Chapter 1169: The meeting concluded here

Seeing Zheng Tulu's actions, He Liping also climbed up from the sofa, quickly dressed herself, used her hands to smooth out her messy long hair, and looked at Zheng Tulu with flushed cheeks, asking in a low voice, "Who is it?"

Zheng Tulu calmed his mood and said, "Don't be afraid."

"Who is it?" Zheng Tulu shouted loudly toward the door again. It turned out that the previous shout had been too aggressive, scaring Han Rui, who was standing outside the door, into forgetting to answer for a moment.

"Director Zheng, it's me, Xiao Han." A response came from this side.

"Come in," Zheng Tulu said, softening his tone.

The door was then gently pushed open, and Han Rui appeared at the entrance. She caught sight of He Liping sitting on the sofa with a rosy face. Having never seen this graceful and sexy young lady before, her gaze was somewhat surprised.

Seeing that Han Rui's attention was focused on He Liping, who sat on the sofa with an unnatural expression, Zheng Tulu coughed twice. Only then did Han Rui hurriedly regain her composure and say with a light laugh, "Director Zheng, it's 2:30. I have already notified everyone about the meeting you arranged."

Zheng Tulu raised his wrist to check his watch and realized it was already several minutes past 2:30. He then remembered the meeting he had scheduled for the afternoon and asked anxiously, "Has everyone gone to the conference room?"

"Yes," Han Rui nodded. "They have all gone over and are waiting for you. I hurried down to let you know."

"Alright, I know. I'll go up immediately. You go ahead first." Zheng Tulu waved his hand, dismissing Han Rui, and said to He Liping on the sofa, "Liping, let's go. Come with me to the conference room. I arranged a meeting this afternoon to introduce you to everyone."

He Liping nodded, "Mm." Fearing that the expression on her face hadn't returned to normal, she hurriedly took a makeup bag out of her purse, applied foundation in the mirror, and covered up the abnormal flush.

After He Liping finished her makeup, Zheng Tulu tucked a notebook under his arm and led her out of the office toward the conference room. As soon as they reached the entrance, the room was already packed with people whispering to each other, the atmosphere extremely noisy.

Zheng Tulu looked back at He Liping following behind him and said, "Sit next to me." As he said this, he walked into the conference room and deliberately coughed twice. The room immediately became deathly silent.

Zheng Tulu led He Liping to the seat in the middle of the desk that symbolized the primary leadership position and sat down next to her. He picked up the tea Han Rui had brought to moisten his throat and said, "Everyone, be quiet for a moment. The reason I urgently called all the comrades to this meeting today is that there is one matter to announce. The person beside me is Comrade He Liping, the former Deputy Director of the Municipal Construction Committee. Today, we received a notice from the Provincial Personnel Department and the Organization Department. She has come to report to our Provincial Construction Committee and officially become our Deputy Director, replacing Ma Debang." At this point, Zheng Tulu suddenly slowed his speech and looked around the conference room, but he did not see Ma Debang present. He beckoned for Han Rui to come over and asked her in a low voice, "Where is Old Ma?"

Han Rui leaned over and whispered, "Deputy Director Ma might be drunk; he fell asleep in the conference room."

Zheng Tulu said "Oh" and waved his hand. Han Rui then returned to her seat.

"Former Provincial Construction Committee Deputy Director Comrade Ma Debang has been transferred to be the Deputy Director of the Xijing Municipal Construction Committee. The main purpose of today's meeting is to announce this decision from the province," Zheng Tulu continued.

As soon as this matter was announced, the entire conference room exploded. Regarding Ma Debang's sudden transfer and the "triple jump" promotion of this young woman, He Liping, the first reaction of everyone in the room was that there was something fishy going on. Otherwise, how could the two of them have simply swapped positions? They whispered and discussed the matter among themselves.

Knowing that such an announcement alone would not convince the masses, Zheng Tulu coughed a few times, tapped the table, and said, "Quiet, quiet down. This personnel transfer was ordered by the province. I know everyone must be curious why there is a sudden personnel change for the Deputy Director position. I will only say one thing: regarding the procurement of office supplies for the unit, because I was away on a business trip those few days, that matter was handled by Ma Debang, who manages daily internal affairs. There were some serious violations of organizational discipline in the procurement. Not to mention that he didn't compare three companies or conduct public bidding, the key is that the unit price was several hundred percent higher than the market price, and the quality wasn't even good. More seriously, he also accepted kickbacks. If the higher-ups knew about these serious violations of party conduct and discipline, they would investigate, and he might even end up in jail. Considering that Ma Debang is an old comrade and has worked in the unit for so many years, I still showed mercy and suppressed it, not reporting it directly. However, for the sake of the big picture and long-term planning, I could only transfer him from his original post and let the losses caused by his misconduct temporarily become bad debts. As for Comrade He Liping beside me, she has also served as a Deputy Director at the Xijing Municipal Construction Committee for several years and has very rich work experience. There is no problem with her replacing Comrade Ma Debang. I know her quite well; she worked under me for many years, and she is steady, dedicated, and has outstanding work ability. However, perhaps because she just arrived, she is not yet very clear about some of the work procedures of the Construction Committee. I hope that after going down, each unit can fully cooperate with Deputy Director He's work and strive to take the work of the Construction Committee to a new level." Zheng Tulu's words had several intentions. First, regarding Ma Debang's transfer, he was clearly acting like a whore while trying to set up a memorial arch to be a good person. Second, he announced to the whole unit that He Liping was the Deputy Director of the Provincial Construction Committee, leading her into her role. Third, he told the whole unit that He Liping was his former subordinate, hinting that others should not have any dissatisfaction or other thoughts about this newly appointed Deputy Director, otherwise it would be equivalent to opposing him.

