Official Career Storm

Chapter 1743: Chapter 1743

With Zeng Li and Wu Ming present, Song Guanchao maintained his role as the office director and did not overstep boundaries, stopping his drinking at the right point.

At eight-thirty, Song Guanchao got up to leave, but only saw Wu Ming standing up with him, with Zeng Li showing no intention of leaving.

Unable to resist, he cast an inquiring glance at Wu Qiangwei, who responded with helplessness, and he immediately understood that Zeng Li intended to stay the night.

Seeing this situation, Song Guanchao extinguished the flicker of restlessness in his heart, changed his shoes, and left.

The next day in the office, Song Guanchao called Zhou Xingjian.

"Director Song, are you looking for me?" Zhou Xingjian now admired him greatly.

The incident at the meeting had long spread; Vice Mayor Chang Hai had brazenly forced a group of standing committee members to express their opinions according to his ideas.

Everyone else thought it was Mayor Wu who orchestrated it behind the scenes, but Zhou Xingjian understood that it was definitely Song Guanchao’s handiwork!

Only Song Guanchao would dare to ignore even the standing committee like this.

What shocked Zhou Xingjian even more was that he actually succeeded in persuading Mayor Wu.

This persuasive ability was simply extraordinary.

Song Guanchao said, "Pay attention to who usually goes to see Mayor Sun. Come to me and report before you leave work every day."

Zhou Xingjian was taken aback. Was this surveillance?

He had heard that the relationship between Mayor Sun and Mayor Wu was not very harmonious, something he couldn’t quite understand.

At the beginning, when so many enterprises were drawn in from Pinghai City, Mayor Wu specifically invited Mayor Sun over to share the credit.

Despite such goodwill from Mayor Wu, it seemed Mayor Sun was not very appreciative.

On the issue of park pollution this time, the two mayors had different attitudes, and their relationship had become quite strained.

Was Song Guanchao planning to deal with him by having me keep an eye on him?

Just as this thought surfaced, Zhou Xingjian’s heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably, with a surge of excitement he couldn’t contain.

"I understand!" Zhou Xingjian nodded vigorously. In the past, he would never have done such a sensitive thing.

But having been around Song Guanchao for a while, his courage had grown.

After Zhou Xingjian left, Song Guanchao called Lu Feng: "Madman, I need you to keep an eye on someone."

"Can I come back?" Lu Feng had been in Song Guanchao’s hometown recently, protecting his grandparents.

"Leave a couple of people there to stay, you come back."

"Alright, who should I watch?"

"The Deputy Mayor, Sun Jiajun."

The day before, Sun Jiajun had approached Wu Qiangwei, proactively wanting to take charge of the shutdown and transformation work.

This behavior didn’t align with Song Guanchao’s understanding of him, which hinted at something amiss.

That’s why he had Zhou Xingjian and Lu Feng keep an eye on him.

However, Song Guanchao didn’t think this kind of surveillance would be particularly effective, but it was better than nothing.

Song Guanchao glanced at the calendar; it was Tuesday, and Wu Qiangwei had set Friday as the deadline for Shi Qin.

Shi Qin was the Director of the Secretariat, handling clerical work, frequently interacting with leaders, but had almost no experience dealing with businessmen.

Furthermore, this was a difficult task. Even if he, Song Guanchao, intervened, he couldn’t guarantee that he would get these entrepreneurs to cooperate.

According to Song Guanchao’s original plan, by Friday, when Shi Qin failed to complete the task, Wu Qiangwei could explain the situation to Zhou Zheng and then reassign the task.

This reassignment would naturally be to Song Guanchao.

But before that could be finalized, he had to meet with the Central Disciplinary Inspection Committee’s Ji Wei.

Ending his investigation was crucial before he could take over this matter.

Initially, Song Guanchao felt there would be no changes to this matter, but Sun Jiajun’s sudden change in attitude stirred a bit of unease in him.

He could basically conclude that his journey to handle this matter would not be too smooth.

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Meanwhile, Lin He was also gradually arranging meetings with other pollution-related enterprises.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was Friday.

Early in the morning, Shi Qin approached Sun Jiajun: "Mayor Sun, what did those enterprises say?"

Sun Jiajun replied, "Go back first, I’ll contact you later."

His expression was as usual, making it hard for Shi Qin to discern any information from his face.

After she left, Sun Jiajun called Lin He: "Mr. Lin, Mayor Wu hasn’t agreed to my request."

Saying this, Sun Jiajun felt nervous inside.

This was the first task Lin He had assigned him since his transfer, and the result was a failure.

"Did Mayor Wu mention who would handle it?"

"She said she would discuss it with Secretary Zhou to decide."

"When will the discussion take place?"

"Today."

"Find a way to delay it until noon."

Sun Jiajun’s heart stirred, wondering if Lin He was planning to meet Secretary Zhou?

After agreeing, Sun Jiajun called Shi Qin: "Don’t rush to report to Mayor Wu, wait for my notice."

Shi Qin was confused, not understanding the reason, but she agreed anyway.

At ten in the morning, when Wu Qiangwei hadn’t seen a report from Shi Qin, she sent Shu Xue to notify her.

Shu Xue went to the Secretariat but didn’t find her there.

She then found Jiang Yiren: "Director Jiang, have you seen Director Shi?"

Jiang Yiren replied, "Director Shi went out."

"Alright, thank you."

Leaving the office, Shu Xue called Shi Qin, and the call went through easily: "Director Shi, when are you coming back?"

"It’ll probably be in the afternoon." Shi Qin’s tone was soft, and she asked: "Does Mayor Wu want to see me?"

"Yes."

"I’m really sorry, it might have to wait until the afternoon, could you please inform Mayor Wu?"

"Sure."

Shu Xue returned to the office and reported the situation to Wu Qiangwei.

Wu Qiangwei nodded to show she understood, but her intuition sensed something was off.

Shi Qin knew today was the reporting day, yet she wasn’t there in the morning, clearly stalling for time.

"What exactly is Sun Jiajun trying to do?" Wu Qiangwei furrowed her brows slightly.

Around eleven o’clock, Sun Jiajun received a call from Lin He saying there was no need to continue delaying.

Sun Jiajun breathed a sigh of relief and called Shi Qin: "Go ahead and report."

Shi Qin asked, "Did those enterprise leaders agree?"

"No."

Shi Qin was taken aback, nearly cursing, thinking the whole morning delay was for nothing?

She felt tricked, wanted to vent her anger but dared not to, until hearing the busy signal, she furiously slammed her phone onto the car’s passenger seat.

"Damn it, I must have been blind to think of flattering you!"

Shi Qin cursed a few more times in fury, drove back to the City Government, and reluctantly found Wu Qiangwei.

Entering the office, she kept her head down, and without sitting, adopted a tone of repentance: "Mayor Wu, those enterprises don’t want to cooperate."

"Not a single one agreed?"

"No."

"You can go back now."

Wu Qiangwei didn’t say anything reproachful, but Shi Qin knew it didn’t matter whether words were spoken or not.

Failing to accomplish this task meant having issues with her capability, in the eyes of the leadership.

Even if she knew Wu Qiangwei was intentionally making things difficult for her, she had to swallow her pride.

After Shi Qin left, Wu Qiangwei called Zhou Zheng, indicating she would meet him after lunch to discuss the park matters.

At twelve-thirty, Wu Qiangwei drove to the City Committee.

Upon entering the office, she found a middle-aged man sitting opposite Zhou Zheng.

"Mayor Wu, come, let me introduce you."

Zhou Zheng smiled broadly: "This is Mr. Lin, Lin He, from He Feng Energy."

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