So I'm assuming the question here is whether you show the 4C as a count card, or whether it's to lead 9C to deny an honour.
I put 4C, I want to show count and I have entries to my hand, but I was wondering what others' thoughts ...
I play Meckwell primarily at live tables. This is 2H whenever I'm white. Forcing opps to use leb is so important at MPs because it likely wrongsides a spades contract.
I've bid 2H with much worse holdings than this (though sometimes in balancing position) and almost always got ...
Given that inv. minors are on, I think pass and show clubs on next round. This is based on your parameters.
My normal treatment is inv. minors are off, and this would be a 2C bid. Standard inv. minor bid is replaced by 3C, with 2NT as the weak bid ...