Chapter 885

Su Yang laughed and said, "Could this still be fake? How could I possibly make a joke out of something like this?"

Xu Liguo said, "So where are you now? Tell me immediately; as long as you are in the country, I must see you tonight!"

Su Yang said, "I'm in the provincial capital; it's too late tonight, so let's talk tomorrow instead."

Xu Liguo said in an unquestionable tone, "Immediately tell me your address, or I'll have people search every guesthouse and hotel for you!"

Su Yang had no choice but to send the hotel he was staying at.

Then Xu Liguo hurriedly hung up, clearly heading toward the hotel.

Just after the call ended, Zhaikai's phone rang again, and he said the same, "Su brother, is this real? Why did the news come so fast? I didn't even have time to react."

Su Yang said, "How could I possibly joke about this? It's absolutely true."

Zhaikai said, "Alright, I'll come over tonight without delay; send me your address."

Su Yang, helplessly, also sent the address.

He smiled helplessly, wishing he could slap himself twice—he had drunk too much and couldn't control his hand; if he had waited until tomorrow morning to send it, there wouldn't have been so much trouble.

Zhao Kai and Xu Liguo push Su Yang's door.

"Su brother, we've brought the wine for tonight, the food will be delivered shortly, we're not going anywhere today, just to your room, we must get completely drunk before stopping!"

Su Yang, seeing this stance, knew the wine tonight was inescapable, so before becoming completely drunk, he first told the two of them the matter.

Two elder brothers, things are moving faster than you imagined. First, regarding Secretary Guo, the Provincial Party Committee should already have decided to let Secretary Guo serve as Party Group Secretary of the Writers' Association. Originally this was supposed to happen after the New Year, but I don't know if it was disrupted by other matters; in short, it was moved up.

Besides, speaking of the vacant Vice Provincial Governor position in our province, the original plan was to parachute someone in from above, but after various considerations it was still decided to recommend someone from within the province. So, Elder Brother Xu, you need to get moving quickly—I believe this news won't stay secret for more than a few days, and everyone will know; there should be quite a few qualified people in our province.

Xu Liguo said: "Actually, everyone's chances are about the same; if I get this news first, my chances will be a bit better and my odds will increase by several points. Although no one knows the final outcome, if you could give me this news first, I would be extremely grateful."

Zhaikai also said: "According to my plan, I intended to visit a few senior leaders again at the beginning of next year, but now it looks like I have to make a trip tomorrow. To be frank, don't think that because I'm a Transport Department head and the Municipal Party Committee Secretary are both full department-level, but in practice there are differences between the vertical and horizontal tracks."

If I stay in this position, I won't make any major progress in the future, but if I become a Municipal Party Committee Secretary for a term, I might still have a chance to advance further. That's why most of those who rise to vice-provincial level positions come from the Municipal Party Committee Secretary post.

Su Yang certainly knows these; otherwise why would everyone be vying to be the top leader? According to Old Zhou, this is actually already a secret within the system, but these secrets will be known to everyone in three or five days, so saying them now doesn't matter.

Moreover, given these two's political wisdom, it's absolutely impossible for them to leak this matter—the more people who know, the more competitors they will have.

Su Yang doesn't know when this drinking session ended; he only remembers that at the end, Xu Liguo was sleeping on the toilet.

So, the first thing he did after getting up was go to the toilet to look for Xu Liguo, and indeed he found Xu Liguo still sleeping soundly. As for Zhaikai, he searched for a while before finding him beside the trash bin in the hallway. Zhaikai, who usually looks very clean, was now in a terrible state, vomit all over his body, and even before getting close one could smell a nauseating odor.

Su Yang thought: "Good heavens, if the officials of Jinzhou saw this, then if Zhaikai were really to succeed Guo Haiyan's position, people would surely gossip about him behind his back. Fortunately, this is just a guesthouse, not a big hotel; there aren't many guests, and the staff aren't that diligent, otherwise his embarrassing state would have been discovered long ago."

However, unable to tolerate the vomit everywhere, Su Yang first woke Xu Liguo, who was snoring loudly asleep on the toilet.

"Huh? How did I end up here? Oh dear, how embarrassing." Xu Liguo said while rubbing his eyes; it's estimated that since he started drinking, he has never been this embarrassed.

Su Yang said: "Brother Xu, what's this about? Just look at Brother Zhai and you'll know."

Hearing that someone was even more disheveled than himself, Xu Liguo sat up instantly, ran to the hallway to look, and immediately burst out laughing: "I've always thought Comrade Zhaikai could hold his liquor, but now it seems everyone is about the same. Last night was really a blast—we three drank at least five catties of alcohol, and of that, an estimated three catties or more were vomited."

Hearing that number, Su Yang was secretly alarmed and said: "From now on, I definitely won't dare drink like that—drinking alcohol is certainly exhilarating, but drinking too much is no good and harms the body."

Xu Liguo also said: "Yes, from now on we should still exercise a little restraint, lest we lose our lives over drinking, which would become a joke. All right, I'll quickly call the Transport Department staff to have them come pick up the leader. I also need to go back, tidy up, take a shower, and pay a visit to some senior leaders."

"Brother Su, I'll keep this favor in my heart and will surely repay you later. Time is pressing, so I won't keep you longer. I had originally planned to treat you to a meal, but it'll have to wait until next time."

Su Yang said: "No need, I'm also busy here—I need to hurry back to the county to handle some work matters."

After returning to the county, the head of the Investment Promotion Office, Xie Siyang, came to report on work. Seeing her beaming smile, Su Yang knew this girl had done a good job.

Indeed, Xie Siyang said: "County Magistrate Su, I've already signed preliminary cooperation agreements with eight investors over this period."

"But I promised them you would hold a grand investment promotion conference—those coming to invest here also need exposure, and this is something you previously promised, so don't you dare lie to me."

Having secured eight investment deals, Su Yang was suddenly delighted and asked: "These won't be the result of you pulling strings with family connections, will they? Even if that's fine, we shouldn't press them if they aren't especially willing."

Xie Siyang said: "Who do you think you're looking down on? I negotiated each of these myself one by one! Of course, one or two also reached out to me after hearing about your deeds in our county. In short, these are all companies worth tens of millions."