Love and Gentle Township: Billionaire Sister

Chapter 38
80.lobbyists

Just after the spoof storm on the Internet has subsided, Qiao Junling, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, has fallen into a crisis of human relations with a lot of lobbyists.

As soon as he went to work on Monday morning, Qiao Junling called one after another.Because the line was always busy, the doorman reported to the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee Office through the internal line that there was a thin old man on crutches who claimed to be Xia Hong and wanted to see Secretary Qiao.When Qiao Junling heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself: Every year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day and New Year's Spring Festival, he would make a special trip to visit the old leader at least twice. The old man has difficulty walking. What is the important thing to come to the municipal committee at this time? Woolen cloth?
Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked Secretary Liang Hao and the Secretary-General to go to the guard duty room first to take Mr. Xia to the reception room on the first floor, sit down and drink tea, and then he would arrive.

Mr. Xia is the only "March [-]" type cadre above the prefecture level in Xiahe City.When Qiao Junling joined the army, Mr. Xia was the secretary of the former Xiahe County Party Committee and the first political commissar of the Armed Forces Department. He still clearly remembers the scene when he wore glory flowers for his enlistment.After the founding of the city, Mr. Xia retired from his post as the first secretary of the municipal party committee. He could hardly remember that the old leader, who is respected as an elder, had anything to take care of and came to the municipal party committee.

The more things the venerable who requires the qualifications to do is not willing to open his mouth easily, the more he must try his best to do it.During the few minutes when the secretary-general and Liang Hao went downstairs to receive Mr. Xia, Qiao Junling rubbed his forehead with his thumb and searched in his mind like clicking the mouse to browse and search the Internet. If Mr. Xia has something important to do, he must come in person.

It is not appropriate for such a respected old leader to keep the old man waiting for a long time.After weighing for a few minutes, Qiao Junling quickly walked into the VIP reception room on the first floor.

Secretary Liang Hao made tea for Mr. Xia.The secretary-general was chatting up and chatting with him indiscriminately.Mr. Xia is a lean old man, his white hair looks like the snow that is about to melt away.Because he suffers from Parkinson's syndrome, he walks tremblingly, and his lips tremble when he speaks.Holding a teacup to take a sip of tea, you have to shake it a few times before you can take a sip.As soon as Qiao Junling entered the door and saw Lao Xia's difficult living condition, he couldn't help trembling in his heart, thinking that everyone is going to grow old, and in more than 20 years, his state may not be better than Xia Lao's.Thinking of this, I kept on cheering myself up, no matter what it is, I must do it for the old man, do it well!

Qiao Junling took the trembling teacup in Xia Lao's hand, put it on the tea table for him, then held his hand and said, "Secretary Xia, why is there such a hurry that you always come in person? Call home, no Impossible to do!"

Xia Hong leaned back and seemed to want to stand up, but Qiao Junling held him back, so he could only say, "Little Qiao, my days are numbered. It took me 48 years to work in this compound until I retired. Time flies, I am old... rotten wood in the wind, once it blows..."

Qiao Junling didn't want to make the old man too sad, so he changed the subject and said, "Secretary Xia, who brought you here?"

"There is no need for anyone to send it to you. The city's service management is very good now. One stop on the roadside, one bus every [-] minutes, and the taxi stops at the beck and call. The service attitude is pretty good. Now the municipal party committee is doing a good job, and There is no comparison between our generation!" Mr. Xia did not complain about taking a taxi, and said in a very appreciative tone.

Hearing what the old secretary said, the secretary-general felt deeply disturbed, and immediately added: "The old secretary can no longer do this in the future. If you don't think about anything else, you have to consider saving face for the municipal party committee and Secretary Qiao. If you have something to do Just call and order, no matter if there is anything here, if Secretary Qiao is not free, I will pick it up in person.”

"Is that so?" Elder Xia smiled, touched the cane on the armrest of the sofa with his hand, and said, "I won't come out for a long time, and I also want to take a look at the people's sentiments. There is nothing important, just want to Talk to Xiao Qiao for a while. You all go to your business!"

The Secretary-General and Secretary Liang Hao knew that Mr. Xia had something to tell Secretary Qiao, so they resigned first.

After the door was closed, Secretary Qiao said: "Secretary Xia, you are the old leader. If there is anything you need to do, just ask me. I will do my best."

