Nominal: Energy sector enters Handong, breaking the deadlock

Sha Ruijin shook his head. "No, let's give the time to our other comrades."

This is a democratic meeting, and everyone is free to speak their mind.

Tian Guofu immediately chimed in: "I agree with freezing it."

In appointing cadres, prudence should be the priority; it is better to postpone promotion than to appoint someone with problems.

Following in Sha Ruijin's footsteps was also a matter of being forced into it.

In fact, Tian Guofu was also extremely distressed.

This group of cadres also included those whom Tian Guofu wanted to promote.

The freeze has definitely caused resentment among these officials.

However, there was no other way but to follow in Sha Ruijin's footsteps.

We were prepared for the lower-level cadres to complain.

With two votes, Sha Ruijin felt there was a good chance.

Song Yunhui has just arrived in Handong, so how many votes will he have?

In a moment, he'll be humiliated and lose everything, down to his underwear.

Sha Ruijin felt that, thanks to his efforts in winning over Tian Guofu, he should now have more than half of the votes on the Standing Committee.

What can Song Yunhui do even if he objects?

Wu Chunlin followed suit, raising his hand in agreement: "I also support freezing it."

Mitigating personnel risks and promoting clean and honest cadres is also a core responsibility of our Organization Department.

The core members of the Sha family gang simultaneously took sides.

But my heart is bleeding.

If it's frozen, it would be like contradicting oneself.

The provincial Party committee's organization department had already completed the investigation process; all that was left was for the provincial Party committee's standing committee to vote on it.

By doing this, I've essentially knocked away my own livelihood.

Wu Chunlin had already anticipated complaints from his subordinates in the Organization Department.

Song Yunhui glanced at Wu Chunlin and asked, "Minister Wu, has your provincial Party committee's organization department conducted any investigations into these 125 cadres?"

A direct look at the core work of the Organization Department.

Regardless of whether an investigation was conducted or not, Wu Chunlin's decision to freeze the assets was a huge trap set for him.

Wu Chunlin truthfully replied, "Governor Song, we have investigated and found that most of the cadres have clean resumes and pass the assessments. No problems have been found so far."

Only a few leads regarding individuals remain questionable and are still being verified.

Look how perfectly you've explained it.

However, he still rejected his own work.

The claim that it's still being verified is just an excuse.

Gao Yuliang immediately sneered, extremely dissatisfied: "Minister Chunlin, since most cadres are clean, compliant, and meet the assessment standards, why freeze all of them in one fell swoop? It's utterly absurd and ridiculous!"

I think you're a bit brainless now.

It's not about mindless enjoyment.

Wu Chunlin is brainless and stupid.

The facade of harmony has been completely shattered.

Now it's 3:2, and Sha Ruijin is a little nervous. Whether he can win the opening game is very important.

Tian Guofu turned to look at Gao Yuliang and immediately retorted, "Secretary Yuliang, of course you are trying your best to protect him."

Among this group of cadres, there are countless of your protégés and former subordinates. Qi Tongwei is your good student, one of the so-called Three Heroes of Handong, and a good director whom you have repeatedly recommended and promoted.

During Secretary Yu's tenure, you repeatedly recommended Qi Tongwei for promotion to vice governor. I think this is a typical case of nepotism!

The conversation was sarcastic and focused on exposing Gao Yuliang's shortcomings.

Su Jingfeng naturally supported Gao Yuliang and stated his position first: "I oppose the freeze."

The score is 3-3, it's a tie.

Su Jingfeng seized the opportunity to retort, "Secretary Guofu, you can't say that."

If Secretary Yu Liang's recommendation of Qi Tongwei was nepotism, then who personally recommended Ding Yizhen, the former vice mayor of Jingzhou City, for his position? Ding Yizhen is also on this list, slated for promotion to executive vice mayor.

The focus immediately shifted to Li Dakang.

This is called shifting the blame eastward.

Anyway, Gao Yuliang and Li Dakang don't get along, and neither do I, so I'll go after Li Dakang.

