Behind the scenes

Chapter 24

After settling in the hotel, Secretary-General Jia led Ma Guanjun to the restaurant and sat down in a small private room. The food was already set and the wine was poured. Secretary-General Jia raised his glass and said, "Welcome to me." My college classmate, Secretary-General Ma of the Xianghan Municipal Government, has come to Haimen, I haven’t seen you for a few years, I’m so glad to see you, come, let’s have a drink.” The two clinked glasses, and drained the glass of beer.After a few mouthfuls of food, Secretary-General Jia said: "Champion, you called me and said you were going to come here to attract business. I didn't want to tell you on the phone. You have seen it in the car. Haimen's economy is booming." It’s very bad. There’s nothing lacking here except money. I’m afraid it’s unrealistic to expect people here to buy your mainland companies! In my opinion, you can take this opportunity to visit Hainan, and I’ll accompany you around. , go back and report to the boss, and forget about the press conference!"

Ma Guanjun said: "That's not acceptable. Before I came, I had an agreement with a group of mayors. I was here to stand in the front line. We in Xianghan want to be ahead of the whole country and the whole province in terms of selling enterprises. This Haimen Merchants Association , it must be opened."

"Meetings are fine, but no one is going to buy your company. If there is no buyer, what's the point of having a meeting if you sign any agreement?" Secretary-General Jia said.

"You don't understand this. What we want is this kind of publicity atmosphere, and what we want is the publicity effect. How many companies can be sold is not the purpose of my visit this time." Ma Guanjun said.

"Ah, that's right." Secretary Jia understood.He suggested a toast, and the two drank another.

Ma Guanjun wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin and said, "I came to the front this time. I have several tasks. First, find a good hotel and a good venue for the press conference."

"That's no problem. There are hotels of all kinds in Haimen City, and it's not the peak tourist season." Secretary-General Jia interrupted Ma Guanjun's reply.

"Second, please help me invite the leaders of the Haimen Municipal Government, relevant government departments, and leaders of enterprises to attend our press conference."

"There is no problem with this. I am the Deputy Secretary-General of the government and can do it."

"Third, please help invite reporters from the central news unit stationed in Hainan, and reporters from news units at the Hainan Province and Haimen City levels to attend the meeting, and be able to disseminate the news of the meeting in the national, provincial, and city media in a timely and timely manner. Large-scale publicity reports go out."

"This... this is a bit difficult. Especially the central and provincial journalists are not easy to recruit." Secretary-General Jia expressed difficulties.

Ma Guanjun said: "I understand this. We are paid to attend meetings and publish articles, and we will not let reporters do their jobs for nothing. The standard is twice the local standard in Haimen, so it's okay!"

Secretary-General Jia nodded, "It's easy for me to do this."

"Fourth, you are both my classmate and a local official. You should try your best to help. For such a big meeting, we will have a lot of people coming from Xianghan City. We must make arrangements for food, accommodation and transportation. We cannot Bring a car, and you can’t bring more service personnel. All the reception matters are up to you, but there is one thing, we operate according to economic laws, and everything is paid. Although Xianghan City is not yet We are considered rich, but we still have the money needed to hold this meeting, and the mayor has delegated power to the budget arrangement for the entire event, so it will be easier to let me have a pen.”

The two secretary-generals ate and talked until after five o'clock in the evening.Secretary-General Jia said: "It's your first time in Haimen. I'll accompany you to see the night view of Haimen at night and experience the nightlife here. I'll tell you that although the development of this special zone in Haimen hasn't been long, it's still very open."

Ma Guanjun said: "I've heard people say that if you don't go to Beijing, you don't know the official school; if you don't go to Guangzhou, you don't know how little money you have; if you don't go to Hainan, you don't know that your health is bad."

After speaking, both of them laughed. 28
Jin Ping, the deputy county magistrate in charge of agriculture and water conservancy in Liuhe County, ignored the Saturday rest and asked for a jeep from the county government convoy to start from home early in the morning to Liuhezi Village in Liuhe County.

