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Chapter 34: The Peaches That Come to Your Mouth

Updated: 2012-07-13

Ge Yongqiu and Zhou Yu have both left the city to take on new positions one after another. Although Chen Huai's organizational relationship has been transferred to Xiapu County, no one in the city has rushed over to take back the house of Chen Huai.

In the next few days, Chen Huai handed the room key to Chen Tong and asked him to take the time to move all the items in his house to Meixi Town, while he went to the Organization Department of Xiapu County Party Committee to report.

Meixi Town is close to Donghua City. People in the town are used to running to Donghua City when they have something to do. However, Chen Huai studied in Xiapu County for three years and was not unfamiliar with the county town that is twenty or thirty kilometers away from Meixi Town. Of course, there is no question that they are familiar with it.

To accept pre-appointment talks from the Organization Department of the County Party Committee, Chen Huai lived in the county town for a few days, which was also a revisit in the old place.

Whether they know or not, or those who have resentment or resentment, the county leaders at home and the heads of major county-level agencies, Chen Huai was also led by comrades from the Organization Department to recognize their familiar faces.

The previous county magistrate was transferred to Xinjin County as secretary, and Ge Yongqiu had just arrived in Xiapu County to serve as deputy secretary of the county party committee and acting county magistrate.

On the afternoon of October 18, Chen Huai was led by the Organization Department and pushed the door in. Ge Yongqiu was instructing the staff of the county government office to redesign his office.

"There are a row of bookshelfs here. I like furniture with a deeper color..." Ge Yongqiu pointed to a wall on the side window and waved his hand, as if he was thinking about using some words to describe the bald middle-aged man in front of him what it would be like to put a row of bookshelfs here.

He could not clearly ask for high-end bookshelf such as mahogany, but just used the elegant words "more color" to imply that the director of the county government office, who was just not familiar with, should understand it by himself.

Staff from the Organization Department of the County Party Committee accompanied Chen Huai in and reported to Ge Yongqiu respectfully: "County Magistrate Ge, this is Chen Huai, the newly registered deputy secretary of the Meixi Town Party Committee, come and recognize the door..."

Ge Yongqiu looked at Chen Huai pushing the door and his face turned cold.

If it weren't for Chen Huai, the county party secretary would have been his pocket.

As Ge Yongqiu, who has been immersed in the officialdom of Donghua for twenty years, he certainly knows how deep the gap between the county party secretary and the county magistrate is, and of course he knows how many county magistrates in China are staring at the position of the county party secretary day and night. Although the position of the county magistrate is not bad, his power is greatly restricted after all. Only the county party secretary, who is the top leader, is the real king who can cover the sky with his own hands and no one can violate it.

Not to mention the boxing incident at the city steel mill, Ge Yongqiu would hate Chen Huai to the core of the county party committee because of Chen Huai...

Chen Huai didn't realize it, and took the words of the comrade in the Organization Department and said with a smile: "I am a soldier under County Mayor Ge in the city; now when I go to Xiapu, I am still a soldier under County Mayor Ge. County Mayor Ge often says that I am the Monkey King, but I can't jump to County Mayor Ge's Wuzhishan..." He turned around, looked at Ge Yongqiu's new office, and exclaimed, "Secretary Ge is one of the few scholar-type cadres in the city. He has never forgotten to study after becoming the county magistrate. Mayor Gao's office is also arranged in this way? Is it necessary to place a pot of wealthy trees on the position near the windowsill?"

The more Chen Huai said, the more he felt something was wrong. Ge Yongqiu hurriedly stopped him: "Oh, you finally came to Xiapu County to report. I have been waiting for you for half a month. Since we are old friends, we are not busy reminiscing about the past. You should go and visit Secretary Tao first..."

"Secretary Tao went to Hetang Town for investigation and could not come back until the afternoon." The staff of the Organization Department explained.

It’s not that Ge Yongqiu didn’t hate Chen Huai, but that he and Gao Tianhe couldn’t see through what Chen Huai had to do with Tan Qiping, and what transactions there existed between Chen Huai and Wu Haifeng, the secretary of the municipal party committee, so that Wu Haifeng directly asked Xiapu County to place Chen Huai on a designated basis to Meixi Town as the deputy secretary in charge of economy through the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department.

Before Wu Haifeng gave up the throne of the municipal party secretary and removed the word "Dai" on his title, he would not act rashly and would have any clear actions towards Chen Huai.

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In the afternoon, County Party Secretary Tao Jixing returned from Hetang Town, and Chen Huai received a notice to rush to his office to accept the conversation.

Tao Jixing has heard of what happened in the city’s steel mill.

Tao Jixing almost squeezed out Ge Yongqiu this time, if Wu Haifeng had not forced Ge Yongqiu to make a comeback, Tao Jixing's best result would be to move a house and transfer it to Xinjin or somewhere else as secretary.

