Hamuer shook his head and smiled with emotion, saying, "It's nothing, Secretary Liu. To have met a leader like you in my lifetime and to have followed you in doing these meaningful things, it all feels very worthwhile."

"Whether a leadership position is substantive or not is not important. The important thing is, following you and serving you well, that's the greatest substantive work."

"With you here, Shanan is full of hope, an unprecedented hope. I believe that in the future, wherever you go, there will be progress."

"Tell me, following you, don't I feel happy? Why bother to care about being some substantive leader?"

What Hamuer said came from the heart, so it was filled with genuine emotion and was indeed very moving.

Liu Zhizhong listened contentedly, his heart pleased, but still smiled, took a sip of wine, and said, "Serving only me is not enough; you still have to serve the bigger picture. Don't just talk about the future, even in the upcoming organizational discussions about my personnel adjustments, I want to suggest to bring you to Daxi City directly as a Deputy Mayor. It doesn't matter if you're ranked lower; take it step by step. What do you think?"

"No, no, no…" Hamuer repeatedly shook his head and waved his hands, "I still want to serve you. I'll just be a deputy director of the city government office, specializing in attending to you, the Executive Deputy Mayor!"

Liu Zhizhong smiled, shook his head, "Secretary Ha, you're being a bit stubborn. Think about it, if you're just a deputy director, can you have as much influence as a Deputy Mayor? Daxi City is a county-level city, basically playing with county-level configurations. You're at least a City Committee Member in Shanan County, right? If you go there, you should at least be a City Committee Member, but you're not even that, which is somewhat unfair, isn't it? Being a Deputy Mayor, even if ranked lower, wouldn't be unfair. In the city government team, you can partner with me, collaborate and make decisions together!"

With Liu Zhizhong saying this, Hamuer actually took it in.

However, Hamuer chuckled, "Daxi's status in the province can't be compared to Shanan, can it! Being a City Committee Member wouldn't make sense, there's no reason for it. But hearing you say so, it does seem to make sense."

"As long as it makes sense! Then it's settled! The Daxi City Government will have a place for us brothers, isn't that wonderful?"

"Got to let the secretary support us, haha..."

"Brother Ha, rest assured, rest assured..."

"..."

A couple of days later, at the democratic life meeting of the Shanan County Party Committee, after all the routine procedures concluded, it was the usual simple banquet gathering.

Zhang Hongyang privately found an opportunity to speak to Liu Zhizhong, "Congratulations, Secretary Liu, on getting promoted to Mayor?"

Liu Zhizhong smiled, reached out, and patted Zhang Hongyang on the shoulder, "County Head Zhang, your information is quite accurate! It seems, in the end, the real winner of this game in Shanan will still be you, County Head Zhang!"

"Oh~~~ what are you saying?" Zhang Hongyang dragged his tone a bit seriously, shaking his head, "It's all just the organization's trust and leadership's care! Rest assured, after Secretary Liu leaves, I will definitely safeguard and enhance the legacy you've left, striving to advance and expand!"

In truth, Zhang Hongyang was indeed secretly delighted.

Finally, it made Liu Zhizhong feel a bit uncomfortable, maybe a bit stifled?

Leaving the rapidly rising power center in Shanan to go to a place like Daxi City as the Executive Deputy Mayor in charge of the economy, where it isn't easy to achieve results, since the economic potential has been fully tapped~~~