At this moment, a cold light flashed in Jin Rui's eyes. He was startled and turned to look at his boss, Li Jing. Sure enough, she looked unhappy. Although she was no longer looking at him, she had already expressed her dissatisfaction. He complained in his heart, "Boss, don't blame me for being incompetent. It's really my master who is so annoying that he took away all my work. Since he took it away, I can't take the opportunity to show off. Do you want me to snatch the teapot from him?" But he also understood that the reason why she glared at him was that she was complaining about his incompetence. She also felt that she was slightly inferior in front of Du Minsheng because of this matter, which made her lose face. However, it was not that he didn't want to show off, but that he really didn't have the opportunity. Thinking of this, he looked at his master, Li Rui, with hatred. He just wanted to bite him.
Li Rui went around and poured water into the Secretary-General's teacup. Then he went to Li Jing's seat and poured water for her. Looking at this beautiful and mature female deputy mayor, it was hard not to think of the scene when he helped her home that night. Thinking of the scene when she took the initiative to kiss him, he couldn't help but feel a little moved and almost had a reaction. He was afraid of making a fool of himself in public, so he hurriedly restrained himself and carefully poured tea for her.
Li Jing glanced sideways at him but didn't say anything. After he left, she glanced at Du Minsheng again. She was very puzzled. Why didn't the secretary general bring his own secretary out? Why did he bring this guy? Did he already know about the past between her and him? Did he deliberately come to make trouble for her? But it couldn't be. She had no enmity with the Secretary-General in the past. He definitely wouldn't target her for no reason. It was even more impossible for him to know about the past between her and this guy … What happened between her and this guy that night, except for the two people involved, only heaven and earth knew. It was absolutely impossible for outsiders to know. Alas, she really couldn't figure out what was so strange about it.
The more she thought about it, the more puzzled she was. The more puzzled she was, the more she couldn't figure out the reason. She couldn't help but feel very agitated. After Li Rui sat back down, she subconsciously glanced at him. Coincidentally, Li Rui also raised his head and looked over. Their eyes met in the air. Li Jing saw his eyes shining like stars. She didn't know why, but her body suddenly shivered and she hurriedly lowered her eyelids. She was so scared that her heart was beating wildly, her face was hot, her body was weak, and her heart was full of resentment.
Li Rui naturally didn't know what she was thinking. Seeing that she avoided his gaze, he knew that she was a little guilty. He was secretly amused. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of someone looking at him from the corner of his eye. He casually turned around and saw that it was Zhang Mingfang looking at him. He gave her a polite smile.
Zhang Mingfang smiled at him, but in her heart, she was thinking about how to get in touch with him.
The banquet was rather dull, even a little cold. Because the highest leader present, Du Minsheng, was not a talkative person, and his expression was always solemn, it was not good for others to talk or laugh. Li Jing didn't have much in common with others. Most of the time, he ate and drank in silence. Li Rui and Jin Rui's status was lower. If the leader didn't say anything, it was naturally not good for them to talk. Therefore, during the entire banquet, other than Zhang Mingfang occasionally chatting with them, it was very quiet most of the time.
After the banquet, Zhang Mingfang sent the two city leaders off. After the two leaders got on the car, she shook hands with Li Rui and said in a low voice with a smile, "Director Li, please take care of me in the future." Li Rui couldn't help but laugh. In his heart, he thought, take care of you? What do I have to take care of you? It's my boss who should take care of you. Of course, in his heart, he understood that this was what she meant. She wanted him to say good things about her in front of his boss so that she could improve faster. He said, "Director Zhang, you are too polite. You want me to take care of you. Isn't that too much for me? I want to, but I can't. However, if there is a suitable opportunity, I will help you put in a few good words. "
Qingyang City Cultural Relics Bureau was an organization directly under the Qingyang Municipal Government. It was a department-level unit. Zhang Mingfang, as the director, was a department-level leader. In theory, if she wanted to improve, she could only be a deputy department-level cadre. She could either be a deputy department-level inspector or directly be a deputy department-level leader. This was obviously something that the city leaders couldn't solve. They had to ask the provincial party committee leaders for permission. Since that was the case, why did she ask Song Chaoyang, who was actually behind Li Rui, to take care of her?
The reason was very simple, but it needed to be explained slowly.
