Chapter Forty-One: Showing Off

  "That's all for my speech today! Next, I'd like to invite County Governor Wu to talk about the government's work." As soon as Lijiang finished speaking, he turned his head towards Wu Dezheng and nodded kindly before turning off the microphone.

  Wu De's face was unpredictable, he usually didn't speak much, but was always good at plotting. However, today he was caught off guard by Lie Gang's sudden move. Wu De had long been aware of the government work in Yongping, but he and Lie Gang had never seen eye to eye. At this moment, wasn't he openly declaring that he had the intention to undermine Lie Gang? You clearly have a plan in mind, I'm new here and not familiar with the situation, why didn't you communicate with me?

  But in this situation, Li Gang had just lit a fire, and then he was named by Li Gang again. If he didn't speak up, all the county officials would know that he and Li Gang were not on good terms. Once this got out to the higher-ups, it would be seen as him not cooperating with Li Gang's work. It's worth noting that Li Gang's background is also quite impressive.

  Lijiang is the county magistrate appointed by the organization. If you don't cooperate with his work, that means you're not satisfied with the arrangement of the organization and are haggling over prices with it. Once this hat is put on, even if you have someone backing you up, being passive is inevitable.

  However, Wu De was not an easy person to deal with. After a brief moment of hesitation, he picked up the microphone. His speech was not loud, but it was clear and logical, closely following the spirit of the previous county economic work conference. He didn't mention anything about other aspects of government work. The report on this aspect of government work at the previous economic work conference was done by Li Jian, and some important economic development projects and plans mentioned in the report were also approved by Li Jian, so what Wu De was doing now was to refine the report, assign personnel, and put it into practice.

  With Wu De's move, others couldn't find any flaws, and Li Gang also couldn't grasp his weakness. After all, Wu De was the executive vice mayor in charge of economy, who had a certain degree of autonomy in economic construction.

  Zhang Qingyun nodded silently, probably the only one in the room who listened seriously to Wu De's speech. The others' minds had long since wandered off. The heads of the various departments sitting below had already been scorched by Li Gang's fiery outburst earlier and just hoped the meeting would end soon so they could go back, calm down, think things over, and carefully ponder the leader's intentions.

  The standing committee members sitting above were also worried because they couldn't figure out Lei Jianzhang's intentions, so the atmosphere in the meeting room was a bit strange.

  Zhang Qingyun took out her notebook and carefully recorded the key points of Wu De's speech. If we set aside our political stance, Wu De is indeed a leader with strong business capabilities. He has a deep understanding of Yongping, knowing what ordinary people care about and what those below him are thinking.

  His speech has well embodied these things. For several projects that the county Party committee and government will focus on in the new year, the several points he mentioned are very far-sighted.

  "No wonder Wu De had opinions on Li Gang's appointment to the organization, he was indeed the most suitable as the magistrate of Yongping County." Zhang Qingyun thought to himself, and he looked up at Li Gang, seeing that he was also listening very seriously, and even nodded his head involuntarily in some places.

  Zhang Qingyun couldn't tell whether Li Gang was putting on a show, but this performance of his would make it impossible for anyone to say that there were any issues between Li Gang and Wu De again.

  After Wu De finished speaking, the venue was filled with applause. However, Zhang Qingyun knew that this applause probably meant more that everyone was relieved that the meeting was finally about to end. At this point, the secretary, county magistrate, and even the deputy county magistrate had all finished speaking, and the key points of the meeting agenda had been covered. The rest of the meeting was hastily concluded, and the meeting was adjourned before 6 pm.

  According to convention, after the meeting, a group of standing committee members would come down to chat with everyone and understand the situation individually. However, today, neither the county magistrate nor the secretary came, only Wu De and Wang Ping brought a few standing committee members over to go through the motions.

  "Little Zhang, I didn't see you this morning, did I?" Just as the crowd was dispersing, Zhang Qingyun was about to leave when Liu Qing, with her sharp eyes, caught sight of him and hastily went up to greet him.

  "Director Liu, hello! I didn't know about the meeting preparations. This morning, County Magistrate Li has some work arranged for me. Ah, I was just thinking of finding you to explain the situation!" Zhang Qingyun said politely, as Liu Qing is a Standing Committee member of the county party committee, and Zhang Qingyun dare not be careless in his response.

  "That's nothing," said Liu Qing magnanimously, "your main task is to do a good job in arranging the work of County Magistrate Li. Some trivial matters on the side of the county party committee office, if you have the ability to do it, then do it; if not, just forget about it. When I assigned you to be responsible for confidentiality and correspondence, I also took this into consideration."

  Zhang Qingyun smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to speak up. Liu Qing's gesture of goodwill towards himself was obvious, and Lei Gang's fire had some effect after all. Huang Songshan at least softened a bit, knowing that pushing too hard would have the opposite effect.

  "Hello, County Head Wu!" Just then, Wu Dezhong happened to be walking by Zhang Qingyun's side. Zhang Qingyun hastily turned around and greeted him respectfully. Following closely behind him was actually Wu Zhiqiang, who as the main leader of Yongping Three Towns, also attended today's meeting.

  "Hello!" Wu De nodded, "There are few young cadres like you in Yongping. Just now when I was speaking, you were the only one in the whole venue who took notes seriously."

  Zhang Qingyun was stunned, he admired Wu De's careful observation at the same time, but couldn't understand what he meant by saying this, Wu De's inner world could not be seen from his expression.

  "Zhiqiang, come and let me introduce you. His name is Zhang Qingyun, the secretary of Lixian County Magistrate. Later when you come to the county committee and government to report on your work, you two will inevitably have dealings with each other." Wu Dezheng said, turning his body to face Wu Zhiqiang.

  "Green clouds, this is my son. He's the town head on the other side of the Clear River. You're all young cadres and will be interacting frequently from now on."

  "Wu Zhenchang is good, I'm so glad to see you!" Zhang Qingyun said hastily and enthusiastically. Facing Wu Dezhong, Zhang Qingyun always felt pressure and was uncomfortable all over.

  "Director Zhang, nice to meet you. I've been wanting to see you for a long time and today my wish is finally granted. You're quite famous in Yongping, aren't you?" Wu Zhiqiang's face was full of smiles as he stretched out his left hand. Zhang Qingyun shook hands with him, feeling a chill run down his spine. This kid looked like a sleepy chicken this morning, but now he's suddenly put on a different face. Looks like he's a well-behaved kid in front of Wu De.

  "Alright, it's time to get off work. I'll leave first." Wu Dezheng glanced at Liu Qing, nodded and left directly, with Wu Zhiqiang following closely behind. Throughout this brief encounter between Wu Dezheng and Zhang Qingyun, his expression didn't change in the slightest, neither hurried nor slow, as if Li Gang's outburst today had no effect on him, or at least Zhang Qingyun couldn't see anything unusual.

  After Wu De left, Zhang Qingyun and Liu Qing didn't have much to talk about either. They casually said a few words before Liu Qing also left work early.

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