Chapter 2328

Before the Lantern Festival in 1999 had passed, several major events occurred in Chongjin County.

Yuan Yilu, the younger brother of County Party Secretary Yuan Yifu and the branch secretary of Yuanjiahan Village, voluntarily surrendered to the Discipline Inspection Commission. Several other cadres from townships and villages were also subjected to mandatory measures by the Discipline Inspection Commission, and investigation procedures began.

It is said that they were investigated for embezzling disaster relief funds issued by the state. This news was something that made people happy and excited. Such embezzlers were the most hated by the common people, especially embezzling this kind of disaster relief funds—the nature was too egregious.

Afterwards, County Party Secretary Yuan Yifu made a trip to Chengshui City and submitted a request to the Municipal Party Committee to resign from the position of Chongjin County Party Secretary. His reason was that his heart had problems and he was no longer able to handle the position of Chongjin County Party Secretary.

Municipal Party Secretary Huang Weiran naturally made a routine attempt to persuade him to stay, but Yuan Yifu's intention to leave was firm. Therefore, in the end, the Chengshui Municipal Party Committee agreed to Yuan Yifu's resignation request and let him go to rest his body.

Yuan Yifu recommended Comrade Su Xinghui, Deputy County Party Secretary and County Magistrate of Chongjin County, to succeed him as Chongjin County Party Secretary to the Chengshui Municipal Party Committee. He spoke highly of Su Xinghui, saying that Comrade Su Xinghui was a good comrade who was loyal to the Party, honest and upright, capable, and principled, and was fully capable of serving as Chongjin County Party Secretary.

He also said that under the leadership of Comrade Su Xinghui, Chongjin County would definitely develop better than it was now.

Historically, when the original County Party Secretary stepped down, his recommendation was a very important reference for the Municipal Party Committee to determine the candidate for the new County Party Secretary. And Su Xinghui's achievements were obvious to all. He also had a strong background like Provincial Governor Ke Zhifang. Who would oppose Su Xinghui serving as County Party Secretary? And who would dare to oppose it?

Thus, just after the Lantern Festival, the Chengshui Municipal Party Committee held a Standing Committee meeting, appointing Comrade Su Xinghui as a member of the Chongjin County Party Standing Committee and Chongjin County Party Secretary, and agreeing to Comrade Su Xinghui's resignation from the position of Chongjin County Magistrate.

Nie Xin had just taken a step forward before the year ended, serving as Executive Deputy County Magistrate. After only a month or so, he was appointed by the Chengshui Municipal Party Committee as Deputy County Party Secretary and Acting County Magistrate of Chongjin County. He would participate in the election at the People's Congress in March. If passed by the election, he would become the County Magistrate of Chongjin County.

This could be considered an exceptional promotion for Nie Xin, and his ability to become this County Magistrate was entirely due to Su Xinghui's strong support. Originally, Chengshui City was prepared to parachute a County Magistrate to Chongjin County, but Su Xinghui strongly recommended Comrade Nie Xin to serve as this County Magistrate position to the Municipal Party Committee. In the end, the Chengshui Municipal Party Committee considered Su Xinghui's opinion and agreed to Nie Xin serving as Acting County Magistrate of Chongjin County.

Of course, the Chengshui Municipal Party Committee still parachuted an Executive Deputy County Magistrate to Chongjin County. This Executive Deputy County Magistrate was Hu Jianqiang, the former Deputy Director of the Chengshui Municipal Commercial Bureau.

Hu Jianqiang was a person of Chengshui Municipal Party Secretary Huang Weiran. In fact, according to Su Xinghui's intention, he wanted to promote an Executive Deputy County Magistrate from within Chongjin County. However, this time Chengshui City had already given him enough face, and he could not be too greedy; he also had to give the city some face.

In this officialdom, it was impossible for everything to be satisfactory. No matter how strong your background was or how capable you were, you had to consider the feelings of others.

In this way, Su Xinghui had only moved to the new office building for a few days when he moved from the tenth floor to the eleventh floor, moving into the County Party Secretary's office.

The new office building had only been in use for ten days or so, and this included a Lantern Festival. That is to say, the original County Party Secretary Yuan Yifu had only stayed in this office for about a week before leaving. Now he had been transferred to the Municipal People's Congress, but he did not take office; instead, he went to the Municipal Party Committee's sanatorium to recuperate. His body did indeed have some problems.

This office was basically brand new, and the style was completely different from the office Su Xinghui had on the tenth floor. This office was decorated according to Yuan Yifu's requirements. The office had ceilings and such, and in short, it looked very luxurious. And the tables, chairs, sofas, bookcases, and such were all the best on the market, very imposing.

