"Wu Qiangwei."
Secretary Gao listened to the recomndation, nodded slightly, and said, "I'm aware of Secretary Wu. She's very young and capable, but I recall she only took office in Lingjiang a year ago..."
Qi Bingde interrupted him, "The length of ti in office doesn't matter. Our country now emphasizes younger cadres. Besides, if a cadre is talented and capable, they should be appointed to a higher position. Otherwise, isn't it a waste?"
"Secretary Gao asked for my recomndation, so I recomnd Wu Qiangwei. If Secretary Gao isn't satisfied, then let Mayor Zhou recomnd soone."
He had an attitude of insisting on Wu Qiangwei and no one else.
Zhou Zheng secretly complained in his heart.
Clearly, it was Secretary Gao's suggestion, yet they had to follow such a procedure.
But despite his complaints, he understood that he had to express an opinion.
Secretary Gao wanted him as the City Secretary, waiting for his stance.
With this in mind, before Secretary Gao could ask, he directly said, "I'm very familiar with Secretary Wu. She's indeed very capable and has no problem serving as the Mayor of Jiangzhou City."
Secretary Gao pondered for a mont and said, "Since Mayor Zhou thinks so too, then let's decide on that."
Upon exiting the Provincial Committee Building, he headed to Qi Bingde's car, planning to chat briefly, but Qi Bingde said, "Let's go together; we can have a eting when we return."
A eting?
Zhou Zheng paused, then quickly realized they planned to discuss the matter in a eting today.
On the way back, Zhou Zheng said, "Secretary Qi, as for the City Governnt, there should be no problem with Mayor Zhang's vote."
He was referring to the standing committee's vote.
Even though Secretary Gao decided on the next mayor, the procedure still had to be followed.
Qi Bingde responded with a hum, "The City Committee's side isn't a big issue either."
"That's good, that's good."
Zhou Zheng said, "By the way, when is Secretary Wu coming to the Provincial City? How about we sit together for a al and discuss work arrangents in advance?"
Qi Bingde glanced at him, "No hurry, let's talk after I retire."
"Yes, indeed." Zhou Zheng responded with a smile, while secretly thinking that Secretary Wu had strong connections, and he should establish good relations with her once she assus office.
"Contact Mayor Zhang and have her co to the City Committee for a eting."
"Alright."
Zhou Zheng contacted Zhang Yan on his side, while Qi Bingde instructed his secretary to contact other standing committee mbers.
When they returned to the City Committee, several standing committee mbers had already arrived.
The group entered the eting room and, after waiting for about ten minutes, the remaining committee mbers also arrived.
In the eting room, aside from a few lower-ranking mbers, the more important standing committee mbers were present.
They exchanged glances, curious about the eting's discussion.
Qi Bingde didn't delay the matter and, once everyone was present, he directly said, "My retirent request to the Provincial Committee has been approved."
The group was montarily stunned, and then their minds beca active.
The top leader's internal retirent opened up a position—who would take over?
Would it be Zhou Zheng or Deputy Secretary Lv Jie?
Or would the province intervene in personnel matters?
Qi Bingde continued, "I recomnded Mayor Zhou to the Provincial Committee. Mayor Zhou and I just returned from the Provincial Committee. Tomorrow, at the standing committee eting, the procedure will recomnd this, and it will be reported to the People's Congress afterwards."
As they listened, so people's expressions revealed slight disappointnt.
At this point, Zhang Yan asked, "Secretary Qi, has the candidate for mayor been decided yet?"
Right, there's still the mayor!
Everyone's thoughts beca active again.
Qi Bingde nodded, "The candidate for the new mayor—Mayor Zhou, the provincial leaders, and I discussed it."
The key point here was that it was discussed with the provincial leaders!
This indicated that the candidate for the new mayor wasn't recomnded by Qi Bingde or Zhou Zheng but was directly decided by the Provincial Committee.
They were rely conveying the decision.
They were surprised, eager to know who the new mayor would be.
Zhang Yan knew she had little hope, but she still wanted to try, "Secretary Qi, who is the new mayor?"
Qi Bingde smiled, "We'll discuss it at the standing committee tomorrow. If there's nothing else, let's adjourn."
He deliberately kept them in suspense, piquing everyone's curiosity.
Zhang Yan was especially anxious.
His lack of response suggested she still had so hope.
But reason told her that no matter who was chosen, it wouldn't be her.
After the eting adjourned, she wanted to ask Qi Bingde for clarification but realized it would be pointless.
Zhang Yan could only keep comforting herself with, "If it's ant to be, it will be; if not, it won't."
...
"Yes, okay, I understand."
Qu Xiangru suddenly received a call from Yuan Chunlin of the Provincial Organization Departnt, and listening to the content left her astonished.
Minister Yuan told her that Wu Qiangwei was about to go to Jiangzhou City to assu the position of mayor.
How could this be?
She had always thought Wu Qiangwei would be the next governor!
Yet, it turned out to be the city's mayor?
Despite her surprise, she was puzzled.
If it's not Wu Qiangwei, then who have Secretary Gao and Governor Hou decided for the next governor?
There aren't many people who can take on the role of governor.
It could either be the top leader or second-in-command of Jiangzhou City, or the head of the Provincial Developnt and Reform Commission, or the Provincial Deputy Secretary, as well as herself and Wu Qiangwei.
Now, Wu Qiangwei can be eliminated from the list.
She had asked previously, and Secretary Gao clearly stated it wasn't her.
And the top leader of Jiangzhou City is about to retire, while the second-in-command will take over.
That leaves only the Provincial Deputy Secretary Tian Kai Ming and the head of the Provincial Developnt and Reform Commission Zhang Jie!
Qu Xiangru couldn't help but furrow her brows.
Whether it's Tian Kai Ming or Zhang Jie, neither gets along with her.
However, Qu Xiangru figured that it wouldn't be either of them.
Because Secretary Gao said they regained the authority over the governor's personnel decision from the Central Organization Departnt.
If it were these two, Secretary Gao and Governor Hou wouldn't need to go through so much trouble.
Moreover, she's well aware that Secretary Gao and Tian Kai Ming, Zhang Jie, are not on the sa page.
Having secured the personnel authority from the Central Organization Departnt, how could they choose soone from the opposing camp?
But other than these candidates, she couldn't think of anyone else who t the criteria.
Could it be the top leader of another prefecture-level city?
Images of various prefecture-level city leaders in Nanjiang Province flashed through her mind, and none stood out remarkably.
The more Qu Xiangru thought about it, the more bewildered and puzzled she beca, unable to co up with a suitable candidate.
Shaking her head slightly and rubbing her temples, she picked up the landline and called Wu Qiangwei.
"Secretary Wu, can you co over?"
...
Song Guanchao wasn't aware of this personnel change; after his morning classes, he went to the parking lot, smoked, and called Liang Jianfeng.
"Mr. Liang, are you busy at noon?"
"Quite busy, what is it?"
"Do you have ti for lunch?"
"Is it important?"
"Very important."
"I'll call you back."
After hanging up, just as he got into his car, intending to find a restaurant, his phone rang again.
Seeing it was from Zeng Li, he answered.
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