Chapter 1317

Zheng Ru's deputy section chief office was arranged on the first floor. When Zhao Desan went upstairs, he heard someone calling "Deputy Section Chief Zheng." Zhao Desan followed the sound and saw Zheng Ru, who was already putting on official airs, criticizing the cleaner in the corridor. Ever since Zheng Ru had snatched Zhao Desan's position, he had started to look down on this girl. Seeing her looking so smug, he curled his lips in disdain and muttered to himself, "What are you so smug about! I'll show you!" Now he pinned all his hopes on the online post, hoping it would cause a great reaction and make the province take this matter seriously.

Not long after work started, Lan Mei pushed open the door, stood at the office entrance, looked around, and told Zhao Da to go to her office. Zhao Desan suddenly felt a bit strange; at least in the year he had been working at the unit, Section Chief Lan had never called Zhao Da to her office alone.

Zhao Da followed Lan Mei to the office. Lan Mei sat down in her chair and said with a somewhat apologetic expression, "Comrade Comrade Xiao Zhao, I have some bad news to tell you: Director Zheng does not agree to transfer your wife to our unit."

Yesterday, he had felt it was a done deal, something that couldn't go wrong. Today, suddenly receiving such news, Zhao Da immediately asked anxiously, "Section Chief Lan, w... why doesn't he agree?"

Lan Mei said, "Director Zheng said he contacted the leaders of the District Construction Committee where your wife works, and the leaders there don't agree to let her go. Perhaps your wife's work performance is quite outstanding, and the Construction Committee there intends to cultivate her."

"Cultivate what! She doesn't even have a formal position yet!" Hearing this news, Zhao Da felt incredibly disappointed and said dejectedly, "Alright, I won't bother you anymore, Section Chief Lan, I'm going back to work."

"Alright." Lan Mei didn't know what else to say. Yesterday, when she heard that Zhao Da's wife wanted to come to the Construction Committee and that there happened to be a vacancy in the Planning Section that could replace the one Zheng Ru left behind, she also felt it was a good thing and that there shouldn't be any problems. Who knew that early this morning, when she saw Zheng Tulu in the office building, that old guy told Lan Mei that the matter she had requested yesterday couldn't be done, as the leaders of the District Construction Committee were unwilling to let Zheng Jie go. Zheng Tulu had also listened to He Liping's suggestion yesterday afternoon, and in order to save his own reputation, he had reluctantly cut his losses and not transferred Zheng Jie, who had somewhat tempted him, to the Provincial Construction Committee.

Watching Zhao Da return to the office with a dejected look, Zhao Desan and Xia Jian didn't know what had happened. To get to the bottom of it, Zhao Desan was the first to speak, asking in a joking tone, "Brother Zhao, why is your face so bad as soon as you start work today?"

Zhao Da sat down dejectedly, sighed, and said, "Sigh, the matter of your sister-in-law's transfer didn't work out." The matter not working out was one thing, but the key was that it hadn't worked out, and he had spent over a thousand yuan on a meal last night. Now, Zhao Da's mood was indescribably miserable; he truly felt like he had lost his wife and his army.

Hearing this news, combined with the reaction caused by the post Xia Jian had posted online last night, Zhao Desan felt a burst of pleasant surprise. It truly felt like a double blessing; he couldn't wait to shout, "Heaven helps me!" This was the result he had hoped for. He thought to himself, luckily it didn't work out; if it had, he wouldn't have had the chance to "handle" Zheng Jie. As long as Zheng Jie wasn't under Zhao Da's nose every day, he would "handle" Zheng Jie sooner or later.

"Comrade Comrade Xiao Zhao, what's going on? Didn't Section Chief Lan go to talk to Director Zheng about this yesterday? Why did it suddenly not work out?" Xia Jian had originally felt there wouldn't be any problems with this matter. More importantly, this guy was actually a lecher with both the heart and the guts of a thief. He didn't dare have any extreme thoughts about a beautiful and charming young woman like Zheng Jie, but he still wanted Zheng Jie to work in this office. With a woman, especially a beautiful young woman, Xia Jian felt he would have more drive to work.

Zhao Da said dejectedly, "Sigh, Section Chief Lan just called me to her office and said Director Zheng told her this morning that the leaders of Zheng Jie's District Construction Committee were unwilling to let her come up, so it couldn't be done."

"How is that possible? If Director Zheng is willing to do it, what personnel transfer within the Construction Committee system can't he get done!" Xia Jian said, appearing even more anxious than Zhao Da.

"Brother Xia, you're wrong there. If the leaders of the District Construction Committee don't let her go, how can Director Zheng insist on transferring her? As the saying goes, a strong dragon doesn't suppress a local snake. Although Director Zheng is the head of the Construction Committee system, since sister-in-law works at the District Construction Committee now, the District Construction Committee must have the final say." Zhao Desan was a hundred percent unwilling to have Zheng Jie transferred to work day and night with the three of them. Plus, Zhao Da was her husband; if this couple were inseparable all day, even if Zheng Jie wasn't very resistant to him, he wouldn't find any good opportunities to be alone with her.

Xia Jian thought about it and said, "That's true. Zhao Da, so that means your wife can't be transferred over."

