Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen

On the day his mother was discharged from the hospital, Chen Mo asked for a day off from his work unit, and Deputy Secretary-General Yan Rubing, who was in charge of logistics, sent him a car, which was the Santana 2000 driven by Xiao Xiang.When Chen Mo came to the hospital, Lao Qi's car also arrived. Chen Mo said, Brother Qi, isn't he on the mountain? Why are you here too?Lao Qi said, the old lady is going to be discharged from the hospital, so I can't come back.Chen Mo guessed that the waiter might have reported Lao Qi, so Lao Qi knew exactly when the old lady would be discharged from the hospital.Thinking about it this way, I said that my mother's illness has caused a lot of trouble for everyone, and I am really sorry.Lao Qi said, what are you talking about?If I put it this way, I just don’t treat my seventh brother as a brother.

The two followed each other into the elevator, and there were only the two of them in the elevator. Lao Qi took out a big envelope from his bag and stuffed it to Chen Mo, saying, the old lady needs money for hospitalization, and I know you are using the money. This is a trifle. Chen Mo was shocked, and quickly blocked it, saying, Brother Qi, what's going on with you?How can I take your money.Lao Qi insisted on stuffing the envelope into Chen Mo's pocket, and said, brother, you take it first, this is not a place for you to refuse, I will explain to you later. Chen Mo still wanted to decline, but the elevator had already stopped, Chen Mo was afraid that it would be unsightly to be seen by outsiders, and thought that he would return it to Lao Qi when he found a chance, so he stopped declining and put the envelope away.

When I got out of the elevator, I saw Cui Min, the director of the hospital, was already waiting there. Cui Min held a stack of invoices and a stack of money in his hand. When he saw Chen Mo, he immediately came forward and said, Director Chen.The discharge procedure has been completed for you, here is the invoice and the remaining hospitalization fee.In view of the problems in our hospital's work that have brought some pain to your mother and your concern for our hospital, we have decided to reduce part of the medical expenses. Chen Mo was shocked again, thinking that this happened by coincidence, the matter of Lao Qi's gift of money has not been clarified, and the hospital also reduced or exempted the medical expenses, which is really hard to understand.Just as Chen Mo was about to say something, Lao Qi pulled him from behind and said, Cui Min, you can still do things like a dog, this is called making up for your mistakes. Besides, if you want to be promoted to the deputy director of the Health Bureau, Director Chen will still keep you in the future. I can't help you.

Cui Min repeatedly agreed, saying, that's right, and I will ask Director Chen to give a few words of kindness in front of the leaders. My case is not without comparison. In other regions, the example of the deputy director of the Health Bureau and the director of the hospital too much. Chen Mo recalled that when Xiao Renfu and the others came to visit his mother that day, Cui Min's hot face was on Xiao Renfu's cold ass, and he couldn't find it funny.This is another official fan who wants to climb up. There are indeed too many such official fans in reality. They yearn for high officials and rich salary, but they are "widows sleeping-no one on the top", thinking hard Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that you will be stupid and go to the doctor for an emergency. As long as you meet a person who is a little bit popular in the officialdom, you will think it is your savior, and you can't wait to become a confidant immediately.Chen Mo thought, no wonder the newspapers often reported that some provincial and prefectural leaders were cheated by scammers who pretended to be staff members of the Central Organization Department.It's just that most of these people have some small powers, so they don't need to spend their own money.

Thinking of this, Chen Mo felt some pity for Cui Min besides being disgusted, and he didn't know what to say for a while.Now that the hospital has reduced or exempted part of the medical expenses and the procedures have been completed, it seems that there is no need to reject it. It just so happens that I really have no money to pay the medical expenses. I don't know what year it will take to get it back.So while thanking them and taking the money, the three of them walked into the ward together.In the ward, those waiters had already taken care of everything that needed to be taken care of. Everyone surrounded the old lady and went downstairs and got into the car.After Chen Mo bid farewell to Lao Qi, Cui Min and others, the car drove out of the hospital.After leaving the urban area, the driver Xiao Xiang asked, Director Chen, where are we going?Chen Mo said, go back to You County.Xiao Xiang said, don't you take the old man around Chuxi City?Chen Mo said, no, there will be opportunities in the future.In fact, Chen Mo has been thinking about it in his heart. His mother has lived in the countryside all her life, and she has never even been to the county seat. It is true that she should stay in Chuxi for a few days and have fun. But on the one hand, her mother has not fully recovered from her illness, and she has no energy Visiting the city, on the other hand, he himself has no house in Chuxi City, and temporarily lives in the Municipal Party Committee Guest House. It is indeed difficult for his mother to arrange for him to stay.

