After the night talk with Jiang Xia on "June 27", Chu Tianqi felt that the other party's analysis was reasonable, and he was convinced that Peng Shaogen was jealous of himself because of his position as deputy secretary, so he kept making trouble for himself. And he felt that Peng Shaogen had repeatedly manipulated the investment plan, not only for Pengcheng Company, but also to set up obstacles for himself to distract himself from competing for that position.

While satirizing Peng Shaogen's "villain's heart and the belly of a gentleman", Chu Tianqi also paid attention to the trend of the deputy secretary candidate. Of course, he just paid more attention and didn't ask others, this kind of news can't be inquired about casually.

Chu Tianqi noticed that in the next ten days or so, in several (city) counties under the jurisdiction of Dingye City, the vacant substantive positions of the deputy department were basically replenished. Some are assigned by superiors, some are internal adjustments (city) and county, and some are cross-regional transfers.

Compared with other (city) counties that are frequently adjusted in place, the post adjustment in Chengkang City is extremely deserted, not only the deputy department posts are vacant, but the vacant positions of the main and deputy departments have not been moved.

In stark contrast, the news of the "non-governmental organization department" has emerged one after another, especially the candidates for deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and director of the party committee office are hot topics of discussion, and deputy secretaries are hot spots among hot spots. With regard to the candidates for deputy secretaries, almost all the current members of the Standing Committee of the Deputy Division have been given "opportunities," among which Peng Shaogen, the current secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the head of the Organization Department have the highest "voices." Of course, the "Ministry of Civil Organizations" also provided the possibility for the higher authorities to send personnel, and also gave vague and general candidates.

No matter how it was spread outside, Chu Tianqi paid special attention to Peng Shaogen's movements. He found that in the past two weeks, Peng Shaogen spent more than half of his time not in Chengkang, but went to the province or Dingye City. He also heard Li Jian say twice that Peng Shaogen went to Dingye overnight, and saw each other again when he went to work the next day. This shows that Peng Shaogen is traveling back and forth at night, which is obviously urgent, and it must be for the sake of secrecy and avoiding unnecessary acquaintances or eyes.

Although he has not met Peng Shaogen much in the past two weeks, Chu Tianqi found that Peng Shaogen has torn off the hypocrisy on the surface when facing him, and he is often gloomy, and his speech is also cynical and cannon-packed. He did not fight the opponent to the end, but he never let the other party reprimand him every time, but succinctly fought back at the other party, not only did the other party not take advantage, but sometimes cut the other party's face. Seeing the other party's anxious white face and cold eyebrows a few times, Chu Tianqi couldn't help but laugh, and was amused for the other party to set himself up as an imaginary enemy. The more suspicious the other party is, the more Chu Tianqi has to properly create the illusion of "grabbing position" for the other party in the face of provocation, and deliberately choke the other party's anger.

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It's the start of a new week.

Monday, July 12.

Not long after going to work in the morning, Chu Tianqi received a call from Xiao Zheng, Xue Tao's secretary, informing him to greet the city leaders in front of the party committee building at half past nine.

Hearing this notice, Chu Tianqi thought of a similar experience, and decided that the leaders of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee had come to announce the vacant candidates. Although he knew that those positions had nothing to do with him, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious to know which colleague had gone further. From the bottom of his heart, what he didn't want the most was Peng Shaogen, he felt that Peng Shaogen was too inferior and should not be promoted. But he also understands that his own ideas are too naïve, how can politics be so simple?

At 9:20, Chu Tianqi came out of the office building and went straight to the party committee building. There were still strange glances at him, but he was used to it, either ignoring it or nodding and smiling in response.

Coming downstairs at the party committee, Chu Tianqi found that he was the first to arrive, so he stood in the shade, lit a cigarette and smoked it.

Not long after, another member of the Standing Committee was present. These "old smoking guns" are also the same as Chu Tianqi, racing against time to swallow clouds and spitting fog. Everyone now cherishes the opportunity to smoke, the relevant regulations are becoming stricter and stricter, and a timetable has been set for banning smoking in public places, especially for party and government cadres to take the lead in setting an example. When will it be better not to suck at this time?

There were already several "old smoking guns" gathered together, including the head of the organization and the secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, but Chu Tianqi didn't find anything abnormal about the two, and he realized that these two people must be out of play. Otherwise, not to mention carefully dressed up and deliberately prepared, at least you should pay attention to the quality temporarily.

A familiar figure walked over, it was Peng Shaogen, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor. Peng Shaogen was wearing dark gray half-sleeved, navy blue trousers, and black lace-up leather shoes, without a trace of joy on his face, and his steps seemed to be very heavy. Compared with other people's white half-sleeves, Peng Shao looked a lot old-fashioned, and his face was gloomy, which made him even more bitter and hateful. If you just look at this state, it doesn't seem like you want to go further.

"Old Peng, smoke one. Yao Zongwang, secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, handed over a cigarette.

"Nope. Peng Shaogen waved his hand and did not stop, but continued to walk forward. Probably aware of his gaffe and impoliteness, after taking two steps, he turned his head back and squeezed out a smile, "My throat hurts." ”

Yao Zongwang did not show displeasure because of the other party's faux pas, but said with a smile: "The air conditioner is blowing, and the bitter tea is drinking, where is there such a big fire?"

"Who can say clearly?" Peng Shaogen put away his smile and walked under the rain alone.

