All the cadres at or above the department level in Shannan County who were at home rushed to the municipal party committee meeting room to assemble upon receiving the notice.
At this moment, the conference room was full. The Standing Committee members sat neatly around the front row of the oval table, while several deputy division-level directors and deputy division-level cadres sat behind the long table behind the Standing Committee members.
Lin Zheng, the head of the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, had not yet shown up, but perhaps he had already arrived and was talking to Liu Yong in the office. While the main leaders were away, the people in the conference room could not help but whisper to each other.
As expected, the conversation was all about the new county magistrate, Li Lin.
Yang Huating, secretary of the county discipline inspection commission, turned his head and approached Niu Jianbin beside him, and said in a low voice, "I never thought that Li Lin would jump from deputy county chief to county chief. This adds a new record to the history of Shannan County cadres: the fastest promotion to a director-level cadre!"
Niu Jianbin twirled the pen in his hand idly, curled his lips, and said with a smile, "There is another thing, he is also the youngest director-level cadre!"
Minister of Propaganda Yu Haifeng heard the conversation between the two and came over with interest, adding, "He broke not only the record of Shannan County, but the record of the entire Hanjiang Province! He is the fastest and youngest county-level official in the province!"
He deliberately emphasized "county level" because division level is a rank, while county level is a position. Although there are young division level cadres in the province, there is only one young county level cadre like Li Lin.
The three of them smiled at each other, their smiles were full of meaning, and then they shook their heads helplessly. They might be full of envy in their hearts, or they might think of how hard they had worked for half their lives to get to the ranks of the department, and they couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
Shen Zhifei also sat at the oval table, feeling annoyed as he watched the people around him praising Li Lin.
To some extent, he had no good feelings towards Li Lin and was even vaguely hostile to him.
Firstly, the two had no common interests, and secondly, they had different political views and had even had heated arguments over certain issues.
At that time, Li Lin was just a deputy-section-level township head, but he dared to contradict him in person. Now that Li Lin has become a county head, he will definitely not take him seriously.
Shen Zhifei was full of anxiety. From now on, he became Li Lin's subordinate. How to get along with him became a difficult problem. He remembered that once the government held a meeting, he waited at the door of the venue for Li Lin, wanting to take the initiative to ease the relationship, but Li Lin's attitude was lukewarm and ignored him. At that time, Shen Zhifei was full of frustration and hatred, but he could do nothing about it.
Now, if Li Lin still doesn't treat him well, not only will he be helpless, but he will have to put on a smile, which is scary and painful. He sighed and scratched his head irritably. His hair, which was already so sparse that it exposed his scalp, was scratched off a few more times and fell on the table, making him feel distressed and helpless.
Yang Huating and the others looked at Shen Zhifei with his head down and a depressed look on his face. They knew that it must be uncomfortable for him to have Li Lin as the county magistrate, and his future days would probably be even more difficult. They couldn't help but laugh in their hearts.
Suddenly, a series of footsteps were heard in the corridor, getting closer and closer to the conference room. When everyone in the conference room heard it, they knew that the city leader had arrived, and they immediately sat up straight, stopped talking, and regained their dignified expressions.
Sure enough, a few seconds later, Liu Yong pushed open the door of the conference room. He smiled and gestured to the person behind him to come in.
The first person to come in was Lin Zheng. As soon as he entered the room, he waved to everyone warmly and said with a gentle smile, "Everyone is very enthusiastic. There are quite a lot of people here!"
"Hello, Minister Lin!"
"Hello, Minister Lin!" Everyone stood up, with bright smiles on their faces, and responded enthusiastically.
When Li Lin and Liu Yong came in, Lin Zheng quickly stepped aside and let Li Lin sit in the middle. He smiled and said to everyone again, "Okay, okay, I'm not the protagonist today. The County Magistrate Li Lin next to me is. I'm sure everyone is familiar with him, right?"
Suddenly, the conference room was silent for two seconds, and everyone didn't know what to say for a moment.
It was the Propaganda Minister Yu Haifeng, who had some friendship with Li Lin, who broke the silence first and said with a smile, "County Magistrate Li Lin is an old man in our Shannan County. He has made great contributions to the economic development of Shannan County. How could we not recognize him! Welcome back, County Magistrate Li Lin! Hahaha..."
Yu Haifeng's words instantly awakened everyone.
Everyone quickly followed suit, clapping their hands and shouting enthusiastically, "Welcome back, County Magistrate Li Lin, welcome..."
Li Lin also clapped his hands gently. Amid the gentle smiles of Lin Zheng, Liu Yong and the others, he smiled calmly and said, "We are all old friends. Thank you for your welcome. Thank you."
No one can tell who is sincere and who is fake, it's just a polite remark.
Because everyone was acquaintances, everyone knew Li Lin, and Li Lin also recognized everyone present, so the meeting ended quickly in a relaxed atmosphere.
According to convention, after meeting with county officials, Lin Zheng could leave. But this time, not only did he not leave, he also took the initiative to ask Li Lin to go to the county government with him, saying that he wanted to see how Li Lin's office was organized.
Liu Yong quickly understood Lin Zheng's intention, which was nothing more than bringing Li Lin to the county government to show everyone how much the municipal party committee valued Li Lin. He guessed that this was probably specially arranged by Secretary Qian. But in fact, this was Lin Zheng's own idea, and the reason was very simple, he wanted to have a good relationship with Li Lin.
The county party secretary's car led the way, followed closely by Lin Zheng's car. County government office director Wang Songlin, Zhang Yupei and others had received the notice early and were waiting downstairs in the government building.
Seeing Liu Yong, Lin Zheng and Li Lin getting out of the car, Wang Songlin immediately came forward with a group of people.
Wang Songlin skipped over the others and ran towards Li Lin. As soon as they met, he shook Li Lin's hand tightly.
Zhang Yupei followed closely behind, looking at Li Lin, who had returned as a king, his eyes sparkling with tears of excitement.
Li Lin walked up to Zhang Yupei, held his hand, and patted him on the shoulder twice, as if they were old friends. He smiled and said, "Yupei, has your work been going well recently? You must show your previous enthusiasm and continue to cooperate with me!"
Zhang Yupei bit his lip, holding back tears, and nodded heavily, "Leader, don't worry, I will never let you down!"
At this moment, the government building was crowded with people, all wanting to see the new county magistrate. When they saw that the new county magistrate was Li Lin, they were shocked.
Zheng Pei leaned against the window, staring at Li Lin's calm and upright figure, her eyes widened. She could never have imagined that, after all these twists and turns, Li Lin would not only return to Shannan County, but also become the county magistrate.
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