40 years of officialdom cheats: landing

Chapter 2 Landing (2)

Nanjiang is not very far from Binjiang, only an hour's drive away.Along the way, Li Qiu asked questions, talked and laughed happily with Chang Lele, and soon he had a clear picture of Chang Lele's situation.Li Qiu is usually a man of few words, and Yang Tao sometimes stays with him for several hours, and he doesn't say a word. This once made Yang Tao feel deeply about Li Qiu, and realized that people who do great things or who are big Officials never talk too much, and they can do it with one sentence.Li Qiu once told him that during the Cultural Revolution, one of the most famous people in China said a famous saying, "One sentence is worth ten thousand sentences." is a word.From the present point of view, people with power in the officialdom and the city are still like this. They usually let the people below speak, and only say one sentence at critical times. truth".

What happened to Li Qiu now?Could it be because Chang Lele changed his habits for many years?Do beautiful women really have such magical powers?When Yang Tao thought this way, a smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth. After all, men are not immune to beautiful women, otherwise they would not be called men.Li Qiu is not only his old leader, but also his "godfather", no one knows him better.In his impression, Li Qiu is a killer character who only kills those beautiful and coquettish women.

Now Li Qiu obviously has a strong interest in Chang Lele, he will never give up until he achieves his goal.Thinking of this, Yang Tao regretted it.But Li Qiu is his "godfather". These days, many officials don't recognize their father but their "godfather" because this "godfather" is their backer, backer, or big boss behind the scenes. It's more useful, having a great "godfather" can save you many detours, and you can even go straight to the sky.To be honest, if there is no Li Qiu, Yang Tao would not have everything he has today. Now it is not worth the loss to offend the "godfather" for a woman. Some shameless officials sacrificed their wives for their own promotion. Le is not someone of her own, and it is impossible for her to be her lover for the rest of her life.Men and women are different, and they all have a common problem, that is, they are not dedicated to their feelings, they like to go on and on, and they like the new and dislike the old. Now Chang Lele herself is a little bored, and it would be nice to have a successor, so as to save her from pestering her endlessly.But if he really wanted to "honour" Li Qiu to Chang Lele right away, Yang Tao felt unwilling. He was so contradictory in his heart, and soon, Binjiang was far away.

There is a very famous river in Binjiang City called Qingjiang, which passes through the city. Looking from the Yuping Mountain in the north of Binjiang County, it looks like a jade belt floating in the city.

The destination of this trip, Xingyun Hotel, is located on the delta of the upper reaches of the Qingjiang River.This is the most luxurious hotel in Binjiang, a true tourist four-star hotel.The main building is seven storeys high, looking from a distance, it looks like a ship breaking through the waves, so it is also called "Cruise Hotel" by the locals.The VIP building is located at the front of the delta near the main building. It faces water on three sides and is an excellent place for viewing.There are four small buildings distributed inside, and each small building has four poetic names. The east building is named Qingjiang Chunxiao, the south building is named Qingjiang Xiayun, the west building is named Qingjiang Qiuqu, and the north building is named Qingjiang Dongjing. In this season, the flowers that best represent the four seasons are also planted: peach blossom, lotus, sweet-scented osmanthus and plum blossom.

Xingyun Hotel was formerly known as Binjiang Guest House. When Li Qiu was the county magistrate, there was a wave of restructuring throughout the country. This guest house was also included in the restructuring, but it was neglected due to a debt of more than 200 million to the bank.In the end, it was Li Qiu who succeeded in reorganizing Liu Guangcai's work, and Liu Guangcai also made a lot of money from it.Liu Guangcai is an old man from Shiwa Village, Yuping Township. He took a few brothers from his family to do renovations in Beijing. He took on a few small projects and earned more than 20 yuan. would make such a fortune.However, the good things that followed were out of control. Liu Guangcai was not satisfied with not making small troubles. He established Xingyun Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., undertook several small projects, and later entered the real estate industry. It was the arrival of wealth, "the fortune came like a mountain", and a lot of money went straight into Liu Guangcai's pocket.Just like crossing the road with traffic lights now, sometimes when encountering a green light at an intersection, it is very likely that the green light will go all the way; and the more anxious and irritable people will often go all the way to the red light, which is called haste makes waste.

