Chapter Eighty-One Attending the Banquet

  After work, Zhang Qingyun drove directly (the Santana of the county party committee) to his aunt's house. Ai Jia was getting married and today was the day for both sides to recognize each other, a Tujia custom called "fa xi", all close relatives must attend.

  Recently, Zhang Qingyun's work has been going smoothly, and since he last presided over the meeting, the working efficiency of the county party committee office has been significantly improved. Whether it is supervision, letters and visits, information, secretarial work, or communication and coordination with various functional departments, everything is well-organized. The achievements of the county party committee office have received unanimous praise from the leaders of the county party committee.

  Currently, apart from Zhang Qingyun, there are three deputy directors in the Yunping County Party Committee Office. Two of them were promoted by Zhang Qingyun through internal reporting, and the other one was appointed by the Organization Department, named Zou Jun, who used to be the vice mayor of Yanbei Township. It is said that he has a close relationship with Wu De, and Zhang Qingyun voluntarily let him take charge of the Confidentiality Bureau.

  Other divisions, Zhang Qingyun himself is in charge of the overall work of the office, responsible for personnel, finance, and supervision, in charge of the Supervision Office, Letters and Visits Bureau and Secretariat.

  The other two deputy directors, Wang Tao and Du Kai, were promoted by Zhang Qingyun and are under his control. Zhang Qingyun has them in charge of coordinating and making specific arrangements for major events led by the county committee, in charge of party affairs, party conduct and clean government, information work, responsible for drafting and text review of important documents of the county committee, Information Section, Information Center and Comprehensive Group were all handed over to them.

  As for the work related to politics and law, party masses, rural areas, propaganda and ideology, Zhang Qingyun took charge himself and instructed Wang Tao to handle specific affairs.

  As a result, Zhang Qingyun actually controlled the county party committee office. The deployment of work and policy implementation by the county party committee had to go through him for transmission and supervision. Materials submitted from below needed to be collected and sorted out by him before being fed back upwards. Documents issued in the name of the county party committee required his review and approval before they could be printed and distributed. News involving sensitive issues required his signature before it could be reported or broadcast on television. Therefore, Zhang Qingyun has now become a heavyweight figure in Yongping's political arena, with a constant stream of visitors coming to pay their respects at his home every day.

  This made Zhang Qingyun feel a little relieved, fortunately she didn't live with her parents now, there were guests at home every day, the old people would be annoyed to death.

  After more than half a year of wind and rain, Lijiang has also stood firm. The struggle between Li Gang and Wu De is still ongoing, Huang Songshan is holding steady, and the internal consumption of Yongping County Party Committee and Government is gradually decreasing. More than half a year has passed, and everyone's work focus has shifted to economic construction. Seizing investment, seizing projects, seizing business attraction, and seizing rural work have become the main melody of Yongping.

  "Ding! Ding!" Zhang Qingyun's mobile phone rang, and as soon as he picked it up, he heard Ai Jia's complaining voice:

  "Older brother! What are you doing? Why haven't you come yet at this hour? The whole family is waiting for you, your sister-in-law has been here for a long time already."

  "Hehe, isn't your sister-in-law with you just like me?" Zhang Qingyun retorted.

  "No way! You have to come today. Originally, I don't have many relatives at home, and you're not coming... Anyway, if you don't come today, I won't care about you anymore." Aijia was being stubborn.

  "Alright, alright, I'm already on my way, I couldn't fly over here, could I?"

  "That's great! Then go straight to the Ginza Hotel! The recognition is already done, and we'll all have dinner there tonight." Aika said with a sudden change from anger to joy. "Oh, by the way, don't forget your gift! You promised me that!"

  "Vroom!" The car screeched to a halt, and Zhang Qingyun suddenly remembered that he had missed Ai Jia's "watching people" event last time and had promised her a gift. He hung up the phone, shook his head, and drove to the pedestrian street.

  After walking all the way from the pedestrian street, I did buy some gifts, but it took a lot of time. To my surprise, Ai Jia didn't even call to urge me on, which is unusual for her.

