109: Chapter 109 Secretary Ge’s Concern!

109: Chapter 109 Secretary Ge’s Concern!

Xu Qianli’s appearance at the Jiang City County Committee standing committee meeting caused a swell of emotions among the committee members, as they speculated various possibilities.

Zhang Kuisan was shocked and a strong sense of crisis welled up inside him.

Perhaps it was due to being suppressed by the former county magistrate for so long that, after the former county magistrate’s death, when he was appointed as the acting county magistrate of Jiang City County Government, he did not choose to keep a low profile and wait for his confirmation; instead, he struck hard, oppressing the former county magistrate’s people.

Ding Biao, Li Weiguo, and others were successively brought under his control.

As for Xu Qianli, he was cast down into the dust, almost kicked out of the team.

Who would have known that Xu Qianli would make a desperate counterattack, taking him by surprise, and in dealing with the Zhang Cheng matter, caused him to lose face and greatly diminished his authority.

But Zhang Kuisan did not care.

Even if Xu Qianli had won one round, he, Zhang Kuisan, still held a position of superiority over Xu Qianli.

Not to mention the Jiang City County Committee standing committee, he was qualified to attend, while Xu Qianli couldn’t even enter the door.

Who could have imagined that Xu Qianli would also show up to the committee meeting?

By what right?

A mere Government Office Director, by what right did he attend such an important meeting?

As soon as Xu Qianli entered the room, he sensed Zhang Kuisan’s fury but treated him as if he were air, turning instead to greet the other committee members with apparent cordiality.

It wasn’t long before Ge Changhong arrived and, seeing Xu Qianli still standing, patted him warmly on the shoulder.

“Xu Qian, why are you just standing there?

Since you’re here, find a seat and sit down.”

“You were the secretary to the old county magistrate and are going to be the secretary for the incoming County Magistrate Lan, so you can represent the County Government.

Take seat number two, that’s fine.”

Ge Changhong’s words were like a thunderbolt to the other committee members.

It was shocking enough that Xu Qianli was attending the committee meeting, but Ge Changhong even wanted him to sit in the second seat, which was the County Magistrate’s seat.

By what right?

Zhang Kuisan immediately stood up in protest.

“Secretary Ge, he’s nothing more than the Government Office Director.

Even if he serves as secretary for two county magistrates, that doesn’t qualify him to represent the County Government or to sit in seat number two.”

“Besides, I’m currently the acting County Magistrate, and I haven’t even taken a seat yet.”

Zhang Kuisan, by any means necessary, had to prevent Xu Qianli from sitting in front of him!

Xu Qianli wanting to overshadow him?

That was a long way off!

Hearing this, Ge Changhong still had a smile on his face and responded unhurriedly.

“You said it yourself, you’re just the acting County Magistrate.

As the acting County Magistrate, it would be suitable for you to take the County Magistrate’s throne, but since you’ve come and chosen to sit in the Deputy County Magistrate’s place, it shows you don’t have that intention.”

“Since you don’t harbor thoughts of taking the County Magistrate’s throne, why care about what others do?”

“Although Xu Qian is only the Government Office Director, he is after all the secretary to County Magistrate Lan, and his attendance on behalf of County Magistrate Lan is reasonable.”

“Of course, if you insist that my arrangement is improper, I have nothing more to say.”

Ge Changhong’s remarks caused Zhang Kuisan to break into a cold sweat.

Damn it all, he just couldn’t understand why Ge Changhong was suddenly so in favor of Xu Qianli that day, even at the risk of falling out with himself, and his words were filled with unpleasantness, making Zhang Kuisan very uncomfortable.

At that moment, another committee member, Disciplinary Committee Secretary Fan Hua, cut in.

“Let Xu Qianli take this seat, it’s no big deal.”

“After all, he really can represent County Magistrate Lan.”

“Let him sit, it’s as if County Magistrate Lan is participating in our Jiang City County Committee standing committee meeting in advance.”

With Fan Hua speaking up, what else could Zhang Kuisan say?

