Chapter 5315

Ever since Secretary Zhang came to the district, Zhao Desan had a very personal realization: the number of people coming to report their work to him had decreased. As the top party and government official of the Chanba District, although Secretary Zhang had no way to deal with Zhao Desan for the time being, through several Standing Committee meetings, he had already subtly revealed an attitude of opposition toward Zhao Desan. This caused those mid-level leaders who used to like to sit in Li Desan's office at every turn to gradually reduce their contact with Zhao Desan.

That's how it is in officialdom; if a person is not favored by their superiors, their office won't be that lively. Now that Zhao Desan was being suppressed by Secretary Zhang, there weren't many people coming to his office, which was fine for him, and his days were spent in leisure.

After a period of strong gamesmanship with Secretary Zhang, he realized that Secretary Zhang was now wary of him and didn't dare to make a move easily. This made Zhao Desan gradually change his style, starting to become steady. When expressing opinions at meetings, he was no longer so aggressive, becoming more tactful and resourceful.

This change made Secretary Zhang very depressed, and he was even a bit unable to fathom what kind of person this kid was. He seemed to see that Zhao Desan was not a simple young man; in terms of political depth, he was even deeper than the other old comrades in the team.

This afternoon, the district held a Standing Committee meeting, and the deputy town mayor and town mayor of Chengguan Town were specially called to the meeting. Such a grand high-level meeting was actually just to discuss the contracting problem of the mounting factory in Duanjia Village, Chengguan Town. Originally, such a small matter was completely within the scope of Chengguan Town to solve, but now it had risen to the height of the District Committee and District Government specially holding a Standing Committee meeting to discuss it. This made Zhao Desan realize that this matter was definitely not simple.

Zhao Desan didn't express his opinion at first because he was the District Mayor, and the economic work of the district was basically handled by him. If he put forward any opinion at this time, it would inevitably affect others' views. He wanted to see what kind of tricks Secretary Zhang was playing by raising this small matter to the height of the District Standing Committee.

As the representative of the Town Government attending the meeting, the person in charge of economics in Chengguan Town, Xue Jianming, flipped through the materials in his hand and said, "Even if the mounting factory is contracted out now, it will only become a burden. I think it's better to tear it down directly. Anyway, the workers of the mounting factory have long been unemployed. The leaders of the district may not fully understand the actual situation. If it is torn down earlier, it can reduce some conflicts. Now, Duanjia Village and Xiaoqiang Village are competing for this mounting factory, and the contradiction is intensifying. If this continues, I'm afraid it will lead to greater conflicts in the future."

After listening to Xue Jianming's speech, another executive deputy town mayor, Xu Xiaojun, who was present, waved his hand and said, "I don't agree with Comrade Jianming's view. This is a typical 'broken pot' method. Now both the province and the district advocate reform and contracting. When encountering problems, the simplest method is to break up. This is a passive and lazy approach and does not conform to the long-term planning of the district. Our approach is equivalent to occupying the latrine but not pooping."

Hearing the speeches of these two deputy town mayors of Chengguan Town, Zhao Desan couldn't help but feel a bit funny. Even in a small town, these two deputy town mayors seemed to be at odds. Although both of them seemed to have gathered around Secretary Zhang, their opinions were a bit different. Xue Jianming wanted to climb up, he had to step on Xu Xiaojun to get ahead, and Xue Jianming was a thorn in Xu Xiaojun's side.

Secretary Zhang looked at the two of them, then turned his head to Wang Leji and said, "Deputy Secretary Wang, both leaders of the town have expressed their views just now. Why don't you tell us your opinion?"

Seeing that the two leaders of the town had a dispute, Wang Leji immediately took the middle path and smoothed things over, saying, "Both Comrades Jiaming and Xiaojun have their points. Things should be looked at separately; only with discussion can there be a correct result."

As soon as Wang Leji spoke, everyone started drinking tea. It looked like they respected him, but in fact, everyone was cursing this Wang Leji in their hearts for starting to stir the paste again.

Secretary Zhang tapped the table with his right finger and said, "The problem raised by Comrade Jianming is very good. I also heard about it two days ago. The mounting factory almost caused a death. Someone put the materials on my desk. If I hadn't stopped him, he might have gone to the city to petition. The materials say that our District Mayor Zhao took an outsider to the mounting factory and even beat the people of Duanjia Village. I want to ask if this is true?" As he spoke, Secretary Zhang shifted his gaze to Zhao Desan.

