Official Career Storm Chapter 580

"Blind date?"

Song Guanchao imdiately asked, "Secretary, do you need my help?"

"Why would I need your help for a blind date?"

"I... I can set up a situation to scare off your date."

"Why would you want to scare them off?"

"..."

That question confused Song Guanchao a bit.

To avoid a blind date, you dressed up like a punk and went to the bar.

Shouldn’t you praise for making such a constructive suggestion now?

Why does it feel like she suddenly isn’t averse to blind dates anymore?

Qiangwei looked down and flipped through so docunts, "You can get back to your work."

"Oh."

Song Guanchao left feeling dejected.

Qiangwei looked up at his retreating figure and silently sighed.

After work, Song Guanchao went to the hospital and he sighed as soon as they t.

"Why are you sighing?"

"Two pieces of good news, two pieces of bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"The bad news."

"The bad news is, I have to work overti tomorrow, so I can’t co to watch a movie with you."

They had planned to watch a movie together in the hospital room tomorrow, and Song Guanchao had specifically downloaded many adult-rated movies.

Jiajia puffed out her cheeks, feeling a bit emotional, but said, "You should focus on your work first."

Then she asked, "What’s the other piece of bad news?"

"I’ve been summoned by the Provincial Organization Departnt."

"Ah?" Jiajia was shocked, "Did... Did this happen because you talked back to Secretary Lu and he complained about you to the province?"

Song Guanchao shook his head, "Aren’t you going to ask about the good news?"

Jiajia was a bit irritated, "Stop beating around the bush, just tell !"

Being summoned by the province can’t preface anything too good.

Song Guanchao said, "The first piece of good news is, the Provincial Organization Departnt wants to et with your dad tomorrow to fully affirm and praise his recent performance. If everything goes as expected, the province intends to groom your dad."

"The second piece of good news is, the Provincial Organization Departnt summoned to praise and encourage ."

Jiajia froze for a second, then suddenly annoyed, said, "Song Guanchao!"

She grabbed Song Guanchao’s waist and gave him a harsh twist.

"Ouch, it hurts, let go."

"You jerk! You just love teasing !"

When Liang Jianfeng and his wife entered the room, they saw the young couple playfully fighting.

"Cough."

Hearing the cough, Jiajia quickly withdrew her hand.

The couple ca in and Song Guanchao politely stood up, then inford them about his summons by the province.

Unexpectedly, Liang Jianfeng was not excited at all, just casually acknowledged it.

Song Guanchao thought to himself, truly deserving of being a veteran police officer, such a stable mindset.

However, after he left the hospital, Liang Jianfeng happily said, "Wife, did you hear that? The province wants to et ."

Hu Xing rolled her eyes, "Considering how calm you were just now, I thought you hadn’t heard."

Liang Jianfeng said, "Had to put on a bit of an act in front of Xiao Song."

If Song Guanchao heard this, he’d definitely have sothing to say.

...

After taking a bath at ho, Song Guanchao suddenly received a call from Jin Rong.

"Brother Song, am I disturbing you?"

This guy now had a one-sided familiarity with Song Guanchao, always calling him Brother Song, regardless of whether Song Guanchao acknowledged him as such.

"What does Secretary Jin need from ?"

"Governor Qu asked to see if you’re free tomorrow."

"Unfortunately, I’m booked all day tomorrow."

"That busy?" Jin Rong didn’t think he was deliberately making excuses.

After all, being asked for a eting by the Deputy Governor is sothing most people would eagerly look forward to, so why refuse?

"How about the day after tomorrow?"

"Secretary Jin, what does Governor Qu need for?"

"As a secretary, there are things about the leadership that I simply can’t grasp."

Jin Rong said, "Let’s make it the day after tomorrow then, I’ll send you the address that evening."

"Okay."

Song Guanchao was holding his phone, silently contemplating.

Governor Qu didn’t contact Wu Qiangwei but wanted to et alone with him, a secretary.

That was really strange.

But what might seem like fortune could be misfortune, and what seems inevitable can’t be avoided.

Besides, he didn’t believe Governor Qu had any reason to harm him.

A woman who was promoting her own everywhere should be making good relations with local leaders.

Although he was just a junior secretary, he was a star secretary in the city and even considered a rising star by the provincial leaders.

Especially with Wu Qiangwei backing him.

Given her current actions, reaching out to him could only an sothing good, not bad.

Yet one must always guard against others.

No matter how perfect the theoretical analysis, caution was still necessary.

Tomorrow evening, he would not go to the location Governor Qu had chosen; he had to find a different place.

He pulled up Wu Qiangwei’s number, was about to call her, then rembered she was on a blind date tonight.

He didn’t know if her date had ended yet.

He sent Wu Qiangwei a ssage: "Secretary, do you have ti now?"

Wu Qiangwei had returned ho after dinner with her blind date and had just taken a shower: "Yes."

Soon, Song Guanchao called, "Secretary, Jin Rong just contacted , Governor Qu wants to et ."

He briefly explained, then continued, "Secretary, it seems Governor Qu is not very aware of the provincial matters. The Organization Departnt has scheduled a eting with tomorrow, and she didn’t know about it."

If she had known about the Organization Departnt’s eting, she wouldn’t have scheduled for the sa day.

He was beginning to doubt whether Governor Qu, the fourth in command in the province, was rely a figurehead without any real power.

It was the exact opposite for Zheng Bihui.

Zheng Bihui was the head of the city governnt, but the real power lay with Jiang Yuan, the second in command.

She was the second in charge at the provincial governnt, yet she didn’t even know about the Organization Departnt eting him, showing how isolated she was from lower-level news.

Wu Qiangwei asked, "Where does she want to et you?"

"I don’t know, but I don’t plan to go to the place she designated."

"Go to Jingguan City."

Jingguan City Bathhouse was the bathhouse Wu Qiangwei and Zeng Li had visited before.

"Okay." Song Guanchao asked, "Secretary, are you going too?"

"Mm."

...

Staff from the Provincial Organization Departnt arrived at the City Committee on Saturday morning at nine thirty.

The visitor was nad Ma Jichun, around forty years old, the director of the office of the Provincial Organization Departnt, holding a director-level position.

He brought two young officials with him, first talked with Wu Qiangwei in her office for about fifteen minutes, then went into a small conference room with Song Guanchao.

The conversation was very formal, filled with many platitudes.

Primarily, it represented the provincial authorities’ full recognition and praise of his work achievents in recent months, encouraging him to remain humble and continue to progress.

After the conversation, Director Ma let the two officials leave first, then he dropped his official smile and showed a more genuine smile:

"Secretary Song, the Organization Departnt had issued a disciplinary decision against you before, an issue that we did not investigate thoroughly. I am here to offer my sincere apologies."

Song Guanchao was extrely surprised, quickly responded, "Director Ma, you’re taking it too seriously. Back then, Dujiang City was controlled by Hou Wen alone, full of collusion and deceit. It wasn’t a problem with the Organization Departnt."

Ma Jichun spoke earnestly, "You are stating the objective truth, but subjectively, that disciplinary action still caused you so trouble. Since it’s almost ti for lunch, let invite Secretary Song to a al to make it up to you."