Chapter 888

If Zhao Nanxing or anyone else overheard this conversation, they would certainly be shocked. At the same time, it would be accompanied by a large amount of traditional Chinese greetings.

But if Su Yang heard it, he would feel that this is truly Ma Su.

The people Ma Su associates with are basically real-power Section Chief Level or Deputy Section Level; once these people actually reach leadership positions, Ma Su's influence in Lieshan Xian can be imagined.

The next morning, the signing ceremony officially began. All authoritative media within Ganzhou Sheng mobilized en masse.

Before 8 a. m., all relevant personnel had arrived at the Industrial Park; Bao Shuang had already made preparations with the relevant departments here, first providing breakfast for the major media outlets, letting them rest briefly, then guiding them into their respective recording and filming areas.

At 9 a. m., all members of the County Standing Committee arrived; the Public Security Bureau mobilized its entire staff, constantly handling traffic maintenance and on-site security work.

Mo Tai finished his work and walked over to Su Yang's side: "County Magistrate Su, I heard the news that our new County Party Secretary will take office after the New Year, and he comes with great influence. Should we start adjusting the relevant personnel work before the year ends? As bureau chief, I've handled everything smoothly; handing over to Bureau Chief Sun is a natural progression. The entire Public Security Bureau also fully approves of him."

Su Yang laughed and said: "Oh, Lao Mo, you also know a lot of things; it really seems to be coming with great force. However, in my view, the greater the ability of the incoming secretary, the better for our county's development."

Mo Tai said: "This morning at the standing committee meeting, I already heard that they want to let the Procuratorate's Bai Jinbiao take over as political commissar. If this matter is mishandled, it could be delayed for a while or even forever. Rather than that, it would be better to let Sun Chengjun take over as Bureau Chief early."

Su Yang said: "That's correct, but not to that extent. Bai Jinbiao lacks the virtue and morality to serve as political commissar. If nothing unexpected happens, the political commissar will be parachuted in from the municipal bureau. If Sun Chengjun is indeed allowed to take over as bureau chief early, wouldn't that be terribly unfair to you? Having you step up in a crisis, thoroughly straighten out the Public Security Bureau, and then transfer you away—this..."

Mo Tai said: "I am already a vice chair of the People's Congress, and my rank has been raised half a level; this certainly doesn't count as removal from office. Moreover, I've heard that the county has already finished this year's final standing committee meeting; if there is no emergency, it's inconvenient to propose convening another standing committee, so it's best to ask the municipal authorities to step in and bypass our county's procedures."

Su Yang thought, doing this seems not problematic; this way, even after Zhang Jiangbo takes office, they would be unable to change it. Moreover, the position of Public Security Bureau chief is extremely important; we must secure it.

Even if Zhang Jiangbo does not interfere, if we really try to push Sun Chengjun into office on the current standing committee, Zhao Nanxing and others will certainly block it on the grounds that Sun Chengjun's experience is too shallow, etc. Rather than that, it would be better to follow Mo Tai's suggestion, leverage municipal connections, and directly settle this matter.

As they were speaking, a motorcade approached in the distance. Su Yang said: "The municipal leaders have arrived; this is a good opportunity to report this matter to them and see if the municipal leadership can support us. If the municipal leadership supports it, we can finalize this matter before the year ends."

While he was speaking, he saw Zhao Nanxing leading the County Standing Committee team rushing over. Because Vice Provincial Governor Huang was coming down, Municipal Party Committee Secretary Guo Haiyan and others needed to be present; since the municipal party secretary was coming, the municipal standing committee basically turned out en masse. Sure enough, they saw the municipal party secretary's No. 1 vehicle stop in front of everyone.

After Guo Haiyan got out of the car, she greeted everyone. Su Yang could see from afar that this Secretary Guo seemed in good spirits, as if she had fully figured things out. Of course, he also noticed that Secretary Guo had little interest in their signing ceremony; she was merely coming down for a trip because Vice Provincial Governor Huang was coming.

Behind Guo Haiyan came the newly appointed mayor Wang Huaizhong, who is completely different from her, beaming with spring-like cheer, and he is also very concerned about this signing ceremony. Because yesterday his secretary had already contacted Su Yang, indicating he would definitely come today, and this occurred before contacting the chief secretary.

Next came the head of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, Lu Zhi Xin, whose mood was similar to Wang Huaizhong's; this visit also counts as support for Su Yang's work. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Su Yang found an opportunity to privately report work to the department head: "Department Head Lu, I have a work-related matter I'd like to ask for your guidance."

Afterwards, he explained his idea to the department head.

Department Head Lu said: "Originally, this kind of thing poses no problem at all. However, our organization department only recently proposed letting Li County Magistrate serve as a county standing committee member, and then intervening in your county's personnel affairs might provoke criticism from others. On my side there is definitely no problem, but you had better report this to Secretary Guo and Mayor Wang first. If either of them nods, there will be no issue at all."

Su Yang then expressed his thanks, and waited until Zhao Nanxing walked away from Secretary Guo's side before approaching Secretary Guo himself.

Secretary Guo said with a smile: "Your county's work is indeed well done—it solves current problems while looking toward future development. Using two legs is stronger than using one leg; everything focuses on incubating local enterprises, which is far superior to places that merely engage in investment promotion."

"If I were still in this position, perhaps the whole city would have to adopt your county's investment promotion policy, but that is now the successor's responsibility."

Su Yang said: "Thank you, Secretary Guo, for the praise; I really don't deserve it. This is all thanks to the collective wisdom and effort of the entire county's comrades, which has led to today's achievements."

Guo Haiyan said: "But County Magistrate Zhao wasn't saying that just now. According to him, it was only after he arrived that he helped you secure a bank loan and proposed the concepts of planting and breeding. Basically, all decisions and planning in the county were made unilaterally by him." After saying that, she laughed.

Su Yang silently cursed: "This County Magistrate Zhao truly has no shame; he probably hasn't even figured out his own background, otherwise he wouldn't be so foolish as to grab credit in front of Secretary Guo."

Su Yang said: "We are all carrying out work under the leadership of the County Party Committee and County Government; since the secretary hasn't taken office yet, we are working under County Magistrate Zhao's leadership, which is also correct."

Guo Haiyan smiled meaningfully: "You have ability, vision, and you don't envy your colleagues; your achievements are limitless."

Su Yang then said: "Secretary Guo, you overpraise me. I still have a thorny problem I can't solve right now and need your support." He then recounted the recent events to Secretary Guo in full.

Guo Haiyan said: "What's difficult about that? The municipal party committee and municipal government are supposed to support the work of the counties below; it's just a matter of a Public Security Bureau chief and a political commissar. Originally, municipal intervention in county personnel affairs is somewhat inappropriate, and moreover it's frequent; at most they would first appoint the bureau chief, then after the year parachute in the political commissar."

"But I no longer care about these matters. I'll now greet the organization department and the Public Security Bureau; tomorrow I'll have the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department and the Municipal Public Security Bureau go through the relevant procedures and simply notify your County Party Committee Organization Department."