South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

People like Li Dakang, who have a background, did not dare to say anything and could only get in the car and rush to the county government. He had already studied Yuan Mu. He was only 36 years old this year and he was already the secretary of the municipal party committee. How could such a person have no future?

No matter how stubborn he is or how powerful the people behind him are, he dare not touch Yuan Mu's tiger's beard. He is only an executive deputy county magistrate while Yuan Mu is the secretary of the municipal party committee. There is a huge gap between them.

When a large group of people arrived at the county government, they saw Yuan Mu's car parked in the county government compound. A group of people got out of the car from a distance and hurriedly trotted towards Yuan Mu's car.

Shan Yongning came to the back seat of the car and saw Yuan Mu sitting inside smoking. He looked at Yuan Mu with a flattering smile on his face.

"Secretary Yuan."

Yuan Mu turned his head, glanced at him, exhaled a puff of smoke, and spoke softly.

"Secretary Shan, this is such a grand ceremony, isn't it? Those who know I'm here would think it's some national leader coming to inspect!"

Shan Yongning broke out in a cold sweat, he knew that Yuan Mu was not satisfied. He had no idea about the new municipal party secretary. His acquaintances in the municipal party committee basically could not contact Yuan Mu, and they had no idea of ​​Yuan Mu's temper.

Although Secretary Yuan was much younger than him, the aura he exuded made him feel a little breathless.

"Secretary Yuan, I reflect on this matter. It was my fault. This kind of thing will never happen again in the future. Please rest assured!"

"I don't want such empty talk to happen again. As a party member, we should be more pragmatic and use the power given to us by the people to benefit the people. We should not blindly cater to the leaders. Our spirits must always remain healthy!"

"Yes! Secretary Yuan's words are profound. I will definitely keep them in mind!" Shan Yongning nodded quickly.

Yuan Mu nodded. He didn't plan to pursue the matter because there was no way to control this kind of thing. It had almost become the norm in official circles. Just when he was about to open the door and get out of the car, a man came out from nowhere and helped him open the door with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Secretary Yuan!"

"Who are you?" Yuan Mu raised his eyebrows and looked at the man. He felt that the other person looked familiar.

"Secretary Yuan, I'm Li Dakang, the current executive deputy county magistrate of Wu County!" Li Dakang hurriedly introduced himself.

Li Dakang's move made Shan Yongning and Yi Xuexi frown. What the hell, the top two leaders are here, but he is so eager to show off? Besides, the third-in-command, the deputy secretary, didn't come forward, and you, who is ranked last in the Standing Committee, actually came forward to join in the fun?

But they couldn't say anything at this time. After all, Yuan Mu was still here, so they could only hold it in.

Yuan Mu suddenly realized that the person in front of him was the legendary Secretary Dakang, but this time Secretary Dakang was very young, much younger than in the drama. The Li Dakang in the drama was already in his fifties, but now he should be less than thirty years old. He had read the other party's information.

"Oh, it's Comrade Dakang." Yuan Mu stepped out of the car with a smile.

In fact, his feelings towards Li Dakang are very complicated. In some ways, he is a good official, but definitely not a good leader. He is mean and ungrateful, and he uses people wisely and ignores them. This is the kind of person Li Dakang is.

When Li Dakang heard Yuan Mu calling him Comrade Dakang, his face was full of smiles. Yuan Mu just called Shan Yongning "Secretary Shan", which was very official, but calling him Comrade Dakang, doesn't it mean closeness?

Sure enough, Shan Yongning's face froze when he heard the name Yuan Mu. He could only show a mechanical smile, but he felt very bitter in his heart. It seemed that he had made a wrong move today. He had wanted to curry favor with the new municipal party secretary, but he didn't expect to hit the horse's hoof directly.

Yuan Mu stretched out his hand with a smile. Li Dakang quickly held Yuan Mu's hands with both hands, showing great fear and trepidation. This made Yuan Mu speechless. This was too exaggerated, but the smile on his face remained.

After shaking hands with Li Dakang, he looked at Yi Xuexue on the side.

"This is the fellow student, right?"

"Hello, Secretary Yuan!" Yi Xuexue also hurriedly shook hands with Yuan Mu. Although there was a smile on his face, it was not flattering.

He did not abandon Shan Yongning and shook hands with him, which made Shan Yongning feel a little more at ease.

Next, Yuan Mu shook hands with other members of the Standing Committee and introduced Gao Yuliang to everyone. Gao Yuliang's smile was warm, making people feel like they were in a spring breeze. This made everyone feel a little relieved. They felt more comfortable talking to Gao Yuliang, unlike Yuan Mu, who put too much pressure on them.

Arriving at the conference room, Yuan Mu presided over the meeting. Actually, there was not much to say. He himself did not like the officialdom, so he just said a few words and adjourned the meeting.

At noon, Yuan Mu rejected Shan Yongning's request to eat outside and ate in the cafeteria instead. The food tasted okay and he ate it with relish.

Yuan Mu is not a person who has high requirements for these things, as long as he has enough to eat. He has also been through difficult times, and the food he ate back then was much worse than it is now.

Actually, he is a strange person. He has very few hobbies. Even if he has hobbies, he doesn't really pursue them. Most of his time is still spent on work.

One of his hobbies is fishing, which is a hobby he had in his previous life and he inherited it in this life. However, he rarely goes fishing. When he was a policeman, he often went out fishing. After he took office in Daoli District, he seldom went. He only occasionally took Song Zian to the Songhua River to enjoy it.

His second hobby is billiards, but billiards is still a relatively niche sport in this era. It is impossible for him to put a billiard table in the municipal party committee in a high-profile manner, right?

Yuan Mu dared to guarantee that if he did this today, many people would rush to learn billiards the next day, just in the hope that one day they would be able to play billiards with him.

There is such a scene in the original drama of In the Name of People. Sha Ruijin is talking with Tian Guofu on the basketball court. The other party says that the previous basketball court was actually a tennis court. It was only because the former provincial party secretary liked to play tennis. But now that Sha Ruijin is here, the tennis court was temporarily demolished and turned into a basketball court.

So Yuan Mu thought, forget it, it’s just a hobby, it’s just a hobby. He has played billiards very few times over the years, but he’s gotten through it, right?

It would be great if he could take some time out from his busy schedule to go out and play clubs. His biggest hobby now is the pursuit of power. As long as he has enough power, he can have whatever he wants. It's just a hobby. As he was a soldier in his previous life, he has very strong self-control.