Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 1000 Going Home 2

(Finally, we’ve reached chapter 1,000. It’s a milestone, and the countdown has begun. Let’s go firecrackers.)

Yang Zhengwei is five or six years older than Qi Tongwei. He is now 52 or 53 years old, but Qi Tongwei's memory of him still remains in the 1990s.

"Secretary Qi, I haven't seen you for four or five years.

Last time, it was when Mr. Huang passed away, and you were too busy, so we could only meet briefly.

Thinking of Mr. Huang, Qi Tongwei recalled memories. Twenty years ago, Mr. Huang did not hold a grudge against him for expelling Huang He from the public security team. Instead, he worked hard to help Qi Tongwei complete the work of introducing the legal system into schools. Such a respectable old leader has been gone for many years.

"Time has flown by so fast, really so fast, over twenty years.

Where is our old director, Director Xu Che?"

Qi Tongwei was reminiscing with the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, and no one else dared to disturb him.

"Mr. Xu later served as the director of the Municipal Bureau for one term and then retired. He is now working as a legal school principal in Jiangbei. I will tell Mr. Xu that you are back later."

Qi Tongwei, who was ignorant and impulsive back then, thought he could move forward with the memories of his previous life. He encountered a lot of resistance in his work. If it were not for the help of these like-minded cadres, he would not have reached this point today.

"No, no, let's go see Mr. Xu later."

When Qi Tongwei was in Jiangbei New Area, the first thing he did was, of course, to reform the public security system. At that time, he was the director of Jiangbei Branch. He started by adding equipment to the fire brigade, establishing a special patrol brigade, promoting the rule of law in schools, and so on, all the way to his current position as an alternate member.

Everything seemed like yesterday. Qi Tongwei still remembered the feeling of wearing a police uniform shirt and running between the grassroots level and the grassroots level again and again in the hot summer.

Although the weather was hot at that time, Qi Tongwei's desire to make a career and prove that his two lives were not lived in vain was even stronger, although Qi Tongwei is now wearing more clothes.

"Let's go to the Jiangbei New District Government first to see if it's still at the original location?"

The Jiangbei New District Government Building and the Administrative Approval Center were both built by Qi Tongwei during his tenure and carry many of his memories.

Twenty years ago, the area around here was all farmland. The land was moved by Qi Tongwei from two nearby streets. Only the high-tech zone and the new district government were built-up areas. The few roads at that time were just very narrow and low-standard roads.

Qi Tongwei looked at the wide road and the tall buildings everywhere, and could still vaguely see what it looked like back then.

The group got off the car in front of the Jiangbei New District Government. Qi Tongwei ignored the many local cadres present, but looked at the surrounding scenery and immersed himself in memories.

"The current building is still the same three buildings I built before. It looks much shorter than the surrounding high-rise buildings."

Although the Jiangbei New District developed well at that time, its finances were still limited. Qi Tongwei was unwilling to borrow money to operate the business, so the three buildings were only built to ten floors. Compared with the surrounding high-rise buildings that were generally over twenty floors high, they seemed a bit outdated.

But Qi Tongwei saw the meaning behind it. The high-rise buildings around were mainly commercial finance and high-end residential buildings. It seemed that the city he had worked hard to build, which was mainly based on science and technology and industry, was still being taken advantage of by others through finance and real estate.

After all, some things cannot be changed by wishful thinking. It is a rare achievement to achieve this point and allow the people of Dongou City to have a group of qualified industries to guarantee their income. House speculators and financial harvesters will eventually smell the scent of wealth and come to the door. They are just a group of hungry wolves.

"I'll go to the Administrative Approval Center first."

After Qi Tongwei said this, the cadres of Dongou City could only follow behind. Yang Zhengwei was elected to follow Qi Tongwei and explain the situation.

"Secretary Qi, since you were transferred to Beijing, the built-up area of the Jiangbei New District has undergone several rounds of expansion. Previously, this area within the High-tech Zone was entirely industrial land, but later it was converted to commercial land. Businesses began to relocate east and north, and this area became the new district center, the CBD."

Qi Tongwei replied with a smile.

"You guys are quite fashionable, even going all out in the CBD. You've taken the land from several key companies and are selling it off at a higher price."

Qi Tongwei suddenly became less polite in his words, which scared the cadres present. However, Qi Tongwei did not talk about this topic again, but went straight into the administrative approval center.

This administrative approval center, which has been in use for more than 20 years, still retains the flavor of its past and looks like a place without any benefits. The recent governments have tacitly agreed not to spend money on it.

Qi Tongwei searched the crowd and saw an old acquaintance. He waved to him and asked him to come forward.

The cadre immediately trotted up, and Qi Tongwei took a look at him and could still see some of his appearance from more than 20 years ago.

"Li Cong, right?"

That cadre was none other than the director of the Administrative Approval Center back then, a young cadre personally promoted by Qi Tongwei. Although he is now in his early forties, he still looks like he was in his early twenties back then.

"Yes, Secretary Qi, it's been a long time."

Qi Tongwei observed Li Cong's position. He was standing next to the municipal party committee cadres, but quite far back. He should be a member of the Standing Committee, but the position was not important. He might be the Minister of United Front Work or the Minister of Propaganda, not the Secretary-General, because the Secretary-General would stand next to the top leader.

"Now he looks much more mature than before. Back then, he was just a kid in his early twenties."

Qi Tongwei patted Li Cong's shoulder affectionately. After Qi Tongwei was transferred, the two had little contact, and Qi Tongwei rarely asked about the situation in Dongou City.

Li Wei is an example. If he hadn't been running to Handong to wish Qi Tongwei a happy new year, and if he hadn't sent his wife to accompany Zhang Ruonan throughout her trip to Dong'ou City every year, Qi Tongwei would not have remembered him.

Li Cong's rank is much lower than Li Wei's, because his family is very powerful in Dongou City, and his uncle used to be the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Maybe he feels that there is no need to cling to an old leader who has been transferred for a long time.

"What is your current position?"

Li Cong stood straight. He still remembered that Qi Tongwei liked his subordinates to salute him.

"Secretary Qi, I am now the head of the Municipal Party Committee's Propaganda Department and will be responsible for the publicity work for your trip."

Sure enough, Qi Tongwei's judgment was very accurate. In fact, if he observed for a few more seconds, he would have seen several female cadres standing behind Li Cong, who were obviously dressed as propaganda officers.

"I put you in charge of this administrative approval center back then. This time, please explain the situation here to me."

Li Cong began to tell the story, taking Qi Tongwei with him as if he were the foreign leaders who came to inspect the center that year, explaining the situation of the administrative approval center.