Members of the municipal party committee are appointed directly, but the position of deputy mayor requires a vote of confidence from parliamentary representatives. However, this is just a process.
The deputy mayor has administrative functions and real power, but his political status is not as high as that of a member of the municipal standing committee. So, who would be so blind as to provoke a member of the municipal standing committee for no reason?
After Feng Yuxing's inauguration ceremony ended, the sky gradually darkened, and the afterglow of dusk cast a layer of golden twilight on the courtyard of the Municipal Party Committee.
Yan Baiyang invited Feng and Xing to walk out of the venue together. They walked through the bustling crowd and came to a restaurant near the Municipal Party Committee compound.
The restaurant was filled with laughter and joy. They ordered some simple yet delicious dishes and a few bottles of wine with tempting aroma, enjoying this rare relaxing time.
"After a few drinks, the two of them started to have a deep conversation.
"Secretary, you are really good at laying ambushes. Being promoted can't be a bad thing! You should at least tell me in advance! Let me write a good inaugural speech! Let me open my voice and speak for two or three hours at a time. That would be so exciting! Don't you think so?" Feng Yuxing squeezed Yan Baiyang.
"Come on! Your inaugural speech was already shocking. If you were given more time to prepare, you'd be tearing the house down!"
Yan Baiyang also said jokingly,
"You don't need to thank me. This deputy mayor position of yours was appointed by the Provincial Party Committee. Oh! Not directly, but indirectly! Do you understand? Haha... Comrade! Your life will be more stressful from now on!"
"Secretary, I'm young. If you want me to do more work, just tell me. Don't use your words to show off your abilities!" Perhaps it was the effect of alcohol, but Feng Yuxing directly looked down on Yan Baiyang when he spoke.
"Hey! It's not that I don't want to take the credit. This was indeed planned by the Provincial Party Committee! Think about it, even if you were promoted exceptionally, you wouldn't be promoted to Deputy Mayor so quickly. The Municipal Party Committee doesn't have the ability to do that, understand?"
Yan Baiyang then retaliated with a white sun, adding, "You've heard this before, haven't you? The Provincial Party Committee has rejected three deputy mayor candidates submitted by the Municipal Party Committee!"
"Alas! Those handsome old men in the Provincial Party Committee are getting more and more outrageous!" Feng Yuxing said with a look of gritting his teeth.
"What do you mean? The provincial party committee leaders promoted you, but it was a mistake?" Yan Baiyang was a little depressed.
Although he was the municipal party secretary, even he envied Feng Yuxing's rapid advancement. At Feng Yuxing's rate of advancement, he would be on par with him in just a few years. However, it had taken him over thirty years to reach his current position!
"Did some bigwigs tell you that promoting me to the Municipal Party Committee as a standing committee member is to help you control the Standing Committee?" Feng Yuxing looked at Yan Baiyang and asked with a smile.
"Hey! When did you become a charlatan? You are so good at fortune-telling, and your predictions are always accurate! What's going on!" Yan Baiyang widened his eyes and said in surprise at Feng Yuxing.
If he had not known that Feng Yuxing and Governor Nie Liwen had no connection, let alone sufficient understanding, he would almost believe that these words were indeed quietly revealed by the governor himself in private with Feng Yuxing.
After all, Feng Yuxing's words were almost identical to what the governor had said to him in private.
The information transmission between the two is like two parallel tracks. Although they are in different directions, they both point to the same destination.
"Secretary! If I'm not mistaken, my title of deputy mayor should have come from the Governor. I want to know if I would make such a judgment."
Although Feng Yuxing's words were very firm, there was actually some deception in them. If Yan Baiyang really continued to ask questions along the lines of what he said, then it would be tantamount to tacitly agreeing with his statement.
Once this statement is confirmed, it means that his positions as member of the municipal party committee and deputy mayor were obtained through the efforts of Governor Nie Liwen.
At this time, Yan Baiyang was only amazed by Feng Yuxing's magic and did not notice that Feng Yuxing was playing tricks on him.
He had an expression of disbelief. "You can even calculate which big boss made the move! If you weren't an official, you could set up a stall on the street and become a fortune teller. You could also achieve financial freedom!"
Yan Baiyang's words proved that his judgment was correct. His rapid promotion to the position of deputy mayor was definitely the work of Governor Nie Liwen.
"Secretary, the governor wants me to help you control the Standing Committee, that's absolutely true. To be honest, the governor strongly supported you to be the municipal party secretary. If you have to take sides, you have to take the governor's side, right?
With this in mind, you should understand that you have completely taken control of the Standing Committee and have made remarkable political achievements. Your success has not only won honor for yourself, but also brought positive influence to the leadership!
Hello, the governor is even better! Because the person he supports succeeds, and he makes him proud. I think this is the reality of officialdom!
Of course, if you add the Provincial Party Secretary's purpose, it goes beyond this scope! Because Secretary Qiao is also 'smuggling his own agenda'!"
Feng Yuxing didn't say all his thoughts at once, because he wanted to hold it back for Yan Baiyang. He also wanted to verify his judgment while speaking.
"Keep talking! Great! Feng Yuxing, I gave you a position, and you can actually tell me so many things! It's really impressive!"
Yan Baiyang wanted to hear Feng Yuxing's opinion on the whole matter, and he was a little impatient.
"Also, regarding the Provincial Party Secretary, I only know that he doesn't object to you taking the position of Deputy Mayor, but if he has any ulterior motives, I don't know!"
"Of course he didn't object! Even if the governor hadn't taken action to refute the three individuals reported by the Municipal Party Committee, he might have taken action. It's just that the governor's action played right into his hands!"
Feng Yuxing said unhappily, "Secretary, think about it, these big families in our provincial capital have been running rampant in Yinhai Province for many years!
Now, as soon as I took action on the Changming County incident, many problems were directly exposed. They believed that the problems should also exist in other places, even if they are different from those in Changming.
But local officials, unfazed by their power, didn't dare take the risk. I don't care. Anyone who dares to harm the people, I'll declare them the end of the universe and kill them with a single blow!
"You mean, the ultimate goal of the governor and the secretary is to make you do more trouble and expose all the problems in Yinhai!" A big question mark appeared on Yan Baiyang's face.
"That's right! So, I, a member of the municipal standing committee and deputy mayor of the government, was born out of the two big bosses' 'hidden agenda'!" Feng Yuxing said, sighing.
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