She shook her head with a half-smile: "I said you are a lazy guy who never gets up early and is more calculating than anyone else. No wonder Tao Xinlei has been serving me for so many years - but you have to say hello to Tong Yazhou, don't let him have any excuse to talk about it."
I nodded quickly, with a determined smile on my face: "As long as you nod, I will take care of the rest."
When I called Tao Xinlei to my office and told him the whole plan, his eyes instantly lit up like quenched steel, his eyes and eyebrows were full of gratitude, and he almost bowed and said, "County Magistrate Guan, you have shown me a way to success!"
I held his excited shoulders and said in a deep voice, "You haven't even started yet, so watch your mouth. When you get to your new position, be humble. As for the matter of the head of the state-owned enterprise group, 30% depends on luck and 70% depends on yourself."
He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, with veins popping out of his neck: "Don't worry! If I mess up, I will jump off the county government building immediately!"
I laughed and said, "That's not the case. I trust you."
He turned around and found an excuse to report his work and walked into Tong Yazhou's office. In the mist of tea, I casually brought up the topic: "Tongxian, although I am still in the development zone in name only, I will let them do the specific work. But the team has been a bit twisted recently. I think it is necessary to make an adjustment. My suggestion is to transfer Deputy Director Tao Xinlei to the State-owned Assets Bureau as deputy director, but I don't know who should be transferred to the development zone. Do you think there is a suitable candidate?"
He paused stroking the teacup, and a gleam flashed in his eyes. As soon as I said this, he immediately understood that I was extending an olive branch to him, and the smile on his face deepened. He pretended to think about it, and I saw that the time was right, so I blurted out: "Tong County Magistrate, what do you think of Deputy Director Xiao of the Government Office?"
He pretended to hesitate and asked me, "Is this appropriate?"
I leaned forward and said, "What's wrong with this? It's just a lateral transfer from a deputy section level. But once the development zone is upgraded to a provincial development zone, it will be a deputy division level department. Deputy Director Xiao is still young, and with such a platform, his future is bright."
He pondered and dragged out the last word: "The development zone is under your jurisdiction, and the State-owned Assets Bureau is under the jurisdiction of Deputy County Mayor Xiuwen. I rashly intervene..."
Since he was waiting for me to speak, I said, "You are the head of the government, and you are in charge of the overall personnel arrangements."
He finally smiled, but still pretended to be embarrassed: "Yu Bo has been with me for so many years, I am afraid that he is young and hot-tempered and will not get along well with Zhang Weiguo."
"As long as I am in the management committee, I will never let this happen." My eyes were like torches, and every word was loud and clear. "Deputy Director Xiao is one of our own. How can we not trust him?"
Tong Yazhou certainly understood my intention, but faced with the opportunity to promote his confidant, how could he not take it?
He said, "Just do it your way."
It was a rare occasion that he sent me to the door, and I enjoyed this honor. I looked at the swaying shadows of the trees outside the window with a smug look and chuckled. I have finally understood Liu Ke's Tai Chi wisdom: the conflicts between subordinates are precisely the bargaining chips for controlling the overall situation. Now let Zhang Weiguo and Xiao Yubo fight each other. Only in this way can my identity as an arbitrator be detached and unquestionable. As for others saying that this is a secret operation or a political maneuver, so what? On the chessboard, the winner never cares how the chess pieces evaluate their position.
With a faint smile on my lips, I walked back to the office with brisk steps. Xu Shaojia followed in immediately like a hound with a keen sense of smell, his eyes sparkling with curiosity: "Hongjun, the sun is rising from the west? You look so proud after coming out of County Magistrate Tong's place. Did you pick up a gold ingot?"
I closed the door with my backhand, turned around and leaned on the edge of the table, looking at him with a half-smile: "It's not a good thing, it's just that I took away one of your right arms."
His brows knitted together, his face full of confusion: "You are talking so vaguely, what's going on?"
I carefully checked to see if the door was locked, then lowered my voice and explained in detail the reasons and consequences of Tao Xinlei's transfer and the placement of Xiao Yubo.
The only sound in the office was my steady narration. Xu Shaojia listened attentively, nodding from time to time, with a smile in his eyes becoming more and more intense.
When I finished speaking, he couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh: "Well done! Great job! Without this thorn in my side, I can finally relax a little. Boy, you are even better than an old fox at the 'give first, take first' method!"
I smiled bitterly and shook my head: "Sister, stop flattering me. For this move, I almost gave up the development zone. Now the only person I can use is Xiong Jifei."
His eyes lit up, and he leaned over and lowered his voice: "In that case, why not transfer Xiong Jifei to the government office as deputy director? He came from an office background, knows the ropes, and can help me share some of the burden."
I waved my hands quickly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Sister, you should stop while you are ahead! At least leave me an eye in the development zone, otherwise I will be in the dark, how can I do anything in the future?"
We looked at each other and smiled knowingly. The laughter was suppressed in the throat, like thunder rolling through the clouds. There is a tacit understanding hidden in this smile, as well as a clear understanding of the power game - in this officialdom with undercurrents, some words can only remain behind this closed door forever.
Not long after, Tao Xinlei went to the State-owned Assets Bureau as deputy director. His other identity was the representative of state-owned shares, and he was sent to the Daxun Group. He joked with me, "Thank you, County Magistrate Guan. It was a relief for me to move here. It's only a few hundred meters from the Management Committee Building to the Daxun Group Office Building."
I looked at this capable man who had followed me for many years with hope in my eyes: "Lao Tao, these seemingly insignificant few hundred meters may be the turning point of your career. The State-owned Assets Bureau is a newly established department, and Daxun is a key enterprise in the county. If you work hard, you will have great potential in the future."
He straightened his back quickly, his eyes full of gratitude: "Don't worry! I will live up to your training and make achievements in my new position!"
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