Behind the scenes

Chapter 18

Liu Rong did not expect that Li Zimin would pour a basin of cold water on his burning passion.He stared blankly at Li Zimin and didn't speak for a few minutes.He was wondering why he agreed to let him be a consultant to the government. Although he is no longer the mayor, his prestige, influence, and foundation are there. He has now realized that the leaders of some committees and bureaus, including several A secretary-general and deputy mayor, in addition to looking at him as the mayor, he often also depends on the face of this consultant.If this situation continues for a long time, will it pose a threat to his mayor status?It even threatens not only the present but also the future.Thinking of this, Liu Rong felt a little regretful, why not suggest to the Provincial Party Committee to transfer Li Zimin out of Xianghan City and make other arrangements.While thinking about it, Liu Rong said: "Consultant Li, if you have an idea about the sale of the company, you can report it to the secretary of the municipal party committee. All the work I have done is to implement the opinions discussed by the standing committee of the municipal party committee. Of course, you Being able to talk to me about your inner thoughts is your support for my work. But I also want to talk to you. Now that the enterprise is facing so many difficulties, it will not work without reform. Reform requires finding a breakthrough and daring to Chuang, don’t be afraid of being hit and broken. Selling the enterprise to individuals is the direction of reform. If we sell it, we will reduce the burden; if we sell it, the enterprise will develop faster after the transformation of the mechanism. Okay? To tell you the truth, when I become the mayor, I have to be a mayor who can make a difference. I have to be the first in the world. Take the lead in the whole province. I have this ambition and ability, and I am working towards this direction step by step. In the past few days, the popularity of our Xianghan in the whole province has not been achieved in the past few years, and soon I will We have to go out and let the whole country and the whole world know that we are Xianghan. By then, you may have no objections!"

Li Zimin looked at Liu Rong blankly, as if he didn't know him in the past. After working together for more than five years, he really didn't really understand Liu Rong's inner world through this conversation like today. "Liu Rong," Li Zimin had already changed his address, and of course his tone of voice. "Whether the whole province knows it, the whole country or the whole world knows it, what do you know? Knowing that you are selling a business? Then why sell the business? It is for reform, but what is the purpose of reform? It is for the common people to live a better life. Good days, the fundamental purpose of the Communist Party is to serve the people wholeheartedly. This cannot be mixed with personal selfish distractions, let alone grandstanding for personal self-interest, making superficial articles, and not using the name of reform to entrap the interests of the people. If it is In this way, then whoever does it will be unlucky in the end. I just said these words, which may not be pleasant to bother you." Li Zimin stood up after speaking, without looking at Liu Rong, he pushed the door and left.

Liu Rong sat motionless on the chair, with a very ugly expression on his face.

Huang Caifa, the director of the machinery factory, wanted to find Jiang Dashan during the Spring Festival, but he didn't know Jiang Dashan's cell phone and home phone numbers, so he tried to go to Dashan's company twice. Unfortunately, the company's door was closed, but there were lights inside. Tongming, it seems, is either having a reception, or a dance, and then playing mahjong or something like that, it will last all night.As soon as he went to work after the festival, he came to Dashan Company early and waited outside the general manager's office on the sixth floor.From 07:30 in the morning to ten o'clock, I saw Jiang Dashan going up to the sixth floor accompanied by a very beautiful female secretary. Director Huang rushed forward to say hello: "Manager Jiang, Happy Chinese New Year."

Jiang Dashan looked at Factory Manager Huang through the gold-rimmed glasses, as if his face was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was, and he didn't know where he met, but he also replied with a smile on his face: "Okay, okay, everything is going well. .” Then he took the hand of the female secretary and entered the office.He didn't expect that Huang Caifa would follow in after him.

"You have something to do with me?"

"Yes. Yes. I am Huang Caifa, the director of the Municipal Machinery Factory. Secretary-General Ma of the Municipal Government asked me to come to you to study your purchase of our factory." Huang Caifa smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"Ah! It's Director Huang, please sit down, please sit down. I didn't recognize it at first! Ajuan, offer cigarettes and tea to Director Huang." Jiang Dashan changed his arrogance just now, very Be polite.

