Chapter 18: First Meeting with the Organization Department Head

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the Municipal Committee Organization Department's car arrived at the Jincheng County Committee Organization Department.

The people from the Municipal Committee Organization Department gave a few simple instructions and then turned and left.

"You are Su Yang? Let me introduce myself. I am Mao Wenlong, Section Chief of the Cadre Section."

"I heard you were Secretary Liu's secretary before. Why didn't you stay in a municipal-level unit and instead ran to our Jincheng County?"

Every word from Cadre Section Chief Mao Wenlong was filled with displeasure.

Su Yang frowned slightly. In his past and present lives, he had no grievances with this Mao Wenlong. Did he eat gunpowder? Giving him a cold shoulder the moment he arrived?

But this show of power was probably directed at the wrong person. As an actual-power Town Mayor, could he still take this kind of treatment from you?

Before I even arrived, I was already a thorn in everyone's side; would I care about one more of you?

Before Secretary Liu had his incident, deputy department-level officials had to smile and curry favor when they saw me. Who do you think you are?

Not to mention others, even the Section Chief of the First Cadre Section of the Municipal Committee Organization Department who talked to me this morning was trying to get close to me, and you, a County Committee Organization Department...

Being arrogant with me, are you qualified?

"Section Chief Mao, this is an appointment from the Organization Department. If you have any opinions, you can provide feedback to the Municipal Committee Organization Department."

"Or, why don't you go be this Town Mayor?"

"Looking at you, you're over forty. If you don't go down and be a top leader once, I'm afraid you won't have the chance in this lifetime."

"You..." Section Chief Mao was instantly rendered speechless by the retort.

The number of actual-power section-level cadres in a county can be counted on one's fingers, but his position as Cadre Section Chief also definitely had plenty of gold content. The Party Secretaries and Town Mayors of various townships all had to show him three points of respect when they saw him, and everyone wore a smiling face when they met him.

Someone like Su Yang was the first he had ever encountered.

Moreover, it is said that when scolding people, one shouldn't expose their shortcomings. Even if this forty-something Cadre Section Chief were truly sent out, it would be nothing more than a Party Secretary or Town Mayor; it sounds like governing a region, but it simply cannot compare to a twenty-five-year-old Town Mayor.

After being dazed for a long time, he finally reacted: this person was air-dropped from above and had seen the big world...

"What about me?"

"If you have business, state it. If not, I'm leaving," Su Yang said coldly.

"You... Minister Gao is waiting for you in his office for a talk." Mao Wenlong wanted to put on a show, but ended up getting slapped in the face. At the same time, he clearly realized that this was just a hotheaded youth.

You're awesome now, but let's see if you can still be awesome after you go to Huatian Town.

Talks with Organization Department leaders are standard practice. Even after the talk, he still had to go see the County Party Secretary and the County Magistrate.

However, County Party Secretary Zhao Shanhe had been put away, and the County Magistrate was implicated and sent to the municipal-level Old Cadre Bureau.

Mao Wenlong, holding a belly full of resentment, brought Su Yang to the office of Organization Department Minister Gao Fengming.

He knocked on the door a few times lightly before a middle-aged man's voice came from inside: "Come in."

Mao Wenlong went in first, and it was two minutes before he came out to bring Su Yang in.

"Minister, this is the new Huatian Town Mayor sent by the Municipal Committee Organization Department," Mao Wenlong said humbly, his body bowed almost ninety degrees.

"Hmm." Gao Fengming nodded slightly and then continued to look down at his documents, completely ignoring Su Yang.

Mao Wenlong retreated silently.

Su Yang just stood there straight. If it were his past life, he would definitely be nervous and uneasy.

After all, he would be working in the Jincheng County seat from now on. Even if he had been the secretary to the Municipal Party Committee Secretary, that was a thing of the past. Officialdom only recognizes the present and the future; who looks at your past?

But now, his heart was as steady as Mount Tai. Don't leading cadres often like to pull this routine? First, it's a show of power; second, it's to see what your mentality is like and whether you can hold steady.

Using this to test him was truly a bit childish.

He took a simple look at this Organization Department Minister wearing black-rimmed glasses and silently thought about the future and fate of this Organization Department Minister in his past life. Secretary Liu's incident did not cause him any impact; three years later, he became County Magistrate, and after that, he served until he reached the age of retirement as the Municipal Deputy Party Secretary.

This was enough to judge that he was not one of the former County Party Secretary Zhao's people, which made him feel a little more at ease.

While he was silently weighing the future of this future Municipal Deputy Party Secretary, the other party's peripheral vision was also watching him.

Not bad. Standing motionless for nearly half an hour, neither impatient nor irritable. If his background weren't involved, he would be a good seedling, after all, he is only twenty-five.

"Comrade Su Yang, I was just reading an important document and got lost in it. Sit down quickly."

Su Yang thanked him and then sat down properly, his buttocks only occupying one-third of the chair.

Gao Fengming was very satisfied. This was somewhat different from what Section Chief Mao said; he didn't have the airs of a former Municipal Committee Chief Secretary at all, very proper.

He took a sip of tea and said: "Comrade Su Yang, you are the youngest Town Mayor in the whole city."

"I asked you to come over just to give you a few instructions."

"You were Secretary Liu's secretary before, so in terms of vision, no one in Jincheng County can compare to you, and your thinking will be more advanced than our local cadres."

"It is precisely because of this consideration that the County Committee applied for you to come and be the Mayor of Huatian Town."

"I hope that after you go down, you will unite with your comrades and develop the economy of Huatian Town as soon as possible."

"If you encounter any difficulties in your work, you can also bring them up to me."

"You also know about the special situation in the county. After you see County Magistrate Li, I will have someone send you to Huatian Town."

It was all routine business, and Gao Fengming didn't say much else.

The special situation he mentioned was indeed quite special. Because of this incident, Jincheng County's Party Secretary and County Magistrate were both isolated for investigation, and there was basically no possibility of them returning to their posts. Currently, the person presiding over the work was the County Deputy Party Secretary and Executive Vice County Magistrate, Li Xiangdong.

Su Yang thanked him: "Thank you, Minister Gao. I will definitely not live up to the leaders' expectations."

But in his heart, he said: If I really encounter something, can you help me?

Moreover, having to go see Li Tian's father as soon as he arrived, it really is fate playing tricks on people.

"By the way, before you arrived, Huatian Town's Executive Vice Town Mayor Li Tian had already been designated as the Town Mayor, so when you carry out your work, you must pay attention to your methods," Gao Fengming kindly reminded him before he left.

In his view, Secretary Liu was transferred away, but someone who could return to the capital safely after such a big incident must have energy behind them.

As long as he was willing to help Su Yang, it wouldn't be difficult for Su Yang to be brought into the capital; but if he wasn't willing, Su Yang would never have been promoted by surprise and sent down to be an actual-power Town Mayor.

Therefore, it was better to give a reminder. After Su Yang put on an expression of surprise, he thanked him repeatedly.

By the time he came out of the Organization Department, it was already time to get off work.

He went to a nearby hole-in-the-wall restaurant to eat a bowl of beef noodles, planning to see the Executive Vice County Magistrate in the afternoon. ===== CHAPTER 19 =====