In name only: I will break the chess game in Handong

I can tell you very clearly that these worries are precisely a manifestation of your selfishness!

You were right about something you just said. You've been out of touch with the people for too long, so long that you've forgotten that the original purpose of our work is to serve the people wholeheartedly!

All you think about is power struggles and the desire to climb the ladder. You're truly disappointing!

Chen Luo's words were like a heavy hammer blow, striking Huo Chunhua's heart and leaving him speechless.

"Minister Chen, I acknowledge all the issues you raised!"

"Don't be so high and mighty. It's your problem, whether you want to or not, you have no choice but to admit it!"

I can tell you very frankly.

The purpose of this admonitory talk between me and you is to see if you, as the Party Secretary, can come to your senses. The higher-ups will not listen to any guarantees you make now.

Based on what I just said, if you don't genuinely recognize your problems and correct them, then your term will only last for the next few months.

"Minister Chen...I..."

"You don't need to say anything else. I don't want to curse, especially at a veteran colleague who has worked longer than me!"

"You'd better watch yourself. I don't want to hear your repentance; both I and those above me only care about the outcome!"

Chapter 500 Pride and Inferiority: The Rise of the Phoenix Man

Chen Luo's tone was firm, and Huo Chunhua knew that continuing the argument would be pointless. He had to accept the consequences; he wasn't the kind of person who couldn't accept defeat.

"Sigh... Minister Chen, are you now telling me the whole truth?"

Chen Luo nodded. "It's too early to say we've laid out our secrets. At our level, conspiracies and tricks won't get us anywhere. The higher-ups won't care who you schemed against or who you overthrew; they'll only care whether you've benefited the people and whether you've done your job properly."

On this point, Comrade Chunhua, you have disappointed the higher-ups. It's not that they are heartless; they are willing to give an old comrade like you a chance to reform.

So this admonitory talk is my doing, not yours to get into the whale. You only get one chance.

If you've managed to get away with it and the higher-ups will forgive and forget, but you continue to do as you please, then don't blame fate for being unfair.

Huo Chunhua lowered her head.

"Minister Chen, thank you for giving me this opportunity. You are right, I am too petty as a secretary."

"Don't laugh at me, Minister Chen, but I've never suffered in my entire life."

Chen Luo sighed softly.

“You have a good father, which is not a bad thing. The mistake is that you rely too much on so-called power.”

I'm not sure if you've truly realized your mistake or are just pretending.

However, Comrade Chunhua, I only have one thing to say: the organization will only look at the results a few months from now!

"Minister Chen, I understand!"

"Now that you understand, let's end this admonitory talk here. The future of Handong depends entirely on you!"

After saying that, Chen Luo stood up. Huo Chunhua also quickly stood up when he saw this. As he left, the anxiety in his heart completely dissipated. He had no way out and could only move forward.

As Huo Chunhua left the office and walked to the elevator, she bumped into Lu Yun.

Normally, the two of them would not give each other a friendly look when they met, but this time was different. Lu Yun took the initiative to step forward with a smile.

"Secretary Huo, is the conversation over?"

Huo Chunhua nodded.

"It's over, Comrade Lu Yun, what's going on..."

"Secretary Huo, I'm next for a talk, so I'll be waiting outside. By the way, Secretary Huo, what did Minister Chen talk to you about? Was it strict?"

Lu Yun tried to get more information out of her, but Huo Chunhua had already let go of her dislike for Lu Yun.

He just wants to go back to his office to sort out the problems across the province and resolve them as soon as possible so that his superiors can see his determination to reform.

Therefore, he simply replied calmly.

"Comrade Lu Yun, you'll know whether it's strict or not once you experience it for yourself. I don't want to argue with you anymore, so let's leave it at that."

After saying that, Huo Chunhua pressed the elevator button and stepped inside.

Upon seeing this, Lu Yun curled his lip.

"Stop pretending! You always act so smug, but now you're acting like a refined gentleman. Just you wait, one day I'll be the one taking your place!"

Lu Yun kept muttering to himself, and the conversation with him began after about half an hour.

Unlike his conversation with Huo Chunhua, Chen Luo had a natural dislike for people like Lu Yun.

However, as I said before, liking or disliking is not the standard, and Chen Luo himself will strictly abide by this principle.

Knock, knock, knock, the door opened.

"Come in!"

As soon as Chen Luo finished speaking, Lu Yun pushed open the door and entered.

Standing before Chen Luo, with a serious expression and upright posture, he said, "Minister Chen, thank you for your hard work!"

His voice was soft and gentle from the start, which made Chen Luo frown. He pointed to the chair and said, "Comrade Lu Yun, sit down and talk."

"Okay, thank you, Minister Chen!"