Factory Manager Huang sat on the sofa, and then stood up immediately. He touched the imported high-end sofa with his hand, and then sat down gently, as if he was afraid that the sofa would be damaged. His eyes swept across the spacious room. , The extremely luxurious office, said with emotion: "Manager Jiang, look at your room, you really look like a boss, you are looking at me, although I am also a factory director at the county level, but I am embarrassed! Don't mention it, compared to you, I have to die!"

The female secretary had placed soft Zhonghua cigarettes, matches and a cup of tea in front of him.Director Huang felt that the female secretary was very beautiful, but he didn't dare to look up. "Manager Jiang, you are well aware of the situation in our factory. The whole factory has been shut down for more than a year. The workers can't pay wages, and the retired only give some living expenses. It's very difficult. I heard that you want to buy our company. , all our factory workers are very happy! Although you are young, you are rich and powerful. If you buy our company, we can enjoy the blessings along with it!"

Jiang Dashan took a sip of tea and said casually: "Actually, I don't want to buy your company at all. The company I run is doing well, and the benefits are very good. Why buy your company?! But the government insists on buying your company. I bought it. When Mayor Liu spoke, let me, a representative of the National People’s Congress and a private entrepreneur, take the lead. What do you think I should do? I had to respond to the government’s call. I, Jiang Dashan, have always responded to the government’s call. This is a private enterprise, not a charity organization. My money is not earned by strong winds, but earned by penny. The workers still want to eat me as if they were eating from the big pot of the Communist Party. There is no way. Besides, such a large enterprise , and there are so many burdens, how can I have so much money to buy it all at once?"

What Jiang Dashan said stunned Director Huang.Obviously, Secretary-General Ma of the government said that Jiang Dashan has already taken a fancy to the machinery factory, and you can go and talk about it, but now, they don't seem to want to buy it at all. "Manager Jiang, although our factory is a bit of a burden, the location of our factory and the area it covers are worth a lot of money. You can count the number of places in the city that are as big as this."

"Yeah, that's why I agreed to buy your factory. You are the factory manager. Tell me about your terms and price." Jiang Dashan pulled back.

The two of them just started talking about business.Factory Manager Huang took out the pre-drafted conditions from his purse and handed them to Jiang Dashan.Jiang Dashan shook his head after seeing it, and he also took the printed materials from the desk and gave it to Director Huang, who also shook his head when he saw it.It seems that the condition gap between the two sides is too great.

It was almost noon, and Director Huang put away the materials and wanted to leave. Jiang Dashan said: "Director Huang, why are you leaving? Let's have a meal together at noon. There is no righteousness in business. I will accompany you." Director Huang knew that Jiang Dashan was from Xiangyang. The leader of Han City's underworld, who dared not know how to praise him, nodded repeatedly, "Thank you! Thank you!"

The noon meal is arranged at the most luxurious Imperial Hotel in the city.In the emperor's private room, Jiang Dashan and the beautiful female secretary attended. The female secretary also found a lady who also claimed to be the secretary from the company. She was very coquettish and accompanied Director Huang specially.Four people eat, the dishes are not many, very high-end, and the wine is XO.The lady who accompanied Director Huang kept trying to persuade him to drink, but her hand was still groping under Director Huang's body, which made Director Huang fantasize.

Drinking XO, accompanied by beautiful women, Director Huang is also very excited.Jiang Dashan said: "Director Huang, you are so old, what do you call the Communist Party the truth, and how much the company sells is not your personal. You have done this well, and I, Jiang Dashan, can't lose you. If you want money, a car, or a house, you can do it. As for women, it’s not a problem. You know my influence in Xianghan City. There is nothing I can’t do if I want to do it. Use your brains. A little bit, you have everything, you haven’t gone up for so many years, you still have a bad brain!”

Factory Manager Huang drank a glass of XO, took the hand of the lady next to him, and nodded repeatedly, "I'm too honest, I'm at a disadvantage."

"The condition I gave you, you go back to study and study, just negotiate according to that condition, I won't treat you badly, and the higher ups won't blame you, why don't you do it? Come on, drink this cup." Jiang Dashan raised his glass as he spoke.

Director Huang raised his glass and nodded, agreeing.Before leaving, the female secretary who was drinking with him handed him a business card and said, "Call me if you have anything to do, and I will handle everything."

Director Huang came back to the factory after drinking, sat at the dilapidated desk, and was about to carefully study the conditions proposed by Jiang Dashan when the door opened and Tian Zaisheng strode in, "Director, I heard that we Is the factory going to be sold?"

