After returning to Qiongjin, work became busy. Some peach trees were newly moved to the provincial government compound. Spring came early this year. Every time I passed Building 1 and walked towards Building 3, I was attracted by the beautiful peach blossoms. Many female colleagues could not resist the temptation and took pictures of themselves with their mobile phones, using peach blossoms as the subject, stretching out two fingers, posing in various postures.
Fang Zhicheng had just walked out of the Strategic Emerging Industries Development Leading Group Office when he saw Cai Miao pulling Zhu Tieguo to take a photo. Cai Miao saw Fang Zhicheng approaching with a smile, waved at him, and said, "Director Fang, come over quickly, let's take a photo together?"
Fang Zhicheng quickly waved his hands, thinking to himself that Cai Miao was really open-minded. There were many people in the provincial government and they all had different opinions. If she did this, who knows what would be said by others.
He smiled and shook his hands, saying, "You guys can take the photo, I won't be in the photo!"
Cai Miao pouted, took two steps at a time and came to Fang Zhicheng, pulled Fang Zhicheng's arm with one arm, and said with a smile: "Director Fang, you are now recognized as one of the four most handsome men in our provincial government. If you don't take the photo, won't it make a group of people feel embarrassed?"
Fang Zhicheng only felt his elbows were limp, and Cai Miao was holding his forearms tightly. He looked over and saw that Cai Miao's chest had been pressed into a depression. Cai Miao was not the kind of beauty that you would notice at first sight. If you had just met her, you would only think that she was pretty, not tall, but well-proportioned. But after getting used to her, you would find that Cai Miao had a kind of charm that went deep into her bones.
Fang Zhicheng has many female confidantes, and Cai Miao is a bit like Shen Wei. If it were in the past, he would probably be moved. However, after getting married, Fang Zhicheng has been very careful about controlling his emotions and basically avoids attracting many women.
When men are young, they are obsessed with love affairs, but after they get married, they become more stable. Fang Zhicheng once reflected on himself. If there is one regret, it is probably that he is too relaxed about love affairs between men and women.
Fang Zhicheng once thought about whether he would still do the same if he were given another chance to choose. The answer is yes. Because every relationship is the result of life and emotions accumulating to a certain extent.
Fearing that Cai Miao would continue to make some overly intimate actions, Fang Zhicheng did not refuse and let her hold his sleeve and walk under the peach tree. He looked at the camera and saw something unnatural on Zhu Tieguo's face. He sighed in his heart, but did not show it on his face and smiled indifferently.
After Zhu Tieguo finished taking the photo and gave an OK sign, Cai Miao trotted over, took a look at the photo, and said in a coquettish voice, "Your skills are too poor, aren't they? Why did you make my face so big? Did you do it on purpose?"
Zhu Tieguo smiled awkwardly and said, "It looks pretty good."
Cai Miao stamped her feet and said, "No, we have to take another photo!" When she looked up at the original place again, she found that Fang Zhicheng was no longer there, but was ten meters away.
Cai Miao sighed, "Forget it, just this one."
Zhu Tieguo shrugged and said, "Do you really want to take a photo with Director Fang?"
Cai Miao glared at him and whispered, "Idiot! You are so short-sighted. People like Director Fang will sooner or later become high-level officials. Decades later, if he enters the central government, I will show this photo to him. Wouldn't that be a pass?"
Zhu Tieguo scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect you to have this in mind."
Cai Miao waved his hand and said, "Of course, it's not just that. Director Fang is really handsome, the type I like."
Zhu Tieguo felt sour in his heart and smiled unnaturally: "Being handsome can't be used to make a living!"
Cai Miao glanced at Zhu Tieguo with disdain and said, "It's pleasing to the eye, you know? If you meet a leader like this every day, you will feel especially good and be very motivated to work."
Zhu Tieguo thrust the SLR camera into Cai Miao's hands and said, "In that case, you should work with Director Fang. Let him help you take photos."
Seeing Zhu Tieguo leave unnaturally, Cai Miao stood there for a long while, muttering to himself, "Is this old Zhu jealous?"
She also knew that Zhu Tieguo was interested in her, but unfortunately Zhu Tieguo didn't like the dish she liked. They usually got along well, but she tried to keep her distance and never let Zhu Tieguo cross that line. After all, they both had families, and Zhu Tieguo had children.
