Ye Qingping's home is in Linjiang, the provincial capital. When he first came to Qingyuan as executive deputy mayor, he lived in the Qingyuan Hotel. After he took over as secretary of the municipal party committee, his wife came to visit more often on weekends and felt it was inconvenient.

I bought a house in Guanhu Community behind the municipal party committee compound.

Every New Year holiday, Ouyang Jian always goes to visit him, and he is already familiar with it. When he came to visit Ye Qingping, he only brought some local specialties or tobacco and alcohol, but never gave cash. Firstly, he felt it was unnecessary, and secondly, he

I'm not sure what kind of person Ye Qingping is, so I don't dare to make mistakes.

Taking the elevator to the eighth floor, Ouyang Jian felt a little nervous.

Ouyang Jian doesn't want to be nervous, but he has no choice. Every time he meets the secretary or mayor, he is always nervous. He knows that behind this kind of nervousness is the worship of power. With this kind of worship mentality, the more powerful he is when meeting

The more powerful people feel, the more humble and insignificant they feel. The more powerful they are, the more dignified they feel.

Ouyang Jian once reflected carefully and felt that this mentality was very dark and dirty and should be changed. However, at the critical moment, everything was out of his control.

This is the cultural mentality behind the unspoken rules of officialdom. It has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow. It cannot be changed by anyone who wants to. Only when the day comes when there is no desire and no need, the mentality will naturally become peaceful.

Arriving at the door of Ye Qingping's house, Ouyang Jian didn't dare to make any mistakes. He first put his ear to the crack of the door and listened. When he heard that no one was talking inside, only the sound of the TV, he plucked up the courage to look for the doorbell and gently called it.

Pressed it down.

After a while, Ouyang Jian heard the sound of the door opening inside, and his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.

The door was opened a crack, and he saw Ye Qingping through the small window of the security door. Ouyang Jian immediately called out humbly: "Secretary Ye, good evening. I am Ouyang Jian from Qingbei County."

Ye Qingping said: "Secretary Ouyang, come in."

Ouyang Jian entered the door, took advantage of changing shoes, put the paper bag in his hand on the shoe cabinet, and asked: "Secretary Ye, I didn't disturb your rest, right?"

Ye Qingping stretched out his hand to shake his hand and said, "Is something wrong?"

Ouyang Jian said with a slight embarrassment: "It's nothing, I just came to see you."

Ye Qingping pointed to the sofa and said, "Sit down!"

As soon as Ouyang Jiang sat down, Ye Qingping poured a cup of tea. He immediately stood up, reached out to take it, and said, "Thank you."

At this time, the news on Qingyuan Satellite TV had just ended. Ye Qingping turned off the TV and said pleasantly: "Ouyang, I heard from Secretary Jin that the mood of the county cadres is not very stable, right?"

Ouyang Jian suddenly became excited. He felt that Ye Qingping had guessed the purpose of his visit, but he did not expect that he would take the initiative to bring up the matter. He calmed down and said: "Secretary Ye, that is just an isolated phenomenon and does not affect normal work. Most cadres feel that

The municipal party committee’s decision-making is very wise, and everyone is eager to try it and want to do something big!"

"That's good, that's good!" Ye Qingping paused and continued, "No matter what happens in the future, we must do a good job in everyone's ideological work, seize the opportunity, and work hard quickly. Development is the last word.

"

Ouyang Jian immediately said humbly: "Secretary, please rest assured that we will do our best to do all the work well and make due contributions to the construction of the eco-city."

Just as he said this, the phone rang. Ye Qingping said to Ouyang Jian: "You have a sip of tea first, and I will answer the phone." After that, he got up and went to the bedroom.

Ouyang Jian also stood up and said several words, "Okay, okay, okay."

Everyone in Qingyuan's official circles has heard that after Ye Qingping was promoted to the municipal party committee secretary, his wife's control was stricter than before. In addition to frequent visits on weekends, phone checks every night were routine. What's more, she always insisted on calling the landline first.

, so I sent a text message to my mobile phone instead when no one answered.

Seeing Ye Qingping enter the back room, Ouyang Jian breathed a sigh of relief and took the opportunity to look at Ye Qingping's home.

People who don't know the situation would never know that this is the home of the city's number one person. The decoration and furnishings in the home are relatively simple. The only thing that shows the owner's taste is a painting on the wall of the living room, which depicts an old man.

Wearing a raincoat and fishing in a small boat, the artistic conception is taken from Liu Zongyuan's poem "Fishing Alone in the Cold River Snow". The inscription on the painting is delicate and timeless, and you can tell at a glance that it was written by a female calligrapher and painter.

Taking a closer look at the signature, Ouyang Jian recognized the signatures of Lu Xixi.

Ouyang Jian made a mental note to search the Internet when he went back to see where this Lu Xixi came from and whether there was any chance of establishing a relationship with him.

After answering the phone, Ye Qingping came to the living room. Seeing that Ouyang Jian was fascinated, he casually asked: "Is this painting okay?"

Ouyang Jian came to his senses immediately and said hurriedly: "Good painting and good calligraphy."

"A friend gave it to me. I like the artistic conception of this painting very much." Ye Qingping pointed to the sofa and said, "Sit down!"

