Chapter 179

"Town Mayor Ma, I just went to find Director Xu of the Party Committee Office to arrange your office, but he pushed it aside and didn't care at all. He told me to go find Town Mayor Su, but Town Mayor Su hadn't started work yet, and his liaison officer Zhou Tai said he wanted to arrange you in Li Tian's former office."

"Although the decoration of that office is very luxurious, higher grade than even Secretary Qin's, the feng shui is bad; after all, Li Tian has already committed a crime and gone in."

"Then, when I wanted to argue with Zhou Tai, Town Mayor Su came. He told me to just arrange you in Li Tian's office and not to change it."

"To be honest, our Town Mayor Su is really overbearing now; he doesn't put anyone in his eyes. You just arrived and haven't figured out the situation, and he's already giving you a hard time."

"I don't know how he will bully you in the future."

Ma Zhengyang's head was originally a bit dizzy, but hearing these words, he instantly became much clearer, and a flash of anger instantly crossed his eyes.

"This Town Mayor Su is really bullying people too much! Then why doesn't he go to Li Tian's office? You just said that office has bad feng shui; then whose office has good feng shui?"

Pan Yu Hai immediately said, "The one with the best feng shui is Town Mayor Su's office. Oh, Town Mayor Su said that an hour later, he will hold a Town Party Committee Standing Committee meeting."

"If it's convenient for Town Mayor Ma, please mention my matter as well."

Ma Zhengyang lit a cigarette and said leisurely, "These are all small matters. I believe that as long as I speak up, whether it's Secretary Qin or Su Yang, he will have to give me this face."

Pan Yu Hai said from the side, "Then what about the office matter? Except for the one used before, no other offices have been vacated. And the location is not good, and the space is not big enough. Besides, it seems there are no new office supplies here either."

Ma Zhengyang thought for a while and said, "Let's do this: use Li Tian's office, but all the furniture inside must be replaced. You go and handle this matter now, and I will go to the Town Party Committee meeting in a while."

"Just right, I can also take this opportunity to get to know the other comrades of the Party Committee team."

Ma Zhengyang was actually arrogant and didn't look down on Pan Yu Hai, who had been dismissed and had no roots or power, but there was no one else who took the initiative to defect to him.

He was a newcomer and had to have someone to use; otherwise, he was a lone commander who couldn't do anything.

If there had been any usable mid-level cadre, he wouldn't have used this kind of person. He hadn't done anything yet, and the first thing he did was ask for benefits.

Pan Yu Hai agreed and immediately ran to the Finance Office to ask for money to purchase new office supplies.

In the Finance Office, Liu Cai Xia was busy doing accounts. Pan Yu Hai walked in with his head held high and said loudly, "Liu Cai Xia, allocate 3,000 yuan to me; I need to purchase new office supplies for Town Mayor Ma."

Liu Cai Xia frowned upon hearing this and said, "Brother Pan, all financial expenditures need the Town Mayor's signature; it's not something you can just say and I'll give it to you."

"Let's do this: there is no problem with the appropriation, but you go and get the approval slip from Town Mayor Su."

She really wasn't targeting anyone, but Su Yang had instructed that every expenditure must be signed by him. If he was not there, it must be signed by Li Hu.

Now that Su Yang was in the town, she naturally had to have the other party bring Su Yang's signed slip; this is compliant and legal.

But Pan Yu Hai said aggressively, "Liu Cai Xia, have you been given face, or what? Town Mayor Ma wants to change office supplies; don't you understand? Can you afford the responsibility of delaying Town Mayor Ma's work?"

"Don't think that just because you are a small Finance Office Director, you dare to abuse your power against Town Mayor Ma. I think you don't want to be the Finance Office Director anymore. Now, immediately and at once, pay out this money for me; otherwise..."

Before Pan Yu Hai could finish, Liu Cai Xia immediately said, "Otherwise what? Don't be a fox pretending to be a tiger here. Calling you Brother Pan is out of respect for your age and seniority; don't be ungrateful."

Although Liu Cai Xia was very low-key on weekdays and gave way to everyone, she was now a mid-level leader after all.

Besides that, she had an aunt who was a Deputy Town Mayor and a boyfriend who was a favorite of the Town Mayor, Zhou Tai. In terms of face, she was much stronger than Pan Yu Hai.

Pan Yu Hai was flushed red from the retort. He naturally knew that the normal procedure required Su Yang or Li Hu's signature to get money from the Finance Office.

But did he dare to go to Su Yang? He definitely didn't dare. What about Li Hu? That wouldn't work either. Li Hu was very unwelcoming to him; he guessed that if he dared to go to Li Hu to mention this matter, he would be scolded and driven out.

But this matter had to be done; after all, this was the first thing he was doing for Town Mayor Ma.

Thinking of this, he ran directly to the only office supply store in the town and bought desks, file cabinets, and everything else on credit, and he used the Huatian Town Government's name.

In his view, as long as the things were brought, the Town Government couldn't refuse to acknowledge the debt.

Moreover, purchasing office supplies for Town Mayor Ma was not a meaningless expense like eating. When the time came, even if the Town Government didn't acknowledge it, Town Mayor Ma would definitely acknowledge it.

When the time came and Town Mayor Ma finished the meeting and saw the brand-new furniture in the office, he would definitely praise him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hum a little tune.

In fact, Su Yang already knew about Pan Yu Hai wanting to change office furniture for Ma Zhengyang. He only said lightly, "Money should be used where it should be used. Of course, if Town Mayor Ma insists on doing it this way, let him be this once."

In reality, he hadn't changed new office supplies, and the town's finances were indeed not well-off.

All the money that could be squeezed out had to be used not only for the Apple Processing Plant but also for other villages to engage in related specialty economy matters.

But this matter spread quickly, and countless people were already discussing it in private. Basically, in everyone's eyes, it was not yet known what this Town Mayor Ma's ability was, but his airs were quite sufficient.

As for Pan Yu Hai, he seemed to have found a backer in Ma Zhengyang, but whether it was a blessing or a curse was really hard to say.

An hour later, the Town Party Committee meeting was officially held. Su Yang still arrived very early, but recently, other town Party Committee team leaders had also been arriving early.

When Su Yang arrived at the conference room, except for Ma Zhengyang and the number one leader Qin Chuan, everyone else had arrived.

Seeing Su Yang come in, they all nodded and greeted him.

"Hello, Town Mayor Su. Town Mayor Su is here. Town Mayor Su, it's still a bit early; why did you come over?"

Su Yang said, "You are all here; if I were late, that would be hard to justify."

As he spoke, he took a pack of Black Lanzhou cigarettes from his pocket and distributed one to everyone.

Of course, he didn't forget to add, "We have female comrades here; when you smoke, open the windows. Don't let the female comrades keep inhaling secondhand smoke; that's very bad."

Although he said so, everyone had long been accustomed to smoking during such meetings. As for Bai Jing and Li Chunsheng, they had long been accustomed to this environment.

After a full four or five minutes, it was already the time for the meeting, and Ma Zhengyang walked in slowly with a bottle of mineral water...