Chen Xing browsed through the information in his hand. There were only four people, so there was not much information. It took him a few minutes to finish reading. The last person named Chen Junning caught Chen Xing's attention. He raised his head and glanced at Wei Sida. Chen Junning was now the deputy director of the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission?
"Yes." Wei Sida nodded and felt happy. Chen Junning was the person his wife asked him to recommend. Now that Chen Xing mentioned Chen Junning's name first, Wei Sida vaguely guessed that there was a chance. It was not in vain that he helped Chen Junning get a beautiful information.
Chen Xing nodded thoughtfully. Chen Junning's information said that he had served as the production manager of the No. 1 National Textile Factory and had outstanding management ability. Later, he was transferred to the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and personally handled the restructuring of the No. 1 National Textile Factory. Chen Xing wanted to choose a person to be the general manager of the newly established tourism investment holding company. The key was to choose someone with management experience, not someone who had only stayed in the government. Except for Chen Junning, the first three people only had work experience in the government. After reading them, Chen Xing ruled them out immediately.
"Ask Chen Junning to come to me tomorrow." Chen Xing looked at the time and said.
"Okay." Wei Sida nodded.
"Secretary Chen, have you had dinner? Do you need me to ask the canteen to prepare dinner for you?" Wei Sida said with concern.
"No, it's late. You can go back first." Chen Xing waved his hand.
"Then I'll leave first. Secretary Chen, you just came back from Nanzhou. You must be tired after the long journey. You should go back and rest early." Wei Sida said respectfully, then bowed and left.
After leaving Chen Xing's office, Wei Sida hummed a song and picked up his mobile phone to call his wife.
Chen Xing sat in the office for a while. Huang Jianghua came in. "Secretary, where shall we have dinner tonight?
Later, the three of us will go out to a restaurant. After sitting in the car for the whole afternoon, I, as your leader, will treat the two of you to a meal. Chen Xing laughed. In fact, there was a stack of invitations in the corner of his desk. They were all invitations to dinner. Chen Xing didn't even look at them. He would rather pay for dinner himself.
At about six o 'clock, Chen Xing and the other two left the Municipal Party Committee. Chen Xing didn't want to go to a big restaurant. The car was driving on the streets of the city. When Chen Xing saw a roadside stall in front of him, he couldn't help laughing. "Xiao Li, stop the car here. Let's go there and eat."
Okay. Li Yong smiled.
The three of them walked for twenty to thirty meters and soon arrived at their destination. Although it was called a food stall, it was more appropriate to describe it as a roadside stall. There was a large shed along the road with seven or eight tables set up. There were barbecue and stir-fried dishes.
"Secretary, I haven't eaten in such a place for a long time." Looking at the barbecue, Huang Jianghua recalled the past. When he first came out to work, he often came out to eat barbecue and drink beer with his friends. Now, he basically hadn't been to such a place.
"What you said reminds me of the past. Just like you, when I graduated, I often went to a roadside stall to cook a few dishes and a dozen beers. That was great." Chen Xing smiled. "It's a pity that things have changed with the passage of time. My friends in the past have changed. They have their own families and careers, and there are few opportunities to get together like that again."
Chen Xing said and sighed. "Even if we can get together again, that feeling is not pure anymore."
"The most innocent time is when you just step out of school. After working for a long time, whether you like it or not, you will always be affected by the reality of this utilitarian society, and the relationship between friends will change." Huang Jianghua echoed Chen Xing's words because he also felt it deeply. Since he became Chen Xing's secretary, some of his old classmates, whether they were in contact with him in the past or not, seemed to have become close to him overnight and contacted him more frequently. How could Huang Jianghua not know the root cause of the change? It was nothing more than that he had become close to them because he had power in his hands.
"Some friends will become utilitarian, but there are still some who still maintain the most innocent relationship in the past." Chen Xing shook his head. "After all, there are few of them."
After chatting for a while, Chen Xing looked at the aroma coming from the barbecue stall. He, who hadn't eaten for a long time, couldn't help but say, "Let's have a few plates of barbecue and two stir-fried side dishes tonight and eat with beer."
"That's great. It's a rare opportunity to be with you, Secretary." Huang Jianghua nodded happily. What he said was the truth. With Chen Xing, they rarely had the opportunity to eat at roadside stalls like this.
"Secretary, you and Secretary Huang can drink, but what about me?" Li Yong said bitterly.
