Nominal: The Handong Game, the Energy System's Counterattack

Li Dakang coldly raised his eyes, his gaze scraping across Sun Liancheng's face like a knife.

He didn't get up, but just sat there, looked around, and finally his gaze fell on the group of people outside.

"Arrangements? You seem to have made quite thorough arrangements."

Li Dakang didn't see Sun Liancheng squatting by the window, speaking in a sarcastic tone.

Li Dakang was, after all, the Party Secretary of Jingzhou City, so Sun Liancheng had to listen to whatever he said.

His gaze then swept over the windows that had been torn apart and scattered around him.

"Liancheng, I've told you all more than once that anything involving the interests of the masses is no small matter."

"Resolve what can be resolved as soon as possible, and don't drag it out, because dragging it out will only lead to more problems."

Regardless of the circumstances, Li Dakang needs to be brought up first.

This was his prepared opening line. In the original script, once this line was uttered, Sun Liancheng would have to obediently lower his head and listen to the reprimand.

However, Sun Liancheng's performance has now exceeded Li Dakang's expectations.

Hearing Li Dakang's words, he took it as a compliment.

Sun Liancheng laughed heartily, looked around, and followed Li Dakang's words.

"Secretary Li's words are insightful and very true. Some of our leaders just like to procrastinate."

This sentence made Li Dakang pause for a moment.

What, Sun Liancheng, didn't you know I was referring to you? You actually agreed to it?

"However, some things really can't be put off."

"This petition window, for example, was designed by Ding Yizhen when he was the district party secretary."

"Secretary Li, look, this window is so low and narrow. People who come to handle their business don't know whether to stand or sit."

"Having to bend over, lean to one side, and stand on tiptoe—that's not how you receive the public; it's making things difficult for them."

"I've wanted to change this for a long time. Last year, I submitted a report to the municipal party committee behind Ding Yizhen's back. I didn't expect the municipal party committee to tell me to find Ding Yizhen."

"Ding Yizhen, who received the news, even gave me a long talk. You tell me, heh." Sun Liancheng spread his hands, looking down at Li Dakang.

"Six months ago, some people complained through this window, and I submitted a report again, but it was still dragged on."

"This dragging on has completely tarnished the image of our Guangming District government."

"I went to Ding Yizhen, and Ding Yizhen told me to ignore it and just report it, saying the leaders were dragging their feet."

"I don't have any money myself, so I can't possibly go to the provincial capital to report such a small matter."

Sun Liancheng shrugged, indicating that he, Sun Liancheng, had never done anything wrong; it was just that his superiors were dragging things out.

"After Ding Yizhen fled, I thought about fixing things up here, and the new Secretary Zhao was very supportive."

"But after calculating and calculating with my colleagues at the district finance bureau, we simply couldn't squeeze out that amount of money."

"There was no other way but to submit a report to the municipal party committee and government to apply for funding."

"It seems there's still no feedback from the municipal party committee." Sun Liancheng raised his eyes and looked directly at Li Dakang, his gaze unwavering.

"It wasn't until Mayor Wu returned to preside over the work of the municipal government that the funding was approved, and when Mayor Zhao and I were reporting to him about this matter, that the funding was finally approved."

"As soon as the funds arrived, we immediately started the renovation."

"In order not to affect the public's daytime petitions, I also instructed them to carry out construction at night."

"During the day, we'll clean up the hall, make use of the space, and set up tables and chairs so that our comrades can continue to receive the public."

Li Dakang tapped his knee lightly with his fingers, his face cold.

He realized that Sun Liancheng was agreeing with him, saying that Li Dakang was the leader who was dragging his feet on resolving the petition window issue.

It's like the knife that Li Dakang threw out flew back.

Sun Liancheng shifted all the blame to the municipal party committee for delaying the approval of funds, and the person who "delayed the approval" happened to be Li Dakang himself.

Sun Liancheng's words were practically a veiled attack on Li Dakang—you know Guangming District is short of funds, you've received reports, it's just that you didn't approve them.

Now that Wu Xiongfei has approved it, I'll get to work right away. What else can you say?

It goes without saying which leaders disregard the feelings of the people and keep delaying.

They even brought up Wu Xiongfei, who had returned to Jingzhou, as a comparison, which was a slap in the face to Li Dakang.

"Moreover," Sun Liancheng continued, his tone even carrying a hint of self-satisfaction.

"I discussed it with the newly arrived Secretary Zhao, and we retrained all the staff in the Letters and Visits Bureau."

"The work style of the staff at the Guangming District Petition Bureau is quite different from before."

"As you can see, when people come, there are chairs to sit on, tea to drink, and candy to eat. Staff members record their requests face-to-face."

"Children can also come here to do their homework; there will be someone watching them so nothing will happen."

"Elderly people who have nowhere to go in winter are welcome to come and sit here and enjoy the warmth."

"The petition office is a place where people can trust each other and visit each other. We can't let people feel like they're entering an old-fashioned government office when they go to the petition office."

"Secretary Li, how is it? Doesn't it feel very different now?" Sun Liancheng spread his arms and pointed to the hall.

"Look, those teas, candies, and those chairs—Secretary Zhao and I all paid for them ourselves."

"The city's funds are going to be used to renovate the service windows; we'll handle these minor details ourselves."

"Should we have our municipal party committee award Sun Liancheng a commendation?" Li Dakang's face darkened further.

"No, Secretary Li, you're here for an inspection, so I'm just giving you a brief overview of the current situation. I don't mean to take credit, hehe."

Sun Liancheng chuckled, seemingly oblivious to Li Dakang's dark expression.

Last time, when Zhao Dehan and Sun Liancheng went to report to Zhou Chuyi, they inadvertently mentioned the Guangming District Letters and Visits Bureau.

Zhou Chuyi directly instructed the two men to go to Wu Xiongfei, the mayor of Jingzhou City, and to have them renovate the window as soon as possible.

This is, after all, a window into the government's image. If this gets reported, their Guangming District will lose its reputation.

The key is to prevent anyone from using this matter to cause them trouble.

Fortunately, Zhou Chuyi stepped in and reminded him, and Wu Xiongfei quickly approved the funding. Zhao Dehan and Sun Liancheng then carried out the rectification as quickly as possible.

Fortunately, the current demolition progress of the Guangmingfeng project has prevented Chang Chenghu from participating for the time being.

The renovation project of the petition office window in Guangming District was taken over by the construction team under Chang Chenghu.

They acted quickly; I didn't expect Li Dakang to come here today.

Sun Liancheng could tell from Li Dakang's expression that the other party was looking for trouble, but he wasn't intimidated.

Following Li Dakang's words directly, they launched into a sarcastic remark at the other party.

Li Dakang was naturally furious, but this made Sun Liancheng, who had been suffering all along, feel relieved.

Li Dakang raised his head slightly, squinted at Sun Liancheng, and stared at him.

He realized that he hadn't known in advance that the petition office had started to rectify its practices, and it seemed that he no longer had the opportunity to use this incident to put Sun Liancheng in a bad light.

Sun Liancheng had already shut him down; if he continued to dwell on the matter at the petition window, it would only make him seem unreasonable.

But who is Li Dakang? He is the top official in Jingzhou City, a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, and currently a close confidant of Sha Ruijin.

He had more than just this one trick up his sleeve to control Sun Liancheng.