Chapter 74: Haizhou’s Dilemma

The bed board with both arms wide was placed in the van carriage, and the rear seats were folded up. Chen Qi was from the passenger seat, and Xu Si and Chen Feirong squeezed into a seat. Chen Qi hugged the backrest with one arm, turned his head and asked Xu Si: "What is the Zhang Ke family doing? How could District Mayor Song listen to him?"

The van driver is an employee of Xinguang Paper Mill. He is very familiar with Liu Fen and Chen Qi. While driving, he said, "Sister Fen, that young man is very handsome. Brother Chen asked about his family and plans to find a husband-in-law for Fei Rong?"

"Nonsense, when I can stand up, I will tear your mouth. That child is Fei Rong's classmate..." Liu Fen lay on the bedboard, with a quilt on his back, happily, but he didn't look angry at all. "Xiao Zhou, I'll help you brother Chen to help you, say a few more good things. Maybe District Chief Song will ask you to drive him in the district..."

"I borrow your good words and drive Zhou Fu. If you can't get the salary, you have to pay the money for gas in it yourself," Zhou Wenbin said with a smile. "Class Feirong's family is from a good family. The pair of leather shoes under her feet can match our salary for several months. At such a young age, you can talk to Song Peiming. What does Rongrong's family do? It seems that he likes you very much. You have to seize the opportunity?"

Chen Feirong glanced at Xu Si and promised her not to tell Zhang Ke's family background. When Zhou Wenbin said this, she felt a little displeased: "He can wear such good shoes, but his father was not from corruption and bribery. What is there to be rare?"

"What nonsense?" Chen Qi turned around and glared, "Is there anyone who is so busy for the family? Is there anyone who talks like this?"

Chen Feirong turned her head and sat in her seat without saying a word.

Zhou Wenbin smiled and drove with great concentration, no longer making any sound.

Liu Fen sighed quietly and said, "If you can embezzle and accept bribes, that would be great..." He was very envious in his tone.

After hearing this, Xu Si felt sad. He didn't think that Liu Fen was so worldly. Who would lie down like her half-dead for more than half a year, thinking every day that it might never stand up. It is normal to have such thoughts.

Chen Feirong's young and innocent girl's heart, but when she heard such words, she felt humiliated, buried her head and said silently.

Shatin is next to the front door. Although the road is a bit congested, I will arrive in Qingshi Street where Chen Feirong’s house is located in ten minutes.

Liu Fen and the employees of the paper mill went to block the road and petition. Neighbors knew that they saw two cars turning in front and back, and one of them was a government official car. They thought that Liu Fen was going to be arrested as a troublemaker, so they all surrounded him to see what happened. Xu Si’s father, Xu Haishan, and Xu Hongbo were all in the crowd.

Xu Si came down first, and asked his father and others to carry Liu Fen to the inner room first. Zhou Fu jumped out of the official car behind, bowed to the crowd watching, and said loudly: "District Mayor Song knew that our Xinguang Paper Factory employees were in difficult life, so he went into the families of the needy employees to visit the people's conditions, and promised that the district government would come forward to arrange for Comrade Liu Fen to be hospitalized for treatment. Now, please ask District Mayor Song to tell you a few words of thought."

Zhang Ke thought Zhou Fu was a wonderful person and dared to make things difficult for Song Peiming in public. He didn't even get angry. He thought that the two had a good personal relationship. Through the car window, he saw Xu Hongbo standing in the crowd, opened the car door and jumped down, and waved to him: "Teacher Xu, are you here too?"

"I drink three meals a day, and Chen Qi owe me two meals today. Of course I have to wait for him here." Xu Hongbo said with a smile. Zhang Ke left a deep impression on him a few days ago.

"District Mayor Song promised to have a drink, and Teacher Xu also came here to join in the fun." Zhang Ke said.

"Ha..." Xu Hongbo stood in the crowd, unmoved.

Zhang Ke looked back at Song Peiming who had just pushed open the car door. From Song Peiming's resume, he could see that he had worked with Xu Hongbo for two years, but he didn't know if the two had any conflicts hidden in their bones.

"Secretary General Xu is concerned about the past? He doesn't drink any wine!" Song Peiming directly called Xu Hongbo's previous position. He once served as secretary to the father of Wan Yong, director of the Municipal Foreign Economic and Trade Commission, former secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and current director of the People's Congress, Wan Xiangqian, and once served as deputy secretary-general of the Municipal Party Committee.

"Where is the past?" Xu Hongbo chuckled and walked out of the crowd, "I'm waiting to listen to District Mayor Song's lecture."

The crowd of people watching in the Ming Dynasty bowed and said, "The district is working hard to study countermeasures for the Xinguang Paper Factory problem. Comrade Liu Fen's problem will not be ignored. Today, it is mainly to catch old friends drinking, and there is nothing to say..." After bowing into the house, it is really simple.

