Official Career Storm
Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Chapter 18

As soon as these words came out, Qian Xuefeng broke into a cold sweat right then and there.

Damn, Song Guanchao was telling the truth!

The City Secretary really wanted to see him!

But, how could that be?

When had he ever gotten on Secretary Wu’s good side?

Not to mention, Secretary Wu had just sent Li Fuhai away, and he was Li Fuhai’s driver.

How could Secretary Wu have such a relationship with the driver of a political enemy?

Just how strong were this kid’s connections behind the scenes?

Qian Xuefeng, with his political acumen, couldn’t comprehend it at all.

The few people in the office were also shocked, their gazes at Song Guanchao had changed.

Those who had been sarcastic before now regretted it deeply.

"Mayor Zhu, I, I..."

"Enough!" Zhu Daisan glared at him, frustrated as though he was iron not steel, then turned to Song Guanchao, asking calmly, "Are you Song Guanchao?"

"Yes, Mayor Zhu."

Zhu Daisan nodded his head and said to Qian Xuefeng, "Get Xiao Song’s file, and bring it to the City Committee."

"Yes, Mayor Zhu."

After Zhu Daisan left, Qian Xuefeng quickly came over, grabbed his hand, and shook it vigorously, speaking in a fawning tone, "Xiao Song, I was a bit harsh just now, please don’t take it to heart."

"Director Qian, what are you talking about, how could I possibly take it to heart?"

Song Guanchao knew when to quit while he was ahead, and besides, he had thrown a punch, venting his anger.

Soon, Director Qian got his file ready and accompanied him to the City Committee.

Director Qian helped him with the transfer of his file while Song Guanchao headed straight for Secretary Wu’s office.

Secretary Wu’s office was a suite, with a small office outside where the secretary usually worked.

Song Guanchao made a round and was quite satisfied.

This would be his workplace from now on.

He walked over and knocked.

"Come in."

Song Guanchao pushed the door and entered, Wu Qiangwei was holding a document and reading it.

He quickly scanned around, the office was spacious, a well-aged desk, a row of bookshelves behind, and several sofas opposite.

He saw that the tea in Wu Qiangwei’s cup was low and picked up the teapot to fill it up.

Wu Qiangwei glanced over with the corner of her eye but didn’t speak.

After pouring the tea, Song Guanchao went to water the plants near the window.

Although he had been in the military since graduating from college, he was no lout.

On the contrary, he had unique insights into interpersonal relationships.

In front of the leadership, one must show off—even if there’s nothing to do, find something to do, so the leaders can see you’re always busy.

Especially when you’ve just started working, it’s better for the leadership to find you annoyingly busy rather than not doing anything.

Seeing him finish watering the plants and reaching for the broom, Wu Qiangwei couldn’t stand it anymore, "Enough, stop bustling about."

Song Guanchao immediately came over, with an ingratiating smile, "Secretary Wu, any orders?"

Wu Qiangwei threw an envelope from her drawer over to him, "Deliver this to the Disciplinary Committee."

It was the very envelope he had given to Wu Qiangwei the night before.

"Okay."

Song Guanchao picked up the envelope and was about to leave when Wu Qiangwei said, "Remember to pick up the car keys."

Song Guanchao was taken aback, "Secretary Wu, your secretary..."

"The secretary’s position has already been filled."

Wu Qiangwei put down the document she was holding, and only then did he notice that she was holding the file of the secretary candidate.

Seeing him stand there, Wu Qiangwei asked, "Anything else?"

"No." Song Guanchao turned and left, although he couldn’t help feeling some regret.

He had volunteered the day before, hoping to become the secretary.

Even though both the secretary and the driver were close to the leadership, the driver couldn’t compare to the secretary.

"Did what happened yesterday make Secretary Wu wary of me?"

Song Guanchao felt somewhat vexed.

Forget it, if it’s the driver’s role, then so be it, there would always be opportunities to perform.

He went to pick up the car keys and took two official cars, one was a sedan with the license plate number 00002.

