125: Courage and responsibility

During the May Day holiday, the Yingjianzui Scenic Area in Heping Town became an overnight sensation. During the final few days, not only did all the County Party Standing Committee Members take advantage of the holiday to bring their families along to sightsee, but they also witnessed the grand occasion with their own eyes.

Some leaders from the City Level also came, including Jiang Shiyu and Municipal Party Secretary Cao Mingxiu.

They both came in a private capacity. Upon seeing her parents, Jiang Yufei took some time to have a meal with them before returning to her work.

Seeing how popular the scenic area was, her parents were very understanding of her.

Cao Mingxiu came accompanied only by his Secretary, driving an ordinary vehicle. Even Jiang Shiyu was unaware of his itinerary, let alone Lin Zifeng and the others.

Time quickly moved into June, and personnel adjustments at both the county and City Level levels began.

The mayor of Chunhua City, Jiang Minghua, was transferred out of Chunhua City to serve as the Municipal Party Secretary of another Prefecture-level City.

The deputy secretary of the municipal party committee Jiang Shiyu was successfully promoted to acting mayor.

Executive Vice Mayor Jiang Donghai was transferred to the Municipal Committee of the CPPCC.

The Head of the Organization Department of the City Level, Li Xinzhang, was promoted to deputy secretary of the municipal party committee.

The newly appointed Head of the Organization Department and Executive Vice Mayor were both transferred from other cities.

Since the Secretary and County Head of Yushu County had not been in Office for long, there were not many changes in Yushu County.

Only Xu Yanjun, who was known as the "eternal third," finally moved this time; he was transferred to another county to serve as acting county head.

However, the candidate for the position of Deputy Secretary of Yushu County remained undecided.

This matter continued until July before a conclusion was reached.

To the surprise of some, the Municipal Party Secretary and the acting mayor were in agreement, both choosing to recommend Lin Zifeng to serve as the Deputy Secretary of Yushu County.

Therefore, Lin Zifeng's appointment was passed very smoothly at the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee.

Lin Zifeng was successfully appointed as a County Party Standing Committee Member of Yushu County, deputy secretary of the county party committee, and concurrently served as the Secretary of Heping Town.

His ranking among the County Party Standing Committee Members rose directly from ninth to third, making him the third-in-command of Yushu County.

In August, the nation hosted a major sports event, and Chen Yuxi successfully graduated and began interning at her sister's company.

Time entered September. Now, Lin Zifeng spent most of his time working at the county level each month, only spending one-third of his time working in Heping Town.

His focus of work had gradually shifted from Heping Town to the County Party Committee.

As for the work in Heping Town, he now only grasped the general direction, leaving the specific implementation and execution to Cao Shuang and Jiang Yufei.

On the morning of this day, not long after he arrived at his Office in the County Party Committee, Wang Zhongyu knocked on the door and walked in.

"Secretary, I just received a notice from the Office informing you to attend a Standing Committee meeting immediately."

Hearing Wang Zhongyu's report, Lin Zifeng was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that every time a Standing Committee meeting was held, notice was given several days in advance.

Why was this Standing Committee meeting called so urgently? Could it be that some emergency had occurred?

Thinking of this, Lin Zifeng nodded, stood up, and walked outside.

When he walked into the meeting room, only Organization Minister Zou Dekai and Minister of the Propaganda Department Zhang Yuhan were sitting inside.

Seeing Lin Zifeng walk in, both of them stood up to greet him.

This is how it is in officialdom. Although the two were previously his superiors, Lin Zifeng was now a Deputy Secretary, which in a certain sense made him their superior.

Therefore, the necessary respect still had to be shown.

At the beginning, Lin Zifeng was still a bit unaccustomed to it, but after a few times, he had already become used to it.

After greeting each other, he sat down in the first seat on the right.

"Secretary Lin, why is this Standing Committee meeting being held so hastily? Do you know what has happened?"

Zou Dekai couldn't help but ask.

He smiled and shook his head, "I came as soon as I received the notice. I really don't know what happened. Let's wait for Secretary Wan to arrive and reveal the answer!"

In less than ten minutes, all the Standing Committee Members had arrived.

Wan Guoliang scanned the crowd before speaking with a serious expression, "Comrades, I just received a report from the Secretary of Gangou Township.

A serious forest fire has broken out in the Daqingshan area of Gangou Township. The Olympic Games have just concluded, and if the fire cannot be controlled in a timely and effective manner, it will not only cause immeasurable losses to our Yushu County but also result in extremely negative consequences.

The reason for convening this emergency Standing Committee meeting is to discuss countermeasures and assign tasks.

The county fire department has already rushed to Gangou Township, and we need to establish a forest fire fighting leading group.

I will personally serve as the team leader, Secretary Zifeng will serve as the deputy team leader, and the County Head will remain at the County Party Committee to command the operations.

All Standing Committee Members will be members."

When encountering an emergency, Wan Guoliang, as the County Party Secretary, still showed great responsibility.

By making such a decision, if the firefighting efforts were unsuccessful and the fire spun out of control, he would have to bear the corresponding responsibility.

Everyone present understood this, so looking at Wan Guoliang sitting in the main seat, they all displayed a hint of admiration.

Everyone also understood one thing: as the top leader of Yushu County, he could have completely appointed Qian Dagang or Lin Zifeng to serve as the team leader.

He could have stayed at the County Party Committee to command and oversee the overall situation.

Therefore, Qian Dagang spoke up immediately.

"Secretary, I think we should switch! I should serve as the team leader, and you should stay at the County Party Committee to command; that would be the most appropriate."

"Two leaders, I have a different opinion. Don't fight with me over this team leader position.

I am relatively young and strong, most suitable for charging to the front lines. I am volunteering myself; let me serve as the team leader!

As for the candidate for deputy team leader, I recommend Minister Zhou of the Armed Forces Department. A task like fighting a forest fire that requires manpower cannot do without the participation of the reserves and the militia.

This is an important force that cannot be ignored."

This temporary team leader position for the forest fire fighting leading group was not a good job, but unexpectedly, the three of them were fighting over it.

Others knew that besides the three of them, no one else was qualified to serve as the team leader; otherwise, others would have come forward to demonstrate their own courage and responsibility.

Wan Guoliang looked at Lin Zifeng and Qian Dagang separately with great gratification, and said somewhat helplessly, "This isn't a good thing, why are the County Head and Secretary Zifeng fighting over it?"

"Secretary, the situation is urgent, please don't hesitate anymore. I am the most suitable candidate. Now everything must center on fighting the forest fire; we don't have time to worry about personal gains or losses.

Please adopt my suggestion and issue the order quickly. We cannot waste any more time; for every minute delayed, the situation may become one minute more critical."

Lin Zifeng said with a resolute expression and in a decisive tone.