Huang Zhenggang went abroad for inspection, and Liu Dake only stayed in the department for two days to see if everyone had any urgent matters to report to him. However, as he expected, although he, like Huang Zhenggang, came early and returned late, it seems that in the minds of the leaders of the hall, only Huang Zhenggang is the real main job, and he seems to be not suitable for Liu Dake to preside over the work. In fact, Liu Dake understands everyone's thoughts very well, and he expected it. Therefore, according to the original plan, Liu Dake called the deputy director in charge of vehicles in charge of the administrative office to his office, and specially explained: to call Director Huang's family frequently, and to do a good job in ensuring the life of his family during Director Huang's inspection, especially when the car is needed, the department should send a car in time. The leaders of the administrative management office understood Liu Dake's requirements, and knew better that Liu Dake would succeed Huang Zhenggang as the main post in the department, and they would obey his instructions and requirements. It was decided on the spot to fix a car specifically for Huang Zhenggang's family, and to clarify a service personnel who was responsible for keeping in touch with Huang Zhenggang's family, and once needed help, he would implement it as soon as possible. Liu Dake was very satisfied with the performance of the deputy director of the management department, patted his arm lightly, and smiled slightly.

On the third day, after Liu Dake greeted the leaders of the department, he went to the grassroots level to investigate, and visited all the prefectures and cities in the province.

Liu Dake chose Zhou Siguo's hometown as the first stop of his investigation, and accompanied by local leaders, he also went to Zhou Siguo's hometown, bought some gifts with his own money, visited Zhou Siguo's family, and collected a lot of information about Zhou Siguo by the way.

The investigation of the provincial grassroots bureau, after Liu Dake's careful planning, on the one hand, wants to avoid the rights and wrongs of the department. Liu Dake knows very well in his heart that the mind of each department leader, after all, is not a regular job, if he stays in the department organs, not only himself, but also other department leaders will not be comfortable to look at, maybe they will take the opportunity to give themselves problems, and he will take Huang Zhengguo to go abroad to investigate the grassroots research, and in order to calm down, it is also conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of other department leaders. More importantly, Liu Dake knows that he has to go through the RD election to be elected as the head of the department, and he has been working in the agency for a long time, although he often goes to the prefecture and city to investigate, but after all, he is not very familiar with the local party and government cadres, and takes the opportunity of this investigation to focus on deepening the relationship with local officials and paving the way for the future RD election. The principal leaders of the localities, especially at the prefectural and city levels, have long been aware of Liu Dake's current position, and they also hope that Liu Dake will receive more support after he takes office in the future. Huang Zhenggang's going abroad and the snub of the team members provided Liu Dake with an excellent opportunity to get close to the party and government officials of the prefecture and city.

During Liu Dake's work in the department, the members of the department's leadership team did not take Liu Dake in their eyes at all, no one asked for instructions, Liu Dake went to the grassroots level to investigate, and the team members were all worried about the mistakes in the work in charge, and they were more dedicated than usual, because according to the ZZ principle, if there was a problem in charge of the work, the first thing to do was to hold the leaders of the department responsible, and secretly sighed that Liu Dake was too scheming, although he felt the trap set by Liu Dake, but he could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

Occasionally, when he returned to the office on the weekend, Liu Dake would put down his luggage and immediately visit Huang Zhenggang's house to ask for warmth, or take the time to call Huang Zhenggang's wife to express his concern, and Huang Zhenggang's lover was very moved. But Liu Dake rarely sat in the office to deal with official business, and it was not until the day before he learned that Huang Zhenggang had returned to China that he ended his investigation, returned to the department, and arranged to pick up Huang Zhenggang's return to China.

As soon as Huang Zhenggang got out of the airport, he was talking and laughing with the entourage, still immersed in the anecdotes of going abroad, and when he looked up, he saw Liu Dake looking at him with a smile on his face, surrounded by familiar faces, and couldn't help but be stunned, and thought to himself: This Liu Dake is really good at doing things, and he led so many people to pick him up. But Huang Zhenggang still pretended to be unhappy, and deliberately said: "Why do you go abroad and move the people so much?" ”

Liu Dake couldn't help but glance at the staff around him, and deliberately laughed loudly: "Comrades, I haven't seen Director Huang for a long time, and I miss the old leader very much, and everyone spontaneously came to pick up the old leader." In addition, everyone is in a hurry to report to the director, which also reflects the enthusiasm of everyone. Although Huang Zhenggang knew that Liu Dake was saying something against his heart, he felt that he had a lot of face, and he was still very happy in his heart, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything.

Although Liu Dake does not smoke, he knows very well what Huang Zhenggang, who is addicted to smoking, has been holding back all the way because of the plane, and what a puff of cigarette means to him at this time. At the same time, it is clearer that the leaders of important departments directly under the provincial government who accompanied Huang Zhenggang to go abroad for inspection, especially those who smoke, gave a lighter at this time, and his mood was the same as Huang Zhenggang. Therefore, before picking up the airport, Liu Dake specially asked the staff to go to the security checkpoint to get some lighters from the security check. As soon as he got out of the waiting hall, he handed Huang Zhenggang a lighter, and then took out a few lighters from his pocket and said to everyone: "Which leader still needs it?" ”

Then, the leader of the inspection group, who had a habit of smoking, snatched the lighter in Liu Dake's hand. Huang Zhenggang couldn't help but look at the lighter in his hand and said with a smile: "What I need most now is this thing." Then, looking around, he took a cigarette from his pocket and took a deep breath. The people who accompanied Huang Zhenggang's inspection, especially the leaders who smoked, couldn't help but praise Liu Dake for being careful. Liu Dake smiled and told the origin of the lighter, and everyone couldn't help laughing.

