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

"Alright, let's stop discussing this matter. Someone needs to take over the work left behind by Liu Xinbin. I personally recommend Comrade Wang Jiajia to the organization to serve as a member and deputy director of the Party Working Committee. She will be temporarily in charge of the current work. Does anyone have any objections?"

Jiang Yiming glanced around.

The people present were somewhat silent; they had not yet fully processed the news of Hu Decheng and Liu Xinbin's arrest.

This event had a huge impact on them.

Before today, they thought Jiang Yiming was an easy target, someone who could be easily manipulated.

It wasn't until this morning that they realized they had underestimated his skills and the power behind him!

Du Weizhong and Liu Yuanjie exchanged a glance, both seeing worry in each other's eyes.

Over the years, they have all received some gifts and holiday bonuses. If the county discipline inspection commission takes this opportunity to conduct an in-depth investigation of the park, they will be subject to certain party disciplinary punishments even if they are not taken away.

With this in mind, both of them placed their hopes on Jiang Yiming.

"Secretary Jiang has a keen eye for talent. Comrade Wang Jiajia is capable and experienced. I strongly agree with promoting her to a member of the leadership team."

Du Weizhong laughed and said, "With so many cadres, Secretary Jiang picked out the most capable one at a glance. It has to be said that Secretary Jiang has a very strong ability to recognize and use people. He is a good talent scout who can discover a thoroughbred horse."

"It is said that there are many talented horses but few discerning judges of horses. No wonder Secretary Jiang is able to preside over all the work while I can only do some odd jobs. Secretary Jiang is truly capable."

Liu Yuanjie also flattered, "I wholeheartedly support Secretary Jiang's proposal."

"I agree too."

Ding Xuede said something simple.

"Okay, since everyone agrees, I will report back to the organization as soon as possible."

Jiang Yiming said, "Given that Wang Jiajia also has to take on the work of the Party Office, the work related to public security and other aspects will still be handled by Director Yuanjie."

"Director Yuanjie, do you have any objections?"

"No, no, after being late last time, I deeply reflected on my behavior. As a party member and a member of the park's leadership team, I failed to set a good example and instead had a bad influence. It was my personal problem."

Liu Yuanjie was pleasantly surprised and quickly said, "I assure the secretary that such a thing will never happen again, and I will coordinate my work, arrange my time well, do everything well, and never let the secretary down."

"Okay, it's settled then."

Jiang Yiming said, "Since Hu Decheng, the Party Branch Secretary of Yunhu Village, has been taken away for investigation, Yunhu Village must have a new leader. The leader will be appointed by the park. I personally propose that Li Quanyou, the former accountant of Yunhu Village, temporarily take charge of the work, and a new village committee director will be elected during the re-election."

Since it didn't involve their own interests, no one objected, and it was quickly approved.

"The third thing is to establish a leading group for enterprise reform in the industrial park and a rural industry development group."

Jiang Yiming said, "I will serve as the leader of the Industrial Park Enterprise Reform Leading Group, with Weizhong and Yuanjie as deputy leaders, the head of the Economic Development Section as the office director, and the community director and enterprise leaders as members. We will expedite the reform of enterprises within the park."

"Regarding the Rural Industry Development Group, I will serve as the group leader, Ding Xuede as the deputy group leader, the head of the Rural Affairs Section as the office director, and the heads of the four administrative villages as members. The focus will be on developing the eel industry and the yellow peach industry in the park. With the strong support of the park, we will develop these two industries into key industries for enriching the people in the park."

All of the proposals put forward by Jiang Yiming were approved.

Afterwards, Du Weizhong, Liu Yuanjie, and some department heads took the initiative to talk to Jiang Yiming.

Of course, they did not proactively confess to the gifts they had received. Instead, they vaguely reported that they had made some minor mistakes and promised to actively rectify them, and to work closely around Secretary Yiming in the future to promote the rapid and sound development of the park's economy.

Jiang Yiming offered some words of encouragement and told them to relax, saying that every comrade makes mistakes, and as long as they correct them and work hard in the future, he would try to persuade the organization to treat them leniently.

By this point, Jiang Yiming had, to some extent, won over Du Weizhong and Liu Yuanjie.

Although they might still be somewhat resentful, they dared not openly oppose or make any underhanded moves against Jiang Yiming's proposed strategies in order to save face.

These are enough.

In the afternoon, accompanied by Ding Xuede, Wang Jiajia, and relevant department staff, Jiang Yiming visited four administrative villages, including Yunhu Village, and randomly visited villagers' homes for discussions.

Jiang Yiming walked into a farmhouse courtyard. The house was built of adobe bricks and was a bit dark inside. There were some chickens and ducks in the yard, and a little girl with braids and another little boy wearing open-crotch pants were playing in the mud on the ground.

Upon seeing strangers enter, the brother and sister twisted their bodies and ran towards the house, shouting as they ran, startling the chickens and ducks, which flapped their wings and ran to the side.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, someone's here..."

An old man dressed in thin clothes with patches on his clothes came out.

"Hello, sir. I am Jiang Yiming, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee of the park. If you have any urgent problems that you want to solve, you can tell me. I will solve them for you on the spot if I can. If I can't solve them, I will go back and discuss them with my colleagues and try my best to give you a satisfactory answer."

"Secretary Jiang? I've heard of you. You were the one who led the arrest of the village secretary of Yunhu Village. You're a good official, a good official indeed."

The old man gave Jiang Yiming a thumbs up and kept praising him.

"Sir, you flatter me. This is what we should do."

Jiang Yiming said with some shame.

“I know it’s what you should do, but many cadres can’t do what they should do well.”

The old man said, "So many officials have failed to do their jobs well, but you have done them well. If we ordinary people don't praise you, who else should we praise?"

“Secretary Jiang, I know you are a good official, so I will speak the truth. Our common people have very low demands. We just want to be fed and clothed, and for our children to go to school. Now the policies are good, and our children can go to school, but life is too hard. The annual grain quota is not small. After paying the grain quota, the people don’t have much grain left. They can’t afford to buy anything, and they don’t have the money.”

“It’s not that we’re unwilling to put in the effort, but the problem is that we only have so much land. Even if we work ourselves to death in the fields, we won’t harvest much more grain or earn much money.”

“The children’s parents made the difficult decision to go out to work when the children were only three months old. They could only come back once a year, but they couldn’t earn much money at the end of the year, and their lives were still difficult to change.”

…………

Jiang Yiming visited four administrative villages to gain an in-depth understanding of their basic conditions, industrial development, village organization, and the living conditions of the villagers.

The survey results show that there are many problems that urgently need to be addressed.

"The lives of ordinary people are too hard. As Party members and cadres, we must do everything we can to improve everyone's lives and raise the living standards of ordinary people!"

Jiang Yiming said with a serious and firm expression.