Chapter 480

Su Yang said: "Actually, it's all for serving the people; no matter which position one holds, it's the same, and my current work focus is poverty alleviation, so if a new Township Party Committee Secretary arrives later and we can cooperate, that will be fine."

Gao Fengming sighed and said: "You little brat, have you already figured out a countermeasure in your heart? Alright, I won't say more to you; having this mindset is good. The specific matter may not necessarily be this current result, after all it's a public notice, which requires a month."

Moreover, even if promotion comes from within the current Party Committee team, it still needs deliberation, inspection, meetings, and a series of procedures; that would also take two or three months.

This is also from his perspective, releasing the utmost goodwill, and what he said poses no problem at all; after all, selecting a township Party Committee Secretary must strictly follow procedures, which would take two or three months timewise.

Since the city leaders are to act according to rules, they can also proceed according to rules.

Of course, relying solely on his identity as a County Party Committee Organization Department Head to confront the city leaders, he lacks the confidence; but if Zhou Ruohan and Fang Jingwen join together to bring him to handle this matter, he will see it through to the end, after all he is acting according to regulations.

Su Yang said: "Thank you, Minister Gao, I appreciate your goodwill."

After hanging up, he squatted at the door and smoked a cigarette, thinking, "These bastards are really something, finding out even earlier than me."

But this change of face is happening too fast, right? Just having this news doesn't mean his appointment as Township Party Committee Secretary will really go awry.

In fact, this matter is set in stone; no matter who the city leaders are, they cannot change it, not even Mayor Gao.

Only, why didn't Zhou Ruohan call him? That surprised him a bit; perhaps it's because everyone similarly has confidence in their hearts.

Turning back into the meeting room, he said to Li Dongxiao and the few who came: "Today, due to many absentees, we will postpone this meeting; however, everyone absent will still be recorded as before, and disciplinary action will be taken when due."

Li Dongxiao's forehead beaded with sweat; he whispered, "Director Su, I must say what you're doing is right, but the situation is not good now; I fear that if you do this, you'll offend even more people, thereby emboldening that lot, making future work possibly more troublesome."

Su Yang said: "Don't worry, with me here, the sky won't fall; everything remains as before."

When he left the meeting room and returned to his office, he saw the cafeteria auntie coming back with vegetables. Normally, seeing him, the cafeteria auntie would come over all excited to greet him and, in passing, introduce her college-graduate daughter.

But this time, upon seeing Su Yang, the cafeteria auntie tossed her head, turned her face, and tripped away in small steps without even saying hello.

Su Yang couldn't help but chuckle inwardly; this is reality—the faces of officials are far more shameless than ordinary people's, even a cafeteria cook has contracted a severe case of office syndrome.

Li Dongxiao, following behind, suddenly said: "Director Su, look what kind of people these are? These past couple days they've been rushing to flatter you, seeing you eat at outside restaurants, they concoct all sorts of ways to give you special treatment in the cafeteria, even bringing their own cured meat to stir-fry for you."

"Now they don't even say hello; they lack basic courtesy."

Su Yang said: "Old Li, don't worry about this; actually, it's a good thing for us—people, when things go smoothly, everyone around seems good, but once there's a mishap, the faces you see are the real ones."

"Keep doing your normal work; you needn't worry about my affairs—there won't be any changes, I'll let you in on the bottom line."

When he returned to his office, he found Xie Siyang and Gao Peixia standing at the door, both looking worried at him; evidently these two girls also knew about his matter.

Xie Siyang is usually carefree, but now she appeared cautious: "Director, this matter is surely the work of petty people; you mustn't bear any psychological burden or pressure."

"If worse comes to worst, we can also go find someone; I don't believe we can't handle them. Otherwise, let's go back to the county seat tonight and I'll treat you to a good meal."

Gao Peixia also said: "Director Su, otherwise, why not just go back to the county seat? After returning, rest well for two days, adjust your condition; anyway, before a new candidate emerges, there should still be a turning point for this matter."

Compared to Xie Siyang, she, although she thinks this abnormal situation surely stems from someone dissatisfied with Su Yang or with those behind him, firmly believes that given Su Yang's ability, even if he fails to secure this township Party Committee Secretary post this time, it won't affect his prospects.

At least he remains a section chief level official; at least he is still the deputy director of the county's Poverty Alleviation Office.

Su Yang put on a pretentious sigh, then said nothing.

Xie Siyang rolled up her sleeves and said: "First let's find out who's secretly pulling strings behind the scenes; my dad knows several leaders in the province, I'll call him now to have him speak up there—I don't believe they'd still dare to make things difficult for you over this."

He is truly simple, with no ulterior motives; he says what he thinks, and ordinary people wouldn't just lay their cards bare for others.

But he's different; as long as someone matches his temperament—or rather, as long as it's someone he admires—he will open his heart and treat you sincerely.

He almost moved Su Yang to tears, and he said: "Enough, do you think I'm someone easily discouraged? The sky won't fall; let's keep working normally."

"Besides, we are just a brick in the organization—wherever needed, we move there; it's merely a division of labor, and whatever we do is for serving the people."

"You two also shouldn't be disheartened; do what you ought to do; I trust the organization will give me fair treatment and an explanation."

Only then did Xie Siyang pat Su Yang's arm, saying: "Really, don't lie to us; please don't keep things bottled up inside."

He completely lacks any sense of boundaries; in Su Yang's eyes, that's liveliness, a trustworthy comrade. But if he encounters some stiff, old-fashioned leaders, that would be seen as overstepping.

Gao Peixia said: "Then we can rest easy; however, given today's situation, I'll invite Director Su and Siyang to a meal together."

Su Yang said: "Okay, okay, okay, rare to let me treat you to a meal.' As he was saying this, his pocket phone rang; he pulled it out and saw it was Zhou Ruohan's call, presumably she had already figured out this matter.

He didn't avoid the two of them, directly pulling out the phone and pressing the answer key.