The other was an official car with an ordinary license plate.

Seeing the license plate number, Song Guanchao was utterly convinced of what Wu Yun had said to him.

This Secretary Wu must indeed be the real top authority in Lingjiang City.

Generally speaking, the core leadership of the City Committee’s standing members consists of one main and two deputy secretaries.

The City Secretary serves as the top authority, the First Deputy Secretary doubles as the Mayor and is the leading figure in the municipal government, making him the second in command of the City Committee.

And the full-time Deputy Secretary is the third in command of the City Committee.

By rank and status, Wu Qiangwei, this full-time Deputy Secretary, would only rank third in Lingjiang.

Yet her official car bore the number 00002!

Clearly ranking above the First Deputy Secretary.

"Wow, impressive."

"Our Secretary Wu really has some serious clout."

You should know that everywhere, the top authority possesses absolute power, while the second in command has relative rights.

Not to mention Wu Qiangwei, who is nominally the third in command of the City Committee.

At least, Song Guanchao had never seen a third in command elsewhere, who actually wielded the power of the top authority.

"This is not normal, way too abnormal."

Song Guanchao drove towards the Disciplinary Committee, swiftly analyzing in his mind.

A normal prefecture-level city would never have such a situation.

This indicated that Lingjiang was very abnormal.

The fact that the powers of the top two authorities were handed over to a deputy secretary directly implies that Lingjiang City’s top two leaders are unable to fulfill their respective responsibilities.

Naturally, they are also unfit to wield the corresponding power.

"Poor performance? Economic downturn?"

Song Guanchao guessed that this was most likely the reason.

He also considered whether it was because the top two authorities were too dictatorial, cliquey, and excessively corrupt.

But upon further thought, since the higher-ups hadn’t directly removed these two but instead had parachuted Wu Qiangwei in,

And seeing that the two were exceptionally cooperative, willing to hand over power,

Then, it was unlikely to be the reason.

As he pondered and analyzed, he arrived at the Disciplinary Committee.

After parking the car, Song Guanchao was just about to enter when he suddenly stopped.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Wu Yun: "Are you working?"

Wu Yun replied quickly: "Yeah, what’s up?"

"Nothing, just asking."

"What are you doing?"

"I’m buying milk tea."

Song Guanchao left the Disciplinary Committee Building and headed to a nearby milk tea shop, casually taking a photo of the milk tea shop and sending it over.

Wu Yun: "Milk tea, huh? I love drinking that."

Song Guanchao ordered a cup of milk tea, inserted a straw, and sent a photo of him drinking the milk tea: "Drinking it for you to see."

Wu Yun: "..."

She didn’t reply.

Could she be angry?

Song Guanchao grinned, bought another cup, and turned back to the Disciplinary Committee Building.

After finding out Wu Yun’s office, he walked straight over.

Standing outside the office door, looking in, he immediately saw Wu Yun sitting at her desk, holding her phone with her teeth biting her lip.

Song Guanchao picked up his phone: "Look back."

Reading this message, Wu Yun turned her head somewhat puzzled, and then saw that man standing at the doorway with a smile on his face.

Joy rose on Wu Yun’s face, but then she feigned indifference.

She came over and hummed, "What are you doing here?"

Song Guanchao passed her the half-drunk milk tea, "I brought you milk tea."

"I don’t want what you’ve drunk from," seeing the straw he had bitten, Wu Yun’s face reddened slightly.

"Just kidding, here, for you."

Song Guanchao brought out his other hand which was behind his back, holding an unopened cup of milk tea.

Wu Yun’s face turned even redder: "You came all the way here just to bring me milk tea?"

"That’s not quite it," Song Guanchao took out an envelope, "Secretary Wu asked me to deliver something."

"Secretary Wu?" Wu Yun was stunned.

Song Guanchao handed her the envelope, "I’m now Secretary Wu’s driver."

As Wu Yun was still in a daze, Song Guanchao said, "Do you have time for lunch? I’ll take you out to eat."

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