Chapter 32

"Town Mayor, do you mean going down to the village?"

"Which village are we going to? Do we need to notify their Village Party Secretary?"

Zhou Tai was stunned for a moment, then said.

He had seen a few leaders, but he had never seen one like this; he wasn't even familiar with the situation in the town yet.

He hadn't even recognized all the staff in the town, and he was already in such a hurry to go to the village?

In this weather, wouldn't it be better to stay in the office and blow the fan? He had to go to the village.

Could it be that the leader he encountered was a man of action?

"We're going to Huating Village," Su Yang said.

Five minutes later, the two drove a Santana from the town toward Huating Village.

In the car, Zhou Tai explained to Su Yang, "Town Mayor, there are more than ten cars in the town. Except for two Jeep 212s that were allocated by the higher-ups before, the others were bought by the town itself in the last two years."

"Especially the Passats for Secretary Qin and Deputy Town Mayor Li, which were bought at a high price."

"The other Party Committee members each have a Santana."

"Originally, you should have been using the Passat."

Su Yang waved his hand and said, "What car I sit in is not important; what's important is whether I can do the job well."

However, he was still very surprised inwardly. This was 2002, after all; even in a wealthy town, having two Santanas would be the absolute limit.

At the time, the price of a Santana already exceeded 200,000.

Most places still only had one Jeep 212, which shows how rich Huatian Town was back then, relying on coal mines.

By this standard, it was perfectly normal for them to spend nearly 300,000 in public funds on wining and dining in a year.

Qin Chuan watched the Santana drive away and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

It seems this Town Mayor is someone who can't stay idle and wants to do some real work?

But in the town government, he is a lone commander and can't get anything done. What a pity.

Pan Yu Hai, who had just been dismissed, came to find Li Tian, "Town Mayor Li, I feel that I am truly too wronged."

"What right does that man surnamed Su have to dismiss me?"

"Everyone knows that this bill of nearly 300,000 was signed by the town."

"As the Office Director, handling the comings and goings, do I have to pay out of my own pocket?"

"Town Mayor Li, you have to stand up for me."

Li Tian looked at Pan Yu Hai with great disgust, "Are you here to hold me accountable?"

"Then let me ask you, as the Office Director, if you don't do your job well and go against the Town Mayor, can you expect any good fruit?"

"You're at your age, and you've been in the system for more than ten years; have you lived all those years in vain?"

"Even if I take a step back, he just dismissed your position, he didn't fire you. There will be plenty of opportunities for a comeback in the future."

"Remember, we are public servants of the people, here to serve the people, not to rack our brains to be officials."

Pan Yu Hai was almost scolded into a state of depression.

He thought to himself, you are so noble, you are so great.

The things were done because you told me to, and I was the one who took the blame.

In the end, not only did you wash your hands of it, but you also talked about serving whom? Then you should serve! Why be a Deputy Town Mayor?

Li Tian paused and said, "Su Yang just went out; he probably went down to the village."

"You call the Village Party Secretaries of each village and tell them that no matter what he goes there for, they are not to receive him."

"I want him to know who is the heaven in Huatian Town."

Pan Yu Hai had no choice but to turn his grievances into anger toward Su Yang and called the Village Party Secretaries of each village.

"Zhou Tai, let's go to the Huating Village Committee first."

"I want to understand some situations from the Village Party Secretary."

The Santana soon drove into the courtyard of the Huating Village Committee.

But after Su Yang got out of the car and walked around a few offices, he didn't see a single shadow.

He even suspected he had gone to the wrong place.

Finally, under the old locust tree outside the village committee, he asked an old man who was cooling off and learned that the village committee was just a facade.

Village Party Secretary Liu Jiefang had always been working from his own home.

If the villagers had any business, they would all go to his house to find him.

Zhou Tai asked for directions, and the two turned a few corners before seeing a courtyard with more than a dozen large brick-walled tile-roofed houses; the level of luxury was no less than some township governments.

It formed a sharp contrast with the low adobe houses nearby.

"Hehe, it really is opulent."

"Just this courtyard and these houses, it wouldn't be enough without more than 100,000. This Secretary Liu is really rich," Su Yang said.

Then, as he and Zhou Tai just entered the courtyard, they heard the sound of mahjong being played.

In the middle, a rough voice was mixed in.

"Director Pan called earlier and said a new Town Mayor had come to the town."

"Just took office and he's already bored out of his mind, running out to the village. He's really fucking bored."

"If he comes here, I'll kick him out directly."

Then another voice said, "Secretary Liu is right, he's really fucking bored, what is he running here for?"

"Isn't this delaying our mahjong game?"

"However, I estimate that this so-called Town Mayor won't last three months before he's crying and running home to his mother..."

"Hahahaha. Hahahaha..."

Suddenly, everyone burst into loud laughter.

The expression on Su Yang's face was clearly angry; slandering him was one thing, but playing mahjong at home in broad daylight. This is truly outrageous.

When he went in, the four men and one woman in front of him were enthusiastically playing mahjong in a cloud of smoke.

The woman's blouse was half-open, and the skinny man playing cards next to her reached into the woman's blouse for a feel before touching his tiles, then said, "Give me a two-dot, give me a two-dot."

The man opposite laughed, "Secretary Liu, how many two-dots have you touched? It would be inexcusable if you don't win this hand."

Su Yang couldn't help but be furious when he saw this scene, "May I ask which one is Secretary Liu?"

However, these people were in the middle of their excitement and didn't hear him at all.

Su Yang asked again, "May I ask, which one is Secretary Liu?"

This time his voice was raised by eight degrees, and the people playing cards finally heard clearly.

Secretary Liu, who had just been touching his mistress, glanced at the stranger in front of him and said coldly, "Get out, who let you in?"

Seeing this, Zhou Tai suppressed his anger and said, "Secretary Liu, this is Town Mayor Su."

Liu Jiefang said while touching his tiles, "Town Mayor Su? Which Town Mayor Su? What is he in charge of?"

The woman beside him looked a bit ugly at this moment and whispered, "It's the Town Mayor who just took office yesterday, Town Mayor Su..."

As soon as she said this, the people playing cards stopped immediately.

No matter what, the person who came in was their Town Mayor.

Just now, they were still arrogantly mocking the Town Mayor; they didn't expect that the words were still hot, and the person would arrive.

Liu Jiefang got up, took a Zhongnanhai cigarette from his pocket, and said to Su Yang, "Town Mayor Su, I really didn't know it was you. You said you were coming to the village, but the town didn't even make a call."

"So I could have gone to the village entrance to welcome you in advance."

Su Yang did not take the cigarette but said, "Didn't the town notify you? Didn't Pan Yu Hai call you?"

"Is it currently working hours?"

"You are not at your post, but playing mahjong at home?"

"Who gave you this privilege?"