Behind the scenes

Chapter 49

"I'm in Xianghan City! A few days ago, I made a special trip to visit you in the province, and I brought you a cultural relic that you must like. It is a very exquisite vase. An expert friend of mine said that it was from the Han Dynasty. I know you like this thing, and it's useless to me, so I wanted to send it to you, but you're not here, and I can't give it to others, so I brought it back. Where did you go?"

"I went to Beijing for a meeting. I just flew back last night. When are you coming? By the way, bring the bottle over."

"I'm too busy these days. I got a big project and I'm busy. After a few days of work, I'll make a special trip to see you and bring that thing with me."

"Okay, what else do you want?"

"I, I have something to do, I'm not very embarrassed to tell you."

"Tell me, what's the matter with embarrassment, as long as I can help."

"That's what happened. I have a good friend who is the manager of our Xianghan No. [-] Construction Company. Her name is Liu Yunna. She is a very capable female entrepreneur and a representative of the city's people. A few days ago, for some reason, the provincial government People from the Disciplinary Inspection Commission took her away, and now there is no news. Her family came forward to find me. We were good friends in the past, and I can't ignore it. Please talk to the relevant department to accommodate me. "

There was silence on the phone for a while, and the other party spoke.

"Dashan. Don't meddle in this matter. I heard from them at work this morning that this is a case personally investigated by Secretary Zhao, our top leader, and it is not an ordinary economic case. It mainly involves your Xianghan City. The re-election of the National People's Congress is a major political issue, and I also heard that the Central Organization Department already knew about this matter, and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection also intervened in this case. This is a high-tension line. It’s better to ask less about politics, more economic development, and more money! Well, let’s stop here, come later, make a phone call in advance.”

The other party hung up the phone.The beeping busy tone echoed in the room.Jiang Dashan also turned off the hands-free button, and looked helplessly at Liu Rong, who was frowning, "You heard it all, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee dared not intervene, it seems to be very serious!"

Liu Rong remained silent, frowning tightly.After a while, he said: "Apart from him, do you have any other options! You have such a wide range of contacts in society, you can't do without recruits!"

"The leaders in the province are not good enough, and friends in Beijing are even worse. It is better for the county magistrate to take care of it now. The only thing for the secretary of the provincial party committee is to find a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. But for cadres at this level, I still have to I really don’t know him.” Jiang Dashan, who is good at business, knows the situation in the officialdom like the palm of his hand, and what he said is well-founded, even Liu Rong can only nod when he heard it.

"Then, can we find Liu Yunna through some relationship and send her a few words." Liu Rong put forward a new idea.

"This... it may be difficult. But, I can run around the province for you." Jiang Dashan said.

"Well, you have to hurry up and run. You need money to manage people. Don't be afraid of spending money. You have to take the words with you no matter what. Let her insist. Don't admit anything. Let's do the work again." Liu Rong put everything together All hopes are pinned on this move.

Jiang Dashan nodded and said, "Mayor, there is no problem with money. Is Jiang Dashan short of money now? I will try my best to do it."

Liu Rong stood up and said: "Dashan, you are a sensible person. If I, Liu Rong, are the mayor, you will make money. If I really step down, that old guy Li Zimin will let you easily Make a lot of money? If you do me a favor, you are also doing yourself a favor."

"I know this. I know." Jiang Dashan nodded repeatedly.

