Provincial Party Committee

Chapter 36

The car stopped, and before Xiao Gong could open the car door, a man in his 40s beside him opened the car door for Wang Yiming with a smile on his face.Wang Yiming looked at him, he was of medium height, wearing a pair of short-sighted glasses on the bridge of his nose like himself.With thinning hair, he looks like a mental worker, and he is probably tired of writing manuscripts, so he is judged to be the deputy director of the general office or something.

Wang Yiming is wearing a straight dark blue suit today. Although he has not had a good rest and his face is a little tired, but thinking that this is his first public appearance, he is still a little excited mentally, so the appearance he shows is still so energetic Vibrant and amiable.

After Wang Yiming got off the car, he smiled quickly, shook hands with the middle-aged man, and said, "Thank you."

The middle-aged man quickly bent down and said, "Welcome Secretary Wang, please take care of me."

Mei Zhihong also got out of the car, first shook hands with Gao Tianmin and Qin Dalong who were waiting there.Seeing Wang Yiming coming down, Gao Tianmin quickly walked over a few steps, held out his hand, shook hands, and said, "Secretary Wang, are you still used to being here in Xijiang? Are you resting well?"

Wang Yiming said, "It's okay, it's okay, thank you for your arrangement."

Gao Tianmin said: "You're welcome, it's my job as the manager to take good care of Secretary Wang's life. If you have anything to say, feel free to mention it." He pointed to the man standing next to him and said, "Secretary Wang, this is the office of our provincial party committee. You Jinping, the deputy secretary-general of the bureau, Secretary Yang said, he will cooperate with Secretary Wang in this section first. If there is anything, let him report to you first. "

As soon as Wang Yiming heard it, he understood that this You Jinping was his full-time deputy secretary-general.Every deputy secretary of the provincial party committee has a full-time deputy secretary-general to serve him so that he can carry out his work. This is the basic rule.Wang Yiming hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I'll thank you then."

You Jinping hurriedly said humbly: "It's not hard, it should be done."

After everyone exchanged pleasantries one by one, Gao Tianmin said: "Leaders, please go to the lounge first. There are still 10 minutes before the meeting. Standing committee members will meet there later."

So everyone went to the reception room behind the rostrum on the second floor.

At this time, Xiao Gong also shook hands with You Jinping and exchanged phone numbers.Xiao Gong saw that there were hundreds of cars parked in the entire parking lot, and there were white-haired old people who came out in twos and threes, but they were in high spirits. These people all warmly greeted, shook hands, and greeted.Needless to say, these are all retired veteran cadres at the provincial and ministerial level.

Most of them are state-of-the-art in-service officials, men and women, with their chests up and their heads held high, and they are all high-spirited. At first glance, they are all dignitaries with positions and powers in the province.This is a big gathering of the province's political elite.Almost all the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the entire Xijiang Province came.

Xiao Gong and Xiao Lu naturally don't need to attend such a meeting. They are the people around the big leader and follow them at any time. When they arrive at the door of the reception room, a dedicated waiter will come out and open another reception room for the two secretaries to go in and have a drink. tea, chat.

Xiao Gong and Xiao Lu hurriedly picked up their boss' bags, put the speeches they should use in the outermost pocket, hurried into the reception room of the standing committee members, found their respective bosses, and explained the things that should be explained Well, I quit, watched TV, and chatted.

In the reception room of the Standing Committee members, there are already more than a dozen people sitting, Zhou Guangsheng, Li Yao, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Lao Tan, Secretary of Disciplinary Inspection, Qin Dalong, Director of Organization, Li Zhibin, Director of Propaganda, Ma Zhenghong, Secretary of Linhai Municipal Party Committee, Fan Yigong, Secretary of Hedong Municipal Party Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Region Member Qiu Xinwang, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and executive vice governor Zheng Tianyun, etc.

Mei Zhihong and Wang Yiming shook hands with everyone one by one, and exchanged pleasantries, which means they met each other.A few minutes later, Provincial Party Secretary Yang Chunfeng and Provincial Governor Liu Fangming appeared at the door, followed by Secretary-General Gao Tianmin.

Everyone stood up again, shaking hands, greetings.

