Volume 3 Provincial Governor's Secretary ~ Volume 5 Journey to the Capital Chapter 142 Strike One Batch, Win Over Another Batch (1)

  As soon as Feng Yuan walked out of Liu Fei's office, Liu Fei's face revealed a cold and ruthless expression. "Hmph, Gong Chunshan, aren't you going to give me a warning? Well, today I'll return the favor! Let's see who doesn't come, let's see who dares to oppose me! We'll settle accounts after autumn."

  Gong Chunshan also received the notice from Feng Yuan, and suddenly became furious, slamming his fist on the table, "Bastard, how dare Liu Fei do this, it's too overbearing! I didn't even speak like that back then! Do you really think Xishan County is your family's property?!" Thinking of this, he immediately called Police Chief Fu Zhenbo; "Little Fu, have you received the notice from the government office?"

  Fu Zhenbo immediately smiled wryly and said, "County Magistrate Gong, I received it. This new County Magistrate Liu is too arrogant, it seems he doesn't take you seriously at all. He's obviously targeting you for not going to welcome him yesterday." Fu Zhenbo wasn't stupid, he naturally knew that Gong Chunshan was calling him to test his attitude, to see if he intentionally wanted to confront Liu Fei. Since receiving the news from Wang Kai and others yesterday that the beauty trap had failed, Fu Zhenbo had been restless all day. He had asked Wang Kai how Liu Fei had eliminated the effects of the hallucinogenic drug, but Wang Kai said he didn't know. Even the other police officers who went with Wang Kai said they didn't know, and they were all scolded away by Liu Fei.

  After hearing the news, Fu Zhenbo was furious. His first beauty trick had failed, and no matter how Liu Fei had managed to get through it, he would definitely be more careful in the future, making it extremely difficult for him to deal with him again. The most critical issue was that if Wang Kai and others were to reveal that he was the one who organized the attack on Liu Fei, Liu Fei would certainly harbor a grudge against him and might even find an opportunity to take revenge. He had dared to confront Liu Fei because he believed that Gong Chunshan's influence in the local area was stronger than Liu Fei's as a newly appointed county head, but when his beauty trick failed, Fu Zhenbo suddenly felt uneasy, realizing that he might have underestimated this young county head. Although his old leader Jiang Zhengyuan would soon be transferred out of Henan Province, and Liu Fei's biggest backer would soon be gone, this person seemed to be very cunning, otherwise how could he have seen through his beauty trick?

  There is another important issue, that is, the girl named Yezi Mei who used the beauty trick has not gone to work at the nightclub since that task. The boss of the nightclub called himself that night to inform him of this matter, which made Pei Zhenbo's heart even more uneasy. He now urgently wants to know what happened on the scene that day, but he currently has no clues or reliable news, although he trusts Wang Kai, but this trust also has a certain limit.

  So, after Fu Zhenbo saw Gong Chunshan's phone number, he suddenly had an idea. He knew that Gong Chunshan must have wanted him to be the scapegoat, but this time he was not going to be the scapegoat. So, he decided to shift the focus of the conflict back to the person involved and started using the "jiàng jiàng" method. Sure enough, after Gong Chunshan heard Fu Zhenbo's words, he suddenly became furious: "Little Fu, you're right! Liu Fei is too young and doesn't know his place. Our seniority is much higher than his, but he actually dares to be so disrespectful. I've decided not to go today. Let's see what this new county magistrate can do to me!"

  Fu Zhenbo continued to add fuel to the fire, saying: "County Magistrate Gong, you're absolutely right. This county magistrate position should have been yours in the first place. He snatched it from you and still has the audacity to be so arrogant? If we don't teach him a lesson, how can he be allowed to get away with it? Don't worry, County Magistrate Gong, although yesterday's beauty trap failed, I've already prepared other tricks for him. I'll definitely make him pay! Today, I'll go to the meeting and take a look, see what level this young county magistrate is at, and incidentally create some trouble for him!"

  Gong Chunshan listened and felt that Fu Zhenbo's idea was not bad. He couldn't just not go to the meeting, otherwise he would be left in the dark if something happened at the conference. Although he could hear the reports from those who returned, it was difficult for them to understand the true intentions of a mastermind with their limited vision and wisdom. Gong Chunshan looked down on Liu Fei strategically, but tactically, he didn't want to make some small mistakes, which were the summary of his many years of experience in officialdom. Thinking of this, Gong Chunshan said to Fu Zhenbo: "Little Fu, you're right, go then! Be sure to cooperate well with our new county magistrate."

  At 2:00 pm, Liu Fei held the first formal county magistrate's office meeting after arriving in Xishan County.

