Jiang Mailing took a sip of tea, wiped his mouth, and a barely perceptible light flashed in his eyes. He coughed twice and emphasized,
“We must select a responsible candidate. We cannot have another comrade like Xiang Zhongxin who has no principles and low consciousness.
Of course, this is also my fault. I have never been able to handle any of the tasks I have been given. His position should have been adjusted long ago.
"Alas! If we had acted earlier, we wouldn't have encountered such an embarrassing incident, bringing shame to the entire Planning Bureau!"
"Director, the municipal party committee hasn't approved Xiang Zhongxin's disciplinary plan yet. Isn't it a bit early for us to discuss this?"
Deputy Director Lin Li looked at Jiang Wanling and spoke cautiously.
"Oh! Don't worry, everyone! Yesterday afternoon, the municipal government approved our disciplinary plan and everyone signed it.
I guess now, the matter of Minister Nan from the Organization Department seeking Secretary Feng’s signature has come to an end.”
Jiang Wanling said indifferently.
"Director, I heard that our newly appointed municipal party secretary is very different and doesn't follow the rules. Will there be any accidents?"
Deputy Director Wang Lingxiang interjected.
"Even if Secretary Feng doesn't play by the rules, he wouldn't make such an obvious mistake, and you wouldn't approve of it!
As for Xiang Zhongxin’s case, there are pictures and the truth, there is no way to deny it!
His story has now become the biggest and most classic joke of the year in our Yangjing Province!
Could Secretary Feng really turn a bad thing into a good thing? Is there still justice in that?"
Jiang Wanling said confidently.
His words sound reasonable and no one can refute them. They are ironclad facts.
"Then Director, will the Municipal Party Committee definitely agree with the candidate we discuss?" Another deputy director, Guan Wei, asked curiously.
"You're right. We only have the right to recommend, not to decide. The Municipal Party Committee must decide on the candidate and report to the Provincial Party Committee!
For deputy division-level cadres, the provincial party committee generally will not block them.
The key lies in who will be the candidate at the municipal party committee level; but don't worry, I have communicated with Mayor Jianfeng, and he approves of the person we proposed.
At the same time, he has also communicated with other members of the Standing Committee, and basically there are no problems!"
Jiang Wanling felt like he had victory in his grasp.
Now that the matter has been confirmed by Jiang Wanling, the next step is to compete for the candidate, and everyone has their own candidate in mind.
Jiang Wanling is a man of utter power in the Planning Bureau, but when it comes to the distribution of interests, he is no pushover.
To put it bluntly, these four people are just spokespeople for others. Otherwise, if a section chief was promoted to deputy director, he would be on the same level as these three deputy directors, so there would be no need to make a fuss about it.
It was because Xiang Zhongxin had no one supporting him that he ended up in this situation.
Just when the four people were in a stalemate, the office director Yao Jinhai hurried in, holding a piece of paper in his hand and looking a little nervous.
Jiang Wanling was a man who was good at observing people's words and expressions. When he looked at Yao Jinhai's expression, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
People's temporary reactions when encountering things are very real, and as expected, it came true.
"Four bureau leaders, the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department just sent a fax saying our proposed disciplinary action against Deputy Director Xiang has been rejected. We are required to conduct a thorough evaluation!"
Yao Jinhai said as he placed the piece of paper in front of Director Jiang Wanling.
"turn down?"
Jiang Wanling picked up the paper in front of him by Yao Jinhai in surprise and looked at it hurriedly.
"What? Dismissed?"
The three deputy directors screamed in unison, and six eyes stared at Director Jiang Wanling.
"What's going on, Comrade Jinhai? Didn't they say everything was approved?"
Jiang Wanling handed the notice of rejection of the disciplinary action against Xiang Zhongxin for climbing the toilet window to the three directors, staring at the office director Yao Jinhai and said with a confused look on his face.
“I’m not sure about the specific situation, so I called the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department to ask;
The last hurdle, which was the signature of the municipal party secretary, was rejected directly by Secretary Feng, who said that it was not easy for the party and the country to train a cadre, and asked for careful and multi-dimensional evaluation.
Yao Jinhai also looked confused when he spoke and couldn't explain what he was saying.
As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the small conference room immediately froze, as if all breaths had been paused.
The four directors and deputy directors present had obvious disbelief and a hint of anger on their faces. They mechanically picked up the cigarettes on the conference table one by one and lit them unconsciously.
The smoke slowly rose in the small space and gradually spread, interweaving with the silence to create a depressing and tense atmosphere.
Yao Jinhai didn't know what to say anymore and lit a cigarette.
For a moment, the smoke in the room seemed to be quite obedient, and the five small balls that were merging with each other in the small conference room were suspended in the air.
After a brief silence, they began to brainstorm.
Deputy Director Lin Li: "Is this playing by the rules?"
Deputy Director Wang Lingxiang: "Is this going to be a reversal?"
Deputy Director Guan Wei: "I hope you won't get slapped in the face!"
Director Jiang Wanling: "You rejected the case without giving us sufficient reasons. Even if you are the municipal party secretary, you can't use power to represent truth. We refuse to accept this!"
Office Director Yao Jinhai: "Do we have a better solution?"
"Such an obvious incident, with pictures and facts, yet Municipal Party Committee Secretary Feng directly dismissed it. This is another slap in the face of our Planning Bureau!"
Deputy Director Lin Li said this with a sullen face.
"Is Secretary Feng of the Municipal Party Committee taking sides?"
Deputy Director Wang Lingxiang shouted in confusion.
"Municipal Party Secretary Feng is encouraging inaction among officials. If this continues, what will become of us?"
Deputy Director Guan Wei also screamed.
Under the influence of the three deputy directors' words, Director Jiang Wanling also slapped his head and said unwillingly:
"We demand a standing committee meeting. Otherwise, there will be no work to do in this bureau!"
"That's right! Our Planning Bureau is requesting that the Municipal Party Committee convene a Standing Committee meeting. We want to be in attendance. We can't let inactive cadres slack off in our bureau and be white-collar workers!"
The three deputy directors were also very emotional, and their words were full of gunpowder.
Because of their excitement, the entire Planning Bureau suddenly knew that the disciplinary plan for Deputy Director Xiang Zhongxin had been rejected by the Municipal Party Secretary Feng Yuxing. Suddenly, there was a lot of noise, and Xiang Zhongxin was furious.
Municipal Party Secretary Feng Yuxing rejected the Planning Bureau's proposed disciplinary action against Xiang Zhongxin, saying it wasn't a big deal for a deputy director.
Unexpectedly, after the news came out, the matter became popular again in Jingzhou City, and more people knew Xiang Zhongxin.
Now, in the teahouses, coffee shops, leisure bars and other places in Jingzhou city where groups of three or five can gather and chat, there are really no seats without reservation.
The crowd of onlookers gradually split into two factions amid various discussions.
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