Chapter Twenty-Two: Hurry Up and Treat Me

  Suddenly hearing this news, Ye Pingyu felt a bit dizzy and couldn't react, stuttering: "Jian... Jianzhong, what did you say... I became... Deputy Director of the Party Committee Office at the deputy department level?"

  Xiao Jianzhong said: "It's not how you got it, when you were assigned to the township, we all felt sorry for you, and you also looked at us who were assigned to the county, envying to death. But now it seems that being in the township is not as good as this, you were promoted to deputy department level so quickly! The people from the Organization Department said it was because you volunteered to go to the grassroots level in the township, so this time they broke the rules and promoted you. This time, you little brat got lucky!"

  Take the initiative to work at the grassroots level in the town? Ye Pingyu couldn't help but smile wryly. If you want to promote someone, you can find a thousand reasons, and if you want to veto someone's promotion, you can also find a thousand reasons. It just didn't occur to him that being sent to the countryside back then would now become a reason for his promotion.

  "Jian Zhong, are you saying this thing is true?" Ye Pingyu still felt somewhat unbelievable.

  Xiao Jianzhong said: "How can this kind of thing deceive you, I estimate that the Organization Department will come to your village tomorrow to announce it, if there is any falsehood, I will immediately run to your village to apologize and give you a gift!"

  Yeping Yu hastily laughed and said, "Don't be kidding, you're the county leader, I can't afford it. If it's fake, then please treat us to dinner, we classmates haven't gathered together for a long time!"

  Township cadres call county cadres "county leaders" when they meet, and Ye Pingyu sometimes jokes with Xiao Jianzhong, calling him "county leader".

  Xiao Jianzhong burst out laughing and said, "No problem! If it's fake, I'll specially invite you to dinner and apologize. But if it's true, then you have to treat us to a meal!"

  Ye Pingyu said hastily: "This is natural, I'll even pay a month's salary to treat everyone, isn't that enough?"

  Xiao Jianzhong immediately laughed and said: "You've already become the director of the party and government office, how can you still think about using your salary to treat us? If that's the case, then we won't eat. Your little salary is enough to eat what? If you want to eat, just use the public funds from your county, you're the director of the party and government office, just go back and reimburse it!"

  Ye Pingyu immediately said: "Isn't that using public funds for personal entertainment? We are having a private gathering, if others find out, they will talk."

  Xiao Jianzhong laughed and said: "I'm telling you, Pingyu, how come you're still as naive as when you were in college? You think you can clearly distinguish between public and private matters? Think about it, now that you've become the director of the Party and Government Office, we should congratulate you. Isn't there both public and private interests involved here? They're all mixed together, how can you tell them apart? No need to say more, once you've become the director of the Party and Government Office, you'll understand. I won't say any more, the leader is coming over soon, I'll hang up first!"

  After talking for a while, Xiao Jianzhong hung up the phone. After hanging up the phone, Ye Pingyu was excited and couldn't calm down, feeling restless. Just then, Chang Fang rushed over from outside and saw him in the room, saying to him: "Little Ye, go out for a moment, I have a private call to make!"

  Chang Fang and Zhao Yanan walked in one after the other, wanting to make a private call. Ye Pingyu didn't know what kind of private call they wanted to make, anyway, the phone in the office was also unclear whether it was public or private, except that he rarely made private calls, others were not rare to hold the phone and cook telephone porridge, just one month's phone bill is not small, don't know how many are private calls.

  He couldn't say anything, turned around and walked out. As soon as he went out the door, he ran into Zhao Yuncai, the head of the rural finance office. He thought about the cost of that bed which hadn't been reimbursed yet, and now he didn't have much money, but still had to entertain guests. His sister's school uniform and living expenses had spent all his salary for the month. A few days ago when he went to find him, he was still evasive. Now he asked him again, when would he be able to reimburse him?

  "Zhao Suo Chang, about the cost of that bed..." Ye Ping Yu reminded him as soon as he saw Zhao Yun Cai.

  Zhao Yuncai waved his hand and said with a slightly raised eyebrow, "Xiao Ye, don't be in a hurry. When the village has money, I'll be the first to reimburse you. Now the village doesn't have any money, and many of the village leaders' accounts haven't been reimbursed yet, so don't worry about that little bit of money!"

  "This has been said so many times, Ye Pingyu didn't want to listen anymore, and said: "Director Zhao, this money was promised by Director Niu when he was in charge, and Mayor Cao also signed for it back then. Even if the town doesn't have any more money, this little bit of money can't be nonexistent, right? I just started working and don't have much money on hand either, so please just give us the money!"

  As soon as Zhao Yuncai heard Ye Pingyu speak to him like that, he began to question him. His face changed, and he said: "Director Niu promised to give you a report, so go find Director Niu, the accounts of the township leaders have not been reported yet, are you more important than the township leaders?"

  As soon as he said this, Ye Pingyu knew that he was intentionally not giving him a report, and even brought up the village leader to suppress him. Thinking of Xiao Jianzhong's phone call just now, he could only endure it again, seeing if he would eventually give him a report or not.