"Li, you can't drink, or you will be caught by the traffic police for drunk driving. That will be terrible." Huang Jianghua joked.
"Forget it, for your safety, I'd better not drink." Li Yong made a pitiful look. He knew that Chen Xing had always been strict with his principles. As the driver of the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, if he took the lead in drunk driving with Chen Xing in the car, Li Yong also knew how bad the influence would be if they were found. Although he thought that the traffic police wouldn't dare to stop a car with the license plate of the Municipal Party Committee, Chen Xing probably wouldn't allow him to drink and drive.
"Li, it doesn't matter if you want to drink. Let's take a taxi back later. Li, you can come to pick up the car tomorrow morning." Chen Xing smiled.
"Secretary, really?" Li Yong's eyes lit up. He used to drink and eat a lot in the army. After he became Chen Xing's driver, he rarely drank because he had to drive. Now that he could drink and sit down with Chen Xing and have a good drink, Li Yong was also a little excited.
"Of course it's true. I can't really let you watch us drink." Chen Xing smiled. He was in a good mood tonight, mainly because the trip to Nanzhou was unexpectedly smooth. Chen Xing was also very happy to get 200 million yuan of funding from the province.
Li Yong and Huang Jianghua looked at each other with smiles on their faces. They could see that Chen Xing was in a good mood. Usually, Chen Xing wouldn't put on airs in front of them, and they also knew that. Both Li Yong and Huang Jianghua felt very lucky to be able to follow such a good leader.
Li Yong quickly stood up to take the order. Huang Jianghua looked around and turned to Chen Xing. "Secretary, it seems that the business here isn't good."
Maybe it was still early. It was only six o 'clock. It was estimated that the business in this kind of barbecue place would only be good after eight or nine o' clock. Chen Xing smiled. He also noticed that they were the only customers at the table.
Huang Jianghua heard this and nodded. Chen Xing was right. However, as soon as Chen Xing finished speaking, some customers came in and sat at the table next to Chen Xing and the other two. Five people squeezed at a small table. As soon as they came in, the originally quiet stall suddenly became noisy. The five people's voices weren't low. They shouted as soon as they came in. Now that they sat down, their mouths didn't stop.
"Motherf * cker, I'm so unlucky today. I was caught by the traffic police again. I can only pay the money and admit defeat." One of them cursed and shouted for the owner to serve a few bottles of beer.
"These f * ckers only know how to make money all day long. I don't know where all the fines go every year. It's hard on us tricycle peddlers, but it's rich for the officials." Another person nodded and said. "It's not easy to make money every day, and we have to hide from the traffic police. You didn't see it today, but at the North Bus Station, a man driving a private car was caught. He said he was driving a friend here, but the assistant police insisted that he was driving an illegal car and fined him 1,000 yuan before he let him go. We are lucky. Every time we are caught, we are only fined one or two hundred yuan. Let's just treat it as spending money to avoid disaster."
Those who drive private cars are rich. Even if they are fined 1,000 yuan, they won't lose a piece of skin. We tricycle peddling goods in the wind and rain. We earn our hard-earned money. Every penny is earned through sweat and tears. Every time we are caught, we are fined one or two hundred yuan. How can we not feel distressed? " The person who spoke first retorted. "Being fined one or two hundred yuan is actually worse than being fined one thousand yuan for those who drive private cars."
"Forget it. Didn't we say that we were going to drink? Why are we still talking about those annoying things? Since we have been fined, we can only blame our bad luck. Which one of us has not been fined?" Another person waved his hand, bit open the cap of the beer with his teeth, and began to pour the beer.
As Chen Xing listened to the other party's discussion, his originally indifferent expression became serious, and his expression did not look any better. When he first came to Mount Wang, he had encountered the matter of being caught and fined as an illegal car. The Municipal Public Security Bureau had responded to this matter the next day. The relevant responsible persons had been punished and suspended, and all the assistant police officers involved had been dismissed. The punishment imposed by the Municipal Public Security Bureau was already considered severe. Could it be that this matter was like a small stone thrown into the sea, which could not even cause a ripple and had no impact at all?
Listening to the discussion of these people, Chen Xing could already imagine that the people in the traffic police system would still arrest cars at will, falsely accuse people, and point fingers at them just to fine them. Although the other party said that they were assistant police officers, Chen Xing did not need to think to know that those assistant police officers were just running errands.
"Secretary, last time I told you about the three major hazards of Mount Wang, the first one is this fine. It seems that the people did not speak carelessly." When Li Yong came back from ordering, he also heard the conversation from the side and whispered to Chen Xing.
