Name: My father Yuan Mu

"Oh? Tell me about it." Zhou Zhennan frowned and said.

"Do you think they might be planning to transfer me away from Handong?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the room instantly became quiet, and the only sounds could be heard: Zhou Zhennan puffing out smoke and the sound of the cigarette burning.

Zhou Zhennan's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could pinch a fly to death. He smoked one cigarette after another. After about ten minutes, he put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray and nodded slowly.

"Well, it's not impossible. Right now, transferring you out of Handong is in their best interest. If I were them, I would transfer you to a remote location. Your achievements and abilities are so outstanding, they might even give you a promotion."

"But even if that's the case, you're suddenly in an unfamiliar environment. It takes time to open up the situation and develop the economy, and time is precisely what we can't afford to waste."

"After you leave, if nothing unexpected happens, the boy from the Tian family will take your place, and the entire Handong will be completely controlled by the Wen and Tian families!"

"It's an open conspiracy, if that's really the case, then it's a ruthless move! Killing without spilling blood, it may seem like a favor to you, but it also directly prolongs the time it takes for you to make your next move. This way, they have ample time to take advantage of Luzhou's rapid development!"

"Alas! It will probably take another two years for your Third Uncle to be transferred back to Kyoto. There's a bit of a transition period internally. Some people have seen the situation clearly and are secretly watching, while others have simply remained neutral. If they succeed, everything will be in vain."

In fact, what Zhou Zhennan said was not an exaggeration at all. Although the Zhou family seems to be prosperous now, Zhou Zhennan's status is also very high, and he has someone backing him up, but all this is like a castle in the air, strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

Zhou Zhennan will retire in a few years. He is too old. Now, besides Zhou Zhennan, the person with the highest status in the Zhou family is Zhou Zhenjun. Although he is now the provincial party secretary, it will take some time for him to move up. The Zhou family has reached a point where there is a lack of successors.

There are quite a few people from the Zhou family outside, and the Zhou family also has its own turf, but that is only outside. As the old saying goes, it is easier to get things done if you have connections in the court. The key is that you have to have connections in the court!

Otherwise, it will be useless even if you have a large number of ministerial-level cadres. If you cannot participate in the core meetings, you are not qualified to be the chess player.

Yuan Mu fell silent again. It was so difficult! This road was too difficult to walk on. The higher you went, the harder it was. It seemed to have endless scenery, but in fact, you had to be careful everywhere. How difficult was it to reach the top?

Zhou Zhennan had the same idea as him. He could roughly guess how the other party would deal with him. Handong could not leave no matter what. This place was really too important. To be precise, it was Luzhou. This place was too important. Without Luzhou, it was equivalent to breaking both his arms. You can imagine its importance.

Seeing Yuan Mu lowering his head in silence, Zhou Zhennan sighed and reached out to pat his shoulder.

"Okay, kid, don't be discouraged. Come with me tomorrow and I'll take you to meet those old friends. No matter what, we can't let their plan succeed."

Yuan Mu looked up at Zhou Zhennan, his eyes full of gratitude. Zhou Zhennan had helped him tremendously along the way. Without Zhou Zhennan's help, he would never have been promoted so quickly. Perhaps he would only be a deputy bureau-level official now. There was no other way. In officialdom, not having anyone behind you was a fatal flaw.

Many times, what matters is not your ability, but whether there is someone speaking for you. After all, there are only so many positions.

For example, let's take the section-level position. You are a university graduate, you pass the civil service exam and are assigned to a township as a section clerk. After one year of service, you are successfully converted to a regular employee. There is nothing to say about this, as long as you don't make any major mistakes, you can be converted to a regular employee.

You work diligently, obey your superiors, and work hard. After three years, normally you can be promoted to deputy section level, but the level is the same, the value of the position may be different.

If someone speaks for you, you may directly become a township leader, such as deputy township head or leader of other departments. On the contrary, if no one speaks for you, you can also be promoted, but at most you will be a deputy chief clerk, with the rank of deputy section chief, but not a leader.

Going up further, when they reach the department level, others with connections can be directly promoted to deputy or principal positions at the county level, such as deputy county magistrate or county magistrate, county party secretary, and principal and deputy positions in various municipal bureaus.

As for you, you have no one behind you, but your term of service is up. As long as you are hardworking, capable, and your leaders like you, you can also be promoted to researcher. This is also a non-leadership position, and it cannot be compared with those county-level directors and deputy directors and directors and deputy directors of municipal bureaus.

This is the reality. There is only one job for each person. If you want to develop well, you have to go to the city or province. There are enough positions there, but the competition is also more intense because there are more people with backgrounds there.

. . . . . . . .

A week later, on September 11, Yuan Mu flew back to Handong.

The situation this time is indeed not optimistic. It seems that the Wen and Tian families have invested heavily and are determined to kick Yuan Mu out of Handong Province, but the Zhou family is not just sitting there doing nothing.

Zhou Zhennan’s old comrades-in-arms are all willing to support him. Although many of them are no longer on the stage, their juniors are still on the stage, and their influence is very great. Sometimes a single word can decide a very important matter and influence the thoughts of those on the stage.

He could not participate in the following fight. Not only him, but also Wen Huarong and Tian Hongyi could not participate. They all returned and waited quietly.

The result this time will not come out soon. If nothing unexpected happens, it will definitely turn into a tug-of-war. It depends on who will have the last laugh.

He is not capable of doing anything right now, and the plan cannot be launched for the time being. He has to make sure that he will not be transferred away from Handong before he can start it. This is also his selfish desire. He doesn't want others to pick such a big peach.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't anxious. Who wouldn't be anxious about such a big thing? It was obvious that as long as he was transferred from Handong, his legacy would be wiped out in an instant, and most of the people he promoted would surely be suppressed and transferred from their current positions.

At most, he can protect his direct subordinates, but he has no time to take care of others. A new emperor means new ministers!

Not only Yuan Mu was anxious, Wen Huarong and Tian Hongyi were even more anxious. Tian Hongyi, who was far away in Haixi Province, was looking forward to it every day. He was waiting for the time when Yuan Mu would be transferred. As soon as he left, he would go to Handong to take up his post.

Handong! I, Tian Hansan, will be back soon!!