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

Liu Haitao paused for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, saying, "You'll understand as you get to know her better, but... since she doesn't handle business dealings, you probably won't have many opportunities to interact with her."

After saying that, Liu Haitao led Xu Hansheng into the main office of the secretariat.

At this moment, everyone in the office is looking down and writing materials.

Generally speaking, the Secretariat is considered an important core department of the county government office.

In addition to being responsible for the daily receipt, registration, circulation, filing, and destruction of official documents for the county government and its offices, they also need to guide the document processing work of all government agencies in the county.

It is also necessary to review whether the policies and regulations in the issued documents are compliant.

In addition, they are responsible for organizing plenary meetings, executive meetings, and county mayor's office meetings of the county government, assisting in arranging meetings of the county government party group, and managing the office seal and letters of introduction.

Procurement of office supplies, and coordination of all procedures related to office personnel, payroll, and archives.

Overall, this is a department with a lot of responsibility and high pressure.

Often, we have to work through the night to write materials, and the most difficult part is cross-departmental coordination, which requires the ability to balance the interests of multiple parties.

It's very challenging.

Therefore, there is not much free time. Apart from necessary communication, we are all busy with our own tasks as soon as we start work in the morning.

After Liu Haitao returned to the main office, he gently knocked on the door, which once again attracted everyone's attention.

Then, he introduced each of the colleagues in the office to Xu Hansheng.

First up is Xu He, who looks to be around thirty-two or thirty-three years old. He wears black-rimmed glasses and has a fair complexion, but he gives off a somewhat aloof vibe.

He simply nodded to Xu Hansheng and continued working on the documents at hand.

Next up was Shen Guofu, the old penman of the secretariat. He looked to be in his fifties with a kind face. He nodded slightly to Xu Hansheng before slowly turning around and going to write a manuscript.

Behind the desk behind Lao Shen sat a young and beautiful woman with light makeup, who was looking at Xu Hansheng with a strange gaze.

She is the Su Jie that Liu Haitao mentioned.

Based on Xu Hansheng's past life experience, this woman was extremely alluring. Just her eyes alone seemed to have a small hand reaching out from them, pulling people towards her.

Xu Hansheng smiled and nodded at Su Jie, which was considered a greeting.

Another young woman, around twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, was also dressed up in a flamboyant manner, with the most fashionable lip gloss on her lips at the time.

The others were all young people around the same age as Liu Haitao.

Xu Hansheng greeted them one by one.

Then, a young man sitting to Xu Hansheng's left approached him very warmly, shook hands with Xu Hansheng, and said, "I heard you were specially recruited?"

Xu Hansheng gave an awkward smile and nodded, which was his way of answering.

"Wow, you're quite the guy, brother! You'll have to look after us from now on!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Hansheng raised an eyebrow slightly, a fleeting look of displeasure in his eyes.

This person's name is Du Xinyang!

Although he seemed more enthusiastic than others, you should be more careful and wary of people who are overly enthusiastic when they first arrive!

In the instant their eyes met, Xu Hansheng sized up Du Xinyang's appearance. Although he had a square face and looked very honest and kind, he was still quite shrewd.

However, his excessive enthusiasm at the first meeting betrayed his seemingly honest nature!

This kind of person is extremely opportunistic, ruthless, and difficult to control; they are also the hardest to befriend.

However, such people are often very shrewd and capable. If used properly, they are also very competent. They are probably the most favored person by Li Qiang in the entire department, besides Su Jie!

After secretly memorizing the main characteristics of the men, Xu Hansheng walked to an empty desk and sat down.

Since it was his first day at work, no one assigned Xu Hansheng any tasks. He spent the entire morning writing and marking in his diary.

They look like they're very busy, but they're actually just slacking off.

This is perfectly normal. Everyone has their own things to do. Even Xu He doesn't have time to deal with Xu Hansheng. He can only find something to do for himself and keep himself busy.

While keeping a diary, Xu Hansheng was also thinking about Xu Changqing's matter.

The feud between him and Xu Changqing was completely sealed the moment Xu Shuai was dismissed!

There is no room for easing tensions.

This Section Chief Li was clearly a close confidant of Xu Changqing. Although Li Qiang did not cause trouble for Xu Hansheng at the beginning, judging from his sinister eyes, he was obviously in cahoots with Xu Changqing.

Generally speaking, a junior staff member cannot withstand being targeted by their supervisor and immediate superior.

Furthermore, Xu Hansheng seems to have a "protective umbrella" over his head, but in reality, it can't last long at all.

Especially in government agencies, even a slight difference in rank can have a crushing effect!

However, Xu Hansheng was, after all, a powerful figure in his previous life who held sway over a province. What seemed like a disastrous start actually contained a glimmer of hope for a turnaround.

As long as we seize the opportunity, although it will be difficult to bring down Xu Changqing, marginalizing him is still within our grasp.

But first, Xu Hansheng must sort out the interpersonal relationships among all parties in the office.

Only by clearly identifying friend and foe can we leverage each other's strengths and create a trap for Xu Changqing!

While pondering how to deal with the situation, Xu Hansheng wrote comments for the people in the office in his diary.

Liu Haitao, who initially took me to meet Jiang Qinghua, was the kind of newcomer who didn't have much of a guile!

Xu He clearly harbored resentment towards him, mostly because Xu Hansheng was specially recruited. This was not surprising, as Xu Hansheng in his previous life had also disliked his colleague in the Water Resources Bureau, who was like a prodigy.

Everyone else has gone through layers of screening and passed exams to get in, but you got in through back channels and connections. How can that feel the same?

The more straightforward a person is, the more they will despise someone like Xu Hansheng!

As for Shen Guofu, he was the kind of honest man who spent his whole life writing reports in the department!

They do the hardest and most tiring work in the entire office, but they are not favored by the leaders.

The issue here is quite complicated. Xu Hansheng simply circled Lao Shen's name in red pen.

As for Chu Nan and Jiang Yuan, they both only joined the county government office last year, and have been working there for less than a year. In the department, they are practically invisible.

Therefore, Xu Hansheng didn't give them much feedback.

Just as Xu Hansheng was sketching, Xu He suddenly put down his pen and paper, stood up, adjusted his glasses, and said, "The logistics department's truck that went to buy office supplies is back!"

Liu Haitao turned to look at Xu He and said, "Brother Xu, your ears are really sharp! Let's wait a bit longer. Isn't it usually Section Chief Li who takes us there?"

As he spoke, Liu Haitao glanced in the direction of the section chief's office.

Xu He frowned and said, "I'm out of printing paper. I have to visit so many places this afternoon; I can't go empty-handed, can I?"

After saying that, he ignored everyone else's reactions and strode towards the office door.

Just as they reached the door, Xu He seemed to remember something, suddenly stopped, turned to look at Xu Hansheng, and said, "Hey you, your name is Xu Hansheng, right?"

Holy crap!

Xu Hansheng closed the diary somewhat awkwardly and looked at Xu He, saying, "That's me."

"Didn't Section Chief Li tell you to come with me? Come on, let's go to the logistics department to get office supplies."

As he spoke, Xu He waved to Xu Hansheng.

Nima!

Xu Hansheng understood instantly!

This Xu He may seem aloof, but he's actually quite cunning.

He went alone, and after lunch break, Section Chief Li found a reason to criticize him, which he could only endure.

However, it's different if you bring Xu Hansheng along.

Xu Hansheng was a specially admitted student, so at least until Section Chief Li figured out Xu Hansheng's connections, he wouldn't dare to do anything to him.

Even if there are some minor actions, they can only be carried out secretly under the table; they would never openly target Xu Hansheng.

They're using him as a shield.