"Who did you listen to?" Factory Manager Huang turned over the materials in his hands and put them on the desk, looking at the old worker in his 50s.

"Who said that? All the workers in the factory are talking about it. It is said that it is sold to Jiang Dashan, which is very cheap, regardless of the retired ones. Is this true or false?"

"The horoscope has not been written yet, so what are you arguing about?" Director Huang said impatiently.

"It's not that we're quarreling, it's in our interests! What will we do when the factory is sold out? I'm about to retire, and I've worked for the Communist Party all my life. In the end, no one cares about me when I'm old. If you don’t agree, I have to find a place to reason.”

"Okay, okay, don't make trouble, if it's really sold, I will arrange your affairs well, so go away." Factory Manager Huang unceremoniously drove Tian Zaisheng away.

After hearing Tian Zaisheng's words and looking at Jiang Dashan's conditions, Factory Manager Huang was half sober.Jiang Dashan wants to buy a machinery factory, and the retired workers don't care. They want the people in the factory to pay the government. The living expenses of the workers will be paid first, and it will be decided when they will arrange work.The bank's loan must be paid first. This is not buying a company. This is tantamount to free or low-priced acquisition.He picked up the phone and called Secretary-General Ma of the government. It happened that Champion Ma was in the office. He reported to Secretary-General Ma about his visit to Dashan Company one by one, and said that the conditions proposed by Dashan Company were unacceptable to the factory.Secretary-General Ma told him on the phone not to jump to conclusions, but to take the initiative to talk again. If you talk about it once, you can talk about it twice, and if you can't talk twice, you can talk about it three times. Said that he would also go directly to Jiang Dashan and persuade him to lower the conditions. If possible, he would organize a direct negotiation between the two parties.

Putting down the phone, Factory Manager Huang felt relieved. With the government secretary coming forward and the government backing him up, what else should I be afraid of?He thought for a while, then took the female secretary's business card out of his pocket, looked at it repeatedly, and put it on the desk. He didn't dare to take it with him. It would be bad if his wife found it when he went home. done.

24
Spring comes quickly.

After the Spring Festival, it will be the Beginning of Spring.As soon as the beginning of spring is over, the school is busy preparing for the start of the school year.Xiangyang Primary School moved into a new school building, but it didn't make Principal Zhong Xiuwen much happier, but instead made her worry and fear a lot.Even during the days of the Spring Festival, she had to go to school every day, always wandering around the west corner of the building, and when she returned to the building, she had to check whether there were any cracks in the roof on the west side of the first floor.My wife said, do you have a mental illness? How can there be cracks in a good house?Zhong Xiuwen said: It is obviously a big pit. I have seen with my own eyes that garbage is dumped into the pit. Can a house built on it be strong?Two people, you and me, no one can convince the other.One Spring Festival, Zhong Xiuwen not only did not have a good time, even the few black hairs on the top of his head turned white.She seems to have become neurotic, she doesn't care about teaching, and looks at the west corner of the building every day.

There is still a week before the students start school, and the teachers go to work first.At the meeting where the teachers went to work, the first thing she talked about was the safety of the school and the safety of the students, and she reiterated the requirements before the winter vacation.That stern look made a few young teachers mutter: Is it menopause? The newly built teaching building always says it’s dangerous. Even the classrooms and offices on the west side of the building are not allowed to be used. Isn’t that true? It's okay to look for trouble!
On the fifth day of the teacher's work, Zhong Xiuwen finally discovered the situation.It was a day of spring rain that day, and it was raining. When she was about to leave work, Zhong Xiuwen went to the first floor on the west side to have a look. She suddenly found a very clear crack between the top floor and the girder on the first floor. It was something she didn't see yesterday.She then went up to the second floor, and cracks also appeared. From the first floor to the fourth floor, cracks appeared in the same part at the same time.She called the director of general affairs and asked him to read it again. After reading it, neither of them spoke.Although none of them are engaged in construction, the buildings that have just been built for only a few months have such cracks from the first floor to the fourth floor, which cannot but explain the problem.The director of general affairs asked her if she wanted to report to her superiors immediately, Zhong Xiuwen shook her head, it was useless to report now, let's observe carefully, and students must not be allowed to come to the west side of the building.She also told the old man who was doing the watch to be careful at night and pay more attention to observation.I didn't go home until six o'clock in the light rain.

(End of this chapter)