Xu Jie and Zhang Mingliang came to the Municipal Heating Office, and after stating their purpose, they were told that Deputy Director Liu Heliang was not in the office.
"Excuse me, where is Deputy Director Liu and when will he be back?" Xu Jie asked the staff member.
"He went to inspect the heating company downstairs. I 'm not ." The staff member replied.
"Can you help contact Deputy Director Liu and ask when he can come back?" Zhang Mingliang asked.
"Deputy Director Liu will come back naturally after the inspection. You can either wait here or come early tomorrow morning. The leader is so busy, how dare I disturb him." After the staff member said this, he lowered his head to look at the documents.
Xu Jie and Zhang Mingliang looked at each other, said sorry for disturbing you, and turned to walk out the door.
The cold wind was blowing, making people shiver all over.
For Xu Jie, it was still spring yesterday, but when he closed his eyes and opened them again, it was back to winter.
"What should we do?" Zhang Mingliang asked.
"Just wait." Xu Jie said. In their line of work, it is normal to wait for people. Ordinary people still have to go out to buy groceries, not to mention these enterprises and institutions.
The two returned to the car and turned on the heater. After a while, the car became warm.
"Do you think they will agree to the demonstration community plan?" Zhang Mingliang asked as he opened the hot water and took a sip, not knowing whether he would make another wasted trip today.
Xu Jie thought for a moment, shook his head and uttered a word: "Hanging"
Zhang Mingliang turned to look at Xu Jie and asked, "Why?"
Xu Jie stared at the door of the heating office and said slowly: "Replacing the heating pipes in the community is a good thing to serve the people. If they really agree, they would like us to report more. Just now, judging from the attitude of the staff member towards us, he didn't even call us. It is likely that the result of the discussion was not ideal. As for the inspection, haha!"
"Are you saying that Deputy Director Liu is deliberately avoiding us?" Zhang Mingliang asked. When there is good news, he wants to find reporters to report it, and when there is bad news, he wants to stay away from reporters.
"Who knows." Xu Jie first just wanted to know what went wrong.
The process of waiting for others is long and boring.
Xu Jie would check the news, then get off the car to stretch his body, while keeping his eyes on the vehicles coming in and out of the Heating Office, for fear of missing Liu Heliang.
Zhang Mingliang played Landlord on his mobile phone, but he lost all the beans after two rounds. In the end, he could only turn on the recorder and listen to crosstalk and songs to kill time.
The two waited from 1:30 to 4:50, when an SUV drove into the heating office compound and a man got out of the driver's seat.
It’s Liu Heliang!
Xu Jie immediately got out of the car and rushed over, followed closely by Zhang Mingliang holding a camera.
"Deputy Director Liu!" Xu Jie ran to the other person and stopped, blocking him from entering the door.
"Hey, reporter Xu, is there anything wrong?" Liu Heliang asked with a little surprise.
"Deputy Director Liu, regarding the replacement of pipelines and the establishment of a demonstration community, didn't you say that you would discuss it at the meeting on Monday? I came here specifically to ask about the results." Xu Jie looked at the other party and said. If he remembered correctly, the heating office should get off work at 5 o'clock.
Liu Heliang sighed after hearing this, and then said, "I'm sorry, reporter Xu, I think you may have made a wasted trip. We held a special meeting this morning to study this matter. There are many controversies, so there is no result yet. But don't worry, we will continue to study it tomorrow. After all, this is a major issue concerning heating in old residential areas."
Xu Jie's heart tightened. Just as he had guessed, he failed.
"Deputy Director Liu, I wonder what the point of dispute is?" Xu Jie asked puzzledly. He had been waiting for an entire afternoon and had to get things clear before leaving.
"There are many controversial points. For example, after the demonstration community is replaced, what should we do if the owners of other old communities are not as enthusiastic as expected? Another example is that we require other communities to collect signatures from all owners. What should we do if neighborhood disputes arise as a result? There is also the issue of who will pay for the replacement of pipes." Liu Heliang listed several in a row.
Xu Jie frowned slightly after hearing this. Although the other party raised several questions, there was only one question for him, which was: who would pay the bill?
Who will pay for replacing the heating pipes?
There is more than one old residential area in the city, and the replacement of pipelines involves thousands of households . The cost of the renovation is naturally not a small amount. Any issue involving cost is a big problem.
"Shouldn't the heating pipe renovation be the responsibility of the heating office?" asked Xu Jie.
"Reporter Xu, you may not be familiar with the relevant regulations. If it is an annual work plan formulated by the city, then the municipal government will bear half of the cost of the renovation, and the heating unit will bear the other half. If the heating pipeline is damaged, then the repair costs will be borne by the heating department. However, the demonstration community belongs to neither the former nor the latter, and we have clear regulations that if residents need to replace heating facilities, the cost must be borne by the residents themselves." Liu Heliang explained in detail.
"Deputy Director Liu, according to what you said, even if you discuss and pass it at the meeting, won't it be impossible to carry out the reform?" Xu Jie held the microphone tightly in his hand. The other party didn't say this last time.
"It's different. If the discussion is passed, we will submit it to the higher authorities for approval, and then include it in next year's work plan." Liu Heliang said seriously.
Xu Jie was speechless.
It will last until next year.
"So, the heating pipes cannot be replaced this year?" Xu Jie asked.
"It's difficult." said Liu Heliang.
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"If reporter Xu has no other questions, I will leave first. But don't worry, we will continue to discuss the question you raised and will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."
Xu Jie looked at Deputy Director Liu's back as he left, and felt the urge to curse.
"How can this person talk like that? It's as if we are deliberately looking for trouble." Zhang Mingliang on the side said indignantly.
Xu Jie sighed and turned to Zhang Mingliang, "Let's go back to work."
"Is it over?" Zhang Mingliang asked after him. This matter has been reported for a week, is it just going to be dismissed like this? This doesn't seem to be Xu Jie's style.
"How is that possible!" Xu Jie returned to the car.
"Why do I feel like we've been fooled?" Zhang Mingliang was furious. He had been holding his breath and waiting for the entire afternoon, but there was no result. Who wouldn't be angry?
"Brother Liang, have you ever heard a saying? A well will not spray oil without pressure, and a person will feel relaxed without pressure." Xu Jie said, looking in the direction of the heating office.
"What should we do?" Zhang Mingliang asked. He knew that Xu Jie already had an idea.
"Since they have no pressure, let's put some pressure on them. Isn't the existence of the media to better promote work?" Xu Jie said calmly: "Let's continue to interview old residential areas tomorrow, and then do a special report on heating every day. I don't believe they can still sit still."
"right!"
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