Forged in the fires of war: The Qi family's generals rewrite the fate of eastern Hebei.

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Liang Qunfeng was startled. Gao Yuliang probably already knew some of the inside information, but he chose not to tell him.

Why not tell yourself?

There's only one possibility: Qi Tongwei has a powerful background, so powerful that Gao Yuliang doesn't dare to get involved.

But the more things were like this, the more Liang Qunfeng wanted to find out the inside story, otherwise he couldn't even sleep well.

In officialdom, the most taboo thing is not understanding the situation of the other side; being completely clueless is a major taboo.

Thinking of this, Liang Qunfeng asked his secretary to leave first. After the office door was closed, Liang Qunfeng called Gao Yuliang.

After the call was connected, Liang Qunfeng immediately spoke.

"Is this Yu Liang? I am Liang Qunfeng."

"Secretary Liang, please give me your instructions."

"Haha, it's not really an instruction, but I do have some questions I'd like to ask you about."

"Secretary, please speak."

"I'm asking you, do you have a student named Qi Tongwei?"

"Did you know that he is now Secretary Gong's secretary?"

"I've heard some things, but I don't know much about it."

"I heard he went to Beijing before, and he even visited your office before going there, right? Yuliang! I don't want you to keep anything from me!"

The subtext of Liang Qunfeng's words is that he already knows about these things, and he has decided to let bygones be bygones regarding the things that you previously concealed.

But now I'm giving you a chance, and you have to answer honestly.

Sitting in his office, Gao Yuliang was restless after hearing Liang Qunfeng's words.

He really didn't want to get involved, but Liang Qunfeng had called him, and if he kept it a secret, it would cause trouble.

Not wanting to offend either side, Gao Yuliang decided to be vague, knowing that no third person would know what Qi Tongwei had said.

“Secretary Liang, Xiao Qi did mention some things to me, but I don’t know much. I only know that his uncle is the commander of the Beijing Military Region, and I think his surname is Fang.”

Gao Yuliang's words were somewhat vague, but they were also almost entirely clear.

The commander of the Beijing Military Region is surnamed Fang. Considering Qi Tongwei's hometown, the answer is almost obvious.

At least for Liang Qunfeng, this was no longer a secret.

Therefore, Liang Qunfeng did not press Gao Yuliang further on this issue. He simply said thank you on the phone and then hung up.

After hanging up the phone, he asked his secretary to bring Qi Tongwei's resume from somewhere.

If the third-highest-ranking official in a province wants the resume of a junior secretary, Xia Chaoyang naturally won't object.

When Qi Tongwei's resume reached Liang Qunfeng's hands, Liang Qunfeng was even more shocked to see that it stated Wenjiang County, Yantai City.

A name suddenly came to mind: Fang Zhenhua.

Now, as the commander of the Long Live Army, everything makes sense.

At this moment, Liang Qunfeng thought of the incident that happened eight years ago.

Eight years ago, he was the Party Secretary of Lüzhou City, Handong Province.

At that time, Handong experienced an unprecedented crackdown, and countless human traffickers were arrested. All of these traffickers had the same outcome: they were all severely punished and sentenced to death.

No human trafficker escaped the death penalty in this crackdown, not even a single one received a suspended death sentence.

As the Party Secretary of Lüzhou City, Liang Qunfeng naturally had some inside information about the situation.

This is because a young master in the capital was abducted by human traffickers. The young master's maternal grandfather is Liu Zhongming, and the child's father is Fang Zhenhua, the current commander of the Long Live Army.

After understanding these things, Liang Qunfeng realized what a huge mistake he had made.

His kick not only failed to stomp Qi Tongwei into the ground, but instead sent him flying into the sky.

If he remembered correctly, the person who saved Fang Zhenhua's son eventually became Secretary Gong's secretary, and is now Sun Liancheng, the secretary of the Jinshan County Party Committee.

Now I understand, everything makes sense. No wonder Qi Tongwei became Gong Kaichen's secretary.

