Chapter 49: New Environment

  Five minutes before going to work, Xu Shaojie rushed to the Municipal Organization Department, went straight upstairs, and prepared to go to Vice Minister Luo Haijun's office. After a night of thinking, Xu Shaojie had a plan in his mind. This must be an arrangement made by Secretary Ding Yuan. He himself was going to Yudu District and must do something. He couldn't just go down and take up the post like Qian Dazhi said. The position he held was different, not some deputy district head, but the vice secretary in charge of organizational work, also known as the third-in-command of Yudu District. In this position, if he just went through the motions and protected himself, it would definitely not be okay.

  "Xiao Xu, you're here so early."

  "Liao Secretary-General is good, Luo Director-General is good."

  Xu Shaojie was somewhat surprised to see Liao Hongyun coming out of Luo Haijun's office. Could it be that Liao Hongyun would send him to Huai'an City? It shouldn't be possible, as Liao Hongyun was a member of the municipal party committee and secretary-general, and it was customary for the county party secretary and county magistrate to see off officials at this level. However, Xu Shaojie was just a low-ranking district party deputy secretary, the smallest official in China's bureaucratic system. He thought that Liao Hongyun might have come to the organization department on some business, but he had arrived a bit early.

  Also surprised is Luo Haijun, the municipal party committee secretary sent Xu Shaojie to Huai'an City to take office, what concept is this, in the past when sending cadres down, if it was a cadre from the municipal party committee office, generally it would be the deputy director of the office who would send them off, then directly send them to the district and town, the relevant department of the Huai'an Municipal Party Committee would accompany them, the leaders of the municipal party committee and government would not participate. Luo Haijun suspects that Xu Shaojie is actually what kind of identity, from his family background and resume, can't see anything special.

  "Xiao Xu, today Secretary Liao and I will take you to Huai'an City, let's set off directly without delay."

  Xu Shaojie walked downstairs in a daze, and for a moment he didn't understand what was going on. How could Liao Hongyun send him? Xu Shaojie quickly thought of Ding Yuan Secretary, when walking out of the Organization Department office building, Xu Shaojie quickly opened the car door for Liao Hongyun.

  Arrived at Huai'an Municipal Committee in half an hour, including the reason for the red light.

  Huai'an Municipal Party Secretary Liu Dahua, Deputy Secretary and Mayor Zhao Deling, and Standing Vice Secretary in charge of organizational work and Director of the Municipal People's Congress Xu Yunfei were all waiting. Yesterday afternoon, they received a notice that Liao Hongyuan, the secretary-general, was coming. Xu Shaojie took office as deputy secretary of Yudou District Committee, in charge of organizational work. Unexpectedly, the original deputy secretary of Yudou District who was in charge of organizational work was appointed as vice director of the Commerce Bureau and entered the city. This deputy secretary did not expect such a windfall, and as soon as the appointment was issued, he quickly took office at the Commerce Bureau. As for the adjustment of the Yudou District team, it had nothing to do with him anymore.

  Entering the conference room, Xu Shaojie sat at the back. When he shook hands with Liu Dahua, Zhao Deling and Xu Yunfei earlier, Xu Shaojie felt the strength, not that kind of perfunctory handshake, which shows that Liao Hongyun's effect of sending himself has already come out.

  "Director Liu, Mayor Zhao, Secretary Xu, I've brought someone to meet you today. Young Xu is still young, so in the future, please supervise and educate him more, and help him make progress. If Young Xu makes mistakes at work, please don't hesitate to criticize him, and feel free to call me. Now, Director Luo and I are handing him over to you."

  Liu Dahua quickly made arrangements, and Vice Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Xu Yunfei sent Xu Shaojie to take office. The city has already prepared everything and can set off immediately. Liao Hongyuan immediately requested to set off, as he and the secretary and mayor still have some work to discuss.

  When Xu Shaojie got on the car, he sat in the back. The county and city leaders were different from the municipal party committee and government leaders, who liked to sit in the co-pilot's seat. This was the result of Xu Shaojie's observation. Every time the county and city leaders came to the municipal party committee, they got off the car from the co-pilot's position.

  "Xiao Xu, just started working, right?"

  "Yes, Secretary Xu, I will report and learn from you more in the future."

  "Hehe, Little Xu is very humble. In the future, if there's anything difficult at work or if you encounter any problems, just come to me directly. The conditions in our district are tough and can't be compared with those in the city, so you need to be mentally prepared."

  I will definitely work hard.

