When Ye Ming heard Wang Hai say that as long as Zhang Linjiang said a word, Li Yutian would definitely help Lu Cheng get promoted, he was extremely surprised and asked in confusion: "Director Wang, do Li Yutian have a good relationship with Director Zhang? Isn't that right?
It’s very possible!”
Wang Hai shook his head and said: "No, Director Zhang and Li Yutian are not familiar with each other at all. However, Li Yutian is now doing everything possible to get acquainted with Director Zhang. The reason is very simple: he wants to find a good future for his precious son."
Next, he told Ye Ming and Lu Cheng the reason why Li Yutian wanted to get acquainted with Zhang Linjiang.
It turned out that Li Yutian's son Li Yuelin was known as a "child prodigy" since he was a child. He had excellent academic performance. He skipped grades in elementary school, junior high school and high school. He took the college entrance examination at the age of 16 and was admitted to the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University as the top scorer in the province's science subjects.
, is a typical academic master. Li Yutian and his wife love this talented son who has earned them so much respect like a treasure and have high expectations for him.
After Li Yuelin graduated with a doctorate from Tsinghua University, he originally wanted to go abroad or work in a Fortune 500 company, but Li Yutian insisted that his son was qualified to be an official, so he asked him to take the exam for national ministries and commissions. Finally, he was admitted to the Ministry of Finance and was assigned to work.
The work of the Budget Department.
Li Yuelin is smart and has a very strong working ability, but he is a little nerdy, a little aloof and arrogant, and does not know how to deal with interpersonal relationships. Therefore, he has been working for nearly ten years and is almost forty years old, but he is still under the Budget Department.
The deputy director of a department, and he has been in this position for six years, but he has never been able to take a step forward, which makes Li Yutian, who hopes to have a successful son, both disappointed and anxious.
Not long ago, Li Yuelin suddenly called Li Yutian and told Li Yutian: A director of the Budget Department was promoted to deputy director, and another director retired, which suddenly opened up two regular positions. It was an excellent opportunity for him to be promoted. If he misses it,
This time, I don’t know that next time I will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to find a position available.
Li Yutian asked his son how sure he was of getting promoted this time. Li Yuelin told him in frustration: There are nine deputy directors who meet the promotion requirements this time, and the competition is very fierce. Among these nine contenders, in terms of qualifications and performance,
, in terms of ability, he should be second to none. However, the most critical problem is: Director of the Budget Department Zhang Linjiang does not recognize him, so no matter how senior he is, no matter how good his performance is, no matter how high his ability is, it is still equal to zero and it is impossible to be promoted.
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Li Yutian knew very well: The reason why Zhang Linjiang disliked, did not approve, and did not promote his son had a lot to do with him as a father, because in the past few years, his relationship with Secretary Lu of the Provincial Party Committee had not been good. Zhang Linjiang is
Secretary Lu's son-in-law is naturally aware of this relationship. Therefore, it is expected that he does not promote Li Yuelin.
Originally, Li Yutian couldn't lose face and went to Zhang Linjiang to intercede for his son, but this time the situation was different: if Li Yuelin could not reach a higher level, even if he would have the opportunity to be promoted to a senior level in the future, he would lose his age advantage and lose his career in the official career.
It is impossible to achieve great things anymore, and it is even possible to stay in a department-level position for the rest of his life and become a mediocre person who achieves nothing - this is absolutely difficult for Li Yutian, who hopes that his son will succeed, to accept it.
Therefore, he took advantage of the opportunity that he had just retired from the position of prosecutor general and had some free time. He went to the capital to find a leader of the Supreme People's Procuratorate who had a good relationship with Zhang Linjiang, and wanted to ask him to ask Zhang Linjiang to meet and have a meal.
I begged him for mercy on my son’s promotion.
Unexpectedly, after Zhang Linjiang learned that the person he was asking for was Li Yutian, he immediately rejected the leader, leaving no room for negotiation. This made the leader extremely embarrassed and unable to do anything.
For this reason, Li Yutian was extremely distressed. He discussed with Wang Hai several times and wanted to go straight to Secretary Lu to admit his mistake, apologize to him, ask for his forgiveness, and ask him to say hello to Zhang Linjiang.
Don't suppress his son anymore. But Wang Hai reminded him: now you no longer
In the position of the prosecutor general, it is too late to go to Secretary Lu to admit your mistakes and apologize. Not only will you not gain his understanding, it may even be counterproductive, making Secretary Lu think that you are a coward who is rampant when you succeed and admits your mistakes when you lose power.
People will look down on you even more in their hearts!
Therefore, Li Yutian had no choice but to give up the idea of asking Secretary Lu for reconciliation, but he had no other way to help his son. These days, his hair has turned a lot gray with worry...
After listening to Wang Hai's narration, Ye Ming hesitated for a long time and said a little embarrassedly: "Director Wang, if this is the case, even if I go to Director Zhang, he may not agree to promote Li Yutian's son!
This involves the dispute between Secretary Lu and Li Yutian, and Director Zhang will definitely handle it very carefully. Although I have a good relationship with him, he must consider it from Secretary Lu’s perspective, so it will be very difficult."
When Ye Ming said this, he was actually setting off a smokescreen on purpose to clear up his true relationship with Secretary Lu and the Zhang Linjiang couple. But in fact, he knew what he was saying: As long as he insisted on asking his brother-in-law Zhang Linjiang for help, he would definitely agree.
, and there is no need to ask Secretary Lu for his opinion - after all, Li Yuelin is just a normal promotion and does not violate any principles.
Moreover, from another perspective, this is an exchange of equal value between you and me: Zhang Linjiang promoted Li Yuelin to director, and Li Yutian helped Lu Cheng be promoted to prosecutor general of Min'an City. This exchange has great consequences for the parties involved.
It's said that everyone has a happy ending, and Zhang Linjiang probably won't have any objections...
Wang Hai thought he really had any concerns, so he hurriedly said: "Xiaoye, you can't force this matter. You can call Director Zhang and give it a try. It would be gratifying if he agrees, but it doesn't matter if he disagrees. We will find another way."
Do Li Yutian’s work.”
Ye Ming nodded and said, "Then I'll try calling tomorrow."
Then, he looked at his watch and saw that it was almost ten o'clock. Knowing that Wang Hai usually went to bed early, he said goodbye to Lu Cheng.
After Wang Hai sent them out, he returned to the living room, picked up the landline and dialed Li Yutian's home phone number.
After the call was connected, Wang Hai asked: "Old Li, how is your Yue Lin's promotion now? Do you have any clues?"
Li Yutian sighed heavily and said dullly: "What clues can there be? It's not that you don't know: without Zhang Linjiang's approval, Yue Lin wouldn't even have a glimmer of hope. Zhang Linjiang, a young man who has succeeded, has another official who is bound to the frontier.
My father-in-law, I heard that in their ministry,
He is very popular and will soon be promoted to deputy minister, so he is very arrogant. Most people will not buy it at all. I estimate that on the matter of Yue Lin's promotion, unless Secretary Lu speaks out, it is possible to change Zhang Linjiang's mind. Otherwise, Zhang Linjiang will change his mind.
, it’s useless to look for connections with anyone!”
Wang Hai pondered for a moment and said in a very solemn tone: "Old Li, I can provide you with information: In addition to Secretary Lu, there is another person who may be able to persuade Zhang Linjiang. Although you have not had direct contact with this person, you definitely know him.