Duan Chuanlin was very professional. In order to avoid Hou Weidong's entreatment, he blocked the words as soon as he came up.

Hou Weidong didn't mind and said earnestly: "Chulin, I am a different position from you. I am an administrative official and I know the best about what Maoyun's leader is thinking. Under the current system, administrative officials must be responsible for local economic development. If Maoyun wants to develop, there is no other way except mining. I understand Maoyun's approach. If it is me, I must make full use of resources."

Duan Chuanlin's eyes were bright and sharp, with the unique sharpness of young people. He said: "What I am concerned about is the result. Now Dongxiang County is seriously polluted and has shown consequences. The cost of treatment is far higher than the benefits. There are many previous reports in China. I have a piece of information in my hand, so please take a look first."

He walked to the bookcase, took a thin piece of information and handed it to Hou Weidong.

Hou Weidong took over the information, and the name of the information is "The Pain of Water in China", which contains the following passage: "Shandong and Hebei in the Haihe River Basin, Henan and Shandong cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-provincial cross-distanced Hou Weidong took the data, and the water pollution indicators such as total phosphorus and total nitrogen in Chaohu are still very high; the water quality of some tributaries in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area is showing a deterioration, and water blossoms have occurred in seven sub-tributaries this spring; the ecological water use of some basins is not guaranteed, and the water ecology of the Haihe River and Liaohe River Basins is seriously dysregulated, among which the Xiliao River in Inner Mongolia has been cut off for five consecutive years."

Duan Chuanlin explained on the side: "This material has received high attention from relevant leaders of the State Council. A work meeting on the entire basin remediation of the Huaihe River will be held in the near future. According to relevant experts, the investment will be huge."

Hou Weidong finished reading the materials and said: "I have worked in Chengjin before and have experience in rectifying minerals. At present, this situation can only be done by gradual governance, and hasteness will not be achieved."

"Governing step by step means letting pollution." When talking about specific issues, Duan Chuanlin was quite aggressive.

Hou Weidong was not anxious. He smiled slightly and said, "If the Qingda Group's gold mine is closed, the company will naturally not pay for pollution. The money is purely for the government to pay, and it is difficult based on Maoyun's situation."

Duan Chuanlin thought of the green sewage and sighed, "When the gold mine was opened, the Maoyun government should have realized this. Now that such a big hole has been created, everyone is in a dilemma."

"This is also the price of development. The central government has realized this. The scientific outlook on development is a good medicine for extensive development. At present, the province has organized an expert group to guide the Third Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee. It studies deep-seated problems such as unreasonable structure, weak overall competitiveness, incompleteness, inconsistentness, and poor sustainability in economic and social development."

The two talked about major events for a while, and Hou Weidong said: "Can you not post this article for the time being? I want to meet Secretary Zhu Yan of Maoyun. Communicate these situations with him, and I will give back to you."

After temporarily stabilizing Duan Chuanlin, Hou Weidong quickly called Zhu Yan.

"Secretary Zhu, I am Wei Dong, I have something to come to you."

Zhu Yan was in a good mood and said, "What instructions does the Secretary-General have?"

Hou Weidong told Zhu Yan without reservation the key points of his conversation with Duan Chuanlin. Zhu Yan's voice became serious and said, "Mushan told me about this. Duan Chuanlin has never worked in the local area, and there is a lot of unrealistic things in his mind."

Hou Weidong had a good attitude in front of the old leader, saying, "Duan Chuanlin is a bit idealistic, but his position is important. The last time he wanted to Chengjin, he added an editor's note, and Zhao Dong was brought to the Provincial Burden Reduction Office because of this article."

At this time, Hou Weidong was no longer the same as before. As the deputy secretary-general of the provincial government, he called to remind Maoyun of the pollution, which was enough to show his sincerity. Zhu Yan knew this very well and said, "Weidong, are you free? I just came out of the provincial party committee and fished from the old man and came to drink wild crucian carp soup."

Hou Weidong looked at the watch and said, "Then I'll come here."

He asked the driver to take him to the door of his house. When the driver left, he drove the Audi car to the yard where Mr. Zhu lived. The car parked at the entrance of the yard. Hou Weidong took two bottles of Moutai in the trunk and walked through the yard. The two native dogs leaned forward, their backs arched, revealing their teeth, and making a low threat from their throats.

Mr. Zhu came out of the main hall and saw Hou Weidong standing at the door. He shouted at the two local dogs. The two local dogs made way out with their tails. When Hou Weidong walked into the yard, a strong yellow local dog came up and sniffed around Hou Weidong, making a faint sound from his throat.

"Zhu Yan went fishing. He called back just now and said you were coming. I'll prepare a fishing rod for you."

Hou Weidong placed two bottles of wine on the stone table in the yard and followed Mr. Zhu to the west room to get the prepared fishing rod.

Mr. Zhu said, "The happiest thing in his life is that Zhu Mei's ears are cured. If they cannot be cured, I can't even close my eyes when I go to the grave. That Li Jing is a good person. Zhu Mei likes her very much and follows her abroad again."

Compared with the first meeting with Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu has obviously aged. His face is dry, his wrinkles are deep and long, his eyes are prominent, and his words do not have the smell of the old leader of the Provincial Planning Commission, and he has become a pure old man.

