Starting from Handong, in the name of Xiao Hao!

The two men clasped hands, a gesture that left Chen Yanshi somewhat bewildered.

"Yuliang, Xiaohao, what's wrong with you two...?"

"Haha, Mr. Chen, you don't know this at all. This man is a very famous person in our Handong Province!" Gao Yuliang said to Chen Yanshi with a smile.

"A big celebrity?" Chen Yanshi was taken aback and expressed some confusion.

"Yes, do you remember that young man I told you about before, the one who worked very well with me?" Gao Yuliang said with a smile.

"Ouch!" Chen Yanshi slapped his forehead again.

"I finally remember! I knew it! I always felt that the name sounded familiar, but I just couldn't place it!"

"Now I finally understand!"

"Oh dear, I'm getting old, I'm getting old!" Chen Yanshi laughed.

"Not at all, Mr. Chen, you're not old at all! We still need you to give us some pointers from time to time!" Gao Yuliang said with a smile.

"What use is there for an old man like me!" Chen Yanshi laughed.

"So, does that mean Xiao Hao—no, Secretary Chang—is now the Party Secretary of your Lüzhou City?"

"And he's a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee of our Handong Province?"

“Isn’t that right?” Gao Yuliang said with a smile.

"Okay, okay!" Chen Yanshi said with a smile.

"When I saw Xiao Hao coming over with these things, I thought he was bringing a gift for this old man!"

"But I never expected that their position would be higher than mine!"

Chen Yanshi immediately started making fun of himself, which made everyone laugh, but it was all just a joke, and no one really laughed at Chen Yanshi.

"Come, come, now that you know Xiao Hao, do you know this person?" Chen Yanshi introduced again.

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Gao Yuliang walked over, only to see an unfamiliar face.

"Who is this...?"

"Haha, this is the nephew of one of my old comrades-in-arms... He's here in Handong Province for a new post, but I haven't looked into the specifics!" Chen Yanshi laughed.

"He's also a friend of Secretary Chang; we just came together!"

"I see!" Gao Yuliang said with a smile as he stepped forward.

"Hello, Gao Yuliang!"

"Hello, Li Weijun!" Li Weijun smiled and shook hands with them.

Although Li Weijun is a member of the military, he is here this time as the political commissar of the provincial military sub-district.

He was also a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee of Handong Province, the one that rarely expressed its opinions.

However, it's unclear now whether, with Chang Junhao's involvement, they will truly remain uninvolved in anything.

Because of Chang Junhao, he wasn't completely ignorant about Handong Province.

At the very least, they knew these people from the provincial party committee, and they also knew who had a good relationship with Chang Junhao.

Gao Yuliang was naturally no stranger to them.

"Judging from Comrade Wei Jun's demeanor, he must be a soldier, right?" Gao Yuliang's face also carried a sincere smile.

He was also one of Chang Junhao's men. Since Chang Junhao was willing to come all the way here to find him, and they were old friends and both were soldiers, he was a good person.

Gao Yuliang naturally guessed that it might be due to the relationship between their families, and that they probably had a very good relationship.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have ended up together like this.

Chang Junhao's background is in the military, which further confirms this.

"Yes!" Li Weijun smiled.

"We'll be working in the same place from now on, so please give me your guidance, Secretary Gao!"

"No, no!" Gao Yuliang replied modestly with a smile.

"Brother Li's words are really quite right, Secretary Gao, I really need to give you more guidance in the future!" Chang Junhao said with a smile.

"Hmm? What does Secretary Junhao mean by that..." Gao Yuliang was somewhat confused.

“He is the political commissar of the provincial military sub-district!” Chang Junhao said with a smile.

"Political commissar of the military sub-district? Member of the provincial party committee standing committee?" Upon hearing this, Gao Yuliang's eyes lit up instantly.

Good heavens, if that's really the case, then Gao Yuliang, putting aside everything else, should have no problem maintaining his invincible position.

It's worth noting that the military used to always abstain from voting and wouldn't get involved in their affairs.

But now, if we have such a vote, then with Chang Junhao himself, the secretary of a sub-provincial city, and the people on Governor Liu's side, we'll have a lot more votes.

Positions like the Executive Vice Governor and the Minister of Publicity are all under Governor Liu's jurisdiction, along with Governor Liu himself.

There's also Chang Junhao, Gao Yuliang himself, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, and if you add Political Commissar Li from the military sub-district, that makes six people.

Within the provincial party committee, Gao Yuliang himself also served as the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, making the total number of such individuals only 12.

Besides them, there were also the provincial party secretary, the organization minister, the provincial party secretary-general, the Jingzhou municipal party secretary, the discipline inspection commission secretary, the united front minister, and so on.

Although in general, an odd number is required, Gao Yuliang's concurrent appointment, coupled with Governor Liu's excellent cooperation with Zhao Lichun, made this possible.

So they never cared about anything. Even if you include Gao Yuliang, Chang Junhao and the others only had five votes in the past.

Zhao Lichun also garnered six votes, which, combined with his title as the provincial party secretary, makes him quite formidable.

Now, they themselves have directly taken up half of the seats, even though the newly appointed provincial party secretary doesn't get along with them.

They don't need to worry about anything anymore.

They might even be suppressed by them; those people from before were all Zhao Lichun's men.

Now that Zhao Lichun is gone, will he be accepted by the new provincial party secretary immediately?

Moreover, Gao Yuliang himself is capable of doing something to win over some people.

Thinking about these things, Gao Yuliang's smile deepened.

"Alright, enough of that. Now that we're at the old man's house, everyone, regardless of their status, is his guest!"

"Come, come, let's have a nice meal with the old man today, how about it?" Chen Yanshi said with a smile.

"Okay!" they all agreed.

And while we were there, we didn't say much, just talked about some interesting things in life and the old days.

When everyone had finished eating and drinking, they were all ready to leave, but at that moment, the sound of cars came from outside again.

"Hey, looks like this old man really has some good news today, with people coming one after another!"

"Please have a seat, I'll go see who it is!"

"Oh, Mr. Chen, how could I let you go? I'll go!" Li Weijun said, standing up.

“Let me do it!” Chang Junhao stood up and said with a smile.

"We're all equally bad, let's go together!" Gao Yuliang said with a smile at the end.

They smiled at each other and walked towards the door.

"Xiao Hai?" To everyone's surprise, Chen Yanshi called out in delight.

"Dad!" A man came in from outside... well, a middle-aged man, who looked even older than Chang Junhao.

However, their actual ages should be about the same.

"I was wondering why it was so lively today. Turns out it's because you're back!" Chen Yanshi said with a smile.

"Hmm, who else is here?" Chen Hai asked with a smile as he walked in.

"Why did you have time to come back today? Weren't you always working overtime before? Did you go back to where you live?" Chen Yanshi asked curiously.

"I'm not..." As he spoke, Chen Hai suddenly noticed three people standing at the door... no, one of them was a stranger, but he knew the other two quite well.

One was his teacher, Gao Yuliang, and the other was Chang Junhao, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the Party Secretary of Lüzhou City.

"Hello, Teacher Gao, Secretary Chang!"

"Xiao Hai!" Gao Yuliang was overjoyed to see his student.

However, Chang Junhao's impression of this person is still uncertain; it remains to be seen which side he should stand on based on his future actions.