Chapter Fifty: Fury

  Although he didn't visit the municipal party committee many times, there were still quite a few people who knew him. On the way, many people smiled and greeted him, and Xiao Han responded briefly. This is not surprising, as they are all mixed in official circles, their minds and eyes must be stronger than others. Even the most powerful Secretary Leng's favorite son didn't recognize him, how could he grasp opportunities?

  Mr. Zhao was still dazed at this time, and he had spent a lot of effort to get through the gate that the guards wouldn't let him pass, but under the leadership of this little kid, he just came in easily? Moreover, so many cadres seemed to be familiar with this child, maybe he could really take himself to see the municipal leaders and appeal his family's grievances.

  But thinking of this, Old Zhao couldn't help but feel a little flustered again. In his lifetime, the highest official he had seen was only the head of the village, and he still felt sincere fear. Where had he ever seen such high-ranking municipal leaders? His heart began to palpitate, feeling uneasy, and even his legs felt a bit weak, slowing down his pace.

  Leng Binghan had no idea what was going on in Zhao Dage's mind, and thought that the old man was just tired from walking for a long time, his body couldn't take it, his legs were weak, and his steps slowed down. He exerted himself to support the old man, taking on more than half of the old man's weight, slowly making their way to Leng Yunqiu's room.

  Leng Yun's office is on the second floor. It's also understandable that it wouldn't be possible to arrange for leaders to climb stairs every day on the 6th or 7th floor. The size is about 20 square meters, and the decoration is not luxurious, but still has a good taste. There is also a small room outside, which is the office of the full-time secretary Du Guoping.

  Leng Binghan and Zhao Dage's granddaughter had just arrived at the office door when Du Guoping saw them. Du Guoping was full of doubts in his heart, feeling quite surprised, but he still quickly stood up to help Zhao Dage sit down, saying: "Little Han, why didn't you go to school? Are you here looking for Secretary Leng? He's right in the office!"

  Dare not question the cold and icy behavior, nor the old and young identities. What if it was Secretary Leng's order to meet, or perhaps they were poor relatives of his family? Even emperors have several doors of poor relatives. Too much talk is sure to lead to losses. Secretary, just do what you should do.

  "Du Ge, help me pour some water for Grandpa and Little Sister first, I'll go see my dad later." Leng Bing Han then said to Zhao Da Ye: "Grandpa, please sit down and have a drink of water, rest for a bit, you can meet the leader in just a moment." After that, he darted into the house.

  Old Zhao was already dizzy at this time and only muttered: "Don't dare to delay the leader's work, don't dare to delay the leader's work..."

  The little girl sat stiffly beside her grandfather, holding his arm tightly with both hands and only looking around with big eyes, feeling both timid and unfamiliar with the place.

  Du Guoping was speechless, even if a general municipal leader came, it's not necessarily possible to enjoy the treatment of having someone pour water for him, unexpectedly Leng Bingxue's order was quite refreshing. Never mind, guests are guests after all, and they're still elderly people.

  He poured water for the old man and the little girl, and Du Guoping comforted him: "Old man, don't worry, take a rest first, whatever it is." From the cold words just now, he knew that this old man was definitely not a relative of the Leng family, and must have something to ask the leader for help. If it were someone else, Du Guoping would have refused him at the door, but since it was brought by Leng Bingxian, there must be a reason, and Secretary Leng wouldn't blame himself.

  He had been Secretary to Leng Yun for two years, and he still had some understanding of the situation in the Leng family. He also knew the weight of Leng Bingxue at home and in Secretary Leng's mind. In other officials' homes, they were all blowing pillow winds, but Li Huanfen was good at managing the household and didn't ask about other things. Although Leng Bingxue was young, his words carried significant weight, and often influenced Secretary Leng's decision-making.

  Yesterday, at the Fei Yuan International Hotel, I saw Leng Binghan having dinner with Zhu Manager and Chen General Manager of Fei Yuan Company. They seemed to have a very close relationship, but Secretary Leng didn't know about it. Fei Yuan Company is a company that even the Provincial Party Committee Secretary pays attention to, and in Changfu, they are very powerful. Du Guoping wasn't foolish enough to think that Fei Yuan Company was trying to curry favor with Leng Yunyi through Leng Binghan, which made him even more cautious around Leng Binghan.

  "Big brother, what position are you holding in the government?" Perhaps seeing Du Guiping being very kind and approachable, Old Man Zhao seemed to relax a bit and started chatting with him.