  Xu Yunfei has already expressed his attitude, so I won't say much more. In any case, as the municipal party committee's executive vice secretary, he still needs to maintain a certain demeanor. He must have sensed that Xu Shaojie is not simple, otherwise he wouldn't have said those things. The cadres sent by the municipal party committee have never held the position of deputy secretary in charge of organizational work, let alone being accompanied by a member of the municipal party committee. Secretary-General Liao Hongyun's words are profound and his attitude is clear. If it weren't for the limitations of his identity, I estimate that Liu Dahua would have personally escorted him. In the past, cadres sent from below were always sent by their respective departments, not by leaders of the municipal party committee or government. At least, they were district party secretaries who were sent down.

  Before 11 o'clock, the vehicle stopped in the courtyard of the Yu Du District Committee and District Government.

  Xu Shaojie got off the car with a lot of emotions, and he thought of a movie line: I'm Hu Han San again. A few months ago, he was doing social research here as a college student. Now, after several months, he came back to this place again, but this time as the deputy secretary in charge of organizational work. His identity had changed, and everything would change accordingly.

  Several people were waiting in the yard, Xu Shaojie had never seen these people before.

  "Director Xu, let me introduce you to the district party secretary Liu Zhihua, district mayor Zhang Shiqiu, and deputy secretaries of the district party committee Sun Jianbo, Hu Dey, Tian Lixin, and Yi Xiangyang."

  Xu Shaojie shook hands with the district leaders one by one, and unexpectedly found that there were so many deputy secretaries in the district. If he himself came down to take up the post of deputy district head, even if Xu Yunfei came to see him off, he was afraid it would not have much effect, at most everyone would be more respectful.

  After entering the conference room, Xu Shaojie saw the director of the office with a brilliant smile on his face, as if nothing had happened before. Xu Shaojie did not see Song Tao, that little buddy who had struggled together for several days.

  The meeting was a procedural arrangement, Xu Yunfei announced the municipal party committee's appointment decision, clarifying that Xu Shaojie is in charge of organizational work, emphasizing that Xu Shaojie has strong work ability, is young and energetic, and as a cadre from the municipal party committee office, he will definitely do a good job in Yudu District. Liu Zhihua represented the district party committee to express support for Xu Shaojie's work, and Xu Shaojie made a brief statement, obeying the organization's decision and doing his work conscientiously.

  After the meeting, everyone walked towards the cafeteria. This place is incomparable to the municipal party committee's cafeteria. It was just meal time, and along the way, Xu Shaojie discovered that many people were paying attention to him. A new leader taking office always arouses some curiosity. Walking into a private room - it couldn't be called a private room, but rather a small dining hall separated from the large dining hall by a wall - Xu Shaojie finally saw Song Tao, who was helping serve dishes. Song Tao suddenly saw Xu Shaojie and his face revealed a look of surprise, quickly understanding what was happening.

  Eating without drinking is not possible, however, the focus of drinking is Xu Yunfei. As the Standing Vice Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee has arrived in Yudu District, everyone will naturally find opportunities to toast him. Xue Shaojie quickly changed his identity and toasted Xu Yunfei, but what Xue Shaojie did not expect was that Xu Yunfei proactively toasted him back, which is clearly a further signal to the members of Yudu District's team.

  At noon, you can't drink too much wine. The weather is hot and you can't drink too much wine either. Xu Shaojie's luggage has been put in the office. After reminding a few words, Xu Yunfei got on the bus and left Yudu District. After Xu Yunfei left, Liu Zhihua arranged for the director of the office to do logistics service work for Xu Shaojie. Someone had already carried Xu Shaojie's luggage into the courtyard.

  The living conditions were average, the corridor was a bit dark, most of the district leaders lived here, but many of them were locals and didn't live in the dorms. After Xu Shaojie entered, he found that the interior decoration was not bad, two rooms, with several chairs outside, an office desk, an electric stove against the wall, a new electric fan on the table, inside there was a bed with complete bedding, a green woolen blanket folded neatly, two cloth sofas, an office desk. Upon closer inspection, Xu Shaojie found that the sheets were new.

  "Secretary Xu, here is the key to your dormitory. Please take it. If you need anything else, just let me know at any time. Also, there will be a meeting of the leadership team at 3 pm this afternoon. Secretary Liu asked me to inform you."

  "Director Huang, thank you."

  "You're welcome, it's what I should do. You rest for a while, and I won't disturb you."

  Xu Shaojie couldn't sleep, and when he went to work in the morning, he was still in the municipal party committee compound. Now he suddenly appeared here. Moreover, there was a meeting at 3 pm this afternoon. Xu Shaojie glanced at his watch, it was only one minute past one, time was still early. Xu Shaojie had thought about it long ago, the district must have some special circumstances, his primary task was to understand the situation, fortunately, there was Song Tao, he had already thought that this afternoon's meeting would definitely be about his work responsibilities, and he would take the opportunity to ask Song Tao to follow him to work.

