Provincial Party Committee

Chapter 9

Going home during the Spring Festival, Gong Xiangyang returned to the county seat, and he was warmly received by his parents and officials in his hometown.First, the director of education invited guests to dinner. After the director of education reported to the deputy county magistrate in charge, the deputy county magistrate immediately rejected other entertainments and rushed over to receive Gong Xiangyang.When the deputy county magistrate was eating, he couldn't hold back and reported to the county magistrate by phone.The county magistrate immediately ordered the deputy county magistrate to keep Gong Xiangyang, and the county magistrate personally treated him the next day.This time it was a treat at the most luxurious hotel in the county - the County Party Committee Guest House.When Gong Xiangyang was studying in the county town, he passed the gate many times, but he never had the chance to enter this place.

When the county magistrate was entertaining guests, he reported to the secretary. The secretary was on a business trip and had a meeting in another place. He didn't come back in time, but he immediately called Gong Xiangyang and repeatedly said that when he came back, he would welcome Gong Xiangyang.And arranged for the director of the county party committee office to do a good job of receiving Gong Xiangyang at any time, ask for a car to provide a car, open a room in the county party committee guest house, eat and live as you like.

The county magistrate was even more enthusiastic. He specially confessed to his driver, bought gifts, and sent Gong Xiangyang back to the village in a small car.This time was the most beautiful time for Gong Xiangyang in the small county in his life.

Back home, after learning about his father's experience, Gong Xiangyang quickly comforted his father and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I'll go back to Beijing after the Chinese New Year, and Secretary Mao of the county party committee will see me off. I'll mention it to him then. I guess he won't refute my face. This time I came back, and seeing what they mean, they gave me a high opinion. I'll talk about it when they ask me if there is anything I need to do. I will take care of your matter .For them, this matter is very small, isn't it just to transfer to a public teacher! It's a matter of one word."

Sure enough, when Secretary Mao of the county party committee was entertaining guests, he asked Gong Xiangyang in private: "Brother, is there anything I can do? Don't be polite. I will use you in the future. You are the first person in our county. For those who work in Department S, please take care of the things in your hometown in the future."

At that time, Gong Xiangyang was just a small secretary in the office. He had only been in the department for half a year, and he hadn't known many people. In the department, a small role like him couldn't get on the stage at all, and he couldn't get anything done.But this is the truth, you just know it in your heart, you can’t say it to outsiders, in front of these parents and officials in your hometown, no matter what, you have to pretend to be a big shot, and act like you can do things, otherwise they will make them look down on you , I look down on you and damage my reputation.

So Gong Xiangyang put on a heroic look and said, "No problem. If there is anything wrong with my hometown in the future, as long as you find me in Beijing, I will try my best to find a solution for it. Things in our ministry are fine; don't worry." You can also come to me if you are in another institution, I have so many classmates, and every big institution has acquaintances, fellow villagers help fellow villagers, classmates help classmates, this is the social atmosphere. It is easy to do things with acquaintances, everyone, please don't be polite."

After all, Gong Xiangyang has a serious status, he does work in the ministry, and he has strong language expression skills, so the effect is indeed obvious after a lot of blowing.Just one month after he returned to Beijing, Lao Gong wrote to his son, saying that his job of becoming a full-time employee had been settled.Secretary Mao of the county party committee personally called the director of education, and the matter was settled immediately. Not only has the salary of tens of thousands of dollars been repaid, but compared with others, the salary has been raised by several levels. Now it is several times the original one month up.It's better to be an official. Once you have an official, someone will fawn on you. Everything is easy to do. You can do it now.It seems that I have worked so hard to train my son to study, and there is nothing wrong with it. Not only did I change my son's fate, but also my own.

Xiaogong received the letter, read it over and over for a long time, and felt over and over again in his heart, it is really difficult to be a small person, and there are people who will hinder you in everything; when you become an official, even if you have a little It's different, and you can do everything again. Why do you think society has become like this!

After Xiao Gong graduated from university and reported to the Ministry, the Personnel Department held a meeting for newcomers.The leaders of various divisions and bureaus went to the ministry to pick people.At that time, Wang Yiming was also the director of the general office, so he was naturally the first to pick someone.He first looked at the resumes of a few people. The others were from urban children, and some of their parents were high-level cadres. Wang Yiming felt a little repulsed by children from such families, fearing that these children would be too delicate and would not be able to bear hardships.There are a lot of chores in the office, and I often work overtime, and my life and work are irregular, so I need to find a child who can endure hardship.

