The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 463: Zou Ming’s Crisis!

Chapter 463: Chapter 463: Zou Ming’s Crisis!

If it were anyone else, it might not have mattered, but when he realized it was Zhao Mei, the City Organization Minister, Fu Guotai dared not neglect. He immediately left the conference hall and took a call.

When he returned, it was a full ten minutes later.

Everyone noticed his ashen face. He looked terrible, with a visage as dark as the bottom of a pot.

As soon as he got back, Fu Guotai glared angrily at Xu Qianli and burst out.

"It was you, you’re behind this mischief, aren’t you?"

"How dare you, Xu Qianli! To think a mere Deputy County Magistrate would meddle in the personnel affairs of the County Party Secretary, you’ve really overreached!"

"I’m telling you, I won’t let this go easily. Just you wait, I will definitely report this upward. I won’t let you off the hook!"

"Don’t be smug, your satisfaction won’t last long!"

Fu Guotai got more and more agitated as he spoke, his voice growing louder, his body shaking with extreme anger.

The officials from Jiang City were all confused, wondering what on earth had happened.

Some quick-witted ones soon realized the sequence of events. Xu Qianli had just told Fu Guotai to roll back to Cailin County, then Fu Guotai took a call and came back looking furious, accusing Xu Qianli of interfering with the affairs of the County Party Secretary.

Could it be... Xu Qianli really managed to send Fu Guotai packing?

How could that be possible?

Even if Xu Qianli managed to form a good relationship with Zhao Mei through Ge Pingping, it was absolutely impossible for him to interfere with the personnel affairs of Jiang City County Secretary.

Such a decision would at least have to come from someone at the level of City Secretary, that is, with Zou Ming’s agreement.

But if that wasn’t the case, why else would Fu Guotai be so infuriated if he hadn’t been displaced?

Just then, the officials from Jiang City gradually all received a message. In the work group, they received a notification from the city about a major personnel appointment and dismissal in Jiang City.

The City Committee and the City Organization Department issued a notice stating that Comrade Fu Guotai had just arrived in Jiang City and had suffered an attack. His physical condition was extremely poor, and he was temporarily unfit to serve as Jiang City County Secretary. The decision to transfer him to Jiang City was canceled, and arrangements would be made for him to return to Cailin County. The matter had already been communicated and coordinated with the authorities in Wangdong Province.

Just now, people were only suspicious, but after seeing the notice, they were one hundred percent certain that Fu Guotai had indeed been kicked out by Xu Qianli and sent back to Cailin County.

Everyone already knew he was assertive, but they hadn’t realized he was assertive to this extent; he could kick Fu Guotai out with a single push.

No wonder Fu Guotai looked so terrible. He was doing fine in Cailin County, then suddenly came to Jiang City, got stabbed yesterday, and today was kicked out by Xu Qianli. Of course, his face couldn’t look good.

This debacle has certainly caused him great embarrassment and is likely to become the butt of jokes in the official circles of both provinces, greatly affecting his personal reputation.

Many people were already enjoying his misfortune, and were happy to see Fu Guotai embarrassed. After all, he was parachuted in, and since he was a parachutist, he was an obstruction to the promotion of local officials, so not many people liked him.

Now, with him gone, if the new County Party Secretary could be promoted from the local officials, many of them would see space for promotion. This was indeed good news.

Xu Qianli said, "Secretary Fu, since you are no longer our Secretary of Jiang City County Committee, we won’t need you to worry about our work in Jiang City. If you have the time, you should go back to the hospital and recover from your injuries, lest they worsen."

"You..."

Fu Guotai was beyond angry, pointing at Xu Qianli, trying to say something, but he was so choked up that nothing came out. Suddenly, he spat out a mouthful of blood and slumped into his chair, having been angered to the point of vomiting blood.

Xu Qianli looked concerned, "This is bad, Secretary Fu was seriously injured yesterday, came to work before recovering, and now his condition has worsened. Someone, quickly send Secretary Fu to the hospital, we mustn’t let him overexert himself in Jiang City anymore."

Quickly, some people stepped forward, lifted Fu Guotai up, and took him away.

Fu Guotai was unwilling, but helpless to stop anything, he left the Jiang City County Committee in the most disgraceful manner.

Fu Guotai’s appointment as Jiang City County Secretary was cancelled, and as the County Magistrate, Lan Qianrong was now the de facto leader. She cleared her throat, drew everyone’s attention, didn’t bother to mention Fu Guotai, and instead began to talk about the major personnel changes within Jiang City County.

The position of Chief of the Jiang City Public Security Bureau was currently vacant, and the County Government had already chosen a candidate, the female police officer from the Provincial Department, Zi Yumo, and now the decision was up for review at the meeting.

Zi Yumo’s reputation was known to everyone in the Jiang City official circles. Her abilities and qualifications were more than sufficient to take on the role of Jiang City County Public Security Director.

One could even say that her taking on the role of Jiang City County Public Security Director was an underutilization of her talents.

Several Standing Committee members all agreed and passed the resolution. What remained was to communicate with the Provincial Department and have Zi Yumo transferred to oversee the work of the Jiang City County Public Security Bureau.

After discussing a few other matters, Lan Qianrong announced the end of the meeting.

In a short amount of time, news of what had happened at the County Committee’s expanded meeting spread throughout Jiang City.

Fu Guotai, who had created trouble for Xu Qianli and pointed the finger at him, was shocked by Xu Qianli’s swift kick sending him back to Cailin County, as were countless others.

Those in the Jiang City official circles had already known about Xu Qianli’s prowess, but they hadn’t expected him to be this formidable, which was downright terrifying.

With such energy, who else in the Jiang City official circles could be his rival?

Even Lan Qianrong probably had to yield three points to him.

Everyone was even more curious about how he managed it and where he got so much energy from?

Xu Qianli left the County Committee and didn’t go to the County Government; instead, he drove towards Qingshan Town.

It had been many days since his last visit; he needed to check up on the situation in Qingshan Town.

Midway, his cell phone rang. It was Zou Ming calling.

Once Xu Qianli answered, he quickly heard Zou Ming’s voice, "I’ve already taken care of the matter for you. When are you going to release my wife?"

Xu Qianli replied, "Rest assured, Secretary Zou, I will take care of anything I have promised you. I will no longer pursue your wife’s responsibility. But just because I won’t doesn’t mean others won’t, so you better watch your back!"

After saying that, Xu Qianli hung up the phone and blocked Zou Ming.

Zhongzhou City.

Within the office of the City Secretary at the City Committee building, Zou Ming’s expression darkened as his call was hung up.

Xu Qianli dared to hang up on him and even tell him to watch his back, what did he mean by that?

Was he planning to renege on their agreement and cause trouble for him?

Zou Ming hurriedly tried to call Xu Qianli back for clarification, only to find that he couldn’t get through; he had been blocked.

Xu Qianli actually dared to block him, and Zou Ming flew into a rage, his anger shooting straight to his head.

Before he had a chance to think of a way to deal with Xu Qianli, another call came in and, seeing the caller ID, he held his breath.

On the display, to his shock, was a call from Provincial Party Secretary Ji Qingyun!

Taking a deep breath, Zou Ming hit the answer button and respectfully said, "Hello, Secretary Ji."

"Xiao Zou, there are some matters at the Provincial Committee that require your input. Put aside all your current work and come to the provincial capital immediately,"

"I’ve sent someone to pick you up, so please cooperate."

"Alright, that’s all for now. We’ll talk about the rest when we meet face to face."