Satirical Novels||A turtle that climbed onto the top of a pillar
Hu Weiguo, of medium stature, is slightly fat, his hair is always meticulously combed, and the oil is so shiny that he can shine a shadow. His face was round, and his eyes were small but shrewd and cunning. The corners of the mouth that are slightly raised, there always seems to be a touch of arrogance when he is in power.
used to be an inconspicuous little staff member in the unit. Busy in the cubicle every day, drowning in trivial documents and dull meetings. At that time, he was as ordinary as a stone on the side of the road, ordinary as a weed in the deep mountains, no one knew, no one paid attention to, and no one looked forward to it.
However, by chance, Hu Weiguo learned that his cousin was in the position of a member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee. said it was a cousin, but in fact it was a distant cousin who was not close. His heart moved, as if he saw an opportunity to change his fate. Hu Weiguo began to plan carefully, frequently contacted his cousin, and tried to win over the relationship under the banner of family affection.
From time to time, he visited his cousins with gifts, and his words were full of flattery and flattery.
"Cousin, we are a family, and we will have to take care of it in the future! You see, I'm just an ordinary cadre in a remote town, just a nameless grass! ”
The cousin was a little hesitant at first, but he couldn't withstand Hu Weiguo's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and gradually began to pave the way for his career.
With the secret help of his cousins, Hu Weiguo gradually emerged in the unit through a series of improper means. By chance, Hu Weiguo learned a major confidential news. The news involves a huge investment project that is about to be launched in the county. Hu Weiguo's heart moved, and he was keenly aware that this was an opportunity to change his fate. He began to operate in the shadows, using various means to get close to the core decision-making level of the project.
After some careful planning and operation, Hu Weiguo successfully pushed himself to a key position in the project. In this process, he did not hesitate to use fraud, bribery and other improper means to win over some key figures. In the end, in the midst of doubts, Hu Weiguo was unexpectedly appointed as the director of a certain unit in a certain county.
This seems to be a turtle on the edge of the fish pond, inadvertently, has climbed to the pillar of the fish pond fence, leisurely, peeking into the world.
This sudden ascension made him a little fluttery. In the past, he got along with his neighbors, although it was not warm, but it was also peaceful. But now, he looked at his former neighbors, and there was a little more disdain in his eyes.
One day, his neighbor Lao Zhang met him in the corridor and greeted him warmly: "Director Hu, long time no see!" ”
Hu Weiguo frowned and said coldly: "Don't scream, I'm very busy now, I don't have time to chat." After speaking, he strode away, leaving Lao Zhang with an embarrassed face.
Lao Zhang looked at his distant back, and muttered to himself in his heart: "Only then did I become a director, and I became so unpopular." ”
In the unit, he is even more empty-sighted. For former colleagues, they either ignore them or dictate them.
Once, an old colleague asked him to sign the document and said cautiously: "Director Hu, please sign this document." ”
Hu Weiguo glanced at it and said impatiently: "Why are there so many things? Put it there! The old colleague stood aside helplessly, not daring to say more.
Hu Weiguo looked at his old colleague's submissive appearance, and an inexplicable sense of superiority surged in his heart: "Hmph, now you all have to look at my face and act." ”
Hu Weiguo, who is in power, desires are like wild horses on the loose. He began to abuse his power with impunity for his own personal gain.
There is a major project bidding in the county, and many powerful enterprises have participated in the competition. But Hu Weiguo had already made a calculation, he secretly signaled his brother-in-law to participate in the bidding, and used his power to do something in the bidding process. Those companies that are really powerful, despite submitting excellent plans and reasonable offers, are excluded by him for various reasons.
At the bidding meeting, Hu Weiguo sat on the rostrum, with a serious face, but secretly proud in his heart. He looked at the representatives of the enterprises in the audience who were anxiously waiting for the results, and he thought about his own interests. "This project has to be done according to my intentions." He thought to himself. When he saw that his brother-in-law's company successfully won the bid, he showed a slight imperceptible smile. At this moment, it was as if he saw the wealth and power rolling in.
