The Tempting Road to Becoming an Official

This sentence slipped out before he realized it was inappropriate.

But once words are spoken, they are like water that has been splashed out.

He was just about to explain.

Li Duming stood up and pointed at his face angrily, "Enough, you don't need to explain, I know everything."

As an order from the County Party Secretary, Liu Guangjie naturally didn't dare to contradict.

He shut his mouth, too afraid to speak; at that moment, he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Comrade An Tai, you heard what Secretary Liu just said, he swore by his party loyalty, how should such behavior be handled by the Disciplinary Committee?"

Li Duming asked.

An Tai also felt embarrassed.

He stammered, "Uh... that..."

"I almost forgot, is there also an issue with how the Disciplinary Committee handles cases? Comrade An Tai, it seems you owe the Standing Committee an explanation too..."

Suddenly.

Li Duming seemed to remember something.

He said to An Tai.

An Tai, utterly defenseless, cursed Liu Guangjie's ancestors in his heart.

Seeing that An Tai remained silent.

Li Duming turned to Xu Lianyun, asking, "Comrade Lianyun, you have worked at the Disciplinary Committee, how should this situation be handled?"

"There is suspicion of abuse of authority. Personally, I think it should be reported to the higher Disciplinary Committee to get their opinion, and I guess a disciplinary action is inevitable."

Actually, the issue was not that serious.

Xu Lianyun was just making the situation sound more serious.

Today's setup was clearly arranged by someone.

The target wasn't Chen Fang but Li Duming.

After all, Chen Fang was personally chosen by Li Duming. If on the first day of Li Duming's return from studying, Chen Fang was caught by the Disciplinary Committee, wouldn't it be Li Duming who would be embarrassed?

An Tai was certainly not the one to falter.

Their target this time was merely Lv Wuzhao.

With things having reached this point.

Chen Fang knew it was time for him to act.

He hurriedly said, "Both leaders, I think this matter shouldn't be largely associated with Secretary An. Secretary An has also been working at the Disciplinary Committee, and it's unlikely for him to make such a low-level mistake. I think there must be someone behind the scenes deliberately stabbing Secretary An in the back."

"Are you referring to Liu Guangjie?"

Li Duming asked.

Chen Fang shook his head, saying, "Secretary Liu doesn't have that capacity; it must be someone higher up. Secretary An, am I right?"

By then, An Tai's heart was in disarray.

Having always worked in the city, he had never faced such a situation before.

He had just moved from the city to become a Standing Committee member of Changming County. If he were to be disciplined at this time, it would be like putting a full stop to his career.

No matter how much he struggled, there wouldn't be any significant achievements left.

Resolute, he nodded and said, "Mr. Li, this is my fault, I was too trusting. Comrade Chen Fang is right, this was a strategy set by Lv Wuzhao from the County Party Office, he asked me to cooperate today and take down Chen Fang."

Li Duming turned to Liu Guangjie, asking, "What about you? I recall you just said it was Lv Wuzhao who instructed you, right?"

Liu Guangjie shivered a little.

Seeing An Tai confess.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I was also arranged by Director Lv."

The evidence was indisputable.

There was nothing more to say.

Li Duming sat down.

He turned to Xing Yu, asking, "Old Xing, what do you think about how to handle this situation?"

Xing Yu pondered for a moment, saying, "Mutual framing and setting up among colleagues is absolutely not allowed by our organization and must be dealt with seriously as an example. My suggestion is to impose a disciplinary measure and demote him by one level. Chief Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Lianyun nodded, saying, "I agree with Vice Secretary Xing's opinion."

Aside from some people.

Honestly, before this farce began, no one imagined it would end this way.

Especially the people from Sun Shenru's faction, who clearly were preparing to enjoy the show.

But the outcome turned out to be a complete reversal, the kind from which there's no turning back.

"What about you? Do any of you have opinions?"

Li Duming asked.

