“Deputy Mayor Li, you can drink tea, smoke cigarettes, and receive money without having to worry about anything, and the achievements will still be yours. Isn’t that great?” Zheng Qian was full of confidence. He felt that Li Xiuyuan would definitely agree, and the conditions he proposed were beneficial to both parties.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and stood up, too lazy to even look at Zheng Qian. He turned to Zhang Xingguo and said, "Secretary Zhang, I have something to attend to, so I'll be leaving now. Please enjoy your meal; I'll settle the bill."
"What do you mean?" Before Zhang Xingguo could speak, Zheng Qian stood up and looked at Li Xiuyuan with an ugly expression.
"It's nothing, Mr. Zheng. What you said is quite good, but unfortunately I'm a workaholic and can't sit still. I don't want to sit in the office drinking tea and smoking. If you're interested in participating in the project, you can go through the normal procedures and participate in the bidding, understand?"
Li Xiuyuan said coldly, got up and walked out. Zheng Qian wanted to say something, but Zhang Xingguo stood up and waved his hand to stop Zheng Qian.
"Have a seat for a while." Zhang Xingguo's tone was serious. Zheng Qian swallowed back the words he was about to say. Zhang Xingguo stepped out of the private room and stopped Li Xiuyuan.
"Mayor Li, this Mr. Zheng doesn't know how to talk, don't take it to heart."
"Haha, Secretary Zhang, I certainly won't take it to heart. I just don't know where you found such a scoundrel." Li Xiuyuan spoke very bluntly. With Zheng Qian's character, wanting the Meilin Village project was just a pipe dream.
Zhang Xingguo's face turned somewhat ugly upon hearing this. Even when beating a dog, one should consider its owner. Li Xiuyuan's comment, "You found such a worthless person," was a slap in the face to him.
Li Xiuyuan waved to Zhou Yi beside him: "Go pay the bill."
"Wait, Xiuyuan, I asked you to come, how can I let you pay the bill?" Zhang Xingguo refused no matter what he said, it wouldn't look good if word got out.
Zhou Yi looked at Li Xiuyuan, who raised an eyebrow: "One thing at a time."
Zhou Yi understood and went to pay the bill.
Zhang Xingguo's face darkened further, and he let out a deep breath: "Fine, let's go outside for some fresh air. There are some things I need to tell you."
The two men came out of Huangyuan Hotel and came to Li Xiuyuan's car. Zhang Xingguo took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Li Xiuyuan. He took a deep drag before looking at Li Xiuyuan and saying, "Xiuyuan, I won't lie to you. Although Zheng Qian is immature, he has powerful connections. His brother-in-law is the deputy director of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee. I can't afford to offend him, so I have to take care of him where necessary."
As Zhang Xingguo spoke, he added, as if afraid that Li Xiuyuan was unaware of the rank of this Deputy Director Chang, "Deputy Director Chang is a member of the department committee and has considerable influence in the municipal party committee's organization department. We should still take care of Zheng Qian, his brother-in-law."
Li Xiuyuan frowned as he listened. He had to admit that Zheng Qian did have the right to be arrogant. The Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee was a division-level unit, but the head of the department was usually a high-ranking deputy director-general level official, a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee.
The executive deputy minister is generally at the level of a division chief and is in charge of the daily work of the municipal party committee's organization department.
These two people certainly have the most say, but the remaining members of the department committee are not without power, just like the members of the town party committee.
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