Jin Ping is 33 years old this year. She has a red face, big eyes and short hair that reaches her ears.Ten years ago, she graduated from the Water Conservancy Department of the Provincial Agricultural University and was assigned to the Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau. A few years ago, when the Liuhe County government changed, she joined the leadership team of the county government immediately from the deputy township head, and served as the deputy county head in charge of agriculture and water conservancy.The day before yesterday and yesterday, she received two emergency calls from Liu Tiehan, Secretary of the Party Branch of Liuhe Village. Go to counties and cities to petition.She comforted Liu Tiehan on the phone, saying that she would go to the village in half a day, and asked the villagers not to take any drastic actions. Yesterday, there was a day-long government executive meeting, and she had no choice but to take up Saturday. up.She left her son in the third grade at his grandmother's house and didn't bother to eat breakfast. When she saw the county bus coming, she went downstairs to get on the bus and headed straight for Liuhe Village.

Liuhe Village is an immigrant village, which was established by immigrants because of the construction of Liuhe Reservoir.Liuhe Reservoir is 25 kilometers east of Xianghan City, in the eastern mountainous area.The Liuhe Reservoir was built in 50. In December 2200, just over a year after the project started, it was suspended due to limited conditions. In 80, the project started again and was completed in 80. , began to stop the flood.In 90, due to the local landslide of the dam due to the earthquake, the dam reinforcement project was carried out, and the restoration was completed in October 8.The total storage capacity of the reservoir is [-] million cubic meters, and the dam height is [-] meters.When this reservoir was first built, it was only intended to store water, irrigate the land and prevent floods. However, after entering the mid-[-]s, people discovered that among the three reservoirs around several nearby cities, only the Liuhe Reservoir has the best water quality. There is no industry and no pollution in the mountainous area upstream, which meets the national secondary drinking water standard.This is the rarest infrastructure condition in a modern city. In the mid-[-]s, Xianghan City took the lead in launching a water diversion project with an investment of [-] million yuan to direct the water from the Liu River from the reservoir to the water plant in the city center, and then enter the urban water supply network after a little treatment. In the tense situation, the more important thing is to let the citizens drink the unpolluted Liuhe water. The citizens are very happy. In that year, the government changed and all the designated candidates were elected.Xianghan City used the non-polluted Liu River water, and the other two nearby big cities were also in a hurry. The reservoir was under the management of the Provincial Water Conservancy Department, and they went to the provincial department and the provincial government. By the early [-]s, these two cities also invested separately [-] million yuan, two water diversion projects were invested. In this way, the Liuhe Reservoir has changed from irrigation to water supply in the past, and its function has quietly undergone a very major change.

Due to the continuous drought in recent years, the water storage capacity of the Liuhe Reservoir has dropped sharply, and the demand for water from the Liuhe River has intensified in several surrounding cities. water supply capacity of the city.The reservoir’s water supply to the city has also changed from free to paid, and the water price has been raised repeatedly. The cadres of the Liuhe Reservoir are more eager than anyone else to look forward to the rain upstream. It means paying money, that is, paying bonuses, going down buildings, and getting off cars.

Although Jin Ping hadn't been the deputy county magistrate for long, she was very familiar with the drivers of the government convoy, especially the drivers of jeeps.As soon as she got into the car, she threw a pack of "Hongtashan" brand cigarettes to the young driver, "You don't have to rest on Saturday."

The driver nodded happily, "Thank you County Magistrate Jin, you haven't had a rest either!"

Drivers who drive Beijing 212 jeeps are the most unpopular in the county government fleet. This is an oddball car. The county magistrate can take one ride and throw cigarettes, which is already the highest honor for a driver.The driver was very happy, humming a little song, the speed of the car was very fast, and it took more than an hour to arrive at Liuhe Village.As soon as the car entered the village entrance, it was surrounded by the village party secretary Liu Tiehan and others waiting at the village entrance.Jin Ping got out of the car, stepped forward and held Liu Tiehan's hand, "Secretary Liu, why are you waiting for me at the entrance of the village?"

"I've been waiting for you for two days. I heard you came yesterday. I waited all morning. Then I called and found out that you were in a meeting in the county. I came to wait this morning." With a flat head, "Major Jin, although our village has a small population, we rely on these hundreds of acres of paddy fields. Right now, there is no water in the canals, and we can't grow seedlings. What should we do?"

"Did you not report it to the reservoir leaders?" Jin Ping asked.

