Chapter 27: The Hero Emerges in His Youth

  Afterwards, Liu Siyuan and Fang Xinyi talked about the competition for the director position. The latter was very emotional and commented that Zhang Jinsong is absolutely a unique individual, who can be flexible and adapt to situations, but Liu Siyuan still didn't understand. Fang Xinyi patiently analyzed that from the surface, it seems unnecessary for him to stay in the inspection room, especially since he has lost face, originally being at the same level as his superiors, those with poor mental quality really can't adapt, and having the opportunity to be transferred is a good way out.

  However, upon careful consideration, his choice is actually correct. Firstly, he is familiar with the inspection room and staying there would make it easier for him to achieve results. If he were to go to the policy research room, he would be unfamiliar with the business and might become stagnant. Now is the critical moment for him to achieve results since he is still young. Secondly, if he doesn't leave, his superiors will subconsciously feel that they owe him one, and they will also look at his selfless and united behavior in a different light. Based on these two reasons, he would rather continue waiting patiently in the inspection room. As long as Yao Huan is transferred away one day, this position will likely still be his, it's just a matter of time. Zhang Jinsong is only in his early thirties, he can afford to wait.

  Liu Siyuan continued to ask, what if Yao Yuen didn't leave? Fang Xinyi smiled and said that's impossible, unless she doesn't want to go further. She patiently analyzed that Director Yao has been promoted to deputy bureau level, just one step away from the provincial level. However, if she stays in the inspection room, it will be difficult for her to reach the provincial level threshold. Because most of the deputy directors or deputy secretaries of the municipal government office are only at the deputy bureau level, and only a few ranking deputy secretaries are at the deputy provincial level. In other words, she has already hit the glass ceiling in the municipal government.

  Moreover, Yao Yuan's personal resume also has a hidden flaw, as her resume lacks grassroots experience, and a large amount of grassroots experience is the key to impacting the hall level.

  So if she's not too stupid, she'll definitely strive to be demoted in the near future and get a better result by being a deputy leader for one term. Therefore, she must also strive to leave Hanjiang City and go to other prefecture-level cities in the province. Because in this vice-provincial city of Hanjiang, even if Yao Yuan is demoted, she can only be a deputy director or deputy mayor, and it's impossible for her to take charge alone. Unless she gets promoted, but she just got promoted to deputy department level and as I said earlier, it's very difficult to get promoted to deputy hall in the inspection room or even in the Hanjiang City government, especially in the short term.

  So for her, the ideal direction is still to be transferred to Hanjiang City, the provincial capital, and serve as a county party secretary or district party secretary in another prefecture-level city. If it's slightly worse, she can serve as a county magistrate, district mayor, or head of a municipal bureau. In this way, the hope for a provincial-level position will be greater.

  After listening to Xiang's analysis, Liu Siyuan finally understood the situation thoroughly and sighed, saying it was a pity that Xiang was a girl, otherwise with her abilities she would have been able to achieve great things.

  Fang Xinyu smiled and said that her father had also felt this way before, but she herself didn't mind. Even if she couldn't go far, she was very happy to be a good helper for others.

  At that time, Liu Siyuan didn't think much of it, until later that night when he was lying in bed, he suddenly realized that Xinyi's last words might have had some underlying meaning. Because he suddenly discovered that these days, Xinyi hadn't been playing the role of his virtuous and capable wife?

  The second night was a dinner party hosted by Director Yao, and everyone in the inspection room had to show respect for their new leader.

  Now the inspection room has one director, three deputy directors, three people in one department, two people in two departments, and one person in the comprehensive department. There are exactly ten people, plus Secretary Zhang, so they simply set up a large table. At the meeting, Yao Yuan also stated that work is something that everyone needs to do together, hoping that all comrades will continue to work hard and strive to do a good job of inspection work.

  Overall, the dinner party had a good atmosphere and everyone was satisfied. Everyone expressed their determination to the new director, especially Zhang Jinsong's attitude was sincere, and there was no sign of intense competition. Finally, Secretary Chang also encouraged Yao Yuan a few words.

  It was a must for the protagonist of that night to toast in turn. When it was Liu Siyuan's turn to toast, Yao Yuen narrowed her eyes and smiled, saying: "I really looked away once, I didn't expect you to be a real General Meng Ah!"

