Chapter 2301: Deceptive

In the office, Zhou Andong sat leisurely in the large executive chair with his eyes closed, his feet resting casually on the desk, his hands resting lightly on the armrests, his fingers tapping rhythmically.

Gu Bing sat on the sofa, legs crossed high, looking at Zhou Andong, and said lazily: "I thought you would deal with Zhang Hesheng first to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, but who would have thought that you would end up dealing with two people I completely didn't expect."

Zhou Andong slowly opened his eyes, a trace of disdain revealing itself in his gaze: "With your little bit of intelligence, how could you possibly guess this genius's layout!"

Gu Bing snorted coldly, obviously unimpressed by Zhou Andong's boasting: "If it weren't for those whistleblowing letters, you would probably have had your face slapped swollen by Zhang Hesheng and Reporter Guan Zhou Mingli today. What are you bragging about here?"

Zhou Andong unhurriedly took his feet off the desk, grabbed the envelopes on the table, and threw them forcefully toward Gu Bing. Because the distance between the two was a bit far, those envelopes didn't land on Gu Bing but fell to the floor.

"Take a look at these whistleblowing letters!"

Gu Bing stared suspiciously at the envelopes on the floor. *Let me look at the whistleblowing letters, my ass. * Although he muttered in his heart, he still stood up lazily and walked over, bending down to pick up the envelopes. When he opened one of the envelopes, he was suddenly stunned; it was actually empty. He then quickly opened the other few envelopes, and the result was no exception—all of them were empty.

Gu Bing stared at Zhou Andong, dumbfounded: "Fuck, how are they all empty? Where are the whistleblowing letters?"

Zhou Andong didn't answer him but asked with a smile: "Did you receive any whistleblowing letters?"

"Fuck!" Gu Bing cursed again, finally understanding that there were no whistleblowing letters at all; they were all deceptive: "I said so, you received such a big pile of whistleblowing letters, how come I, the Secretary, didn't receive a single one? This is very unreasonable."

"And, today after the meeting was the handover of work, and then we encountered the three principals reflecting on the issue of suspended wages, and then we have been dealing with it. Your pile of whistleblowing letters came too suspiciously. I even suspected whether Hu Dajun had received them before and forgot to take them away or destroyed them."

Zhou Andong stood up, turned around, and walked to the window, looking leisurely toward the direction of the woolen mill's main gate, a faint, elusive smile hanging on the corners of his mouth.

"This is called 'in war, deception is not wrong'!"

Gu Bing walked to Zhou Andong's side and said with a solemn face: "The risk of you doing this is really too great. A Factory Director deliberately framing subordinates—if nothing can be investigated in the end, then you will have big trouble. Have you thought about the consequences?"

Zhou Andong turned his head expressionlessly, looked straight at Gu Bing, and suddenly asked: "I ask you, have you ever had the behavior of eating and drinking with public funds?"

"No!" Gu Bing answered very crisply, but his gaze couldn't help but drift somewhat: "I'm not short of money, how could I possibly violate discipline and use public funds for eating and drinking?"

Zhou Andong laughed: "From provinces and cities down to townships and village committees, whether it's public institutions or enterprises, eating and drinking with public funds has long become a trend. This is no longer a secret. Even in some impoverished townships, where the common people can't even fill their stomachs, the reimbursement for eating and drinking with public funds can reach two or three hundred thousand, or even seven or eight hundred thousand. Do you dare to believe this?"

Gu Bing frowned and asked suspiciously: "We are talking about the investigation of Reporter Guan Zhou Mingli; what does this have to do with eating and drinking with public funds?"

"Calling you stupid is really not wronging you at all." Zhou Andong rolled his eyes at Gu Bing: "Reporter Guan Zhou Mingli, as the Director of the Finance Department, do you think he would pay out of his own pocket when treating guests to meals?"

Regarding Zhou Andong calling him stupid, Gu Bing had already achieved complete immunity, pretending he hadn't heard it: "Whether Reporter Guan Zhou Mingli has accepted bribes or offered bribes might be hard to investigate, but eating and drinking with public funds is definitely something that can be checked with certainty!"

"Correct!" Zhou Andong snapped his fingers: "Although eating and drinking with public funds has now become an open secret, and the higher-ups seem to be turning a blind eye to this matter, do you dare to say that eating and drinking with public funds is legal?"

Gu Bing shook his head: "Eating and drinking with public funds is a serious disciplinary violation. No one checks it, but as long as it is checked, don't even think about running away."

"Right!" Looking out the window, Zhou Andong narrowed his eyes slightly, but the smile on his face didn't diminish: "Even for those who think their own butts are clean, on the issue of eating and drinking with public funds, I can still squeeze urine out of them."

