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

Upon hearing this, Xu Hansheng smiled and looked at the young man, asking, "And who is this comrade?"

"My name is Lin Mingyuan!" Lin Mingyuan looked at Xu Hansheng with disdain, and his contemptuous smile was particularly irritating.

Xu Hansheng smiled and nodded, saying, "Alright, Comrade Lin Mingyuan, I'll remember you. Your way of greeting is quite unique!"

Then, Xu Hansheng looked at the others and pointed to the young woman sitting in the first row, saying, "Let's start with this comrade and introduce ourselves."

Soon, Chen Ling and the others introduced themselves, and Xu Hansheng nodded slightly to everyone and said, "Everyone, please continue working. I'm going to report to Section Chief Liu."

After saying that, Xu Hansheng placed the cardboard box on the last row of desks on his left, and then turned and walked into Liu Guohua's office.

Liu Guohua chuckled and poured Xu Hansheng a glass of water, then gestured to the chair opposite him, saying, "Section Chief Xu, please sit down..."

He's getting old and about to retire, so naturally he doesn't want to cause any more trouble.

He spent his entire life in the research lab but never managed to get promoted to deputy section chief. Now that he's reached this age, all he wants is to retire peacefully to the second line, even if it's to manage the archives, rather than stay in the research lab any longer.

Anyone could see that Xu Hansheng wasn't there to become the deputy section chief, but rather to take over his position.

Therefore, Liu Guohua went straight to the point and said, "Section Chief Xu, the situation in our section is rather complicated, but there are very few things we need to worry about in terms of work."

"Documents, reports and such, even if they can't handle them well themselves, their families will help. As the section chief, I only need to collect the reports and documents, and basically don't need to make any changes. Just hand them over to Director Tan as is."

"However, you must be careful not to have any unpleasant encounters with the staff. For example, Lin Mingyuan is the son of Lin Weidong, the head of our county's propaganda department. Wang Yu is the nephew of Wang Yonglin, the head of the organization department. Chen Ling is the daughter of Chen Tianhe, the deputy head of the propaganda department."

"It's those three—Jiang Tao, Gu Yuan, and Zhao Dongxu—who also have some connections. It's best not to offend them if you can avoid it. As for work, it's easy if we look out for each other."

As Xu Hansheng listened to Liu Guohua's words, he secretly pondered that Lin Mingyuan was clearly hostile towards him among the people in the department.

Wang Yu was the kindest to him, followed by Chen Ling.

As for Jiang Tao and Gu Yuan, their attitude was lukewarm, but they didn't take him, the deputy section chief, too seriously.

It seems that getting into the deputy section chief position is one thing, but staying in it is another.

Thinking of this, Xu Hansheng smiled and said, "I think Comrade Lin Mingyuan seems to have a bit of a temper."

Hearing this, Liu Guohua smiled faintly and said, "Of course, if you hadn't come, this deputy section chief position should have been his. But... well, he'll be a little unhappy, don't take it to heart, he'll be fine after a while."

It'll be fine after a while?

Xu Hansheng sneered inwardly. This was blocking someone's way, how could it possibly be okay?

However, being new to the job, Xu Hansheng didn't want to rush into dealing with Lin Mingyuan; he wanted to cultivate a few of his own people within the department first.

Wang Yu is someone we can win over, and we can also find a way to bring Chen Ling to our side. As for Jiang Tao and Gu Yuan, they are just opportunists, siding with whichever side is in control.

This can be temporarily ignored.

After exchanging a few more words with Liu Guohua, Xu Hansheng turned and left his office.

Back in the main office, Xu Hansheng sat down at his desk, took out his notebook, and began writing furiously.

Lin Mingyuan turned his head and glanced at Xu Hansheng, his disdainful smile deepening.

Judging from Xu Hansheng's expression, Liu Guohua must have said something to him just now.

Thinking that Xu Hansheng wouldn't dare to interfere with him in the future, Lin Mingyu whistled, patted Wang Yu on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Yu, come on, let's go out for a smoke."

Wang Yu glanced at Xu Hansheng, hesitated for a moment, and then followed Lin Mingyuan out of the office.

Xu Hansheng spent the entire afternoon drafting a plan to develop the cattle farming industry. It wasn't until close to the end of the workday that Du Xinyang came to the door and knocked.

"Young man, is there something you need?"

Lin Mingyuan, who had just returned from smoking, glanced at Du Xinyang and asked in an old-fashioned tone.

"Hello, I'm here to see Section Chief Xu."

Du Xinyang said with a smile.

"Xu Ke, someone's looking for you!"

Lin Mingyuan, with his hands in his pockets, walked and said to Xu Hansheng in the last row.

Xu Hansheng smiled and stood up, saying, "Thank you."

After saying that, he stepped forward and approached Du Xinyang, saying, "Comrade Du Xinyang, is there something you need?"

"Section Chief Xu, I have a small question I'd like to ask you. Would it be convenient for us to talk in private?" Du Xinyang smiled and took two steps to the side.

Xu Hansheng nodded, stepped closer, and asked again, "What is it?"

"Well, the big guys in the secretariat asked me to invite Section Chief Xu to celebrate for you. What do you think..." Du Xinyang smiled.

Xu Hansheng thought for a moment and smiled, "No rush, let me finish this busy period first. I just arrived at the research lab and still need to familiarize myself with the work, so I don't have much time. But I appreciate everyone's kindness. How about this, next Friday, come to my house, it's my treat."

Du Xinyang smiled apologetically and said, "Okay, thank you, Section Chief Xu. I'll head back now."

Xu Hansheng waved to Du Xinyang and watched her leave before turning around and walking back to his office.

I had just sat down when Li Wenbin called.

Seeing that it was an unfamiliar number, Xu Hansheng pressed the answer button and said, "Hello, this is Xu Hansheng. Who is this?"

"Hello, Comrade Xu Hansheng."

On the other end of the phone, Li Wenbin said politely, "I am Li Wenbin, the director of the Federation of Industry and Commerce. We met this afternoon."

"Director Li, hello."

Xu Hansheng quickly greeted Lin Wenbin before saying, "Director Li, is there anything I can help you with?"

Li Wenbin thought for a moment, then said to Xu Hansheng, "Comrade Xu Hansheng, to be honest, Secretary Qi was very optimistic about your proposal this afternoon. Could you please let our Federation of Industry and Commerce review your notes again so we can find a breakthrough direction and come up with a feasible plan as soon as possible? After all, Secretary Qi is waiting for our proposal."

Xu Hansheng smiled slightly and said, "Director Li, how about this, after get off work tonight, let's go to Hongyunlai. I'll book a private room and send you a message. As for that diary, I think it's too broad. I'll think about it carefully and come up with a framework so that Director Li can start her work more easily."

Upon hearing this, Li Wenbin smiled and said, "Oh, Comrade Xu Hansheng, thank you so much. Okay, I'll wait for your news after get off work."