Zhao Desan, sitting opposite He Liping, really couldn't believe that such a sexy, beautiful young lady who looked to be in her thirties and was full of grace could suddenly be promoted from the position of Deputy Director of the Xijing Municipal Construction Committee to the position of Deputy Director of the Hexi Provincial Construction Committee. In terms of rank, this was truly a "carp leaping over the dragon gate" triple jump. Thinking of himself, he was still waiting for a Deputy Division Chief position, and there hadn't been any movement yet. Zhao Desan secretly watched He Liping and carefully observed her facial features. Based on his experience, he could basically determine that this Deputy Director He was not a decent woman either. The sockets of those phoenix eyes were slightly sunken, indicating strong sexual desire, and the distance between her eyebrows was slightly wider than the standard, which meant her private parts were thick. These two points alone were enough to show that this newly appointed Deputy Director He was not a righteous woman. If that was the case, Zhao Desan felt that perhaps using her to replace Ma Debang was actually a good thing for him. As for whether she was a good woman, Zhao Desan felt that he would only know after trying it out in that regard.

After Zheng Tulu finished speaking, he let He Liping give a simple self-introduction. He Liping, who was used to big scenes, showed no signs of nervousness and calmly and naturally introduced herself. Her pair of fox eyes swept over the people in the conference room. When her gaze moved to Zhao Desan, because she had seen him that day and because of Zhao Desan's outstanding appearance, she had a deep impression, so she lingered for a few more seconds, and her gaze was obviously much more bewitching than when she looked at others.

It was during these few short seconds that Zhao Desan saw the change in the look she gave him, so he smiled at her. Only then did her gaze move away from him and continue to observe the others one by one.

After a self-introduction, Zheng Tulu said, "Today's meeting ends here. Everyone, go down and cooperate well with Deputy Director He's work. Meeting adjourned."

Not only was Ma Debang forced to leave by Zheng Tulu, but Zheng Tulu also explained in the conference room that the reason for replacing Ma Debang was that he had made a principled mistake in procurement that a Communist Party member should not have made. He not only forced Ma Debang away but also ruined his reputation in the Provincial Construction Committee, further declaring to everyone that he had the power to influence everyone's career in the Construction Committee, further consolidating his position as the number one leader.

When they came out of the conference room after the meeting, others in the unit were still discussing the matter. Most people's thoughts were similar to Zhao Desan's; they all felt that Ma Debang had offended Zheng Tulu and was therefore expelled. Back in the office, Zhao Desan was still thinking about the eyes He Liping had looked at him with earlier. In those dark, shining pupils flowed a kind of emotion he couldn't interpret. It was the most attractive gaze he had seen so far, full of provocativeness that made one's blood boil.

Zhao Desan, who was letting his imagination run wild, didn't care most about discussing Ma Debang being forced to leave, but that didn't mean others wouldn't discuss it. No sooner had he sat down than Xia Jian, who was always enthusiastic about these things, said, "I really didn't expect it. Deputy Director Ma was actually transferred away because he took kickbacks and was corrupt. It seems our Director Zheng is really impartial. He doesn't shield anyone on issues where principled mistakes are made. However, it can be considered that he left some face; otherwise, Ma Debang would definitely not have been transferred, but investigated. Xiao Zhao, don't you think so?"

Xiao Zhao often had an attitude of "it has nothing to do with me," so he just turned his head, chuckled, and didn't express any opinion.

Xia Jian said, "I suspect Deputy Director Ma must have taken quite a lot this time, because the procurement contract amount this time was almost ten million. As for how many things were bought, we haven't seen any of them. Where did the things go? It's really strange."

Speaking of the air conditioners, hard drives, and other office supplies that were procured, Zhao Desan had actually seen them in the warehouse on the first floor of the old building when he went to get things. Perhaps because these things were problematic, they were temporarily sealed in the storeroom and not yet ready to be processed. ===== CHAPTER 1170 =====