Nominal: Who isn't a son-in-law?

"Secretary Chu, what do you think?"

Chu Shijun was silent for a few seconds, then looked up and said, "Wentao."

Ye Wentao immediately understood and said, "Secretary Chu, there are no important arrangements for tomorrow and the day after. There is a meeting the day after tomorrow, followed by a quarterly review meeting next week."

"OK,"

Chu Shijun nodded and said into the phone, "Comrade Yibai, since you have extended such a warm invitation, I will go and make the trip."

"Okay, Secretary Chu, when are you coming? We'll make the arrangements."

Liu Yibai said excitedly.

"Arrangements? Arrangements for what? Are we going to have some kind of welcoming ceremony again?"

Chu Shijun looked displeased and said in a deep voice, "Comrade Yibai, this understanding is not good enough. Focus more on your work and do less of this superficial stuff."

"Yes, yes, yes, your criticism is correct," Liu Yibai nodded repeatedly.

"Alright then, you invited me over to check on the work. If I don't do a good job, I'll have to criticize you."

After hanging up the phone.

Liu Yibai breathed a long sigh of relief.

Across from him, Chen Jinyi immediately asked, "Secretary Liu, has Secretary Chu agreed?"

"Um."

"So, how should we organize the welcoming ceremony? Who should we invite...?"

Before Chen Jinyi could finish speaking, Liu Yibai's face hardened, and he criticized, "Look, Comrade Jinyi, your understanding is not good enough!"

"Why bother with a welcoming ceremony? If you're going to put that effort into getting the job done properly, that's far better than anything else. Is Secretary Chu the kind of person who cares about these things?"

"Yes, yes, you're absolutely right."

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Go down and contact Baijiang. Make sure everyone is informed. There won't be a welcoming ceremony, but our work attitude must be impeccable. Pay special attention when Chu Shijun goes down to inspect the work. We absolutely cannot let it be like what happened to Agui and Ashu a while ago, where they went down and found nothing but problems, and ended up being criticized by name."

Liu Yibai emphasized.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Chen Jinyi turned and left; he already knew what to do.

However, as soon as he walked out of the office and closed the door, he realized what was happening and froze.

Wait a minute, why does what he just said sound exactly the same as what Liu Yibai just said?

As he thought about it carefully, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

Damn it, so you were also planning a welcoming ceremony and got scolded.

I didn't hear you clearly. After I finished speaking, you picked up on someone else's words and started cursing at me?

Okay, okay, you can play it this way. You have a high position, so you're in the right!

Chen Jinyi went to make contact with Bai Jiang with a heart full of resentment.

……

The next day.

Handong International Airport.

The three leaders, Liu Yibai, Yang Xiaofeng, and Wu Chunlin, along with Zhu Wendong, Secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, Ye Qian, Secretary of the Lüzhou Municipal Party Committee, and others, personally attended the airport to welcome them. The ceremony was grand but not ostentatious. Lüzhou and Jingzhou are the core locations for new energy projects and will follow up on this return visit and research.

On the Baijiang side, Chu Shijun, Li Dakang, Li Jiageng, Ye Wentao, and others.

There weren't many people. Among them, Li Dakang insisted on coming back with Chu Shijun after hearing that Chu Shijun was going to return to Handong, saying that he also had a say in the new energy project in Jingzhou at that time.

"Secretary Chu, welcome back to Handong. The new energy strategy you laid out in Handong back then has taken root and borne fruit in just two years, benefiting the entire region. Now that the contract is expiring and we are at a critical juncture, our team unanimously believes that we must invite you back to oversee and set the tone."

Liu Yibai stepped forward and shook hands with Chu Shijun.

Chu Shijun shook hands in response, his expression calm, and said, "Yes, Comrade Yibai, you are too kind. The project took root in Handong. I only set up the framework at the beginning. Over the past year, the Handong leadership and cadres from both cities have been working diligently to ensure the project's implementation. All the credit goes to those on the front lines. This time, I am mainly back to review the issues and address the shortcomings, hoping to take it to the next level."

"Okay, I hope you will give me more guidance."

After Liu Yibai finished speaking, he stepped aside and shook hands with the others.

"Secretary Chu, welcome back."

"Comrade Xiaofeng, how have you been?"

Chu Shijun reached out and patted Yang Xiaofeng's shoulder affectionately. He looked him up and down and teased, "You've gained some weight. It's only been less than a year. Have you been sitting in the office all day and just couldn't bear to leave?"

"hehe……"

Yang Xiaofeng gave an awkward smile. Fortunately, Chu Shijun didn't say much, just offered a few words of advice, and then turned to the next person.

Meanwhile, two people had already huddled together nearby.

"Old Li,"

"Old Ye,"

Li Dakang and Ye Qian clasped hands and shook them vigorously, their faces full of emotion.

The bond between them is something others cannot understand.

Although they sometimes stab each other in the back and shift blame onto each other, putting all that aside, the two have long since forged a deep friendship.

Now that we've met again after more than half a year, we really have a lot to say, but for some reason, we fell silent as we approached each other.

Beside them, the two secretaries looked at their bosses and couldn't help but exchange bewildered glances.

Could there be a story between these two?

Fortunately, Zhu Wendong, the Party Secretary of Jingzhou City, couldn't stand it anymore and came to break the deadlock.

"Comrade Dakang, how have you been?"

Li Dakang snapped out of his daze, turned around, and smiled, "Comrade Wendong."

Zhu Wendong was the former vice governor. After Li Dakang left, he became the secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, which was a very good change.

Li Dakang's recommendation played a significant role in this, which explains the good relationship between the two former and current secretaries of Jingzhou City.

"You should take a good look around now that you're back. After all, you're the former Party Secretary of Jingzhou City. See if I, your successor, have done a good job," Zhu Wendong said with a smile.

"That's natural."

Li Dakang looked around and stood on his homeland. Emotions welled up in his heart, and he was filled with strength. He turned to his head and said seriously, "When I left Jingzhou last year, this place was full of vitality and everything was thriving. If you don't handle this well, I'll have to make trouble for you."

"Haha, I won't let you down."

Zhu Wendong smiled confidently.

He does have that ability. After taking office, he focused on development, which is why he and Li Dakang are like-minded and why Li Dakang recommended him.

Of course, if Lu Zhou hadn't been constantly vying for projects, he was confident he could have done even better.

Ye Qian, the current Party Secretary of Lüzhou City, has been causing him a lot of trouble, relying on the fact that the Executive Vice Governor Lin Wenjie came from Lüzhou and is in charge of the economy and major projects.

Now that the main character is back, we have to say something and have Li Dakang speak to Chu Shijun and file a complaint.

……

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, everyone got into the car.

Following Chu Shijun's instructions, no symposium was held; instead, they went directly to the New Energy Science and Technology Innovation Demonstration Zone for on-site research.

In the car, Chu Shijun quietly flipped through the report materials. Yang Xiaofeng said at the right time, "Secretary Chu, we have fully implemented the differentiated layout of Jingzhou and Lüzhou that you set in the past two years."

"In Jingzhou, we firmly safeguard core R&D, data scheduling, and industry standards, playing a high-end core central role. We have now firmly grasped the technological discourse power in the national new energy industry. In Lüzhou, we focus on pilot-scale transformation, technological innovation, and high-end supporting facilities."