Monday, 29 November 2004, at 8.10 a.m.

Huang Shouzhi stood at the door of the government compound, he didn't go in for a long time, he didn't know which office he should go to, the government building was five floors, if he didn't know which office to enter, it would be embarrassing, and his transfer was too fast, and it was a little unbelievably fast.

The doorman looked at Huang Shouzhi and finally came out and spoke.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

"I—I'm here to work."

"Go to work, which department are you in, I've never seen you."

"I, I received a notice yesterday to report to the government office today."

"Yesterday, yesterday was Sunday, no office, who informed you, no one will make fun of you, tell me, what the hell are you doing."

"I am a teacher at the No. 1 Middle School in the city, and yesterday Director Zhang informed me that I should come to work in the government office."

The doorman paused for a moment and looked at Huang Shouzhi carefully.

"Which Director Zhang informed you?"

"Director Zhang Dongtao, we had dinner together the day before yesterday."

"Oh, it's Director Zhang, then you go to find Director Zhang, Director Zhang's office is on the far left on the fourth floor, you can find it if you go upstairs, just now I saw Director Zhang has gone to the office...

Huang Shouzhi walked into the government building, looked around carefully, and walked up the stairs.

No one asked, and people kept entering the office building and walking towards their respective offices.

Huang Shouzhi gritted his teeth and walked in the direction of the fourth floor.

Finally, in an open office on the left side of the fourth floor, Huang Shouzhi saw Zhang Dongtao.

"Teacher Huang, you are here, sit in the office for a while, Mayor Liao still has a little matter to deal with, you wait here, I will call you later."

Huang Shouzhi nodded, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and handed it to Zhang Dongtao.

Zhang Dongtao took the cigarette, nodded, and walked in the direction of the iron gate.

Liao Fanmin's expression was not very good, and Zhang Dongtao's face was cautious.

"Director Zhang, how did Secretary Sun know that Huang Shouzhi had been transferred to the government office."

"This, it should be said by the principal of No. 1 Middle School."

"Why, can the municipal party committee interfere in the government's transfer of people?"

"It's not to interfere, or to ask, at about seven o'clock in the morning, Director He called and asked if the government office had transferred a teacher to work in the government office, saying that this teacher was the backbone teacher of the city's No. 1 middle school.

"Needless to say, you call Director He and ask him to call me directly."

Zhang Dongtao was a little embarrassed and looked at Liao Fanmin.

"If you are told to fight, what are you afraid of, Lao Zhang, you are the director of the government office, the affairs of the government are still directly managed by you, no matter what other people think, you must know in your heart, what should be insisted on needs to be adhered to, you don't have to be careful in front of me, I am not so stingy, and it is not so difficult to wait, you have to remember that the more times you insist, the prestige will naturally be established, and the future work will be better carried out."

Zhang Dongtao stood up straight, looked at Liao Fanmin, nodded and spoke.

"Mayor Liao, I understand, I'll call Director He right away."

The phone on the table rang, and Liao Fanmin picked it up.

"Mayor Liao, hello, I'm He Siyao."

"Director He, hello, I heard that you just called Director Zhang to ask about the transfer of government personnel."

"Yes, I asked, yes, there are not many backbone teachers in City No. 1 Middle School, because the backbone teachers of City No. 1 Middle School have been adjusted this time, and the leaders of No. 1 Middle School have made a special report, so I called in the morning to ask about the situation."

"So that's the case, Lao He, please notify the leaders of the No. 1 Middle School in the city and let them report to me directly."

"That, Mayor Liao, you misunderstood, the leaders of the No. 1 Middle School in the city did not mean to complain, just to report, Huang Shouzhi is the backbone teacher of the No. 1 Middle School, and he is also the teacher carefully cultivated by the No. 1 Middle School, so they talked about the situation."

"I know, you tell the leaders of the No. 1 Middle School in the city, if there is anything to report directly to the municipal government, go to the municipal party committee to find Secretary Sun's trouble, what kind of system, transfer Comrade Huang Shouzhi to work in the government office, it is a decision I made, if there is anything dissatisfied with the No. 1 middle school in the city, and there is any misunderstanding between the municipal party committee and Secretary Sun, I am responsible for explaining."

"Yes, yes, Mayor Liao, I understand."

"Director He, there is one more thing, in the future, the contact between the municipal party committee and the municipal government can be standardized, the municipal party committee is naturally responsible for Director He, and the municipal government is responsible for Comrade Zhang Dongtao.

"Mayor Liao, I'll report your opinion to Secretary Sun immediately."

"Well, I'm waiting for Secretary Sun's news, I can't decide on the municipal party committee, the municipal government has already decided, and in the future, Comrade Zhang Dongtao will be responsible for the liaison work, as for the reporting and exchanges between the leaders of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, that's another situation."

When Liao Fanmin hung up the phone, Zhang Dongtao, who was quite excited, couldn't help but speak.

"Mayor Liao, you don't have to do this."

