Chapter 79: No need for words, just a beating

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  He walked along the White River and before he knew it, he arrived home. Song Ping and Zhang Shengli were sitting in the living room chatting and waiting for him to return. Song Ping was wearing a high-end dress she had bought last year, which at the time had cost him an entire month's salary. Clearly this was her best outfit, and the fact that she wore it today spoke volumes.

  "Hey, Zhang Changjiang is back." Zhang Shengli stood up and greeted warmly. It had been a while since they last met, and Bai Changjiang noticed that he had gained some weight, especially the legendary "oil belly" had bulged out, apparently living a good life of luxury. Unlike himself, although he sounded like a leisurely party secretary, in reality, every grassroots cadre had to be a versatile person with multiple skills, busy from dawn till dusk, with no time to spare. His figure was well-maintained, but where did he have the time to curry favor with his superiors and seek promotion opportunities?

  "Old classmate, how come you have time to come over today?" Bai Changjiang also shook hands with him warmly on the surface.

  "It just so happens that I have some business to attend to in the county seat, so I'll drop by and visit two old classmates along the way." Zhang Shengli said with a smile.

  Bai Changjiang thought to himself, looking at his old classmate, isn't he still not giving up on Song Ping? Those sly eyes of his kept staring at Song Ping's chest without letting go. Of course, on the surface, he was still very polite and invited him to eat together.

  After some small talk, Zhang Shengli suddenly changed the subject and asked: "Changjiang, isn't the new Party Secretary of your town named Liu Siyuan?"

  Bai Changjiang's whole body suddenly shook, and he nodded: "Yes, Secretary Liu is very young."

  Zhang Shengli smiled and said, "Changjiang, as an old classmate, I must remind you that Liu Siyuan is not a good person to mess with. Do you know his nickname in the provincial city? Hei Wuchang!"

  Bai Changjiang was taken aback and almost instinctively said: "I think Secretary Liu is quite affable... how can he have such a nickname?"

  Zhang Shengli shook his head and chuckled: "Harmony? Haha, you only see the surface, you don't know the real situation with Secretary Liu. Have you heard of the Huang Si Lang incident? The deputy governor's younger brother-in-law, isn't he impressive? He was a deputy minister-level official at Hanjiang University, who could control him? But then he met Liu Siyuan, who was just an ordinary inspector at the time. In the end, it was said that Zhu Deputy Governor tried to find fault with him several times, but couldn't do anything about it!"

  Zhang Shengli paused for a moment, then continued: "A factory with an annual output value of hundreds of millions, which solved the employment problem for tens of thousands of people, is also an enterprise that the provincial government should pay attention to. But because it didn't pass the environmental assessment, it fell into Liu Siyuan's hands. What was the result? A working group consisting of personnel from the Human Resources Bureau and the Propaganda Department was directly formed, with a posture as if they were going to shut down the factory. The factory was so frightened that it had to surrender. What's even more outrageous is that the current deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, Secretary Hu's son, also saw how afraid he was. After hearing that Hu's big brother had a chat with him, he immediately transferred the land obediently."

  Zhang Shengli saw that both of them were stunned, so he continued with even more vigor: "The most explosive part is yet to come. I heard that a deputy director of the Municipal Health Bureau was competing with him for a woman, and as a result, that guy didn't say a word and just gave him a good beating, sending him to the hospital for two months. Guess what happened next?"

  Song Ping listened with some enchantment and hastily asked: "What happened afterwards?"

  Zhang Shengli continued with a smug expression: "And then? Liu Siyuan, who beat people up, was fine, and was even promoted. At a young age, he became the town committee secretary. The deputy director who was beaten up, however, was transferred to the party history office to retire."

  Bai Changjiang listened with a stunned expression to the slightly exaggerated account of Liu Siyuan's exploits, his heart surging with emotion! He was not an innocent in official circles and was well aware of the powerful backing that Liu Siyuan had for doing these things. And when he thought about the rumor he heard today that Liu Siyuan had been recommended by the county committee as one of the candidates for the new Standing Committee, perhaps this kid would have a boundless future ahead of him!

  Zhang Shengli saw his changing expression and smiled: "Old Bai, it's time to consider which side to stand on. This way, Song Ping can also have a good life with you." The last sentence was actually quite sinister, with hidden meaning, how could Bai Changjiang not hear it? However, he endured it, at this moment his mind was made up, that is to quickly get close to Secretary Liu, take advantage of him having no foundation here yet to achieve the goal of sending charcoal in snowy weather.

  Li Danyan's appearance was truly astonishing, with a face full of scars and piercing eyes that seemed to have walked out of a bloodbath. He didn't care about formalities when facing the town party secretary, wearing his police uniform sloppily with one pant leg rolled up, leaning back in a nonchalant manner.

