Li Xiao Yue's expression didn't change at all. She still smiled sweetly and said, "Okay, I'll pick a more meticulous girl later."
Song Chaoyang nodded and walked out. Li Rui and Zhou Rui followed closely behind. Li Xiao Yue sent the three of them downstairs and stopped at the entrance of the VIP building.
Li Rui was slightly disappointed when he didn't see Dong Jieyu in the lobby.
Song Chaoyang didn't say a word after he got into the car. He closed his eyes and rested.
Qingyang Hotel was located diagonally across the road from the Municipal Government. It was about one kilometer away from the Municipal Party Committee building, so they arrived in a flash. In the office, Song Chaoyang said, "Little Li, there's a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee at 9: 30. There's no agenda for this meeting. I'm mainly here to get to know the members of the Standing Committee better. You can take the minutes."
Li Rui was pleasantly surprised. His work as a secretary was about to begin. Song Chaoyang had also given him space to perform. Whether or not he could do this job well would depend on today. He hoped that his efforts wouldn't be in vain.
Li Rui poured tea for Song Chaoyang and asked him if there was anything else. After getting a negative answer, he rushed to the office of the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee, Du Minsheng. There, he could learn about Song Chaoyang's work schedule for the next few days and make his own work plan accordingly.
Du Minsheng gave him a printed copy of Song Chaoyang's schedule for the rest of the week. Because Song Chaoyang was new, his schedule was relatively sparse. There weren't many important tasks and could be adjusted at any time. This required Li Rui to communicate with Du Minsheng frequently.
Before leaving, Li Rui asked, "Secretary-General, the Standing Committee's Song Shuji asked me to take notes of the meeting later. What should I pay attention to?" Du Minsheng said, "Didn't Yuan Xiaodi tell you about this?" Li Rui smiled and said, "She did, but I want to hear Secretary-General's advice." Du Minsheng said, "It's your first time taking minutes of a meeting, so there's nothing to pay attention to. First, learn how to record down the words of the standing committee members word for word before you talk about anything else." Li Rui was stunned for a moment. He thought that Du Minsheng would have some good advice for him, but he didn't expect such an answer. But it made sense. He had to learn the basics first. How could he run if he didn't know how to walk? He nodded and thanked him before taking his leave.
At 9: 35 AM, the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee officially convened. This meeting happened to be held at a time when all the standing committee members were at home, so they all participated. There were no attendants. The extra person was Li Rui, the person who took notes of the meeting.
Before Song Chaoyang arrived, a group of standing committee members were already sitting in the meeting room, waiting. The Municipal Party Committee's Deputy Secretary and Mayor Sun Yaozu were no exception. Li Rui knew that this was actually a common unspoken rule in the country's officialdom. People in high positions would usually arrive late to show that they were important people. Later on, this situation changed. People in high positions didn't have arrogance or pretended to be approachable. They didn't need people to wait for them. They would arrive on time, which made it difficult for the people below them. Therefore, people who were good at figuring out the intentions of their superiors quickly came up with an idea. Since their superiors were coming on time, they would come early. This would also make the superiors arrive late, which might give rise to a sense of pleasure. Today, the officialdom and even the people had formed such a pattern. There was almost no one who didn't understand this principle.
For example, the Standing Committee's meeting this time was scheduled for 9: 30 AM. Song Chaoyang would arrive around this time. The other members of the Standing Committee would arrive a little earlier to avoid bumping into him. This was both a form of respect and a show of compliance with the unspoken rules. Of course, these members of the Standing Committee also had to be sorted out in order. Those who had been in the Standing Committee for the shortest time would naturally arrive the earliest. Mayor Sun Yaozu was the second most important person in Qingyang City, second only to Song Chaoyang. He would be the last to arrive among these members of the Standing Committee. It was unreasonable for him to arrive early. How could a mayor wait for the other members of the Standing Committee? Therefore, in the officialdom, the order was a great knowledge second only to standing in line. If one didn't stand in line well, one might lose one's official life because of it. If one didn't stand in line well, one would also offend people and affect one's official career.
There were a total of 11 members of the Standing Committee present. Apart from Song Chaoyang and Du Minsheng, Li Rui was most familiar with the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, the Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Feng Weidong. There was no other reason. This short fatty was Yuan Jingjing's father-in-law. Seeing him, it was easy to think of her in his heart. Thinking of the current relationship between the two of them, it was bitter and awkward, shrouded in fog …
While Li Rui was observing these members of the Standing Committee, these members of the Standing Committee were also observing him, the newly appointed secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Secretary. Seeing that he was young and handsome, some members of the Standing Committee nodded slightly, while others secretly shook their heads.
After the Standing Committee began, the first to speak was Mayor Sun Yaozu. He was a thin man in his fifties. His head was thin and long, and all the hair on top of his head had fallen off, revealing a shiny skull. There were some uneven short hair around it. It was a typical hairstyle of the "Central Support Area". His facial muscles were as thin as his body, but his eyes were very bright. His eyebrows were very thick, and his speech was sonorous and powerful. He said, "Comrades, today is the first Standing Committee meeting of the Municipal Party Committee since Comrade Chaoyang came to our Qingyang City as the class monitor. It is very significant. So, first of all, I call on everyone to once again extend the warmest welcome to Comrade Chaoyang's arrival. "After that, he took the lead in applauding.