Zhang Ke, Jiang Wei, Zhou Fu, and Xu Hongbo also entered the house. Xu Haishan and several neighbors carried Liu Fen and the bed board to the inner room. At this time, they were lowering their heads and about to go out. Xu Si did not follow him and probably stayed in the inner room to help take care of Liu Fen. Zhang Ke knew that Xu Si was not convenient to take action and kept his father for dinner together. He looked up and called Xu Haishan and said, "Uncle Xu, stay and drink together. It is rare for District Mayor Song to invite him to drink."

Xu Haishan just thought Zhang Ke was joking and said with a smile: "There is already a cooking at home, so you can have a good meal with District Mayor Song."

Xu Hongbo heard the taste at this time. Zhang Ke took a lot of money since he got off the car. It was Song Peiming who invited him to have a meal. There was a good show. He looked up and said to Xu Haishan: "Zhang Ke invites you, but you can take a standoff, sit down, sit down. Do you have to keep the District Mayor Song in person?"

Zhou Fu took out the cigarette and dispersed it. He didn't know anyone except Song Peiming and Jiang Wei. The boy was really big. Although Chen Qi had good skills, the place was too simple, and Song Peiming didn't dislike it.

Seeing that Xu Haishan was dressed in an ordinary workplace, Song Peiming took two cigarettes from Zhou Fu and distributed one to Xu Haishan: "Stay here to drink together, it's lively..." He wanted to drive away all the irrelevant people.

Xu Haishan had a humble smile on his face and said, "Then I'll go in and see if there is any help?" His hand took the cigarette in a panic and went to the yard.

Zhang Ke said: "Paper mills don't pay wages for several months, and Uncle Chen may not have the money to buy vegetables and wine..." As he said this, he looked at Zhou Fu, and some words could not be left to Zhou Fu here to listen. At least Song Peiming told him not to tell him later. That was a different matter.

Zhou Fu looked at Song Peiming pitifully, but did not see Song Peiming responding to him, so he had to stand up and say, "I'll go in and take a look."

Seeing that all the irrelevant people had walked away, Zhang Kecai smiled and said to Xu Hongbo: "Teacher Xu, I just mentioned you to my dad yesterday and asked you to play chess at home another day..."

"What's your dad?"

"Don't you know he is Zhang Zhixing's young master?" Song Peiming looked at Xu Hongbo, and from Zhang Ke's familiar tone, he thought they had known each other for a long time.

"I said I felt familiar, but I just couldn't remember it. I haven't dealt with Zhang Zhixing?" Xu Hongbo smiled.

Zhang Ke said: "Uncle Tang also likes to play chess. His chess is worse than my dad's, but I heard that he has beaten Teacher Xu?"

"Tang Xueqian? He is the mayor now. If you want to play chess with me, I have to let him win..." Xu Hongbo was free and easy, and didn't think that Zhang Ke's words would embarrass him.

Tang Xueqian and Zhang Zhixing have a close relationship. Haizhou officials know a lot, especially the various changes that happened this summer. The relationship between the two has become stronger. Of course, Xu Hongbo also realized that Zhang Zhixing's promotion this time was not entirely because of the rise of Tang Xueqian. Due to rumors about the relationship with Xu Xueping, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, Zhang Zhixing became more important in the Haizhou officialdom, at least it was much more popular than Song Peiming in front of him.

Xu Hongbo did not expect that Zhang Ke would be Zhang Zhixing's son, and he couldn't understand why Zhang Ke was with Song Peiming. Although Zhang Zhixing was in a prosperous state in Haizhou, there was no need to contact Zhang Zhixing's son Zhang Ke, and he couldn't understand it.

When Zhang Ke saw Song Peiming, Xu Hongbo was more silent after sitting down. He thought to himself: Song Peiming is self-controlled, and Xu Hongbo was not sure about the situation. He smiled and said, "I beg Uncle Song to help solve Fei Rong's mother's problem and promised to repay him with a favor." He glanced at Song Peiming and made the 16-year-old boy say this, with a little embarrassed face. However, Xu Hongbo became more and more confused and said, "Teacher Xu, what are the troubles of Uncle Song at the moment?"

In the blink of an eye, Xu Hongbo remembered the rumors that have been circulating in the officialdom of Haizhou City since this summer. The boy in front of him is also an important role. His behavior and conversation are not like ordinary boys.

It is quite complicated to equate Zhang Ke with his usual impression with the son of Zhang Zhixing, the secretary general of the municipal government, who had just been in high school. Jiang Wei has never taken the initiative to say a word since she got on the bus. From the previous conversation with Zhang Ke, he was completely clear about the trouble Song Peiming was facing at this time. Jiang Wei didn't know why Zhang Ke asked Xu Hongbo about this question again, and probably didn't mean to embarrass Song Peiming on purpose.

