Provincial Party Committee

Chapter 42

Xiaoqiang said: "One thousand and twelve per square meter, we can't afford it. Both Zhang Guihua and I are laid-off workers. They say they are laid off, but in fact there is no job for us! There is no penny. We don't set up this stall. , Even eating is a problem. Now the factory actually doesn’t exist anymore, and the factory leader has sold the land, saying that it is to repay the bank loan. Our more than 600 laid-off workers may not get a penny. These days, the workers They started connecting together, saying that they were going to stop the development of commercial housing and take the land back. We raised funds to build houses or sell shops on it, which was a way for everyone to survive. I didn’t go. When your sister-in-law runs this stall by herself, it must be I can't; secondly, I also thought about it, what's the use of making a fuss, people have already colluded with each other, the raw rice has been cooked, even if you make a fuss again, your arms can't twist your thighs, no one knows now, officials and officials protect each other. Rich People help the rich, and the officials help the officials. Who cares about us ordinary people? If you make trouble, they will have a way. Now in the county town, two groups of people fight in broad daylight. As long as they don’t kill anyone, even if the police pass by, he pretends not to see it. But it’s different when the workers make trouble. It’s not a security case. They say it’s a threat. If the society is stable, not only the police, but also the riot police and the armed police will be dispatched one by one, armed with live ammunition and wearing helmets, which is really scary. If you catch one, you will be thrown into the back of the car like a pig tied up in a rural village. Take it to a place where no one is around, bask in the sun for a long time, you are not allowed to drink water, and you are not allowed to go to the toilet. You say you are not convinced. So those who go in have learned to be good, remembering the sins they have suffered, They are all honest. No matter how wronged they are, they don’t dare to fight against the government. Living is better than anything else. I still have two children to support. If I leave me, all three of these mothers will have to live on the streets and become beggars. .So I don't participate in any activities now. I don't want to make trouble if they give me a few. If I make trouble again, there will be no good fruit to eat. Anyway, I still have this stall. After a day, I can still earn 50 yuan The money is enough for our family. I will be satisfied when I have raised my two children, graduated from college, and found a good job. I often tell my two children about you, saying that if you go to college After graduating from university, I can't find a good job, so I will go to your uncle Yiming. He is a high-ranking official now, and he is a good person. He will help you. When you are old and can't work anymore, your sister-in-law and I I just went back to my hometown in the countryside. At least there is a house at home, and we can build two houses, enough for the two of us to live in. This county is not a place for people like us to live, and even the price of drinking water has increased. Everything is expensive, and we can’t afford it.”

Hearing what he said, Wang Yiming's heart was sour, tears almost fell down, and he couldn't eat anymore. He didn't expect that the workers of the machinery factory, which used to be very prosperous in the county town, would now be reduced to such a state.In the era of planned economy, the machinery factory was one of the eight famous enterprises in the county. The agricultural machinery parts produced were sold all over the country, and the benefits were very good.The factory had a basketball court and a football field, and the facilities were top-notch at that time. Any major sports activities in the county would be borrowed from their venues.

At that time, the young men who worked in the machinery factory picked their wives randomly in the county town.High wages, good benefits, canteens, and dormitories. He is a real big brother of the working class.Unexpectedly, within a few years of reform and opening up, the factory would fail, and in the end, it ended up like this.

How about the other factories in the county, Wang Yiming wanted to know more about it, so he asked everyone: "Are the eight major enterprises in those days still there?"

The students said: "It's all broken. Some land has been sold out long ago, and commercial housing has been developed on it. Now the only prosperous enterprise in the county is the real estate development company. Everything else is gone."

"Then what do the workers in the county rely on for employment?"

"Where there is still employment, no one cares about it, and they fend for themselves. Didn't you listen to the TV singing every day, 'Start from scratch'. In the entire county, no less than 3 people have been laid off and unemployed. Those who went to work in other places returned to their hometowns in the countryside to farm. Most of the men planted the land, and those who stayed in the county, most of the men rode tricycles, and most of the women set up small stalls. You see so many rickshaws in the county, most of them are laid-off workers. For the women, wholesale a towel, Shoes and other things, walking around the streets, selling things. Some are beautiful and young, but they don’t like the shame of doing this, and they don’t make money, so they go to other places and become escort girls. There are many such people In today's society, laughing at the poor and not laughing at prostitutes, as long as you can earn money, no one will talk about you. Look at the beauty salons all over the street. They don’t even have scissors, they are all in the dry meat business, they are all foreigners, and the locals don’t do this locally, so they are afraid that acquaintances will recognize them.”

