"Let's go." Liu Rusheng pulled Li Xiaomei, and Ma Yingjie's thoughts were also interrupted. When Li Xiaomei tactfully followed behind Mei Jie, he also led Professor Liu to follow Mei Jie. The group of people ran to the Nanzi Lake Hotel.
Ma Yingjie and Professor Liu were arranged to stay in the Nanzi Lake Hotel. This hotel was invested by a Taiwanese boss. He used to be a fisherman on Nanzi Lake Island. He was brought back to his hometown to invest when Secretary Meng Chenglin built the Nanzi Lake Island. This hotel was located next to a mountain and a lake. It was the best place on Nanzi Lake. Of course, it was also the most luxurious hotel on Nanzi Lake Island. On the surface, it looked no different from an ordinary hotel, but the interior decoration elements and the quality of the staff were all based on international five-star standards. Even though the hotel had been established for ten years, it was still considered a top-notch hotel in Qin County.
Jiang Chaoqun personally stood at the entrance of the hotel to welcome Professor Liu. This was unexpected for Ma Yingjie. It seemed that the situation was different, and everyone had to compromise.
After Ma Yingjie led Professor Liu into the hotel room, he found out that Jiang Chaoqun had prepared a new set of clothes, shoes, and socks for him and Professor Liu. Jiang Chaoqun's thoughtfulness and thoughtfulness were beyond Ma Yingjie's expectations. It turned out that it was not so easy to sit in a certain position. Everyone had their own strengths. Even Su Xiaoyang, who was now completely defeated by Ma Yingjie, Su Xiaoyang's glory over the years was not something that Ma Yingjie could have. Some things were clearly placed there, but they were not things that one could pick up, or even be able to carry. Life was like this. Some things could be done, and some things could not be done. Each had its own merits.
Professor Liu was obviously moved by the set of clothes in the room. Of course, what moved him the most was Ma Yingjie's behavior. He did not think that Ma Yingjie was acting. Although the trick of injuring oneself to gain the confidence of others was useful, it was not cost-effective, not worth it, or even unnecessary to play the trick of injuring oneself to gain the confidence of others. If he did not even have his life, what else could he have? A person who could even disregard his own life, what else could he not entrust?
Professor Liu thought that he had made the right decision to come this time. Not only had everything about South Lake attracted him, but it had also made him feel that there was still a young official like Ma Yingjie who could be trusted. There was still hope for the world in the future. Our environment has been destroyed time and time again, and we are exploiting the resources of the next three generations. The overuse of resources has become the biggest headache for our country. So, this time, he really wants to include Nanzi Lake in the list of wetland reserves or something like that.
After Ma Yingjie sent Professor Liu to his room, he went to his own room. When he finished washing up, Jiang Chaoqun actually came. He came to discuss the arrangements for the night with Ma Yingjie. It was obvious that the secretary had ulterior motives for looking for a deputy county magistrate to discuss this matter. It seemed that Jiang Chaoqun was a person who knew how to adapt to circumstances, but such a person was too smart. Once a person was too smart, they would easily slide to the other extreme. Everything had to be calculated. In life, there were many things that could not be calculated, because the will of man was inferior to the will of heaven. This was numerology.
Jiang Chaoqun told Ma Yingjie that the Nanzi Lake administrative district's district secretary and district magistrate would be participating in the evening's activities. He said that it was to help Professor Liu calm down, but in fact, they were all here for Secretary Jiang Chaoqun. And Jiang Chaoqun did not need to discuss the evening's arrangements with a small deputy county magistrate like him. Jiang Chaoqun's arrival proved that he wanted to form some kind of unity with him, or at least achieve a superficial harmony. No matter how Secretary Jiang Chaoqun treated him, he would only follow the boss's instructions for now. He would only talk less and observe more.
Ma Yingjie hurriedly invited Secretary Jiang Chaoqun to take a seat, then made him tea. As he respectfully handed the teacup to Jiang Chaoqun with both hands, he thanked him profusely. When Ma Yingjie did this, he was very natural and experienced. It was impossible to tell that he was pretending at all. This made Jiang Chaoqun's worried heart relax. It was just that from Ma Yingjie's series of actions, he already understood that this young man was using his actions to tell him that he was just his subordinate, his own soldier. He was a weak person, and it was easy for him to feel grateful when he received a little bit of care from a leader. From the looks of it, Luo Tianyun's side would not make any big moves, and Ma Yingjie would not be calculative about his earlier indifference.
