Chapter 1352

Zhang Hui smiled gently, took out her mobile phone from her handbag, flipped through it, found Zheng the Bald Donkey's mobile number, and dialed it. The phone rang a few times and was hung up directly with a "beep-beep-beep." A look of confusion appeared on Zhang Hui's face. She slowly took the phone away from her ear, feeling a bit unable to figure it out—how come Zheng the Bald Donkey didn't even answer her call?

Seeing Zhang Hui didn't get through, He Liping glanced at her and reminded her kindly, "Old Zheng should be with Executive Vice Governor Song right now."

Once Zhang Hui heard this, she finally understood why Zheng the Bald Donkey didn't answer her call, so she smiled and said, "Alright then, since it's not convenient for Deputy Director He to sign, I'll come back another day to find Director Zheng to sign. I won't disturb you, Deputy Director He." As she was about to turn and leave, He Liping called her back, picked up the 20,000 yuan she had placed on the desk, and handed it over, "President Zhang, you forgot to take your things."

Although the matter wasn't handled, the money had already been taken out, so it wouldn't be reasonable to take it back. So Zhang Hui turned back and smiled gently, saying, "Deputy Director He, just consider it a little meeting gift from me."

"How can that be? President Zhang, you'd better take it back," He Liping politely declined. After all, she wasn't the number one person in the unit. If she just took benefits from others like this without Zheng the Bald Donkey's consent, how could she make Zheng the Bald Donkey trust her?

"Deputy Director He, why are you so polite? It's just a little token of my heart, don't be so polite." Seeing He Liping wouldn't accept it, Zhang Hui smiled and smoothed things over. Although she knew there was a small misunderstanding between the two just now, money is not as good as power. He Liping was at least a department-level cadre. If the Lin family wanted to engage in real estate development and engineering construction in Hexi Province, they couldn't do without the relationship with the Provincial Construction Committee. Even if Zhang Hui was influential, she didn't dare to easily cut off this relationship with He Liping.

"President Zhang, as the saying goes, one shouldn't accept rewards without merit. I won't accept your money no matter what today. Besides, I can't violate organization regulations. Please take it back." He Liping insisted on not accepting the 20,000 yuan. In her view, this 20,000 yuan might be Zhang Hui testing the waters to probe her reality. As a deputy director who had just taken office not long ago, and coupled with the fact that she didn't have the power to perform the duties of a deputy director for the time being, she dared not easily accept this money. If it were back when she was the Deputy Director of the City Construction Committee, the City Construction Committee's Director knew she was Zheng the Bald Donkey's old subordinate, and he turned a blind eye to everything she did. As long as she didn't participate in power struggles, he never asked how much bribery He Liping accepted, let alone this 20,000 yuan; even if 200,000 yuan were sent, He Liping would have accepted it without blinking. It was just that after staying in government units for a long time, He Liping also understood the principle of being able to bend and stretch. After being promoted to Deputy Director of the Provincial Construction Committee, to stabilize her official position, He Liping kept her fox tail tucked very tightly. ===== CHAPTER 1353 =====