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Chapter 2979 Tang Zeyan Suddenly Takes Sides

Jiang Longjun did not refute Qin Feng after he finished speaking. Qin Feng's opposition was expected, and the reason for Qin Feng's opposition was actually not important.

"Comrade Zeyan, what's your opinion?" Jiang Longjun turned to Tang Zeyan and asked. In Jiang Longjun's mind, this was the expected process today, and the outcome was already predetermined.

"I... think the mayor's opinion is quite reasonable. Secretary Jiang, this matter does have some impact on our Shazhou City, but I think this impact should be viewed from both positive and negative perspectives," Tang Zeyan said with a smile.

Jiang Longjun, who hadn't taken it seriously at all, looked up at Tang Zeyan with some surprise after hearing his words.

In Jiang Longjun's view, given Tang Zeyan's personality and past behavior, he would either not express his opinion at today's meeting, or he would choose to stand on his side.

To Jiang Longjun's surprise, Tang Zeyan chose to side with Qin Feng today.

For Jiang Longjun, today's meeting and the matter he raised were not in doubt. Whether Tang Zeyan sided with Qin Feng or not would not change the final outcome. This meeting was not about the minority obeying the majority, but rather that he, as the municipal party secretary, had absolute decision-making power. Moreover, today, the majority of people supported him.

However, Tang Zeyan's decision to side with Qin Feng today is quite unusual, which is something that Jiang Longjun is somewhat concerned about.

Tang Zeyan, knowing Jiang Longjun's thoughts and after Liu Yunbing and Shi Jinhao had already expressed their opinions, still chose to side with Qin Feng.

Jiang Longjun looked Tang Zeyan up and down, pondering why Tang Zeyan had done what he did today.

“If we hold the relevant comrades in the Public Security Bureau accountable, then this will be a negative impact. But if we praise the relevant comrades in the Public Security Bureau who are in charge of this case and publicize this matter extensively, then wouldn't that be a positive impact, demonstrating our Party Committee and government's firm attitude in cracking down on these illegal and criminal acts…”

Tang Zeyan continued to elaborate on his views and express his opinions as if he couldn't see Jiang Longjun's gaze.

Today's meeting was just a deliberation session. A motion is when several bigwigs and relevant leaders sit down together to discuss whether to do this or whether to adjust this person's job position.

This meeting doesn't require a majority vote; Jiang Longjun can make the decision on his own. He could even skip the meeting altogether and directly ask the organization department to conduct a preliminary investigation, thus bypassing this step.

So although Qin Feng and Tang Zeyan objected at the meeting, Jiang Longjun ultimately made the decision and had the organization department conduct an organizational review.

However, generally speaking, the secretary will fully consider the opinions of the participants, especially the opinions of the mayor and deputy secretary. If there are different opinions, they will be communicated. If the communication still cannot reach a consensus, it will usually be temporarily shelved. After the meeting, the secretary will communicate privately with the mayor or deputy secretary until a consensus is reached.

Of course, most of the time the mayor and deputy secretary obey the secretary's opinion.

Only after an agreement has been reached will the organization department conduct an organizational review, and then the rest will proceed step by step in a logical manner.

Although Qin Feng and Tang Zeyan both expressed their opposition today, Jiang Longjun still forced the matter forward.

Qin Feng walked out of the conference room calmly, showing no anger at the meeting's outcome or Jiang Longjun's autocratic behavior, because he had already guessed this result before the meeting even started.

Qin Feng didn't have much time to deal with this matter, because the end of the year was approaching and the Chinese New Year was less than a month away. There were too many things weighing on the municipal government and Qin Feng. Fortunately, Feng Changjun and Sun Yuanwei helped Qin Feng share a lot of the work, otherwise Qin Feng would have been too busy.

When Qin Feng was the town mayor, he thought the town mayor was the busiest official in the world. Every time he went to the county and saw how leisurely the officials there looked, he was filled with resentment.

Later, when Qin Feng became the county magistrate, he realized that the town mayor's busyness was nothing compared to that of the county magistrate. At that time, he thought that the county magistrate was the busiest person in the world, and he thought that it would be great if he could become the mayor one day, because the mayor is so leisurely.

Now that Qin Feng has finally become mayor, he realizes that a mayor has far more to manage and worry about than a county magistrate.

Qin Feng finally understood that the higher the position and the greater the power, the greater the responsibility you have to bear, the more things you have to be responsible for, and the busier and more stressed you become.

If this is already the case for a mayor, Qin Feng can't imagine how busy a provincial governor must be every day.

It's the end of the year, and the municipal government is already busy, but various parties like to come to conduct research and inspections at this time, so there are even more receptions.

That evening, Qin Feng personally attended another dinner with the director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, and they drank some wine.

Fortunately, the receptions at their level were relatively simple, which suited Qin Feng's tastes. Unlike the so-called receptions and social obligations he had in the county, which involved not only mountains of meat and seas of wine but also mandatory entertainment.

When you're at a low rank, you have no scruples; when you're at a high rank, it's not that you lose your desires, but rather that you become more cautious.

Qin Feng drank a few glasses of wine with Zhang Xinming. On the way back, he asked the driver to stop the car and, accompanied by Zhang Xinming, went to a noodle shop that was still open on the street and ate a bowl of the most ordinary mutton soup noodles.

Just moments ago, he was drinking with the director of the Agriculture Department in a grand hotel, discussing important matters concerning the lives of millions of people. Now, in the blink of an eye, he's sitting in this small, run-down shop on the street, eating a bowl of mutton soup noodles for eight yuan. The noodle shop owner would never have imagined that this person, speaking with a southern accent and eating noodles with gusto, would be the mayor.

The fact that the hotel food was never enough was the most hateful thing Qin Feng had ever experienced over the years.

It was already past nine o'clock at night when Qin Feng went upstairs.

Don't think that the hotel isn't too late. In the northwest, in a place like Shazhou, especially now in the dead of winter, with ice and snow and howling north winds outside, you can hardly see anyone outside once it gets dark. What's more, it's already past nine o'clock at night.

Qin Feng was taking out his keys to open the door when Yang Yuxin's door opened behind him.

Qin Feng turned around and saw Yang Yuxin standing there with the door open.

"You're back?" Yang Yuxin asked, without any intention of coming out.

Yang Yuxin didn't wait for Qin Feng to come back at Qin Feng's house today.

"Correct."

"work overtime?"

"No, I had a social engagement."

"He's been drinking."

"Can you smell alcohol? I haven't drunk much." Qin Feng sniffed himself.

"Who can smell the alcohol on themselves after drinking?" Yang Yuxin smiled and continued, "It's the end of the year, you must be very busy?"

"Yes, there's a lot to do."

"When are you going to keep your promise to come to my place for dinner?" Yang Yuxin asked.

"I'm sorry, I... I am indeed quite busy." Qin Feng had forgotten about it again.

“It’s almost the end of the year, and there will be a lot of things to do during this period. How about this, tell me when you’re leaving? I promise to arrange the schedule before you leave,” Qin Feng said.

"It depends on your schedule. I'll make arrangements whenever you're free, and I'll leave whenever I've finished cooking for you. If..." Yang Yuxin paused for a moment.

“If you’re busy at the end of the year, I can wait until after the New Year to leave,” Yang Yuxin said.