Lu Yong was also somewhat taken aback—what was Fang Yuan doing? The very first sentence of his inauguration speech seemed to be throwing cold water on everything, which wasn't a good sign; it was like he was setting up obstacles for himself.
Of course, as a member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and head of the organization department, Lu Yong was an experienced and knowledgeable figure. Fang Yuan's approach could be described within the system as striving to be distinctive, yet Lu Yong was quite aware that it was not easy to accomplish this successfully. Done well, it could earn rapturous applause. However, if it failed, it could negatively impact one's subsequent career.
Without any change in expression, Lu Yong watched Fang Yuan, eager to see how he would manage to turn this situation around.
