: Someone's "fighting spirit" has been rekindled.

The situation was in full swing, but Mayor Ma Guanghua's actions were somewhat unexpected.

He not only visited Zhenxing District twice for research, but also personally led Lin Xiao to the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Commerce to fully promote the project application.

Ultimately, thanks to the massive investment scale and regional industrial development value of the projects, both projects successfully passed the provincial review and were officially included in the province's key investment projects database, receiving provincial financial subsidies, tax incentives, and other policies.

Previously, Lin Xiao applied to the city for 10 million yuan in special funds for road repairs, which was successfully approved and disbursed to the district transportation bureau's special account on time with the strong support of Ma Guanghua.

With everything going smoothly, Lin Xiao knew that the official news of his uncle Wang Yuanze's transfer would be released soon.

Because of the impending personnel changes, the city appears calm on the surface, but in reality, all the cadres are secretly accumulating strength, working hard to build their own achievements, and observing how the situation changes.

In mid-May, Duan Xinghuo, Executive Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, accompanied an inspection team from the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Quanzhou City.

The inspection team conducted an investigation into Wang Yuanze's performance during his tenure as the municipal party secretary, organized democratic evaluations, and carried out extended interviews.

Once the news spread, everyone understood that Wang Yuanze's transfer from Quanzhou was basically a done deal.

A new round of leadership reshuffles and changes in the district and county structure across the entire city is about to begin.

Although the inspection team kept a low profile and limited the interviews and assessments to specific individuals, the news still spread quickly.

There's only one reason—Wang Yuanze is getting promoted.

In recent years, as the head of the city, he has achieved remarkable results in developing the economy. The city's total economic output has risen three places in the province, and several projects have been promoted throughout the province, making it quite impressive even on a national scale.

To outsiders, this is an impressive promotion resume.

But those within the system know that simply being good at your job is far from enough to reach the vice-provincial level.

Without recognition and support, even outstanding achievements are unlikely to translate into opportunities for advancement.

It can be said that political achievements are merely an entry ticket, while powerful connections are the ladder to heaven.

However, Wang Yuanze had the support of his senior, Executive Vice Governor Liang Weiwang, and the approval of Provincial Party Secretary Xu Zecheng. It is said that he also had connections in Beicheng.

Therefore, he has an opportunity whenever there is a vacancy in the province.

When it came time for the assessment, Wang Yuanze clearly toned down his sharp edge.

Daily work proceeds in an orderly manner. Apart from major matters that require my personal oversight, no new projects are launched, and no additional requirements are imposed.

At this stage, it is most important to avoid any mishaps.

Even a major accident or a negative public opinion event could ruin a promotion.

Right now, his most important task is to stabilize the overall situation.

However, while he can remain calm, others may not be able to.

Most of the other members of the city's leadership team continued doing what they were doing, only a little more high-profile than before, while some with ambitions quietly headed to the provincial capital.

The position of municipal party secretary is about to become vacant.

Mayor Ma Guanghua is undoubtedly one of the most competitive candidates, even though he has been the mayor for less than a year.

A while ago, he took the opportunity of reporting on projects and seeking instructions to make several trips to the provincial capital.

But recently, he has calmed down.

He knew very well that during this sensitive period, the more flamboyant his actions, the more likely he would be to arouse suspicion, especially since he only had the status to be promoted but not enough qualifications for promotion.

Therefore, he has to keep a low profile.

In addition, not only are there undercurrents at the municipal level, but people in Zhenxing District are also restless.

As everyone knows, Lin Xiao's ability to act boldly and decisively in Zhenxing District is largely due to the strong support from Wang Yuanze.

Now, Wang Yuanze is about to be promoted and transferred.

Although it's a promotion, a local official is more powerful than a county magistrate.

Once Wang Yuanze leaves Quanzhou, his support for Lin Xiao will be much less.

After all, it wouldn't be so easy for him to directly interfere in the appointment and removal of cadres and major projects in the city, and his influence would be greatly reduced.

Moreover, even if Wang Yuanze is successfully promoted, he will at most be an ordinary vice governor, unable to enter the provincial party committee standing committee, and can only be in charge of matters within his own area of ​​responsibility. It will be even more difficult for him to get involved in personnel matters.

Besides, once the new municipal party secretary takes office, he will inevitably build his own team, thus gradually diminishing the influence left by Wang Yuanze.

This is the norm in officialdom; it doesn't matter who takes over.

Therefore, people began to discuss Lin Xiao's future situation in private.

"Lin Xiao's good days are finally over."

"With Wang Yuanze gone, there's no one to back him up. Let's see how tough he can be now."

