Chapter 335: Retreating in the Face of Difficulty

The scene at the Standing Committee meeting caused a sensation in the entire Ganshui officialdom!

This kind of shock was unprecedented, and the cadres and masses were stunned! A Deputy County Head was actually taken away by the Municipal Discipline Inspection Committee for investigation at the meeting, which was unheard of!

Lu Fan was considering who would succeed this Deputy County Head. Ganshui had adjusted too frequently this year. After scratching the cadre list for a long time, he found that there was really no very suitable candidate.

An important duty of the County Party Committee Secretary is to vigorously recommend cadres. The county had vacant positions, and Lu Fan had to fight for the cadres of Ganshui, trying to avoid being squeezed in by "outsiders," otherwise the section-level leaders of Ganshui would inevitably have complaints in private.

County Head Wang Baoguo returned to his office, told his secretary not to see anyone, and sat on the office chair in deep thought.

When he first became County Head, Wang Baoguo tirelessly pursued the throne of County Party Committee Secretary. But after so many years, he had seen through everything and had already let go of his obsession.

He admitted that the person he had the most misjudgment of in his life was Lu Fan. To this day, he couldn't figure out why a worker at the Baishu Bay Township Forest Farm could "climb" to his head? Taking the County Party Committee Secretary throne he dreamed of? It's only been a few years! It's not that I don't understand, it's just that this world is too crazy!

If he hadn't broken up his daughter and Lu Fan back then, would the situation be very different?

Now, Wang Baoguo had reached the age of knowing destiny, and that kind of strong uneasiness was becoming more and more serious, even to the point of making him unable to sleep or eat.

The scene that happened at the Standing Committee meeting today really scared him! Li Junxia's collapsed appearance made Wang Baoguo feel the same, and completely cut off his desire for the future. Now he only seeks a safe landing!

After thinking it through completely, Wang Baoguo dialed Lu Fan's phone and said, "Secretary, are you in the office? I want to report on work!"

"Come over, I am in the office."

Putting down the phone, Lu Fan secretly sighed. Working with Wang Baoguo, to be honest, is very uncomfortable! I am not that noble, nor that open-minded. I am just an ordinary person. I will complain, I will be petty, and I will be calculating. I remember everything about the past clearly! Asking me to cooperate with him intimately is really difficult!

Lu Fan knew that the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Discipline Inspection Committee had mastered some things about Wang Baoguo, and what will happen in the future is really unclear.

If I don't fall into the well and throw stones, being able to stand by and watch is considered generous!

Ten minutes later, Wang Baoguo pushed the door and entered, sat opposite Lu Fan, and said calmly, "Secretary, I will report on ideological work!"

Lu Fan didn't speak, nodded lightly, signaling him to continue.

"Secretary, to tell you the truth, you made me think of when I first started working. At that time, I was also high-spirited, full of blood and ambition, full of passion for work, and wanted to change some things through my own efforts. But as time passed, everything seemed to have changed!" Wang Baoguo sighed, his tone carrying a trace of helplessness.

Hearing these foreshadowings, Lu Fan probably guessed his purpose for coming today, so he said, "Don't forget the original intention, and you will achieve the end. It is easy to say, but difficult to do! Our work nature is special, and we must indeed respect ourselves, reflect on ourselves, warn ourselves, and encourage ourselves. Power is a 'double-edged sword,' which can benefit the people or harm the people. Everyone knows the truth that you cannot have both fish and bear's paw. Being an official to make a fortune, or making a fortune to be an official, will cause abuse of power and damage public interests."

"What the Secretary said is true. Serving the people wholeheartedly is easy to say, but difficult to do! It is easy to do it for a while, but difficult to do it for a lifetime!"

Lu Fan smiled faintly and said, "If there is no faith, no ideal, or the faith and ideal are not firm, the spirit will be 'calcium deficient,' and it is inevitable to have the idea of seeking profit once power is in hand, which will inevitably lead to political deterioration, economic greed, moral corruption, and life corruption, turning serving the people wholeheartedly into 'serving the Renminbi'! Therefore, we must always keep in mind to be a person upright, do things cleanly, and be an official clearly!"

Wang Baoguo didn't pick up the topic, but asked, "Secretary, in your conception, what do you want to develop Ganshui into?"

Lu Fan thought for a while and said firmly, "To be an official for a term is to benefit one side! I want to lead the comrades, through unremitting efforts, to let Ganshui realize fairness and justice expected by the masses without relying on relationships or playing tricks! Strive to let every child enjoy fair and high-quality education, make continuous new progress in labor, medical care, old-age care, housing, and support for the weak, use heart, emotion, and effort to solve the 'urgent, difficult, anxious, and expectant' problems of the masses, and let the masses have more, more direct, and more real sense of gain, happiness, and security!"

It can be seen that Lu Fan is revealing his true feelings. Wang Baoguo sighed, youth is good! At the same time, he also raised admiration!

He didn't intend to go around in circles and decided to show his cards directly, saying, "Secretary, recently I have felt that my spirit is not good, and I feel that my physical condition is not as good as before, and I can no longer bear the current high-intensity work. In order not to affect the overall situation of Ganshui's development, after careful consideration, I think I should leave opportunities to those younger, more passionate, and more capable excellent cadres, let them charge for Ganshui's future! Please consider carefully, transfer me back to the city, no matter what position!"

