Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 951 Slamming the Table

It was already 3 p.m. when I came out of Yu Huabei's office.

Qi Tongwei rushed to the provincial government to pay his respects to Zhao Anbang.

This time, it wasn't so easy to cut in line.

Zhao Anbang was meeting with a guest, and Qi Tongwei heard from his secretary that it was the executive vice governor Qu Zhengping. Qi Tongwei had no choice but to wait in the waiting room.

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Governor's Office.

"Comrade Zhengping, I heard that Comrade Gao Yuan, the director of the Grain Bureau, slammed his fist on the table in your office?"

Qu Zhengping smiled slightly and said nonchalantly, "That's just how my old friend is. Sometimes he gets a little excited and can't control his temper. I'm used to it."

"It's about the spring wheat in Heji City, isn't it?"

"Yes, I promised him before that I would use 800 million yuan to acquire sprouted wheat, but after expert evaluation, it was determined that the disaster was not very serious."

The local people and the city of Heji can absorb it themselves, so I changed my mind and decided to use these 800 million yuan as a reserve fund to stabilize grain prices in critical situations.

Zhao Anbang nodded, feeling that Qu Zhengping's handling of the situation was not inappropriate.

Heji City is a major grain-producing city with corresponding grain processing industries, such as wineries, food processing plants, and feed processing plants.

If the scale of the disaster is not large, the sprouted wheat can be processed and consumed by these industries.

"No matter what, you can't just bang on the table. It not only shows a lack of decorum for a Party member and cadre, but it also disrupts organizational order and the atmosphere of unity. This is intolerable. I think it is necessary to deal with this comrade and give him some punishment."

"Discipline?" Qu Zhengping said, "Comrade Anbang, I think we should let it go. After all, I was the one who broke my promise first. He was just a bit too hasty. In the end, his intentions were good."

After all, he was his childhood friend and a natural political ally; Qu Zhengping didn't want to cut off his own arm.

Zhao Anbang frowned. "Comrade Zhengping, I have to criticize you for this. You can't tolerate his nonsense just because of your relationship with him."

What kind of behavior is it to slam your fist on the table in front of your superior?

Lack of organization and discipline; to put it bluntly, a weak sense of discipline and a lack of Party spirit.

If this isn't addressed, how can we, as leaders, effectively lead our teams?

Zhao Anbang still insists on upholding the dignity of the provincial party committee and government.

Qu Zhengping chuckled and said, "Alright then, I'll call him to the provincial capital when I have some free time and have a serious talk with him. I'll give him a serious reprimand, but I think I should be cautious about punishing him. After all, it would be embarrassing for me to do this."

Zhao Anbang was not satisfied with the result, but considering that his deputy had no shame, he didn't say much.

They then changed the subject, asking about several newly launched projects in the provincial capital.

These projects were all overseen by Qu Zhengping after he took office as executive vice governor. They mainly revolve around urban construction, and are poised to become a new district, with a considerable investment scale.

Qu Zhengping briefly explained, saying, "We followed the provincial party committee's instructions of 'high starting point, high level, and high standard'."

We publicly tendered for several top-tier planning and design firms in our province, pooling our wisdom and efforts to conduct overall planning and design for urban construction.

Currently, the planning and design work has been basically completed, and the first phase of construction has begun in many areas.

"Okay, I also have a few requirements for these projects..."

After chatting for a while, Zhao Anbang got a general understanding of the situation and then ended the conversation.

……

Outside the governor's office.

Qi Tongwei paced back and forth outside the waiting room, smoking a cigarette, still pondering Pei Yihong's words.

At this moment, Qu Zhengping came out, escorted by Zhao Anbang's secretary.

The two looked at each other.

Qi Tongwei called out to Governor Qu, and Qu Zhengping nodded and left without looking back.

Qi Tongwei shrugged slightly, not paying any attention.

The two had a grudge against each other because of Qu Zhengping's driver, Hu Youde, and had long been at odds with each other.

If it weren't for his position, he wouldn't have wanted to greet this vice governor.

"Mayor Qi, the governor wants to see you. Please come with me."

After watching Qu Zhengping leave, Zhao Anbang's secretary once again let Qi Tongwei cut in line.

"Okay, thank you for your trouble, Director Tang." Qi Tongwei gave the other waiting leaders an apologetic look.

Upon entering the office, Zhao Anbang did not sit in the boss's chair, but instead stood by the window with a teacup in hand, gazing into the distance to relax.

The long hours of paperwork had left him somewhat fatigued.

"Why are you here? Have you arranged all the work in the city?" Zhao Anbang asked Qi Tongwei as soon as he heard the noise.

Qi Tongwei replied, "It's an urgent matter, I had to come."

"What's the emergency?"

"It's about the wheat crop damage in Heji City."

"Heji City Wheat?"

Zhao Anbang had a bad feeling; was the situation not as simple as Qu Zhengping had said?

"sit."

The two sat down on the sofa, and Zhao Anbang asked, "Why are you also concerned about the problems in Heji City? You're neither a provincial leader nor the mayor of Heji City. Aren't you meddling a bit too much?"

Qi Tongwei smiled bitterly: "I don't want to get involved either, but they came to me for help, and I really can't bear to see ordinary people suffer."

"Suffering?" Zhao Anbang remained calm and chuckled, "That's a bit of an exaggeration. Tell me, who went to you for help?"

Qi Tongwei said, "Comrade Gao Yuan from the Grain Bureau said that this heavy rain has affected most of Heji City and urgently needs funds to purchase the sprouted wheat from the people. He asked for eight..."

Upon hearing that the disaster affected most of the city, Zhao Anbang suddenly stood up from the sofa.

"What! The situation is that serious?"

Qi Tongwei was also stunned. What did that mean? You didn't know?

That can't be right. If Yu Huabei knows this, how could the governor, who is nominally in charge of Hanjiang's affairs, not know it?

But then I thought, maybe the other party really didn't know.

After all, Zhao Anbang now is not like the executive vice governor he was a year ago, who could go down to inspect whenever he wanted.

As a high-ranking official in charge of a region, a ministerial-level cadre, the scale of his every move is incomparable to that of a vice-ministerial-level cadre.

If you want to go down and inspect, you'll definitely have to be surrounded by a large entourage, which is very troublesome.

Trying to conduct undercover investigations again is difficult; you're just putting pressure on local officials.

If you don't go down there, the people below can easily lie to you.

Meanwhile, our Secretary Yu might be waiting to see his new governor make a fool of himself.

Qi Tongwei shook his head secretly and told Zhao Anbang what he knew. Zhao Anbang slammed his hand on the coffee table.

“Great, that’s really great. Things have come to this point, and our vice governor isn’t worried at all. He even told me that the people of Heji City can handle it on their own.”

With such a large affected area, can they handle it?

"No wonder Comrade Gao Yuan slammed his fist on the table; I would have done the same." He then yelled at his secretary, "Go, go and invite Vice Governor Qu over! I want to ask him if he even cares about the people!"