There has been no updates these two days, please forgive me. Also: As the holiday is about to end, I miss the simple days at home.

After counting, a total of twenty-six chapters were updated in January. Since it was during the Spring Festival, it was a good result (hehe, don’t throw away the bricks). Here, according to the regular request for monthly tickets for February, at least the Xiaoqiao should be left on the classification ranking list. Thank you.

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"I don't have this idea for the time being when buying a house in Lingxi." When asked this question, Hou Weidong couldn't help but think of Li Jing's bulging belly. This bustling big city gave him a special feeling, both the joy of being a father and the heavy feeling that he could not give Li Jing the status of his mother and daughter, and he was still feeling guilty for Xiaojia.

Zeng Xiangang's life is very smooth now. He did not notice the helplessness in the corner of Hou Weidong's eyes and said, "Lingxi is a provincial capital city after all. The flow of people, logistics and capital flow are many times stronger than Shazhou, and it is much easier to develop here." Seeing that Hou Weidong was not very interested in this topic, he said, "Even if you want to get involved in the officialdom, it is much easier to develop in the province. I know a person from the province, which is a director. According to him, the county party secretary came to his office and had no seats at all."

"In Yiyang, the county party secretary is awesome, and he has to have his tail in the provincial capital."

Hou Weidong always had a freeze in his heart. A few years ago, in order to get the money from the stone court, he and Zeng Xiangang invited Chief Gao of the Finance Department of the Yang County Transportation Bureau to have dinner, sing, and dance. When the living county lady appeared beside Zeng Xiangang, he was at a loss and could only stay at the mercy of the lady.

Zeng Xiangang in front of him seemed very mature, and he put on an eye mask because he lost one eye. Instead, he effectively changed the local flavor on his face. He had been a soldier and a stonemason. In order to avenge, he often made sandbags on Shangqinglin Mountain. His figure was well maintained, both tall and mighty, and his face was slightly dark. It was also in line with fashion trends. In addition, Song Zhicheng repackaged it according to Lingxi taste. Zeng Xiangang was completely different from the village committee director of Shangqinglin at this time.

However, although Zeng Xiangang was the chairman of the village committee, he was not a serious official, so Hou Weidong didn't talk much to him. He raised his glass of wine, and ran into Zeng Xiangang, saying, "It's difficult to develop in the province without any foundation. Just lay the foundation slowly in Shazhou."

As he was talking, he suddenly saw two more people coming in at the restaurant door, one of which was Wang Hui from Lingxi Daily.

This restaurant is quite close to Lingxi Daily and is a place where daily reporters often come to. Wang Hui was surprised to see Hou Weidong here and shook hands cordially with Hou Weidong. He said enthusiastically: "Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here. I thought of you this afternoon, but I didn't expect to meet you after dinner."

Hou Weidong said: "Director Wang, you two are just you? Eat together. This is Mr. Zeng. My good friend." He suddenly remembered that Zeng Xiangang's store had changed its name, and turned around and asked: "Mr. Zeng. What's the name of your store? This is Director Wang of Lingxi Daily."

Zeng Xiangang took out a small box from his body, took the business card and handed it to Wang Hui, and said, "My shop is called Gangcheng Space, please come to Director Wang." This Gangcheng Space is naturally Song Zhicheng's masterpiece. Her inspiration came from Yinggang Field. Once, Zeng Xiangang told Song Zhicheng the origin of Chenggang Field in his quilt. Song Zhicheng was very inspired, so he changed his shop to Gangcheng Space, Zeng Xiangang and Song Zhicheng's space.

Another reporter said: "You have just become a space owner. Your store is very popular. I am preparing to install a new house. Can you get a discount?"

"Our store is marked with clear prices. If you are an acquaintance of Weidong, you can get an 80% discount."

Although Zeng Xiangang has been in Lingxi for many years, he has contacted businessmen and has not had the opportunity to contact government officials, newspaper reporters and other mainstream social situations. In terms of social status, he is still rich and powerful. From another perspective, his money is not enough to become a member of the CPPCC and a representative of the National People's Congress, and has not yet integrated into the mainstream society in Lingxi.

He just mentioned to Hou Weidong that the county party secretary had no position, but heard Song Zhicheng's cousin brag that he actually didn't know anyone from the provincial government. When he saw people from Lingxi Newspaper, he took the initiative to get to know him.

Hou Weidong could see Zeng Xiangang's little thoughts clearly, and was a little happy about Zeng Xiangang's changes, saying: "Director Wang is a senior reporter. I suggest you go to the newspaper to advertise for Gangcheng Space. With the promotion of Lingxi Daily, the business will definitely be a thousand miles a day."

Zeng Xiangang said: "Then please take care of Director Wang."

Wang Hui was not very interested in Zeng Xiangang. He responded to a few words and said, "I have been collecting some information these days. If I guess I am not wrong, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held in September will deepen the reform of state-owned enterprises. I want to go to Shazhou to conduct an investigation."

