The pair of leather shoes that had followed Gong Kaichen for six years in peace unexpectedly showed the kind of decadence it should have shown at that moment: the heel suddenly became loose and was about to fall off.At that time, he was urgently summoned by the leaders of the central government, got in the car, and was about to rush from the extremely solemn and open yard in front of the Provincial Party Committee Building to the special airfield of the military region 16 kilometers away, and fly to Beijing.The falling off of the heel really made him uncomfortable and unhappy for a while.It has been almost a year since my wife died of illness, and there have been many incidents of such minor "uncomfortable" and "unhappy".

Before getting into the car, he stomped his feet a few times and forced the loose heel back onto the sole. There should be a few pairs of good quality leather shoes at home.But he didn't bother to look for it.At this moment, it is hard to say whether it is a kind of anxiety or anxiety that is bothering him. At around 6:00 p.m., the General Office of the Central Committee notified that the leaders of the Central Committee would summon him urgently.Tell him to arrive at Zhongnanhai Qinzheng Hall before ten o'clock that night.He immediately asked Xiao Guo to check the flight schedule of the civil airliner. There were three flights to Beijing between 6:00 and 10:00, and it was not difficult to get a ticket.But the problem is that the takeoff time is either too early or too late, which is not suitable.After a little hesitation, he personally dialed Commander Liu of the Air Force of the Military Region and asked for help.Fifteen minutes later, Commander Liu called back and told him that it was a "coincidence" that the Air Force of the military region happened to have a transport plane flying to Beijing to perform a mission.The departure time is right.The relevant parties have also made arrangements.Half an hour later, a deputy director of the Air Force Operations Department of the military region will drive to the provincial party committee compound to pick him up and accompany him to the air force airport...

…Now, the deputy chief of operations, who is not yet forty years old, personally drives a limousine with the license plate number of the Air Force, leading the entire convoy through the busy urban area, and heading towards the airport quickly and steadily... For today's "urgent summons", Gong Kaichen was both surprised and expected.It has been six or seven years since Gong Kaichen entered the leading group of the Provincial Party Committee of K Province, and as the top leader, he has presided over the work of the Provincial Party Committee. He has never been "summoned urgently".In the past six or seven years, he has been telling himself that, in such a high position, of course, one must do one's best to "look up to the world", "handle it with equanimity", "lift the weight as if it is light", and "be able to handle it with ease"; In the center of the city, there are tens of millions of people who have transformed their lives into one hair, and they have to maintain a mentality of "like facing an abyss" and "like walking on thin ice". At any time and in anything, one must not be negligent and cautious. Be cautious.He felt that he had always adhered to this principle.Therefore, once I received an order for an emergency summons, I still felt a little "surprised", "sudden", a little nervous, and even a little "wronged" and "shocked".But from another point of view, for some time now, he has been having a premonition that something will happen—and it will be a big one (in province K, among the decision-making levels of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, there has been such a "premonition" for a while. , far more than he alone).Therefore, for such an "urgent summons", I vaguely feel that it is something that will happen sooner or later, which is "the meaning of the text", but it finally happened today...

