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

Director Gao Wentao attended the meeting and took his seat in the conference room beforehand. Looking at the situation before him, he didn't say much.

Chen Jingcheng had already taken a look beforehand, and then went to Li Feitu's office.

Given the current situation, he wanted to inform Li Feitu in advance to prevent Li Feitu from doing anything out of control once he arrived at the venue.

Although Li Feitu appeared calm, both Director Gao and Chen Jingcheng could sense that a volcano was simmering inside him, ready to erupt at any moment.

Upon seeing Li Feitu, Chen Jingcheng quickly said, "County Chief, the meeting is about to start. I just went to the meeting room and saw that some units may have their top leaders busy, so they have sent their deputy leaders instead."

The imagined anger did not materialize.

Li Feitu seemed to be in a very stable mood, and he just smiled at Chen Jingcheng.

"some?"

"There are a total of sixteen participating organizations. Are six of them the top leaders?"

Chen Jingcheng paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Up to just now, I only saw three unit leaders; the rest were all deputy leaders."

"County Chief, I will inform their top leader right now and have him come here in person."

However, Li Feitu shook his head and said, "Jingcheng, there's no need. What happened today couldn't be kept secret from others anyway. With Secretary Zhao and the others stirring things up, it's only a matter of time before all the officials, big and small, in Linchuan County find out about this."

"It doesn't matter whether you come or not. If you don't come, it doesn't matter either. If you don't come, then stop laughing at me."

"Besides, today's discussion didn't result in any resolutions. Just have them take notes of the meeting and relay them back. After all, even if I'm no longer the county magistrate, someone else will still hold this position. Even if I stop managing these matters, someone else will."

"Let's go, Jingcheng, to the meeting."

Since Li Feitu had already thought this way, Chen Jingcheng naturally wouldn't say anything more.

Afterwards, Chen Jingcheng accompanied Li Feitu to the conference room. Once inside, not only Li Feitu, but even Chen Jingcheng could sense that the people attending the meeting were looking at him strangely.

After Li Feitu took his seat, his face expressionless, he looked at everyone and said calmly, "What? Is there something on my face?"

"I think you are all aware of what happened today. Of course, it's possible that many of you heard some exaggerated accounts, but that's not important."

"I didn't bring anyone from the inspection office to this meeting, and I don't plan to say anything else to you. Let's just stay in our positions and do what we're supposed to do."

"At least, I'm still the county magistrate for now!"

"Okay, let's begin with the first topic."

Li Feitu made his point clear: he was still the county magistrate, and whatever the people present heard or thought was irrelevant and meaningless.

The most important thing is that Li Feitu is still the county magistrate. As long as Li Feitu is in this position, he has the power of a county magistrate. If you really anger him, others won't have an easy time either.

Therefore, the meeting went smoothly, and no one dared to directly provoke Li Feitu at this time.

Meanwhile, in Secretary Zhao Mingyuan's office, Deputy Secretary Wang had already begun giving a report.

"Secretary Zhao, we've scheduled the democratic life meeting for 9:00 AM tomorrow. If it concludes quickly, we'll immediately convene an expanded meeting of the Standing Committee. If it takes longer, we'll schedule the expanded meeting for 3:00 PM this afternoon. Does that sound acceptable?"

Upon hearing this, Secretary Zhao thought for a moment and then shook his head, saying, "The expanded meeting of the Standing Committee must be convened immediately; there's no need to wait until the afternoon."

"In this way, the democratic life meeting can be moved to 8:30 a.m., and the meeting can be completed in three hours without affecting the subsequent expanded meeting of the Standing Committee."

Upon hearing this, Deputy Secretary Wang thought for a moment and said, "Secretary, if it ends in three hours, it will be 11:30. There shouldn't be any problem continuing the expanded meeting of the Standing Committee at that time. However, I'm worried that it might not end in three hours."

"Although this democratic life meeting was convened specifically for Li Feitu, Li Feitu has offended many people with his actions, so it may be difficult to control the timing of criticism against him."

"Moreover, even if Secretary Sun doesn't have time to attend our democratic life meeting, the city's guidance team will be sent. Secretary, you see, the meeting will end around noon. You should have lunch with the guidance team."

At this point, Deputy Secretary Wang looked at Zhao Mingyuan and said with a smile, "Secretary, there's no need to rush. Everything has been settled now. It's just Chen Jingcheng. If you ask me, there's no need to take action at the Standing Committee meeting. We can arrest him and take him away at any time."

"Anyway, the news will get out eventually."

Zhao Mingyuan thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Alright, you're right. Let's proceed according to the original plan for now. As for the rest, we'll see how things go tomorrow."

"By the way, is Li Feitu having a meeting on the second floor? How's it going? Did he throw a tantrum?"

Deputy Secretary Wang shook his head and smiled, "I just received a message from the meeting. Li Feitu didn't lose his temper, but he said that he is still the county head and still in this position, so he has to do his job well, and everyone else has to do their job well too. The meaning is very simple, it's a threat, but this threat has no power at all. It can be seen that Li Feitu is now in despair."

Upon hearing this, Secretary Zhao's smile grew even wider.

Looking at the time, Secretary Zhao Mingyuan smiled and said, "It's December 22nd now, Monday. Let's resolve this as soon as possible and get everything settled before New Year's Day so that everyone can welcome the new year with a fresh mindset and a new attitude."

"A new year should always bring a fresh start."

Deputy Secretary Wang's smile grew wider. Yes, a new year brings new beginnings. Perhaps, if things go smoothly, he could sit on the county head's seat he had always dreamed of before New Year's Day; if not, it would definitely be no problem after New Year's Day.

It's time for a new look, a new appearance; after all, our status is different now.

Just then, there was a knock on the office door.

After Secretary Zhao called out "Come in," a middle-aged man in his forties walked in and respectfully greeted Deputy Secretary Wang and Secretary Zhao.

Secretary Zhao pointed to the chair next to Deputy Secretary Wang and said with a smile, "Liye's here, sit down."

Upon hearing this, Wang Liye quickly sat down and asked, "Secretary, what are your instructions?"

Secretary Zhao looked at Deputy Secretary Wang, nodded, and said, "Old Wang, Liye is the Deputy Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission. You should talk to Liye about Chen Jingcheng's matter."

"This will allow Liye to prepare in advance."

From the moment Deputy Secretary Wang saw Wang Liye from the Discipline Inspection Commission enter, he knew that Secretary Zhao's determination to take action against Chen Jingcheng had reached its peak.

Because of the support that Secretary Li Shanshan had given to Li Feitu at the Standing Committee meeting, Secretary Zhao was very dissatisfied with Li Shanshan. So he bypassed Li Shanshan and summoned Deputy Secretary Wang Liye of the Discipline Inspection Commission to personally arrange the work.

Of course, in the eyes of Secretary Zhao and Deputy Secretary Wang, even without calling Wang Liye over, directly instructing Li Shanshan to arrest people would be perfectly fine.

After all, the evidence is conclusive.

However, Secretary Zhao had no intention of doing so. He summoned Wang Liye to tell Li Shanshan that this was Linchuan County, and that Zhao Mingyuan was still in charge here.

Even the Discipline Inspection Commission!