Chapter 1118 Unexpected Accident

On the morning of the first day of the New Year, Gu Xiaomei, Cheng Yudong and others accompanied Zhang Zhixing to inspect the Chengnan Industrial Park, and also visited several laid-off workers and widowed families. Until noon, he sent Zhang Zhixing back to the municipal party committee compound. He thought that since he had come, he would go in with Cheng Yudong and Liang Gezhen again, and Zhang Ke would pay another New Year's greetings. It would be no wonder that many people would give him a lot of gifts.

I didn't get out of the car and walked in until the front of the building. Before I could walk up the steps, I heard Jiang Shangyuan's hearty laughter: "It's good to build a film and television base. It can make full use of Xinwu's landscape resources and increase the construction of scenic spots. After the film and television base is completed, there will be a star effect. People from all over the country are more willing to travel to Xinwu..."

Liu Jue's voice lowered: "The film market is not prosperous enough. I have never heard of more than 100 million movies in China. Now a movie requires a budget of 300 million to 400 million. Can you be sure to recover the investment?"

Deputy Mayor Qin Shuanghua's voice was louder: "Quiet Huayin just signed Song Wanpei over. Is it just to prepare for this movie investment? Don't look at me strangely. My daughter is a fan of Song Wanpei."

Gu Xiaomei was surprised in her heart: Zhang Zhixing has not come back. Why did Jiang Shangyuan, Liu Jue, and Qin Shuanghua come to the door? Who are they talking to? Follow Zhang Zhixing in and watch Jiang Shangyuan, Liu Jue, and Qin Shuanghua, three smokers sucking in the living room downstairs. Zhang Ke held a cigarette and was about to light it for himself. Liang Gezhen snatched the cigarette from the side, not allowing him to smoke, and no one was present.

Seeing them coming in, everyone inside stopped the topic just now and stood up.

"Director Jiang, Secretary Liu, and Mayor Qin are all here, so I'll ask you to wish you all the New Year together..." Gu Xiaomei pretended that she had not heard what they had just discussed and knew that they were going to have a dinner here. She smelled the fragrance from the restaurant and went to Liang Gezhen and Zhang Ke to celebrate the New Year, and was about to leave. Her family was waiting for them to go back for lunch.

"Director Gu stay here for lunch," Zhang Ke said suddenly, "Please send Aunt Wei back to Xinzha Community by the way," he turned around and shouted in the direction of the kitchen, "Aunt Wei, there are not many things left, I will just do it with my mother..."

Gu Xiaomei was slightly stunned. She was not qualified to stay for dinner in such an occasion, especially at noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year. If Qin Shuanghua had not been Zhang Zhixing and Xinwu's most determined persistence and confidant, she would not have been qualified to stay for dinner. However, Zhang Ke's tone did not look like a polite word. He only tried to keep her, but asked Cheng Yudong to go back for dinner and took Aunt Wei back.

But she really wanted to keep herself for dinner. It seemed that Zhang Zhixing was more suitable to ask him to stay. She just walked in with Zhang Zhixing, but she thought that Zhang Zhixing didn't know about it.

Gu Xiaomei looked at Zhang Zhixing with some hesitation, and Liu Jue looked at him, feeling a little at a loss.

"Then stay for dinner..." Liu Jue said.

Municipal Party Secretary Liu Jue said this, so Gu Xiaomei naturally stopped refusing.

Cheng Yudong was full of doubts, but Gu Xiaomei was able to stay and accompany the three giants to have dinner together at noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year. He felt a little sad. He drove Aunt Wei back to Xinzha Community with the driver. He thought that Gu Xiaomei might not have time to tell her family that she would stay at Mayor Zhang’s house for dinner. He ran to Gu Xiaomei’s house and thought about saying to her family.

Cheng Yudong knocked on the door and looked at Gu Xiaomei's house full of people sitting.

Gu Xiaomei's youngest daughter shouted excitedly: "Mom is finally back. I hope she can only be seen on TV in the future?" When she opened the door and saw Cheng Yu Dong, she said in surprise, "Uncle Cheng is here to visit our house. Where is my mother?" Yu Jing leaned out and looked out, but she didn't see her mother.

