Guan Xiong

Liu Qifeng did not live in the municipal party committee compound, but in the Binhai Guest House.Don't think that the guest house is an ordinary small hotel. This is actually an internal clubhouse in Binhai City specially used to receive central leaders.Behind them are all two-story small villas. Several main leaders of the Binhai Municipal Party Committee have a villa here.

In fact, there were originally several villas in the municipal party committee compound.The earliest group of villas was a garden house built by the Germans. There were thirteen houses, which happened to be the same as the number of standing committee members of the Binhai Municipal Committee.Therefore, after liberation, it became the residence of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee smoothly.

Before the reform and opening up, Binhai City did not build new high-end residences, because in the past few decades, the Standing Committee of the Binhai Municipal Party Committee has changed, and there are only a few people.In addition, people at that time did not have a high pursuit of material life, so these thirteen villas were always enough.

However, after the reform and opening up, the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes. First, a group of veteran cadres retired and joined the advisory committee.The people are no longer in position, but the rank is. They must not be allowed to move out of the villa.Therefore, the new members of the Standing Committee cannot live in villas.In order to solve this focal problem, the municipal party committee built another villa complex.

But within a few years, the villas were overcrowded again. The key is that although some leaders have stepped down, their treatment has not changed.There are even some people who were at the departmental level before abdicating, but rose by half a level when they abdicated, enjoying the sub-provincial treatment.One of the most important items of this treatment is to live in a villa.Therefore, a third villa complex had to be repaired.

In this way, there is no difference in treatment between the resigned leader and the incumbent leader, and those incumbent leaders feel a little unhappy.In order to solve this problem, the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee thought of another way. The standing member, in addition to enjoying a separate villa, also enjoys a separate office room in the guest house.

Liu Qifeng is not a local cadre, but came to Binhai City alone. The Municipal Party Committee Office originally allocated him a villa, but he declined it on the grounds that it would be too wasteful for one person to occupy two villas. In the guest house, he has no worries about food, clothing, housing and transportation, so he has been living here.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening when the car was parked downstairs in the villa where Liu Qifeng lived. After helping Liu Qifeng open the car door and waiting for him to get out of the car, Li Xiaoning opened the back of the car, took down the gift prepared by the development zone, and said : "Chief, I'm helping you take these gifts up."

To Li Xiaoning's surprise, Liu Qifeng, who had been praising Li Xiaoning all the way, suddenly lowered his face and asked coldly, "Where did you get the gift from?"

Li Xiaoning was taken aback, but said truthfully, "This was prepared by Secretary Zhang of the development zone."

Liu Qifeng became angry, and said angrily: "Who told you to ask for other people's things?" Maybe he felt that his tone was a bit heavy, so he paused for a while, and Liu Qifeng continued, "Xiao Li, you have to remember. We are Party members are cadres of the party and the state, and they are public servants of the people. We go down to work and serve the people, not to seek the favor of the people!"

After Liu Qifeng finished speaking sternly, he left Li Xiaoning behind and went upstairs alone in a huff.

Li Xiaoning was carrying the large and small bags, and was stunned on the spot, completely stunned.He worked hard all day, but he stumbled at the last moment.In fact, Li Xiaoning himself is quite disgusted with the greetings and gifts between officials, but the reality is that "officials do not give gifts", not to mention Liu Qifeng, a big official in Xinjiang, but ordinary county cadres and township cadres. When they got down there, they tried their best to get some local products to take away.In the officialdom, everyone understands that giving gifts to leaders is like a countryman visiting relatives in order to bond with each other, and it has absolutely nothing to do with bribery.That's why Li Xiaoning didn't arbitrarily refuse to accept the gift prepared by the development zone for Liu Qifeng.

But what he never expected was that Liu Qifeng was so honest and honest, he directly scolded himself.Although Li Xiaoning admired Liu Qifeng's integrity, his own situation was something to worry about.Being regarded by Liu Qifeng as a comrade who does not abide by principles basically means that his political future is ruined.And now Liu Qifeng was angry and went upstairs, and he threw Li Xiaoning down by himself, which made him a little at a loss-what should I do with this gift?Send it back?It's past ten o'clock now, and if we rush back to the development zone, everyone will probably wake up.Besides, if they really wanted to do this, what would Zhang Yuqiang and the others think?I guess I don't even have to think about being in the officialdom.

"Secretary Li, get in the car, I'll take you home." The driver Tang Hui opened the car door and called to Li Xiaoning.

Li Xiaoning raised his hand with a wry smile, frowned and said, "What about these things?"

"What should I do? Take it back yourself." Tang Hui said carelessly.

"Should I take it back?" Li Xiaoning really stared, "Secretary Liu has already given me a scolding just now, if I take these things back, I guess I will be laid off tomorrow."

Tang Hui smiled mysteriously and said, "Did you just become the leader's secretary?"

"Yes!" Li Xiaoning heard something in Tang Hui's words, and said hastily, "I also ask Brother Tang to give me some advice."