  Sitting on the sofa, Xu Shaojie lazily sorted out his luggage, everything was complete, and there was no feeling of sweltering heat in the dormitory. The only drawback was that the toilet was next door, and the shower room was downstairs, which was a hassle to run back and forth.

  It's time to go to work, Xu Shaojie appeared in the office, and Director Huang He hurried up to greet him. There were not a few people in the office, some of whom might have come to do business. Xu Shaojie found it somewhat strange - could it be that Huang He was working in the large office? Several cadres came up to shake hands with Xu Shaojie, and Xu Shaojie exchanged greetings with everyone one by one.

  Xu Shaojie's office is on the second floor, third room. The first room is Liu Zhihua's office, and the second room is Zhang Shiqiu's office. There are two conference rooms on the second floor, one large and one small. Through Huang He's introduction, Xu Shaojie learned that district committee members have offices on the second floor. Due to the tightness of the offices, only the district secretary and deputy secretary have separate offices, while the others share a room with two people. The vice mayor's office is on the first floor.

  The office was very clean, the desk looked a bit old, the file cabinet was an antique, looking simple and heavy, the room was too clean, it took Xu Shaojie a while to realize that there were no files, no materials, no wonder it looked so clean.

  Liu Zhihua and Zhang Shikui entered Xu Shaojie's office at the same time. Xu Shaojie shook hands with them. Liu Zhihua was 50 years old, a local veteran who lived in the town. Zhang Shikui was 48 years old, from outside the district, not far from Yudu District, and could return home by car in an hour. In front of the two men, Xu Shaojie looked somewhat too young.

  "Secretary Xu, we will first hold a secretary's office meeting, and then hold a party committee meeting and a team meeting. The main thing is about your work arrangement. I just discussed with Director Zhang, Secretary Xu will be in charge of organizational work and agency work, the departments under his supervision include the office, organization and personnel office, discipline inspection and supervision room, propaganda office, party school, women's federation, youth league, education station, culture station, and other stations in the district and town. The stationed location is Yulin Township, which is located next to the district and town, very close."

  Xu Shaojie nodded to indicate he understood.

  At three o'clock, Xu Shaojie entered the small conference room, which was filled with old-fashioned cloth sofas that were so heavy one person couldn't lift them. These kinds of sofas had long been eliminated by the municipal party committee and government because they took up space and were cumbersome. He saw Huang He enter with a notebook, also holding a new laptop and a water pen. Huang He walked to his side and handed him the laptop and pen.

  The meeting was very short, and Liu Zhihua directly announced the division of labor for Xu Shaojie without saying anything else. The group then went to a nearby conference room where the team members had been waiting. The meeting didn't last long either, and everyone knew what it was about.

  After the meeting, Xu Shaojie returned to his office, and soon Huang He came in.

  "Secretary Xu, the work of the organization has always been something I've assisted with managing. I'd like to give you a report on the work and see if you have any other requirements."

  Xu Shaojie nodded, and Huang He began to report. For a full half hour, Xu Shaojie came to understand that he was in charge of the agency's logistics, including vehicles, canteens, receptions, and so on. The district had two jeeps, one for the secretary and district head, and the other for other team members. Receptions were arranged by the office with Huang He in charge, while Xu Shaojie was responsible for signing off on expenses. Generally speaking, specific tasks were handled by Huang He.

  "Secretary Xu, do you have any other arrangements?"

  "No, Director Huang, this is a tough job for you."

  After Huang He left, organizational committee member Han Guowei, propaganda committee member Yi Wenhua, and disciplinary committee secretary Sun Kaisheng came to report on their work. Xu Shaojie could only listen patiently, and before he knew it, time had passed. Xu Shaojie glanced at his watch and saw that it was already 5 o'clock in the afternoon. He still hadn't stood up, and the Women's Federation director came in to report on her work. Xu Shaojie felt that even his facial expressions were becoming somewhat stiff, as maintaining a smile for an extended period of time wasn't easy. The last one to come was the Youth League secretary, who also served as deputy director of the office. After finishing their reports, Xu Shaojie was already feeling somewhat unable to hold on, and felt a bit dizzy in the head.

  Still eating in the cafeteria, Xu Shaojie still felt strange. In the afternoon when the class meeting was held, everyone's eyes were surprised. He was too young and looked like a young man, but he had become the deputy secretary in charge of organizational work. Compared with other members of the class, Xu Shaojie felt that he was too young.