Morning.
Not yet ten o'clock.
The County Party Committee Standing Committee was about to convene, and Secretary Dong had proposed it himself.
A lot of people were puzzled when they heard the news. Everyone had long since noticed the city's and province's resistance toward Dong Xuebin; something like that could not be kept hidden. On top of that, Zhang Dongfang's people had spread the word below, and in a short time, nearly everyone knew. Without support from above, Dong Xuebin was an outsider who had been parachuted in. Even if he was the Top Leader, Jiaolin County's current situation was not favorable to him. In everyone's view, no matter how Dong Xuebin and Zhang Dongfang appeared on the surface, one of them would ultimately have to come out on top. Right now, County Chief Zhang, a local veteran cadre, clearly held a slight initiative and advantage. If he used this opportunity to give Secretary Dong a show of force at the Standing Committee meeting, County Chief Zhang would already have won more than half the battle. That was why, if an ordinary leader were in Dong Xuebin's position, he would most likely delay for as many days as possible, first familiarize himself with the environment, first communicate with the leaders he could win over, and only convene the Standing Committee once things were more or less underway. If things went well, that would have been Secretary Dong's only chance to seize the initiative. That was how everyone saw it.
But Dong Xuebin did not!
Instead, he had proactively called a Standing Committee meeting on the morning of his very first official day at work. Not only had he not delayed, he seemed impatient!
Meng Hanmei and Su Yan were both worried. If Zhang Dongfang pulled something at the Standing Committee