  It's not surprising that Yao Yun praised him as a fierce general, because Director Yao himself is also a fierce general. However, everyone else didn't find it unexpected either, because he was indeed quite fierce and this was plain to see. He didn't take on many cases, but every time he did, it would be a huge stir, with all the people under him in an uproar. It's said that now Comrade Liu Siyuan has some reputation in the Hanjiang municipal government circle, earning himself the nickname "Black Death", which is also quite well-known in Hanjiang.

  Liu Siyuan didn't dare to be arrogant in front of the new director, and hastily said politely: "In the future, I still need to work under the leadership of the director, learn from old comrades, and do a good job."

  Yao Yuan didn't say anything, but gave him a deep and meaningful look, then picked up her wine glass and downed it in one gulp, which was a great show of respect. Before this, she had only done that when drinking with Director Zhang, and not even the two deputy directors had received such treatment.

  Zhang Jinsong's expression didn't change, smiling as he watched the two drink, while newly arrived Deputy Director Liu Jianguo felt a chill in his heart. He was new to the position and wasn't quite familiar with the waters of the inspection room yet, thinking to himself that this young man's relationship with the director must be deep? Even wondering if it might be that kind of relationship?

  It was already quite late when the dinner party broke up, and Liu Siyuan suddenly remembered that Ding Hui didn't stay at his house today. She said she went back to school to take care of some things, mainly because the national exam is approaching, and she wants to exchange some information about the exam with her classmates, so she stayed at school tonight.

  Thinking of going back to the rental house alone, I made an impulsive decision fueled by alcohol and mustered up the courage to call Fang Xinting, asking if she was free tonight.

  He regretted it as soon as he finished speaking. It was already past 9 pm, and it would be inappropriate to ask the girl out again. He secretly reproached himself in his heart, and indeed Fang Xinyi also had a clever mind, directly asking: "Have you been drinking?"

  Liu Siyuan smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, today is the new director's first day on the job, I had a bit too much to drink, and earlier I didn't notice the time. If it's too late, then forget it." He was clever enough to give himself an excuse.

  Fang Xin Yu fell silent for a moment before speaking up again, "If you're going to come out, then just do it. It's already so late, why don't we have a cup of coffee together?"

  He naturally agreed, and the two made an appointment at the five-star Sheraton Hotel. It was too late, so he simply took a taxi to the university gate to pick her up and then rushed to the hotel.

  The hotel lobby was bustling with people coming and going, Liu Siyuan saw several middle-aged men following a young and beautiful woman, walking around in public without any scruples. Some of them were even openly embracing each other. Among them, there were several who looked like they were from the official circles, with an air that was absolutely impossible for outsiders to imitate. He couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder, someone said that nowadays the social atmosphere is all about laughing at poverty and not laughing at prostitution, it seems that there is indeed some truth to this.

  Fang Xinyu wore a faint smile as she chatted with him, walking shoulder to shoulder towards the elevator, because the coffee shop was located on the top floor of the hotel, said to have an excellent view, overlooking the night scene of Hankou's Sanhekou.

  The beauty beside him, Liu Siyuan's attention quickly returned to her, even in this grand hall where beauties were as common as clouds, no one could match her beauty, especially the temperament of those women was far from hers. Just now he found that many men had cast their eyes on her, and he could even feel some envy and jealousy in those gazes. Hmm, that feeling wasn't bad at all.

  At this moment, he overlooked a familiar figure in the grand hall restaurant - Wei Dachao, the director of the Municipal Health Bureau, who was the deputy head of the investigation team for the food poisoning incident at Hanjiang University that year.

  Wei Dachao was having dinner with a young woman, who was his mistress. As a deputy ministerial-level cadre, he had only kept one mistress, which was already considered not bad, and Wei Director clearly had genuine feelings for this second wife.

  The two were originally getting along well, and Director Wei was also in high spirits. After the last Hanjiang University incident, he took advantage of the situation to climb up the big tree of Mayor Chen Guo, and with his original qualifications having reached a certain level, next year's reshuffle would definitely have some achievements beyond expectations.

  Just as Director Wei was speaking with great enthusiasm, his eyes inadvertently glanced at Liu Siyuan and the other person, and he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. With a loud clang, his hand trembled violently, and even the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground.

  His mistress was also a clever person, seeing him so flustered, guessing that something big must have happened, waiting for him to calm down before asking: "Old Wei, what's wrong? What big thing has happened? Did you see your wife?"

  Wei Da Chao took a deep breath, shook his head and said that the woman wouldn't come here. A smile gradually appeared on his face as he chuckled with profound meaning: "It seems that heaven is also helping me. No wonder, no wonder, I didn't expect our city's Supervision Office to have a young hero."

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