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

Lin Hanlong felt quite embarrassed after hearing Qi Hongchang's words.

It's fair to say that Qi Hongchang's attitude towards him was extremely rude; he was practically ready to yell at him outright.

Without a second thought, Lin Hanlong nodded repeatedly and said, "Secretary Qi is right. Similar incidents should never happen again! I don't know what got into Xu Changqing. Why didn't he ask for permission or report before going to cause trouble? Please rest assured, Secretary Qi, I will definitely handle this matter seriously and prevent such incidents from happening again!"

After all, there is a difference in status between Lin Hanlong and Qi Hongchang.

Although one is a Party Secretary and the other is a County Head, the Party Secretary is a provincial-level cadre, while the County Head is a municipal-level cadre. Their backgrounds are naturally very different, and in terms of political status, the County Head is inherently inferior to the Party Secretary.

Even if Lin Hanlong dared to utter the slightest dissent, Qi Hongchang wouldn't need to openly lash out at him. He only needed to report the matter truthfully to the provincial party committee, and the province would definitely put pressure on Qingshan City. At that point, whether he could continue as the county magistrate would be a completely different matter.

In other words, Qi Hongchang was informing Lin Hanlong to enforce the work discipline of the county government office, rather than discussing it with him!

"Good, with County Magistrate Lin's words, I can rest assured."

After saying that, Qi Hongchang hung up the phone immediately.

Even through the busy tone on the phone, Lin Hanlong could feel Qi Hongchang's extreme anger!

He had been working with Qi Hongchang for almost two years, and this was the first time he had ever seen Qi Hongchang so angry with him, not even sparing him any face.

"That Xu Changqing!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Hanlong's face was extremely pale.

"Secretary Wang, have Director Jiang come to my office immediately!"

Lin Hanlong practically roared these words.

Lin Hanlong's secretary, Wang Zhendong, was startled. What was wrong with County Chief Lin? Why was he suddenly so angry?

He dared not hesitate and hurriedly went to Jiang Qinghua's office. Pushing open the door, he said to Jiang Qinghua, "Director Jiang, County Magistrate Lin is looking for you. Be careful, County Magistrate Lin has a very bad temper."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qinghua's heart sank. He didn't even need to guess; he understood why Lin Hanlong was angry.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Qinghua first thanked Wang Zhendong before quickly walking into Lin Hanlong's office.

"County Magistrate Lin, did you call me?"

With a broad smile, Jiang Qinghua gently closed the door and stepped to Lin Hanlong's desk.

"What exactly happened?!"

Lin Hanlong slammed his fist on the table, glaring at Jiang Qinghua, and said, "Is Xu Changqing an idiot? Secretary Qi has been paying attention to Tiancheng Holdings' investment projects for half a year now. Didn't he say he was going to invite the vice president to dinner? How did they become enemies over a meal?!"

With a bitter expression, Jiang Qinghua said helplessly, "This... County Chief Lin, I don't know either. Yesterday after get off work, I had too much work to do, so I didn't go with them. It's all my fault. I should have gone to Qingshan City with Director Xu. It's all my fault..."

On the surface, Jiang Qinghua is taking responsibility voluntarily, but from any angle, there is no way to find any fault on Jiang Qinghua's part.

From beginning to end, it was Xu Changqing who took the initiative to invite Vice President Chen to dinner, and Jiang Qinghua had no obligation to accompany Xu Changqing.

He said this mainly to absolve himself of all responsibility in this matter.

Without even asking, just by looking at Lin Hanlong's expression, he could guess that Qi Hongchang must have been furious and given Lin Hanlong a severe scolding, which was why Lin Hanlong was so angry.

He can't withstand this kind of thunder.

As for Xu Changqing, well, it's better to die for him than for me.

Sure enough, Lin Hanlong raised an eyebrow, sized up Jiang Qinghua, and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, and you don't need to take responsibility for Xu Changqing. Whoever is responsible should bear the consequences!"

At this point, Lin Hanlong took a deep breath, pondered for a while, and then said to Jiang Qinghua, "Director Zhang, who is in charge of the Documents and Telegrams Section and the Research Office, has also done investment promotion work before, right? How about this, let Director Zhang temporarily take charge of the Secretariat Section, and as for Xu Changqing, let him take charge of the Logistics Section. By the way, let him also take care of the county government's canteen. For the time being, let's not let him participate in other work."

Holy crap!

Jiang Qinghua's heart sank. Xu Changqing had been sent to manage logistics?

That was close!

Fortunately, Xu Changqing submitted a report to him. When he submitted the application, he had a hidden agenda; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold the position of director for long.

"County Chief Lin, I was actually just thinking of reporting to you that we need to make some adjustments to the department under Director Xu's supervision. I didn't expect you to have thought of that before me. It seems that I will have to learn a lot from you in my future work."

After all, you can't just keep talking. Even if someone is farsighted, you still need to find a way to praise your leader, right?

In short, flattery will never get you anywhere!

Especially at times like this, the flattery must be done well, and Lin Hanlong must feel that there is only the smell of flattery, not the sound of flattery.

"Okay, you can make the arrangements."

Lin Hanlong finally breathed a sigh of relief, waved to Jiang Qinghua, and then instructed, "Also, have Xu Hansheng come over to report to me personally later. Go on!"

Jiang Qinghua was taken aback and asked Xu Hansheng to personally report to Lin Hanlong.

Isn't this just letting that kid Xu Hansheng get too cocky?

Although he was unhappy, Jiang Qinghua could only force a smile and say, "Okay, County Chief Lin, I'll make the arrangements right away."

After saying that, Jiang Qinghua walked out of Lin Hanlong's office with a grim expression.

As Jiang Qinghua walked back, he cursed Xu Changqing in his heart, thinking, "He kept saying he wanted to teach Xu Hansheng a lesson."

Damn it!

He, the director, was almost implicated!

However, Jiang Qinghua thought again that although Xu Changqing was quite incompetent, he was right about one thing: Xu Hansheng was someone they had to be careful of!

He had only been working at the county government office for less than a month when he jumped right up to the county magistrate.

If this is left unchecked, and he keeps going to see County Magistrate Lin every day, sooner or later he will become a major threat!

Thinking of this, Jiang Qinghua secretly made up his mind that no matter what, he had to kick Xu Hansheng out of the county government office!

Even if we send him to a township as a deputy township head, we can't let this troublemaker stay under County Chief Lin's nose!

As soon as he returned to his office, Jiang Qinghua called Xu Changqing directly.

"Director Xu, please come to my office immediately!"

After saying that, Jiang Qinghua hung up the phone.

Xu Changqing arrived at Jiang Qinghua's office door with a nervous heart and knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

Xu Changqing pushed open the door and entered. Seeing Jiang Qinghua's gloomy face, he hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said, "Director Jiang, did you call for me?"