Song Guanchao returned to the City Committee, and before he could warm the seat, Jiang Yiren came over.

"There's a committee meeting on Wednesday."

She put down a document and then left.

The fraud case was perfectly resolved. Except for the Da Yuan Real Estate of the Jiang Family, everyone else got a satisfactory answer.

The main agenda of this committee meeting will be the fraud case.

And the power shift in Lingjiang's political arena.

The past phenomenon of the city government dominating everything no longer exists.

The City Committee will lead everything.

Qu Xiangru, the top leader, will become the true leader of Lingjiang.

Wu Qiangwei was transferred here last year to stabilize the situation in Lingjiang.

Now, the task assigned from above is finally completed, and it can be considered a success.

In addition, Song Guanchao speculates that the day after tomorrow's committee meeting may likely appoint him as the District Chief of Tongchi District.

Song Guanchao felt a faint excitement.

Finally, there's a chance to showcase his talents.

Time quickly moved to Wednesday.

During this period, the 5 billion fraudulently taken from Lingjiang Bank had been returned to the account.

On the side of the real estate developers, except for Da Yuan Real Estate, the deposit of a few other real estate companies was also returned smoothly.

The matter came to a satisfactory conclusion.

At ten in the morning.

The large conference room of the City Committee.

The committee members gradually took their seats.

The secretaries waited outside.

Song Guanchao leaned back in his chair, glancing over the secretaries of the committee members.

Among these secretaries, he was more familiar with Fang Wei and Secretary Sun.

He had dealt a few times with Minister Zhou's new secretary, but wasn't very familiar.

Secretary Sun was no longer as spirited as before, though he was still Mayor Zheng's secretary, his status and power were far less than before.

Zheng Bihui used to be a mascot, and he still is; moreover, in today's meeting, he will face disciplinary action.

Nobody knows how long this position as Mayor can last.

In the meeting room.

The committee meeting had begun.

The main agenda today was the fraud case. Several committee members were unaware of this case.

It was only after the matter had ended that they became aware.

Qu Xiangru specifically praised Song Guanchao, giving him credit for the entire case.

Liang Jiajia and Liang Hao merely shared a bit of the limelight.

"Regarding District Chief Li of Tongchi District and District Chief Zhang of Zhujiang District, the organization has already reached a conclusion about their investigations."

Qu Xiangru looked toward Secretary Wang: "Secretary Wang, please explain."

Secretary Wang said, "After verification by the Disciplinary Committee, District Chief Li has committed embezzlement, bribery, dereliction of duty... After organizational deliberation, it was decided to expel him from the party and the public service and refer him to the judiciary for prosecution."

"District Chief Zhang of Zhujiang District involved himself in illegal shares with Le Hui Loan Company, with a total illegal income of 19 million. Considering that District Chief Zhang voluntarily turned himself in and actively cooperated by handing over all illicit funds, after organizational deliberation, it was decided to expel him from the party and the public service."

Jiang Yuan's expression remained calm, but inside, he felt a heavy blow.

Zhujiang District was Zhang Xiaoxian's territory, while Tongchi District was his territory.

Now that Tongchi District was also gone, his loss was too great this time.

Many were inwardly cautious.

They hadn't expected Qu Xiangru, in just two or three months as City Secretary, to remove two district chiefs.

Though it may not necessarily have been her doing, the suspicion of everyone could not be stopped.

After all, before she arrived, there weren't so many issues in Lingjiang.

But as soon as she arrived, there were fraud cases and accusations. Isn't that too coincidental?

Qu Xiangru said, "This time, apart from District Chief Li of Tongchi District, several other departments must also be held accountable."

Secretary Wang continued, "Three deputy directors of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, two deputy directors of the Tax Bureau, as well as the deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission and two directors of the National Assets Bureau, all bear unshirkable responsibility in this fraud case..."

He continued to report on the disciplinary notices for these departments.

People aren't fools; those being punished are deputy directors and deputy chairmen, except for the National Assets Bureau.

They know very well that the top positions in the industrial and tax sectors are all Wu Qiangwei's people.

This clearly shows that these four departments are currently under the control of the City Committee.

The rights of the city government, or Jiang Yuan's power, are being suppressed.

After Secretary Wang finished reporting, Qu Xiangru said, "In this case, the Provincial Committee has also issued a serious internal party warning punishment to Mayor Zheng and Mayor Jiang."

The tone for this case was set.

The two mayors' punishment wasn't serious, one might even say it was very light.

But this light punishment was Jiang Yuan's trade-off for a few departments.

Qu Xiangru said, "Does anyone have any recommendations for Tongchi District and Zhujiang District?"

She looked over the crowd.

Minister Zhou cleared his throat, drawing everyone's attention before speaking, "I recommend Secretary Song."

Not many were aware of the plan to promote Secretary Song.

But everyone had long been mentally prepared.

Song Guanchao's outstanding performance this time, turning the tide by himself, made it unreasonable not to promote him.

However, when Minister Zhou mentioned it, they only then realized that Song Guanchao had grown to such an extent.

In less than a year, counting this time, he was promoted four times in total!

And this is a district chief position!

A Standard Level administrative rank!

He's considered a local parent official.

If he were to be assigned to a county, he would be a county division level—a local land lord.

Some committee members' eyes flickered, feeling that Song Guanchao's promotion speed was a bit too fast.

For them, it was not a good thing.

But they had no way to suppress it.

Not to mention that each of Song Guanchao's promotions was backed by corresponding achievements.

Even with Song Guanchao's character, they did not dare to suppress him recklessly.

The only thing they could do was not provoke him—take their well-trodden path and let him take his solitary bridge; they wouldn't provoke each other.

"Secretary Song's ability is evident to all; him becoming district chief is convincing." Chu Xiao'e also cast her approval vote.

Qu Xiangru looked at Secretary Wang, whose complexion was a bit grim.

Currently, Minister Zhou and Chu Xiao'e had already cast approval votes, and the votes of Wu Qiangwei and Qu Xiangru were also assured.

Which means his vote was crucial.

He was very eager to know how Zheng Bihui and Jiang Yuan would vote.

He was not ready to take sides too early now.

"I agree." At this point, Minister Su from the propaganda department spoke up.

Secretary Wang breathed a light sigh of relief, then immediately added, "Secretary Song is indeed very suitable."

Only then did Zheng Bihui also follow up with his approval.

Qu Xiangru said, "Then we'll tentatively decide on Secretary Song becoming District Chief of Tongchi District. Secretary Chu, could you later help handle Secretary Song's file handover with the city government?"

The superior unit of the district government is the city government, with Song Guanchao serving as District Chief of Tongchi District, theoretically, future work can't continue at the City Committee.

Of course, this mainly depends on Song Guanchao's choice.

As long as he can handle it, he can continue to primarily play the role of secretary and supplement it with being a district chief.

Jiang Yuan's face looked somewhat unsightly.

He had considered many things, but what he hadn't thought of was that Qu Xiangru and Wu Qiangwei would throw Song Guanchao into the city government.

The position of district chief is not low; at future city government meetings, he would have voting rights.

Jiang Yuan felt the pressure.

Above is Qu Xiangru and Wu Qiangwei, below is Song Guanchao, giving him the feeling of pressure from in front and behind, like wolves and tigers.

The city government is his private territory, and having capable people like Song Guanchao intrude is intolerable to him.

How can one allow others to snore next to their bed!

"The plan must be expedited!"

Jiang Yuan narrowed his eyes, feeling icy inside.

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