Chapter 29: The Song Family Also Makes an Effort

  (Updating two chapters every day, thanks for your support brothers)

  Shen Huai was after all a stranger, and once he left, the people in the house began to speak more freely.

  Yang Haipeng grasped Zhao Dong and asked: "Mei Xi Steel Plant is just a toilet, you know this in your heart, how can you turn around and agree to jump down?"

  Shen Huai clearly stated that Tang Qiping's matter cannot be leaked out, and Zhao Dong can only vaguely pass the ball to Xiong Wenbin: "I still believe in Lao Xiong's judgment..."

  "Zhang Dong going to Mei Xi Town is not necessarily a bad opportunity," Xiong Wenbin said, mediating for Zhang Dong. "Mei Tie Steel Factory seems to have more serious problems, but it's relatively easier to handle. The Municipal Steel Factory is a provincial key state-owned enterprise, with very little autonomy in operation. Even the appointment of small and medium-sized management personnel needs to go through the municipal government. It's hard to see any possibility of solving the problem in a short time. Zhang Dong might as well venture out rather than staying at the Municipal Steel Factory and struggling."

  Xiong Wenbin's reason is not sufficient, but he has high prestige both inside and outside, so when he says this, everyone thinks that Zhao Dong should indeed consider going to Mei Xi Town.

  It was Zhou Ming who raised the key issue: "Just now, Secretary Shen said that he is at most the deputy secretary of the town party committee in Meixi Town. Don't mention that his backer has fallen, even if his backer hasn't fallen, as a deputy secretary of the town party committee who has just arrived, it's very difficult to directly interfere with the personnel arrangements of the town enterprises, right?"

  The women gathered in the kitchen, also gossiping while preparing dinner, and chatted about Shen Hua losing his backing and soon being kicked out of the municipal government to Meixi Town. Yang Haipeng walked over and quickly told these women that Shen Hua had deliberately brought Zhao Dong into Meixi Steel Plant.

  Xiao Mingxia didn't object to Zhao Dong going to Mei Creek Town.

  She was also unfamiliar with the complex situation of Meixi Steel Plant, thinking that as long as she entered Meixi Steel Plant, even if Meixi Steel Plant was a small factory that couldn't be compared to City Steel Factory, as long as she could really become a high-ranking official inside, it would still be better than staying in City Steel Factory as a small section chief who could be bullied by anyone.

  She and others are worried that Shen Hua is in a precarious situation himself, and whether he still has the ability to send Zhao Dong to Meixi Steel Factory.

  "So it's about competing for the position," Zhao Dong rubbed his nose and said, "But now everything is uncertain, just talking about it. Whether I'll go or not hasn't been decided yet, let alone whether Meixi Town will want me."

  He spoke and acted with restraint, glossing over this topic.

  "I think Shen Hua is not reliable, he might have some background, but just based on the fact that he smashed the flower pot today, I'm afraid he'll cheat you." Zhou Ming persisted in advising Zhao Dong, perhaps due to his personal dislike of Shen Hua.

  Zhao Dong smiled slightly, and his expression became even more determined.

  Shen Hua only said that Tan Qiping might come to Donghua to take over as the municipal party secretary, and didn't say it was a done deal. Things in official circles can change at any time, just like Chen Mingde's sudden death. But if you don't have any sense of responsibility, what makes you think others will look up to you or promote you?

  To be honest, Zhao Dong still didn't understand why Shen Hua specifically looked for him, but since Shen Hua opened a door to a different life in front of him, he might as well walk through it and give it a try.

  Xiong Wenbin sat there without saying a word, some things had to be decided by himself. If Zhao Dong didn't have the courage to put everything on the line, how could Shen Hua surpass him?

  Shen Huai is a troublemaker, which only shows that he has a deep background and is not afraid of causing trouble; the incident of City Steel Factory beating Zhou Dazui, Xiong Wenbin did not witness it personally, so it's not good to comment on it. But just now Shen Huai smashing the flower pot, it can still be seen that he grasps the measure very accurately, and is a clever guy.