He could only sit down reluctantly, hiding his frustration well, even though his hands were clenched tightly under the table.

Xu Qianli took his seat in the number two position at the Committee Meeting.

The members were all present, and Ge Changhong announced that the meeting was officially starting.

Ge Changhong first informed the committee members of the reason for convening the Committee Meeting on a rest day.

The first reason was to coordinate and ensure support for the special investigative teams from the Ministry of Public Security and the Provincial Department in their work in Jiang City, to fully cooperate and especially to handle the logistics well.

Second, it was to particularly commend Xu Qianli.

Ge Changhong praised Xu Qianli with great enthusiasm, mentioning that it was he who had uncovered two major cases that occurred in succession, capturing the culprits and making a significant contribution to the stability of public security in Jiang City and even Zhongzhou City.

As far as Ge Changhong was aware, both the Ministry of Public Security and the Provincial Department had lauded Xu Qianli with high praise.

The County Committee naturally also had to make a gesture, awarding commendations to Xu Qianli and affirming his recent performance.

Beyond verbal praise, Ge Changhong also presented a substantive reward by giving him Jiang City County’s only quota for advanced studies at the Provincial Party School this year.

Such commendation almost moved all the committee members in attendance.

Studying at the Provincial Party School was tantamount to announcing an impending promotion.

Who wouldn’t want such a good opportunity?

But with only one quota available in Jiang City, many people in the county fought tooth and nail but couldn’t get it, yet Ge Changhong directly gave it to Xu Qianli.

What was this all about?

Xu Qianli was just so lucky, why did Secretary Ge favor him so much?

Zhang Kuisan was extremely dissatisfied and couldn’t help expressing his opinion, arguing against the decision by citing that Xu Qianli, at such a young age, was already a Department-level cadre and there wasn’t much space for promotion in the next two or three years, thus giving the qualification for advanced studies to him was a pure waste.

Ge Changhong had anticipated this and immediately threw out a set of prepared arguments.

He countered Zhang Kuisan’s opposition by citing the necessity for the youthfulness of the cadre team, the focus on cultivating young cadres, the need to give opportunities for new people to develop, the imperative to inject fresh blood into the team, and that Xu Qianli’s performance was indeed impressive and that such commendation was by no means excessive.

Zhang Kuisan couldn’t argue back and could only endure it.

Xu Qianli was extremely excited.

He had not expected Secretary Ge to bestow such a benefit on him.

Although there was no change in his position with the studies at the Provincial Party School, it would undoubtedly yield great benefits for his future, a rare and valuable opportunity.

It had to be said, Secretary Ge was really generous.

The Committee Meeting lasted nearly two hours before it came to an end.

After the meeting, Xu Qianli allowed only Zhang Kuisan to leave, while Ge Changhong retained the rest of the attendees and called them to his office.

Without Zhang Kuisan, Ge Changhong, taking on the tone of an elder, chatted leisurely with Xu Qianli for a while before he began to sing Xu Qianli’s praises to the few committee members.

Those committee members were all shrewd people; they knew at once what Ge Changhong was signaling to them—to take good care of Xu Qianli in the future.

Such an event left them each quite surprised.

They were just marveling at this when someone came over.

Ge Pingping arrived with a beam of joy on her face, “Dad, I’m here.”

Xu Qianli’s gaze turned towards her.

Different from the last time they met, Ge Pingping was dressed much more properly today.

She wore a pink blouse with a white cardigan over it, a white knee-length skirt below, and a pair of strappy high heels, looking quite dignified.

Ge Pingping hurried into the office, her eyes landing on Xu Qianli; she gave him a sweet smile, then took out several documents from her bag and slapped them onto the desk.

“Xu Qianli, I had a bad reputation before, and I was afraid someone would say you’re taking over trouble if we were together, so I especially went to several hospitals for gynecological examinations,” she said.

“Here, this is the examination report.

I am undoubtedly a virgin!”

“If anyone dares to speak ill of me again in the future, you can smash his dog head!”