Although my side can't get a majority, excluding those who abstained...

As Zhang Xingguo was pondering this, his eyes suddenly sharpened. Qi Weihua raised his hand, but the first person to raise their hand wasn't Li Xiuyuan, and the second person to raise their hand wasn't Li Xiuyuan either, but Lu Zhenhai.

Qi Weihua and Lu Zhenhai raised their hands to support Li Xiuyuan almost without hesitation.

With Li Xiuyuan slowly raising his hand, that makes three votes, a tie of three to three. Although neither side has a majority of three votes, and as the Party Secretary, Hou Peng, as the Town Mayor, still holds a certain advantage, things are completely different from the plan.

Zhang Xingguo's face turned ugly, and Hou Peng, who was sitting next to him, also had a face so gloomy it could drip water. He didn't care whether Lu Zhenhai supported Li Xiuyuan or abstained, but it was different for Qi Weihua.

He felt that Qi Weihua had parted on bad terms with him the night before last, and if Qi Weihua was still considering the bigger picture today, he should support him. Even if Qi Weihua didn't give him face, at most he would just abstain. Qi Weihua's clear support for Li Xiuyuan was something he had never expected.

What were Wang Yonghua and Qi Weihua thinking? Why did they have to betray me and get involved with Li Xiuyuan? What's so good about Li Xiuyuan?

Just as Zhang Xingguo and Hou Peng looked grim and stiff, Ma Tao, who hadn't raised his hand until now, slowly raised it as well.

Neither Zhang Xingguo nor Hou Peng noticed this at first; it was Kang Yong who first noticed it. His pupils widened in shock, and he nudged Zhang Xingguo to remind him that Ma Tao had raised his hand.

When Zhang Xingguo turned his gaze from Qi Weihua to Ma Tao, he felt terrible and his head spun.

Ma Tao actually raised his hand. Before, Ma Tao was either writing or drawing with his head down or lost in thought. He thought Ma Tao was not feeling well today or something was wrong. He just thought it was an accident. But now it seems that it was no accident at all.

Ma Tao isn't crazy; he knows exactly what's going on. He's supporting Li Xiuyuan.

But why?

Lu Zhenhai supports Li Xiuyuan, which he understands. Wang Zhitao and Lu Zhenhai's daughter are probably quite close, and there are even rumors that they are engaged.

Qi Weihua's support for Li Xiuyuan is somewhat understandable. After being in the central town for so long, everyone knows what kind of person Qi Weihua is. Hou Peng went back on his word, and Zhengda Company was just a shell company. Qi Weihua couldn't stand it, so he switched his support to Li Xiuyuan.

Although unexpected, it's understandable.

But what are you after, Ma Tao? What kind of person are you? From any perspective, Ma Tao has no reason to betray himself, nor any reason to support Li Xiuyuan.

But now Ma Tao has raised his hand.

This scene was not only incomprehensible and unbelievable to Zhang Xingguo, but also to Hou Peng and Kang Yong. Even Lu Zhenhai and Qi Weihua, who were on Li Xiuyuan's side, were surprised. They never expected that Li Xiuyuan would be able to win over Ma Tao.

When did this happen? What methods did Li Xiuyuan use to win over Ma Tao?

The meeting room was silent for a full two minutes, with no one speaking, until Li Xiuyuan broke the silence.

"Secretary Zhang, shouldn't we start counting the votes in favor of the construction companies?"