Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 943: The Road to Promotion

No one who dared to provoke Lu Shaohua had a good ending, from the former Skeleton Army, to the son of a deputy governor in the later period, to the Brown family and the family behind Toyota Motors, none of them had a good ending.

Obviously, the three companies that originally cooperated with Phoenix Petroleum Company have provoked Lu Shaohua. Naturally, Lu Shaohua will not be polite to them. It is just a business competition. Lu Shaohua will not use those extreme means. He just wants to defeat them in business.

That's right, Lu Shaohua wanted to defeat them in the business world, and now he has done it. Their dream of sharing the big pie of Asia was shattered by Lu Shaohua, and they failed. However, Lu Shaohua has no intention of stopping, and is still devouring the European market and their base camp.

If it were in the past, Lu Shaohua might have just defeated them in the Asian market and then ended it, but now it is different. Needless to say, the importance of the oil field to Lu Shaohua is related to Lu Shaohua's ultimate plan. Therefore, Lu Shaohua can tolerate other things, but he will not tolerate anything related to oil, and he will not let them go.

Yes, before he gained the upper hand, Lu Shaohua was relentless and attacked their base camp, trying to carve up their market share. This was Lu Shaohua's revenge, and it could also be seen as Lu Shaohua moving towards his ultimate plan.

However, that was their base camp after all. It was not so easy to break into their base camp and steal things. Fortunately, Lu Shaohua took over half of the Rockefeller Consortium's oil industry, which made Lu Shaohua half of the host of the European market.

But even so, this battle is destined to be a protracted one, and Lu Shaohua has been mentally prepared for this.

Lu Shaohua didn't mind fighting a protracted war with them. Phoenix Petroleum could afford it anyway, and Lu Shaohua was not afraid. So, after giving an order to Phoenix Petroleum, Lu Shaohua just left it alone. Only time could tell who would be the winner in the end.

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Time flies, and a week passed quickly. After a week, there was good news for Lu Shaohua and the entire Lu family. The good news was that Lu Chang was promoted.

Although he was the acting secretary of the municipal party committee, his rank did not rise, but he was undoubtedly the first person in Shenzhen to do so, because he was the mayor and secretary of the municipal party committee. Almost all official agencies in Shenzhen had to obey his orders.

The outside world was very surprised. Why did Lu Chang suddenly become the mayor and secretary of the municipal party committee? This was a signal of a hidden story. After careful investigation, many people realized that it was the former secretary of the municipal party committee who made a mistake.

In just one week, in just one week, the former secretary of the municipal party committee lost his position. Needless to say, what this means is that the secretary of the municipal party committee has ended his political career.

Politics is like this. Without any transfer or reassignment, a person's political life is over silently. The reason why the political life of the municipal party committee member ended within a week was entirely because the things he had done had forced him to leave politics.

Oh, no, to be more precise, the former municipal party committee secretary not only ended his political career, he will probably spend the rest of his life in prison.

According to the news sent back by Lu Chang, the municipal party secretary had made mistakes when he was serving in other places before. This time his crimes were exposed and his old accounts were also made public. He was punished for multiple crimes and the sentence is expected to not be too low.

According to conservative estimates, he will have to spend at least fifteen years in a dark cell, and this is the lightest sentence. If he is sentenced to a heavier penalty, he may never be able to walk out of it in his lifetime, and he will be sentenced to life imprisonment.

As for his son, the charges were even more serious: he imitated Phoenix Group's products, damaged Phoenix Group's reputation, pirated, and used registered Phoenix Group trademarks. He would be sentenced to several years in prison.

However, this is only a prosecution in the business world. There is also public prosecution. According to the investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, during his father's tenure, he embezzled property, engaged in smuggling, tax evasion, and acted as a criminal gang. The circumstances were extremely serious.

He even committed several murders in the past few years, resulting in the death of the victims. All of them were serious crimes. According to Lu Shaohua's estimation, a golden bullet will be waiting for him.

As Lu Shaohua expected, within three days, the court officially tried the case and sentenced him to death, which was executed immediately. As for the former municipal party secretary, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and was also immediately imprisoned, and all his property was confiscated.

However, the man’s family appealed after the verdict, and the procedure entered the second instance.

However, the Shenzhen Intermediate Court soon gave an answer, dismissing the appeal and upholding the original verdict. The person appealed again, and this time it returned to the High Court and entered the third instance, which is also the final stage.

The case was coming to an end soon. However, I don’t know if someone gave some instructions behind the scenes, but the High Court only took a week to give a result. Like the Intermediate Court, the appeal was rejected and the original verdict was upheld.