  "I'm just a secretary of Leng Shuji, not some kind of official." Du Guoping didn't put on any airs, processing the files on his desk while answering the old man's questions.

  "Secretary is good, the leader's right-hand man, haha." Zhao Dage had been a soldier after all, and still had some experience, saying: "Not many people in the village can compare to the village branch secretary, big or small."

  Du Guoping almost laughed at the words, where had he ever seen a village branch secretary with such an unrefined demeanor compared to the secretary of the municipal party committee's deputy secretary?

  Du Guoping is not only the special secretary of Leng Yunfei, but also the deputy director of the municipal party committee office. He is a real section-level cadre. If he were to be transferred out, he would at least be the second or third in command of a town. If he operates well, it's not impossible for him to become the first in command. However, he can't stand up and refute, telling Lao Da Ye: I'm on the same level as the township head, haha, this is too narrow-minded. He wouldn't be chosen by Leng Yunfei as his special secretary and deputy director of the municipal party committee office if he were like that.

  Leng Binghan entered Leng Yunying's office, where she was looking at a file but clearly had her mind elsewhere. When she saw Leng Binghan come in, she immediately looked up and asked somewhat urgently, "Have you contacted He Fei Yuan Company yet?" Of course, this kind of loss of composure would only happen in front of family members; with others, the polish of years on the official circuit still remained.

  He didn't say a word, completely ignoring Leng Yun's urgent gaze. He picked up his father's water cup and took a big gulp before speaking slowly: "Dad, don't worry, I've got this under control. We agreed to meet at 2 pm at the Fei Yuan International Hotel's VIP room on the third floor. The Fei Yuan company is also interested in the steel factory, but since they haven't ventured into this field before, it might just be a casual meeting to exchange ideas. We'll have to wait for them to bring over professionals from Hong Kong to conduct research before we can discuss further."

  Leng Yun's expression changed, and he smiled, saying: "It's normal for them to be cautious about such a big thing. I believe that as long as we have enough sincerity, we will definitely be able to cooperate happily and achieve a win-win situation."

  At that time, the concept and term of "win-win" did not exist in inland areas. It was casually mentioned by Leng Yunfei, who thought it was very interesting. He proposed this concept at a municipal economic development symposium, and as a result, this term spread throughout the province. Even the provincial party secretary praised Changfu's advocacy of the win-win concept at the meeting, saying that it was pioneering, advanced, and scientific. Doing business is about winning together; only then can we promote stable and long-term economic development and social stability.

  Even the provincial party secretary has acknowledged it, and now "win-win" has become the hottest term in the province. At big meetings and small gatherings, everyone talks about achieving a win-win situation and development. For a time, it seems that the term "win-win" was coined by Leng Yunxiang. However, Leng Yunxiang doesn't mind that he plagiarized from Leng Binghan, after all, isn't his son's work also his own? What they don't know is that Leng Binghan also plagiarized it from memories of his past life.

  After finishing talking about the Fei Yuan company and the steel factory, Leng Bing Han brought up again what had just happened at the government gate. As soon as Leng Yun Yi heard this, he was furious, slapping his hand on the table and standing up, "This is outrageous! A small village branch secretary can run amok in the countryside, is he a GCD branch secretary or a KMT branch secretary? Even if he were a KMT branch secretary, he wouldn't dare do such a thing! Who gave them such great power?"

  He hastily walked out of the office, took big strides to stand in front of Old Man Zhao, tightly grasped Old Man Zhao's hand and said with a very serious tone: "Old man, it's me who didn't do my job well, letting you suffer injustice."

  Old Zhao had not yet reacted when his hand was grasped by Leng Yun, who looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with an air of elegance and then glanced at Du Guoping. Du Guoping hastily introduced him: "Grandfather, this is the municipal leader you wanted to meet, our city's deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, Secretary Leng."

  Old Zhao didn't quite understand what the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee meant, but he did hear clearly that Du Guoping said it was a city leader, and he knew this was a big official in the city, just like the governor in an opera, compared to some village branch secretary, it's like comparing the moon to a firefly, they can't be mentioned on the same day.

  "Great heavens, you must do justice for me!" Seeing that the master who could clear his family's unjust charge was right in front of him, Old Man Zhao became so excited that tears streamed down his face, and he was about to kneel down to Cold Yun and Du Guo Ping, but they quickly pulled him back.