"Secretary-General Gu is having dinner at Mayor Zhang's house. Director Jiang and Secretary Liu are all there. I asked Secretary Gu to stay. I sent Aunt Wei back and said, "Secretary-General Gu to say that..." Cheng Yudong said, taking out two red envelopes from his pocket and stuffing them into Yu Jing's hand, "This is for you and your brother," Looking at the beautiful girl who showed her face with Gu Xiaomei on TV yesterday, and Yu Jing also sat on the table and asked Yu Jing, "Yu Jing, who is this?"

"My mother's goddaughter, why? Does she have red envelopes too?" Yu Jing asked, "My mother doesn't allow us to receive New Year's red envelopes. Why don't we keep the red envelopes and return the money in them to you?"

"Uncle Cheng's red envelope is different from others'. Don't listen to your damn, but you don't think Uncle Cheng's red envelope is too fat enough," Cheng Yudong took out another red envelope and handed it to Yu Jing, and greeted Yu Wei with a smile, "Then I'll leave first, I won't disturb you to eat..."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, no one is left to eat. Yu Wei did not say any polite words, and sent Cheng Yudong away. He came back and sighed, saying, "Oh, you can't come back for lunch at noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and you don't say anything in advance. We want us to wait for her for so long..." Seeing Yu Jing sending red envelopes there, the amount of money sealed inside was just the New Year's money that was usually given to the younger generation, I didn't say much.

"What are you doing when you sigh," Chen Yu said with a smile. "How many officials in Xinwu are looking forward to having the opportunity to have a meal with the three giants on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Could it be that your Gu Xiaomei is going to make a fortune again?"

"Can you have such a good thing?" Yu Wei asked with a smile. Neither of them had an old family. They gathered together on the first day of the Lunar New Year to have a lively meal. Unexpectedly, his wife Gu Xiaomei delayed work and could not go home for dinner. Yu Wei felt a little resentful, thinking that this leader was a little unkind and could accompany the leader to have dinner at any time. How could he stayed on the first day of the Lunar New Year? After interrupting Chen Yu, Yu Wei felt better. If he didn't pay attention to the leaders, it would be impossible to stay together for dinner on the first day of the Lunar New Year. "Gu Xiaomei has been going well in the past two years, and she will no longer expect to be successful..."

When Gu Xiaomei's career was the best when she was young, she became the Party Secretary of Xinyu Town, Shangjin County. She was only in her early thirties and there were not many female cadres in the city. It can be said that she was the most popular. Later, she was hit and transferred to the Municipal Women's Federation, and then to the Municipal Youth League Committee. Although she was transferred to the deputy department level, she was always an ordinary cadre. However, she suddenly became smooth in the past two years. She was transferred to Liu Jue as the deputy director of the Municipal Government Office. After Liu Jue became the mayor secretary, she did not transfer her to the Municipal Party Committee. She thought she would be disgusted by the new mayor Zhang Zhixing and was sent to the harem again until she retired. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhixing trusted and valued her very much. The former director of the government office was transferred to Jiangdong County to serve as the county magistrate, so she recommended her as the director of the government office and also served as the deputy secretary-general, and suddenly became a hot figure in Xinwu.

There are gains and losses. After Gu Xiaomei was busy with work, she could not take care of her family. Fortunately, her younger daughter Yu Jing was in the first year of junior high school. Although her grades were not as good as her brother, she was also well-behaved and obedient. Yu Wei’s work was not hard and there was nothing to complain about.

They were eating dumpling hotpot lively. Halfway through the trip, Gu Xiaomei came back without thinking.

"It's over with your leader so soon?" Chen Yu asked strangely.

"Just have a meal, there is no other work to do," Gu Xiaomei sighed, "Oh, it's over, it's like a nightmare," she pulled a chair and sat down, and told her daughter Yu Jing, "Get me a pair of bowls and chopsticks, I can eat more..." She had no idea why Zhang Ke asked to keep her for lunch. When eating lunch, everyone never talked about work, and there were very few topics. Even if the migrant worker couple got out of the car yesterday, she took the initiative to mention it, but no one agreed. The atmosphere was a bit weird. Gu Xiaomei knew that there were some topics they wanted to avoid her, but she kept her for dinner. How could she have a safe meal? After the meal, she said goodbye and left. When she returned to Xinzha Community, she relaxed and found that she was not full at all.