How did Li Qiu and Liu Guangcai, a mountain guy, know each other?It turned out that Li Qiu had an acquaintance in Beijing who was also his "backer". His name was Du Shaohua, a retired professor from a military hospital.Although this man's military rank is only a major general, he is very capable. It is said that many leading comrades in the central government have seen him for medical treatment.Among the high-level people in the capital, Du Shaohua was very well-known. If he asked someone to do something, no one would dare not give him face.Ordinarily speaking, Li Qiu and Du Shaohua were neither related nor related, and they couldn't hit each other, so how could they catch fire.It turned out that it was still the movement. Du Shaohua, as an intellectual stinking old nine, was sent to Binjiang to work and receive re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants.Later, the Cultural Revolution began, first it was a literary struggle, and then it was upgraded to a military struggle. Du Shaohua was "exiled" here in the eyes of the young revolutionary, and he was naturally the protagonist of the struggle.Just when Du Shaohua was in despair, Li Qiu came forward to save him.Du Shaohua knew how many people like him lost their lives in vain in that catastrophe, so he was grateful to Li Qiu.After setting things right, it was said that Li Qiu, a cadre who started his career from the movement, would go back and forth, but because of Du Shaohua's words, and because he didn't have much public outrage, and he didn't have a murder case, he stayed at the county committee as a secretary. As the current secretary-general, Li Qiu soon became the deputy county magistrate, and then rose all the way to the executive deputy director of the Nanjiang City People's Congress.

Li Qiu met Liu Guangcai when he went to Beijing to seek Du Shaohua's work.Du Shaohua said to Li Qiu: "County Li, I went to the heads of some ministries and commissions, and they promised to arrange some project funds for Binjiang, but the application materials must be complete, otherwise it is not easy to 'wear a hat'. I am old and have legs and feet. It's inconvenient, I can't go through the formalities for you, I can only write you a note and make a phone call, as for the running, you should arrange someone else to do it." Li Qiu said: "Mr. Du, I have caused you trouble, from now on I'll be responsible for running the road." Du Shaohua shook his head and said, "You are the county magistrate, and there are so many things in the county that are enough for you to keep busy. Besides, it's not a problem for you to run around like this. It's better to set up one like other places. It’s more convenient to do things like this.” Li Qiu nodded, pondered for a while and said: “The establishment of a Beijing office in our small county is not in line with the policy, let me think about it again. Du Shaohua smiled, patted Li Qiu on the shoulder and said, "County Li, this is not in line with your personality. Now the central government has set up special economic zones in some places and given preferential policies to these places. Isn't this also a breakthrough. Emancipating the mind is It is necessary to break the restrictions of rules and regulations and take a path that has not been taken before. Comrade Xiaoping said that reform is to cross the river by feeling the stones. Looking backwards?" Li Qiu brought Du Shaohua's point of view to the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee. Everyone believed that the establishment of the Beijing Office was too high, and the final consensus was to establish the Binjiang County Liaison Office in Beijing, with 4 staff members. , The number of leadership positions is one positive and one negative.After the personnel of the organization were settled, the office location became a problem. Li Qiu considered that the office location should not be too far from Du Shaohua's home, so he looked for office buildings nearby, and happened to find the Xingguang Community developed by Liu Guangcai.When Liu Guangcai heard the Binjiang accent, he asked if it was the magistrate of Binjiang County. This is the parent official from his hometown. He gave him a warm reception.Since then, Li Qiu and Liu Guangcai have become close friends.

Although Liu Guangcai had some money at that time, he didn't dare to buy Binjiang Guest House rashly.Because the total assets of Binjiang Guest House have been assessed at 800 million yuan, after deducting the bank loan principal and interest of nearly 300 million yuan, the net assets are 500 million yuan.But the assets of 500 million yuan could hardly be used, and some demolition costs had to be added instead. Although the land occupied was quite a lot, the land was worthless at that time, and land worth thousands of yuan per mu could be found everywhere.Li Qiu is doing Liu Guangcai's ideological work. As long as he pays 500 million yuan, he can negotiate to temporarily not pay the bank loan. In addition, he can also transfer about 1000 acres of wasteland in the delta adjacent to the guest house to him free of charge.Li Qiu also specifically promised that if Liu Guangcai rebuilds the hotel, he can help coordinate the construction funds with a land mortgage loan of 3000 million yuan, and the hotel after completion will be the designated reception unit of the county government.With these preferential conditions, Liu Guangcai was tempted. He thought that the entire guest house occupied an area of ​​nearly 600 mu, which was more than 500 million based on the land price of 1000 yuan per mu at that time.With Li Qiu's full support, Liu Guangcai only spent 500 million yuan and borrowed [-] million yuan from the bank to build the Xingyun Hotel.The current Xingyun Hotel has a net asset of more than [-] million yuan.In a little over ten years, from [-] million to [-] million, Liu Guangcai became the biggest winner.

