Generally speaking, the financial department is either controlled by the mayor or the mayor's secretary. It is rare in the country for a member of the municipal standing committee and a deputy mayor to control such a key department.

Executive Vice Mayor Cheng Yigang is in charge of less important departments such as education, culture and tourism, housing and construction, sanitation, and health.

Xing Loulan is a female deputy mayor, and her main areas of responsibility are the Development and Reform Commission, transportation, human resources and social security.

Deputy Mayor Jin Shanqiu is in charge of water conservancy, rural agriculture, veterans, emergency response, science and technology, etc.

Feng Yuxing, the new acting mayor, always breaks records when holding meetings. He announces the adjournment of the meeting after only ten minutes or so, without giving participants any chance to raise opinions or provide feedback.

After the meeting, everyone received a notice from the Secretary General of the Municipal Party Committee, Yun Lugang, that the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee would be convened at 9 am tomorrow.

It is normal for the Standing Committee to be held immediately after the head of the municipal party committee and municipal government takes office. Usually, it is a meeting of familiar faces. The essence of the meeting is for everyone to deepen their impression of each other and facilitate communication and coordination for today's work.

After the meeting, Feng Yuxing didn't seem to care too much about the notice from the Municipal Party Committee. With a relaxed smile, he returned to his office and sat down to enjoy the tranquility and leisure.

In an environment filled with the fragrance of tea, he was immersed in this little world of his own, seemingly oblivious to the noise of the outside world.

But what he didn't know was that his passion was boiling over again.

Just when the onlookers thought that Deputy Mayor Yi Guyong would definitely take the mayoral throne, they never expected that the sudden arrival of a young mayor would shatter his dream of soaring to the sky.

Secondly, the content of Feng Yuxing's inaugural speech aroused the "spontaneous enthusiasm" of the onlookers.

People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being fat. Feng Yuxing is the overly young mayor, and even this meeting attracted much attention because it was too short.

Not only that, what is even more noteworthy is that the new mayor Feng Yuxing actually chose Ge Gulai, the secretary of the former mayor Liang Mingxian, as his secretary.

As soon as this news came out, it was like a stone that caused a thousand ripples, instantly becoming the hot topic of discussion among everyone, and once again on the list of hot events!

The meeting did not end even though people were leaving. After coming out of the conference room, the participants gathered in groups of three or five in some offices to hold another small meeting.

Executive Vice Mayor Cheng Yiyi returned to his office, and Vice Mayor Jin Shanqiu arrived shortly thereafter.

"Comrade Shanqiu, hello!" The secretary prepared tea for both of them. After taking a sip, Cheng Yi looked at Jin Shanqiu and said indifferently, then smiled slightly.

The relationship between the two of them was not very good, or perhaps it could be said that Executive Vice Mayor Cheng Yi was always very low-key and did not like to have much horizontal communication with these vice mayors;

Of course, there are very few deputy mayors who come here just to chat like Jin Shanqiu. At most, they discuss things with each other. Even if they do discuss, they go to Deputy Mayor Yi Gurong to discuss.

Cheng Yi, the executive, had a low profile. Now, Deputy Mayor Jin Shanqiu actually came to chat with him, which was a rare occurrence.

"Manager Cheng, you are misunderstanding my feelings by saying that. It's not like that! We are all eating from the same pot, right? Can't I just come to your place and have some tea?" Jin Shanqiu said jokingly.

"As long as you believe what you said, I will believe it!" Cheng Yi said, glancing at Jin Shanqiu, "If you don't go to Comrade Gu Rong to argue, there's not much point in coming to me!"

There was a hint of sarcasm in Cheng Yi's words.

"Why is it meaningless? We need to discuss the situation." Jin Shanqiu ignored Cheng Yi's sarcasm and continued, "It seems that this little mayor is not in a good mood! Maybe we should improve our awareness!"

"If you want to be a fence-sitter, just say so. Don't use such high-sounding words!" Cheng Yi thought to himself. He looked at Jin Shanqiu with contempt and said:

"Just be aware of this. Don't forget Comrade Gu Rong. He still has Secretary Huan Tongmin's support behind him. Don't go to the wrong place when the time comes!"

"That's right, we are analyzing and analyzing!" Jin Shanqiu smiled.

“Like the meeting just now, you saw Mayor Xiaofeng’s style. As soon as we finished introducing ourselves, we declared the meeting adjourned;

This is clearly a show of force for Yi Gurong. Although he has just arrived in Zhouxi City, it is impossible for him not to understand the situation in Zhouxi City before coming here!"

"This fence-sitter has a very strong sense of smell!" Cheng Yi thought to himself. He looked at the excited Jin Shanqiu and said, "Mayor Feng's background is indeed very powerful, but you should know that being too strong will lead to failure!"

"Executive Director Cheng, I don't agree with your point of view. This young mayor is different. Even if he sits on the bench for ten years, he still has a chance to make a comeback.

As long as he doesn't violate Party discipline and national laws, I believe he won't compromise with anyone on matters of principle. Furthermore, promoted paratroopers generally have some good connections with those above them, more or less!

Jin Shanqiu said with a very confident look on his face.

“Your point of view does have its merits, but it is all based on the provincial party committee’s recognition and support for him.

Without the affirmation or endorsement of those who hold actual power, no matter how firm his stance is, it will be difficult for him to make any move, let alone achieve substantial progress.

You and I both understand one thing: in the complex game of officialdom, where human nature and power are intertwined, a person's strength often stems from the influence of those behind them.

What Cheng Yi said was quite standard, but also very universal.

"I think the Provincial Committee supports our little mayor. Just think about it, he even dares to use their predecessor's secretary. Think about it again, let alone the issue of whether the Provincial Committee's Discipline Inspection Commission agrees or not, this kind of courage is really beyond our reach!

Also, from the Ge Gu incident, it is a manifestation of the provincial party committee's support for him! Everyone knows that Liang Mingxian's matter has not yet been finalized, but Ge Gu, as his secretary, will also be fishy!"

Jin Shanqiu's analysis was very clear and logical.

"You will see Mayor Feng's style more clearly at tomorrow's Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee meeting. It's too early for you to say anything now!" Cheng Yi said lightly.

"What could possibly be the content of tomorrow's Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee meeting? It's just a routine meeting of familiar faces!"

Jin Shanqiu didn't care much about the Standing Committee meeting tomorrow morning. Besides, there had been many such meetings before, and they were all the same, with nothing new.

"I don't think so. I have a hunch that something unexpected will happen at tomorrow's Standing Committee meeting!"

Cheng Yi thought for a moment, organized his words, and spoke slowly.

"You think that Comrade Gu Rong will use Secretary Huan's power to attack our newly appointed Mayor Xiaofeng. He shouldn't be so anxious! If it's really as you say, then it's not just stupidity, it's courting death!"

Jin Shanqiu didn't seem to think about it and blurted out the answer directly.