Guan Haiyang was the director of the Water Resources Department of Meng Hao was appointed as the director of the Provincial Party Committee Secretary. He had a deep qualification. Deep qualifications also meant that rotations could not be escaped. Therefore, he was very pleased with Hou Weidong's request and promised to agree to invest the central sewage treatment funds in Maodong.

"I feel at ease investing funds to Maoyun. The reason is very simple. Among the municipal and municipal teams in the province, Maodong team understands water conservancy best. Mayor Hou was once a water conservancy cadre, and Zhu Xiaoyong was a water conservancy expert. If you invest money to you, you can get things done." A basic agreement was reached, Guan Haiyang sat in the reception room and chatted with the two mayors Maodong.

Hou Weidong: "Xiaoyong happened to be in the west of Lingxi. Let's invite the director of the supervisor to have a meal later."

Guan Haiyang said: "You can eat, but don't drink."

Hou Weidong smiled and said, "I have been having a psychological burden in my meals over the years, so we eat in a civilized manner and do not persuade them to drink. The location is set at Bayi Reservoir. We go inside to hook a few times, and at the same time, we have to ask the Director of Management how to rectify the river."

Bayi Reservoir is a drinking water source in Lingxi City, and fish are not allowed to be raised manually, so the quality of the fish in the reservoir is quite good.

Guan Haiyang has been engaged in water conservancy work for a lifetime. Seeing that he was about to enter the National People's Congress or the CPPCC, his work was not as active as before, and said, "Then go, the Bayi Reservoir is also the jurisdiction of the Water Conservancy Department. I am going deep into the grassroots level. Don't drive small cars anymore. A few small cars lined up in a series of eye-catching cars, just sit in the Coaster in the hall. Don't make arrangements, let the office arrange them directly."

Hou Weidong smiled and said, "No need to arrange it in the hall, Xiaoyong is already waiting in the Bayi Reservoir."

Guan Haiyang also laughed and said, "You guys have planned it."

Hou Weidong said: "This shows that we are sincere."

When I got on the Coaster, the people in the car started to speak casually.

Hou Weidong asked: "Director Guan. What is the next arrangement?"

Guan Haiyang was very straightforward and said, "As of my age, the only place to go is the National People's Congress and the CPPCC. If it were a few years earlier, it would have been possible to be a deputy director. It would be good to be able to take a free position at the special committee now."

A few years ago, it meant that if Meng Haofang was still in the province, Guan Haiyang would have been likely to become a deputy provincial cadre. Now he can only work in the second-level team of the National People's Congress or the CPPCC, waiting to retire.

Hou Weidongyan said insincerely: "With the qualifications and contributions of Director Guan, he should be a deputy."

Guan Haiyang said: "I have seen through these years that a person's glory is like a flower, it can only be glorious for a while, not for a lifetime, so Chinese people like the ephemerals. The flowering time is short and it blooms very beautifully. I, a child from a farmer family, have been content to be able to be a department-level cadre. After decades of being an official, I am also very satisfied to be able to make a smooth transition."

Hou Weidong was the director of the Shazhou Municipal Agricultural Machinery and Water Power Bureau and was Guan Haiyang's subordinate. The relationship between the two began in that era. Later, Hou Weidong's position gradually improved, Guan Haiyang was always standing still, and finally the two became equal. However, it is rare for Guan Haiyang to talk about life insights like Guan Haiyang.

From work to now, Hou Weidong's mentality has also changed as his status improves and his age increases. At first, he struggled from the grassroots level in Qinglin, and when he arrived at the leader, he wanted to have a good future. Since he became the county party secretary, he truly had the concept of "politics". After becoming the mayor of Maodong, his mentality has changed even more. On the one hand, he naturally had the idea of ​​"going to the next level". On the other hand, after taking charge of the party, he really wanted to do some facts for the local area, and he did not dare to hope to leave a name in history. He only hoped to be worthy of his conscience and the authority granted by the state.

Bayi Reservoir is a narrow and narrow reservoir with wide front and narrow back. The management room is located in the middle. The management room and the nursing home in the hall are connected. The nursing home looks inconspicuous from the outside. Since the director sometimes comes in summer, the facilities and equipment inside are pretty good.

Before I arrived at the management room, I saw Zhu Xiaoyong who was waiting by the road.

Zhu Xiaoyong, the Minister of Organization of Maodong, is a water conservancy expert and is very familiar with the mountains and rivers of the west of Lingxi. He stood by the roadside and waved to Coaster.

Zhu Xiaoyong got into the car and said, "Director Guan, don't go to the sanatorium today, let's go to a new place."