Yang Chunfeng raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist. It was already 08:30.So he said to everyone: "How about it? Let's enter the venue?"

Everyone said: "Okay, okay."

So Yang Chunfeng came first, Mei Zhihong came second, and everyone walked up to the rostrum in turn.

As soon as these big leaders appeared, there was an immediate reaction from below. There was no one to organize, and there was already sparse applause.Some people may involuntarily want to applaud when they see the leader.Some people felt that since the leaders on the stage did not ask for applause, they would not applaud themselves, so they sat there quietly and looked at the stage.Their eyes scanned the faces of everyone on the rostrum.More people focused their eyes on Wang Yiming's face in unison, because they knew that the protagonist today was the newly appointed deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and the future number one in Xijiang province.

When Wang Yiming came out, he held his briefcase in his right hand and walked vigorously. He looked around and saw that the audience was packed with people.Each head is like a spotlight, casting two rays of light from the eyes and focusing on their own faces.Wang Yiming found his own seat with his name written on the board, next to Governor Liu Fangming.When Wang Yiming sat down, he deliberately scanned the venue with his eyes, and nodded with a smile, as if greeting everyone in the audience.

Today's meeting was presided over by Yang Chunfeng, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. He coughed dryly and said, "Comrades, the meeting has begun. There are two items in today's meeting: first, we invite Mei Zhihong, member of the Central Organization Department, to announce the appointment of Document, and speech. The second item, please the new deputy secretary of the Xijiang Provincial Party Committee, Comrade Wang Yiming, to make a speech. Leaders of all units are requested to carefully record, and go back to convey the spirit of the meeting. Next, I invite Mei Zhihong to speak, and we all applaud and welcome .”

There was thunderous applause immediately below.

Mei Zhihong's speech was divided into two parts. He first announced the appointment document, and then took out a prepared speech and read it.

His speech cannot be played casually, because it is related to the higher-level organs, that is, the central organization department, and the collective evaluation of the leadership of the Xijiang Provincial Party Committee. , is the opinion of the organization department.It was told to the cadres above the department level present here, and it also showed that the central government fully affirmed the work done by the leadership team of the Xijiang Provincial Party Committee with Yang Chunfeng as the squad leader in recent years.

Regarding Wang Yiming, he made a special statement like this.He said: "The central government proceeds from the overall situation of Xijiang Province, from the long-term interests of maintaining Xijiang's development, and also in line with the purpose of training and training cadres, and decided to appoint Comrade Wang Yiming as the deputy secretary of the Xijiang Provincial Party Committee. Comrade Yiming has a long-term Leadership work experience, trained in various positions. Familiar with grassroots work, and has held important leadership positions in the country's comprehensive economic sector for a long time, familiar with the country's macroeconomic policies, has a good grasp of major policies, and can always pay attention to and communicate with the party The central government is consistent. Strong sense of responsibility, solid work style, modesty and prudence, approachable, clean government, upright, have a good reputation in various positions, and have been affirmed by the central leadership comrades many times. The central government believes that Comrade Wang Yiming It is appropriate to serve as the deputy secretary of the Xijiang Provincial Party Committee, which is conducive to promoting the rejuvenation, knowledge, and professionalization of cadres, optimizing the structure of the leadership team of the Provincial Party Committee, and realizing the combination of old, middle-aged and young people. For the development of Xijiang Province for a longer period of time in the future, It is all beneficial. I hope that Comrade Yiming will continue to carry forward the style of modesty and prudence, not rushing or rushing, and cooperate with the leadership team of the Provincial Party Committee headed by Comrade Yang Chunfeng to carry out work. The great situation will be well consolidated, well maintained, and well developed, and we will work hard to take the lead in developing in the central and western regions and build a well-off society in an all-round way as soon as possible!"

After he finished speaking, there was another thunderous applause below.

The leading cadres present at the meeting are all veterans who have experienced many battles. None of them are political laymen. They already know the information revealed in Mei Zhihong's speech.They judged that this Wang Yiming seemed to be equivalent to the heir apparent of Xijiang Province, and he was ready to take over the top position after setting up his posture.Three years later, or within three years, the entire Xijiang Province will be born of this handsome middle-aged man with glasses.Taking advantage of his age, maybe in the next few decades, it is this Wang Yiming who has the final say, and he is the one who calls the wind and rain in this land.How your personal relationship with him will directly determine your political future and destiny.

