Inside the room.
Sun Lihan and Xu Zhuang were all waiting.
After hanging up on Fang Shuiling, Zhang Dongfang returned. "The person Xuebin contacted called me. I gave her the address, and she said she'd be here soon."
Sun Lihan asked, "Your County Party Secretary Dong?"
Zhang Dongfang gave a grunt. "Xuebin is from the Capital City and worked here before, too."
Sun Lihan still assessed the situation. "Even so, that probably won't get you very far, right? Getting in touch with the State Council General Office isn't something an ordinary connection can manage." A County Party Secretary might command absolute authority locally, able to pull strings throughout the county and even the city, but in the Capital City... he was really nothing. At that rank, someone you grabbed off the street riding a bicycle to work might outrank him. That was no joke.
Zhang Dongfang said, "Let's wait until she gets here."
Sun Lihan nodded. "Then let's wait and see."
Xu Zhuang asked curiously, "Which leader did Secretary Dong reach out to?"
Zhang Dongfang paused. "I'm not sure either. She probably isn't a government official. From her voice, she sounded like a young girl."
"Huh?" Xu Zhuang was stunned.
The clerk from the Jiaolin County Government Office who had come with them was also taken aback. A young girl?
Sun Lihan heard that but said nothing. Actually, ever since Zhang Dongfang and the others had come two days ago and explained why they were there, she had known this matter definitely could not be handled. Director Li, who oversaw this matter at the General Office, might not hold a particularly high rank, but the department he worked in wielded enormous power. It was not a place where anyone could simply ask to see someone. Much less invite him to