Chapter 641: with translation of chapter title

Twin Ditch Large Koji Winery, you want to take it back? Do you know what you're saying?

They've poured so many years of effort into it, continuously operating, completely rescuing a winery on the brink of closure, and also solved employment problems for many people, driving job placement for the county; now you want to take it back—you must have a fever in your brain?

Furthermore, if we could take it back, we would have done so long ago; why are you saying this here?

As soon as Ye Xianggao finished speaking, others immediately ganganged up on him.

Secretary Ye is right; if this could be done, it would have been done already. Do you think you're waiting for others to achieve results in the township, and just picking a peach will do?

Holy cow, if that's really the case, Geng Miao would have already thrown in the towel; why would he devote himself to the enterprise and make it so big?

You probably don't know that the Shuanggou winery was personally inspected by provincial Party Committee leaders, and they gave it full affirmation.

Moreover, it's the provincial Party Committee's top leaders; for such an enterprise, not to mention our county government, even the municipal Party Committee, municipal government, and even the provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission couldn't so much as think about interfering.

You're just a youngster, you don't understand any of the rules at all; otherwise, go try taking it over and see?

After a round of sarcastic jeers, Ji Minjia of the Publicity Department said: "County Magistrate Su, having this idea is good; if we could really have the County Party Committee and County Government directly send people to take over, that would be exactly what we want."

But you know, at the Twin Ditch Large Koji Winery, even if you forcibly install a new chairman, he wouldn't be able to work, because aside from Geng Miao, nobody would listen at all.

Inside their winery, major matters are supposed to be resolved through votes by all winery leaders, but in reality, the only people qualified to attend the meeting now are Geng Miao's several brothers; others simply aren't qualified to have a seat, and even if one or two manage to get a seat, they dare not speak.

One could say Twin Ditch Large Koji is impregnable—neither a needle can pierce nor water can splash in. Furthermore, they've been operating well these years, with tax revenue ranking among the top in the city each year, so County Magistrate Su, we still need to be cautious, cautious, and cautious again.

Wen Qiren looked at Su Yang as if looking at a fool and said: "County Magistrate Su really has such ambition and vigor; why not give it a try?"

Ye Xianggao grunted, then said: "Those who agree to give Comrade Sun Chengjun, Deputy Director of the County Public Security Bureau, a suspension of duties, and after the investigation is clear, to give him a major demerit, please raise your hands."

After saying that, he first raised his hand, and others naturally followed. Ye Xianggao saw Wen Qiren, County Deputy Secretary Zhou Yanru, etc., all raise their hands; the County Party Committee leadership present, aside from Su Yang, everyone else immediately raised their hands in agreement.

Ye Xianggao looked satisfiedly at everyone, then said: "It seems this isn't unanimous after all; I think we should exercise the principle of democratic centralism. Those opposed, please raise your hands."

As soon as his words fell, Su Yang swiftly raised his hand.

This really opened everyone's eyes! Normally, such a situation wouldn't occur in a standing committee meeting; normally, even if you disagree, you could just abstain, which avoids offending anyone and saves you some face.

Not to mention the county standing committee, even the municipal standing committee, when faced with an overwhelming disparity, would generally choose to abstain to save face, unless they had the strength to match wrists with the other side, in which case they'd openly oppose; anyway, they'd at least have a few allies.

So what is Su Yang doing? Asking for humiliation? Piling up hatred? Or does he really have a screw loose?

Under normal circumstances, merely offending the present leadership comrades is already outrageous within the system; others don't even have time to rally comrades, and he's completely isolating himself; normally, such a person wouldn't be trusted by superiors.

Moreover, he not only offended all the leaders present, but also offended the local tyrant whose connections go straight to the provincial Party Standing Committee; this account is never worthwhile no matter how you calculate it. Normally, as a newcomer, one should be cautious, preserve oneself, then get the lay of the land, plan slowly, seize a handle before striking hard, delivering a fatal blow—that's what a qualified vice county magistrate should do.

But his performance clearly lacks maturity, leading the county's main leaders present—including Ye Xianggao, Wen Qiren, and Zhou Yanru—to gain a new understanding of Su Yang's political acumen: he's nothing but a thoroughgoing hotheaded youth; if it weren't for someone backing him from behind, he'd have been cleaned out of the system long ago, not even leaving scraps.

Ye Xianggao said: "Good, very good; we have fully demonstrated the democratic spirit from Comrade Su Yang—this is excellent; oppose when you should oppose, agree when you should agree, never let others' subjective opinions affect your judgment. Today's meeting ends here; we'll report truthfully later."

After saying that, he stood up and left the meeting room, and then the other leaders gradually returned.

Only Su Yang took out a cigarette, lit it, blew two smoke rings, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Others laughed at him for being crazy; he laughed that they couldn't see through him—in fact, that's exactly the effect he wanted.

However, based on this occasion's initial assessment, some people are indeed openly following Ye Xianggao's lead and have fully sided with Geng Miao, but in practice they're still rather perfunctory. Thus this news will reach Geng Miao, and he'll want to see how he talks when they eat together. Geng Miao's facial expression right now would be as colorful as possible.

However, at that moment, he suddenly heard someone downstairs shouting at the top of their lungs: "Ye Xianggao, Wen Qiren, come down and eat with me! Hurry, the dishes are already on the table!"

Su Yang heard this, his heart jolted. What situation? In front of the county Party Committee and government building, someone actually openly shouted at the top of their lungs, directly calling the names of the county's top two leaders—is that reasonable? But in an instant he realized, that voice sounded familiar; he quickly got up to the window and looked—sure enough, it was Geng Miao with a big slicked-back hairstyle and wearing a thumb ring.

Looking at this situation, the rumor isn't baseless; nationwide, even if there are those so-called underground organization department heads with heavenly connections, in public one still ought to use the proper respectful titles for the local top two leaders—this is a sign of respect for people.

Not to mention that they are the county's top two leaders; even if you see someone casually holding a position, you should address them by their title, and if they truly have none, you should at least call them something like Old Zhang or Old Wang, right? Directly shouting their name—even if a father calls his son—wouldn't be that condescending.