Absolute power in officialdom

Chapter 271 Appointment of New Executive Deputy County Head

Wu Zhiyuan gave a wry smile: "Silly girl, how could you be so silly?"

"I'm not stupid," Xu Yunxi laughed happily. "I think this is the bravest and wisest decision I've ever made in my life."

Brother Zhiyuan, you don't need to feel like you owe me anything. This was my own choice.

Moreover, I believe that sincerity will not be betrayed, and time will provide the best answer.

"Okay, Yunxi. I've got this agreement in mind."

In the coming years, I will continue to search for Coco's whereabouts and will also try my best to live my life well and not dwell on the past.

And you, promise me, you must see a wider world, experience it, grow, and not let yourself be trapped in any waiting.

Three years from now, whatever the outcome, we must become better versions of ourselves and face it with equanimity.

"Same as always, let's pinky swear, no take-backs allowed."

Xu Yunxi extended one finger and hooked it around Wu Zhiyuan's finger, softly reciting, "Pinky promise, a hundred years without fail..."

"Alright, Zhiyuan, you can't go back on your word. We made a pinky promise last time, and you haven't kept it yet!"

Xu Yunxi had a sly smile on her face.

"I agreed to be your nude model, but I didn't specify a time. You can't say I broke my promise, can you?"

"If we can get together in three years, then I can let you be my nude model every day without any guilt, right?"

Wu Zhiyuan smiled...

Three months after Lin Xue arrived in Longcheng, there was a significant personnel reshuffle in the city.

Every personnel change is the product of struggle and compromise.

Mayor Wen Changcheng has powerful backers and believes that Lin Xue stole her position as Party Secretary, so he is outwardly friendly but inwardly at odds with Lin Xue.

However, the conflict has not yet become public.

But many people have realized that their conflict will inevitably become public sooner or later.

In fact, before the provincial party committee summoned her for a talk, Lin Xue had no idea that she was going to come to Longcheng to serve as the municipal party secretary.

She never sought official positions through improper means, but she resolutely obeyed the decisions made by the organization.

Gan Simiao was transferred to serve as the director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau.

The Transportation Bureau is a lucrative position, but the county party secretary being transferred to the position of director of the Transportation Bureau can hardly be considered a sign of being given an important post.

The reason for this adjustment is said to be that Gan Simiao's wife went to the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection to make a scene, saying that Gan Simiao had a woman outside the marriage.

Gan Simiao is notorious for his womanizing, and the fact that this was only discovered now only shows how slow his wife was to realize it.

Geng Dongqing was promoted to county party secretary.

He was close to Wen Changcheng.

In Longcheng, Wen Changcheng's foundation was actually deeper than Lin Xue's.

After all, he had served in Longcheng for far longer than Lin Xue.

The county party secretary is a provincial-level cadre, but the province will fully consider the opinions of the municipal party committee.

As the second-in-command of the municipal party committee, Wen Changcheng was able to speak up for Geng Dongqing at critical moments.

Ding Yiyi served as deputy secretary of the county party committee and was appointed deputy county head and acting county head by the Standing Committee of the County People's Congress.

If nothing unexpected happens once the People's Congress convenes, he will be elected county magistrate.

Ding Yiyi once served as the deputy secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, and was Lin Xue's deputy.

Back then, Xu Youwei was ousted, and shortly after Ai Kun took over as the municipal party secretary, he transferred Ai Kun to the municipal party committee's propaganda department, where he served as a deputy director at the level of a division chief.

Although this adjustment still applies at the same level as the previous one, it undoubtedly represents a further step in its implementation.

Wu Zhiyuan has been reassigned as the executive deputy county head.

He was already at the deputy division level, and this adjustment is a lateral move, but it also represents a further use of his abilities.

In practice, among the members of the county party committee standing committee, only the deputy secretary of the county party committee and the executive deputy county head are usually the two key positions that can be promoted to county head.

Other members of the county party committee standing committee, such as the secretary of the political and legal affairs committee, the head of the publicity department, the head of the organization department, and the secretary of the discipline inspection commission, are generally not directly promoted to county head.

News of Wu Zhiyuan's transfer spread like wildfire.

