Li Xiuyuan and his team had just left the brigade headquarters when they received a call from Zhang Xingdong informing them of a meeting at 2 PM. Li Xiuyuan was actually reluctant to go back, as he was leading the planning bureau team to conduct a field survey in the village today and needed to come up with a plan as soon as possible.
However, I couldn't miss the town meeting that afternoon.
"Who are the attendees?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
“Township Chief Li, all the town’s main leaders and heads of various offices must attend the meeting,” Zhang Xingdong said.
Li Xiuyuan acknowledged that he understood. He had originally planned to leave Wang Zhitao with the leaders if he left, but since the heads of various departments also had to attend the meeting, Wang Zhitao also had to go back to attend.
Li Xiuyuan was a little uneasy about just letting Zhou Jianzhong lead the planning bureau people around the village.
This involves things like demolition and relocation, and everyone has their own selfish motives. If Zhou Jianzhong causes any more trouble, it's not something Li Xiuyuan wants to see. He needs to keep his own people around, people without vested interests, to keep an eye on things so that Li Xiuyuan can feel at ease.
However, Li Xiuyuan would definitely not ask for leave to skip the meeting, not because the meeting was so important, but because it was politically correct.
The leaders are coming to conduct research, and we're discussing how to welcome them. If you don't attend the meeting, what will people think? That you don't respect the leaders? That you're special? This meeting has political significance.
Absence is definitely not an option.
After Li Xiuyuan hung up the phone, he was still wondering how to tell the planning bureau when the bureau also received a call saying they had a meeting that afternoon and the site visit would have to be postponed.
"Well then, regardless of whether we do any field visits this afternoon, lunch is all arranged. You must eat before you leave." Li Xiuyuan smiled and expressed his understanding, but insisted on having lunch.
They've been busy all morning; we can't just not provide a meal because they have something to do in the afternoon.
Faced with Li Xiuyuan's hospitality, the people from the planning bureau could only nod in agreement. During lunch, Li Xiuyuan even offered them a few drinks. After all, it was a meeting in the afternoon, and it wouldn't be right not to drink since he was treating them.
Of course, no one drank much.
After dinner, it was already 1:30 when they returned to town. Li Xiuyuan took a shower, changed his clothes, rested for ten minutes, and then appeared in the meeting room on time at 2:00 PM with his laptop.
There were many attendees. Zhang Xingguo, the town's Party Secretary, presided over the meeting and first relayed the content of the meeting held in the county that morning.
Li Xiuyuan then learned which provincial leaders had come down to conduct research. The provincial deputy secretary, Liang, was leading the team, and someone from the provincial organization department accompanied them. The main task of the research was to educate Party members on the advanced nature of Party members.
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