Du Jian's office is much more spacious than He Qing's.

  Wooden floor, suspected mahogany office furniture, potted plants with dripping water, leaves still have water droplets hanging down, window sills are all wrapped in stone.

  Du Jian is the secretary, He Qing She is the deputy secretary and also the town mayor. Generally speaking, even if the town mayor is marginalized and not given real power, on the surface, the treatment of the secretary and county magistrate should not be too different.

  The fact before our eyes can only explain one problem, Du Jian is arrogant and domineering in Meixi Town, with a high profile as a tyrant, even the superficial articles are too lazy to do.

  Some things were heard by Shen Hua before, but it wasn't until he walked into the town government and saw these details that he had a deeper feeling about some rumors: Du Jian was the local snake head of Meixi Town.

  Shen Huai took advantage of the opportunity to visit Du Jian's office and thought to himself: Tao Jixing forced Du Jian to give up his position at Meixi Steel Factory, he must be full of resentment! He was thinking about how to suppress Du Jian's arrogance.

  To be honest, Du Jian was unwilling from the bottom of his heart to give up the position of Meixi Steel Plant.

  Steel is losing money again, and business is getting worse, but the production scale is there, and there are many places where he can make money.

  Located in the Donghua area, at the township level, which position has this fatness? Du Jianning can't be the party secretary of the town, and he also wants to occupy the position of the director of Meixi Steel Plant forever.

  However, the arm cannot twist the thigh, and some people directly changed personnel appointments through County Party Secretary Tao Jixing; as someone who was helped by Tao Jixing to rise to power, how much room for resistance does Du Jian have? He can't even figure out what Tao Jixing is thinking.

  Although Du Jian obeyed Tao Jixing's arrangement, he couldn't help but feel resentful about throwing such a fat piece of meat into someone else's mouth.

  Du Jian heard Shen Huai standing at the door talking to He Yuelian's son Wang Gang, and his heart was even more furious, thinking: Good, you little devil is not shallow, haven't officially taken office yet, come over to probe into the situation of the steel plant.

  Du Jian took a slight step back and leaned against his office desk, sizing up Shen Hua who had followed He Qing into his office.

  For more than a month, Shen Hua has been insisting on long-term exercise every day. His body has recovered and his weight has increased significantly. However, there is no significant change in his figure, probably because the reduced fat volume is large and the increased muscle volume is small. Shen Hua still looks somewhat thin and far from being robust.

  However, a healthy body and abundant energy may be what makes Shen Hua stand in front of the office building with those words that are not intentionally hidden, making his eyes look both deep and sharp.

  Shen Hua walked into the office, with several people from the Town Comprehensive Management Office and the Joint Defense Team still between him and Du Jian. Shen Hua didn't rush to squeeze over to shake hands with Du Jian, nor did he hastily shift his gaze to Du Jian's body. Instead, he took a step to the left of the door, seemingly yielding to Huang Xinliang and He Qingshe, but actually standing in a more open area to take stock of this office.

  Shen Huai didn't rush to shake hands with Du Jian, and his attitude of not deigning to mingle with the ordinary staff of Zhen Zhuo's office and the joint defense team could be said to reveal unmasked arrogance.

  Du Jian has been the head of the town for a long time, and he has developed the temperament of a tyrant. He looks down on anyone who doesn't obey him, and often scolds them loudly. Sometimes, he even loses control and resorts to physical violence. However, this kind of behavior can only be fully expressed in front of people who are lower than him in status.

  Looking at Shen Huai, the heavenly king, standing in front of him, Du Jian's heart was annoyed and his anger was about to erupt. However, he managed to suppress his fiery temper, looked sternly and ordered the people from the General Affairs Office and the United Defense Team to leave first.

  "I was just thinking of finding Secretary He to discuss whether to schedule the party-government joint meeting for this afternoon, and then convene it after Secretary Shen arrives," said Du Jian, "I didn't expect Secretary Shen to arrive so early..."

  "In the past, when I was in the municipal government, it wasn't like being in a rural town. If you were late to work and fell behind your leader, you couldn't avoid getting scolded, so I developed the habit of arriving on time." Shen Hua's face wore a faint smile as he spoke, but his words made the people standing in this office feel a chill in the air.

  He Qing originally wanted to say a few more good words about Shen Huai, making the atmosphere even more harmonious. But before he could think of anything, Shen Huai's second sentence directly hinted at the slack work style of the town government, and his sharp tongue was exposed without any cover-up. Du Jian's face suddenly turned dark.

  He Qing didn't say a word, although he gave Du Jian some leeway, but after all, he wasn't afraid of him. Before Shen Huai came over, he even thought about standing on the same front line with the new deputy secretary to confront Du Jian. Unexpectedly, Shen Huai was so young and vigorous, with sharp edges and corners.

  He Qingye also dislikes young people who rely on their background and don't know how to restrain themselves. Seeing Shen Huai come out with a confrontational attitude towards Du Jian, he decided to stand aside and watch the show. When he saw Du Jian's face turn black, he thought that it was impossible for him to lose his temper in public, but he didn't know what tricks he would use behind the scenes to deal with this somewhat arrogant deputy secretary...

  "Huang Xinliang, take Secretary Shen to the office and give him a good introduction about the party-government joint meeting." Du Jianke restrained himself from getting angry, but also didn't want to argue with Shen Huaihan anymore, so he directly let the director of the Party and Government Office lead Shen away.

  "That's nothing, I'll go back to the office too." He Qing said and followed him out.

