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

Lin Mingyuan shook his head repeatedly, saying, "No! No! I never thought that way!"

He shook his head, pointed at Zhou Peng, and said to Xu Hansheng, "Section Chief Xu, that's not what I thought. Zhou Peng intentionally harmed me!"

"I...I asked him three times if the data had been checked..."

Before Lin Mingyuan could finish speaking, Zhou Peng frowned and said, "Comrade Lin Mingyuan, you should speak with your conscience in mind!"

"Didn't I say that some unused land, wasteland without a clear land use designation, could potentially be included in the forestry department's afforestation efforts over the past two years?"

"Our province has explicit regulations stating that forestry departments can bypass the approval of the land management office and the county land bureau when planting trees or improving soil quality on unused land?"

From then on...

Lin Mingyuan was left speechless by the question.

At that time, there were explicit documents in Handong Province encouraging afforestation on unused land.

In order to reduce the approval process, the policy has been relaxed to a certain extent. No approval is required for areas under 70 hectares, while for areas over 70 hectares, only the approval of the county government is required to carry out afforestation work.

Therefore, the data from the land bureau in those years was often outdated.

Unused land where trees are planted in the first year often doesn't appear in the land registry's database until the second year.

Coincidentally, on Zhou Peng's advice, the land Lin Mingyuan chose was planted with trees last spring, before the data collection period at the end of this year had even begun. Therefore, the data from the land office differed greatly from the actual situation.

However, no matter what, the land administration department cannot be blamed for this.

Even if the land office doesn't have the records now, as long as they are entered before the end of the year, everything will be OK!

Lin Mingyuan, you came here to investigate and verify the situation on the ground. But you didn't verify it yourself and now you want others to take the blame? That's not going to happen!

"Did this really happen?"

Xu Hansheng turned to look at Gu Yuan and Jiang Tao.

Seeing Xu Hansheng's unusually serious expression, Gu Yuan nodded with difficulty and said, "Director Zhou... Director Zhou did say that."

Seeing that Gu Yuan had admitted it, Zhou Peng snorted coldly and looked Lin Mingyuan up and down, saying, "Comrade Lin Mingyuan, when you decided to include this unused land in the factory area, did I tell you that I needed to take a look at it in person?"

"But what about you? Because you had to go to Secretary Luo's banquet, what did you tell me? Say it again in front of Section Chief Xu and Director Tan, do you dare?"

Tan Zhifei narrowed his eyes and stared at Lin Mingyuan, saying, "Comrade Lin Mingyuan, Section Chief Xu's arrangement for you to conduct research is an affirmation of your work ability and a sign of trust in you!"

"Is this how you repay Section Chief Xu?"

Lin Mingyuan was speechless when asked the question; he couldn't utter a single word.

Xu Hansheng sighed heavily and looked at Tan Zhifei, saying, "Director Tan, how about this? Please have Assistant General Manager Liu go back first. I'll take Comrade Chen Ling and immediately conduct a new investigation and research, and work through the night to produce a completely new report!"

"We must not allow Comrade Lin Mingyuan's incompetence and dereliction of duty to affect the cooperation between the county and Tiancheng Holdings!"

Tan Zhifei raised an eyebrow, cleared his throat, and said, "Alright, Section Chief Xu, then thank you and Comrade Chen Ling for your hard work!"

Xu Hansheng nodded heavily and said, "Director Tan, this is all I should do. My research office cannot allow one person's laziness, lack of responsibility, and failure to uphold the principles and bottom line of a Party member to affect the county's major policies!"

"Tomorrow morning, I will submit a written self-criticism along with that report to the county committee, deeply reflecting on my actions. Because I naively believed the rumors circulating in the department about Comrade Lin Mingyuan's outstanding work performance and exceptional abilities, and failed to conduct a thorough investigation, a major work error occurred. I sincerely apologize to you and Assistant Director Liu!"

After speaking, Xu Hansheng bowed deeply to Tan Zhifei and Liu Zhiqiang in front of everyone.

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Holy crap!

Lin Mingyuan stared at Xu Hansheng, who was acting like a complete drama queen, and almost ground his back teeth to powder!

Is he reflecting on his own actions?

They're clearly trying to label him!

What rumor?

Where the hell did this rumor come from?!

According to Xu Hansheng's statement, it seems that Lin Mingyuan used some improper means to spread rumors throughout the department, praising his outstanding work ability and remarkable historical achievements.

That's why Xu Hansheng was misled into being put in charge of the research team.

Ultimately, although Xu Hansheng seemed to sincerely apologize to the county committee for his mistakes, the blame actually fell on Lin Mingyuan.

Moreover, Xu Hansheng's words were not meant for Tan Zhifei and Liu Zhiqiang, but rather to divide and weaken Lin Mingyuan, Gu Yuan, and others.

Even a fool could tell that Xu Hansheng was only targeting Lin Mingyuan; all other accomplices would be let off the hook.

Even if Gu Yuan and Jiang Tao were to keep their jobs, they would instantly turn against Xu Hansheng and join him in attacking him!

Xu Hansheng, that bastard!

That's so damn underhanded and malicious!

Only now did Lin Mingyuan realize that Xu Hansheng's politeness and flattery over the past two weeks were all for this day!

This is all to get revenge for the sword he stabbed me in the back last time; I've put up with him for over half a month!

Now, he's kicking himself for not listening to his father and transferring out of the research lab!

Even if they had been in charge of logistics, they wouldn't be in this miserable situation now.

Finished!

It's all over now!

After Xu Hansheng's actions, even Qi Hongchang and the county committee could no longer tolerate him.

For him, the best-case scenario would be to go to Pingshan Township to help alleviate poverty, just like Li Qiang did!

If he were even slightly less capable, he wouldn't even get a chance at the poverty alleviation office, a government office where he could simply lie down and do nothing.

There are too many jobs that are arduous, exhausting, and offer no sense of purpose; they can force someone to resign within days.

Robin, standing to the side, looked at Xu Hansheng with a wry smile on his face. This kid, Xu Hansheng, is too cunning!

As an outsider, Robin could tell at a glance that from the very beginning, sending Lin Mingyuan to lead the research team was a trap set by Xu Hansheng!

This shows that Xu Hansheng had seen through Lin Mingyuan long ago.

Making someone who is lazy and pleasure-seeking do such a detailed and specific job is itself a way of secretly sabotaging Lin Mingyuan.

During this period, as far as Robin knew, Xu Hansheng had personally traveled to Longping Town, but had never shown his face in the central town.

This further illustrates the point.

It wasn't that he was too busy with work, nor that Xu Hansheng had to lead a team to investigate projects in Longping Town, but rather that he wanted Lin Mingyuan to completely relax.

Let him make mistakes with confidence, and then, with this one blow, Lin Mingyuan will have no chance of turning things around!

That's fucking cunning and ruthless!