Official Career Storm
Chapter 580

Chapter 580: Chapter 580

"Blind date?"

Song Guanchao immediately asked, "Secretary, do you need my help?"

"Why would I need your help for a blind date?"

"I... I can set up a situation to scare off your date."

"Why would you want to scare them off?"

"..."

That question confused Song Guanchao a bit.

To avoid a blind date, you dressed up like a punk and went to the bar.

Shouldn’t you praise me for making such a constructive suggestion now?

Why does it feel like she suddenly isn’t averse to blind dates anymore?

Qiangwei looked down and flipped through some documents, "You can get back to your work."

"Oh."

Song Guanchao left feeling dejected.

Qiangwei looked up at his retreating figure and silently sighed.

After work, Song Guanchao went to the hospital and he sighed as soon as they met.

"Why are you sighing?"

"Two pieces of good news, two pieces of bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"The bad news."

"The bad news is, I have to work overtime tomorrow, so I can’t come to watch a movie with you."

They had planned to watch a movie together in the hospital room tomorrow, and Song Guanchao had specifically downloaded many adult-rated movies.

Jiajia puffed out her cheeks, feeling a bit emotional, but said, "You should focus on your work first."

Then she asked, "What’s the other piece of bad news?"

"I’ve been summoned by the Provincial Organization Department."

"Ah?" Jiajia was shocked, "Did... Did this happen because you talked back to Secretary Lu and he complained about you to the province?"

Song Guanchao shook his head, "Aren’t you going to ask about the good news?"

Jiajia was a bit irritated, "Stop beating around the bush, just tell me!"

Being summoned by the province can’t preface anything too good.

Song Guanchao said, "The first piece of good news is, the Provincial Organization Department wants to meet with your dad tomorrow to fully affirm and praise his recent performance. If everything goes as expected, the province intends to groom your dad."

"The second piece of good news is, the Provincial Organization Department summoned me to praise and encourage me."

Jiajia froze for a second, then suddenly annoyed, said, "Song Guanchao!"

She grabbed Song Guanchao’s waist and gave him a harsh twist.

"Ouch, it hurts, let go."

"You jerk! You just love teasing me!"

When Liang Jianfeng and his wife entered the room, they saw the young couple playfully fighting.

"Cough."

Hearing the cough, Jiajia quickly withdrew her hand.

The couple came in and Song Guanchao politely stood up, then informed them about his summons by the province.

Unexpectedly, Liang Jianfeng was not excited at all, just casually acknowledged it.

Song Guanchao thought to himself, truly deserving of being a veteran police officer, such a stable mindset.

However, after he left the hospital, Liang Jianfeng happily said, "Wife, did you hear that? The province wants to meet me."

Hu Xing rolled her eyes, "Considering how calm you were just now, I thought you hadn’t heard."

Liang Jianfeng said, "Had to put on a bit of an act in front of Xiao Song."

If Song Guanchao heard this, he’d definitely have something to say.

...

After taking a bath at home, Song Guanchao suddenly received a call from Jin Rong.

"Brother Song, am I disturbing you?"

This guy now had a one-sided familiarity with Song Guanchao, always calling him Brother Song, regardless of whether Song Guanchao acknowledged him as such.

"What does Secretary Jin need from me?"

"Governor Qu asked me to see if you’re free tomorrow."

"Unfortunately, I’m booked all day tomorrow."

"That busy?" Jin Rong didn’t think he was deliberately making excuses.

After all, being asked for a meeting by the Deputy Governor is something most people would eagerly look forward to, so why refuse?

"How about the day after tomorrow?"

"Secretary Jin, what does Governor Qu need me for?"

"As a secretary, there are things about the leadership that I simply can’t grasp."

Jin Rong said, "Let’s make it the day after tomorrow then, I’ll send you the address that evening."

"Okay."

Song Guanchao was holding his phone, silently contemplating.

Governor Qu didn’t contact Wu Qiangwei but wanted to meet alone with him, a secretary.

That was really strange.

But what might seem like fortune could be misfortune, and what seems inevitable can’t be avoided.

Besides, he didn’t believe Governor Qu had any reason to harm him.

A woman who was promoting her own everywhere should be making good relations with local leaders.

Although he was just a junior secretary, he was a star secretary in the city and even considered a rising star by the provincial leaders.

Especially with Wu Qiangwei backing him.

Given her current actions, reaching out to him could only mean something good, not bad.

Yet one must always guard against others.

No matter how perfect the theoretical analysis, caution was still necessary.

Tomorrow evening, he would not go to the location Governor Qu had chosen; he had to find a different place.

He pulled up Wu Qiangwei’s number, was about to call her, then remembered she was on a blind date tonight.

He didn’t know if her date had ended yet.

He sent Wu Qiangwei a message: "Secretary, do you have time now?"

Wu Qiangwei had returned home after dinner with her blind date and had just taken a shower: "Yes."

Soon, Song Guanchao called, "Secretary, Jin Rong just contacted me, Governor Qu wants to meet me."

He briefly explained, then continued, "Secretary, it seems Governor Qu is not very aware of the provincial matters. The Organization Department has scheduled a meeting with me tomorrow, and she didn’t know about it."

If she had known about the Organization Department’s meeting, she wouldn’t have scheduled for the same day.

He was beginning to doubt whether Governor Qu, the fourth in command in the province, was merely a figurehead without any real power.

It was the exact opposite for Zheng Bihui.

Zheng Bihui was the head of the city government, but the real power lay with Jiang Yuan, the second in command.

She was the second in charge at the provincial government, yet she didn’t even know about the Organization Department meeting him, showing how isolated she was from lower-level news.

Wu Qiangwei asked, "Where does she want to meet you?"

"I don’t know, but I don’t plan to go to the place she designated."

"Go to Jingguan City."

Jingguan City Bathhouse was the bathhouse Wu Qiangwei and Zeng Li had visited before.

"Okay." Song Guanchao asked, "Secretary, are you going too?"

"Mm."

...

Staff from the Provincial Organization Department arrived at the City Committee on Saturday morning at nine thirty.

The visitor was named Ma Jichun, around forty years old, the director of the office of the Provincial Organization Department, holding a director-level position.

He brought two young officials with him, first talked with Wu Qiangwei in her office for about fifteen minutes, then went into a small conference room with Song Guanchao.

The conversation was very formal, filled with many platitudes.

Primarily, it represented the provincial authorities’ full recognition and praise of his work achievements in recent months, encouraging him to remain humble and continue to progress.

After the conversation, Director Ma let the two officials leave first, then he dropped his official smile and showed a more genuine smile:

"Secretary Song, the Organization Department had issued a disciplinary decision against you before, an issue that we did not investigate thoroughly. I am here to offer my sincere apologies."

Song Guanchao was extremely surprised, quickly responded, "Director Ma, you’re taking it too seriously. Back then, Dujiang City was controlled by Hou Wen alone, full of collusion and deceit. It wasn’t a problem with the Organization Department."

Ma Jichun spoke earnestly, "You are stating the objective truth, but subjectively, that disciplinary action still caused you some trouble. Since it’s almost time for lunch, let me invite Secretary Song to a meal to make it up to you."

The source of this c𝓸ntent is fr𝒆e(w)𝒆bnovel

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.