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

Gu Chenglong chuckled and replied, "Alright, alright, let's talk about it when we meet."

Xu Hansheng exchanged pleasantries with Gu Chenglong for a while before hanging up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Hansheng saw that it was almost time, so he quickly walked back to his office.

Just after 1:20, a staff member from the document and telegram section knocked on the office door of the secretariat.

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?" Du Xinyang stood up first and asked with a smile.

"Hello, Director Zhang asked me to inform the secretariat that everyone should have a meeting at 1:30 in the conference room on the second floor." After saying that, the staff member from the document department turned and left.

The meeting room on the second floor is usually used by the supervisors, because they have many departments under their supervision, and sometimes they need to arrange work in a unified manner or listen to work summaries together.

Therefore, this meeting room is usually not used by leaders.

However, upon hearing this news, Li Qiang's mood grew even heavier.

If Zhang Juan were to make things difficult for him during a meeting involving several departments, he would be incredibly embarrassed!

After taking several deep breaths, Li Qiang came to the main office and said, "Alright, everyone put down your work and let's go to the conference room on the second floor for a meeting."

After saying that, Li Qiang was the first to walk out of the office.

This was Xu Hansheng's first time attending a meeting in the conference room since joining the county government office. He followed the staff of the secretariat and soon entered the conference room.

The heads and deputy heads of the document and communication department and the research office, along with nearly twenty staff members, were already seated.

Li Qiang, along with the rest of the secretariat, sat down directly to Zhang Juan's left.

The head and deputy head of the document and electronic affairs department and the research office both greeted Li Qiang with smiles.

Although they are all section chiefs, there are differences. For example, the secretariat is one of the core departments, while the document and communication department and the research office are relatively more marginalized.

Therefore, after meeting, they need to take the initiative to greet Li Qiang.

After all, it's a department that the leadership values. Who knows, Li Qiang might be promoted to deputy director in the future, and then he'll be their leader.

Before long, Zhang Juan, carrying a folder, walked into the conference room with a serious expression.

"Hello, Director Zhang!"

"Hello, Director Zhang!"

Everyone quickly stood up and greeted Zhang Juan.

Zhang Juan didn't even have a smile on her face. She glanced coldly at everyone, then gestured for them to sit down, saying, "Everyone, please sit down."

After everyone was seated, Zhang Juan first glanced at the people in the Document and Telegram Section and the Research Office, then her gaze swept over the faces of everyone in the Secretariat, making sure no one was late or absent. Only then did she open her folder and say calmly, "Before today's work meeting begins, I first want to commend Zhao Yu from the Document and Telegram Section, Wang Yuwen from the Research Office, and Xu Hansheng from the Secretariat. These three comrades have been extremely proactive and hardworking recently!"

"In particular, Comrade Xu Hansheng from the Secretariat successfully completed the initial contact with Tiancheng Holdings, making a tremendous contribution to the county's investment promotion efforts! We must continue to maintain this momentum and work hard in the future."

As soon as she finished speaking, the crowd around her burst into applause, and many people turned their gazes toward Xu Hansheng and the other two people whose names she had called out.

Xu Hansheng, Zhao Yu, and Wang Yuwen exchanged glances.

At large meetings involving multiple departments, supervisors typically don't praise people lightly. The fact that these three individuals were specifically praised at the outset sends a clear signal to everyone: these are the people the leadership is focusing on; their work is the leader's top priority, and everyone, regardless of who they are, must cooperate unconditionally!

Xu Hansheng smiled and nodded to Zhao Yu and Wang Yuwen as a greeting.

Zhao Yu and Wang Yuwen nodded repeatedly to Xu Hansheng with envy in their eyes.

In fact, everyone could tell that Zhang Juan valued Xu Hansheng highly; otherwise, she wouldn't have wasted so much time talking about him at the very beginning of the meeting.

Zhao Yu and Wang Yuwen, at best, can only be considered green leaves that set off the red flowers.

"Okay, next, let's start with the document and communication department and summarize the work of last week."

Zhang Juan spoke in a cold voice with a serious expression.

"OK!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yu quickly stood up, picked up his work notebook, and gave a brief summary of the achievements of the Document and Telecommunications Department over the past week.

It was only then that Xu Hansheng realized that, all along, the person who had greeted him earlier was actually the head of the document and telegram department.

Wang Yuwen is most likely the head of the research lab.

Sure enough, Wang Yuwen was next to report on his work, and Li Qiang was the last to speak.

Throughout the entire process, Zhang Juan kept looking at the documents in the folder in her hand, without even raising her head.

Just as Li Qiang was giving his work summary, Zhang Juan suddenly raised her hand and said, "Section Chief Li, please read out the contact list of the secretariat staff."

Ok?

Just as Li Qiang was about to sit back down, he had to slowly stand up straight again.

"What are you waiting for?"

After a full ten seconds, still not hearing Li Qiang's voice, Zhang Juan suddenly looked up, sized up Li Qiang, and questioned him coldly.

While flipping through his work logbook, Li Qiang explained in a low voice, "Director Zhang, I... I'm looking for the contact list and phone numbers..."

Bang!

Zhang Juan suddenly slammed her hand on the table and said, "Aren't you the head of the secretariat?! Tell me, how many people are there in your department? These are the people you see every day. Don't you know their names, or don't you know their phone numbers?!"

Li Qiang was speechless at the question, swallowed hard, and lowered his head deeply.

This is clearly targeting him!

Even though he knew what was going on, Li Qiang didn't dare to say anything.

"Tsk!"

Seeing Li Qiang standing there with his head down and hands hanging by his sides, Zhang Juan's beautiful eyebrows furrowed instantly as she stared at him and said, "Li Qiang! What are you doing?"

"I..." Li Qiang slowly raised his head, looking completely bewildered.

"What did I just ask you to do! Answer me!" Zhang Juan tapped the table lightly, questioning her impatiently.

"Director Zhang, um... could you let me read the contact list..." Li Qiang stammered.

"Then you should read it! Are you waiting for me to find it for you? Or are you waiting for me to report to you?" Li Qiang was extremely embarrassed when Zhang Juan said this.

This is tantamount to publicly embarrassing him in front of everyone.

Even Zhao Yu and Wang Yuwen were dumbfounded. They had followed Zhang Juan for three years and had never seen her embarrass anyone like this before.

Three departments, including the department heads and staff, totaling twenty or thirty people, were dragged out and given this beating. I guess this guy will be traumatized for the rest of his life.

Unlike Zhao Yu and Wang Yuwen's sympathetic looks, the members of the secretariat had their own thoughts.

The leader was Old Shen, and a hint of contempt flashed across his face, which always wore a kind smile.

Du Xinyang, who had always been trying to curry favor with Li Qiang and Su Jie, smiled but remained silent.

He had just extended an olive branch to Xu Hansheng and made it clear that he was distancing himself from Su Jie.

Don't underestimate Xu Hansheng just because he's not even a deputy section chief. Judging from his recent performance, he'll be promoted to section chief in no time.

Either project will be completed, and it wouldn't be unreasonable for Xu Hansheng to be promoted.

Xu He, standing nearby, was somewhat gloating. Usually, it was Li Qiang who was picking on him, but this time, it was finally Li Qiang's turn to be picked on.

We're all seasoned veterans; everyone can tell that Director Zhang was deliberately trying to embarrass him in public!