The Official Ladder: I ascend to the pinnacle of power, wielding the power of life and death.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

Jiang Yongchen laughed and said, "I'll call Wang Weifa now. After we've discussed things, I'll send you a message. Go to sleep early."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yongchen called Wang Weifa and learned that he was still promoting Yusha wine in the city. He immediately invited him to have a late-night snack.

"My brother Jiang, I'm about to jump off a building right now, how can I have the mind to eat a late-night snack?"

Wang Weifa refused.

"Since you've already chosen to jump off a building, you should at least have a midnight snack. You might as well die a full-bodied death."

Jiang Yongchen laughed and said, "I'm not kidding you anymore. I have good news for you."

"What good news?"

Wang Weifa immediately perked up.

"Wang Pangzi Barbecue Restaurant on Youzheng Road, I'll be there in half an hour. Let's meet and talk."

Jiang Yongchen didn't say much and hung up the phone directly. He believed that Wang Weifa would arrive on time.

"My dear brother Jiang, why are you only arriving now?"

As soon as Jiang Yongchen arrived, Wang Weifa waved to him.

At this moment, Wang Weifa was no longer the spirited man he once was. Instead, his eyes were sunken, his hair was disheveled, and he looked listless.

"I rushed over here as soon as I finished calling you, without wasting any time."

Jiang Yongchen sat down, and the two ordered grilled skewers including kidney, chives, mutton, and beef.

We ordered another beer and chatted while we drank.

"Brother Jiang, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me already."

Wang Weifa said impatiently.

Jiang Yongchen told Wang Weifa that Yusha wine would be served as the hospitality wine.

"real or fake?"

Wang Weifa stared wide-eyed at Jiang Yongchen.

"Why would I lie to you? Yiming called me personally."

"Crap!"

Wang Wei waved his fists excitedly, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Boss, ten more kidneys, please!"

After shouting, Wang Weifa bit open the beer bottle cap with his teeth and said, "Brother Jiang, let's have a three-hundred-round battle today, and we won't go home until we're drunk."

"Don't rush, I've come to you for more than just this news."

Jiang Yongchen said, "Yiming facilitated this. He didn't know I held so many shares before. If the news were made public, people would gossip. Yiming didn't ask me to transfer my shares, but I have to consider his feelings. So, I plan to transfer thirteen percent of my shares to you."

"The price is 1.25 times what I paid for it. If you are willing to take it, I will transfer it to you. If you are not willing to take it, I will transfer it to someone else."

"Brother Jiang, you're not making up a story for me to get rid of your shares, are you?"

"You're overthinking it. You're so poor you're about to jump off a building. Even if I made up a story to sell it, I wouldn't go after a penniless wretch like you."

Jiang Yongchen said, "If you don't trust me, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"No, no, no, I believe you. I know your reputation."

Wang Weifa slapped himself in the mouth: "I misspoke just now, so I'm slapping myself. Don't take it to heart."

"Let's get back to the main point. Do you want the shares I have?"

"Yes, of course I want it, but I don't have that much money to give you."

“Since I’ve come to talk to you, I’m doing so with sincerity. To be honest, if it weren’t for Yiming being involved, I wouldn’t have transferred the shares to you even if you had increased the price by fifty percent.”

Jiang Yongchen said, "We'll sign the transfer agreement first, and you can give me the money when you've calmed down."

"Good, good, Brother Jiang, you and Secretary Jiang are my second parents, especially Secretary Jiang. I will remember this forever. If he ever needs my help in the future, and I even flinch when he asks, I'm a son of a bitch!"

After they finished talking, they drank some beer and ate some barbecue.

Wang Weifa tried to pull Jiang Yongchen away, saying, "We agreed to a three-hundred-round battle, you can't leave now."

Jiang Yongchen refused: "After eating so many kidneys, I'm going back to have a three-hundred-round battle with my wife. What's the point of fighting with you?"

Then he staggered away.

The next day after get off work, Wang Lifeng went into the office and invited Jiang Yiming to dinner.

"Secretary, my girlfriend and I would like to invite you to dinner tonight. Would that be convenient for you?"

"You know my schedule, don't you?"

Jiang Yiming laughed and said, "Come on, I'll treat you to dinner tonight. Xiao Zhang came to Xinping County, and I haven't had time to pick you two up for dinner yet."

"Secretary, we're treating you tonight so I can thank you properly. If it weren't for you, my file would have a bad record."

Wang Lifeng quickly replied.

"Speaking of which, I was just about to talk to you about this."

Jiang Yiming said, "You performed very well this time and withstood the pressure."

He knew that Xu Hui and his men arrested Wang Lifeng not just to embarrass him, but more to get something out of Wang Lifeng.

Once they have leverage over you, they can use it to blackmail you into compromising.

Clearly, Wang Lifeng withstood all the pressure and didn't say a single careless word.

Of course, he himself didn't have any obvious weaknesses that anyone could use against him.

"This is what I should do."

Wang Lifeng said.

"In any case, you withstood the pressure and passed the test, and I am very satisfied with that."

After Wang Lifeng was arrested, Jiang Yiming did not take immediate action. Firstly, his hasty intervention would complicate the matter. Secondly, he also wanted to test Wang Lifeng.

"What were your thoughts when you found out I didn't get you out immediately?"

“I panicked a bit at the time. They said that I had given up on me and asked me to explain my bad situation. They said that not only would they let me leave, but they would also promote me.”

Wang Lifeng said seriously, "Of course I won't talk nonsense. You treat me like a brother. Even if you really did abandon me, I wouldn't talk nonsense."

Jiang Yiming nodded and said, "It's good that you realize this. Everyone is eager to be a secretary to their boss, but little do they know that being a secretary is also very risky. If the boss goes to jail or his career comes to an abrupt end, the secretary will be the first to be implicated."

"Of course, there are also secretaries who are not clear-headed and think that they can gain benefits by betraying their leaders. This is the most brainless thing to do. Betrayal is the most taboo thing in officialdom. If you betray the leader you follow, who will dare to use you in the future?"

“The reason I didn’t get you out of this mess right away was because I knew that as long as we arrested corrupt officials like Xu Hui, all the problems would be solved. They not only revoked your administrative detention, but even your drunk driving penalty was lifted.”

"Thank you for your guidance, leader. I will keep it in mind."

Wang Lifeng knew that this was his leader giving him earnest advice and guidance.

“There will be a reshuffling of personnel in the County Party Committee Office soon, and I plan to have you concurrently serve as the director of the duty room, just to reserve a position for you.”

"Thank you for your guidance, leader. I will certainly live up to your expectations!"

Wang Lifeng suppressed his excitement and quickly expressed his opinion.

The position of director of the duty room of the county party committee office is at the deputy section level. If he can hold the position concurrently, he will grow from an ordinary staff member to a deputy section-level cadre managed by the organization department!

For many ordinary civil servants, this is the end of their lives!

For him, however, it may only be the beginning.

This is the advantage of being a leader's secretary.

Of course, the most important thing is to follow the right leader!