On the left side of the desk was a huge golden toad, and on the right side was a Pixiu, looking incongruous, like a nouveau riche. And in the corner, there were several pots of bonsai, such as lucky bamboo, money trees, and so on, everything one expects to find.

As soon as he entered this office, Su Xinghui frowned. This office looked too philistine, just like a businessman's office.

It was not easy to change those ceilings, furniture, and such; changing them would cause waste. Su Xinghui planned to move those vulgar decorations and such out and replace them with a few small bonsai like asparagus ferns and cactus, which would be enough.

Su Xinghui had just had this thought when Wu Zhengjing entered his office. He bowed slightly and said: "Secretary, are you satisfied with this office? If you are not satisfied, just tell me, and I will help you arrange it again. Or it's fine to change you to another office."

Su Xinghui pointed his finger at the golden toad and the Pixiu and said: "Move these two things out for me."

Wu Zhengjing was shocked and said: "Secretary, these things cannot be moved out. This golden toad attracts wealth and treasure, guards the house, drives away evil, and prospers wealth. This Pixiu can also attract wealth and treasure and absorb wealth from all directions. If moved out, it will be unlucky. I specially asked someone to look at this; the placement positions are all particular."

The placement positions of this golden toad and Pixiu were indeed very particular. They were placed in an eight-character shape, one facing the door and one facing the window. In fact, Su Xinghui had also read books in this regard; this was meant to absorb wealth from all directions.

The problem was, this was generally what businessmen did. As a leading cadre, what did it look like to do this?

It was fine for Yuan Yifu to do this before. Now that Su Xinghui was the County Party Secretary, he could not have these messy things in his office.

Su Xinghui said with a stern face: "Director Wu, may I ask if you are a cadre of the Communist Party or a Feng Shui master?"

Wu Zhengjing's body shook. He knew that Su Xinghui was angry. He immediately became silent as a cicada. Su Xinghui had never had a good impression of him, which Wu Zhengjing was very clear about. Originally, he wanted to flatter Su Xinghui well today to reverse Su Xinghui's impression of him. Who knew that this flattery would hit the horse's leg?

Su Xinghui continued: "This is the office of a Communist Party cadre, not a place for superstition. You, this Communist Party member, are also not a monk or Taoist priest who pretends to be a god or ghost. Don't let me see such things again in the future. Move them out."

Wu Zhengjing hurriedly moved the golden toad. After he moved the golden toad out, he moved the Pixiu out. After moving, he ran back panting and asked: "Secretary, is there anything else you are not satisfied with?"

Su Xinghui pointed to the lucky bamboo and money tree and said: "Move these two pots out for me too. Just get me two pots of asparagus fern and cactus to put on the desk."

Wu Zhengjing personally moved those two pots of bonsai out again. These things were really not light. He was also a person approaching fifty years old, and moving these things was also very tiring. Although it was only March now and the weather was still relatively cool, his head was already covered in sweat.

He didn't wipe his sweat and ran back again. He hoped that his hard work could be seen by Su Xinghui and that he would have a better impression of him. He said to Su Xinghui: "Secretary, then I will go buy asparagus fern and cactus now."

Su Xinghui was too lazy to speak. He nodded, and Wu Zhengjing went out, carefully closing the door.

Su Xinghui leaned back in that large office chair. This chair was still very comfortable. The chair was made of genuine leather, very soft, and could also adjust the tilt of the backrest, which could be used as a recliner. It was much more advanced than Su Xinghui's chair. Su Xinghui's chair was still moved from the old office building.

The desk in front of him was also huge. On the desk were some stationery and documents, as well as the latest model computer. Of course, Yuan Yifu knew nothing about computers, and this computer looked like it had hardly ever been turned on.

After the new office building was put into use, Su Xinghui equipped every office with a computer. Information-based office work was a major trend, so he asked slightly younger cadres to learn computer operation.

After sitting down in the large office chair, Su Xinghui began to consider the position of Director of the County Party Committee Office. For the County Party Secretary, this was of course a very important position.

The Director of the County Party Committee Office was a member of the County Party Standing Committee and was even more the housekeeper of the County Party Secretary. So it must be someone the County Party Secretary trusts. But now, Wu Zhengjing was of course not someone Su Xinghui trusted. This person's character could be described as despicable, but his ability was very poor.

Of course, if one wanted to compare the ability to brag and flatter, Wu Zhengjing was of course a top-notch master. But did Su Xinghui need such a person? What Su Xinghui needed was someone with ability and integrity.

Therefore, Su Xinghui was already considering the candidate for the new Director of the County Party Committee Office. Anyway, he could not use Wu Zhengjing anymore. How could Su Xinghui be at ease keeping such a person by his side?