The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

Chen Shi said nothing more, leaving it at that. He had already told them beforehand, but they didn't listen. Whose fault was it?

At this moment, Chen Jianyong came into the house carrying a free-range chicken.

Chen Xing quickly greeted, "Second Brother, please sit down." He took out cigarettes and offered them to Chen Jianyong.

Chen Jianyong took the cigarette, smiled and said, "Xiao Shi, this free-range chicken has been raised for three years. It's from the same brood as the one we're killing tonight. Your sister-in-law asked me to bring it to you because she was worried you'd be leaving early tomorrow morning. Take it back to town tomorrow morning and kill it to eat."

This free-range chicken tastes good tonight; it's definitely not fed any commercial feed. Chen Shi isn't being polite; getting you into the tobacco bureau and eating one of your free-range chickens isn't too much to ask.

"Go back and thank your sister-in-law for me."

Chen Jianyong sat down, and the four chatted for a while before getting up to leave.

Seeing that it was almost time, Chen Xing brought Chen Shi some water to wash his feet.

Chen Shi quickly said, "Brother, I can do it myself."

"So you don't have to stand up," Chen Xing said, placing the foot-washing water in front of Chen Shi.

Chen Shi soaked his feet; it was almost ten o'clock. He then went to sleep, as he needed to get up early the next morning.

The next morning, Chen Shi got up at six o'clock and saw Wang Guihua busy in the kitchen.

Chen Shi called out, "Mom, why are you up so early?"

"You said last night that you had to get up early to go back to town for a meeting, so I got up early and cooked you a bowl of noodles."

You must eat breakfast; you can't go hungry, it's bad for your stomach.

After Chen Shi finished washing up, Chen Xing also got up.

"Xiao Shi, I'll go back to town with you."

Wang Guihua brought over two bowls of hot egg noodles. After the start of autumn, the weather in the mountains is a bit chilly in the mornings and evenings.

Wang Guihua reminded her two sons to wear more clothes so they wouldn't get cold.

As Chen Shi ate his noodles, he felt that his parents had it tough, farming so much land and taking care of two children.

Chen Xing sat down to eat noodles, and Chen Shi said softly, "Brother, you and your wife have the weekend off, so come back and help Mom and Dad with some chores. Mom has to take care of two kids, and Dad is working so hard farming all by himself."

Chen Xing quickly replied, "Don't worry, your sister-in-law and I will be back this weekend. We can harvest this crop in two or three weekends."

After Chen Xing finished eating his noodles, Chen Shi picked up the free-range chicken that Chen Jianyong had given him and called out, "Mom, we're going to town."

"Hurry up, don't be late."

Chen Shi drove, with Chen Xing in tow, and the journey was bumpy.

Chen Xing lit a cigarette: "Once the road is repaired, I plan to buy a car so it will be easier to come back."

"Sure, you can come back whenever you want."

The two chatted for over an hour until they arrived in town.

Chen Shi took Chen Xing to the power management office before returning to the police station. He checked the time; it was only 7:50, ten minutes before he had to go to work.

The meeting starts at nine o'clock; it's still early.

When Chen Shi arrived at the office, Zhang Hu was wiping the table and tidying up for him.

Upon seeing Chen Shi enter, he smiled and said, "Good morning, Director Chen."

Chen Shi nodded in satisfaction. What leader doesn't like a sensible subordinate?

Zhang Hu isn't sensible; he's been raised by Xu Mengmeng. This shows the importance of finding a reliable girlfriend.

Men shouldn't marry just any woman. Some women bring prosperity to three generations, while others bring harm.

In order to help Chen Shi tidy up his office, Xu Mengmeng would call Zhang Hu at seven o'clock every day to wake him up and help him tidy up the office.

This job shouldn't require getting up so early, but some people are eager to do it. Zhang Youcai, the head of the logistics team, despite his old and frail body, comes every day to volunteer for the job.

Always one step too late, Zhang Hu was always faster.

Zhang Hu finished packing and left.

