The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 360: Promoted to Deputy Director!

Chapter 360: Chapter 360: Promoted to Deputy Director!

The Ye Family’s influence in Suyun Province was decisive, and Suyun Province’s second-highest official was a disciple of the Ye Family patriarch. It was set that he would be promoted to the top position tomorrow during the leadership reshuffling.

If Xu Qianli could head to Suyun Province, with his current achievements, he could definitely be promoted one level immediately; once there, he would become a deputy director.

With the full support of the Ye Family, it would be hard for him not to rise rapidly through the ranks.

Xu Qianli couldn’t deny that the proposal was enticing.

There had been attempts before to transfer him to Suyun Province with the promise of a deputy director position, but he had turned them down.

That was because Xu Qianli’s roots were in Jiang City. Leaving hastily would reward him only with the position of a deputy director, and he would have to start everything from scratch.

Now, it was different. With the Ye Family’s full support, he wouldn’t be starting from scratch. Not only that, but he would also gain access to the best resources and strongest support as soon as he arrived.

With such preconditions, it would be hard not to rise rapidly through the ranks.

However, such a choice undoubtedly had its drawbacks—whatever heights he might reach in the future would always be overshadowed by one thing, the Ye Family!

From then on, even if he achieved great success, others might think that his rise to high positions was solely due to his connections with the Ye Family, rather than his own efforts.

While the Ye Family was helping him, they would definitely influence his decisions, and in the future, he might become a pawn at their disposal.

Where to place the pawn was not up to him, and he might end up doing many things he had never wanted to do before.

After careful consideration, Xu Qianli tactfully declined Qin Bijun’s kind offer; he still wanted to stay in Jiang City.

Qin Bijun was quite surprised by this reply.

"Xu, don’t you know the energy of our Ye Family? If you follow my arrangement and go to Suyun Province, you could likely get promoted. Why would you stay in a small place like Jiang City?"

"Let’s not even talk about the prospects here—think about how many rivals you have here. Just yesterday, you were almost taken down by the City Disciplinary Inspection Committee."

"In the city, there’s Lu Xingtian; in the county, there’s Lan Qianrong; even in the townships, there’s Lin Feng. Everyone is eyeing you, wanting to find fault with you, to trample you. In such a hostile environment, why would you choose to stay and suffer?"

"Listen to me, don’t be stubborn. Agree with me, and with just a nod from you, I can quickly handle everything and arrange for you in the most promising position in Suyun Province with the best conditions, allowing you to fully display your talents."

Qin Bijun earnestly persuaded Xu Qianli.

In her view, since Xu Qianli was already a son-in-law of the Ye Family, why should he remain in a small place like Jiang City?

Since he had the conditions, why keep toiling in Jiang City?

Before Xu Qianli could utter a word, Ding Meixin spoke up first.

"Auntie, please don’t persuade Director Xu any further. Since he has chosen to stay, he must have his reasons."

"Although other places might be good, this is his second hometown; he has emotional ties to Jiang City."

"Besides, all those projects in Qingshan Town were initiated by him and are just getting started. What if there’s chaos if he leaves?"

"Moreover, he has an even more important task to handle."

Ding Meixin said, looking at Xu Qianli with admiration.

"He had decided before to relocate all the villages in the mountainous areas of Qingshan Town with living difficulties. How could he possibly leave with this matter still unresolved?"

"Auntie, you just met Director Xu and don’t know him well yet. He is a person who sees things through from start to finish; he won’t leave until everything is handled properly."

Hearing this, Qin Bijun nodded, giving Xu Qianli a look of approval.

"Good, now I understand why Meixin chose you as her boyfriend."

"Relocating all the impoverished villages of Qingshan Town is a good deed, and Auntie thinks you did well."

"And all those other things you’ve done before, disaster relief and saving people, are good deeds too."

"You’re a good young man. It seems that even without our Ye Family intervening, you’ll rise quickly."

"Auntie has high hopes for you!"

Nearby, Ye Qingmei’s ears perked up.

Knowing that her mother usually had exacting standards and rarely complimented anyone, her praise of Xu Qianli today meant that she genuinely approved of him as her son-in-law.

Ye Qingmei was also very excited about Xu Qianli’s future prospects.

She was curious to see just how far her brother-in-law could go in the future.

After breakfast, as her mother wanted to have a private chat, she told Xu Qianli to do whatever he wanted.

Xu Qianli left Yunding Villa and, after some thought, decided to visit the County Committee, seeking out Ge Changhong.

Ge Changhong had expected Xu Qianli to come and had been waiting for him.

After Secretary Lin had brought tea and left the office, leaving the two men alone, Ge Changhong got straight to the point without mincing words.

"Xu, I have something to talk to you about, and you’ve come at just the right time."

"I received news from the city, regarding the application for ’Provincial Excellence’ that I submitted for you, it has been approved."

"You, being in the bureaucracy, must understand what ’Provincial Excellence’ represents—it represents an opportunity for exceptional promotion!"

"Everyone says being in an officialdom is like walking on thin ice, and climbing higher is as tough as ascending to heaven."

"I, Ge Changhong, have struggled my whole life and have only climbed to this position, and this is as far as I go."

"The future is for you young people!"

The more he spoke, the more excited and enthusiastic Ge Changhong became.

He was an old hand in the bureaucracy, having climbed to the position of County Party Secretary after a lifetime of struggle, seeing his retirement approaching with no further hope of advancement.

But Xu Qianli was entirely different. He was just over twenty years old and was already a department-level cadre.

If everything went smoothly, Xu Qianli might be promoted to deputy director in a couple of years.

But now, with the title of ’Provincial Excellence,’ Xu Qianli had the possibility of being promoted ahead of time, also known as an "exceptional promotion."

So young and already being promoted to deputy director—not to mention Jiang City, such a case was rare even in Zhongzhou City.

Of course, he was still somewhat lacking compared to those top talents, who were directors in charge of their own domain before they were thirty, but as someone who started from the grassroots, it was quite extraordinary.

Such a young man had a future that was boundless.

If everything went smoothly, he would inevitably be promoted to the city-level, and perhaps even to the provincial level, reaching heights that Ge Changhong could not even dare to dream of.

While Ge Changhong was excited, suddenly a knocking sound interrupted, and Secretary Lin came in.

"Leader, I just received a document—it’s a red-headed document from the Provincial Committee. It not only approves Secretary Xu’s ’Provincial Excellence’ but also announces to the whole province his recent achievements, especially his leading of the team to relief operations in Qinglong Town."

"Additionally, this document from the Organization Department of the Provincial Committee states it has approved an extraordinary promotion for Secretary Xu to the level of deputy director!"