Upstart

Chapter 11 The Accident at the Ribbon Cutting

Huang Anguo came to the office early today, but it was not the previous secretariat office, but the office of the secretary of the provincial party committee.He tidied up the desk and swept the floor, and after checking that there was nothing to do, Huang Anguo sat down and waited for Wang Kaiping.

Today Wang Kaiping is going to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of Tiandu International Business Center, and Huang Anguo, as Wang Kaiping's secretary, will also go there together.

At eight o'clock, Wang Kaiping arrived at the office on time.

Huang Anguo hurriedly made him a pot of tea. These teas were brought over just yesterday. Although Huang Anguo didn't know how to drink tea, he knew that the tea leaves were of the highest quality because of the fragrance from the tea leaves. When I was working in the secretariat, the tea leaves did not exude such a pure fragrance.

Wang Kaiping took a sip of tea, rested for a few minutes, and then said to Huang Anguo, "Let's go, Xiao Huang, let's go out now."

"Secretary Wang, the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the International Business Center is at nine o'clock, so it might be too early now." Huang Anguo reminded.

"No, let's take a stroll along the streets of Tiandu first. I want to have a look at the cityscape of Tiandu." Wang Kaiping said.

"Oh, okay, then I'll arrange a car to come here."

At this time, just as Wang Kaiping was about to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the workers of Tiandu Iron and Steel Works gathered in the steel factory for a drink. This wine was the original production workshop. Turn one of the production workshops into a simple wine, and named it Worker Wine.

It's only past eight o'clock in the morning, but this wine has already gathered hundreds of workers, who seem to be arguing about something, and it's very noisy inside.

"Be quiet, everyone, and listen to me." A rough voice inside said loudly, and the others gradually quieted down.

"I heard that at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the International Business Center today, the new Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee will also be there. A few years ago, we all invested our hard-earned money into shares, but now this steel plant has become like this. I have lost all my money. What if my children have to go to school? What if my elderly parents have to see a doctor? We have been trying to get back the money we raised from the city government, but we can’t get it. Response, today we are going to ask the new secretary of the Provincial Party Committee for an explanation, I don’t believe that he doesn’t care about the lives of hundreds of us, what do you think?” The rough voice said loudly.

"Li Gui, you are gathering a crowd to make trouble like this, which is against the law. Don't be so impulsive." At this moment, an old voice said.

"Master, don't worry about it. Look at what kind of life we ​​are living now. Don't your children want to go to school?" Li Gui said.

This old man is Li Gui's master, named Sun Fu. He was the one who brought Li Gui into the factory and taught him techniques. Li Gui has always respected him. "Yeah, the child's father, don't worry about it, they're just asking for an explanation, not causing trouble." At this time, Sun Fu's wife also said, and Sun Fu sighed and said nothing.

"Let's discuss it, what do you guys think?" Li Gui said loudly again.

"it is good!"

"it is good!"

At this time, other workers also joined in, and hundreds of workers just sat in several large trucks and drove towards the commercial center.

Sitting in the back seat of the car, Wang Kaiping looked at the situation where the car passed, and couldn't help but praised, "It seems that Tiandu has put a lot of effort into the appearance of the city in the past few years. It will be worse than any other place in the country, and coupled with the rapid economic development of Tiandu in recent years, Tiandu can now catch up with those big cities along the coast in terms of overall strength."

"Yes, Secretary Wang, Tiandu City is indeed very beautifully built now. Although I didn't know what Tiandu City looked like before, just looking at Tiandu City now, I feel that it is very beautiful and the planning is very reasonable. I want to settle down in Tiandu." Huang Anguo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, replied with a smile.

"Hehe, if you go higher and higher in your official career like me in the future, you will often be transferred to other places to work. It will be very difficult to settle in one place," Wang Kaiping said.

The car drove along the highway in Tiandu City for nearly 10 minutes. Huang Anguo checked the time and found that it was already [-]:[-], so he asked Wang Kaiping, "Secretary Wang, are we going to the business center now, or wait I'm afraid that time will be tight."

"Hmm!" Wang Kaiping replied, but his eyes were still looking at the scenery outside.

The car stopped at the Tiandu International Business Center, and there were already policemen maintaining order. When I saw this car with the license plate Jiang 00001 (I don’t know the license plate very well, please forgive me if there is any mistake), it stopped. A few policemen nearby hurried over to clear a road. The leading policeman had two bars and a star on his back.

The leaders of the municipal government rushed up to greet them. The leader was Luo Jun, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Tiandu Municipal Party Committee. "Secretary Wang, you are here!" Luo Jun said with a smile.

"Well, I kept you waiting here for a long time. The weather is so hot, find a place to sit first, and don't let so many people stand under the sun." Although it is only a little over 08:30, but because it is summer, this time is already It's getting hotter.

"Several lounges have been prepared over there, Secretary Wang, go there to rest first." Luo Jun said.

"Okay." Wang Kaiping walked in front, and Luo Jun walked beside him to lead the way. Although Huang Anguo was low in rank, he was Wang Kaiping's secretary, so he also stood on the other side of Wang Kaiping. Instead, several department-level leaders can only stand behind, but these are common practice and no one said anything. Besides, the seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister, although Wang Kaiping is not an ancient prime minister, he is also a provincial official. No one dared to offend Huang Anguo as his secretary, which is why Wang Kaiping warned Huang Anguo not to use the guise of his secretary to do things that violated discipline from the very beginning.Just now, Luo Jun also saw that Huang Anguo came down with Wang Kaiping, and knowing that it was Wang Kaiping's secretary, he also greeted him with a smile, as a greeting.

"Governor Zhao, are you coming today?" Wang Kaiping asked.

"Governor Zhao happened to have other arrangements today, so he couldn't come here." Luo Jun replied.