Chen Shi prepared the meeting's draft. The plenary session at nine o'clock mainly focused on promoting ideological and political education, strengthening service to the people, and how to be a qualified people's police officer.

Later, they will be sent to the Public Security Bureau in batches for two days of ideological and political education.

After busying himself for a while and finishing up, Chen Shi checked the time—it was nine o'clock—and got up to head to the conference room.

The meeting was chaired by Wang Jianming, who spoke based on the ideological and political education documents issued by the Public Security Bureau. He basically read the documents for two hours, drank two cups of water, and the people below were all drowsy, as if listening to a lullaby.

After the meeting, Wang Jianming called Chen Shi over.

"Director Chen, next you need to supervise the training of the people below. When they go up for the training, Political Commissar Song will conduct a spot check. If they don't know anything, they will blame us for not supervising the training and will be criticized."

Chen Shi didn't take it seriously at all, and said perfunctorily, "Okay, I will make the arrangements and supervise their studies."

When Chen Shi went to work in the afternoon, he called Li Hong.

The call was answered quickly.

Chen Shi

Chen Shi quickly smiled and said, "Li Zhen, are you free tonight? I'd like to report to you about my work."

"Okay, you choose the location."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Li."

After hanging up the phone, he still had to criticize himself in front of Li Hong, recommending Chen Jianhua, that idiot, saying he had no choice but to clean up his mess because Chen Jianhua was completely incompetent.

After getting off work, Chen Shi went to Chunlai Restaurant and waited for half an hour before Li Hong's car finally stopped at the door.

Chen Shi jogged over and opened the car door.

"Li Town"

Li Hong came out, smiling, and said, "No need to wait for me outside. Something came up, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It is my honor to wait for the leader."

Li Hong walked into Chunlai Restaurant with satisfaction. The dishes were ordered in advance by Chen Shi. The two went into a private room, and Chen Shi signaled the owner, Sun Ruyi, to serve the dishes.

When the food was served, Chen Shi opened the wine bottle and poured wine for Li Hong.

The two men clinked glasses, with Chen Shi toasting Li Hong.

Chen Shi saw that they had eaten enough and drunk enough, and it was time to get down to business.

"Li Zhen, I want to apologize to you."

Li Hong put down his chopsticks and, out of the blue, began to apologize to me. What happened?

He didn't ask, waiting for Chen Shi to continue.

Chen Shi continued, "Li Zhen, the acting village secretary of Qinghe Village, Chen Jianhua, whom I recommended to you before, has concealed his medical history. He suffers from congenital heart disease, and he will cause trouble if he gets excited."

I only found out about his illness after I went home.

Due to the heavy workload of the village committee and his health condition, which prevented him from better serving the villagers, he resigned as acting village party secretary to the town party committee.

As Chen Shi spoke, he took out the application from his briefcase and respectfully handed it to Li Hong with both hands.

Li Hong breathed a sigh of relief. He thought something serious had happened. It was just this. If he didn't want to be the acting village party secretary, there were plenty of other people who could do it.

I took the application form, glanced at it, and placed it on the table.

"He was sick, and you didn't know it beforehand, so there's nothing to examine about it."

Chen Jianhua is a good comrade. He is ill and unable to better serve the villagers, so he voluntarily resigned as acting village party secretary, which is commendable.

Many village committee cadres, despite their advanced age and limited energy, refuse to step down and stubbornly remain in their positions.

"Taking this opportunity, I want to propose at the Party Committee meeting that we learn from Comrade Chen Jianhua, so that other village committee cadres can see what it truly means to have the villagers in one's heart."

No wonder he's the town mayor; their perspectives are completely different. This time, Chen Jianhua is still able to retain a good reputation.

"Thank you, Li Zhen. I have to learn from you; my perspective on issues is not comprehensive enough."

"You're still young. When I was your age, I knew nothing. When you get to my age, you'll be more successful than me."

Chen Shi said earnestly, "Li Zhen, if I were even a tenth as old as you, I would be content."

The young man is eloquent and a promising talent; no wonder he has earned the appreciation of County Magistrate Liu and Director Zhang.