Guan Haiyang said: "What new place?"

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "Walking inside again, there is a new villa, not mine, but a real estate friend. It is a better location than a nursing home."

After passing the management room, there is a one-way road that can be opened to the narrower and narrower area of ​​the reservoir. At the bottom of the reservoir, the water body quietly magnifies, the lake and mountains are beautiful, and the scenery is beautiful. Behind a small hillside, several houses are hidden in the forest, which is not eye-catching at all.

Guan Haiyang frowned and said, "Bayi Reservoir is a source of drinking water, how can we build a house here?"

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "This is the house Liu Gongzixiu. He is playing the edge ball, just outside the drinking water source protection area, but he can enjoy the lake at the end of the lake."

This is the first time Hou Weidong has come to this place. He only feels that the air is fresh and the scenery is pleasant, and it seems that the hustle and bustle of the big city is far away.

Guan Haiyang said: "How to deal with domestic sewage?"

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "Mr. Liu is also a veteran in real estate. He handles the details in this regard well. The pipes of the septic tank are connected to the town, and then a small treatment system is built to discharge sewage directly after treatment."

The words were unintentional, and the listener was interested. Hou Weidong said after hearing this: "A domestic sewage treatment system has been built here? How is the effect? ​​Let's take a look."

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "The effect is pretty good."

Hou Weidong: "We want to build a three-level pipeline network in the urban area, but there are many blank spots in the suburbs of the city. A large amount of rural domestic sewage is directly discharged. If the domestic sewage treatment system here is indeed effective, it will be very useful for reference."

Guan Haiyang is the director, who is in charge of major issues, and is not interested in the small rural domestic sewage treatment system. After the group entered the villa, Zhu Liang accompanied him, took the fishing pole, and went to the lake to sweep two poles along the path.

Hou Weidong and Zhu Xiaoyong went to check the small domestic sewage treatment system together.

The small domestic sewage system is located not far from the villa area, with an area of ​​about two or three hundred square meters. A small stream of sewage flows in from the water inlet, and it becomes clean water at the water outlet.

Hou Weidong: "Has this water met the standard?"

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "There are many indicators for sewage treatment plants to meet the standards, including chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand, suspended substances, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and the number of feces and large fertilizers. This small rural sewage treatment system has a small amount of sewage inlet, and after treatment, it can basically meet the standards. However, to fully meet the standards, each indicator meets the requirements. This is a bit difficult."

The main source of rural domestic pollution is human and animal feces. In particular, the wastewater cleaned from pigpens is particularly polluted, as well as washing wastewater, kitchen wastewater, natural precipitation, etc.

The difficulty of treatment is that farmers are scattered, the amount of sewage is unstable, the drainage pipeline network is almost non-existent, the economic power is weak, and there is a lack of professional personnel. Therefore, the sewage in rural areas is in a free discharge state, and in villages with dense populations, water pollution is even more serious. To develop the Beicheng, solving river pollution is a key point. In addition to urban pollution, the polluting river channels also has a very important rural non-source pollution. People who engage in urban construction have always focused their attention on urban areas and neglected rural non-source pollution.

Hou Weidong was very realistic and decided to develop Beicheng. After he decided to take his secretary Yan Chunping to inspect the situation many times. During the inspection, he did not take a car, but walked around the river. Now, he knows the pollution of the river in Beicheng very well.

The two stood in front of the small sewage treatment system, Zhu Xiaoyong said: "There are many solutions for developing small rural sewage treatment systems. However, regardless of which solution, biogas technology and anaerobic technology must be included in the front."

The small rural sewage treatment system in front of the villa area consists of three parts: the sewage first enters the sewage purification biogas pool, then enters the artificial wetland system, and then enters the fungal and algae pond. The water flowing out of the fungal and algae pond is basically clean water.

When Zhu Xiaoyong's explanation was over, Hou Weidong sighed: "Minister Zhu is an expert-type leading cadre, and it's a pity to do party affairs."

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "I used to think that the Organization Minister was a good job. I had great power, but now I realize that I am the secretary's puppet. Of course, there is also some power. This is what the Secretary intentionally or unintentionally leaked, or the secretary is unwilling to take charge of it himself. But as long as the Secretary is targeting the position, I, the Organization Minister, basically have no say."

Zhu Xiaoyong is an official who came from a university teacher, and is also the son-in-law of the former provincial party secretary. He has never concealed his words in front of Hou Weidong. In the environment where the two were alone, he said what they were in their hearts.

Hou Weidong, who has been the county party secretary, naturally understood the trick and asked back: "What would you do if you were the city party secretary? To be honest, don't fake it."

