Chapter 220: New Team Members in Place

In mid-April, the Municipal Party Committee adjusted personnel again. The vacant Vice County Chief of Ningyang County was in place. One was County Party Committee Office Director Liu Guannan, who was examined by the Organization Department; the other was Municipal Women's Federation Section Chief Chen Muxue, who was sent down to fill the vacancy of the female Vice County Chief of Ningyang County.

At the same time, Vice County Chief and Public Security Bureau Director Su Zhenghao was promoted to Deputy Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Qin Jun was transferred to the Director of the Ningyang County Public Security Bureau, and was nominated as a candidate for Vice County Chief.

Since then, the leadership team of the Ningyang County Party Committee and County Government has been completely equipped.

There is no wall that doesn't leak wind, and Ningyang is only so small. Lu Fan had heard some rumors from different channels. Liu Guannan had reported him!

Others might be catching shadows and provoking, but Du Wenlong and the others also told Lu Fan this news, so there was no need to doubt it.

Lu Fan is not a saint. It is impossible to forgive those who make dark moves at his critical moment.

Still that sentence, if people don't offend me, I don't offend people; if people offend me, I will definitely offend people!

Lu Fan had thought about it, and also made a report letter or something, but soon gave up this idea, because he remembered the teachings of his teacher Wang Hongtao: side roads are side roads after all, and things must be done openly and honestly; otherwise, they will not go far!

This sentence is still fresh in his memory and deeply branded in Lu Fan's mind.

After Vice County Chief Chen Muxue took office, Lu Fan took the initiative to visit, but didn't expect someone else in her office.

Chen Muxue's face was full of happy smiles, and she introduced, "County Chief Lu, this is my fiancé, named Shi Hao, who works in the Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department."

Shi Hao was particularly enthusiastic, took the initiative to reach out to shake hands with Lu Fan, and showed a friendly smile, "County Chief Lu is young and promising, which is really admirable! And Muxue and I will get married on October 1st. You must come to drink wedding wine then!"

Lu Fan responded equally enthusiastically, "Congratulations, congratulations! This cup of wedding wine must be drunk to witness your happy moment!"

This Chen Muxue's background was "dug out" by interested people in just one day. She was actually the daughter of the vice president of the only world's top 500 enterprise in Qinchuan!

As her fiancé, Shi Hao is definitely not simple. Lu Fan naturally wants to make friends.

After chatting for a while, Lu Fan got up to say goodbye, but stated strongly that he wanted to do the landlord's friendship for Chen Muxue and invite Shi Hao to taste the Ningyang special delicacies at noon.

Returning to the office, Public Security Bureau Director Qin Jun was "visiting the mountain" in the government office one by one.

Arriving at Lu Fan's office, Qin Jun took a box of beautifully packaged tea, smiled and put the tea on the tea cabinet, and said, "County Chief Lu, I have just been transferred here, and I am blind. I need to take care of it in the future! If I have done anything wrong or don't understand, you must point it out!"

While asking Qin Jun to sit down, Lu Fan was busy making

The two drank and chatted, the atmosphere harmonious and pleasant.

A few days later, County Party Committee Office Director Liu Guannan passed his assessment smoothly, the appointment and removal documents were issued, and he came to the County Government to report for duty immediately.

County Head Bian Jide convened a government party group meeting and clarified the division of labor for the two new team members: Liu Guannan would be in charge of industry, and Chen Muxue would be in charge of investment promotion, commerce, industry and commerce, and quality supervision.

After the division of labor was announced, Chen Muxue nodded at Lu Fan in a friendly manner.

Everyone knew that Lu Fan had taken the initiative to find the County Head and yield industry and commerce and quality supervision to Chen Muxue.

In fact, Lu Fan also felt that having too many responsibilities was troublesome and wanted to concentrate his energy on education and health; he would have even given away the Culture Bureau. It is too difficult to achieve results in the cultural field, and it is not something that happens overnight, which did not meet Lu Fan's requirement for "short, flat, and fast" political achievements, but this move won him great favor from Chen Muxue.

After the meeting, Liu Guannan "dropped by" Lu Fan's office. Upon entering, he said, "County Head Lu, we can finally work together as a team. I came here today specifically to learn from you!"

Lu Fan laughed, "You are a senior leader and are much more familiar with all aspects of the county than I am. I wouldn't dare to 'love being a teacher'!"

Liu Guannan sat down carelessly. Lu Fan bit the bullet, made him a cup of tea, and forced a smile.

"Lu Fan, call up Xuwen and Tongyu another day. Let's 'old hands' sit down together and have a lively time."

Lu Fan understood what he meant; back in the day, these people were all considered Gao Yuanfei's "direct descendants."

"County Head Liu, I definitely have no problem with that. How about I organize it?"

Liu Guannan laughed, "I am the 'newcomer,' so I must be the one to treat you all. Let me organize it!"

After chatting for a while, Liu Guannan stood up to take his leave.

Lu Fan sat there, sighing inwardly. He felt he needed to learn from Liu Guannan—to be able to talk and laugh with someone he disliked while still appearing so intimate and inseparable.

