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

Xu He chuckled awkwardly, picked up his wine glass, and said, "Hansheng, I meant well, but who can guarantee she won't be attracted to you?"

"How will you know if you don't try? I fell in love with your sister-in-law the first time I saw her, but everyone around me said I wasn't good enough for her. But what happened? She still dutifully does my laundry and cooks for me."

Xu Hansheng rolled his eyes at Xu He and frowned, asking, "Are you going to drink or not?"

Xu He tilted his head back and downed a large glass of beer.

Just then, Xu Hansheng's phone suddenly rang. He was taken aback when he saw that it was a text message from Tang Bing.

"Who is it? Could it be that I guessed right? Let me see..."

Xu He stared with bloodshot eyes, craning his neck to look at Xu Hansheng's phone screen.

Xu Hansheng quickly blocked with his hand, making an excuse: "My mom asked me why I hadn't come home yet, so I gave her a message."

After saying that, Xu Hansheng put his phone back in his shirt pocket and then continued drinking with Xu He.

Soon, Xu He was already seven or eight parts drunk, and Xu Hansheng helped him out of the restaurant.

Given Xu Hansheng's drinking capacity in his previous life, even ten Xu Hes wouldn't be a match for him.

After hailing a taxi and dropping Xu He off at home, Xu Hansheng strolled home, glancing at his phone as he did so.

【Xu Hansheng, I still have some connections in Qingshan City. If you need any help, you can let me know.】

It was just a short sentence, but it revealed a lot of information.

Clearly, even Tang Bing had noticed Xu Hansheng's current predicament.

But was she genuinely trying to help him?

Xu Hansheng wasn't sure either. Logically speaking, she and Tang Bing hadn't had any deep contact. Apart from work, they had only talked about some everyday matters.

This level of conversation shouldn't be enough to make Tang Bing have thoughts about him that go beyond comrades, right?

Moreover, Xu Hansheng couldn't find any reason why Tang Bing would extend a helping hand to him.

Although Xu Hansheng could sense that Tang Bing was a very warm-hearted person when he first met her, it was impossible for a cadre's daughter like her to casually fall in love.

Her family also wouldn't allow her to do anything reckless.

The more a family is like hers, the more they value marriage between people of similar social standing.

What does Xu Hansheng's family have?

It's just a slightly upscale restaurant in a small county town.

In the face of power, this means absolutely nothing.

After thinking it over carefully, Xu Hansheng sent a message to Tang Bing.

Thank you, Sister Tang, for your concern and care. However, I feel that I should solve my own problems!

After sending the text message, Xu Hansheng sighed softly and walked towards the direction where good fortune was coming.

Along the way, Tang Bing didn't send any more messages to Xu Hansheng. It wasn't until Xu Hansheng returned home, lay in bed, and pondered what methods Xu Changqing and Li Qiang would use to deal with him that Tang Bing sent another message.

[You'll handle this yourself? How? Do you know what Xu Changqing will do to you? Why are you so stubborn?]

Tang Bing's tone clearly carried a hint of reproach.

Just like the day Xu Hansheng went to the Discipline Inspection Commission to complain, recalling Tang Bing's angry stomping, a meaningful smile involuntarily appeared on Xu Hansheng's face.

Qingshan City?

The next second, Xu Hansheng suddenly caught a very important piece of information in Tang Bing's first text message!

She has some connections in Qingshan City, which means that Xu Changqing is planning to dig a hole for himself in Qingshan City.

The next second, Xu Hansheng immediately realized that Xu Changqing and Li Qiang would most likely ask him to connect with companies or enterprises in Qingshan City.

"I see!"

Xu Hansheng quickly grasped the situation and then sent another message to Tang Bing.

[Thank you, Sister Tang Bing. I'm not being stubborn, but I can't rely on you forever. You can help me once, but you can't help me a hundred times. I'll treat you to a meal next time! :)]

At the end of the message, Xu Hansheng left a smiley face emoji and ended his conversation with Tang Bing.

Xu Hansheng knew very well that if he wanted to survive in the county government office, he couldn't expect to rely on external forces.

……

Monday's morning meeting was the first formal meeting Xu Hansheng had attended since joining the county government office.

Typically, the weekly meetings held within the system are used to summarize the work of the previous week and assign tasks for the coming week.

As Li Qiang strode into the office, everyone took out their work notebooks, flipped to blank pages, and looked up at him.

Li Qiang stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze slowly falling on Xu Hansheng, and smiled, "Last week, Comrade Xu Hansheng, in cooperation with the comrades of the County Party Committee's Supervision Office, completed our county's first investment promotion project."

"This is also the most outstanding achievement our department has ever made, and it also shows that the leadership has a keen eye for talent, bringing in such a capable colleague to our department..."

His words, on the surface, seemed to be praising Xu Hansheng, but in reality, they were a coded signal to prepare to take action against Xu Hansheng.

Since you are very capable, it wouldn't be too much to assign you some challenging tasks, would it?

Xu Hansheng was already very familiar with this kind of preparation before playing pranks in his previous life.

However, all of this was already within Xu Hansheng's expectations, so he was not surprised at all.

It can be said that Xu Hansheng had been waiting for this day.

Next, Li Qiang got straight to the point, starting with a summary of the work done last week.

"First of all, I want to give special praise to Comrade Du Xinyang from our department. He successfully completed County Head Lin's important speech, and his grasp of the policy implications was extremely accurate and insightful!"

"I want to emphasize here that the core of our secretariat's work is to have the policies thoroughly memorized, and to ensure that all speeches by leaders and various reports and summaries conform to the policy guidelines."

"Therefore, everyone should learn more from Comrade Du Xinyang in their future work."

Xu Hansheng looked up and glanced at Du Xinyang.

Du Xinyang, who was sitting at a desk next to Xu Hansheng, stood up humbly, bowed slightly to the people around him, and then said to Li Qiang, "Section Chief, it's all thanks to your excellent leadership. If it weren't for you repeatedly emphasizing that the most important part of drafting documents is understanding the policies, I wouldn't have achieved such success."

"I will continue to follow you, Section Chief, and learn and improve as much as possible."

After speaking, Du Xinyang gave Li Qiang a fawning smile, and after sitting back down, he turned his head to look at the others.

Apart from Su Jiechong and Du Xinyang giving each other a knowing smile, the others didn't look too good.

Xu He, in particular, immediately turned his face to the other side, his expression filled with disdain.

Clearly, he knew the inside story.

Actually, Du Xinyang copied Lao Shen's speech.

As a result, because he often flattered Su Jie and had the closest relationship with her, he was able to use Su Jie to get the slightly modified speech to Li Qiang before Lao Shen could.

Xu Hansheng sighed helplessly. Xu He's training was still too short-sighted, and his internal energy cultivation was far from adequate.

Even knowing this, one must absolutely not show any dissatisfaction in front of Li Qiang.

In contrast, even though Lao Shen knew that his manuscript had been plagiarized, he remained calm and collected, as if it wasn't his manuscript that had been copied at all.

"Next, everyone, please take note of this week's work priorities, especially Comrade Xu Hansheng. Given your outstanding work ability, I have a very challenging task assigned to you. I hope you can complete it successfully, just like last week!"

As he spoke, Li Qiang looked at Xu Hansheng with a smile.