Zhu Xiaoyong did not hesitate at all and said, "If I were the secretary of the municipal party committee, it would definitely be the case. If you were the secretary of the municipal party committee, it would be the same. No one would be willing to lose power. Control is inevitable, and not control is accidental. The ability of the secretary of the municipal party committee to control the overall situation must first be reflected in controlling the power of personnel. If this power cannot be controlled, the authority of the secretary of the municipal party committee will be ruined."

Hou Weidong nodded and said, "This is called thinking from the perspective of others, long live understanding."

Zhu Xiaoyong said again: "I used to think you would have a conflict with Secretary Duan."

"Why do you think so?"

"The conflict between the secretary and the mayor was once a relatively common phenomenon."

"When you combine, you will gain both, and if you fight, you will lose both."

Zhu Xiaoyong was silent for a while and said, "What if the decision made by the secretary is obviously problematic, what should you do? Should you agree, watch the problem occur, or oppose it, which leads to disunity in the team?"

Hou Weidongdao: "This is a big problem. The way to deal with it is very simple, moderate, or balance."

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "This is still the way to cook Chinese cuisine. The amount of MSG, salt, chili, and pepper are all based on the chef's skills."

The two stood by the artificial wetland system, as if they were back in the past. Zhu Xiaoyong was a university teacher, and Hou Weidong was also the director of the water conservancy bureau. When they walked back to the villa, the two chatted casually by the lake.

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "Governor Zhou is in a serious condition. According to reliable information, I'm afraid it will not be delayed for a long time."

Hou Weidong said: "When I followed the old leader, he was very energetic and worked one after another every day. He didn't expect to get this disease. Life is impermanent and ever-changing. His mentality will change greatly after middle age."

Zhu Xiaoyong smiled and said, "Mayor Hou should be the spring breeze that makes the horse's hooves light. Why is his mood a little lost? It shouldn't be."

Hou Weidong said: "Are you going to be the mayor? It's not necessarily that every family has difficult sutras to recite, and they don't understand the taste of them if they are not in the bureau."

Zhu Xiaoyong raised his legs and walked over a hurdle and said, "Yes. Every family has difficult sutras. Don't look at me from university to local government and served as the deputy director of the organization, but by heart. After my father-in-law left, my life in Lingxi was very unsatisfactory. Lao Taishan used to be in charge of Lingxi, and his style was very strong and he offended many people, including some leaders of the provincial party committee who were once rivals Lao Taishan. I understand very well that as Lao Taishan gradually retreated into politics, my career will stop at the current level, at least in Lingxi, and my position may be adjusted."

Hou Weidong knew that what Zhu Xiaoyong said was a fact, and he was not comforted. He said: "Planning is in people, and success is in heaven. We don't have to care too much about where we can go. The key is to be worthy of our true hearts."

Zhu Xiaoyong gave a thumbs up and said, "I used to think that Mayor Hou is a very good at playing politics. Since I arrived in Maodong, I realized that you are actually a very real person and are much better than I thought."

Hou Weidong said: "Why do you think I can play politics?"

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "This is not my own understanding. Many people in the province have this view. Your experience is an alien among the leading cadres in Lingxi Province. You have served as secretary of two leaders, but both leaders are very good. Everyone's opinion is that your development is actually related to the two leaders."

Hou Weidong nodded and said, "That's true. Without Minister Zhu and Governor Zhou, I might still be a township cadre. Looking back now, I just have a better opportunity than others."

Zhu Xiaoyong shook his head and said, "This statement is wrong. Opportunities are very fair. Destiny will give everyone ten opportunities. Opportunities are hidden in the dark, but there will definitely be them. It's just that some people can seize opportunities. Some people can't seize opportunities. For example, personally, taking an exam to a university is an opportunity. Staying at school is an opportunity, and meeting Xiao Meng is another opportunity. We are talking about these opportunities now. Looking back, when we succeed, we realize that it is an opportunity. Each opportunity affects each other. If I can't get into a university, I won't stay at school. If I don't stay at school, I won't know Xiao Meng. Most losers blame the world and think that they have never had opportunities. In fact, everyone has opportunities. But most people have not seized the opportunity, so they think that opportunities have not come at all."

Hou Weidongdao: "Minister Zhu is worthy of being a university teacher, and his theory is one set of things."

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "This is not something I learned in college, it's all about the test of my life. The topic just now extended another problem. I am the old Taishan and the old Taishan and the old Taishan and the old Taishan and the old Taishan and the development space in Lingxi was blocked."

Hou Weidong remembered the secrets of Meng Haofang before and said, "You can also take Brother Shuguang's approach to other submissions."