Hou Weidong is Zhou Changquan's full-time secretary. In order to respond to Zhou Changquan's possible questions at any time, he would read People's Daily and magazines such as "Qiushi" every day to increase his grasp of major policies and improve his speaking strength. When he heard Wang Hui's topic, he said with great interest: "Welcome Director Wang to Shazhou. An article from your last year made the province determined to close many worthless development zones. This time, this investigation will surely give you another idea for the reform of state-owned enterprises in Lingxi Province."

Wang Hui smiled and said, "Don't praise me, if I praise it high, it hurts to fall. I know how much I have. I am sure. He said, "Now, the propaganda departments with a large share of publicity are talking about the reform of state-owned enterprises. According to convention, they are actually for the Fourth Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. I saw a statistical data. Among the 16,874 large and medium-sized state-owned industrial enterprises in the country, there are 6,599 loss-making households. Even profitable enterprises are quite profitable only if they do not withdraw basic depreciation, do not invest in technology development, and have arrears of taxes and default on loan principal and interest. This situation is very common. How to get state-owned enterprises out of the predicament is the most important problem that the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China needs to solve."

Although Hou Weidong also reads the People's Daily every day, he has a little experience and is not a professional journalist. He did not notice this problem. He followed Wang Hui's topic and said: "The situation in Shazhou is basically the same as that in the whole country, and there is no need to talk about production and operation. Even the wages of employees cannot be paid, and most of the medical expenses cannot be paid."

Wang Hui said: "From workers to mine managers in Datong Coal Mine in Shanxi, each person can only pay 230 yuan a month. Their slogan is that everyone is 233, and they will fight hard to overcome difficulties. Datong Coal Mine is world-famous. They are all so difficult. I want to find a typical example in Lingxi Province to dissect it. I thought of you in the afternoon, but I didn't expect that I really met here by chance."

Hou Weidong said solemnly: "Although I have not reported to Secretary Changquan, I will still boldly make a decision. Director Wang and his party are welcome to Shazhou for investigation and provide advice on getting rid of poverty in Shazhou industrial enterprises."

Wang Hui smiled and said, "I don't have three heads and six arms, so how dare I speak out? I just have some experience in sorting out and collecting information. In the evening, I will send a few articles I have collected recently to your email address. You can read them carefully and we will confirm the interview and research content another day."

When Wang Hui was talking to Hou Weidong and others, Zeng Xian couldn't get in. He listened quietly to the conversation of several people, and under the bright lights of the restaurant, he seemed very deep.

After dinner, Hou Weidong waved goodbye to Wang Hui, Zeng Xiangang and others, drove back home. He chatted with Xiaojia for a while, opened the email to check the articles sent by Wang Hui. Hou Weidong searched the Internet and posted the related articles together. He made an album.

Having been busy with these things, Hou Weidong temporarily forgot Li Jing from the west of the Ling River and the children in his stomach.

On Monday, when he opened his eyes and looked at the oblique sunlight outside the window, life stubbornly returned to its original track. Hou Weidong got up early, finished washing up, said some warm words to Xiaojia, and left the door.

Although I had been reading the documents last night and temporarily forgot Li Jing, when I was walking down the stairs, Li Jing's figure floated from the air again and appeared tenaciously in Hou Weidong's mind.

This woman who once had nothing to do with Hou Weidong had an accidental reason, and she was always associated with Hou Weidong because of her own flesh and blood, and became a person who could not be separated from each other's lives. Hou Weidong could not give Li Jing any promises and status. Although Li Jing had never asked for it, Hou Weidong felt extremely heavy when he thought of this, and his light steps in the past became much more steady.

"I am still a traditional person from the bottom of my heart and have no qualities to be a bad person." Hou Weidong sighed himself.

The driver Ma Bo waited for Hou Weidong to get on the bus and said, "Director Hou has been studying at the Provincial Party School, and has become more stable than before." Hou Weidong pretended to be relaxed and said, "It's just that he has been in the Party School for two days, it's meaningless."

When I arrived at the municipal party committee compound, I saw a group of people, men, women, old and young people, standing and squatting. Some people were holding slogans written on paper, which read:

"We want to survive, we want to eat."

"There is no salary in March, and no meat smells in half a year."

Ma Bo was very experienced. When he saw these people, the car did not stop or enter the courtyard. Instead, he walked straight along the road and walked around a hidden small door behind and entered the courtyard.

Secretary-General Hong Ang stood in front of the aisle of the office building, waiting for Zhou Changquan, and saying something to Deputy Secretary-General Zeng Yong. When Zhou Changquan came over, he came over and said, "There are workers from Shazhou Cement Factory outside. I have asked the factory director Li Dongyang to come over immediately. It's too unreasonable. If you have something to talk about, how can you block the municipal party committee every few days?"

Zhou Changquan's face was not good-looking, and said, "I saw the slogans clearly, survival and eating, this is the ruling society. How can such slogans appear and play the piano randomly?"

Hong Ang’s face was not very good-looking.

Zeng Yong took the initiative to say: "Secretary Zhou, I inform the public security machine to collect the slogan."

