Official Career Storm
Chapter 583

Chapter 583: Chapter 583

Song Guanchao stopped half a meter away from her and said, "Someone wants to mess with me."

"Mess with you?"

"The other side went to see Qu Xiangru, and Qu Xiangru is using this matter to blackmail me... no, to blackmail you, Secretary."

Song Guanchao said, "She wants all the quotas for the city and An County."

"Secretary, who do you think would want to screw me over?"

Wu Qiangwei shook her head.

He had offended too many people; it could be anyone.

The most likely possibilities were still Lu Zhizhong and Zheng Bihui.

But without evidence, it wasn’t good to make accusations rashly.

"She gave me a half an hour to respond to her, and twenty minutes have already passed, only ten minutes are left." Song Guanchao glanced at his wristwatch.

Wu Qiangwei asked, "Did she say anything else?"

"No, that’s all."

Song Guanchao was indifferent. He was just passing along the message, and as for the person who wanted to mess with him, he wasn’t honestly curious about how they would use Qu Xiangru to do it.

It was nothing more than framing or setting him up.

Since he already knew about it, he wouldn’t fall into the trap.

As for being framed, well, perhaps at another time it might work.

But at this stage, whoever dares use such despicable means against him should be ready for a rigorous investigation by the province.

The Provincial Organization Department had just spoken to him to encourage him, and here someone was pulling this stunt, wasn’t it a slap in the face of the province?

"Don’t worry too much."

Wu Qiangwei said, "They wouldn’t dare to mess around."

"In this period, try not to accept private dinner invitations, and if you must go, choose somewhere you can control."

"Understood."

"Your rank will be temporarily raised a level."

Wu Qiangwei suddenly said, "Qu Xiangru is keeping an eye on you now. Even promoting you two levels, I’m worried she’ll use this matter to create a fuss."

"Alright." Song Guanchao understood; she was protecting him.

A one-level promotion was a promotion, and at least the salary would go up a bit.

Ten minutes later.

Outside the clubhouse, in the parking lot.

Qu Xiangru hadn’t received any message from Song Guanchao; she knew Song Guanchao had rejected her proposal.

She wasn’t surprised in the slightest; she just felt it was a pity.

...

The next day, Monday.

The Standing Committee meeting, which hadn’t concluded last Wednesday, continued today.

There was an additional item on the agenda concerning the kindergarten hostage case.

When everyone heard from Secretary Lu that the Provincial Organization Department had met with Song Guanchao and Liang Jianfeng, they were all shocked.

This indicated that both men had caught the eyes of the provincial authorities.

It had become normal for Song Guanchao to be under observation, but Liang Jianfeng too had been met with, suggesting that he might soon replace Director Qin or even directly move to a position in the province.

People were somewhat sighing; a few months ago, Liang Jianfeng was still a marginalized deputy director, nearly forced into a secondary position because of a gun incident.

Who would have thought, in just a few months, he had clearly become the most prominent figure in the city bureau, even the powerful Director Qin didn’t dare to boss him around.

Even those who wanted to suppress him had to think twice.

And considering Director Qin’s inefficiency, people estimated that within a year or two, Director Qin might actually retire early, paving the way for Liang Jianfeng.

Then, Secretary Lu brought up Song Guanchao, suggesting promoting him from deputy division-level to full division-level, keeping his organizational affiliation with the Municipal Committee.

The proposal was unanimously approved.

Generally speaking, progressing from deputy division-level to full division-level took at least two years.

It had not even been half a year, and Song Guanchao had moved from being a driver all the way to full division-level, his career advancing at rocket-like speed.

There had been other cadres specifically nurtured before, sent to counties to take up roles like deputy county head, county committee member, deputy secretary, and county head.

But those were just acting positions for them, and they wouldn’t change ranks for at least two to three years, only being promoted near the time of their departure from the county.

