At around ten o'clock, Li Rui received a phone call. The call was from the staff at the entrance of the building, saying that an Eastern State Cadre called Guan Bao was looking for him.
At that time, Li Rui was reading the speech about the cultural fair that Vice Mayor Li Jing had sent back. She had edited it and edited it. Li Jing was an interesting woman. After receiving Li Rui's speech, she did not comment on the merits of the speech in front of him. Instead, after editing it, she quietly sent it to his mailbox. Li Rui had accidentally found her reply when he opened his mailbox this morning. When he opened it, he saw her carefully edited speech.
Li Jing had edited it very carefully. The speech had a total of 1,500 words, but she had changed dozens of places. Words, sentences, narration, paragraphs … She had changed everything in the speech. Li Rui looked at the places she had changed. Although he did not agree with a few of the changes, he had to admit that most of the changes made were reasonable. However, he did not agree that her revised speech was perfect. It could only be said that each person had their own taste. Everyone's personality, quality, level, and vision were different. Naturally, the things they wrote were different. However, there was no way to tell who was better. As the saying went, "There is no first place in literature."
After Li Rui read the revised speech, he felt that Li Jing had made such detailed changes to send two messages to him. First, she deserved the title of Vice Mayor. Not only was she good at writing, but she was also very serious and meticulous. Second, she had the ability to write this speech herself. The only reason she did not write it was because she was too busy, so she asked him to do it. However, he was obviously not as good as her. Otherwise, how could she have changed so many things?
When he thought of the latter point, he could not help but laugh. He thought to himself, "Mayor Li, Mayor Li, you may be disappointed. I don't think your changes are good, and I don't think my writing is bad either. You want to say that my writing is worse than yours just because you are the high and mighty Vice Mayor? I am not convinced at all." Let's not talk about your writing skills. Actually, I'm not convinced by your title of Deputy Mayor, and I don't think you're so high and mighty that I can't afford to offend you. You were just born a few years earlier than me, so your rank is higher than mine. In the future, I might not lose to you.
Just as he was making fun of Li Jing's possible intentions, he received a phone call. He was a little puzzled. Why did Guan Bao suddenly call him? Didn't he have to accompany Wu Nan for the inspection today? Although he was a little confused, he still got up and walked out of the office to greet Guan Bao's office.
Of course, him personally going to greet Guan Bao did not mean that he welcomed Guan Bao's arrival. On the contrary, he hated this guy very much. However, he felt that his status was much higher than Guan Bao's, so he did not need to lower himself to Guan Bao's level. Secondly, he was the host, and Guan Bao was the guest. He had to show enough effort on his face, so he personally went to greet Guan Bao.
At the entrance of the elevator hall, he saw Guan Bao and warmly shook his hand and exchanged greetings with him. Guan Bao saw that not only was he not hostile to him, but he was magnanimous, warm and considerate. He felt a little ashamed in his heart.
Li Rui brought Guan Bao back to his office and asked him to take a seat. When he was about to pour tea for him, he was rejected.
Guan Bao stood up in shame and said in a low voice, "Director Li, don't trouble yourself. I don't drink water. I came here specifically to apologize to you. Please forgive me. I already know that I was wrong …"
He was already prepared. He had rehearsed these words many times in his mind, so he did not stutter at all. He poured out everything like a bamboo tube pouring beans. First, he admitted that he had framed Li Rui. Then, he talked about how he had been criticized and scolded by Wu Nan. Finally, he expressed deep remorse and asked Li Rui for forgiveness.
At first, Li Rui was puzzled. Why did he suddenly have a conscience and suddenly come to apologize to him? Later, he understood that it was probably Wu Nan who had criticized him and probably urged him to apologize, so he deliberately came over. But no matter what, he did come to apologize, and his attitude was good. Since that was the case, he was the bigger person and forgave him. Besides, it was meaningless to lower himself to the same level as this small fry. He smiled and said, "Oh, I thought it was something serious. Director Guan, you underestimated me. How can I be so narrow-minded? I just thought that you were joking with me, but you still apologized to me so seriously. Tsk tsk, you made me feel embarrassed. It's okay. Don't take it to heart. I didn't take it seriously at all … "
He said a few words in a relaxed tone to ease the awkward atmosphere between the two of them. At the same time, he also expressed his understanding to Guan Bao.
