After getting up, Liu Zhizhong of course got ready, carrying his briefcase as though he was going to work, and drove off in his car.
As the Secretary of the City Committee, he didn't need to have breakfast at home; rushing to the City Committee Courtyard to have breakfast with the Mayor was the real deal and standard practice.
Because at such times, he could better serve the leader, casually report on work, and display the day's schedule and such.
At the same time, he might also need to listen to the Mayor and other senior leaders working in the City Committee Courtyard discuss work, understand their thoughts, gauge their decision-making rules, get a feel for their temperament, and pay close attention to the details of their work discussions, in order to later advise the Mayor on issues related.
Being a secretary, at times, was not just about serving the leader but also truly about learning, about human nature, about how the bureaucracy works, and such.