Jiang Chaoqun chatted for a while and left Ma Yingjie's room. After he left, Ma Yingjie finally had time to breathe. He and Liu Rusheng's intention was to let Professor Liu take a look first. But now, not only did it alarm the South Lake management's leader, even Secretary Jiang Chaoqun knew about it. This matter made Ma Yingjie very passive. But other than bracing himself to deal with the dinner tonight, what else could he do? In the officialdom, he was just a small deputy division chief. He did not have the charisma to turn the tide, nor did he have the aura to do so. Currently, he was just a chess piece. When it was time to be white, he could not be white, and when it was time to be black, he could not afford to be black. Moreover, in the officialdom, one's charisma was determined by the size of the official's hat, and the aura of the officialdom was also determined by the size of the official's hat. Just like in the past, the name Meng Chenglin was the aura and the charisma. At that time, the name Meng Chenglin was equivalent to power. Sigh, a change in the emperor, a change in the courtiers. The officialdom was just that cruel.
At night, Ma Yingjie led Professor Liu, Liu Rusheng, and Li Xiaomei into the South Lake Hall. Secretary Jiang Chaoqun, Bureau Chief Mei Jie, and the South Lake management's secretary and district chief were already in the private room. When he saw Professor Liu, Jiang Chaoqun walked around the crowd and walked in front of him. He warmly and politely extended his hand to shake Professor Liu's. As he shook hands, he said, "Professor Liu, I'm very sorry to have startled you." After saying that, he turned his gaze to Ma Yingjie. When Ma Yingjie saw that Jiang Chaoqun was looking at him, he did not feel a little surprised. What did Jiang Chaoqun mean by looking at him at this time? He wanted to say something, but he could not find the right words. At this critical moment, it seemed that nothing he said would be appropriate.
Ma Yingjie was a little nervous under Jiang Chaoqun's gaze. He tried hard to suppress his emotions and tried to put on a calm face. He felt really tired. In the underworld, people had no choice. Acting everywhere, disguising everywhere. When would it end?
Jiang Chaoqun did not seem to notice Ma Yingjie's nervousness. Instead, he looked at him in a very casual tone and said, "Our Deputy Mayor Ma, as soon as he took office, he set up such a big fire. He invited an important person like Professor Liu from Beijing, but he did not make an exception. Fortunately, there was no danger. Tonight, on behalf of the Qin County Party Committee and the county government, I will not leave until we are drunk."
When Secretary Jiang Chaoqun finished speaking, Mei Jie hurriedly said, "County Mayor Ma is young and promising. He has drive and drive." When the two main leaders were praising Ma Yingjie, the secretary and the mayor of Nanzi Lake administration area hurriedly echoed. The secretary of Nanzi Lake was sent from the education industry, and the mayor was also a woman who had just come from a foreign exchange program. They might not know about the incident of Meng Chenglin's suicide, and of course, they did not know about Ma Yingjie's background. But when the main leaders were praising this young deputy mayor, they knew in their hearts that this deputy mayor must have an extraordinary background.
After Secretary Jiang Chaoqun said what he needed to say, he pulled Professor Liu to sit in the main seat. Professor Liu apologized for a long time, but Secretary Jiang Chaoqun insisted that he sit in the main seat. He was an important guest from Beijing, and he was also an expert professor. No matter what, this seat should be Professor Liu's.
This was Professor Liu's first time dealing with Jiang Chaoqun. Although he had heard this name many times, this was the first time he had actually met this person. He was different from what he had imagined. He had always thought that most of the officials working at the grassroots level were country bumpkins. They did not care about experts and professors at all. They were used to being local tyrants, and they were used to hearing pleasing words. They would not take the words of experts and professors seriously at all. Of course, these years, the words "expert" and "professor" were like "miss" and "godfather". They had all changed their tone and color. The original knowledge points and intelligence database had been drowned out, and all that was left were all kinds of gray area transactions.
Professor Liu was not willing to go to the grassroots level these years. Other than not being used to the arrogance of the grassroots officials, he did not want to be an accomplice to the evildoer. He and Wu Dawei were classmates. At that time, Department Ma had not yet become a minister, and Wu Dawei was not his secretary. They were in harmony. Later, after Department Ma was promoted, Wu Dawei became Department Ma's personal secretary and director of the general office. With this layer of relationship, when Professor Liu went to the grassroots level for inspection, there would always be some kind of transaction that would confuse him. He did not want to get too involved in the officialdom. He was just a scholar. Slowly, he went less and less to the grassroots level. This time, Wu Dawei and Liu Rusheng had told him that they were only going to Qin County to see Nanzi Lake. If he was interested, he could help plan a report on the lake's wetlands. If he was not interested, he could just treat it as a sightseeing trip. It was just that he did not expect Nanzi Lake to be so beautiful. After so many lakes had been polluted, Nanzi Lake still retained its purity. This could be considered a miracle. However, when he was stuck in the quagmire, he also found that the water quality around it was different from the water quality in the center of the lake. The pollution was also invading Nanzi Lake at any time. While he was sad, he was already prepared to work for this lake that still had a large number of aquatic creatures. He would do everything he could to fight for Nanzi Lake to become the most important wetland protection base. However, he would not talk about this at the dinner table. He was a person who valued professional integrity as important as his life. He would not brag at the dinner table or do anything deliberately to please the local officials.
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