After lunch, Hou Weidong took Yan Chunping and Wu Bo to Longtang County, Tiezhou. Before saying goodbye, Hou Weidong sent a text message to Zhu Mei in the yard, saying: "I have something to leave, I wish you a happy wish."

Zhu Mei sat absent-mindedly in front of the drawing board. When she heard the text message, she picked it up. Before going to the United States for treatment, she had been relying on her mobile phone to communicate with the outside world. She was very sensitive to text messages. After reading the text message, she walked out the door and stood in the corridor, and saw Hou Weidong shaking hands with her grandfather.

The five people left the yard and headed to the road along the river. There were so many grasses in winter, and the river water was shallow and clear. Hou Weidong's figure became smaller and smaller, and eventually disappeared from sight.

Wu Bo drank a few glasses of wine at noon and took advantage of the opportunity to be alone with Hou Weidong, and then spoke, "Secretary-General, the Lingxi Financial Office is very embarrassed. In many provinces, the supervision of local financial institutions belongs to the Financial Office, and we belong to the Finance Department, which is a weakening of the functions of the Financial Office."

Hou Weidong did not answer and listened carefully. As the director of the Financial Office, he was very unfamiliar with finance, and it was very beneficial to listen to the suggestions of veterans like Wu Bo.

"The Provincial Financial Office should be the Financial Management Office. The management and service are only two different words, and their functions are very different. Moreover, the Financial Office now belongs to the Provincial Government Office, and most provinces are directly under the Provincial Government."

When Hou Weidong listened and was about to go to the main road, he then took Wu Bo's words, "The emergence of the Financial Office is related to the regional office established in 1998, and it is also related to the launch of the reform of killing rural credit cooperatives this year." He raised his finger and said, "The Financial Office must formulate development rules for the local financial industry. Comprehensively study local policies to promote local financial development; coordinate financial institutions and provide financial support and services to the local economy, and the positioning is still in coordination."

After becoming the director of the Financial Office, Hou Weidong also put in effort and is not very amateur now. He heard Wu Bo talk for a long time and expressed his own point of view at the most critical point. As the director of the Financial Office, his point of view is the point of view of the Financial Office. As the deputy director, Wu Bo's views can only represent him personally.

Seeing that his intention was not accepted by Hou Weidong at all, Wu Bo still said: "Secretary-General, if the Financial Office is not repositioned, it will be optional and become a marginal institution."

Hou Weidong: "At present, local financial offices are exploring, micro-loan companies and financing guarantee institutions conduct market supervision and risk disposal, cultivate and supervise property rights transactions, and other regional financial markets such as counter trading markets. These functions cannot be obtained from the Financial Office for the time being. The water will only be completed. If the water has not arrived or the channel will not be completed, we have to wait for the opportunity."

Wu Bo is a famous financial expert in the provincial government. He has worked in the People's Bank of China for many years and has always been a burden. Hou Weidong has never had any experience in working in the financial department. This naturally made him look down on Hou Weidong professionally. At this time, his opinions did not affect Hou Weidong at all, which made him discouraged and disappointed.

Walking on the main road, Hou Weidong said: "The functions of the Financial Office can be explored. But there is no need to rush to reform. Director Wu needs to study the next step. Today, our focus is on Zhennong Group. What do you think about this matter?"

Wu Bo was in a state of emotion and was unwilling to talk in depth about the matter, saying, "Zhang Zhennong is illegally sucking deposits."

Hou Weidong has worked in the local area for many years and knows the social conditions and public opinion well. He said: "Since 2000, state-owned banks have undergone commercial transformation. The township market operation costs are high and the profitability is poor. The division points of Agricultural Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China have been shrinking on a large scale. This is the background of the Zhang Zhennong incident. If you do not recognize the background of this incident, you cannot grasp your position well."

When Wu Bo heard Hou Weidong's tendency, he couldn't help but say, "The love is understandable, but the law is unforgivable."

Hou Weidong said: "It sounds simple, but why is the emotion understandable and the law is unforgivable. You cannot accurately understand it while sitting in the office. You can also walk around on the spot. Otherwise, you will always look at the flowers in the bottle and see clearly, but there is no fragrance or quality."

After entering Tiezhou, Hou Weidong looked at the mountains in the distance through the car window, and his thoughts returned to that day. On that day, he drove with Guo Lan into the mountains and spent the day and night I often recalled. This scene made people suddenly fall into a dream.

The car ran from the expressway and drove past the Tiezhou urban area.

From the expressway, you can see the tall buildings in Tiezhou City. There are more than a dozen tall buildings, about twenty floors, and it emits a soft light under the warm sun at noon. In Lingxi, in addition to Lingxi City, there are the most high-rise buildings in Tiezhou.

When I was in Yiyang Development Zone, I built several buildings at the intersection of the expressway. I thought it was pretty good at that time. From the current perspective, the overall design was still poor, there was insufficient reserved space, the houses were dense, the appearance of the building was not particular enough, there was no reserved air conditioning position, and the outer balcony also faced the street. Now, at the intersection of Yiyang Expressway, I saw clothes drying upstairs, which gave people a feeling of messyness. The building has been built and cannot be pushed down and started over again, which made Hou Weidong feel deeply regretful.

After two small cars left Tiezhou, they soon entered the New District of Longtang County.

Longtang County is the closest county to Tiezhou, similar to Yiyang County in Shazhou. Overall, Longtang County's economy and urban construction are slightly stronger than Yiyang, but there is no level difference between the two cities and is still on the same level.

Zhennong Group is located in the new district of Longtang County. The new district has wide streets and is well greened. Compared with other new districts, there are more street lights than pedestrians.

