"Time flies so fast. It has been so many years. In our class, there is no one higher than us, right?" Hou Wenguang handed Qiu Mingde a cigarette, but Qiu Mingde refused.
"When my wife left, I suppressed it at home for a month and smoked more than a dozen cartons of cigarettes, and then quit." Qiu Mingde explained.
Hou Wenguang nodded and put down the cigarette in his hand.
The two of them drank tea and talked about the past things in school and reminisced about their classmates. Some of them quit, some of them sacrificed, and some of them left the police force halfway through their work. After all, it was really true. , in their class, in this system, they are the only two who have climbed to this position.
"In a few days, you will be the only one. To be honest, I am really not willing to go to the city government." Hou Wenguang said.
Qiu Mingde said nothing. From beginning to end, Hou Wenguang said more and Qiu Mingde said less.
"Have you heard? The city has signed an agreement with the Guilu Group. The Guilu Group has given up on the 1.7 billion debt for the construction of the city government building. What do you think I am, the deputy mayor..." Before Hou Wenguang finished speaking, Qiu Mingde interrupted him this time.
"No, Lao Hou, you see, the problem is this. You have just been transferred from the municipal bureau to the municipal government. Immediately, the billions of debts on the municipal government's head will be gone. It seems that everyone knows that you and your Regarding the relationship between Lu Group, you have given the city a good attitude." Qiu Mingde said with a smile.
This was originally a joke, but Hou Wenguang was very sensitive at the moment. When Qiu Mingde said this, he couldn't laugh at all. To put it bluntly, this was not his credit, but as an old classmate who is about to take office as the director of the Nangang Municipal Bureau said this, What was his plan?
"What, isn't it?" Qiu Mingde asked, seeing that Hou Wenguang was not the least bit happy because of his joke, and suppressed his smile.
Hou Wenguang continued: "Brother, I am very happy that you came to Nangang City, but at the same time, I am very worried about you. How should I put it, the water in Nangang is very deep. As the director of the municipal bureau, the problems he encounters must be higher than those of ordinary people. Much more, I know, you will soon be the deputy mayor, but the depth of the water here is not decided by the people in the newly built building in Nangang, the decision-making power of the depth is up to them."
When Hou Wenguang said this, he pointed at the ceiling.
Qiu Mingde was unmoved, smiled and said nothing.
"In order to prevent your brother from suffering a loss, I have saved up a game tonight. Please give me this face." Hou Wenguang said.
Qiu Mingde didn't say no, and Hou Wenguang continued: "Many of Nangang City's problems are related to Qiu Chengan, the former secretary of the municipal party committee, and the person who has the closest relationship with Qiu Chengan is Kan Zhengde of Guilu Group. He is now abroad and will soon He's back, his son is inviting you to dinner tonight, so you can get to know each other, he is the magistrate of Wuyang County, you should know this."
Qiu Mingde nodded when he heard this, looked down at the tea on the table, stretched out his hand and said, "Drink tea."
Hou Wenguang saw that he didn't reply immediately, so he picked up the cup, took a sip, and continued: "Actually, I am doing this for your own good. If I give them an impression of being uncooperative from the beginning, then things will be more difficult later. ”
Qiu Mingde finally agreed, so he said: "Okay, you decide the place, and I will go to the appointment on time."
"Hey, how can I let you go alone? I'll pick you up." Hou Wenguang said.
After Hou Wenguang left, Qiu Mingde stood in the corridor of the guest house. He still did not leave until Hou Wenguang's car disappeared at the gate. At this time, the weather in Nangang was a bit cold, and the climate was much different from his original climate in Wangchuan City. The mountain lies in the middle of Donghai Province and runs east-west. The result is a completely different climate in the south of the mountain and in the north of the mountain.
He was also wondering whether he, an orange from the south of the mountain, could adapt to the climate in the north of the mountain.
He tightened his collar, returned to the room, walked into the study inside, and called the Municipal Party Committee Secretary Man Zhengwu.
"Secretary Man, I've arrived in Nangang. I just stayed here. Do you have time now? I'll go over and report to you..."
"Nothing to report or not, you can see me at any time. Come here now, I'll wait for you in the office." Man Zhengwu said in a loud voice.
Man Zhengwu's attitude made Qiu Mingde very emotional, because when he got out of the elevator, he saw Man Zhengwu already waiting for him at the door of the office.
Qiu Mingde hurriedly ran over, and Man Zhengwu stretched out his hand to him. The two shook hands firmly before they spoke.
"Sit down, have you arranged everything at home?" Man Zhengwu asked.
Qiu Mingde sighed and said, "My parents are old, and my sister-in-law is taking care of the child. I'm busy with work and can't get involved, so this is all I can do for the time being."
Man Zhengwu nodded and sighed, but immediately said: "Your cousin won't be here for a few days. You can make do at the guest house these days. I will also make do. When she comes, you can go home for dinner. "
Qiu Mingde shook his head and said: "Secretary, as soon as I arrived, I felt that the water here is very deep. No, not long after I put down my luggage, my old classmate came to the door. Hou Wenguang, the director of the municipal bureau, asked me to have dinner tonight. , the other person is Kan Yunshan, Hou Wenguang also told me a lot about the city, it seems that you will have a lot of difficulties coming here. "
"You are right. The situation is very bad. Kan Zhengde is coming back. The city has assured him that he is not responsible for the things in Wuyang County. When he comes back, he will complete all the projects under Guilu Group within two years. It’s all completed, and no new land is allowed for two years, so the city has no choice but to do so.”
Qiu Mingde just listened. He didn't ask anything about the city's affairs. That was not his scope, so he just listened. Any suggestions would be beyond his authority.
Qiu Mingde knew his own sense of propriety. Not only that, except for the fact that Hou Wenguang asked him to have dinner with him, he did not report anything to Man Zhengwu when he went to meet Wei Yangbing in the provincial capital and what he was warned in Wei Yangbing's office.
It is true that Man Zhengwu is his relative, but he is just a distant cousin from his wife's natal family. The relationship is not that close. It is just because of Man Zhengwu's position that he was under the pressure of promotion and approached him once. Man Zhengwu said that it was I asked the relevant leader to speak for me, but he didn't know whether it was true or not.
Once he reports what happened in Wei Yangbing's office in the provincial capital to Man Zhengwu, his future work in Nangang City will be greatly restricted.
Because Man Zhengwu knew and didn't know that he was warned by Wei Yangbing, his attitude towards himself was absolutely different.
