The night was dark, and the moon followed.
Winter in the north was not as beautiful as described by the poets. After the short snowfall, the cold wind blew, and the pain was like a knife. It was not the middle of winter, but the small city in the north had been frozen.
Although the weather was cold, work went on as usual. Other people could hide at home, lie comfortably on the sofa, and enjoy the happiness of family, but Lu Yiwei did not have such luck. He was busy all year round, and he did not know what he was busy with. He was tired of such a life, but he had no choice. This was his job.
The other buildings of the Municipal Party Committee were dark, except for the seventh and eighth floors of the Municipal Party Committee building, which was brightly lit. The seventh floor was the general office of the Municipal Party Committee, and the eighth floor was the leadership of the Municipal Party Committee. For them, there was no such thing as a weekend. Endless meetings, endless materials, day after day, cycle after cycle.
As soon as the car stopped, Lu Yiwei quickly got off and walked in. When he came to Bao Shuming's office, he saw Bao Shuming's gloomy face and said anxiously, "Yiwei, look at the time. You are so carefree at this critical moment."
Lu Yiwei panted heavily as he looked at his watch and smiled. "Five minutes to ten. We can still make it."
Bao Shuming glared at him and urged, "Where's the speech script?"
Lu Yiwei confidently placed the printed speech script in front of Bao Shuming. Bao Shuming browsed through it with a frown, then looked up at him and said, "You wrote this?"
"Yes. Do you have any questions?"
"Pa!"
Bao Shuming slammed the script on the table. He was so anxious that his face turned purple. Suppressing his anger, he said, "Yiwei, you've been a secretary for a long time. Why don't you have any political awareness? Didn't you read Secretary Zhang's previous speech? This is completely different. How am I going to explain this to Secretary General Tu of the Provincial Party Committee? "
Although Lu Yiwei was prepared, he did not expect the other party to be so emotional. He explained patiently, "Secretary-General Bao, I wrote this speech from the perspective of the environment, and it closely followed the work ideas that Secretary Zhang proposed on different occasions …"
Bao Shuming interrupted with a wave of his hand and said furiously, "Relocation? Why are you talking about the development of the western region? You're even talking about socialism with China's characteristics? This isn't your level. This meeting is very simple. It's just one thing: the relocation of the enterprise, the hundred-day pledge, the mobilization, tough measures, and accountability. As for you, you just talked about a lot of things and deviated from the main theme of the meeting. "
Lu Yiwei continued to explain, "Secretary-General Bao, I think this is what Governor Shen said …"
"Alright, there's no need to explain. I trusted you, so I gave you this important task. I didn't expect … If I had known this would happen, I would have asked the secretarial department to draft it. "
Bao Shuming paced back and forth anxiously, quickly thinking of a remedy. At this moment, his phone rang. He picked it up and spoke humbly, then slammed the phone on the table and said angrily, "Secretary-General Tu called to ask for the speech draft. How should I report to him?"
Lu Yiwei was very unhappy, but the other party was his direct superior after all. He lowered his head and did not say a word.
Bao Shuming thought for a long time and made a decision. "Send the speech draft to the Provincial Party Committee's secretariat. You don't have to worry about the rest. I will think of a way to remedy this." After that, he picked up the landline and called the secretarial department. "Inform everyone that no one is allowed to leave tonight. Get Yan Jie to rewrite Secretary Zhang's speech!"
Lu Yiwei was extremely disappointed that he was completely denied. He even regretted his actions and looking for Cai Runnian. After all, he did not know much about the relocation of the enterprise. But it was too late to say anything now.
Lu Yiwei returned to his office and sat in front of his desk, smoking a cigarette. After sending the speech draft, he read it carefully. Some of the ideas were indeed novel, and some were even proposed for the first time. But the whole speech was closely related to the theme and did not deviate from the direction. Perhaps what annoyed Bao Shuming was the first paragraph. Who cares, if you don't want to adopt it. Anyway, the Provincial Party Committee will have to revise it. As for whether Secretary Zhang will use it or not, it will depend on his taste.
There was nothing for him to do now, but it was not appropriate for him to leave. Everyone else was busy. Even if he had nothing to do, he had to sit here. He did not plan to go back tonight.
Lu Yiwei got up and went into the lounge to wash his face. He saw Rongzhai's Essays on the table and opened it to read. After all, it had been more than ten years, and he had not lost his basic skills. He did not need to look up the dictionary to read ancient characters. Perhaps his knowledge was not enough. After reading a few, he felt that it was boring. He did not know how Zhou Hengshan understood the profound truth from it.
While he was thinking, the door was pushed open. Bai Zongfeng hurriedly waved his hand. "Yiwei, hurry up and come with me."
Lu Yiwei thought something big had happened. He immediately got up, put on his clothes and rushed out of the door.
Bai Zongfeng went downstairs and got into the car. "Oh, do you have the speech you wrote for Secretary Zhang?"
Lu Yiwei was used to carrying a briefcase whenever he went out with Bai Zongfeng. The briefcase contained all kinds of data, just in case he needed it urgently. If Zhou Hengshan asked about the data, Dong Xuebing would not be in a mess. Dong Xuebing turned around and said. "I have it with me."
"Hurry up and show it to me."
Lu Yiwei nervously passed the briefcase to Dong Xuebing. He felt uneasy. Did he get into trouble?
The car sped along the road, and Bai Zongfeng read the speech under the light. "You wrote this?"
Lu Yiwei held his breath and nodded.
"That's good. Secretary Zhang is in his office now and asked us to go over urgently. I heard from Shuming that your speech deviated from the main topic of tomorrow's meeting. I took a look at it, and it is indeed not relevant. When you see Secretary Zhang, don't say anything. I will bear the responsibility. "
He did not expect a small speech to cause such a stir. Bai Zongfeng, who was usually calm, could not keep his cool. However, he rarely argued with Lu Yiwei. He was very calm even in this situation. He even took the initiative to bear the responsibility. Lu Yiwei could not help but tremble. Did he really poke a sore spot?
On the way, Bai Zongfeng did not say anything. He closed his eyes and thought deeply. Lu Yiwei, who was sitting in the passenger seat, felt uneasy. If he really got into trouble because of this speech, he could not let Bai Zongfeng bear the responsibility. He had to take the initiative. At most, he would be removed from his position. But Bai Zongfeng's career was smooth sailing. How could he let Bai Zongfeng take the blame for him?
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