Chapter 1136

He Liping's words were very tactful, but Zheng Tulu, the first in command of the government, understood immediately. He smiled with understanding and nodded: "You go."

He Liping walked out of the coffee shop and called the boss who was nearby directly, saying tactfully: "President Li, I am near your company now. I came out to buy some furniture today, but the money is not enough. Can you take some for me to cushion it first?"

The man on the phone immediately said no problem twice, asked for He Liping's location, and in less than five minutes, a Range Rover stopped by the road. A middle-aged man got off the car, walked up fawningly, and handed her something wrapped in a bulging black plastic bag, saying: "Deputy Director He, this is 100,000 yuan. You use it first. If it's not enough, call me again, and I'll send it to you."

He Liping took the black plastic bag, smiled with satisfaction, exchanged a few pleasantries, sent him away, and returned to the coffee shop. When she appeared in front of Zheng Tulu with a black plastic bag, he glanced at what she was holding, and didn't say anything about the matter he was worried about just now.

While waiting for Director Zhu to come over, Zheng Tulu had been staring at He Liping with shining eyes. He really liked this old lover more and more. He became more determined to promote her to be the deputy director.

"Director Zheng, why do you always stare at people like this?" He Liping asked gently.

Zheng Tulu sipped his coffee and smiled: "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, so I want to take a good look."

He Liping blinked her electric eyes lightly and asked in a tender tone: "When I go to your Provincial Construction Committee, won't I be able to let you see me every day?" He Liping's words were a weakened version of "Once you get me to the Provincial Construction Committee, I will let you see me every day." It sounded good and contained another layer of meaning that Zheng Tulu could understand.

"It won't work to see me every day." Zheng Tulu looked straight at her, with a cunning smile on his face, and said.

He Liping heard another layer of meaning from his words, so she stretched her foot over and rubbed it gently on his calf, saying: "At worst, just do whatever you say. I am a person promoted by you, Director Zheng. As long as it is something Director Zheng likes, I am willing to work like a dog and a horse."

"Liping, you are still the most sensible. Do you know why I want to replace our deputy director?" Zheng Tulu asked back.

He Liping also wanted to know about this, because she felt that Zheng Tulu couldn't just be for "doing things" that he went to such great lengths to transfer her to his side. Moreover, to transfer a deputy position in a provincial government unit is a big deal. If it doesn't work well, it will be a lose-lose situation. How could he take this risk just to "do things" and transfer her up? "Why?" He Liping asked with great interest.

"Disobedient, not understanding my meaning, always opposing me in everything, and always looking at my position, wanting to be the guest who usurps the host's role and squeeze me out." Zheng Tulu explained the reason directly, but it was not just to let He Liping know the reason why he did this. There was another meaning, which was to give He Liping a preventive injection in advance, letting her know that she must follow the rules when she comes to his side and cannot do anything that oversteps her authority.

He Liping understood Zheng Tulu's meaning and said with a smile: "I am a person promoted by you, Director Zheng. I won't be so ungrateful."

He Liping tactfully expressed her loyalty to Zheng Tulu. Zheng Tulu also knew that she was a smart person, so he chuckled: "Liping, you certainly won't make that kind of mistake. You also know that people who have always opposed me have never had a good end."

He Liping hung a charming smile on the corner of her mouth, looked at him teasingly with her phoenix eyes releasing electricity, and said in an extremely tender tone: "I won't make mistakes."

Just as the two were flirting with each other, a shadow stood beside them, and a "cough" of dry coughing came. Zheng Tulu looked up and saw that Director Zhu was already standing beside them. He hurriedly pulled the chair away and greeted him with a smile: "Director Zhu, you are here, sit down, sit down."

When Director Zhu saw He Liping for the first time, his eyes also lit up. The usual condescending expression was suddenly filled with a friendly smile. While sitting down, he chuckled and said: "Old Zheng, you should introduce her, right?" In fact, he had already introduced what He Liping did on the phone, but Director Zhu still couldn't believe his eyes when he saw her. Such a mature and beautiful woman was actually the Deputy Director of the Xijing Municipal Construction Committee.

Zheng Tulu hurriedly said with a smile: "Yes, let me introduce her to you, Director Zhu. This is He Liping, Xiao He, our Deputy Director of the Xijing Municipal Construction Committee. This is Director Zhu of our Provincial Personnel Department."

"Director Zhu, hello, hello." He Liping, who was extremely sensible, stretched out her hand and held Director Zhu's hand, greeting him with a smile.

"Xiao He, hello." Director Zhu's line of sight had already examined He Liping from head to toe during the greeting.

Seeing that Director Zhu's attitude became very enthusiastic after seeing He Liping, Zheng Tulu inserted the needle and said directly: "Director Zhu, I won't go around in circles. Let me tell you directly, Xiao He wants to come to our Provincial Construction Committee to replace Old Ma's position. What do you think?"

"You mean Xiao He is the Deputy Director of the Xijing Municipal Construction Committee?" Director Zhu asked thoughtfully.

Zheng Tulu and He Liping nodded in unison.

Director Zhu said: "Then from the perspective of qualifications, it also meets the appointment regulations, and there should be no big problem. But I am afraid that Old Ma will find connections in the province. In that case, the situation will be more complicated." Although Director Zhu agreed to handle this matter for Zheng Tulu, he still had concerns. After all, Ma Debang was the second in command of the Provincial Construction Committee, so transferring him away from his original post for no reason was a big deal. He was afraid that he would move the provincial connections to stop this matter.

Zheng Tulu immediately said: "Director Zhu, don't worry, I will absolutely not do anything that makes you difficult."

Director Zhu asked: "Are you sure he has no connections?"

Zheng Tulu nodded affirmatively: "No, I am clear about this."

Director Zhu said: "That's good. As long as there is no resistance from above, this matter can be handled."

Zheng Tulu chuckled, secretly winked at He Liping. She understood and took out the thing wrapped in the black plastic bag from under the table and placed it in front of Director Zhu, saying with a smile: "Director Zhu, this matter is still troubling you. This is a little bit of my heart, please accept it."

Old Zhu was very vigilant. Coupled with the fact that the province had been cracking down on such bribery and corruption from top to bottom in the second half of the year, and there were other people in the coffee shop, he pushed the plastic bag away nervously, winked and said: "Xiao He, put it away quickly. How bad it is to be seen by others."

He Liping insisted: "It's okay, Director Zhu, this is just a little bit of my heart. Please accept it. I am troubling you so much. If you don't accept it, I won't feel good in my heart."

Old Zhu never took things from others in public. He put on a straight face, pretended to be angry, and said: "Hey! Xiao He, if you insist on doing this again, I can't manage your affairs!"

He Liping suddenly couldn't understand the thoughts of these high-level leaders, and looked at Zheng Tulu, sending a signal for help. Zheng Tulu didn't know exactly why Director Zhu was like this, so he fawned and persuaded him: "Director Zhu, look, if you don't accept it, Xiao He won't feel good in her heart."