Chapter 15: The Battle for the Standing Committee Atmosphere

  Following Wu De's introduction, Zhang Qingyun met Wang Ping, the deputy secretary of the county party committee and vice-county magistrate. Wang Ping's youth greatly surprised Zhang Qingyun; he was only one year older than Li Gang, another young and successful figure.

  Wang Ping, on the other hand, was very interested in Zhang Qingyun, and their small talk lasted the longest. Although it was only a brief encounter, Zhang Qingyun judged that Wang Ping should also be someone with a background, because his every move and every word showed that he absolutely came from an official family, it seems that this person needs to be studied carefully.

  After seeing these giants, Zhang Qingyun also politely greeted other standing committee members one by one. Due to time constraints, everyone was somewhat familiar with each other's faces, but the Minister of Organization Liu Wanhao and the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission Yang Jie still left a very deep impression on him.

  "It seems that the leaders in reality and those I imagined are still quite different!" Zhang Qingyun thought to himself, today's meeting with the Standing Committee members was very beneficial, he had almost met all of the high-ranking officials in Yongping County, and he had gained a new understanding of these people, which laid a good foundation for his future work.

  At three o'clock, the meeting officially began. Zhang Qingyun sat respectfully behind Lai Gang. With his current identity, at this level of meeting, he could only take notes, so relatively speaking, he relaxed a bit.

  At the beginning of the meeting, Huang Songshan took the lead in speaking. What he said was roughly the same as the speech draft Zhang Qingyun wrote for Li Gang. It was mainly about arranging the county committee and government's pre-festival work. He made a division of labor for the main tasks before the festival, but these were just his personal opinions, and the specifics still needed to be discussed and decided by everyone.

  Zhang Qingyun secretly sighed with a bitter smile, realizing that she had wasted the whole morning. The speech she wrote was now useless, and it seemed that she was a novice in attending the Standing Committee meeting for the first time. It appeared that there wasn't much space left for Li Gang after all!

  "That's all I have to say about the work arrangement. What do you think? Deputy County Magistrate Wu, I see you're deep in thought, do you have any opinions?" Huang Songshan smiled and said.

  Everyone in the room changed their expression, thinking that Secretary Huang was a bit too "generous", finishing his speech without asking Lijiang's opinion first, but instead directly asked Wudezhi, who is the county head after all? However, Lijiang's expression remained very calm, not unnatural at all, and he even smiled at Wudezhi.

  Wu De's difficult smile squeezed out a bit, saying: "Very good! I have no opinion!" His speech was as brief as ever, his face still had a dead fish expression, and no one could see what he was thinking in his heart.

  Zhang Qingyun secretly thought it was not good, Huang Songshan and Wu De had a tacit understanding between them, the two forces led by them were the strongest in Yongping, before they were also constantly fighting, but now the atmosphere seemed to have reached an unspoken agreement, this must be related to Lijiang's arrival.

  As expected, the expression of martial virtue was made, and the delegates below also expressed their approval one after another. Zhang Qingyun observed carefully that only Wang Ping and Secretary Yang Jie of the Discipline Inspection Commission did not say anything, but they did not ask to speak either, at least it can be considered as tacit consent.

  "County Magistrate Li, what's your take on this? We're all old friends here, don't be reserved. If you have any opinions, feel free to share!" Huang Songshan said with a smile to Li Gang.

  The conference room immediately fell silent. Li Gang had just taken office for a short time and hadn't spoken much in the previous meetings of the Standing Committee. Everyone wasn't very familiar with this new county magistrate. However, from his approach to promoting Zhang Qingyun, he shouldn't be an easy person to deal with either. So, for a moment, everyone wanted to hear what he had to say.

  However, Secretary Huang is indeed a bit bullying. Everyone in the Standing Committee has voted before asking him to speak, isn't this clearly giving him some warning? It seems that Secretary Huang still has opinions on Li Gang's high-profile promotion of young cadres!