Wang Yiming asked, "Then what do you live on?"

Everyone chattered and said: "Everyone thinks of their own way. Those who go to work, get paid. Although they are not in season, they sometimes have to be in arrears for a year or so, but at the end of the year when the Chinese New Year is approaching, they will make up for it anyway. I don’t have any money in normal life, so I can only ask relatives and friends to borrow. It’s better to have land in the countryside. You can ask for food when you go home, and you can buy some food by yourself. The annual tuition fees and living expenses cost thousands of dollars. I am even more afraid that if there is a sick person at home, they will go bankrupt. Now many people do not have medical insurance. There is a seriously ill patient, and the life of the whole family is affected. In the county town, as a civil servant, after a month, the salary is 500 yuan, and there are many door errands. You have to entertain and seal a gift. After a month, there will always be a few things. This money, it’s impossible not to spend it, and the county is only so big. If you receive an invitation, you can’t go. Next time you meet someone, you can’t speak. Damn! I have no face to face people. So, no matter how poor you are, you have to swell your face to pretend to be fat, and bulge your belly to hold on. Therefore, the current pressure of life is simply breathless. The unemployed adults on the street The group, who have no food to eat, steal and rob, especially those young people in their [-], [-] and [-]s who have dropped out of school early, cannot find a job, have no money, and want to live a good life, have wine and food eat, so they formed cliques and wandered around the rivers and lakes. Fighting in the county town, one faction and another faction often fought for territory and business. These people are desperate, whoever is ruthless, who He is a hero, and everyone admires him. He became a celebrity in the county, and everywhere he went, he was flattered and invited all day long. Even those who were officials gave these people face, called them brothers and sisters, and some even worshiped them. Public Security You need the help of these people to solve the case, otherwise you will not get clues. The current society is simply in chaos. Yiming, you are still a deputy minister after all, and you have the opportunity to meet those high officials. Could it be that the following things, They don’t know at all, and they still know, pretending to be confused. You have to reflect to the higher authorities, and it’s like this everywhere you go now. If this continues, what’s wrong! The people are in dire straits!”

Wang Yiming heard them talk about many things that happened in the county in recent years, each one was shocking. These things made Wang Yiming feel unprecedentedly shocked.He didn't expect that this remote county would look like this in just over ten years.This county is the epitome of the whole country, and other places are not much better than this place.Wang Yiming admits that over the years, he has become bigger and bigger as an official, and has less and less time to go to the grassroots. Even when he is at the grassroots, accompanied by local officials, what he sees is the best side of the locality. I avoided him, no one dared to speak, everyone was afraid of bad luck.Everyone is deceived one level at a time, and the village deceives the township, and the township deceives the county, all the way to the State Council.

When I was in Beijing, all I saw was the prosperous side, and I felt that China’s reform and opening up was simply wonderful. When everyone talked about it, it was a very good situation and it was booming day by day!Newspapers, radio stations and TV stations are also running at full capacity, combining praise and self-praise, instilling to the whole country and the world that we have achieved great achievements that have attracted worldwide attention. Facing the reality, I was dizzy all day long, and spent my days under anesthesia.