During the first [-] days of Liu Yunna's "double regulation" in the province, her attitude was still very firm and she still had great hopes.Fifteen days later, however, it became clear what she had done, as the investigation uncovered numerous economic problems and a bribery scandal in the election.Team leader Fang told her clearly when he finally talked to her: "Liu Yunna, we have basically investigated your economic problems and political problems in the election. Whether you admit it or not, it will not affect this case. The reason why we are still trying to let you speak for yourself is to give you a chance to admit it yourself, which is good for how to deal with you. To tell you the truth, Liu Rong can't protect you, and you can't protect Liu Rong either. It is wrong for you to do this for him. I hope you still have to think about it seriously. "

After that, Liu Yunna didn't close her eyes for two whole nights, and she couldn't sleep at all. The events of her acquaintance with Liu Rong flashed in her mind one after another like a movie. In the end, he and Wu Qing, the beautiful female section chief of the government office, walked out of Building 2 that morning.That scene was so profound.The ideological contradictions and struggles these days often focus on this scene.If that woman was an ordinary escort, she would not take it seriously. As for a man, it is understandable to try something new every now and then.And that woman is a well-known "beauty" run by the government, a beautiful woman well-known in the government compound.There are so many men chasing her, and how many officials are there. It is said that no one has chased her, but Liu Rong can really get this woman. This shows that Liu Rong really has feelings for her and really falls in love with her. This woman, since she loves that beautiful female section chief with all her heart, why should I keep my mouth shut?Am I really worth it?

Two days later, Liu Yunna, who was much older, finally admitted to the investigation team all the facts about bribing voters at the National People's Congress to elect Liu Rong as mayor, and also admitted her improper relationship with Liu Rong and all her financial problems.

Liu Yunna's level was finally broken by the investigation team of the Provincial Party Committee.

The Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee specially listened to the report of the investigation team, and decided that Zhu Yunhe, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Minister of Organization, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, and Secretary of the Provincial Disciplinary Inspection Commission would jointly talk to Liu Rong, and changed the investigation team of Liu Yunna into the investigation team of Liu Rong , Conduct a thorough investigation of Liu Rong's problems.

Liu Rong received a notice from the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee at 02:30 p.m., asking him to arrive at the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee on time at [-]:[-], and the leader talked to him.This schedule left him with no time to do anything else, and he knew what this conversation might mean.In the past two days, he had secretly packed up his office and took all the valuable personal belongings back home. He seized the time and finished reviewing the documents on the table, and then gave him a last affectionate look at the office where he was sitting. The mayor’s desk, the mayor’s office chair, which he had been using for several months, picked up the briefcase, and closed the door hard. When he walked to the secretary’s room, he told the secretary, I’m going out for a while, you don’t have to go with me, Then he took out the key chain he was carrying, took off the one in his office, and threw it on the secretary's desk. He was so strong that the golden key bounced twice on the secretary's desk. , making a loud noise, causing the other two secretaries in the secretary's room to cast puzzled glances at him.

With his chest up, he strode out of the government office building and got into his A6 Audi.He said to the driver, "Go to the Provincial Party Committee."

The conversation took place in a small meeting room of the Provincial Party Committee.In addition to the organization minister and the discipline inspection secretary, there are two others who keep records.When the head of the organization and the secretary of the discipline inspection walked in together, they just nodded at him and didn't go forward to shake hands with him as they did in the past. "We came here to talk to you under the entrustment of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee." The head of the organization kept a calm face, and his opening remarks also started with a gloomy expression. "Based on reports from the masses, the investigation team of the Provincial Party Committee conducted an investigation on Liu Yunna, the manager of the No. [-] Construction Company in Xianghan City, for more than a month. The Tenth People's Representative of the city, in the general election of the People's Congress in January this year, she bribed voters and engaged in non-organizational activities, so that Comrade Li Zimin was elected down, and you were elected. You cooperated with each other and did a good job. You are an insider, participant, or organizer of a large number of non-organizational activities. When we approach you, we ask you to explain this aspect first.”

"I have nothing to confess." Liu Rong looked at the Minister of Organization and Secretary of Discipline Inspection without any timidity. "I want to be the mayor. What's wrong with that? I am the executive deputy mayor of Xianghan City. I have worked for five years and my achievements are well known. I am 43 years old and graduated from a university. I am not good enough to be a mayor in any way." Mayor? But you refused to let me be, and you put forward various reasons, such as the secretary who just came here young, and the mayor who is older. After all, I just have no one. I have given gifts, including of course you two leaders. I am a child from an old farmer’s family. I don’t have any political background. It means that the people don’t elect me. Doesn’t the National People’s Congress give the people the right to represent? Doesn’t it talk about democracy? I, Liu Rong, got the votes, and the people elected me to be the mayor. What law does this violate, and where am I wrong?” Liu Rong actually asked the two provincial leaders.

