Starting from Handong, in the name of Xiao Hao!

No, all the Standing Committee members were smiling as they looked at Li Dakang, whose personality was never exactly endearing.

Previously, Li Dakang was also a hopeful candidate for the position of provincial governor, and everyone would give him some face.

Moreover, according to some rumors, Li Dakang and Li Dakang, the provincial party secretary, had a very pleasant conversation.

So everyone was happy to give Li Dakang some face, but now this problem has arisen.

They even had some reservations about the provincial party secretary, Sha Ruijin.

Knowing that you are the Party Secretary of their Handong Province, many things require your decision-making.

But at the very least, you should have informed us, the members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, shouldn't you?

Although we will not object and the outcome will not change, isn't it a bit disrespectful and ignoring them if you don't say anything at all?

They wouldn't dare offend the provincial party secretary too much, but could they still target you, Li Dakang, a little?

Originally, Li Dakang had a good chance of being promoted to governor, and the prospects seemed pretty good.

They would also give Li Dakang face; even if they didn't seek refuge with him, they wouldn't offend him.

However, as things have progressed, the story of Li Dakang has gradually spread.

The notorious corrupt official Ding Yizhen used to be Li Dakang's close associate and confidant. Moreover, he impersonated Li Dakang and was always active outside.

Furthermore, Li Dakang had never denied anything before, but now that something has happened, even if Li Dakang is innocent...

This would be a significant disadvantage for him in the eyes of his superiors.

Now, with Ouyang Jing's situation, Li Dakang has almost completely lost hope of becoming the provincial governor.

That's been the case at least for the last few years, but how many more incidents await Li Dakang in Handong Province?

"If you're slow at one step, you'll be slow at every step"—this saying couldn't be more fitting here.

Looking at the situation around him, Sha Ruijin knew it was time for him to step forward; otherwise, who knew where things would go from here?

"Alright, I'm sure no one wanted to see something like this happen!" Sha Ruijin said directly.

"But if problems arise, we must solve them!"

“Chief Prosecutor Ji!” Sha Ruijin said directly.

"Secretary Sha!"

"Yes, from now on, whoever violates our laws, we will investigate them thoroughly!"

"I'm entrusting Ouyang Jing's matter to your Anti-Corruption Bureau as well. Make sure you handle it well!" Sha Ruijin instructed.

"Yes, Secretary Sha!"

"Alright, do the rest of you have any objections?" Sha Ruijin asked, looking at the Standing Committee members present.

"No!" Everyone shook their heads.

“Alright, Secretary Dakang, let’s temporarily step aside from this matter!” Sha Ruijin said again.

"Yes, Secretary Sha!" Li Dakang could only agree.

But that look in her eyes really makes her look like she's dead... It's hard to say, but it's definitely not as attractive anymore.

"Okay, does everyone have anything else to say?" Sha Ruijin asked, looking around at the people around him again.

"Secretary Sha, I have some matters to attend to here!"

Sha Ruijin, who was about to announce the end of the meeting, suddenly saw the governor speak.

"Oh? Governor Liu has something to attend to? Then everyone, please wait a moment!" Sha Ruijin said.

The way this is said makes it sound like Governor Liu's words are wasting everyone's time.

"Since Secretary Sha has said so, then I'll get straight to the point!" Governor Liu was naturally not so happy either.

I was thinking that since I'm about to retire, I should really do something.

Although Chang Junhao was involved in the planning, he could still decide the extent to which he would go about it, and he could also decide to the extent to which he would offend the provincial party secretary in front of him.

He knew that Sha Ruijin was not in a good mood, but that was not a reason for a provincial party secretary to give the governor the cold shoulder.

Since that's the case, then don't blame him.

"Secretary Sha, comrades, as you all know, my health has never been very good!"

"I was planning to retire, but due to some reasons, I'm still sticking to my post!"

"It's all for the people, so of course I have no problem with it, and I also have an unshirkable responsibility to handle the provincial government's affairs properly!"

"I dare not slack off in the slightest, but one has to admit that one gets old, and my body is still holding on!"

"But we dare not delay the affairs of our provincial government, or fail to live up to the expectations of the tens of millions of people in our province regarding their rice and vegetable supplies!"

"So because of my health, I now need an executive vice governor to share the burden with me!"

"At the same time, in addition to having an executive vice governor, the position of governor also needs to be determined as soon as possible!"

"I'd like to discuss the selection of the governor, and I also want to retire as soon as possible and go back to recuperate!"

As soon as Governor Liu finished speaking, everyone present changed their expressions drastically. No one had expected that Governor Liu would say such a thing.

You should know that as the governor, even if you stay in the position for just one more day, you will still enjoy the power for that day.

Even though everyone knows that the governor's retirement is not far off, as long as the governor is still alive, people will not truly ignore him.

But if he really retires, then no one will care about him anymore.

They never expected the governor to say such a thing, catching everyone present completely off guard.

Even Sha Ruijin himself was the same; he never expected that Governor Liu would make such a request.

“Governor Liu, you…” Sha Ruijin wanted to ask.

"Secretary Sha, it's my health that's letting me down, and I'm holding everyone back, but I don't dare to disappoint everyone's expectations, so this is all I can do!"

Governor Liu spoke directly to Sha Ruijin.

"This..." Sha Ruijin didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Can't we let a few vice governors handle this for now?" Sha Ruijin said.

"That's just not a legitimate claim!" Governor Liu said with a smile.

"So, Governor Liu, who is your candidate?" Sha Ruijin asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Yes, there is a candidate, and he is a famous general in our Handong Province!" Governor Liu said again.

"Oh? I wonder which of our government's top officials is so highly regarded by Governor Liu?"

"It's none other than our Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee member and Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee Secretary, Comrade Li Dakang!" Governor Liu said with a smile.

"What? How can this be?" Sha Ruijin spoke up first.

"Is there a problem?" Governor Liu asked with a smile.

"Comrade Li Dakang is a well-known development leader in our Handong Province, and he has led many cities out of their predicaments!"

"After becoming the executive vice governor, I will be able to assist the future governor in planning the economic development of our entire province!"

"Who knows, it might even propel our province's economic development to another level!" Governor Liu said.

"Perfect timing. This time, because of Ouyang Jing's problem, it's time for Comrade Li Dakang to take a break."

"I think it would be better to just change seats!"

"This will also show our superiors our determination to fight corruption in Handong Province!"

"At the same time, it also avoided the problems that Comrade Li Dakang might have encountered."

"What does Secretary Sha think?"

Just as Sha Ruijingang was about to speak, Governor Liu continued,

"Of course, if there are any differing opinions, we can vote to decide!"

"After all, we are a democratic society, and it's impossible for whatever I say to be the only one that matters."

"We can also ask for the opinions of our superiors!"

As Governor Liu finished speaking, the people present had different expressions, and several of them even looked at Chang Junhao.

They haven't forgotten that when Provincial Party Secretary Sha Ruijin was away, Chang Junhao said something similar.

What kind of sincerity did Chang Junhao demonstrate to persuade Governor Liu to go to such lengths...?