"You want to reassign Zhou Yi? What does the leadership have to say about that?" Wei Siqi asked in some surprise.
He had no intention of competing with Jian Wanyan for Zhou Yi. He simply felt that sending his nephew to Qingning City as secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, to supervise Fu Xueqian at the same administrative level, had been the leader's decision. Now, barely six months into Zhou Yi's tenure, Jian Wanyan was already considering moving him to another post. What would the leader think?
Surely they couldn't start giving him the cold shoulder just because he was about to retire? Brother Wanyan wasn't that sort of person!
"Next month, Fu Xueqian may become the Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary of Dongyuan Province," Jian Wanyan replied, seemingly changing the subject.
But Wei Siqi immediately understood. The time had come for Fu Xueqian to take another step up.
And that "step up" did not refer to becoming Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary. Rather, that position would serve as a stepping stone into the full ministerial ranks.
Wei Siqi could say with certainty that Fu Xueqian would not remain Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary for long. Two years at most, perhaps only one, before he either succeeded Zheng Qisheng or took up a new post in another province. There was also a small chance he would return to the capital to head a ministry.
Zhou Yi had gone to Qingning to supervise Fu Xueqian. Once Fu Xueqian packed up and left, there would be no need for Zhou Yi to remain secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission. Brother Wanyan's plan to reassign him was perfectly logical.
"The leader must have had this in mind for some time. Why go to the trouble of sending Zhou Yi there in the first