Fang Zhicheng gritted his teeth and persisted, slowly moving towards the shore. Qiu Hengde had already lost consciousness and needed to be sent ashore for treatment as soon as possible.
Ten meters, eight meters, five meters... A long rope was thrown from the shore. Fang Zhicheng grabbed it quickly and with the pulling force, it slowly floated towards the shore.
Saved!
Fang Zhicheng lay on the lake bank, gasping for breath. Five or six minutes later, the sirens of an ambulance sounded and stopped not far away. Medical staff brought a stretcher and carried the unconscious Qiu Hengde into the car.
Cheers and praises came from all around him, and Fang Zhicheng only felt pain in his eardrums, exhaustion, a blank mind, and passed out.
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Chapter 0003: Favored by the Municipal Party Committee Secretary
Qiu Hengde was sent to the Municipal People's Hospital overnight and was saved after emergency treatment. Around seven in the morning, a special guest arrived at the senior ward of the Municipal People's Hospital.
The tall Song Wendi took a sip of tea from the cup, stared at Qiu Hengde's pale face lying on the bed, and asked with a smile: "How does it feel to walk through the gates of hell?"
Qiu Hengde smiled bitterly and sighed, "I originally thought that I had already put life and death aside, but now that I think about it, I am really afraid of death! The moment I sank to the bottom of the water, it was like a movie playing in my mind. There were so many things I hadn't done, and now I'm dead, isn't it a pity?"
"As an official, who doesn't have an obsession with power? How could he die so easily!" Song Wendi smiled, put down his teacup, and suddenly said seriously: "I have arranged for someone to investigate the person who pushed you into the river. Preliminary analysis shows that someone deliberately did it..."
"Humph!" A trace of anger flashed across Qiu Hengde's face, and he whispered, "We pushed him too hard, and finally he showed his true colors!"
"Old Cao's gang is so vicious! They have already seen through my plan, so they will do whatever they can." Song Wendi patted Qiu Hengde on the shoulder, stood up and walked to the window.
In the month since Song Wendi, the municipal party secretary, took office in Yinzhou, he made frequent personnel changes, which aroused the vigilance of the local factions in Yinzhou. If Cao Hongzhang, the main core of the local faction and the head of the municipal party committee organization department, was transferred out of Yinzhou, Qiu Hengde could move up a step and help Song Wendi preside over the work of the organization department.
Cao Hongzhang considered Qiu Hengde a potential competitor, which was why he wanted to kill him.
Qiu Hengde nodded and sneered: "Cao Hongzhang has been in the Yinzhou Organization Department for many years and has a complex network of relationships behind him. If you take down this tiger, it will be of great benefit to you in stabilizing the situation in Yinzhou."
"If you want to stabilize the situation in Yinzhou, you must first manage and maintain the people around you." Song Wendi said lightly, "By the way, do you have any reliable people? I am in need of a trustworthy secretary now."
Qiu Hengde pondered for a moment, then walked to the bedside, found a document on the second shelf of the cabinet, handed it to Song Wendi, and said with a smile: "Take a look at his resume..."
"Oh?" Song Wendi flipped through two pages. "Who is the top scorer in this year's city civil service exam?"
Qiu Hengde smiled and said, "He is still my lifesaver. If it weren't for him, I would have lost my life in Huanhai Lake."
Song Wendi stared at Qiu Hengde and asked curiously, "You want to recommend him? He has good qualities and courage, but he doesn't have enough experience. He is a complete blank slate!"
Qiu Hengde straightened his back and said in a deep voice: "His advantage is that he is a blank sheet of paper. Those resumes you have received now must have some background, either spies or undercover agents... The one we can trust the most now is undoubtedly a blank sheet of paper..."
Song Wendi didn't say much and silently put the materials into the briefcase.
After Song Wendi left the ward, Qiu Hengde lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, his mind wandering.
Qiu Hengde is a person who has a clear distinction between love and hate. As the saying goes, one should repay a life-saving favor with a thousand times the gratitude.