Lu Fan was a bit surprised. He didn't expect Wang Baoguo to be so "bare," and his courage was so great. Does he want to land safely?

"County Head Baoguo, we are both provincial-managed cadres, and the adjustment power is in the Provincial Party Committee and Municipal Party Committee. If you have any ideas, you can talk to the higher-level organization, and I am not convenient to express my opinion."

Who knew, Wang Baoguo suddenly said, "Secretary Lu, back then I beat the mandarin ducks with a stick, I owe you an apology!"

Lu Fan waved his hand and said, "Everything is fate, nothing is decided by oneself. Let's not mention the past! If you want to return to the city because of this reason, then it is unnecessary!"

Wang Baoguo shook his head and said, "Secretary, I know you have weight in Secretary Mingzhou's words. I just want to go to a light and easy position now, please fulfill it, Secretary!"

Can retreating to the second line mean landing safely? Lu Fan really didn't know Secretary Li Mingzhou's attitude, and didn't want to meddle in other people's business. Still the same sentence, not falling into the well and throwing stones is considered kind enough. Who do you think you are? Why should I help you?

"County Head Baoguo, I can't open my mouth about this matter, I am really powerless!"

Feeling Lu Fan's attitude, Wang Baoguo didn't insist anymore, planning to talk to Secretary Li Mingzhou personally, so he stood up to say goodbye.

After walking a few steps, Wang Baoguo suddenly stopped and turned to ask, "Secretary, I heard that someone reported me? I don't know if it is true or false?"

Lu Fan's eyes were as calm as water, and he replied faintly, "County Head Baoguo, don't catch the wind and grasp the shadows. The clear are clear, the turbid are turbid! The organization will not wrong a good person, but will not let go of a bad person!"

Looking at Wang Baoguo's lonely back, Lu Fan couldn't help but sigh. It is truly "Heaven makes sins, it can be violated; self-made sins, cannot live"! Bringing it on himself, at a dead end, no matter how he struggles, it is estimated that it will be of no avail. If he had known today, why was he in the beginning? Everyone has to pay for the mistakes they made!

The next morning, Wang Baoguo went to the Municipal Party Committee, and with a nervous mood, came to the office of Municipal Party Committee Secretary Li Mingzhou, solemnly proposing that he wanted to be transferred back to the city.

However, Li Mingzhou did not give a clear response, just frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "The Municipal Party Committee will carefully consider it."

Hearing this, Wang Baoguo's heart sank. He knew that Li Mingzhou's attitude meant that things were not simple.

Wang Baoguo walked out of Li Mingzhou's office helplessly, his steps exceptionally heavy, and his psychology burdened with huge pressure.

Ganshui has been "double-regulated" so many cadres in the past few months, especially two Deputy County Heads, all have intricate connections with Wang Baoguo. He wants to retreat in the face of difficulty and be alone, how can it be so easy?

Lu Fan was listening to the report of the Urban Construction Bureau when Secretary Li Mingzhou's phone called, saying, "What do you think about Wang Baoguo's matter?"

Lu Fan said without hesitation, "Obey the organization's arrangements, safeguard the organization's authority, execute the organization's decisions, I have no opinion!"

"Hmm, I know!"

After hanging up the phone, Lu Fan said to Zhou Fei, "Expose the bad behavior of those who have the ability to perform but refuse to perform the penalty decision, so that they can be condemned by public opinion! Also, please ask the court to intervene and enforce it. You contact the court first. If the docking is not smooth, I will come out. We must use this case to form a powerful deterrent to the subcontracting behavior of the whole county. In the future, government investment projects in Ganshui will eliminate any form of subcontracting. You are the competent department, and you have to bear this responsibility!"

"Okay, Secretary, I will do it immediately!"

In the afternoon, Propaganda Department Head Liu Jingxuan and Industry and Commerce Bureau Director Gu Hao came to report on the "Internet celebrity economy" work.

Liu Jingxuan reported, "Secretary, we have planned two activities, and the preparation work is currently in place.

First, cultivate and strengthen the local Internet celebrity team, take multiple measures to strengthen emerging formats, and explore cultivating the 'Internet celebrity economy.' Hold the first Ganshui County E-commerce Douyin Competition, guide and encourage cadres and masses in the whole county to use short video platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou to promote Ganshui, promote Ganshui's tourism resources and special products, so as to discover talents.

Second, entrust the Commercial Information Consulting Management Co., Ltd. to hold training classes, cultivate Internet celebrity talent seeds, and implement Internet celebrity e-commerce, live e-commerce, and content e-commerce training plans."

Lu Fan agreed after listening, and asked to go through the Standing Committee meeting. It was just that he felt a bit painful about this cost, this Liu Jingxuan really spent money with a big hand!

Gu Hao reported, "Secretary, the application materials for the provincial e-commerce platform and provincial double-creation platform projects have been submitted to the Provincial Department of Commerce and the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology. I have run to the province four times one after another and increased the docking intensity, but I feel that my weight is not enough, and I am worried that the project approval will go wrong. The maximum subsidy for these two projects can reach five million!"

Lu Fan was very tempted after listening and said, "You dock with these two departments, I will personally visit the two department heads to seek the support of the provincial department." ===== CHAPTER 336 =====