The second volume has Feng Xi Lai Chapter 10 The old cadres who have their own lives

  On the way back home by taxi, Lu Zhuo was thinking about Huang Zixuan's affairs. Actually at this time, there shouldn't be such an enemy.

  Huang Si'er is a ruthless and cunning person. If we can't really capture him, it will be a never-ending trouble.

  So, although I clearly know he doesn't have good intentions, I still have to come and meet him, see what kind of tricks he's up to. You can hide for a while but not forever, it's better to confront him now than be stabbed in the back by him unexpectedly later on.

  Drinking in a bar and thinking of bullying someone, if not finding a group of thugs to fix the other person, then there are only a few tricks left, such as the immortal jump, forcing someone to drink and taking drugs after framing them, etc. These are all leftovers from Lu Zheng's past life.

  With Huang Si'er's ruthless personality, he would not think of luring himself to a wine shop and then finding someone to fix him up. This is too cheap, and as the deputy director of the national department and Huang Lao's secretary, it would be bad for his future if he were beaten without reason.

  So, what's left is nothing but moves like the immortal jump and so on.

  Lu Zhong became doubly cautious from the moment he entered the dance hall, lest he be bumped into and extorted.

  In the private room, Huang Si'er showed a good heart, those little brothers wanted to drink, he was also intercepting on the side, Lu Zhong became even more careful.

  Drugging, now in the country, is a relatively new trick, but ten or twenty years later, even street vendors will know that you can't talk to strangers and can't drink drinks given by strangers, especially those with open caps.

  On the coffee table, among that pile of beer, Lu Zhong soon discovered that one bottle of beer was a bit different. When Huang Si'er started pouring wine, this bottle of wine was clearly close to him, but he didn't move it. Until Xiaoli poured herself a glass of wine, he took that bottle of wine for himself, and it was the wine he had opened.

  Lu Zhong listened intently to the sound of him opening the beer with a bottle opener. From the sound, there was no sharp hissing sound of rapid air escape. This bottle of beer, without a doubt, had been opened before, and the cap was put back on later. However, in the noisy environment of the bar, if one wasn't careful, anyone would have noticed the slight difference between these two sounds.

  Just then, a commotion broke out on the other side of the private room. Taking advantage of Huang Si'er going over to mediate and Xiaoli's attention being drawn away, Lu Zhong quickly opened a new bottle of wine and covered up the problematic wine with its cap, moving it aside.

  When Huang Si'er came back, Lu Zhong poured into the cup was just the beer that had no problem. Moreover, after finishing this cup of beer, Lu Zhong immediately opened several bottles of beer, including that problematic bottle of wine. Opening these few bottles of wine was to prevent being seen through by Huang Si'er.

  Later, pretending to be unconscious, he knocked over several bottles of wine, and among them was the problematic wine.

  Actually, thinking back now, that bald-headed man who suddenly caused trouble must have known the inside story and wanted to help himself but didn't know how. When he left, he gave a mysterious glance in his direction, and that's all he could do. After all, they weren't close friends, at most having a good impression of him. He wouldn't openly offend Huang Si'er for his sake, and it was already kind of him to stir up some noise from the side. Whether or not he understood was none of his business anymore.

  But Guan Yadi helped himself out, otherwise, it wouldn't be easy for him to change the wine under Huang Si's gaze. At most, he would use an excuse not to drink this cup of wine, and then there would be no more drama. He himself would not have the opportunity to teach Huang Si a lesson and make him dare not to act rashly again.

  This bald young man is quite righteous and is a friend worth making. If we have the chance to meet again, we must definitely drink a few more cups together.

  "Hey, I'm asking you something! Are we there yet? Is it this exit or the next one?" The taxi driver's impatient voice broke into Lu Zhen's train of thought.

  "Next mouth." Lu Zhong smiled slightly.

  "I've told you several times already, what's wrong with you? Go dream about marrying a daughter-in-law!" The taxi driver was very rude and arrogant.

  In fact, the status of taxi drivers is not ordinary now, especially those who can drive Nissan taxis are simply more powerful than mayors, and their income is actually comparable to ten times that of a mayor's salary.

  Lu Zhong smiled and ignored him, such an idle person, if everyone had to take offense, they would be busy to death.

  ……

  On Tuesday morning, Lu Zhong went to pick up Huang Lao again for work. Huang Lao didn't say much and got into the car when he saw it downstairs. It wasn't until they were almost at their destination that he spoke up: "Little Lu, don't use your private car as a public vehicle anymore. Next time we go to the countryside, let's use the committee's car."

  Lu Zhong pondered this sentence for a while, trying to grasp the old man's mindset, but felt that it was still slightly off, so he didn't think about it anymore.

  Gu Weizhen attended the Standing Committee meeting, Huang Lao was listed as a member, and Lu Zhong was also called to serve as his secretary.

  There are 26 members of the Wu Shan City CPPCC, with Wang Qihang as the director, who stepped down from his position as secretary of the Wu Shan Prefectural Committee in 1982. The three deputy directors, Zhu Changzheng, Cheng Mingyuan and Zhang Ping, are all locals, among whom Zhu Changzheng is the executive vice chairman, whose previous position before retiring to the second line was the commissioner of the Wu Xiang Area Administrative Office, while Cheng Mingyuan and Zhang Ping were also full-time officials at the departmental level.

