Chapter 433

As his voice fell, these slackers all stood up in unison and apologized to Su Yang, "I'm sorry, Director Su. We were wrong. We will change, and we hope you can give us another chance."

With this posture, if you didn't know better, you'd think you'd entered some mountain stronghold; it was completely out of tune with the work of a township government.

Gao Peixia and Xie Siyang were both stunned, especially Gao Peixia. She certainly knew what the style of grassroots work in the countryside was like—some were lazy, some were inactive, and some slept until the sun was high—but she never expected it to turn into a mountain stronghold form.

Su Yang watched these people without speaking. He was also extremely disgusted and annoyed by this atmosphere. However, it was because of his hesitation that these people actually stood up and bowed to him, "I'm sorry, Director Su. Please give us a chance."

"You all sit down. This is the People's Government, not a mountain stronghold. Your work style issues are for your township leadership team to manage."

"Of course, there are also relevant organizational rules and regulations, and at the very least, there are the Organization Department and the Discipline Inspection Commission. There's no need to stand here and apologize to me. I was just saying."

Su Yang didn't give them a good look at all. He knew that the behavior of these people was rogue-like, purely because Cui Mingjiu wanted to give him a warning here, to let him know that in this Xiushui Xiang, Cui Mingjiu was the one who had the final say.

By doing this, he was challenging Cui Mingjiu's authority.

Seeing this, Su Yang didn't doubt for a second that if Cui Mingjiu told these people to kneel, they might just do it.

"Next, let our Officer Gao tell everyone about the main content of this poverty alleviation work."

Su Yang couldn't be bothered to waste words with these people now. He directly let Gao Peixia speak to those present. It was also a test of Gao Peixia's clinical ability.

Gao Peixia was not at all intimidated by such a scene. She very methodically went through the current poverty alleviation work from beginning to end for those present.

Because of Cui Mingjiu's angry shouting earlier, everyone present listened very carefully.

Although the extinguished cigarette butts were still smoldering and the smell of smoke and alcohol was still drifting in the conference room, the lazy attitude was ultimately gone.

After Gao Peixia finished, Su Yang said to Lu Kai and Cui Mingjiu, "Let's stop here for today. First, let everyone grasp this spirit. In the coming days, everyone's key work must become assisting in poverty alleviation."

"In addition, I want to see all the poverty alleviation ledgers from the past two years tomorrow morning."

"Regarding the work style of the township, I sincerely hope that everyone can correct it in a timely manner. For all those who were absent today, I hope they will be given certain punishments rather than just verbal warnings. I ask you both to take this seriously."

"At the same time, please give me a list of those who were absent."

"Finally, I will visit all the natural villages here over the next two weeks. At that time, I will ask your cadres here to assist and accompany me. If there is nothing else, let's end here for today."

Su Yang's guest-usurping-the-host posture made Cui Mingjiu very unhappy. *Today, I really gave you face. Saying our township's work style is no good, saying this and that—this is completely disregarding us. *

*Fine, on the surface you are a leader from above, so I can cooperate, but the things that follow won't be up to you. *

*I want to let you know who really has the final say in our entire Xiushui Xiang. *

After the meeting ended, Su Yang, Xie Siyang, and Gao Peixia went to Lu Kai's office.

Lu Kai looked a bit nervous because, although Cui Mingjiu had kicked the ball to him when he told everyone to have the meeting, Su Yang had clearly stated that these people were to be punished. In the end, these people would surely settle the score with him.

But he wasn't as arrogant as Cui Mingjiu, nor did he have the capital to be arrogant. He poured tea for the three of them and said, "Director Su, you've seen the basic situation of our township. This place of ours is truly unloved by uncles and aunts. The higher-level leaders don't pay attention to us, and of course, we aren't competitive ourselves, so after all these years, everyone has become a bit free and scattered."

"I have tried to correct these habits, but I believe you can see that I can't make the decisions on these matters, so please don't blame me. And for those cadres who skipped work today, see if we can avoid punishing them directly; after all, it's not easy for them either."

Su Yang didn't take the bait and instead asked, "Secretary Lu, we specifically called you before we came this morning, thinking of coming over early to communicate with you about work. But when we arrived, you weren't there, and when we knocked on several office doors, they all said you were out. Do you have something important to do?"

A flash of embarrassment crossed Lu Kai's face. He said, "I really wanted to explain this to you. I was originally waiting for you in the office, but a couple in a nearby village started fighting, and it was almost life-threatening. The village cadres couldn't persuade them, so I went to try and talk them down."

"Sigh, you don't know, but the more remote and backward a place like ours is, the more trivial matters there are. Someone has to do these things, right?"

"Of course, I'm not saying our cadres here don't do things. It's mainly, how should I put it, perhaps the nearby common people trust me as the Party Committee Secretary, or in their eyes, I'm the biggest official."

Su Yang watched Lu Kai's shifty words and knew he must be lying, but he didn't expose him.

Even after seeing Lu Kai's previous performance, he thought to himself that this person was better off having some problems, because such a weak and incompetent person wasn't suitable for this position.

"Oh, is that so? Then the fact that the people here trust you so much is a very worthwhile thing, which shows you haven't done little work."

"As for the work that needs to be done next, we already talked about it at the meeting. Since three of us came this time—besides me, there are these two female colleagues—please arrange a place for us to stay, Secretary Lu. We are going to stay in the township today."

Upon hearing this, Lu Kai looked troubled again, "Director Su, let me discuss this with Township Mayor Cui to see how to arrange it. After all, our conditions here are simple, and I'm afraid of mistreating you. Um, let's see if we can arrange a better place for you."

Su Yang was speechless. It seemed this Township Party Committee Secretary really didn't have a shred of autonomy. He had to ask Cui Mingjiu for permission just to arrange a dormitory.

"That's fine. Just make sure it's arranged by this afternoon, especially the dormitory for these two female comrades. Try to arrange something better—I'm talking about safety."

"We won't disturb you anymore. You go ahead with your work, and we'll go out for a stroll."