Rebirth of Minister Qi

Two years later, in the spring of 1998

Qi Tongwei and the district cadres stood under the newly built hydropower station and took a group photo with officials from the Ministry of Water Resources. Leaders of the municipal party committee were also present.

At this time, Qi Tongwei's position had not changed much. He just changed from the first deputy director of the High-tech Zone Management Committee to the director of the Management Committee. He also held the part-time jobs of deputy secretary of the district party committee and district mayor.

In the High-tech Zone, Gao Yuliang resigned from the position of Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the High-tech Zone, which he held concurrently, and handed it over to Jin Xinkai. Jin Xinkai also successfully took up the position of Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and still concurrently served as Secretary of the Jiangbei New Area District Party Committee, but the focus of his work was more shifted towards the work of the entire city. Everyone believed that this was a transition period for Jin Xinkai to take over as mayor, and Qi Tongwei's next step would definitely be Member of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee and concurrent Secretary of the Jiangbei New Area District Party Committee.

At this time, Cheng Zhongzheng, assistant to the district mayor and director of the district government office, was discussing Qi Tongwei's affairs with Jin Dahai, who had become deputy district mayor before him.

"The boss has been the district head for three years, and Secretary Jin is now the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee. As long as Secretary Jin is successfully promoted to mayor, the boss will definitely take over the position of standing committee member."

The one who likes to spread such gossip must be Cheng Zhong. This is an old habit of his and he can’t change it.

Jin Dahai also rarely joined in the conversation. Normally he didn't respond. Standing on their far left was the current Qinshan Town Party Committee Secretary Hu Fangyuan, a former cadre from the Public Security Bureau. He couldn't respond due to his status, so he could only listen with his ears perked up.

"The new district has developed so fast that its economic growth has been above 90% for four consecutive years. It can be said that the GDP of a high-tech zone exceeds that of most cities. Now all our administrative divisions are managed by the high-tech zone.

It has been proposed that the party secretary and the director of the management committee of the high-tech zone should be concurrently held by the secretary and the mayor, and the administrative level should be raised to that of a national-level new zone, which means that our administrative level should be raised to the deputy department level.

“This is just a motion. There are still many troublesome procedures to go through. You forgot that the deep-water port is still under construction and the bonded area of ​​the terminal has not been approved.

The boss is having a headache. The last time the governor came to inspect, there was still no result on this matter. If there is no progress when the leader comes next time, the leaders of other cities will still gossip about it.

You know, the boss hates them the most. Last time, the leader from Jiangzhou, who was at the department level, came here to say some sarcastic words, and was directly rebuked by the boss.

Which leader's name is what, his last name is Zhang, I heard he is now the deputy mayor, he has made great progress. "

"The camera is coming, stop talking, applaud."

The ceremony ended quickly, and Qi Tongwei returned to the office with several deputy directors of the High-tech Zone.

"Chen Bo, please update me on the progress of key tasks later."

Chen Bo has been the executive deputy district mayor for two and a half years. His biggest gain is that he has lost a lot of hair and his forehead has become shiny. The work pressure is not small, but things go much more smoothly than two years ago.

“Okay, District Mayor, among several key projects, the Dongjiang Bridge has been completed, and now the hydropower station has also been completed.

The new town renovation plan is still ongoing, the surrounding road network has been completed, most of the public facilities have been completed, and several commercial complexes have also been built.

More than a dozen real estate developers are asking when we will start bidding for the next plot of land.”

Speaking of this, Qi Tongwei waved his hand and said that real estate development naturally has its own rhythm and cannot be done all at once.

However, the new city has been built and the framework has been set. The next construction plan will be more than ten years. Qi Tongwei has a premonition that he may not stay for too long, so some space should be left blank for the next person.

"That is to say, the slowest progress is still in the deep-water port project."

The basic facilities have been completed, and now we are stuck on the procedures. The ministries and commissions have been discussing the bonded area issue. After all, it is a new thing, and the municipal party committee and government have long been impatient.

I kept urging Qi Tongwei to finish the rest as soon as possible, and to ignore the bonded area and open the port directly.

Qi Tongwei is also considering this option. Otherwise, if the bonded area is discussed for one or two years, he might be transferred.

Yes, Qi Tongwei remembered the conversation with Zhao Mengsheng in Lin'an a few weeks ago.

It was an economic meeting, and due to the importance of the Hi-Tech Zone, in fact, its rapid development, the number of companies on the cultivation list has increased to 200, each of which has grown to an output value of over hundreds of millions within a few years, and several leading companies have an output value of over 3 billion.

Qi Tongwei brought several leading companies to attend the meeting. After the meeting, he was called into Zhao Mengsheng's office and met with him alone.

"Xiao Qi, I have to admire you. The high-tech zone you created with your own hands now ranks among the top 15 cities in the country in terms of GDP.

The central government is considering upgrading the high-tech zone as a whole.”

The leader's speech often comes with a "but", because he praises you first, and then he will definitely say something unpleasant.

As expected, Zhao Mengsheng spoke next.

“There are some things I don’t like to say. It has been mentioned that your deep-water port project should be included in the national port project.

At the same time, your high-tech zone will be upgraded as a whole to a deputy-department-level national-level new zone.

However, all of this has a condition.

One of you and Xiao Jin needs to leave."

Qi Tongwei still felt very sad when he recalled these words. He was the one who built the High-tech Zone. From 93 to now 98, he has invested a lot of energy here in the past five years.

It can be said that everything here is like the children he raised.

However, Qi Tongwei must consider Jin Xinkai's next step. He has taken over as deputy secretary of the municipal party committee. As long as the high-tech zone moves smoothly, he will be able to continue to serve as the party secretary of the high-tech zone in his capacity as mayor and at the same time formally raise the administrative level of the high-tech zone.

This step can be said to be the most critical one for Jin Xinkai who is in his early thirties. As long as he gets promoted and serves a full four-year term as mayor, the road to the vice-ministerial level will be completely opened. It will no longer be a dream to become a vice-ministerial level official before the age of 40.

Qi Tongwei could only nod bitterly.

In the past few years, the cooperation between the two of them is really tacit. Although it is more conducive to development for a period of time, in the long run, the two of them have woven a big network in Dongou City, from deputy department-level positions to the lower-level clerks, densely covering most departments and districts and counties.

Qi Tongwei knew very well that if the two of them stayed any longer, they would become local tyrants and the new leadership would have a hard time taking any steps, which was inconsistent with the principle of controlling important cities.

"Secretary Zhao, no matter how you look at it, it was me who left.

Where would I go then? "