The auditorium of the Wanghai Municipal Party Committee was packed. The head of the Provincial Committee's Organization Department, Sun Yuzhou, along with the Standing Committee of the Wanghai Municipal Party Committee, joined the newly appointed leaders, all seated onstage.
Above the stage, a banner for the Wanghai leadership meeting hung prominently. The venue was solemnly quiet, signifying the great importance of the event for Wanghai.
Following the Yuhai scandal, the leadership in Wanghai has been cut down repeatedly, like chives in a vegetable field. The city's cadres have become somewhat numb to it all.