Liang Qunfeng suddenly realized.

When Liang Qunfeng got off work in the evening, he returned to the provincial party committee compound and to the No. 3 villa.

Liang Lu is here too.

When Liang Qunfeng saw Liang Lu again, all he felt for this daughter he had once doted on was anger.

Liang Lu was puzzled by her father's attitude, so she couldn't help but ask.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong? Do you still remember Qi Tongwei?"

"I remember! What's wrong?"

“He has now become the full-time secretary of Secretary Gong of the Provincial Party Committee, and will be the number one secretary in Handong in the future. You have caused a lot of trouble for our Liang family. Can’t you be more careful? How could I have such an unfilial daughter as you?”

Liang Qunfeng's furious rant left Liang Lu speechless and utterly shocked.

Qi Tongwei became Secretary Gong's chief secretary?

Why? On what grounds?

Liang Lu was completely baffled, but for this young lady, after the initial shock, all that remained was endless hatred.

She hated Qi Tongwei for keeping it from her.

This woman's thought process is different from that of a normal person.

Chapter 148 Being a Chief Secretary Requires Attentiveness

"Dad, what should we do now?"

Although Liang Lu is somewhat brain-dead, she is not a complete idiot.

Having grown up in a high-ranking official's family, Liang Lu naturally knew that she had run into a brick wall this time.

Upon hearing his daughter's words, Liang Qunfeng couldn't help but snort coldly.

"What else can we do? It's better to stay put than to act. Fortunately, Fang Zhenhua can't cause me any trouble because of my decision to send Qi Tongwei to the grassroots level. But you have to remember this: don't provoke Qi Tongwei in the future."

That's why Liang Lu's thought process is a bit peculiar; she suddenly came up with a solution.

"Dad, if I could be with Qi Tongwei, wouldn't that be a powerful alliance? It would also benefit Qi Tongwei's future!"

Upon hearing this, Liang Qunfeng became even more furious, almost to the point of madness. He pointed at Liang Lu and angrily rebuked her.

"You're still thinking about these irrelevant things? Do you think he needs them? The current Qi Tongwei is not the poor kid we thought he was. He has connections, and very powerful connections at that."

"Do you know who his uncle is? His uncle is Old Master Liu's son-in-law, and the Liu family is one of the most prominent families in the capital."

"Your father is just the deputy secretary of the Handong Provincial Party Committee, not the secretary of the Handong Provincial Party Committee! Although our Liang family has some influence in Handong, we are nothing in Beijing."

"Putting everything else aside, just look at your ages. Can his uncle accept that?"

"Besides, in other people's eyes, the help from our Liang family is not very useful. The third-highest-ranking official in a province is nothing in the grand scheme of things."

At this point, Liang Qunfeng even made a self-deprecating remark.

He was the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, a very famous figure in Handong, second only to the highest-ranking officials in the region.

But without taking that step, an ant will always remain an ant, unable to participate in high-level decision-making.

This step is called the provincial or ministerial level.

Fearing that his daughter wouldn't learn her lesson, Liang Qunfeng continued to give her instructions.

"Don't take my words lightly. Absolutely do not provoke Qi Tongwei's side. As for what happens later, we'll deal with that later."

"Dad, what if they hold a grudge about this and try to harm you?"

“Your father didn’t work for nothing in Handong. If you want to mess with me, it won’t be that easy.”

Nowadays, everything is focused on economic development, so the mainstream view in the domestic officialdom is not to advocate a one-size-fits-all approach.

Balance and development should be the main themes.

To bring down the provincial third-ranked team, unless a decisive blow is delivered, there are many other factors involved and many consequences to consider.

This isn't twenty years from now!

The Liu family is very powerful, but they are not the only dominant family in the capital.

The leader has a good relationship with Fang Zhenhua, but a balance needs to be struck.

It is a consensus that we cannot allow one company to dominate.

If you want to play in this game, you have to follow the rules. If you want to break the rules, you have to ask yourself if you have the ability and if you can survive that long.