In addition to project bidding, Hu Weiguo also made a big fuss about personnel appointments and dismissals. There is an upright cadre with strong work ability and outstanding performance, but he was suppressed by him because he did not please Hu Weiguo. And those who flatter him can be easily promoted. "Hmph, in this place, I have the final say." Hu Weiguo thought arrogantly. He enjoyed the feeling of being in control, feeling like he was the master of this small world.
He also kept a mistress, and had fun with the young and beautiful woman in a luxurious villa, completely ignoring the constraints of morality. In order to satisfy his mistress's material needs, he even did whatever it took to collect money. He used his authority to get some companies to buy expensive gifts and luxury goods for his mistresses, and in return, he facilitated these businesses in terms of project approvals, etc.
"Baby, you can have whatever you want." Hu Weiguo said dotingly to his mistress.
"Director Hu, you are so good to me." The mistress replied coquettishly. Hu Weiguo looked at his mistress's delicate face and greedy eyes, and there was both satisfaction and a trace of uneasiness in his heart. But this uneasiness is soon overwhelmed by desire.
Once, a developer came to Hu Weiguo's office in order to win a project. The developer smiled all over his face and quietly handed over a suitcase: "Director Hu, it's a little meaning, I hope you will take care of it." Hu Weiguo glanced at the suitcase, his heart moved, but his face was silent. After pretending to excuse himself, he gladly accepted it.
When the developer left, he couldn't wait to open it, and saw the stacks of brand-new banknotes inside, and his heart was ecstatic. "It's so easy to get this money." He was secretly smug.
On another occasion, a business owner invited Hu Weiguo to a high-end hotel for dinner. After three rounds of drinking, the boss took out a delicate gift box from his bag and pushed it in front of Hu Weiguo: "Director Hu, this is a little heart, thank you for your continued support." After Hu Weiguo pretended to resign, he happily accepted it.
When I got home, I opened the gift box, and inside was a valuable watch. He took the watch and looked at it carefully, his heart full of greed and vanity.
At a meeting, Sun Peijun, a college student who graduated from a double-first-class university, came. Hu Weiguo praised Sun Peijun at the meeting and praised him to the fullest. "Comrade Sun Peijun, graduated from a prestigious school, young and promising, talented, is a valuable talent in our county. You see that he will take root in the mountains to work as soon as he comes......" Hu Weiguo smiled all over his face, but a trace of imperceptible calculation flashed in his eyes. He raised his chin slightly, his hands lightly folded in front of him, and he looked like he was on top.
But in fact, he already had a plan in his heart. He assigned Sun Peijun to a small town remote from the county seat as an ordinary clerk, but he still praised him for how good he was at every meeting. And Hu Weiguo's cousin graduated from junior high school and worked as a nanny in his house. He deliberately arranged for his cousin to get close to Sun Peijun and wanted to marry his cousin to Sun Peijun.
Under Hu Weiguo's mediation, Sun Peijun and his cousin began to have frequent contact.
Sun Peijun was a little reluctant at first, thinking: I am a college student from a prestigious school, and his cousin is a junior high school student, and she has no formal job, which is not a good match at all, she wants to marry me, which is absolutely not good.
Although Director Hu's cousin took the initiative to pursue Xiao Sun, Xiao Sun was lukewarm and ignored. After a period of time, Xiao Sun and Hu Ju's cousin did not establish a romantic relationship.
Once, Director Hu called Xiao Sun to report to the bureau, and invited Xiao Sun to his home, and opened his voice and said, "Xiao Sun! How about where you work? Tell me about the difficulties. ”
When Xiao Sun arrived at Director Hu's house, he felt very restrained, and after listening to the director's questioning, he looked embarrassed, in fact, he had already guessed what Director Hu wanted to say.