Guan Bao saw that he was forgiven and felt relieved. He knew that he had passed the first test, but he did not dare to relax too much. He immediately begged again, "Director Li, I still have to ask you to do me a favor. Because of this, my boss, Mayor Wu, is very angry. I don't dare to apologize to her at this time, but I have to apologize to her. So, I want to ask for your help. Go to her and plead for me. She will more or less forgive me for your sake. You have to help me, or I will be in trouble … "The more he said, the uglier his face became. In the end, he looked like he was about to cry.
Li Rui couldn't help but feel a little disgusted at the sight of a big man, who was the number one secretary of the municipal government, whining and crying like this. However, he also understood that it must be some kind of punishment that he couldn't accept. He didn't know what kind of punishment Wu Nan gave him, but he thought that he might as well be a good person to the end and help him say a few good words in front of Wu Nan. It just so happened that he could meet that elegant and beautiful female mayor again. Otherwise, he wouldn't have such a good opportunity. Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't agree easily. He laughed and said, "Director, is it really as terrible as you say it is? You didn't do anything. At most, Mayor Wu will only criticize you. She won't punish you, right? "
Guan Bao didn't know that Li Rui was testing him. When he heard Li Rui's words, his face changed. He said in horror, "She didn't punish me, but she won't use me as a secretary. Then, I won't be the number one secretary in the city government anymore. That's worse than punishing me. I won't have a good life anymore …"
He was really scared by Wu Nan. He didn't know what to say, so he said everything in front of Li Rui. He wasn't afraid that he would be laughed at. Anyway, he had come to apologize, so why should he be afraid of being laughed at? Where else could he embarrass himself?
Li Rui suddenly realized that he wasn't worried about being punished by Wu Nan. He was worried that Wu Nan would no longer use him as a secretary. Thinking about it, it made sense. If he was punished, it would only be a little embarrassing, but it wouldn't affect his own interests. However, if he couldn't be the Mayor's secretary, he would lose more than just a little. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he would lose his whole life.
In fact, Li Rui didn't have this realization before. He only had this understanding after being the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee for more than half a year. To be the secretary of a leader, one could give up power, benefits, and everything else. As long as one could stay by the leader's side, it would be fine. As long as one had a stable position, all the benefits would automatically come to him. He didn't need to search for them himself. However, once he was abandoned by the leader, he would have nothing. He would lose all power, money, and sex. He wouldn't be able to hold on to it even if he wanted to. Yuan Xiaodi's experience could be used as a reference.
Li Rui looked at Guan Bao. He warned himself that he couldn't be like Guan Bao, deceiving his superiors and deceiving his subordinates. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to escape a tragic end. He asked, "Did Mayor Wu clearly say that he doesn't need you as a secretary?" Guan Bao shook his head and said, "Not yet, but it's about time." Li Rui nodded and said, "Well, it's not easy for you. I promise you that I will help you plead with Mayor Wu. However, I can only promise that I will help you. I can't promise that Mayor Wu will forgive you. After all, the leader's intentions aren't something that a small secretary like us can change. " Guan Bao nodded like a chick eating rice and said, "Okay, okay, that's good. Thank you very much. Director Li, you are such a good person. I'm sorry …"
He said some pleasant words to praise Li Rui. Then, he made an appointment with him. After lunch, when Wu Nan returned to the hotel for a short lunch break, Li Rui would visit him and plead on his behalf.
Although Wu Nan continued his inspection today, he didn't go to the front line of poverty alleviation. Instead, he stayed in the city to discuss and learn with the leaders of the City Poverty Alleviation Development Leading Group and the City Poverty Alleviation Office. He would stay in the city for the whole day. This made it convenient for Guan Bao. Otherwise, if she went out, even if Guan Bao could find Li Rui for help, Li Rui wouldn't be able to find her.
After Guan Bao left, Li Rui wrote a reply to Deputy Mayor Li Jing. The general idea was that he was grateful for her "meticulous guidance" and that he had "benefited a lot". He said some meaningless pleasantries and sent the email out. It was also a reply and explanation for her reply.
After sending the email, he got up and went to the First Secretary's Department. One of the tasks that the First Secretary's Department was responsible for was "organizing meetings." For example, at the City Leaders' Conference that was held today, the First Secretary's Department was busy working behind the scenes. The conference wasn't over yet. There were still three people in the First Secretary's Department who were busy inside and outside the conference hall. Therefore, there weren't many people in the First Secretary's Department's office.
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