He looked at Xiao Gong's resume. He was born in a rural area with excellent grades. Judging from the photo, he looked good, so he called Xiao Gong to his office and talked for a while.Seeing that Xiao Gong has a good conversation, although he is not tall, he is handsome and has the potential to be cultivated, so he asked Xiao Gong to come over and put him in the secretariat of the general office to do chores under his own hands.Help write materials, engage in conference affairs, and do some specific things.

After a period of trials, Wang Yiming saw that the young man was very clever, a child from the countryside, able to endure hardships, and honest and reliable, so he took special care of him.When Wang Yiming became a full-time deputy minister, according to the usual practice, he should also have his own full-time secretary, so he picked Xiao Gong from the general office.

In this way, it was logical for Xiao Gong to become Wang Yiming's secretary, and he worked for five years, from a deputy chief staff member to a director-level secretary.Xiao Gong is very satisfied with his own development. This position is something he never dreamed of.Accompanied by Wang Yiming, he has been out of the country more than a dozen times, including the United States, Europe, and Canada, and many places in China, countless times.Eat what you need to eat, drink what you need to drink, watch what you need to watch, and play what you need to play. Being the secretary of a big leader is really a wonderful thing.Now, not to mention going back to the county town, but going back to the provincial capital and city of my hometown, in the eyes of others, I have become a figure that cannot be ignored.Every time I go back, it’s either the leader’s banquet, or the leader’s reception. Whether I know him or not, I’m familiar with it. I have to do personal favors. Time, so I can open my mouth to find him.

There were too many such things, and it began to make Gong Xiangyang feel boring, even annoying.He enjoyed it very much from the beginning, but gradually felt that this is the entertainment in the officialdom. You win over me, I get to know you, there is no sincerity, only hypocrisy. The exchange of interests is just mutual use.Although I can see through all this in my heart, I am a secretary, even if I am in the big dye vat of officialdom, I still have to deal with the necessary human relations, otherwise it will not be conducive to the development of work.

In the past few years, Xiao Gong has also begun to think about his own future.Some young people in their early 30s in the Ministry have already started to move towards the position of deputy director general.As a secretary, if I want to be promoted to the director level, I don't need to change to a more critical position. Judging from the current situation, it seems difficult.But Wang Yiming didn't mention this matter. Xiao Gong knew that no matter how thoughtful he was, he couldn't take the initiative to mention it.In that way, the leader will have an opinion on you, why?You don't want to follow me anymore, you want to fly solo, okay, hurry up, the farther the better, lest I see you again.In this way, the leader will no longer care about your affairs, and your future will be completely ruined.

Therefore, as a secretary, you must have a very strong sense of proportion, otherwise you will lose everything if you make a careless move.

Now that Wang Yiming's assignment has finally become a reality, Xiao Gong is in the office, packing things for the boss, while thinking about his own problems.what to do?what to do?Back home these few days, he and his wife Fang Xiaoman were lying on the bed, discussing this issue over and over again.

His wife, Fang Xiaoman, is the Secretary of the Youth League Committee of the logistics service center of the ministry, and is also at the director level. She is one year older than Gong Xiangyang, a college graduate, and works a year earlier than Gong Xiangyang.The two also have a three-year-old son who attends a kindergarten in an institution directly under the Ministry.The most troublesome thing for Xiaogong now is that once he and Wang Yiming go to Xijiang Province, no one will take care of his wife and children, leaving only Xiaoman at home to take care of the children by himself, and it is even more impossible to go on business trips and meetings, for sure will affect work.

Don't let Gong Xiangyang go to Xijiang Province, for fear of delaying his future in the future.With Wang Yiming's current status, at least three years later, he will be a ministerial-level cadre, not to mention being the secretary of the provincial party committee, or the governor of the province.Xiaogong keeps up with him and has a bright future.If you still stay in the department and work as a secretary in the general office, then you will be in trouble in the future. If you leave the care of the big leader and become an ordinary secretary, no one will think highly of you, let alone your future.In this whole life, if he wanted to follow the steps in the general office to reach the level of deputy director general, he was not sure.After thinking about it, the couple reached a preliminary intention. As long as Wang Yiming opened his mouth and said he was willing to take Xiao Gong to Xijiang Province, then Xiao Gong would go to Xijiang without hesitation, continue to serve the leaders, and also for his own future.As for the child, I was really too busy, so I sent it to Xiaoman's parents first. Her parents are teachers in a provincial city in the Northeast, and their family conditions are better than Xiaogong's parents. Let them take care of it for a few years, and it's time to go to elementary school. , then pick it up.

