Chapter 199: A Helping Hand

Wang Fei knew his old classmate was in a difficult position, but he was really at his wit's end and full of desire for the director's throne, so he could only thicken his skin and ask Wang Hongtao to find a way.

After pondering for a moment, Wang Hongtao said, "It's not easy for me to greet Ningyang about this matter; it's hard to avoid suspicion. How about this, I'm going to the province for a meeting tomorrow, and I'll visit Minister Li Guoquan by the way to see what he says."

Wang Fei said gratefully, "Secretary Wang, I'm really at my wit's end. I'm really troubling you!"

"Wanting to progress is a good thing; it's human nature. Besides, your work is not bad. Oh, by the way, has Lu Fan taken office?"

"You mean Director Lu? He's still in the public notice period, but I heard that someone reported him. I don't know if it will have an impact."

Wang Hongtao asked, "What was reported?"

"Nothing more than corruption, messing around with male-female relationships, retaliation, and the like."

"Do you think Lu Fan would commit these mistakes?"

Wang Fei said affirmatively, "I've known Lu Fan for some years, and I was his deputy director for a year. I feel that those reports are purely groundless, not even worth mentioning. Who in the Ningyang education system doesn't know that Lu Fan never touches money."

"Some people, either out of their own selfishness, or out of a desire for revenge, or intentionally 'muddying the water', deliberately falsely accuse and frame others, making good cadres suffer injustice and damage their reputation in order to achieve ulterior motives. But often this method is very effective. I encountered it in Yinzhou, where a cadre said bluntly that he must report so-and-so until the organization doesn't use him! This trend cannot be allowed to grow!"

But after Wang Fei left, Wang Hongtao pondered for a long time and felt that his student was not easy, so he had to help him speak up, so he dialed the phone of Yingjiang Municipal Party Committee Secretary Li Mingzhou.

Seeing the phone showing Wang Hongtao's number, Li Mingzhou was puzzled. What does this favorite of the Provincial Party Secretary and rising star in the Qinchuan officialdom want with him?

After the call was connected, Wang Hongtao said enthusiastically, "Hello, Secretary Li, sorry to disturb your work!"

Li Mingzhou laughed, "It's Hongtao, rare for you to call me!"

Wang Hongtao hurriedly said, "Secretary Li's criticism is correct. As long as you don't find it troublesome, I must ask for instructions and report to you often in the future!"

"You don't visit the temple without a cause. Just say it if you have something! Does Yinzhou's matter need Yingjiang's cooperation?"

"If I need to trouble you, I will definitely report in advance. I made this call to speak a word of justice for one of my students!"

"Hmm, tell me about it!"

"Secretary Li, Lu Fan, the Education Bureau Director of Ningyang, was my student when I was teaching. I have a certain understanding of this comrade. I just heard that someone reported him. If he really made a mistake, then there's nothing to say; handle it as it should be handled, and it must be strict and heavy! But I'm worried that someone is intentionally slandering him, using reporting to block his future. After all, when adjusting personnel, behaviors like false accusations, framing, and malicious reporting are repeatedly banned and common! I ask you to observe clearly and let comrades who dare to take responsibility and dare to be responsible unload their ideological burdens and eliminate their worries."

Unexpectedly, Lu Fan and Wang Hongtao had this layer of relationship. Li Mingzhou pretended not to know and said, "If there is corruption, it must be punished; if there is corruption, it must be opposed; if there is responsibility, it must be questioned. This is an unshirkable duty. But at the same time, supporting cadres who want to do things and can do things, and letting them unload their burdens and go into battle lightly, is also an unshirkable duty!"

"Hongtao, since you have greeted me, I will personally pay attention to Lu Fan's matter. As long as one has a righteous spirit, why fear others' framing and false accusations? Don't worry, how can you not offend people when doing work? As long as it is not a matter of principle, minor flaws are harmless. I will find out the truth and clarify right and wrong."

Unexpectedly, Li Mingzhou gave so much face. Wang Hongtao thanked him repeatedly and said he would visit him personally when he returned home for the New Year.

As a heavyweight member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Li Mingzhou could roughly guess Wang Hongtao's mission to Yinzhou. As long as this errand is done well, a Municipal Party Secretary position is inevitable. It is very necessary to make friends with such a potential stock.

On January 15, his younger sister Lu Yao was on vacation. Lu Fan felt restless in the office, so he simply called Du Wenlong to go to Yingjiang Railway Station to pick up his sister and relax by the way.

Arriving in Yingjiang, the two first went to eat pickled cabbage noodles and barbecue, filled their stomachs, and then headed to the railway station.

After arriving, he didn't expect Lu Yao and Zhou Tianhui to come out together.

A ripple still rose in Lu Fan's heart, and he greeted with a smile, "Tianhui, thank you for taking care of Yao Yao!"

Zhou Tianhui's face turned slightly red, and she said, "It should be Yao Yao taking care of me!"

"Let's go, get in the car!"

After the car started, the atmosphere in the car was very strange, and no one spoke.

Lu Yao broke the awkward atmosphere and said, "Brother, Sister Tianhui is too amazing. She was admitted to the CCTV Navy Station and became a war correspondent!"

Lu Fan was very surprised and asked, "Tianhui, isn't that very dangerous? How did you think of doing this line of work?"

