133 has a bad feeling

After getting up, Liu Zhizhong tidied up himself, grabbed his briefcase, and put on an appearance as if he were heading to work, before driving off.

Being the Secretary of the Municipal Committee, he didn't need to eat breakfast at home. Rushing to the City Committee Courtyard to have breakfast with the Mayor was the real deal and standard protocol.

At such times, he could better serve the leaders, casually report on work, and display the day's schedule plans.

Also, he might listen to the Mayor and other top leaders at the City Committee Courtyard talk about work, understand their thoughts, discern their handling of affairs, gauge tempers or anything of that sort, and keenly observe the minor details as they talked about work, to better strategize for the Mayor on related issues in the future.

Being a secretary wasn't just about serving the leaders; often it was about learning, about human nature, about officialdom.