Two days later.
There were also seven days left until the New Year.
The Profound Pavilion officially issued an order appointing Director Cheng of the Patrol Department as the concurrent Grand Governor of Anhua City. The news swept through the entire city like a whirlwind.
It was the first time in the city's history that a department director had concurrently served as Grand Governor, so naturally everyone was talking about it with relish.
Even the topic of the "New Year Festival" was far less popular.
By tradition.
On the day a Grand Governor took office, the Hall of Councillors would certainly organize a rather grand inauguration ceremony.
The heads and mid-ranking officials of every major government department in the city would all attend the ceremony, which counted as making an appearance before the Grand Governor.
This was a very necessary matter.
Otherwise, if officials ran into the Grand Governor on the street in the future and got into a conflict with him, wouldn't that make for a colossal joke?
And the Grand Governor himself would usually deliver an inaugural address, roughly outlining his governing policies.
However.
The mighty Grand Governor Cheng brazenly broke with tradition.
The Hall of Councillors received word a day in advance that the new Grand Governor had no intention of attending the ceremony at all.
Not only that.
His Excellency had actually delegated his Female Secretary to deliver the inaugural address on his behalf.
This was an utterly speechless affair, and it also carried an obvious air of disrespect.
Had any of the previous Grand Governors done this, they would inevitably have faced fierce criticism and earned a bad reputation in the city for "absurd conduct."
But when it came to His Excellency, no one dared express dissatisfaction or criticism openly. There were not even many