"That's good, that's good." Elder Xia became emotional. Although he still couldn't help trembling a little, his sharp eyes remained the same. The mushrooms are climbing up even faster. You are much better than our generation! Especially your development of the Eight Sacred Mountains and Shengxian Cave, rescue, excavation, sorting out and publicizing the heroic deeds of the anti-Japanese hero Gai Qingshan, which will carry forward Go to the old roots of the Communist Party! After all, our purpose is not to benefit the country and the people!"

"Yes, we have organized the relevant departments to work hard on these matters, earnestly rescued and excavated, and it took a lot of trouble to collect, sort out, screen and confirm. This is a very precious historical material of patriotism in our Xiahe City. Let's save it!" Qiao Junling I feel that the old secretary will not come here just to talk about these histories.He watched Elder Xia's demeanor attentively, thinking about what was the central topic he wanted to talk about.

Sure enough, Mr. Xia said solemnly: "Little Qiao, you know my hard work and affection for the hot land of the municipal party committee compound. During the anti-Japanese war and the Japanese saw each other, this place served as the county government of the guerrilla zone. I have no personal matters to seek You, what I care about is who is the leader of this compound and who is the leader? The age of the cadres is a hard stick. I know that you have not been a leader for a few years. I can rest assured that you have left the Lu Guoting Such a big incident is handled so neatly, as long as the Communist Party has this kind of tolerance, the ship will not capsize. I came here today to ask the mayor in person. This is related to who will be in charge after you go down. It is related to the future and destiny of Xiahe City's 300 million people. We can't take it lightly!"

"This is...

"Secretary Qiao was at a loss for words. He definitely couldn't tell lies to the old secretary, but how to tell the truth? Things are like this sometimes. Where there is a wound, it is the easiest to touch, and where it itches, someone will scratch it. Right now, I have a splitting headache. It's like eating 25 mice——when the claws were scratching the heart, the old secretary came to the door with a handful of silver needles, like an old expert in acupuncture and moxibustion.

Since Lu Guoting's funeral was over, some members of the Standing Committee used their network resources and all available advantages to work hard towards the big hole that Lu Guoting had vacated.

If the provincial party committee directly announced the executive deputy mayor He Zhida as the acting mayor, it would save so many human resources and a huge waste of time and energy.However, there was no such thing. Deputy Secretary Luo Daguang brought the Minister of Organization of the Provincial Party Committee to hold a party and government cadre meeting, announcing that he would take care of the work of the government.He fully understands the background considerations of the provincial party committee's careful decision-making when appointing top leaders of the party and government.Although the anti-corruption sword is hanging high, how many corrupt officials have been sacked in a year across the country, and the procedures for appointing cadres are getting stricter, and the intensity of accountability is getting stronger and stronger.Who is willing to take tricks on themselves?He has served as the mayor for eight years, so he is naturally familiar with the business, and the deputy mayors are also dedicated to their duties, so there will be no problems with normal work.

The most scratchy and thought-consuming thing is the cadre issue.

The old secretary saw that Qiao Junling had been silent for a long time, so he asked, "Are you caught in the spider web of interpersonal relationships?"

"Hmm...Where!...What net?" Qiao Junling recovered from his contemplation, looked at Mr. Xia's face and said, "Old Secretary, what net is it?"

"I'm talking about human favors!" The old secretary was a little unhappy, "It's not for money, is it?"

"What money?" Qiao Junling was even more surprised, "What does this have to do with money?"

"Didn't it mean that in the officialdom, it is practiced to run for officials, sell officials and buy officials?"

These "March 300th" cadres really have a bit of a bayonet-like spirit.Qiao Junling understood: "You don't have to worry about things like the old secretary. Personal operations in the officialdom are now a kind of plague. It can't be cured by just holding a meeting and issuing a document. I, Qiao Junling, dare to treat your old leader and the [-] million Xiahe people Pat this chest: Whoever finds out that I received money for promoting cadres, I will immediately put handcuffs on myself and go to jail!"

"That's good! This is like the secretary of the Communist Party." Xia Hong was happy, "Xiao Qiao, I handed over the team to you with my own hands. I am also very clear about your status as a person and an official. The development of these years has also proved that the relationship between us The relay race also ran out of the initial well-off of 300 million Xiahe people. In order to continue this relay race, let’s build a party for the public, and I’m here today to recommend a mayor candidate.”

"Who?"

"Isn't it obvious, Executive Deputy Mayor He Zhida."

