September Chapter 42.

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Hou Weidong, Gu Yunfeng and Du Bing all worked in Chengjin. After talking about Gu Yunfeng, the topic naturally talked about Chengjin.

The first person to mention this topic was Gu Yunfeng. He said: "Dongxiang County, which is adjacent to Chengjin, was far inferior to our Chengjin. Now Dongxiang is developing rapidly and its fiscal revenue has exceeded Chengjin. If the Secretary-General is still in power in Chengjin County, how can Dongxiang catch up with Chengjin?"

Hou Weidong knew Chengjin and Dongxiang well. He objectively said: "In recent years, Dongxiang County has developed faster. With the support of gold mines, Qingda Group's gold mine has made great contributions to the development of Dongxiang. Chengjin County mainly relies on non-ferrous metals represented by lead and zinc mines. The two counties have similar economic structures and similar difficulties and opportunities. However, Chengjin has developed faster in the past few years, and Dongxiang has developed faster in recent years. Now everyone has similar levels and has returned to its original position."

Gu Yunfeng drank some wine and showed goodwill to Hou Weidong. He knew the historical entanglement between Hou Weidong and Zeng Zhaoqiang best, so he said angrily: "Zeng Zhaoqiang is quite insidious. He obviously didn't want Shengbao Group to enter Chengjin under the conditions of Gou Ke. He saw the pros and cons of it very clearly. However, his approach was unauthorized, and the Secretary-General took the blame. The Secretary-General's transfer to the Agricultural Machinery, Water and Power Bureau was inseparable from this matter."

After many years, Hou Weidong has gradually forgotten the matter of Chengjin. If Zeng Zhaoqiang had not come to the hospital a few days ago, he would not have had the figure of Zeng Zhaoqiang in his mind. He smiled faintly and said, "It is a blessing to have a loss. If I had not been to the Municipal Agricultural Machinery and Water Power Bureau, it would have taken some trouble to become the deputy mayor. Now it seems that these are destined. Objectively speaking, Zeng Zhaoqiang still has vision, and he finally withstands the pressure of Shengbao Group. Later, Shengbao Group arrived in Maodong, which had a great impact on Maodong in terms of both economic and political aspects. From this point of view, Zeng Zhaoqiang is still a visionary county leader."

Gu Yunfeng was a member of the county party committee promoted by Hou Weidong. He was not in power under Zeng Zhaoqiang, and said, "Zeng Zhaoqiang has the ability. He was still good at working in Chengjin, but the methods he used to get to power were too inauthentic. When the Secretary-General was in power in Chengjin, he trusted Zeng Zhaoqiang very much and supported his work. Unexpectedly, he used such a despicable trick. In Chengjin, many county-level leaders had opinions on this matter and saw through Zeng Zhaoqiang's character. On the surface, they were quite respectful to him, but they had another account in their hearts. The old leader said it well, "Sai Weng was a blessing. After he used this trick, many county-level leaders were unwilling to be too close to him. So he was still relatively lonely in the county, including County Mayor Zhu. From my observation, he was also lukewarm with Zeng Zhaoqiang. I guess it was related to what happened back then."

What Gu Yunfeng said is only part of the truth. Although some county leaders have opinions about Zeng Zhaoqiang, they still do not hinder their follow-up of Zeng Zhaoqiang. Hou Weidong is just a leader of the past, and following the current county party secretary is the correct choice for the deputy county leaders of Chengjin.

Of course, Gu Yunfeng was still sure what Li Zhi and others thought.

Du Bing remembered the past and said, "Things back then also had a profound impact on me, and it was considered to be aware of the complexity of people's hearts. I think that although Zeng Zhaoqiang became the county party secretary, he was generally a mistake. It was not like this to be an official. If he worked closely with the old leader, he would still have many opportunities."

Hou Weidong didn't say much, saying, "Being an official is a temporary moment, being a talent is a lifetime. We must first be a good person before we can become a good official. In our relationships, we can also be friends after retirement."

Hou Weidong said this reason. Since Chengjin's work, he has been supporting Du Bing and Gu Yunfeng. Now the three of them have their own power and have the most important thing is that there is no conflict of interest, and such friends can be made for a long time.

Du Bing worked in the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee and had a lot of rules and regulations to investigate cadres. He read Zeng Zhaoqiang's situation in his mind and said: "Zeng Zhaoqiang is too old. Judging from the situation of the cadres' appointment, if he could not be the county party secretary in time, if he had waited for a few years, there would be no room for upward development. I guess he had adopted an irrational approach for this purpose."

Hou Weidong's heart moved and said to himself: "Now it's time for him to make a choice again. If he can't become a deputy department-level cadre this time, he will have no hope. With his last approach, he will definitely have to work hard to get to the top this time."

It was only eight o'clock after dinner, and the three of them left.

Hou Weidong went to the hospital to visit his mother first. On the way to the hospital, he couldn't help but think of Zeng Zhaoqiang again and thought: "Even if Zeng Zhaoqiang wants to take office, there are many ways. I am just a deputy secretary-general of the provincial party committee. He has no need to go to my way, let alone see my mother in the hospital. It makes no sense to do this."

After thinking for a while, Hou Weidong linked this matter with Zhu Yan. At this time, Zhu Yan still had no clue with him, so he naturally didn't know Zhu Yan's true thoughts. But Zeng Zhaoqiang wanted to go to the next level, and Zhu Yan was the most convenient way, and his thinking couldn't help but extend in this direction: "Maybe Zhu Yan also use Zeng Zhaoqiang and get him to Maoyun to work."

