Officialdom is not only like a battlefield, but also like a shopping mall. While officials at all levels are wrestling for their careers, another force is also surging, which makes the competition in officialdom more intense, complicated and gloomy. It is not only tit for tat, but also full of some kind of emotional appeal. This kind of power is a woman, or the wife of an official. They not only contribute to their husbands' promotion, but also are unwilling to be lonely and strive to join the officialdom.
Therefore, officialdom is not only a battlefield, a shopping mall, but also a special love field.
Based on the emotional story of the official Shamo and the young woman Ouyang Ruoyao, the novel The Official's Wife describes the general thoughts and psychology of the wives of social officials at that time, and reveals the hypocrisy and fission of marriage, the darkness and distortion of human nature, and the moral decay and helplessness.
A room with a small editing room, filled with smoke.
The cigarette butt in the hand is about to burn out, and the residual flame is not weak because it is about to go out, but it is more vigorous and burns rapidly, and finally it is close to the two fingers holding it. Suddenly, the smoker snorted and threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray.
The cigarette end still burns tenaciously, and finally a thick black smoke emerges and slowly disappears in the original transparent blue smoke.
He took a deep breath and then blew two fingers gently. He felt burning pain.
He stood up and pushed open the door of the unlocked room. The smoke in the room poured into the corridor, and then he stood at the window to exercise his waist, legs and arms, which eased the tense bones and muscles all morning.
He is the deputy director of the office of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and the director of the editorial department of the organ magazine. He is undoubtedly the pen of the Propaganda Department. Since the task falls to the office, he is duty-bound.
Originally, he planned to take it out last night, but Lei Yu, Party Secretary and Director of Nishang Raincoat Factory, invited some friends from municipal authorities to get together, and he couldn't refuse. Considering that this four-or five-thousand-word manuscript is a cliche, he is already familiar with its related contents, and there is no writing obstacle. Moreover, through observation, he found that the new minister of the Standing Committee generally does not follow the pre-written speech, but generally browses it, and then speaks according to his own ideas. Of course, he will also pick out some key points or highlights from his speech. Therefore, there is no need to be nervous and meticulous.
So he promised the thunderstorm and fulfilled his promise on time. Several people first drank in the seaside hotel, then went to the karaoke bars to sing, and finally went to the Victoria Bath Center to take a bath, and didn't go home until midnight. I got up at five o'clock in the morning and went to the municipal party Committee building. It took me nearly two hours to finish my speech.
The smoke in the editing room has dispersed, and the wide and long corridor is still empty and quiet.
Faint light music came from the window. Maybe the morning exerciser is walking with a transistor radio.
It suddenly occurred to him that he sang last night. Accompanying him is a typist from Nishang raincoat factory, a pure girl in her twenties. But he observed that the girl spoke tactfully, which didn't fit her appearance and age. She is good at singing, and her voice is sweet, especially the love songs sung by men and women. She has a good grasp and is full of emotions. He is also good at cooperating with him. Therefore, despite his hoarse voice after drinking, the two men sang a few songs emotionally and won applause.
Put Mike down and the girl asked him to dance again. He eyed the girl's tall figure up and down and refused. He doesn't like dancing because he is not tall and has the feeling of being pulled by a woman. He doesn't despise women, but pays more attention to masculinity and manners, especially in front of women.
He inquired about the origin of the girl. Yu Nan, the propaganda minister of the thin garment factory, quietly told him in the shadow of the flash that the girl turned out to be a garment worker in the workshop. Because she sings well and is very sensible, she was temporarily transferred to the office as a typist. In fact, her main job is to accompany leaders at all levels to sing and dance.
Say that finish, south jade wry smile.
Yu Nan's body was almost attached to him, and he felt a little uncomfortable, so he leaned back slightly. He knows that in recent years, the reform of Nishang raincoat factory has achieved remarkable results and has been well received by provincial and municipal leaders. Therefore, there are many investigation and interview activities and the reception task is very heavy. This special personnel arrangement is also a last resort.
In order to be officially transferred to the office, the girl sang and danced with strange men so diligently. Although it is work, it is also out of helplessness.
When a person who is eager to change his situation is found to have some special skills, how can he not try his best? Especially girls who make clothes.
He sympathized with the girl.
He sat in front of the computer again, typeset and printed the speech, then polished and proofread it word by word, revised some imprecise places, and printed out a large draft to the minister when he was satisfied.
It's over. He didn't feel empty, hungry and sleepy. I played too late last night and didn't eat after drinking. Now I am hungry and sleepy. He went downstairs to grab a bite to eat at a breakfast shop not far away.
On the way downstairs, I met several familiar cadres from other departments and greeted them warmly. The work of the propaganda department is not as serious as that of the discipline inspection commission and the organization department, and it seems that it is not as important as that of the discipline inspection commission and the organization department. It is not qualified to play with others and put on airs.
Of course, in this building, there is only one person who is most qualified to be deep and cold. As for some department leaders, deputy directors and even directors, some people must look up. If the director of the municipal party Committee goes to the grassroots level, it is undoubtedly respected and unattainable. But in this building, it is everywhere, and there is no smug capital, even humble capital. Even if you are the head of an important department or office.
Now that he is a place class, he is naturally not qualified to be arrogant, even though he is an arrogant person. In this system, talents only have practical value, but cannot become capital. It can neither be used as arrogant capital nor as promotion capital. So his little enthusiasm for greeting others comes from a kind of official rules, a kind of official inferiority complex, not from the heart.