Jiang Wei doesn't know Xu Hongbo, but she knows this person.

Xu Hongbo looked at Song Peiming and was still a little confused. After all, he would not think that Zhang Ke was on the same level as Song Peiming.

Song Peiming smiled awkwardly and said, "Only after jumping out of the dust, I realized that in Samadhi, Secretary-General Xu could ask him to take his pulse. Maybe the winding paths lead to a secluded place and there is a different world."

Seeing that Song Peiming didn't mind Jiang Wei's presence, Zhang Ke knew who was following who was forcing Jiang Wei to leave the administrative agency. He smiled and did not say it out loud.

Xu Hongbo said: "The Haizhou officialdom is complicated, and District Mayor Song's troubles are just trivial matters. If I say so, District Mayor Song is not blamed for underestimating you?"

Song Peiming smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't plan to listen to any festive words when I asked you to speak. I didn't understand your venomous mouth today."

Xu Hongbo smiled and said, "As soon as Ding Xiangshan went, Zhou Fuming and Tang Xueqian went with the flow, it was not an exaggeration to say that they had picked up a big advantage, but there was another person who thought he had picked up a big advantage and laughed out loud..."

Zhang Ke knew that Xu Hongbo was saying that he forced Ding Xiangshan to retreat to Wan Xiangqian, the former secretary of the Municipal Party Committee who was the director of the National People's Congress four years ago.

"If Ding Xiangshan doesn't have any trouble, he will serve as the director of the People's Congress next year, and will drive Wan Xiangqian to the second line completely. This summer, Zhou Fuming has to take the position of secretary of the listing party and be able to save next year. It is already good. Where can he have the ability to take back the title of director of the National People's Congress? In other cities, the director of the Municipal People's Congress will either be the secretary or the deputy secretary. Haizhou is better, so that the former secretary of the municipal party committee has always occupied the seat of the director of the Municipal People's Congress. Isn't it a bit like a emperor? Besides, Wan Xiangqian has been with him for six years and is very clear that he himself has the consciousness of the emperor. A few days ago, I heard that the city is in the city.

A big joke, Tang Xueqian pulled the head of the city's traffic management department's private server to secretly visit the bus situation in the city, which affected the three leaders of the Municipal Administration Bureau and the Construction Committee, and the thief's pockets. A deputy director of the Construction Committee also exposed his butt for most of the day. For this reason, Zhou Fuming and Tang Xueqian was furious and wanted to replace the heads of the city's traffic management department, public security department, municipal construction, and municipal management department. The Standing Committee meeting passed, but reported to the Municipal People's Congress and rejected it. According to the rumors, Wan Xiangqian almost pointed at Tang Xueqian's nose: Two months ago, you were the deputy mayor in charge of transportation. If you want to hold it accountable, you must first settle your account..."

These things were not mentioned by my father at home, and this was the first time Zhang Ke heard from Xu Hongbo. It can be seen that his previous intuition was correct. The situation in Haizhou City did not become well organized because Zhou Fuming and Tang Xueqian became the first and second leaders. In the life he experienced, Ding Xiangshan's problem was delayed until five years later. At that time, Wan Xiangqian had already become a historical site, but he did not expect that it would be the biggest obstacle at this time.

"When it comes to District Mayor Song's upset, it's just this..." Xu Hongbo glanced at Song Peiming, "In the officialdom, no one can be a lone hero, and the same is true for Haizhou City. You District Mayor Song and Tang Xueqian are not good either, but Tang Xueqian is better than you..." Tang Xueqian had Zhang Zhixing to ease the relationship with Xu Xueping, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, but Song Peiming was isolated and helpless. Because of his isolation, the problem of Xinguang Paper Mill has become a tool for his colleagues, and it is even more impossible to be effectively solved in the hands of Song Peiming.

Song Peiming smiled bitterly. Anyone can help you see clearly any problem.

Zhang Ke smiled and said to Xu Hongbo: "I told Uncle Song that I can repay him with this favor..."

Xu Hongbo made his words arouse interest. This invisible knot made many people in the Haizhou officialdom entangled in it, but they didn't know how he, a young man, could solve it.

Zhang Ke said again: "Uncle Song doesn't believe me. I'll bring him over to invite everyone to drink, but he looked reluctant..."

Xu Hongbo smiled and said that Zhang Ke's words were not something that ordinary children could say. He put Song Pei in mid-air with one sentence, making him unable to go up or down. He glanced at Song Peiming. The expression on his face was so rich that it was really difficult to bow to a boy.

