While he was thinking, Sun Xiaoxiao’s call came in.
"Ji Yang, are you being targeted?"
"I have been keeping an eye on your situation. I just found out about the decision made at the provincial party committee meeting concerning you. The decision was proposed by the head of the organization department, who is the secretary’s man." Discover more novels at novel⟡fire.net
Sun Xiaoxiao indeed knew a lot about the upper echelons, hitting the nail on the head immediately. This matter was indeed the secretary’s doing.
Originally, Ji Yang had thought that the top leader in the province was also fond of him, but he had now realized that he had offended the top leader as well.
"Is he being transferred?"
"Yes, to an autonomous region in the north."
Ji Yang finally understood. The other party hadn’t explicitly been good or bad towards him, but, the incident he had caused had indeed affected him.
It wasn’t just the top leader; other leaders probably also held dissatisfaction towards him.
"Because of that issue in Kuzhu Town, many people were affected. The higher-ups are also making significant adjustments to South Dian, almost completely replacing a batch of people. Before they leave, they still could manage to do some things. These past few days, they quickly adjusted many officials, and you are one of those being adjusted."
"They placed me in the position of Deputy Director of the Provincial Investment Bureau. They are cleaning me up."
"It can’t exactly be said they are cleaning you up. The key issue is that the economic development in South Dian has never been very strong, and efforts to attract investment have lagged. Although they value the work of the Investment Bureau and have about a dozen deputy directors, there still hasn’t been much progress."
"How many did you say?"
"Over ten deputy directors."
Ji Yang was speechless. With more than ten deputy directors, his own position as deputy director would likely be the very last, and with that, he would have virtually no say in the Investment Bureau. This was a blatant scheme. It seemed like he was being promoted, but in reality, he was just being sidelined. And should he fail to achieve any substantial results, in the next reshuffle, they might even demote him, gradually diminishing his role.
They had momentarily raised him up, only to take it back after a while.
Ji Yang didn’t believe that the new leaders would use him, as he wasn’t one of their close confidants.
Sun Xiaoxiao, knowing that Ji Yang had understood, sighed and said, "You can only work there for a while and wait for a chance to transfer away from South Dian."
Ji Yang now fully understood. Sometimes, no matter how well one performed, without the leaders’ favor, one couldn’t reap any benefits.
His current situation was that he had been diligently working, only to end up seriously offending people.
Sun Xiaoxiao said, "Don’t worry about those who invested with you; no one dares to touch them."
Ji Yang wasn’t too worried about that. Through some maneuvers, every project had multiple companies holding shares, including foreign capital involvement. Besides, the incoming people were looking to benefit as well. They wouldn’t likely ruin the situation they had carefully built.
His only slight concern was for the few officials who followed him. Fortunately, they had some merits in this matter too. At most, they would be transferred somewhere else to work; they might even get a promotion, which wouldn’t be too detrimental for them.