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

Chen Shi was reviewing documents in his office when his phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Zhang Hu calling.

"Zhang Hu"

"Director Chen, are you free tonight? I'd like to invite you for a couple of drinks."

Chen Shi thought for a moment and realized that he didn't have any important social engagements that evening.

"Okay, you can arrange it."

"Thank you, Director Chen."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Xiaobo walked in.

"Director Chen, the Organization Department wants to speak with me."

Chen Shi looked at Yang Xiaobo: "Minister Qin called me about the deputy director candidate. He recommended you to Secretary Liu. You'll be at the Standing Committee meeting soon, so there shouldn't be any problems. Just wait for the appointment documents to come down."

"Thank you for your guidance, Director Chen."

"Work hard and don't let the organization down."

"Yes," Yang Xiaobo was very happy. The deputy section chief position he had been looking forward to for so long was about to be resolved.

After getting off work, Chen Shi arrived at Xiaoyuan Renjia. Zhang Hu saw Chen Shi's car drive in and, as soon as it stopped, jogged over and opened the car door.

Director Chen

Chen Shi got out of the car: "I heard you solved another big case?"

Zhang Hu smiled and said, "It was an old case. It took two months to solve. The murderer had fled to the coast and was hiding. I led a team to the coast to capture him."

Chen Shi patted Zhang Hu on the shoulder: "Not bad. People's police should be like you, solving every case and bringing the murderers to justice."

The two arrived at the private room, where Zhang Hu ordered the dishes in advance and asked the waiter to serve them.

Zhang Hu brought a bottle of good wine, opened it, and poured some for Chen Shi. The food was served quickly, and the two ate and chatted.

Seeing that Chen Shi was in a good mood, Zhang Hu put down his wine glass and said, "Director Chen, I heard that Fushan Town Central School is short of a vice principal?"

Chen Shi looked at Zhang Hu: "Say what you want to say."

Zhang Hu chuckled: "Mengmeng has been a teacher for four or five years and has rich teaching experience. She wants to take it a step further. Do you think she would be suitable to serve as the vice principal of Fushan Town Central School and share your burden?"

Chen Shi put down his chopsticks: "She doesn't want to be a teacher, she wants to be a leader?"

Zhang Hu said with a forced smile, "Director Chen, give Mengmeng a chance. If she doesn't do well, you can bring her back to her original position and make her continue being a teacher."

Chen Shi knows Xu Mengmeng well; she has both high emotional and intellectual intelligence. Giving her a platform might help her develop her talents.

Xu Mengmeng's younger brother, Xu Mo, is currently the head of the General Affairs Section of the Government Office and Zhang Xiangdong's secretary. Zhang Xiangdong needs to maintain a good relationship with Xu Mo to help promote his sister, as Xu Mo owes him a favor.

Needless to say, Zhang Hu is a trusted confidant whom I personally promoted. To maintain a good relationship, I have to give him some benefits.

Wang Yanhong teaches at Fushan Town Central School. She is good friends with Xu Mengmeng. Xu Mengmeng's appointment as vice principal at Fushan Town Central School will definitely be helpful to Wang Yanhong.

Thinking of this, Chen Shi solemnly said, "Have Xu Mengmeng come to the Education Bureau to see me tomorrow, and I'll talk to her."

Zhang Hu was overjoyed: "Great!"

The two drank for a while longer before parting ways.

When Zhang Hu returned, he told Xu Mengmeng that Chen Shi wanted to talk to her. Xu Mengmeng was so excited that she couldn't sleep well all night.

She only had one class in the morning and wasn't in the mood to teach, so she let the students study on their own. After class, she went to the Education Bureau, walked to Chen Shi's office, her heart was racing, she took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, and gently knocked on the office door.

Chen Shi called out, "Come in."

Xu Mengmeng pushed open the door and entered: "Director Chen."

Chen Shi looked up at Xu Mengmeng: "Teacher Xu, please sit down."

Chen Shi stood up and sat down in the reception room.

Xu Mengmeng was a little nervous and didn't know what to say, so Chen Shi poured her a cup of tea.

