With that said, the two of them took a few steps towards the stairs, but after taking a few steps, Ling You stopped and then walked back softly.

After returning to the door, Ling You put his ear close to the door and listened. Sure enough, he first heard a few creaks of leather sofas, and then heard footsteps.

Ma Junteng inside did the same. He pressed against the door and listened. When he heard that there was no movement in the corridor, Ma Junteng reached out and unscrewed the lock on the door, and then opened the door lightly.

Ling You looked at the gap where the door was gently opened, and glanced at Su Hongxing on the other side of the door. Su Hongxing and Ling You looked at each other, with a suppressed smile on their lips.

When the crack in the door opened wider, Ma Junteng's fleshy face poked his head out of the crack.

"Director Ma, you're okay." Su Hongxing said.

Ma Junteng let out a frightened "Ah!" and took two steps back. Then he patted his chest and looked at Su Hongxing and said, "Hey, Director Su, what kind of wind brought you here? Why didn't anyone notify you?"

"After seeing Su Hongxing clearly, Ma Junteng's heart froze. His mind was broken and he was in the middle. What should he do now? But he still pretended to be calm and said: "Quick, Director Su, please come inside.

"

Su Hongxing glanced at Ling You at this time, and saw Ling You walking in with his figure revealed, Su Hongxing followed closely behind Ling You.

Ma Junteng naturally knew who Ling You was, but he still pretended not to know him and asked: "Director Su, who is this leader?"

When Su Hongxing heard this, she cooperated with Ma Junteng and said, "This is the new Secretary Ling from the county party committee."

After hearing this, Ma Junteng hurriedly stretched out his hand and said: "Oh, it's Secretary Ling. Look at me, I couldn't go down to pick you up when you arrived. I've been cold and tired for the past two days, and I accidentally fell asleep in the office just now.

"

Ling You smiled and shook Ma Junteng's hand, and then said: "Director Ma shoulders the financial responsibility of our entire Ling'an County. He has worked hard and made great achievements, but you must take care of yourself. I heard County Magistrate Li say today that you are sick."

Yes, so I came over to visit."

After speaking, Ling You paused for a moment and then pretended to be concerned: "Why don't you go to the hospital for two days and still insist on coming to work? This is not possible. The body is the capital of revolution, so we must pay attention to it."

After hearing what Ling You said, Ma Junteng said: "The county's finances are stretched thin. I was worried about how I could stay in the hospital, so I hurried back."

Ling You grabbed the enthusiastic Ma Junteng's hand and inadvertently felt Ma Junteng's pulse, which made him even more convinced that there was nothing wrong with Ma Junteng's body except for high blood pressure.

"I looked at this year's financial report and knew that our county is having a hard time this year, so I came here to find you, the God of Wealth, to discuss countermeasures." After saying that, Ling You let go of Ma Junteng's hand and pointed to the sofa again.

: "Sit down and chat?"

Ma Junteng wished that Ling You would leave now, but how dare he not let Ling You sit down, so he said: "Secretary Ling, please come quickly."

Then he looked at Su Hongxing: "Director Su, please take a seat too."

Then he hurried over and opened the tea can for Ling You and Su Hongxing to make tea.

Ling You pressed his hand towards Su Hongxing and motioned for him to sit down. Su Hongxing walked to Ma Junteng's desk, brought a chair, and sat next to Ling You, instead of sitting on the sofa next to Ling You.

After Ma Junteng made two cups of tea, he turned around with a smile on his bitter face, and then walked back: "Secretary Ling, Director Su, I don't have any good tea to entertain you two."

Ling You waved his hand, and then motioned for Ma Junteng to sit down: "Director Ma, I heard that several units in the county are now unable to pay wages?"

When Ma Junteng heard this, another layer of sweat broke out on his forehead: "Last year, the county's finances were actually drained. This year, several units in the county have upgraded their office equipment. Office buildings need to be renovated, everywhere.

Where money is used, every penny I spend is more important than the salary in my pocket.

It hurts, but as the old saying goes, the landlords don’t have enough food left. Before, the county provided money for road construction and bridge construction in Mahe Township. Now there is no money to pay the construction company for the project payment. The threshold of my office is even higher.

It’s about to be flattened, so we have no choice but to let the county cadres and comrades suffer some injustice first.”

As he spoke, Ma Junteng pretended to be pitiful and said: "Look at the office building of our Finance Bureau. It was built twenty years ago. Young comrades in the bureau have asked me to apply with the county from time to time.

, I spent some money to renovate and renovate it, but I would rather suffer myself than my brothers and units."

"Look, I've been wearing these shoes for two years. It's not that I don't want to change them. I haven't been able to get paid this year. If you don't believe me, ask the comrades in our bureau. They haven't been paid for half a year.

It’s difficult, but I also told my comrades at a meeting that the county

The difficulties are much more difficult than our own. Most of us are party members. Show some dedication and collective spirit of honor to help the county overcome the difficulties at this stage. Good days are ahead.

Well, are you right, Secretary Ling?"

As soon as Ling You heard what Ma Junteng said, he knew that Ma Junteng was an old man. He was pretending to be pitiful in his words and had an attitude that made it difficult for him to hit him even if he raised his board.

Then Ling You said: "I understand Director Ma's difficulties. The work of the Finance Office is difficult to handle, and I fully understand it."

As soon as Ling You said these words, Ma Junteng immediately gave him a pole and climbed up and said: "Isn't that right? Secretary, the finance director of a wealthy county is, to put it harshly, that's me. But like the finance director of a poor county like ours, Ling'an County

Director, I am not even as good as my grandson. Every day I am chased all over the county by "debt collectors". But now, we finally have Secretary Ling here. Why don't you show me and find a way to get the pen?

Money?"ωωw..net

Ling You raised his eyebrows when he heard this, glanced at Ma Junteng, and said in his heart, okay, you, Ma Junteng, are trying to counterattack my army.

"No matter how hard it is, comrades in various units in the county, especially grassroots employees such as doctors and teachers in hospitals and schools, I will find a way to deal with the money problem. Since Comrade Junteng has asked the county committee for help,

Naturally, I can't just sit idly by. Let's do this. Give me a copy of the county's financial data and I'll go back.

Let's see how we can reasonably fill this financial gap. I have to figure out how much money is needed to solve it. If it doesn't work, I'll hold a meeting and allocate this gap to each unit, so that each unit can share the benefits.
Chapter completed!