Wang Yiming felt that sitting in his spacious and bright office in Beijing, he really couldn't feel the crisis, and couldn't see that the society is now a mess. The bigger the official position, the farther away from the people, and the farther away from the truth .Thinking of his own situation, Wang Yiming really felt pity for those people who were much more senior than him. They were undoubtedly farther away from the social truth.The information they got has been filtered many times. In their ears, they can no longer hear the outspoken and merciless words like their own classmates. No one tells them the truth. Said that they are already blind and deaf, no wonder they always have bright smiles on their faces.They are like people living in a vacuum. For a person in a high position, it cannot be said that it is not sad.If you can't even see the truth, how can you have correct judgment!What you say and the decisions you make can only be farther and farther away from the people. If you don't take the people seriously, if things go on like this, the people will not take you seriously.Everyone, you fooled me, and I fooled you. In mutual deception, we muddled our lives.There is no respect and love from the bottom of the heart here, only a smile that is not a smile, and a look of socializing. How can such a leader have any personal charm at all!
Before you know it, a few hours have passed. Seeing that it is almost 12 o'clock, everyone is still unsatisfied.Xiaoqiang's wife was still adding food, Wang Yiming said: "Eat well, eat well, sister-in-law, you have been busy all day, and it is time to rest."

Everyone stood up, Wang Yiming took out the bag he was carrying, took out 500 yuan from it, handed it to Xiong Xiaoqiang and said: "This is my point, it is for the two children, let them go to school hard, and strive to pass the exam." Good university, find a good job after graduation, then, if I have the ability, I will definitely help. Others will not help, because there are too many people looking for me, and my ability is not enough, but your child, I I'll still figure it out."

Xiaoqiang pushed back a few times, but seeing that Wang Yiming insisted on doing this, he had to stay and said, "I won't say anything else to be polite. In short, my life is over and I have no future. I hope the two children will be better than each other." I insist, if they can get into college, they will have to trouble you, our family, thank you in advance, thank you for coming to see me, my two children know, it is a great encouragement to them."

Wang Yiming said: "You and sister-in-law should also take care of your health. You should rest when you should rest. You can't make enough money. Only when you are in good health can you earn more money."

Xiaoqiang and his wife kept nodding and said, "I remember, I remember."

After everyone shook hands and said goodbye, four or five classmates stopped two taxis and accompanied Wang Yiming back to the county party committee guest house.At this time, the streets in the county town were empty, and the atmosphere was disturbing. From time to time, there were groups of young people holding wine bottles in their hands, drinking, talking loudly, or walking on the street. Openly pee.Some smashed the beer bottles they drank on the ground fiercely, splashing pieces of broken glass.

The next morning, both the secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate came to have breakfast with Wang Yiming.Talking about his impression of the county seat, Wang Yiming said: "When I came back this time, the biggest impression is that the county seat seems to have returned to the Shanghai beach before liberation. How can the people feel safe if this continues. You are all parents and officials, you should be caught. Now, it’s impossible for everyone to be unable to go to the street, so stay at home and watch TV. What’s the use of raising so many policemen, and even a county can’t be managed well, I think the chief of public security should be dismissed.”

His words turned the county magistrate and the county party secretary into red faces, and they kept saying: "Yes, yes, we will arrange it for a period of one month. If we can't improve the law and order in the county, we will jointly report to the city bureau and demand The Municipal Public Security Bureau has changed personnel. It’s outrageous. The social security in the entire county is worsening day by day. The common people are afraid to go to the streets at night. We are really ashamed! Minister Wang, you know that the director of the County Public Security Bureau does not belong to us The county party committee manager is sent by the bureau above, he can listen to us or not, if there is any problem, we have to see his face, it's really difficult!"

Wang Yiming also sympathized with their difficulties in being parents' officials, knowing that their position is really not easy to do.There are thousands of threads on the top and a needle on the bottom. In a large county, there is no industry and financial difficulties. Basically, they live on their own food and rely on borrowing to survive. Sometimes, even the county party committee will default on wages.So when they met Wang Yiming, it was like meeting the God of Wealth, and they wanted to use his influence to get more funds for the county.For their request, Wang Yiming sometimes arranges some funds within his capacity, and specially explains to the relevant departments in the Ministry, and favors the county of his hometown.Over the past few years, I have raised millions of funds for the county of my hometown. Although it is not much, it has also solved certain problems.So when he went back to his hometown, these parents and officials still bought what he said.

The next day, Wang Yiming stayed in the county for another morning, and took time to visit his younger brother Erhu's house.Erhu is now the principal of No. [-] Middle School in the county. Although he is a small official, he is in charge of several hundred teachers and five or six thousand students. He is also an influential figure in the county.

