Chapter 2719 Drinking and Chatting

The greatest pressure naturally came from the complex and deeply rotten situation in Shazhou City. He had to rectify the corruption and laziness of Shazhou officials, crack down on interest groups represented by the Lixin Group, eliminate the evil forces in Shazhou, and develop the Shazhou economy...

The pressure comes from the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Shazhou Municipal Party Committee, the people of Shazhou and Qin Feng himself.

Qin Feng, who never suffered from insomnia, started to suffer from it recently because of too much pressure.

The greatest pressure in recent times still comes from the several tasks he is vigorously promoting. Although Qin Feng appears confident and calm on the surface, and also says that now is the best time, Qin Feng knows very well how risky this matter is and how serious the consequences will be if it fails.

This time, Qin Feng was actually taking a gamble. If he won, the situation on the sandbar would change drastically. If he lost, he would have to pack up and leave the sandbar.

The recent calmness around Shao Hongli and Lixin Group made Qin Feng feel very uneasy. He knew that there must be something wrong, so he was under a lot of pressure recently.

If he were in Jiangnan, Qin Feng would find Hu Jiayun to talk and relieve stress.

But on the sandbar, he had no one to talk to; everyone he knew was his subordinate, and he had to maintain a confident attitude and the dignity of a leader.

Qin Feng often feels lonely because he doesn't even have someone to talk to.

So Yang Yuxin's words hit Qin Feng's heart.

"Tell me anything that happens. Just treat me as a trash can and pour out all the negative emotions in your heart to me. Once you have cleared them out, you will feel relaxed." Yang Yuxin said with a smile.

Seeing Yang Yuxin's sincere look, Qin Feng also smiled and lit a cigarette.

"Thank you, but I really don't have any negative emotions in my heart. How can a grown man like me have so many worries? But you are right. My condition has indeed been a little bad recently, but it is about work. The work pressure has been a bit high recently. After this period of time, I will finish these things at hand and everything will be fine." Qin Feng took a sip of wine.

"The pressure from work also needs to be relieved. Can you tell me about it?" Yang Yuxin asked.

Qin Feng smiled and said, "These are just some tedious matters. There's nothing much to say."

"What? Confidential? Are you afraid that I'll know and leak the secret? Or are you afraid that I'll tell others about it after hearing it?" Yang Yuxin immediately guessed Qin Feng's thoughts.

"I know what you're worried about. You're the mayor. Anything that's bothering you must be something major that affects the entire sandbar. And it's definitely confidential. You definitely can't tell anyone you don't trust."

"Secondly, I'm just an ordinary woman and I don't understand politics. It would be like talking to a cow even if you tell me, right?" Yang Yuxin said.

Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, then just smiled and didn't respond. What Yang Yuxin said was indeed what he was thinking, so he didn't deny it.

"Actually, I think it's precisely because I'm a woman, and one who has nothing to do with your circle and doesn't understand politics, that you can speak to me so openly. While I can't find a solution to your problem, I can provide you with emotional value."

"I told you, I'm just a trash can. You can dump all your troubles on me."

"We are best buddies tonight, otherwise it would be a waste of such good wine." Yang Yuxin clinked her glass against Qin Feng's and drank it down.

Yang Yuxin’s alcohol tolerance is indeed not bad.

"Is it because there is a problem with the assessment you implemented?" Yang Yuxin asked.

Qin Feng was surprised at first, then he remembered the husband of Yang Yuxin’s colleague.

Qin Feng shook his head and said, "No, at least the implementation is going smoothly so far, without any problems."

"I know why you want to conduct this comprehensive assessment." Yang Yuxin said.

"Oh? You know? Tell me about it." Qin Feng smiled and took a sip of wine, just treating it as a chat.

"Assessment, that's an exam. I'm familiar with it. Passing the exam is the most important criterion in our university. If you pass, you can get credits. If you fail, you either have to retake the exam or you won't graduate."

"The purpose of our exams is to eliminate unqualified students. Your assessment is also to eliminate unqualified people. At the same time, it also puts pressure on others. Anyone who does not follow the rules at work in the future may be eliminated. This can completely change the work style and improve work efficiency." Yang Yuxin said.

Qin Feng gave Yang Yuxin a thumbs up: "After all, you are a teacher. Your analysis is very accurate."

"Isn't this your main purpose?" Yang Yuxin continued.

"So what do you think my main purpose is?"

"Clean up the forces of the other camp." Yang Yuxin said this and looked at Qin Feng with a smile.

Qin Feng was a little surprised that a woman could have such knowledge.

"You've watched too many TV dramas, right?" Qin Feng said with a smile.

"Although I don't understand politics, I have read a lot of official novels and TV dramas, and even watched a lot of historical dramas, so I do understand some simple political intrigues."

"If you're simply trying to weed out unqualified people, there's no need to make such a big fuss. The government itself is the assessment standard, and there are assessments every year."

"You're suddenly conducting a comprehensive assessment at this time, obviously you have other plans. As for the assessment, you're the chief examiner, and you control the grading standards. You can pass whoever you want, or fail whoever you want."

"It's the same with our teachers. Although they say that they grade strictly according to the test papers, each teacher also has a certain degree of independent evaluation authority. If I really don't like this student, there is a way to make him fail." Yang Yuxin added.

Qin Feng did not comment. He raised his glass and clinked it with Yang Yuxin, took a sip of wine, and lit a cigarette.

"Are you going for Executive Vice Mayor Shao Hongli?" Yang Yuxin asked again.

Qin Feng was surprised again: "You know a lot."

"In order to chat with you tonight, I specifically did some research online, then asked my colleague's husband about some internal affairs of your city government, and then I made a rough assessment."

"I read the news. Before you came, he was in charge of the work of the Shazhou Municipal Government. He was also in charge during the early days of your tenure in Shazhou. He was also in charge during the time of your last accident."

"During your absence, he attended many events and frequently appeared on screen to represent the city government. But after you came back this time, he almost disappeared from the public eye and didn't even have a chance to show up."

"Through these news reports, I roughly guessed that he should be a local powerful figure and the biggest obstacle to you, an outsider with a nominal position as mayor. Am I right?" Yang Yuxin analyzed.