An airy old conference room, like a practice site for the township theatrical performance team during the Cultural Revolution, is freshly painted with white paint, but it can also provide insight into the ups and downs of the year from the mottled window cracks and some unconcealed historical and cultural traces on the walls.

There were rows of dilapidated chairs under the stage, not even a table, and on the rostrum were three beige wooden tables with almost all the paint rusted, somewhat similar to the desks of junior high school students, except slightly larger.

A red velvet tablecloth was spread on the three wooden tables, and there were two white and yellow coarse porcelain teacups on the table, and there was not even a microphone for the leader's speech.

The conference room was filled with dozens of people, all crowded together, smoky, and smelling a little unpleasant. So much so that when several town leaders accompanied Zhou Nan and Ji Kai into the door, the scene where everyone stood up to welcome and applaud was somewhat chaotic.

Zhou Nan frowned, but this "displeased" expression was fleeting.

Qiu Gang, deputy secretary of the town party committee and secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, smiled respectfully and gave up his seat, and then raised his hand to the audience, and the cadres of the town organs sat down in a disorderly manner, dozens of pairs of curious eyes were projected on Zhou Nan's body, the new member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee and secretary of the town party committee was so young, which surprised the cadres in the town.

You look like you're in your 20s, right? Zhang Zhijun, director of the Party and Government Office of Ningshan Town, exchanged an unexpected look with Song Xiaolin, a member of the Party and Government Office who was sitting next to him.

Ji Kai sat on the rostrum, cleared his throat, made an opening remark, and then officially introduced Zhou Nan to the party and government cadres of Ningshan Town.

After sending Ji Kai away, Zhou Nan stood in the compound of the party and government organs in Ningshan Town and stared at the jujube-colored two-story building in front of him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but float a wry smile. It's said to be poor, but this place is a little too poor...... But what comes is safe, but fortunately, for Zhou Nan, this is only a starting point, not an end.

Qiu Gang and the three deputy mayors slowly gathered around, and Zhang Zhijun, director of the Party and Government Office, quietly stood on the other side with the clerk Song Xiaolin, as if they wanted to come forward to greet Zhou Nan.

Qiu Gang smiled, "Secretary Zhou, look, we ......"

When the new leader takes office for the first time, it is natural that he should immediately hold a meeting of the team to get to know each other in general. But because the mayor of the town Sun Wenge is not here today, this situation is a little embarrassing.

"Hehe, let's have a short meeting with a few of our team members, and I also get to know you. Secretary Qiu, please arrange it. Ten minutes later, I'll settle in. Zhou Nan nodded and smiled, his expression did not change any emotion, and he didn't seem to care about whether the mayor Sun Wenge was there or not.

"Okay, Secretary Zhou. Zhang Zhijun, come over here quickly - the accommodation arranged for Secretary Zhou has been cleaned up, right? Qiu Gang had actually seen Zhang Zhijun, director of the Party and Government Office, and then turned his head to greet Zhang Zhijun.

Zhang Zhijun hurriedly ran over, and Song Xiaolin also trotted over.

Zhang Zhijun was wrapped in a military coat, took a slight breath and said to Zhou Nan respectfully, "Secretary Zhou, your residence is on the easternmost end of the second floor, I will take you up to see, if you see whether it is suitable or not, if it is not suitable, we will immediately change the room for the leader." ”

Zhou Nan nodded and smiled gently at Zhang Zhijun, "Okay, take me to have a look." ”

………… Although this house is a bit simple, it can be seen that Zhang Zhijun also took a lot of effort, not only newly painted the walls, but also deliberately covered the windows with a layer of plastic sheeting to keep warm. Inside the room, there was a single Simmons bed that looked a little cheap, but it was new, and the bedding on the bed was all new.

It is in the early spring when it is warm and cold, and because Ningshan County is located in a mountainous area, the temperature is lower than that of other regions, so there is also an earth heating bag in this house, Zhou Nan touched it, and it turned out to be hot.

While Zhou Nan was looking at the situation in the house, Song Xiaolin took out an electric stove from under a desk placed under the window in the room, and said softly, "Secretary Zhou, there is also an electric stove here, you can turn it on at night to keep warm." The earth heater in the house is specially burned in the canteen, but the temperature may not go up sometimes......"

Zhou Nan nodded, glanced back at the young woman in front of him who was wearing a big red down bread suit, tall, with a delicate face, and a pair of glasses on the bridge of her nose, smiled, but didn't say anything.

Zhang Zhijun hurriedly moved a washbasin shelf from the outside and came in, and said with a smile, "Secretary Zhou, we are poor here, the conditions are limited, the leaders will see what the shortcomings are, and I will immediately ask Xiao Song to prepare." ”

Zhou Nan shook his head with a smile, "It's good, there's nothing missing." Eating problem......"

"There is an organ canteen in the town, but the food tastes worse, if the leader is not used to eating, you can go to the small restaurant opposite to eat, and the account is to settle the account at the end of the month." Zhang Zhijun said casually, Zhou Nan raised his eyebrows, but he was silent.