Those colleagues in the department saw Gong Xiangyang in the past few days, and there was a feeling on their faces that Gong Xiangyang couldn't explain clearly.When the relationship was good, he pulled Gong Xiangyang over, held hands tightly, shook them vigorously a few times, then put on a mysterious look, covered his mouth with his hand, and whispered into Gong Xiangyang's ear, "Why? What kind of brother? The boss moved you, right? Are you going to Xijiang province too? It’s better to go down there, you have a future. Follow the boss, and in a few years you may be the secretary of the municipal party committee or the mayor. Don’t forget then It's us!"

Gong Xiangyang smiled wryly, and said: "How can it be? If there is such a day, I will never forget my brother. You have always taken good care of me. It's just that I don't know what the boss thinks now. He let me go, so I can go."

"It's better to go, the future is bright, and it's meaningless to spend time in the ministry. You see, I'm only 50 years old and I'm a deputy director general. I'm still a senior cadre. I don't know. I don't think it's a big deal. But you see, I don’t go to work by bicycle every day. Our company’s conditions are poor. Only the director has a car, and the other deputy directors and inspectors all find their own way. In the prefectures and cities in the provinces below, they are also deputy mayors, so they are even equipped with secretaries, and the car is not easy to sit in. It is still affordable. When you reach a certain level, you have everything, unlike our department. Only a few key departments have great power and a lot of money. Ordinary departments also live tightly. You can’t starve to death, but you can’t eat enough. You young people, if you have the opportunity, go to the lower level to develop. There is a vast world there. The three gangsters and the two gangsters came out, and maybe one day, they would return to Beijing and become ministers and vice ministers, or our superiors."

Those who were not related, when they met Gong Xiangyang, they just nodded and passed away. You couldn't tell whether they were happy or gloating from the expressions on their faces.

Of course, according to experience, Wang Yiming's departure is a very happy thing for a considerable number of people in the Ministry.For example, Vice Minister Fan Xiaotian, who is two years older than Wang Yiming, has always ranked third behind Wang Yiming among the department leaders.This time, if there is no accident, he will be promoted to executive vice minister, filling Wang Yiming's vacancy.If you are very lucky, three years later, the government will change and Minister Tian will retire. Maybe he will go one step further and fill the vacancy and become the top leader of the ministry. That would be a very exciting thing. Minister, the whole country It's so big, only a few dozen ministers!

Wang Yiming's call out seemed to open up a seat, but in fact it would bring a series of reactions.Fan Xiaotian changed from deputy minister to executive deputy minister, and then the department will have a director who will become a deputy minister.What follows is a series of promotions.Some people have changed from deputy director to director, some have changed from director to deputy director, some have changed from deputy director to director, and some have changed from section chief to deputy director.In the end, the person who has just graduated from university and started working will be extremely lucky, and will be promoted to the next level, and will be promoted to deputy chief staff member or chief staff member.

This seemingly simple personnel change can be magnified many times in a department, and its influence spreads geometrically.This is the promotion effect in officialdom.If you move a carrot, you can drive a group of carrots.Therefore, in the ministries and agencies, whenever a minister or deputy minister is transferred out, for most people, it is an opportunity for promotion.Even the humble position of Xiao Gong, a department-level cadre, is also an opportunity.At least another establishment is vacant in the Ministry, and next year the Personnel Department will be able to propose a recruitment plan again. Those who are related have long been waiting to join the Ministry. This time, they have waited for another opportunity, and an opportunity is a new opportunity The beginning of the competition.Some people invest, some fail, some participate, and the final winners are only a very small number of people.Such is cruel life.

In the past two days, Wang Yiming also began to think about his secretary, Xiao Gong.After all, after working together for so many years, the two sides have also established an extraordinary relationship.He is generally satisfied with Xiao Gong.The young man is loyal, reliable, hard-working, and able to endure hardships. He is not confused about big things and not sloppy about small things. He is a capable assistant.In life, Wang Yiming is also taken care of in every possible way. He can properly arrange any matters in the family. Some things that Wang Yiming has not considered, he will consider first, and the family is quite satisfied with him.

