There was silence in the hall, and only the sound of huffing and puffing could be heard. Ye Fan was not annoyed, and lightly took a look at everyone again, and found that the postures of everyone in the hall were quite interesting.
Seeing Ye Fan sweep over, some people immediately bent down to tie their well-tied shoelaces. Some pretended to take out lighters and prepared to light cigarettes, while others took pens and lit them on the paper. I wonder if they were drawing the head of themselves, the director.
While playing, the three girls with "sisters" either lowered their heads or pretended to arrange their clothes.
"Director of the Bureau, "How about I accompany you?" At this time, the enchanting young woman Lilac Girl popped up and said something hesitantly.
"Very good!" Ye Fan was very happy. At least there is someone willing to take the lead. It will be easier to deal with this stagnant water. This is the first thing he did when he became the director. If no one responds, the director will make a
fart.
"Who else is willing to take the lead?" After Ye Fan finished speaking, he looked at the three deputy directors, because Ding Xiangmei was only a deputy director in the office. Her level was too low.
Although he enjoys the treatment of a deputy director, he cannot be promoted to the top after all. A deputy director must assist the county in presiding over it.
However, Wei Baoguo, Lin Zhenmin, and Zhang Weiqing are all old deputy directors. They used to be deputy directors in other bureaus. Now that they have been demoted here, they have nothing to worry about?
In fact, there is a gimmick in transporting the statues of the Xiao family ancestors to Nantian Temple tomorrow. Although Xiao Junchen is the executive deputy county magistrate of Yuyang County, the power of the Xiao family has been declining recently.
The Fei family is at its peak, the Yu family is gradually becoming stubborn, and the Xie family is relatively stable. However, Xiao Ding is too weak. The bronze sculpture of the ancestor of the Xiao family is probably brought back this time for the purpose of building momentum.
For the Xiao family, it certainly builds momentum. But for the Fei family, Yu family, and Xie family, it destroys momentum.
On the contrary, if you stand up and try your best to criticize the Xiao family at this time, you may unintentionally offend the Fei family, Yu family and Xie family. Especially the Fei family and Yu family will definitely suppress the Xiao family and prevent him from doing so.
When he raised his head again, the result of having a strong hand in vain was a result that none of the three parties wanted to see.
So the situation here is very chaotic. The three deputy directors were relegated to the sidelines when they were very powerful before, but now they are being transferred out. It would not be worth it if they offend the powerful Fei family and Yu family.
.
On the other hand, if today was to welcome the ancestors of the Fei family back, I don't think Ye Fan would have to say anything. These deputies would rush to Nantianding. Even if they pay for themselves, they would have to use their warm faces to stick to the cold buttocks.
Ye Fan didn't expect that for such a simple activity, the water in it would be so deep. It's really hard to be a human being. It's even harder to think about everything, and it's not something that a god can figure out.
Another embarrassing minute passed. Ye Fan looked at the time and it was already half past two. He stopped eating this meal and everyone remained silent.
He was a little angry, but he looked okay and smiled lightly. He asked, "Which director was in charge of this activity before?"
After being silent for a while, Wei Baoguo saw that he couldn't hide, so he hummed: "I am responsible, but even though I am responsible, I have co-organized several events recently, including the ribbon-cutting of ethnic unity at the Jide Township Bridge.
Feixiang wooden bridge restoration is co-organized, and the Qingmai Township waist drum team has carried out activities, which have not stopped these days. I am very tired, and it’s time to rest for a while, so I’d better invite other comrades in the bureau to go!"
"Well! Director Wei is a little tired. What do you think, Director Lin and Director Zhang?" Ye Fan asked.
"Bureau Ye, I've been suffering from stomach trouble recently. All my colleagues here know that I have this stomach trouble. It's okay when I don't have an attack, but it hurts like hell when I do.
I have been taking medicine from the bottle these past few days. I was originally going to be hospitalized. Today I came back to see off Lao Zhong because he retired. After all, he was a colleague, right?
If you really want me to go, I'm afraid that I'll have a stomach attack and be unable to get down from the top of the mountain for a while. My illness is a minor matter, but I'm afraid that it will interfere with the bureau's activities and make the county leaders unhappy, which will cause trouble.
." Lin Zhenmin threw out his old stomach problem as Huangzi.
"Hmph! It's an old trick to use stomach problems as a cover whenever something happens. You don't know how to find a new way to play, damn it! That time the director asked everyone to go to Yuyang Hotel to eat, you old boy can run faster than a rabbit.
, why didn’t you mention old stomach trouble at that time? You know that this job is thankless, but you put it all on me.” Although the young deputy director Zhang Weiqing secretly cursed Lin.
He glanced at Ye Fan and said: "Bureau Ye, I am responsible for ethnic activities. I have never done this kind of thing of welcoming bronze sculptures of ancestors. I don't have experience and don't know where to start. I'm afraid of doing this.
It’s a disgrace to our bureau.”
