Chapter Fourteen: Conflict

  After Lao Zheng finished talking with him and returned to the party office, Ye Pingyu didn't say a word. Chang Fang and Zhao Yan saw the expressions of him and Liang Jun and felt something was strange. Liang Jun had been in high spirits just now, but after going out for a few rounds, he found that his face was pulled long, sitting there for half a day without speaking, and from time to time staring at Ye Pingyu who sat quietly with a calm face, making people feel as if the two had a feud.

  Chang Fang guessed that it was because of her affair, Liang Jun had always wanted to take advantage of her, but she really looked down on this guy. Even if he became the director of the party and government office in the future, what could he do? Getting close to him was a political choice, but not to compromise herself. Although she gave people a very flirtatious feeling, that was just superficial. At heart, she was also a lady like Zhao Yanan!

  She just spoke with Ye Pingyu, and I'm sure Liang Jun is jealous. But thinking about last night's events, she also feels that she got a bit too close to Ye Pingyu. The situation isn't clear yet, so she needs to keep some things in reserve. Liang Jun must think something is going on between her and Ye Pingyu, but actually, she has her own ideas about this matter. Her boyfriend isn't even working here, Liang Jun is just overthinking.

  Chang Fang thought for half a day and couldn't think of anything else, Zhao Ya Nan was even more confused, Ye Ping Yu's drinking incident Chang Fang didn't tell her, Chang Fang was someone who had more ideas than her, some things would be told to her, but some things were reserved.

  Yao Weiguo is no longer concerned about these things, he only cares about how to adjust his next step. However, he also wishes that Liang Jun would suddenly lose power, this kid is too hateful. In the countryside, rumors have already begun to spread that Niu Zhencai and Yang Maoyun's misfortune may be related to him. If it's true, then Niu Zhencai was really blind, originally he reused him, treating him as a confidant, while also considering him a friend.

  Everyone was sitting, and the director of the water conservancy station, Yan Bengli, suddenly came to the door of the party and government office with a smile on his face. After entering the house and seeing Old Zheng, he said: "Director Zheng, our water conservancy station spent a lot of money on flood control and drought relief recently, now give us back the invoices!"

  All the expenses that need to be reimbursed by the town must go through the audit of the Party and Government Office. In the past, this matter was personally handled by Director Niu Zhencai of the Party and Government Office. All station masters who wanted to reimburse expenses in the town had to curry favor with him, otherwise they would not be able to reimburse.

  But now this job Lao Zheng didn't grasp in his hands, instead he gave the power to Liang Jun according to Cao Da Fu's request, so Liang Jun's power is very big. Therefore, Yan Bengli was smiling and looking at Liang Jun while talking to Lao Zheng, he must get along well with Liang Jun, otherwise Liang Jun would be picky and this account couldn't be settled.

  But at this time, Liang Jun's emotions were not good, and he was thinking about things there. Facing Yan Bengui's smiling face, he had no reaction. Yan Bengui took a look and thought that maybe he had unintentionally offended him. If so, the situation would be difficult to handle. It might even require him to shed some blood tonight to invite Liang Jun to East Rising Wine House for a drink and resolve this issue at the dinner table!

  Lao Zheng looked at the invoice handed over to him, thought for a moment, and Yan Bengli thought he would let him hand it over to Liang Jun as usual. But this time, it was beyond his expectation. He saw that he took the invoice and glanced at it casually, saying: "Xiao Liang has been busy with things recently, you give the invoice to Xiao Ye for review, and if there are any more invoices like this in the future, let Xiao Ye review them!"

  After talking to Yan Bengli, Old Zheng said to Ye Pingyu: "Little Ye, have a look at the invoice from Station Master Yan, and then bring it back for me to sign. Then go find Township Head Cao to get reimbursed!"

  Ye Pingyu walked over after hearing Old Zheng's words, and Yan Bengli handed the invoice to him. However, he was confused and had a strange expression on his face, as if he wanted to hand it over to Ye Pingyu but didn't want to at the same time. After handing it over, he asked, "Director Zheng, will Xiao Liang no longer be auditing accounts in the future?"

  Lao Zheng glanced at him and said: "Don't worry about this for now, there are other things that need to be taken care of, Xiaoliang!"

  He glanced back at Liang Jun, who still had no expression. It wasn't until then that Yan Bengli realized why Liang Jun was like this when he came in. Could it be that the power to audit accounts had been taken away from him and given to Ye Pingyu? The situation was quite unexpected. If he had known it would be like this, he wouldn't have brought the invoice for auditing today, because there were some other contents in the invoice. If Liang Jun were to audit it, with their relationship, a meal would solve the problem. But Ye Pingyu was someone he had never dealt with before. What if problems arose during the audit?

  Although it's not a big deal, but if the audit doesn't pass and several fake invoices are found out, wouldn't that be very embarrassing?

  Yan Bengli's big eyes rolled around and around, then walked to Ye Pingyu with a smile: "Xiao Ye, when can this invoice be audited? We are in urgent need of the money!"

