"I didn't mean to hide it from you, Zhang," Mo Lan replied to Zhang Hei after he was silent for a while. "A few months ago, the Premier unofficially selected several ministerial candidates in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and I was one of the people on the list. However, it was just an unofficial decision, so I didn't think too much about it. When the Premier officially selected the candidates, they did not announce it to the public, nor did I know that I was still one of the candidates at that time. Just a few days ago I was called by the Premier, and I was told that I would be the new minister in the ministry."
Zhang Hei still had his phone pressed to his left ear, and he was sitting behind his desk. He could hear Mo Lan's voice from his phone speaker, but he didn't immediately respond to what the old man had just said.