While thinking about it, he saw his second sister Hou Xiaoying walking in front of him, so he threw the topic behind him, followed him for a few steps, and caught up with Hou Xiaoying.

After staying in the hospital for more than an hour, Liu Guangfen became sleepy. Hou Xiaoying had less time to come to the hospital, so she stayed in the hospital and continued to accompany her mother. Hou Weidong basically came every day, so he left early.

When he arrived at the community, Hou Weidong suddenly remembered that he had not received a call from Xiaojia all night. He guessed that Xiaojia had a social event or was playing mahjong. He went upstairs and entered the house. The house was empty. He sat on the sofa and called Xiaojia with a landline.

"I just returned home from the hospital, where have you been?"

A "wavering" sound of mahjong came from the phone, and Xiaojia said: "I am at Sister Xie's house and help her accompany the guests. They are all colleagues from the Shazhou Garden Bureau. We play mahjong."

Xiaojia and Sister Xie have been mahjong matches for many years. Hou Weidong was not surprised and said, "You should come back sooner and don't play late. Playing too late will easily make you tired and affect driving."

Xiaojia was playing happily and said, "Don't worry, I've driven the car for so many years, there's no problem."

Hou Weidong said: "Your skills are fine, but now you graduate in one month from driving school. There are too many road killers, so be careful."

"Okay. I'll pay attention, I'll hang up."

He spoke with Xiaojia. Hou Weidong took a few sips of tea on the sofa alone, watched TV for more than ten minutes, then went to the study room to turn on the computer and browse some news. He was a little absent-minded and always felt that he was not interested in anything he did. He walked around the room quite boredly, and suddenly understood why he was so bored because Guo Lan was leaving Lingxi tomorrow.

He took out his cell phone and put it back for safety. Since Xiaojia almost talked to Guo Lan that time, he had not used the cell phone he brought home to call Guo Lan. He simply went downstairs to start the car and headed straight to the community where Guo Lan lived.

Listening to the singing of the four brothers, he passed through Lingxi City. After nearly half an hour, Hou Weidong came to the other end opposite his community. He entered the community where Guo Lan lived, looked up at the window in the atrium. The window was dark and there was no light.

"Have you not come back yet? You should not be in the store at this time." I opened the door and the room was indeed empty. Hou Weidong turned on the lights, looked at the toothbrush and other utensils used by Guo Lan in the bathroom, and sat in the room for a while. Then he lay on the bed for a while, and the jasmine fragrance of Guo Lan was still on the bed. This jasmine flower was like Guo Lan's own taste, very pure.

He sat down for nearly ten minutes, drove straight to Wuyi Road outside Lingxi University. On Wuyi Road, he found Guolan's shop. The store was closed and there was no one.

"Guo Lan must have gone to Longtang County, Shazhou to pick up Master Guo's wife." He thought for a while, and called Guo Lan with his mobile phone he carried with him.

"I'm in Longtang County and I'm leaving tomorrow. I'll pick up my mom today."

"Will I come to give you tomorrow?"

Guo Lan hesitated and said, "Forget it, you'd better not come and see it off. Tomorrow I will go back to Lingxi from Longtang County and then directly to the airport."

Hou Weidong asked again, "Then where are you now?"

"I'm in Longtang County, at my aunt's house."

After hearing Guo Lan's voice, Hou Weidong felt as if he had wings in his heart. He looked at his watch and calculated the time. He felt that time was enough and said, "You wait a moment, and I'll come over immediately."

Guo Lan was surprised, "Where are you now? I'm in Lingxi, right in front of your store."

"It's too late, don't come over." Guo Lan said this and looked forward to it in her heart.

Hou Weidong said without saying a word: "In an hour, you will wait for me under the statue of Zhennong Group."

Guo Lan said worriedly: "Don't come over, the road is not easy to walk at night."

Hou Weidong said: "There is no problem with the road, don't worry, I will drive carefully."

After making the phone call, Hou Wei started the car and headed straight to Longtang County in Tiezhou, and arrived at Longtang County. It was just 11 o'clock. The car came under the sculpture of Zhennong Group, and the bright headlights pierced the night. Guo Lan was wearing a windbreaker, which looked particularly clear under the lights. At this moment, the scene reminded Hou Weidong of the heroine in the movie "Casablanca". Although this was not related to the movie "Hou Weidong was thinking of this movie.

After getting on the car, Hou Weidong said, "I won't come to see you tomorrow, but I will definitely come to see you today."

"I want to call you today, but..." Guo Lan said a little without saying a word, just looking at Hou Weidong with her eyes.

Hou Weidong: "When will you have surgery when you arrive in Shanghai?"

Guo Lan said: "We have to wait for the kidney source."

Hou Weidong drove the car to a dark corner, stopped the car, took out a card, and said, "You hold this card, the number is your birthday."

Guo Lan thought about always accepting Hou Weidong's money, and felt embarrassed, and said, "My business is OK, so I won't need it for the time being."

Hou Weidong was a little angry and said toughly: "This is life-saving money, lent it to you. If you have a good business in the future, I will return it to me. If you refuse, I will be angry."

Guo Lan did not refuse and slowly leaned her head on Hou Weidong's shoulder. At this time, she felt that Hou Weidong's shoulder was really strong.
Chapter completed!