Rebirth of Minister Qi

Chapter 732 Secretary Sha's Ambition

Chapter 732 Secretary Sha’s Ambition

What else could Qi Tongwei say? He could only nod, take the pile of documents, and go straight back to his office. It was his turn to be on duty today, and he couldn't leave until 10:30. In case of any emergency, he had to be there.

I had just spent an hour in the office reviewing documents when Gao Yuliang called and made some temporary changes.

"Tongwei, you have to represent me in the reception of the two senior executives of the multinational companies.

My boss called me and asked me to take a plane to Haizi tonight."

This situation is actually very common, especially for the heads of some important provinces, cities and regions. They often receive calls from their superiors asking them to go to Beijing to report on some situations and arrive and return that same night.

Most people really can't stand it. Officials of this level, especially those with real power, need the energy of an ox. This is the same at home and abroad. If a cadre lacks energy and cannot withstand sixteen or seventeen hours of high-intensity work, he or she will not be promoted. Sometimes, if a cadre just takes a sick leave, his or her superiors will most likely say something about it at the Standing Committee meeting.

This cadre is not in good health and cannot withstand the intensity of the work in the new position, so he has lost his chance of promotion.

Most leading cadres look very young and energetic when they are in office, but after retirement, they have white hair and hunchbacked bodies within one or two years. In fact, they are just holding on with a strong will. When they are in office, the workload is so heavy, and when they retire, they have nothing to do, and they quickly collapse. This is the reason.

Even a young cadre like Qi Tongwei finds it difficult to cope with the workload of two part-time officials with real power. Gao Yuliang's workload is only much greater, and he has to fly here and there, which puts him under even greater psychological pressure.

After Qi Tongwei received senior executives from Siemens and other multinational companies, it was already 10 o'clock in the evening. He sorted out the next day's schedule in the office and approved urgent documents on behalf of Gao Yuliang who had not returned yet.

They didn't get off work until 11 o'clock in the evening. Lu Qiang, who was standing at the door, was also very tired. They had been doing this kind of workload for two months, not just one or two days.

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Qi Tongwei was very busy in Jiangzhou City, and Handong Province welcomed a new leadership.

The new provincial governor Liu Dexu is talking to the new executive vice governor Ma Guocheng.

"This newly arrived Deputy Secretary Sha Ruijin is really unwilling to be lonely. As soon as he took office, he started the personnel transfer of 125 provincial officials. He also talked to several important department-level officials one by one, implying that they should join him. The higher-ups have designated him to take over Handong Province."

Ma Guocheng was quite disdainful in his words. How could a man make such a big fuss right after taking office? He even urged the Organization Department to work overtime for several months to come up with such a large-scale mobilization.

If this is rejected at the Standing Committee meeting, it will cause great damage to his prestige as the deputy secretary. It is likely that few cadres will be willing to join him. A commander alone cannot achieve anything and poses no threat to anyone.

Liu Dexu was still not recovered from the good job that fell from the blue. He knew very well that he was not good enough and lacked experience in economics, so he made great efforts to win over two economic pioneers, Ma Guocheng and Li Dakang. There were still conflicts between the two of them, and Liu Dexu was able to mediate.

"This Secretary Sha Ruijin has come with bad intentions.

Before coming, Tongwei called me and said that this person had originally been scheduled to be the full-time deputy secretary of Jiangzhou City, but in order to balance the situation, his superiors transferred him to Handong.

I looked at the positions and cadres he proposed, and few of them are in key positions. In other words, this guy is waiting for the next round of arrangements in four years.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Ma Guocheng immediately became annoyed. He had thought it through that if he made achievements in the position of executive vice governor, it was not impossible to be promoted directly to governor. However, with the current situation of reducing the number of vice governors, the possibility of the executive vice governor directly skipping the deputy secretary and being promoted to governor has dropped from 50-50 to 28-50.

Although the possibility is small, there is still a chance. By doing this, Sha Ruijin is only hindering his progress.

In 08, there were many examples of executive vice governors being promoted directly to governor, because of the great importance attached to the economy by the higher authorities, in order to maintain the sustainability of economic development.

But now the executive vice governor no longer holds the title of deputy secretary, and the higher-ups are beginning to favor a sequential succession, first deputy secretary and then governor. The reason is very simple, just like how Ma Guocheng hates Sha Ruijin at this time, in many provinces the executive vice governor has become the second prince who succeeds the governor, and is fighting fiercely with the number one prince, the deputy secretary, for the throne.

Liu Dexu knew it very well. The leaders had made it very clear in several meetings that for the sake of stability, the first person in line to succeed the governor would always need to transition to the position of deputy secretary first, rather than being promoted directly from an ordinary standing committee member to governor.

But he couldn't say it, nor did he want to say it. With Ma Guocheng stepping forward to fight Sha Ruijin, he, as a leader, didn't need to do it himself. Besides, Sha Ruijin had no roots in Handong, and if he took direct action against him, he would be criticized by his superiors.

"Governor Liu, forgive me for being blunt, but Deputy Secretary Sha Ruijin has not figured out how deep the water is in Handong. Does he understand the situation in Handong? Does he understand what the people of Handong need? I personally think that such a large-scale transfer must be rejected at the Standing Committee this time."

Liu Dexu took a sip of water to block his eyes, and then someone came forward.

"Personnel matters are the responsibility of their party committees. Our provincial government cannot interfere."

"But personnel suggestions are also the responsibility of all our standing committee members. This time I will take the initiative to put forward my opinions to Secretary Wu."

Liu Dexu came to Handong. Ten years have passed since he started as the executive vice-director of the Provincial Public Security Department and is now the provincial governor. He has gone through many rounds of political struggles. In the beginning, he was squeezed out of the Provincial Public Security Department and his policies could not be issued outside the office. Now he is familiar with the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee.

What Liu Dexu did not tell Ma Guocheng was that Qi Tongwei had analyzed Sha Ruijin's personality traits in detail with him, and explained his shortcomings and strengths. Now Liu Dexu is confident in dealing with Sha Ruijin. Ma Guocheng and Li Dakang, as well as the position of governor under his butt, are all very powerful weapons.

On the other hand, Sha Ruijin felt a lot of pressure. In Jiangzhou for more than three years, he had almost been living in fear because the water was too deep.

Originally, when Sha Ruijinang went to Jiangzhou, he was full of ambitions and wanted to make some achievements so that the then Secretary Zhao would appreciate him and his superiors would appreciate him. He fantasized that he would be highly valued by Secretary Zhao and perhaps become the mayor of the largest municipality.