Provincial Committee Building of Nanjiang Province.
Office of the Provincial Secretary.
Secretary Lu is reporting last night's case to Secretary Gao.
Secretary Gao remains calm and composed with an expression of indifference.
After the report is finished, Secretary Gao says, "I understand."
Normally, this is where Secretary Lu should leave.
However, Secretary Lu takes out a letter and places it on the table.
Secretary Gao asks, "What is this?"
Secretary Lu, with a face full of guilt, says, "I've been the City Secretary of Lingjiang for three years, with no significant progress. I haven't done well in my role as Secretary."
"Secretary Gao, I request to resign from the position of City Secretary."
Secretary Gao smiles bitterly, "Secretary Lu, you don't need to feel pressured. Anyone in your position may not necessarily perform better than you."
Secretary Lu shakes his head, "I believe Secretary Wu will definitely do better than . She is young and more adept at accepting new ideas. She is also very capable."
"The only shortcoming of Secretary Wu is that her ti in Lingjiang is too short. My suggestion is to let Mayor Zheng step up for a while first."
Secretary Gao picks up on his aning.
Mayor Zheng becos the City Secretary, Wu Qiangwei becos the Mayor.
However, the Lingjiang City Governnt is not an easy place to settle.
By comparison, the City Committee is sowhat cleaner.
But what Secretary Lu said is not wrong; she has been in Lingjiang for too short a ti to qualify her directly as Secretary.
Although she has achieved a lot in the last six months, it's still a bit lacking.
Secretary Gao picks up the letter, but instead of opening it, he asks, "Where does Secretary Lu want to go?"
Secretary Lu replies, "Tong City."
"Tong City?"
For the first ti, Secretary Gao's expression shows surprise.
That's an economically bottom-ranking city.
Why would he think of going there?
He should know that once he goes there, he will have no future.
Secretary Lu smiles bitterly, saying, "One must accept reality. During these three years in Lingjiang, I've fully realized my inadequacies."
From Secretary Lu's face, he sees a loss of hope and dejection.
Secretary Gao can't help but feel a bit of sympathy.
Once you lose your inner spirit, it's hard to regain it.
He nods, "You may go."
Secretary Lu stands up to take his leave.
Sitting in the car, Secretary Lu's dejection disappears, and he regains his usual calmness.
In the office.
Secretary Gao calls in his secretary, "Inform Governor Hou and Secretary Tian to co over, and also have Hall Director Qi co over."
After the secretary leaves, Secretary Gao calls Wu Qiangwei.
"Secretary Wu, I heard sothing happened in Lingjiang?"
"Secretary Gao." Wu Qiangwei replies, "Director Yang of the Tax Bureau, along with his family of four, was killed."
Secretary Gao says, "I will instruct the provincial departnt to oversee the case."
"Okay."
Wu Qiangwei feels relieved.
She had been waiting for Secretary Lu's notification, but now she doesn't have to wait anymore.
In fact, she knew that in a case as big as this, the provincial departnt would inevitably oversee it and set up a special task force.
But since Secretary Lu had always been at odds with her, she still worried that he might obstruct the process.
Fortunately, the unexpected did not happen.
Secretary Gao says, "Secretary Wu, there is sothing I would like to hear your opinion on."
"Please go ahead, Secretary Gao."
"If you're appointed as the Mayor of Lingjiang City, do you have the confidence to manage the overall work of the City Governnt?"
Wu Qiangwei is montarily stunned.
What does this an?
Why suddenly ask about this?
What else was discussed between Secretary Lu and Secretary Gao, apart from the case?
Could it be that he's about to be promoted?
But, with Director Yang's murder case just happening, how could he dare discuss promotions at this ti?
Wu Qiangwei doesn't reply imdiately, thinks for two seconds, and says, "I will follow the organization's arrangent."
Secretary Gao laughs warmly, "Before the organization makes arrangents, it still wants to hear your opinion. No need to reply to imdiately; take your ti and think it over."
