Chapter 113: Forced to Give Money

  Ye Pingyu walked up quickly and said: "Director Zhao, our town is indeed facing financial difficulties at present, and our economic development is also relatively backward. However, this does not mean that we will always be backward. Now that we are in trouble, the teachers urgently need to pay their salaries. If it were not for the teachers' salaries, but only for the cadres of the town, we would not have come so hastily to ask for money. So please pay us the money on time!"

  As soon as Ye Pingyu was evasive, Zhao Jianye's face turned black and he said: "I'm telling you what's going on. Didn't I say it before? When we have the money, we will naturally pay you!"

  Ye Pingyu walked to his desk, took out paper and pen, and said: "Director Zhao, since that's the case, we won't force you either. Please write a note explaining why you can't pay us, so we can take it directly to the county government!"

  "You!" Unexpectedly, Ye Pingyu would do such a thing. Zhao Jianye was so angry that he couldn't speak a word, staring at Ye Pingyu with his eyes wide open.

  Ye Pingyu calmed down and said, "Director Zhao, you are very busy with your work, and we don't want to waste your time. If you are not willing to write this note for us, then we can follow you and go find County Head Zhang together!"

  "You!" Zhao Jianye felt his stomach was about to explode, this Ye Pingyu was going to play tricks on him!

  Ye Pingyu looked at him firmly, without a hint of panic in his eyes. Zhao Jianye suddenly became flustered and said: "I won't write this letter for you!"

  Ye Pingyu looked at him and said calmly: "If Director Zhao is not willing to write a written statement himself, I can help Director Zhao write it down, and then you just need to sign your name. As long as the meaning is expressed, it's okay. If Director Zhao doesn't object, I can help you write it now!"

  Ye Pingyu was holding a pen and paper, looking like he was about to write something, when Zhao Jianye suddenly rushed towards Wen Kaibo and shouted: "Who allowed you to bring them here? Did I give my permission?"

  He was originally intimidated by Kai Bo's glare earlier, and now that he heard his words, he became even more frightened, lowering his head without daring to say a word.

  When Ye Pingyu saw Zhao Jianye criticizing Wen Kaibo in front of him, he felt that Zhao was being very rude. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a sense of injustice towards Wen Kaibo, so he immediately spoke up coldly: "Director Zhao, Kaibo is my classmate and I'm the one who brought him here. This matter has nothing to do with him. If you think this matter was handled incorrectly, don't blame it on his head. If you really don't want to pay us the money, that's fine, we can forget about it. But what I want to say is that all the consequences arising from this will be borne by your finance bureau. Our town may not have spent any money, but if the teachers can't get paid and can't eat, as the town head, I will naturally bear the responsibility. However, you, as the director of the finance bureau, will also have to take responsibility when the time comes!"

  Ye Pingyu said coldly and turned to leave with Liang Jun, Zhao Jianye was momentarily stunned, he didn't expect Ye Pingyu to be so young yet dare to say such harsh words, greatly exceeding his expectations. To think that in all the years he's been in politics, no village head has ever dared to speak to him like this, is this a threat?

  As he watched Ye Pingyu and Liang Jun leave, Zhao Jianye's mind finally calmed down, and he sat back at his desk. To be honest, this matter wasn't something he intentionally wanted to withhold money from Caolingzi Township, but rather someone had arranged it that way for him.

  When Ye Pingyu became the head of Caolingzi Township, Wu Dong felt uncomfortable. He knew that the township's finances were not rich, and every year they had to ask the county for money to maintain operations. Now that Ye Pingyu was there as the head, the first thing he faced was the issue of money. So, he specifically found Zhao Jianye and discussed this matter with him. Coincidentally, Zhao Jianye also had some resentment towards Ye Pingyu because he had tried to introduce his daughter to Ye Pingyu, but Ye Pingyu directly refused, making him feel very embarrassed. Otherwise, he would not have completely listened to Wu Dong's words and intercepted the money from Caolingzi Township.

  He thought it would be easy to just say that the county's finances were tight and they couldn't get the money out for a while, making Grass Ridge Township wait a bit longer, which would make things difficult for Ye Pingyu. But he didn't expect Ye Pingyu to come to the finance bureau in person to ask for the money.

  Ye Pingyu personally came to ask for money, he didn't take it too seriously and a few words could dismiss him, but unexpectedly Ye Pingyu would confront him head-on, and even uttered threatening words.

  "He's just about the same age as my own daughter, and yet he dares to threaten me like this?" Zhao Jianye sat there, repeatedly thinking about what Ye Pingyu had said, carefully pondering the meaning behind his words. From Ye Pingyu's reaction earlier, he felt that Ye was not an easy person to deal with. If this kid really took other measures, would he, as a finance bureau chief for many years, run into some trouble?

