Apart from Li Mingqing, who else in the village could mobilize so many rich and powerful people to come here?

Li Mingqing had no choice but to go out to greet him.

As soon as Zhou Jiangang, the county party secretary, got out of the car, he greeted, "Mingqing, it's been a long time since we last met."

"Secretary Zhou, please come in."

"I'm really not used to you talking so seriously. I used to sell coal stoves with you," Zhou Jiangang said with a smile.

"In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed, and you haven't changed much."

"By the way, Zheng Chenggong will be here soon. We three haven't seen each other for a long time. We're all busy as hell."

Li Mingqing agrees: "It has to be during the Chinese New Year. If it were any other festival, you wouldn't necessarily see it."

"I have good news. I will be transferred to the provincial capital to work next year."

"Congratulations. You will be promoted to the central government in a few years. Don't forget me then," Li Mingqing joked.

Zhou Jiangang heard this with a mixture of panic and hope: "Even if you dare to say it, I dare not listen."

"Why are you afraid? You've done a lot of practical work and made many contributions in the past few years."

"It was also thanks to your guidance," Zhou Jiangang said modestly.

The two of them were chatting happily, and not long after, Sun Jiaxue said someone was coming outside.

Li Mingqing went out and saw that it was Zhu Yiwei from the provincial capital.

Zhu Yiwei smiled and said, "Comrade Li, long time no see."

"Come in."

As soon as they entered the house, Zhou Jiangang and Zhu Yiwei greeted them.

They met several times during meetings in the provincial capital.

We only met and didn't talk.

"It seems I don't need to introduce you two, you know each other."

Li Mingqing poured tea for them.

Zhu Yiwei: "Secretary Zhou, I've long heard of your name. Today I can finally speak to you."

"I don't deserve it. Minister Zhu has worked at the grassroots level many times and truly cares about the vital interests of the people and social stability. I have a lot to learn from you."

"There are thousands of threads above and only one needle below. It's not really a learning experience, it's just an exchange of experience."

Li Mingqing looked at the two men's serious expressions:

"You two were so serious, I thought we were at the provincial party committee meeting."

Zhu Yiwei smiled and said, "You must have attended many provincial party committee meetings."

"No, I don't work for the government, so how can I participate? I'm not at that level." Li Mingqing joked.

"Ming Qing, please don't say that. If you haven't reached this level, who has? You've already gone to the central government to receive the award. You can go anytime you want. There's a line to welcome you."

"The provincial capital should have invited you several times before."

Zhu Yiwei remembered that there had been several times, but Li Mingqing was not available to attend.

Li Mingqing said, "Two or three times, but I'm in the capital and can't leave."

Anyway, he had been invited to various places many times this year, and he only attended various meetings in the capital.

It takes too much time to travel to other places.

Zhu Yiwei and Zhou Jiangang got along very well and felt like old friends right away.

The two men have very similar styles of doing things, similar ideas about politics, and pursue the welfare of the people as their own responsibility.