Chapter 16: Fight for funds (on)

  Volume 1 Chapter 16 Fighting for Funds (Part 1)

   Returning to Gaohe, Lu Jianhong was fully prepared mentally. When he left, he was a loser. Broken love is one aspect, and leaving from the original unit is also a factor. Now Hu Hansan is back, and he is back as a propaganda committee member, which can be regarded as a high-profile return.

   Arriving at the Gaohe town government, Huang Fulin and the organizing committee member Chen Shijun met Lu Jianhong. Huang Fulin was not as enthusiastic as Lu Jianhong imagined. After a few words, Ren Xiaojuan from the party and government office took Lu Jianhong to the propaganda office. The office is on the second floor. This is an office of about 30 square meters. It is well decorated. There is a computer on the table and the air conditioner is turned on to 26 degrees. It is very cool. After thanking Ren Xiaojuan, Lu Jianhong sat at the desk Before, thoughts are like a tide. After leaving Gaohe for nearly a year, and now coming back, except for a few personnel changes, basically nothing has changed.

  The news of Lu Jianhong's appointment to Gaohe as a propaganda committee member had spread throughout the Gaohe town government, and He Baohua, the director of the Agricultural Economics Station, was the first to go to the propaganda office. Lu Jianhong got up and said, "Hello, Station Master, please sit down." While talking, Lu Jianhong took out the cup and tea leaves that Ren Xiaojuan had bought for him, and made a cup of tea for He Baohua.

He Baohua is forty-nine years old. He used to be the Party branch secretary of Wolong Village, Gaohe Township. During his tenure as branch secretary, Wolong Village, which is famous for his visits, did a very good job of stabilizing it. Ability to work. Under the policy of "heavy rewards and reuse", he was removed from the post of secretary of the Wolong Village branch by the Gaohe Party Committee. It happened that the head of the Agricultural Economics Station retired at that time, so he became the head of the Agricultural Economics Station. He was good to Lu Jianhong. He talked to Lu Jianhong in his spare time and encouraged him to work hard, so Lu Jianhong respected him very much.

   After a few casual chats, He Baohua congratulated Lu Jianhong, and then said goodbye without saying much. Although he was Lu Jianhong's old leader, he had a different status now, so he didn't say much. During the chat, he mentioned a lot about his son He Zijian, who graduated from university last year and was assigned to the Agricultural Economics Station after the institutional reform in 2002. He was two years younger than Lu Jianhong.

   Many people came to the office one after another, but there were no town leaders. They were all friends of Lu Jianhong from the public institution when he was in Gaohe.

   After they left, Lu Jianhong checked the time. It was almost ten o'clock. Lu Jianhong stood in front of the window and looked at the familiar town government, the sun was shining brightly outside the window.

  At this moment, the phone in the office rang quickly, and when he picked it up, Huang Fulin's deep voice came from inside: "Commissioner Lu? Come to my office."

When Lu Jianhong came to the secretary's office on the fourth floor, Huang Fulin gave Lu Jianhong a different feeling than before. Perhaps because he was the top leader, his words and deeds were more majestic. Huang Fulin threw a smoke to Lu Jianhong: "sit."

  Sit on the sofa opposite Huang Fulin's desk and light a cigarette.

  Huang Fulin took a deep breath and said, "How does it feel to be a propaganda committee member in Dongyang for a few days?"

  " Dongyang's propaganda work is very lagging." Lu Jianhong's words were very interesting. The implication was that when he first arrived in Gaohe, he didn't have a special idea for how to carry out the propaganda work.

  Huang Fulin knew this very well, and he didn't intend to make Lu Jianhong do anything surprising when he arrived, and said, "I heard that you worked in Gaohe before, and even worked as a secretary for more than a year."

   "Mainly doing statistics at the enterprise management station. At that time, Secretary Wang was working as an assistant in the park. The party and government office was short of people, so I was hired."

  Huang Fulin nodded thoughtfully, and said: "Minister Liu of the Propaganda Department of the County Party Committee is in the provincial capital in the morning, and passed Gaohe at noon. You are in charge of reception."

   This was Lu Jianhong's first mission in Gaohe.

