Chapter 348: Storm is Coming
After the Spring Festival, February came quietly, and it was only one month left before Mr. Li’s term of office expired.
Chu Yang also returned to his post and continued to serve as Director Li's secretary.
Mr. Li has served as the chairman of the board of directors of Aiguowang Company for two terms. His term has expired this time and he cannot be re-elected. In fact, he has many options. The first is to go to the headquarters. Even if he cannot manage things, he can become a fourth-level employee and retire after completing his mission.
If it was worse, he could retreat to the second line and continue to be a nominal director in the provincial company. The so-called nominal director is the kind who only takes money but does not do anything. However, power is really addictive. Chu Yang feels very happy just being a secretary.
What’s more, he is the chairman.
Chu Yang wondered if Director Li would be very anxious or behave strangely during this month, but Chu Yang found that Director Li was still as devoted to his work as usual, and of course, he also deliberately increased his exposure.
Some time ago, the power headquarters sent some people down for inspection. Director Li did not show any expression, but asked the office to prepare for the reception. The inspectors were polite and a meeting was held.
Later, a vote was held to evaluate the leadership team of Aiguo Company.
Chu Yang took a look at the evaluation form. Almost all the members of the board of directors were on it, and he couldn’t tell what it meant.
Chu Yang didn't have any psychological burden, so he simply wrote "excellent" after Director Li's name and "incompetent" after Director Liu's name. He left the others alone, most of them were "basically competent".
Mr. Li is his future father-in-law, and it is impossible for him not to support him at this time. This is determined by personal emotions and wishes. Of course, when Chu Yang made his comments, he covered his eyes with his hands so that the several secretaries next to him see it.
When handing in the form, Chu Yang deliberately intervened, feeling a bit guilty. But when he thought about it, it was unnecessary. This kind of evaluation was just a formality and had no effect on the result.
There is nothing useful here.
A few days later, Director Li took Chu Yang to the headquarters again. This time, they indeed went to visit Director Fan and brought gifts. After they arrived, Director Fan put on airs and made Director Li wait for half an hour.
Chu Yang originally thought that Director Li came for his position, but he talked to Director Fan for a long time about power reform and the need to take the path of new clean energy. Director Fan was probably a little confused in the end and couldn't help asking, "Old Li, you came here to report this to me."
Mr. Li replied: "Director Fan, this may not be very mature yet, but I think this is the development direction of our power industry in the next few decades. I am here to get your support."
Director Fan must have been dumbfounded: "Old Li, you're still taking it so seriously. You don't even know if you can be re-elected this time."
Chairman Li answered without hesitation: "This is not something I should consider. It is something that your superiors should consider. I just need to do my job as chairman."
"Old Li, you really see things clearly." Director Fan smiled meaningfully.
Mr. Li laughed at himself: "I didn't see it clearly. I just thought that no matter what, it was the right decision in the end."
On the way back, Director Li was silent, and no one knew what he was thinking. Director Li had been in office for many years, and he was not a fool. He must have his reasons for doing everything. Chu Yang also knew that he could not teach him how to do things.
Perhaps he was proud of his status and didn't want to condescend, or perhaps he knew something and didn't want to waste time.
Director Li went to the headquarters, and someone with ulterior motives spread the news, and some people started saying that he had gone there to give gifts in exchange for a promotion. There were more topics about his re-election or promotion, but few people dared to mention it in front of Director Li. However, more and more people came to report to him.
Chu Yang saw all this and for some reason had a bad feeling.
As for Mr. Liu, he has become increasingly quiet in recent times. He dresses more and more appropriately, and even his hair is combed more and more smoothly, giving people the impression that he is always ready to take office.
The company was quiet for some time, and finally it was the end of February. When Mr. Li’s term of office was about to expire, a huge "rumor" suddenly spread within the company.
This rumor may not really be a rumor. Anyway, someone spread some vague photos inside the company, saying that Director Li has a chaotic private life and has an affair with Minister Zhang Shuyu and President Luo of Seiko Group.
In addition, a letter of complaint appeared in the company, reporting that Mr. Li had accepted bribes from Seiko Group Corporation.
Chu Yang also obtained an anonymous letter of complaint from Minister Zhang, which criticized Director Li for corruption and bribery, and also clearly recorded the process of Director Li accepting a precious inkstone from Seiko Group. Chu Yang was shocked when he read it because it was written in such detail.
He was also there when the precious inkstone was collected. Everything written on the letter was exactly right. It must have been done intentionally by someone. It seemed to be someone close to Director Li. It was really scary. Chu Yang didn't expect these people to be so deliberate. They just wanted to ruin Director Li's reputation at this critical time.
Chu Yang didn't want to hand the letter of complaint to Director Li, but Director Li knew about it in advance and asked Chu Yang to show him the letter.
There was no choice but Chu Yang to do as he was told.
After reading the letter, Mr. Li put it aside with a serious expression.
Chu Yang said: "Mr. Li, it is obvious that someone close to you is framing you and deliberately making you lose your prestige."
Director Li seemed to be used to it: "Every time this happens, there must be someone trying to make a name for themselves. It would be strange if there weren't any. Let them do it."
Chu Yang was a little scared: "Mr. Li, should you put away your inkstone first?" Chu Yang saw that Mr. Li's inkstone was still on the table, afraid that someone would come to check.
Director Li disagreed: "No, I did accept an inkstone, so what? Even if someone from above comes to investigate, I will report it truthfully, but I will not return it. This is my only hobby, so how can I be guilty of this?"
Chu Yang didn’t know whether Mr. Li was confident or just being angry on purpose, so he could only respect his wishes.
Today in the cafeteria, Chu Yang and Fan Qisi were eating together and saw that loser Liu Jun. This bastard was transferred back to the safety and supervision department of the provincial company last week, which is just an ordinary specialist position.
He sat down next to Fan Qisi and greeted her in a friendly manner: "Fanfan, why didn't you call me for dinner?" Fan Qisi suddenly felt a little nauseous and naturally leaned towards Chu Ran.
Only then did Liu Jun see Chu Yang.
When enemies meet, it should be bloody, but Liu Jun changed his usual behavior and came over to smile at Chu Yang: "Secretary Chu, you have worked hard. You have such heavy dark circles under your eyes. It seems that you have been very hard during this period."
Chu Yang didn't know what he was pressing, and knew he had bad intentions, so he didn't bother to touch him and just lowered his head to eat.
Liu Jun sneered, with an unknown sense of pride in his eyes.
