In officialdom: After she left, I rose rapidly through the ranks!

When Chen Jingcheng arrived at the second floor of the county government building, it was only around eight o'clock.

Director Gao from the government office had not yet arrived at the office, but some people from other departments had arrived much earlier, while the doors of some other departments were still locked.

Chen Jingcheng stood at the door of Director Gao's office and waited. In just a few minutes, he saw that one person after another was waiting at the door of some rooms. These people looked to be quite old. Chen Jingcheng recognized some of them; they were all heads of various units and some township leaders.

In their respective units, these people are undoubtedly the central figures. Others wait for them, and they never wait for others. After all, whether in townships or county-level units, they are the ones who hold the pen, whose signatures are effective, and who have real power.

But today, Chen Jingcheng saw that these people were all waiting obediently in front of one door after another, and what they were waiting for were naturally some county leaders.

This is truly different from what I saw and heard while working in rural towns.

Chen Jingcheng also saw some bureau chiefs and town mayors, greeting familiar government office staff with smiles. Many of them even went directly into the offices of these government office staff to sit, smoke, chat, and laugh.

This scene made Chen Jingcheng fully understand the true status of the county government office in Linchuan County.

Whether he has real power is hard to say, but it's true that he'll be looked up to wherever he goes.

After all, these people are close to the leader; even if you don't care about the leader's reputation, you should at least give them some face.

Soon, about twenty minutes later, a man who looked young and quite capable, around forty years old, arrived in the corridor. He greeted each leader with a smile along the way, neither humble nor arrogant, and exuded a strong sense of confidence in his every move.

This person was none other than Gao Wentao, the director of the government office that Chen Jingcheng had come here to see today.

Director Gao seemed to be very approachable. When he saw Chen Jingcheng waiting at the door, he smiled and said, "Come in and let's talk."

After speaking, Director Gao went into his office, and Chen Jingcheng followed him in.

After Director Gao entered the office, he pointed to the chair opposite his desk and said with a smile, "Jingcheng, come, have a seat."

"Starting today, you are a member of the Linchuan County Government Office. We are in a superior-subordinate relationship, as well as a colleague relationship."

"Don't be shy or nervous. I've only been working in the government office for a little over three months. To be honest, I'm a newcomer to this position."

Director Gao jokingly said that he was a newcomer, but Chen Jingcheng could not possibly treat Director Gao as a newcomer or colleague.

Chen Jingcheng didn't know who would be the director of the other local government offices or what their future prospects would be.

However, in Linchuan County, the director of the government office is absolutely the core of the core. After all, this is to directly serve the county head and lead the government office to serve the entire county government. To put it bluntly, it is service, but more importantly, it is to assist the county leaders in their work. It is to serve, to advise, and to execute.

Moreover, the directors of the government offices are all members of the county government's party group. Although they are not deputy-department-level cadres, in some respects they are also county leaders.

Director Gao Wentao is a promising young man. He started working in the Organization Department, and after a period of time, he was transferred to the County Party Committee Office as deputy director. In his early thirties, he was transferred to the Discipline Inspection Commission as deputy secretary at the level of section chief. A few years later, he went to a township to serve as secretary. This time, he was transferred back to the government office as director.

Looking at his resume, Director Gao Wentao has leadership experience in the Organization Department, the County Party Committee Office, and the Discipline Inspection Commission, as well as experience as a township-level official. He has just turned forty and returned to the County Government Office as director. As expected, everyone believes that Director Gao Wentao will be promoted to deputy director level in the next step.

However, it is currently unknown when this will happen—whether it will be after completing a full term or after a quick promotion.

Promotion is a certainty.

Chen Jingcheng would naturally not be careless in the face of such a leader. Moreover, it was said that the reason he was able to leave the Haiwan Town government was because Director Gao Wentao took the initiative to ask him to be one of his men.

Sitting opposite Director Gao, Chen Jingcheng took out a notebook and respectfully said, "Director Gao, I was able to get a job in the county government office entirely because of your promotion. I don't know how to express my gratitude, so I can only prove to you with my actions that I will not let you down."

Director Gao smiled and nodded, saying, "Alright, let's not talk about that for now. I believe in your work ability; otherwise, I wouldn't have transferred you here."

"Of course, the decision to transfer you to the government office this time is not only my suggestion, but also the will of County Chief Li."

"Jingcheng, don't let County Magistrate Li's kindness go to waste!"

Chen Jingcheng was completely dumbfounded.

County Magistrate Li?

He had considered many possibilities, but he never expected that the person who transferred him to work in the government office would be County Chief Li.

Of the eight county leaders in Linchuan County, only one is surnamed Li, and he is a real county head, not a deputy county head.

Especially since County Chief Li is only thirty-five years old this year, yet he is already a county chief at the level of a full-fledged department head, the top leader of the government, and the second-in-command of the entire Linchuan County. How could such a person know him?

However, Chen Jingcheng knew that no matter why County Chief Li knew about him and transferred him here, it represented one fact: he had embarked on a promising path. As long as there were no problems, his future promotion speed and influence in Linchuan County would probably rise sharply.

They've made it big! They're really going to make it big!

At this moment, Chen Jingcheng couldn't help but be excited.

"Li, County Magistrate Li?"

"Director Gao, how did County Chief Li know about me?"

Director Gao smiled and said, "You write well. When County Chief Li went to the township for research, he met you and thought you were very good. So, it's not a problem to transfer you here to serve him directly."

"After all, County Chief Li is young, promising, and highly capable. He can't be wrong to have chosen someone like that."

"Jingcheng, you have a bright future ahead of you. However, since you will be working in the government office and directly serving the county head, there are many things you will need to learn and pay attention to."

At this point, Director Gao poured Chen Jingcheng a glass of water and said with a smile, "Jingcheng, you should know, right? Directly serving the county magistrate, becoming the county magistrate's liaison officer, or what others call a secretary—what does that mean?"

"This is a coveted job that so many people would fight tooth and nail for!"