"You bribed voters, gave meals, gave gifts, and gave money. There is enough evidence for these." The Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection said loudly.

"It's nothing. Who doesn't eat? During the National People's Congress, guests are treated everywhere. This is called connecting feelings and enhancing friendship. It is better to send some money to the people's representatives than to the above corrupt officials. At least the people The representative got it, he got to know you, and he voted for you. In my opinion, this is a step further than buying officials from above. By buying officials, you can buy the deputy governor, and sometimes, the standing committee member of the provincial party committee and the organization minister. Also, isn’t there a lot of people who fly to Beijing for activities on Friday night and come back on Monday morning? Haven’t many of these people been promoted and used by you? Compared with them, what is it for me to bribe a few voters? Besides, I didn't directly bribe this, but some people's representatives voluntarily initiated it, so it has nothing to do with me." Liu Rong's attitude was very obsessive.

"Liu Rong, you have to correct your attitude. This is a formal conversation with you from the organization. What did you just say? Ah?!" Organization Minister Zhu Yunhe was already furious. So many cadres have talked, no matter whether it is promotion or punishment, I have never seen Liu Rong like this.

"I'm just stating a basic fact. You all understand the situation and process, so you can do whatever you want!" Liu Rong put on an indifferent look.

The Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection was finally irritated, "Liu Rong, your attitude is very bad. We officially inform you that after research by the Provincial Party Committee, we have decided to temporarily suspend your work as mayor and focus on explaining the problem in the province. Did you hear me?"

Liu Rong stood up from the chair and said casually: "I didn't expect to go back when I came."

Looking at the back of Liu Rong's departure, the head of the organization patted the table angrily, "How did we train such a cadre? It's really terrible."

48
After the provincial party committee formally notified the Xianghan Municipal Committee of Liu Rong's decision to stop working and focus on the issue, Gu Yishun immediately found Li Zimin. "My people, something big has happened in Xianghan City. I'm afraid Liu Rong won't be able to come back. The government can't be left alone for a day. Those deputy mayors are too young and they don't have enough experience. , the work of the government, I think you will take care of it."

Li Zimin said: "Secretary Gu, I can do my job, but I need to study the issue of the mayor. The government cannot live without the mayor!"

Gu Yishun said: "After I have been busy for the past few days, I will make a special trip to the province. First, I will learn about Liu Rong's situation. Second, I will report the situation to the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee. Please study the cadre issue as soon as possible. Before that, we Xianghan City can no longer have accidents, and if there are any more accidents, I, the secretary of the municipal party committee, will not be able to do it anymore. You are an old comrade, and you are familiar with the situation. Think about it again and see what else may go wrong. In the front, make preparations early, so that our work can be more proactive, don't you think?"

Li Zimin looked at Gu Yishun's anxious face and nodded.He thought for a while and said, "We are keeping an eye on these major events in the city. The joint venture of the chemical plant is progressing very quickly. I just came back from there. The equipment has already come in and is being installed quickly. I don't think there will be any problems. The workers in the original machinery factory have been properly arranged, and their wages have been paid on a monthly basis. No one has petitioned for a complaint. It is just the construction of the new Liuhe Village. I said it was to take care of his loss, and I said you agreed, so I nodded. Now that the project has started, I am worried about the quality. Although it is not a high-rise building, if the farmer’s house is not properly built , If there is a problem, it will be serious. And this Jiang Dashan, I am always worried about him. He should bear a lot of responsibility for the machinery factory. If something happens again this time, it will be..."