Zhang Ke didn't want to make things difficult for Song Peiming. In terms of level, Song Peiming is the same as his father, and has a deeper qualification, but he must take the initiative in his own hands. He said: "Although the car accident makes people sad, it is not an excuse to hold others unlimitedly accountable. This summer, I almost always lived in the provincial capital. Uncle Xu's heartache of losing his son in his later years can also be experienced by some. However, the car accident has become a tool for each other, and it must be something that Uncle Xu doesn't want to see..."

Song Peiming smiled bitterly: "That is Secretary Xu's mind, but Secretary Xu may not know the following situation. Can such unfounded things be brought to Secretary Xu and talked about?"

"Of course I can't say it," Zhang Ke looked at Song Peiming with a burning look and said, "but you can do something to warn those with ulterior motives to stop talking about car accidents..."

"What can we do?" Zhang Ke held his thoughts with every sentence, and Song Peiming couldn't help but look to his side.

"Can you share some troubles for Uncle Song by letting a company with the same background as Haitai contract and run the Xinguang Paper Mill?" Zhang Ke looked at Song Peiming without any haste.

"Ah!" Song Peiming was stunned. He first thought about how to do it. Then he thought about what Jiang Wei told him. Although Zhang Ke was still a young man who had just entered high school, he seemed to have a great influence on the operation of Haitai Company, which was not nonsense.

Xu Hongbo didn't know what the background of Haitai Company was about Zhang Ke, but when he saw Song Peiming's quite excited expression, he guessed that Haitai Company had some relationship with Xu Xueping, and a company with such background contracted and operated the Xinguang Paper Factory. The meaning was self-evident.

Song Peiming asked again: "What kind of company is it?"

"The company's information is still in Assistant Xu's place, and the registration procedures have not been completed yet..."

"This is not urgent. Many things can be discussed first..." Song Peiming was a little anxious. He put away his contempt for Zhang Ke and asked, "Will Ms. Xie come forward?"

"In this way, I just asked the possibility. Uncle Song was a little too anxious when he could talk about what step he could not have expected." Zhang Ke smiled and looked at Jiang Wei. At this point, she had not said a word and asked her: "Sister Jiang, are you willing to leave it behind?"

Jiang Wei glanced at Song Peiming, knew that his weakness was being held by Zhang Ke, and his palm was pressed against his forehead, staring at Zhang Ke with bright and beautiful eyes: "I haven't digested the amazing fact that you just went to high school yet. If you ask me, how can I answer you?"

"Haha," Zhang Ke said to Xu Hongbo, "Teacher Xu, it will take some time to prepare for the food and food. Let's play a quick chess game. Only Go will not care about age." He stacked him there regardless of Song Peiming's embarrassment, stood up and got it inside to get the chess.

Seeing Zhang Ke pushing the door and entering the yard, Song Peiming suddenly felt that he was completely passive in his conversation with Zhang Ke. Zhang Ke’s last words clearly meant that he would put forward harsh conditions to the district government for contracting and operation.

"Secretary General Xu, how did you know Zhang Ke?" Song Peiming asked Xu Hongbo.

"I haven't been hang out in the government for a long time. You call me like this, but you are slapping me in the face," Xu Hongbo turned around and looked at the faintly hidden corner gate and said with a smile, "I lost to this kid playing chess here a few days ago. He and the owner's daughter are classmates, Xu Haishan's daughter Xu Si. I believe you know that I heard that girl was helping him with homework, but today I only knew his family background from you, and the rumors were half true and half false. I happened to read the news three months ago. Didn't I mention the boy who saved people? Look, Zhang Zhixing's son is really not simple!"

Song Peiming's eyes widened, and asked Xu Hongbo to open his closed forehead in a word, and said, "Will that boy be Zhang Zhixing's son?"

"This Miss Jiang seems to be very familiar with Zhang Ke?" Xu Hongbo asked.

Song Peiming said: "Jiang Wei used to work in the district government and is now a colleague of Xu Si."

"Oh," Xu Hongbo smiled and explained the trick to Song Peiming. "Zhang Zhixing could not have suddenly become related to Xu Xueping. But when I read the news, I thought, it is really not easy to save a child. Didn't he find it all the time? Unexpectedly, he was still shocked. Think about it again, why did Tang Xueqian to toast a big child in public regardless of his identity? Today, I listened to his words that District Mayor Song wanted to retreat. Such a boy is really rare. I was wondering whether Zhang Zhixing was a father who was noble by his son?" Xu Hongbo said again, "This is just a saying here, random guessing, and it is impossible to make accurate."

After Song Peiming said this, his mind was vague and suddenly realized what was unclear and thought: The opportunity to get out of trouble may really be with this young man.
Chapter completed!