Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle.

Chang Ning adhered to the word "boil" and quietly spent four years and six months.

It's another early summer day, and at Beijing International Airport, flights from Hong Kong have landed.

At the security gate, a middle-aged man in his forties stood aside with a sign.

The cardboard sign was written in nine large characters with ink pen: Philosophers welcome ordinary people.

In the flow of people, Chang Ning, who was wearing sunglasses and pulling a suitcase, came fluttering.

Looking at the sign in front of him, Chang Ning habitually smiled, this is the title between him and his uncle Ning Xiaohua, he laughed at himself as an ordinary man, his uncle mixed up with the title of Professor Fu at Beijing University, and his capital as a philosopher was even more sufficient.

One put down the suitcase, the other threw the sign, and the uncle and nephew amused each other.

"Stinky boy, on the orders of the old man and the old lady, take you home."

"Stinky philosopher, I have to report to the Central Organization Department first, and the plane will arrive at one o'clock at three o'clock, and Minister Chen will have to scold me."

In the speeding car, Ning Xiaohua held the steering wheel and looked ahead, while asking, "Let you come back this time, no longer as a temporary worker?" ”

"Who knows, I won't go to Beijing University to steal your job anyway." Chang Ning shrugged his shoulders and said.

Glancing at Chang Ning, Ning Xiaohua smiled: "Okay, in addition to growing a beard and having a little more foreign spirit, I have also learned to add a little humor to my banter, and I am much more mature than before." ”

Chang Ning looked at himself in the rearview mirror, stroked his chin, and pretended to be old-fashioned, "Life is thirty-five, and it is close to forty." ”

The red walls and blue tiles are still mysterious.

Accompanied by a middle-aged man, Chang Ning walked through several corridors and pushed open a door with a sign hanging from the minister's office.

Chen Sitou, the former secretary of the Zhijiang Provincial Party Committee and now the head of the Central Organization Department, took off his reading glasses and looked at Changning silently.

Chang Ning also looked at Chen Sitou, and said in his heart that the years are not forgiving, compared with ten years ago, Chen Sitou has more gray hair, ten years of organization minister, long enough, but I don't know, at the age of sixty-five, he still has a chance to go further on the basis of the Politburo member.

"Old leader, you are fine." Chang Ning took Chen Sitou's arm and accompanied him to the sofa and sat down.

Chen Sitou said kindly: "When you are old, your time has come." ”

Chang Ning smiled and said, "If you say old, my old man will curse." ”

"Yes, yes, the old man is eighty-nine years old, and he climbed Xiangshan two months ago, in front of his old man, I can still hold on for a few years."

"In my opinion, you can't retreat, old leader, and you will definitely be able to cross the century, because you have to take us with you." Chang Ning complimented.

"Haha, good boy, I haven't seen you for a few years, and I've grown a lot in kung fu to shoot horses."

Chang Ning was referring to the cross-century, of course, referring to the recent rumors about the personnel arrangements of the 15 th CPC National Congress, which will be held in two years, when Chen Sitou is already 67 years old, and if he retires, he will go to the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) for a term.

Take precautions, two years later, now is the time to start planning, Chen Sitou is like this, in fact, Chang Ning himself is not like this, this time he entered Beijing to receive the order, it is for the sprint two years later.

Chen Sitou picked up a file on the coffee table, flipped through it, and said slowly: "Xiao Chang, you left Xijiang Province in 92. ”

"Yes, in April '92, before that, I was transferred out of Jinjiang City and stayed in the Xijiang Provincial Economic and Trade Commission for five months."

Chen Sitou smiled: "Your work experience in the past few years has been colorful. ”

Chang Ning said respectfully: "That's all because I keep in mind your teachings, and your speech to us at the Zhijiang Provincial Party School is still vivid. ”

Looking at Chang Ning, Chen Sitou said, "Say something that I still remember." ”

"You are just a brick of the party, a mud brick that has not been burned, and only in the process of continuous training can you become a useful brick, and you are qualified to say loudly, I am a brick of the revolution, and I can move it wherever I need it."

Chen Sitou listened to it and praised it with satisfaction: "Okay, I haven't forgotten my roots, it's still the true color of Lao Zhijiang." ”

"Old leader, I will always be your soldier and will always obey your arrangement."

The words are a bit straightforward and numb, but Chang Ning knows that this can shorten the distance between the two.

