Chapter 1797

"Deputy Minister Li, are you busy now?" The tone of Secretary-General Xu on the phone was as flat as usual.

"Not busy, not busy. Is there any document from the General Office regarding me?" Li Changping guessed with a fawning smile.

"There is a document issued by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee." Secretary-General Xu replied.

His answer really made Li Changping feel excited, so he asked impatiently and directly, "Secretary-General Xu, is it the official document from the Central Government appointing me?"

This question made it very difficult for Secretary-General Xu to answer, so he chuckled and gave Li Changping a vague answer, "The document is now with Secretary Jin. Secretary Jin wants you to go to his side. Put aside the work at hand and go to Secretary Jin's place."

Because Li Changping was so excited, he didn't ask what the document was about. He said with a joyful smile, "Alright, alright, then Secretary-General Xu, I'll hang up first."

After hanging up the phone, Li Changping rushed to Secretary Jin's side impatiently. After entering the reception room outside Secretary Jin's office under the leadership of the secretary, he couldn't hide the joy in his heart. His face was full of high-spirited expressions, and he sat on the sofa waiting for Secretary Jin to come out of the office.

But after waiting for a full ten minutes, Secretary Jin still hadn't come out of the office. Li Changping, who was a bit impatient, stood up and walked forward. He gathered his courage, knocked gently on the door of Secretary Jin's office, and called out cautiously, "Secretary Jin, are you there?"

Secretary Jin had known since Li Changping entered the reception room, but because this matter really made him feel very faceless, he had been rubbing his big head, not knowing how to explain it to Li Changping. At this time, hearing him anxiously knocking on the door, he hardened his heart, thinking that since things were already like this, he had done his best. At worst, he would just return the benefits he had received from Li Changping intact. So Secretary Jin cheered up and said to the door, "Changping, come in!"

Having received Secretary Jin's permission, Li Changping pushed the door open gently with a heart full of expectation. Unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, with a joyful smile on his face, as soon as he entered Secretary Jin's office, he asked cautiously with a smile, "Secretary Jin, are you looking for me?"

"Yes, I have something to tell you." In order not to make the atmosphere look depressing, Secretary Jin still looked very gentle.

"Is it about my… my appointment?" Li Changping asked cautiously, his face full of expectation.

Secretary Jin glanced at his expectant expression, nodded calmly, and said, "Secretary-General Xu told you, right?"

"Yes, yes, Secretary-General Xu called and said the General Office of the CPC Central Committee issued a document about me?" Li Changping asked tentatively, his face full of eager smiles.

"Yes, Secretary-General Xu hasn't told you the specific content yet, right?" Secretary Jin nodded and asked. Looking at Li Changping's appearance, he must have been thinking toward the expected result.

"Not yet, he said to let me come to you, Secretary Jin, you are looking for me." Li Changping's face was full of eager expectation.

"It's like this, Changping, you should first look at this document faxed by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee." Secretary Jin was really embarrassed to speak and explain the situation directly, so he picked up the document that Secretary-General Xu had sent for his review and handed it to Li Changping.

Li Changping hurriedly stepped forward and took the document with both hands respectfully, then immediately lowered his head and began to read it attentively. Soon, the expression on his face turned from sunny to cloudy. The joyful expression quickly became stiff, then it was a frown of confusion, followed by a look of bewilderment and anger with his features tightly furrowed. Finally, he raised his face, looked at Secretary Jin with a pale face, and looked at Secretary Jin with a look of wanting to cry but having no tears. He stammered and asked, "Secretary… Secretary Jin, this… how could this… be like this?"

Secretary Jin lit a cigarette and looked at him with a very heavy expression, saying, "Changping, I didn't expect this result either. I also didn't understand why the Central Government would reject the province's resolution and ideas. Generally, the Central Government's decisions are based on the wishes of the local government. This time it is a bit contrary to common sense, a bit strange."

Li Changping couldn't believe this result. He looked down at the document faxed by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee in his hand with a blank face. The red-headed title, white characters on black paper, was written clearly. Hearing Secretary Jin's statement in his ears, while being extremely disappointed, he was full of confusion and bewilderment. The expression on his face was extremely complex, and he asked stammeringly, "Secretary Jin, then… which link went wrong?"

Secretary Jin also shook his head blankly and said, "I don't know exactly which link went wrong, but it definitely wasn't our link. After recommending you up, I don't know what problem appeared on the Central Government side. Changping, have you accidentally offended any big shot in the Central Government?" Secretary Jin could only guess this one reason.

Li Changping shook his head dejectedly and said, "How would I know any leaders in the Central Government? I only know you, Secretary Jin, you are the biggest leader. Secretary Jin, then do you think… do you think this result can still be changed? Can you… can you contact above to ask about the situation?" Li Changping still pinned his hopes on Secretary Jin, hoping that he could find a way to contact the Central Government to try to change this decision.

Li Changping was a bit too naive to think this way. How could Secretary Jin take the initiative to provoke those privileged figures in the Central Government for his sake? In the officialdom, keeping one's tail between one's legs is the greatest survival philosophy. The Chinese officialdom, with its extremely complex political ecology, is like walking on thin ice, and one must be careful and step by step. Secretary Jin didn't want to take this risk, guessing the ice of the Central Government, so he looked at Li Changping in a difficult position and said, "Changping, this is a red-headed document from the General Office of the CPC Central Committee. You should know how effective it is. Moreover, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee can issue this document, which must have been carefully considered by the leaders above. Perhaps the leaders have other ideas. I can't go out and ask again. That will not only make the leaders above resent you, but also resent me."

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