Zhang Ke's attitude was very strange. Yesterday, he led Yu Wei to her and Yu Zhu was surprisingly cold to visit her New Year's greetings. It could even be said that she was cold. Today, he inexplicably opened his mouth to keep himself for lunch together...

Gu Xiaomei took two dumplings from the hot pot and ate them with scalding, and took a breath.

"The three giants in Xinwu are keeping you for dinner. I thought you were going to hum a little song and walk back," Chen Yu asked with a smile, "Why did you sigh when you see you?"

Gu Xiaomei sighed and said, "After the inspection work in the morning, I sent Mayor Zhang back, and wanted to go over to pay New Year's greetings. Unexpectedly, Mayor Zhang Ke, the son of Mayor Zhang, asked me to have a meal. Then Secretary Liu said something again, and I couldn't refuse. I didn't have the chance to call and say, Secretary Cheng came to tell you just now? It's really strange. He didn't ask Secretary Cheng to keep him for lunch, and even asked Secretary Cheng to send Aunt Wei back for lunch."

"Isn't it a person who is unkind?" Chen Yu said, "I just kept you here to have a meal?"

"Yes," Yu Wei nodded. Seeing that it was Mayor Yanei who was keeping someone for dinner casually, he was inevitably disappointed. He thought that Liu Jue's next words were probably just like the favor, perhaps because he was afraid that his wife would be embarrassed when she was present, and said, "It's really strange. He still had the same attitude yesterday?"

"..." Chen Yu joked, "Maybe that boy's attitude changed after seeing your daughter on TV yesterday. At night, didn't Yu Jing call the boy again to wish him a happy new year?"

Yu Jing was about to get excited, but she ruthlessly gave her mother a blow.

"This unpromising child, I held the phone for a long time and didn't say a word," Gu Xiaomei joked, "If someone wants to like him, he should also like your Chen Ning... Didn't you watch several shots of your Chen Ning yesterday? You have to be careful. If you broadcast this time on the TV station, there will be more people thinking about your Chen Ning..."

"Aren't you Chen Ning's godmother? Chen Ning will be your daughter-in-law in the future. If you have to worry, you are worried that such a good daughter-in-law will be snatched away by others. Will we be worried about it?" Chen Yu grinned and joked.

"Dad, why are you talking nonsense?" Chen Ning said coquettishly, not letting her father talk nonsense there.

Gu Xiaomei glanced at Yu Zhu who was silent and thought to herself that Yu Zhu didn't know if she had the ability to pick Chen Ning's heart off. However, when she saw Chen Ning growing up since she was a child, she also regarded it as her own daughter, and couldn't bear to suffer a little bit of hurt.

"Really, when will you take me and Sister Chen Ning to find Zhang Ke..." Yu Jing completely ignored her brother's gloomy expression and was so excited that she wanted to pull Chen Ning to take the initiative to come to her door.

"You're so unpromising?" Gu Xiaomei held the chopsticks and hit the back of Yu Jing's head, "I'm just kidding me seriously. I asked indirectly. People don't remember who your sister Chen Ning is. Mayor Zhang's family will go to Tianyun Mountain for vacation in the afternoon and go back to Haizhou tomorrow. Why don't you ride your bicycle to Tianyun Mountain in the afternoon to block people?"

"How come he doesn't remember Sister Chen Ning?" Yu Jing said angrily, "If I were a man, I would never forget Sister Chen Ning's eyes, let alone tied her shoelaces..."

"I just don't recognize me." Chen Ning smiled.

Chen Yu asked Gu Xiaomei seriously: "Why did he keep you for lunch? I always feel a little strange."

"It's useless to think too much. Just a lunch meal, it's not like a few kilograms of meat that can grow in a lunch meal. I suspect that this lunch meal will lose a few kilograms of meat..." Gu Xiaomei said with a smile, but she was also confused.

Sometimes it is casual and sometimes sensitive to dinner with the leader. Gu Xiaomei is the deputy secretary-general of the municipal government and the director of the government office. Even if she stays at the mayor’s house for lunch on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there is no special place to think of. However, at the Central New Year Tea Party on the third day of the Lunar New Year, the General Secretary of the Central Committee clearly stated that some opinions on local leadership teams should further strengthen the training of female cadres. After the media reported that the meal became sensitive.

