After a short period of silence, Lin Dongsheng slowly looked at everyone and said: "The last item of today's Standing Committee is to study and decide on the candidates for acting mayor to be submitted to the Standing Committee of the Hezhou City People's Congress for deliberation. They are Comrade Li Yisi, Deputy Director of the United Front Work Department of the Provincial Party Committee, Comrade Liang Bingyu, Member of the Standing Committee of the Hezhou Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, and Comrade Wang Minglun, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Huayi City. Now, Comrade Jeongkook would like to give you a comprehensive introduction to the specific inspection and selection situation. ”

Listening to Lin Dongsheng introduce the situation by name, Liu Zhengguo was a little inexplicably excited, and it was finally his turn to perform, so he looked at Lin Dongsheng, then at Hou Zhehai and Tang Weimin, and finally at Qi Tianxiang and Lu Shanzun, quickly sorting out his thoughts in his mind, thinking about the attitude he wanted to show and the angle he wanted to control.

Today's meeting is very strange, this is what Liu Zhengguo realized as soon as he walked into the conference room, unlike the previous seats, Hou Zhehai and Tang Weimin sat in the same row with him, or it was the Standing Committee members who consciously squeezed them together.

Lin Dongsheng's office is very large, and the reception room as a conference room is also very large, and the long conference table, except for Lin Dongsheng and Qin Liang, who occupy the positions at both ends, the positions of the other Standing Committee members are not very fixed. Although there used to be rankings, under Lin Dongsheng's non-formalistic rankings, and the requirements and insistence of not creating a fixed model, the rankings were basically abandoned. Basically, it is based on whose affairs are the main thing, and who is close to Lin Dongsheng to sit down, so as to facilitate communication and communication with Lin Dongsheng, but even if it is such a random arrangement, because Qi Tianxiang is the governor and Hou Zhehai is the full-time deputy secretary, the two of them always have more things, and the position is always at the front, and it is relatively stable. Generally speaking, the constituent departments of the provincial party committee sit on one side, and the provincial government and other standing committee members on the other. Over time, I gradually got used to it.

Today seems to be conscious, and it seems to be a similar way of sitting in the past, but consciously or unconsciously tied Hou Zhehai, Liu Zhengguo and Tang Wei** together, forming a strange small group, which is not only because they have come closer recently, but also consciously distanced themselves from them.

Liu Zhengguo is obviously aware of this, but he has no choice, let alone the possibility of explanation and change. In fact, deep down in his heart, he is also full of contradictions, on the one hand, he hopes to use the power of Hou Zhehai to change the current embarrassing status quo. On the other hand, it is also deliberately sober and rational. As a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Organization, he is unwilling to be satisfied with the status quo, but he can take advantage of the relationship to help him, either because of his age, or it is difficult to intervene in changing the officialdom pattern of Hehai. Lin Dongsheng has been operating in Hehai for many years, whether it is a high-level in Beijing or a local area in Hehai, he has a huge network and energy, which is difficult for Liu Zhengguo and his relationship network to compete with, which is also the main reason why Liu Zhengguo is unwilling.

As a cadre who has been promoted step by step from the grassroots level, he has followed the right people, received a certain amount of care, and has gone from step by step to today. In his current position, the old leaders and superiors who were optimistic about him in the past and gave him promotion and reuse have all bid farewell to the political arena, and the establishment and maintenance of new relationships takes time and opportunity, and the high-level relationship network cannot be integrated by a few confessions or money. The old network has no tension, and the new generation of the network needs age and follow-up development potential, which he does not have, and from the regional chief to the department leader, the role he can play has been weakened a lot, and it can be said that he is in a situation where he can be ignored at any time.

Now he is in a very critical period, at the age of 56, rich experience in grassroots work, has experienced the whole process of party and government leadership from counties and cities to prefectures and cities, and now has several years of actual experience as a member of the Standing Committee of the provincial party committee and head of the organization department, as long as someone gives the necessary care, it is not impossible to take another step, even if he cannot make a difference in Hohai Province, it is not impossible to change a province to become a deputy secretary or governor. At best, you have two to three years to go, and those two to three years are crucial. If you grasp the possibility and change everything, you can only wait for the end of retirement and leisure.

But this is also a hypothesis or possibility, in the absence of definite opportunities and forces to assist, maintaining the status quo is not only a wise choice, but also a necessary self-protection, any misstep may terminate his political life in advance, which Liu Zhengguo cannot accept under any circumstances.

Hou Zhehai has a deep upper-level relationship and operational ability, which Liu Zhengguo can see very clearly through Hou Zhehai's qualifications and resume, after all, in the organization of cadres for many years, the study of employment resumes can see clues that are difficult for outsiders to perceive. As a senior theoretical researcher, Hou Zhehai has intersections with several leaders in the current political arena, and he also has a deep purpose when he comes to Hehai to take up his post, and he is determined to win the position of secretary of the provincial party committee, and he is proceeding step by step according to the plan.

After a short period of hibernation, Hou Zhehai's edge began to be revealed, and the weaving and construction of the network was accelerated. Although there is no clear promise, as the head of the organization, Liu Zhengguo knows what Hou Zhehai needs him to do now, and he also understands what Hou Zhehai can repay him after gaining power, but as an old Jianghu who has been encroaching on officialdom for many years, Liu Zhengguo is not willing to be overly attached, the necessary support and position are needed, but there is still enough leeway, not that he is too passive, Hou Zhehai can fly away, but he Liu Zhengguo does not want to introduce his career, he is an official, not a gambler, which Liu Zhengguo understands very well.

Creating trouble, increasing differences, causing chaos, and finally getting something for nothing is the means adopted by Hou Zhehai, which not only requires equal resistance, but also needs to use organizational means to fight for the right to speak. These are not only reflected in the selection of the mayor of Hezhou, in any possible way, Hou Zhehai needs.

Liu Zhengguo can be used by Hou Zhehai, but he doesn't want Hou Zhehai to use him as a gunman, let alone become a troublemaker.

In just a moment, Liu Zhengguo understood his position and what he should do, after all, it is a contest with no winners, and he should be patient and watch it patiently.