Looking at Wang Yiming who was sitting on the stage, with a solemn expression, serious expression, and two eyes, he glanced at the venue from time to time. His eyes were deep and far away, as if he didn't see anything, but also seemed to see through the thoughts of everyone below. .

Officials at all levels in the audience unconsciously met his gaze, but in their inner world, they could no longer calm down. Each of them moved their minds, and each thought about their own way out and future.

Those retired provincial-level senior cadres put on an expression that they don't care about anything. They have experienced too much wind and rain, and they have no interest in who will be the top leader.Anyway, I have retired, and my salary is still there, no matter what anyone does, I can't change my salary.Even if I offended you, said bad things about you, and didn't cooperate, you still have nothing to do with me.At most, I will find my descendants and give them some shoes.Of course they knew that no matter who was in charge, they would not dare to offend these veteran provincial cadres.These people, you can't see them on stage, but they still have a lot of influence.They have been officials for many years, and their disciples and old officials are all over the world. In various departments and positions, there are their direct descendants or relatives and old friends. Some people have already taken very key leadership positions under their care.No matter who is the leader of Xijiang Province, you always come alone, with at most a secretary, which is equivalent to bare hands and black eyes. You don't know who is who.Even if you stay for a year or two, you may not be able to figure out the intertwined relationship below.Maybe you are surrounded by these veteran cadres. What have you done, what do you want to do, who do you want to exclude, who to attack, who to promote, and who to reuse? The majority of veteran cadres have heard it.They are all well-tested battlefield veterans, and they have very skilled experience in political struggles. They are sitting on the ground and familiar with the situation.This is the most difficult force to deal with, and its energy is amazing.Whoever is in charge cannot offend them.If you offend them, they will jump up and down, go to your superiors, and file a criminal complaint, which will make you burnt out, and you will not be a human being inside and out.If it is light, it will be embarrassing, and if it is serious, it will pack up and leave.Therefore, every person who came to Xijiang to govern, the first thing to do when he arrived in Xijiang was to appease these veteran cadres.Give them the treat and let them enjoy.The veteran cadres wanted to go abroad, so they quickly organized a study group and asked them to go abroad at public expense.The old cadres wanted to exercise, so they hurriedly built entertainment places for them, such as billiard room, croquet room, table tennis room, gymnasium, as long as the old cadres proposed it, the top leaders of the previous party committees and governments would not dare to neglect it and solve it immediately .Without funds, raising funds, and doing everything possible must first satisfy their appetite.Therefore, when Xie Qingsong and Qian Minggui were in charge, they invested several hundred million yuan to build a super luxurious activity center for provincial veteran cadres. The entire building area is tens of thousands of square meters, which is second to none in Beijing.The money spent is hundreds of millions.The facilities inside are luxurious and complete, surpassing the office buildings of the provincial party committee and the provincial government.Now the veteran cadres have a good place to go. After retiring, there is also a place for them to play, which is many times more advanced than the high-end entertainment venues that charge fees in the society.This is the hidden benefit of being a high official. After retirement, you can still enjoy treatment that ordinary people can't imagine.

One leader after another, after taking charge of Xijiang, in order to maintain their image of respecting and loving the elderly and consolidate their positions, they had to take special care of these provincial veteran cadres, and they increased their slogans one by one. .From caring and taking care of veteran cadres to relying on veteran cadres, whether the veteran cadres are happy, willing or not, agreeing or not, has become a goal that the secretaries of the provincial party committees and governors pay attention to first.This has gradually whetted the appetite of veteran cadres, allowing them to rely on the old to sell the old, and continue to exert their residual heat and political influence.During the holidays, you don’t need to show condolences to workers, and you don’t need to care about farmers, but these veteran cadres, none of whom are provincial Party secretaries or governors, can ignore them.Their home is a place where various serving provincial cadres often pay condolences.They are invited to attend any important event.Let them feel that although they are retired, the tea will be cold as soon as no one leaves, and they can still use the residual heat to exert influence. There are still people looking at their faces and speaking, which is enough to give them face.In this way, their psychology will be fully satisfied, and they will stop talking about you, picking and choosing, and accusing you.When the news media interviews, they will say a few insincere good things for you, and put gold on your face.

