive preparations, and the qualifications and strengths of the engineering teams participating in the bidding are being reviewed." Jiang Shuichang laughed and said: "As subordinates, of course it's not easy to say that you are the leader, but I, Jiang Shuichang, am not a person who doesn't know myself. I still care a little less for you. Comrade Changqing, a member of the engineering team Checking must be strict, Dongjiang Temple is an important religious place in our city, and it is also a cultural relics protection site, if it is not done properly, there will be problems. Therefore, the checking of the engineering team is not a trivial matter." Dongfang Changqing smiled and said, "We will strictly follow your instructions." Jiang Shuichang seemed to have unintentionally opened the drawer, pulled out a stack of materials, and said: "Comrade Changqing, this is the resume and materials of an engineering company. This company is still very powerful. The boss found me and asked me to recommend it. I'm also in a dilemma. It's not easy to be a leader. There are too many people looking for, and they all want to open the back door. Take a look. If you can, let them participate in the bidding. In my opinion, it is still necessary to bid fairly and not favor one. One." Dongfang Changqing took the materials with a smile, and saw that the name of the company was very unfamiliar, and it was obvious that they did not sign up for the bidding.Dongfang Changqing thought, it seems that the leading cadres in folklore like to take on projects, and there is no secret about this.Jiang Shuichang kept saying that the bidding was fair, and he was doing the same thing as the fish and the bear's paw. He wanted to successfully win the project without getting a little fishy, ​​and he was really exhausted.It's just that, under this official system, the leader's request is really undeniable, but it seems that he is unwilling to let him get the project so easily.Thinking about it, Dongfang Changqing put the materials into his bag and said: "Secretary Jiang, according to the regulations, the time for company registration has already passed. Since it is recommended by you, I will definitely operate it and let this company intervene. The team. It’s just that we have regulations that companies participating in the bidding must pay registration fees, and this registration fee…” Jiang Shuichang's eyebrows trembled, and he regained the majesty of the leader in an instant, and said: "It's not a recommendation. They come to pester me, so I have to recommend it to you. Just jump in the queue. It's not a big deal. Of course, the registration fee will be charged." Hand it in according to the regulations. I still say the same thing, fair and open. You can figure it out.” Only then did Dongfang Changqing realize that his words were a little abrupt, and meant that Jiang Shuichang should take responsibility.He quickly added: "Secretary Jiang, I am also familiar with this company. They are indeed capable and qualified enough. Their participation in the bidding will be a boost to our work. We just want to introduce competition." His complexion slowly turned brighter, and he said, "Comrade Changqing, you must stick to principles and be flexible. That's it. I'm a little tired." Coming out of Jiang Shuichang's office, Dongfang Changqing felt sticky all over his body, and at some point, he was already sweating.Wang Yuanhui sent him out and said, "Director Dongfang, don't you want to sit down?" Dongfang Changqing quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't disturb me, don't disturb me." After going downstairs and sitting in the driver's cab, Dongfang Changqing couldn't help crying He breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help feeling annoyed that he had drunk some wine. This time, he might have offended Jiang Shui.