This request was of course approved by all the members of the Standing Committee, and they all applauded. For a moment, although there were not many people, it formed a scene of thunderous applause.
Song Chaoyang stood up and slightly bowed to the members of the Standing Committee.
Sun Yaozu said, "Comrade Chaoyang, we will be comrades in the trenches in the future, so there is no need to be so polite. Sit down." After that, he politely stood up and invited him.
After the two of them sat down, Sun Yaozu's thin face had a dry smile as he said, "After the former Secretary Zhang Wenlin was punished, the Qingyang Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government lost their backbone, causing people to be anxious. As the person in charge of the government, I am under a lot of pressure. Now that the Provincial Party Committee has sent Comrade Chaoyang to take charge of the overall situation, I feel that the burden on my shoulders has become a lot lighter. Haha, why do you say that? Comrade Chaoyang is young and strong, with a high education, wide knowledge, rich experience in politics, and wide connections in the province. With such an excellent comrade as the class monitor, as the leader, leading everyone to fight together, I believe that Qingyang City's future will be better. Haha, next, let us invite Comrade Chaoyang to speak. "
Li Rui secretly nodded. Mayor Sun Yaozu's words could be said to be steady. Although there was a slight suspicion that he was bragging, wasn't this the way of officialdom? After all, people would carry each other on their shoulders.
After Sun Yaozu finished speaking, everyone looked at Song Chaoyang. It was reasonable to say that the Municipal Party Committee's Standing Committee was presided over by the Secretary, but today, Sun Yaozu overstepped his boundaries and no one said anything about it. After all, Song Chaoyang had just arrived and they were not familiar with each other, so they needed Sun Yaozu to introduce them.
Song Chaoyang gave a simple explanation. His speech was very clear. First, he thanked the Provincial Party Committee's leaders for valuing him, then thanked the Standing Committee members for welcoming him, followed by his vision and wishes for the future of Qingyang City. In just a few hundred words, he used seven or eight idioms.
Li Rui secretly admired him. He thought to himself that the boss could use the idioms at his fingertips and used them just right. There was no sense of deliberately piling them up, and there was no suspicion of him showing off his literary talent. He was really amazing.
After Song Chaoyang finished speaking, the Standing Committee members spoke one after another according to their ranking, all expressing their welcome and support for the new Secretary. In this occasion, they could only say these empty words. No one would introduce their work at this time. Someone asked, "Isn't it a waste of time to say empty words?" That was indeed the case, but it was a special occasion that required everyone to say the same thing. If you did the opposite, you would be wrong and go against everyone. Who would like you then?
After everyone spoke, Sun Yaozu, who was presiding over the meeting, asked Song Chaoyang in a low voice. Song Chaoyang shook his head. Sun Yaozu nodded, looked at everyone, and said, "Okay, is there anything else? If not, what I mean is, Comrade Chaoyang has just taken office and needs to know a lot of things. Let's not take up his precious time. Today's Standing Committee meeting will end here, okay?"
Everyone shook their heads and said that there was nothing else. Executive Deputy Mayor Jia Yulong suddenly raised his hand and said, "Song Shuji, Mayor, I have something to report." Sun Yaozu said, "Go ahead." Jia Yulong glanced at him, then looked at Song Chaoyang and said, "Song Shuji, the former Director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, Zheng Huadong, was convicted in the same case as the former Secretary, Zhang Wenlin, because of bribery and misappropriation of public funds. The position of Director of the Finance Bureau is still vacant. The importance of the Finance Bureau is needless to say. It can't be done without a Director. Today is the Standing Committee meeting, so I suggest that everyone discuss and decide on the person to be the Director of the Finance Bureau. "
After he finished speaking, all the Standing Committee members looked at Song Chaoyang, waiting to hear what he had to say. Song Chaoyang smiled slightly, picked up his teacup, and slowly took a sip of tea. He didn't say anything for the time being.
Li Rui glanced at Jia Yulong and thought in his heart. The Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee was one of the most important meetings of the Municipal Party Committee. There was a reason why it was held. Usually, before the meeting was held, the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee would send people to collect the topics for the meeting from the various Standing Committee members. This was the first selection. After the topics were collected, they would be sent to the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. The Secretary would make a decision and pick a few important topics for discussion. This was the second selection. Next, the Secretary would send the results of the selection back to the Standing Committee members. If the Standing Committee members felt that there were no objections, the topics for the meeting would be finalized. In other words, the topics of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee's meetings were all decided in advance. Unless there was an emergency, it wouldn't be easily changed. Anyone who tried to change the topics of the meeting was disrespectful to the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and the Standing Committee members.
Today's Standing Committee meeting didn't have any topics to discuss. The main content was to welcome Song Chaoyang and deepen their familiarity with each other. Jia Yulong suddenly wanted to increase the topics of discussion. No matter how good his reasons were, it couldn't hide the fact that he was disrespectful to Song Chaoyang.
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