Turn on the TV in the hotel. It was the midday news period. Most of the programs were conference shots. Hou Weidong locked the program at Maoyun News. After waiting for a few minutes, he saw the fancy Maoyun News being pushed out in a burst of music. A clearly regional announcer sat upright in front of the TV screen.

This announcer is good in Mandarin, has a good appearance, and is wearing a suit, but compared with announcers from CCTV or provincial TV stations, he always has a bit of rural style. In this regard, Yiyang, Shazhou and Maoyun are all about the same.

The first news is Zheming, secretary of the prefectural party committee. He has a big back and a jacket. He is huddling with a group of people checking a road. He also has a cordial conversation with a fat man on the side of the road. There is a slogan between the two trees, "Entrepreneurs returning to their hometown donate to get rich." The second news is Zheming, who is sitting with laid-off workers, smiling and very kind.

The third news is the camera of Commissioner Li Jianlin. He is Zhou Ping's husband. He looks in his early forties, he is in his spirits, and he keeps talking and gestures. Hou Weidong listens carefully and presides over an analysis meeting on economic work across the region.

The fourth news is the scene of the meeting of the National People's Congress director.

Zhu Yan appeared in the fifth news to attend a commendation meeting.

After Zhu Yan's shot appeared, there were some messy news. The so-called messy ones were of course the chaos in Hou Weidong's eyes. Because these news lacked the participation of heavy figures and became insignificant. In the political art of Lingxi, news with leaders attending only has political value. It is the barometer of the political structure.

When the news ended, Hou Weidong thought to himself, "I am just the director of the Yang Science and Technology Committee, why bother Maoyun's political situation? He is completely worried about eating carrots and eating them lightly." But the self-deprecating thoughts just flashed. Maoyun's political pattern is very important to Hou Weidong. He is now standing on the ten-meter board. If the water temperature is right, he will jump into the swimming pool of Maoyun.

While sitting on the bed and changing the table at will, Zhu Yan's secretary Jiang Kun called and met. Jiang Kun found that Hou Weidong was so young, and he muttered in his heart: "Hou Weidong is so young. Why did Zhu Yan ask me to accompany me personally? Who is he?" He guessed in his heart, but his smile was very bright, and he said: "I am Secretary Zhu's secretary Jiang Kun, Secretary Zhu is very busy. I will have dinner with Mr. Hou at noon today."

Hou Weidong smiled and said, "I'm not called Mr., my name is Hou Weidong, and I am Secretary Zhu's old subordinate." Since Jiang Kun is Zhu Yan's current secretary, Hou Weidong naturally kept Jiang Kun's three-point alertness. He did not admit that he was Zhu Yan's secretary, but used the title of old subordinate. The connotation of "old subordinate" is relatively rich, which means he is telling the truth. It is equivalent to saying nothing.

The meal was arranged at Maoyun Hotel at noon. Hou and Jiang Tiannan and Hai were chatting, but they were able to talk.

After dinner, Hou Weidong said: "My Jiang, you have a lot of things, so don't worry about me."

After hearing this, Jiang Kun felt relieved, but said, "How can this be done? I will accompany you around in the afternoon. Although Maoyun's economic conditions are a little worse, the scenery is still good. There are several large temples outside the city, which are famous in the west of Lingxi. The top incense costs at least 500,000 yuan a year. Although the top incense can't be burned, it is still very effective." He smiled again, "This is not feudal superstition, it is purely a need to develop Maoyun's tourism industry."

Although Jiang Kun's words are OK, the two of them are not familiar with each other after all, Hou Weidong would rather stay alone for a while. He believed that Jiang Kun also felt the same way and said, "My sister Jiang, thank you. I played mahjong all night last night and had a good night's sleep in the afternoon. I wonder what Secretary Zhu had to make arrangements for the evening?"

Jiang Kun said: "I heard that I received merchants from Lingxi."

After Jiang Kun said goodbye, Hou Weidong went to the lobby upstairs to find some Maoyun Daily. After reading it carefully, the whole pattern was still not much different from that of the TV station. The front pages of newspapers every day were basically arranged according to the level of leadership positions. However, the things in the newspaper and radio station were superficial articles after all, and they could only explain some of the problems. The core issues need to be understood from multiple aspects. Maoyun was a sensitive area that caused the official earthquake, so Hou Weidong had to be cautious.

After driving around Maoyun City for a few big circles, he went out of the city. Hou Weidong looked at the city's appearance that was not commensurate with the prefecture-level city, and remembered the official earthquake in Maoyun in the first half of the year, and thought to himself: "This is an economically backward prefecture-level city. Because of the economic backward, the officialdom has become the best way out for elites, and the struggle in the officialdom naturally seems particularly sharp."

In simple terms, in areas with more economic development, since people have more choices, becoming an official is not the only way out or even the best choice. Only in the south can you say this: "If you don't study hard, you will only be a cadre in the future."

In places with backward economy, life lacks more choices, so they are fighting in the officialdom.

Thinking of this, although Hou Weidong was also a member of the officialdom, he still had a slight resistance to Maoyun in his heart.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Yan had a dinner party to Zhang Mushan, the boss of Lingxi Qingda Group. He called Hou Weidong and invited him to have a meal together.

When Hou Weidong arrived at the restaurant, he happened to meet his secretary Jiang Kun walked out of the room. When he saw Hou Weidong, he smiled and said, "Secretary Zhu has arrived."

