Chapter 79 Longtong
September 5, 2000. Clear, crisp autumn weather.
Hu Jiao came out of the provincial party committee and got into the car. Master Tao has been following the secretary for the past two years. His good cigarettes and good wine really make the drivers of the small car team jealous.
Hu Jiao sighed secretly. He had just learned that the tribute Sanmei large-leaf tea won the gold medal at the Southeast Asian Tea Expo. The special-grade Sanmei large-leaf tea was priced at 5,000 yuan per catty.
Thinking back to the cooperation agreement signed with Liu Yuan a year and a half ago, Hu Jiao couldn't help but feel lucky!
I don't know what his considerations were, or maybe there was a trace of inexplicable love for taking advantage of others in his nature, but when talking with Liu Yuan about the development of Gukou High-tech Zone, Hu Jiao insisted that the Sanmei County Party Committee and government must get a 10% share.
After more than a week of negotiations, Liu Yuan, who had always been humble and generous, refused to give in on this issue. He would rather pay more in the contract fee and fully fund the construction of the road to the valley entrance, rather than give up even the slightest share.
The more Hu Jiao acted like this, the more persistent he became. He almost caused a conflict within the county party committee. Many standing committee members, including Shi Jingyuan, had to question Hu Jiao's approach, which clearly showed signs of making things difficult.
But in the end, everyone chose to unite and forced Liu Yuan to give out 10% of the share. Now it seems that this 10% far exceeds the profits from mineral development and real estate development.
Today, Sanmei County was officially approved by the State Council and upgraded to Sanmei District of Nanhu City. Last year, the GDP of Sanmei County jumped to the second place among counties in the province, and in the first half of this year, it took the lead.
As the top leader of the Sanmei Party Committee, Hu Jiao's administrative level was further promoted to member of the Standing Committee of the Nanhu Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Sanmei District Party Committee.
The level is tentatively set at deputy department level, and Shi Jingyuan enjoys deputy department level treatment.
Compared with two years ago, today's Sanmei has undergone tremendous changes. The county seat of Sanmei is showing signs of becoming a small garden town, a green town with clean streets, orderly urban development and a greening rate of 70%.
The Half Moon Bay villa area has become a status symbol and holiday resort for the Nanzhao dignitaries.
With the agricultural development led by Le Xiaoshan, farm stays have become a must-visit leisure activity for Nanhu citizens on weekends.
Therefore, due to his outstanding political achievements last year, Le Xiaoshan was transferred to another county to serve as county magistrate.
Hu Jiao's personal prestige in Sanmei also reached its peak.
However, he was not in a good mood, because it would no longer be his turn to intervene in the matter of Sanmei being divided into districts.
Because he is about to be transferred from Sanmei.
In order to maintain the stability of the Sanmei team, no major adjustments will be made at this time. It is planned that Hu Jiao will be transferred to the position of deputy mayor of Longtong City, Southwest Province; and deputy secretary Cheng Anping will be transferred to the position of acting district mayor of Linhu District.
Shi Jingyuan took over as secretary of the Sanmei District Committee, Zou Kaigui, district mayor, and former Organization Minister Chen Yongzheng took over as deputy secretaries, and Hu Detu became executive deputy district mayor.
Li Ya finally made it through.
Hu Jiao persuaded him to come to Sanmei to take over Chen Yongzheng's position as the Organization Minister of the Sanmei District Committee.
The new position will be taken up before the National Day.
Hu Jiao frowned. His grandfather passed away last year and Hu Zhongzhi was also preparing to return to Yanjing. There were still two years left, so Hu Zhongzhi had to get Hu Jiao out of Nanzhao in advance and he could no longer be nurtured in Sanmei.
Sanmei is now on the right track and developing rapidly. There is not much point for Hu Jiao to stay in Sanmei. Apart from being promoted to a senior position, there is no experience worth learning from him.
And the most important point is that Hu Zhongzhi discovered that the relationship between Hu Jiao and Li Zonghe was extraordinary. He originally thought that Hu Jiao would be suppressed in the local faction of Nanzhao, but he did not expect that Li Zonghe was an outlier. Not only did he not suppress Hu Jiao, but he gave him the green light everywhere and gave him serious guidance.
The original five-year plan was achieved in just three years.
As a result, Hu Zhongzhi had to send Hu Jiao away early, and this time he was going to a province that was well-known throughout the country for being poor and backward.
In the southwestern provinces where ethnic minorities live, some local government finances still have a backward management situation of reimbursement through IOUs, and people in many areas are still struggling on the poverty line.
Longtong City is the prefecture-level city in Southwest China with the slowest industrial and agricultural development and the lowest economic output.
Hu Jiao felt a headache just thinking about it. How could he jump from the rice basket to the bran basket? Except for the person involved, how many people knew how it felt?
I heard that Longtong's government secretary general was stuck at home during the New Year's Day due to the bills from various restaurants and was afraid to go out.
It's just a few hundred thousand, and the secretary general can't take it out. What can be done?
In Sanmei, the annual government reception budget is over one million.
Thinking of this, Hu Jiao closed his eyes in distress again. After being a landlord for a long time, he now had to live the life of a poor and lower-middle peasant. It was so damn... depressing!