... The origin of the matter is probably all because of Dashanzi. Dashanzi, there is no Dashan.Out of the city circle, the horizon is foggy and gray, and behind the towering chimneys and huge iron-making furnaces, there are patches of brown-yellow hills.In this foggy, gray place where you can't easily see a clear blue celestial body, there are 310,000 to 340,000 people living all year round.A city with a population of only about 300,000 people can only be considered a "very small" city in China no matter how you count it.But you must not underestimate this small town.It is small, but it has some places that even cities that are several times, even ten times, or dozens of times larger than it can hardly match.For example, it owns one of the largest state-owned enterprises in China.This enterprise is so big that even if it is compared globally, it should be considered one of the best.Among the more than 300,000 people in the city, 300,000 people work in this enterprise.This enterprise is called "Dashanzi Metallurgical Corporation".Due to the ownership of this head office, Dashanzi was once a famous steel city in China and a famous coal city.It was once the largest steel city and coal city in the Far East.In terms of scale, although it is equivalent to a "small city" at the county level, its mayor and party secretary have always been vice-provincial.The factory director and party secretary of the Dashanzi Metallurgical General Plant have always been at the vice-ministerial level.Over the past few decades, they have sent several governors and governors to the province of K, and sent several ministers and party secretaries to the Ministry of Metallurgy and the Ministry of Coal.Some people say that it is a super-large industrial and mining enterprise of the "national treasure level" of our republic.Some people say that the industrialization process of the Republic once started on its shoulders.Some people also said that forty or fifty years ago, if Dashanzi had a high fever for one day, China's industrial production would be reported as critically ill for three days... Wait, etc. All these statements, even if they are a little exaggerated, are indeed not mystical. Appalling.However (please pay attention to this helpless "however"), today, 40 or 50 years later, when the whole of China is freed from all kinds of fetters, it is like the Yellow River when the river opens in early spring, with tens of thousands of ice platoons surging up, and the swaying is full of blood. While greening the large ancient land with deep ravines and ravines on the left and right hatchbacks, Dashanzi continued to have a high fever and reported "critical illness"... Oh, this was once known as the pride of China and K province, the most important steel in the Republic A coal production base...

Three years ago, with the support of the central government, Gong Kaichen personally made the decision, and the provincial party committee decided to invest more than two billion yuan in technical transformation funds in Dashanzi, with the intention of saving this old base.Three years passed with little success. What's even more difficult is that in Province K, there are still many old industrial bases like Dashanzi.Although it cannot be said that all of them have a high fever and have reported "critical illness", most of them are indeed in a difficult situation.As long as the chimney of the blast furnace does not emit smoke, the more "smoke" the greater the loss.If the roadway is not excavated, the loss will be less, and the more it is excavated, the greater the loss...

What a ghost. What's more serious is that because of their existence, the entire province of K is unable to reform, and it also appears to be "old-fashioned".And province K, with a population of 70 million, was once a major industrial province in China. Where is the problem? What should be done next? How long can this situation last?!! ... Six months ago, the central leadership brought people to inspect.For ten days before and after, Gong Kaichen stayed by his side.Ten days later, the central leadership left.As the leader of Province K, he became more and more uneasy.Gong Kaichen, who has always been sensitive to this inspection of the central leadership, even though he didn't have to weigh it carefully, he noticed several "extraordinary anomalies".One, in the past, no matter which central leader came to K province for inspection, there would always be one or two "long talks" with the main leaders of the provincial party committee and provincial government during the inspection process.Such long talks are always in-depth, frank, and highly targeted. They are very knowledgeable and intimate.Every time he experienced such a conversation, Gong Kaichen felt that he benefited a lot.Of course, the main area of ​​benefit is at work.But at the same time, he feels that he and the leaders of the central government are getting closer in their hearts, understand each other better, and have further communication.You must know that such a kind of communication is extremely rare; on the other hand, in this kind of "private" contact, you can taste the central leadership's richer experience in governing and a more macroscopic political grasp, from which he also I can always judge my own shortcomings in some aspects, and I can make timely adjustments.And this point is not easy to obtain from public documents, instructions, and speeches.He is convinced that only when the central leadership trusts you will they have a "long talk" with you.If there is no credibility, what are you talking about? But this time, there is no talk.He didn't know if he had talked with other provincial leaders.It was also inconvenient for him to inquire.Second, in the past, no matter which head of the central government came to inspect province K, before the end of the inspection, there would always be a province-wide cadre meeting to discuss the latest work spirit of the central government and some major problems that the province had to solve in this investigation. Questions, give some relevant instructions.But this time no such meeting was held, and no such speech was made.Why? He is uneasy... Third, the main purpose of the central leadership's visit to K province this time is to conduct research on the system reform of large and super large state-owned enterprises. The problems in province K are mainly manifested in Dashanzi.But during the ten days, the leaders of the central government did not go to Dashanzi.In the usual conversations with Gong Kaichen, Dashanzi was rarely mentioned.Why? Could it be that the central decision-makers have already reached a clear conclusion on the Dashanzi issue, but they just feel that it is not time for a "showdown"? Or is it because of something else? Other...what else? The more Gong Kaichen thought about it, the more disturbed he became .