46: Chapter 46 I want the special recruitment quota from the province.

Zhu Yuntong picked up his teacup and took a light sip.

"Liu Xiaolei's advantages are plain to see. She has the backing of the Provincial Government, and Division Chief Liu Haiping is the division chief of the First Division of the Provincial Government Office, wielding vast provincial-level resources. It's easier to get things done when you have connections in the province; that is her source of confidence."

"Then what about our source of confidence?" Secretary Zhu Tianhe asked.

"Playing on our home turf." Zhu Yuntong leaned forward slightly.

"Father, don't forget, the organizer for this Young Cadre Training Class selection is the Provincial Organization Department. The documents were issued from the province, but the actual sieve is held by the Municipal Organization Department. You can't bypass the Linjiang Municipal Party Committee for the initial review."

Secretary Zhu Tianhe pondered these words carefully.

Zhu Yuntong continued to deconstruct the situation.

"As for the Municipal Organization Department, Executive Deputy Minister Zhou Mingyuan is someone we can speak with. As for Organization Minister Zhao Donglai, he went along with Mayor Su Changming regarding the Development and Reform Commission director quota last time and played a trick on you, but that was a compromise after weighing the pros and cons. When it comes to something like the Young Cadre Training Class, which concerns the future of his children, it's not worth it for him to risk his life for Liu Family in the province and offend you, the Municipal Deputy Secretary in charge of personnel, for no reason."

Local personnel authority is extremely exclusive.

No matter how slippery Organization Minister Zhao Donglai is, he still has to respect the authority of the Deputy Secretary held by Secretary Zhu Tianhe.

"Furthermore, the initial review of application materials falls under Cadre Division 2." Zhu Yuntong tapped the tabletop.

"I am in Cadre Division 2, so I cannot handle it due to the recusal policy. But the subsequent review process must go through the First Division for re-examination. The acting division chief of the First Division, Old Sun, has just taken office."

"Taking a step back, even if Liu Family applies pressure from the province and insists on reaching into Linjiang to interfere with the selection," Zhu Yuntong looked directly at his father,

"we have the confidence to flip the table. The Provincial Organization Department holds the final interpretation rights for the assessment standards, scoring details, and interview procedures for the Young Cadre Training Class selection, but the actual implementation is done by the Municipal Organization Department. The rules are set by us."

Competing within the rules we set, with our own people as referees, there is no reason to lose.

Secretary Zhu Tianhe nodded repeatedly. With the matter of the Young Cadre Training Class settled, he began to handle the matter of Section Chief Li.

He stood up, walked behind his desk, and picked up the phone.

He dialed the number of Municipal Education Bureau Chief Zhou Jianming.

The call connected.

"Zhou Jianming, this is Secretary Zhu Tianhe."

Zhou Jianming's respectful response came through the receiver.

"Come to my office at three this afternoon; I have some things to discuss with you."

Two short sentences, and he hung up directly.

There was no extra explanation.

Since the Municipal Deputy Secretary called personally, Zhou Jianming would definitely have questions in his mind and would need to go back and ask about recent happenings in the bureau to be prepared.

Secretary Zhu Tianhe walked back to sit by the coffee table and picked up his teacup to moisten his throat.

This father-son conversation lasted a full forty minutes before it ended.

Zhu Yuntong left the Municipal Standing Committee building and returned to the Organization Department building.

In the Division Two office area, the sound of keyboards clicking rose and fell.

Old Sun had gone to the First Division to work, and Wu Dehai had taken over the several counterpart units that Old Sun was previously responsible for.

Seeing Zhu Yuntong walk over, Wu Dehai stood up from his workstation.

Handing over a newly delivered cadre assessment form, the two talked about work in low voices.

Everything was in perfect order.

On the other side, at the Provincial Government Compound.

The office of the division chief of the First Division of the Provincial Government Office.

Division Chief Liu Haiping was looking down, reviewing a briefing on the reform of provincial state-owned enterprises.

The solid wood door was pushed open.

High heels clicked crisply on the floor.

Division Chief Liu Haiping looked up, his pen hovering in mid-air.

"Xiaolei? Why did you run back here in the middle of the day?"

Division Chief Liu Haiping had three children; the older ones were twin sons, and Liu Xiaolei was the youngest daughter.

Having grown up in the Provincial Party Committee Compound, pampered by the whole family, she had developed an overbearing personality.

The elder of Liu Family doted on this granddaughter the most.