Damn it! Sure enough, it's one set after another! Zhao Desan immediately realized that this old guy wanted to use the Standing Committee meeting to put pressure on him and open fire. He couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart. Everyone was silent after Secretary Zhang finished speaking. For a moment, the meeting room was deathly quiet. No one expected Secretary Zhang to deliberately embarrass District Mayor Zhao at the meeting. Although he didn't explicitly point out Zhao Desan's name, the subtext of this sentence was self-evident.

Zhao Desan's heart shook slightly, but he still tried to maintain an extremely calm expression. He knew that he would sooner or later have a face-to-face collision with Secretary Zhang, but he didn't expect this old thing to make him unable to step down at today's meeting.

Zhao Desan looked around at the others, then nodded and said with a calm face, "Secretary Zhang heard correctly, there is indeed such a thing. As the District Mayor, my duty is to be in charge of the district's economic work. Whether it is district enterprises or grassroots enterprises, if there are problems, we must find ways to turn the situation around. I have always heard that the mounting factory has some legacy problems. It just so happens that a friend wants to contract the mounting factory. I thought it would be a good thing to contribute to the economic development of our district, so I took that friend to Chengguan Town to see the general situation of the mounting factory. But I didn't expect that before we even entered the factory, we encountered people blocking us. This situation made me feel very surprised. What's more surprising is that the villagers of Duanjia Village actually made the first move, and in the end, they were beaten by my friend.

For this matter, I also have an unshirkable responsibility, but the villagers of Duanjia Village have been acting arrogantly and domineeringly for these years, almost becoming a local bully. I think there is even the nature of a black society. And as far as I know, the root cause of the mounting factory's closure was the constant trouble caused by Duanjia Village. Also, the paintings in the mounting factory are state-owned assets. It is said that more than half of them were taken back by the villagers of Duanjia Village and privately divided. These problems must be thoroughly investigated!"

Secretary Zhang originally wanted to use this matter at the Standing Committee meeting to put pressure on Zhao Desan, making him suffer in silence and lose face in front of other leaders, so as to re-establish his dominant position as the top leader in the district. But he didn't expect this kid to be so eloquent and have such good verbal skills. After a few words, he was stunned. Although Zhao Desan's words obviously had exaggerated components, it also made Secretary Zhang unable to find a reason to refute for a while.

Then, Zhao Desan stood up, his tone softened slightly, a smile appeared on his face, and he continued, "There is one more thing I want to mention at this meeting, and that is the matter of our mounting factory. The factory director of our district brewery, Duan Fugui, is also an important factor. In my opinion, the conflict between Xiaoqiang Village and Duanjia Village, that Duan Fugui has always been the culprit leading the trouble. Our District Committee and District Government must attach importance to this matter. I also heard that Duan Fugui is said to have a backer in the district, so he doesn't take some of the ideas and decisions of Chengguan Town seriously at all. Who is the backer? I don't think it would be any of the Standing Committee members present here, right?" When he said this, Zhao Desan deliberately glanced at Secretary Zhang.

Seeing Secretary Zhang's expression change slightly when he heard Zhao Desan say this, he didn't expect this kid to take the initiative to attack him. He knew that if the matter of the mounting factory continued to be discussed, this kid might push him to the stage to make a fool of himself. So he pretended to think thoughtfully and said, "It seems that the problem of this mounting factory is not small. Our district doesn't know much about the situation below. The views of Comrade Jianming and Comrade Xiaojun are a bit inconsistent. No result can be discussed today. It's better to wait for Chengguan Town to discuss and solve it below. After the results are discussed and agreed upon, report it up, and our District Committee and District Government will make a decision. Today's meeting ends here. Everyone, meeting adjourned."

A meeting that was originally intended to embarrass Zhao Desan ended with Secretary Zhang's fear, which undoubtedly put Zhao Desan in the upper hand in the game between the two.

Returning from the District Committee to the office and sitting down, Zhao Desan's mind was filled with Secretary Zhang's liver-colored face, and a triumphant smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

"Beep beep beep... beep beep beep..." Just at this moment, Zhao Desan's mobile phone suddenly rang. He then came back to his senses and picked up the phone. Seeing that it was a call from Shanzhu, he hesitated for a moment and then connected, "Hello! Shanzhu."

"Big Brother, tell you a good news. I went to the south to see a calligraphy and painting exhibition. The paintings in my hand have already been offered 400,000 for one! That is to say, the paintings in my hand can be sold for nearly 10 million!" Shanzhu obviously didn't expect the value of these paintings to be so great, and his voice on the phone sounded extremely excited.

"Is that so?" Zhao Desan was stunned for a moment, but he appeared relatively calm. 10 million was actually nothing to him. He was still holding a bank card with a deposit of over 100 million, but he just didn't dare to use it for the time being.

(Chapter 2887: Standing Committee Meeting)!