Lu Yun maintained his upright posture after sitting down. Chen Luo didn't pay attention to this small detail, mainly because the performance was too much and it didn't arouse his interest.

"Comrade Lu Yun, I won't bother with formalities. I just chatted with Comrade Chunhua for half an hour. If Comrade Chunhua's problem is that she is too arrogant, then Comrade Lu Yun, your problem is that you have a hidden inferiority complex."

Lu Yun was stunned when Chen Luo spoke.

He didn't know what to say.

"You don't need to make that face. I've seen your information. Unlike Comrade Chunhua, you have a very ordinary family background. You are a student who came from the Loess Plateau."

You entered university in 1984 and started working in 1988. You graduated from Whale Teachers College and were selected to work in a ministry after graduation. You had two marriages. Your first wife was the daughter of a vice minister in the ministry where you worked at the time.

Later, the vice minister retired early due to poor health. The following year, you divorced your first wife, and a few months later, you remarried.

Your second wife's family wasn't ordinary either; she was the deputy secretary of Shaanxi Province at the time, and later became the governor, retiring at the ministerial level. Am I right?

Lu Yun was sweating profusely at this moment; none of his prepared answers to the question about Handong were of any use!

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yun forced himself to calm down.

"Minister Chen, does the conversation also include these personal matters of mine?"

"Comrade Lu Yun, I know very well what you are thinking. Judging from your two marriages, you are a very ambitious and goal-oriented person. In other words, you are ambitious!"

If you want to move up the ladder, you'll probably accept any means necessary to advance.

"Minister Chen, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier. I have ideals and aspirations, and there's nothing wrong with that, is there?"

Chen Luo shook his head.

"Having ideals and ambitions is certainly not a problem. The problem is that you have been too cunning and calculating along the way, and you think you are smart. That's why I say you have an inferiority complex hidden in your heart."

"Minister Chen, I don't believe I have the inferiority complex you're talking about!"

"Sigh, why bother, Comrade Lu Yun?"

I admire your remarkable ability to endure.

But what you absolutely shouldn't have done was put the people's interests last and your own interests first.

"Minister Chen, I didn't!"

"You can refute or deny it, but what I want to tell you is that neither the higher-ups nor I will trust you just because you deny it."

On the contrary, we don't need evidence, we only need to rely on our own judgment. I don't object to your ambition, nor do I look down on your hidden inferiority complex.

What really angers me is that you keep provoking Comrade Chunhua in order to compete for the position of secretary, while failing to do your job properly!

If you can manage to both scheme against Comrade Chunhua and fulfill your own duties, you can continuously promote the economic development of Handong.

Now it's not me giving you a disciplinary talk, but rather I'm transferring Comrade Chunhua to make you the Party Secretary.

This is your biggest mistake!

After Chen Luo finished speaking, Lu Yun was stunned.

However, the redness on her face quickly disappeared.

"Hehe, Minister Chen, your analysis of me just now, isn't it just your own personal speculation?"

Chapter 501 The Great Demon King Chen Luo, People in Fear

"In the end, Minister Chen, you and Huo Chunhua are the same kind of people. Minister Chen, you really don't have a distinguished family background."

But you are the darling of the entire Whale University, graduating with a combined bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree. You have the support of your former supervisor, the resources of your senior classmates, and the help of Whale University alumni paving the way for you.

You wouldn't understand. Someone like me, if I don't fight tooth and nail to climb the ladder, no one will ever help me.

Yes, both of my marriages were for the purpose of gaining political resources, and even the children I had didn't take my surname. But it was against this backdrop that I gradually made it to where I am today!

I am no worse than anyone else, nor am I worse than you!

"Why? Why do you receive such high regard from above, rise so quickly to great heights, wield such power, and oversee a region, while I have to sit across from you like a dog and listen to your talk!"

"Comrade Lu Yun, you have lost your composure."

"No! I didn't! Chen Luo, don't think I don't know. You just look down on me, look down on my background, and look down on how I got here through all sorts of scheming."

I know with my eyes closed how you'll badmouth me to your superiors after this admonitory talk. It's just a matter of being dismissed on the spot. I've already gotten this far enough!

Whether it's double regulation or expulsion from the Party, the worst that can happen is spending the rest of my life in prison!

As he spoke, tears welled up in Lu Yun's eyes and streamed uncontrollably onto the table. Chen Luo sighed softly. This was bad; he was hard to comfort her…

"Comrade Lu Yun, raise your head!"

Since gentle words are ineffective, let's increase the intensity.

Chen Luo's sudden rebuke interrupted Lu Yun's grief, and he slowly raised his head to meet Chen Luo's gaze.

"I'm asking you, have you ever embezzled anything?"

"without……"