  Just as he was about to leave, Yan Bengli suddenly slipped out from the side and walked over with a smile when he saw Zhao Yuncai, saying: "Old Zhao, did you approve the invoice I gave you last time? Can it be reported now?"

  Yan Bengli's last reported invoice, after being signed by Old Zheng, was then signed by Cao Dafu. After arriving at the finance department, it was reviewed again and approved for payment by Zhao Yuncai before the money could be released to him. Although he has now submitted his account, he hasn't received the money yet, so as soon as he sees Zhao Yuncai, he comes over to ask about it.

  Zhao Yuncai smiled as soon as he saw Yan Bengli and said, "Old Yan, don't worry, when have I ever delayed your payment? In two days, a sum of money from the county will arrive, and you can come to collect it then!"

  As soon as he heard that there was such a situation, Ye Pingyu couldn't help but say: "Director Zhao, can I go and get it in two days?"

  Zhao Yuncai completely ignored him, pretending not to have heard, and walked away with his arm around Yan Bengli's shoulder. As they walked, he smiled at Yan Bengli and said, "This kid, Lao Niu promised something a long time ago and now wants to settle the account, I don't know what he's thinking!"

  Yan Bengli also knew about this, and smiled: "Old Zhao, at the beginning Old Niu let him come to our water conservancy station to borrow a bed, I just said one sentence and sent him away, letting him buy it himself. As a result, he really went to buy it, haha, what a fool!"

  "Lao Yan, we've always gotten along pretty well, haven't we? I've never frozen your account before!" Zhao Yuncai chuckled and said, trying to get closer.

  Yan Bengli burst out laughing and said: "That's natural, the relationship between us two brothers is definitely unspoken. Do you want to go to Dongsheng Wine House again tonight?"

  Zhao Yuncai furrowed his brow and said, "What's the point of going to Dongsheng Wine House? I've been drinking a bit too much lately, and I don't feel like going anywhere. Let me tell you something serious: Old Cao is going to become the secretary, you know my original relationship with him, I'm worried that after he becomes the secretary, he'll make moves on this aspect, can you help me out in this regard?"

  As soon as Zhao Yuncai mentioned this matter, Yan Bengli immediately knew that he felt a crisis. It turned out that his relationship with Yang Maojun was good, and he was one of Yang's people. After Yang was investigated, he was also called in for questioning, but nothing was found on him, so he was released. Now Cao Dafu is about to become the secretary, and after becoming the secretary, he wants to make personnel changes. The head of the finance department is a very important position, and it's hard to get the job without being a close confidant of the secretary, so he naturally wanted to keep his position.

  After some thought, he could actually help with this matter because he was a local resident and had good relations with the village leaders, who generally wouldn't offend him. On the contrary, they would rely on him, so if he could speak up for Zhao Yuncai, it might have some effect.

  "Lao Zhao, I know what you're thinking, this is no problem. When the opportunity arises, I'll have a chat with Lao Cao. With Lao Zhao, I can also talk things through. As long as these two nod their heads, do you still need to worry about these matters?" After thinking for a moment, Yan Bingli patted his chest and said this, although in his heart he didn't have much confidence, but in front of Zhao Yuncai, he had to show off his abilities.

  Zhao Yuncai hastily thanked him and said: "Old Yan, I won't say another word to that brother. Come on, let's go to the finance department to get the money!"

  Yan Bengli was surprised: "Didn't you say it would take two days to arrive?"

  Zhao Yuncai slyly smiled and said: "Those were just words for that kid to hear, you actually believed it!"

  "Haha! Old Zhao, you really had me fooled!"

  "Haha!"

  The two of them were talking as they walked away, and Ye Pingyu had just started to hear a bit of their conversation. Later on, he naturally couldn't hear it anymore. After they had gone far away, thinking about what the two of them had said, and their smug expressions earlier, he felt like he was being strangled by his own heart. They were clearly playing him! If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he really wouldn't have believed that Zhao Yuncai actually never intended to give him an account, but was just playing with him. Now that he had directly stated the reason to his face, he also directly opened up the issue, which was not giving him an account. It turned out they were just playing him!

  I was very excited and happy when I received Xiao Jianzhong's phone call, but now that this has happened again, my heart is feeling depressed. I don't know what attitude Zhao Yuncai will have after becoming the director of the Party and Government Office, and whether he will reimburse me for the bed expenses or not. From today's situation, it seems certain that he won't reimburse me.

  Just then, Chang Fang suddenly came out of the office. When she saw him, her face was like a flower about to bloom. Zhao Ya Nan standing beside her was also smiling brightly. Ye Ping Yu felt a bit strange and didn't know why they were acting this way.

  Just then, Chang Fang suddenly jumped up and laughed, saying: "Director Ye, we congratulate you on your promotion!"

  Yue Pingyu was startled and stuttered: "Fang Jie, w-what did you just call me?"

  Zhao Yan stood beside him and coquettishly said: "Ye Pingyu, don't try to deceive us anymore, we already know. You've been promoted to be the director of the Party and Government Office, hurry up and treat us!"