Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 1021 Xia Guanglei Makes His Move

Xia Guanglei's efforts to win over the Standing Committee members were common knowledge.

But not many people are interested; everyone is still watching and waiting to see how Qi Tongwei will react.

This situation arose because Qi Tongwei had put too much pressure on everyone this year.

Once they make a move, it's either a strike down or an attack; who dares to oppose them?

Therefore, no one dares to place a bet before the tiger shows any signs of illness.

Qi Tongwei was fully aware of the undercurrents swirling in Beishan. The other party was the top leader, and had a legitimate reason to act. He could not stop them, nor did he need to.

Not only did he not stop it, he deliberately gave Hu Cheng, the organization minister who had just signed in, a push from behind, so that the other party would "defect" to him, just to get him to make a move sooner.

Hu Cheng was also transferred down this year. Previously, because the top two leaders of Beishan were on good terms, no one knew that this Organization Minister was He Anxia's man.

Perhaps everyone in Beishan thought that Qi Tongwei should feel threatened.

In reality, he felt no sense of crisis; in fact, he secretly laughed as he watched Xia Guanglei jumping around.

If it were an ordinary person, he would really worry that his subordinates would be won over by this person or that person.

But he had a system. After spending a month checking in at the sign-in point and signing in with the organization minister Hu Cheng, he had firmly secured five votes, which the other side could not possibly sway.

If we include Duan Feng, who didn't sign in, he would have six votes.

In the Standing Committee meeting of Beishan, he controlled more than half of the votes, so no matter how much Xia Guanglei tried to win him over, he could not possibly get more votes than him.

As for whether Duan Feng, who didn't sign in, would betray them, he didn't need to worry about that at all.

This man is a ticking time bomb. He's only keeping him around to secure his votes in the Standing Committee. If it weren't for Xia Guanglei, he would already be under investigation today.

If the other party is smart enough to side with him, he might not provoke them for the time being. But if the other party joins Xia Guanglei, he will be even more pleased and he will definitely blow Xia Guanglei to bits.

His only concern was Ma Da, the deputy secretary.

He was worried that the two of them would team up to cause him trouble at the secretary's office meeting.

The four men, including Ma Da, who are not interested in anything, have been in Beishan for the past six months. They are unwilling to get close to him or the Party Secretary. They seem to be trying to emulate Yu Huabei and establish their own faction in Beishan, hoping to be on equal footing with the Party Secretary and the Mayor.

And if you want to find out what's wrong with him, you really can't.

He neither takes nor takes anything, nor does he listen to orders. His work ability is also poor. It wouldn't be accurate to say that he is incapable of handling important tasks.

This can be seen in Wenshan.

Ma Da bears a lot of responsibility for Wenshan's failure to develop.

The fact that the other party was dishonest and defaulted on payments to suppliers back then gives us a glimpse into this.

With a leader like that in charge, how can investors dare to invest?

However, this is also an advantage for Qi Tongwei. If things really couldn't be done, and Ma Da had sided with Xia Guanglei, Xia Guanglei would have been in trouble too, as can be seen from Yu Huabei.

Thinking about it this way, no matter what Xia Guanglei does, the situation in Beishan will not change much.

What he needs to do now is change his image; he used to be too assertive.

He Anxia's indifference does not mean that Xia Guanglei is indifferent, nor does it mean that the Provincial Party Committee is indifferent.

There must be organizational principles, and the top leader must lead everything.

Openly confronting Xia Guanglei will only put you in a passive position.

Therefore, it is essential to be mindful of the approach and avoid direct conflict with the other party.

Time passed like this day by day.

Aside from using work as an excuse to contact some of the city's key leaders, Xia Guanglei spent his time conducting research and investigations, and he rarely met with Qi Tongwei.

Even if they do bump into each other, they only exchange a few polite words.

Although both sides understood that a battle between them was inevitable sooner or later, they tacitly maintained a facade of harmony.

This is a very cautious opponent, Qi Tongwei thought to himself.

Time flies, and half a month later.

Xiao Long received a transfer order, leaving Beishan to go to Heji City to serve as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and Director of the Public Security Bureau.

Xiao Long's promotion has intensified the undercurrents in Beishan City.

Rumors began to circulate behind the scenes that Xia Guanglei was behind this, in order to weaken Mayor Qi Tongwei's power.

Seemingly confirming the rumor, the next morning, news suddenly came from the Municipal Party Committee Office that Secretary Xia had returned from his post and was going to convene the first Standing Committee meeting to discuss personnel arrangements and some routine work in Beishan.

The schedule was so tight that no one had time to react.

Within two minutes of receiving the message, Qi Tongwei's phone started ringing non-stop.

These were all Standing Committee members who closely followed his lead, inquiring about the situation and giving instructions.

Qi Tongwei knew exactly what the other party was up to. Last night, Hu Cheng, the Minister of the Organization Department, called him and said that Xia Guanglei had called him that night, discussing the city's personnel arrangements and promising him many benefits, both openly and secretly.

It seems that this top leader has already completed the process of winning over Qi Tongwei and is eager to have a showdown with him.

That was a great timing.

Xia Guanglei packaged Xiao Long's departure as a victory for himself, which would make those wavering factions unsure of the situation and might even cause them to fall into a trap.

While calmly reassuring everyone, Qi Tongwei packed his things and prepared for the meeting.

He also wanted to see if the top leader had truly established himself in the past two weeks.

Being too weak is not an option when facing him as an opponent.

The Standing Committee meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.

At 10:15, the members of the Standing Committee began to enter the venue.

Qi Tongwei arrived at a moderate pace, entering the conference room around 20 minutes past the hour.

At this time, everyone except Xia Guanglei, the top leader, was present in the conference room.

Qi Tongwei nodded to everyone as he walked to his seat.

While nodding, he also checked the status of the Standing Committee members who had not signed in.

As was not too surprising to him, Duan Feng, the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Wu Yingjie, the minister of the Publicity Department, switched sides.

Leaving aside the already unpredictable Ma Da and the consistently neutral military commissar Li, it means the other side already has at least four votes.

No, there's also Hu Cheng, the head of the Organization Department whom he arranged to infiltrate. So, the odds should be five to four.

No wonder this top leader couldn't wait to convene a standing committee meeting.

Looking at the group of "Secretary's faction," Qi Tongwei revealed a cryptic smile.

At 10:30, Xia Guanglei, beaming with joy, entered the conference room right on time.

Everyone stood up to greet them.

As Xia Guanglei walked toward his seat, he waved his hand and said, "Sit down, sit down, everyone sit down."

Xia Guanglei walked to his seat and sat down, and then everyone else took their seats.

Xia Guanglei enjoys this process. The top leader is the top leader, and no other position can compare.

After glancing at the Standing Committee with himself at its core, Xia Guanglei paused for a moment on Qi Tongwei, feeling a sense of superiority.

Qi Tongwei, a powerful mayor and a reform general, is nothing special.

Farmers' children are just farmers' children; how could they possibly know the vastness of heaven and earth, or the infinity of the universe?