Liu Xiaolei walked to the sofa and tossed her Hermès bag aside.

She sank into the sofa, her face full of displeasure.

She had asked her direct supervisor for a half-day leave and drove for two hours straight to the provincial capital.

Division Chief Liu Haiping put down his pen and walked around the large desk.

He walked over to the sofa, sat down, and personally poured his daughter a glass of warm water.

"Did you run into some trouble?"

"Dad, have you seen that selection document for the Young Cadre Training Class issued by the Provincial Organization Department?" Liu Xiaolei didn't take the water glass and asked directly.

"I have. That 'Special Recruitment Seedling Quota' listed separately in the document was something I specifically asked Executive Deputy Minister Liao Changxing to add for you." Division Chief Liu Haiping picked up the water glass and took a sip, his tone steady.

Executive Deputy Minister Liao Changxing, the Executive Deputy Minister of the Provincial Organization Department.

This person was a loyal confidant promoted by the elder of Liu Family back in the day, and he was also the standard-bearer for the post-Liu Family era.

Back when the elder of Liu Family retreated to the second line, Executive Deputy Minister Liao Changxing lost the competition against Minister Xiao Dingyu for the position of Minister of the Provincial Organization Department and had to settle for being the Executive Deputy Minister.

But he remained deeply rooted in the Provincial Organization Department, with protégés and old acquaintances all over the province.

During the last Linjiang City exam, the arrangements at the interview venue for Liu Xiaolei were secretly orchestrated by Executive Deputy Minister Liao Changxing.

"Your Uncle Liao handles things very reliably." Division Chief Liu Haiping put down the water glass.

"That special recruitment quota's conditions are fixed at 'staff members with less than one year of service.' Looking across the entire Jiangnan Province, there aren't many who meet the conditions and work in core agencies. This is a position tailored specifically for you."

"As long as you pass the assessment, you will skip the internship period and get ranked directly, being included in the reserve pool for provincial-level cadres. Why, did the Linjiang Municipal Party Committee block your application form?"

Liu Xiaolei grabbed the water glass on the coffee table, didn't drink, and set it back down heavily.

Water splashed onto the mahogany tabletop.

"It's precisely because the conditions are so rigid that the problem arose!"

Liu Xiaolei had grown up in the dyeing vat of a political family; she was truly overbearing, but her instincts were also extremely sharp.

Over the past two days, while at the Municipal Party Committee Office in Linjiang City, she had used private connections to secretly check the registration list of the Municipal Organization Department.

"Zhu Yuntong has also signed up."

Division Chief Liu Haiping's movements froze.

"That son of Secretary Zhu Tianhe?"

"That's him!" Liu Xiaolei raised her voice.

"He is in Division Two of the Municipal Organization Department. Not only does he fully meet the application conditions, but the initial review process is happening right under his nose. Last time at the interview venue, we teamed up with several deputy examiners to suppress his score, almost making it impossible for him to recover. Him signing up this time clearly means he wants to snatch this quota!"

A competitor has appeared.

And the opponent is that young man who once left the others far behind in the written exam and was still able to retreat unscathed while facing heavy encirclement at the interview venue.

Division Chief Liu Haiping stood up.

After Secretary Zhu Tianhe took over as Municipal Deputy Secretary, his methods had become several times sharper than before.

Like father, like son; this person, Zhu Yuntong, is by no means as incompetent as the outside rumors suggest.

There is only one special recruitment quota.

If The Zhu Family intervenes, relying on Secretary Zhu Tianhe's authority over personnel, the situation will add significant variables.

"You need to calm down first." Division Chief Liu Haiping paced back and forth in the office.

The Young Cadre Training Class quota concerns his daughter skipping the internship period and being ranked directly, which is an important step for the continuation of Liu Family's power map in Jiangnan Province and cannot be lost.

He walked to the desk and pulled open the drawer on the right side.

He took out a private address book and skillfully flipped to one of the pages.

The one who tied the bell must untie it.

After the issue of suppressing the score during the last interview blew up, it was Li Juan who returned to the provincial capital to find him and settle it.

The two drank a pot of Mingqian Longjing tea at the Nanhu Teahouse and reached a deal to transfer Zhu Yuntong to the Municipal Organization Department.

Since Zhu Yuntong has entered the fray, he must first figure out The Zhu Family's trump card.

Division Chief Liu Haiping picked up the desk phone and dialed the number from the address book.