Building No. 1 behind Guangnan Hotel, the renovated reception room is extremely spacious and grand. The mahogany floor is shiny and the milky white leather sofas are lined up. Under the reflection of the large crystal chandeliers, it gives people a feeling of relaxation and joy.

This place turned out to be Mu Guoxing's residence. Since Zhong Ling bought a villa and moved the whole family, the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee has renovated the place as a special reception room for the Provincial Party Committee Secretary.

The guests who can be received in this place are of great origin, and at least they must be a deputy ministerial-level or above from the central ministries and commissions. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that Beijing officials have a third-level senior level. If you meet these guests from the Beijing ministries and commissions in the provincial party committee building, it will give people the feeling of going to see the provincial party secretary. But if you meet at the hotel where the guests stay, it will give people the impression that the provincial party secretary will pay their respects to them.

Don’t underestimate this little thing. It is very particular in the officialdom. Since both aspects are not suitable, you can only prepare a third place as the place where both parties meet. Here, both parties will not have so many concerns. In an equal situation, the conversation will be better.

In fact, this approach is not new. Many provinces and cities now do this. Of course, if the level of customers coming to Beijing is high, it would be a different matter.

In the reception room, Chen Zhengming, deputy director of the State Council’s Advisory Office, was silently observing the young provincial party secretary in front of him. Although Chen Zhengming had long heard of Mu Guoxing’s name and sometimes saw images of this person in newspapers and TV in recent years, this was the first time the two sides met.

From a heart, Chen Zhengming did not have a good view of Mu Guoxing. This respected non-party person didn't know what kind of psychology he was born with a resistance to the red princes like Mu Guoxing, believing that these people were just some ignorant playboys who had reached the current high position by relying on the care of his ancestors.

But at this time, when he really sat together, Chen Zhengming began to doubt his own opinion. The provincial party secretary in front of him was too young, which gave Chen Zhengming a sense of vitality, which was completely different from those old-fashioned bureaucratic images.

Looking at the provincial government vice governor Lian Debing, who was accompanying the meeting, and Yuan Zhengxi, director of the Guangnan Provincial Advisory Office, looked respectfully in front of Mu Guoxing, Chen Zhengming couldn't help but have a very subtle idea in his heart, and his feelings for this young senior official were even more complicated at this time.

Chen Zhengming came to Guangnan Province yesterday. One of his main purposes this time was to investigate the formulation of the five-year development plan of Guangnan Province and the current implementation. In fact, Chen Zhengming himself has another purpose, which is to discuss with Mu Guoxing whether the financial crisis will really happen. Whether Mu Guoxing's views on lectures at the Politburo Study Meeting a few days ago can really gain a foothold.

Due to his lack of publicity and low-key and pragmatic work style, the State Council Advisory Office has never been known to outsiders. Not to mention ordinary people, even in the eyes of some government officials, the State Council Advisory Office is covered with a mysterious veil.

Mu Guoxing also heard from his grandfather that the establishment of the counselor office was a pioneering move in the construction of state power and democratic politics in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The counselor office of the State Council is also a direct agency of the State Council. The counselors were appointed by previous Premiers of the State Council. They were mainly experts, scholars and well-known people who were representative and influential among non-sects, and had strong ability to participate in politics and make decisions.

The age of recruitment for consultants is generally over 55 years old, and the maximum age for serving will not exceed 70 years old. According to the relevant regulations of the State Council, the main functions of the Consultant Office are to participate in politics, make suggestions, consult the state, and united front friendship. Government consultants do not represent any party or departmental interests. They directly report the situation to the Premier of the State Council and other leaders of the State Council in a "direct way" manner, and put forward opinions and suggestions.

In recent years, consultants of the State Council have put forward good opinions and suggestions in government institutions reform, construction of socialist new rural areas, regional economic development, energy conservation and emission reduction and environmental protection, development and utilization of renewable energy, reform of the medical and health system, social security, emergency management of public emergencies, etc., and have been absorbed into government decisions. Consultants of the State Council have also participated in the revision and revision of many draft national laws and regulations.

The Advisory Office said that it is very powerful. The various suggestions they put forward can go directly to the desks of the State Council leaders without any obstacles, and are visualized by people to become "direct trains". The Advisory Office's suggestions are usually delivered in the morning, and will be placed on the desks of the deputy prime ministers in charge the next day. It can also be said that the Advisory Office's consultants are all people like Tongtian.

They say that they have little power and are pitiful. They only have the right to suggest and have no decision-making power for all aspects. Whether their suggestions can be adopted must be determined specifically by the Prime Minister based on the international and domestic situation.

According to administrative level, Chen Zhengming, the deputy director of the advisory office, is also a deputy ministerial-level cadre, but he, a deputy ministerial-level cadre, has a position but no power. Not to mention that he is a provincial party secretary who holds heavy power, even ordinary vice governors and deputy ministers, and even real officials at the department level, are not comparable.

Chen Zhengming is now 69 years old. His father is a very famous democratic party and master of Chinese studies. Chen Zhengming was deeply influenced by his family and has studied poetry and books since he was a child. He also graduated from the Department of Philosophy of Beijing University. Before serving as deputy director of the counselor's office, he served as vice chairman of the Central Plains Provincial CPPCC and deputy secretary-general of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. After reaching the age line, he was appointed by the current No. 3 leader to the counselor's office and served as the last deputy director.

Since Chen Zhengming served as deputy director of the consulting office, his footprints have been spread all over the country. His advice, wide scope and profound social influence are among the few of them. Chen Zhengming attaches great importance to investigation and research, and he spends more than half of the year in other places. Every year, he has to survey at least twenty provinces, and some provinces even go to seven or eight times.

It is precisely for these reasons that Chief No. 3 also attaches great importance to his suggestions. Despite this, Chen Zhengming still maintains a low-key attitude. He has the backbone of the older generation of intellectuals in our country, and emphasizes the way that scholars die for their confidants. He has said many times in public that since the government and Chief No. 3 trust me, I have the responsibility and obligation to report to the government what I see and hear.

Mu Guoxing naturally respects such an old man very much and dare not neglect him. This is not to say that he is afraid of him. The main reason is that Chen Zhengming is in a very special position now, but don’t forget that he can still listen to him at any time. So when Chen Zhengming proposed to Vice Governor Lian Debing to meet with Provincial Party Secretary Mu Guoxing, Mu Guoxing did not hesitate to postpone all schedules and came here to meet him.

"Old Chen, on behalf of the provincial party committee and government, I welcome you to Guangnan for investigation. Although this is our first meeting, I have been intimate with you for a long time. I have long been looking forward to the opportunity to listen to your teachings."

The young provincial party secretary said very modestly and spoke sincerely. After hearing this, Chen Zhengming smiled and said, "Secretary Mu, I feel deeply the same. During my time working in the counselor's office, I have also studied your political experience. Judging from your actions, you are a good cadre who can truly be close to the people and love the people, and it is also the hope of our nation."

It is not easy to be able to say these words from Chen Zhengming's mouth. For such an old man who is knowledgeable and talented, he will inevitably have some habits of old scholars. In other people's words, he is a person who thinks he is noble and unstoppable. Today's praise for Mu Guoxing also shows that he has this meaning from the bottom of his heart. It is very difficult to let people like them say lies.

"Old Chen has been awarded the award. I am not as good as you said. I just feel that since the Party and the people have put me in this position, I must do something for the country and the people wholeheartedly. If I want to say something I have done, I have only achieved the four words "a clear conscience."
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