October Chapter 21.

After returning from a business trip, updates will begin.

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When Hou Weidong and Zeng Zhaoqiang had a power dispute in Chengjin, Zhu Yan was working in Maoyun. After he visited Dongxiang County, he chatted in the evening. County Party Secretary Lao Tu accidentally talked about Chengjin. Only then did he realize that Zeng Zhaoqiang and Hou Weidong were a bit disagreeable. The county party secretary and county magistrate were a common thing in Lingxi Province. He didn't care too much, nor did he ask about it much. After all, this was a matter of Shazhou, and he was Maoyun's municipal party secretary.

The situation is different at this time. Zhu Yan is already the director of the Provincial Party Committee at this time. Hou Weidong is about to take office in Maoyun. Zeng Zhaoqiang is also the county party secretary who is preparing to be promoted to the deputy department position. It is necessary for him to ask about this matter privately.

Zeng Zhaoqiang had a cold sweat on his back because he didn't know what Hou Weidong said to Zhu Yan. He was foolish in the matter of Chengjin, used the investment of Shengbao Group, borrowed Zhu Minsheng's eagerness to create political achievements, and finally used Zhu Minsheng's hand to quickly ascend to the position of county party secretary. However, he ignored Hou Weidong's ability, and did not expect Hou Weidong to be able to get out of the shadow of Zhu Minsheng so quickly and become the deputy mayor of Shazhou. This matter fully verifies what it means to be smart and mistaken by cleverness.

He tried his best to restore the facts, of course, according to his own intentions, and said: "In Chengjin, Weidong and I have always cooperated well. We are consistent in the rectification of non-ferrous metal mines and the construction of Chengsha Highways. Chengjin's work has been well received by the Shazhou Municipal Party Committee and is inseparable from our unity. However, later we had a estrangement in one thing."

Zhu Yan had no expression on his face. He listened quietly to Zeng Zhaoqiang's speech.

"At that time, Hong Kong Shengbao Group invested in the construction of lead-zinc mines in Chengjin, which was in line with industrial policies. The Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government were vigorously promoting this matter. Comrade Zhu Minsheng, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, attached great importance to this project and repeatedly asked the county to cooperate with this work. At that time, Weidong was studying abroad. As the county magistrate, I could only implement the instructions of the Municipal Party Committee Secretary and signed an intentional agreement with Shengbao Group."

Zhu Yan interrupted Zeng Zhaoqiang and said, "When signing the intentional agreement, did you communicate with Weidong?"

When the intentional agreement was signed, Zeng Zhaoqiang called Hou Weidong. From the phone, he learned that Hou Weidong opposed the project, and it was precisely because of this phone call that he had the idea of ​​using Zhu Minsheng to get to power. Therefore, although Hou Weidong had objections, he still signed the intentional agreement.

Zeng Zhaoqiang said: "I communicated with Weidong on the phone. He opposed signing the agreement, but Secretary Zhu Minsheng issued a clear instruction, requiring the county government to do everything possible to keep the investment of Shengbao Group. Under this pressure, despite Weidong's opposition, I still signed an intentional agreement with Shengbao Group on behalf of the county government."

"Just an intentional agreement?"

"I have to respect the county party secretary, so I just signed an intentional agreement. My idea is to wait until Wei Dong comes back and mention this matter to the Standing Committee for research."

Zeng Zhaoqiang said that the situation was basically the same as Zhu Yan’s mastery. He said: “Shazhou has been competing with Tiezhou for many years, and I can understand Zhu Minsheng’s idea.”

"Secretary Hou believes that the conditions of Shengbao Group are too harsh, so after returning from a business trip, he rejected this intentional agreement. For this agreement, he had an opinion on me."

Zhu Yan showed a smile on his face. He said, "Wei Dong was young at that time and was the county party secretary under 30 years old. It is understandable that he showed his sharpness."

Zeng Zhaoqiang said sincerely: "I later reflected that the conditions of Shengbao Group were too harsh. According to their conditions, all the meat was eaten by Shengbao Group, and the bones and troubles were left to the government. Weidong's view was correct. Therefore, after Secretary Hou was transferred, I also insisted on Weidong's view. In the end, Shengbao Group did not settle in Chengjin County."

Shengbao Group did not settle in Chengjin, Shazhou, and turned around and went to Maoyun to build a factory on more preferential conditions. This was an example of the success of Maoyun Municipal Government's investment promotion. However, due to the harsh conditions of Shengbao Group, the government provided a large amount of land and did not have the ability to properly resettle and demolished farmers, which caused a lot of trouble. Landless farmers made many mass troubles, which finally made the provincial party committee and government very passive. The leaders of Maoyun Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have not been promoted for many years, and were also affected by this matter.

Zhu Yan said: "Wei Dong has vision and courage, so he dared to deny this intentional agreement. Otherwise, a lot of troubles will be left to Shazhou. Over the years, our investment promotion practices have to be thought about. But your approach is not wrong. You are implementing Secretary Zhu's instructions, and you just signed an intentional agreement." He emphasized: "For work, you don't have to be afraid of having a estrangement. The key is to stick to the correct opinions, otherwise you will follow the trend and this official will be devoid of it."

In fact, the gap between Zeng Zhaoqiang and Hou Weidong is not just what he just said. In fact, he cannot tell Zhu Yan about the more real thing. He hid three-point lies in the seven-point truth, but three-point lies have key meanings.