"Oh, he, in terms of working ability, he should be fine." Qiao Junling said to Mr. Xia in a matter-of-fact manner, "Old secretary, I can't tell you half a lie. Zhida's weakness is the local cadres, and the top leaders of the party and government are There is a clear document to implement recusal from the post."

"You can make suggestions to the provincial party committee. It is not an exaggeration to make an exception. There are already many cadres from other places in the standing committee team. Come on Monday morning and leave on Friday afternoon. If there is trouble in the middle, there will be a meeting. Why do you go to the province? How much time do you have to work in Xiahe in five days if you run around the city? Isn’t that why the common people say that “cadres communicate with each other and waste gasoline”? Little Qiao, I am dying, and my words are good. Having one more local cadre in the top leadership of the party and government is definitely beneficial to Xiahe's long-term development. I hope you will attach great importance to the last request of me, a veteran, to the municipal party committee, and go all out to fight for it!"

Qiao Junling had no choice but to answer honestly: "Don't worry, old secretary, I will try my best to fight for it."

During the working hours of the day, Qiao Junling, secretary of the municipal party committee, received no less than ten calls recommending candidates for mayor, and took advantage of the time to talk to five of them, including Mr. Xia.Some recommend others, and some recommend themselves.What a lobbyist!

Some countermeasures are also forced out.People face to face, just to see your attitude.This kind of thing can't be killed in person as a last resort, but you can't pat your chest and make a wish.So Qiao Junling, who has never been willing to tell lies, came up with an ambiguity. The general answer is "try to try." It may be a quotation mark, let's look at the muddy legs when you get out of the water!There was a Su Momeng in history, and he was going to be the secretary of the municipal party committee for a while, Qiao Momeng.

81.drop by

After sending Xia Xia away, Qiao Junling added to his already irritated mood about the mayor candidate.The former superior in the army, now the senior chief of the Beijing Garrison, also called to mention the matter of recommending a mayor candidate, and demanded that it be fulfilled.

You can't even tell lies about the old chief who once single-handedly promoted him in the army, but to tell the truth in a down-to-earth manner, this matter can't be decided between him and the municipal party committee. At most, he is the first recommended candidate a procedure.But this first procedure is enough for him to drink a pot: if you recommend Zhang San, you may offend Li Si, and if you recommend Li Si, you may be sure that Zhang San, Wang Wu, and Ma Liu are also included. All offended.But in the end, there is only one person who can become the mayor, and no one can make all the candidates get what they want.

Being an official is the most difficult time.So Qiao Junling couldn't find a better way even for the old chief who was kind to him, so he could only deal with it with the ambiguous caliber of "fighting as much as possible".How to understand it is a matter for others.

During Qiao Junling's normal working hours, apart from three meals a day, meetings, answering calls and reviewing documents, the rest is reading newspapers and watching TV.Walking in the city early in the morning or at night, by the way, I also found some seasonal livelihood issues such as city appearance, urban social security and so on.

During the time at home after dinner, in addition to CCTV’s "News Network" and the news broadcasts of provincial and municipal radio stations, "Oriental Time and Space" and "Focus Interview" are only selectively watched. If I have time, I will watch it. For the NBA basketball game on the sports channel, he once determined to find a place to study for a few days after retirement, and to be an amateur fan commentator or other columnist. He also joked with the editor-in-chief of "Xiahe Times": The leisure and sports page opened a column for him called "Junling Watching Ball".As for Chinese football, he neither watches nor talks about it. As long as he mentions Chinese football, Qiao Junling has only two words in his mouth, that is: angry.

It was already after 08:30 in the evening after watching the news broadcast of CCTV, provincial and municipal TV stations. I just found the basketball game between the Rockets and the Bulls on the sports channel when my phone rang.He watched Yao Ming make free throws while answering the call.As soon as he heard that it was He Zhida, he said, "Zhida, what are you doing? Is there something wrong?"

He Zhida replied on the phone: "It's okay, I went out for a stroll after dinner, and went to the door of Secretary Qiao's house, what is Secretary Qiao busy with? Is the little grandson Jingtai here?"

Secretary Qiao didn't think about it, and said casually: "Yes! Come up and watch the Rockets fight the Bulls!"

