Chapter 187: Confident

On Saturday morning, the sun was bright. Lu Fan accompanied Han Xinpu and Li Ruoqin to the photo studio to take wedding photos.

Just after arriving at the studio, Lu Fan found the boss and settled the 12,000 yuan fee, stating this was a gift he was giving to the two newlyweds.

After hearing this, Han Xinpu showed an expression of taking it for granted and said with a smile: "I'm a bit tight on cash recently; when you get married, I'll cover all the wedding photos!"

Li Ruoqin felt a bit embarrassed; after all, her boyfriend could be thick-skinned, but she was a lady from a good family.

Who could refuse a generous and enthusiastic person? In the next two days, the three got along extremely well. They picked out wedding dresses together, tried on clothes, and shared interesting stories with each other. The entire shooting process was filled with joyful laughter.

In private, the friendship between Lu Fan and Han Xinpu was fully displayed; they teased each other and joked around.

Li Ruoqin was also infected by this relaxed and pleasant atmosphere and gradually let go of her initial restraint. He knew well that Lu Fan was one of the few good buddies of her boyfriend, so she loved the house and its crow, and developed a special sense of closeness to Lu Fan, treating him as one of her own.

On Monday, Lu Fan went to the Finance Department before work hours.

After Director Han Guishan arrived at the unit and saw the "door god" standing at the entrance, he smiled: "Xiaofan, you arrived earlier than me; come in and talk."

After entering, Lu Fan said: "I accompanied Xinpu to take photos for two days, and I wanted to come and visit you early, so I can rush back to Ningyang by noon." After finishing, he helped Han Guishan brew a cup of tea.

"Hmm, keep a low profile recently. At a critical moment, work earnestly to avoid complications. I have mentioned your matter to Li Mingzhou; I estimate there won't be much of a problem!"

"Director, I have been troubling you for so many years; I really have no way to repay you!"

"We don't need to be polite; it's because you are capable! Everyone has a heart that loves talent; I hope you and Xinpu can help each other and both achieve something in the future!"

"Director, rest assured, we will encourage each other and move forward together!"

Han Guishan asked: "Are there any difficulties in your work?"

Lu Fan said somewhat embarrassedly: "Director, because of historical old accounts, the welfare and benefits of our county's teachers, such as hourly fees, class management fees, and performance bonuses, have been delayed for a year and a half. The 'hole' in front has never been filled, and the teachers have had many complaints."

Han Guishan nodded and said: "Hmm, this is indeed a breakthrough point. Money matters are the most sensitive and also the most touching to people's hearts. If you solve this matter, you will at least gain a lot of praise and support within the education system. Calculate it; about how much capital is needed?"

Lu Fan had already calculated this account and immediately replied: "There are over 2,200 teachers in the whole county, and each is owed over 3,000; about 7 million is needed."

"Hmm, not much! Find a name, package a project, and submit an application to the Education Department. I will connect with Director Huang Ming to ensure this fund is implemented in place as soon as possible."

This was no longer just about getting on a horse, helping, and sending off; it was simply treating him as the most direct of the direct line. Lu Fan was truly moved!

"Uncle Han, you are really too good to me. I will definitely work twice as hard and not live up to your high expectations!"

This was a matter of perspective. As the Finance Department Director, Han Guishan had long treated funds as numbers, controlling hundreds of millions, billions, or even tens of billions. For "small money" like a few million, he had no feeling at all. Furthermore, using financial funds to handle personal matters—why not? As long as financial funds are not put into one's own pocket and are used in work, there will be no problems!

After coming out of the Finance Department, Lu Fan immediately rushed back to the county to report this work to County Chief Hu Chengwei.

Actually, Hu Chengwei was also worried about the hole in education, but filling this hole meant tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall. He thickened his face to turn a blind eye and turned a deaf ear to the teachers' complaints, intending to leave this problem for his successor to solve.

Now that Lu Fan was taking the initiative to share his worries, Hu Chengwei naturally agreed, stating that the County Government would fully cooperate, provide whatever documents were needed, and promised that all funds would be handed over to the Education Bureau to manage once they arrived.

In the afternoon, Lu Fan arranged for Deputy Director Chang Qing to draft an application report for special project funds and went to the County Government to get the document header.

On Tuesday, Lu Fan took Deputy Director Chang Qing and accountant Yang Chengyu, carrying "local specialties," to run to the Education Department to apply for special funds.

Although Han Guishan would greet Huang Ming, Lu Fan still couldn't skip the necessary etiquette. After all, special funds had to pass through the Education Department's hands to reach Ningyang, and the road had to be walked wider.

Arriving at the Education Department, everything went quite smoothly. Director Huang Ming personally received Lu Fan, approved the project Ningyang applied for straightforwardly, and chatted for quite a while.

Director Huang now looked at Lu Fan with new eyes. He really didn't expect this grassroots Education Bureau Director to be able to handle the Finance Department and win 50 million in special funds for the Education Department to support education in weak counties and districts.