"Get in the car first, and we'll talk after we get in the car." Tang Hui said, and closed the car door again.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoning knew that Tang Hui was definitely not as simple as he appeared on the outside, and maybe he could really help him out of the predicament, so he put the gift back in the trunk and sat in the co-pilot's seat.

Tang Hui started the vehicle, but did not speak for a long time. Li Xiaoning finally couldn't hold back anymore, and asked first: "Brother Tang, please teach me how to do it. If Secretary Liu asks about this gift again tomorrow Come on, how should I return!"

Tang Hui smiled and did not speak, but took out a pack of "Red Nanjing" from his pocket.From the time we met to now, this is the first time Li Xiaoning saw Tang Hui take out a cigarette. At first, he thought he didn't smoke. Seeing this, he hurriedly took out a pack of "Ruan Zhonghua" from his pocket, took out one and put it in Tang Hui's mouth. Fai's mouth.The cigarettes had just been handed out on the wine table, and everyone had several packs, and Li Xiaoning still had a few packs in his pocket.

"The people around the leader are just different. Even the grade of cigarettes is so high." Tang Hui took the cigarette with a smile, and made fun of it.

"Brother Tang was joking." While talking, Li Xiaoning took out the lighter and lit the cigarette for Tang Hui, and then put the pack of cigarettes into Tang Hui's pocket.

The smile on Tang Hui's face became wider, he took a deep puff of the cigarette, and then said, "Brother, go back and sleep peacefully, I assure you, Secretary Liu will never bring up this matter again."

Li Xiaoning was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked doubtfully, "Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure, [-]% sure!" Tang Hui looked confident.

"Why?" Li Xiaoning really didn't understand, but she never dared to underestimate Tang Hui.

"Why? The knowledge here has become deeper." Tang Hui said inscrutably while smoking "Soft China" with gusto, "I'm talking about the knowledge of serving leaders. There is no such knowledge in the book. , I can’t hear it in class, even though you are all college students, even graduate students and doctoral students, you are still blind when you are in the officialdom, and you can’t see anything wrong.”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Xiaoning didn't want to hear Tang Hui boasting here, but he could only follow his words, "I also hope Brother Tang can teach my younger brother."

Tang Hui curled his lips and said: "Many people look down on those of us who drive, and think that those who sit in the office are superior to us, but who knows the knowledge of serving the leaders best? It's us. Let me tell you, it's just me Based on the experience I have summed up over the past year, I will not sell you how much you spend to buy it with me. It is you, so I will tell you some superficial things. It’s not because of anything else, brother, I just look at you People are more down-to-earth, unlike some people who look down on people."

"Thank you Brother Tang for looking up to my brother!" Li Xiaoning said solemnly.

Tang Hui threw the cigarette butt out of the window, and then said: "A big leader and secretary like you has to have the eyes of an old lady, the ears of a big girl, and the mouth of a little daughter-in-law."

"How do you say that?" It was the first time Li Xiaoning had heard of this theory, so he couldn't help being interested.

Tang Hui smiled slightly and said: "Have you seen the old lady's eyes? Say she has good eyesight, but she can't get through the thread with a needle nose; say she has bad eyesight, but she can do a lot of work." , the fine needle and dense thread are not out of shape. This means that you have to see what you should see, and you have to pretend to be blind when you should not see."

Li Xiaoning touched it carefully, and felt that although what Tang Hui said was superficial, it was true, so he couldn't help but nodded and said, "Incisive. How can the big girl's ears explain it?"

"After all, you are a college student, and you speak so politely." Tang Hui said with a smile, "The ears of the big girl are even more skillful. The big girl is in the group of daughters-in-law or in the circle of men. Doesn't she say any dirty words? .What should I do? You can't follow along, and you can't pretend to be shy, you can only pretend to be deaf and dumb."

"Brother Tang, what you said is really vivid, and then talk about that little daughter-in-law's mouth." Now Li Xiaoning really admires Tang Hui.

"This little daughter-in-law's mouth, the key lies in this small character." Tang Hui turned his head and glanced at Li Xiaoning meaningfully and said, "In front of your in-laws, you have to try to be deep and shallow, and leave half a sentence on the edge of your mouth, and don't throw your heart away." .”

After a pause, Tang Hui continued: "In short, in general, if you don't see what you should see, you will be beaten; if you see what you shouldn't see, you will be beaten. If you don’t hear it, you will be scolded; if you hear what you shouldn’t hear, you will be punished; if you don’t say what you should say, you will be punished; if you say what you shouldn’t, you will be killed if you say it…”

For Tang Hui's words, Li Xiaoning heard them fresh and shocking.After all, he is a smart person, after a little thought, he thought of the root of the problem, and asked tentatively: "In Brother Tang's opinion, did I not say what I should say tonight, or did I say what I shouldn't say? "

"A child can be taught!" Tang Hui glanced at Li Xiaoning again, his eyes full of approval, "Of course you said something you shouldn't have said tonight."

Li Xiaoning's heart felt cold, and he said in shock: "Then I have to be killed?"