At the Pinnacle of Power: The Female Leader and Her Chief Advisor

Li Ping arrived at Yu Wei's office with a beaming smile, saying, "Mayor Yu, I hope my visit at this hour hasn't disturbed your lunch break?"

Yu Wei asked calmly, "What is it?"

Li Ping complained, "Mayor Yu, it's like this, there's a guy in our municipal government named Lu Ming, he used to be..."

"I know him, just get to the point!"

Yu Wei's expression was aloof, wondering what Li Ping was talking about Lu Ming doing.

Li Ping chuckled awkwardly: "This Lu Ming, he doesn't follow the rules."

"Oh? What's wrong with him?"

"He just went to the secretariat and took one of my staff members away!"

Li Ping looked indignant: "He doesn't even have a proper job now, and he's just doing nothing all day. That's fine, since as long as it doesn't bother other people, no one bothers with him."

"But he really went too far today. He came to my secretariat in the middle of the day and brazenly took my people away."

"Anyone who didn't know better would think he was the head of the secretariat!"

Yu Wei had already understood that Li Ping was unaware that Lu Ming had become his secretary again, so he had come to report on him.

Yu Wei picked up the landline and dialed the internal number: "Director Wang, please come over here."

Upon seeing this, Li Ping was delighted, thinking that Yu Wei was going to have Director Wang reprimand Lu Ming.

Hehe, that kid will at least get a disciplinary action!

Soon, Wang Qiang arrived.

He saw that Li Ping was also there, and couldn't help but feel curious!

"Mayor Yu, you wanted to see me?"

Yu Wei nodded and said, "Director Li, please tell Director Wang about what just happened in detail."

"Yes."

Li Ping highlighted the key points and recounted what had just happened.

After hearing this, Wang Qiang was completely dumbfounded.

Holy crap, is this kid crazy?

They actually went to Mayor Yu's office to report on her secretary?

Wang Qiang immediately felt uneasy, realizing why Yu Wei had specifically called him over!

"Mayor Yu, I'm so sorry, this was my mistake."

Wang Qiang hurriedly admitted his mistake: "It was my fault for not informing people of Lu Ming's new position in a timely manner, which caused the misunderstanding. Mayor Yu, please punish me."

Li Ping looked at Wang Qiang with complete bewilderment.

What's going on?

Lu Ming has a new position?

Yu Wei said calmly, "You're right, this is indeed your problem."

Upon hearing Yu Wei's words, Wang Qiang's heart jumped into his throat.

"There are priorities. As the director of the municipal government's office, you should know which things need to be done immediately and which can be put on hold!"

"I informed you at 10 a.m. that Lu Ming would be my secretary, and it's almost 1 p.m. now, nearly three hours later, and there are still people who don't know!"

"Director Wang, have you genuinely forgotten, or are you deliberately trying to sow discord between me and others?"

Yu Wei's tone was calm, but to Wang Qiang, it was like a thunderbolt, and his heart trembled.

He hurriedly explained, "Mayor Yu, I really forgot."

Wang Qiang was flustered, cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and he kept his head down, not daring to meet Yu Wei's gaze.

He didn't want to offend the new mayor over such a trivial matter.

To be able to become mayor at such a young age, one must have an extremely powerful background, far beyond what a fifty-something-year-old director of the municipal government office could afford to offend.

Listening to their conversation, Li Ping felt his head buzzing.

What?

Lu Ming has become Mayor Yu's secretary again?

So... then his trip to the secretariat just now... was also on Mayor Yu's orders?

Thinking of this, Li Ping swallowed hard.

Yu Wei said, "I don't want this to happen again!"

Wang Qiang quickly assured him, "Yes, yes, definitely not!"

After Yu Wei finished speaking, her eyes turned to Li Ping. Li Ping quickly stood up straight and said awkwardly, "Ahem... So Lu Ming... Secretary Lu has moved to a new position again. Well... then it's alright."

Yu Wei asked, "Does Director Li have any issues with Secretary Lu?"

"No, no, Secretary Lu and I are very good friends."

Yu Wei smiled contemptuously. He would come all the way here to report Lu Ming for calling someone from the secretariat. How could their relationship be good? He probably wishes Lu Ming were dead!

"From now on, don't come to me with these trivial matters. If you can handle them yourself, do so. If you can't, then make room for someone more capable!"

Li Ping swallowed hard; Yu Wei's words were quite serious.

This is clearly anger!

Li Ping felt remorseful and held Lu Ming accountable for the incident.

If it weren't for him, how could I have lost face in front of Mayor Yu?

Now, he's definitely left a very bad impression on Mayor Yu.

With a forced smile, Li Ping made repeated assurances before slinking away from Yu Wei's office.

After leaving, Li Ping let out a long sigh of relief and complained, "Director Wang, why didn't you tell me about something this important sooner!"

Wang Qiang retorted irritably, "You have the nerve to talk back to me like that?"

"You have the nerve to tattle on such a trivial matter?"

"Even if Lu Ming weren't Mayor Yu's secretary now, do you think your tattling would leave a good impression on Mayor Yu?"

"Mayor Yu is a new official, and you're acting recklessly without even understanding her temperament. Are you afraid that Mayor Yu will take a liking to you?"

Li Ping felt somewhat embarrassed by what was said, but he didn't dare to refute it.

His position as head of the secretariat was merely at the level of a section chief.

But Wang Qiang's position as director of the municipal government office is a genuine division-level position!

Li Ping walked back with a sullen expression. When he was almost at the office, he suddenly saw Lu Ming and Zhou Lin walking back side by side.

Li Ping was immediately exposed and was about to reprimand him when he suddenly realized that Lu Ming was now the mayor's secretary and was no longer someone he could easily manipulate.

He took a deep breath, forced a smile, and went to greet him: "Secretary Lu, what brings you to see Xiao Zhou?"

Upon seeing the guy's fawning smile, Lu Ming knew that he already knew about his secretary's identity.

"Nothing much, just chatting."

Lu Ming gave a perfunctory smile, then said to Zhou Lin, "Remember what I just said, go ahead and get busy."

"Okay, Secretary Lu."

Zhou Lin nodded and turned to go back to her office.

Li Ping originally wanted to chat with Lu Ming for a bit to ease the tension, but Lu Ming didn't give him the chance at all and walked away directly.

"Damn it, what are you showing off for!"

Li Ping muttered something, completely baffled.

The secretariat is full of talented people, so why did Mayor Yu choose Lu Ming to be her secretary?

Lu Ming returned to his seat. He had just had a brief chat with Zhou Lin and had also assigned her a task.

Since Yu Wei wants to choose Zhou Lin as her secretary, she must examine her abilities from a secretary's perspective.

The tasks assigned by Lu Ming reveal whether Zhou Lin is suitable to be a secretary.

He did not deliberately target or trip up Yu Wei because she made the two of them compete.

Because there was absolutely no need for that, he was full of confidence in himself!

Besides, how could Yu Wei not see through such underhanded tricks?

If I do that, it will inevitably leave a bad impression on Yu Wei, and I'll probably be eliminated early.

Just then, my phone suddenly rang.

It was a message from Su Ran.

"Brother Lu Ming, you're Mayor Yu's secretary again?"