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

Yang Xiong picked up the phone and called Jiang Yiqiu.

"Principal Jiang, please come to my office for a moment."

Upon receiving the call, Jiang Yiqiu rushed over: "Principal."

Yang Xiong called out, "Sit down."

Jiang Yiqiu sat down, and Yang Xiong said, "Vice Principal Liu Yu has been transferred to No. 8 Middle School to serve as principal. After the enrollment work is completed, I will recommend you to serve as executive vice principal."

Jiang Yiqiu was overjoyed. Of the four vice principals, she was ranked last. She hadn't been a vice principal for long, and now she was about to be promoted to executive vice principal, just one step away from becoming the principal.

"Thank you for your guidance, Principal. I will follow your instructions and complete the enrollment work with high quality and quantity."

Yang Xiong looked at Jiang Yiqiu: "Your abilities are obvious to everyone. I told you last time that you need to put your heart into recruiting top students to No. 1 High School."

Jiang Yiqiu quickly said, "Principal, I have already contacted three impoverished students from Chunyang County. Their families are not well-off, but their parents will be tempted by the conditions we offer."

"Shen Xiaorong took the college entrance exam a year early, so we must find someone to take over her class. I hope that No. 1 High School can have students who get into Tsinghua and Peking Universities every year."

"Principal, I understand. I will get this done as soon as possible."

Jiang Yiqiu understood that the lineage could not be broken; the better he did in the exam, the more attention the government would pay and the greater the support it would provide.

Money will be provided if needed, and personnel will be provided if needed. With the source of top students stabilized, at least the minimum standard can be maintained.

After finishing his work, Chen Shi picked up his phone and called Yang Xiaobo.

"Old Yang, come to my office for a moment."

Yang Xiaobo put down the documents in his hand and went to Chen Shi's office.

Director Chen

"Old Yang, have a seat."

Yang Xiaobo sat down: "Director Chen, Yang Bin has officially joined the company and has been assigned to the Safety Management Office."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Old Yang, you did a great job. Yang Bin is a veteran, and as a leader in the bureau, you should give him enough care."

Yang Xiaobo repeatedly said yes.

Chen Shi continued, "There is an important matter I have assigned to you. During this time, put aside all other work."

The three high schools in the township will be officially abolished in September. All teachers will be assessed before they can take up their posts. You are in charge of this matter. The assessment must strictly follow the decision of the Party Committee meeting and kick out any teachers who are not qualified.

Those who pass the assessment will be hired; those who fail will all be transferred to teach in various townships.

Vacant teaching positions will be filled through nationwide recruitment, with a focus on quality over quantity to ensure the teaching standards of all teachers.

Yang Xiaobo took out his notebook and wrote it down.

"Director Chen, I'll go down and arrange this, and come up with a plan."

Chen Shi hummed in agreement: "Go ahead and get back to work."

Yang Xiaobo walked out of the office, knowing that this matter was difficult to handle and would offend people. However, it was a task assigned by his superiors, and he had to do it even if it was difficult.

It's also an opportunity. You can place your own people in positions of authority, and whether they're qualified or not is entirely up to you. Out of a hundred teachers, ninety are qualified, and the remaining ten, even if they're not, won't affect the overall situation.

Leaders only care about results, not the process; as long as achievements are produced, that's enough.

Whether someone is excellent or not is sometimes impossible to quantify.

The next day, Yang Xiaobo organized an assessment team to evaluate the teachers of the three high schools in the township.

The assessment consists of two parts. One part is a written test, which is objective and determines whether you pass based on your actual skills and abilities.

The second part is teaching level. Teachers give a ten-minute lecture to the assessment team, who will then score them. This is the supervisory part; some people will think you are good, while others will think you are not. Teachers are all focused on this part, and no one wants to fail the assessment and be transferred to a township central school.

High school teachers are paid much better than those at central schools. Even with tutoring fees, they can earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a year, which is extra income.

Members of the assessment team kept sending gifts to his home.

As the chief examiner, Yang Xiaobo was not at home receiving gifts, so the teachers sent the gifts to his cousin Feng Yuan's courtyard.

Dozens of people ask him to intercede on their behalf every day.

Yang Xiaobo was tactful in his actions; while accepting gifts, he also made sure to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors.

You can't do a one-off deal. If you don't do the things your boss asks you to do well, they won't use you next time.

As long as you get things done, accepting a small gift won't bother your boss. What your boss values ​​is whether you've done things well. Even if you don't accept gifts and are impartial, if you don't do the things your boss assigns well, your boss won't use you next time.

Chen Shi knew that Yang Xiaobo was capable of handling this matter, which was why he entrusted it to him. If the three key high schools were not built to a satisfactory standard, he would not be able to explain it to Liu Youguang.

If Liu Youguang is disappointed in Chen Shi, his chances of getting the deputy division-level position will be slim, and it's uncertain when he'll be able to get it back.

The goal was to get rid of Liu Youguang, who was the top official in Chunyang County, while Liu was still a deputy-division-level official.

Li Zhe walked into Chen Shi's office: "Director Chen, I'd like to report on the auction of the three high schools in the township."

Chen Shi stood up to greet him: "Director Li, please sit down and let's talk slowly."

The two sat down in the reception room. Li Zhe said, "Director Chen, the auction for the three high schools in the township has ended. Let me report the results first. As per your instructions, the final transaction price for the No. 2 High School building was 20.5 million yuan. The Huangchang Town People's Government won the bid for the No. 2 High School building."

The final transaction price for the No. 3 Middle School building was 2.23 million yuan, and the winning bidder was the Fushan Town People's Government.

The final transaction price for the No. 4 Middle School building was 51 million yuan, and the winning bidder was the Shangying Town People's Government.

Li Zhe looked at Chen Shi and, seeing that he didn't intend to interrupt him, continued, "The township cadres are all shrewd; they won't act until they see the benefits. There was no other way, so I found a few companies from other provinces to act as shills. Only after seeing this did they agree to invest heavily in acquiring three township high schools."

Chen Shi said in a deep voice, "This price is our bottom line. The local government has taken a huge advantage. We must ensure that they take over the three high schools in the township before the money is in place. Director Li, you must hold firm on this bottom line."

"Director Chen, rest assured, I have signed a contract with them. The payment must be in place before September, and the formal handover will be in October, after the school buildings are moved to the new school."

Li Zhe took out the plan and handed it to Chen Shi with both hands: "Director Chen, this is the plan for the pilot project of basic education in Fushan Town. It involves building seven rural primary schools and auctioning off the original primary schools in each administrative village. The total proceeds were 4.2 million yuan."

"Seven primary schools will be built. As per your instructions, the standards will be appropriately lowered. Qinghe Village Primary School has already been built, and six more primary schools will be built. The budget is 17.89 million yuan. The auction of the primary schools in the administrative villages will yield more than 4 million yuan, and the Education Bureau will allocate more than 13 million yuan to Fushan Town Central School."

Chen Shi took the proposal, looked at it, and made some slight modifications based on the proposal put forward by Dong Xuexi.

"This 13 million yuan will be discussed at the Party Group meeting at the beginning of the year, and the funds will be allocated as soon as possible for the pilot program in basic education. We expect to see results next year."

In June 2014, a comprehensive centralized school management system for basic education will be implemented.

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