Chapter 3843

After a long while, Su Xinghui sighed to Lu Xiaoya, "Sigh, sometimes, one cannot help but lament the fickleness of the world!"

Lu Xiaoya teased, "You would have such a lament? In the eyes of others, you have achieved success at a young age and have never faced adversity. If anyone were to lament the fickleness of the world, I'm afraid it wouldn't be your turn, would it?"

Su Xinghui said, "That can't be said that way; it's relative. Look at how much some people changed before and after Dad went to the capital."

Lu Xiaoya knew Su Xinghui was talking about Ma Yuejin. Although she had arrived in Linshan relatively late, she had heard what kind of person Ma Yuejin was. She had heard that Ma Yuejin had once been very close to Su Xinghui, but later walked closely with Qian Jianan and became distant from Su Xinghui.

Now that Su Xinghui had attended an assembly and Lu Zhenghong had entered the central leadership, Ma Yuejin had immediately come to visit their home, being the first among all of them. Lu Xiaoya couldn't help but admire such sycophantic skills.

Lu Xiaoya said with a smile, "Then I must congratulate Mayor Su!"

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "Sigh, sometimes I really don't want to deal with such people, but I can't ignore them either, as work still needs to be carried out."

Lu Xiaoya said, "Isn't that it? Alright, let's not talk about these things. You're tired, so get some rest early."

The next day, Su Xinghui arrived at the office in high spirits. On the way, he encountered Qian Jianan, who was also going to work. He greeted Qian Jianan, who responded with a forced smile before hurrying upstairs to his office.

Su Xinghui shook his head to himself and entered his own office.

Ding Qingyong brought the official documents and materials that had accumulated during this period to Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui looked them over and made his instructions on the documents that required them.

Ding Qingyong asked, "Mayor, do you have any arrangements for this evening?"

Su Xinghui said, "Why? Is there a social engagement tonight?"

Ding Qingyong said, "There are several investors who have come to Linshan to inspect the investment environment. They heard you returned to Linshan and would like to invite you to dinner."

Su Xinghui said, "Forget the dinner. Tell them to rest assured in inspecting the investment environment here. Linshan City will certainly build a first-class investment environment and provide good service for investors. I will meet with them when I have time."

Ding Qingyong nodded and prepared to leave. During this period, quite a few investors had indeed come to Linshan City to inspect the investment environment. They naturally wanted to have a meal with Su Xinghui. Not to mention the Lu Zhenghong behind him, his own status was also significant. Who wouldn't want to know such a young and powerful figure?

It could be said that among the factors attracting these investors to Linshan City, Su Xinghui absolutely accounted for the majority.

However, Su Xinghui never accepted banquets from investors. Coupled with the fact that Xing Guodong was now in charge of economic work, he handed these social engagements with investors over to Xing Guodong. He was happy to have some leisure time, preferring to return home every night to eat the home-cooked meals made by Lu Xiaoya.

Su Xinghui said to Ding Qingyong again, "Qingyong, I will have dinner with Comrade Ma Yuejin tonight. Please make the arrangements."

Ding Qingyong nodded in agreement and went out.

Not long after Ding Qingyong left, the phone in Su Xinghui's office rang. When Su Xinghui picked it up, it was Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Peng Yue. Peng Yue asked if he was busy in the office. Su Xinghui said he wasn't too busy, so Peng Yue said he would come over to exchange work ideas, and Su Xinghui told him to come.

A few minutes later, Peng Yue arrived at Su Xinghui's office.

Peng Yue had gone to Su Xinghui's home last night, but there were other cadres there at the time, so Peng Yue naturally found it inconvenient to have a deep conversation with Su Xinghui. He could only sit for a few minutes before taking his leave, which was why he had come to Su Xinghui's office today.

Su Xinghui poured him tea, sat beside him, and said, "Old Peng, do you have something for me?"

Peng Yue smiled and said, "First, I must congratulate Secretary Lu."

Lu Zhenghong was now the Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary, which put him in the same system as Peng Yue. Although there was a vast difference in their ranks, like heaven and earth, there was still a sense of closeness.

Su Xinghui thanked Peng Yue for his congratulations on behalf of his father-in-law. He also knew that Peng Yue was taking this opportunity to show him goodwill.

Although Peng Yue was a very serious and upright person, this did not mean his heart was completely impartial. During his contact with Su Xinghui over this period, he had come to understand Su Xinghui's character. He knew Su Xinghui was a very upright cadre who acted out of public interest, which made him support Su Xinghui even more.

Now that Lu Zhenghong had been transferred to work in the Discipline Inspection Commission and had become the direct leader of all discipline inspection cadres, Peng Yue naturally felt a sense of closeness to Lu Zhenghong and Su Xinghui. Furthermore, he and Su Xinghui could be considered like-minded, and the two would become tacit allies in the future.

This relationship was something Su Xinghui was very happy about and cherished. He hoped there would be more cadres like Peng Yue.

Peng Yue immediately took out a document containing the investigation results of clues provided by the partial report of the citywide village-level audit. The investigation showed that among the village-level units in the city, over fifty percent of village cadres had disciplinary, regulatory, or even illegal issues. A large portion of these were very serious disciplinary and illegal acts that required internal disciplinary handling or even referral to judicial organs.

This proportion was already quite high, which made Peng Yue's mood very heavy.

Peng Yue had only been in Linshan City for a few months. During these months, his main work focus had been on the bureaus and departments of Linshan City. He had unearthed quite a few corrupt elements like Xia Liangcai, but now that so many corrupt elements had appeared among village cadres, Peng Yue still felt he had been derelict in his duties.

Since most of the clues this time had been uncovered by the village-level audit, Peng Yue had informed Su Xinghui of the results as soon as he returned.

Su Xinghui looked at the materials, his expression also very solemn. He hadn't expected that this village-level audit would uncover so many problems and that there would be so many unqualified village cadres. With these people in place, how could the village-level economy of Linshan City develop? How could the common people of Linshan City not be in deep misery?