Gu Huan came to Lu Rui's office and sat on the sofa with some trepidation, half of his butt facing the sofa, with a slightly nervous look.

He had to be nervous. When he met last time, Lu Rui claimed that his surname was Lin and was a staff member of the municipal party committee. Gu Huan didn't think much about it. After all, there were too many staff members of the municipal party committee in his early thirties. Who would have thought that Lu Rui was actually the top leader of the municipal party committee?

"Secretary, I, I…..."

Qiqi Aiqi is so awkward that Gu Huan couldn't speak for a long time. He is different from Lin Weiran. After all, Lin Weiran has been adapting for several days. This is the first time he has officially met Lu Rui after taking office.

Lu Rui smiled, took the teacup and sat down in front of Gu Huan, and said lightly: "What are you nervous? I'm not a tiger. Besides, it's not the first time we've met. Who do you think I am?"

Gu Huan grinned, but she smiled bitterly in her heart, thinking that you are the top leader of the municipal party committee and a big shot of saying everything. Don’t look at me, I am now the deputy director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, in your eyes, just a pawn.

However, he gradually stabilized his emotions. After all, Gu Huan is somewhat capable of being valued by Lu Rui.

"Do you smoke?" Lu Rui put down the teacup, took out a box of cigarettes and asked Gu Huan.

Gu Huan nodded, took the cigarette and lit it, let out a long breath, and relaxed a lot.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?" Lu Rui looked at Gu Huan and asked slowly. The reason he saw Gu Huan today was because Gu Huan called Lin Weiran and said that there was an important situation and he reacted to himself.

Lu Rui knew very well that now in Heming City, the organization and personnel bureau has been laid out, and the rest is how to control the overall situation. The Finance Bureau is where he must expand his influence.

Although the Party Committee is in charge of personnel and the government is in charge of finance, Lu Rui is very clear that as the secretary of the municipal party committee, he must have someone who can trust in the Finance Bureau.

And Gu Huan is the person Lu Rui chose.

Lu Rui has his own considerations when choosing Gu Huan. Instead of trying hard to promote the people who rely on him within the Finance Bureau, it is better to look for unsuccessful officials at the grassroots level. After all, no matter what, it is better to give timely help than to add icing on the cake. Many capable cadres at the grassroots level have never been appointed. If they promote them at this time, these people will inevitably become the backbone of their own in Heming City.

There was no obstacle to the promotion of Gu Huan. Lu Rui called Zhang Jiale. Originally, this time the Finance Bureau would have to replace two deputy directors. Zhang Jiale, the organization minister, had the right to replace the nominee. He replaced one of them and reported Gu Huan's name.

Because it involves deputy department-level cadres of municipal agencies, Lu Rui mentioned it at the secretary's office meeting, and there was nothing to discuss, so he passed the mess so quickly.

After all, it is because this is the first time that Lu Rui, the new secretary, has taken action on personnel issues. Many people do not want to offend Lu Rui because of an unimportant position at the deputy department level. That is why things are done so smoothly.

It is almost the end of the year, and Lu Rui's current goal is to expand his influence as soon as possible.

"Secretary, Mayor Bai asked for nearly 10 million yuan of funds back from the province the day before yesterday." Gu Huan looked at Lu Rui and whispered.

Lu Rui was stunned. He hadn't heard of this matter yet. He nodded and said, "It's not bad. What's wrong? Is there any problem with this money?"

Gu Huan hesitated for a moment and said, "According to the mayor's instructions, the money should be allocated for the wages of workers owed by the rolling mill, but..."

Lu Rui frowned. He had already understood some of the problems of the First Steel Rolling Plant, which was indeed a difficult problem. But for Lu Rui, this was actually not a problem. The reason why he dared to tell the old secretary Yu Yun that he could solve this matter was that Lu Rui said it after careful consideration. Just the day before yesterday, he had called Huang Bowen and asked him to let the more famous steel group companies in China come to Heming City for inspection.

At this time, the most important thing is the stability of the No. 1 steel rolling mill in Heming City. After all, it has owed so much wages from workers. If it gets trouble when investors come to inspect, things will be in trouble. Therefore, Lu Rui is still very happy that Bai Dongxu can get 10 million yuan from the province to pay wages to the workers of the steel rolling mill.

However, Gu Huan's one made Lu Rui feel a little bad.

Sure enough, Gu Huan continued: "It was originally planned to be six million yuan in funds, but only four million were allocated in the bureau."

"What?" Lu Rui was stunned and asked immediately: "Where is the remaining money?"

Gu Huan smiled bitterly and said, "Listen to the people in the Planning Department, Mayor Qiao's intentions, the city's greening projects must be done well, and the funds are a little short of funds..."

