Xiao Yang nodded and said, "Brother Lu, I'll say something that goes against my heart. If I had entered officialdom a few years earlier, perhaps I would be doing quite well by now. Now that I think about it, how stupid I was back then. "
Lu Yiwei did not agree with Xiao Yang's point of view. "You can't say that. If you hadn't accumulated rich experience in Shuyang Coal Mine, perhaps Mayor Han wouldn't have taken a liking to you. Also, you can abandon the secular world and stick to a loyal love. That's also a valuable quality in life. "
Xiao Yang scratched his head in embarrassment. "Brother Lu, you're right. I was short-sighted."
The two of them worked well together in the County party committee office and spoke casually. But it was different now. Lu Yiwei quickly said, "Xiao Yang, I didn't mean anything else. Don't think too much."
"That's what I said. You still have to guide me in the future. Haha," Xiao Yang said.
Lu Yiwei touched a card and continued. "Oh right, Xiao Yang, find a suitable opportunity to ask Mayor Han out. I want to be friends with him."
"This …" Xiao Yang was in a difficult position. "Brother Lu, I've only been following Mayor Han for half a month. I don't know much about his habits. How about this? When he comes to Andu County, I'll arrange for him to go to the mine for research and stay for a meal. What do you think?"
"That's great!" Lu Yiwei agreed. "This way, it won't be out of the blue. He won't think that we're trying to curry favor with him. We can also use this opportunity to improve the reputation of Dongcheng Coal Mine. It's killing two birds with one stone. " Then he turned to Pan Chengjun. "Old Pan, start preparing now. Make sure to treat Mayor Han well. He's our god of fortune."
"Okay, no problem."
"Are you guys still playing or not? The game hasn't even ended yet. You're just chatting. "Li Haidong was getting impatient.
"Haha, okay. Let's play cards."
Xiao Yang's phone rang while the game was going on. He glanced at it and immediately became nervous. He shushed the others and quickly got up to answer the call. "Hello, Mayor Han …"
"I'm sorry, everyone. Mayor Han has a meeting tomorrow. I'll go back and quickly write my speech. He wants to read it tonight," Xiao Yang explained.
Lu Yiwei used to be a secretary, so he naturally knew the hardships of being a secretary. He pushed the mahjong table aside and stood up. "Then hurry back. Work is more important." Then he said to Li Haidong, "Haidong, give Xiao Yang some good cigarettes and some good wine."
"No need. What are you doing? Do you think I can take your things?" Xiao Yang quickly refused.
"I'm not giving you a gift, nor am I thanking you. It's a sign of brotherhood. If you think highly of me, take it," Lu Yiwei said seriously.
"Then … alright then." Xiao Yang didn't stand on ceremony anymore.
Li Haidong loaded the cigarettes and alcohol into the car and arranged for the mine driver to send Xiao Yang back to Dongzhou City.
After Xiao Yang left, it was time for dinner. Lu Yiwei called Li Ermao, who had been hiding in the office watching TV, to the dinner table and introduced him. "Haidong doesn't need to be introduced. You should know him. This is Old Pan. He'll be coming here in the future. Get familiar with him. "
Li Ermao had been training with Lu Yiwei for a few days, so he was much bolder than before. He raised his glass and said, "Old Uncle Pan, Uncle Haidong, a toast to you."
When Li Haidong heard him call him uncle, he laughed and said, "Ermao, although I'm your dad's brother, we're about the same age. Don't call me uncle. Just call me brother."
Pan Chengjun also echoed, "Yes, don't call me uncle either. Just call me Old Pan like Yiwei. We're all family. Don't fuss over these small details. Sit down and talk. "
Li Ermao didn't sit down. Instead, he turned around to ask for Lu Yiwei's opinion. Lu Yiwei nodded slightly before he dared to sit down. Old Pan saw this and joked, "I say, Yiwei, aren't you a little too strict with your upbringing? Children are naturally restrained. You're so serious that I'm even more afraid of you. "
Li Haidong also said, "Ermao, you've made the right choice to follow Brother Lu. This is your good fortune. Learn to be smart. Don't say things you shouldn't say. Don't know things you shouldn't know. In short, don't embarrass your dad. Do you understand? "
Although Li Ermao was a man of few words, his heart was like a mirror. He knew that this coal mine was opened by Lu Yiwei, and that was what Li Haidong wanted. Since Lu Yiwei had brought him here, it meant that he had full trust in him. He said, "Brother Haidong, I know what to do."
"Good. That's good enough. Come, I'll drink with you."
"I'll drink with you too." Pan Chengjun raised his glass.
After dinner, Lu Yiwei had planned to stay for the night and go back tomorrow. However, he received a call from Du Jiaming, the deputy director of the County party committee, informing him that a standing committee meeting would be held at 9 am the next day. The Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee had come down to inspect and evaluate Zhang Zhiyuan.
"Secretary Zhang is back?" Lu Yiwei said in surprise.
"He's back."
"When?"
"This afternoon."
