Official career: From director to secretary, I want to improve myself

"Beep, beep, beep! Woo~! Woo~!"

With such a major incident happening in Pingkang County, Jiang Yuan couldn't care less about anything else. The provincial Party committee leaders' motorcade had already arrived at the Lincheng Municipal Party Committee compound, and their team quickly set off!

With police lights flashing and special police's armed assault vehicles leading the way, more than 20 police cars roared towards Pingkang County.

The road from the Lincheng Municipal Bureau to Pingkang County passes by the other side of the Municipal Party Committee compound. Such a huge scene surprised everyone. The people from the Provincial Party Committee Joint Investigation Team wondered why Lincheng was making such a fuss and creating such a big scene for them.

Then I watched the convoy rushing away into the distance with their hazard lights on!

The door of the black Audi with the license plate Han 0 was slowly opened by the secretary, and a tall and imposing middle-aged man got out of the car.

At the entrance of the Municipal Party Committee, everyone's eyes quietly gathered on him. He seemed to be the center of the entire scene! Unconsciously, everyone's attention was slowly converging on him.

"Secretary Zhu! Welcome to you and the Provincial Party Committee's joint investigation team. Our Lincheng Municipal Party Committee and Lincheng Municipal Government will fully cooperate with the investigation team and fully guarantee their logistics and all other work arrangements!"

Lincheng Municipal Party Committee Secretary Mu Congjun led the team, and all the major leading cadres of the Lincheng Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government, Municipal People's Congress, and Municipal CPPCC stood behind.

"Comrades in the army, thank you for your hard work!"

Zhu Guangquan shook hands with Mu Congjun, and then shook hands with Mayor Qi Quansheng and Municipal CPPCC Chairman Wu Qi.

"Are all the members of the Lincheng Municipal Party Committee present?"

Zhu Guangquan asked.

"Reporting to Secretary Zhu, except for Xia Liping, member of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, everyone else is here."

"Well! It's normal that he didn't come. Secretary Wang Hanming came to Lincheng with me, and he didn't come to the Municipal Party Committee compound because he was going to deal with his own affairs. Everyone else, all of you are in the Municipal Party Committee auditorium meeting now!"

"Yes!"

What Zhu Guangquan said gave everyone endless associations.

Mayor Qi Quansheng was confused. Did Secretary Zhu mean that something had happened to Xia Liping?

It shouldn’t be!

How could he, as the mayor, not know anything about Xia Liping's misfortune? His information network must be fine, right?

Moreover, Xia Liping has that big boss behind him, so how could he possibly get into trouble?

"Notify all the city's leading cadres at or above the deputy director level to attend a meeting in the Municipal Party Committee Auditorium!" Mu Congjun turned around and asked Cheng Kai, the Municipal Party Committee Secretary-General, to notify the meeting, and then led Zhu Guangquan to the Municipal Party Committee's reception room first.

"Secretary Zhu, please take a seat!"

Other municipal party committee leaders were not allowed to enter the reception room. Only the municipal party committee secretary Mu Congjun and the provincial party committee deputy secretary and political and legal committee secretary Zhu Guangquan were inside.

"Comrade Congjun, your Pingkang County in Lincheng City has been chosen as a negative example this time. Do you feel any pressure?"

Zhu Guangquan asked with a smile.

Mu Congjun was stunned. He didn't expect that Secretary Zhu would ask him about this matter.

However, he reacted quickly, adjusting his expression quickly, and then replied, "Secretary Zhu, we in Lincheng City are determined to turn the knife inward! In recent years, under the misguided leadership of several county party secretaries, Pingkang County has been plagued by corruption and irregularities. We have long been on the wrong path!"

"Just look at the cars used by their county party secretary and county head—they're Audi A6s, newly produced last year! The county party committee office building is even better than my municipal party committee office building. I, the municipal party secretary, can't even compare to his county party secretary."

"Hahahahahahaha! Not to mention you, the municipal party secretary, even I, the provincial party vice secretary, can't compare to you!"

Secretary Zhu Guangquan took out a pack of cigarettes, handed it to Mu Congjun, and motioned for him to take one.

"Thank you, Secretary! That's right! The Pingkang County Party and government are still reveling in their past glory, completely oblivious to the risks lurking in their proud coal industry. With the opening of two major railways to the north in Jindong Province and the decline in raw coal prices on the international market, the competitiveness of Pingkang County's coal mines will continue to weaken!"

Mu Congjun took a puff of his cigarette and then talked about his concerns. Not only did Pingkang County have problems with its officials, but its economy was also about to run into big problems!

Pingkang County relies most on coal mining and selling, just like those coal bosses in Jindong Province.

Pingkang County has not built an industrial chain for deep processing of the coal industry, but only mines and sells raw coal. Although this saves trouble, the coal market will be more competitive and prices will fall in the future, and this model will not go far.

It will also pollute the environment! The environment in the northern coal area of ​​Pingkang County is hard to describe, with potholes and dirt everywhere.

"Even in our Lincheng City, we can't go far if we rely on coal as our mainstay industry!"

Although Mu Congjun was transferred from the west, his ability and vision are not to be underestimated. He saw the huge risks involved in Lincheng's economic development early on.

"Yes! No wonder you pushed for the construction of the Lincheng section of the Hannan Expressway as soon as you took office in Lincheng. I heard that you are still in talks with Shanghai City about strengthening cooperation between the two places?"

"Yes! Shanghu City is becoming increasingly urbanized, with a population exceeding 20 million! Ensuring the livelihoods of these 20 million people is a major issue. Our Lincheng City is not far from Shanghu City, and labor costs, environmental pollution, and so on are much lower than in other areas.

I plan to build a general logistics base for the Triangle City Cluster in Lincheng City to ensure the supply of vegetables, fruits, and other daily necessities to the entire Triangle City Cluster area."

"To achieve this, Lincheng's transportation must be improved! In the future, we will cooperate with several cities in the south to open up north-south expressways. I hope to achieve a level where Lincheng can travel to Shanghai and other cities in just four hours!"

"Great! As long as you have a plan and an idea in mind, that's good! It's worth it that the Provincial Party Committee negotiated with Beichuan Province for so long and even persuaded Minister Jing to transfer you here."

Zhu Guangquan laughed heartily. Mu Congjun's words resonated deeply with him. This municipal Party Secretary was truly a man of action. He also possessed a keen sense of crisis. Rather than basking in the economic prosperity brought about by Lincheng's coal industry, he saw the dangers within.

"Lincheng isn't the only city in Handong Province that's experiencing this. The same applies to the three northern cities as well. In your free time, you need to open your mind and consider the overall economic development of the province, not just Lincheng."

"Understood! Thank you, Secretary Zhu."

Mu Congjun nodded, but he didn't think about the deeper meaning.

"Did Jiang Yuan go back to Pingkang County today?"

"Yes, there was a sudden public security incident in Pingkang County last night. County Party Deputy Secretary Liu Qingshan, County Public Security Bureau Political Commissar Wang Heping, and others were suspected of fleeing. He returned to oversee the County Public Security Bureau and began the process of apprehending these individuals."

"Well! This kid really made a big difference in Pingkang County. My senior brother has accepted a good disciple! He has helped me a lot."

Zhu Guangquan smiled and said.

This was only said in the reception room. If others heard it outside, they would be shocked!

Jiang Yuan, a small county Public Security Bureau chief at the section level, his uncle was actually the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee?!