পঞ্চম অধ্যায়: কর্মজীবনে এক নতুন অধ্যায়

অত of, zhang song had joined office, so he wanted to reform drastically.

but for the original economic development zone party working committee and management committee, what kind of behavior was this? this was a behavior that negated their political achievements, inevitably unfolding a political struggle without gunsmoke.

however, zhang song clearly had a mission on his shoulders, and perhaps the strange, unfitting appearance of the changyuan city economic development zone had long since caused dissatisfaction in the provincial and municipal party committees. this political struggle ended with zhang song's victory, as expected.

the original top leader was transferred away from his post to work in a functional department—a nominal promotion but an actual demotion.

as for the posts of the party working committee secretary and the management committee director, they remained temporarily vacant, and all work was temporarily overseen by zhang song.

zhang song led research teams multiple times, carefully studied and judged the situation, reported to the municipal party committee, and formulated a detailed five-year plan.

after gaining the approval of the municipal party committee, the formal reforms began.

first, the economic development zone phased out a large batch of heavily polluting and low-tech enterprises, restarted investment promotion, introduced multiple technology companies, provided sufficient policy support, and mitigated the economic downturn caused by the phased-out enterprises.

subsequently, zhang song ran hither and thither, even willing to spend his prestige and connections, establishing contacts with key universities and vocational technical colleges such as the provincial university of science and technology, introducing scientific research projects and talents, and assisting enterprises in signing professional talent training programs with universities to solve employment problems.

externally, he connected upstream and downstream markets to form a complete industrial chain, greatly promoting the economic development cycle.

taking two years, he successfully transformed the changyuan city economic development zone into a veritable high-tech zone, vastly boosting changyuan's economic and technological development.

this in turn drove the surrounding areas, forming a pattern with changyuan as the radiation center and the economic development zone as the radiation focal point, earning changyuan city repeated praises from the provincial party committee.

a year ago, relying on the development of the changyuan economic development zone, zhang song successfully secured the position of secretary of the economic development zone party working committee, resolving the official rank of departmental deputy level—an exceptional promotion.

as the year 2009 approached, the economic development zone was upgraded to a sub-provincial-level provincial economic development zone, and zhang song's work there came to a temporary close.

after all, for a sub-provincial-level unit, the top leader must naturally be a sub-provincial-level cadre, and although zhang song's achievements were stellar, he had just received an exceptional promotion; wanting another promotion required waiting.

after careful consideration and multiple exchanges of views with the organization department, zhang song participated in the cross-regional cadre exchange program for 2010–2012.

with his rich discipline inspection experience and glowing achievements in economic construction, zhang song became a hot commodity among this batch of exchanged cadres, and many places extended olive branches.

finally, following you yanghua's suggestion, zhang song chose an impoverished county in the western region to serve as the county party committee secretary.

through three years of effort, combining the methods he once used in changshui, zhang song injected fresh blood into this county.

under vigorous reforms, he eradicated the unhealthy state where localism prevailed, actively introduced external enterprises, carried out infrastructure construction, and enabled this western impoverished county not only to successfully lift itself entirely out of poverty, but also to boast complete infrastructure, with agriculture, light industry, service industries, and tourism flourishing all at once, snatching the honor of being named one of the country's top hundred progressive counties in one fell swoop.

the three years of exchange concluded, and zhang song smoothly attained the rank of a sub-provincial-level cadre, reaching the position he had struggled thirty arduous years for in his previous life.

times were no longer what they used to be; today's sub-provincial rank was incomparable to the sub-provincial rank of yesteryear.

his rank was determined, but his specific post had yet to be decided.

zhang song reported to the dongshan provincial organization department. the person who received him this time was of a much higher rank—the incumbent executive deputy head of the organization department, a proper full-department-level cadre.

during their conversation, this nearly sixty-year-old veteran personnel cadre could not help but shower zhang song with praise, calling him the most outstanding young cadre produced by dongshan province in recent years.

this was indeed no exaggeration.

zhang song was currently thirty-five years old. a thirty-five-year-old sub-provincial-level cadre might not be so rare among the scions of high-ranking families or state-owned enterprises at the top, but for local cadres, it was already dazzlingly brilliant.

if his fortune was strong enough, he might even aspire to the very highest position in the central leadership.

however, who could say for sure what the future held?

the two chatted for a long time, yet not a single word was mentioned about the new job.

next, as expected, zhang song once again attended party school studies, though the level this time was much higher—the central party school's training class for young and middle-aged cadres from sub-provincial to full-department level.

the gold content of party school students was well known, and the central party school could be said to be made of ten-thousand-fine gold.

after the study period ended, zhang song visited his father-in-law, you yangming.

he and you qingwan had completed their wedding back when he was serving as the secretary of the changyuan city economic development zone party working committee, truly becoming a son-in-law of the you family.

the two chatted for a long time in the study, and zhang song could not help feeling immense pressure regarding his upcoming work.

soon, zhang song's personnel appointment was issued.

he was appointed as the deputy director of the cadre supervision bureau of the central organization department.

this appointment was quite terrifying.

although it was merely the deputy director of the cadre supervision bureau, ranking at the very bottom and not even entering the party leadership group of the central organization department,

what was the central organization department? it was the greatest cradle of cadres nationwide.

even a section chief, once sent down, could directly assume leadership positions such as deputy secretary.

it could be said that zhang song was about to soar to the heavens!

in the position of the cadre supervision bureau, zhang song served for a full three years.

during this period, his work achievements were also extraordinarily dazzling.

the concepts he proposed, such as transparent cadre supervision and sunshine organization work, were highly valued by superiors and gradually piloted and utilized over the past few years.

even zhang song's dossier had long since been placed on the desks of the heavyweights in various ministries and commissions ever since he assumed office as the deputy director of the cadre supervision bureau.

his work achievements over these few years made the bigwigs at the top value him greatly and feel extremely satisfied.

the year 2016 arrived, and zhang song was sent down once again.

he assumed office as the party committee secretary and standing committee member of yunshan city.

having been away from this place for many years, he had never expected that upon returning, he would already be the chief official of the locality. even someone as composed as zhang song could not help feeling a myriad of emotions.

at the cadre assembly, zhang song saw a familiar face—zhao qiang, the head of the municipal discipline inspection commission supervision group back during the qingyun case.

over a decade had passed, and he too had been promoted a rank, currently serving as the discipline inspection commission secretary.

zhao qiang also felt a wave of emotion, never imagining that the young man he favored back then had, in the short span of a decade, risen to stand above him.

zhang song assumed office as the party committee secretary, parachuted down directly from the central organization department. his influence was immense, and those unpresentable political struggles had no soil in which to germinate.

under zhang song's term of leadership, yunshan developed at high speed, gradually catching up with and surpassing the provincial capital.

another ten years passed.

zhang song was transferred multiple times, serving as the top leader of prefecture-level cities and government organs. his tempering across multiple provinces had already made his political resources immensely abundant.

in march 2027, following superior inspections, public opinion polls, and other comprehensive considerations, zhang song assumed office as the party committee secretary and standing committee member of baihu province, opening yet another chapter in his official career.

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