Official Career Storm-Chapter 1348

Liang Hao's hand trembled slightly as he held the teacup, and he asked in confusion, "Into the Standing Committee?"

"Yes."

Liang Hao let out a slight "huh" in his heart. He remembered that Song Guanchao was supposed to go to the province.

Why is he suddenly entering the Standing Committee now?

Could something unexpected have happened, preventing him from going?

He thought to himself, it should be like that.

If he could go to the province, there's no way he would enter the Standing Committee of a prefecture-level city.

But...

Song Guanchao is just a district mayor. Wanting to enter the Standing Committee is simply impossible.

There has never been a precedent for a district mayor entering the City Committee's Standing Committee.

Unless, he advances further.

His heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "What are your plans?"

To enter the Standing Committee, there is only one way, and that is to replace someone.

There are nine Standing Committee seats in Lingjiang. On the City Committee's side, the Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary, Minister of Propaganda, and Minister of Organization are all from their faction.

On the City Government's side, there's Liang Hao.

That removes five seats.

Zheng Bihui just took the top position, and his position is unmovable.

Of the remaining three seats, don't even think about the head of the Military District; that's definitely unmovable.

This means that if Song Guanchao wants to secure a seat on the Standing Committee, he can only set his sights on the Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee and the Deputy Mayor.

But these two seats aren't easy to move either.

It can be said that each seat is utterly fixed.

Liang Hao felt it was quite tricky, almost unable to figure out a way.

Song Guanchao knew what he was thinking and said, "The current seats can't be moved. The only one that can be moved is Secretary Wang of the Disciplinary Committee."

Secretary Wang is a relatively weak figure in the Disciplinary Committee. He's always been a fence-sitter who offends no one and is considered an old good guy in Lingjiang's officialdom.

But even an old good guy would turn against you if you aim for his hat.

Moreover, as the secretary of the Disciplinary Committee, who knows how many people's black histories Secretary Wang holds in his hands.

If you really push him to the limit, it could lead to significant consequences.

"Secretary Wang appears weak, but after all, he is part of the Standing Committee, and not necessarily easy to move." Liang Hao expressed his opinion.

Song Guanchao said, "I don't plan to move him."

"Hmm?" Liang Hao was a bit confused, "Then who do you plan to move?"

"I'm not moving anyone."

Song Guanchao said, "I plan to add another Standing Committee seat."

"Add another one?" Liang Hao was startled for a moment, then suddenly realized, clapping his hands, "I actually overlooked this."

The Standing Committee generally consists of 9 to 11 people, but this is not fixed.

Sometimes, an additional one or two members can be added based on special needs.

With Song Guanchao's reminder, a thought immediately occurred to Liang Hao: "The Political and Legal Committee?"

In some cities, the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee is also part of the Standing Committee.

But in some places, like Lingjiang, they do not join the Standing Committee.

If Song Guanchao wants to add a seat, the Political and Legal Committee is undoubtedly the best choice.

Seeing Song Guanchao nod, Liang Hao pondered for a moment and said, "It's not a big problem, but it will take time."

A district mayor is of the county level, while the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee is of the deputy bureau level.

Song Guanchao has been a district mayor for less than half a year. Even though Lingjiang is currently all people promoted by Wu Qiangwei and Qu Xiangru, it will take time for him to move up another level.

At least a year.

"But have you thought it through?"

Liang Hao's expression turned a bit serious, "Once you choose the Political and Legal Committee, transitioning later on will be very difficult."

He could roughly guess that Song Guanchao didn't really want to be the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee; he just wanted to enter the Standing Committee.

But to change the work route for a Standing Committee seat...

He felt it was a loss for Song Guanchao.

When you are at a lower level, it doesn't matter much where you are.

But the higher you go, the more important the position becomes.

For instance, Song Guanchao's current position as a district mayor is actually a very good development route.

The district mayor is also a leadership position, directly responsible for management. If things proceed in an orderly manner, he can climb to Mayor or City Secretary.

The Political and Legal Committee is different. The political and legal aspect is a bit tasteless, overlapping in many areas with the public security and disciplinary committee.

Although the political and legal aspect holds a relatively high status within the party, it is ultimately an internal position, with visible and tangible development limits in the future.

Moreover, in most places, the Political and Legal Committee is concurrently held by a Standing Committee member.

Unless Song Guanchao doesn't want to move on in the future, then it doesn't matter how he chooses.

But Liang Hao knew that Song Guanchao could never settle for a small place like Lingjiang in the future.

Because of this, he spoke these words.

Song Guanchao did not respond immediately.

He leaned back on the chair, rubbing the teacup, lost in thought.

Seeing this expression, Liang Hao knew that he obviously hadn't really thought it through and that this decision was made impulsively under some stimulus.

He guessed that the stimulus was related to the matter of transferring to the provincial city.

He was originally set to go to the provincial city but suddenly couldn't go. Something must have changed.

"As long as you want to be the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, I will definitely help you."

"But I hope you won't be impulsive."

"Choosing the wrong path makes it very hard to correct later on."

Liang Hao spoke sincerely. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

He was genuinely trying to persuade him from the heart.

The reason for persuading him was, firstly, he could see the potential in Song Guanchao.

He hoped that Song Guanchao would climb higher rather than stop at a prefecture-level city.

For him, the higher Song Guanchao climbed and the better his career, the more it would benefit him too.

Secondly, having known each other for two years, he and Song Guanchao had gotten along well.

Aside from a few dealings, they could be considered friends.

Although they hadn't shared deep feelings, Liang Hao enjoyed getting along with him.

So, both publicly and privately, he hoped that Song Guanchao could be a bit more rational and calm.

"I understand."

Song Guanchao put down the teacup, gently exhaled a breath.

He was indeed a bit impulsive.

Liang Hao guessed it right; it was the mishap with the transfer to the provincial city that made him think of such an utterly uncharacteristic approach.

But after Liang Hao's reminder, he calmed down at this moment.

As Liang Hao said, once you choose the wrong path, you might be quickly promoted in a short time.

But it's hard to change back later.

"Zhou Zheng!"

Song Guanchao recited this name in his heart.

It was because of Zhou Zheng that he got heated and thought of this crooked path.

With his ability, he had no way to solve this for the time being and could only passively accept it.

But he remembered Zhou Zheng's actions.

Just because of some trivial matter, to whimsically cut off a person's future!

Song Guanchao suddenly thought of Lu Zhizhong.

He thought of the olive branch Lu Zhizhong offered.

Perhaps, he could accept it?

Song Guanchao once again fell into thought, considering the pros and cons.

At this moment, his phone rang.

It was Qu Xiangru calling.

He picked it up and put it to his ear.

As soon as the call was connected, he heard Qu Xiangru ask, "Did you offend Zhou Zheng?"

"Not really offend, it's just that he's small-minded."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Don't you want to come to the provincial city anymore?"

Qu Xiangru's chain of questions left Song Guanchao silent.

In fact, the moment this happened, he did consider asking Qu Xiangru for help.

But ultimately, that thought was suppressed by him.

Probably because of some stubborn male pride, he didn't consider it anymore.

But since Qu Xiangru called, it means she decided to help.

"Come over tonight."

Qu Xiangru said this, then hung up the phone.