As for minor problems, the most prominent one is that his temper is too straight, he is from Northwest, he is a bit reckless in handling things, and he is not good at handling things.But Wang Yiming forgives this shortcoming.

He believes that this is due to Xiaogong's young age and lack of experience.You are young and full of vigor. When you reach a certain age, you will gradually get better.I am 30 years old, and I look like this too!Even worse than that.

Wang Yiming thought of graduating from university and when he had just reported to the General Office of the Qingjiang Provincial Party Committee.A rural child stepped into the compound of the Provincial Party Committee, which made Wang Yiming feel terrified.It was still in the early 80s, just a few years after China's reform and opening up. In Qingjiang Province, an inland province, the development of all aspects has just started, and the level of economic development is still quite backward.The building in the provincial party committee compound is still the former site of the provincial party headquarters during the Kuomintang period.The gray and white main building, with four floors, is a bit of a mix of Chinese and Western styles. The rooms are tall and large, with large wooden windows and deep red paint. The corridors are gloomy and quiet, and the atmosphere is solemn and scary.

The vehicles entering and exiting the gate are not like now, there are luxury cars everywhere.At that time, the vehicles of the leaders of the provincial party committee were mostly black Shanghai sedans.Only secretary Zhao of the provincial party committee, Lao Pan, commander of the provincial military region, and Lao Li, governor of the province, sat on the big red flag made in China.That kind of car, wide and wide, looks like a moving armored car.Whenever Secretary Zhao came in and out of the gate in this car, the guards at the gate saluted respectfully.

Wang Yiming took his luggage, first went to the reception room at the gate of the provincial party committee compound, registered his name, took out his registration certificate, and handed it to the soldier guarding the door for inspection, then the soldier at the gate picked up the phone and dialed After receiving a call from the staff of the Personnel Department of the General Office, they waved to Wang Yiming and said, "Okay, please come in. The Personnel Department is on the first floor."

Wang Yiming held the letter of introduction in his left hand, and carried his luggage with his right hand, which contained his own change of clothes and a simple set of bedding.It was specially prepared by the mother. It was all cotton harvested just last year, and it was made in advance for the son to go to work.Originally, in the university dormitory, Wang Yiming still had an old set of bedding, which had been covered for four years.But my mother said that it was too old, so I brought it back and used it at home in the countryside.You are a working person now, and you are the first person in our family to eat public meals. You should be decent when you hang out outside.

The father also knew that his son had successfully entered the provincial party committee office, and the office went to the school to pick people, and his son was one of the few.As a child in the countryside, his grandparents have been farmers for generations. It is an unprecedented event in the family that his child can be admitted to university and successfully entered the office of the provincial party committee.Even in the entire county, it is exciting news.

In order for his son to report for duty decently, the father sold an old water sheep raised at home for more than 100 yuan, bought a new set of bedding for his son, and gave his son a few dozen yuan to go to the provincial capital. department store to buy a new dress.At that time, for ordinary people, polyester card fabric was the most fashionable and high-end. It was the dream of every adult man to be able to make a Zhongshan suit out of polyester card cloth.Wang Yiming took the money from his parents, went to the provincial capital, and bought a set of blue Zhongshan suits.He was not willing to buy leather shoes. They cost more than ten yuan a pair. He thought they were too expensive, so he bought a pair of dark blue sneakers. Although they are not suitable for Zhongshan suits, they are adaptable and have many uses. It is no problem to deal with them first. .After going to work and getting paid, the most important thing is to buy a pair of black leather shoes, wear them on your feet, they will make a loud noise, and you will be more energetic when you walk, and you will look more energetic.

Wang Yiming looked around along the way, taking a close look at the empty provincial party committee compound, the vehicles passing in and out, and the imposing pedestrians.Everything here is so new to him, a college graduate who has just stepped into the society.Especially the people here, men and women, all have a good temperament, they all walk with their heads up, their eyes are level, they walk at a leisurely pace, they swing their hands rhythmically, and their faces are always full of smiles.Especially lesbians, no matter how old or young they are, they dress very carefully. High heels, creaking when they walk, and the materials of their shirts and skirts are the most fashionable, matching their age, identity, and temperament. .

(End of this chapter)