These old cadres are the most difficult group to deal with for everyone who is in charge of Xijiang today.You can't fight, scold, or be indifferent. You can only adopt tactics of wooing, cooperating, dividing, and disintegrating, otherwise you will not be able to stand firm at all.

But those directors who are almost 60 years old have a nonchalant expression on their faces.Whenever the camera lens was aimed at them, they pretended to be modest and cautious, and scribbled a few words in their notebooks to prove that they still listened attentively.When the camera passes by, or if they are sitting in an inconspicuous corner, they will doze off uncontrollably. Some people just close their eyes and rest, almost snoring.The standard image of most of them is five-short stature, all of them eat their brains full of fat, obviously they are over-nourished, but one can tell at a glance that these people are all blessed people, who can eat, drink, blow, be capable, and have energy. Abundant, is the person who wields real power in the entire province.They are in charge of money, or policy, or both.A few words can be approved at will, which means millions of funds or projects.If you offend them, your funds and projects can't even pass the hurdle of project approval. If you are not convinced, you can sue the provincial cadres, and they will have a solution.Either you say you don’t know, you don’t know, or you say your hardware is not up to standard and violates the regulations. It is legal, legitimate, and wise not to do it for you.Even the provincial leaders have nothing to do with them.

These people are all familiar with the officialdom. They have worked in the officialdom for decades. They started from small officials and became high-ranking officials at the official level. They are clear about the twists and turns in the officialdom.You need qualifications and qualifications, you need ability and ability, you need experience and experience, and you need relationships and relationships.They were able to get into this position because they were inextricably linked with the upper-level officials.Behind them, there may be one or several larger leaders standing.Classmates, fellow villagers, superiors, relatives, they may have established their own network in the province and in Beijing, and whichever one you touch, there will be leaders at a certain level who will speak for them.So this is also a force not to be underestimated.Whoever becomes the secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor can't bring these people back to their original form overnight.Their officials are made, sent out, drawn out through connections, or done by relying on their own true abilities.Everyone has their own uniqueness, strength, and background, none of which is easy to pinch.

Especially when they are approaching the age of retirement, they also know that their official luck is over, since there is no hope of promotion, they simply break the pot.Don't be afraid of the sky, don't be afraid of the earth, eat what you should eat, drink what you should drink, play what you should play, and fish what you should fish.They know that the opportunity must not be missed, and the time will never come again. After passing this village, there will be no such shop.Once the age limit is reached and a paper order is issued, they are nothing.Retired department-level officials are nothing in the province, and the streets of the provincial capital are everywhere.No one will invite them to eat what they want; no one will give them what they want to drink; it is not so easy to play with women;The reason why all of this has changed so quickly is that they have lost their power and cannot exchange it for anything.Therefore, officials of this age know best the truth of seizing the day and night.You must do it boldly and break through boldly, otherwise you will have no chance.

Therefore, it was at this time that many officials began to fluctuate psychologically, and their ideological defenses began to shake, and they became cracked eggs, unable to withstand the attacks of flies.Money, beauty, at this time, as soon as an attack was launched, they all raised their hands and surrendered with enthusiasm.Even Xiao Na got used to it. If he didn't earn any money for a day, he would feel restless, as if something was missing in his heart. "59-year-old phenomenon", this is a recognized fact.

These officials at the departmental level no longer care much about who is the top leader. What they care about is how long they can wear their black hats and how much benefit they can get from it.In order to prolong their political life, they will adopt a cooperative and flattering attitude towards everyone who is in charge of Xijiang, and they will show pitiful looks, making every secretary of the provincial party committee who wants to move their position unable to do so, feeling uneasy , let you think that he has worked for the party and the people for many years, and he has worked hard without credit. On the one hand, let them go, let them land safely, and go home to hold their grandchildren with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)