Name: My father Yuan Mu

But you have to know that if you want to impress a member of the provincial party committee, the conditions you propose must be very complicated. How many resources does Yuan Mu have to exchange?

Tian Hongyi smiled and then put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray.

"Uncle Wen, it's certainly possible to win by doing this, but if you don't take it seriously, haven't you thought of squeezing Yuan Mu out of Handong?"

"Squeeze out of Handong?" Wen Huarong frowned.

In fact, he had considered this issue, but he didn't have the conditions.

Yuan Mu is not greedy or possessive, and he is very capable. In just over four years, he developed Luzhou into a city that is one of the best in the country, with a GDP ranking among the top. Not everyone has this ability.

Although Wen Huarong disliked Yuan Mu very much and sometimes even wanted to strangle him to death, he had to admit that Yuan Mu was indeed good at developing the economy and ordinary people really couldn't compare to him.

Moreover, Yuan Mu is not a person without background. His background is even stronger than Wen Huarong and Tian Hongyi.

Many people in higher authorities are optimistic about him, and trying to squeeze Yuan Mu out of Handong is as difficult as climbing to the sky!

Moreover, Wen Huarong never thought of squeezing Yuan Mu out of Handong. He even wanted to cooperate with Yuan Mu at one point, but the two were born to be hostile and could not reconcile.

"Hongyi, are you kidding me? Lüzhou's development momentum is so strong, and Yuan Muke said at today's Standing Committee meeting that he wants to develop Lüzhou into one of the top three cities in the country within three years!"

"If someone else said this, I would definitely scold him, but it's hard to say about Yuan Mu. Although I hate him, he is indeed very capable! Sometimes I think that if we weren't born enemies, I would want to coexist peacefully with him."

[Yuan Mu: There are many people who hate me, who do you think you are?]

The smile on Tian Hongyi's face remained unchanged.

"Uncle Wen, listen to me. My exclusion doesn't mean I'm really looking for a reason or directly looking for Yuan Mu's dark history or asking the Discipline Inspection Commission to investigate him and exclude him. I've been thinking about this since I left Handong."

"We can definitely raise his profile first. Isn't Yuan Mu good at economics? That's great. There are so many poor places in the country right now. Not to mention other places, Zhongzhou, Lanyin, Xihai, Qin Province, these provinces are all very poor."

"The more capable a person is, the greater the responsibility they shoulder! I've thought about it. Let's ask the higher-ups in our two families to bring up the matter and transfer Yuan Mu to these places. As long as we can transfer him, we can even give him a promotion."

"And it's not that Yuan Mu's current political achievements are insufficient. It's simply because the period of time he was promoted was too short. He was promoted once before, so it wouldn't be wrong to do it again now, right?"

Wen Huarong fell silent after hearing this, and thought about the matter carefully in his mind.

If this is the case, it seems that it is not impossible. We can use the excuse that Yuan Mu has outstanding political achievements to give him an exceptional promotion.

This might not be possible for other people, but it is entirely possible for Yuan Mu. The power of the Wen and Tian families is not exaggerated. Coupled with Yuan Mu's solid political achievements, maybe he can really be transferred out of Handong.

But if that's the case, then the problem arises again.

"Hongyi, even if we succeed, have you ever considered one thing? Yuan Mu is already at the vice-ministerial level. If he moves up, he will definitely be at the ministerial level. If he is transferred, he will definitely be appointed governor of another province. Then his pace will be even faster."

"This is not a good thing for our family. What if he really makes achievements in other provinces?"

"Mr. Zhou is still on the stage. He's taken another small step up. Judging from the current situation, he can at least serve for another term. Can you guarantee that Yuan Mu won't achieve anything in the next five years?"

"And you have to know that back in 1983, Yuan Mu was deeply involved with that person. It seems that person met with Yuan Mu privately several times. Most importantly, Mr. Zhou was that person's guard back then!"

"If Mr. Zhou made a request to him before he retired, can you guarantee that he wouldn't relent and agree?"

"If that happens, Yuan Mu will be on the same level as me. And how old will Yuan Mu be then? Not even fifty! This is terrifying!"

"Your plan is certainly good, but the risks are too high. We can't take the gamble. If we win, everyone will be happy. But if we lose, it won't be just you and me losing. Our entire family will be affected!"

"Uncle Wen, I've thought about this for a long time. I've taken everything you said into consideration. Yuan Mu is a human, not a god!"

"Why was he able to develop Luzhou so rapidly? Of course, I don't deny his personal ability, but the main reason is that Luzhou is close to Shanghai!"

"Shanghu's economy has always been very strong. It has access to the sea, and convenient transportation and shipping. Thanks to these, he was able to develop Lüzhou so rapidly."

"But if Yuan Mu were thrown into an inland province without access to the sea, building roads alone would keep him busy for years. Yuan Mu made many trips to Kyoto to build Luzhou's highways, and he paid a lot of favors."

"Will he still have to rely on favors to build roads in other provinces? Even if the Zhou family fully supports him, favors are of course limited. As long as we can hold on until Mr. Zhou retires, Yuan Mu will be powerless!"

"Heh! Hongyi, have you forgotten Zhou Zhenjun?" Wen Huarong sneered.

Zhou Zhenjun became the provincial party secretary much earlier than Wen Huarong. Before Zhou Zhennan retired, he would definitely be transferred back to Kyoto to put him in the center of power, so as to ensure the interests of the Zhou family.

"So what? Even if Zhou Zhenjun enters the center of power, our two families are no pushovers! We can definitely compete with him. As long as the older generation retires, we will still have the upper hand!"

"As long as Yuan Mu is transferred away, and the family makes a little effort to let me gain some political achievements in Hezhou, I can be transferred back to Luzhou and accept everything Yuan Mu left behind. By then, won't we have the final say in Handong?"

"Everything Yuan Mu does will be a boon for us! It will only take a few years for his achievements to show up on their own. By then, you will also get a large share of the profits, which will lay a solid foundation for your next step up. Don't you want a piece of such a big pie in Luzhou?"

Wen Huarong admitted that he was moved. He felt that what Tian Hongyi said before was problematic and had too many loopholes, but in his last sentence, he admitted that he was moved. What a wonderful sentence!

Who wouldn't want to go further in officialdom? Now he is a provincial governor, and if he goes one step further he will step into the center of power. Power is something that really fascinates people!