"Alright."
The call ends.
About twenty minutes later, Secretary Tian, Governor Hou, and Hall Director Qi arrive.
"Hall Director Qi, please wait outside; I'll see you shortly."
"Okay." Hall Director Qi leaves, and the secretary closes the office door.
Secretary Gao says, "Secretary Lu just ca to see and ntioned two things."
"First, the Tax Bureau director in Lingjiang, along with his family of four, was murdered last night."
Upon hearing this, the two leaders' expressions beco slightly more serious.
"Second, Secretary Lu has tendered his resignation from the position of Lingjiang City Secretary and has voluntarily requested to go to Tongzhou City to beco the City Secretary."
"Hmm?"
The two n ponder for two seconds, and Governor Hou laughs, "This Lu Zhizhong, he's quite adept at shifting bla."
Secretary Tian says, "I wouldn't call it shifting bla; he's probably been too intimidated by Lingjiang."
"It's quite comndable that he managed to stay in Lingjiang for three years."
"I recall Tongzhou's City Secretary position is vacant, right?"
Secretary Gao nods, "It's been vacant for a while; nobody wants to go there."
He can't help but sigh.
Everyone wants to go to better places, but nobody is willing to go to the less desirable ones.
You call it gilding, but how can one gild in such a place?
Going there would simply be a black mark in one's history.
Today's young cadres lack the drive and confidence they used to have; none of them dare to take on such challenging tasks.
After all, trying to uplift an economically bottom-ranking city is extrely difficult.
"Secretary Tian, please go to the Organizational Departnt later and formalize this matter."
"Alright." Secretary Tian nods and asks, "After Secretary Lu leaves, how will Lingjiang's leadership sequence be arranged?"
Governor Hou takes out a cigarette, offers one to each of them, lights it, takes a puff, and says, "Secretary Gao must have contacted Secretary Wu about this, right?"
"I have reached out to her," Secretary Gao says, "She's still considering it; let's give her so ti to think."
He then asks, "What do you think?"
Governor Hou suggests, "Let her continue as the Deputy Secretary."
Secretary Tian asks, "Is the Lingjiang City Governnt controlled by the local faction?"
Secretary Gao nods, "It's the local faction, with Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xiaoxian."
"It's hard to say if Secretary Wu, going to the City Governnt, will be able to do a good job."
Secretary Tian puffed on his cigarette and said, "There are challenges, but challenges are what test capability. Keeping her sheltered all the ti is not beneficial."
Governor Hou shakes his head, "Let's still keep her as the Deputy Secretary."
"Jiang Yuan and Zhang Xiaoxian are fairly grounded; there's no need to stir things up, creating chaos might lead Lingjiang to even more trouble."
Secretary Tian sneers, "Stirring things up would be good; I really want to see how many demons and monsters are still lurking in Lingjiang!"
Governor Hou and Secretary Gao exchange a glance, both feeling a bit at a loss for words.
Finally, Secretary Gao speaks, "The work of Lingjiang's Political and Legal Committee isn't done very well; see if we can reassign Secretary Lu to a different position."
Seeing that the two n's opinions align, Secretary Tian sighs and does not persist further.
He understands what Secretary Gao ans by this.
This confirms that Zheng Bihui is being appointed as the new City Secretary.
At the sa ti, the position of head of the Political and Legal Committee will be vacated, for Wu Qiangwei to take over concurrently.
In this way, although she remains the Deputy Secretary, her range of authority expands further.
Wait for another half year, and when Zheng Bihui steps down from the position of City Secretary, they plan for Wu Qiangwei to directly step into that role.
This role within the Political and Legal Committee, in so functions, parallels the Police Departnt but is not as influential.
Assigning this position to Wu Qiangwei clearly aims to enable her to balance with the Police Departnt moving forward.
Since rely a Deputy Secretary role bears too little power.
From a certain angle, this also sets a challenge for Wu Qiangwei.
Additionally, it helps her to tighten her grip on the City Committee's power.
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