After leaving Lingxi and sitting in the car, Zeng Zhaoqiang thought about this repeatedly. He was tall and big, but in fact he was very thoughtful. This time he failed to become the Minister of Maoyun Organization, so he suspected that Hou Weidong was making trouble in it. It was just that there was no basis, and he was just a pure speculation.

"When Hou Weidong was working in Chengjin, he had close contacts with Zhu Xiaoyong. He was able to become the deputy mayor of Shazhou from the position of agricultural machinery and water motors, which was the way Zhu Xiaoyong took. Now that Zhu Xiaoyong was in Maoyun as the Minister of Organization, was it related to Hou Weidong?"

Thinking of this, Zeng Zhaoqiang felt particularly regretful and said to himself: "If I had known this, I wouldn't have visited Hou Weidong at the hospital. Maybe I could have done it quietly."

Now that the tree has been completed, he can only swallow this bitter fruit.

After lunch, Zhu Yan rested in the office for a while. When it was working hours, he called Hou Weidong and said, "Weidong, are there any arrangements? If there is no arrangement, come to me. If there is any arrangement, let's arrange another time." Since Hou Weidong is no longer the same as before, his previous identity was the deputy secretary-general of the provincial government, and his current identity is Mayor Maoyun and a department-level cadre, Zhu Yan was still relatively polite when he called.

Hou Weidong was looking at the office and when he received the call, he knew that Zhu Yan must have something to talk about. He reacted very quickly and said, "Minister Zhu summoned me. I have to let go of anything I have. Old leader, don't be so polite to me."

Zhu Yan smiled and said, "You are now a department-level cadre, not the little marquis you used to be."

"There is a saying that bean sprouts grow taller than a plate of side dishes. In front of Secretary Zhu, I am always a little Hou." Hou Weidong smiled again and said, "I'll come here right away."

Hou Weidong put down the phone and immediately notified Yan Chunping to call the driver Xiao Geng. When he arrived at the parking lot on the first floor of the brigade, Xiao Geng's car was already waiting at the elevator entrance.

The driver and secretary are people around the leader. They can use it easily and make the leader worry a lot. During the work of the provincial government, Yan Chunping and Xiao Geng had completely adapted to Hou Weidong's work rhythm. Therefore, this time when he arrived in Maoyun, he was preparing to transfer Yan Chunping and Xiao Geng to Maoyun.

He came to the provincial party committee building and entered Zhu Yan's office. Zhu Yan did not expect Hou Weidong to come so quickly. He was a little surprised and raised his hand to look at his watch and said, "Wei Dong is so fast. It only took seven minutes since I called you."

Hou Weidongdao: "I have never given any discounts to implement the instructions of the leader."

"Weidong's organizational discipline is very strong, good." Zhu Yan said this, but he said in his heart: "When Zhu Minshengfa instructed Chengjin to sign an agreement with Shengbao Group, Hou Weidong dared to refuse. He implemented the leader's instructions based on his own judgment, and did not accept any discounts on the execution of the leader's instructions."

Hou Weidong took a sip of tea and immediately said, "Secretary is drinking Yiyang New Tea? Next spring, I will ask my fellow villagers in Qinglin to get a few kilograms of Mingqian handmade tea that has not been used in pesticides."

"I have been drinking it for more than ten years and have adapted to the taste of Yiyang tea. I think it is better than those famous teas. Drinking famous tea is famous, and drinking Yiyang tea is real."

After a few greetings, Zhu Yan changed his subject and said, "Wei Dong, according to the arrangements of the provincial party committee, you will be in Maoyun to take office in the near future. Please come here today. We will also include the private exchanges of formal conversations before taking office."

Hou Weidong was serious, and he knew that Zhu Yan, the Minister of the Provincial Party Committee, called him to the office, not just chatting casually. He did not take the initiative to ask questions, but took out the notebook he carried with him and placed it on the table to prepare records.

Seeing this, Zhu Yan smiled and said, "This conversation is not a pre-term conversation. It is easier, don't be so serious." He emphasized again: "Today is a heart-to-heart talk before the formal representative organizes the conversation. The main content is to talk about the development of Maoyun. This conversation is also a heart-to-heart talk between the former municipal party secretary and the new mayor."

At this time, in the Maoyun Municipal Party Committee, the air was as heavy as a mountain. Municipal Party Committee Secretary Duan Yiyong said to Du Shandong, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee: "How did Liu Gang die? This is in the Procuratorate, how could such a thing happen?"

Du Shandong had a fat face and said with a wry smile: "I just received a report. The Municipal Procuratorate received a report that Liu Gang had received a bribe of 100,000 yuan from the real estate owner, so he took Liu Gang to the procuratorate for investigation. At night, Liu Gang suffered a heart attack and died."

Duan Yiyong's face turned a little blue. He walked around the room a few times and said to Du Shandong: "Leave this matter to you, and submit an investigation report to the municipal party committee as soon as possible."

Du Shandong said: "Secretary Duan, now the relatives of the Liu family gathered in the municipal party committee to ask for an explanation. Liu Gang's wife threatened to invite the news media to Maoyun."

Duan Yiyong said: "You are the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, and you are fully responsible for this matter. Give a reasonable explanation to the Municipal Party Committee and the relatives of the Liu family."

After Du Shandong left, Duan Yiyong called in the car and headed straight to Lingxi. He wanted to report the matter to Zhu Yan.
Chapter completed!