Moreover, as a deputy mayor, he is not even a member of the standing committee. Among the four deputy mayors, he ranks only higher than the deputy mayor who also serves as the government secretary-general. He is in charge of science, education, culture, health, publicity, family planning, poverty alleviation, environmental protection and other thankless jobs that are not easy to achieve results.
It was Hu Zhongzhi's decision, could he resist?
Before leaving, Hu Zhongzhi said, "If you can't make a career in Longtong, then don't come back. I can tell you clearly that the southwest is your final bloody road. Whether you can fight your way out, your father and I will wait and see!"
Hu Jiao didn't have any confidence at this time. Southwest Province?
In his impression, there are only words like poverty, backwardness, ethnic minorities, high mountains and deep valleys.
Until now, he still doesn’t know who the main party and government leaders of Southwest Province are, let alone the leaders of the Longtong Municipal Party Committee. How can he fight his way out of there?
How easy is that!
"Lao Tao, have you ever been to the southwest?"
Tao Gui didn't react, but nodded. "I've been there. In 1996, right? At that time, the county leaders followed some volunteers organized by the municipal party committee to go to the southwest to help with poverty alleviation. I've been to Huashan City, the provincial capital in the southwest. Well, there were two volunteers from Sanmei at that time at the section level, and they went to all sorts of places..."
"Longtong."
"Yes, yes, look at my memory, Longtong! It was a barren place, with poor mountains and bad water. Two cadres who went there to work as temporary officials deserted within a month. Haha, they became the laughing stock of the county committee when they came back."
Hu Jiao smiled bitterly and shook his head. This place is barren and desolate. Uncle, you really think highly of me.
"Secretary, are you going to pick up Beibei?"
Lao Tao has been with Hu Jiao for so long, so of course he knows some of Hu Jiao's family affairs. Now Beibei is in kindergarten, and every time Hu Jiao goes to Nanhu, he will pick up the child in person as long as he has time.
Hu Jiao shook his head. "No, I'm going back to Sanmei. I have things to do."
Today, it was like heaven and hell. My level has gone up, and I thought if I could stabilize it for another two years, I could be promoted to a full-time official.
Now it seems that this hatred will last forever.
Why can others rise to prominence while I have to suffer ? It's so hard.
He took out his phone and dialed Liu Jie's cell phone. It rang once and then she hung up. Hu Jiao's mouth pursed, probably thinking that she was in a meeting.
Forget it. Things have come to this point anyway. No matter how upset I am, I have to bear it with it.
After returning to the Sanmei County Committee, Huang Shanta showed up in time and presented some urgent documents. After Hu Jiao finished processing them, he sat in the office and began to pace slowly, circling the coffee table and the desk.
He didn't want to announce the news of Sanmei's upgrade from a county to a district right away. Since he was in such a hurry, he had to make some personnel arrangements.
First, Wang Shoulan, this smart and capable woman must be given important positions. And Wang Haixing, ask Fatty, your uncle promised to bring someone with him, the deputy secretary-general of the Longtong Municipal Government.
The last one is Huangshan Tower, which can be considered to be placed in the industrial zone for training.
Press the secretary's call button, "Shan Ta, tell County Chief Shi to come to me."
More than half an hour passed before Shi Jingyuan appeared in the secretary's office. He had been in high spirits over the past two years. Seeing Sanmei's rapid changes, Shi Jingyuan burst out with great energy and threw himself completely into government work.
It can be said that he has made the greatest contribution to Sanmei’s current success.
Shi Jingyuan took out a box of Gongpin Sanmei Large Leaf Tea from Gukou and slowly brewed it. He leaned back on the sofa casually and said, "Professor, what's the matter? There are several processing companies in the industrial zone, which just make up for the shortcomings of our industry. I'm discussing this with them."
Hu Jiao looked at Shi Jingyuan weakly. They had been working together for nearly three years and it could be said that they had a very good understanding and were quite happy with each other.
"Two pieces of news. One is great news, and the other is... for you, it's good news, but for me, it's bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Shi Jingyuan blinked and laughed, "They are all good things for me? Then you can say whatever you want. Anyway I am a good person and I will be rewarded."
Hu Jiao smelled the tea, and Shi Jingyuan was not in a hurry. The "Jingyuan" in his name did indeed have considerable power.
"Sanmei was changed from a county to a district, its administrative level was raised by half a level, and its secretary became a member of the municipal party committee standing committee."
Shi Jingyuan immediately congratulated him, "Oh, great news! I guess all the county cadres will be excited! But for us, it's well-deserved. We won first place in the province this year. Why don't those bigwigs let us go? Hahaha, you're a member of the Standing Committee, why don't you look happy?"
Hu Jiao smiled bitterly, "The other news is that I will be transferred and you will take over."
Shi Jingyuan was really surprised. He stared at Hu Jiao in amazement. "Transferred? No way! Professor, we just started our journey! How can we be transferred? Wait! Where are you transferred to?"
Looking at Hu Jiao's gloomy face, Shi Jingyuan felt something was wrong!
"Third Deputy Mayor of Longtong City, Southwest Province."
