Originally, Zhang Hongyang was to become the Mayor of Jiangdong District.
That position is the leading government role in the most crucial district or county of Yangzhou City, and it's a role with great potential. With a two-year transition, he could rise to become the District Committee Secretary of that district and smoothly join the sequence of standing committee members of the City Committee.
This arrangement also corresponded with Zhang Hongyang's past experience as the class monitor of the Youth Class at the Provincial Party School.
Having Zhang Hongyang as the Mayor of Jiangdong District, followed by the Executive Vice Mayor and the second and third Vice Mayors, Zhao Yan and Du Man (his uncle's daughter), was something that Liu Zhizhong was quite displeased with. Because it gave Zhang Hongyang more opportunities, which might lead to harassment of his wife, Zhao Yan.