Qi Tongwei was unaware of Liang Qunfeng's warning to Liang Lu, but even if he had known, he wouldn't have cared.

He wished Liang Lu, that old woman, would stay away from him; he disliked her.

Before setting off for Luzhou, Qi Tongwei took some time to call Sun Liancheng.

Sun Liancheng is now considered his teacher.

When the call was connected, Qi Tongwei greeted him warmly.

"Secretary Sun, I'm sorry to trouble you."

“Tongwei, you don’t need to be so polite. I’ve been following Secretary Gong for seven years and have always regarded him as an elder. Now that Secretary Gong is changing his secretary, I will naturally do my best to teach you. There’s no need to be so polite between us brothers.”

Sun Liancheng is seven years older than Qi Tongwei. He was born in 1962, so he directly addressed Qi Tongwei as brothers in order to be close to him.

"Brother Sun, I'd really appreciate your guidance."

Over the phone, Sun Liancheng truthfully shared his secretarial experience with Qi Tongwei.

"The most important requirements for a secretary are service orientation, confidentiality, singular focus, and individuality."

"The so-called service role means you need to understand one principle: a secretary is there to serve the leader. You need to provide the leader with the necessary information and materials for decision-making and to make scientific and effective arrangements for the leader's activities."

"You must remember that you have no right to handle any issues without the leader's approval."

"The service aspect includes five aspects: arranging activities, handling documents, drafting manuscripts, handling correspondence and receiving visitors, as well as completing other tasks assigned by leaders."

"As for the confidentiality of information, since you are working closely with the leaders and are in the most core department of the organization, you will often come into contact with some core secrets, so you must strictly abide by organizational discipline, work discipline, and confidentiality discipline."

"Singleness and individuality can be discussed together. You need to understand that you only serve one leader. Who is your boss? You need to be clear about this. As a secretary, you need to follow the leader's footsteps closely and center your attention on the leader's activities. Do you understand?"

Qi Tongwei diligently took notes on his secretary's insights with a pen and paper. This was a secret manual from a seven-year veteran secretary, which was extremely valuable to a novice like Qi Tongwei.

While taking notes, Qi Tongwei was quite moved. These things were all closely guarded secrets. If it weren't for his uncle's special instructions to Sun Liancheng, Sun Liancheng wouldn't have mentioned them at all if it were someone else.

On the other end of the phone, Sun Liancheng took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, and continued speaking.

"What I just talked about were the general characteristics of secretaries. Now, let me tell you about the habits of our Secretary Gong when it comes to leaders."

“Secretary Gong gets up at seven o’clock every day. While he is washing up, breakfast has to be prepared and served. Washing up and breakfast take a total of half an hour.”

“During this half hour, Secretary Gong likes to watch the news, so you should show him the earliest news of the day.”

"We start work at 8 a.m., but Secretary Gong usually arrives at the office 10 minutes early. You need to arrange Secretary Gong's schedule the night before, making sure it is organized, prioritizes key points, and is clear about the main points."

"Of course, if there are any special circumstances, you must report to Secretary Gong immediately. Secretary Gong dislikes delays in receiving information. If you report on time, he won't say anything, but if you delay, he will definitely be very unhappy."

“I followed Secretary Gong for seven years, so I know him very well. He is a good leader who truly cares about the people. So you must understand a core issue: you must be realistic and pragmatic in everything you do, you know?”

Qi Tongwei quickly took notes, and after Sun Liancheng finished speaking, he hurriedly spoke up.

"I remember."

"Also, let me tell you some inside information. Secretary Gong is currently waiting for you in Luzhou. His next stop is Jinshan. I'll be waiting for you in Jinshan and give you some advice in person."

"Brother Sun, thank you."

"We're all on the same side, no need for thanks."

Chapter 149 Emergencies

Luzhou is the largest city in Handong Province in terms of area and population.

The predominantly plain terrain gives Lüzhou great development potential.