"Southwest? Longtong? Where is Longtong?"
Hu Jiao was drinking tea, and when he heard this, he almost spit it out, "Jingyuan, my wound is bleeding, please don't rub salt into it, okay?"
Shi Jingyuan didn't laugh. "Is that what your father and the others meant?"
Hu Jiao nodded, "Jingyuan, this time, I really want to fight to the death, and then survive."
Shi Jingyuan stood up and gently patted Hu Jiao's shoulder. "You are different from us. You are young, capable, and talented. I believe you! We all believe you! No matter where you go, you are the best!"
Hu Jiao smiled and changed the subject, "In addition to my transfer, Secretary Anping will also be transferred. He will be the current district chief of Linhu District, which can be regarded as a successful achievement. Old Zou will take over your position, Yongzheng will take over Lao Cheng's position, and besides, Li Ya, do you still remember him?"
Seeing Shi Jingyuan nod, Hu Jiao continued, "I will try to get him to take over Lao Chen's job. In this way, you will still be in charge of the county committee."
"When are you leaving?"
“Before National Day.”
Shi Jingyuan shook his head. "Too hasty. It seems your father and his men are determined. I wonder if there have been any changes at the top?"
Hu Jiao sighed, "No changes for now, just preparations in advance. Now the priority is stability. I suggest placing the mountain tower in the industrial zone. Wang Shoulan can make further progress, and Qiu Mingqian is almost there. You should take charge of these."
"Where's Wang Haixing?"
These are the people Hu Jiao likes the most. Shi Jingyuan knows that Hu Jiao is making personnel arrangements before leaving.
"Let me talk to Fatty Wang first. The official document will be issued in the next two days. Jingyuan, you should prepare for the district change first. Secretary Hu of the Provincial Party Committee may come down in person to receive him."
Shi Jingyuan didn't move, still looking at Hu Jiao, "Do you think we should call a team meeting to discuss this?"
Hu Jiao waved his hand, "You decide. I want to travel around during this period of time."
Shi Jingyuan shook his head and sighed, "Professor, be confident! It's just the southwest, isn't it? It's not a dangerous place! I think Minister Hu's arrangement is completely correct! You, if you live too smoothly, it will be bad for your future development. Don't let them down."
Hu Jiao nodded. "Don't worry! I just can't adjust to the situation all of a sudden. Go ahead and do your work. There are a lot of things to do next... Oh, by the way, prepare some Sanmei large-leaf tea for me. I want to take it away."
Shi Jingyuan laughed when he heard that. "Why? Are you still embarrassed to ask for money? After all, you are also a shareholder representative. It's your own tea, why are you being polite?"
Hu Jiao pointed to his chest and said, "Liu Yuan has me on his mind. Since I won the gold medal, I have basically been avoiding him. Haha."
"People plant trees, and future generations enjoy the shade. The people of Sanmei will never forget your contribution. Leave this matter to me. Mr. Liu is not a stingy person."
After Shi Jingyuan left, Hu Jiao called Huang Shanta in and said, "Next, we are going to put you in the industrial zone. Do you have confidence?"
Huang Shanta has been following Hu Jiao for the past two years and has become more and more confident and calm. The director of the industrial zone management committee is only a section chief, but it is more difficult than the top leader of a township, as it involves various complex tasks such as industrial construction, economic development, and environmental protection.
The Huangshan Tower was obviously not prepared, so why was it suddenly being lowered?
"Secretary, is there anything I am not doing well at work? Please give me more criticism!"
Hu Jiao waved his hand, "Don't think too much. You've been with me for nearly three years. It's time to develop and gain experience. You can't stay in the office forever. The industrial zone is suitable for you. Go and work hard for a few years. It will be good for you."
Huang Shanta breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as I didn't make any mistakes, I will follow the secretary's arrangements!"
"Go and notify Wang Haixing to come."
Huang Shanta steadily walked out of the secretary's office, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled. He was finally going to go outside!
There was no expression on his face, not even a hint of joy. He called Wang Haixing and said, "Director Wang, Secretary Hu wants you to come to his office."
Ten minutes later, Wang Haixing came in, knocking on Huangshan Tower's desk. "Weasel, what's the matter, Secretary?"
Huang Shanta rolled his eyes at him and said, "I don't know!"
Wang Haixing rolled his eyes at him, "You dare to challenge me? Do you believe I can take you to the dance hall to practice?"
Huang Shanta was helpless. He had no idea what to do when faced with such a shameless person like Fatty. The main reason was that Wen Yuzhi was too gullible. He was fooled by Fatty several times and thought that he was going out for a life of debauchery.
"It's probably a job transfer."
Wang Haixing immediately smiled with narrowed eyes and nodded, "I'll treat you to whoredom some other day."
“Go to hell!”
Wang Haixing had already pushed the secretary's office away, and Huang Shanta hurriedly stopped talking.
Hu Jiao was sitting behind his desk. He looked up and saw Fatty. With a smile on his face, he waved and called out, "Fatty, come here, come and sit down!"
Wang Haixing asked fearfully, "Secretary, don't be so affectionate. I feel like you're smiling like Grandma Wolf..."
