Recaps

Dong Xuebin appointed Su Yan as his secretary, then won a contested personnel vote by reversing the result with his time-reversal ability. When a storm stranded 96 teachers and students on Qing'e Mountain, Dong Xuebin led their rescue and clashed with a late-arriving city team; the stretch ended with Meng Hanmei cutting his hair before a dinner with Standing Committee members.

• Dong Xuebin appointed Su Yan as his secretary, and Su Yan moved into the outer room of Dong’s office and prepared by studying Jingcheng Dialect.
• Dong Xuebin visited Su Yan’s family, reassured his parents, and asked Su Yan about the county leadership’s factions and committee members.
• Dong Xuebin called a Standing Committee meeting and backed Sun Anshi for Deputy Director of the Finance Bureau against Zhang Dongfang’s candidate, Liu Ping.
• After Sun Changzhi’s vote gave Zhang Dongfang a six-to-five victory, Dong Xuebin reversed time and got Sun Changzhi to support him, winning six to five.
• When heavy rain stranded nearly a hundred teachers and students on Qing'e Mountain, Dong Xuebin joined the search and used his amplified shout to help the lost group find rescuers.
• Dong Xuebin and the rescue teams found all 96 people, brought them down the mountain, and got the sick and injured to medical care.
• Dong Xuebin confronted the late-arriving City Rescue Team and insisted Jiaolin County’s rescuers would finish the work, then thanked the local volunteers and workers.
• Dong Xuebin returned to the compound and arranged dinner with Standing Committee members, while Meng Hanmei cut his hair at his home.

Dong Xuebin learned that an exposé of Baohong City’s extravagant government compounds would bring an investigation and moved overnight to demolish Jiaolin County’s new compound. The investigation team withdrew, and Dong strengthened his position by winning support for renovations and Huo Yibang’s appointment as deputy county chief.

• Dong Xuebin hosted Chang Lin, Sun Changzhi, Wang Binhe, and Li Niu for dinner, and the county news praised his rescue work while municipal news highlighted Zhang Dongfang.
• Dong Xuebin inspected the lavish new compound, learned that the old offices were unsafe, and ordered departments to prepare to move there.
• Dong Xuebin used Forward to see newspapers predicting an investigation and his suspension, then secretly ordered Huo Yibang to demolish the compound before morning.
• Dong Xuebin ordered the county to keep moving as the provincial investigation team arrived, then diverted investigators to shabby temporary quarters while the demolition was completed.
• Dong Xuebin led Cheng Wei and the investigators to the empty site, explained that he had ordered the demolition, and presented the county’s leaders as united behind the decision.
• Cheng Wei’s superior ordered the team to investigate briefly and withdraw, while news coverage praised the demolition and county officials grew more respectful toward Dong Xuebin.
• Dong Xuebin urged staff to work through the cramped temporary offices and proposed renovating the old compound while recommending Huo Yibang for deputy county chief.
• The Standing Committee supported Dong Xuebin’s proposals, and the Municipal Party Committee approved Huo Yibang’s appointment as deputy county chief.

Dong Xuebin spent his break with Fang Wenping before returning to Jiaolin County to handle an English delegation whose officials repeatedly slighted the county. He drove the visitors away by booking the county’s major hotels, then faced a disciplinary investigation as the story continued.

• Dong Xuebin abandoned his search for the ancient tomb, traveled to the provincial capital, and celebrated Fang Wenping’s birthday at her home, where they became intimate and he promised to keep their encounter secret.
• Dong Xuebin returned to Jiaolin County and assigned Zhang Dongfang and Meng Hanmei to arrange a high-standard reception for the English delegation.
• After Deputy Director Niu changed the delegation’s plans without notice and left county officials and entrepreneurs waiting, Dong Xuebin canceled the guests’ hotel rooms and demanded that Niu’s side reimburse the dinner bill.
• Deputy Director Niu failed to find rooms for the English guests after Dong Xuebin used his own money to reserve the available rooms at the county’s major hotels, forcing Niu to take the delegation back to the city.
• Vice Mayor Wang Cheng berated Dong Xuebin after the guests complained, but Dong blamed Niu’s mishandling of the visit and defended his actions as protecting the county and saving public funds.
• Qian Litao consulted Director Yan and ordered the City Discipline Inspection Committee to investigate Dong Xuebin, setting a Party warning as the minimum punishment and leaving removal from office possible.

Dong Xuebin weathered a disciplinary investigation after Fang Wenping intervened, then spent time with her and her family before turning his attention to improving Jiaolin County’s finances. He launched plans for an Investment Promotion Culture Festival and arranged performers through his connections, leaving the county preparing for a gala whose guests and political support were still uncertain.

• Dong Xuebin joined the staff lunch queue, and the County Leaders followed his example as the county’s atmosphere grew more relaxed.
• Fang Wenping reprimanded Dong Xuebin over the Foreign Guests dispute, and the City Discipline Inspection Committee investigated him, but she confronted the investigators and Qian Litao ordered them to withdraw.
• Fang Wenping canceled the province’s foreign guest reception and exchange plans, while the Foreign Guests protested and left Shanbei Province.
• Dong Xuebin helped Fang Wenping move into her new apartment, where he argued with Xiao Dongnan and later became intimate with Fang Wenping.
• Dong Xuebin confronted Zhao Zibang for pursuing Fang Shuiling and discussed Fang Wenping’s prospects with Fang Shuiling before returning to county affairs.
• Dong Xuebin decided to pursue investment promotion and proposed an Investment Promotion Culture Festival, despite county leaders’ concerns about its cost and appeal.
• Dong Xuebin recruited help from Zhang Longjuan, Xie Huilan, and Ci Lifen to bring performers to the festival without appearance fees.
• As Jiaolin County prepared the festival venue, Dong Xuebin reassured officials that performers would arrive and decided to proceed without confirmed city or provincial leaders.