official career

Qin Feng still leaves work on time and never stays for a minute longer. After all, he has nothing to do in the office.

As soon as the working time came, Zhang Xinming had already walked into Qin Feng's office in advance, brewed a pot of fresh tea in Qin Feng's cup, and when Qin Feng got up to go to the bathroom, he came to Qin Feng's desk to help organize the desktop files, and then put the information files that Qin Feng asked to take home to read into Qin Feng's bag.

When Qin Feng came out of the bathroom, Zhang Xinming was already standing at the door waiting for Qin Feng, holding Qin Feng's teacup in one hand and Qin Feng's briefcase in the other.

After all, she is an old "secretary" with rich experience.

Not only the secretary changed, but also the driver.

Qin Feng did not ask Chen Guohua about the new driver, but since it was arranged by Chen Guohua himself, this driver must be reliable.

"Comrade Xinming." Qin Feng shouted after the car drove out.

Zhang Xinming, who was sitting in the passenger seat, quickly turned sideways.

"How many years have you worked with Comrade Qi Yaqiu?" Qin Feng asked.

"A little more than two years." Zhang Xinming answered as he handed the teacup in his hand to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng took the teacup, unscrewed it, and took a sip of tea.

"Tell me, what kind of comrade is Comrade Qi Yaqiu?" Qin Feng asked casually.

Qin Feng asked casually, but this question was a very difficult one for Zhang Xinming to answer.

"Mayor Qi is a true warrior, a good comrade and cadre of the people, and a leader worthy of admiration," Zhang Xinming answered seriously, and then added: "But he is not a successful politician."

Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled. This Zhang Xinming was quite interesting. In fact, there was no need for him to really say out his evaluation of Qi Yaqiu.

But Zhang Xinming said it, and he said it very honestly, which naturally represents Zhang Xinming's attitude.

"You do not fully agree with what Comrade Qi Yaqiu did when he was working in Shazhou."

"Mayor, how can I be qualified to judge what Mayor Qi has done?" Zhang Xinming gave an embarrassed smile.

Qin Feng also laughed. Zhang Xinming knew how to handle things well.

"You were not in the car when Comrade Qi Yaqiu had the accident?" Qin Feng changed the subject.

"No, the accident happened when the driver was on his way to pick up Mayor Qi for work. Mayor Qi is a very pragmatic leader, so he didn't allow me to pick him up every morning, saying it was bureaucratic and a waste of manpower. So I was not in the car when the accident happened. I was lucky to survive, but Mayor Qi and the driver died on the spot."

"The unit's full-time drivers don't drive very fast and have a strong sense of safety. Besides, the accident happened in an urban area, so there are no conditions for driving fast. With the safety factor of today's passenger cars, it is hard for me to imagine what kind of car accident could cause the death of all the people in the car on the spot." Qin Feng continued to ask.

"I'm not very clear about the specific circumstances. After the accident, the municipal party committee and government immediately cordoned off the scene and completely blocked all news about the incident. So I don't know much about the specific cause of the accident. I just heard that a large truck driver was driving under the influence of alcohol and at a very high speed, which caused the accident." Zhang Xinming replied.

Qin Feng has been observing Zhang Xinming carefully.

As Qi Yaqiu's secretary, Zhang Xinming is more familiar with Qi Yaqiu's affairs than anyone else. So even if Zhang Xinming doesn't know the real reason behind this traffic accident, he can definitely guess what happened.

However, Zhang Xinming's answer to Qin Feng was flawless and did not reveal the real reason at all.

Qin Feng was not angry, but very happy. If Zhang Xinming had told him everything without reservation when Qin Feng asked him the first question, he could only comment that Zhang Xinming was not worthy of being reused.

Zhang Xinming took the initiative to talk about such a sensitive political topic when he was completely unfamiliar with Qin Feng. This either showed that Zhang Xinming was a big mouth or that he was a complete novice with no political acumen. Either way, it was a big taboo for a secretary.

Qin Feng asked Zhang Xinming these questions not because he really wanted to get something out of Zhang Xinming. He couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry. From the moment Qin Feng came to Shazhou, he decided to patiently cook the big pot of Shazhou, simmering it over low heat, so Qin Feng was not in a hurry.

Qin Feng just wanted to test what kind of person Zhang Xinming was through these questions.

If he were in other places, Qin Feng would not have too high requirements for his secretary, nor would he pay too much attention to him. In his opinion, a secretary is just an ordinary staff member.

But this is in Shazhou, a place with a completely different political environment from the one Qin Feng was in before and a hundred times worse, so he must be extremely cautious here, and as his closest person, he must have extremely high requirements for his secretary.

"Was it Comrade Qi Yaqiu who proposed the project of building a new No. 1 Middle School in a different location?"

"Yes! It was a project launched together with the development of Nanshan New District." Zhang Xinming said after thinking for a while.

"Tell me in detail about the No. 1 Middle School, Nanshan New District and the new construction project of the No. 1 Middle School in another location." Qin Feng said and then leisurely drank a sip of tea.

The next morning, Qin Feng went out for a run on time as usual. After running more than a hundred meters, he found a beautiful and familiar figure in front of him. This was the woman named Yang who sprained her ankle yesterday.

Qin Feng didn't care, and wouldn't go out of his way to get close to her. He had long gotten over that mentality.

Qin Feng continued to run normally, but the woman in front seemed to have noticed Qin Feng and took the initiative to slow down and wait for Qin Feng.

"Good morning, Mr. Qin!" The woman waited for Qin Feng and ran side by side with Qin Feng.

"Your foot is healed so quickly?"

"I went to the hospital and the doctor said it was nothing serious. After some treatment, the pain was gone this morning."

"Then you should rest for another day or two."

The woman smiled slightly and did not answer Qin Feng's words. It was obvious that she had no intention of listening to Qin Feng.

The woman increased her speed and ran forward. Qin Feng had no intention of catching up with her. They each ran their own way.

Just when Qin Feng ran along the lake for the second time and arrived at the woman's villa, the woman was standing by the road waiting.

“If you don’t mind, come over for a cup of coffee as a thank you for helping me yesterday,” the woman said.

"You're too polite. No need to bother." Qin Feng refused.

"Come in, just take a rest." Qin Feng said and went into the villa's yard first.

Qin Feng didn't want to go in. He had to run three laps along the lakeside track every day, but he only ran two laps today. Besides, it was not appropriate to go into a woman's home.

But the woman had already gone in, and it would be impolite not to go since she had been so cordially invited.

Qin Feng finally followed the woman into her villa reluctantly.