The county government held a simple yet grand welcome ceremony for Xie Wan in the conference room.
Minister Liu introduced Xie Wan in a high-profile manner, saying that he was an elite in the army, a retired colonel, and had made many military achievements in the army.
Comrades in the county government had long known that the new executive deputy county magistrate was a retired soldier and a colonel, but they did not expect that she was such a young female comrade.
Although Xie Wan had deliberately dressed very simply today, wearing an old army shirt, his ear-length hair had not been treated with the conditioner he brought back from Hong Kong City, and he also wore a pair of plain black-framed glasses on his face.
But her face really didn't show many signs of aging. With the way she was dressed, she looked like a student at best.
Some comrades were whispering below:
"Could our new deputy county chief have been a member of the military art troupe?"
"Singing and dancing can lead to being promoted to colonel? Impossible, right?"
"What if she married well and has a good background?"
"That's right. I heard that all the good-looking girls in the Wengong Group of the army married high-ranking officials."
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An County Mayor Pang Ming knew something about Xie Wan's experience and family background.
Before Xie Wan came, he was actually quite resistant.
But after meeting Xie Wan in person, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking: "She is just a little girl, and she has always stayed in the army, how can she understand local affairs?
It's obvious that he's here to gild his reputation. He'll probably return to the province after gaining some grass-roots experience in An County.
To deal with this kind of high-ranking official's child, as long as you treat her with favor and let her live here, there shouldn't be any trouble."
Many of Xie Wan's military achievements have not been deciphered to this day, and the files are very vague about them. Pang Ming only knows how many achievements she has made, but doesn't know why she made them.
Pang Ming had already instinctively begun to doubt Xie Wan's previous military achievements, thinking that there must be something fishy and water in them.
In addition, knowing that Xie Wan has a background, he doesn't want to offend him easily.
So he spoke with a loving face, first warmly welcomed Xie Wan, and assured Minister Liu:
"Please rest assured, leaders, Comrade Xie Wan has come to our An County and joined our An County leadership team. We will definitely take good care of Comrade Xie Wan in the future."
Minister Liu said: "We must not only take good care of her, but also give her more responsibilities and give full play to Comrade Xie Wan's abilities to boost the economy of your An County.
Lao Pang, if you can’t get rid of the label of a poor county this year, I’m afraid you won’t be able to explain yourself.”
An County has been rated as a poverty-stricken county for three consecutive years. Now the whole country is developing the economy and other counties are making progress, but An County has always been at the bottom of Nancheng City. When this was pointed out by the leaders, Pang Ming felt a little embarrassed.
He is the county magistrate, and this is tantamount to slapping him in the face, accusing him of inaction.
Pang Ming explained to Minister Liu in a somewhat flattering manner: "Our An County is a purely agricultural county. We have no factories, no mineral resources, and the transportation is remote. How can we develop it?"
Minister Liu shook his head and said, "You can't talk to me about these things. If you want resources, you have to talk to the municipal government."
At noon, a banquet was arranged in the county government cafeteria. Pang Ming and several deputy county governors insisted on dragging Minister Liu and Xie Wan to the table.
Xie Wan had never been involved in officialdom in either her past or future life, but she had read quite a few officialdom novels and watched TV shows in her past life.
The officialdom of this era is very different from that of later generations.
She probably knew that eating and drinking were popular in this era, and this phenomenon was more prominent at the grassroots level.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. She can't go against the customs right away.
Minister Liu was also aware of their tendencies and criticized Pang Ming verbally.
Pang Ming said that this was a special welcome banquet for Xie Wan, and that they had contributed money themselves, so Minister Liu didn't say much.
"It's a good thing to unite the new comrades, but this kind of eating and drinking habit should not continue. Next time, four dishes and one soup will be enough."
Minister Liu probably didn't want to embarrass Xie Wan, so he sat down and ate a few bites.
"I have already sent the people to you and have had dinner. I have a standing committee meeting in the city this afternoon, so I will not accompany you.
Xiao Xie, work hard. Your leaders have high hopes for you. Don't let them down.
I'll be leaving now, you guys enjoy your meal."
Everyone escorted Minister Liu to the door.
Xie Wan was dragged back to the private room on the second floor of the cafeteria by a group of people.
During the meal, everyone raised their glasses frequently, but Xie Wan smiled and refused on the grounds that he could not drink.
Pang Ming seemed to be in a good mood. He had the highest position here, and he was drinking and bragging in a vague way.
Others echoed him, and for a moment, flattery was flying everywhere and there was laughter and joy.
Xie Wan felt that she had broadened her horizons. To be honest, as a native of Sichuan Province, she was not at all averse to this kind of atmosphere.
But this kind of atmosphere appeared at noon during working hours, which really refreshed her views.
When seeing Pang Ming asking the canteen to open a second bottle of Wuliangye, Xie Wan advised:
"County Magistrate Pang, we have a standing committee meeting this afternoon, so let's stop drinking, okay?
It would be bad if Secretary Ge smelled the alcohol on us."
Secretary Ge Yuquan of the county party committee did not come to the welcome party in the morning, but Xie Wan felt that the secretary should show up at the standing committee meeting in the afternoon.
Pang Ming was already a little drunk, and he shook his head and said, "Xiao Xie, I forgot to tell you that Secretary Ge is on a business trip and will not be present this afternoon.
The agenda of this Standing Committee meeting is to discuss your work in charge, so it doesn't matter whether he comes or not.
There are only a few of us in the afternoon meeting, so it doesn't matter where we hold it, right? "
Xie Wan felt that it would be a bit absurd if the Standing Committee meeting to arrange his work content was held over a dinner table.
The results of the standing committee must be recorded and finally put into a document, so it is better to be formal.
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