It seems that the town leaders often go to the account, so that Zhang Zhijun, the director of the office, has become a habitual surname for the work of settling accounts at the end of the month.

"I'll go to the meeting first, it's over......" Zhou Nan hesitated slightly, and then said softly, "Director Zhang, you send a comrade to accompany me around the town......"

Zhang Zhijun was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Okay, Secretary Zhou, I or Xiao Song are waiting in the office, just in the first office on the west side of the corridor, you can say hello at any time!" ”

"If the residence leader has no opinion, I will accompany the leader to see your office." Zhang Zhijun smiled respectfully, Song Xiaolin stood quietly on the side, secretly looked at Zhou Nan up close, and saw that Zhou Nan was wearing a spotless and very straight black Nizi coat, with a tall figure and an elegant temperament, and he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart that he was indeed a cadre from a big city, and he was more powerful than Zhang Qiang, secretary of the county party committee.

………… Ten minutes later, Zhou Nan, accompanied by Zhang Zhijun, walked into the conference room of Fang Cai, Qiu Gang and several people were sitting there smoking, and when Zhou Nan entered the door, he quickly snuffed out the cigarette butt and came forward to greet Zhou Nan.

There are not many members of the party and government team in Ningshan Town, plus Zhou Nancai 5 people, namely Zhou Nan, member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee and secretary of the town party committee, Sun Wenge, deputy secretary of the town party committee and mayor, Qiu Gang, deputy secretary of the town party committee and secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and deputy mayors Ma Zhongling, Chen Jiangyu and Li Peng are all members of the town party committee.

It must be said that the strength of this team is a bit shabby, but according to what Qiu Gang said when he briefed him, most of the township and town teams to which Ningshan County belongs are in this situation, and although there are no personnel in place, no one wants to come when the establishment is empty.

In the case of the Ningshan Township team, the original team members were six people, but the former secretary was transferred to other township secretaries, and Wang Jinfeng, the chairman of the town's women's federation, was transferred to the county as vice chairman of the women's federation, and it became five people.

After talking face-to-face with Qiu Gang for about half an hour, from the different and subtle attitudes of these subordinates towards him, Zhou Nan could completely feel that the team members of Ningshan Town were small, but they were divided into two factions. One is the faction of the former secretary, Qiu Gang, deputy secretary of the town party committee, and Ma Zhongling, deputy mayor of the town, should belong to this faction; The other is the team of the town mayor Sun Wenge, whose members include the deputy mayor Chen Jiangyu and Li Peng.

Qiu Gang and Ma Zhongling have both awe and expectation for Zhou Nan, after the transfer of the secretary in the previous life, they must "run in" with the new secretary as soon as possible, otherwise they will be completely suppressed by Sun Wenge, and there is no room for turning over. But because Zhou Nan was new to the city, the two didn't know Zhou Nan either, so they didn't dare and couldn't be too eager.

The deputy mayors Li Peng and Chen Jiangyu were faintly repulsed by Zhou Nan because of Sun Wenge.

By this time, Zhou Nan had a complete insight into the current situation: after the transfer of the previous secretary, the mayor of the town, Sun Wenge, was going to take over as the secretary of the town party committee and concurrently serve as a member of the standing committee of the county party committee, but unexpectedly, a Cheng biting gold came out halfway, and a town party secretary was suddenly sent down, which naturally made Sun Wenge very unhappy.

Therefore, this is why Sun Wenge chose to "avoid" the first time Zhou Nan, the new secretary of the town party committee, took office...... Want to demonstrate to yourself? Or do you want to show your attitude? Zhou Nan secretly sneered in his heart.

He has always been the kind of person who doesn't want to cause trouble but is not afraid of it, since Sun Wenge wants to jump, let him jump as much as he wants - see if he, the head snake, can suppress his own cross-river dragon...... As soon as Zhou Nan thought of this, the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more intense.

Qiu Gang, the deputy secretary of the town party committee, who was sitting on the side and carefully observing the changes in his expression, suddenly felt his heart skip a beat, and somehow, although the new secretary Zhou Nan was young, he felt very sophisticated and calm to Qiu Gang.

Qiu Gang secretly pondered Zhou Nan's thoughts in his heart, and the faint expectation in his heart became even stronger.

Because there is a backstage in the county, Sun Wenge is too strong in Ningshan Town, almost covering the sky with one hand, and the former secretary of the town party committee took the initiative to ask the county party committee to be transferred because Sun Wenge was too domineering and domineering. And after he was transferred, Sun Wenge became even more arrogant, and the team of Ningshan Town became a hall where he said everything.

Although Qiu Gang and Ma Zhongling stood on the "opposite side" with him, the two lost their backbone because the old secretary was transferred, and the other was because Sun Wenge's backstage was the county magistrate Sun Fuli, so they didn't dare to say anything.

Sun Wenge and Sun Fuli are not related, but they are the "villagers" of the same village. Sun Fuli started as a township cadre and has been the mayor of Ningshan County, operating in Ningshan County for more than ten years, and his relationship network is complex and deep-rooted, which is not something that ordinary people can afford.

(To be continued)