A kind word warms three winters. Zhou Tianhui smiled, "I studied media. Only after going outside did I know that this world is different from what we imagined. Seniors use words, sounds, or images to record the war and truly convey the cruelty of the war to the world, which makes me very admirable. I want to follow in their footsteps!"

Lu Fan sighed, "I admire your courage, but you are a girl!"

Zhou Tianhui laughed, "Brother Fan, don't look down on us women. I can also roll up my sleeves, roll up my trouser legs, cross the smoke, use the lens as a 'gun', and rush on the road!"

"Alright, I admire your courage, but I still hope you don't go to dangerous places."

When getting out of the car, Zhou Tianhui was very reluctant to part, feeling that she had a lot to say to Lu Fan, but couldn't muster the courage.

Watching the car disappear from view, Zhou Tianhui felt very lost. People who have entered the heart are missed whether they see them or not. One can pretend to be strong, but the heart cannot lie.

Love doesn't know where it starts, but it goes deep. Some people, once met, are a lifetime in a glance. Even if they are not together, they will still illuminate you like a beam of light, putting the longing in the bottom of the heart, safely and securely. May there be years to look back on, and may we grow old together with deep affection!

In the past few days, Lu Fan counted the days on his fingers and finally survived the public notice period, but there was no news about the report.

With the optimistic attitude that no news is good news, Lu Fan looked forward to the Municipal Party Committee holding a Standing Committee meeting quickly.

On January 17, Lu Fan came to the County Government to report on work. This year's key work is to pass the "Double High and Double Universal" acceptance. The province will establish a steering group, adopting forms such as holding symposiums, reviewing materials, questionnaires, and sample surveys, stipulating spot checks on the Education Bureau, Finance Bureau, Supervision Office, 6 middle schools, 13 primary schools, 12 kindergartens, and 2 township adult technical schools.

Bian Jide asked, "To make up for the current shortcomings, how much more funding is needed?"

Lu Fan replied, "County Chief, the problems are: the progress of 14 newly built school buildings is slow, and there are 39 school building renovations and 9 playground renovations; the equipment for teachers and students such as computers, football goals, electronic whiteboards, and department facilities are not in place, and 8 kindergartens lack outdoor activity equipment; some schools lack functional departments, and schools with more than 1,000 people have no campus TV stations. I made a preliminary calculation. Excluding supporting funds, the county finance still needs to take out 32 million."

Bian Jide's face was full of sorrow, and he sighed, "The 'Double High and Double Universal' is a political task that must pass acceptance, but how can we squeeze out so much money at once? Alas, we can only start the project first, owe the money, and clear it while working."

Lu Fan was also helpless; work without money is hard to do!

After talking about work, Bian Jide said, "It seems that the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee meeting will be held in the afternoon!"

Lu Fan immediately became energetic and asked, "Are there any personnel issues?"

Bian Jide shook his head and said, "I don't know about this. I haven't heard what issues there are. Let's wait and see!"

"County Chief, about my being reported, do you think it will have an impact?"

Bian Jide thought for a while and said, "It's hard to say, but I haven't heard any bad news for the time being, which is good news. I hope everything goes smoothly!"

At 3:00 PM, the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee held a meeting to convey the spirit of the provincial assessment meeting, study the work division of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee members, the rules of procedure and decision-making of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, and study matters such as the adjustment of county-level leadership teams. Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee member and Municipal Party Committee Secretary Li Mingzhou presided over the meeting.

The last item of the meeting was personnel issues, studying the adjustment of county-level leadership teams. Lu Fan was on the list, nominated as Deputy County Chief of Ningyang County!

Under the leadership of Secretary Li Mingzhou, the personnel adjustment plan was successfully passed.

Secretary Li is a member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee. In Yingjiang, there is nothing he wants to do that he cannot do.

When the meeting was adjourned, Secretary Li, for some reason, commented on the work of the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission, proposing that there should be things to do and things not to do! It seems to be knocking the Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary, which is really thought-provoking!

Lu Fan was sitting in his office in a daze, looking out the window with empty eyes, his whole person lost in thought.

Suddenly, a cell phone ringtone broke this tranquility.

Lu Fan picked up his phone and saw that it was a call from his classmate Deng Zhunchi, who worked in the Municipal Organization Department.

Pressing the answer button, before he could speak, he heard the voice on the other side lower and say, "Brother Fan, good news! The plan is out, you are on the list, Deputy County Chief of Ningyang County, congratulations! I'm a bit busy now, typing documents, I won't say more!" Before the words fell, Deng Zhunchi hung up the phone in a hurry.

Lu Fan listened to the beeping sound from the phone and was stunned for a while.

After a long while, he woke up like a dream, and an ecstatic expression appeared on his face.

This news was like the sound of nature, making Lu Fan feel incomparably comfortable, and every pore on his body was incomparably transparent!

As the saying goes, people are refreshed when they encounter happy events. Lu Fan paced back and forth in the office excitedly, not knowing how to release this passion, and not knowing who to share the good news with!

Thinking that the document would be issued tomorrow at the earliest, Lu Fan greeted County Chief Bian Jide and immediately set off for Chang'an to report the good news to Director Han Guishan in person and express his gratitude!

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