Chapter 704: Heard He Likes Unannounced Visits!

Monday morning.

Tang Ye had just started work when he opened the Yanzhou Evening News.

In the social section, he saw an article written by Meng Haibo and Han Jing.

After reading it through, Tang Ye discovered that his name appeared in both articles.

However, regarding Tang Ye's identity, both merely glossed over it as a staff member of the County Government.

Naturally, someone in the County Party Committee Propaganda Department noticed these two news items and immediately began investigating who exactly this County Government staff member Tang Ye was!

Qiao Lin was sitting in his office when he received a call from the Minister of the Propaganda Department.

"Minister Gao, is there something you need?" Qiao Lin asked with a smile.

Gao Bo shook the newspaper, "I'm asking you about something. Is there a young comrade named Tang Ye in the County Government Office?"

Qiao Lin was stunned for a moment, "The new Executive County Magistrate is named Tang Ye."

Gao Bo scratched his head, "That doesn't seem right. Today's evening news has a story about our Dayu, and it mentions that a staff member from the County Government Office accompanied a reporter to Shanyang Village for an interview. This staff member is named Tang Ye."

Qiao Lin said with a smile, "That must be a mistake. No one has the same name as County Magistrate Tang!"

Gao Bo said, "Could it be that County Magistrate Tang went to Shanyang Village?"

Qiao Lin paused, "That shouldn't be the case. Transportation to Shanyang Village is inconvenient; cars can't get in at all. I also haven't received any notification."

Gao Bo sighed, "I heard he likes to conduct unannounced visits. Could it be that he went secretly this time too?"

Qiao Lin's head immediately felt as big as a bucket, "That shouldn't be. If he were conducting an unannounced visit, he would definitely publicize it. There's no need to be secretive."

Gao Bo nodded slightly, "I'm just keeping you in the loop. The Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government are paying extra attention to the education system in Dayu County and have already arranged for the media to focus on publicizing it. The fiscal budget for education this year will definitely be increased."

Qiao Lin said with a smile, "Minister Gao, you are too excellent. The efforts of the Propaganda Department are obvious to all!"

After hanging up the phone, in order to verify the situation, Qiao Lin called Ma Ran into his office.

"Director Qiao, are you looking for me?"

"Yes, there is something I need to verify with you. Has County Magistrate Tang had any special activities?"

Ma Ran said, "County Magistrate Tang went to the city over the weekend and visited Fang Chengxin, Deputy Minister of the Municipal Organization Department."

Qiao Lin knew that Tang Ye had applied for an official vehicle, so he nodded slightly, "Understood. If there is any situation with County Magistrate Tang, you must keep me informed in a timely manner. So I can be mentally prepared."

Ma Ran understood what Qiao Lin meant; he wanted him to act as an informant.

Ma Ran was still quite grateful to Qiao Lin; after all, without Qiao Lin, he wouldn't be where he was today.

However, Qiao Lin using him as an intelligence informant now made him feel very conflicted inside.

After spending some time with Tang Ye, Ma Ran was won over by Tang Ye's personal charisma.

He was completely different from the other cadres in Dayu County.

He possessed professional knowledge, a down-to-earth spirit, the courage to tackle tough problems, and even more so, the strategic vision to plan for the big picture.

Qiao Lin took out a schedule, "This is County Magistrate Tang's research itinerary; it has already been finalized."

Ma Ran took the itinerary and said softly, "I will communicate this with County Magistrate Tang right away."

Subsequently, Tang Ye added the Dayu Women's High School to the itinerary.

This small episode took Qiao Lin quite by surprise.

Because the other units for research were all enterprises, while the Dayu Women's High School was a school, making it seem out of place.

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Starting Tuesday, Tang Ye visited several key enterprises one after another.

Dayu County's industrial foundation was weak, and the industries that were slightly better developed were basically related to minerals and energy.

At noon that day, after visiting a phosphate mining company.