At this point, the matter has finally come to an end. The result is that the main culprit was executed, and the father's accomplice was sentenced to life imprisonment. Many other suspects were also punished one by one, and their sentences were determined according to the crimes they committed, ranging from a few years to more than ten years.

When the case reached the final stage, Lu Chang had been acting as the secretary of the municipal party committee for half a month. With the help of Lu Shaohua, the disturbance was quickly suppressed by Lu Chang, and Shenzhen returned to peace, as if nothing had happened.

But then again, if Lu Chang had only relied on Lu Shaohua's help, it would have been impossible for him to calm the storm so quickly. This was also due to Lu Chang's ability and strong skills.

It can be said that Lu Chang performed outstandingly this time and demonstrated his ability to stand on his own.

According to the news sent back by Zeng Aimin, the people above him all admired Lu Chang's abilities and were considering giving him more responsibilities.

When Lu Shaohua learned the news, he didn't even think about it and called Zeng Jianguo personally to have a good chat with his grandfather. As for the content of the conversation, it was about Lu Chang's promotion.

"What do you think are the chances of my uncle getting promoted this time?" Lu Shaohua asked.

It's no wonder that Lu Shaohua asked this. Although Lu Shaohua was a reborn person, compared with Zeng Jianguo, Lu Shaohua was at most a rookie in the officialdom. Zeng Jianguo was the old fox in the officialdom, and he understood the twists and turns of the officialdom more clearly and more deeply than Lu Shaohua.

"The chances are slim!" Zeng Jianguo sighed, and then he did not forget to explain. "There is only one reason why your uncle has a slim chance of promotion, and that is his age. He is only in his thirties and not yet forty, and the position of Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee Secretary is destined to enter the Politburo. Although the country is promoting the rejuvenation of cadres, it is obviously a bit too early for him to enter the Politburo at this age."

Zeng Jianguo thought that the rejuvenation of cadres was indeed going on, but those who entered the Politburo were all people with rich experience without exception. Although Lu Chang had enough experience, his age was a problem for him.

Just imagine, if you enter the Politburo in your thirties, then after a few years, even if you serve as a senior official for one or two terms, you are destined to take another step forward, and if you take another step forward, you will be in your forties. It seems a bit strange to be at the vice-state level in your forties.

When an official reaches the vice-state level, he is destined not to retire at the normal age. So, if he enters the vice-state level in his forties, he still has twenty years of political life. So how will he spend the next twenty years?

Hearing this, Lu Shaohua was very disappointed. After all, according to Zeng Jianguo, it was almost impossible for Lu Chang to sit on the throne of Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee Secretary. But soon, Lu Shaohua recovered and asked, "What do you think the final result will be?"

Unable to sit on the throne of the municipal party committee secretary, there must be other ways out. Lu Shaohua expected to be transferred to another place and serve as the secretary of a provincial party committee or a mayor of an underdeveloped provincial city, or the governor of a province, or perhaps the deputy governor of a developed provincial city.

"Transfer, this is the only outcome." Zeng Jianguo gave a very sure answer, but soon, Zeng Jianguo continued, "There is an unstable factor in this. The central government is considering whether to include your uncle in the echelon cadre. If he is included in the echelon cadre training, he may be transferred to some places with more difficult environments to become a senior official. If he is not included, he may be transferred to some developed cities to serve as a deputy governor or something, and then be promoted step by step."

"Do you mean to be included in the echelon of cadres and then undergo training?" Lu Shaohua asked.

Lu Shaohua knows very well what echelon cadres are. Officials listed as echelon cadres may reach the pinnacle in the future. Of course, there are many roads to go. Only outstanding cadres will have the chance to reach the pinnacle of power, while those who do not perform well will be eliminated or even end their political careers.

It can be said that the echelon cadre team is a double-edged sword. If they perform well, they will have a bright future. If they perform poorly, they will become ordinary in the next life or their political career will end.

"Yes, the central government is investigating it now, and no final decision has been made yet." After a pause, Zeng Jianguo on the other end of the phone continued. "Whether it will be included depends on the opinion of the next chairman. After all, the purpose of training the team is to build a team for the next chairman."

"I understand." Lu Shaohua replied weakly.

The issue of echelon cadres is top secret and is something that only the nine standing committee members can touch. Even though Zeng Jianguo is a hero in the founding of the country, he still cannot reach that level. Therefore, even if Lu Shaohua wanted to take some action, it would be impossible.

The only thing Lu Shaohua can do at this stage is to wait quietly for the result. As for the result, it depends on God's arrangement.

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