Li Rui pondered for a moment, then said to Wang Dong, "Secretary Wang, do you really want to take a step forward?"
Wang Dong was extremely disappointed, and he couldn't wait to go home and drown his sorrows in alcohol. However, when he suddenly heard this sentence without any context, his heart instantly jumped to his throat. He said embarrassedly, "Of course. Who doesn't want to improve? As an official, if you don't improve, you'll fall behind. "
Li Rui smiled. "It might be difficult for others to be promoted from a section chief to a deputy division chief, but it's very easy for someone who's been chosen by the Song Shuji. I can't guarantee that the Song Shuji will definitely promote you, but as long as you help me with one thing, I'm sure that the Song Shuji will think highly of you. When there's an empty deputy division chief position in the future, you'll naturally be the first to be chosen. "
Wang Dong was pleasantly surprised. He almost couldn't believe his ears. He stared blankly at Li Rui. After a while, he said, "R-really? What do you want me to do? "
Li Rui put away his smile and said in a serious tone, "After you go back, help me ask around and find out who started this rumor. If you can find this person, stop the rumors from spreading further, and restore the Song Shuji's reputation, think about it. How can the Song Shuji not thank you? How can he not think highly of you? "
Wang Dong's eyes lit up when he heard this. It was as if he could already see the shining deputy division chief position flying towards him. However, he quickly thought about the difficulty of this task, and his eyes lost their luster. He smiled bitterly and said, "This … this won't be easy to find …"
Li Rui said, "Yes, but there's always a way. If you want to be thought highly of by the leader, you have to do something. Of course, you can choose not to do this. I'll find someone else to investigate. "
Luo Jintong patted Wang Dong's arm and said, "Brother, this is an opportunity. You have to seize it!"
Wang Dong thought for a moment. If he accepted this mission, he'd have a chance to be looked up to by the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. However, if he didn't accept this mission, he'd have no choice but to continue to sit in his position as a section chief. It was clear which was better and which was worse. He nodded and said, "Alright, I'll start investigating tomorrow morning. It just so happens that I'm the Secretary of the Subdistrict Committee, so I can ask whoever I want. I'll first investigate the source of the rumors in the Subdistrict Committee and the office. At the same time, I'll instruct my friends to go back and investigate and help me find the source of the rumors.
Li Rui nodded in agreement and said, "This is no small matter. We must find the person who started the rumor as soon as possible. Otherwise, Song Shuji's reputation and prestige will quickly fall to the bottom."
Wang Dong stood up and said, "Then I'll go back and investigate. I'll get my friends to start investigating as well."
Li Rui stood up and said, "I'll go see Song Shuji now and report this matter to him. This way, he'll be able to deal with it as soon as possible."
The three of them went downstairs together. After shaking hands and saying goodbye, Wang Dong and Luo Jintong left in a car. Li Rui didn't delay at all. He drove out of the garage and rushed to the Municipal Party Committee's Family Courtyard Standing Committee Building.
On the way, Li Rui called the Municipal Party Committee's Publicity Minister, Zheng Zijuan, who he hadn't contacted for a long time. He asked her to immediately organize the Internet Surveillance Bureau to investigate whether such rumors had appeared on the Internet.
After hearing the details, Zheng Zijuan was shocked. Who was this guy? He actually dared to slander the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. Not only did he slander him for receiving money, but he also slandered him for messing around with his subordinates. If news of this spread, wouldn't his reputation be ruined? He didn't dare to be negligent and immediately agreed. He hung up the phone and went to make arrangements.
When Li Rui rushed to Song Chaoyang's third building, the family of three had just returned from dinner at Xiao Dawei's house. They were sitting on the sofa, drinking water and chatting. Song Xue snuggled up to her father like a little bird and was chatting about her university life.
Li Rui suddenly barged into the house and immediately attracted their attention. However, the three of them didn't find it strange. They all smiled and invited him to take a seat.
Li Rui waved his hand and declined. He said to Song Chaoyang, "Secretary, I have something to report to you."
Song Chaoyang saw that he didn't say it directly. He knew that it wasn't convenient to say it in front of Sun Shuqin and Xiao Xue, so he took him upstairs to the study.
After closing the study's wooden door, Li Rui told him everything he had learned tonight in detail.
Song Chaoyang didn't want to listen, but after listening, he flew into a rage. He suddenly slammed his hand on the desk and shouted, "How dare you!"
Li Rui hurriedly said, "Boss, don't be angry. I've already made arrangements for this …" He then told him about his instructions to Wang Dong and Zheng Zijuan.
Just as he finished speaking, his phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that it was Zheng Zijuan calling. He quickly answered.
"The Internet Surveillance Bureau team has a result. You're at the secretary's house now, right? If it's convenient, I'll rush over and report to the secretary. "
Zheng Zijuan was obviously at home. Otherwise, she wouldn't have said that.
Li Rui said, "Of course it's convenient. Come over, I'll go down and pick you up." He hung up and said to Song Chaoyang, "Department Head Zheng has a result. She said she'll come over and report to me. I'll go down and pick her up."
Song Chaoyang nodded and said, "Okay, you go. I'll go down too. Let Xiao Xue and her daughter come upstairs. We'll talk in the living room."
