Cao Dingkun's words didn't surprise Nie Zhenbang. This was something he had anticipated. Cao Dingkun held a weak position in the Liaodong Provincial Standing Committee. If he wanted to make Lin Mohan the recommended candidate for Liaodong Province, he naturally needed approval from the Provincial Standing Committee meeting. To achieve that, he inevitably had to persuade other Standing Committee members.
He nodded and then said, "Governor Cao Dingkun, you are older than me. We are well acquainted with each other. Let me simply call you Uncle Cao."
Without waiting for Cao Dingkun to respond, he took up the previous topic and said, "Uncle Cao, I am not very familiar with the situation in Liaodong Province. Could you give me a detailed analysis? I believe that everything depends on human effort."
