Li Taishi's final word revealed Nie Zhenbang's strong position in Wanghai City to all the standing committee members, making Zhao Fei and Jiang Li's faces turn somewhat unpleasant. They even began to regret it. They had initially thought that the other standing committee members would object to such a matter closely related to them, but they overlooked Mayor Nie's prestige in the city.
This was a plan devised by Mayor Nie himself, and if it were to be successfully contested against, where would Mayor Nie's prestige and face be? The consequences, they feared, were unthinkable. Plus, Zhao Fei had now realized. As the saying goes, "There are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom." This plan could perhaps affect the lower-level cadres, but for themselves, these municipal committee leaders, the impact was not significant. It merely required a shift in their thinking.