"The city is about to undergo personnel adjustments, and Lin Xiao will lose a strong supporter, which will definitely make her work much more difficult in the future."

"If Mayor Ma takes over, he might be more lenient with Secretary Wang out of consideration for him."

"But if it's an outsider parachuted in as Party Secretary, who would care about these old relationships?"

"I heard that Mayor Ma has made several trips to the provincial capital, but the results don't seem to be very good. The main reason is that he has not served as mayor for long enough and his qualifications are not enough to support the position of municipal party secretary."

At this very moment, District Chief Yang Songfeng sat in his office with a look of excitement on his face, while Executive Deputy District Chief Deng Guanglin, sitting opposite him, also wore a smile.

"Lin Xiao is assertive and has offended many people in the city and district. Before, with Secretary Wang keeping him in check, no one dared to make trouble. Now that Secretary Wang is being transferred, he has lost his support."

Deng Guanglin spoke casually while smoking, but a hint of joy was clearly visible on his face.

Yang Songfeng nodded: "That's right. As long as we seize the right opportunity, we can put him on the defensive in every situation. So what if he's the top leader?"

Deng Guanglin said, "We still need to plan carefully and find the right entry point; we can't act blindly."

Yang Songfeng smiled and said, "Of course. He has only been in charge for a short time, and his foundation is still very weak. There are still ways to restrain him."

Some time ago, he suffered repeated setbacks in his struggle with Lin Xiao, which made him quite depressed. His only thought was to hold on to his area of ​​responsibility and protect the power and resources in his hands.

Now that Wang Yuanze is about to be transferred, he has rekindled his idea and plans to take advantage of this personnel change to achieve results in the shantytown renovation project and fight for a voice.

As a result, he acted in a particularly high-profile manner for some time afterward.

He frequently went to the grassroots level to conduct research and deploy work on-site, focusing all his efforts on the project of monetizing the renovation of old urban shantytowns.

He convened multiple departments to repeatedly discuss the implementation plan, and also went to the municipal government many times to report the project idea to Executive Vice Mayor Cai Zili in order to gain the city's support.

After returning, he took the initiative to communicate with Lin Xiao about the project ideas.

He told Lin Xiao that the city leaders and the provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development had approved the shantytown renovation project in Zhenxing District in principle.

However, there's a surge in applications for shantytown renovation projects across the province, and the provincial quota is extremely limited, requiring a waiting list. But work waits for no one; the district can get the preliminary work done first, and once the province approves and allocates subsidies, construction can begin in full swing.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao quickly understood Yang Songfeng's plan.

He clearly wanted to create a stir first, and then force the issue to become a fait accompli.

However, considering that his work enthusiasm has been quite good recently, I didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm directly, so I agreed to his suggestion in principle.

However, he was still instructed to strictly control all kinds of risks. Preparatory work can be done, but it must be done meticulously. He must not overstep his authority or make promises to others in advance to prevent problems from arising in the subsequent project approval process and leaving a lot of trouble.

Yang Songfeng verbally agreed, but in his heart he didn't take the reminder to heart at all.

In his view, if he followed the rules and procedures in everything he did, he would not be able to demonstrate his abilities, nor would he be able to use this project to overpower Lin Xiao.

Soon after, Yang Songfeng convened a district-wide mobilization meeting for the shantytown renovation project.

At the meeting, a special leading group was established, with him personally serving as the group leader, Deng Guanglin as the deputy group leader, and relevant departments such as the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau as member units.

Yang Songfeng made it clear that the entire district should treat the shantytown renovation project as the top priority and promote it.

Among them, the Donghu Subdistrict Office was responsible for the main preliminary work, such as door-to-door surveys and communication with the public, while the Bureau of Commerce and the Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development took the initiative to connect with real estate companies and introduce developers to participate in the preliminary preparation work as soon as possible.

Moreover, Yang Songfeng and Deng Guanglin secretly finalized a plan to attract real estate development companies.

Specifically, developers willing to undertake the renovation of old urban shantytowns can obtain more convenience in land development in new urban areas, so as to make up for the shortcomings of large investment and slow return on investment in shantytown renovation, and prevent developers from losing money.

As soon as this private plan was released, many real estate companies immediately became interested.

For a time, Yang Songfeng and Deng Guanglin's offices were bustling with visitors.

Real estate developers from all walks of life came to inquire about the project and ask about the district's preferential policies.

Lin Xiao had been focusing all his energy on projects with Yunong Group and Wantong Express, and hadn't paid much attention to Yang Songfeng's actions.

That day, Lin Xiao received a call from Zhao Binyuan, the CEO of Dayuan Real Estate.