  Having enough background and being clever enough is what makes a real mixed Jiang Long.

  Although Zhou Ming is his son-in-law, Xiong Wenbin also hopes he does well, but he doesn't dare to strongly push him onto Shen Huai. Xiong Wenbin can see that Shen Huai is too clever, and it's hard to deceive him with small actions. Whether Zhou Ming can take advantage of the situation depends on his own wit; without wit, forcing him into it would be counterproductive.

  "What are you thinking?" Yang Haipeng asked Zhao Dong.

  "I'd rather take a risk and get hurt, even if it means I won't be able to make it in Donghua, than continue to stagnate at the municipal steel factory..." Zhao Dong said.

  "Right, you should have thought of that earlier, don't be afraid of him, I support you after hearing what you said," Yang Haipeng laughed and then said gloomily, "It's just a pity about Haiwen, he was stronger than all of us, got accepted into Yanda University's PhD program, could have jumped out of this circle in Donghua and had a bright future, but ended up with this bad luck. Hope to be brothers with him again in the next life..."

  Shen Hua didn't go back inside, but stood in the corridor, smoking a cigarette towards the dimly lit sky well.

  Other people's voices were low, but Yang Haipeng was a loudmouth. When Shen Huai heard him say that they would still be brothers in the next life, he couldn't help but smile to himself. After smoking a cigarette, he turned around and went back into the house, flipping through a book for dozens of pages before washing up and going to sleep.

  Two days later, Shen Hua received a call from Tan Qiping in the provincial capital, who had taken the initiative to clarify the details of the provincial party committee's decision for him to come to Donghua, and it turned out that Old Man Song had also made great efforts.

  The officials of Donghua region are actually making an issue out of Chen Mingde's death, with a malicious intention as above. This is not only unbearable for the province but also for the Song family to swallow this breath. Although the matter has been handled properly, it is precisely because it was handled properly that we must settle accounts after autumn.

  If this evil practice is not eradicated, what dignity can the provincial government and the Song family still have?

  Tan Qiping was still dealing with Chen Mingde's aftermath in Donghua, and the provincial party committee was considering making a big move on Donghua's team. However, at that time Tan Qiping was only one of the objects under consideration. When the provincial party committee sought opinions from old comrades, former secretary of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee Ji Yaohua directly recommended Tan Qiping, settling the matter with one stroke.

  Ji Yaohua and Tan Qiping's father were once comrades-in-arms, and later became subordinates when Song Lao Yezi served as the chief of staff of the Guangnan Column. Before Tan Qiping even thought to look for Ji Yaohua to discuss this matter, Song Lao Yezi had already heard about it and was furious, directly contacting Ji Yaohua from before, saying that the lid on Donghua must be lifted.

  Shen Huai sighed inwardly: In the past few days, not a single phone call had been made to him from Yanjing City, and this matter was only known through Tan Qiping's account. Apparently, the one or two previous phone calls and the entire incident that had occurred could not remind the Song family that he was still in Donghua.

  Although the Song family was very cold to Shen Hua, this made Tan Qiping suspicious, but the Song family did not want to expose their family's ugliness, so Tan Qiping's impression of Shen Hua did not change.

  Shen Huai also mentioned Xiong Wenbin to Tan Qiping; Tan Qiping said that after the matter is officially settled, they can meet privately first. Although there was no promise, Tan Qiping's words were already enough.

  The following days were somewhat dull and uneventful.

  Although there are irreconcilable contradictions between Gao Tianhe and Wu Haifeng, they will not tear their faces without any scruples.

  The city quickly passed through Zhou Yu as the Standing Committee of Tangzhai District and Deputy Mayor, Ge Yongqiu as the Deputy Secretary of Xiapu County Party Committee and Acting County Governor, and other personnel appointments.