"Click", the sound of high-heeled shoes moving, and a bright figure came out of the building and went under the rain.

Everyone's eyes were attracted by the sound of leather shoes, and it turned out that Jiang Xia, the propaganda department, had arrived. Jiang Xia was wearing a purple skirt with black irregular patterns, a silver brooch pinned to her chest, and a pair of purple-faced gangster high-heeled leather shoes on her feet. With slender legs, hair in a bun at the back of her head, a delicate face with light makeup, and elegant steps, Jiang Xia's whole person looks very temperamental. Although the body is still a little plump, it seems to be thinner, and the cheeks are not as round as before, and she is definitely a beauty.

In the past, Cai Yong and You Chenggong liked to joke with Jiang Xia the most, and always wanted to take advantage of their words, but today without those two, it seems that the atmosphere is a little dull.

Jiang Xia naturally noticed everyone's gaze, she smiled at everyone, and then casually quickly stared at Chu Tianqi, then twisted her head to the side, and a flush appeared on her face. The blush was like shyness, like joy, and like a hint of apprehension.

A light cough sounded, which brought back the attention of all men, and it turned out to be Mayor Wang Yongxin.

Immediately after, there was a sound of "oh oooo" footsteps, Xue Tao walked out of the building, followed by the secretary Xiao Zheng.

The "big smoking guns" no longer had cigarette butts in their hands, and they all gathered under the rain. There was talk and laughter just now, but now that they are gathered together, there is no sound, and there is a trace of embarrassment in the air. Chu Tianqi raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and the time was nine thirty-five.

After being embarrassed for about three or four minutes, I saw a flash of light and shadow, and a black "Passat" turned in. The car number is the car of Yin Hongbo, deputy director of the Organization Department of the Dingye Municipal Party Committee, and Chu Tianqi had been in this car when he took office.

In the blink of an eye, the "Passat" came to a steady stop in the rain.

Xue Tao, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward, opened the right rear side door, and said enthusiastically: "Welcome Minister Yin to come and guide!"

Yin Hongbo got out of the car and stretched out his right hand: "Hello Secretary Xue, everyone has worked hard." ”

Xue Tao immediately shook the other party: "It's not hard, it should be." ”

did not continue to greet the other party, Yin Hongbo withdrew his right hand and shook hands with the other people who greeted him one by one.

When he shook Chu Tianqi, Yin Hongbo stretched out his left hand and patted the opponent's right arm: "Not bad, not bad." ”

"Thank you, Minister. Chu Tianqi was very happy to be so courteous to his superiors.

Since Chengkang took office, Chu Tianqi has visited Yin Hongbo twice. Although he was on the way when he visited Cheng Aiguo, Yin Hongbo was very enthusiastic about Chu Tianqi every time and spoke highly of him. He could see that Yin Hongbo belonged to Cheng Aiguo's family.

At this time, two more people got out of the car, a man and a woman. The woman is Li Aijia, the director of the Second Division of the Organization Department, Li Aijia smiled at everyone, and everyone smiled back, which was regarded as a greeting.

The man was about thirty-seven or eight years old, of medium height, wearing glasses, and of thin build. The whole outfit is standard for civil servants: white half-sleeves, navy blue trousers, and black lace-up leather shoes. Everyone present knew the man.

Pointing at the man with his hand, Yin Hongbo said: "Secretary Xue, this is Yan Yuzhou, the chief of the second section of the secretary of the Dingye Municipal Party Committee Office, and he will soon be the chief housekeeper of the Chengkang Municipal Party Committee." ”

The big housekeeper, everyone understands that Yan Yuzhou is the director of the Party Committee Office.

After Xue Tao and Yan Yuzhou shook hands, Yin Hongbo did not continue to introduce the others, but said that they would meet again after a while, and whispered a few words to Xue Tao.

Xue Tao immediately faced everyone: "At ten o'clock, the meeting will be held on time in the third conference room on the seventh floor. After speaking, he accompanied Yin Hongbo to the building.

Chu Tianqi noticed that when Xue Tao was about to hold Yin Hongbo, Yin Hongbo seemed to flick his arm casually, and Xue Tao withdrew his arm. I don't know if this is Yin Hongbo's unintentional move, or is he deliberately trying to keep his distance from the other party?

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When Chu Tianqi entered the third conference room, he found that there were already many people sitting in the conference room, who were the deputy county magistrates, members of the party group and some other deputy department personnel.

Sitting in his place, Chu Tianqi was still thinking about the question in his heart: Who is the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee?

Judging from Yin Hongbo's companions today, there is obviously no candidate for deputy secretary of the Chengkang Municipal Party Committee. Since the directors of the party office have come, there is no reason why the deputy secretary will not take office, and the deputy secretary is likely to be selected from the existing members. With doubts, Chu Tianqi swept his gaze to his side, and he found that there were two positions that were still empty, these two positions were located on his left and right, and the names printed on the table sign were "Yan Yuzhou" and "Jiang Xia".

Jiang Xia seemed to have gone upstairs together just now, where did she go? Where can she go? Suddenly, a thought flashed in her mind: Was she called to talk? Could it be that she was ......

It's impossible, isn't it? Anything is possible.

A sound of speech came in with the sound of footsteps, and suddenly there was no sound in the room, and everyone turned their eyes in the direction of the door.