Just after the news of the Central New Year Tea Party, the city began to rumor that Gu Xiaomei would serve as Xinwu's first female deputy mayor.

Xinwu is small, and everyone knows what happens when there is any movement. Gu Xiaomei’s family and Chen Yu’s family gathered together to eat hot pot on the night of the sixth day of the New Year. Chen Yu even joked with Gu Xiaomei: "I’ll tell me, that lunch is not simple..."

"What's the point? Can the city know that the central government has a new policy two days in advance?" Gu Xiaomei disagreed. Besides, it was not that Zhang Zhixing was not allowed to keep her for lunch on the first day of the New Year, but that Zhang Ke suddenly spoke to keep her.

Although there are rumors of this and that, Gu Xiaomei believes that this is simply a matter of no connection. It is just a coincidence. If she takes the rumors seriously, then she will be stupid.

The Two Sessions will be held soon after the Spring Festival. If there is any disturbance at this time, the local government will soon pour out. Just after the Spring Festival holiday, the provincial party committee’s document on the leadership teams of municipal, district, county and local governments to strengthen the training of female leading cadres will be quickly transferred to the city. Depending on the situation, the candidates must be decided before this year’s National People’s Congress meeting and submitted to the National People’s Congress election for approval.

No matter what Gu Xiaomei thought, the rumors in the city became more and more serious, and it almost confirmed.

The department-level women cadres in Xinwu are very scarce, and there are only three or four places in a handful. Although Gu Xiaomei has not been transferred to the department level for half a year, the promotion of women in China is not restricted by the rule of "two years to be promoted to deputy positions and three years to be promoted to the department level". In addition, the other people are all hit by the opportunity, and their employment experience is a little bit less than Gu Xiaomei. The municipal government must match the female mayor, but Gu Xiaomei is not without hope.

Against this background, the meal on the first day of the New Year was even more rumored. Even though Gu Xiaomei's qualifications were a bit shallow, there was no problem with the three giants who promoted her to the top. In the minds of ordinary cadres in the city, Gu Xiaomei was sure to be the deputy mayor.

As soon as this rumor came out, several other female cadres who were qualified to compete with her gave in: the director of the National People's Congress, the secretary of the municipal party committee, and the mayor all recognized Gu Xiaomei. They could only have the opportunity to participate in the competition unless the provincial party secretary could stand up in person. Think about the promotion of officials in Xinwu officialdom in recent years, and their abilities were first examined, and their qualifications were increasingly ignored.

Gu Xiaomei knew why everyone's attitude towards her changed in the past few days, but she knew in her heart that the rumors were rumor after all. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Ke clearly asked to keep her for that lunch. Could it be said that Zhang Ke could decide whether she would be the deputy mayor? Even if the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department listed her as the target of the inspection, she didn't feel that she would have hope. In the past two years, from an ordinary cadre to the deputy director of the government office to the director and deputy secretary-general, it has been extremely smooth. The deputy mayor is simply a luxury. He thought that since the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department has included her in the inspection scope and entered the candidate list, it is just a foil. The qualifications of the other candidates are not comparable to those of her.

That's it. Gu Xiaomei never felt that she had hope. Until the meeting of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee ended on the 18th day of the first lunar month, Liu Jue asked her to go and make an announcement.

"In the past, the threshold was to be flattened by people. This time it was really strange. The position of deputy mayor is no longer popular. I have thought about many righteous words that were not useful," Liu Jue also rarely spoke to the people below in a joke. "The Municipal Party Committee Organization Department gave you the highest score. In the afternoon, the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee decided to respect the opinions of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department. Make some preparations. The formal documents will be coming soon. Let you elect an alternate member of the Municipal Party Committee and join the Party Group of the Municipal Government... The deputy mayor election must pass the Municipal People's Congress."

After leaving Liu Jue's office, Gu Xiaomei felt that she was walking in the clouds and was inconsistent. On the contrary, the cadres of the municipal party committee and government have always regarded Gu Xiaomei as the only candidate for the deputy mayor. The Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee did not find anything strange about making decisions so quickly. After all, the level of the party must be completed before the first meeting of the Municipal People's Congress this year, so the action must naturally be faster.

