Li Haotian had guaranteed in front of Li Zhen that he would never let Lu Hao have an easy time. Now, if the punishment against Lu Hao is revoked, it would be a slap in his face.
At this moment, Wang Shaojie wanted to stand up and support Li Haotian as well. He certainly didn't want to watch Lu Hao's punishment being revoked and was hoping for Lu Hao to fall into a big trouble.
But before he could speak, Deng Song hurriedly gave Li Haotian a meaningful look and said in a deep voice, "Mayor Li, the process of punishing Lu Hao hasn't been completed in the county, it can be revoked."
This is where Deng Song's cleverness lies. Although he is Zhao Gang's man, he often secretly passes on some information to Li Haotian, playing both sides and never pinning his hopes for promotion on just one person.
Seeing this, Li Haotian, with a gloomy face, did not speak further. After all, he is now the only voice of opposition, and persisting would not change anything.
Wang Shaojie, seeing Li Haotian's silence, also kept quiet.
Zhao Gang timely took over the conversation and said, "Alright, the minority should obey the majority. The punishment against Lu Hao is revoked. However, this disciplinary investigation indeed shows that Comrade Lu Hao is innocent and completely trustworthy. Our previous punishment of Lu Hao was a mistake, and we must admit this. Moreover, Comrade Lu Hao is a graduate of a Project 985 university and has work experience in the county committee. My suggestion is not only to revoke his punishment but also to let Comrade Lu Hao take charge of the poverty alleviation work and serve as the director of the Poverty Alleviation Office."
"What? Secretary Zhao, are you joking? Lu Hao has only been transferred here for a few days. He may not even be clear about what poverty alleviation work includes, and you want him to be the director of the Poverty Alleviation Office? That's bullshit," Li Haotian said, his eyes wide and face furious.
The Poverty Alleviation Office is a lucrative position in Fangshui Township, and the position of director must be his person. He absolutely cannot accept Lu Hao's rise to the position.
"I agree with Mayor Li. Lu Hao has been in Fangshui for too short a time and has no experience in poverty alleviation, making him unsuitable to be the director of the Poverty Alleviation Office," Wang Shaojie immediately echoed.
Fang Jing has been angry with Lu Hao these days. If not only is Lu Hao's punishment revoked, but he also becomes the director of poverty alleviation, Fang Jing will definitely not make a fuss with Lu Hao anymore, which is not what Wang Shaojie wants to see.
"Mayor Wang has also just been transferred from the county to our Fangshui Township, do you have experience in grassroots work? Experience is accumulated. I think Lu Hao is good, and given time, he will definitely be able to do a good job in poverty alleviation work," Hong Haifeng said.
Although he has been in charge of poverty alleviation work, Song Bo and Niu Dashan were both Li Haotian's people, who were hypocritical in obeying his orders and made the Poverty Alleviation Office a mess.
Now that the Poverty Alleviation Office is reshuffled, Hong Haifeng naturally wants to push a new person up, so that his poverty alleviation work can be better carried out in the future.
"Nonsense, a young whippersnapper in charge of the Poverty Alleviation Office is extremely irresponsible, and I strongly oppose it," Li Haotian banged the table.
"I also strongly disagree. If something goes wrong, who will take responsibility?" Wang Shaojie also asked.
"Since you say so, who recommended Song Bo as the director? How did Niu Dashan become the deputy director? Now that they have caused such a big problem, shouldn't someone step forward to take responsibility?" Lin Xiyue spoke again, and her words were very sharp from the start.
Li Haotian's face turned cyan immediately, and he wisely shut his mouth.
It was he who had strongly recommended Song Bo and Niu Dashan to manage the Poverty Alleviation Office.
"Alright, stop arguing. If we are not united internally, where does our combat effectiveness come from? No wonder there were problems in the Poverty Alleviation Office this time. If anyone has a different opinion, they can raise it. If not, then Lu Hao will be confirmed as the director of the Poverty Alleviation Office."
Zhao Gang timely stepped in and said.
Seeing that the situation was settled, Li Haotian didn't make a sound.