As the saying goes: "Drinking water does not forget the well digger".Liu Guangcai knew that all of this was due to Li Qiu. In order to express his gratitude, he asked Li Qiu to choose one of the four VIP buildings built as a gift to him, and said that as long as he agreed to complete all transfer procedures immediately.Li Qiu was already the secretary of the Binjiang County Party Committee at that time. He considered that doing so would have a bad political impact, so he said, "Guangcai, our friendship is not an ordinary friendship. Can I still trust you? You might as well give it to me if you transfer it to me now." A bomb, I’m afraid I’ll die if I can’t live in it. It’s better to put it under your name for safety, and you should run the business as usual, and I can come and live when I have time.” Liu Guangcai thought that Li Qiu’s words made sense, and he was grateful But you can’t harm him in reverse, so you said: “Brother Li, I did this out of sincerity. In this case, I will keep this house for you, and all the income from the usual business will belong to you. You can come back to live at any time. I pay the bill."

At that time, Li Qiu didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, so he chose the Qingjiang Chunxiao on Taohuawu. Later, his luck continued, and he couldn't figure out whether he ordered Taohua to commit Taohua or Taohuawu changed his life, and this was exactly what he wanted. of.

Yang Tao and his entourage drove to Qingjiang at Chunxiao. The night was like a veil covering the river. At this time, the peach blossoms had just faded, and the ground was full of fallen flowers. Under the reflection of the landscape lights, it seemed to be covered with a pink flower carpet.

Liu Guangcai stood at the gate looking around, saw the car approaching, and shouted into the building: "Brother is back." Suddenly, a large group of people came out of the building, and they all lined up to welcome Li Qiu. Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection Huang Biao, executive deputy county magistrate Zhu Quanbao, deputy county magistrate Hu Hai, etc., were all former subordinates of Li Qiu.

"Hi Guangcai, I've kept you waiting." Li Qiu said to Liu Guangcai as he got off the car.

"Hello, big brother, everyone is waiting for you." Liu Guangcai and Li Qiu shook hands and stepped aside, looking at him with a smile.

Li Qiu shook hands with everyone one by one, and everyone said hello, "Hello, old leader!" Li Qiu replied, "Good fellow!"

Entering the hall, Liu Guangcai led Li Qiu to sit on the upper seat, and everyone sat down around Li Qiu in order.

When He Hong was Li Qiu's secretary, he was the deputy county magistrate, and he was the oldest in the seat.He said: "Director Li, you can't just stay for a few hours and leave when you come back this time. To save face, let everyone take turns to do something."

Li Qiu nodded with a smile, and said, "Okay, I won't leave when I come back this time. Let me tell you one thing, I have officially retired."

Yang Tao was taken aback and asked, "Old leader, can't you? Isn't it time yet?"

Everyone was surprised by the news. "Yeah, it was too sudden." Hu Hai said.

Liu Guangcai shouted loudly, "Brother, we are making a lot of effort to celebrate your [-]th birthday!"

Li Qiu glanced around and saw that these former subordinates were loyal to him, his eyes were a little red, and he pretended to be very calm and said: "I just talked about it this afternoon. This is good, I can take a good rest .” Li Qiu thinks that it’s not enough for people to refuse to obey their old age, but his physical condition allows him to work for another ten or twenty years, but the organization does not agree.The organization allows old people in their 20s to marry women in their 80s, but they don't allow you to "extend your service" in order to let you give up your seat.

Zhu Quanbao said comfortingly: "Old leader, you have done revolutionary work all your life, and you should enjoy your old age comfortably. Many people devote themselves to their work, dedicating their youth and dedication, and nothing good is achieved in the end."

Everyone echoed "Yes, yes".