Tang Ye was preparing to head to the next stop.

The company boss, Mr. Wei, smiled and greeted him, "County Magistrate Tang, I have prepared a working lunch here at noon. You must stay and have a bite to eat."

Tang Ye knew clearly in his heart that this had been arranged by Qiao Lin in advance.

He glanced at Qiao Lin, his tone carrying a hint of seriousness: "Director Qiao, I emphasized to you specifically before that we should return to the unit for lunch. Why didn't you handle it according to my requirements?"

Qiao Lin muttered to himself: How can one go out to inspect an enterprise and not have the other party arrange lunch?

He put on an innocent look and explained: "County Magistrate Tang, I originally arranged to return to the unit for lunch. But Boss Wei has put so much heart into this; if we don't appreciate it, wouldn't that be a waste?"

Boss Wei hurriedly added with a smile: "Yes, yes, it was my negligence for not coordinating with Director Qiao in advance. Please don't take offense."

Seeing this, Tang Ye found it difficult to appear too unsociable, so he followed the two of them to the company cafeteria.

There was a small private room in the cafeteria with a large round table inside.

The table was already filled with various dishes, and two bottles of white liquor were placed on the side.

Tang Ye's expression instantly turned solemn. He swept a cold glance at Boss Wei and said: "Boss Wei, wasn't it a working lunch we discussed earlier? We are public officials, and there are strict regulations on dining standards. I'm afraid I have to disappoint your good intentions for this meal today."

Boss Wei had originally wanted to use this meal to get closer to Tang Ye, but he didn't expect the other party's attitude to be so firm. He was momentarily at a loss and could only cast a look of help toward Qiao Lin.

Qiao Lin hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Since we're already here, why don't we remove the white liquor and just have some food? Let's not let Boss Wei's intentions go to waste."

Tang Ye ignored Qiao Lin, turned around, and walked out of the private room, leaving behind the words: "Director Qiao, if you want to eat so badly, then you can stay and eat by yourself!"

Not expecting Tang Ye to give him no face at all, Qiao Lin was shocked and hurriedly chased after him.

Added to the previous incident of testing him with the Audi, Qiao Lin was now certain that Tang Ye was a cadre with extremely strong principles.

He chased him the whole way, apologizing: "County Magistrate Tang, I'm sorry. I didn't consider this matter thoroughly enough. Please don't be angry."

Tang Ye stopped and said in a heavy tone: "Director Qiao, you must understand that Dayu County is a National-level Poverty-stricken County. There are still many ordinary people with low incomes living difficult lives. This table of food today costs at least one thousand yuan. You calculate how much rice or how many cotton coats that money could buy? We are eating the blood and sweat of the common people; I truly cannot swallow this meal."

Qiao Lin thought to himself: These words sound far too high-sounding.

From another perspective, if an enterprise doesn't arrange lunch, wouldn't that be failing to give the Government face?

But he dared not argue back and could only hurriedly promise: "County Magistrate Tang, please rest assured. In the future, I will definitely make it clear to the enterprises in advance and will never let them arrange things like this again. I will call the unit cafeteria now, and we will head back to eat immediately."

As he spoke, he took out his phone, wanting to make up for the current situation as much as possible.

Tang Ye thought for a moment, suddenly changed his mind, and waved his hand, saying, "We won't go back to the office to eat; let's go to Dayu Women's High School."

Qiao Lin was stunned for a moment, secretly complaining to himself: This County Magistrate Tang really does whatever comes to his mind!

"Dayu Women's High School hasn't received notice in advance; won't they be unprepared?"

Tang Ye instructed Qiao Lin with a serious expression: "Make it clear to Principal Jin that whatever the students eat, we will eat; there must not be any special treatment."

Having just experienced what happened earlier, Qiao Lin didn't dare to play any tricks and hurriedly replied, "Understood, County Magistrate Tang, I will call Principal Jin to notify her right now."