Official Career Storm

Chapter 1711: Chapter 1711

Wu Qiangwei’s cold and sarcastic words suddenly froze Sun Jiajun’s expression.

He opened his mouth to speak, but Song Guanchao clapped his hands: "Mayor Sun is really good at sophistry. Why not take these words to the leadership of the Provincial Committee and see if Secretary Gao and Governor Lu agree?"

Sun Jiajun’s eyelids twitched, belatedly realizing that his words had many flaws and couldn’t withstand scrutiny.

Wu Qiangwei looked at the last Vice Mayor, Xue Mingde, and asked: "Mayor Xue, what do you think should be done?"

Xue Mingde said: "The incident happened suddenly, and I’m not familiar enough with the park, so I won’t make any suggestions."

Wu Qiangwei could tell that among these people, apart from Zhu Shixian, the others were unwilling to get involved.

The reason being, they were worried about offending Governor Yang.

She then looked at Chang Hai but did not ask for his opinion, instead saying: "Director Song, please write down Mayor Zhu’s plan and your plan, and submit them to me."

"Okay."

"Meeting adjourned."

After the meeting, Song Guanchao immediately returned to his office to draft the plan.

Sun Jiajun, after returning to his office, first made phone calls to Chairman Qian and others to inform them about the meeting and Wu Qiangwei’s attitude.

He then called Zhou Zheng.

"Secretary Zhou, Mayor Wu wants to shut down or relocate the polluting enterprises."

"Does Governor Yang know?"

"Not yet."

"I see." Zhou Zheng said: "Mayor Wu will probably come to see me soon. If she wants to shut down or relocate, it will definitely be in the name of the City Government..."

Sun Jiajun hurriedly said: "I opposed it on the spot!"

Zhou Zheng said: "I know you opposed it, but Governor Yang doesn’t know. The City Government is a collective; you can’t just publicly oppose a decision from Mayor Wu. That’s not appropriate and wouldn’t be good for your future work."

Sun Jiajun was silent for a few seconds and then said: "I understand."

After hanging up, he immediately went out and told his secretary: "Get the car ready."

He wanted to visit Governor Yang to inform him about Wu Qiangwei’s attitude and to express his own position.

...

"I’m going to the City Committee; you and Secretary Han go to the park and order the polluting enterprises to stop work first."

Wu Qiangwei picked up the two plans printed by Song Guanchao and went downstairs with Shu Xue.

Song Guanchao and Han Lan drove to the park.

Wu Qiangwei first went to the City Committee and handed the plans to Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng, after reading them, asked: "What is the stance of the Vice Mayors?"

Wu Qiangwei frowned, not quite understanding why he asked this question.

No matter what stance the Vice Mayors took, her ability to present the plans indicated that the City Government had already unified its stance.

Such questions seemed somewhat superfluous.

After pondering for a while, Wu Qiangwei said: "Mayor Sun disagrees, Mayor Xue and Chang Youcai are ambiguous, Mayor Zhu proposed a second plan, and Mayor Liang agrees with the first plan."

Zhou Zheng pushed the documents back and said: "The City Government still needs to have a unified front. Mayor Wu, you should go back and come up with a plan that everyone is satisfied with. Then we can discuss it again."

"As for the park, stop the work first. Don’t let the pollution spread further."

Wu Qiangwei was somewhat angry; Zhou Zheng’s attitude clearly showed he was afraid to take responsibility.

As the head of the City Government, Wu Qiangwei decisively presented two plans even without unanimous approval, not considering the so-called potential instability.

However, Zhou Zheng, as the head of Jiangzhou, was concerned.

Wu Qiangwei understood what he was worried about—it was nothing more than the fear of displeasing Governor Yang.

Wu Qiangwei wanted to stand up immediately and tell him, if you disagree, I’ll go to the Provincial Committee.

But she restrained this impulse.

Unless absolutely necessary, she didn’t want to fall out too badly with Zhou Zheng.

At least Zhou Zheng was correct in saying that the City Government needed a unified front.

Previously, without encountering any issues, she didn’t have a particularly clear sense of this.

But this time, her feeling was very clear and direct.

In the face of major decisions, out of six Vice Mayors, only Liang Jianfeng supported her.

If you have to count, Zhu Shixian could somewhat be counted as one too.

Even though the office was dominated by Song Guanchao and the Secretary General was considered her person, none of these changed the fact that she still had weak control over the City Government.

"Okay."

Wu Qiangwei took the document containing the plans, stood up, and left the office.

Zhou Zheng watched her back, and his gaze grew colder bit by bit.

How could he not see that Wu Qiangwei was dissatisfied with his decision?

But so what?

On Zhang Yan’s suggestion, he had successfully boarded Secretary Tian’s big ship, and barely had a backing within the Provincial Committee.

Although Secretary Tian’s rank wasn’t as high as Secretary Gao’s, nor did he have Lu Zhizhong’s mysterious background, he was still the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Committee, the third-highest figure in Nanjiang Province.

And after operating in Nanjiang Province for decades, his power and connections were formidable.

At least it gave him enough confidence.

...

Sun Jiajun went to Governor Yang’s house once more, only to be told that Governor Yang was not home.

This made him very disappointed.

In the villa, the elderly woman stood in the yard, watching Sun Jiajun leave in his car. She returned to the living room: "Mayor Sun has left."

Yang Gaolin responded with a nod, leaning on the sofa, looking at the news on his phone.

The elderly woman asked: "How do you plan to handle the pollution in the park?"

Yang Gaolin said: "I’m a retired old man; it’s not up to me to handle it."

The elderly woman sighed: "The leadership team of the Jiangzhou City Government is not united, that Xiao Wu can’t hold it on her own."

Yang Gaolin said with a smile: "Why are you sighing? If the Mayor can’t handle it, there’s still the Secretary above; if the Secretary can’t handle it, there’s still the Governor. If they can’t manage even a small City Government team, it shows she’s not fit to be a leader. She should be moved to a different position and let someone capable lead."

The elderly woman said: "I think Xiao Wu is quite good."

Yang Gaolin put down his phone and said: "To be a leader, especially a top leader, the most important thing is to grasp the main power. She’s been in Jiangzhou for quite some time but can’t even control a deputy who’s been in office two or three months. Mayor Wu’s ability is still lacking in many respects."

The elderly woman smiled and said: "Don’t hold others to your standard; not everyone is like you."

Yang Gaolin shook his head and said no more.

...

Song Guanchao and Han Lan arrived at the Park Management Committee, immediately convening a meeting with Yao Linghua and others, demanding they notify the polluting enterprises to halt work immediately.

In less than half an hour, the door to the committee was pushed open, and an enterprise representative arrived.

"Director Song, Chairman Qian wants to see you." Yao Linghua walked into the meeting room and said only after closing the door.

"What does he want to see me for?"

"It’s about the suspension of work."

"Tell Chairman Qian that the suspension was a decision made by the City Government; there’s no use in coming to me."

Yao Linghua looked troubled; on one side was the enterprise representative, and on the other was Song Guanchao. She couldn’t afford to offend either.

In the end, she braced herself to go out and convey Song Guanchao’s words to Chairman Qian.

"Bang!"

The meeting room door was pushed open, and Chairman Qian walked in, glanced at Han Lan, then turned his gaze to Song Guanchao and smiled: "Director Song, may I have a word with you?"

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