The amount in Lu Fan's fund application report was 10 million. Grassroots people all do this; if you want 7 million, you have to write 10 million to leave room for each other.

But he didn't expect that the money allocated by the Education Department was indeed 10 million, which was truly an unexpected joy!

However, after the funds arrived in Ningyang, an accident occurred. After County Chief Hu Chengwei saw that the allocation amount was 10 million, he unceremoniously "deducted" 2 million, leaving Lu Fan with bitter words he couldn't speak!

On November 25, the sun was bright and a breeze was blowing. All schools and kindergartens in the county suddenly received an emergency notice from the Education Bureau: all accountants must immediately connect with the bureau's finance section to settle the long-standing "historical old accounts" and cash out all performance bonuses owed to teachers!

Once the news came out, it instantly ignited all the schools in the county!

The quiet schools suddenly boiled over, filled with laughter. Money was being distributed; who wouldn't be happy? Teachers gathered together one after another, their faces filled with joy that could not be concealed.

When everyone learned that these funds were won by the director himself going to the province, a feeling of admiration couldn't help but well up in their hearts.

They were sincerely grateful to this "cute" and responsible director and gave him high praise without stinting.

Lu Fan's move not only solved the economic problems that had long troubled the teachers, but he also used practical actions to interpret his concern and support for the cause of education, letting everyone see a leader's responsibility and commitment, winning the hearts of all faculty and staff.

At the same time, this incident also allowed Lu Fan to gain widespread attention and praise throughout the county. Cadres recognized his ability and courage, making Lu Fan's momentum gradually catch up with those hot candidates for deputy county chief.

After distributing the money, Lu Fan continued to go to the countryside for research, going deep into various schools to find problems and solve them.

The problem with County Second Primary School Principal Sun Rui was cleared up. In just the last three years, he had embezzled over 200,000 in heating procurement, and there was a large phenomenon of false expenditure reporting, such as the school using 600 staplers in one year, etc. Accumulating small greed into big greed, over 600,000 in corrupt funds were implemented.

These were all deducted from the teachers' and students' funds. One could imagine how deep the teachers' complaints were, but they were angry but dared not speak!

After weighing the pros and cons, Lu Fan felt that now was not the best time to deal with him, as it might lead to complications and let others use this matter to attack himself. He couldn't let this small fry affect his future.

Thus, he decided to put it aside for now and deal with him after the deputy county chief position was settled. Such a principal was absolutely a black sheep and must be made to step down.

In Baishu Bay Township, Township Party Secretary Niu Qinghe was in high spirits. Being a secretary this year was quite enjoyable; he had gained benefits and was about to be promoted. A winner in life was nothing more than this!

However, Niu Qinghe didn't notice that his arbitrary behavior this year was completely different from the performance of his predecessor Lu Fan. The four major industries were stagnant, farmers were complaining, cadres' bonuses were lowered again and again, and work enthusiasm had dropped to the lowest point. One could hardly see anyone at the township government; they all used the excuse of going to the countryside or covering villages to hide from work.

The leaders had even more complaints. Everyone knew that Baishu Bay had great development, but including the township head, they couldn't even drink a sip of soup, let alone eat meat.

Not only that, the cadres were extremely angry and disappointed at Niu Qinghe's behavior of not caring about everyone's progress and only thinking about making money for himself!

At this very moment, whether cadres or the masses, they all missed Secretary Lu Fan, who thought of the people and was honest and clean!

As time passed, this resentment gradually accumulated into a powerful anger and eventually evolved into deep hatred! Everyone was full of resentment and dissatisfaction with Niu Qinghe's actions, longing to get rid of his rule as soon as possible and welcome new hope!

Especially Township Head Cui Mingliang, who couldn't bear it anymore and decided there was no need to endure! Thus, he privately reached a consensus with People's Congress Chairman Meng Qingchi that to change the status quo of Baishu Bay, the secretary must be changed!

Thus, under the maneuvering of interested people, report letters about Baishu Bay flew like snowflakes to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection!

Originally, a small township party secretary was not in the consideration of the Central or Provincial Discipline Inspection Commissions. If they were to handle him, it would have to wait until 800 years later!

But the short-term, intensive reporting still attracted a certain amount of attention from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which transferred it to the Qinchuan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection could not remain indifferent. According to the principle of territorial management, it transferred it to the Yingjiang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and simultaneously sent an investigation team to Baishu Bay Township, Ningyang County, for a secret visit.

The secret visit task was assigned to the Third Office of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, which did not attract the attention of the director. However, he remembered that Wang Yujia, a fourth-level researcher in the office, had hung a post in Ningyang for training, so he let the "flower" of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection go down to "sightsee" under the name of a secret visit!

At this time, Niu Qinghe was still immersed in the dream of being promoted, not restraining his behavior in the slightest, and hanging out with this "patient" Le Xuezhi all day long.

After receiving the task, Wang Yujia went happily. She still had a certain affection for Ningyang; after all, she had worked there for two years and had an indescribable sense of intimacy, especially the cold noodles, lamb, Du family chicken, etc., which made people dream about them!

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