  Fortunately, Liu Siyuan didn't care about it either. Seeing his behavior, he also stopped beating around the bush and said straightforwardly: "Li Suo, first of all, I represent our town party committee and the town government to welcome you to work in Beixi Town. If there are any difficulties, you can directly ask me, but our Beixi Town Police Station is a large station with nearly thirty personnel, management...

  "A month." Li Danyan raised a finger, saying casually: "Give me a month's time, and I guarantee that those sons will be completely subdued."

  "It's good to have you." Liu Siyuan didn't think much and said, "If you need the support of the town, just speak up."

  Li Danyan smiled and left, Liu Siyuan couldn't help but scold Zheng Gaofeng a few times in his heart, how did he send such an active treasure down here? Anyway, as long as he listens to his own call, it's fine.

  Not long after Zhang Mingquan left, Yixing Sha walked into his office. This was actually the first time he came to Liu Siyuan's office to report on his work. He had a pale face and no mustache, with hair that was slightly too long, giving off an artistic vibe. After entering, he showed no humility at all, simply calling out "Secretary Liu" before pulling up a chair and sitting down across from him at the desk.

  Liu Siyuan also knew that he was young and had been in Beixi Town for a short time, and his authority had not yet been established, so he could only tolerate his attitude. Moreover, it was said that this kid was also like this when facing Wu Weiqiang, so he felt a bit balanced in his heart.

  Yi Xing gave a brief and concise report on the work under his responsibility, and Liu Siyuan also pretended to be enthusiastic, but judging from his eyes, he didn't take these clichés seriously at all. The focus of their conversation today was the green vegetable base project.

  "Since Secretary Liu has named me to do it, then there's no problem. However, the town must support my work." Yixing Sha also spoke clearly and directly.

  Liu Siyuan smiled and said: "This is natural, whether it's me or Wu Zhenchang, we both support this project very much."

  Yi woke up and slightly raised her eyelids, saying faintly: "I hope so. Secretary Liu also said that the town needs help to acquire land for investors. I don't know when the initial start-up funds will be in place."

  Liu Siyuan was taken aback, to put it bluntly, he still didn't have much practical work experience. After being reminded, he thought about it and said, "Hmm, I'll discuss this issue with... hmm, I'll get Director Zhao from the finance department to arrange it as soon as possible."

  Yi Xing Sha didn't say anything else and said a word, then turned around and left without waiting for Liu Secretary to respond.

  Liu Siyuan thought for a moment that the start-up capital was just a small amount of money, and he didn't need to discuss it with anyone. As the person in charge, he let Zhao Guotang handle the paperwork, signed it himself, and then directly instructed the finance department to allocate the funds.

  Liu Siyuan then called in Zhao Guozhong and asked him to contact the head of the finance department, Zhao Aimin, and ask him to come as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, a few minutes later, Zhao Guozhong returned with a gloomy face and said that Director Zhao said that he was busy with settlements recently and would come another day to report to Secretary Liu.

  Zhao Aimin's attitude is not bad, let alone Liu Siyuan, even Zhao Guozhen can't help but look at him with disdain. Liu Siyuan suppressed his anger and said, "I know, then inform Director Zhao that when he has time, come to me as soon as possible."

  He looked up and saw Zhao Guotang hadn't left yet, so he asked: "Is there anything else, Little Zhao?"

  Zhao Guotong hesitated for half a day before saying: "I heard that this Zhao Suo is a distant relative of Wu Zhenzhang."

  Liu Siyuan nodded and let him withdraw without saying much.

  After Zhao Guotong left, he got angrier and angrier. A small financial officer dared to bully him, and he almost couldn't bear it and directly called Fang Xintu to ask what to do. But then he thought that even for such a small matter, he had to find her, which was too humiliating. He picked up the phone and put it down again.

  Bored, flipping through a pile of documents on his desk waiting for him to review, he suddenly saw the suggestion about setting up an office for returning farmland to forests. This suggestion was actually put forward by Wu Weiqiang, who said that in order to better implement the scientific development concept and rationally standardize the national work of returning farmland to forests, it is suggested that a specialized office for returning farmland to forests be established, responsible for comprehensive affairs related to returning farmland to forests.

  In terms of organizational structure, Wu Weiqiang suggested setting up an office with one director (at the level of zhengguji), two deputy directors (at the level of fu guji), and two staff members, for a total of five people.

  He thought for a moment, then wrote "Agreed" with a flourish and signed his name. He then called in Du Hang, the town's party committee organizational commissioner. Du was a smiling, affable man in his fifties. After entering the office, he stood respectfully and asked, "Liu Secretary, you wanted to see me about something?"

  "Old Du has arrived, hurry up and sit." Liu Siyuan also politely asked him to take a seat.

  Liu Siyuan thought to himself: Zhao Aimin, you're being unreasonable first, so don't blame me for being unrighteous.