Gu Bing sucked his teeth. Indeed, from top to bottom across the country, one cannot say there are no clean leading cadres, but in this general environment, many leading cadres think eating and drinking with public funds is a matter of course. Especially in state-owned enterprises, eating and drinking with public funds is even more serious. Apart from not checking, as long as it is checked, it is guaranteed to be in nests.

But Zhou Andong wants to check eating and drinking with public funds, and he wants to check it with great fanfare. It can indeed play a huge deterrent effect. Even those whose butts are clean but intend to go all the way to the dark with Shi Yue Guoqiang and Hu Dajun are guaranteed to be able to make them behave temporarily. This bastard is becoming more and more insidious.

Zhou Andong looked at Gu Bing and said: "You must deal with Tan Sheng as soon as possible and take control of the General Office, otherwise there are many things we find difficult to execute."

The main responsibilities of the General Office of a large state-owned enterprise include arranging the study and communication of instructions, guidelines, policies of the central, provincial, and municipal committees; being responsible for issuing Party Committee documents; drafting various Party Committee documents; carrying out investigation and research work; and providing valuable reference opinions for Party Committee decision-making.

Being responsible for organizing and arranging various meetings and important activities of the Party Committee, coordinating the work of various departments of the Party Committee, maintaining close contact between various departments of the Party Committee, and working with relevant departments to grasp the central work of the Party Committee and the development of major political activities.

Being responsible for the supervision and inspection of the implementation of major decisions, important work deployments, and tasks assigned by Party Committee leaders; being responsible for the Party Committee's mass letters and visits work. Also managing the Party Committee's seals and introduction letters, as well as the signing, distribution, circulation, urging, safekeeping, clearing, destroying, and filing of various documents, briefings, and confidential correspondence, etc.

If it is not completely mastered in hand, it is a big trouble. If the General Office does not cooperate, any decisions and policies of the Party Committee can only stay on paper and cannot be executed.

Gu Bing nodded and expressed his inner doubt: "What is your intention in keeping Zhang Hesheng and not dealing with him?"

"Dog thing, actually daring to bare fangs at me. If I deal with him straightforwardly, wouldn't that be letting him off too easily?" Zhou Andong narrowed his eyes slightly, then raised his hand and scratched his head with his little finger: "I have so many whistleblowing letters in my hand; guess if he can sleep at night?"

"Dog thing, actually daring to bare fangs at me. If I deal with him straightforwardly, wouldn't that be letting him off too easily?" Zhou Andong narrowed his eyes slightly, then raised his hand and scratched his head with his little finger: "He offended me so much, yet I let him off. Guess what his reaction will be?"

Gu Bing answered with a smile on the side: "You have so many 'whistleblowing letters' in your hand; he definitely won't be able to sleep at night."

"Is it just not being able to sleep?" Zhou Andong laughed, "I dealt with Reporter Guan Zhou Mingli and Nian Shihua, but he offended me the most, yet I let him off. And every day I see him, I am gentle and polite to him. What do you think he will think?"

Gu Bing smacked his lips: "As the saying goes, if something is abnormal, there must be a demon. He offended you so much, yet you are still so polite and gentle every day when you see him. He will definitely think that not only do you want to kill him, but you must also have some big conspiracy."

After hearing this, Zhou Andong grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "So, he will be in a state of panic every day, wondering how I will deal with him and what conspiracy I have. In this way, not only will he not be able to sleep at night, but he will also spend his days in a state of panic and unease."

Gu Bing moved a step to the side, distancing himself a bit from Zhou Andong: "I must stay away from you in the future. You are too damn insidious; I wouldn't even know if I were tricked to death by you one day."

Zhou Andong put his arm around Gu Bing's shoulder and said cheerfully: "I really don't like hearing you say that. Putting aside the relationship of you being my brother-in-law, we are good brothers, good buddies, iron buddies! Even if I were heartless, I couldn't trick you."

"Slap!" Gu Bing knocked off Zhou Andong's hand and said with great disdain: "A person like you, who can even do the thing of framing subordinates, is there anything you can't do?"

"Sigh, I didn't expect you to have such a deep misunderstanding of me. I have nothing to say." Zhou Andong sighed, shook his head with a sad face: "Let's talk about how you will take down Tan Sheng."

"Isn't this easy?" Gu Bing looked at Zhou Andong with disdain, then walked to the desk and picked up the envelope on it: "I also received a whistleblowing letter that Tan Sheng is corrupt and accepting bribes, mainly eating and drinking with public funds."