His wife, Liang Hong, was watching TV after supper, while playing with the sweaters she could never finish.Qiao Junling's eight-year-old grandson is named Qiao Jingtai, and he is usually called Jingjing.There was no deep meaning in naming Luosheng, because the natural village where Qiao Junling was born was called Wangjingtai. In order to let future generations remember their ancestral home, Qiao Junling casually called it Qiao Jingtai.Unexpectedly, when the No.20 Ninth Olympic Games opened, not only more than [-] countries and regions came, but Chinese Taipei also came.The name of the little grandson Jingtai has caught up with the great unity and great communication of one country, two systems.Everyone said that the secretary of the municipal party committee was far-sighted. When his grandson landed eight years ago, he anticipated the inevitable trend of Taiwan and the mainland's integration.The name of this Jingtai is magnificent, no less than the meaning of "Tuantuan" and "Yuanyuan".Others say that dragons give birth to dragons, and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. This child will have good fortune in the future and will become a great weapon.

It is still hard to say whether he can become a master or not. Anyway, Xiao Jingtai, who was locked up in the study by his grandparents and was doing his homework, was absent-mindedly biting the end of a pencil with two black eyebrows like the wings of a little swallow.He Zhida, who came in, called out: "Where's Jingtai?" Like a basketball, it jumped out of the study with a "bang".

Qiao Junling pointed to He Zhida and said to Xiao Jingtai, "It's Grandpa."

He Zhida hurriedly said: "I'm so inferior, I should be called Uncle." He Zhida brought his wife to visit and brought to Xiaojingtai an Olympic mascot Fuwa equipped with high-energy batteries and a remote control.Putting it on the ground and pressing the remote control keyboard, Fuwa started to do some regular physical training exercises with the stereo. Xiao Jingtai was so happy that she jumped along with Fuwa, and shouted: "Thank you, Uncle!"

All the cadres and workers of the government agencies, enterprises and institutions who came to visit the secretary's house did everything possible to visit because they didn't want to say it in the unit or on the phone.The so-called "go-to-door" concept that is popular in the official circles is really unfathomable: especially the home of a municipal party secretary with a population of several million, without certain qualifications and strength, and no decent things to ask for (except for closest relatives and friends) ), the door is not that easy to enter.Those who sincerely go to the door to seek an official will never go there empty-handed, and the gold content of the official is different. The same bureau chief or mayor is fat and thin.Only the stupid and greedy traitors will clearly mark the price.To put it bluntly, if you don’t talk about party spirit, democracy, and personality, it’s easy to understand that everyone is doing it for money: it’s only reasonable for you to pay some filial piety to someone who has a lot of ties to get you to make money.This is the mentality of "everyone gets the money" among corrupt officials.Qiao Junling, the secretary of the municipal party committee, was completely different.Ordinary people call corrupt officials who charge Li Zhen as much and do as many things as "red branding iron", which means that the price is clearly marked, and the amount of money to be charged will be done for as long as it is done. "Black branding iron" means that anyone who comes will not be rejected, what should be taken, what can be done if the wind is smooth, and those who are too risky for themselves will not do it even if they take the money, so many people who have spent money and can't get things done also collect debts There is no way, and it is not uncommon for troubles to arise.This kind of "black branding iron" is not much better than Li Zhen's "red branding iron". It should be said that those who donate money hate the most corrupt officials with this kind of "black branding iron".

If it is necessary to give an official like Qiao Junling a more vivid title, it should be said that he is more like an electric iron, and he is definitely not a soldering iron.What makes him awe-inspiring is that no matter how big he does things, he never takes money, and he uses his infinite love and enthusiasm to enlighten those who give money to obedience. Will do it right.If you really can't do it, you will explain the reason, then you have to understand Long live.

Of course, if a member of the Standing Committee of his team and a very powerful executive deputy mayor in the government refuses to buy an electric toy for his grandson when he brings his wife to visit, not only will the grandson and grandma be unhappy, It is too inhumane, and the integrity of the government is too unconventional.Therefore, the shrewdness of He Zhida and his wife is by no means comparable to that of ordinary people. This toy is too well bought, too appropriate, and too appropriate.An electric Fuwa made grandpa, grandma, and grandson very happy, thus showing the gift giver's good vision, extraordinary scheming and open-minded demeanor.

From this point of view, the gift that should be given should still be given. The problem is to see who to give, what to give, the degree of willingness to accept it, and the specific environment for giving the gift, etc.This gift-giving science should be a special knowledge in today's social sciences.

Giving gifts to real communists requires more attention to learning. If the scene of letting the comers walk around will appear, it will be the greatest discomfort and embarrassment for both the host and the guest.

In the harmonious atmosphere where adults, children and hosts and guests were happy, the housewife, Vice President Liang Hong, had already brewed three cups of tea and served them up.

(End of this chapter)