  Ge Yongqiu should have been able to take over as the Secretary of Xiapu County directly, but Wu Haifeng was not pleased to see Gao Tianhe so happy. At the municipal standing committee meeting, he emphasized in a roundabout way: "The unfortunate death of Vice Mayor Chen, the Municipal Government Reception Office must take responsibility, Ge Yongqiu cannot make a self-criticism one day and be promoted the next. Otherwise, how can we carry out the work of punishing the past and warning the future?" He forced Ge Yongqiu to take a step back.

  However, Zhou Yu was transferred to Tangzhai District and did not directly take over as deputy secretary, so both sides were evened out.

  The city is abuzz with discussion about these personnel adjustments.

  Everyone who knew about the municipal steel plant fist fight and Shen Hua's organizational relationship thought that after Shen Hua fell from power, retribution came so quickly.

  They all fantasized that Shen Huai's sturdy and reliable hands would be what kind of struggle to survive, unable to live or die!

  During the Shen Hua period, he returned to the municipal government office several times to handle organizational personnel adjustments. In the past, his relationship with colleagues was extremely cold, and this time he avoided him like a plague.

  Those who knew more about the inside story also knew that Shen Hua had some connections in the province, and they thought that Ge Yongqiu would not dare to bully Shen Hua too openly; but seeing that Shen Hua did not leave Donghua to return to the province, they also believed that his connections in the province were limited, and it was unlikely that Ge Yongqiu would be too concerned about them, so they watched with a mindset of enjoying the show.

  Also in early October, the provincial party committee formally talked to Wu Haifeng and confirmed that Wu Haifeng would directly enter the People's Congress as director. Lian Ping didn't even have the opportunity to be transferred out of Donghua University. In 1993, some old comrades from the Central Committee even suggested merging the People's Congress with mass organizations, which shows how lowly positioned the People's Congress was at that time. Although Wu Haifeng couldn't be said to have completely lost power, he would retreat to the second line and leave the core of power.

  At that time, Shen Hua's going to the countryside had already been decided, and people like Gao Tianhe and Wu Haifeng were also confused, not expecting Tan Qiping to parachute into Donghua as the municipal party secretary.

  Wu Haifeng is still a man of his word in doing business. In the evaluation comments given by the Municipal Committee Organization Department to Shen Hua, it is clearly stated that he has economic expertise and should be in charge of economic work. Although the organizational relationship was transferred to Xiapu County at the beginning of October, and his name was also listed on the list of personnel adjustments for township party and government organs in Xiapu County, Shen Hua did not rush to report to Xiapu County.

  It's unclear whether Zhou Yu was busy adapting to his new job or deliberately avoiding him, but Shen Huan persisted in going to the city swimming pool every day to swim for a short while, and no matter how early he went, he never met Zhou Yu again.

  For nearly half a month, Shen Huai has been thoroughly settled in Xiong Wenbin's home.

  Fortunately, Xiong Daling had already returned to school and wouldn't come back to Donghua for nothing. Although Bai Suimei was as wary of Shen Huai as a thief, since her younger daughter had gone to the provincial city, she didn't mind Shen Huai freeloading off their food.

  Perhaps because he couldn't get along with Wenji in his heart, or perhaps because he didn't like Shen Huai himself, Xiong Wenbin's son-in-law Zhou Ming never returned to Tongzi Building after that.

  Yang Haipeng finally supported Zhao Dong to go to Mei Xi Steel Plant, and also moved his small mind; on the side of Tongzi Building, he ran more diligently than Zhao Dong, and in three or five days, he thought he was familiar with Shen Huai.

  The province also dragged on until October 16, and after seeing Chen Mingde's death did not leave any sequelae, the adjustment of Donghua City's team was formally discussed. Shen Hua received Tan Qiping's phone call at noon that day and knew that the organizational procedure for Tan Qiping to take office as Secretary of Donghua Municipal Party Committee would be launched immediately. He rode the bicycle that had been occupied by Xiong Wenbin's family and rushed straight to Meixi Town to prepare for his appointment.