"Nothing, it's good! ......" Xiao Sun looked embarrassed and perfunctory.
"You're in a remote mountainous area, and the conditions are definitely not good! So be it! I'll get it straight! My cousin married you, don't you feel wronged! It's okay! As long as you can get married, I will transfer you to our bureau as an office, and as for my cousin's work, I will definitely arrange a good position for her, you don't have to worry about this! He looked at Xiao Sun with a sly gaze as he spoke.
Xiao Sun wanted to try his best to shirk it, but because of Hu Weiguo's power, it was difficult to refuse. And Hu Weiguo's cousin launched a passionate pursuit of Sun Peijun. Eventually, they got married under Hu Weiguo's arrangement.
Soon after marriage, Hu Weiguo transferred Sun Peijun to the bureau as the director of the office. The moment the appointment was announced, Hu Weiguo sat behind his desk, leaning back in his chair slightly, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He looked at Sun Peijun, his eyes full of satisfaction in controlling everything.
Hu Weiguo's heart is sometimes full of pride, and he feels as if he is standing on the top of the world, unmatched. "Hmph, I'm powerful now, who can do anything to me? I deserve all this wealth and power, and it took me so much effort to climb to this position. "But sometimes, in the dead of night, he also feels a little uneasy, as if an invisible hand is slowly tightening." Is this really the right thing to do? Will it be discovered one day? However, it has come to this point, and there is no turning back. However, this unease was soon overshadowed by his lust for power and wealth.
Hu Weiguo is like the turtle that accidentally climbed to the top of the pillar, he doesn't know how he got to this height, and he doesn't know how to stay in this position. He only knew the pleasure of power, but he never thought about the responsibility behind it. He thought he could be so high forever, but he didn't know that what he had done had caused dissatisfaction among everyone.
Just when Hu Weiguo thought that everything was under control, a mysterious report letter appeared on the desk of the discipline inspection department. The letter enumerated in detail Hu Weiguo's various violations of law and discipline, from his improper acquisition of the post of director of the bureau to his abuse of power, accepting bribes, and keeping his mistress. The discipline inspection department attached great importance to it and immediately set up a special case group to investigate Hu Weiguo.
When Hu Weiguo learned the news, he immediately panicked. His heart was like a storm, fear, panic, and despair were intertwined. "How so? Who reported me? Is everything about me going to be ruined? "He began to move around, trying to cover up his crimes. He was like a turtle trapped at the top of a pillar, panicked and unsure of what to do. On the one hand, he threatened those who had bribed him not to talk nonsense; On the other hand, he tried to destroy evidence and fabricate lies in response to the investigation.
Personnel from the discipline inspection department soon came to Hu Weiguo's office. They showed relevant documents and asked Hu Weiguo to cooperate with the investigation. Hu Weiguo's face was pale, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He pretended to be calm and said, "You must be mistaken, I didn't break the law and discipline." But his voice was shaking.
Inspectors began a search of Mr. Hu's office and soon found some key evidence. Hu Weiguo looked at the evidence, and the last glimmer of hope in his heart was also shattered. He collapsed weakly to the ground, like a turtle falling from the top, with his feet facing the sky, without his former domineering pretension.
After Hu Weiguo was dismissed, the attitudes of the people around him have undergone earth-shaking changes. The subordinates who used to flatter him avoided him one after another, for fear of being implicated. The neighbors were pointing fingers behind his back and talking about his ugly deeds. His mistress saw that the situation was not good, and swept away some of her belongings and ran away without a trace. His brother-in-law was also implicated in the investigation, crying and complaining about him.
Hu Weiguo was alone in the detention center, full of remorse. He looked at his current depressed appearance, and remembered his ordinary days, although they were dull but stable. Today, everything is broken. He finally understood how he had climbed the pillar and how he had fallen. It was desire, greed, that made him lose himself and embark on this road of no return. He knew that he would pay a heavy price for his mistakes under the sanction of the law.