After returning to the office, Fang Zhicheng opened the list of the first batch of strategic emerging industry guidance funds. Since the second half of last year, the office has been collecting information and has reserved a group of enterprises with characteristics, potential and strength. These enterprises are not all large groups or large enterprises. On the contrary, their scale is currently small, but their growth potential cannot be underestimated.
Fang Zhicheng looked at the last project and shook his head helplessly. Looking at the overall project arrangement, it was quite convincing. But the last one, about the new energy bus project of Southern Bus Group, was still open to discussion.
More than a decade ago, Southern Bus Group was a well-known industry leader, with more than 60% of the country's buses using its products. However, with the changing times, Southern Bus Group did not carry out reforms and innovations, which led to the erosion of its business channels, and the lack of upgrading of its production lines led to a significant reduction in its market share.
Since 2006, China Southern Bus Group has begun to incur losses. Because it was once a pillar industry, the government provided it with a large amount of financial support every year, otherwise it would have collapsed long ago.
Starting from 2008, China Southern Bus Group ushered in its second turning point. Under the guidance of the municipal government, it divested its negative assets and went public after restructuring. Although it performed well in the stock market at the beginning, it eventually declined due to management problems and continued to lose money.
Although new energy is a field worth exploring and Southern Bus Group is also a well-known large enterprise in the province, taking all factors into consideration, Southern Bus Group cannot give people confidence.
It is very likely that the Southern Bus Group will classify this guidance fund as profit, and the real new energy buses are just packaged products. After the guidance funds are pocketed, they will become the private dividends of the management.
Fang Zhicheng shook his head helplessly, because this was also a project that Liang Rui secretly approved, and someone must have made connections through Liang Rui.
This is a dilemma. If he turns a blind eye, the guidance funds will be thrown into the water. But if he cares too much, he will inevitably offend people and make Liang Rui hate him secretly. Fang Zhicheng expressed his opinion in Liang Rui's office just now, but from Liang Rui's attitude, he is not ready to accept Fang Zhicheng's opinion.
If it were an ordinary official, he would probably choose the first method. After all, it is government money and it can be given to anyone. Moreover, even if there is a problem, Liang Rui will be in the front line, so he can just deal with it perfunctorily and go through the motions.
But Fang Zhicheng felt that this shouldn't be the case. This was only the first batch of funds for guiding strategic emerging industries, and this situation that did not live up to its name had occurred. If this was a bad start, wouldn't it make the funds exist in name only and stray away from their original purpose
Fang Zhicheng picked up the phone and dialed Liang Rui's office landline, saying, "Director Liang, I've considered it comprehensively. The project of Southern Bus Group is still difficult to meet the standards."
Liang Rui was unhappy when he heard what Fang Zhicheng said. He frowned and said, "Xiao Fang, I have explained to you for a long time just now. It was not my idea to choose the Southern Bus Group project. The leaders above attach great importance to it and have explained it carefully. Moreover, I have also seen their plan. It is very pioneering and quite good! Don't worry about it anymore!"
Fang Zhicheng smiled bitterly and tried to persuade him, "Director Liang, I have done a field survey of the Southern Bus Group. Their management system is terrible. The project funds can be allocated, but what should we do if the Southern Bus Group does not achieve the expected results a few years later? As the reviewer of the funds, we should fully consider the consequences and not just look at the present. We cannot give up our principles just because the leaders have given us a heads-up."
Liang Rui was so angry at Fang Zhicheng that he sneered, "I'm the office director. If there's a problem, I'll take the responsibility alone. How about that?"
Hearing the busy tone coming from the other end of the phone, Fang Zhicheng shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly. Liang Rui's attitude was as expected, and he could also guess who the leader Liang Rui was talking about was. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be Xie Xu, the deputy governor in charge of industry.
Fang Zhicheng thought about it and called Zhao Guoyi to explain the differences between him and Liang Rui.
Zhao Guoyi was silent for a long time, and said solemnly: "Zhicheng, in fact, the inclusion of Southern Bus Group into the emerging industry was approved at the governor's work conference. There is no need for you to compete with Lao Liang!"
Fang Zhicheng smiled helplessly and said, "You know it's a wrong choice, but you still want to make it?"
Zhao Guoyi patiently explained: "Although the performance of Southern Bus Group has been very poor in recent years, it has thousands of employees. If the government leaves it alone, it will lead to social instability."
Fang Zhicheng understood what Zhao Guoyi meant, but he still pressed the issue: "If you want to fund a company that is riddled with problems, there is no need to use the name of a strategic emerging industry. This will affect the authority of the guiding funds."