Chapter 5139: You Must Help Me

After all, they were old acquaintances who had worked together on the same team. As soon as they saw each other, they walked toward one another and shook hands with a smile. Liu Deliang said with a smile, "Secretary Wu, long time no see. How have you been lately?"

Wu Min smiled and said, "I'm doing quite well. How about you, Old Liu? This position as Vice Chairman of the CPPCC must be quite comfortable, right?"

Liu Deliang smiled and said, "It's alright, but not as promising as Secretary Wu." As he spoke, Liu Deliang whispered to her again, "Secretary Wu, I heard that Secretary Sun from Linbei District is a candidate for vice mayor and is your competitor."

"Oh!" Although Wu Min felt a bit uneasy inside, she pretended to be very calm.

Just as the two were about to whisper more, a group of people entered the hall. Wu Min and Liu Deliang turned their heads to look at the same time and found that walking in front was Liu Xuemei, the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. As a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Secretary, Liu Xuemei was attending this Municipal People's Congress as a representative of the Municipal Party Committee.

Liu Xuemei also dressed very charmingly to attend the People's Congress today, wearing a dark green long trench coat, tight-fitting black trousers, and high-heeled leather boots. Her slightly curled short hair was trimmed naturally and fashionably. Liu Deliang, out of courtesy, also went up to greet Liu Xuemei. Seeing Wu Min chatting so enthusiastically with her, he felt a bit awkward standing there. He thought to himself that he wasn't a candidate, so why should he deliberately appear in front of the representatives so frequently? If it got back to the ears of the municipal leaders and was embellished, it would change its meaning. So, he turned and entered the elevator.

Liu Deliang got off the elevator and saw it was the second floor. He clearly lived on the second floor, so why did he accidentally press the wrong floor? The rooms for the representatives were all on the third floor and above, while the municipal leaders lived on the second floor. Zhao Desan waited for the elevator again. Before long, the elevator door next to him opened, and Secretary Sun from Linbei District walked out. He didn't see Liu Deliang, so he stood outside and waved at the inside of the elevator, saying, "Hurry up, move everything down!"

In his panic, Secretary Sun didn't notice Liu Deliang outside at all. Liu Deliang had already quickly retreated to the corner of the corridor. He didn't see clearly what they were moving, but he seemed to feel that what was being moved out of the elevator were several large cardboard boxes.

At this moment, Secretary Sun's voice came from the corridor again: "Two copies for each room."

Liu Deliang suddenly realized. Before every election, superiors repeatedly emphasized that campaigning for votes was not allowed, and giving gifts to representatives was not allowed. However, privately, who didn't visit the representatives before the election, and who didn't send souvenirs? Whoever didn't send them would be at a disadvantage. This had already become an unwritten rule.

While thinking, Liu Deliang habitually raised his wrist to check his watch. Seeing that the time for the preparatory meeting was approaching, he thought he might as well go directly to the first floor. Just at this moment, his mobile phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that it was a call from Mayor Zhang Dewang.

"Old Liu, come to my room immediately." Mayor Zhang Dewang's order came from the phone.

"Okay, Mayor Zhang, I'll be there right away." He had been wondering why he hadn't seen the municipal government's representatives in the hall; it turned out that Mayor Zhang was personally taking charge and representing the municipal government at this People's Congress.

After finishing the call, Liu Deliang hurried from the fourth floor to the second floor. He didn't want to take the elevator; firstly, he was afraid of trouble, and secondly, he was afraid of running into candidates visiting representatives. Often during elections, their importance would be highlighted, but this was also something that gave Liu Deliang a headache, because no matter who was chosen, the other candidate would definitely be unhappy, and no matter how it was chosen, it was a matter of offending people.

Just at this moment, as soon as Liu Deliang turned around, he ran into Secretary Sun from Linbei District. Secretary Sun fawningly smiled at Liu Deliang and said, "Old Liu, you must help your brother out a bit today. Your brother knows that when you were in Chanba District, you and Secretary Wu didn't get along. Today, your brother is afraid he's in a precarious situation..."

The implication of Secretary Sun's words was self-evident. Before he could finish speaking, Liu Deliang walked toward the stairs while looking back and saying, "Secretary Sun, I'm sorry, Mayor Zhang has something for me to do!"

Liu Deliang followed the stairs down to the second floor, found Mayor Zhang's room by looking at the positions posted on the doors along the corridor, and knocked on the door gently.

"Please come in!" Mayor Zhang's response came from inside.

Liu Deliang gently pushed the door open and entered, saying respectfully, "Mayor Zhang, you were looking for me?"

Mayor Zhang's room was a large suite. At this moment, he was sitting on the sofa outside, crossing his legs and thinking about something. Seeing Liu Deliang, the Vice Chairman of the CPPCC who was attending this People's Congress on behalf of the CPPCC, he greeted him, "Old Liu, please sit."

Liu Deliang sat down on the sofa, and a staff member brought him a cup of tea. After the staff member left, Mayor Zhang Dewang said, "The preparatory meeting will start in a moment. You are a representative from our CPPCC, and there is a matter I need to communicate with you about."

Liu Deliang looked at Mayor Zhang, not knowing what he meant. At this moment, he paused his gaze on this large suite, seeing that the suite Mayor Zhang was staying in was indeed very imposing, no different from the standards for receiving ministerial-level leaders. After a moment of distraction, Liu Deliang nodded with a smile and said, "Mayor Zhang, please speak."

"Regarding the election of the vice mayor," Mayor Zhang Dewang took a sip of tea and said straight to the point, "Comrade Wu Min is the vice mayor candidate designated by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. However, this vice mayor election is a competitive election, and the representatives' votes are very important. Any result could happen. Therefore, the probability of Comrade Wu Min being elected vice mayor is only fifty percent. The internal opinion negotiated by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government is that if the organization's designated candidate fails to be elected, the next step will be to arrange it directly according to the vice mayor level. This is just an internal principle of our Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. The votes of your municipal and district CPPCC are also very important."

Hearing Mayor Zhang Dewang say this, Liu Deliang, being a Vice Chairman of the Municipal CPPCC, naturally knew what he was trying to express. He understood that Mayor Zhang's meaning was to ensure that Wu Min would be successfully elected as vice mayor. However, Liu Deliang felt somewhat confused inside, even feeling that this kind of election was not true democracy at all. What was the point of such a competitive choice? Moreover, what did Mayor Zhang mean by this! The meeting hadn't even started, and he was already talking about the organization's designated candidate.

"According to the arrangements of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, the other candidate for vice mayor is Secretary Sun from Linbei District. Secretary Sun's connections are relatively broad. Not only that, but Comrade Wu Min's achievements in Chanba District are also obvious to all. She is a candidate appreciated by the leaders of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government." Mayor Zhang finally revealed his trump card.

Of course, this also completely confirmed the recent rumors. No wonder Liu Deliang saw Wu Min dressed so brightly and looking so determined today.

"Regarding the vice mayor candidates, there is no such thing as organization intent; it is just for the representatives to choose from two candidates." To show the fairness of the election, Mayor Zhang Dewang added another sentence. ===== CHAPTER 5140 =====