Chapter 40 The Feast of Discord
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"It seems that this meal is not enough. It's okay. My mother who died today can rush back and kowtow."
He Qingshe saw Chen Huai coming over on the first day and became a fire with Du Jian. Du Jian was already flirting with him like a gunpowder barrel and would explode at any time. He was determined to help Chen Huai, but he was afraid that he would not be able to take the trouble and put himself in. He thought that it would be better to temporarily stand out, so he made an excuse at the reception station to accompany Chen Huai.
"What's going on?" He Yuelian patted her thighs and looked at the banquet hall that was suddenly empty, and she was also a little confused. When she came in the door just now, she saw Du Jian treating Chen Huai like that. She thought he was small and could not tolerate the new secretary who came to compete for power with him. She didn't think that the new secretary would be so inhumane and would reach out to Du Jian's face without restraint.
Chen Huai stood up as if nothing had happened, looked at the three empty round tables in the banquet hall, and said, "Everyone else has left, I still have to find a place to have lunch. It's too empty, Manager He changed me a small private room..."
He Yuelian looked at Chen Huai's white face and wanted to go up and grab it: I called you a little white-faced and arrogant, and I called you a little white-faced and arrogant!
Even if the anger in his heart was boiling, He Yuelian knew that Du Jian could hold back his anger and leave. The boy in front of him must have some energy, and she could not mess with him.
Those who are so arrogant these days without being trampled on others must have his arrogant capital.
However, He Yuelian couldn't help but feel angry and said to Chen Dan in a cold air: "You change the private room for Secretary Chen..." He twisted his butt and left. The other waiters also calmly slipped out, as if there was a big tiger here.
"I just heard a little bit of anger at your tone, aren't you angry?" Chen Huai asked Chen Dan with a smile, "I'm sorry to you."
Chen Dan felt a little unhappy when he came in to ask Chen Huai, but when he thought that he was using the question to attack Du Jian, he was so excited. Unexpectedly, he still apologized, and felt a little hot in his heart. He smiled and said, "Can I be angry with you? But is this really appropriate?"
"Yes, is it really appropriate to offend everyone?" Chen Huai asked himself in Chen Dan's tone, "By the way, let's talk in the room. It's empty here, it feels weird..."
"You said, what are the dishes on these three tables?" Chen Dan was stunned when he looked at the dishes that were half full of dishes on the three tables.
"He Yuelian can make a lot of money every year, and she can't even compensate her if she wastes three tables of vegetables," Chen Huai said with a smile. "You can help you bring two dishes from here, but you should keep a close eye on it, don't ask anyone named He to have the chance to spit in..."
"You are really, who has nothing to do with this immoral thing?" But after speaking, Chen Dan's face turned red first, as if the bad thing she did was revealed to Chen Huai.
Chen Dan first led Chen Huai into the private room on the second floor. The private room was facing the street. Through the window, you could see Huang Xinliang and He Yuelian standing outside the reception station and talking. Du Jian and other town leaders had left and didn't know where to have lunch.
Chen Dan took the lacquer plate and picked up a few side dishes. Chen Huai saw that there was only one bowl and chopstick, and asked, "Why are there only one bowl and chopstick?"
"Do you have any friends to come?" Chen Dan asked pretending to be confused. She knew that if she had dinner with Chen Huai on the same table today, the rumors would be spread all over, and He Yuelian would definitely be killed.
"I made an appointment with Zhao Dong to come to Meixi in the afternoon," Chen Huai just teased Chen Dan for a moment. Seeing that she was wisely avoiding her, he stopped there. Seeing that she was standing at the door, neither coming in nor leaving, he asked, "It doesn't matter if you come in and sit there, right?"
"I'm a private room waiter today..." Chen Danyan smiled and stood at the door and talked to Chen Huai.
"Okay, help me serve the rice."
Chen Huai stretched out the bowl, and Chen Dan walked in to help him serve the rice.
Chen Huai took a few bites of rice, put down the bowl, took out his wallet, handed it to Chen Dan, and said, "Go and help me settle the account..."
"You are the deputy secretary, just sign a letter and hold the account. If He Yuelian gives you a look, she won't really ask you to pay the bill with cash." Chen Dan stood at the door without moving.
"It is inhumane to say that it is not approved at all," Chen Huai said. "There are two ways to use reception fees: one is to advance payments first when receiving meals, and then get the tickets to the finance department to explain the reasons and actually reimburse them. Each month, give cadres of the corresponding level a maximum reimbursement limit. The other is to sign and register the accounts directly, and check with the finance department from the reception station to the end of the year. What method do you think the reception station hopes for?"
"Of course it is the latter," Chen Dan said, "Even if there is no reimbursement quota, it is still the latter type of signing and placing accounts. Signing and placing accounts will make it easier for the town cadres to come to the reception station to eat and drink regardless of public affairs. Manager He is not afraid of the government's refusal to pay back the debt. Naturally, he hopes that the more the cadres in the town, the better, and the more they drink, the better..."
"But what about the government and the steel mill? Before I came to Meixi, I found out the situation clearly. The town and the steel mill eat and drink at the reception station a year, which is enough for the entire town to pay a salary plus benefits for a year,"
Chen Huai said, "It is absolutely impossible to eat and drink. Doing things in China is nothing more than human favors. I cannot ask the horse to run and not eat grass, but everything must be moderate. This fee must be reduced to a relatively reasonable level, and strictly control financial expenses. It is very appropriate to adopt the first method. However, if you really want to adopt the first method, you will inevitably ask those cadres who are used to signing and placing accounts and eating and drinking to curse behind their backs! Look, no matter what, what I come here to do is offend people's work. Why not offend everyone at the beginning?"
