Chapter 1090: line with translation of title

In Lin Tao's car, the atmosphere wasn't good either; this deputy department head's face looked very gloomy.

This Party Secretary Pan is truly overbearing as ever! Comrade Su Yang, when you go there you must absolutely cooperate with him, otherwise you'll see it too.

Su Yang said: "It seems Party Secretary Pan is a strong‑willed person; I fear that even if I want to cooperate with his work, he may not be very willing."

Besides, when I first arrived in the county I was completely clueless; anyway, everything is up to Party Secretary Pan—he does whatever he wants, and does whatever he feels like.

Lin Tao glanced at Su Yang: "What if it's a thorny public‑security case? If you can't stay out of it, they'll inevitably push you to the front."

Su Yang fell silent at once; he had originally thought it would be best to keep a low profile and avoid any conflict or contradiction with these people.

But just now, as soon as they started, two old people were there blocking the car to lodge complaints, and he knew there probably wouldn't be any peaceful days. Seeing Pan Wenhai's attitude just now only strengthened his thought.

Moreover, it seems that this deputy head of the Organization Department is not seen by others as a leader worthy of respect, which shows his connections in the city are very strong. But as for this question from Bureau Chief Lin, he didn't know how to answer it right away.

Unexpectedly, Bureau Chief Lin added another sentence: "Before you arrived, Party Secretary Pan recommended Wu Chong, head of the County Organization Department, to serve as Deputy County Party Committee Secretary and Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary, and this proposal had already been passed at the standing committee meeting; only the public announcement remained."

As a result, a single transfer order from the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department directly parachuted you in, so even before you arrived you had already offended a bunch of people. When the time comes, how will you work? You really need to think it through first.

Su Yang grunted in acknowledgment and said, "Thank you, Bureau Chief Lin; I've got it figured out."

Regarding this situation, he really couldn't complain; after all, any parachuted cadre inevitably blocks the advancement space of other local cadres—this is an indisputable fact. It's just that the situation here looks a bit worse than elsewhere.

Their car arrived first at the county government compound; after the two got out, the motorcade led by Pan Wenhai of the County Party Committee and County Government, together with the four leadership teams, followed closely into the compound. As soon as the car stopped, Pan Wenhai and the others all got out.

After getting out, Pan Wenhai said to the crowd, "We warmly welcome Comrade Su Yang to work in our county; everyone should show the utmost respect. Follow my slogan: each of the four leadership teams stands in a row. County Party Committee row, County Government row, County People's Congress row, County CPPCC row!"

As his words fell, everyone quickly lined up as he said. However, Su Yang noticed an interesting phenomenon: the natural front of each of the four leadership teams' lines should be the top leader.

Apart from the County Party Committee, the other three leadership teams stood in neat rows, but the front of the County Government row was missing a leader. He instantly felt that Pan Wenhai had no good intentions.

Sure enough, Pan Wenhai said, "Comrade Su Yang, you are a cadre of our County Party Committee, so you should stand in our County Party Committee's row."

Su Yang immediately understood why the County Party Committee row had an empty spot—it was reserved for him. Logically, if they were lining up like that, Pan Wenhai shouldn't be standing at the front of the County Party Committee row, but since he said so, Su Yang couldn't refuse; after all, as Deputy County Party Committee Secretary he definitely belonged to that group.

After he took his place in the line, the four leadership teams were now standing neatly. At that moment, Pan Wenhai stood before the crowd, looked around, and said, "Today is a good day, and a big day for our county; today our County Deputy Secretary and Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary Comrade Su Yang assumes office, and we extend our welcome!"

After saying that, he led the applause, and the crowd began clapping loudly. Having displayed his personal authority, he then said to Bureau Chief Lin, "Bureau Chief Lin, please say a few words to everyone." After saying that, he kept chattering on.

Lin Tao actually felt very displeased with Pan Wenhai's behavior; it was clearly a way of placing himself above the organization.

If the leader of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department weren't present, Pan Wenhai would be just a lone person speaking from the rooftop and wouldn't care, but since he is here and still acting this way, it truly shows he has no regard for anyone.

As the Deputy Head of the Organization Department who sent the cadre over, he certainly should give a speech, but that would normally be in a meeting room or auditorium of the County Party Committee and County Government; what is this all about?

So he simply said, "There's nothing to say; let Party Secretary Pan say a few more words."

As his words fell, everyone exchanged glances. Although it seemed to give Pan Wenhai face, it actually expressed displeasure; everyone present is an old fox, and if they didn't understand this, that would be strange.

Pan Wenhai felt embarrassed, gave an awkward smile, and said, "Thank you, Bureau Chief Lin, for your wise words; please now proceed to the small hall."

The so‑called small hall is actually a large meeting room that can hold nearly a hundred people, which is uncommon elsewhere; after all, other places consider a meeting room of fifty or sixty already luxurious.

However, in Liu Cheng Xian, because of the natural black‑gold industry of coal mines, the county government's finances are relatively affluent, so not only the entire County Party Committee and County Government building is top‑notch, let alone the hall inside the building.

After Su Yang followed the crowd into the hall, he saw a sea of people sitting there; these should be the Town Party Committee Secretaries, Township Party Committee Secretaries, town mayors, township mayors, and bureau chiefs of various departments, etc.

After they all entered, it was strange that none of them showed any reaction. Su Yang was puzzling over this when he suddenly heard Pan Wenhai shout, "Stand up, applaud!"

Those people in the meeting room then all rose in unison, began clapping loudly, and formed a neat, uniform formation.

Lin Tao frowned outright; this was clearly an attempt to intimidate Su Yang, and they weren't giving him the respect due to a leader.

Su Yang wanted to curse outright: "What nonsense, one stunt after another—those who don't know might think they've entered a summer camp." He indeed hadn't yet gotten to know Pan Wenhai, and had originally planned to spend some time gradually learning about him, but now it seemed unnecessary; this is simply an overbearing, arrogant, domineering top leader.

Normally, people's applause would last five or six seconds, but this group had a peculiar trait: while clapping they kept glancing at Pan Wenhai with their peripheral vision; as long as he didn't utter a sound, they kept clapping, and they did so for over thirty seconds before he finally said, "Sit down!"

Only then did everyone sit down in unison, making it seem like a military drill.