"Reflected, I went there three times alone, but I didn't see any officials at all. When I saw a section chief, he said, there is no water in the reservoir, and there is not enough for people to drink. How can I care about your seedlings. We wanted to talk about the reason, but they didn't listen at all, turned around and left, leaving a few people from our village there, there was really no way, so we went to the county magistrate."

"Isn't it? In the past, it took a lot of effort to get water, as if we owed them. When we built the reservoir, we immigrated and moved. The dam of the reservoir is my vegetable garden. It's not good now. I can't use water to guard the reservoir. .” A male villager said from the side.

"County magistrate, do you know that the rice in our village sells at a very good price just because of the good water, and some people come to order rice before seedlings are raised. If seedlings cannot be raised because of lack of water, this year's The days are over, and you, the county magistrate, can't ignore it." Another villager also quarreled loudly.

Jin Ping thought for a while and said: "I understand what everyone means. I am here this time to help you solve problems. How about this? Secretary Liu will accompany me to the field, and then we will go to the reservoir to find the leader. , everyone is very busy, so let’s go back and do our own work, there are too many people going, the reservoir will have ideas, and it is not conducive to solving the problem, do you think about it?”

Upon hearing this, the surrounding villagers all said yes, and they soon became astigmatized.Accompanied by Jin Ping, Liu Tiehan walked towards the field outside the village.

Liuhezi Village is not big, with more than 100 households. It is located about one mile downstream of the reservoir. Not far from the village is a river, which is used when the reservoir releases water. Now the reservoir has stopped releasing water, and the river is dry. Next to the river, a water lifting station was built, and the water from the reservoir was lifted from here, flowing into the channel of the village and entering the land of more than 300 mu.Jin Ping followed Liu Tiehan from the river to the water pumping station, and then turned around in the nearby field, but there was no water at all.In the fields of each household, patches of land have been repaired, and some have been covered with plastic. This is the plot for raising seedlings. Due to lack of water, the seeds dare not be placed.After turning around, Jin Ping said, "Let's go to the reservoir." So the two returned to the village, got into the jeep, and drove straight to the reservoir.

The office building of the Reservoir Management Bureau is just to the lower left of the reservoir dam. The four-story office building is quite impressive.When they got to the front of the building, they got out of the car, entered the building, and were stopped by the guard.Jin Ping said, I am the deputy magistrate of Liuhe County, and I want to find the leader of the Reservoir Management Bureau.The guard said, today is Saturday, and the leader is not here for rest, so if you want to find them, you can only go back to Xianghan City to find them. They either live in the province or in Xianghan.Jin Ping asked again, is there any leader on duty?Jin Ping is a student of water conservancy and knows some basic knowledge of reservoir management.As an important special department, the reservoir must have leaders on duty 360 days a year.The guard looked at the two of them, thought for a while and said, maybe there is, you go to the third floor to have a look.

Jin Ping and Liu Tiehan went up to the third floor, and saw that the offices of the director and deputy director were really locked, but seeing that there was a crack in the door of the office director, Jin Ping stepped forward and knocked, and someone inside asked, "Who is there?" ?” Jin Ping pushed the door open and went in.The director of the office is in his 40s and is sitting at his desk reading a newspaper. Jin Ping came in and introduced herself, "My name is Jin Ping, and I am the deputy county magistrate of Liuhe County. I would like to discuss something with the leaders of the Reservoir Management Bureau."

The director of the office glanced at Jin Ping, and didn't even let him sit down, "All the bureau leaders are resting."

"Is there no one on duty?"

"There is one, but he has something to do at home, let me take care of it."

"Since you are on duty for the leader, I will report the situation to you." Jin Ping said, sitting on the chair opposite the desk, and then said to Liu Tiehan: "Secretary Liu, you can sit too," and then to the office director He introduced: "This is Liu Tiehan, Secretary of the Party Branch of Liuhe Village."

In fact, the director of the office has known Liu Tiehan for a long time, and Liu Tiehan also knows him, but he pretends not to know him, and Liu Tiehan has nothing to say.

Jin Ping said: "There is no water for seedlings in Liuhe Village, and I may have come several times to report the situation to you. Not only Liuhe Village, but also several towns in the lower reaches have also reported this problem. Therefore, I am here today on behalf of the county government to communicate with you. Reservoirs negotiate water supply."

(End of this chapter)