Chapter 1079

After indulging, they rested for a while and gradually regained their reason. Zhao Desan said to her, "Section Chief Lan, let me ask you something."

"What is it?" Lan Mei's face was still covered in a delicate flush, and her eyes looked at him like water.

Zhao Desan took a cigarette from the cigarette case, lit it, took a puff, blew a smoke ring, looked at her with a leisurely expression, and asked unhurriedly, "Section Chief Lan, have you heard the news that the province wants to add a Deputy Section Chief to the Planning Section of our Construction Committee?"

This was the first time Lan Mei had heard this news. She raised her willow eyebrows slightly, feeling very strange and surprised, and said, "Add a Deputy Section Chief to the Planning Section? How come I haven't heard of this matter? Besides, the organizational structure of the Construction Committee has clear regulations; there is no regulation for appointing a Deputy Section Chief at all?"

If Section Chief Lan, as the leader of the unit's Planning Section, didn't know about the movement of the Planning Section's organizational configuration, then it seemed that old guy Zheng Tulu really kept this news secret enough, Zhao Desan thought. "Section Chief Lan, you haven't heard of it?" Zhao Desan asked.

Lan Mei shook her head with a face full of ignorance: "No, this is the first time I've heard of such a thing. But it shouldn't be possible, right? The Construction Committee's personnel configuration is complete now, and the personnel organizational structure and personnel matters all have explicit regulations. How could a Deputy Section Chief be added?"

Zhao Desan said, "I heard it too. I also asked my cousin, and it seems there really is such a thing."

Lan Mei asked very surprised, "There really is such a thing? Then maybe the higher-ups have this idea, but it hasn't been conveyed down yet, so I don't know either. No one in the unit has heard anyone say it either."

Zhao Desan looked at her with a strange gaze and said, "Only Zheng Tulu in the unit knows, but he has blocked the news very tightly, and no one in the unit knows."

Lan Mei looked at him very suspiciously and asked, "Why would he block the news? And how would you know about this?"

Zhao Desan didn't directly say that he heard this news from Xia Jian's wife, Afang. After all, he didn't have much contact with Afang, and he was afraid that saying so would arouse Section Chief Lan's suspicion. Accustomed to lying without blinking, he said casually with a straight face and a calm heart, "I heard this news from my cousin. Section Chief Lan, why do you think Zheng Tulu would block this news?"

Lan Mei looked at Zhao Desan, her willow eyebrows slightly knitted, and after thinking for a moment, said, "Afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, right?"

Lan Mei smiled faintly and asked, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, then why do you think he would block the news?"

Zhao Desan smiled eerily and said, "I think he must want to promote his own people, and he's afraid that if the people below know about this news, they will fight for it and add trouble to him. So he wants to wait until there is an official document from above, then directly report his own people, so that others have no time to fight at all. Section Chief Lan, do you think I guessed right?"

Lan Mei tasted his words carefully, nodded, and said, "It should be." She looked at him with a strange gaze and asked, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, do you also want to seize this opportunity to be on equal footing with me?"

Zhao Desan said noncommittally, "With such a good opportunity, I definitely want to seize it. But even if I am promoted, there will still be a 'Deputy' character in front, so how can I be on equal footing with you, Section Chief Lan? The matters of the Planning Section are still decided by you."

Lan Mei smiled lightly and said, "If you want to go up, it's not simple. Tell your cousin; she is the Organization Department Minister. Appointing leaders of provincial units—isn't that decided by her?"

Zhao Desan said, "Then you are wrong, Section Chief Lan. The Organization Department isn't just my cousin alone; she can't ask about everything. Besides, according to the regulations of the 'Civil Servant Personnel Appointment Management Measures,' it still has to listen to the Construction Committee's opinion, and the Construction Committee is still decided by Zheng Tulu. But after all, it is about the Planning Section. If he gives you face, Section Chief Lan, regardless of whether he listens or not, he first has to consult your opinion. So, in this matter, you also have a certain right to speak, Section Chief Lan. Do you see if you should consider me when the time comes?"

Lan Mei finally understood. This Zhao Desan—taking such a big detour, isn't it just wanting her to help him in this matter? This guy is quite slick. "If you want me to help you, just say it. Why take such a big detour?" Lan Mei smiled lightly. "If I have the power to speak, you don't need to say it; I will recommend you too. But I can tell you, this isn't me practicing favoritism. I am speaking based on the principle of fairness and justice. Whether it is from work ability or character, I think you are the one with the best comprehensive quality in our Planning Section."

Getting Section Chief Lan was truly beyond Zhao Desan's expectation. But the current situation was that not only did he get Section Chief Lan and taste the wonderful flavor of this one-in-a-million top-tier young woman, but he also gained her appreciation. This made Zhao Desan feel very proud. Hearing Section Chief Lan praise him so unsparingly, he felt very satisfied in his heart.

Just at this moment, Lan Mei's mobile phone played music on the bedside table. Zhao Desan looked at it curiously while rising and falling, and saw the three characters "Director Zheng" displayed on the screen. "Zheng Tulu is calling." Zhao Desan said while rising and falling.

Only then did Lan Mei suddenly realize that she had left the wine table for too long, and she hadn't made a call back to tell everyone. Although she extremely disliked such occasions, after all, all the section-level cadres of the Construction Committee were there, and only she was absent, which was too unjustifiable. So she panted and said, "Comrade Xiao Zhao, you... you stop for a moment."

Zhao Desan stopped and lay motionless on her. Lan Mei hooked her hand to take the phone, shushed him, and pressed the answer button. Zheng Tulu's reproachful tone immediately came from inside: "Xiao Lan, what have you been doing? All the leaders of the Construction Committee are waiting for you. This is a collective activity; how can you leave halfway?"

Lan Mei suppressed her slightly rapid breathing and hurriedly explained with a feigned calm: "Director Zheng, I'm feeling a bit unwell. I'm really sorry." **CHAPTER 1080** **【1080-0】**