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

Huang Ming chatted with Li Zhe for a bit, then felt it necessary to report to Chen Shi.

The two went to Chen Shi's office and gave a report.

After listening, Chen Shi was very satisfied with Huang Ming's work attitude. He was proactive, not perfunctory, and completed the tasks assigned to him immediately.

When Chen Shi agreed to rebuild Qinghe Village Primary School for Tian Guangming, he had already planned to have Donghai Zhencheng Group fund the construction.

Qinghe Village Primary School is the school in my hometown, so I can't handle it myself and need to avoid suspicion. That's why I asked Li Zhe to take charge.

Donghai Zhencheng Group won a project worth over 2 billion yuan, and spending 2 to 3 million yuan to build a rural primary school is a great deal for Wan Xirong.

Chen Shi said with a smile, "Director Huang's work attitude is something every cadre in the Education Bureau should learn from. He immediately takes action on tasks assigned to him and provides results right away."

Li Zhe added, "I will learn from Director Huang in the future. With Director Huang's work attitude, there is no problem that cannot be solved."

Chen Shi looked at Li Zhe: "Director Li, you have a heavy responsibility to bear in the work ahead. If you encounter any difficulties, please feel free to speak up, and I will support you."

Li Zhe took out a list and handed it to Chen Shi with both hands: "Director Chen, the people on the list are members of the investigation team. I want to go to Fushan Town as soon as possible to investigate and hold the relevant leaders accountable."

Chen Shi took it and glanced at it: "You're the head of the investigation team. Just arrange whoever you need."

"Thank you, Director Chen." Li Zhe said with a beaming smile, "Director Chen, I would like to ask the design institute to redesign the school's teaching building, dormitory building, and teachers' apartments for the reconstruction of Qinghe Village Primary School. Once the drawings are ready, we will prepare a detailed budget and coordinate with Donghai Zhencheng Group to have them build according to the drawings."

Chen Shi nodded in agreement: "I don't care about the details of building the school. I only require one thing: the quality must be guaranteed, and it must be able to withstand a magnitude 6 or 7 earthquake."

Li Zhe took out his notebook and wrote down Chen Shi's request.

Huang Ming continued, "Director Chen, the construction of the three key high schools has started simultaneously and is proceeding in an orderly manner. The construction standard is to withstand a magnitude 7 earthquake."

Chen Shi said solemnly, "Regarding the construction and quality of the three high schools, we will strictly follow the bidding documents. When it comes to acceptance, we will invite experts to conduct the acceptance inspection according to the bidding documents. If the inspection fails, the final payment for the project will not be made. You should remind Wan Xirong."

Huang Ming nodded: "The contract has acceptance provisions, and I also mentioned it to Wan Xirong separately. He told me to rest assured that they are more attentive to quality than we are."

After reporting their work, Huang Ming and Li Zhe left Chen Shi's office.

Seeing Huang Ming and Li Zhe leave the office, Yang Xiaobo walked in, his face beaming, and said, "Director Chen, the conference room on the roof has been converted into a KTV room. It's all decorated. Please go up and take a look. The sound system is all imported, and the sound quality is excellent."

Chen Shi became interested: "Let's go up and take a look."

Yang Xiaobo and Chen Shi went to the private room. The room was very large, more than 100 square meters, and the decoration inside was much better than that of the KTV rooms outside. There was a separate stage that could accommodate more than ten people to dance on.

Chen Shi picked up the microphone, and Yang Xiaobo quickly asked, "Director Chen, what song would you like to sing? I'll pick one for you and test the sound system."

Chen Shi initially only intended to set up this KTV room casually for his own singing practice, with a budget of over 100,000 yuan. Later, at Yang Xiaobo's urging, the budget increased to over 500,000 yuan, and a set of sound equipment alone cost over 300,000 yuan.

Yang Xiaobo said, "This is the face of the Education Bureau. When we invite leaders from other units to sing, we can't be too stingy. We should use high-end sound equipment, which will last longer and be more cost-effective."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Shi decided that it would be worthwhile to invite Liu Youguang to sing here, and approved the budget submitted by Yang Xiaobo.