  "Old man, don't be like this. If you have any grievances, tell me and I'll guarantee a fair handling of the matter with my party spirit. I will not tolerate any wrongdoing." Leng Yun's expression also turned somewhat gloomy as he spoke. As someone who had risen to power from a rural area, he could deeply feel the hardships and difficulties of rural life.

  Old Zhao wiped away the muddy tears on his face and told the whole story again, talking about the village branch secretary's arrogance, Wen Yong's domineering, the county leadership's indifference, and the city petition office's shirking of responsibility. Leng Yun was so angry that he clenched his fists.

  After a brief silence, Leng Yun Ai said to Leng Bing Han: "Little Han, it's almost noon, I suppose the masters haven't eaten much, can you help me take them to the cafeteria to have something to eat?"

  It's cold and icy, Dad has work to arrange, he can only do so much as a child. Moreover, Zhao Dage and his family walked into the city early in the morning, they must be hungry, although Zhao Dage said not to trouble the government, he still took them to the cafeteria, ordered two large bowls of noodles, buns, and several stir-fries. At first, Grandpa and grandson were embarrassed, Cold Ice accompanied them to eat a few mouthfuls, only then did they slowly open up and start eating big mouthfuls.

  After they left, Leng Yunying told Du Guoping: "Tell the office director Xiao and discipline inspection committee secretary Xu to come to the office."

  Du Guoping responded with a sound and immediately went to contact and arrange. In less than two minutes, Xiao Jie, the director of the municipal party committee office, arrived at the office.

  "Director Leng, you're looking for me?" Xiao Jie was over 40 years old and used to be the deputy director of the municipal party committee office. He was promoted to director last year after the old director retired, with the approval of the municipal party secretary.

  Leng Yun didn't respond to her and continued to look at the documents on the table. Xiao Jie saw this situation and knew that something must have gone wrong, causing Secretary Leng to be unhappy, and now he was intentionally giving her the cold shoulder. Thinking of this, her heart couldn't help but beat faster, wondering where the problem lay.

  Three minutes later, Leng Yunying finally raised his head and said with a gloomy face: "Just now, there was a siege phenomenon at the entrance of the municipal government. Why didn't I see you go to deal with it and divert the crowd in time? What are you all doing?"

  That cold gaze made Xiao Jie involuntarily feel a chill in her heart, and even her legs trembled slightly. She had never felt such a sharp gaze before, with such a strong aura that she almost couldn't breathe, not even when facing the municipal party secretary Zhou Qihong.

  She hastily explained: "Director Leng, please listen to my explanation. Because our municipal party committee and the city government are in the same compound, the entrance is jointly managed by our municipal party committee office and their city government office. In order to facilitate management, we take turns managing it. This week it's the city government office's turn. Therefore, at first I didn't receive any notice from the security guard at the entrance, and by the time I found out later, the crowd had already dispersed."

  Leng Yun listened and his expression seemed to ease a bit, but he still said solemnly: "Xiao Xiao, the municipal committee office is our city's housekeeper. Your work affects the normal operation of the municipal committee, and it's a heavy responsibility. If what you said is true, I didn't understand clearly and wronged you. However, the main gate represents the image of our municipal government, and we can't afford to lose face. This rotating arrangement is unreasonable, which led to today's incident. I will communicate with the municipal government, and from now on, the work at the main gate will be handled by the municipal committee office. You must take good care of this pass, and such incidents cannot happen again."

  Seeing the cold cloud covering his tone softened, Xiao Jie finally let out a gentle sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel grateful that it was the municipal government's turn this week, or else today would have been a disaster.

  The municipal party committee and the municipal government are in the same compound, and the contradictions between the two offices have been going on for a long time. They also look at each other with disdain. Now, with just one sentence from Secretary Leng, he has taken away the management rights of the city government's office over the main gate. Although this right is not worth much, it still slaps them in the face and boosts his own prestige. Who wouldn't want more power in their hands? Thinking about this, Xiao Jie's heart couldn't help but feel excited and thrilled again.

  She immediately assured Leng Yun that: "Secretary Leng, you can rest assured, I will highly value and do a good job in managing this aspect, absolutely not giving you any trouble."

  "It's not about giving me a free hand," Leng Yunying corrected, "it's about not giving our municipal party committee and government a free hand."

  "Yes, yes." Xiao Jie hastily replied, but thought to herself: "Don't you represent the Municipal Committee?" She hadn't even considered that Leng Yun was only the deputy secretary, and above him were the municipal committee secretary and the mayor.