Everyone naturally did not want to see Lv Wuzhao demoted.

They could only look down and remain silent.

Seeing this.

Li Duming said, "Since no one has any objections, Comrade Gao Jianzhao, what do you think, where should we place Lv Wuzhao?"

Gao Jianzhao stroked his chin.

He said, "According to the levels, Comrade Lv Wuzhao is at the division-chief level, so a one-level demotion would directly place him at the section-chief level. I remember that the position of the head of the education department at the archives bureau is still vacant. How about we have Comrade Lv Wuzhao take that position?"

"I have no objections."

Li Duming was the first to speak.

Xing Yu followed immediately, nodding and saying, "Alright, let's do that."

Sun Shenru was not present.

Li Duming and Xing Yu were in complete agreement.

More importantly, the matter had already been confirmed. Anyone who tried to speak in favor of Lv Wuzhao could easily end up being labeled.

Everyone acted out of self-preservation.

They could only agree.

...

Office of the Director of the County Party Committee.

Lv Wuzhao sat in a chair. At this time, a young woman leaned on him.

He lifted the skirt of the woman, peered inside, and teased her, "Your husband is on a business trip today, and you're feeling frisky again?"

The woman punched Lv Wuzhao on the chest.

With a flirtatious tone, she said, "Stop it, you're the frisky one."

"Oh, not admitting the truth? When your husband is home, you wear cotton underwear, but as soon as he leaves, you switch to a lace set. Isn't that clearly seducing me?"

Lv Wuzhao said triumphantly.

The woman crawled next to Lv Wuzhao's ear and asked, "Do you like it? This is a new set I bought. How about I show it to you tonight?"

"Hahaha, good, I'll have to take a good look tonight..."

The two flirted with each other.

They excitedly exchanged words.

Suddenly.

There was a knock at the door.

The woman quickly stood up, holding a folder beside her in a very respectful manner, as if she were reporting on work. The flirting that had just occurred seemed as if it had never happened.

Lv Wuzhao pretended as well and said, "Come in."

The door opened.

Liu Guangjie walked in.

Seeing him,

Lv Wuzhao immediately became excited.

He asked, "Well? Has Chen Fang been taken away by the Disciplinary Committee?"

"No."

Liu Guangjie muttered and shook his head.

Lv Wuzhao was startled and asked, "No, what do you mean?"

No sooner had he finished his question,

then Gao Jianzhao walked in.

Lv Wuzhao, who had been sitting, quickly scrambled to his feet, fawning and saying, "Minister Gao, what brings you here?"

With hands clasped behind his back and a stern expression, Gao Jianzhao said, "Comrade Lv Wuzhao, the Party Committee has decided to relieve you of your duties as the Director of the Office of the County Party Committee and reassign you as the head of the education department of the Changming County archives bureau, effective immediately."

Buzz!

It was as if his mind was buzzing.

Lv Wuzhao was stunned on the spot.

His mouth hung wide open as if he couldn't shut it.

"Minister Gao… why… why is this happening?"

Lv Wuzhao stammered his question.

Gao Jianzhao snorted coldly and said, "You know what you did. I am here to announce your reassignment. As for your misconduct, the Disciplinary Committee will make that announcement. That's all, get your things."

After finishing,

Gao Jianzhao turned and left.

It was as though his spirit had been drained.

Lv Wuzhao collapsed into his chair with a thud, staring blankly at the ceiling, his limbs beginning to tremble.

It should be noted that the future of Changming County was definitely set to expand.

He had been staying in this position, waiting for that day.

He had not waited for the expansion but was instead demoted. How was this any different from the sky falling?

The news had just been announced.

The entire County Party Committee office erupted in chaos.

Lv Wuzhao and Chen Fang were at odds, and everyone had seen it these few days.

To everyone, Chen Fang seemed no match for Lv Wuzhao, but what was the result? After all the effort, Lv Wuzhao had been demoted.

This situation seemed unprecedented.