Chapter 1409: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1409: This May Not Be a Bad Thing

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Faced with Xiao Xueqing's reminder, Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but be stunned.

It was quite obvious that what Xiao Xueqing said made sense.

Now, as Liu Yumeng's direct superior, Wang Xiaohua indeed had to take responsibility for Liu Yumeng's various behaviors at work.

It wasn't that just because Liu Yumeng's actions weren't arranged by him, he didn't have to take responsibility.

Under the existing accountability mechanism, the first to be held accountable are the leaders, not the grassroots.

If Liu Yumeng really caused a catastrophic disaster.

Then I'm afraid the entire Shangang Town, from top to bottom, would be purged.

"County Magistrate Xiao, I'll remember your words, thank you for your kind reminder!"

Wang Xiaohua expressed his gratitude to Xiao Xueqing.

The more Xiao Xueqing looked at Wang Xiaohua, the more satisfied she felt.

From the top scorer in the college entrance exam to now, Wang Xiaohua had walked a path she had watched all along.

Today's Wang Xiaohua had lost a few parts of youthful vigor, but gained a few parts of maturity and steadiness.

Developing at the current pace, his future could be described as limitless.

Everyone else thought Wang Xiaohua going to the countryside to be a grassroots poverty alleviation cadre was a terrible move among terrible moves, but she, Xiao Xueqing, didn't think so; on the contrary, she felt Wang Xiaohua's move was extremely clever, extremely exquisite.

Because with Wang Xiaohua's background, going directly to the central government, provincial departments, or municipal-level positions, there were no connections to rely on; even if his starting point was high, he couldn't easily break out.

Facing fierce competition, he might not be able to win.

But returning to his hometown to start from the bottom was different; that was equivalent to a dimensionality reduction strike!

With his identity as a Tsinghua University graduate, he only needed to produce a little bit of results, and I'm afraid even if he wanted to keep a low profile it would be difficult, because whether it was the town or the county, all eyes would be on him.

For example, the recent reform of the subsidy distribution method for low-intelligence impoverished persons has already shown initial results; even the current County Party Secretary has taken notice and highly praised Wang Xiaohua's reform, and has even begun internal discussions on whether this reform plan should be promoted from Shangang Town to the whole county.

As long as Wang Xiaohua doesn't make principled mistakes, then in this county, three years a small step, five years a big step, it's basically a done deal.

Time flew to the next day; Wang Xiaohua rose early, he first went to the office to handle some documents left over from last night, then went down to the countryside for visits.

Arriving at the office and finishing the documents left over from last night, it wasn't even nine o'clock yet.

At this time Zhong Hongtao walked over.

"Xiao Hua, come to my office for a bit."

Wang Xiaohua was stunned:

"Town Mayor Zhong, what's wrong?"

Zhong Hongtao's expression was somewhat profound and mysterious:

"Just come over."

Wang Xiaohua came to Zhong Hongtao's office.

Zhong Hongtao closed the door, then said to him:

"I originally planned not to say some things to you, but after thinking for a whole night, I feel I still need to tell you; after all, I'm the deputy mayor in charge of the Poverty Alleviation Office, if your department has an incident, I have to take responsibility."

Wang Xiaohua was stunned:

"Town Mayor Zhong, are you talking about Liu Yumeng's matter?"

Zhong Hongtao, hearing this, also followed with a stunned moment, then said:

"If that little girl Liu Yumeng had even one ten-thousandth of your comprehension, that would be great!"

Then he added:

"You don't know, last night when she did those things, how terrified I was; fortunately, her family was present last night, so no matter what it wouldn't fall to us to manage her, but in this township, if she commits any mistake, then you and I would have to take the blame."

"I know this." Wang Xiaohua's reaction was very calm; he also said:

"Town Mayor Zhong, please rest assured, in the future I'll try to arrange as little work for her as possible; if she doesn't have to work, I won't let her work."

Zhong Hongtao nodded in satisfaction:

"That's exactly what I mean; put her on the shelf, don't let her work! But whatever achievements your Poverty Alleviation Office has, you have to attach her name to them; given the current situation, we still can't afford to offend her family."

Wang Xiaohua nodded:

"I understand."

Zhong Hongtao said further:

"However, you need to know how to coordinate; Liu Yumeng not working yet taking credit, this kind of thing easily causes dissatisfaction among subordinates; there's a balance to this, you have to handle it according to the actual situation, do you understand my meaning?"

Wang Xiaohua nodded:

"I understand."

Zhong Hongtao nodded in satisfaction again, and sighed with emotion:

"If our town had a few more talents like you, everything would get twice the result with half the effort!"

Wang Xiaohua came out of Zhong Hongtao's office, returned to his own office, and discovered Wang Chang had come over.

Wang Xiaohua was stunned; in his heart he already knew why he had come.

But he still asked:

"Wang Chang, today isn't Monday so there's no early meeting, why did you run over to the town?"

Wang Chang wore a gloomy face:

"Director Wang, I have some words, and I don't know whether I should say them or not."

Xiao Hua said:

"Go on, say it. You'll feel better getting it off your chest. I know you're not convinced in your heart."

Wang Chang was stunned:

"You know what I want to say?"

"It's just that dinner gathering in the County Town last night. Liu Yumeng and I were both invited, but you weren't, so you feel unconvinced."

Wang Chang hurriedly explained:

"I'm not unconvinced toward you. After all, you still went to chase that culprit. But Liu Yumeng, what right does she have? She didn't do anything, yet she acts like she's the protagonist of that righteous act. Honestly, I feel it's not worth it for you, Director Wang!"

Xiao Hua smiled:

"What's worth it or not? You have to understand: it's because Liu Yumeng is in our department that we have this Commendation Conference for Righteous Acts at all. If Liu Yumeng weren't in our department, at most it would just be an internal commendation. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wang Chang huffed angrily:

"I get it all, but it's still stifling. Damn it, can having connections just let someone steal credit?"

Xiao Hua was somewhat speechless:

"Wang Chang, not that I'm saying anything about you, but you're ten or twenty years older than me, and you've been in this post for who knows how many years. Don't you have even this bit of awareness? Loosen up your mindset."

But Wang Chang said:

"I want to loosen my mindset too, but as soon as I think about how I've worked myself to death for so many years and still can't get promoted, while Liu Yumeng, this fake, does nothing here, gets grassroots experience on her resume, and then can rise rapidly — it's really unwilling!"

Xiao Hua sighed:

"Every time I see this kind of phenomenon, never mind you being unwilling — anyone with even a bit of conscience, even a bit of sense of justice, would probably be unwilling too. It's just that the social structure is like this. This world is destined to never achieve absolute fairness."

Speaking here, Xiao Hua comforted Wang Chang:

"This isn't necessarily a bad thing. At least people like us who truly do the work can stay on the front lines, truly Serve the People, and solve the problems the masses truly need solved."