Following Zhou Tao to Zhou Tao's office, Zhou Tao seemed a little absent-minded.

Wang Lianchang just now made a big talk at the meeting, and then the deputy mayor Bu Kangji said a few words, talking about the disadvantages of this direct election. After all, voters will not really understand the ability of candidates. In our society, there is no channel for voters to have an intuitive understanding of each candidate, understand his advantages and disadvantages.

Therefore, such elections may become friendship votes, that is, choosing people you know. For example, what Comrade Wang Lianchang just said just now is that in our deputy mayors other than Mayor Zhou, Comrade Lu Zheng may be the most elected? Because he has been in Wushan for a long time and has worked in the National People's Congress, the CPPCC and other departments, he has contacted the most potential voters and the most friendly votes may also be the most friendly votes.

After Bu Kangji talked about it, Zhou Tao stopped talking about the topic just now, and it was temporarily left alone.

Lu Zheng was very grateful to Bu Anti-Japanese. After all, he was an old acquaintance, which was considered to have relieved himself and saved Zhou Tao from having trouble.

As for Wang Lianchang, Lu Zheng patted him on the shoulder at the end of the meeting and said nothing.

Maybe Wang Lianchang feels a little regretful now. He was just scratching Zhou Tao, but accidentally putting Lu Zheng in, which caused too many people, but it was not a problem of throwing the pot.

Zhou Tao, who was still influenced by Wang Lianchang's words, sat on the sofa and asked Lu Zheng for a while: "Do you think it's not appropriate to conduct a direct selection for pilot projects?"

Lu Zheng nodded slightly: "It doesn't matter how to do the pilot, but if there are such pilots everywhere, I think it will weaken the leadership of our party. This is a matter of principle."

Zhou Tao was silent and nodded slowly.

On the third floor of the municipal government office building, Lu Zheng convened a meeting of heads of agriculture, commerce, industry and commerce, urban construction and other departments to prepare to investigate the construction of the largest fruit and vegetable wholesale base in Hebei suburbs to serve Wushan vegetable farmers.

Lu Zheng pointed out that Wushan City is expanding rapidly and our metropolitan strategy has begun to take shape. However, farmers did not instruct in this vigorous reform. We are building a modern international city, but we cannot forget the peasant brothers who transport blood to our urban construction.

According to the spirit of the latest municipal party committee documents, various regulations on reducing the tax burden of farmers in Wushan will be issued in the near future. We must also do some practical things for the rural economic development of Wushan.

While Lu Zheng was speaking, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and an old man with white hair rushed in angrily. Several staff members followed in with awkward expression, but they didn't dare to really stop him.

The old man was Huang Lao, a former member of the Wushan Advisory Committee who enjoyed the treatment of the vice-ministerial level. At this time, he looked full of anger and was leaning on a crutch, so angry that his body was trembling.

Lu Zheng hurriedly stood up, "Old Huang, why are you here?" Then he said to the participants in the conference room: "Okay, everyone rest for ten minutes and then discuss freely."

He hurriedly got up, came to Mr. Huang, and whispered: "Mr. Huang, if you have something to do, come to my office to talk."

Old Huang looked calm and raised his arm, letting Lu Zheng go away, who wanted to support him. It seemed that his stomach was full of anger.

Lu Zheng was surprised that he really didn't know where he annoyed Mr. Huang.

Mr. Huang's face was as deep as water. He entered Lu Zheng's office and sat on the sofa angrily without saying a word.

Lu Zheng poured a glass of water for Mr. Huang, sat opposite Mr. Huang, and said earnestly: "Mr. Huang, I am young and ignorant. Maybe I am not doing well. Please criticize me. But if it is a rumor outside, you can also give me a chance to defend myself, okay?"

Looking at the sincerity in Lu Zheng's eyes, Mr. Huang finally sighed and said, "The world has changed. I have been revolutionizing all my life. Mr. Lin, and I saw that our Wushan pawn shop has been opened again. What a good capitalist. The pawn shop has come back. We old guys have also half of our bodies have entered the loess. I just don't know how to go down to see the old comrades. Why do you tell them that your blood has been in vain? It's really, really..." As he said, Mr. Huang was so angry that his body began to tremble again, and the crutch poked the ground with a thud.

Lu Zheng suddenly realized that it was for the pawnshop. Just a few days ago, after several cities in the south, the first pawnshop in the north, Wushan Jinli Dianbao Services.

"Old Huang, don't be angry. This pawnshop is regulated by our government and the people..." Before Lu Zheng finished speaking, Old Huang rolled his eyes: "Don't use these words to deal with me. I know better than you."

Lu Zheng smiled bitterly and said, after a while, he said, "Old Huang, why did you think of finding me?"

Mr. Huang snorted: "Feng Guiping said that he would focus on party affairs and general direction. He was not easy to manage the pawnshop. Zhou Tao said, "You should take care of the development of industry and commerce, who should I look for if I don't look for you?"

Now, half of Huang Lao's anger is because he is pushed around like a ball. Although in just two or three years, Huang Lao's influence is no longer as good as before, and Feng Guiping and Zhou Tao seem to not buy him.

Lu Zheng pondered: "In fact, the pawn shops today are really different from the pawn shops in the old society. In our textbooks, pawn shops were vampires who blackmailed poor families. However, pawn shops in our new society mainly provide short-term loans to small business owners and self-employed businesses, which is a benign supplement to our financial services."

Huang Lao smiled and said, "Zhengzi, do you think I'm old and start fooling me? What is the short-term loan? I think it's just a loan shark and you can legally lend money."

Lu Zheng was silent and honest. In fact, the pawnshops in later generations were actually very likely to operate usury business, using private financing or even using bank loans to lend to the outside world.

Mr. Huang sighed deeply again and said, "Zhengzi, have you ever thought that there is a symbolic question here? You also said that in our textbooks, the pawnshops in the old society were used by local tyrants and bullies to exploit poor people, and they were all vampires. Now, we have turned over and live in the world, what's wrong? The pawnshop has dropped a flower gun and returned? Then what's the difference between our country and the past? I think, if this continues, pornography, gambling and drugs will make a comeback. Now, there are signs."

Lu Zheng slowly picked up the teacup and drank water.

Mr. Huang leaned on the sofa with some fatigue at this time and said, "Maybe, I can't turn this corner. I'm old, I'm really old."

Lu Zheng put down the teacup and said, "Old Huang, what you said makes sense. In this way, after the meeting, I instructed the relevant departments to seal it."
Chapter completed!