It would be a lie to say that Tao Jixing is not alert to Ge Yongxing and is not aware of it.

The enemy is a friend. Tao Jixing has a natural sense of closeness to Chen Huai, so he ignores his excessive youth.

"When I returned to the city for a meeting, Secretary Wu specifically mentioned you, saying that you are an overseas talent introduced by the province, with specialties and economics, and have your own ideas. I want me to boldly put burdens on young and capable cadres,"

Tao Jixing's hair was sparse and shiny. When his fat nose was talking, his nose would be wide open. He sat behind Chen Liang's desk and talked to Chen Huai casually.

"When it comes to the economy and industry of Meixi Town, Meixi Iron and Steel Plant accounts for a lot of weight. How about it, are you afraid that the burden will be too heavy?"

Tao Jixing's conversation made Chen Huai feel a little surprised.

He thought that the best result of this conversation would be to go to Meixi Town to serve as the deputy secretary of the Party Committee, clarifying his authority in charge of industry and economy, but whether he can grasp the real power of Meitien Steel Plant will have to wait until he arrives in Meixi Town before fighting.

Chen Huai didn't expect that Tao Jixing's words meant that he wanted to move the seat of Meixi Iron and Steel Factory directly for him. This made him a little surprised...

If Tao Jixing's arrangement was instructed by Wu Haifeng, Wu Haifeng would have made a lot more than the transactions promised at the time.

Could it be that Wu Haifeng has heard the news that Tan Qiping will serve as the secretary of the municipal party committee in the future?

Could it be that it was the chain reaction caused by the city’s iron fist beating Zhou Dazui?

The situation at Meixi Iron and Steel Plant is very complicated and the problem is very serious.

In Yang Haipeng's words, Meixi Iron and Steel Plant is a shit pit. Not to mention saving the fate of Meixi Iron and Steel Plant's impending defeat, there are not many people who can escape cleanly by jumping in.

Chen Huai made up his mind to take the steel mill after arriving in Meixi Town to open up the situation. That was because he would have Tan Qiping behind his back, so he was fearless.

However, Tao Jixing took the initiative to hand over the Taozi at this time, Chen Huai would not simply think that he and Wu Haifeng, who was hiding behind him, had good intentions...

"Secretary Tao attaches so much importance to it, I am willing to take on the heavy burden first."

Regardless of whether Tao Jixing was kind or malicious, since the peach was handed over, Chen Huai had no reason not to eat it first.

Seeing that Chen Huai had no hesitation, Tao Jixing agreed, his eyes slightly restrained, laughed, and said:

"Okay, young people should have such courage and responsibility. Unfortunately, when you came to the county to report, Du Jian, the Party Secretary of Meixi Town, just came here two days ago, otherwise you could call you both here to talk. I have already communicated with Du Jian and He Qingshe for your work after you arrived in Meixi Town. I have found you to confirm again..."

Although Meixi Iron and Steel Plant is a collective enterprise under Meixi Town, generally speaking, the appointment of steel plant managers should be recommended by the town’s party and government joint meeting.

However, as one of the few enterprises in Xiapu County with a total assets of nearly 100 million yuan, it is collective, so it is obviously impossible for the county to not interfere in the appointment of factory managers.

The result of multi-party balance is that the managers of Meixi Iron and Steel Plant are discussed and recommended by the town party and government joint meeting, but they need to be evaluated and approved by the county before they can be officially appointed. Under the tradition of domestic political centralization, a considerable part of the personnel appointment power of Meixi Iron and Steel Plant is actually controlled by a considerable part of the county.

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After talking to Tao Jixing, even if the organizational procedures for the transfer are completed, I will wait to go directly to Meixi Town to take up my job.

Shen Huai did not stay in the county town anymore and returned to the city that night. He still couldn't see through some problems. He needed Xiong Wenbin and Zhao Dong to take a look at him.

"Your incident in the city's steel mill in mid-September almost spread. Now many people say that if Deputy Mayor Chen did not pass away unexpectedly, the city's steel mill would probably be the first to take it out for Deputy Mayor Chen to do surgery; I believe that Wu Haifeng, Gao Tianhe and other city leaders also have this idea..."

Xiong Wenbin and Zhao Dong directly pulled Shen Huai to the woods behind the Tongzi Building to talk about the matter.

Here, Xiong Wenbin could also smoke a few cigarettes on his wife Bai Sumei's back. He didn't think that Wu Haifeng and Tao Jixing would directly lead Shen Huai to control Meixi Steel Factory for no reason.