"..."

Zhou Andong looked at the triumphant Gu Bing speechlessly: "Aren't you framing a subordinate?"

"How am I framing a subordinate?" Gu Bing said with justification: "I am eliminating harm for the woolen mill and knocking down the stumbling block to reform."

Looking at Gu Bing's punchable attitude, Zhou Andong really wanted to go up and give him a kick. Very inappropriately, the office door was knocked.

"Come in!" Zhou Andong returned to sit behind the desk.

The office door was slowly pushed open, and Nian Shihua walked in with his sick leave application, his steps looking somewhat heavy. His face was pale, revealing a trace of fatigue.

Seeing Nian Shihua enter, Gu Bing smiled and greeted him, first shaking hands with Nian Shihua, and then taking the sick leave application.

At the same time, Zhou Andong also hurriedly stood up and walked over, holding Nian Shihua's hand, saying intimately and sadly: "Old Nian, over these years, under your leadership, the Union has achieved remarkable results, which everyone has seen."

"You are now unwell and need to go home to recuperate. This is not only a huge loss for the Union but also for our entire woolen mill. I hope you can recover soon and return to your post, because whether it is the Union or the woolen mill, they cannot do without you."

Nian Shihua's mouth twitched slightly after hearing Zhou Andong's words, and he barely squeezed a smile onto his face. He was cursing in his heart, but he said: "Thank you, Factory Director, for your affirmation of my work over these years. I will take good care of my health and strive for an early recovery. As long as my health condition allows, and as long as the factory still needs me, I will definitely come back."

"Good, good, good!" Zhou Andong nodded repeatedly, a gratified expression appearing on his face: "Director Nian, with an old Party member and old cadre like you who is dedicated to the public, why should we worry that our woolen mill cannot reproduce its past glory?"

Gu Bing listened from the side, the corners of his mouth twitching uncontrollably. This bastard's hypocrisy had reached an outrageous level. Moreover, his acting skills were becoming increasingly proficient, much more refined than when he was at the Jiangzhou Distillery.

"Director Nian, I'll see you off!" Zhou Andong personally pulled open the office door, a look of reluctance on his face, and kept saying: "Director Nian, you must come back to see us often. I am still young and don't understand many things. In the future, I will definitely still need to ask for advice from old comrades like you."

Nian Shihua sneered secretly in his heart: *Can you be any more hypocritical? If I believed you and came back often, you would probably kill me immediately. *

"Factory Director, as long as my health allows, I will definitely come back to see you often."

Zhou Andong laughed out loud after hearing this, looking very happy: "Good, as long as I have the support of old comrades like you, I won't be afraid of anything!"

After speaking, Zhou Andong and Gu Bing personally sent Nian Shihua downstairs together, all the way to outside the factory gate.

"Director Nian!" Zhou Andong looked up at the scorching sun in the sky and said with great concern: "Your health condition is not very good. I think it's better to have a car send you back."

"No need, no need!"

Nian Shihua hurriedly waved his hands, firmly refusing. Although he had only applied for sick leave and had not officially resigned, he was still the Union Director, so he was still entitled to a car according to regulations. However, he didn't dare to use it. Even if Zhou Andong took the initiative to arrange a vehicle to send him home, he didn't dare to agree. Because he was truly scared; if there was a trap in this, he wouldn't even have a chance to cry.

"How can this be!" Zhou Andong continued to persuade: "I know Director Nian has always been upright and honest, and doesn't want to take advantage of the factory, but on such a hot day, and with your poor health, how can I be at ease letting you take the bus home by yourself?"

Zhou Andong's tone was full of concern and sincerity, seemingly truly worried that Nian Shihua might encounter some accident on the way. But the more Zhou Andong said this, the deeper Nian Shihua's suspicion became, increasingly feeling that there was a problem, and the more he didn't dare to let Zhou Andong arrange a car to send him.

"Factory Director, I won't take the bus; I'll take a taxi back myself. Don't worry, even if my health condition isn't very good, it's not to the point where I can't even get home by myself."

"Why must you be like this?" Zhou Andong appeared very helpless and sighed deeply: "Fine, then I won't arrange a car to send you."

Nian Shihua secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then turned and left without hesitation, his movements crisp and neat, without the slightest bit of reluctance.

Watching Nian Shihua's receding back, Zhou Andong chuckled: "This old guy, his vigilance is quite high. I kindly sent a car to send him off, and he actually didn't agree."

Gu Bing snorted coldly: "You are so insidious and cunning; if it were me, I wouldn't dare to agree either. Who knows if I would be tricked by you again." ===== CHAPTER 2302 =====