"This question doesn't need to be asked," Chen Feng replied calmly.
"What? How can such an important issue as who will take an important position not need to be asked?" Qin Yan was stunned.
"Vice District Chief Qin, you might be mistaken about one thing. Jiangcheng is not ruled by you or me anymore; it's ruled by Cheng Liren. We are just ordinary staff members in the inconspicuous Ming Shan District. Cheng Liren has already made arrangements for this position. To put it this way, important positions in the political arena are already decided by connections years in advance, just waiting for the right person to fill the spot. By the time the spot opens, it's too late to think about it," Chen Feng explained.
Qin Yan was convinced. She had been naive. Both she and Chen Feng, although their official positions had improved, were nothing compared to Cheng Liren. Since they were nothing, they had no say in any major decisions in Jiangcheng.
"We don't have the right to question who will be the head of Jiangcheng's Personnel Department. It's good that way; I don't have to think too much. I can concentrate on doing my job as the Deputy District Chief of Ming Shan District. However, you have an important task to do," Qin Yan said seriously.
"What? I have an important task to do? Vice District Chief Qin, don't scare me. I just finished dealing with the complicated matters of Xiang Wentian and Wang Hai, and now I have to busy myself with something important. I can't handle it," Chen Feng replied dejectedly.
"You have to do it even if you can't handle it. This matter concerns Cheng Lu, and it must be done," Qin Yan explained earnestly.
"Vice District Chief Qin, has something happened to Cheng Lu?" Chen Feng immediately became nervous. During this time, because Ming Shan District had just been established and there were many political matters to attend to, he had neglected Cheng Lu.
"I don't know what exactly happened, but I know something must have happened, and it's serious. She hasn't eaten for two days. Does that look like nothing serious has happened?" Qin Yan continued to explain.
Chen Feng stopped asking and went to find Cheng Lu immediately.
"Xiao Lu, do you have something on your mind?" Chen Feng asked directly after entering Cheng Lu's office.
"Chen Feng, I'm doing fine. I don't have anything on my mind," Cheng Lu said, avoiding his gaze.
"Xiao Lu, am I not your man? You haven't eaten for two days, and you still dare to say nothing serious has happened?" Chen Feng said, trying to provoke her.
"I haven't eaten for two days, but it's not because something happened. I just don't have an appetite," Cheng Lu continued to avoid his gaze.
Ming Shan District had just been formed, and there were many things waiting for Chen Feng to do. There was no need to let her own issues affect Chen Feng. A woman who is the partner of an excellent man must have a basic principle: she cannot help this man, but she absolutely cannot distract him. This man's goal is the stars and the sea, and he needs to concentrate his attention.
"Xiao Lu, do you misunderstand me? I do need to focus on my work without distraction. However, you are my woman. I know you have something going on. If I don't help you resolve it, can I still focus on my work? Besides, you've been with me for so many years. Don't you know what kind of person I am? If I were a cold-blooded animal, would you have fallen in love with me then?" Chen Feng said earnestly.
These words directly broke through Cheng Lu's defenses, and tears began to fall uncontrollably. After crying for a while, Cheng Lu finally told him what happened. It turned out that Cheng Lu's high school classmate, Wang Ling, had cancer and was dying. Thinking about it made her very sad.
"Wang Ling? Xiao Ling, if I remember correctly, her family is quite wealthy. Nowadays, with money, as long as it's not late-stage cancer, she shouldn't be dying..." Chen Feng tried to comfort Cheng Lu.
"My classmate Wang Ling is indeed not in the late stage of cancer; to be precise, she is in the middle stage of cancer, which is treatable and life-saving. However..." Cheng Lu hesitated. The matter was complicated, and she didn't know if she should really tell Chen Feng.
"Xiao Lu, if you consider me your man, you should tell me the whole story from beginning to end," Chen Feng urged Cheng Lu.
Upon hearing Chen Feng say this, Cheng Lu no longer hesitated and directly explained the entire situation. In essence, Wang Ling's family had money, but the special needle for treating cancer, which was hyped online at 1.2 million yuan per shot, required more than just money; it required connections. All of this was a tactic of "hunger marketing" to drive up the price to the highest possible point! With money and connections, this 1.2 million yuan shot could be administered.
"Xiao Lu, isn't your father, Cheng Liren, well-connected? You can ask him for help. There's no need to be so formal between father and daughter," Chen Feng asked tentatively.
"Chen Feng, things are not as you think. Indeed, with my father's status, let alone one shot, even a hundred shots would not be a problem. The problem is that Wang Ling's father and my father are mortal enemies. My father's personality is such that he would never save the daughter of an enemy," Cheng Lu replied with a worried expression.
"That's true. Political enmities are not so easily resolved. How about this, Xiao Lu, don't worry anymore. I'll handle this matter," Chen Feng comforted Cheng Lu.
"You'll handle it? This involves the Jiangcheng Medical Insurance Bureau. Do you have connections there?" Cheng Lu asked with confusion.
"I don't have connections there, but if you don't have connections, you can create them," Chen Feng continued to reassure Cheng Lu.
"Create connections? That must take a lot of time, right? We can wait, but my best friend Wang Ling can't wait," Cheng Lu's expression remained sad.
"Don't worry, I'm no longer the driver for the town leader I used to be. I'm also quite experienced in the political arena. Creating connections, if done properly, doesn't take too much time. Besides, I don't want to lie. In fact, I've wanted to reform China's current medical insurance system for a long time. Many aspects are unreasonable. I'm not in a high position in China now, so I can't decide the direction of China's medical insurance. However, I can use Jiangcheng City as an experimental point. That way, when I gain rich experience in medical insurance reform, and I go to the capital's political arena in the future, I can implement the new medical insurance system throughout China, a medical insurance system that truly benefits the general public," Chen Feng explained solemnly.
"Chen Feng, you also think China's current medical insurance is unreasonable?" Cheng Lu asked with excitement.
"I've been working on the front lines for a long time, so I'm very clear about the living and medical conditions at the grassroots level," Chen Feng nodded and replied.
"My best friend Wang Ling is incredibly lucky this time to have met you, a seasoned political veteran who understands the suffering of ordinary people. I believe you. With your involvement, Wang Ling has a chance to be saved," Cheng Lu continued to look at Chen Feng with excitement and admiration. Other political figures try to make money from medical insurance, even profiting from the sick, which is simply insane. Chen Feng is different; he views medical insurance solely from the perspective of whether ordinary people can afford to see a doctor. It is a blessing for all of China to have such an unusual rising star in the political arena. It can be foreseen that in the future, the political arena of China will undergo a seismic change because of Chen Feng.
"Alright, there's no time to delay. You take care of the daily affairs of the Development and Reform Commission, and I'll go to the Jiangcheng Medical Insurance Bureau," Chen Feng said and immediately went to the Jiangcheng Medical Insurance Bureau. Upon arriving at the bureau, no one was at the front desk. They were said to be in a meeting in the conference room on the second floor. Driven by curiosity, Chen Feng quietly went upstairs. He wanted to know what kind of meeting a group of medical insurance bureau staff were having during working hours in broad daylight...