Chapter 3329

Zhao Desan smacked his lips and said, "Brother Qiu, look, hasn't little Fang helped quite a bit with your matter? If it weren't for little Fang coming over to keep Minister He company for drinks that night, I'm afraid Minister He wouldn't have even made a statement." Zhao Desan knew that Qiu Qiming was well aware that Minister He's statement that night—that he would stand on Qiu Qiming's side as long as there was no pressure from above—was entirely due to Fang Qi's efforts, so he deliberately brought this up again.

Qiu Qiming cast a strange look at Zhao Desan, then nodded with a face full of smiles and said, "That's true, that's true."

Zhao Desan picked up a piece of food and put it into his mouth. While eating, he continued, "Brother Qiu, having said that, even if I were to go to my cousin and get your matter finalized, it wouldn't be easy to handle without little Fang keeping Minister He company that night. So, little Fang's contribution cannot be ignored. Brother Qiu, how do you think you should show your appreciation to little Fang?"

Qiu Qiming had already thought about this question when he called Fang Qi over to keep Minister He company that night. At the time, he had used the bait of finding a way to get Fang Qi into the bureau's official establishment to lure her over. Hearing Zhao Desan ask this, Qiu Qiming chuckled and said, "Little Fang is my subordinate; it's only right that she helps me. What else is there to show?"

Zhao Desan took a drag of his cigarette, exhaled a wisp of smoke languidly, then looked at Qiu Qiming with that eerie gaze and said with a sly grin, "Brother Qiu, but little Fang paid quite a price that night to help you win over Minister He."

Qiu Qiming swept a glance at Zhao Desan with a slightly flustered look, then feigned ignorance and said, "Isn't it just that she drank a bit more? Little Fang has a high tolerance; drinking that much is fine. Who told Minister He to be fond of that sort of thing? Hehe..."

Zhao Desan knew clearly that Qiu Qiming knew exactly what he was talking about but was playing dumb. He grinned slyly and said even more bluntly, "Brother Qiu, between us, is there any need for this? I think Minister He isn't just fond of that one thing; he's also fond of another. Little Fang didn't just help you by drinking..." As he spoke, Zhao Desan winked at Qiu Qiming, meaning to tell him that he knew everything about what happened that night.

Seeing this, Qiu Qiming realized that Zhao Desan knew everything about what happened between He Fengnian and Fang Qi that night. He immediately changed his expression and said with a smirk, "High, Brother Liu is truly high-minded. You saw through what happened that night? Haha..." As he spoke, he used a loud laugh to cover up the unease in his heart.

Zhao Desan also laughed along twice, then said, "With something so obvious, who couldn't see it? We are all men; how could a man not understand those little tricks of other men?"

Qiu Qiming chuckled, leaned his body toward Zhao Desan, and asked with a sly grin, "Does Brother Liu also have that idea about our little Fang? Why don't I arrange it for you? With a brother as tall, handsome, and young and promising as you, little Fang would certainly be willing..."

Zhao Desan neither agreed nor disagreed; he just asked Qiu Qiming with a sly grin, "So little Fang listens to you that much, Brother Qiu? Have you also... done that to little Fang?" Although Zhao Desan looked at Qiu Qiming with a lecherous expression, he was actually feeling quite apprehensive inside, terrified of receiving an affirmative answer from Qiu Qiming. This was because he still harbored a shred of fantasy for Fang Qi, feeling that she was completely forced by helplessness to sacrifice her body to trade for her career. But if she were to be toyed with by every male leader just to get into an official position, becoming a plaything for their animalistic desires, that would be too disappointing and heartbreaking.

However, Zhao Desan's worry did not become reality. Qiu Qiming said with a sly grin, "To be honest, little Fang is indeed good-looking, has a good figure, a perky butt, big breasts, and a pretty face. Her skin is white and tender, and she's full of life; who wouldn't covet her? But little Fang has helped me a lot, and people must have a conscience. To tell you the truth, I haven't even touched a finger of hers. But let me tell you, one night when I was on duty at the bureau, little Fang was also on duty. She came to my office to talk about her affairs, saying that if I could arrange for her to be in an official position, she would be willing to spend the night with me in the duty room. You understand what I mean, right?"