  Liu Fei didn't enter the conference room like those big leaders, stepping on the spot every time, but arrived 5 minutes early. When he came in, there were already a few people seated sparsely below. Liu Fei swept his eyes over the name tags of the attendees and saw that the ones who had arrived 5 minutes early included Wang Jianguo, Director of the Agricultural Bureau, Wang Zhengbo, Director of the Industrial Bureau, Zhang Shumin, Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau, Yang Zongzhan, Director of the Environmental Protection Bureau, and Gao Bo, Deputy Director of the Finance Bureau...

  Finally, Liu Fei's gaze fell on the Deputy Director of the Finance Bureau, Gao Bo. At this time, Gao Bo also noticed Liu Fei sitting on the rostrum and gave him an awkward smile, as if he too knew that his attendance at today's meeting was somewhat inappropriate. After all, the government office had notified each bureau to send their head to attend this meeting, but the Director of the Finance Bureau, Zhang Yongchang, claimed to be ill and did not attend. Originally, it should have been the Deputy Director Huang Zhidao who replaced Zhang, but he said he had family matters and would not go to work at the bureau that afternoon. In the end, Zhang Yongchang specifically instructed Gao Bo to attend the meeting. Gao Bo was just a deputy director of the Finance Bureau, ranked last among four deputy directors, yet Zhang Yongchang specifically asked him to come. He naturally knew this was because he looked down on himself, being too proud and never willing to collude with Zhang and others, so he was always excluded. If it weren't for his father-in-law having some influence in the city, he would have been dealt with by these people long ago. Today, he came purely to take the blame for Zhang Yongchang, ready to face the new county magistrate's anger, but he had no choice but to come. Who made this the instruction of Director Zhang Yongchang?

  Liu Fei saw Gao Bo's awkward smile and guessed that this guy was not doing well in the finance bureau, otherwise he wouldn't have been allowed to attend. Liu Fei had some understanding of the subtleties, having followed Jiang Zhengyuan for over 4 years. So Liu Fei didn't make things difficult for Gao Bo, just smiled at him and nodded slightly, without showing any anger. This made Gao Bo somewhat surprised.

  As it gets closer to 2 o'clock, participants start coming in one after another.

  Liu Fei's gaze swept across the faces of the participants one by one, observing each person's expression.

  It was two o'clock. Liu Fei said to his secretary Feng Yuan, "Close the door and guard outside. Tell those who come later to go back!"

  Feng Yuan's face was filled with shock, but he still carried out Liu Fei's instructions. However, in his heart, he couldn't help but feel a sense of trepidation towards this young county magistrate. This county magistrate was too overbearing, having just parachuted into Xishan County and daring to play such a domineering hand, directly refusing entry to latecomers, with a boldness that was quite impressive!

  The people below suddenly burst into an uproar, and everyone was talking in hushed tones, discussing the matter. No one had expected Liu Fei to be so severe just after taking office! However, this also had a certain psychological deterrent effect on the participants.

  Liu Fei's gaze swept across the county magistrate's seat, 10 deputy county magistrates came, only one person, Standing Deputy County Magistrate Gong Chunshan was absent. Among the bureaus below, except for the Finance Bureau, the head of the Construction Bureau did not come, and all others were first-in-commands.

  "Liu Fei slowly opened his mouth and said: 'Deputy county magistrates, heads of various bureaus, comrades, today is the first county mayor's office meeting I have presided over since coming to the county government. Thank you all for your support! However, I just took a look, and we are missing three comrades today. They are Executive Deputy County Magistrate Gong Chunshan, Director of the Finance Bureau Zhang Yongchang, and Director of the Urban Construction Bureau Yang Xuecheng. Does anyone know why these three didn't come?'"

  Liu Fei finished speaking, his cold gaze swept across the faces of the people present at the scene, full of anger.

  At this time, many of the county magistrates were extremely disdainful of Liu Fei's approach, such as Deputy County Magistrate Zhao Haijun. He was a middle-aged man in his 40s, with a face similar to Li Yong's, a big donkey face that looked old and worn out, with eyes that drooped downwards, giving off an unfriendly impression. As the deputy county magistrate in charge of urban and rural planning, construction, management, transportation, and communication, he ranked fourth among the 10 deputy county magistrates, just below Liu Fei, Gong Chunshan, and Deputy County Magistrate and Standing Committee member Zhang Qunshu. He was relatively close to Gong Chunshan, although not considered one of his loyal followers, but generally stood on the same side as him. In his opinion, Liu Fei's ability and political level were extremely poor after arriving in Xishan County. He believed that Liu Fei should have made an effort to build good relationships with local forces and establish a foothold before considering other matters. However, Liu Fei had directly removed a deputy director of the Poverty Alleviation Office on his first day in office. Everyone in Xishan County knew that the Poverty Alleviation Office was a lucrative position, with a large portion of the national funds allocated to it each year. The director and deputy directors of the Poverty Alleviation Office were all under Gong Chunshan's control, so wasn't Liu Fei directly confronting him?

  Others' views are basically the same as Zhao Haijun's, many people think Liu Fei is still too young and lacks real practical governing experience, with not enough political acumen.