  The Ginza Hotel is located in Nancheng, although Nancheng is not as prosperous as Beicheng, the Ginza Hotel is one of the best hotels in Yongping County. It is close to the Liuhe River and has a beautiful scenery. Every evening, looking across the river at the night view of Yongping North City, it has a unique flavor.

  Zhang Qingyun drove to the hotel and found that there was no one standing outside, so he had to go to the lobby to ask. As soon as he entered the lobby, he heard someone quarreling, and the lobby was crowded with many people, making a loud noise.

  "It was booked by us this morning, what right do you have to give the room to someone else?" It was A Jia's voice. Zhang Qingyun hastily walked forward, A Jia and her aunt and uncle were arguing with hotel staff. Next to her stood a tall and powerful-looking young man, from their expressions, this young man should be her boyfriend.

  Zhang Qingyun swept a glance over the hall and spotted Geng Shuang and his parents in the crowd, then hastily made his way over.

  "Dad, Mom, what's going on?" Zhang Qingyun said softly.

  "This hotel is so chaotic! We booked a restaurant and they transferred it to someone else, now the whole house has nowhere to go!" Geng Shuang said.

  "Miss, calm down, we don't have any river-view rooms available, can you accept an inner room? We'll assign two rooms to you immediately! The river-view rooms were indeed urgently requisitioned." A manager-like man came forward and said politely to Ai Jia.

  "How can that be? There are so many of us, and the private rooms by the river only have enough space for three tables. Besides, don't try to fool me, I just went to the private room by the river and clearly saw people sitting inside, they only had one table of guests..." Ai Jia said bluntly.

  She had only spoken halfway when a man in his fifties suddenly appeared from behind her, dressed in attire that suggested some status, and spoke with great momentum: "How about this, young man? You go communicate with the guests on the other side of Linhe, I'm willing to pay double the price, as long as they're willing to switch places!"

  "That's Ai Jia's future father-in-law! His name is Bian Huihuang, known as the richest man in Yuequan Town. He used to be a miner and now runs an orange canning factory." Geng Shuang whispered to Zhang Qingyun.

  Zhang Qingyun nodded, but secretly smiled to himself. He had heard of Bian Huihuang's name before - his canned goods factory had been commended by the county government at this year's economic work conference. However, this old brother was clearly a local boss, and every time he opened his mouth, it was about doubling the price. He hadn't thought that whoever could snatch Linhe Town from him would be short of money?

  Zhang Qingyun and Geng Shuang whispered to each other in the back, and indeed there was a new change on the scene. The hotel manager really went to negotiate stupidly. However, it didn't take long for him to hang his head and go downstairs dejectedly, with several people following behind him.

  "Ah, it's all over. The person who came down from upstairs seems to be Hou Jun, and he is a sworn enemy of Bian Huihuang. This is going to get out of hand." Geng Shuang squeezed Zhang Qingyun.

  Zhang Qingyun didn't make a sound, but in her heart she understood the situation. Many merchants were jealous of each other, and Hou Jun and Bian Huihuang were competitors. She hadn't expected that Hou Jun would come looking for trouble at this time. The vulgarity of a street thug was so clearly evident on this guy.

  "Ah! Old Hou, I was wondering who it was, and it's you causing trouble again! Today is my daughter-in-law's "good luck" day...". Bian Huihuang saw Hou Jun and immediately flew into a rage, stepping forward to scold him. But halfway through his tirade, he suddenly stopped, looking foolish and embarrassed. After a long pause, he nodded awkwardly at the two people standing next to Hou Jun.

  "Ah, isn't this Shang Bureau and Yi Bureau? Th...th...this..."

  "Hey, Brother Er, what's wrong? Aren't you good at scolding people? You're leading a big group of people here making a ruckus, and there are even two stinky money tails wagging around! Today, I've booked the Linhe Hotel for meetings with Shang Bureau and Yi Bureau, so take your double-priced goods somewhere else!" Hou Jun said with a mocking expression.

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