Ouyang Jian sat down and said: "The secretary is so elegant and cheerful, we are ashamed of ourselves."

"Haha, Ouyang, I know that you comrades working at the grassroots level have many complicated affairs and do not have time to cultivate elegance. In fact, when I look at a person, I look at his ability, not how much elegance he has, but more importantly

Can he do things well?" Ye Qingping said, changing the topic and asked: "If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Ouyang Jian heard that this was an order to expel guests. He originally planned to leave after giving the gift. He was a sensible person and there was no need to explain everything.

But after hearing what Ye Qingping said, Ouyang Jian seemed to see hope, so he changed his mind and said: "Secretary Ye, I have a small request. I hope you will consider it and can you give me a chance.

Do you want to make a small contribution to the construction of the eco-city? Make some contribution to Qingyuan City, and share some of your worries for the secretary?"

Ye Qingping paused and said: "Ouyang, it's normal for you to have such an idea. What Qingyuan City lacks are cadres who are willing to start a business. However, I am not the one who has the final say on how to arrange personnel. It needs to be combined with all factors."

opinions, and collective discussion and decision-making.”

Ouyang Jian nodded like he was pecking at rice and said: "Yes, yes." But he was secretly happy in his heart. Ye Qingping did not object to his straightforward request, let alone criticize it. That was hope, his

After nodding, my mood suddenly became cheerful.

Ye Qingping added: "No matter how you arrange the next step, you have to think it through and do it well. In the end, our power is not given by any one person, but by the party and the people. No matter how small the power is, we must be worthy of it."

Party and people.”

When Ouyang Jian heard Ye Qingping speak in Mandarin, he felt that there was not much hope, so he could only pretend to nod like a grandson and say yes, yes, yes.

After Ye Qingping finished speaking, Ouyang Jiancai said: "Thank you for the secretary's teaching. I came here today to express my attitude to the secretary. I will treat it correctly, obey the organization's arrangements, and do my job well. It's getting late, Secretary Ye, please be early."

Let’s rest.”

With that said, he stood up.

Ye Qingping said: "Okay, okay." He stood up and said goodbye.

When he came to the door, Ye Qingping stared at the paper bag and asked: "Ouyang, what is this?"

Ouyang Jian immediately smiled humbly and said: "I heard that the secretary likes to smoke when fishing, so I brought one for you."

Ye Qingping frowned and said, "Don't bring anything with you from now on. If I don't accept it after you bring it, you will be embarrassed. If you accept it, I think it's inappropriate. I won't do it next time."

"Okay, okay, I won't do this next time." Ouyang Jian said, opened the door, and then turned around and said, "Secretary, please stay!"

Ye Qingping said: "It's easy for you to go then. I'll drop you off not far away." After saying that, he closed the door.

When Ouyang Jian came to the elevator, his heart was pounding in his stomach, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He felt that Ye Qingping would see what kind of cigarettes he was giving.

, if he finds that there are still 300,000 yuan in the paper bag, will he entrust himself with the responsibility of being the director of the management committee?

Thinking of this, Ouyang Jian seemed to see a ray of dawn and slowly felt the glory of tomorrow.

After leaving the community, after walking a few steps, I saw a black Audi car driving slowly towards me.

The driver, Xiao Yang, got out of the car, opened the door, hunched over, carefully held the door, and asked Ouyang Jian to get in.

Ouyang Jian felt like he was like a grandson just now, and now he suddenly became an uncle. This change of roles immediately allowed him to find his psychological balance and his original self-esteem.

This is how it is in officialdom. You flatter others today so that more people will flatter you tomorrow; you pretend to be a grandson today just so that you can be a grandson in front of more grandsons tomorrow.

In the final analysis, you are just taking the flattery that others have flattered you and giving it to someone with more power than you. You have not lost or lost anything.

Throughout the history of Chinese dynasties, it was always like this. When the ministers met the emperor, they were obedient one by one. After going to court, when other people met him, they were obedient one by one. Those who were obedient to him, when they saw people with less power than themselves, they were obedient again.

After he became an uncle, others obeyed him.

Power is always a pyramid, and only one person can stand on the top of the tower.

For two days in a row, Ouyang Jian's nerves have been tense, and his heart is still agitated. He wants to relax but can't. After sending the money, he hasn't received any information or hints from Ye Qingping. He doesn't know what happened.

Is it a blessing or a curse.

As a rule, as long as the other party receives the money, he will definitely do the work. If he doesn't do the work for you, he will find a reason to return the money.

Of course, there are exceptions that go beyond the rules. The other party fails to complete the task and will not refund your money. You don't ask him and pretend to be confused. If you ask him, he will say that he will do it again when he has the opportunity.

There is an extreme exception. The other party accepts the money without hesitation, and then transfers it to the Discipline Inspection Commission. He becomes an anti-corruption hero, but you become a street rat.

However, there are very few such people, because once he does this, he will definitely be laughed at by others, because he has broken the unspoken rules of officialdom. If people don't say it to his face, they will probably say behind his back that he is just showing off. To put it bluntly,

Yes, one might say that he is a fool. In the future, when dealing with colleagues, he will also shy away from him and regard him as the plague.
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