Chen Xing nodded slightly. How could he forget what Li Yong had told him? The three major hazards of Mount Wang were the fine, the corrupt officials, and the Xincheng Group. Chen Xing had kept all of these in mind. Although he had only listened to them at that time, Chen Xing did not completely disbelieve them. There would be no smoke without fire. Since the people had this kind of mantra, it meant that there must be something wrong. At least, Chen Xing had personally experienced the fine once. After that, the Municipal Public Security Bureau had also severely punished the relevant responsible persons. But now, it seemed that everything was just to fool the new secretary.
"Secretary, didn't the punishment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau last time have any deterrent effect on the people below? Why is this still happening? " Huang Jianghua leaned over to Chen Xing and said.
"Maybe some people below are still bold and disregard the law, but we can't rule out that …" Chen Xing did not finish his words. He did not want to say what happened next, and he also hoped that it was not the case. If the people below committed crimes against the law, things would be easy to deal with. If the whole system tacitly approved and secretly encouraged this kind of behavior, then Chen Xing knew that this situation would be very tricky. He would have to face a group with vested interests.
"The three scourges of Mount Wang are fines and corrupt officials …" Chen Xing muttered to himself. He had seen fines before. It was precisely because of the complaints of the people that such a catchphrase came into being. Could it be that there were so many corrupt officials in Mount Wang that the people abhorred them?
It had been less than half a month since he came to Mount Wang. Chen Xing had always regarded economic development as his top priority, and all his work was centered on this center. Whether it was personally leading a team to Nanzhou to attract investment, preparing to set up a tourism investment holding company, or asking for 10 billion yuan of credit support from the provincial bank, these were all a series of work he had carried out for the development of Mount Wang. Now that he thought about it, had he neglected other things too much?
"Xiao Huang, is Secretary Li Yanpei's daughter still in contact with you?" Chen Xing suddenly asked.
"Ah? You mean Miss Li? Huang Jianghua was stunned and immediately said, "Haven't we been going to Nanzhou a lot recently? We haven't stayed in the city much. She sent me a text message the day before yesterday, and I happened to be on my way to Nanzhou at that time. I told her that I was busy, but I haven't received any messages from her in the past two days."
"Oh." Chen Xing nodded.
"Secretary, are you looking for her?" Huang Jianghua asked.
"No, I'm just asking." Chen Xing shook his head.
While they were talking, the owner of the restaurant had already served a plate of barbecue, which was all ordered by Li Yong. There were roasted vegetables, roasted chicken drumsticks, lamb skewers, sausages, and so on. They were all things that he hadn't eaten in a long time. Feeling hungry and smelling the aroma, Chen Xing waved his hand and said, "Let's eat."
"Secretary, I also ordered three stir-fried dishes. They should be enough for us." Li Yong said.
"If it's not enough, we can order more." Chen Xing smiled.
"Let me tell you something. Everyone in Jiangbin District knows about the demolition, right? Today, I went to help a family move, and they happened to be moving. Do you know how the city signed the demolition agreement with them? Damn it, they're just like bandits. They said that the compensation would be based on the exchange of property rights, but the house was evaluated at a price lower than the market price. No wonder they went to the province to protest. No one would be willing to do that. The house that they had lived in for a lifetime was demolished, and in the end, they even suffered a huge loss in compensation. Who would be willing to do that? One person shouted. He heard that the city had issued a gag order and arrested a few more people. Now, they didn't dare to make a fuss and could only pinch their noses and accept it. Damn, if this happened to me, I would definitely fight to the death with them.
Come on, you want to fight to the death? Aren't you afraid that your wife and children will suffer with you? The people at the side joked.
Chen Xing, who was eating a lamb skewer, slowed down his movements. It was the first time he had heard the story about the residents of Wangshan City going to the province to cause trouble. At this moment, he was particularly attentive and listening carefully.
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At the Xincheng Hotel, Chen Junning booked a private room for a banquet for Wei Sida. Wei Sida's wife, Chen Yanxue, was sitting next to him. Chen Yanxue used to work at the First National Textile Factory and served as the financial manager before being transferred to the Municipal Finance Bureau. She and Chen Junning started their relationship when they were at the First National Textile Factory. When she was the financial manager, Chen Junning was only the deputy manager of the production department. Later, because of his outstanding ability and ability to curry favor with the leaders, he was promoted like a rocket. At that time, he was directly transferred from the production department to the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and even became the deputy director. In the past two years, the First National Textile Factory closed down because of the poor performance after the restructuring. At that time, Chen Junning was probably the best among the people who came out of the First National Textile Factory.