Seeing Gu Xiaomei coming back from the office of Liu Jue, the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, look a little confused and lost. She was overjoyed to hear that she had officially become the deputy mayor, and they all greeted her kindly, especially those deputy mayors who called her Xiao Gu before, and everyone will be colleagues in the future. Although Gu Xiaomei's position will take some time to be transferred, she also called her Director Gu at this time.

Speaking of which, only the Secretary-General of the Municipal Government and the other two Deputy Secretary-Generals were mixed. They could instruct Gu Xiaomei to do things a few days ago. In a blink of an eye, they would become one of the bosses of the Municipal Government. They secretly felt that it is the easiest thing for "ignorant girls" to be promoted these days. Even if they understand that it is unlikely that Gu Xiaomei will have much real power to become deputy mayor, but they are the leaders of the municipal government after all, and the level is different. It is very likely that after becoming deputy mayor, they will be in charge of the work of the municipal government.

There was nothing in the afternoon, and Gu Xiaomei sat in the office dizzy and thought about this incredible thing to her. Since Zhang Zhixing was accompanied by Cheng Yudong to the city, she got off work at normal times and took the car of Deputy Minister Xiao of the Municipal Propaganda Department to go home. She had also taken the car of Deputy Minister Xiao before, and everyone was familiar with it. She got off at the entrance of the community. This time she saw the car at the entrance of the community and habitually wanted to get off. Deputy Minister Xiao ordered the driver: "Turn in and go downstairs of Unit 2 of the 32 buildings in front..."

Gu Xiaomei had just avoided having to adapt to her new role. She said goodbye to Vice Minister Xiao and was still thinking about this when climbing the stairs. After thinking about it, it was the Chinese meal at Zhang Zhixing’s house on the first day of the New Year.

I don’t know who spread the news at that time, but no one came forward to refute the rumors about this kind of news, and invisibly helped her exclude other competitors.

Since everyone believes that she is the candidate that Jiang Shangyuan, Liu Jue and Zhang Zhixing are interested in, the inspection of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department is only a formal procedure; can the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department decide to exclude the people that Jiang Shangyuan, Liu Jue and Zhang Zhixing are interested in at the same time?

What puzzled Gu Xiaomei was: Zhang Ke spoke up to keep her for dinner at that time, and Jiang Shangyuan, Liu Jue, and Zhang Zhixing were not aware of it before the action. Another thing was that the central government made it clear that the new policy for the appointment of women cadres in the local government leadership team was officially announced to the public on the third day of the Chinese New Year...

If the guess is correct, this shows at least two points: the Zhang family is able to know the central government’s important decisions in advance, and that Zhang Ke personally has enough influence on Jiang Shangyuan and Liu Jue.

The Central Committee officially announced the new policy of appointing female leaders of local governments at the New Year tea party at the New Year tea party. Rumors in the city that she wanted to be the deputy mayor grew. Jiang Shangyuan, Liu Jue, Zhang Zhixing and others should also be aware of it. Even if the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee will not ask clearly, it is impossible to completely lead the rumors. The only possibility is that Jiang Shangyuan, Liu Jue, and Zhang Zhixing both took the same decision to ignore it in public or private, and the default attitude was not to say that Zhang Ke left himself to have lunch at noon on the first day of the New Year, and the three of them agreed to this choice?

But Gu Xiaomei was in the game and couldn't see some problems clearly. When the mystery was revealed, she suddenly realized: Is Zhang Ke going to let her be the deputy mayor?

Why? Gu Xiaomei subconsciously took out her cell phone and wanted to call Zhang Ke to ask why. She just learned about Zhang Ke’s contact number from Liang Gezhen a few days ago. As soon as she dialed the phone, she heard someone talking behind her:

"Haha, why are Deputy Mayor Gu stunned at the stairs!"

Gu Xiaomei turned around and looked at her husband Yu Wei and Chen Yu coming up from behind. Both of them were carrying bags of dishes. Only then did they know that they also knew that they were going to be deputy mayor. Chen Yu grinned and wanted to speak again, pinched off the phone, patted his forehead, and said, "I'm tired of climbing the stairs, so don't I be allowed to rest here for a while?"
Chapter completed!