The microphone feels different in your hand; you get what you pay for. Imported microphones are just different.

"Please play 'Friends' and let me test the sound system."

Yang Xiaobo quickly selected "Friends".

As the intro began, Chen Shi recognized it; he used to sing this song every time he went to karaoke in college.

After the song ended, Yang Xiaobo clapped and said, "Director Chen, you sang so well! Your voice is beautiful and just as good as a professional singer."

Chen Shi knew that his singing skills were weak and he often sang off-key, so he didn't take Yang Xiaobo's words seriously.

He was satisfied with the sound quality of the audio system; it was better than the sound quality of the KTV rooms in the county government guesthouse.

Chen Shi inspected the various rooms and was satisfied with the KTV room. He thought he could invite Liu Youguang to sing there in the future, and it could also become a place for education bureau officials to have fun.

"Old Yang, let's turn this place into the Education Bureau's activity center. Everyone can come here when they have free time to sing, dance, and relieve the pressure of work."

Yang Xiaobo quickly took out his notebook and wrote down the key information. He thought to himself, how could ordinary cadres be allowed to come here? If any cadre could come here to sing, it would seem too cheap. Cadres should not be allowed to sing here except for leaders. He had to be careful.

Another point is that people often come here to sing, and the frequency of use is too high. They don't know how to take care of it and damage the sound equipment. Then Chen Shi will feel that he bought a fake product and got benefits from it.

Making a bad impression on your boss is unacceptable.

Chen Shi sang two more songs, found his rhythm, and sang ten songs in one go, his voice almost hoarse.

Yang Xiaobo asked Xiao Guang to bring over bottled water. He handed it to Chen Shi, who glanced at Yang Xiaobo, took the water, and that's what you call keen observation. Before the leader even gave the order, he had already made arrangements in advance.

Chen Shi drank half a bottle of mineral water in one gulp. Xiao Guang stood aside, secretly noting that Chen Shi liked to sing and that he should practice more when he got home.

What he didn't know was that Chen Shi didn't like singing; it was just that Liu Youguang liked singing. Chen Shi set up a karaoke room so he could practice singing and impress Liu Youguang in the future.

Seeing that Chen Shi was in a good mood, Yang Xiaobo smiled and said, "Director Chen, our Education Bureau doesn't have any decent entertainment venues yet. Renovating this place will fill that gap. The entertainment center of the Industry and Commerce Bureau next door is much more luxurious than ours."

We've also hired professional staff to maintain the equipment. Our KTV rooms are equipped with high-end sound systems, especially the mixing console. When singing, we need professional staff to adjust it according to each person's voice to ensure better sound quality.

The more high-end the sound system, the more regular maintenance it requires. KTV rooms are open to all staff and employees, leading to excessive usage. Since most staff are not professionals and lack maintenance knowledge, the sound quality will deteriorate rapidly.

Chen Shi, tired from singing, sat down on the sofa to rest and asked, "Old Yang, do you think it's necessary to hire a professional sound engineer to maintain the equipment?"

Yang Xiaobo smiled and said, "Director Chen, we need to hire a professional sound engineer to maintain this sound system. After it opens, everyone will come here to sing."

Chen Shi looked at Yang Xiaobo: "The Education Bureau is hiring a sound engineer. Do you think that would be suitable?"

Yang Xiaobo smiled and replied, "It's hard to recruit a tenured sound engineer. We can hire a contract worker. That way, it won't take up a tenured position, and we still have the initiative. The contract is signed once a year, and if we don't need it anymore, we can dismiss him when the contract expires."

After thinking about it, Chen Shi realized that with such a large investment, hiring a sound engineer to maintain the equipment wasn't excessive.

The KTV rooms in the county government guesthouse have professional sound engineers. If we want to invite Liu Youguang to sing here in the future, we will need a professional sound engineer.

"Old Yang, go and arrange this. Find a professional sound engineer to maintain the equipment."

Yang Xiaobo was overjoyed; his nephew's job was now secured.

It's not that this position needs this person, but rather that this position is needed because this person exists.