Chapter 2835

Su Xinghui said, "Oh, are they both doing well?"

Xin Jing said, "Thank you, they are both doing quite well."

The two spoke for a few more moments, then Xin Jing stood up and said, "Alright, I won't disturb your work any longer; I'm heading back to my office."

Su Xinghui saw her out. No sooner had Xin Jing left than Luo Guoxiu arrived. He had also come to wish Su Xinghui a Happy New Year and, incidentally, to report on his work. The work of the Education Bureau had been quite good during this period, especially regarding the safety of school buildings after the snow, which had even earned them praise from the provincial authorities.

Consequently, Luo Guoxiu was beaming. He knew this was all thanks to Su Xinghui; if Su Xinghui hadn't secured those funds to repair and reinforce the school buildings, how could he have achieved such a great success?

Following such a capable, well-connected, and skillful young leader, Luo Guoxiu felt very fortunate. Therefore, on the first day of work in 2001, he rushed over to report to Su Xinghui.

In fact, Su Xinghui was aware of most of the work during this period, and Luo Guoxiu didn't have much to report. However, reporting work was the best way for a subordinate to maintain a close connection with their leader, so Luo Guoxiu basically came to report to Su Xinghui once every week.

After listening to Luo Guoxiu's report, Su Xinghui offered him some encouragement. Luo Guoxiu bowed and scraped to thank the leader for his encouragement before reluctantly leaving Su Xinghui's office.

Su Xinghui found Luo Guoxiu's behavior somewhat amusing, but he also knew that in the Chinese officialdom, officials like Luo Guoxiu were the norm. If you didn't curry favor with your superiors, no matter how capable you were or how much you achieved, if the leader said they wouldn't use you, they wouldn't, and you would be helpless.

Therefore, such people were also created by this distorted officialdom; no one was born willing to fawn over their superiors.

It was impossible for Su Xinghui to have all his subordinates be upright and exceptionally capable; that would be unrealistic and could be called a myth. These people each had their own shortcomings, and Su Xinghui couldn't replace them all. Even if he did, he couldn't replace them with a group of perfect people.

Therefore, one must use people for their strengths and then guide them slowly. Like this Luo Guoxiu, he had work capability. Although he was a bit sycophantic, under Su Xinghui's influence, he was already much better than before, and he no longer wore his sycophancy on his sleeve.

Luo Guoxiu had just left when Wen Juncheng arrived. Su Xinghui was not surprised. This was the first day of work for the new week and the first day of the new year. The heads of the bureaus and banks he oversaw would likely take turns coming to report to him. Today, Su Xinghui's main work would likely be receiving these people.

Su Xinghui calmly told Wen Juncheng to sit. Xia Song poured tea for Wen Juncheng and then went out.

Su Xinghui did not leave his position, sitting behind his desk. Wen Juncheng very tactfully sat on the chair in front of the desk, daring to occupy only half of it; this was the designated seat for subordinates to report to their leaders.

Su Xinghui did not like Wen Juncheng. Although Luo Guoxiu was sycophantic, he hadn't done anything as sordid as using female subordinates to curry favor with superiors. However, Wen Juncheng had already sent Ling Shanshan to see Su Xinghui several times. When he went to inspect the Radio and Television Bureau, he had even made Ling Shanshan follow Su Xinghui closely, even rubbing against him.

If Su Xinghui hadn't had a firm will, or if it had been another vice mayor, they might have directly consummated the affair with Ling Shanshan that day.

Wen Juncheng was capable of such things, so his character was evident. If possible, Su Xinghui would have loved to replace him immediately.

Su Xinghui was not interested in Wen Juncheng, and his expression was indifferent. Wen Juncheng, however, still wore a sycophantic smile. He bowed slightly and said, "Mayor Su, Happy New Year!"

Su Xinghui nodded slightly and said, "Same to you."

Wen Juncheng then began to report on his work. The work of the Radio and Television Bureau was actually quite well done. Baozhou City's radio and television stations were run quite well, unlike many local stations that only broadcasted TV dramas; Baozhou City's station still had its own programs.

The penetration rate of cable television in Baozhou City was also relatively high. Because the radio and television stations were thriving, the advertising revenue from these two areas increased year by year. Last year's advertising revenue was between ten and twenty million, which was considered a quite good achievement.