On the day he left, when he arrived at the small square in front of the town government, he found that many people had come.

They all came spontaneously.

Wu Zhiyuan saw many familiar figures.

There were "holdouts" for the demolition of Xindian Avenue, Li Lamei who almost committed suicide by poisoning, brewery workers, and residents of Gushu Village and Qingshui Village...

Some of the villagers who came to see him off brought eggs, some brought handmade broad bean paste, some brought homemade pickled cilantro, and some simply held Wu Zhiyuan's hand tightly, expressing their gratitude.

Someone shouted first, "Secretary Wu, you can't leave!"

Then, many voices followed:

"Secretary Wu, we'll miss you so much!"

"Secretary Wu, please come back and visit us often!"

"Secretary Wu, thank you for standing up for us!"

The sounds rose and fell.

Wu Zhiyuan was overwhelmed with emotion as he watched this deeply moving scene unfold before him.

He has been in Xindian Town for less than a year, and he has only done what he should do and fulfilled his duties.

He never expected anything in return; he only sought to have a clear conscience.

But the people have discerning eyes; if you shed a drop of sweat for them, they would gladly repay you with an ocean.

He forcibly suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, clasped his hands together, raised them high above his head, and then bowed deeply three times in all directions.

"Fellow villagers! Elders! Comrades!"

As soon as Wu Zhiyuan spoke, the noisy square immediately fell silent.

"I, Wu Zhiyuan, am unworthy of such kindness and gifts from everyone!"

I didn't work in Xindian Town for long, less than a year.

I feel that I haven't done enough. There are many things I want to do for everyone that I haven't finished, and many promises that I haven't fully fulfilled. I feel guilty!

However, in Xindian Town, I truly understood what it means to have "the more mud on your feet, the more genuine feelings you accumulate in your heart"!

Here, I learned diligence, kindness, resilience, and trust from everyone!

"Although I am leaving my post in Xindian Town today, I will always be a cadre who has left Xindian Town!"

I will remember the mountains, the waters, every blade of grass and every tree here!

The affairs of Xindian Town will always be my affairs, Wu Zhiyuan's affairs!

From now on, wherever I am, as long as it is for the development of Xindian Town, as long as it is for the people of Xindian Town, I will do my best without hesitation!

I believe that under the leadership of the new town leaders and with everyone's joint efforts, our Xindian Town will definitely become more and more prosperous!

The future of Xindian Town will surely be even brighter!

I'm leaving, but my heart will always be with you all!

Thank you everyone! Please go home now! Take care of yourselves!

As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted.

The car slowly started and drove away from the small square.

Through the car window, Wu Zhiyuan saw that the crowd seeing him off was still standing in the same spot, waving vigorously.

The driver remarked with emotion, "County Chief Wu, the people really can't bear to part with you."

In all my years of driving, I've never heard of so many ordinary people spontaneously coming to see off county or town leaders when they were transferred.

When some leaders are transferred, the people are overjoyed and even set off firecrackers.

"Well, that's great, you're trying to stop me from leaving."

Wu Zhiyuan also remarked with emotion: "In fact, ordinary people are the most simple and honest, and they also know how to be grateful the most."

Even the smallest thing you do for them, even just fulfilling your duty, will be remembered by them.

People are all made of flesh and blood; they have a scale in their hearts. They know very well who is genuinely good to them and who is just putting on an act.

He paused, looking out the window at the villages passing by: "Why do we sometimes hear ordinary people cursing their mothers and officials?"

It's not that they are born complainers, nor that they are immature.

Often, it's because we've accumulated enough disappointment!

The road you promised to repair has been delayed, the drinking water problem you promised to solve has been postponed again and again, you sit in your office listening to reports, but never go to the fields to see what they really need...

It's understandable once or twice, but if it happens too often, people's hearts will grow cold and their trust will be gone.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. This principle remains unchanged throughout the ages.

As officials, the power we hold and the positions we occupy are not for putting on airs, but for serving the people and solving their problems.

If you treat the people's affairs as your own, no matter how difficult or slow the process may be, as long as you are sincere, they will see it, understand, and support you.

Conversely, if you only think about your own position and status, and don't care about the difficulties of ordinary people, it's no wonder they're cursing you out!