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "It depends on the timing. It is a bit difficult for a deputy department-level cadre like me to go to other provinces. If you have the opportunity, you can find a way to leave Lingxi. Whether you go to central ministries or other provinces, it is better than staying in Lingxi."

Hou Weidong heard Zhu Xiaoyong speak frankly and said, "Why?"

Zhu Xiaoyong said: "You and I are actually in a similar situation. The relationship between you and Zhou Changquan and Zhu Yan is well known in the whole province. Secretary Zhu left Lingxi, and Governor Zhou was in a desperate situation. Tea will be cold when people left, and tea will be cold before people left."

Hou Weidong has worked in the five levels of villages, towns, counties, cities and provinces. He has a deep understanding of human feelings and political feelings. He said: "Everyone has limited resources, so after eliminating feelings, rational people will spend their energy and money in the most effective places. Hot tea is of course better than cold tea."

Zhu Xiaoyong originally wanted to talk about the close relationship between Duan Yiyong and Gao Yiyun and Yu Mingqiang, but then he thought that Hou Weidong had a deep relationship with the deputy director of the Second Department of the Organization Department. He must have known these things, so he did not tell them.

Walking up the gentle slope, Hou Weidong saw the figure of Director Guan Haiyang hanging from the lake from afar, and said, "When you enter the officialdom, you will inevitably be led into a gravitational field that cannot be stopped, keep moving forward and keep moving forward. This will make people lose their sense of direction, mission, responsibility, and just want to run towards the direction guided by the gravitational field. Since my mother and Governor Zhou suffered from cancer one after another, I feel that running towards the gravitational field is not the best choice for life, because for most people, you must run to a bottle.

When the neck is at the bottleneck, most people will feel a strong sense of frustration in life, and will lose their sense of happiness and accomplishment. I am an ordinary young man from an ordinary family. I am studying in an undergraduate college in an ordinary place. Being able to become the mayor at this age can be considered as a ancestral grave smoke. I don’t think too much about my position, I must have the ability to resist the gravitational field, and be able to be the mayor of Maodong seriously. Do what you should do well, so that I am very content. As for whether I can go further, I will follow the will of heaven. I will not force it."

Zhu Xiaoyong was silent for a while and said, "You are different from many senior officials I know. They have too many interests, so they have to move in the direction of the gravitational field, otherwise there will be a risk of capsizing."

Hou Weidong pointed and said, "My mind must be clear. There are too many people who have been leaders for a long time, blindly confident and self-inflated, so they have made many low-level mistakes."

While talking, the two came to the lake, and this time the rare chat-style conversation that both parties relaxed was over.

"Director Guan, have you gained anything?" Hou Weidong came to Guan Haiyang and looked down at the extremely traditional fish tricot.

Guan Haiyang said: "It's not bad. I caught two crucian carp. Mayor Chu couldn't fish, so there was no movement."

As the executive vice mayor, Chu Liang was so busy that he was not touching the ground, so he didn't have time to fish. Today, he accompanied Director Guan to drive a duck to the shelves. Standing by the lake, holding the fishing rod, his mind had already flown 108,000 miles. He cooperated and said, "Director Guan is an expert, and I can only be considered an amateur player. His level is far inferior."

Guan Haiyang said again: "Wei Dong, you are really dedicated. If the top administrative leaders in the province are like you, why worry about not doing their job well? I have met many secretaries and mayors who usually shout loudly slogans. They just don't go deep into reality and get speechless when asked professional questions. They don't know anything about their questions. It is obvious that they are not focused on their work. But the reality is that these high-profile leaders frequently appear in the news media and are easily valued by leaders and are promoted faster than those of old ox who do practical things." His words were also a feeling for his career. He has been a department-level cadre for many years, has been in charge of one party, and has worked in the department for many years, but it is difficult to go up like entering the Shu Road. There is a transparent ceiling above his head, which is usually invisible. Every time he encounters the opportunity to promote, he appears hard on his head, like a science fiction blockbuster.

Hou Weidong's experience has been relatively smooth. He didn't care about the ocean so much and said, "I don't know if the department has subsidized small rural sewage treatment projects. Although this project is small, it is very beneficial for improving the rural environment and reducing non-point source pollution."

Guan Haiyang smiled and said, "Wei Dong is really a workaholic." He said to Liu Ning, the office director who was following him, "It is a lucky thing that no one succeeds. If the directors in the department had half of the professionalism of Mayor Wei Dong, they would have been promoted long ago."

Liu Ning smiled and said, "Mayor Hou is a role model for comrades in the hall."
To be continued...