After sending his mother back to the countryside, Chen Mo returned to Chuxi that day.That night, in his own room in the guest house, Chen Mo took out the envelope given by Lao Qi and counted it. Inside was a total of 5,000 yuan in fresh red paper.Chen Mo spread the money neatly on the bed, and couldn't suppress the wild beating in his heart.Chen Mo thought, money is really a magical thing, a pile of colorful paper can have such a huge magic power, he thinks that his concentration is good, facing this big stack of banknotes, his heartbeat still can't help. Later, Chen Mo figured it out, and he couldn't say that his concentration was not good. Facing the temptation of money, it is estimated that few people in this world can be as calm as water. It would be ridiculous for an ordinary person to insist on treating himself as a saint. up.Chen Mo heard people say that Mao Zedong and Mao Zedong didn’t like money. Some literary and historical magazines said that Mao Zedong insisted on not touching money. Dayang, people who don't want to touch money will borrow money from others? *I don’t know RMB, it’s because after he lived a carefree life, he was only thinking about fighting, and his life was arranged, so he didn’t have to worry about it.In fact, the best attitude towards money should be that people control money rather than money control people. Starting from this idea, Chen Mo felt that those corrupt officials reported in the media were ridiculous.It seems that this is no longer a question of whether you love money or not, but a kind of mental illness in terms of money, at least abnormal.Chen Mo's salary is only more than 1,600 yuan a month, plus telephone bills, transportation expenses, etc., it is only about 2,000 yuan a month, and he has only received this money for less than half a year.Before that, he didn't have any savings. When he was in the provincial capital, his job was 2,000 yuan, and he had to pay the rent by himself, deducting the food, and there was not much left.When the county party committee was running, the wages were even lower, and the ones I got were only more than 800 yuan.Therefore, in the face of this pile of banknotes, Chen Mo still couldn’t be as calm as water. He calculated that his mother spent a total of 6,400 yuan in hospital, and Cui Min gave him a reduction of 4,000 yuan. Personally, he had to pay more than 2,000 yuan. If you can afford it, don't use the 10,000 yuan that Ma Ning borrowed, let alone the 5,000 yuan that Lao Qi gave.It's just that, with the 5,000 yuan, he doesn't need to owe Ma Ning any money. It's not a good thing to owe someone else a debt.

The whole afternoon, Chen Mo just sat on the bed like this, fiddled with the wad of banknotes over and over again, opened it into a nearly round fan, brushed his fingers across the fan, and could hear a crisp clicking sound, and could feel You can smell the aroma of new banknotes when you feel the roughness of the neat and sharp edges cut on your fingers.As soon as the grip of the hand was tightened, the fan made a melodious noise and combined into a pile, and when I held it in my hand, my whole body seemed to be enriched by the banknotes held in my hand. After fiddling with banknotes for a while, Chen Mo stopped the game, slapped himself suddenly, laughed at himself in his heart, and said, bah!You, Chen Mo, are nothing more than a greedy, cheap, unambitious person, shameful, shameful.

After making up his mind, Chen Mo stuffed the money into the envelope, went out, stopped a taxi outside the door, and drove towards the rich man. At this time, it was completely dark, the neon lights of the Dafuhao Hotel were flickering, and there were many cars parked outside the door. Over the years, with the continuous expansion of the mine development scale, more and more mine owners have driven the development of Chuxi City. The nightlife in China is becoming more and more colorful and extravagant.Chen Mo asked the taxi to stop more than 100 meters away from the rich man, and walked slowly by himself.In this way, he can have enough time to observe, so as not to meet acquaintances here, which is most inappropriate at such a time in these places of leisure and entertainment.

Chen Mo wandered outside the hotel for a while, but decided not to go in.For people like Lao Qi, Chen Mo still understands. When dealing with bosses like them, one must always put oneself in the active position.Chen Mo hired a taxi, went back to the guest house, took a rest, felt that he had calmed down, grabbed the phone on the table, called Lao Qi, and said, Brother Qi, are you free?Please come to me when you are free. Lao Qi asked, Director Chen is busy, did the old man send it home? Chen Mo said, delivered, thank you. The two talked on the phone for a long time, and Chen Mo finally said, Seventh brother, I want to talk to you about the money, come here and take it away, my mother has already been discharged from the hospital, so I can’t spend so much money, besides, it’s useless Shoulu, I feel uneasy if the money is placed with me.

Lao Qi paused for a moment and said, Director Chen, you misunderstood. We have had this rule here for many years. Whenever a large-scale conference is staying in a hotel, a certain percentage of the introduction fee will be withdrawn, which is the same for any hotel.With this money, you and your brothers can buy a few packs of cigarettes. What did Chen Mo want to say, Lao Qi interrupted him, and said, Director Chen, I know, you have your clean government system, this little money is not a bribe, to put it bluntly, it’s just a kickback, it’s all like this now, don’t you Accept, I'm really not good at it, we have our rules.That's it, talk about it later.After speaking, I hung up the phone.

When Chen Mo heard this, he was also dubious in his heart.A few days later, Chen Mo wrapped a red envelope of 2,000 yuan and sent it to Liu Anbang. Liu Anbang accepted it with a smile, and said, the boss of the rich man is very interesting, let's arrange some guests for him next time there is a conference.It was only then that Chen Mo realized that the Taoist rules that Lao Qi said were actually true. Chen Mo thought, when he was in the county committee, he didn't know why every time the meeting was held, the cronies of the leader were responsible for the logistics reception of the meeting. It turned out that this job was a fat job.It seems that the jokes passed down by the secretaries, such as the head of the secretary working hard, the head of the conference affairs team sweating, and the head of the logistics team eating jingles, are completely true.However, regarding the remaining 3,000 yuan, Chen Mo was really conflicted. Apart from the magic power of the money itself, he knew that if he didn’t want it, no one would say that he was honest. On the contrary, it would arouse Liu Anbang’s suspicion. would be inexplicably isolated.