"An empty reputation, nothing more!"
Director Zhou was as modest as ever. An outstanding government official ought to be just like him: neither arrogant nor complacent, never forgetting his original purpose.
Keep pretending. Go right ahead!
Shan Wenxu looked disdainfully at the man whose lips kept curling upward.
Leaving the higher-ups aside, here in Yangcheng alone, Director Zhou's words probably carried more weight than his own as mayor.
As the saying went, no monument of gold or silver could compare to the people's praise. Take a stroll anywhere in Yangcheng, mention Public Security Director Zhou Yi, and see how people reacted and what they had to say!
Anyone who dared say a bad word about him would get beaten to death by everyone else!
Honestly, as the official responsible for Yangcheng, he wanted that sort of empty reputation too!
In ancient times, this fellow would definitely have been one of those poor fools whose achievements overshadowed the sovereign and who inevitably ended up being granted a cup of poisoned wine.
It was only because Shan Wenxu was so magnanimous. Anyone else would have found him intolerable.
And then, even if they couldn't stand him, they couldn't get rid of him. Not only that, they could easily find themselves taken down instead! Wasn't that infuriating?
What he hadn't told Zhou Yi was that the nickname "Officialdom Killer" had already caught on in their circles!
"Two things. First, approval to establish the Special Police Brigade has come through. Are you planning to recruit through this year's unified civil service examination, or through special recruitment?" Shan Wenxu gathered his thoughts and switched into serious work-discussion mode.
"Special recruitment!" Zhou Yi answered without hesitation. He thought it would be faster.
"Second, we've now rounded up the entire criminal gang headed by Xie Bingyi, and