During the break, Luo Jun introduced the leaders of Tiandu City to Wang Kaiping. Wang Kaiping smiled and nodded, and then asked about the future plan of Tiandu City. Mayor Zhong Lin, who has partnered with him for five years, is about to retire after this term. For his partner, he also hopes to help him so that he can achieve his wish

To take over my position, there is still a big difference between the mayor and the secretary of the municipal party committee, and in the provincial capital city of Tiandu, the secretary of the municipal party committee has the title of standing committee member of the provincial party committee, which is half a level higher than other prefecture-level cities. At the level of the mayor of a prefecture-level city, it is very difficult to go up half a level, so Zhong Lin also very much hopes that he can take over Luo Jun's position.Therefore, at this moment, Zhong Lin was secretly grateful to Luo Jun for giving him this opportunity. If he could leave a good impression on Secretary Wang, it would be more beneficial for him to take over smoothly in the future.

Zhong Lin calmed down, and then briefly reported the general situation to Wang Kaiping. Wang Kaiping would occasionally ask questions. Then he was secretly annoyed in his heart why he reacted half a beat slower than others.

Huang Anguo was sitting near the door. At this time, he was not sitting next to Wang Kaiping. According to his rank, it is already very good to have his seat. Many deputy department-level cadres can only work in other You are not eligible to enter this lounge.At this time, Huang Anguo kept observing everyone's expressions and reactions, as well as paying attention to the way the individual talks and the skills of speaking. The current situation is undoubtedly a live on-site teaching for him, and he is also crazily absorbing nutrition from it. .

At this time, a person who also looked like a secretary walked up to Luo Jun and said softly, "Secretary Luo, the time is up, and the outside is ready now."

"Okay, I see." Luo Jun nodded.

"Secretary Wang, it's ready outside. Do you think we should go out to cut the ribbon now?" Luo Jun asked Wang Kaiping while everyone was not talking.

"Oh, it's already nine o'clock, so we're going out now." Wang Kaiping looked at the time and said.

At the opening ceremony, Mayor Zhong Lin delivered the opening speech, and then Wang Kaiping came up to make a few short speeches. These were all formulaic contents. Standing behind, Huang Anguo couldn't help but feel a little bored, and his eyes couldn't help but wander around. , then he suddenly saw an unusual picture.I saw a few large trucks stopping around the business center, all of which were full of people dressed as workers, roughly hundreds of people.What are these people doing here?There is no construction site next to it, and even if there is, there will be no work at such a time this morning.Huang Anguo couldn't help but feel puzzled in his heart, and he looked over carefully again, wanting to see what happened.

I saw that those people wanted to come, but they were blocked by those policemen. The two sides gradually started arguing, and the quarrel became louder and louder, which could not help but attract the attention of this side. Wang Kaiping also looked over. At this time, those workers dressed People have already pulled up banners with slogans such as "Return our fundraising funds!", "Return our hard-earned money!", "The government will give us an explanation!" and other slogans.

"What's going on?" Wang Kaiping frowned and asked Luo Jun next to him.

"Secretary Wang, this matter will not be clear for a while. I think it's better to stabilize the mood of the workers over there first, so as not to cause trouble later." Luo Jun said.

"Alright!" Wang Kaiping nodded in agreement.

"Old Zhong, hurry up and calm down the workers." Luo Jun looked at Zhong Lin and said.

At this time, Zhong Lin was already in a cold sweat. The ribbon-cutting ceremony, which was supposed to be a good one, turned out like this. These workers are all workers from Tiandu Iron and Steel Plant. Zhong Lin knew about it, and also knew the reason why they came today. These workers used to get angry a lot before, and he had also received reports from his subordinates. He didn't expect that these workers would choose to make trouble at this time again!He couldn't help secretly regretting that he didn't arrange some police force to keep an eye on them yesterday.

There is no other way now, the most important thing is to let them leave first, Zhong Lin thought.

"Wait a minute. When the meeting is over, don't take any drastic measures or words to those workers. Talk to them carefully. If you have any problems, can you sit down and talk calmly?" Wang Kaiping called Zhong Lin to stop him.

"Okay, Secretary Wang, I understand." Zhong Lin nodded.

"Everyone, be quiet. Listen to me. Today is the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the International Business Center. If you have anything to do, can we talk about it after today?" Zhong Lin spoke loudly to the hundreds of people in front of him with a loudspeaker. said a worker.

"No, Mayor Zhong, we don't trust the city government anymore. You have never given us an explanation for our request. Today we are here to ask the new provincial party secretary for an explanation. If we don't see anyone else, we will Don't go." A voice said.

"You are making trouble out of reason. I have explained to you several times about your fundraising, why are you still not clear?" Zhong Lin said angrily.

"We don't understand the things you explained about the market economy, and we don't care. We just want money, and your city government can't give us it. We're just asking for an explanation from the province." Another voice sounded.

"Yes!"

"Not bad!"

Others echoed, seeing the excited emotions of the workers, Zhong Lin was really angry to death. There are hundreds of people here, and I don’t know which ones are fanning the flames. Zhong Lin is a man from a provincial capital city.

Mayor, now it's really a scholar who meets a soldier, it's hard to explain why.

"What are you going to do before you are willing to go back?" Zhong Lin asked.

"We just said that as long as we meet the new Secretary Wang, let us ask for an explanation and we will go back." Someone in the crowd replied.

"You guys." Zhong Lin is really in a dilemma right now. If Secretary Wang is not called over, these workers probably won't leave, but if Secretary Wang is called over, these workers are so excited now, what will they do out of the ordinary? His actions may also be uncertain. If he hurt Secretary Wang, he would have committed a great crime.

There is no other way, so I can only go to seek Secretary Wang's opinion first.

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