In the afternoon, Jiang Kun learned about Hou Weidong's basic situation through the people from the Shazhou Municipal Party Committee Office. When he saw Hou Weidong, Zhu Yan took it seriously. He felt uncomfortable. He also saw that Zhang Mushan, the boss of Qingda Group, was very familiar with Hou Weidong. He was moved and said, "The development zone is short of people now. Could it be that Secretary Zhu wants Hou Weidong to work in the development zone?"

A few minutes later, Maoyun Regional Commissioner Li Jianlin walked over with a bright face. He nodded with Zhu Yan, then took the initiative to shake hands with Zhang Mushan, and said, "Mr. Zhang, you are a distinguished guest. This time you arrive in Maoyun, work will be put aside first and enjoy the mountains and rivers of Maoyun." He joked again: "Maoyun's economic development is backward, but there is one advantage, that is, the surrounding environment is rarely destroyed. Several of our scenic spots can meet the national three-a or four-a scenic spot standards. Mr. Zhang usually has a lot of things to do every day, so he can relax in these few days. Maoyun region provides presidential services."

The boss of Qingda Group is a real God of Wealth in the eyes of Maoyun cadres. He can enjoy VIP treatment of police cars leading the way and defending the road. This is also a common practice for various places to attract investment. Zhang Mushan has been traveling around the world in recent years, and has been knowledgeable and has been calm about the enthusiasm of the government. He casually said: "I have been acquainted with the scenery of Maoyun for a long time, and I am going to take a look this time."

When Zhu Yan saw Li Jianlin stopping to have tea, he introduced: "Commissioner Li, this is Hou Weidong, director of the Yiyang Science and Technology Committee."

Li Jianlin only felt that the name Hou Weidong was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment, but the position of director of the Yiyang Science and Technology Committee did not arouse much interest. For Zhu Yan, he shook hands with Hou Weidong, but his eyes were almost all focused on Zhang Mushan, the boss of Qingda Group. He said: "Mr. Zhang, I heard the introduction this afternoon, are you interested in investing?"

The ever-retreated Southeast Asian financial and economic crisis has had a great impact on Qingda Group. Today, Qingda Group is in an extremely difficult time. The large number of loss-making companies acquired some time ago have dragged down the entire group. Zhang Mushan did not dare to expand blindly. In addition, Maoyun's investment environment is not good, so he has no intention of investing in Maoyun area. It was just that Zhu Yan invited him several times, but he couldn't ignore his affection and brought his friends from the Lingxi business community to take a look.

Zhang Mushan said politely: "Thanks to all the leaders of Maoyun for their trust in me. Qingda Group has also been impacted in the Southeast Asian financial crisis. It will take some time to adjust. Regarding investment in Maoyun, I think the board of directors will definitely consider it seriously."

Li Jianlin said: "Qingda Group is undergoing industrial upgrading. I heard that the machinery manufacturing industry will be transferred out of Lingxi. Maoyun area is willing to provide preferential conditions to undertake the industrial structure adjustment of Qingda Group."

Qingda Group's machinery manufacturing industry has gradually shifted to Yiyang New Management Committee since 1997. It has started production. He said: "Most machinery enterprises are ready to transfer to Yiyang New Management Area. This was decided last year with Secretary Zhu and Director Hou. Today I looked at the overall plan of Maoyun Development Zone. I am bluntly saying that it is better to Yiyang New Management Committee. Although the new management committee is a county-level development zone, the planning is scientific and investment is sufficient. There is no problem with the hardware and software after the company moves in."

Li Jianlin smiled at Zhu Yan and said, "Secretary Zhu, let's take some time to study at Yiyang and take a look at Yiyang New Management Committee."

Zhu Yan pointed at Hou Weidong and smiled and said, "Xiao Hou was the director of Yiyang Xin Management Committee before, and he made an indelible contribution to the construction of the Xin Management Committee." This was his most direct praise to his subordinates.

Li Jianlin only remembered at this time and said, "You are Zhang Xiaojia's lover, Director of Yi Yang Xin Management Committee. Haha, looking at my brain, I didn't remember it just now."

Hou Weidong said: "I have met Sister Zhou in Shanghai. Thank you for your concern for Xiaojia." Li Jianlin laughed and said: "Zhou Ping is Ma Daha. I think Xiaojia is very careful and not anyone takes care of anyone."

Regarding Zhang Xiaojia and Zhou Ping's study together, he had already mentioned it to Zhu Yan. He would report to the leader in advance if he had anything to do and get a vaccination first. This is his experience since he became a secretary, which is loyalty and makes the world selfless.

Li Jianlin was in a good mood and said to Zhu Yan: "Maoyun Development Zone is short of such talents. Secretary Zhu, Xiaohou was once your secretary. What kind of science and technology committee director? I mean to transfer him to Maozhou, be an assistant to Lao Liang, and earnestly achieve results in Maoyun Development Zone."

Lao Liang is the deputy commissioner of Maoyun District. He also serves as director of the development zone and serves as an assistant to Lao Liang, which means he is the deputy director of the development zone and his administrative level is the deputy department level.

Jiang Kun suddenly realized: "No wonder Zhu Yan has a special liking for Hou Weidong. It turns out that he is the former secretary." Looking at Hou Weidong, he felt that his future was bright and he felt a burst of pressure.
Chapter completed!