Chapter 1327

Zheng Tulu took a hard puff of his cigarette, tried to calm himself down, thought for a moment, and picked up the landline, preparing to make a call.

Seeing this, He Liping asked puzzled: "Old Zheng, you... how do you still have the heart to make a call?" Outside, the sound of reporters asking if they could come in still came from time to time.

"Call the security guards to come up and drive them out!" Zheng Tulu picked up the receiver and said.

Hearing that Zheng Tulu wanted to call the security guards up, He Liping immediately advised: "Old Zheng, you absolutely can't do this!"

"Why?" Zheng Tulu stopped dialing and looked at He Liping with a confused head.

"Old Zheng, at this critical moment, our unit is already at the critical moment. We absolutely can't go against the reporters. If we offend them, and they go back and add fuel to the fire and write some articles and publish them, wouldn't that be adding insult to injury for us? We absolutely can't go against the reporters." He Liping explained anxiously. She was the one with a slightly more detailed mind as a woman. Her comprehensive consideration made Zheng Tulu feel like he had been enlightened. He understood that he couldn't go against the reporters, so he immediately put down the receiver, but still didn't know how to deal with these people. So he asked He Liping: "Liping, then you tell me what to do? Should we accept their interview or not? It's not a way to be stuck like this."

He Liping thought for a while and said: "Old Zheng, I think we should accept it. But you must be careful with your words, you must be cautious. Besides, the Personnel Department also has documents for Ruru's promotion."

Zheng Tulu deliberated carefully, took a deep breath, stubbed out his cigarette, hardened his heart, and said: "Alright then, let them in."

He Liping got up and walked up to open the door while trying to make her expression look natural.

The two reporters couldn't wait. As soon as the door opened, they immediately surrounded He Liping and asked: "May I ask if you are Director Zheng?"

"Director Zheng is inside." He Liping said quickly. The two reporters rushed into the office and walked toward Zheng Tulu, who was sitting in the boss chair pretending to be calm.

"Are you reporters from the Global Times? What do you want to interview?" Zheng Tulu asked arrogantly, sitting in the boss chair pretending to be calm.

"Hello Director Zheng, we mainly want to interview the matter of your unit promoting a female comrade named Zheng Ru to deputy section chief this time. We saw a post online about this promotion. The post online says that there is a dark secret of illegal operation in this promotion. We want to hear what Director Zheng's opinion is on this matter?" The pure-looking female reporter asked articulately. The male reporter stood aside, holding a notebook and a neutral pen, ready to record at any time.

He Liping was afraid of being involved in this trouble, so she slipped out of Zheng Tulu's office while the reporters were surrounding him, and hid outside to eavesdrop on the movement inside.

Zheng Tulu had been mixing in officialdom for so many years after all. As a department-level cadre, he was also a person who had seen big scenes. He was indeed panicked when he heard that reporters had come for an interview just now, but now that the two reporters were standing in front of him, his panicked mood suddenly calmed down.

After listening to the reporter's opening remarks, Zheng Tulu chuckled and said: "Now is the information age. Anything that goes online spreads very quickly. But I want to say one thing: there are good things online, and there are bad things online. Many netizens express their opinions online just for a moment of pleasure, without any investigation at all. As for the content of that post online, I've seen it, but it's untrue."

"Then Director Zheng, we came here this time to understand the personnel appointment of this deputy section-level cadre. What is the real situation? Can you describe the whole process of the appointment to us in detail?" The female reporter followed up with a very fast speaking speed, not giving Zheng Tulu any space to prepare.

Zheng Tulu turned his brain and said in official jargon: "This personnel appointment complies with organizational regulations and follows the personnel appointment procedures of the Personnel Department. The whole appointment process fully complies with regulations."

The female reporter followed: "Then Director Zheng, you mean the content of the post online is untrue? Can you tell us about the specific situation of Comrade Zheng Ru?" Every question of the female reporter pointed directly to the most sensitive part of this matter.

"Specific situation..." This question made Zheng Tulu speechless for a while. He stammered thoughtfully: "Specific situation, Comrade Zheng Ru's work ability in the unit is outstanding, and it is obvious to all. And she has overseas study experience. That's roughly the situation."