After Zhang Hongyang took office as the Shanan County Party Secretary, he became quite the sensation and was the talk of the town.

Everyone knew that his political future was shining bright—that was for sure.

But who would have thought that after becoming the Shanan County Party Secretary, Zhang Hongyang would have the power to do whatever he pleased. The feeling of having the final say on everything was truly something!

As for the County Committee Members, some actually still longed for the days of Liu Zhizhong, upholding the simplified lifestyle and the rules of collective democracy.

However, Liu Zhizhong had instructed Xie Peng to build a drone team. They couldn't handle Liu Zhizhong, but when it came to the other county committee members, they were quite skilled!

Indeed, the drone team uncovered some personal scandals of certain County Committee Members; surprise, surprise... among these members, seven of them had mistresses, with one having as many as three, and at the very least, one each.

In fact, in this officialdom, isn't that just normal?

Which leader doesn't have a mistress?

If you don't have a mistress, you'd actually be laughed at. Are you not able to function?

Originally, the people on Liu Zhizhong's whitelist were considered top picks here in Shanan, selected from a list of less suitable candidates, and yet they still had issues. Like Hamuer, wasn't he able to afford a house in the Provincial City, and send his son to an international school there?

Officials, leaders, strictly speaking, if things got serious, don't they all have issues? They all have issues; it's just a matter of whose issues are more serious.

Oh boy, Zhang Hongyang, with a single move, grabbed hold of the weaknesses of seven County Committee Members, especially the County Mayor succeeding him, who was the former Executive Vice County Mayor, with three mistresses and a significant amount of embezzlement.

With this, Zhang Hongyang single-handedly controlled the entire Shanan County Committee. Secretary Zhang was the true boss; everything listened to Secretary Zhang. Forget about former Secretary Liu, he's done for, haha...

The committee members who were controlled were truly swallowing their bitterness and regret. They missed Liu Zhizhong even more, and loathed Zhang Hongyang to the core, but they were helpless.

So, in officialdom, don't ever let yourself be caught with a handle; otherwise, the feeling of being constrained everywhere is just too awful...

Zhang Hongyang publicly declared: follow orders, and everyone will be at peace; don't listen, and I can't promise what will happen. I wouldn't mind staging another anti-corruption storm in Shanan and making a name for myself.

Shanan just fell into Zhang Hongyang's grip; he could do whatever he wanted, and nobody could do anything about it.

Even more shocking was that less than a month after controlling Shanan County, a new surprise emerged.

Zhang Hongyang actually got into the State Committee of Dongguang State, this is insane! He had just turned 34 and became a deputy department-level cadre.

The Shanan County Party Secretary's role was actually elevated to that of a deputy department level!

Breaking conventions, employing talents without sticking to the rules, damn... it's crazy...

Typically, the Party Secretary of the economically strongest county within a prefecture-level city (state) could indeed enter the Committee, formally becoming one of the big shots.

Considering the development of Shanan County over the past year, and its future outlook, its economic prowess is indeed too prominent and impressive, so Zhang Hongyang's entrance into the State Committee seemed perfectly reasonable.

But he's too young!

Entering the Committee at 34, becoming a deputy department-level cadre, is simply mind-blowing.

With such momentum, who could possibly stop him?