Zhou Changquan shook his head and said, "Forget it, let Li Dongyang come and persuade him. I heard something happened a few days ago. A worker in the cement factory had not eaten meat for several months. In order to let his son eat, he ran to the vegetable market to steal. After being discovered, he stabbed someone with a knife. Is this true?

Hong Ang said: "This is the case."

Zhou Changquan said: "It's not that the workers are forced to have no choice but to come here to make trouble. If you give in, the mayor will come over. He is the executive vice mayor. The municipal party committee needs to listen to the government's plans. It is not a solution to drag on this way."

Li Dongyang, the director of the cement factory, received a notice from the Municipal Party Committee Office and was delayed in the office for a long time before he reluctantly came to the gate of the Municipal Party Committee.

"Go back, it's useless here." The factory's performance was not good. The factory director Li Dongyang stood at the gate of the municipal party committee, and persuaded everyone with no confidence. Although it was early spring, he still felt sweaty all over, so he kept wiping the sweat on his forehead with his hands.

The workers at the gate of the municipal party committee all looked at Li Dongyang coldly, and no one paid attention to him. Although the factory director was not bad, the car was just a broken Santana. He went to the repair shop every few days, causing the factory director Li Dongyang to ride a bicycle to work from time to time.

But the benefits are not good. Even if Li Dongyang is frugal, he has no prestige in the eyes of the workers. One worker said, "Director Li, you pay my salary, and I will go back to work immediately." Another gray-haired old man said, "Dongyang, my medical expenses are more than 8,000 yuan. If you don't report the medical expenses, I can only jump off the building. Good luck, Dongyang, we have also worked in a workshop and reported the medical expenses."

Someone said, "Li Dongyang, it's useless to persuade you. We want to survive and we want to have a meal."

The workers of the cement factory stood at the entrance of the municipal party committee compound for a long time. The women inside were thinking about the meals at home and thought that the time was almost over, so most of them went back to cook. The other young and old men stood for a while, and when it was lunch time, they dispersed one after another.

The security of the Municipal Party Committee Courtyard is no longer accustomed to this. When the workers dispersed, they opened the door and cleaned the site by the cleaning workers, and there was no trace on the ground.

Factory director Li Dongyang did not leave. He and several leaders in the factory were sitting in the municipal party committee meeting room. Zhou Changquan, Hong Ang, Bu Haiyun and other municipal leaders were all staring at several factory leaders.

Li Dongyang was not good at both ends and was full of bitterness. He had some thoughts and briefly said the situation in the factory, and said in a more emphasis: "The cement factory is too responsible, and the asset-liability ratio is 126%. What we are doing is to operate without capital. It is impossible to make money."

"The equipment of our cement factory is actually very advanced. All are advanced domestic equipment introduced, and the products also have a market. The Tiejianshan Cement Factory built by Yiyang is not advanced than our Shazhou Cement Factory. It's just that the Tiejianshan Cement Factory has no burden and is profitable."

Zhou Changquan also knew this situation. Shazhou Cement Plant started to borrow money since the construction of the factory. The debt exceeded the assets, which made the company breathless and became a huge burden for the company. In this case, Shazhou Cement Plant could not compete with Qingda Group's Yiyang Tiejianshan Cement Plant in the market. As a result, the state-owned Shazhou Cement Plant had advanced equipment and strong technical strength, but even the workers' wages could not be paid. However, Tiejianshan Cement Plant was debt-free and defeated the old Shazhou Cement Plant on the ground of Shazhou.

After several leaders of the cement factory vomited bitterness, Zhou Changquan's anger disappeared without knowing it. He slowly took a sip of tea and said, "Director Li, what you are talking about is the truth. The Municipal Party Committee and Government know that Mayor Bu recently asked Mayor to convene a meeting between banks and enterprises. Can he provide some support to the enterprises?"

Mayor Bu thought to himself: "The cement factory has a mountain of debt. As long as you borrow money, you will be a meat bun and beat a dog. There will be no return. Moreover, the bank is even more afraid of the cement factory. After investing so much money, there is still no improvement. With such good equipment and strong market demand, it is just not making money. If Liu Bing heard Zhou Changquan's request, he might have to be in a bad mood again." But Zhou Changquan said, and he had to implement it. After thinking about it, he said: "I read the report a few days ago. Try to lend more money. The amount should be met with the bank. You can report to the municipal government and write more details, what is the matter and what project it needs, and how much it costs."

Several factory leaders looked happy.

Zhou Changquan paused for a moment, and his eyes slid past several factory leaders in turn: "The factory also needs to strengthen management. There are many enterprises in the city under the same circumstances. Most enterprises are still working diligently and have not come to besiege the municipal party committee and government. After you go back, you must strengthen management and think more ways to not exist and wait, and beg for it."

When several leaders of the cement factory left the municipal party committee compound with half joy and half sorrow, although their face was shattered, the municipal government wanted to let the bank connect, and perhaps they could get some money to overcome the current difficulties.

Li Dongyang figured this out and couldn't help saying, "Damn, next time there is no salary, the workers come to make trouble, I will stay in the hospital, you guys will withstand it first."
Chapter completed!