Huang Zhenggang spoke highly of Liu Dake's performance during the period of overseas investigation. This is not because Liu Dake took good care of Huang Zhenggang's family, but because Liu Dake broke the conventional way of dealing with problems, so that Huang Zhenggang had a deeper understanding of Liu Dake: At the beginning, Huang Zhenggang was worried that during his overseas investigation, Liu Dake would be a villain, and he would not be able to handle the relationship with the leaders of other departments and make some right and wrong. Or they are worried that something will happen, no matter how big or small, they will be in a hurry, and they will be physically and mentally exhausted. However, he didn't expect Liu Dake to transfer the responsibility, which not only fully mobilized the enthusiasm of each team member, but also detached himself. What Huang Zhenggang didn't expect was that when Liu Dake took advantage of the grassroots research, he was very clever in paving the way for his next succession as the director of the department.

After returning to China, when reporting to Zhou Siguo on the overseas inspection work, Huang Zhenggang and Zhou Siguo couldn't help but talk about Liu Dake, and the two had a new understanding of Liu Dake's ability. Zhou Siguo told Huang Zhenggang that although Liu Dake's investigation at the grassroots level this time was not long, the results were very good, and the principal responsible comrades of the party and government in various localities quickly became familiar with Liu Dake, and they called Zhou Siguo one after another to report: Liu Dake not only has a high level of policy and is flexible in handling affairs, but also has very strict self-requirements and does not engage in special activities. If SZF recommends him as director in the future, Liu Dake will be elected with a high vote.

After Huang Zhenggang communicated with Zhou Siguo, they strengthened their determination to make Liu Dake the successor director.

Perhaps Liu Dake, who is very good at coordinating and handling relationships, knows his current situation very well, except for the supremacy of Huang Zhenggang, in the department organs, when he met every cadre, especially the leaders of the department, he maintained a low-key smile, and sank to the grassroots level to investigate all day long under the guise of fully implementing the instructions and requirements of Director Huang. In fact, while Liu Dake is familiar with the work at the grassroots level, he also makes arrangements for his succession. The cadres of the grassroots bureau knew that Liu Dake was about to take over as the director of the department, and they looked at him like a prince, and Liu Dake was extremely happy.

Finally, according to the proposal of the swZZ department, Huang Zhenggang was transferred to the provincial RD financial and economic committee. At the same time, in order to ensure a smooth transition, Huang Zhenggang will temporarily retain his position as the former director of the department, and will be removed from his position as director after the Provincial RD Standing Committee completes the procedures for appointing a new director, and Huang Zhenggang is still working in the department for the time being. In order to ensure the smooth operation of all work during the transition period, especially the smooth succession of Liu Dake, Zhou Siguo specially talked to Huang Zhenggang to learn about Liu Dake's situation again. Zhou Siguo directly told Huang Zhenggang: He still seemed a little uneasy about Liu Dake, felt that Liu Dake was a little floating, and repeatedly told Huang Zhenggang to help do the work of being a cadre of the agency, to ensure that the proposal of the szf was successfully passed, and to ensure that Huang Zhenggang could go to work in the provincial RD smoothly.

Huang Zhenggang understands Zhou Siguo's mind very well, sympathizes, and once again believes that although Liu Dake is not the best candidate, he is also a good candidate, and there is absolutely no problem with his ability to control the situation, but sometimes he does not pay much attention to his working methods. In addition, he was also worried that Liu Dake would take over as the director of the department as the last deputy department leader, and he was worried that the other department leaders would not be convinced. However, it was proposed that Liu Dake take over, mainly considering the ability and age of the other party, and the leaders of other departments were obviously older and wanted to maintain the stability of the department team. Zhou Siguo once again felt that Huang Zhenggang's arrangement to take over was out of public intentions, and his heart was much more steady. Huang Zhenggang also knew in his heart that Zhou Siguo was still a little prejudiced against Liu Dake's performance in Mashan, and was putting pressure on himself to ensure that there was no problem with his nomination, or a big problem.

After repeated reminders, Huang Zhenggang seems to lack confidence in his heart. After Zhou Siguo finished talking to Huang Zhenggang, Huang Zhenggang specially looked for Liu Dake, and had a deep talk with Liu Dake about the arrangements on the ZZ and Zhou Siguo's concern, and told Liu Dake to pay attention to the relationship with the team members and be strict with self-discipline.

For Liu Dake, the big exam has finally arrived.

Huang Zhenggang's personal authority and active work, as well as Liu Dake's careful planning, played a role, in the meeting and face-to-face recommendation, Liu Dake was unanimously recognized by the cadres of the department, and passed the inspection of the party secretary and the director of the department with a high vote. However, just when Liu Dake was facing many congratulations, and he himself was immersed in the joy of succession, an unexpected thing happened, which alarmed Zhou Siguo and Huang Zhenggang: during the publicity period, the swZZ department received a letter from the people, reporting that Liu Dake had five problems: first, he likes to climb, only obeys, and is good at walking on the upper route; the second is that the style is floating, likes to give orders, and is not good at implementation; the third is to be very happy, and to falsify the materials in the work summary and report; Fourth, corruption, embezzlement of business expenses and assistance funds, and acceptance of money and goods from businessmen; Fifth, he has a corrupt life, and has had improper relationships with his subordinates many times, and facilitates his promotion.

The swZZ department did not dare to slack off, so it handed over the report letter to the provincial JW, and the provincial JW also felt that the report letter reflected Liu Dake's problem and was verifiable, so it decided to verify it and report it to the deputy in charge respectively

Director Zhou Siguo and Director Huang Zhenggang gave briefings.

After receiving the report from the provincial JW, Zhou Siguo asked Huang Zhenggang to hurry to his office. When the two met, they couldn't help laughing, and Zhou Siguo couldn't help sighing: "What I was worried about finally happened." ”