The Ambitions to Conquer the Official Career
Chapter 111 Ji Yang’s Influence

Chapter 111: Chapter 111 Ji Yang’s Influence

At the Party Committee meeting, if the top two party officials have unified their opinions, it’s very difficult for others to oppose them. And if the deputy secretary agrees as well, there’s no suspense left. However, Qingyuan Village is in a completely different situation, where the top two officials are adversaries, and the deputy secretary hasn’t made clear which side they are on, making the entire meeting somewhat difficult to manage.

At this point, Xingshun said, "If there are differences among the comrades internally, why not bring someone in from the outside?"

Everyone’s gazes turned to Xingshun’s face.

Gui Ping was also looking at Xingshun with some surprise.

Xingshun said, "As we all saw just now, Cheng Jun proposed Miao Xiaoying, while Gui Ping proposed Chen Yongwei. Both candidates are quite good. In fact, Vice Director Lin from the county committee also mentioned Liu Yun. Currently, Liu Yun is technically part of the Party and Government Office, but she is more involved with the work of the People’s Congress. Now that the People’s Congress meeting is underway, she hasn’t really done much. Should we consider bringing her back to preside over the work at the Party and Government Office?"

Now everyone understood that the deputy county chief from the county wanted Liu Yun to take on this director position.

The atmosphere at the meeting drastically quieted down, forcing everyone to analyze what this meant for their own situation.

If they disagreed, they would upset Deputy County Chief Lin, which nobody wanted to do.

He Chengjun said, "Now we have three candidates. How about we all share our thoughts?"

At this time, Gui Ping also looked somewhat displeased. He was originally allies with Xingshun, and now with this turn of events, what exactly was Xingshun trying to do? To flatter the leadership, was he willing to forsake the interests of his own ally?

Xingshun was also out of options. Vice Director Lin, responsible for the county affairs, had made several phone calls bringing up Liu Yun’s situation, and Xingshun did not have a better strategy. If he did not handle this matter, he might offend Vice Director Lin.

As he looked around at everyone, Xingshun knew he had upset Gui Ping with this incident.

As for Gui Ping, Xingshun was indifferent. As long as he could gain the favor of Vice Director Lin, it did not matter if Gui Ping was unhappy.

After struggling against He Chengjun recently, he felt a sense of powerlessness, realizing that he lacked a strong backing.

An idea struck him, and he turned toward Ji Yang, "Let’s listen to Mr. Ji Yang’s opinion."

Everyone’s gaze also shifted to Ji Yang.

Ji Yang smiled and said, "As all comrades are aware, I have always been working in Wushu Village. I haven’t been very involved in the affairs of the village, and although I’ve learned about some issues these past few days, my knowledge of the specifics is still quite limited. All the comrades everyone has mentioned are excellent, I believe they are all very capable. Choosing any one of them to take the position would impact the morale of others. Moreover, since I come from the Party and Government Office, I shouldn’t make decisions lightly. For this matter, I choose to abstain from voting. Let’s just discuss it among ourselves."

Huang Yu smiled and said, "Mr. Ji Yang has spoken my mind. I’ve been busy with Peach Blossom Source recently and haven’t had much time to get to know the village cadres. I too will abstain."

Qian Wan said, "I work in publicity. Since coming to the village, I’ve been trying to develop tourism. Much of my time has been spent on issues in Heini Village. I’m even less familiar with the situation of those cadres, so I will also abstain."

Suddenly, three abstentions threw everyone into confusion.

The armed forces minister Lin Qianyong didn’t explain anything further and simply stated, "I abstain as well."

Four abstentions!

Everyone was somewhat confused.

To understand, four abstentions in a row indicated significant disagreement with the current proposal and dissatisfaction with the personnel discussions, how would the upper levels perceive this if it got out.

Not to mention the issue of abstainments, there were still five people who had not stated their positions, making it impossible to reach a majority. What was there left to discuss?

At this moment, He Chengjun looked at everyone’s reaction, smiled, and said, "I think we should put this matter on hold for now. With so few candidates and four abstentions, Xingshun, even if we voted, you’d probably get at most three votes, not enough to pass. I think Mr. Ji Yang will have to continue as the acting head of the Party and Government Office for a little while longer."

Tian Ronghua said, "Mayor He is right, everything was a bit too hasty. The leaders didn’t communicate beforehand and brought this up for discussion. If word gets out, it wouldn’t look good."

He Chengjun said, "That’s exactly the case. In doing anything, communication is very important. I think this lack of careful communication has led to the current situation. Xingshun, you’ll need to pay attention to this in the future."

This was an open accusation of Xingshun for not uniting with his comrades.

Xingshun had not expected this turn of events. In his original plan, even if Ji Yang was dissatisfied, he figured everyone would still prefer to find someone else for the Party and Government Office. So, he had calculated his chances of winning as high, at least enough to make Ji Yang give up the acting position.

Glancing at Huang Yu, Xingshun was confused; Huang Yu had always seemed to lean more towards him. What was different today?

And Qian Wan, what was her deal? Weren’t the people behind her supposed to be allies with his supporters? Why weren’t they backing him?

He Chengjun was also quietly observing the situation. Tian Ronghua had leaned towards him, and Qiu Ling was nearly the same. In his view, it was entirely possible to sway someone during the meeting by negotiating interests, and upon Ji Yang’s abstention, he would take the upper hand.

But today’s developments made him realize there was a third force in the village, Ji Yang’s power base.