Yongning County Government, Office of the Deputy County Magistrate.
"County Magistrate Ma, I wonder if you have time tonight. Would you like to have a casual meal with me?"
Ma Defu glanced at the man sitting opposite him without revealing anything. After more than ten years in officialdom, how could he not be able to see the other man's little thoughts?
What's more, it wasn't the first time the man sitting across from him invited him to dinner.
He knew exactly what the other party's purpose was, and it was just to get the land.
Nowadays, there is less and less land suitable for growing wine grapes in Yongning County, but many people want to invest here.
There is little land and many people, what should we do?
Those investors who are not strong enough and have insufficient funds, but also want to get a good land plot, invariably choose the lowest-cost method-meaning, using connections.
When Ma Defu was the mayor of Minning Town, he encountered this situation many times. These businessmen gave gifts in a variety of ways. Birthdays, New Year greetings, relocation, and further studies were all basic operations.
The most outrageous time was when someone stuffed several gold bars directly into the rice.
At first, Ma Defu never expected that someone would give money like this. When he saw that others only gave him a barrel of oil and a bag of rice, he accepted it.
Until Shuihua opened the bag of rice and discovered that there were gold bars inside.
This discovery frightened Shuihua so much that she hurriedly called Ma Defu. After receiving the news, Ma Defu did not dare to delay at all. After finishing the urgent matters at hand, he immediately rushed home.
When he saw the gold bars, he felt angry and funny at the same time.
Then, he called the person who gave the gift that afternoon and returned the gold bar directly.
After that, Ma Defu never accepted any gifts again, even a bag of tea or a basket of eggs, because you could never imagine what you would get out of them.
"I'm sorry, my son has a day off today. Mr. Qian, as you know, I'm usually very busy and rarely have time to spend with my children. It's hard for my children to have a day off today."
At this point, Ma Defu stopped talking. Everyone is smart and understands everything. There is no need to explain it too clearly.
Qian Fuli couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. The Magistrate Ma in front of him really lived up to his reputation.
However, if you think about it carefully, it is normal. After all, the family is short of money. The other party's brother is a well-known local businessman, and the other party's wife is not bad either, and owns several supermarkets.
Although the income is not much, it is enough for the family to live a prosperous life.
Therefore, there is absolutely no need for the other party to collect some messy things.
As the saying goes, "If you always walk by the river, your shoes won't get wet." If you become a habit of receiving gifts, if you don't keep them all, someone will stab you out one day, and then the black gauze hat on your head will be gone.
Qian Fuli is a native of Yinchuan. As a local businessman, he has extensive connections in the local official circles. A few days ago, a director of the Municipal Party Committee Office told him a piece of gossip while having dinner with him.
It is said that Ma Defu will be straightened out in the next term. As soon as the term is changed, the word "vice" in front of the deputy county magistrate can be removed.
Although this is just a rumor, there is always an unspoken rule circulating in the officialdom. Whenever XXX is promoted, some gossip will always be released first.
If it were said by ordinary people, Qian Compound Interest might be able to tell whether the news is true or false, but since the speaker is from the Municipal Party Committee Office, the credibility is still very high.
Therefore, Qian Compound Interest wanted to build a good relationship with Ma Defu before he was promoted.
However, it is obvious that his attempt this time failed again. County Magistrate Ma is still the same Magistrate Ma who does not have a lot of money and salt, and he is still the same Magistrate Ma who is business-oriented.
Although he failed to achieve what he wanted, Qian Compound Interest still smiled on the surface, and he replied with a kind face.
"Sorry, I was rude this time. How about I watch it next time when I have a chance?"
Ma Defu smiled slightly: "Well, I'll see you next time."
On the surface, both of them said it would be next time, but in fact, both of them knew that this 'next time' would probably never come.
Afterwards, Qian Compound deliberately lowered his head and glanced at the time: "Ma County, I have something to do later, so I'll leave first. You can take your time."
"Okay, I'll give it to you."
Ma Defu nodded when he heard this, put down the pen in his hand, then stood up and walked out.
"Ma County, you are too polite. I can just go by myself."
As he spoke, Qian Compound glanced at the pile of documents on his desk.
Ma Defu noticed Qian Compound's lowering of his head, and he knew that the other party did it deliberately to show him, but the "give one, give away" he said was not a polite word, but came from the bottom of his heart.
After all, they are investors who come to the county to invest, and the amount of money invested with compound interest is not small, so they should pay attention to it.
"It's okay, it's not far. I've been sitting here all afternoon, so I just take this time to take a walk."
Having said that, it would be foolish to be polite about compound interest.
After a while, Ma Defu walked back after delivering the compound interest money all the way to the door of the office building.
On the way back to the office, Ma Defu happened to meet his secretary Xiao Qin. In fact, according to regulations, Ma Defu's level cannot be matched with a secretary, but in actual work, there are not only many things at the grassroots level, but also very complicated.
Ma Defu is in a position of real power, and he is in charge of agriculture, economy, and transportation. If he is not worthy of a secretary, even if he is split in half, he will not be able to do so many things.
To be fair, it is not too much to have two secretaries for Ma Defu, let alone one secretary.
But Ma Defu didn't want to be special, so he only had one secretary, and this secretary was a college student who had only joined the county government last year.
"Ma County, Secretary Zhang wants you to go to his office later."
"Did the secretary say what happened?"
The secretary shook his head and said: "No, Secretary Zhang just said that you should go over there after you are done with your work."
"Okay, I understand." Ma Defu nodded, and then told his secretary: "By the way, you can go to my office later and sort out the list of interested investors in the past two days."
"Well, I'll go right away."
Xiao Qin has been following Ma Defu for more than a year, and he has probably figured out the leader's temperament. He is not like many officials who like to be aggressive and basically say what they say.
There are three college students who entered the county government in the same batch as Xiao Qin. Looking at the past year, Xiao Qin is very happy that he was selected by County Magistrate Ma.
Compared with the other two college students, Xiao Qin feels that it is so happy to follow County Magistrate Ma. Being a secretary to Magistrate Ma is actually very easy. As long as you do your job well, the rest will be nothing.
"Well, go ahead."
After giving instructions to the secretary, Ma Defu turned around and walked towards the secretary's office.
Seeing the sky getting dark, Ma Defu thought as he walked, he might be late to go back tonight.