"Teacher Xu, how many years have you worked at Fushan Town Central School?"

Xu Mengmeng quickly replied, "Four years."

"The organization wants to promote you and give you an important position. Fushan Town Central School is short of a vice principal. Would you like to go back to Fushan Town and continue working?"

"Director Chen, thank you for the organization's trust in me. I am a Party member, and I will go wherever the organization needs me, serving the people wholeheartedly."

Chen Shi stood up, opened a drawer, took out Dong Xuexi's research report from Fushan Town, and handed it to Xu Mengmeng: "Take a look at this."

Xu Mengmeng stood up, took the report with both hands, and quickly read it through. She thought to herself, "What does Chen Shi mean by asking me to read this research report? There must be a deeper meaning. Does he want me to go to Fushan Town to conduct a pilot project for basic education?"

"Director Chen, this research report is very detailed. It provides a comprehensive survey of the 22 primary schools under the Fushan Town Central School. When I was teaching in Fushan Town, I learned that most of the children in rural primary schools are left-behind children. Those who are able to do so have taken their children to the city to study. Some rural primary schools have fewer than ten students per class, and the classrooms are still dilapidated. They cannot retain full-time teachers and most of them are local substitute teachers. I strongly agree with the proposal in the research report to merge rural primary schools, centralize school management, and improve the quality of education."

Substitute teachers generally have low qualifications and insufficient teaching experience. Corporal punishment of students is commonplace, seriously affecting students' physical and mental health. After consolidation of schools, all substitute teachers will be dismissed to improve the quality of the teaching staff and teaching standards.

Chen Shi approves of Xu Mengmeng; she can understand the leader's intentions, which is very important.

"This research report is based on data collected by former Vice Principal Dong Xuexi after visiting 22 administrative villages. The data is authentic and reliable."

Comrade Dong Xuexi has been transferred to Laoyan Town Central School as acting principal. Now you are needed to go to Fushan Town Central School to take over his work.

Education in Chunyang County is lagging behind, and basic education is weak. In the long run, it is necessary to start with basic education. The Education Bureau plans to use Fushan Town and Laoyan Town as pilot areas for basic education.

I have two requests regarding the pilot program for basic education: First, centralized schooling must address the difficulties faced by left-behind children in accessing education, ensuring that their schooling does not become a burden. Second, the quality of the teaching staff must be improved, and all substitute teachers must be dismissed.

Xu Mengmeng took out a notebook from her bag and wrote down the two requests Chen Shi made.

Chen Shi looked at Xu Mengmeng: "Teacher Xu, you have a heavy task. I hope you can withstand the pressure and complete the task assigned to you by the organization."

Xu Mengmeng solemnly said, "Director Chen, rest assured, I will definitely complete the tasks assigned by the organization and ensure that they are completed on time and to a high standard."

The two chatted for a while longer before Xu Mengmeng got up to leave. Just as she stepped out of the Education Bureau, her phone rang. She took it out and saw that it was Wang Yanhong calling.

"Bright Red"

"Mengmeng, the school has taken care of Zhao Yongquan's matter. They made his parents and students apologize to him in front of the whole class and compensate him for medical expenses of five thousand yuan."

Xu Mengmeng asked, "Didn't the parents come to the school to cause trouble?"

"The parents are scoundrels. They came to the school to cause trouble, and the principal called the police and arrested them. Only then did they behave themselves."

Zhao Yongquan refused to stay in his class no matter what, so the principal reassigned him to another class.

Principal Ding's attitude suddenly changed; he became very firm and sided with Zhao Yongquan. Seeing that they couldn't get anything out of him, the students' parents didn't dare to continue making a scene.

The teachers all praised Principal Ding; without the support of the school leaders, the teachers wouldn't dare to discipline the students.

After thinking about it for a while, Xu Mengmeng decided to tell Wang Yanhong the truth.

"Yan Hong, Chen Shi helped with this. I spoke to him about it."

Wang Yanhong was speechless. She thought Ding Xiaochi had a change of heart, wanted to give Zhao Yongquan justice, and stood up for the teachers.