Chen Dan opened his eyes wide and looked at Chen Huai. He didn't know why he explained this to him, but he was still a little happy. He looked down at the floor tiles under his feet and said in a voice: "There is no need to go barefoot at the beginning. No matter how difficult the work is, it can be carried out slowly. It is said that a strong dragon will not suppress local snakes. You are only in Meixi for the first day today and have not yet gained a foothold. Du Laohu is a very powerful local snake, weasel, Huang Xinliang and others, and they are not easy to deal with."
"Du Jian is a tiger in Meixi Town, but he is in the county and is not as obedient as a dog," Chen Huai smiled. "In the city steel factory, what do you think of me? The secretary-general of the municipal government Ge Yongqiu has been transferred to Xiapu County Deputy Secretary and Acting County Magistrate. I dare to snatch Ge Yongqiu's face, and I will make him angry in front of Du Jian?"
"..." Chen Dan pursed his lips and refused to speak.
"But you are right," Chen Huai said, "I shouldn't be so impulsive at the beginning of fighting. After arriving in Meixi, I should stop moving and get familiar with the situation of Meixi Town. There are so many cadres in the town that it is impossible for everyone to be in the same heart as Du Laohu. He Qingshe and Du Jian can't pee in the same pit. For half a year, I will gain a foothold in Meixi and join forces with He Qingshe and other cadres. At that time, I will be more confident in fighting Du Jian; for another half a year, it will be enough to compete for control of the steel mill - by the way, do you know that I just appointed the steel mill as a steel mill in the morning?"
"I just heard that it is said that Du Laohu has put you in a flash, so that you react so much," Chen Dan said. "But the people in the steel mill are almost all Du Laohu's confidants. If you really want to manage the steel mill, it will take a year and a half to succeed."
"If I were an experienced politician, I shouldn't be too hasty," Chen Huai said with a self-deprecating smile, "But the steel mill can't wait. I analyzed with Zhao Dong that if the situation of Meixi Steel Plant is delayed for another half a year, I'm afraid it's really helpless, so it's better to shut down and liquidate."
"Is that? I don't know about this." Chen Dan looked at Chen Huai with wide eyes.
She just entrusted Zhao Dong with Haiwen's compensation, and had no contact with Zhao Dong since then. However, Chen Tong helped Chen Huai move and met Zhao Dong twice. She never thought how Chen Huai would be so familiar with Zhao Dong.
"To be honest, I'll wait patiently for another half month. Even if I can't ask Du Jian to leave Meixi, I can still ask him to hand over the real power of the steel mill. However, the situation of Meixi and the steel mill in a pool of stagnant water will not improve soon," said Chen Huai. "Time will not wait for anyone. If you delay it for three to five months and then go to the steel mill to rectify the steel mill, the jobs of thousands of people may be ruined. Do you think I can delay it? Do you think you can work with these people who only eat hard and don't do anything for three to five months? I just want to turn Du Jian into the stagnant water in my hand and stir up the stagnant water first."
Chen Dan smiled and said, "Are you really afraid that Du Laohu will take action just now?"
"He dares?" Chen Huai smiled, "If he dares to do something, he will have to take off his official hat today. I will tell him that he will reveal the most direct flaw that can kick him away. To be honest, in China, if you want to do things, don't expect others to like you. Look at which officials around us don't like to make money together? I don't need others to like you, nor do I want to like others. If I am in cities and counties, I may still curl up and bend, but if I do things in towns, I must first make others afraid of you... Du Jian has been the king of Meixi in recent years, and beat and scold his mother has happened frequently. How many people have you seen dare to spit in person? But don't worry too much. After all, township cadres still like people who can bring them benefits. Now they whip them and stuff two bones into their mouths another day, and they will still shake their tails."
"I don't understand this even more." Chen Dan leaned out the head and looked at Huang Xinliang outside the window before he left. Imagining his tail wagging, he couldn't help but burst out laughing. His face turned red, his eyes looked at Chen Huai watery, and lowered his head. Maybe it was because this face caused too much trouble for her, maybe it was because she was struggling to protect herself too tired. She especially felt that Chen Huai's rampant style made her feel more at ease.
"Do you know what the catfish effect is?" Chen Huai saw Chen Dan blushing, and his eyes were full of charm. He looked at him and said, "I think some women are specialized in seducing people, so he quickly changed the subject and asked.
"After he graduated from a technical secondary school," Chen Dan said coquettishly, "Isn't it just that sardines like to be quiet. If they are transported in buckets, they will cause the water to be dehydrated due to lack of swimming? Throw a moving catfish in, stir the water, and force the sardines to swim with them, the water will come alive and the fish will not die..."
Speaking of this, Chen Dan raised his head curiously and stared at Chen Huai: "You compare yourself to this catfish! But then again, if you want to manage a steel mill, shouldn't you take out other energetic and motivated employees as catfish? How can you be a catfish yourself?"
"How do you know that no one wants me to be a catfish?" Chen Huai asked with a smile. He knew that Chen Dan was a senior high school student and was still studying correspondence course. He was much better than most beautiful women who rely on their own faces to make a living. Unfortunately, this society only attracted her appearance.
"Ah, who?" Chen Dan asked curiously.
"You will know in a few days." Chen Huai thought to himself that the news of Tan Qiping taking office should have reached Donghua in the next two days. With Chen Mingde's previous lessons, Tan Qiping will not act rashly after arriving in Donghua.
Tan Qiping did not act rashly in the city. He wanted to stay patiently in Meixi again. When will this fucking deadlock be broken? Chen Huai also knew that Tan Qiping was happy to see him jumping his head and act like a catfish to keep Donghua's stagnant water alive, as long as the situation was controlled by the secretary of the municipal party committee.
Chapter completed!