Suddenly, Li Qiu found that one of these subordinates was missing, and the one who didn't come was Duan Chun, the deputy director of the National People's Congress, so he asked Yang Tao, "Xiaotao, where is Duan Chun? You didn't inform him?"

Huang Biao, Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, quickly replied, "Old leader, Duan Chun has gone in. I haven't had time to tell you what happened this morning."

The room suddenly became silent, and the expressions on everyone's faces were ugly.

Yang Tao was shocked again, and asked, "Old Huang, is your news reliable?"

Huang Biao replied: "Major Yang, how dare I joke about this kind of thing. This matter is absolutely true. This morning, comrades from the Provincial Disciplinary Committee came to the county committee and asked Comrade Yushun to notify Duan Chun to come to the county committee. From the county committee I took it away directly. I wanted to inquire through the relationship of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the people there said that this matter was handled by the special case team, but he didn't know."

Yang Tao took Chang Lele to Nanjiang early in the morning, so naturally he knew nothing about it.These two incidents hit him hard, especially Duan Chun's incident. He went in as soon as he said it, and there was no sign of it before.Before he became the deputy director of the National People's Congress, he was the deputy county magistrate in charge of urban construction. I am afraid that he left "sequelae" in the project. These days, it is very common for cadres to fall when buildings are erected. Fortunately, he was the deputy secretary at that time. Not much to do with myself.After thinking about it for a while, he admired his godfather Li Qiu. For so many years, the report letter could be dragged by a car, and the higher authorities had checked it more than ten times, but who could hurt him?Now that he has retired, he has basically "landed safely". Compared with Duan Chun, this is really a gratifying event.

At this time, the dishes came, and Liu Guangcai took out the Moutai wine that had been preserved for more than ten years, and asked the waiter to fill up the glasses in front of everyone.

Seeing that everyone was still talking about Duan Chun, Yang Tao raised his glass and suggested, "Everyone be quiet, Duan Chun is our brother. I believe he will get through this, and we will do our best to rescue him. Let's not talk about him now." Well, today is the day when the old leader retires. This is a great event. Why do you say that? There is a saying that companions are like companions to tigers. In ancient times, some ministers celebrated with each other when they came back safely in the morning and evening. Do you think For those of us who have been in the officialdom and have been at the forefront for decades, it is not easy to retire safely. I propose a toast to the honorable retirement of the old leader!"

Yang Tao's proposal was recognized by everyone.Huang Biao said: "Yes, being able to retire safely now shows a successful career and a perfect life. This cup must be done."

Everyone drank the first glass, and the waiter poured the second glass.

He Hong went on to say: "Old leader, you have now entered the 'safe box' of life, and you can sit back and relax."

Zhu Quanbao said: "Chairman He, didn't you also land early? The National People's Congress and the Political Consultative Conference are a buffer zone. It is best to make a transition like the old leader."

Seeing that what everyone said made sense, Li Qiu raised his wine glass and said, "I have relied on everyone's support and help for so many years, and now I will return a glass of thanks to everyone!"

Liu Guangcai just heard everyone talking about Duan Chun's entry and was shocked into a cold sweat. He felt sorry for him. He worked so hard for most of his life. Not only did he get nothing, but he was also imprisoned.He knew that Li Qiu had been in high position for so many years, so it was inevitable that he would not be "clean" in it, and it was really not easy to "land safely" now, so he said happily: "Brother, I am the only one at this table who is not an official. I would like to offer a toast to everyone, and hope that everyone can be safe and sound like a big brother!"

He Hong said: "Although you are not an official, you are a member of the Standing Committee of the Nanjiang CPPCC and a member of the Provincial CPPCC, and you can be regarded as the largest red-capped businessman in Binjiang. You have today, and you should be most grateful to your elder brother. You should give him a toast first." .”

Everyone said "yes, dear brother".Liu Guangcai clinked glasses with Li Qiu when he saw everyone saying that.

Chang Lele was also present, and she was sitting between Li Qiu and Yang Tao.She listened to the words of the people at the table, thinking when did being an official become such a "dangerous job"?Looking at the scene of their celebration, it doesn't feel like they are retiring, but rather like they have just been withdrawn from the battlefield full of artillery fire.

That night, except for Chang Lele who drank milk, all of these people got drunk.

(End of this chapter)