Chapter 3444

The Secretary-General nodded and said, "I will do it immediately! In the evening, comrades from the Provincial Forestry Department are also arranged at Reception House No. 1, led by the Deputy Director of the Forestry Department. Do you want to go over and accompany them? They are also here to inspect our Xijing City's afforestation work. Should we prepare Donkey-hide Gelatin for them too?"

Liu Xuemei thought for a moment and said, "I will go over and sit for a while. Their Forestry Department has less power, so there is no need to prepare Donkey-hide Gelatin. Just serve them some good wine and cigarettes!"

Secretary-General Hou nodded in agreement.

These powerful big shots almost all knew how to drink; they were like wine barrels, drinking without blinking. After accompanying two banquets, Liu Xuemei's face was flushed, and she felt a bit dizzy. She looked at her watch; it was almost nine o'clock. She had promised her old classmate Zhu Xiangli that she had an appointment tonight, so she called her driver to take her home.

The Municipal Reception House No. 1 was only a few stops away from her home, and she arrived quickly. As soon as she entered the door, the two aunties in the house came over to take Liu Xuemei's briefcase.

Liu Xuemei asked, "Did Old Jin cause any trouble today?" Old Jin was Liu Xuemei's husband. The two aunties in the house, one surnamed Cao and one surnamed Chen—the one surnamed Cao was responsible for taking care of Liu Xuemei's sick husband—hurriedly said, "It was fine. He drank some millet porridge in the evening and slept very quietly."

The one surnamed Chen was responsible for cooking. She said obsequiously, "There is still some millet and red date porridge left in the kitchen. Does the Secretary want another bowl?"

Liu Xuemei instructed, "Bring it to the gym on the second floor." Liu Xuemei had a hobby: she liked to exercise at night. A space of nearly 100 square meters on the second floor of her home had been converted into a relatively large gym, equipped with all kinds of fitness equipment. Her husband had been ill for two years, and since then, the couple had never shared a bed. Liu Xuemei, who was not too old, often ate big meals and supplements, but unable to relieve the excess fat physiologically, she could only find another way, pouring all that energy into her work and other matters.

Liu Xuemei was just about to go upstairs when she suddenly remembered something. She turned around and instructed the nanny surnamed Cao, "Wait a while, a person named Zhao Desan will come to visit. If the gate guard asks, just tell them to let him through. After he comes in, bring him directly to my gym."

Sure enough, Zhao Desan and Wu Min arrived at the gate of the villa area behind the Municipal Party Committee on time. There were guards blocking them from entering. Zhao Desan reported his name, and after the gate guard verified it, they let Wu Min and Zhao Desan in. The two walked smoothly to the door of the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee's home.

In the past, when Wu Min asked for help and gave gifts, the targets were all male leaders. Today was the first time she had come to find a female leader, and a Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee at that. She knew well that women liked to compare with each other and were narrow-minded. She was afraid that this Deputy Secretary had only agreed to help them out of face, but wasn't very willing in her heart, so Wu Min couldn't help but feel a bit nervous and couldn't help but get cold feet. She said to Zhao Desan, "I'm a bit scared. What if we mess things up? Desan, why don't we go back?"

Seeing Wu Min getting cold feet, Zhao Desan insisted, "We've already arrived here, so don't back down. If it's a blessing, it's not a disaster; if it's a disaster, you can't avoid it. Regardless of success or failure, we have to try. Otherwise, we will regret it when we go back." With Zhao Desan's encouragement, Wu Min gathered her courage and knocked on the door of the Municipal Party Committee Secretary's home.

The bag in Wu Min's arms contained the Golden Cabbage. When giving gifts, it was best to be alone, because a major taboo in officialdom was giving gifts in front of a third party; even the biggest corrupt official wouldn't dare accept a gift that way, fearing it would leave evidence. So Wu Min told Zhao Desan to wait for her downstairs for a while, and she would go see Deputy Secretary Liu alone. Zhao Desan sat in the living room waiting, while Wu Min was taken to the second-floor gym by Auntie Cao.

This was Wu Min's first time seeing Liu Xuemei in real life; she had seen her at the Municipal People's Congress before, but it was far different from the feeling in real life.