Shen Huai spitted smoke rings and looked at the small pond with green duckweed floating outside the woods. He had guessed before that it might be the sequelae of the incident of punching Zhou Dazui, and said, "I directly told Wu Haifeng that I would go to Meixi Town. Whether it was to make money or political achievements, the entire Meixi Town has no better goal than Meixi Steel Factory. Wu Haifeng should have thought he had seen through me and took the initiative to make such an arrangement. He handed out this peach, not afraid that I would not eat it."

"If Tao Jixing's arrangement was instructed by Wu Haifeng, it would not be difficult to understand," Xiong Wenbin continued, "Donghua steel industry is still controlled by Gao Tianhe's people. Not only the city steel factory, but many of the steel sales channels outside the city steel factory are directly controlled by Gao Tianhe's son Gao Xiaohu..."

"Meixi Steel Factory has an output of about 60% to 70% and is directly eaten by the trading company controlled by Gao Xiaohu."

Zhao Dong sat on a lodged tree root. He had officially handed his resignation letter to the city steel mill. These days he mainly did a few things, which was to inquire about the purchase of raw materials, technical production and product sales of Meixi Steel Plant.

"The employees of Meixi Steel Factory are very resistant to this, but they can't twist their arms. As long as they can get benefits, they don't mind colluding with Gao Xiaohu, Zhou Zhibai and others. I guess, Wu Haifeng directly inserted you into Meixi Steel Factory through Tao Jixing. First, he guessed that you had the intention to interfere in the steel factory, second, he was to follow the flow and let you make trouble with Gao Xiaohu and the others, and third, it was to facilitate them to escape smoothly..."

In the past month, Chen Huai has been hanging out with Xiong Wenbin, Zhao Dong and others for most of his time. In addition to his family background, he told him all the things that happened before and after Chen Mingde died of illness so that they could help analyze the situation more accurately.

Chen Huai nodded, agreed with Xiong Wenbin and Zhao Dong's judgment, and said, "To the disadvantage, Meixi Steel Plant seems to be unable to hold on in the past two years, but when it is really time to close and liquidate, it is always necessary to find one or two scapegoats, otherwise there will be no way to explain it to all parties. At this time, putting me on and letting their people retreat safely may indeed be one of the goals of Wu Haifeng and Tao Jixing."

The director of Meixi Iron and Steel Plant is none other than Du Jian, the town party secretary.

In Donghua City, where economic development is lagging behind, township and county cadres have few ways to make money. They have an asset size of nearly 100 million yuan. Even if they are in operational difficulties, they can actually make more lucrative than ordinary county leaders.

If Tao Guoxing had not intervened strongly, how could Du Jian easily give up the position of Meixi Steel Factory?

During this period, Chen Huai, Xiong Wenbin and Zhao Dong have almost thoroughly studied the situation of Meixi Steel Plant.

The corruption and corruption of Meixi Steel Factory in the production process is not particularly serious. The most serious thing is the vampires biting the Meixi Steel Factory on the outside.

The sales of steel at Meixi Steel Factory were given low-price control by many steel trading companies such as Gao Xiaohu, the son of Mayor Gao Tianhe.

The material company that specializes in supplying furnace materials to Meixi Steel Factory is not behind it, but a trading company controlled by the Zhou family. Of course, behind it is the investment of many relatives of officials from Donghua City and Xiapu County, including Tao Jixing's nephew.

The short process technology adopted by Meixi Steel Plant is to put scrap iron and scrap steel into the furnace, melt it into iron and produce steel ingots, and then produce formed steel products. Regardless of the production management level, the price of the furnace material will be artificially raised and the product price will be deliberately lowered, so how much profit can the factory be left?

Meixi Steel Plant has been operating at a loss since 1987 and 1988.

With the support of Wu Haifeng and Tao Jixing and other powerful officials behind the scenes, and the background of vigorously developing township enterprises across the country, Meixi Steel Plant can still obtain loans from banks to maintain operations even if it suffers losses.

Chen Huai did not understand the relationship between the Zhou family and the municipal party secretary Wu Haifeng in the past. At this time, he could understand why Wu Haifeng supported Meixi Steel Plant in the past year and expanded its production capacity to 100,000 tons through bank loans.

In fact, it is to allow peripheral related blood-sucking companies to absorb blood-colored profits from Meixi Steel Factory.

Last year, the Central Committee and the State Council tightened the monetary policy of major banks and vigorously rectified the banking system. Huaihai Province took the lead in carrying out a pilot reform of the tax-sharing system across the country. The way of maintaining corporate operations through loans could no longer be maintained, and Meixi Steel Plant suddenly fell into a dilemma of not being able to pay wages.

Meixi Steel Plant is already in front of me, so it is about to be closed down. Wu Haifeng wants to lose power when he sees it. Tao Jixing is almost transferred out of Xiapu County this time. For them, safe withdrawal has become the first priority.

Otherwise, if someone prompts the relevant departments to intervene in the investigation, they will not have enough power to cover up and cover up their crimes.
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