Although the department-level cadre had the same rank, the department-level units were divided into different levels. To give a simple example, the Municipal Party Committee's Political Research Office and the Municipal Finance Bureau were both department-level units. However, how could the two units be compared? The Finance Bureau was in charge of the city's money bag. It was one of the departments that the Municipal Government relied on the most. All the large and small units in the city had to look at its eyes. Not to mention other funds, just talking about wages, if the Finance Bureau made a mistake and delayed payment for a few days or didn't pay at all, it was enough to make all the units suffer. As for the Municipal Party Committee's Political Research Office, it didn't have any power. It only did research all day long. It didn't have any ability. How could it compare to the Finance Bureau? It probably couldn't even compare to a department under the Finance Bureau.
Under normal circumstances, the most popular and powerful departments in the city were the Public Security Bureau, the Finance Bureau, the Electricity Bureau, the Tax Bureau, the Transportation Bureau, etc. These departments were ranked at the top of the department-level. They were like tall, rich, and handsome people. There were also some, such as the National Development and Reform Commission, the Industry and Commerce Bureau (which had declined), the Water Conservancy Bureau, the Forestry Bureau, etc., that had less power and less money. They were considered to be in the middle class. The last few units were ranked at the bottom. They were the legendary cold yamen, such as the Municipal Party Committee's Political Research Office, the Organization Office, the Cultural Heritage Bureau, etc. The reason why they were reduced to cold yamen was very simple. They had no power.
Of course, there were also special circumstances. For example, the Cultural Heritage Bureau in Beijing was one of the wealthiest units. Why? Because Beijing had many cultural relics and historical sites. The tourism market was mature and developed. Just the Cultural Heritage Bureau alone had many public institutions. These public institutions were all collecting tickets. How could they earn less money? When the small river was full, the big river would naturally be full. However, this kind of example was very rare. After all, not every city had the resources of Beijing.
The topic was a bit off topic. Back to Zhang Mingfang. She didn't want to be promoted to a deputy director. She just wanted to change from a cold yamen like the Cultural Heritage Bureau to a unit with better benefits to be a leader. Although her rank wouldn't change, she would have power in her hands, which was equivalent to being promoted. For this reason, she didn't hesitate to lower her status and called herself a "little girl" in front of Li Rui. She probably wouldn't even say this in front of the Municipal Party Committee's Secretary, Song Chaoyang.
Zhang Mingfang saw that Li Rui readily agreed. She was both happy and nervous. After all, they didn't know each other very well. Even if he agreed, he might not be sincere in helping her. Moreover, she didn't have any impression of his boss, Song Chaoyang. Even if he put in a good word for her, would his boss think highly of her? No, she had to leave an impression on his boss as soon as possible. She thought for a while and said, "I don't know if Song Chaoyang is busy recently. I want to report to him when he's free. I wonder if Director Li can help me with this?"
As the Municipal Party Committee's Secretary, Song Chaoyang was in charge of the overall situation. In theory, he was in charge of all the city's Deputy Division Leaders and above. Therefore, it wasn't out of line for Zhang Mingfang to ask him to report to her.
Li Rui had the authority to arrange an opportunity for her to meet Song Chaoyang. For her, this was a very difficult task. For him, it was just a matter of saying something when his boss was free. Therefore, he agreed readily.
Zhang Mingfang was even more happy when she saw that he was willing to help. She thought that she was going to get something this time. Not only did she get the opportunity to meet the Municipal Party Committee's Secretary, but she also got the chance to make friends with him, a popular person in the Municipal Party Committee. It was killing two birds with one stone. She smiled and sent him off to the car. Then, she watched as their car drove away. She thought that since this little brother was so kind, she had to show him some respect and let him know that she was a good friend.
After returning to the Municipal Party Committee, Li Rui took the initiative to tell Song Chaoyang about the process of accompanying Du Minsheng in the morning.
Song Chaoyang smiled and asked, "What did you learn from this trip with the Secretary General?" Li Rui said emotionally, "I learned a lot. The Secretary General taught me by example how to be a good secretary. He taught me how to think more, how to learn more, and how to improve. I benefited a lot. " Song Chaoyang nodded and said, "I guessed that the Secretary General brought you out for a research trip to give you special treatment. As expected. The Secretary General really put a lot of thought into this. Hehe. " Li Rui knew what Song Chaoyang meant. He definitely understood that Du Minsheng was supporting him from his future uncle's point of view. He said, "Actually, it wasn't just the Secretary General who took care of me. Boss, you also gave me a lot of advice. I've been with you for the past few months, but I feel like I've wasted the past six years of my official career. "
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