  The people from the Zongzhi Office and the Lianfang Team couldn't just leave, they stayed behind to continue being scolded. Du Jian picked up his teacup, took a sip of the cold tea left over from last night, but the evil fire in his heart couldn't be suppressed, "bang" he smashed the teacup in his hand, pointing at the people from the Zongzhi Office and the Lianfang Team in front of him, scolding: "If I still see you all clogging up Xuetang Street tomorrow, get out of here and go home to hug your kids..."

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  Listening to Du Jian smashing a teacup and scolding in the office, Shen Hua was oblivious and said to Huang Xinliang who led him to the office: "Secretary Du's work style is really tough!"

  Huang Xinliang forced a smile and said: "Secretary Du is just this kind of temperament, his requirements for work are a bit too strict."

  "Oh, really?" Shen Hua took over Huang Xinliang's words and said, "Since you have such a big opinion on Secretary Du, let's mention it to him when we meet him later..."

  Huang Xinliang was so angry that he wanted to slap himself twice, and in his heart, he cursed Shen Huan's eighteen generations of ancestors. He was also afraid that Shen Huan would go to Du Jian's side and stir up trouble. But Shen Huan wasn't afraid of anything, Huang Xinliang had just heard Du Jian slamming a cup in the office, but his heart skipped a beat.

  He Qing listened to Shen Huai teasing Du Jian's confidant Huang Xinliang, thinking that he still had a good understanding of the situation in Meixi Town, but seeing Shen Huai being too unreserved, she also felt that this person was a dangerous element and decided to keep her distance from him.

  He Qing thought so, and invited Chen Kuan into his office to chat. Chen Kuan had heard about Shen Hua's arrogant attitude in the municipal government, but he didn't expect that as soon as he took office in Mei Creek Town, he would stir up trouble. He had planned to stay for lunch, but now he completely gave up on that idea and chatted with He Qing for a few sentences before leaving early to return to the county.

  The secretary and town mayor's office are both on the third floor.

  The Party and Government Office has also prepared Shen Hua's office in advance, to the west of He Qing's office, with the document printing room of the Party and Government Office in between.

  The office, although not as spacious as Du Jian's, was also equipped with solid wood furniture, and the floor tiles were polished to a shine. In the corner, there was even a pot of lucky bamboo. When I opened the window, on the other side of the wall was the playground of Mei Xi Middle School, where over a thousand people were doing exercises at that moment. The conditions of the playground were not great, and since it hadn't rained in several days, the dust flew everywhere as the crowd ran around.

  Shen Huai looked for half a day but still couldn't find Xiao Li's figure.

  Mei Creek Town is not a small town.

  Before 1992, there was a district-level administrative division between the counties and townships in Donghua area. Meixi Town belonged to Xiamei District at that time.

  Unlike the municipal city, the county-affiliated district cannot be considered a formal regional administrative establishment. It is only used as a dispatched agency of the county party committee to better manage towns and townships, but it also prompted the resources of Xiaomei District at that time to concentrate on Meixi Town, the central town.

  Xiaomei District was established as a pilot area in Donghua region in 1990, and the first to be abolished, with township governments directly under the county government. However, the pattern of Meixi Town had already taken shape before that, and it also has the only full-time middle school in the southwestern part of Xiapu County, as well as reception stations and other institutions.

  Shen Huai was a good student since childhood. He attended high school in the county town, but his mother passed away during his third year of junior high school due to illness, which greatly affected his studies. His scores on the middle school entrance exam were not ideal, and he could only attend Meixi Middle School.

  Huang Xinliang subconsciously disliked the new deputy secretary, but he didn't have the qualifications to show his displeasure and even had to put up with him. Seeing Shen Huai open the window and stare at the playground of Mei Xi Middle School across the street, he thought he was annoyed by the noise and dust, and said: "As for the problem of the middle school's playground, Secretary Du has also expressed his opinions several times, but so far there is no solution. One is that there is no land, and two is that there is no money."

  Shen Huai nodded to show that he understood, sat down at the office desk, pointed to the chair against the wall and asked Huang Xinliang to pull one over and sit down. He said: "I officially started working in Meixi today, but I'm not familiar with the situation in the town yet. Director Huang, you tell me..."

  Huang Xinliang stood in front of Shen Hua's office desk and said, "At 9 o'clock is the party-government joint meeting. Several deputy secretaries and deputy town mayors are at home. Later, I will introduce you to Secretary Shen one by one. There are only five small cars in the town. Except for Secretary Du and Mayor He having dedicated cars, other leaders need to instruct the party-government office when needed. If there are not enough cars, we can borrow from enterprises. Mayor He originally suggested preparing a dedicated car for Secretary Shen, but Secretary Du said that Secretary Shen will soon take on the role of factory director at the steel plant, and the steel plant's cars are better than the government's..."

  Shen Hua, due to his shallow seniority, cannot directly hold a full-time position, but Zheng Er Ba Jing is a full-section level, and the position is ahead of other deputy secretaries and deputy town mayors. Therefore, if Du Jian and He Qing She both have dedicated cars, while other deputy secretaries and deputy town mayors do not have dedicated cars, it is also acceptable for Shen Hua to have or not have a dedicated car.

  Shen Hua just smiled. According to the regulations, township party and government officials are prohibited from having dedicated vehicles, but this rule has not been well enforced. In Donghua, as long as it's not a poor town that can't even afford to cook, the number one leader of each town generally has a dedicated vehicle. Of course, due to the limited financial resources of the towns, even if they have dedicated vehicles, they are mostly Santana or Jetta-type joint venture cars.