And such arrangements were generally carried out discreetly—the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

But Song Guanchao was different; his promotion was earned through his merits, and no one could raise any objections to it.

Despite explicit rules requiring sufficient administrative experience for promotion, there were likewise provisions for exceptional promotions.

So don’t even mention regular positions, today Secretary Lu promoted Song Guanchao to deputy director, and no one spoke up.

Near the end of the meeting, Secretary Lu mentioned the upcoming vacancies in the city and An County to give everyone a heads-up.

After the meeting was adjourned, Chu Xiao’e organized the meeting minutes and had them sent to the province and Dujiang County.

Time passed, day by day.

The following week was calm.

Song Guanchao was busy with meetings, strictly guarding against forced demolitions and preventing people from profiteering in the high-speed rail resettlement.

He was constantly on the phone every day, and visitors were constant too.

Song Guanchao took delaying tactics to the extreme.

Qu Xiangru had just said he wanted to deal with him, at this point even if the emperor himself invited him to dine, he wouldn’t go.

No matter how many tricks you have, as long as I ignore the invitation, you won’t have a chance to make a move.

Before long, it was early September.

This morning, Nanjiang Province held an expanded standing committee meeting.

The meeting involved voting on the list submitted by Lingjiang City, as well as recommendations and voting on-site for some departments that had not been recommended.

Eventually, all the principal and deputy department positions in Dujiang City were finalized.

After the meeting, the list was sent to the Lingjiang Municipal Committee by the organization department.

During lunch, Wu Qiangwei brought out the list.

"That was fast."

Song Guanchao glanced at it; the province had agreed with all the candidates recommended by Lingjiang.

He thought it would take at least another half-month, but the provincial efficiency was so high that one meeting settled everything.

"At today’s meeting, another issue was raised," Wu Qiangwei suddenly said.

"What is it?"

"Some committee members proposed to separate Dujiang City and Lingjiang City and have them directly administered by the province."

"Was it Governor Qu who proposed it?"

"Pretty much."

"Heh," Song Guanchao scoffed, this woman really had quite a few tricks.

Today, with a single order, she alone occupied four seats in Dujiang City, two of which were committee seats.

But since Dujiang City was still under Lingjiang’s jurisdiction, no matter how much control she had, she had to face restrictions from Lingjiang.

Once separated, Dujiang City would be a standalone city, and her operational scope would also be much larger.

In the afternoon, Song Guanchao accompanied the project team to the site to monitor the demolition office and the residents being relocated, ensuring they signed the relocation contract peacefully.

Around four o’clock, he greeted a few people and left early.

Today was Liang Jiajia’s discharge day, and Song Guanchao could not be absent.

Liang Jianfeng also took half a day off; when he arrived at the hospital and saw Song Guanchao there.

He didn’t know quite how to feel about Song Guanchao.

To say that this young man treated Jiajia well was an understatement.

Moreover, he had even saved her life.

But, he was also notorious for flirting elsewhere, not to mention far away, just nearby was Old Wu’s daughter.

Both being in the City Committee, bumping into each other daily, sparking something was only a matter of time.

But he couldn’t say much, fearing his daughter’s complaints, he could only turn a blind eye.

"Uncle Liang, Aunt Hu."

Song Guanchao came over and said, "The discharge procedures are all set."

Hu Xing said, "Xiao Song, come home for dinner with us tonight."

"Alright... you all go ahead, I need to take a call."

He took out his mobile phone and saw that it was Ma Jichun from the Provincial Organization Department.

"Director Ma, hello."

"Secretary Song, you’re alone, right?" Ma Jichun whispered mysteriously.

"Yes, go ahead."

"I just heard something concerning you, it’s enough you know, don’t spread it everywhere. After all, it’s not confirmed yet, and if people found out I let it slip, I’d get scolded."

Song Guanchao became interested. What could it be?

"Director Ma, say it, I definitely won’t spread it."

"I heard that the province is planning to transfer you from Lingjiang."

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