When he arrived at a street with a concentrated population compared to houses, Yan Chunping turned around and asked, "Secretary General, how to arrange the itinerary?"

"First go to Zhennong Group to take a look."

After receiving the instructions, Yan Chunping said to the driver Yu Feiyue: "Stop, I'll go and ask Zhennong Group." Seeing a middle-aged man walking by and the car drove over, Yan Chunping rolled down the glass window and asked politely: "How can Zhennong Group go?"

The middle-aged man saw two cars with a license plate in Linga, rolled his eyes and mumbled, "You officials are better off."

I asked another middle-aged man, but he still had this attitude.

Yan Chunping was a little surprised and said to Feiyue: "The quality of the people in Longtang is really low, and no one even answers the questions."

Yu Feiyue pointed out the window and said, "There is a sanitation worker in front of him."

Yu Feiyue was a traffic policeman in Lingxi. That day, he met Hou Weidong and was seconded to the General Office of the Provincial Government. He became Hou Weidong's de facto full-time driver. Unlike other drivers in the small bus shift, the other drivers are mostly workers with public positions, while Yu Feiyue is a serious civil servant.

Hou Weidong's own idea is to use a civil servant as a driver. He is a kind person. If someone around him works hard and he will be useless, he will be dissatisfied. However, he will insist on changing personnel or staff to cadres in violation of regulations. It is not only difficult, but it is also unpleasant to say it out loud.

Borrowing civil servants to be a driver is a staggering ball. If Yu Feiyue works well, it will be easy to promote and use. If Yu Feiyue has problems with his work, he can just return it to the traffic police department. It will not be difficult to stay by his side.

The car was parked next to the sanitation worker. Yan Chunping asked again. This time he learned it cleverly and said, "Hello, let's come to Zhennong Group to contact the business. How can Zhennong Group get there?"

The sanitation worker heard Yan Chunping’s question and said, “Zhennong Group, this area is all Zhennong Group. Do you want to find the specific place.”

Yan Chunping said: "We are going to the gate of Zhennong Group."

The sanitation worker pointed and said, "There are several gates, and turning is the largest gate."

Everyone turned around a corner of less than twenty meters in a doubt, and there was a huge sickle facing him. Behind the sickle, the four people from Zhennong Group shone brightly.

Looking at this scythe, Hou Weidong suddenly remembered the excavator that had been upright in the small square of Qingda Group, and thought to himself: "The growth trajectory of human beings will be deeply marked with chromium in their minds. Looking at this scythe, you will understand what kind of enterprise Zhennong Group is."

Zhennong Group looks like an enterprise from the outside. When you walk inside, it is still an enterprise. However, this enterprise is not the same as the modern enterprise pursued by reform. Even if you don’t have an in-depth understanding of this enterprise and stand at the gate of Zhennong Group and look inward, the first feeling that this is a society, not an enterprise.

Yan Chunping took the car to find the hotel, while Hou Weidong and Wu Bo were walking around casually.

Zhennong Group is like an old state-owned enterprise, with factories, street gardens, primary schools, and Zhennong Hospital. The elderly and children are playing leisurely on the roadside and in the garden, and pedestrians wearing work clothes walk past the five people from time to time.

Hou Weidong told Wu Bo: "From the first sense, what kind of enterprise is Zhennong Enterprise?"

Wu Bo contacted a lot of materials from Zhennong Group in his office, and he felt that it was superficial on paper. At this time, standing on the street of Zhennong Group, the data in his mind became three-dimensional. He thought about it and still insisted on his point of view, saying: "Zhennong Group has done good things for the local people, but illegal storage absorption is illegal storage absorption, and he violated the law."

After listening to Wu Bo's unchanging answer, Hou Weidong's view of him changed a little. He insisted on his own point of view, with a very scholarly temperament, much cuter than many officials who have no principles and only look at the expression of their superiors.

Based on this, Hou Weidong did not impose his consciousness on him, and said, "We have calmed down and stayed here for two days."

The two of them walked slowly and came to Zhennong Hotel. Yan Chunping completed the room registration and looked at the guesthouse registration office.

After entering the room, Hou Weidong really felt like he was going back in time. The hotel was simple and clean, with a thick wooden wardrobe and a solid wood table, which was quite similar to the previous Shazhou College Hotel. He stood alone in front of the window and smoked, thinking: "I didn't expect Guo Lan to have such a cousin, who had never mentioned it before." Then he thought: "If you have something to do, who would keep your cousin by your mouth? It's normal for Guo Lan not to mention her cousin in front of me."

He remembered what Guo Lan asked, called Guo Lan and said, "Hello, I am Hou Weidong, what is the situation with your cousin Zhang Zhennong?"

Guo Lan said: "My cousin has not come back yet, and the situation is not clear. It's just that the public security organs have asked many people, and it is probably still expanding the scope. What new situation do you have?"

Since parting, Hou Weidong has not contacted Guo Lan. At this time, a clear voice came from the microphone, neither slow nor quick, gentle and elegant, and it felt very comfortable to hear it.

"Zhang Zhennong is a famous entrepreneur in the province. This case involves a wide range of areas and is highly representative. The provincial government attaches great importance to it. I have brought the comrades from the Financial Office to visit Zhennong Group to take a look at the situation on the spot."

Guo Lan's voice rose slightly and said, "Are you in Zhennong Group?"

"I have only arrived for a while and stayed at Zhennong Hotel."

Guo Lan was standing on the balcony to answer Hou Weidong's call. She looked up and saw Hou Weidong standing in front of the hotel window making a phone call.
Chapter completed!