Mayor Qiao, naturally, is talking about Qiao Yifan, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor.

After hearing his words, Lu Rui's expression became a little gloomy. Lu Rui didn't know much about Qiao Yifan, but he only heard about him from Li Yajie, which was of course negative. The most important thing is that in Li Yajie's mouth, Qiao Yifan had power that was inconsistent with his identity. Because Bai Dongxu, the mayor, devoted himself to his work, Qiao Yifan was actually the decision of many things in the municipal government, and some even said that he was the one who really had the final say in the government. After all, Bai Dongxu always had to go out to conduct projects or go to the grassroots to conduct research. The one who really took charge of the municipal government was the executive vice mayor.

Speaking of which, Lu Rui is not unfamiliar with this kind of misappropriation of project funds for other projects. He even did the same thing elsewhere, but what made Lu Rui slightly unhappy was that Qiao Yifan chose a very bad choice when he did this. After all, the problem of the rolling mill has been around for a long time. He just did this. Is he trying to make things difficult for himself?

As for what kind of greening projects, Lu Rui was even less interested. How is Heming City's greening projects doing is, Lu Rui has not had the chance to see them yet. What he saw was just a executive vice mayor robbed the wages of workers to support their families for his own political achievements.

"I understand this." Nodded quietly, Lu Rui said to Gu Huan: "You go back first, pay attention to this matter at any time. If you have any questions, you can call Weiran."

Even if he had any thoughts in his heart, Lu Rui would not say them to Gu Huan. This is the self-pride of the superiors and a means of controlling the superiors.

Gu Huan also understood this truth. The reason why he came to report to Lu Rui today was to tell Secretary Lu that he was his person and was obedient.

When it reaches a certain time and point, sometimes it is inevitable to take sides.

The Municipal Party Committee Conference Room is the second plenary meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee held after Lu Rui arrived in Heming City. In the past nearly a month, Lu Rui only held two secretary's office meetings and one standing committee meeting. The rest of the time was to continue to participate in various meetings. Through these meetings, the influence of his new municipal party secretary was expanded to the entire city.

Today's meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee mainly discusses several issues. The first question is the issue of the economic development direction of Heming City in 2012. Of course, this issue cannot be taken to the Standing Committee without discussion. It has been discussed in advance at the office meeting of the Municipal Government for a long time. The government has also come up with some preliminary ideas and resolutions, and now it is discussed at the Standing Committee, which is to form a consensus across the city. Any resolution passed by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee will become a principle that all party members and cadres in the city will abide by.

The person who made this report was Qiao Yifan, executive vice mayor of the municipal government. He held a few pages of the report and read the resolution in a stern manner, but did not notice that Lu Rui's brows were always frowning.

In this report, the economic development direction of Heming City next year is still to expand the scope of investment promotion, etc., and no mention of the ideas proposed by Lu Rui some time ago.

When Qiao Yifan finished reading the report, Lu Rui put down the teacup in his hand and spoke first: "Mayor Qiao, how long did your municipal government get this resolution?"

According to common sense, the speaker should not be Lu Rui, the secretary of the municipal party committee at this time. You should know that the secretary is the well-deserved top leader and the final role. To put it simply, Secretary Lu Rui is the person who sets the tone in the final. As soon as he speaks like this, others will be unable to speak again.

Qiao Yifan was a little stunned when Lu Rui asked this, but he still answered respectfully: "Secretary Lu, it was finally formed after careful discussion..."

"Be careful?" Lu Rui waved his hand and interrupted Qiao Yifan's words, which made the Deputy Mayor Qiao's face slightly flushed: "Then let me ask you, do you know how much has the economic growth rate of Heming City decreased compared with last year and even the previous year? Do you know what the consumption level and income growth ratio of the people in Heming City are?"

After a deep look at Qiao Yifan, Lu Rui said in a deep voice: "The economic development of a region is important, but if it is only economic development and the living standards of the people cannot be improved, then what is the use of more GDP? As a decoration? As a vase? Or add a good political achievement to the resumes of some of our officials!"

At the end, Lu Rui's tone was already very serious, and his eyes looked around the entire conference room. For a moment, the atmosphere suddenly became a little depressed.

He pounded his fingers on the table in the conference room one by one. Lu Rui calmly swept his eyes over the faces of every member of the Heming Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee. His voice was very calm, but it contained an unquestionable resoluteness.

"The economic development of Heming City is not about creating a lot of good-looking GDP, but about improving the living standards of the people in the city! No matter how many GDP there are, the people can't afford to buy houses or even eat meat. That's what a bullshit political achievement!" (To be continued.
Chapter completed!