At this time, Liu Xuemei was wearing a black sportswear, not looking old at all. On the contrary, her whole body radiated the vitality of a young person. Her beautiful hair was tied with a cloth strip, and she was running on a treadmill. As her body vibrated, the two large, plump breasts on her chest swayed up and down like a hen pecking for food, round and cute.

Seeing Wu Min enter, Liu Xuemei walked off the treadmill, sat on the sofa nearby, and signaled that she could also sit down to talk.

Wu Min put the Golden Cabbage she was holding aside and said somewhat nervously, "Secretary Liu, I am the Party Secretary of the Chanba Development Zone. You know that. I specifically came to visit Secretary Liu today and brought a small gift for Secretary Liu."

Liu Xuemei glanced at the Golden Cabbage Wu Min had put aside and asked, "What is that?"

Wu Min said, "A Golden Cabbage."

Liu Xuemei said politely, "You shouldn't have brought a gift when coming to visit. You were introduced by Chairwoman Zhu of the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions. Chairwoman Zhu and I were the best classmates in high school. Doing this makes us seem like strangers."

Wu Min smiled respectfully and said, "It's what we should do."

Deputy Secretary Liu smiled faintly and looked at Wu Min, "Didn't Chairwoman Zhu of the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions tell me that I should also take care of a person named Zhao Desan? Is he here?"

Hearing Deputy Secretary Liu ask about Zhao Desan, Wu Min hurriedly said, "He is here. He is in the living room."

So Deputy Secretary Liu said, "Then you should have him come up. I want to ask about his basic situation and what exactly is going on."

Wu Min hurriedly nodded and said, "Okay, okay, I will call him up right now." After saying that, she took out her phone, dialed Zhao Desan, and said, "Xiao Zhao, Deputy Secretary Liu wants you to come up."

Zhao Desan hurriedly went from the living room downstairs to upstairs. When he saw that this Deputy Secretary Liu was a mature woman with a good figure and appearance, and a temperament even better than Sister Wu's—a woman who still retained her charm—he couldn't help but be surprised. He thought, why were all the women in officialdom he knew so attractive? However, this doubt soon had an answer: it was precisely because of the intricate relationships in officialdom. In a patriarchal society, if a woman wants to achieve something in officialdom, beauty is the primary capital, which will earn the 'importance' and 'appreciation' of male superiors. If a woman can utilize this advantage, her official path will naturally be much smoother. Zhao Desan thought that this Deputy Secretary Liu reaching the position of Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee must be inseparable from her innate advantage of having a good figure and appearance. Just like Sister Wu asking for help, most of the time, she still used her body to settle those superior leaders.

Zhao Desan stared at Deputy Secretary Liu and couldn't help but be stunned. Wu Min saw him like that and coughed twice, reminding him, "Xiao Zhao, this is Secretary Liu."

"Secretary Liu, hello." Zhao Desan then came back to his senses and greeted Liu Xuemei with a smile.

Liu Xuemei had a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, nodded to Zhao Desan, signaled him to sit down, and continued, "Xiao Zhao, you should explain the situation first."

So, Wu Min and Zhao Desan briefly explained their respective situations to Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Liu Xuemei. Wu Min said, "Secretary Liu, I know that the higher-ups intend for me to take office in the city, but the Chanba Development Zone is currently in development and construction. I have been working there for the past few years, have a good understanding of the situation there, and can say I have developed some feelings for it. I still want to continue to serve in the zone and make my own contributions to the development and construction of the zone. I hope Secretary Liu can consider my request."

After listening to Wu Min's explanation, Deputy Secretary Liu looked at her, saw her serious expression, pondered for a moment, and said unhurriedly, "I cannot answer you on this matter right now. This needs to be discussed at the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee meeting. However, your request is not excessive. It's not asking for a promotion, but wanting to continue serving. I will try my best to satisfy you." Promoting someone is still a lot of trouble for superior leaders, especially promoting someone to the municipal power center. It was precisely because He Fengnian had already paved the way for Wu Min and cleared the relationships in the city, and now Wu Min wanted to continue serving in the Chanba Development Zone, so the matter was a bit more complicated.

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