Ever since Liu Guannan was transferred to become Deputy County Head, the position of County Party Committee Office Director became vacant.

One must know, this is the number one Zhengke-level position in the entire county! Some even call it the "helicopter" to the deputy-division level. Such an important position naturally attracted the covetous eyes of countless township secretaries and department heads; anyone qualified tried every possible way to plot for this throne.

Hu Chengwei had been extremely troubled these past two days. The position of Education Bureau Director was a "difficult birth," and now there was an even trickier County Party Committee Office Director position. He had received many calls from leaders recently; just among the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee members and Vice Mayors, there were six or seven, and four or five department heads from the provincial level.

When he went to the city for a meeting two days ago, Mayor Sun Weidong's secretary also conveyed the leader's "will." What made him most embarrassed was that Executive Vice Provincial Governor Duan Pengfei also sent word through a Vice Mayor, recommending a candidate—and it was not the same person the Mayor recommended. In the end, some people even started pulling strings with ministry-level leaders!

Actually, this is not hard to understand. After all, many educated youth were once clustered in Yingjiang, eating and living in the villagers' homes. Now that they hold high positions, it is hard to refuse when the villagers who took care of them back then come knocking!

Moreover, many leaders came out of Yingjiang and Ningyang; by finding people through people, there is always a way to reach them.

Therefore, no matter who is used as the County Party Committee Office Director, it will inevitably offend some leaders. Hu Chengwei could only put it aside for now and let the bullets fly.

Time flies like an arrow; in the blink of an eye, it is already May, and only a little over a month remains until the college entrance exam and the high school entrance exam. Facing such a tense situation, Lu Fan dared not slack off in the slightest, pouring all his energy into the logistical support for the graduating classes.

Lu Fan knew deeply what these two exams meant to the students and what they meant to him. Therefore, he convened special meetings multiple times to make deployments. At the meetings, he clearly demanded that the Education Bureau must go all out to ensure organizational, logistical, and disciplinary support.

Lu Fan poured all his energy into the logistical support for the graduating classes and convened special meetings multiple times to make deployments, requiring the Education Bureau to go all out to ensure organizational, logistical, and disciplinary support.

To ensure that teachers could focus on teaching and students could focus on learning, Lu Fan decided to take a special measure—gathering those "black sheep" who were mischievous and affected class order into one class for "shepherding-style" management.

At the same time, Lu Fan arranged for Deputy Director Wang Fei to be stationed at the County Middle School, while he personally took charge of the County High School, going deep into the front lines to struggle alongside the teachers and students.

In this way, the entire graduating class formed a good atmosphere of being of one heart and mind, fighting for the college entrance exam. All the teachers and students were holding their breath, preparing to create brilliance once again!

To complete the "Qingbei" (Tsinghua/Peking University) grand cause that Lu Fan was obsessed with, High School Principal Zhang Shangjin organized the most excellent and experienced teachers from each subject to "cook a special meal" for the top 5 students in the grade, providing them with individual tutoring during evening self-study. Furthermore, to let the top students rest well, he specifically arranged single rooms for them in the classroom apartment building.

In terms of study and life, Zhang Shangjin's care was meticulous. These five students had very high spirits; they began to fight desperately for the school, for their parents, and for the bonus, because the County Head told them that as long as they could get into Qingbei, the county would reward each of them with 500,000!

What is the concept of 500,000? Not only would they not have to worry about tuition and living expenses for college, but they could also buy an apartment in the county town!

Money and honor are equally tempting; it is like a magic harp that can play the song of desire and motivation deep within people's hearts.

This power is like an irresistible temptation, making people go crazy for it, fight for it, letting them erupt with the greatest enthusiasm and creativity, constantly challenging themselves, and motivating them to keep working hard and striving!

As time went on, the high school seniors all got to know this young Deputy County Head who had no official airs, who was always cheering them on and boosting their morale, and who was a "good friend" who would occasionally "add chicken legs," add ribs, add mutton, and send watermelons and bananas to everyone!

Lu Fan did his best to help teachers solve the difficulties they encountered in their lives and work. For example, the school bus used by teachers to commute was solved by County Head Lu; some teachers found it inconvenient to pick up and drop off their children, so Lu Fan let them choose schools throughout the county. In short, he solved the worries of the high school teachers so they could devote themselves to education and teaching without distraction.

By mid-May, Hu Chengwei convened the five-person group meeting again to study the candidates for County Party Committee Office Director and Education Bureau Director.

But not long after the meeting ended, those who "failed the list" were unwilling to accept it; they went around campaigning and burning their bridges, bringing out even bigger leaders, causing this personnel adjustment to end up with nothing again!

A voice appeared in the Ningyang officialdom: the leader is incompetent! He can't even decide on his own office director!

Even when Hu Chengwei went to the city for a meeting, Municipal Party Secretary Li Mingzhou "inadvertently" reminded him that important positions should not be vacant for too long, making Hu Chengwei realize the seriousness of the problem. A Zhengke-level position adjustment had actually become a hot topic of citywide attention, and many people were watching his joke!

Hu Chengwei deeply realized that power is a double-edged sword; it can "save people" and also "provoke people." Some decisions must be made!

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