Since you saved my life, I will give you a chance for a bright future. However, everything depends on his luck and ability. Whether he can become the secretary of the municipal party secretary has to pass the test of the municipal party secretary Song Wendi.
Song Wendi is not an easy person to deal with.
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The rainstorm continued for more than ten days. Finally, under the pressure of God, the municipal party committee gave up Xinyuan Township, which cast a gloomy shadow over the hearts of everyone in the reinforcement team. In early July, the sky cleared up and the reinforcement team withdrew from Huanhai to Yinzhou.
Just after returning to the office, Fang Zhicheng got a message from Wang Ke that because he saved Deputy Minister Qiu, the Municipal Party Committee Organization Department and the Municipal Party Committee Office would give him a second-class merit in accordance with the "Civil Servant Reward Regulations". Fang Zhicheng heard the news and sneaked to the toilet, smoking a cigarette while shaking his fist fiercely.
He put aside life and death and fought for his life to become the savior of the Deputy Minister of the Organization Department. His career path, which was originally thought to be doomed, will undoubtedly usher in a turning point.
When it was almost time to get off work, Ding Nengren, deputy secretary-general of the municipal party committee and director of the office, called Fang Zhicheng to his office and said straight to the point, "Xiao Fang, you did a good job in flood prevention this time, so the office decided to give you a chance to attend the interview meeting for the secretary of the municipal party committee secretary tomorrow. The result is not important. The key is to show the style of our office."
Fang Zhicheng nodded calmly and said, "I will try my best, Director Ding." He knew in his heart that this was not an opportunity given to him by the office, and it must be Qiu Hengde who was helping him secretly.
Ding Nengren smiled slightly, stood up and patted Fang Zhicheng on the shoulder, and said: "I know this is a rare opportunity for you, but I still want to discuss it with you in depth..."
Fang Zhicheng frowned slightly and asked, "Please let Director Ding tell me clearly!"
Ding Nengren personally poured a glass of water for Fang Zhicheng using a disposable teacup and said with a smile: "Showing your style is important, but I hope you can pay attention to the scale and measure, and don't covet the position that doesn't belong to you!"
Fang Zhicheng suddenly realized that Ding Nengren had other intentions. It turned out that he wanted him to give up the opportunity to become the secretary of the municipal party secretary.
He tried his best to suppress his anger and asked, "During the interview, Secretary Song was the chief examiner. Whether I could become his secretary was not up to me. According to Director Ding's meaning, did he want me to deliberately make mistakes during the interview?"
"People make mistakes, horses stumble!" Ding Nengren was very satisfied with Fang Zhicheng's understanding. "Although you won't be selected as the secretary of the municipal party committee this time, I will arrange a position for you in the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau or the Finance Bureau. Both departments have good development platforms and can allow you to display your strengths."
Ding Nengren gave a good choice. Fang Zhicheng might not be able to compete for the position of secretary of the municipal party secretary. If he voluntarily gave up, he could find a way out for him.
"Who is the other candidate?" Fang Zhicheng asked, quietly clenching his fists and taking a deep breath.
"It's okay to tell you, he's Shao Lingfeng from the Second Secretary Office now." Ding Nengren said with a faint smile.
Although he squeezed out Shao Lingfeng's position in the civil service examination, Ding Nengren still used his resources to help Shao Lingfeng get a position in the Second Department. Now Ding Nengren used Shao Lingfeng to squeeze out his position as secretary of the municipal party secretary, which seemed like revenge.
"What if I don't agree?" Fang Zhicheng sneered.
Seeing Fang Zhicheng trying to resist, Ding Nengren put on a stern face and threatened him nakedly: "If you disagree, then I can only wish you good luck. However, I want to remind you that although the secretary of the municipal party committee secretary has a special status, the higher you stand, the harder you fall. Don't offend people who shouldn't be offended just for the sake of immediate benefits."