Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 689 Numbers

Sha Ruijin said: "It's not that difficult for us. The real difficulty lies with our people who are fighting for their lives in the mines for survival.

I have made several undercover visits to the Black Triangle Development Zone and learned from them that in recent years, mining accidents have occurred frequently, and almost hundreds of people disappear in these small coal mines every year.

Just think about it, this is an astonishing number, and yet those in power turn a blind eye and a deaf ear, and simply don't take the lives of ordinary people seriously."

Ye Mei was a little surprised. "Hundreds of people! How dare they..."

Sha Ruijin snorted coldly, "Why should they be afraid? In their eyes, ordinary people are just a number, a number like GDP.

However, this number cannot determine whether ordinary people can get promoted or get rich, but GDP can.

So they would rather exchange the numbers of ordinary people for the GDP number.”

Ye Mei said angrily: "How about I expose everything to them?"

Sha Ruijin shook his head slightly. "It's useless. Even if you dare to write it, no one would dare to publish it to you. There are too many people and interests involved. It's not something you and I can afford."

Ye Mei said: "Are you scared?"

Sha Ruijin turned his head and looked at the dark sky outside the window and said, "I'm not afraid, I just feel that my power is too small to illuminate this sky."

Ye Mei was silent for a while, "So what are you going to do next?"

Sha Ruijin said, "Try to convince Long Fuhai." Then he changed the subject and asked, "I heard your newspaper is urging you to return?"

Ye Meiyun said calmly, "It's just some people gossiping. It's nothing."

Sha Ruijin knew very well that Long Fuhai had deep roots in Tianzhou and even in Hanjiang, and Ye Mei was under no less pressure than himself.

"You've helped me enough. Let me handle the rest. I'd feel guilty if I made you lose your job."

Ye Mei said nonchalantly, "Don't try to persuade me. I don't like to give up halfway. Since I've done something, I have to see it through to the end. If I really lose my job, I'll come to Tianzhou and be your vanguard. Let's develop Tianzhou together."

Sha Ruijin was somewhat moved, and felt more and more that the other party was like his deceased wife, with a spirit of not admitting defeat.

...

Under the bright yellow ceiling light, Long Fuhai's reception continues.

After all, Long Fuhai is an old hand. He has been able to stand in Tianzhou for so long, so his abilities must not be too bad.

Before he knew it, after drinking a bottle of Longteng Sihai, Pi Dingzhong's vigilance dropped a lot.

Ma Da fell into the other party's verbal trap and said indignantly: "Secretary Long, listening to you, this Sha Ruijin is really going too far. I know the coal mines in the Black Triangle, and they are like the Wenshan Coal Mine in Wenshan. They are both pillar industries in northern China. Although the profits are not high now, they are indeed the few projects that can bring profits to the city. If they are shut down like this, how will the people eat?"

Long Fuhai sighed, "Who says it's not true? This is also the main contradiction between Comrade Ruijin and me.

Maybe he is right. After all, he is standing at a different level. He has rich political experience. He has served in high-level government and in the military. He also has certain experience in governing in southern cities.

There is a difference compared to us, the native-born and short-sighted people."

Ma Da disagreed, tapping the edge of the table with his index finger and angrily saying, "What's this Southern Experience? It's all bullshit. I think Sha Ruijin is just a troublemaker."

"Ahem." Pi Dingzhong, still unfazed by Long Fuhai's little trick, coughed hurriedly to remind him, "Comrade Mada, please be mindful of your words and actions. Every comrade has his or her own philosophy of governance, and we cannot make arbitrary comments."

Long Fuhai glanced at Pi Dingzhong and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Comrade Ma Da, I am the only one who is complaining. You are the leader of the investigation team now, so you'd better not say anything, otherwise it will be bad if it gets out."

After being reminded of this, Mada sobered up a little and remembered what Yu Huabei had said.

Less talking! Big picture!

He hurriedly laughed and apologized, "Yes, yes, look at me, I just drank a few ounces of horse urine and started talking nonsense. Come on, drink some wine. Secretary Long, please stop talking, otherwise we will make a mistake."

Long Fuhai felt that the time was almost right, so he raised his glass and clinked it with the two of them. "Right, right, right, blame me, why are you talking about Tianzhou again? How about this, let's talk about Minister Pi."

Pi Dingzhong was stunned for a moment, then put down his glass with a smile, "What can I say?"

Long Fuhai leaned closer to Pi Dingzhong and said in a low voice, "I heard... Vice Minister Wang is leaving?"

Pi Dingzhong nodded slightly, "That's what I heard. I heard he's going back to Ningchuan to serve as the municipal party committee secretary."

"Once Minister Wang leaves, you will..." Long Fuhai raised his palm.

Pi Dingzhong waved his hand and said, "Hey, this matter depends on the leader. As for me, I just do good things and don't worry about the future."

Long Fuhai sat up straight, speaking with the tone of someone who had experienced it, "Minister Pi, how can you not ask about your future? The worst thing to do in the officialdom is to do nothing and just wait. Opportunities are missed.

If you don't run for an official position, how can you move forward? If you have the chance, you have to build relationships with the higher-ups.

It just so happens that Minister Qin will come down in a few days, so we can have dinner together."

Pi Dingzhong was quite tempted. He was the deputy director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, but his rank was not as high as Long Fuhai in front of him. He was only at the deputy department level.

But it’s different for the executive vice minister, who has already stepped into the ranks of the main minister.

After thinking about it, Pi Dingzhong refused again. It was a critical moment now. If he accepted Long Fuhai's favor, how would he report later?

...

After the heavy rain, the weather cleared up.

Pi Dingzhong continued the conversation for another day. This time, Pi Dingzhong chose Ji Jianming, the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission.

Ji Jianming is a cadre from Handong and is also an exchange cadre, but he is a little different from Sha Ruijin. At least in his opinion, this Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary may not necessarily defect to Sha Ruijin or Long Fuhai so quickly, so Pi Dingzhong still attaches great importance to the opinions of this Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary.

He knew that Ji Jianming was the least suspicious, so he did not use the knocking method.

Although the questions were still very neutral, they were not so targeted. He also rarely gave the other person a cigarette to make the topic less serious.

"Comrade Jianming came from Handong?" Pi Dingzhong exhaled a puff of thick smoke.

Ji Jianming exhaled a puff of cigarette and said self-deprecatingly: "Yes, but I'm just a chaperone."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"Minister Pi, you're asking a question you already know the answer to. You know who the most famous cadre from Handong is right now."

Pi Dingzhong laughed, "Yes, Comrade Tong Wei did teach our Comrade Han Jiang a good lesson.

But you are also excellent cadres, and the talents we need at Hanjiang. Don't underestimate yourselves on this point."