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The inspection team of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee has arrived in Xiquan City and completed the routine inspection of Qin Feng. Now they need to have a talk with Qin Feng. This inspection team is led by a deputy director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee.

Qin Feng really didn't expect it to happen so quickly this time. The Organization Department had completed the investigation just after New Year's Day. It seems that Zhao Hongjian was not joking when he said last time that the appointment would be made before the end of the year.

Qin Feng had no choice but to give up his plan to go to Zhongjiang to see Zhou Qian and his daughter. After asking Xiao Jianan to send Li Jing to the airport, he and Xiao Jianan took a car back to Yian.

The next day, Qin Feng went to the Municipal Party Committee, where he was interviewed by the inspection team of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Department in a small conference room.

Qin Feng was no stranger to this kind of conversation. Before each promotion, there would be a thorough investigation, and there would be a routine conversation after the investigation. Generally speaking, as long as the conversation took place, the next step would be to go through the procedures, and the matter would be almost certain.

After the conversation, Xiquan Organization Department Minister He Guoping accompanied the Deputy Minister of the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department away, and Secretary-General Tang Yun pulled Qin Feng into his office.

"You are a dishonest boy." Tang Yun complained to Qin Feng as soon as he entered.

"If I did anything wrong, the Secretary-General can just criticize me directly."

"No, no, no, now you've jumped to the fourth position. I'll have to ask you to criticize me in the future." Tang Yun's words were somewhat ambiguous.

The so-called number four position refers to the fourth place among the members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. In the past, in the ranking of standing committee members in some places, in addition to the top three, the executive vice mayor was also ranked fourth, so the executive vice mayor was implied to be the number four position for a long time.

Later, there was a clear regulation that, except for the first three positions in the municipal party committee standing committee, the ranking of the remaining positions would be based on seniority.

Therefore, according to the seniority ranking, Qin Feng is naturally ranked last. Whether it is the time he took to become a member of the Standing Committee or the time he took to be promoted to deputy director, he is the shortest.

But this ranking sometimes does not represent much. The fact that the executive vice mayor was previously fixed as the fourth position shows the power of the executive vice mayor.

If Qin Feng became a member of the Standing Committee and the Executive Vice Mayor, although he would be ranked last, based on the power in his hands, he would be the fourth most important person in the entire Xiquan City.

"Secretary General, are you trying to hit me?" Qin Feng smiled and continued, "Secretary General, let's not talk about how I will always be the youngest in the team. Even if I really sit in the fourth position like before, I will always be the younger brother in front of you, Secretary General. Don't you know how much I weigh?"

Qin Feng was flattering Tang Yun, and Tang Yun knew that Qin Feng was flattering him on purpose, but he felt very good in his heart. In fact, Tang Yun didn't care about Qin Feng joining the team. Relatively speaking, he was very happy. With his relationship with Qin Feng, Qin Feng's joining would only benefit him and not harm him.

And he and Qin Feng are not in competition at all. Although he is older than Qin Feng, has more experience than Qin Feng, and has deeper roots in Xiquan than Qin Feng, Tang Yun has long known that he can never be Qin Feng's opponent. Qin Feng is destined to rise rapidly, which is why he has always maintained close contact with Qin Feng.

"Okay, it's just a joke. I'm really happy that you can take over Huang Jiancheng's position. But you didn't say anything before. You don't even consider me as your own."

Ever since Qin Feng went to Beijing to study, he would call Tang Yun every few days to find out about Xiquan's latest situation. Sometimes when something big happened, Tang Yun would also take the initiative to call Qin Feng.

"Secretary-General, I knew this news not much earlier than you. Sitting in this position at this time may not be a good thing." Qin Feng sighed.

Tang Yun also became more serious after hearing this, and took the cigarette handed over by Qin Feng: "It seems that you have an idea in your mind. Yes, sitting in this position, you must be very careful. After the New Year, Xiquan will definitely have a big storm. Now is the calm before the storm."

As the secretary general of the municipal party committee, Tang Yun sees many things more clearly than anyone else.

"Xiquan will have to come to this day sooner or later. If that's the case, it's better to come earlier." Qin Feng also said leisurely.

After the inspection team left, Qin Feng's phone, which had been quiet for several months, suddenly became busy. The reason was simple: news came out that he was about to take over the position of member of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor. This time it was not just a rumor, it was almost equivalent to an official announcement.

Qin Feng tried his best to avoid all banquets and went back to Yian again. Firstly, it was to prepare for the power transfer after he was about to leave Yian, and secondly, it was to prepare for the upcoming year-end.

For leading cadres, especially the top leaders of the party and government, the Chinese New Year is like a tribulation, because there are too many things to pay attention to and the responsibilities are great.

That day, Qin Feng was sitting in his office in Yian, listening to Deputy Secretary of the County Party Committee Peng Shenghui reporting on the work situation in recent period, when Qin Feng's cell phone suddenly rang.

When Qin Feng saw the number, he was a little surprised. It turned out to be Mayor Liu Xiaoping's number.

Since Qin Feng left Xiquan for Beijing, he has never seen Mayor Liu Xiaoping again.

As the chief and deputy chief, the relationship between them should have been very close, but Qin Feng and Liu Xiaoping were the exceptions.

Although Qin Feng has always been the deputy mayor of the municipal government, Liu Xiaoping had used this perfect excuse to take away all the work that Qin Feng was responsible for before Qin Feng left for Beijing to study.

After Qin Feng came back this time, Liu Xiaoping never gave these tasks back to Qin Feng. Even after Huang Jiancheng fell, Liu Xiaoping temporarily assigned these tasks to the secretary-general of the municipal government.

Qin Feng has a position but no power, so he naturally won't go to find Liu Xiaoping, and Liu Xiaoping doesn't want to see Qin Feng either. For Liu Xiaoping, the best thing would be to never see Qin Feng in his life.

But why did Liu Xiaoping call Qin Feng at this time? You know, this was not a call from Liu Xiaoping's secretary, but Liu Xiaoping's own mobile phone number.

Qin Feng thought for a while, then gestured to Peng Shenghui who was sitting opposite him, and then answered Liu Xiaoping's call in front of Peng Shenghui.

"Hello, Mayor." Qin Feng took the phone in a formal manner.

"Qin Feng, are you free tonight?" Although Liu Xiaoping's voice was cold, there was a hint of kindness in his tone. It is difficult to grasp the balance between showing closeness and maintaining one's own authority.

"What instructions does the mayor have?" Qin Feng was not stupid enough to answer the question before figuring out what Liu Xiaoping was going to do.

"Let's have dinner together if you have time!" Liu Xiaoping said calmly.

The matter was clear, Liu Xiaoping wanted to treat Qin Feng to a meal. However, as a leader and an "enemy", it was somewhat embarrassing for Liu Xiaoping to take the initiative to treat Qin Feng to a meal, so Liu Xiaoping said it very "coldly", which was also a kind of self-comfort to maintain his dignity.