Wang Shaojie also sensibly did not object anymore, and Zhao Gang immediately made the decision.
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At this moment, Lu Hao was a bit overwhelmed.
The Poverty Alleviation Office didn't have many people to begin with, and now only he and Tang Chunyan were left, busy to death.
At this time, a person walked into the Poverty Alleviation Office with his head down, it was the dismissed Niu Dashan.
Niu Dashan was now disheartened, no longer having the arrogance of the past, but when he saw Lu Hao in charge of poverty alleviation affairs, his anger surged again, and he roared, "Why are you still in the office? Get out now. Seeing you makes me annoyed, you jinx."
He vented all his resentment about being disciplined on Lu Hao.
With this discipline, he would never have another chance in his life.
"Is it any of your business? Can you manage it?" Lu Hao sneered.
The announcement of Niu Dashan's demotion had already been announced by the Party and Government Office in the township government, and he would no longer take Niu Dashan seriously.
"You... kid, don't get cocky. Even if I'm not the deputy director, I still have the final say here, and I can still make your life miserable," Niu Dashan sat in front of his desk, making the chair creak loudly.
Lu Hao didn't bother with such people and continued to work.
At this moment, Hong Haifeng walked into the Poverty Alleviation Office.
"Mayor Hong, why are you here?" Tang Chunyan was taken aback and hurriedly went to greet him.
Lu Hao also followed up smartly, he had heard from Tang Chunyan that Hong Haifeng was the deputy mayor in charge of poverty alleviation work and was his direct leader.
When someone suddenly came to inspect the work, Lu Hao, of course, had to be cautious.
"You must be Lu Hao. I've seen your information. Young man, work hard in the future. Poverty alleviation work is quite trivial, with a large workload. The Poverty Alleviation Office has had such a big incident. I will arrange more people to cooperate with you as soon as possible. In the future, you can report anything about the Poverty Alleviation Office directly to me," Hong Haifeng patted Lu Hao's shoulder heavily.
"I will definitely work hard." Lu Hao was a bit flattered.
He could feel that Hong Haifeng was sincerely encouraging him, which was the first time a leader had paid so much attention to him since he came to Fangshui Township.
"Humph, you shine with a little bit of sunshine." Niu Dashan disdained and muttered quietly.
In his eyes, as long as Li Haotian was there, the lucrative position of the Poverty Alleviation Office would definitely be firmly in his hands. Hong Haifeng used to be a decoration, and it would not change in the future.
Hong Haifeng glanced at Niu Dashan and said with a meaningful smile, "I am here to announce two things. The first thing is to revoke the punishment against Comrade Lu Hao, and the second thing is to appoint Comrade Lu Hao as the director of the Poverty Alleviation Office."
"What?" As soon as Hong Haifeng said this, Niu Dashan's eyes widened immediately.
Lu Hao was also a bit shocked. Although he knew he might really change from acting director to director, he didn't expect the appointment to come so quickly.
"Director Lu, from now on, you are the master of the Poverty Alleviation Office. You must manage the poverty alleviation funds well and not let the leadership's trust in you down." Hong Haifeng said.
"I will not let the leaders down." Lu Hao said excitedly.
"Good, Song Bo's office will be yours in the future. The people from the Party and Government Office will bring the keys later. Secretary Zhao wants to talk to you. I will take you there." Hong Haifeng was very satisfied with Lu Hao's attitude.
In the past, the Poverty Alleviation Office was controlled by Li Haotian, and it was time for him to cultivate his own people.
Seeing Lu Hao leave with Hong Haifeng, Niu Dashan finally came to his senses.
He knew that he, a person with a discipline, would not have the opportunity to be a director, but he never dreamed that Lu Hao, a young whippersnapper who had been bullied by him, had actually climbed over him.
This was a disgrace to him, and Niu Dashan, of course, could not accept it.
He had done so many dirty jobs for Li Haotian and had taken on a lot of things for Li Haotian this time. Now Li Haotian actually agreed to let Lu Hao dominate over him. How could Niu Dashan tolerate it?
He held a bellyful of anger and ran to Li Haotian's office to seek an explanation.