The most important thing is that everyone knows that he is Wang Yiming's younger brother. His brother Wang Yiming is a high-ranking official. What he said even gave face to the city party secretary and mayor, let alone the county magistrate and county party secretary.His sub-section level was specially arranged by the secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate because Wang Yiming had done a lot for the county.

It turned out that after Erhu went to work, he had been working as a teacher in a junior high school in the county seat. He got married, married a wife, and gave birth to a child. The couple were both teachers and they both went to the same school. There is still security here, so it is better than others.

When Wang Yiming's official position became bigger and bigger, he first became the mayor, which caused a sensation in his hometown.Later, he went to Beijing and became a deputy minister. When he returned to the province, even the secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor wanted to give face. Erhu became a well-known figure in the county.

Some bureau chiefs, who want to do something in Beijing, have to do everything possible to get close to the two tigers, asking him to write a letter to Wang Yiming, or make a phone call, so that it is more accommodating and easier to find someone.

Erhu has a straightforward temper, and once someone says three nice words, he can't hold back his temper, and he pats his chest to do things for others.Sometimes, I even travel thousands of miles with others in person, get in a car, and go to Beijing to find Wang Yiming to do things for others.Of course, I also get some benefits, eat and drink, and share some benefits.

Wang Yiming has nothing to do with this younger brother.I know my younger brother is short-tempered and straight-tempered. If you speak harshly, he will be angry; if you don’t speak of him, he is soft-eared and easy to be driven by others. He also ran errands for others without knowing why, which also caused Wang Yiming a lot of trouble.

That's why Wang Yiming also paid attention to his skills. First of all, he praised his warm-heartedness and his willingness to do things for others. With such a temperament, he must have many friends in the county and he is very popular.But in the future, you need to be more careful, don't just slap your chest for a few drinks, it's not easy to do anything now, you need to spend money and find connections, even if you don't need these, you still owe favors, and you have to make up for it in the future.Therefore, those half-baked people should communicate less, take less things from themselves, and cause less trouble to themselves.Teach your own knowledge well first, and then when you have the opportunity, go up.

Erhu understood as soon as he heard it. It turned out that his brother criticized him for being troublesome. Although he immediately blushed, he was his brother after all, not an outsider. Besides, when he was a child, his brother often repaired himself, and now he is used to it , Who told him to be your brother?So although the meal was not enjoyable, but since then, he has grown a mind and is no longer like before. In order to show his ability, he will take care of whatever he finds him.

After a period of time, Wang Yiming felt that his younger brother could still be cultivated, so when the secretary of the county party committee was in Beijing on a business trip to visit him, when he was full of wine and food, he explained to the secretary of the county party committee that he wanted him to take care of him. dear brother.

The secretary of the county party committee didn't dare to be negligent. When he returned to the county, he greeted the director of the county education bureau and asked him to promote Wang Erhu to be the vice principal of the school, and later transferred to the education bureau to be the section chief.Two years later, he was promoted to the deputy department level and became the principal of the No. [-] County Middle School.

In the county, the position of the principal of the No. [-] Middle School is a big vacancy. Nowadays, it is a big deal for children to go to school. Children in rural areas want to go to school in the county. Although No. [-] Middle School is not as good as No. There are too many presents from Hu's family.Most of them arranged for their children to go to school, and some were normal graduates who wanted to find a teaching position in No. [-] Middle School.

Being a teacher is considered a very good position in the county, with guaranteed salary and easy housing, especially for girls, when they become teachers with established establishments, it is much easier to find their in-laws. Someone is rushing to ask for it.Because you have a good job.However, in today's society, it is impossible to get such a position without finding someone and giving gifts.

Because of Erhu's special background, the person he decided to want, even the county education bureau chief, had to give this face, so there were many, many people who approached Erhu for work.Especially during the holidays, Erhu's home has almost become a supermarket.Those who send cigarettes, those who send wine, those who send pork, mutton and beef, all things that can be pulled into a car after the Spring Festival.Accepting these things is not considered bribery. This is the trend in the entire county. Every leader’s family is like this. Everyone is not surprised. You don’t talk about me, and I don’t talk about you.

(End of this chapter)