  After all, the county party committee is his turf, and Li Gang's high-profile promotion of people makes him feel embarrassed, but Li Gang's reason for promoting Zhang Qingyun is to choose a secretary for himself. Even one of the deputy county magistrates has a secretary, and Li Gang's request seems reasonable, so Huang Songshan can only silently accept it.

  Moreover, the county magistrate's secretary must have an administrative rank to be dignified. Wu De's secretary is also the deputy director of the county party committee office, and Zhang Qingyun's rank can only be compared to this. In Yongping County, the county government office is basically in name only, and Li Gang is determined that the members of the standing committee would not dare to put Zhang Qingyun in the county government office. Because if they did, Zhang Qingyun could use his position on the government side to make a big show, after all, Li Gang is the boss on the government side. If Zhang Qingyun were to stir up some trouble, it would be difficult for the party committee to control him. Li Gang made this move, and it had the expected effect, which was something that Huang Songshan did not anticipate.

  Li Gang smiled, took a sip of water, cleared his throat and said: "Secretary Huang's arrangement is very proper, but I have an unreasonable request. The Spring Festival transportation work and security work before and after the festival are the top priority of our work. I've been in Yangping for over a month now, and my work hasn't really taken off yet. So, I'd like to take charge of this Spring Festival transportation work and security work myself!

  "This is a good opportunity for me to get familiar with the situation in Yongping and strengthen my understanding with the heads of other functional departments. And this way, I can also take the opportunity to show my face to the people of the whole county. These people all know that a new county head has arrived, but after more than a month, they haven't seen me show up, which makes me feel very ashamed! What do you all think?"

  Zhang Qingyun secretly gave Lijiang a big thumbs up, Lijiang's hands are high, and the height is not just in his humble demeanor, but also in his sharp tongue. The word "thick" in the thick and black learning, Lijiang has mastered it.

  Lui Gang's so-called personal request sounds like he's in a pitiful state, but can the county head speak like this at the Standing Committee meeting? However, those who enter the Standing Committee are not easy to deal with. Lui Gang's underlying message is to force Secretary Huang to re-discuss work arrangements!

  Moreover, he suggested going to inspect the Spring Festival transportation and security work. Others couldn't oppose this, and the nature of the opposition would be different. The county magistrate comrade had just taken office and wanted to quickly familiarize himself with the situation in the county. He wanted to show his face to the people of the whole county. What is your intention in obstructing him in every way? Do you dare to defy me, Yongping? This big hat would be unbearable for anyone!

  As soon as Lijiang finished speaking, Huang Songshan's expression paused, and although Wude's face didn't change much, he still took a deep look at Lijiang. In their hearts, they all thought that County Magistrate Li was indeed not a simple person, and these few words had already stirred up everyone's minds. It seemed that it would be impossible to do things without following his way.

  Originally, the things discussed at today's Standing Committee meeting were not a big deal, and it didn't matter who went to comfort the difficult groups or who went to inspect the water and electricity bureau. Lei Gang was being somewhat tough because he deeply understood the importance of the atmosphere of the Standing Committee.

  A leading group holds a meeting, everyone has a fixed pattern. If Huang Songshan and Wu Dezheng are so tacit today, then in the future, everyone at the Standing Committee will be used to this pattern, and you won't think of standing out.

  Li Gang is taking this opportunity to knock on the heads of all the standing committee members, telling everyone that this is not just his and Huang Qishan's and Wu De's world, I Li Gang am a county head appointed by the organization, you think you can dominate the conversation at the standing committee meeting, no way.

  "Haha, Old Lei, I thought you just arrived and wanted to let you progress step by step, but it seems you're really an impatient one! Alright, since you asked for it, you'll be in charge of this aspect of the work yourself! Huang Yue'e (Head of Propaganda Department) and Chen Yuncheng (Head of United Front Department), you two will assist Comrade Lei in doing a good job!" Huang Songshan said with a chuckle.