Zhao Da's mood was like a roller coaster, falling from the highest point to the lowest in an instant. Now his mood was indescribably depressed; he didn't even know how to explain it to Zheng Jie next.

The person in the best mood now was Zhao Desan. Firstly, Zheng Jie couldn't come to work at the unit, leaving him room to "handle" her. Secondly, the stuff Xia Jian had secretly posted online had now caused a reaction from netizens across the country. Now he just needed to calm down and wait to see if there would be any turning point in this matter.

This era belonged to the information age. Once something went online, the speed of its spread was truly unimaginable. While Zhao Desan was waiting for news in this regard that day, people in the calm unit were also seeing the post online one after another, and this post was climbing to the ranks of the day's hot topics on major forums at the fastest speed.

A day later, this post finally caused a huge uproar in the unit. The rumors among the people below were getting crazier and crazier. Even He Liping, who didn't usually go online much, discovered this post, which had already become the talk of the town, while browsing the internet that morning. Seeing that it was a post about the Provincial Construction Committee and that the inside story exposed was about Zheng Ru being promoted to a deputy section-level cadre, He Liping immediately became nervous. Her nervousness wasn't for Zheng Ru, but because she associated it with her own promotion to Deputy Director, a deputy department-level cadre. Her steps hadn't just been a bit large, but they also hadn't gone through the complete procedure of being decided by the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee meeting. She was afraid that once Zheng Ru's matter attracted the attention of netizens across the country and became too hot online, the province would definitely react and take relevant measures. If that happened, she would also be very likely to be implicated and have her life turned upside down.

As the "planner" hidden in the deepest background, Zhao Desan had been observing the direction of the whole event in secret for the past two days. He increasingly found that the reaction of the people in the unit to this matter was becoming strong; this matter had almost become the talk of the town for everyone to whisper about after tea and dinner. As for Xia Jian, he had the same thoughts as Zhao Desan, paying attention to this matter in secret. As the reaction to this matter online became stronger and stronger, Xia Jian felt that his expectations were becoming more and more promising, and his heart was simply full of anticipation.

He Liping discovered this post, which had already become hot, by accident. She started to feel restless in the office, sitting on pins and needles, standing up and sitting down, anxious and pacing around. Finally, she decided to go talk to Zheng Tulu about this matter to see what countermeasures he had.

He Liping stood up, left the office, came to the door of Zheng Tulu's office next door, knocked on the door, and called out, "Old Zheng."

Hearing this intimate address, Zheng Tulu knew it was He Liping outside. Thinking it was He Liping who wanted to do "that thing" and had delivered the goods to his door, he said with a chuckle, "Come in."

He Liping pushed the door open, walked toward him with a panicked expression, and said, "Old Zheng, something terrible has happened!"

"What is it, why are you so panicked?" Seeing He Liping walking toward him with an uneasy expression, Zheng Tulu appeared as steady as Mount Tai and asked without any worry.

"Old Zheng, someone has posted the matter of Ruru's promotion online!" He Liping walked up with a nervous face.

Zheng Tulu rarely went online and didn't know about this matter at all. Hearing He Liping say this, he immediately widened his eyes and asked with a panicked face, "What?"

"Someone has posted the matter of Ruru being promoted to deputy section chief online as a dark secret." He Liping repeated, leaned directly over the computer to open the forum she had just been looking at, moved the mouse to the daily topic that appeared on the front page of the forum, and said, "Old Zheng, look."

Zheng Tulu's eyes followed her movements to the computer screen and he saw the hot topic in red font on the forum's home page: "Hebei Province Construction Committee Violates Regulations to Promote Cadres." Seeing this line of text, Zheng Tulu immediately felt as if a bolt of lightning had exploded over his head. He took the mouse from He Liping's hand and clicked on the title link. The illustrated post content appeared on the monitor. Zheng Tulu's heart rate accelerated as he read it carefully. The more he read, the more nervous he became, and even the muscles all over his body started to twitch. After reading the post, Zheng Tulu leaned back in his chair, stunned like a wooden chicken. The reason he was so scared was that Zheng Tulu knew the power of the internet. Several leading cadres had previously been exposed online for corruption issues, causing strong reactions and eventually leading to their downfall. If this post attracted the attention of the province, even if he were safe, the personnel decision to appoint his daughter Zheng Ru as deputy section chief would definitely be halted and revoked. Then his plan to deify his daughter would be affected, and it might even affect his own future and destiny.

Seeing Zheng Tulu sitting stunned in his chair without saying a word after being scared by this matter, He Liping knew that the influence of this matter was definitely not simple. She wasn't worried about what would happen to Zheng Ru now, but was worried that her own step from the City Construction Committee to the Deputy Director of the Provincial Construction Committee was too big, and her appointment hadn't been researched and passed by the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee meeting. Once it caused a chain reaction, she wouldn't just be unable to keep her current position, but might even be investigated. "Old Zheng, what should we do?" He Liping shook Zheng Tulu's arm and asked with a worried face.

Zheng Tulu was shaken by He Liping, and only then did he recover from his extreme terror. He lit a cigarette, leaned back in his chair, and puffed out smoke to calm his nerves, saying, "If this matter becomes too serious online, it will likely cause some trouble. How could this matter be posted online?" While worrying, Zheng Tulu started to have doubts about how this matter appeared online.