In the breakfast shop, he ate wonton greedily and regretted it.
After coming home last night, his wife knew his habit of drinking without eating, asked him if he was hungry, and brought him a bowl of noodles. He refused. At that time, he was not hungry He is still immersed in the comfort of massage after bathing. Then it's better to eat a bowl of hot soup noodles. In case it's so messy now.
He remembers that his wife later reached out and touched him and pressed her bulging chest on his back.
He knows what his wife thinks. His wife always attracts him in this way when needed.
But I don't know why, he was not in the mood at that time. He just wanted to close his eyes and fall asleep. He coaxed his wife into saying that tomorrow, it must be tomorrow. Soon, he fell asleep as he wished, and his wife could only let go of her disappointed arm.
Just thinking, the mobile phone rang, and his wife asked him if he had eaten. He was a little moved and ashamed.
He loves his wife.
She is a beautiful woman, six years younger than him. In a sense, she is his student. She was a senior three student when she graduated from Teachers College and was assigned to teach in a high school. Half a year later, she took the college entrance examination and studied at the Teachers College. After graduation, she was assigned to an old high school and became a colleague with him. Later, through the matchmaking of a headmistress, they became husband and wife and had a daughter.
Married life is happy and he is very satisfied. But he always has a faint melancholy, and with the passage of time, this melancholy gradually accumulates into a knot, jumping from the bottom of his heart to his consciousness from time to time, making some of his doubts form a slight pain in an instant. Although the pain is instantaneous, it is very sharp and goes straight to the bottom of my heart.
He is a generous man, even so, it doesn't affect his love for his wife. However, there are some things in marriage that can't be ignored, because it directly refers to men's self-esteem.
After eating wonton, my stomach is full and comfortable. He unconsciously touched his full belly.
In recent years, he has obviously gained weight, and his main part is his stomach, which has formed a scale. It seems normal to think that he has passed the age of no doubt. He is not worried about his low image, but he may have a big belly. Besides, he hasn't reached that worrying level.
Look at my watch, it's almost eight o'clock, so I proudly walked out of the breakfast shop with an obvious belly.
On the way, I met Gao Feng, deputy director of the government office, and they talked while walking. Gao Feng is an alumnus of his junior high school. Although we didn't know each other at that time, we met in the Ministry, and we were more or less close to ordinary people. Gao Feng arrived at the Propaganda Department two years earlier than him, and now he is at the level. In addition, he has been working as a "window" in the government office and is highly praised by some "window" unit leaders. Therefore, people have developed a reserved style, and there are some leaders' arrogance in speaking and doing things. But I still have some respect and closeness to him.
First, junior high school students are too reserved and inappropriate; Secondly, his talent, especially his writing style, is widely recognized and valued by the leaders. Naturally, he cannot and cannot underestimate him.
The peak, as the name implies, is tall and thin. He is not tall, but he is strong, and they walk side by side in a patchwork.
He complained that the government pushed his work to the office and made him get up early to catch up with the information. Gao Feng smiled and explained that Liang Mingyu, who was in charge of writing materials in the government, failed to get back in time when he went out, so he asked Vice Minister Chang to arrange for the office to be temporarily completed.
Knowing that Gao Feng definitely didn't want to write this speech or couldn't write it well, he suggested that Vice Minister Chang arrange it in the office.
He glanced at the peak with some displeasure and said, "It seems that I caught a knife from an old classmate."
"Ha ha," Gao Feng said enthusiastically at once, in an unnatural tone. "We don't care about each other. Tell you what, Brother Sha, let's get together with some people tonight and I'll arrange it!"
He said lukewarm: "The director of the Civilization Office is still useful and courageous!"
While speaking, Gao Feng waved to a middle-aged cadre of the Organization Department who came to the front of the Municipal Party Committee Building and said to him, "The matter at night is settled, wait for my call!" Say that finish, then goes to the man.
Gaofeng is an old institution, and most cadres in this building are familiar with it. But he is better at watching people eat food, and he will never clap his shoulders and call everyone brothers. The only people who can make him take the initiative to befriend are those with high positions. The middle-aged person in the organization department is the deputy minister of the grass-roots organization department, and naturally belongs to the heavyweight.
But he has always disliked the tendency of Gaofeng to follow suit. He frowned, shook his head again and walked up the steps of the building.
He is a bit arrogant, not only because he treats people with snobbery, but also because his career is smooth, not because of his personal ability and leadership appreciation, but because of his wife. Gao Feng's wife is the niece of the executive vice mayor. She has a deep foundation in this city and a tough style, and she also has a say in the Standing Committee.
When Gao Feng is a director, there is only one quota, and the competition is fierce, so he can't rank according to his qualifications, ability and contribution. It is said that his wife was at his uncle's house, forcing him to pick up the phone face to face and communicate with the minister of the Standing Committee of the Propaganda Department before he got his wish. This incident also embarrassed the peak of the Ministry and hurt many people's work enthusiasm. After all, the promotion of organs mainly depends on qualifications. Although everyone has their own background to varying degrees, they still feel indignant and jealous of those who rely on relationships.
The minister also took pains to appease it. He needs middle-level cadres to work hard and do a good job.
He sighed lightly, cut his hair messed up by the morning breeze, and stepped on the broad steps before going upstairs.
(To be continued)