Hou Weidong was unwilling to talk about Li Jing more, so he took the fishing rod and said, "Old man, don't you go fishing?"

Mr. Zhu said: "I can't see the float clearly for this period. I went to the hospital for examination and said it was a cataract. I was going to have surgery. After the surgery, I could see the float clearly. I went fishing again. If I could fish for another ten years, I would have no regrets in this life." He has lived in the Nanjiao courtyard since he retired from the Provincial Planning Commission. He is different from ordinary villagers. Ordinary villagers face the vegetable fields for survival, and he faces the vegetable fields for entertainment. He grows some side dishes every day and fishes by the river, and lives a comfortable and comfortable life.

Under the leadership of the big yellow dog, Hou Weidong found Zhu Yan by the river. Zhu Yan sat alone by the river, without a secretary or a driver by his side.

"Secretary Zhu, why are you alone?"

"I just want to be quiet when I go home today, so why bother with my secretary and the driver?"

Zhu Yan moved a small stool and sat by the river, wearing a straw hat. From his back, he looked like Mr. Zhu many years ago. Just when he saw the front, his dignified appearance was the appearance that a department-level cadre should have. In a word, it is called being arrogant without anger. This expression comes from the inside and is difficult to disguise.

In society, there are often scammers who pretend to be high-ranking officials to cheat. Most of the deceived people are outside the system. They are not familiar with the subtle expressions of official faces. People like Hou Weidong who have worked in the system for more than ten years can basically judge whether the person is in the system and the general status of the system through appearance, expression and no more than ten sentences.

"Secretary Zhu, how many have you caught?"

Zhu Yan pointed to the fish next to him and said, "It's not bad today, there are seven or eight local crucian carp."

Hou Weidong looked at the cool river water and said, "The Lingxi Municipal Government has made an indelible contribution to protecting the surrounding rivers. This small river surrounding the city has never been polluted."

Zhu Yan laughed and said, "Weidong, you want to persuade me to control gold mine pollution. Thank you for your concern for Maoyun."

Hou Weidong talked in detail about the dialogue with Duan Chuanlin.

Zhu Yan did not talk about this matter immediately, but recalled the beginning and said, "Liu Mingyang was quite imaginative when he used you, a cadre who was delayed. Now the facts proved that my vision was still good."

Speaking of this, he changed his subject and said, "Now the media has experienced great troubles, people with antennas like Duan Chuanlin are even more amazing."

Hou Weidong said objectively: "Duan Chuanlin is a very decent person. He is looking at the problem from the perspective of a reporter. He only cares about the facts. As for the hardships of doing things, it is not his consideration."

"I know, who dares to underestimate these uncrowned kings now? I called his father Duan Hengshan, hoping to do some work for him through his father's channel." Zhu Yan was in a critical period of competing for the Minister of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and was very concerned about this matter, but he tried his best to make himself appear confident.

Hou Weidong knew Zhu Yan’s situation very well, which was also the reason why he took the initiative to share his worries. He said bluntly: "Secretary Zhu, Maoyun’s ranking in the province has increased rapidly in the past two years and has a lot to do with Dongxiang’s gold mines. However, now there is pollution in the gold mines. In this sensitive period, it is indeed not appropriate to expose this matter."

Zhu Yan said: "Qingda Group is investing heavily in gold mines and is willing to invest in environmental protection. The tailings mines are well repaired. The ones that are really polluted are actually small mines. Recently, Maoyun will focus on rectifying small mines around large mines, and then invite important media from the province to report." Now that the competition for the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department has entered a state of fierce competition, the important reason why Zhu Yan is shortlisted is that his outstanding political achievements in the governance of Maoyun. If pollution problems are exposed at this critical period, they will undoubtedly have great lethality.

At this time, Zhu Yan wanted to change from passive to active, first control the illegal small gold mines with more serious pollution, and temporarily block the media's mouth. As long as he could successfully become the Organization Minister of the Provincial Party Committee, Maoyun's affairs would naturally be handed over to the next one.

Hou Weidong's mind was quickly turned around and suggested: "Since we are going to start rectifying the small gold mine, it would be better to invite Duan Chuanlin to Maoyun openly and tell them thoroughly. The situation will be better."

Zhu Yan nodded and said, "Maoyun has formulated a detailed pollution control plan. In addition to small mines, there are also practical measures for large mines. These things can be introduced to Duan Chuanlin."

Hou Weidong suddenly remembered something and said, "A few days ago, I met Liu Jie from the Provincial Song and Dance Troupe. She mentioned it to me and thought about holding several performances in various places. Can I go to Maoyun at the first stop?"

Zhu Yan didn't react for a moment and thought to himself: "Hou Weidong suddenly mentioned this matter, which must have a deep meaning." He asked back: "Weidong, why did he suddenly mention this matter?"

Hou Weidong smiled and said, "I was entrusted by Captain Liu. This is a win-win situation. First, I have rich Maoyun's spiritual life. The Provincial Song and Dance Troupe has been making a prosperous career in the past two years and the program is good. Second, I have helped the Provincial Song and Dance Troupe increase its income."

Zhu Yan didn't say anything, waiting for Hou Weidong to come to the text.

Hou Weidong said: "Then I will contact Li Ying. She is Duan Chuanlin's girlfriend and the backbone of the Provincial Song and Dance Troupe."
Chapter completed!