On behalf of the municipal government, Jiang Xiaochuan returned to the military district to attend a condolence performance. There was also a military music performance organized by the military band in Chengzhou Square, and a military and civilian performance held on Army Day.

When he went to the Chengzhou Military Region, he was bound to meet Yue Qingci, but now that he had completely let go of the past, the matter of Yue Qingci had become a dusty past in his memory.

Before going out in the morning, Jiang Encheng also dressed very smartly. As a veteran of the Vietnam War, he had experienced being misunderstood as a deserter. After so many years of suffering, he was recognized by the organization again. It was August 1st, and he was also interviewed by a TV station. Jiang Xiaochuan and he were both featured as father and son on TV today, but not on the same station or in the same place.

“Be careful on the road,” Jiang Encheng smiled cheerfully.

Jiang Xiaochuan walked out of the house and looked back at Jiang Encheng. He had paid special attention to the old man’s health since he went to the hospital for a checkup last time. Jiang Encheng had slow heart failure. Sometimes he was really worried that something would happen to him, but the doctor said not to worry too much. It would be nice to make the old man feel more comfortable.

Maybe going to participate in a talk show today was the happiest moment for Jiang Encheng in so many years, right? Maybe it wouldn’t even compare to the time when he received the medal.

Today, Jiang Encheng hung up his Vietnam War commemorative medal again.

He replied: “I’m leaving. Dad, you have to perform well today. I will watch your show when I come back.”

Jiang Encheng laughed at his talkative words and urged him: “You should leave quickly. After becoming the mayor, you become popular and good at talking, I don’t know which leaders you learned it from.”

Leaders often liked to speak at length for an hour or two. This had become a common practice in the entire Chinese officialdom. If a leader’s speech was not long, then it meant that the leader was poor in arranging words. “I can’t find anything to say, it’s because my leadership skills are not good enough” – this was also a strange phenomenon.

Jiang Xiaochuan was only nagging so much about Jiang Encheng. In fact, he was one of the few leaders in the municipal government who didn’t like long speeches. When talking about assigning tasks and attending meetings, his speeches were relatively short, and he usually didn’t read from a script. They were all unscripted speeches, focusing on key points, which saved time.

Therefore, many lower-level departments also had a great impression of Jiang Xiaochuan. Sometimes the big leaders in the city talked a lot, but in the end, the lower-level departments couldn’t grasp the key points at all. When the leaders finished speaking, they just nodded in confusion. They shook his head and patted their chest, promising that it would be done. As soon as the leader left, they immediately grabbed the leader’s secretary and took out the script the leader had just delivered. They saw the scattered words marked above were the real key points, only about a hundred words, and the rest were all nonsense.

Jiang Xiaochuan had always attached great importance to efficiency. Although he was defined as corrupt in his previous life, he never felt that his political performance was poor. In China, some upright officials were indeed very pedantic and follow procedures when doing things. Sometimes, Jiang Xiaochuan was very annoyed by it.

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He walked out of the door and looked at the beautifully greened municipal compound. People were talking about “Happy August 1st” and “Friendship between the military and the government” and so on. When he left the compound, it became “Celebrating August 1st, the military and civilians are happy.”

Flowers were piled at the entrance of the compound, with flowers and banners flying, and there was barely any gongs or drums.

Jiang Xiaochuan found it very annoying and a little uncomfortable. He habitually pressed his eyebrows, feeling a thin layer between them. The municipal shuttle bus had been opened, so Jiang Xiaochuan boarded it directly and went straight to the municipal government.

The matter of the acting mayor had not yet been finalized. Anyway, he and Wu Ju were both executive deputy mayors. There would be no trouble if they took turns in charge. But the people below were a little chaotic.

Being an ambitious person, he observed people tended to choose sides. Jiang Xiaochuan’s confidence was relatively high, but others didn’t know.

Lian Cheng, Yue Qingci, Qu Zhendong.

All three were connected with Jiang Xiaochuan.

Lian Cheng was Jiang Xiaochuan’s operator, and Yue Qingci was his partner. As for Qu Zhendong – although Jiang Xiaochuan now doubted him, he was still Qu Zhendong’s disciple after all. Even if he borrowed a skin from a tiger, this “skin” would always be there.

Fu Peng had been promoted by Qu Zhendong. Now that something had happened to Fu Peng, Jiang Xiaochuan didn’t know what impact it would have on Qu Zhendong – in fact, there were still many uncertain factors.

However, Jiang Xiaochuan was now so sure and felt there was no suspense anymore.

He couldn’t show weakness when facing Wu Ju, pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. He needed to show his strength and make people stand on his team. After all, even if he became the acting mayor, he would still have to rely on the people below for future work. If those people sided with Jiang Xiaochuan from the start and followed the direction of the wind, it would be easier to control them in the future.

People who sided with Wu Ju from the start would cause some instability in Jiang Xiaochuan’s future work because they chose the wrong team. This was not what Jiang Xiaochuan wanted to see.

The relationship between him and Wu Ju couldn’t be too tense. According to the current situation, no matter who became the acting mayor between him and Wu Ju, the remaining one would definitely also be the executive deputy mayor. In the future, everyone would work together. They were on the same level, but the level of their positions was different. Too much stalemate would be detrimental to everyone.

Jiang Xiaochuan could think of this, and Wu Ju could probably think of it too, so the relationship between them had been pretty good recently. At least they were harmonious on the surface. As for whether they were harmonious in their hearts, only they knew.