At this moment, seeing that Chen Junning was constantly toasting her husband, Chen Yanxue quietly cast a hint at Chen Junning with her watery eyes.
Deputy Director Chen, I have something to do later, so I have to go first. You and Yanxue are old acquaintances, so you two can eat slowly. Remember to be punctual at the Municipal Party Committee tomorrow. After drinking a few glasses of wine, Wei Sida stopped drinking. He turned to Chen Junning and said to his wife, "Yanxue, I have a dinner, so I have to go now. I will probably be home after 11 pm. You and Deputy Director Chen can eat first. Anyway, you two are not estranged from each other."
After saying that, Wei Sida stood up with a helpless smile on his face. "Sigh, this is what an official position is like. There are so many social activities. Some of them can be rejected, but some of them really can't be avoided."
"Chief Wei is right. I also have a deep understanding of it." Chen Junning smiled and stood up to send Wei Sida off. In his heart, he muttered, "Not only are we not estranged from each other, but your wife is also happy that I can ask you, the director of the General Office, to help me this time. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for me to be the wife."
After sending Wei Sida off, Chen Junning sat down again and looked at Chen Yanxue with a smile. "Yanxue, I have to thank you."
"Then how are you going to thank me?" Chen Yanxue glanced at Chen Junning, twisted her body and stood up. She directly sat on Chen Junning's lap.
"Don't, Yanxue. We are in the hotel now. If Chief Wei suddenly comes back later, we will be doomed." Chen Junning was startled and quickly pushed her up. He looked at the door of the private room. The door was closed, but Chen Junning was terrified. He was afraid that the door would suddenly open.
"Look at you. That bastard said he was going to socialize. Hmph, who are you kidding? Someone must have invited him to the sauna. After the sauna, if he doesn't call one or two ladies, I will write the word 'Chen' upside down." Chen Yanxue pouted. "Don't worry. He didn't leave anything behind. He won't come back."
Even if he didn't come back, he was still in the private room. "Be careful." Chen Junning smiled bitterly. He thought to himself, "Is this woman still so unscrupulous at this age?"
Chen Junning's words were useless. Chen Yanxue sat down and didn't get up. She even said jokingly, "Look, I know you men are all duplicitous. You say you don't want it, but in your heart, you want it very much."
When Chen Junning heard her words, he wanted to cry. Want it very much? That was a man's instinctive reaction. Moreover, this woman was older than his wife. Chen Junning really didn't want it because she was Wei Sida's wife. Otherwise, Chen Junning really didn't want to waste his effort.
"Yanxue, get up first. The door isn't closed." Chen Junning smiled bitterly. He pushed Chen Yanxue up and stood up himself.
Just when Chen Junning stood up, he heard movement from outside. Soon, the door opened and Wei Sida walked in. Seeing Chen Junning and his wife standing, Wei Sida was stunned. "What? You don't want to eat?"
"No … yes, yes, yes, we don't want to eat either. We are going to leave." Chen Junning's face almost turned pale.
"My phone is out of battery. I forgot to tell you just now. Secretary Chen might ask you questions. You'd better be well prepared. I have helped you a lot. Deputy Director Chen, don't let me down." Wei Sida smiled.
"No, no. Don't worry, Chief Wei. I will definitely grasp the opportunity. If I can get what I want this time, I will have to treat you well later, Chief Wei." Chen Junning hurriedly smiled.
"Okay, I'm leaving. Yanxue, if you see me late at night, don't call me. My phone is out of battery." Wei Sida said to his wife.
Seeing Wei Sida leave, Chen Junning heaved a sigh of relief. Cold sweat appeared on his forehead. At that moment, his heart almost stopped. It was really frightening. Fortunately, he pushed Chen Yanxue away in time.
On the top floor of the hotel, Qian Xinlai's office occupied half of the entire floor. The entire wall opposite his desk was covered with surveillance cameras. He had secretly installed cameras in all the luxury rooms of the hotel and the rooms specially used by the city officials. Sitting on the custom-made boss's chair, Qian Xinlai raised his head and saw the scene of Wei Sida eating in the room just now. He couldn't help but laugh. Wei Sida was drinking happily with someone just now. He didn't even know that he had been cuckolded.
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