Chapter 1125: Forced Marriage

  After hanging up the phone, Zhang Dongfang excitedly rubbed his palms and paced back and forth in the office, repeatedly thinking about how to make good use of this rare opportunity to receive Xu Fei, the director, and strive to leave a deep and unforgettable good impression on him, laying a solid foundation for himself to be formally appointed.

  He was very clear: Xu Fei's first stop for investigation, exceptionally choosing Xinleng County Bureau, must have a reason. As for what the reason is, he paced back and forth for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

  But anyway, as long as Xu Fei came to Xinleng County Bureau, he had more opportunities to show himself as the acting director than other bureau leaders, and also had more chances to get close to Xu Fei.

  After careful consideration of some details of the reception of Xu Fei, Zhang Dongfang called Renjiao Ke to ask Renjiao Ke to inform other party group members and office directors to hold a party group enlarged meeting.

  At the party group meeting, Zhang Dongfang first reported that Xu Director of the Municipal Bureau would come to Xinleng County Bureau tomorrow for investigation and research. Then, he put forward several reception measures: First, all cadres of the county bureau must wear uniforms tomorrow, and when Director Xu arrives, they will stand in front of the office building and line up to welcome the municipal bureau leaders; Second, the office should work overnight to produce welcome banners and hang them in conspicuous places in the office building; Third, the office should work overnight to write a high-quality report, highlighting the achievements of Xinleng County Bureau in recent years from aspects such as tax revenue organization, leadership team construction, cadre team construction, tax law construction, party style and clean government construction, improving tax collection and management quality, and enhancing taxpayer service level; Fourth, do a good job in logistics service. The office should book the best rooms in the Xinleng Hotel's VIP building, and each room for municipal bureau leaders should be equipped with cigarettes, fruit, and toiletries...

  However, as soon as he proposed his plan, the head of the discipline inspection team, Zou Wenming, raised questions: "Director Zhang, your plan is very detailed and specific, but I have two questions. Firstly, you said that we should organize all staff to welcome Director Xu outside the office building, which would be a big show. Wouldn't this cause a bad impression? Moreover, we still don't know Director Xu's personality. If he dislikes such a grand gesture, wouldn't our actions be counterproductive? Secondly, when reporting to Director Xu, I think it's better not to report on the construction of the leadership team, cadre team, and party style and clean government construction in three aspects. Why? Because our county bureau has just had the Li Li and Chen Weiping incident. They were both high-ranking officials, one was the former head of our county bureau, and the other was the former director of the office. Now they are both in detention centers. Therefore, I think we are actually unqualified in terms of leadership team construction, party style and clean government construction, and cadre team construction. If you report on these three aspects again, wouldn't that be self-inflicted?"

  Zhang Dongfang thought for a moment and said, "The second point that Director Zou mentioned is indeed something I didn't consider thoroughly, so I agree with him. As for the first point, I think Director Zou is making a big deal out of nothing. From the very beginning of his tenure, Director Xu put our county bureau as the first stop for his investigation, which was a huge encouragement and motivation for all the cadres and staff in our county bureau. We organized everyone to welcome Director Xu at the gate of the bureau, firstly to show respect, secondly to express gratitude; thirdly, to let all our cadres and staff get familiar with the new municipal bureau director, isn't this normal? We didn't beat drums or set off fireworks, nor did we lay out a red carpet, what's not proper about that?"

  The other two deputy directors also expressed their views, saying that Director Zhang's proposal was correct and it was very necessary for all cadres to line up to welcome.

  At this time, Deputy Director Xiao Zhihui asked: "Director Zhang, who will write this report? Is it Ye Ming or Zhang Lihuan?"

  "Let Zhang Lihuan write it instead! Little Ye has been a bit restless lately, and his mind is hard to focus. This material is also very important, I'm afraid he can't grasp the key points. And tomorrow at the meeting, let Zhang Lihuan take notes, Ye Ming doesn't need to attend either."

  Zou Wenming raised an objection again: "Director Zhang, isn't this a bit inappropriate? Ye Ming has always been the office secretary. According to the division of labor, he should be writing such important materials. Moreover, the meeting records of the bureau should also be done by him, because after the meeting, he still needs to organize and issue the meeting minutes. Zhang Lihuang is still working in the sub-bureau, and I think his writing skills are far inferior to Ye Ming's. Is it suitable for him to write materials and take notes?"

  In fact, all the members present knew: Zhang Dongfang did this with a purpose.

  It turned out that Zhang Lihuan was the uncle of Zhang Dongfang's hometown, although they were not very close, Zhang Lihuan had always been trying to curry favor with Zhang Dongfang.

  After Li Li's downfall, Zhang Lihuan, who majored in Chinese literature, thought he had a good writing talent and set his sights on the deputy director of the office secretariat. Recently, he often brought gifts to Zhang Dongfang's home.

  It just so happens that Zhang Dongfang is also not fond of Ye Ming, and even secretly has a bit of fear: such a thorn in the side, if promoted to deputy director in the office, will eventually become his own heart disease. Although he has a good relationship with Li Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission, it is also said that he is in contact with the daughter of Xia Director of the Provincial Bureau, but those are high-level relationships, and the tentacles should not have reached the small Xinleng County Bureau yet.

  Moreover, although Ye Ming's major demerit has been revoked, the fact that he beat someone still exists. Not promoting him is also considering the bad influence of his beating, which is a very sufficient reason. Even if Provincial Bureau Director Xia personally inquires about it, he won't be able to say anything...

  After he acted as the director, he began to consciously hand over some overall materials to Zhang Lihuan for writing. When convening the bureau affairs meeting, Zhang Lihuan was also required to take minutes of the meeting. His reason is: Ye Ming has just returned from inspection and needs to adjust his state for a period of time before entering normal work.

  But in fact, everyone in the bureau knew it all along: he was going to replace Ye Ming's position as secretary with Zhang Lihuan, and in the upcoming middle-level deputy selection, promote Zhang Lihuan and squeeze out Ye Ming, who had the most hope of being promoted to deputy director of the secretariat...

  "Director Zou raised a question, and Zhang Lihuan replied: 'Director Zou, I don't have any prejudice against Comrade Ye Ming. However, we all know that Comrade Ye Ming has had many issues recently. We won't evaluate right or wrong here. My main consideration is that Comrade Ye Ming may not have fully recovered from the emotional ups and downs and needs a few days of rest to adjust his mindset and emotions. This is also out of concern for our cadres' well-being. So, I told Director Xiao yesterday: For the next few days, Comrade Ye Ming can rest at home and doesn't need to come to work. Once he's emotionally stable and feels he can focus on work without distraction, he can return to his post.'"

  "So, Ye Ming has been resting at home for the past few days?"

  Zou Wenming asked in surprise.

  Zhang Dongfang nodded and said: "That's right. Okay, we don't have to dwell on this issue now, let's discuss the details of receiving Director Xu instead!"

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