"Yes, what you said makes sense." Before Li Zimin finished speaking, Gu Yishun snatched the words, "You should personally investigate this project to the end. If anything happens, you are a local and it is difficult to speak. I can Said, I dare to shoot this board, the core is one, and absolutely nothing will happen again!"

"Well. I'll go to the construction site right away and report to you if there's anything."

After leaving the municipal party committee, Li Zimin drove to the construction site of Liuhe New Village by himself.It took over an hour to drive there.The site of the new village is located on a piece of flat land about a mile away from the road, and the location is very good.Li Zimin parked his car on the side of the road, and walked to the construction site alone, where more than a dozen engineering teams were constructing in full swing.Stopping at the two residential construction sites closest to him, he took a look. The foundation of the house had been laid and bricks were being laid. He didn't know much about infrastructure, but he still knew some basic common sense.He used his hands to move the bricks that seemed to have been laid yesterday, but they loosened as soon as he touched them, and some pieces fell off. He saw that there was a stubble in the foundation, and he picked it up with his hands, but he didn't see any steel bars. His brow furrowed.At this time, several laborers were mixing ashes. He watched carefully. There was only one bag of cement in such a large pile of sand, and eighteen shovels of loess was mixed with it. He walked over, picked up the empty cement packaging bag, The trademark printed on it is blurry, and it can be seen at a glance that it is not produced by an authentic manufacturer.While he was watching, a man who looked like a foreman called him, "What are you looking at, you need to pick out the packaging bags? No, these bags cannot be sold out. The manufacturer needs to replace them one by one!"

Li Zimin forced a smile on his face, "I don't choose, I just take a look. I also want to build a house at home. If you don't understand, come and learn."

When the foreman heard this, a smile appeared on his face, "If you want to learn, you really have to fuck me to learn." He took out a cigarette and lit it, and smoked heavily.

Li Zimin walked over, pretending not to understand, and asked, "Why is there so little cement in this ash? Why do you need to mix loess?"

"Why don't you understand this? Cement is more expensive or sand is more expensive? Loess doesn't cost money at all. Isn't this way of saving money?"

"Ah!" Li Zimin nodded as if understanding, and asked again: "Shouldn't steel bars be placed in the foundation for ring beams? Why can't I see anything?"

"A farmer's one-story house, what kind of fences are there? If I continue to fight like this, will I still be able to make money?" The foreman took another puff on his cigarette.

"Isn't this house paid for by the province?" Li Zimin asked again.

"It seems that you are really a foreigner. The province has given money, but the project has been transferred to me. It is already the third package. Every package has a layer of skin. How can I have any money here, not the materials. If you want to do something, you still want me to work at a loss!" When he said this, the foreman had finished smoking his cigarette, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and said loudly to the workers: "You all Work hard, speed is the first, quality is what, just make it together!"

Li Zimin left the two homesteads and went to other sites to see that the situation was similar, and he didn't know how many teams there were in this construction site. The site was a mess.At the corner of the construction site, he saw a temporary house with the command headquarters written in three big red letters on the door. He pushed the door and walked in.

Three men and one woman in the room were playing mahjong, and there were several hundred-yuan bills on the table.Playing mahjong was in full swing, and he was not noticed by these four people when he entered the house.When the game was over and she was looking for money, the woman looked up, saw Li Zimin, and asked in a daze, "How did you get in? Who are you looking for?"

Li Zimin's anger had already rushed to his forehead, but he still controlled himself, "I walked in. I'm looking for the person in charge here."

The man who won the money glanced at Li Zimin, "I'm the person in charge, what's the matter with you?"

"The quality of the project is not up to standard, and all work must be stopped immediately." Li Zimin said word by word.

"You, who are you? What right do you have to stop us from working? We belong to Boss Jiang Dashan. The mayor personally gave this project. Who are you, really." The man looked full of arrogance, while While speaking, he stretched out his hand to shuffle the mahjong tiles on the table, and the sound of "crash, clatter" was loud.

(End of this chapter)