Chen Sitou smiled, looked at the file and said:

"In October 1991, when you were mayor of Jinjiang City, you were transferred to the Xijiang Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, where you served as secretary of the party group, director Fu, and acting director of the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, and presided over the overall work; in April 1992, you were transferred to the Ministry of Water Resources to serve as the office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief General Headquarters under the Ministry of Water Resources, and served as a flood control inspector at the department level, and was also in charge of the first flood control and technical information department, and presided over the preparation of the national flood prevention and drought relief emergency plan and organized its implementation. In the summer of the same year, he also temporarily served as the deputy commander-in-chief and chief dispatcher of the Yangtze River Flood Control and Flood Control Frontline Command, and in September 1992, he was elected as a deputy to the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and in January 1993, he was transferred to the Research Office of the State Council. During his tenure as director of the Macroeconomic Research Department of the Research Office of the State Council, that is, the Department of International Studies, during which he visited the United States, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and nine Western European countries, during which he wrote a research paper on the international economic situation, the economic policies and social development of major countries, and since November 1993, you have been transferred to the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and have served as the director of the Exchange Department of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, responsible for understanding the relevant situation in the economic, scientific, technological, and cultural fields of Hong Kong and Macao. Coordinate with relevant departments and localities to formulate policies and measures for exchanges and cooperation, and participate in the formulation of relevant policies for Chinese-funded institutions in Hong Kong and Macao from the Mainland; Participate in the coordination of major exchange and cooperation matters; In the same year, you concurrently served as the special commissioner of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council in Hong Kong, and you also joined the Chinese delegation for a short period of time and participated in the 31st to 37th Sino-British negotiations on the Hong Kong issue. ”

Chang Ning said cautiously: "Old leader, you know, these roles of mine are just following behind others, running tricks, and they are not practical work." ”

Chen Sitou continued: "During this period, starting in May 1992, you entered the training class for middle-aged and young cadres at the Central Party School, and you were one of the five non-full-time students in the same period...... Good guy, Xiao Chang, your diploma is quite scary. ”

Chang Ning said with a smiling face: "You are the principal of the party school, don't you know what the diploma you issued is, when you go abroad, people will not admit it at all, but don't worry, I have never shown off to others." ”

Without looking up, he turned to the last page of the file.

"Xiao Chang, your record here is not very good-looking."

Chang Ning salivated and hurriedly said: "I reflect, don't explain, please criticize the leader harshly." ”

"During this period, you have been punished a total of five times, including one serious punishment from the party...... You guy, when you visit the UK, what are you doing in Ireland, in Hong Kong, you have been in and out of Macau casinos and Hong Kong racecourses many times, and you must have lost a lot of money, although you lost your own money, but as a party cadre, the impact is not good...... Look at it, look at it, and here, you kid is really bold, and he went to Taiwan to play for a week without permission, stinky boy, let me say hello. ”

Chang Ning scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Is this also what I need for my job, the Exchange Department, I am here to promote cross-strait exchanges, and there is not much evaluation from the local media." ”

"Hmph, you're still quibbling, you can't hear it when you're hiding, and Wang Lao of the Maritime Promotion Association is almost angry with you."

"Hehe, I heard about it, and later, didn't I go to Wang's hometown to take the blame, really, Wang Lao didn't care, and he also said that I was the first brave crab eater, this party has a serious warning punishment, and I am a little wronged."

"Stinky boy." Chen Sitou scratched Chang Ning's nose and couldn't help but be happy.

Chang Ning stood up, walked behind Chen Sitou, and reached out to massage him on the back of his shoulder.

"Old leader, where are you going to send me this time, let me declare first, I won't go abroad, and I won't go to the Great Northwest."

"Bargain with the organization?" No mistakes, no word skipping. Chen Sitou leaned back on the sofa and squinted his eyes and said.

Chang Ning said exaggeratedly: "In the past three or four years, I have simply become a temporary worker, like a firefighter, running around, hard work is endless, the credit is not my share, and the organization will not fail to see it." ”

When Chen Sitou heard this, he immediately straightened his face, "You are embarrassed to say credit, in the past few years, how much attention have you put into work?" I don't know your little abacus, our country is Taoguang and obscurity, why are you kid, what are you Taoguang and what is obscure? ”

"Hehe, you look at it, anyway, anyway, I have a different heart, I don't do it, I actually do whatever I am told to do."

Chen Sitou smiled, waved his hand, and motioned for Chang Ning to come back to him.

"Xiao Chang, have you heard about the ** nest case in Ningzhou City that happened at the end of last year?" No mistakes, no word skipping.

Chang Ning was stunned when he heard this, and his face immediately became solemn, could it be that the organization wanted to send himself over to clean up that mess that couldn't be rotten anymore?

"Report to the old leader, I have seen it in a newspaper in Hong Kong, but I don't know the details, I only heard about it, and I heard that most of the two sets of teams are rotten."

"It's painful." Chen Sitou nodded and sighed, beckoning Chang Ning to sit down.