The master and servant went downstairs together. Li Rui walked out of the courtyard and waited for Zheng Zijuan by the roadside outside the path. After a while, he saw a slender figure walking towards Zheng Zijuan's house. Her high heels made a pleasant sound on the asphalt road. He guessed that Zheng Zijuan had come and quickly went up to her.
"Xiao Rui!" Zheng Zijuan greeted her when they were still dozens of meters apart.
Li Rui didn't respond. He quickly walked up to her and whispered, "Let's keep our voices down. I suspect that Yu Heping got someone to spread these rumors. We can't let him hear our conversation and the scene of us going to the secretary's house."
Zheng Zijuan was slightly shocked and said, "Yu Heping dares to do this?"
Li Rui sneered and said, "Is there anything he doesn't dare to do?"
Zheng Zijuan looked in the direction of the first house and said, "We're behind his house. He shouldn't be able to see or hear us … You're more careful than before. That's good."
The siblings whispered as they walked towards the third house. They exchanged a few words on the way, but when they reached the courtyard of the third house, they both shut their mouths.
Song Chaoyang was waiting at the entrance. When he saw Zheng Zijuan, he went down the stairs to welcome her. The two exchanged a few pleasantries and returned to the living room. Song Chaoyang asked Li Rui to make tea for her, but Zheng Zijuan refused.
"Secretary, I just asked the Internet Surveillance Bureau team to check the Internet. They didn't find any similar rumors. In fact, the Internet Surveillance Bureau was closely monitoring the content on the Internet every day. They had adopted a keyword filter system. Keywords such as "Secretary," "your name," "Qingyang," and so on would be automatically filtered out by the system once they appeared. According to Xiao Rui, when the rumors started, they haven't found any similar content. "
After taking a seat, Zheng Zijuan reported the results of the Internet Surveillance Bureau team's investigation with a solemn expression.
Li Rui looked at Song Chaoyang and said, "This means that the rumormonger only spread the rumors through word of mouth. He didn't use the Internet to attack you."
Zheng Zijuan continued, "I suspect that the rumormonger knows about the existence of the Internet Surveillance Bureau team. He also knows that spreading rumors on the Internet will be discovered immediately. That's why he didn't spread the news online."
Song Chaoyang sighed and said, "I don't know how far this rumor has spread. According to Wang Dong's circle of friends in Gongchen Street, it seems to have spread to the sector-level cadres. But who knows if it has spread to the department-level cadres? Or is it spreading among the people? "
Zheng Zijuan thought for a while and said, "Secretary, why don't we do this first? I'll immediately get someone to send out a notice to the various propaganda departments in the city and county to pay close attention to the direction of this rumor. We'll also give them a warning and call on all Party members and cadres to consciously resist this rumor. If you don't believe it, don't spread it? If there's a need, the Municipal Party Committee's office can also send a notice to the counties and districts below … "
Song Chaoyang waved his hands after hearing this and said, "Rumors are just rumors. Over time, they'll collapse. There's no need to make any arrangements. If we really make a big fuss over this, we'll end up making a big deal out of a small matter. It'll attract more attention and we'll fall into the trap of the rumormonger."
Zheng Zijuan nodded and didn't say anything else after she heard this.
Li Rui said, "I was just thinking about whether we should ask the Municipal Bureau to intervene and secretly investigate the origin of the rumor. Now that you've said this, it seems that there's no need for that."
Song Chaoyang said, "Yes, let's not mobilize the Public Security Department for now. We'll let Wang Dong and his friends investigate and see if they can find anything. If they don't find anything in the end and the rumor gets worse, it won't be too late to ask Bureau Chief Yuan Song to investigate then."
Li Rui analyzed, "The main target of this rumor is the Section Chief and Deputy Division Chief. Since we're selling the positions of Section Chief and Division Chief, we should be able to find something by focusing on these two circles. I'll go back and ask my friends in these two circles to help me ask around. Maybe we'll find some clues. "
Song Chaoyang nodded and said, "Yes, let's leave it at that for now."
Zheng Zijuan and Li Rui saw that there was nothing else to do, so they bade farewell and left. The siblings chatted all the way to the car. They were afraid that it would affect them if outsiders saw them, so they didn't talk much and went home after saying goodbye.
After Li Rui drove the car out of the family compound, he stopped by the roadside and called his friends who were Section Chief and Deputy Division Chief and asked them to pay attention to this matter. After a phone call, the final result was as follows:
Zeng Hanlin, the Deputy Division Chief of the Municipal Bureau of Discipline Inspection and Supervision, hadn't heard of this rumor.
Li Yulan, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee in Jiupo Town of Shuanghe County, hadn't heard of it either.
Ling Shuyao, the newly appointed Publicity Minister of the Southern District Party Committee, hadn't heard of it either.
Qin Lina, the newly appointed Deputy Mayor of the Northern District, hadn't heard of it either.
Yuan Jingjing, the Deputy General Manager of the Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau, Li Xiaoyue, the Deputy General Manager of the Qingyang Hotel, Sang Pengfei, the Head of the Organization Department of the Wulong County Committee … More than ten people expressed that they hadn't heard of this rumor.
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