Coup d'état

  Liu Cuifen never expected that the new director would call her to his office, see him smiling warmly and asking her to sit down, her heart skipped a few beats, she sat on the edge of the chair, her face flushed.

  Han Dong called Liu Cuifen in, just to ask her about the situation in the office. This Liu Cuifen was the first subordinate to approach him, and she must know something about the situation and wouldn't hide it.

  As expected, Liu Cuifen put her hands on her knees, with two red clouds on her cheeks, and also answered Han Dong's questions one by one. From her mouth, Han Dong had a good grasp of the situation in the office, nodded his head in satisfaction, and said: "Hmm, not bad, nothing else, you go to work first."

  Liu Cuifen nodded and walked out with a red face, but her mind was in a mess, not knowing what Han Dong had asked earlier, nor remembering how she had answered.

  After a moment of contemplation, Han Dong made a phone call to the office and asked Deputy Director Zou Gang to come over.

  Zou Gang is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a flat head and a steady appearance, sitting upright.

  "Don't be nervous, I just want to have a casual chat with you." Han Dong said with a smile, taking out a cigarette and tossing one to him while lighting one himself, doing so to ease the atmosphere and make the subsequent conversation smoother.

  Zou Gang hastily took out the lighter to light up for Han Dong, then lowered his head to light his own cigarette in hand, which was surprisingly a Zhonghua cigarette. He was stunned for a moment, and then lit it up, taking a deep drag, "I've never tasted such good cigarettes before, thank you Director."

  Han Dong nodded and immediately started discussing the work in the office with him. The Statistical Bureau's office is mainly responsible for comprehensive coordination of administrative work within the bureau, as well as external liaison and coordination. Additionally, due to the lack of a dedicated finance department, financial work is also handled by the office. As deputy director of the office, one is usually in charge of finances. However, Zou Gang, this deputy director's area of responsibility was archives, employee training, etc., so basically there was nothing much to do.

  Zou Gang squinted his eyes and said: "Director, Director Zhao has strong work ability, is not afraid of hard work, and has a good grasp on all aspects of the work... we subordinates are very relaxed..."

  This kid is also clever, speaking with hidden meaning. Han Dong smiled and puffed out a smoke ring, saying: "Hmm, Director Zhao's strong work ability is a good thing, but it can't be that all the work is piled on his shoulders either. As the deputy director, you should do your job well too, and not push everything onto Director Zhao."

  "Yes, yes, Director is right, I will definitely follow your instructions and do a good job."

  Zou Gang hurriedly guaranteed, Han Dong smiled and said: "Alright, you go call Director Zhao over, I'll have a talk with him."

  Han Dong, as the head of a department, adjusted the division of labor between the director and deputy director of the office. Office Director Zhao Ren Shun was Vice Minister Huang Song's man, who controlled all important work in the office, leaving Deputy Director Zou Gang with only trivial matters to attend to. This was something Han Dong could not tolerate. The office director was essentially the general manager of the statistics bureau, and it wasn't easy for someone from outside to do anything.

  "Director, you're looking for me?" Zhao Renshun knocked on the door and came in, asking politely.

  Han Dong didn't stand on ceremony with him either, pointing at the chair in front of him and saying: "Yes, sit down."

  Zhao Renshun sat down, his heart filled with doubts. He had always been following Huang Song closely, originally expecting that this time Huang Song would further become the director, and he could also follow him to further advance, but unexpectedly a young man appeared out of nowhere, snatching away Huang Song's position and shattering his hopes. Therefore, he was also resentful towards Han Dong in his heart, and seeing how young Han Dong was, he looked down on him even more, only maintaining a superficial politeness.

  "Director Zhao, I just learned from Liu Cuifen and Director Zou that you've been doing a great job, very diligent, and many tasks are handled personally. I'm quite satisfied with this. However, as the office director, you can't do everything yourself, or else what's the point of having so many staff members? I think it's also necessary to give Director Zou some more responsibilities, otherwise he'll have nothing to do. What do you think?"

  Han Dong's words were implicit, but the meaning was very clear, that is, if you, Zhao Ren Shun, know what's good for you, then honestly give some of the power in the office to Zou Gang.

  Zou Gang sat on one side, listening to Han Dong's words, thinking that Han Director was not old, but his speech was still very good.

  "Yes, Director, you are right. I didn't think it through." Zhao Renshun understood the meaning of Han Dong's words, but still said softly and firmly: "Director, it's also because I'm thinking too much. If I don't keep an eye on each task, I won't feel at ease. After all, the work in the office is complex and prone to errors."

  Zou Gang, who was standing beside him, was furious upon hearing this, wasn't this obviously questioning his own work ability?

  Han Dong also had a grievance in his heart. This Zhao Renshun really had an iron determination to follow Huang Song, and he still wouldn't budge? He waved his hand and said: "Hmmm, you're not doing this right. If you don't let others do the work, how can you be sure they'll do a bad job? Alright, I think financial and logistical work is very complicated and detailed, so let's have Zou Gang take care of it. As for other tasks, you still need to keep an eye on them."

  Zhao Ren Shun was taken aback, handing over both finance and logistics to Zou Gang. What power does he have as director now? The whole thing has become a mess, is this kid trying to usurp his authority?

  A surge of resentment rose in his heart, and Zhao Renshun's face turned slightly red as he was about to muster the courage to object. But when he looked up, he saw Han Dong's eyes piercing over like sharp arrows, and his heart skipped a beat - his gaze was too sharp.

  "How about it? You don't want to?"

  Zhao Ren's heart skipped a beat and he said: "No... nothing, since that's the case, I'll prepare myself to hand over the financial and logistical work to Director Zou."

  "Okay, go now and first hand over the relevant documents to Director Zou, then transfer the rest later."

  "This..."

  Zhao Ren's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly remembered that there were still some reimbursement materials that hadn't been sorted out, and if he handed over the documents to Zou Gang at this time, the problem would easily be exposed.

  "Alright, you guys go ahead and take care of it, I have other things to attend to."

  Seeing him hesitate, Han Dong didn't give him a chance to continue making excuses and directly issued an order to expel the guest.

  Zou Gang immediately stood up and said to Zhao Ren Shun: "Director Zhao, I'm not very familiar with these two tasks either. You'll have to trouble yourself a lot more in the future."

  "Alright..." Zhao Renshun said helplessly, thinking that even if he handed over the materials to Zou Gang, he could still find an opportunity to fix the problem himself.

  Watching the two of them walk out, Han Dong leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh.

  The footsteps of struggle have already begun to move forward.