Family connections: From special recruitment by the county committee to the pinnacle of power

Having fought his way through the ranks to become the Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau, Gu Chenglong is not someone who is easily fooled.

No matter how sincere Xu Hansheng's feelings were, Gu Chenglong could never take them 100% seriously.

However, it's always good to investigate.

"Okay, I'll call him right away."

Jiang Bo responded and left Gu Chenglong's office.

A good ten minutes passed before Jiang Bo returned to Gu Chenglong's office and said to Gu Chenglong, "It's true. My nephew said that Li Qiang and Xu Hansheng seemed to have a bit of a falling out yesterday because of this!"

"Later, Zhang Juan even came to the secretariat in person and had Xu Hansheng copy it and send it to her office. As for what happened afterward, even Jiang Yuan wasn't very clear."

"Yesterday afternoon, Zhang Juan gave Li Qiang a severe scolding during the meeting, but he doesn't know anything else."

While listening to Jiang Bo's story, Gu Chenglong secretly made his own plans.

Yesterday, the report Xu Hansheng gave him was unsigned, which means that Zhang Juan hadn't given Xu Hansheng a draft either. But the question is, why is Li Qiang targeting him like this?

Judging from Jiang Bo's statement, Xu Hansheng was probably not lying yesterday.

Now that this matter has been confirmed, Gu Chenglong remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he secretly harbored hatred for Li Qiang!

Blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents; obstructing someone's career advancement is like digging up their ancestral graves!

Gu Qiang will definitely not let this matter go so easily.

But since he and Li Qiang were not in the same department, even if he wanted to retaliate, he would have to wait for an opportunity.

"Hmm, it seems what Xiao Xu said yesterday was true!"

Gu Chenglong nodded and waved to Jiang Bo, indicating that he could leave.

Seeing that Gu Chenglong's face was frighteningly gloomy, Jiang Bo didn't dare to ask any more questions and carefully left the office.

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On the other hand, Xu Hansheng spent the whole day waiting for a response to the report he had submitted, but there was still no news by the time he got off work, which puzzled him.

The projects of Tiancheng Holdings are of great concern to Secretary Qi. Moreover, he personally heard Tan Zhifei and Zhang Juan talking about the establishment of an investment promotion office yesterday. Obviously, Secretary Qi is also in a hurry.

Why haven't we heard anything all day?

In fact, what Xu Hansheng valued was not the special privileges he would receive after joining the group, but rather the possibility that his performance in the group would lead to his temporary transfer to the county party committee office.

Whether it's implementing his second uncle's project or Tiancheng Holdings' project, this is just the beginning of attracting investment.

Qi Hongchang must have set up this group to select people.

Then, all capable people were brought into the county party committee office. After that, the county party committee office could monitor and control the investment promotion work at all times through its internal operations.

After all, the person who benefits the most from good economic development is Qi Hongchang!

If he can bring Yutong County's economy to a new level during his term, he might be able to take another step forward with this favorable wind.

Xu Hansheng also wanted to tug at Qi Hongchang's clothes and move closer to the "heart".

After waiting until 3 p.m. without any news, Xu Hansheng took the opportunity of smoking to send Tang Bing a few messages.

I don't know anything about this either. It's not under our supervision, and it's not my place to ask.

Soon, Tang Bing sent Xu Hansheng a message back.

[Oh, maybe no news is good news. By the way, Sister Tang, let me treat you to dinner after get off work. Thanks to you last time, otherwise, I would have had a hard time getting my first report approved!]

Xu Hansheng sent Tang Bing a message directly.

"Let's skip the dinner; your place is too fancy. It wouldn't look good if the boss saw it."

Upon seeing this message, Xu Hansheng couldn't help but smile faintly. In fact, Tang Bing really wanted to go, but she lacked a reason to convince herself!

Thinking of this, Xu Hansheng immediately wrote a short message and sent it over.

[Sister Tang, I've run into some trouble these past couple of days and I'd like you to help me analyze it and see what I should do. We can't just talk, can we? A meal and a chat would create a better atmosphere.]

Sure enough, Tang Bing readily accepted Xu Hansheng's message.

After waiting until the end of the workday without any news, Xu Hansheng decided to give up and quickly picked up his briefcase and walked out of the office.

"Xiao Xu, wait a minute!"

They hadn't walked more than a few steps when Liu Haitao quickly caught up with Xu Hansheng and said, "I just made plans with Brother Xu to go get some skewers in town. Do you want to come along?"

Xu Hansheng frowned and said, "Oh, Brother Liu, actually, you already contacted me once before, so I shouldn't refuse this time, but I have some urgent business at home."

"My brother caught a cold yesterday and has a high fever. I have to go to the hospital with him. How about this, tomorrow night, I'll host the dinner, and you and Brother Xu can both come."

Liu Haitao could only nod helplessly and say, "Alright, then Xu Ge and I will wait for your news tomorrow."

"Okay, sure."

Xu Hansheng responded and quickly walked out of the office building.

It wasn't that Xu Hansheng kept making excuses, but rather that after observing Xu He for some time, he increasingly felt that Xu He was someone he shouldn't have too much contact with.

On the one hand, he had worked in the county government office for too long, and it didn't matter that he was a bit slick in his dealings with people. The key issue was that he often couldn't control his emotions.

Impulsive people often get themselves into trouble at crucial moments.

Furthermore, Xu Hansheng is now at a critical juncture, and he cannot afford to make any mistakes before joining the working group.

Therefore, we must keep our distance from Xu He!

On his way back to Hongyunlai, as soon as Xu Hansheng entered, he saw Tang Bing sitting at the first table by the door, fiddling with her phone.

"Sister Tang."

Xu Hansheng stepped forward and said to Tang Bing, "I'm so sorry, I was delayed on my way home from get off work today. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Sister Tang. Let's go to 202."

As they were talking, Xu Hansheng made some arrangements for Wu Xiuru, and then led Tang Bing into the private room.

Before long, the food and wine were served, and Tang Bing turned to Xu Hansheng and said, "Tell me about your matter first, and see if I can help you. If I can't, then this meal..."

As she spoke, Tang Bing bit her lip.

As Xu Hansheng poured tea for Tang Bing, he smiled and said, "Sister Tang, you can definitely help me. Actually, I won't hide it from you, but don't tell anyone else what I'm telling you."

Tang Bing looked at Xu Hansheng with surprise and asked, "What's going on? Why are you being so mysterious?"

"When I passed by Director Zhang's office yesterday, I overheard Director Tan saying that our county seems to be setting up an investment promotion task force."

Upon hearing Xu Hansheng's words, Tang Bing immediately felt relieved and said, "I thought it was something serious. The committee office pretty much knows about it. Yesterday morning, our section chief even had a talk with me."

"But I didn't agree!"

what?

Xu Hansheng looked at Tang Bing and asked, "Why?"

Tang Bing shook her head, and instead of answering, asked, "What, you really want to join the crew?"