  When the officials get older, they become more cautious. The position of Director of the Finance Bureau is a hot potato. Ye Pingyu was originally the secretary of Zhu Zishen, and he is considered to be Zhang Mingshun's man. If he makes a mistake and gets caught, it will be a big deal. Although Ye Pingyu is not cunning, he will probably not be able to escape blame if the teachers in Cao Lingzi Township really come to petition because of unpaid wages and cause a major incident. The threat from Ye Pingyu is not an idle rumor!

  After careful consideration, Zhao Jianye felt a bit numb in the scalp. He was an old official who had been intimidated by a young man. It's really terrifying, it's really terrifying!

  Ye Pingyu and Liang Jun got out of the finance bureau's gate, sat in the car, seeing Ye Pingyu expressionless, Liang Jun asked: "Director Ye, what should we do now? Should we go to the county government again?"

  "Let's not rush, we'll go eat now and talk about it this afternoon," Ye Pingyu said calmly.

  Seeing Ye Pingyu's very calm expression, Liang Jun didn't know what other ideas he had, but Ye Pingyu's performance just now had already shocked him. Zhao Jianye was the head of the county finance bureau, and yet Ye Pingyu dared to directly confront him, not leaving any face at all. However, after hearing this, he felt very pleased. The people in the county finance bureau were always high up above, acting like masters every day, really treating themselves as if they were gods of wealth, making lower-level cadres cater to them. But just catering wasn't enough; at critical moments, they would also hold back on you a bit. Money that should have been received originally had to be delayed for a while, as if not doing so would make their existence seem unnecessary.

  But now thoroughly offended Zhao Jianye, it's unknown whether he can get the money back, and in the future, he still needs to come to the finance bureau on official business, which may make things even more difficult. However, Ye Pingyu seems very calm, will things be able to work out after all?

  Liang Jun was lost in thought, and at noon when eating lunch, Ye Pingyu called over Bao Gelei and Xiao Jianzhong to eat together. After seeing them, he acted as if nothing had happened, chatting and laughing with ease.

  After finishing lunch, Ye Pingyu lay down in the car to rest for a while. After resting well, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it. It was almost time to go back to work in the afternoon. He had to think about what to do next, and at the same time, he was also waiting for a call. If the call came, he wouldn't have to think about what to do anymore.

  Liang Jun looked anxious in the car, if there was no result today, the pressure from the countryside would become greater and greater, without money everything could not be operated, he as the head of the finance office actually had nothing to do.

  After waiting for a while, Ye Pingyu's mobile phone suddenly rang, and he picked it up to answer: "Kai Bo, what's the matter?"

  As soon as the phone call from Bo Da came, after hearing Ye Pingyu's voice, he immediately said: "Director Zhao has loosened up, let you come to the bureau tomorrow afternoon to get the money. At the same time, he asked me to tell you that today's matter is embarrassing, and I hope you won't mind!"

  "I didn't expect Zhao Jianye to be so polite in the end," Ye Pingyu said happily: "Then please also tell Director Zhao that my way of speaking today was a bit inappropriate, and I'll invite him out for dinner another day to apologize. As for the money, thank you!"

  "I must have gotten through to him!" Wen Kai Bo said, then whispered privately: "Ping Yu, you were really formidable today. After you left, Zhao Jian Ye stayed in the office and didn't come out. I reckon he was repeatedly considering your words and finally compromised and agreed to your request. If it were me, I wouldn't have dared to say that!"

  Ye Pingyu smiled and asked: "Are you okay? Did he give you a hard time?"

  "Anyway, I thought he had a good impression of you last time, but this time I don't know what's wrong with him, it's hard for you. But I'm not afraid of him either, at worst I won't work in the office anymore, and he can't fire me!"

  Kai Bo felt criticized by Zhao Jianye for his sake, and Ye Pingyu said, "Kai Bo, this is troublesome for you. Let's have dinner another day to make up for it!"

  "Never mind, it's just a small matter!" said Wen Kai Bo with a smile.

  He Hang up the phone and Liang Jun turned his head to ask: "Ye Xiangzhang, did Zhao Jianye agree to give us money?"

  Ye Pingyu smiled and said: "You come directly tomorrow to take it, this is the money we deserve, he has no reason to withhold it from us."

  Liang Jun was overjoyed when he heard that it was true, and said: "Ye Xiangzhang, with your intervention, the matter will be settled immediately. Moreover, you also scolded Zhao Jianye, don't you think he is being arrogant?"

  Ye Pingyu glanced at him and said, "He's being forced to agree, he must be unhappy in his heart. I don't want to say much about him, but it's really hard for us. If we still can't get the money, and Teacher Wang comes to visit, what will we do? Another day, I'll come with Secretary Zhao and you to invite him out for a meal, as an apology, and also to ease our relationship with the finance bureau."

  Ye Pingyu's words made sense, and Liang Jun repeatedly agreed: "Director Ye, you're right! We don't want to offend him either!"

  After the two finished talking, the car started moving and headed directly to Caolingzi Township. Along the way, Ye Pingyu didn't idle around, but instead thought about why Zhao Jianye was making things difficult for their village, and when did the village offend him?