Chapter 3618

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Alright, then I won't say it."

Mi Yunmei sat down and accompanied Su Xinghui for a cup of tea. Suddenly, she said to him, "By the way, Xinghui, do you know who the Provincial Committee is going to send to Linshan to serve as the Executive Vice Mayor?"

Su Xinghui shook his head to indicate he didn't know. He really didn't know, and he wasn't too concerned about it either. Whoever came to be the Executive Vice Mayor didn't require his concern.

Mi Yunmei said, "I just got the news that the Provincial Committee might soon send Cao Yuanhao to Linshan to serve as the Executive Vice Mayor."

Su Xinghui pondered, "Cao Yuanhao?"

Mi Yunmei said, "Yes, although it hasn't been officially announced yet, it's basically decided."

Su Xinghui had, of course, heard of the name Cao Yuanhao. He was the Deputy Director of the Yanzhong Provincial Department of Culture and had previously been Feng Jiaonan's deputy, though Feng Jiaonan's relationship with him was quite ordinary.

Cao Yuanhao had another identity: he was the former secretary of Sun Zhenhua, the Deputy Secretary of the Yanzhong Provincial Party Committee in charge of party and mass affairs, and he was also Sun Zhenhua's nephew-in-law. He was in his early forties and could be considered a young and promising cadre in Yanzhong Province, also deserving of the description "limitless future."

Mi Yunmei told Su Xinghui this news so that he could have some mental preparation in advance.

When Wu Jianbai and Fang Zhonglin had lunch with Su Xinghui today, they hadn't told him this news, probably because it wasn't completely finalized yet, so they wouldn't tell him in such an informal setting, as that would appear too unprofessional.

Sun Zhenhua was a veteran leader of the Yanzhong Provincial Committee. He had always had a very poor impression of Su Xinghui. Whenever the Provincial Committee discussed Su Xinghui's promotion, he always voted against it. His reason every time was that Su Xinghui was too young and his qualifications were too shallow to be competent for such a high position.

Who voted for whom and who voted against whom in the Standing Committee had never been a secret, so Su Xinghui also knew that Sun Zhenhua had a poor impression of him, or rather, had a prejudice. However, Su Xinghui didn't care about this.

He also understood why Sun Zhenhua had a poor impression of him. Sun Zhenhua was a native of Yanzhong Province, a representative of local cadres, and an old-school cadre. Several cadres from Baozhou were his former subordinates, and their relationship with Su Xinghui was poor, so how could Sun Zhenhua's impression of Su Xinghui be good?

Sun Zhenhua's reason for opposing Su Xinghui's promotion had always been that Su Xinghui was too young. However, the ridiculous thing was that his own former secretary and nephew-in-law, Cao Yuanhao, was exactly a representative of the young and promising cadres in Yanzhong Province, and he was only in his thirties when he was promoted to the deputy department level.

Now, Cao Yuanhao was going to Linshan to serve as the Executive Vice Mayor. For Cao Yuanhao, this was certainly a very critical step, and it should also be the result of a balance and exchange. After all, Sun Zhenhua was the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee in charge of party and mass affairs and the third-in-command in Yanzhong Province. With several Standing Committee positions vacant in Linshan, it was only natural for him to get this seat.

Su Xinghui's mind was racing, but he still didn't pay too much attention to it. So what if Cao Yuanhao went to Linshan to be the Executive Vice Mayor? Su Xinghui didn't believe he could pose any threat to him.

Su Xinghui said to Mi Yunmei, "Sister Yunmei, I understand."

Mi Yunmei said, "Cao Yuanhao is quite devious; you should be careful."

In fact, there was one more thing Mi Yunmei didn't say: Cao Yuanhao had also been to her teahouse and had harassed her, wanting to develop a fleeting romance with her. But how could Mi Yunmei look up to him? She was a woman who valued her self-respect, so she sternly rejected him.

Although Mi Yunmei's husband and father-in-law had died early, she still had deep connections in the Yanzhong political scene, so Cao Yuanhao didn't dare to act rashly. After being rejected and pestering her to no avail, he left in a huff and didn't bother Mi Yunmei much after that.

Mi Yunmei didn't tell Chi Yongjun or Su Xinghui about this matter. She certainly didn't want them to get into a conflict over it, and it wouldn't be good if it eventually turned into a four-way love triangle fueled by jealousy.