Chapter 5591

Hearing Zhao Desan say this, Wang Leji, after all, was an old hand who had been floating in the officialdom for decades. He vaguely realized that Zhao Desan should know about this matter. His face suddenly looked a bit awkward. He laughed and said, "That... Secretary Zhao, I was just planning to call you to report this matter. You haven't been here during this time, and the Construction Committee has been leaderless. Now there are many infrastructure projects being carried out in the district, and because the Construction Committee doesn't have a specific leader in charge, the work has been a bit passive. Considering the actual situation in the district, I also consulted the leaders of the Municipal Construction Committee and the Provincial Construction Committee, and temporarily promoted Comrade Gao Haiping to be the Director of the Construction Committee, so that the work of the District Construction Committee can be carried out smoothly." Ever since Zhang Zengxian was pulled off his horse by Zhao Desan, Wang Leji knew that this young man Zhao Desan was not a simple character. After being honest for a period of time, he was not satisfied with the status quo. Human nature is greedy, especially the temptation of power is huge. This old guy had been floating in the officialdom for decades, and deep down, he was not satisfied with being ridden on his head by a young man to make a fortune. Taking advantage of Zhao Desan's absence during this time, he pulled relationships everywhere, cultivated his own direct descendants in the district, established a sphere of influence, and wanted to compete with Zhao Desan. Of course, doing these things must have a legitimate excuse and reason, and promoting Gao Haiping to the position of Director of the Construction Committee had a completely legitimate reason. Also, he learned from Gao Haiping that the people Zhao Desan offended were not just Mayor Zhang, but also the Director of the Provincial Construction Committee, Zheng Liangyu, who also had an irreconcilable contradiction with Zhao Desan. It was precisely because he discovered these secrets of Zhao Desan that he took the risk to promote Gao Haiping on his own initiative.

After listening to Wang Leji's explanation, Zhao Desan's originally peaceful expression became overcast. His brows furrowed slightly, and the cigarette in his mouth was bitten flat at the filter. Wisps of smoke slowly emerged from the corners of his mouth and nostrils. Such an expression made Wang Leji feel a bit terrified.

"Secretary Wang, why didn't you greet me about such a big thing?" After taking a fierce puff of smoke, Zhao Desan raised his head and stared at Wang Leji with eyes like shuttles, asking.

"I was thinking that Secretary Zhao, your health is not good and you are recuperating, so I didn't want to disturb you with work matters." Wang Leji explained with an awkward expression. He realized that Zhao Desan started to be unhappy because of this matter.

"Secretary Wang, your approach is a bit too arbitrary. Personnel adjustments must be discussed and decided by the Standing Committee. Don't forget that I, the acting secretary, still have the right of veto." Zhao Desan stared at Wang Leji with furrowed brows, and his tone became unfriendly.

"Heh heh, I did this for the sake of the work in the district. I also studied and discussed this matter with several other standing committee members, and everyone had no opinion. And I think Comrade Gao Haiping has worked in the District Construction Committee for so many years, and he is fully capable of being competent for this position." Wang Leji argued with an awkward smile.

"Comrade Leji, you haven't been working in the district for a long time. I'm afraid you have no certainty about whether Comrade Gao Haiping can be competent for this position. I came out of the District Construction Committee. Comrade Gao Haiping and I have worked together for several years. Can I not know whether he has this ability?" Zhao Desan glanced at Wang Leji with furrowed brows, and then fiercely extinguished the half-cigarette butt in the ashtray on the coffee table.

Looking at Zhao Desan's gloomy face, Wang Leji said awkwardly, "Secretary Zhao, that... that... it has already been adjusted. If you go back on your word now, I'm afraid it won't be very good, right?"

"Leji, you are an old comrade. You have seen more things in the officialdom than I have. I think you should know in your heart whether what you are doing is appropriate. A person in what position should do things within the scope of his own power. Overstepping behavior will only bring you a lot of trouble. You should understand what I mean!" Zhao Desan dropped a meaningful sentence, got up, and walked out of Wang Leji's Deputy Secretary office without looking back.

Zhao Desan returned to the office, sat down, and the more he thought, the angrier he became. Wang Leji could take advantage of his absence for a few days to be arbitrary in the district, randomly pulling in cronies for himself, and consolidating his position in the district. In particular, the position of Director of the District Construction Committee had always been highly valued by Zhao Desan. Because as the Chanba District, which was in a period of rapid development, whether he could achieve results after he took the position of top leader and fully controlled the district, and be officially appointed as secretary from acting secretary in a short period of time, only the various infrastructure projects in the district were the easiest to achieve results. This was also a well-known unspoken rule in the entire officialdom. If a person wants to be promoted and reused by the above, he must make some obvious achievements during his tenure, and launching various projects during his tenure is the easiest to see political achievements in the short term. Otherwise, how could there be the term "political achievement project"? Although everyone knows the secret, every leader will use this method to win political achievements for himself after arriving at a new place or a new position.

As an agency unit responsible for all engineering projects in the entire Chanba District, the level of management of the District Construction Committee is directly related to the normal development of all engineering projects in the district. And Zhao Desan knew Gao Haiping's ability clearly. Apart from speculation, his ability in work was not even as good as an ordinary staff member. If such a person were allowed to be the top leader of the Chanba District Construction Committee, then those engineering projects in the district would be messed up by him. Then wouldn't his idea of going from acting secretary to formal secretary in a short period of time be very difficult to realize?

Both publicly and privately, Zhao Desan did not want Gao Haiping to come forward. But now a realistic problem was placed in front of Zhao Desan, that is, Wang Leji had already promoted Gao Haiping. If he removed him as soon as he came back, it would be a bit unreasonable in any aspect. Instead, it would make other leaders in the district feel that he was the arbitrary dictator, which would inevitably lead to a loss of popular support. But now he couldn't just watch Gao Haiping serve as the top leader of the Construction Committee and mess up the various engineering projects that were progressing normally with his clumsy work ability.

Just when Zhao Desan was feeling a headache about this problem, a phone call from Mayor Zhang solved this problem.

This morning, he was sitting in the office pondering how to be flexible and cancel Gao Haiping's position as Director of the Construction Committee. Suddenly, the phone on the desk rang. He came to his senses, picked up the phone, and said "Hello."

"Xiao Zhao, I am Mayor Zhang." The voice of Mayor Zhang Dewang came from the phone.