The developer, who used to spend a lot of time drinking with him, is also eager to dissociate himself from him at the moment, and when he is investigated, he puts all the blame on Hu Weiguo. "It's all Hu Weiguo who forced me, and I can't help it." The developer said with an innocent look on his face.
And Hu Weiguo's heart was full of despair and remorse. He hated himself for being so greedy in the first place, why he couldn't keep the bottom line. He knew that his life had been completely ruined, and all of this was brought on by himself.
Actually, you have to know that the turtle does not climb up by its own true ability, it should not go so high, there, it does not know what to do, it is raised to a height beyond its own ability. Once you fall from the top of the column, the consequences will be unimaginable. I really can't figure out how much of a bastard the person who put it there in the beginning.
Note: This article is a satirical novel, and the title "A Turtle Climbing on the Top of a Pillar" is mainly intended to reinforce the theme.
First, the image metaphor runs throughout
1. Opening description
At the beginning of the novel, Hu Weiguo's unexpected career is described, such as "Hu Weiguo is like the turtle that mysteriously climbed to the top of the pillar, and out of nowhere he gained his strength, and jumped from an ordinary small clerk to the position of director overnight." The crowd was puzzled, as if looking at the turtle that had mysteriously appeared at the top of the pillar, and wondered how it had climbed up. This description directly connects Hu Weiguo to the turtle in the title, and sets a mysterious and thought-provoking tone for the whole story.
2. Behavior
In Hu Weiguo's various behaviors after becoming the director, the image of the turtle was constantly strengthened. For example, his empty-eyed and high-spirited attitude can be described as "the arrogance of the turtle on the top of the pillar, looking down on everything under his feet, as if he was born at this height". His abuse of power and bribery are like a turtle restlessly moving on the top of a pillar, trying to find more benefits and satisfy his desires.
3. Psychological portrayal
Go deep into Hu Weiguo's inner world and describe his confusion and overwhelm. Hu Weiguo sat in his spacious office, like a turtle on top of a pillar, looking around blankly, not knowing where he should go. He enjoyed the glory of power, but he was also troubled by this sudden high position. This psychological depiction further highlights the tortoise's confusion in its inappropriate position.
Second, the close integration with the theme
1. Alienation of power
The title "Turtle on top of a pillar" vividly illustrates the alienation of power. Hu Weiguo should not have been in the high position of director, but he climbed up through improper means, just like a turtle that did not belong to the top of the pillar but appeared there. This is a profound reflection of the fact that power, if abused, can derail as it should be, leading to corruption and depravity.
2. The consequences of mismatch
The turtle's climb to the top of the pillar is an abnormal state that must be difficult to maintain for a long time. Similarly, Hu Weiguode was unworthy and was finally dismissed under the investigation of the discipline inspection department. This process embodies the theme's interpretation of the calamity of virtue if it is not worthy, emphasizing that only those who have the corresponding character and ability can play a role in the right position, otherwise they will be punished.
3. Cautionary significance
The novel conveys a profound warning to the reader through the metaphor of the image of "the turtle climbing on top of the pillar". It reminds people to be wary of the temptation of power, stick to the bottom line of morality, and not to obtain high positions through improper means. At the same time, it also makes people understand that even if they climb to a high position for a while, like a turtle on the top of a pillar, they will eventually fall down because of their own shortcomings and wrong behaviors.
To sum up, the title of "A Turtle Climbing on the Top of a Pillar" will not only not affect the expression of the theme of the novel, but will run through the whole text with a unique image metaphor, strengthen the theme, and make the novel more in-depth and infectious.
(Author's statement: This article is a satirical novel.) mainly uses the plot of Director Hu's abuse of power and bribery to portray a high-ranking official who did not climb to the position of director of the bureau by his own real ability, and was finally punished by law. There is a strong sense of irony. But don't sit in the right seat. ）