Zhao Desan appeared nonchalant and chuckled, saying, "With such a good thing, why didn't you just agree to it, Brother?" Although he said it like that, he just wanted to fish for information from Qiu Qiming to see if it was really as difficult for a temporary worker to become an official as Fang Qi had said.

Qiu Qiming frowned and shook his head, saying, "Brother, you also know that it's very difficult to arrange for people to get into official positions now. It's not like the past where any connection would do. Firstly, the state manages this aspect too strictly, and secondly, information disclosure is becoming more and more transparent. If I mess up, I'll be dragged down myself. Besides, I don't have that power now, especially in the public security, procuratorate, and court systems—all three are highly professional functional units with even stricter management. Every year there are only a few public recruitment quotas, and one must pass the civil service exam to get in. Little Fang has taken the exam once, but didn't pass, so now she can only work as a temporary worker in the bureau first."

Qiu Qiming's explanation was exactly the same as Fang Qi's; it seems that if one wants to become a civil servant nowadays, the only path is to take the public service examination. Thinking of this, Zhao Desan couldn't help but associate it with his own situation, which was actually quite similar. If Sister Su hadn't sought out the leaders of the examination management center before his exam and secretly slipped him the answers in the exam hall, given his level at the time, he certainly wouldn't have passed the public recruitment cutoff. If he hadn't even passed the cutoff, he wouldn't have had the opportunity for an interview. Once he lacked an interview opportunity, even if Sister Su had pulled strings with the then-deputy director of the Provincial Construction Committee, Ma Debang, it was unlikely she would have managed to get him into the Provincial Construction Committee. Fortunately, that situation didn't happen; if it had, Zhao Desan really dared not imagine what he would be doing now. Reflecting on his own experience, Zhao Desan no longer doubted Qiu Qiming's statement.

It was just that Zhao Desan really wanted to help Fang Qi now, because after chatting with her so much at her home that night, he felt she was a very filial girl. For a woman who knows how to be filial to her parents and has the concept of supporting them, Zhao Desan felt they were the most beautiful, because a woman's external beauty only made him like her physiologically, but a woman's inner beauty would make him feel a resonance, liking her psychologically. In Zhao Desan's eyes, although Fang Qi was willing to pay the price of sleeping with He Fengnian to become a formally established civil servant, Zhao Desan understood that it was because she wanted to make her parents' lives a little better after becoming a formal civil servant. On the contrary, Zhao Desan didn't think Fang Qi was a woman with deep schemes; instead, he felt she was not only a pretty and charming little beauty, but also a girl filled with inner beauty—a dual beauty. Having only met her twice, Zhao Desan was already hopelessly in love with her; even when there was a high possibility of completing a "beauty hunt" at her home that night, he didn't have the heart to make a move on her at the time.

"I didn't know it was so hard to get someone into a unit nowadays?" Zhao Desan said with a look of deep emotion.

"Yeah, if you don't believe your old brother's words, you can try getting someone into your district Construction Committee," Qiu Qiming said with a beaming smile.

Zhao Desan nodded with a smile, squinting his eyes in thought for a while, and said: "Old Brother Qiu, but I feel that since little Fang paid such a high price for you, you should at least make her a formal police officer."

Qiu Qiming looked at Zhao Desan with a helpless expression and said: "Little brother, you think I don't want to? But I don't have that power right now. There is a regulation in the bureau that only leaders at the deputy bureau level and above, including members of the leadership team like the political commissar, have the power to arrange for people to enter the bureau, and every year there is only

one quota, which is basically taken by the relatives and friends of those leadership team members. You know this too, it's nepotism."

Zhao Desan took the opportunity to say: "Then once you become a deputy bureau chief, won't you have the power?"

Qiu Qiming laughed and said: "That's because I'm not one yet. Once I really become a deputy bureau chief, I will definitely prioritize little Fang's matter. I am a person who repays kindness, and little brother, you have also put in a lot of effort in this matter. Once it's done, I will definitely thank you heavily, little brother."

Hearing Qiu Qiming say this, Zhao Desan breathed a sigh of relief for Fang Qi. In his view, now as long as he stepped forward and could persuade Sister Su to speak up for Qiu Qiming to the city, expressing her stance, the municipal party committee and municipal government, including the municipal organization department and other relevant units, would certainly prioritize Qiu Qiming for promotion.