Sha Ruijin wanted to recruit Li Dakang to the Sha family gang, so he didn't bring up Li Dakang.

Otherwise, they would have brought up Ding Yizhen's case long ago to attack Li Dakang and prove the necessity of freezing assets.

Li Dakang couldn't sit still any longer and retorted on the spot, somewhat impatiently, "Secretary Jingfeng, don't make baseless accusations and wantonly smear us!"

I did recommend Ding Yizhen, but at that time Ding Yizhen had a clean record and outstanding political achievements. I really didn't know that he had hidden problems or harbored corrupt intentions.

Who could have predicted his subsequent escape to Thailand?

Song Yunhui posed a question to Li Dakang, "Secretary Dakang, what do you suggest we do now?"

Li Dakang felt that Song Yunhui was showing positive goodwill and giving him a way out, which he had to accept.

Besides, Sha Ruijin didn't say he wanted to freeze the cadres' positions.

There are also people Li Dakang wants to promote among his secretaries, and Li Dakang certainly doesn't want to contradict himself by freezing the cadre positions.

"Ding Yizhen is indeed in trouble. According to information obtained by Zhao Donglai, deputy head of the overseas fugitive repatriation team, Ding Yizhen has fled to Thailand. We can remove him from the list of 125 cadres, and the remaining personnel can be discussed normally!"

Eager to distance himself from the situation, Li Dakang's suggestion was the most appropriate course of action.

Unfortunately, Little Gold didn't want to.

It must be frozen.

It's 3:4 now.

Sha Ruijin gave Ren Zhimin a look.

Ren Zhimin immediately added insult to injury, "Hehe, Secretary Dakang makes it sound so easy, dismissing it with a single sentence."

If a recommendation is made without due diligence, resulting in a negative impact, shouldn't the recommender be held jointly liable?

He took the opportunity to disgust Li Dakang and then used it as a chance to show his loyalty to Sha Ruijin.

Li Dakang instantly flew into a rage, his eyes sharp, "Ren Zhimin, you're just looking for trouble!"

It bites people indiscriminately whenever it gets the chance, like a Paw Patrol team member! Why don't you bark a couple of times and bite Tian Guofu in the mouth?

His weakness was exposed, and he lost his composure on the spot.

Ren Zhimin remained calm and retorted, "Secretary Dakang, I am a human being, I don't bite, I only speak reason."

He remained calm and composed, steadily receiving the blows.

Li Dakang snorted coldly, "Reasoning? I can't understand your gibberish!"

"Stop with irrelevant topics, let's get back to the issue: whether or not to freeze the contracts of the 125 cadres—please state your opinion directly, are you in favor or against!"

We had to force a return to the main storyline; we couldn't talk about Ding Yizhen anymore, lest we find ourselves in an awkward position.

Ren Zhimin hesitated for a moment, his eyes darting left and right.

My current attitude has determined my path, so I must be cautious.

If he could choose again, he would definitely take leave and not come.

He glanced at Sha Ruijin, whose face was gloomy in the main seat, and then at Song Yunhui, who had a strong aura. His heart was in turmoil.

In the current power struggle, Sha Ruijin is the top leader, holding overall authority.

Song Yunhui is the newly appointed provincial governor and his direct superior.

A dilemma, extremely agonizing.

Ren Zhimin weighed the pros and cons in his mind, knowing that he had already sided with the Sha family gang.

If they were to defect now, they would surely offend Sha Ruijin completely, and would have no place to stand in Handong in the future.

As for offending Song Yunhui, there is still room for reconciliation and compensation later.

The lesser of two evils.

Ren Zhimin gritted his teeth, raised his hand, and stated in a deep voice, "I agree to freeze it."

In the end, they still chose to cling to Sha Ruijin's coattails.

However, taking sides in this way is actually quite contradictory.

This is tantamount to openly offending Song Yunhui.

Anyway, since I've chosen a side, I'll just leave it at that.

Besides, Song Yunhui hadn't arrived when the Sha family helped with the boat.

Thinking about it this way, I felt at ease and no longer burdened.

You have to choose a side; if you don't, you'll die even faster.