  There are 8 regular members of the CPPCC, but only 6 attended today's meeting. Vice Chairman Zhang Ping has been in poor health and rarely appears on holidays. Last month, he had a conversation with the organization and voluntarily requested to retire completely and no longer serve as vice chairman of the CPPCC. A few days ago, Zhu Changzhi was hospitalized again and is scheduled for major surgery.

  At the meeting, people talked about Zhang Lao and Zhu Lao, and everyone couldn't help but sigh. Director Wang also couldn't help but let out a deep breath, saying: "Time waits for no man!"

  "So, I've always said that the municipal party committee doesn't care enough about old cadres, it's all about economy and money!" A member of the CPPCC was indignantly grumbling, his cane knocking against the brick floor with a loud clang.

  Director Wang smiled and said: "Old Li, you're being too extreme! People's birth, aging, illness, and death are all predetermined. One must accept fate, but also make the most of one's old age. Complaining is not allowed!"

  "When Old Li mentioned money, I think he's right," interrupted Deputy Director Cheng Mingyuan, the youngest member of the CPPCC Standing Committee. He looked well-maintained and didn't show any signs of aging. Before stepping down, he was the director of the Provincial Cultural Department. It is said that when the organization asked him to step down, he had a big argument. Director Jiang from the Provincial Party Committee had to intervene to placate him.

  In the Standing Committee of the CPPCC, Director Cheng was most opposed to the three principles of "better less than more", "better empty than full" and "better rough than fine" for the work of the CPPCC.

  Director Cheng extinguished the cigarette butt and spoke eloquently: "I don't dare to comment on other things, without investigation there is no right to speak, but in terms of cultural development, I still have the right to speak. Our Wushan's cultural undertakings are now in a mess! It can be said that it's chaotic!"

  Everyone including Lu Zhong was shocked and this word can be said to be accusatory, a bit too serious.

  "I'm not against new things, I can accept disco halls and video halls, but should we promote the main melody? Martial arts, revenge, **powdered makeup on stage! What kind of world are we creating for our next generation?"

  By this time, Lu Zhong vaguely understood that with Director Cheng's physical condition, he could have continued to work for several more years, but why was he "persuaded to retire" from the position of Provincial Cultural Department Director.

  Director Cheng became more and more agitated, "The Municipal Bureau of Culture is in charge of the video rental business, but it has been contracted out to individuals. More and more pirated videos are being smuggled in from outside, and some video halls have even dared to secretly show pornographic tapes! I'm not just talking nonsense, I have solid evidence!"

  As he spoke, he pulled out a small notebook and showed it to everyone. The notebook recorded the XX video hall in this city, which played the XX video tape at XX o'clock on XX day. Several video halls were listed, apparently, he had done some personal research.

  Director Cheng stood up and handed a small notebook to Old Huang, saying: "Old Huang, take a look."

  Lu Zhong had heard people in the office mention that Huang Lao not only disliked attending meetings of the committee, but even when he did attend, he usually remained tight-lipped and never expressed any opinions. However, when it came to some sensitive events, the members of the committee would not let him off the hook and usually hoped to get his support.

  Huang Lao flipped through the small notebook, glanced at it a few times, hummed in agreement, and then handed it over to Wang Qihang.

  "Our government departments, how can they just fill their own little treasuries and not even have the most basic morals?! And I also heard that in the Feicui Song and Dance Hall, there are even prostitution phenomena appearing!"

  As soon as this sentence came out, it was earth-shattering and astonishing, even Huang Lao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

  After all, after the founding of New China, it was announced that prostitution had been eradicated in mainland China. Now, although I have heard that this ugly phenomenon has re-emerged in the southern economic special zone, it has also appeared in Wushan? These old cadres are hearing about it for the first time; could the tumor be spreading so quickly?

  "Director Cheng continued to say, 'So I think we need to sound the alarm for the municipal party committee and take responsibility for the party's cause! As old cadres, we should do our best within our capabilities, but also strive to do our utmost!'"

  Taking a sip of tea, Director Cheng calmed down his excited emotions and looked at Old Huang: "Old Huang, what do you think?"

  Wang Qihang also cast his eyes on Huang Lao.

  Huang Lao nodded slightly: "Mingyuan is right, if the situation is true, we have an obligation to reflect this matter to the municipal party committee."

  Director Cheng let out a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile.

  ……

  In the evening, a large group of people from the office went to the Municipal Workers' Hospital to visit Zhu Changzheng, who was about to undergo surgery in a few days. However, Lu Zhong came to the People's Hospital instead, where the anorectal department had a good reputation and Deputy Director Zhang Ping was hospitalized.

  Second floor ward, Lu Zhong knocked on the door and entered. Director Zhang was lying in bed with an IV drip, next to him sat a middle-aged man who looked somewhat similar to him. It seemed that he should be his son, but Lu Zhong hadn't seen him last time he came.

  "Who are you?" The man in the jacket looked at Lu Zhong with a puzzled expression, slowly getting up. From his body language, it was clear that Lu Zhong was too young, and he didn't pay much attention to him either.

  Director Zhang lay on the hospital bed with his eyes lightly closed, his breathing a bit heavy, apparently sleeping soundly.

  Lu Zhong let out a soft "hiss", placed the bouquet of flowers on the table, smiled at Director Zhang's son, made a gesture to indicate that he should continue watching his father, then Lu Zhong retreated and quietly closed the door.

  "Xiao Lu, you're here and didn't even call Old Zhang?" Outside the door, with a smile, was Cheng Mingyuan, who had clearly seen the whole scene from start to finish.