  Ye Pingyu took a look at him, and as for Yan Bengli, he didn't have a good impression of him. Usually when he saw the village officials with power, he would flatter them more than anyone else, but when he saw those without power or influence, he wouldn't even give them a glance, with an air of superiority. He was very self-serving. When he first arrived, his dormitory didn't have a bed, and Niu Zhencai told him that there was still one bed at the water conservancy station, letting him go get it to use. As a result, after he went and mentioned it to Yan Bengli, Yan Bengli's eyes rolled around and said: "We need that bed at the water conservancy station, you don't have a bed to sleep in? You can just buy one yourself!"

  As soon as he said that, Ye Pingyu had no choice but to return and tell Niu Zhencai. Niu Zhencai didn't say a word, and really let him go buy a bed first, the money spent on buying the bed can be reimbursed with his signature.

  Just after going to work, there was no money. Now I took the money from home and bought a bed. Then I went with Niu Zhencai to sign, but after signing, when we went to the finance department to report, the head of the finance department, Zhao Yuncai, said that the countryside had no money and asked him to wait until there was money before reporting. At that time, he also believed it, but when he asked others, they told him that even if the countryside didn't have much money, it wasn't short of the amount needed to buy a bed. This is just an excuse not to reimburse him!

  Only then did he realize that in the countryside, officials without power or influence were not much stronger than ordinary people. In front of those powerful officials, they were nothing and couldn't even get into their circle. The mid-level officials in the countryside often ate and drank together, all having their own cliques. If they banded together, even the secretary and township head couldn't control them, let alone him, a newcomer who had just joined. They wouldn't take him seriously at all, playing with him as if he were a toy.

  But as long as they have the power in their hands, the situation is immediately different. This is also why village cadres all want to mix with officials, even if the official position is not high, as long as they have the power in their hands.

  Li Jun was welcomed by so many mid-level cadres, on the one hand because they looked up to Li Jun's career prospects, and on the other hand also because he had power in his hands, so they spent all day finding excuses to eat and drink with Li Jun and build a good relationship.

  Now Old Zheng suddenly lets him come to audit the accounts of the water conservancy station, Yan Bengli takes a look at his hands with power, and that smiling face comes up, otherwise he would not pay attention to himself.

  After listening to Yan Bengli's words, Ye Pingyu thought for a moment and frowned: "Director Yan, let me take a look first, after reviewing it, Director Zheng will sign and notify you!"

  He was dismissed with just one sentence, Yan Bengli couldn't get angry, still smiling on his face. The more he spoke in an official tone, the less he could be underestimated. They were all seasoned veterans who understood these things. What made them pass the audit immediately when they had no connection with you?

  "Alright, I'll wait for your call!" Yan Bengli smiled awkwardly, then turned around and greeted Old Zheng before leaving.

  What happened just now was seen by others, and since Lao Zheng is still here, no one dared to ask Ye Pingyu, but they thought about it in their hearts, and understood a bit more than before. After Liang Jun went out several times, his mood became bad, probably because he had been deprived of the power to audit accounts. Lao Zheng said he had other things to do, what else could he have to do? The party and government office is just that simple, anyone can do it, now they don't let him do it, and hand it over to Ye Pingyu to do, obviously depriving him of his auditing power.

  The power to audit is a very important power, and all the station masters have to fawn on him. Now that he's not allowed to audit, he must be very unhappy. But why did this change happen suddenly? Is it because this kid was bribed during the audit and someone reported him?

  Everyone was still a bit confused, the atmosphere in the office was somewhat tense. After sitting for a while, Old Zheng got up and walked out, but he left, Liang Jun was still there, they were not very good at asking questions, just observing the two of them.

  After a while, Liang Jun suddenly stood up from his seat and walked to the center of the office, looked at Ye Pingyu, and said coldly: "Little Ye, you're quite capable, secretly making trouble for me and causing me problems. Don't think that just because I let you audit my account, you can do whatever you want. We'll see about this in the future!"

  As soon as he saw him coming to attack himself, Ye Pingyu didn't show weakness. He could tolerate others, but he absolutely couldn't tolerate this person who had once reported on him behind his back.

  He immediately slammed the table and stood up, saying: "You have to make it clear to me what you mean. How did I bother you? What did I do to you? If you don't clarify this, I won't let you off!"

  I didn't expect Ye Pingyu's temper to be so big, it was a bit beyond his expectation, making him somewhat unable to control the situation. Liang Jun suddenly felt very embarrassed, but since things had come to this point, he couldn't retreat either, and could only say sternly: "What do you want? You know what kind of tricks you're playing yourself, and now you still won't let me off, I'm not done with you yet!"

  Looking at Liang Jun's gestures, Ye Pingyu walked up to him, and it seemed like the two were about to fight. Chang Fang and several others rushed over to mediate, pulling them apart. Although Liang Jun didn't show weakness, he was still somewhat intimidated by Ye Pingyu's aura. If they were to fight, he would be far outmatched!