The hidden danger was Liu Mingkai.

Not only did he get no favors, but he was also mocked by Zhang Yiping behind his back.

Liu Mingkai, who was always petty, could not, no matter what, swallow this insult.

So, as soon as Zhao Yiping left,

Liu Mingkai knocked on Meng Zheqing's office door.

Meng Zheqing, 38 years old this year, had only been transferred to Guyang City for half a year.

Before that, he was the secretary to Lin Duangxiong, the Vice Chairman of the Jiangdong Provincial People's Congress.

Lin Duangxiong had previously served as the Party Secretary of Wulan City. After he left, the current Party Secretary, Zhu Hanmin, took over his position.

It was last year

when Zhao Yiping personally drafted the proposal to set up the Economic Development Zone in Guyang City.

This proposal piqued the interest of the provincial leaders.

During this year's two sessions, the proposal was approved.

The Guyang City Economic Development Zone was officially launched.

Before the two sessions, Meng Zheqing, the secretary to Lin Duangxiong, was demoted to Deputy Mayor of Guyang City.

After the proposal passed,

approved by the Standing Committee of the Guyang City Party Committee, Deputy Mayor Meng Zheqing became the first Party Secretary of the Economic Development Zone.

Meng Zheqing had been by Lin Duangxiong's side for ten years,

and had always been his confidant.

As the secretary to a provincial leader, he was naturally quite arrogant.

When he first arrived in Guyang City, he didn't take anyone seriously, and with his lecherous nature, he caused quite a few scandals—this time he was almost ruined when Zhao Yiping got a hold of one, but luckily he was saved at the crucial moment by his leader's intervention.

Today, Zhao Yiping came to see Chen Fang into office.

With resentment in his heart, he didn't appear at all.

He completely disregarded Zhao Yiping.

"Oh, Minister Liu is here, sit, please have a seat."

When he saw Liu Mingkai, Meng Zheqing was still very enthusiastic.

He proactively invited him to sit on the sofa.

"Mayor Meng, I trust I'm not disturbing your work?"

You see, as the Executive Deputy Minister of the Wulan City Organization Department, Liu Mingkai held a senior administrative rank.

While Meng Zheqing was only a rank lower, at the deputy senior administrative level.

The former was half a level higher than the latter.

Yet, when Liu Mingkai addressed him, he used the respectful "you," which made Meng Zheqing feel quite flattered, and he quickly said, "What are you saying, Minister Liu? If you visit, even if I am busy, I must find time to join you for a tea, right?"

Very quickly,

a cup of tea was ready.

Meng Zheqing pushed it in front of Liu Mingkai and said, "Minister Liu, I heard that the new head of the Organization Department was personally delivered by Zhao Yiping?"

"Heh, Zhao Secretary's people certainly put on airs. Just taking office, he has already tried to intimidate me. Me, a standing deputy minister of the city, don't seem to have as much influence as a minister from a county-level city."

As he said this,

Liu Mingkai was staring at Meng Zheqing the entire time.

Sure enough,

a muscle on Meng Zheqing's face twitched as he asked, "Zhao Yiping's man?"

"Isn't it obvious? Otherwise, why wouldn't he show even the slightest respect for me?"

Liu Mingkai intentionally portrayed Chen Fang as an arrogant fellow,

aiming to instill a sense of crisis in Meng Zheqing.

After all, Meng Zheqing had a tough time with Zhao Yiping and was harboring resentment.

Sure enough,

right after Liu Mingkai finished speaking,

Meng Zheqing sneered and said, "Don't be angry, Minister Liu. Let me take care of that grievance for you."

"Oh? Mayor Meng isn't worried about Zhao Secretary causing you trouble again?"

"Psh, am I afraid of him? He really thinks too highly of his abilities. Alright, leave this matter to me. Now, come, let's drink some tea."

With this promise,

Liu Mingkai's heart bloomed with joy.

He murmured to himself, "Chen Fang, you little bastard, just wait, you'll see what's coming."

...

Three o'clock in the afternoon.

Under the guidance of Yang Xuan, the director of the City Organization Department office,

Chen Fang held a brief introduction meeting with the main leaders of the Guyang City Organization Department.

Aside from Vice Minister Lin Fei, who also served as the standing deputy secretary of the County Party's directly governed organizations and was on sick leave, all other leaders in charge attended the meeting.

The meeting was chaired by Guo Wensheng, the standing deputy minister and director of the County Civil Servants Bureau.

Overall, the atmosphere was quite good.

Don't ever think that the Organization Department is just a simple personnel body, responsible only for the evaluation and promotion of cadres. In fact, the Organization Department is quite a hefty department within a top-level party committee.

The Organization Department of Guyang City Committee alone had as many as ten internal structures, which were the Office (Research Division), Organization Division (Party Representative Liaison Work Division), Cadre Division (Comprehensive Cadre Division), Talents Work Division, Party Building Division for New Economy and Social Organizations, Institutional Organization Management Division, Institutional Organization Supervision Division, Mass Organizational Work Division, Organ Organizational Propaganda Division, and Elderly Cadre Work Division.

Moreover, many divisions operated as dual functions under one body.

Beyond that,

The leaders of the Organization Department also held numerous positions.

For instance, the standing deputy minister Guo Wensheng also served as the director of the County Civil Servants Bureau.

Vice Minister Jin Shijian also doubled as the director of the Bureau for Elderly Cadres, and so on.

To support such a massive department requires no small amount of skill.

People say being a leader is easy, that you only need to give orders, but in reality, it's harder to be a leader than a subordinate.

In his previous positions, Chen Fang was always a subordinate or assistant; his main responsibility was to get the job done.

Even when he was the director of the Jinde County Education Bureau, it was just a small unit, incomparable to the Organization Department of a county-level city.

Now he was the head of the Organization Department.

It was no longer just about getting things done but about managing people well.

Managing people is much harder than managing affairs.

That is why people often say it's easier to be a general than a marshal.

As a decision-maker, if you can't manage people well, you can't have effective command and control. If you have to do everything yourself, what's the use of being the head?

Though the first day passed by uneventfully,

Chen Fang knew well

that today was going to be the most relaxing day since taking the post of director of the Organization Department.

Starting from tomorrow, a variety of challenges would officially come his way.

Originally, the city committee and government had arranged a welcome dinner for Chen Fang that evening,

but since Secretary Xu Jianfeng would only return tomorrow,

the dinner was postponed to the following day.

After work, Chen Fang got in touch with Hua Limo.

Once he obtained Hua Limo's address, he took a taxi there.

Just as the taxi carrying Chen Fang left the front gate of the city committee complex, another taxi stopped at the entrance.

As the car door opened,

a young man hurried out.

Taking three steps at a time, he quickly entered the Organization Department's office area located on the 9th floor of the office building.

At that moment,

within Guo Wensheng's office,

besides him, there were a man and a woman.

The man was Vice Minister Jin Shijian, and the woman, appearing to be in her forties, was Zhang Yu, a member of the Organization Department's executive council and director of the County Personnel Development Service Center.

By their expressions, it was clear they were all very tense.

At that moment, the office door was abruptly flung open.

The young man who had run up the stairs burst in panting.

Guo Wensheng stood up abruptly and asked, "Speak up, what's the situation?"

The young man took several deep breaths and said, "Minister Lin... Minister Lin indeed went to Dashi Town. It seems... it seems Xie Liang's matter can't be concealed any longer..."

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