Special forces soldier demobilization: Starting from the county government compound, a meteoric rise

Zhao Gang's slap was extremely hard and crisp.

The junior clerk who usually swaggered around the registration desk had half his face swollen up like a steamed bun, his glasses knocked off and hanging precariously from his ear. He covered his face, slumped to the ground, his eyes unfocused, his mind buzzing like a million flies.

Did he hear that right?

Secretary Zhao... what should you call this young man?

Secretary Liu?

Moreover, Mayor Lu specially sent someone to pick them up.

"Secretary Zhao... Secretary Zhao, are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else?" The clerk stammered, making a last-ditch effort, his voice trembling with tears, "He... he's just a newcomer..."

"Shut up! You idiot!"

Zhao Gang glared at him fiercely, his eyes filled with a look that seemed to want to devour him alive.

When Zhao Gang turned to face Liu Ming, he bent over instantly, his face plastered with a fearful smile, cold sweat dripping down his temples, which he didn't even dare to wipe away.

"Secretary Liu, I'm so sorry! The mayor had a last-minute foreign affairs event that caused a slight delay. I was rushing around as fast as I could, but I still didn't expect that such an inconsiderate person would offend you!"

Zhao Gang was genuinely panicked.

Before coming, Mayor Lu Chen gave me many instructions.

The original words were: "Xiao Zhao, my junior brother has a bad temper, but he's a financial genius. It's unfair to put him in the Youth League Committee this time. Go pick him up for me, and make sure you make the right gesture so he doesn't feel disappointed."

Junior brother!

How many people in the entire Ningzhou City could be called "junior brother" by Mayor Lu himself, and who would specifically emphasize that he has a "bad temper" and is a "genius"?

These aren't officials reporting for duty; they're clearly honored guests invited by the mayor!

And what happened? He was harassed by this gatekeeper the moment he stepped inside, and spent the entire afternoon doing nothing? If this got back to the mayor, his secretary would be in deep trouble too!

Seeing Zhao Gang's tense and almost exhausted appearance, Liu Ming did not rush to speak.

He slowly picked up the form with a large turtle drawn on it from the ground and gently dusted it off.

"Secretary Zhao, let's follow the rules."

Liu Ming's voice was calm and even, yet it carried a suffocating pressure.

"This comrade said that it's 'learning time' now and business is suspended. As a newcomer, how dare I ask for special treatment? I'll wait until this comrade has finished 'learning' before I go through with the procedures."

These words were like a soft knife, stabbing directly into the heart of that junior clerk.

Murder and kill!

The clerk on the ground trembled in fright, and his crotch was instantly soaked.

Zhao Gang was an extremely shrewd man. Upon hearing this, what was there left for him to understand?

He whirled around and kicked the clerk hard in the leg, roaring, "Study? What the hell did you study? How to smear the municipal party committee?"

"Open your dog eyes and look carefully! This is the newly appointed deputy secretary of the Municipal Youth League Committee! He's Mayor Lu's direct junior from Tsinghua University! He's an economics PhD that even the mayor couldn't persuade to come!"

"You made him fill out an intern registration form? And made him wait in line all afternoon? I think you're just tired of wearing this uniform!"

**A Tsinghua University PhD!**

**The Mayor's Junior Brother!**

As soon as these two labels were posted, those who had been peeking around in the corridor to watch the spectacle gasped and shrank back.

The junior clerk was so terrified that he forgot to cry and just gasped for breath like a dying fish with his mouth open.

He never dreamed that he would step on such a huge landmine while looking for fun!

In the rigidly hierarchical municipal party committee compound, offending the mayor's junior colleague is practically tantamount to the end of his political career. No, not just the end, but he'll likely never be able to survive in Ningzhou again.

"Secretary Liu... I was wrong... I was blind... Please... Please have mercy..."

Ignoring the excruciating pain on his face, the clerk scrambled to Liu Ming's feet, trying to grab his trouser leg, but Liu Ming subtly avoided him.

Liu Ming looked at him, her eyes showing no anger, only a condescending indifference.

It's like an elephant watching an ant trying to trip it up.

"Secretary Zhao," Liu Ming turned to Zhao Gang, "it seems the work style of the municipal party committee offices still needs improvement. If word gets out that this 'difficult to enter, unfriendly faces, and difficult to get things done' phenomenon, it might damage Mayor Lu's reputation, wouldn't it?"

Zhao Gang's heart skipped a beat.

These words were directed at him, and also at Mayor Lu!

This isn't a registration visit; it's clearly a discipline inspection tour!

"Yes, yes, yes! Secretary Liu's criticism is correct!" Zhao Gang nodded vigorously, then turned to the director of the General Affairs Bureau who had rushed over upon hearing the news and roared, "Old Sun! Is this the kind of soldier you trained? What's the point of keeping such a black sheep around? Fire him immediately! Hand him over to the discipline inspection department for a thorough investigation!"

The director of the affairs bureau turned green with rage. Without saying a word, he ordered two security guards to drag the limp clerk away.

The farce ended swiftly under the absolute crushing force of power.

The corridor returned to silence.

Zhao Gang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and carefully gestured for him to proceed: "Secretary Liu, you don't need to worry about the formalities. I'll have someone take care of them and deliver them directly to you. The mayor is still waiting for you in his office; he said he has some good tea and would like to catch up with you."

Liu Ming nodded and straightened her cuffs.

Before leaving, he paused slightly as he passed the clerk being escorted away by security guards.

The clerk was now ashen-faced and his eyes were vacant. When he saw Liu Ming stop, he instinctively flinched.

Liu Ming extended her hand.

Just when everyone thought he was about to make a move, he simply patted the swollen face lightly.

The movements were very gentle, even carrying a hint of "concern".

"Dude, got that."

Liu Ming leaned close to his ear and whispered with a soft laugh in a voice only the two of them could hear:

There are some people in this world that you can't see through with your dog eyes.

"From now on, keep your eyes peeled."

"Not every time will you have the chance to lose your job and not your life."

After saying that, he straightened up, his face regaining its harmless smile, turned around and followed Zhao Gang, striding towards the mayor's office at the end of the corridor.

Only the clerk remained, who completely fainted in despair.

Outside the corridor window, the setting sun was like blood.

Looking at Zhao Gang's slightly hunched back in front of her, Liu Ming felt a sense of clarity.

This is Ningzhou.

This is the game of power.

Here, no fists are needed; all you need is an identity, and a single sentence can crush a person into dust.

Old Fan is right, the water here is very deep.

But Liu Ming found the water quite interesting.

He touched the business card Han Zhengyang had given him in his pocket, and then thought about the "senior" mayor he was about to meet.

Now that my identity is revealed, I might as well stop pretending.

The truth has come out.

I, Liu Ming, am here to stir up trouble in this great river.