Chapter 587

Deputy Provincial Governor Huang, I am a Party member and a state cadre; when there are difficulties and obstacles, I should rush to the front line. Wherever there is need, there will be my presence—this is not empty talk.

If problems arise and everyone shrinks back, what use are we cadres to the nation? Loving the Party, the country, and the people—isn't that demonstrated precisely at this moment? I will take on this thunder; I don't care how deep his connections are, nor how powerful his local influence. As long as he doesn't give the common people a clear and bright sky, I will end this dark and hopeless situation.

Su Yang stood up, excited: "To others this may be a huge challenge, even a foreseeable black hole, but to me it is absolutely an opportunity to achieve great merit. After all, I was born extraordinary."

Seeing Su Yang so resolute, Huang Dacheng's eyes filled with admiration: "Please sit down, don't be so agitated. To be frank, your courage and boldness are such that even if I placed them at your age, I might not find anyone comparable. This matter, besides possibly causing a Waterloo in your political career, could also drive them to desperation and endanger their lives, so you must consider it carefully."

We have tentatively decided this, but I will give you half a month's leave to go to Jingcheng and discuss these matters with Ruohan again. Old Zhou's side will certainly have no problem and will give full support.

But Ruohan is a young woman who will become a mother in a few months; she is the one with the most say in this matter. If she agrees, you will take office after the New Year holiday; if she disagrees, then everything we have said today is invalid.

Old Huang considers things more comprehensively; Old Zhou is someone who wholeheartedly devotes himself to his career, so he will naturally support this fully, but from Ruohan Zhou's perspective she may not agree. After all, behind her are the elders Zhou Lao and Qiao Lao, so we must do our homework thoroughly. Su Yang, you indeed have the ability to break through, but you need even more to return safely with this honor.

Su Yang raised his head and said: "Thank you, Uncle Huang, for thinking so thoroughly for me. I can give my answer now—I will definitely go and face this thunder. If I don't go, the organization will have to reselect cadres, which would take several months back and forth; then how would the local common people get by?"

Ruohan is also a cadre of the organization, a Party member, and has served as a local parent official; she should know better how difficult it is for the common people living in dire straits. So she will surely agree on this side—you can rest assured. But I also have a few small requests.

Huang Dacheng nodded: "You going is certainly feasible, but going alone to revive this situation is impossible. Although I have this courage and daring, I am certainly no rash fool. I need one person to follow me to that county Public Security Bureau as deputy chief, and must also command the criminal police team. This person must be personally named by me; otherwise I would not feel at ease sending others."

Furthermore, after I leave, regarding the succession in our township, please have the organization consider as much as possible the two comrades I propose: first, let Li Hu, a member of the Party Committee of Huatian Town, serve as the Township Party Committee Secretary of Xiushui Township; second, let Li Xiangdong, the vice township head of our township, take over as township head. I know these two comrades well and believe they will absolutely not disappoint the organization's appointment.

Huang Dacheng was originally solemn, his mood a bit heavy. Although he had never taken root at the grassroots, he could imagine what the people of Lieshan County, driven to desperation, might do.

Yet hearing Su Yang's so-called demands, he couldn't help but laugh: "I say, kid, you're the first to ask for a position in front of me, a solemn Executive Vice Governor. And you've opened your mouth asking—why not ask for a bigger post? You're just going back and forth for a section-level cadre; you're really losing out."

And even though you, kid, are about to be transferred, you still care about the two places you have toiled in. Old Comrade Zhou once said of you, and it seems quite fair—you treat every place you have worked as your life, wishing to watch over it constantly and let it thrive. This is good, but you also need to know when to let go.

After you leave, as long as you can recommend a suitable person to take over, the work will continue to develop along the trajectory you set. After all, you cannot stay in one post forever, nor can you remain in one place indefinitely; as a young cadre like you, you may in the future need to train at many posts and places.

Of course, building your own team is not unreasonable. The person you want for deputy chief of the Public Security Bureau is Sun Chengjun, right? I have already greeted the Public Security Department; as long as you are willing to go, Sun Chengjun will go ahead. Besides, why don't you ask what position you previously held?

Su Yang chuckled: "How could I bargain with the organization? That would be a sign of personal immaturity."

Huang Dacheng was amused again: "You kid are really slick; knowing you're being sent to risk your life, I will naturally not shortchange you on benefits. Here's the plan: after you go, you will directly become vice county magistrate, enter the standing committee, mainly responsible for transportation, maintaining social stability, comprehensive social governance, public security, judiciary, letters and visits, education, ethnic affairs, etc., overseeing the county Transportation Bureau, county Education Bureau, county Public Security Bureau, judiciary bureau, letters and visits bureau, and liaising with the People's Armed Forces Department, county court, county procuratorate, county Civil Affairs Bureau, county highway section, county road town law enforcement office, and armed police company."

Upon hearing this, Su Yang's heart jolted. Although he had been mentally prepared, knowing this trip would surely arrange a solid deputy division-level post for him, he didn't expect to be catapulted straight into the standing committee in one step.

After the brief surprise, he likewise realized the responsibility was great. Without entering the standing committee, he would have essentially no say at all. Moreover, the division of work was laid out clearly for him; though he didn't remember the rest, the main point was overseeing political and legal affairs and liaising with the Public Security Bureau. This clearly meant he was to go head-to-head with Geng Miao; the deputy chief of the county Public Security Bureau had already been considered by them, so his earlier mention was wasted—what a loss!

Thank you, Uncle Huang; you've given me a big surprise! I originally thought that after being suspended, I would likely be dismissed, and after dismissal become idle personnel, with concrete arrangements only expected after the year.

Huang Dacheng said: "Kid, don't get too excited too soon; initially, nobody wanted to take the post of county Party secretary or county magistrate, yet you, a mere vice county magistrate entering the standing committee, are scurrying over eagerly."

You've eaten too much coarse grain and never seen fine chaff. This is only possible because we're in the relatively remote Ganzhou Province, and this is a conversation between us two. If you said this in Jingcheng, I'd bet you'd be laughed at until your teeth fell out—a deputy division-level standing committee vice county magistrate would make you so pleased you wouldn't know east from west.

Others can just move their lips and aim for deputy bureau chief or deputy mayor, but you still need to practice. All right, our talk ends here; as previously said, I'll give you half a month's leave, and during this half month you can arrange your follow-up work and life here.

It would be best to go to Jingcheng and talk with Ruohan face to face. She is a Party cadre, a bona fide positive division-level leader, but after all she is a woman; her considerations will not wholly stand from a cadre's identity, and will lean more toward life and family.

All right, I'm about to issue the eviction order; outside there are so many people still waiting to report work, otherwise I'd waste all my time on you and couldn't finish my other duties.