"Lao Zhang, then what do you think I should do, or do I come according to the previous rules, then what am I going to Linfeng City for, are I here for a vacation, don't say anything else, you remember what I just told you, okay, let Huang Shouzhi prepare, cheer up, let's go to the Municipal People's Congress."

Huang Shouzhi entered the office.

"Huang Shouzhi, sit, I don't have much time, you remember a few points."

"First, you work by my side, that is, my secretary, I can tell you that before I came to Linfeng City, I was doing secretarial work, and I have been doing secretarial work for five years, how should I do secretarial work, what to pay attention to, I have a record in my notebook, you take a look at it carefully in the past two days, and I won't say much about the rest."

"Second, be strict with yourself, you come to work by my side, and you used to teach in the city No. 1 Middle School is definitely different, at least you are in contact with different people and things, you will encounter some temptations, and you will also face a lot of dilemmas, what is right, what is wrong, sometimes it is really difficult to distinguish, but you remember one thing, you are not allowed to collect money casually, you are not allowed to reach out to anyone and any unit, you are not allowed to express your position to anyone casually, if you do these things, I can't save you, it is equivalent to harming you."

"Third, do a good job without distractions, when you teach in the city No. 1 middle school, you focus on teaching, and pay little attention to other things, or even do not pay attention to other things, because you are concentrated, so in just a few years to become the backbone teacher of the city No. 1 middle school, work by my side, I hope you keep this state, work wholeheartedly, don't think too much about other aspects."

"I am at ease with you, but not necessarily for Xue Yuxiang, Teacher Xue is your wife immediately, the wind on the pillow is very strong, sometimes you have to learn to distinguish, to do work for your wife, to take into account the overall situation, you go to work in the administrative unit, you will naturally think of the problem of promotion, you don't want Teacher Xue will also think for you, you should pay special attention to this aspect, I do not object to the cadres working in the administrative unit thinking about promotion, but the first thing is to do a good job, the work is not done well, thinking about promotion all day long, that is a pipe dream."

"There are some bad tendencies in society, I can't deny it, and you will come into contact with them in the future, but in my case, those tendencies don't work, I don't care what others think, since you work by my side, then you have to follow the rules."

"The most important thing is that you remember that you work by my side, everything has to be done according to my requirements, we can work together to do a better job, if someone wants to go somewhere else, the result will be bad."

"You and I are college classmates, so I will tell you this, I hope you will remember it firmly and ponder it when you have nothing to do."

When he went downstairs, Huang Shouzhi's face was a little pale.

He suddenly felt that the gap between himself and Liao Fanmin was too big, so he talked about Xue Yuxiang, Liao Fanmin seemed to know everything, and compared Liao Fanmin and Xue Yuxiang met three times, and he didn't say much.

Xue Yuxiang did say a lot last night, including how to struggle in the future, etc., a large part of Huang Shouzhi felt that it made sense, since he had worked in the administrative unit, it was better to stay in the city No. 1 Middle School to teach if he didn't want to be an official and a half-job, but today's Liao Fanmin's words made Huang Shouzhi's forehead break out in a cold sweat, and he suddenly felt that following Liao Fanmin's side, doing things honestly was the best choice.

It's like teaching at City No. 1 Middle School, teaching with peace of mind, and not thinking about or participating in other things.

The Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress unanimously approved Liao Fanmin's decision to take office.

The meeting also studied and decided to convene a people's congress from January 4 to 7, 2005, and the people's congress will be elected.

Liao Fanmin spoke at the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, and he thanked the Municipal People's Congress for its trust and said that he would conscientiously do a good job under the supervision of the Municipal People's Congress, under the leadership of the Municipal Party Committee, and under the democratic supervision of the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference.

Sun Guozhu, secretary of the municipal party committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, also spoke, and he believed that Comrade Liao Fanmin would certainly be able to do a good job in the work of the municipal government and lead the rapid economic development of the city.

Huang Shouzhi, who attended the meeting as an observer, desperately recorded it, for fear of missing a word or punctuation.

After the meeting ended, Liao Fanmin got in the car.

"Huang Shouzhi, I'll take a look at the things recorded in the meeting."

"Liao, Mayor Liao, there are a few words that I haven't fully recorded."

Looking at Huang Shouzhi's record, Liao Fanmin couldn't cry or laugh.

This can't be blamed on Huang Shouzhi, after all, it's the first day of work, I don't know anything, and all the work is in the stage of familiarization and exploration.

"Huang Shouzhi, the record doesn't need to be so detailed, just remember the main points, record it if necessary, you read more documents and materials in the past two days, and get familiar with the work as soon as possible, you and I are the same, there is not so much time to waste."

Liao Fanmin then looked at Zhang Dongtao beside him.

"Lao Zhang, I have been teaching Huang Shouzhi in the past two days, including how to record, how to draft materials, how to circulate documents, etc., the basic things must be mastered, otherwise there will be jokes."