"Oh." Lu Yiwei hung up the phone. He was a little out of his wits. It seemed that Zhang Zhiyuan was really going to leave. The inspection was basically a foregone conclusion. He was just going to go through the motions. Although he was prepared, he was still shocked by the sudden news. Also, Zhang Zhiyuan had come back this afternoon. He didn't know that the information channel had completely failed.
Without further ado, Lu Yiwei left immediately. Before leaving, he said to Li Haidong, "Haidong, since it's all in the past, don't think too much about it. It's just spending a little more money. Don't feel guilty about it. Don't cause any more trouble in the future. Follow Old Pan well. Don't you want to buy a car? When the loan comes in, buy a good one. "
Li Haidong had been waiting for Lu Yiwei to reprimand him, but it didn't happen. Now, he comforted him and satisfied his vanity. By doing this, he was even more grateful to Lu Yiwei. "Brother Lu, I …"
"Stop!" Lu Yiwei knew what Li Haidong wanted to say and said, "If you want to apologize, don't say it now. If you really feel apologetic, then do something that makes me proud of you. As a man, you must be able to let go. Rather break than bend. Don't be timid when you encounter problems. Even if the sky falls, I will hold it up. Work hard. "With that, he left.
Li Haidong and Pan Chengjun stood in the courtyard for a long time and refused to go back. Lu Yiwei's words touched Li Haidong. In the past, he always wanted to seek benefits for himself. This time, he truly understood that they were a team. He handed a cigarette to Pan Chengjun guiltily and said, "Old Pan, I shouldn't have gone against you in the past. I will follow you and work hard in the future. Not for anything else, just to live a good life."
Pan Chengjun smiled and said, "Not for me, but for yourself. Don't say anything else. As long as we work together, we will definitely make a fortune by the end of the year. Not to mention buying a car, we can buy whatever we want. "
"Really?" Li Haidong had always been focused on his own interests and rarely cared about the development of the coal mine.
"How can it be fake?"
"Haha …"
On the way back, Lu Yiwei's mind was in a mess. He wanted to see Zhang Zhiyuan, but it was getting late. Would he see him? He had always naively thought that he would be the first person Zhang Zhiyuan would see when he came back. But Zhang Zhiyuan came back in the afternoon and did not tell him. Was he too busy, or did he forget? He did not know.
He did not plan to return to Shiwan Village, so he went straight back to the county. As Li Ermao did not have a place to stay in the county, Lu Yiwei brought him home. He took out 50,000 yuan from the drawer in the bedroom and handed it to Li Ermao. "Tomorrow morning, send 20,000 yuan to Pan Chengjun's mother at this address. Remember, don't let Old Pan know about this."
Li Ermao took the money and nodded. "Understood."
Lu Yiwei returned to the bedroom. Li Ermao held the 50,000 yuan and carefully thought about what Lu Yiwei had said. He clearly heard that he was sending 20,000 yuan. Why did he give him so much? Did he hear wrong? After thinking for a long time, he plucked up the courage to knock on Lu Yiwei's door and asked, "Brother Yiwei, are you sending me 20,000 yuan?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Then … you've given me too much."
Lu Yiwei had something on his mind. He did not finish his sentence and quickly said, "Look at my memory. Take the remaining 30,000 yuan with you in case of emergencies. If you run out of money, you can spend it. You don't have to tell me. "He did this to test Li Ermao. He believed that a man could only be called a man if he could withstand the temptation of money. Only then would he be qualified to be his friend. It was the same with Li Haidong. Large amounts of cash passed through Li Haidong's hands without a single mistake. That was how he gained absolute trust later on.
Li Ermao was a child from a farmer's family. Although he was tempted by the colorful banknotes, he did not have any evil thoughts. There were a lot of good cigarettes and alcohol in the trunk of Lu Yiwei's car. If he took some, the other party would definitely not notice, but he never touched it.
Li Ermao smoked, but he did not smoke in front of Lu Yiwei. Even so, he would put the scattered cigarettes in the car into the cigarette box one by one.
Lu Yiwei was lying on the bed. He picked up a book and wanted to read it, but he could not even finish a page after reading for a long time. He threw the book away and covered his head to sleep. His phone was placed next to his pillow. He sat up from time to time to see if there was a call. He had been hoping for a miracle, but after waiting for a long time, the phone was still lying there quietly.
He really could not sleep, so he sat up and watched TV in the living room. He changed a few channels, but none of them were good. He turned off the TV and stood on the balcony, looking up at the bright stars. His heart gradually calmed down.
He thought a lot, but what he thought the most was undoubtedly what he would do after Zhang Zhiyuan left. It was difficult to change the current trajectory of a person who had been labeled, but the ending was often not optimistic. No matter who became the secretary of the County party committee, they rarely used the people around the previous party committee. There were only two endings. One was to suppress, and the other was to forget.
For the former, Lu Yiwei was more optimistic. After all, he was already a member of the Standing Committee. No matter how much he suppressed him, he would not be kicked out of the Standing Committee. And what he was most worried about was the latter. How painful it would be to be forgotten for an indefinite period of time. Being sent to Beihe Town was a living example. If Yang Derong came up, there would definitely be no suspense. But what if it was someone else?
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