  Lu Jianhong returned to the second floor. There was a young girl standing at the door of the office. Lu Jianhong said, "Who are you looking for?"

   "Hello, Commissioner Lu, I am Gao Lan, the propaganda officer, here to report to you."

  Lu Jianhong opened the door, and Gao Lan followed him in.

   "Sit down." Lu Jianhong faced the air conditioner, and the cool breeze made him feel more comfortable.

  Gao Lan handed a document to Lu Jianhong, then sat down and said, "Committee Lu, this is a financial report from the Propaganda Department."

  Lu Jianhong looked down seriously. Taking this opportunity, Gao Lan looked at Lu Jianhong. She felt very handsome and young.

  Lu Jianhong quickly finished reading the report, put the report on the table and said, "I see. By the way, Minister Liu is coming over for dinner at noon. You will receive it with me."

  The place of reception is in the small hotel opposite the town government. This is a guest house established by the Gaohe Township government itself. It is not open to the public, and it is decorated like a three-star hotel. Gaohe Town has a special geographical location, bordering Zhun'an City in the north and Yanhua City, the provincial capital in the south, and Gaohe's economy is extremely developed, so leaders who go south and north will stop here after finishing their work.

  At 11:45, Minister Liu arrived at the small hotel. Lu Jianhong and Gao Lan stood in front of the hotel to greet him. After the greetings, Lu Jianhong led him and the driver to the Orchid Hall. Minister Liu looked almost fifty years old, a little over the top, but well maintained, with a ruddy complexion, sitting on a chair, with an unusually protruding belly. Gao Lan brewed a pot of Biluochun, and each time he poured a cup, Minister Liu fixed his eyes on Gao Lan's towering chest, and said with a smile, "I heard that Commissioner Lu was promoted in an exceptional way, and he has a bright future ahead."

  Lu Jianhong said modestly, "I hope Minister Liu will teach you more."

  Minister Liu smiled slightly, and said: "I have been to Gaohe many times, and I have done a good job in publicity. I have always been exempt from inspection."

   After chatting for a while, the dishes came out one by one. Lu Jianhong ordered the waiter in the hotel to bring up a bottle of Wuliangye. As soon as the wine was poured, Huang Fulin walked in with a wine glass and said, "Minister Liu is here. I'm sorry to welcome you."

  Minister Liu laughed and said, "I was very low-key, but I still alarmed Secretary Huang."

  Huang Fulin glanced at the wine on the table, and said: "Mr. Liu likes to drink Maotai-flavored wine. Why did he get Wuliangye? Hurry up and change the bottle of Moutai."

   "No, no, no." Minister Liu said politely, but he didn't intend to stop him at all.

  Lu Jianhong secretly felt ashamed, and signaled the waiter to change the wine quickly.

   After changing the wine, Huang Fulin clinked a full glass with Director Liu, and then said: "Minister Liu eats slowly, there are still a few tables of guests over there, I have to go and say hello."

   "Secretary Huang is very busy with a lot of work every day." Minister Liu smiled all over his face.

Cups came and went, a bottle of wine was quickly finished, Gao Lan also drank a small cup, her face flushed, Lu Jianhong ordered another bottle of Moutai, filled Minister Liu's and his own cups, and said: " Minister Liu, Xiao Lu is new to this area, and there are many things he doesn't understand, and I hope the leader will give you some pointers, and I will toast you again."

  Following Lu Jianhong, he mentioned the matter of fighting for funds. Minister Liu laughed, neither agreeing nor refusing, but focused on Gao Lan.

Lu Jianhong was very disgusted by Minister Liu's naked eyes, but he needed to nod his head to win funds, so he had to endure this disgust and said, "Gao Lan, there are no outsiders today, so I respect Minister Liu. A few cups."

  Gao Lan picked up the wine glass, stood up and said, "Minister Liu, I respect you."

  Minister Liu laughed and said, "Gao Lan, I don't care about the fight for funds, it depends on your performance."

Gao Lan couldn't help being taken aback, and Minister Liu continued: "There are several towns fighting for this fund, and the palms and backs of their hands are full of meat. I don't know which town to give it to. Let me express my opinion, Gao Lan, a bowl of wine is 200,000 yuan , depends on how much you can drink."