"Director, I can go when I arrive. I am engaged in publicity, but I have to say something. Our bureau has never provided any subsidies for going to the countryside. The only subsidy for meals is one yuan and fifty cents for one day."
You can eat cold food for one dollar and fifty cents, but you can only drink boiled water for a bowl of noodles for one dollar.
When I go to other bureaus, I get a daily meal subsidy of five yuan, and generally there is an extra allowance for Ruan’s travel expenses. Every time I go with them, I eat for nothing, and I feel embarrassed to use the car and the food.”
Ning Yumei, the head of the Publicity Section, complained. "But this time the event is more grand, it would be better if Lao Wei, Lao Lin, and Lao Zhang go to one. Otherwise, we two women will go to Deputy County Magistrate Xiao's meeting."
No matter how you look at it, you would think that our bureau does not take his ancestors seriously."
At this time, the phone rang again, and Ding Xiangmei took the report and reported: "Master Gude from Nantian Temple urged me. He said that Deputy County Magistrate Xiao had given instructions just now, saying that the county department in charge was responsible for this event, and the Xiao family
He is the master, just helping from the side."
"Alas! It's going to be difficult this time. Deputy County Magistrate Xiao has concerns." Zhong Facai sighed. He immediately thought of going there.
"Concerns?" Ye Fan repeated something he didn't understand.
"Yes, I'm probably afraid that people in the county will say that the Xiao family uses public money to do things for their own family, etc. Our situation in Yuyang is complicated and people talk a lot.
I'm an old man, and I'm retired anyway so I don't have to worry about being hated by others. Director Ye, you'd better think of a solution quickly. Just now Master Goode passed a message from Deputy County Magistrate Xiao, and the department in charge is responsible for it, not our Religious Affairs Bureau or someone else.
It's a big deal to host an event. How can we do it if we don't have 3,500 people? It's okay. If it doesn't work well, Deputy County Magistrate Xiao won't agree to it. And I heard that the Xiao family members from other places will come back this time.
, how can we host it if we don’t have money? Alas,”
Zhong Facai really felt bad for Ye Fan, the newly appointed director.
"Yes! Just now Lao Zhong also said that since the Xiao family's ancestral branch in Hong Kong, Mr. Xiao Feicheng, can donate, the big bronze statue of Mr. Xiao Feicheng must be worth one million and six hundred yuan.
My husband’s family is well-off, so we must have a great event this time. Otherwise, we will lose the face of Yuyang County.
Our bureau represents the entire county of Yuyang this time, and we have to pretend to be fat even if we slap someone in the face." Ye Fan encouraged him, but he did not highlight the faults of the eight people present.
"If you don't have money, no matter how much you get swollen, you won't get fat. Guests have to eat, and some things that should be spent. For example, ribbons, colored paper, speakers, incense candles, necessary ancestral cars, etc. all have to be spent. As the organizer, you can't let the guests
Pay for your own food."
Mei Hongmei, the deputy director of the office, poured a ladle of cold water over it, almost drenching Ye Fan's fire.
"Damn it! This bitch has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. I finally got a little angry and she got rid of it." When Ye Fan heard this, his face turned slightly and he was a little angry, and said: "Why are you talking? No.
We also have to deal with money.”
Turning around, she asked Ding Xiangmei: "Director Lei didn't come to hand over the formalities. How much money is left in our bureau's books?"
"Left money?" Ding Xiangmei opened her mouth wide and her tongue was moving around inside, as if she was frightened.
"What's the matter?" Ye Fan asked with a frown.
"I don't have a penny. I owe more than 5,000 yuan in white notes from outside." Ding Xiangmei finally poured out the money.
"What's more? I haven't paid for the vehicles and some necessary expenses for the first two business trips. The mine bureau said that they will wait until the end of the year. It's not even the end of the year. I'll pay all of my salary. Tomorrow
My wife has to scold me, how can I survive this new year when I don’t have money to buy new year’s goods?” Wei Baoguo also complained.
"Well! I also have a thousand pieces of money stored at home." At this time, Deputy Director Lin Zhenmin, Deputy Director Zhang Weiqing, Li Ding and others all spoke.
"It's over. It's estimated that the bureau still owes more than 10,000 yuan in total. It's hard to live like this. When I was in Linquan, hundreds of thousands of dollars were flying around in my hands all day long. I couldn't think of a county bureau.
We are so poor that we can’t afford it even for a few thousand yuan.”
Ye Fan thought angrily, but there is nothing we can do about this situation. We have to get some money to get over it first.
"Ye" Director Ye, I also have more than 300 yuan there. If the bureau doesn't have the money, "forget it." At this time, the retired office director Zhong Facai said hesitantly, his face was full of embarrassment, seeing Ye Fan
I glanced at him and stood up in panic, and said quickly: "These must be spent, I didn't spend a penny randomly.
"Old Zhong, sit down, it's okay. I should give you a report when you have done something. How can I let you go home and be scolded by your wife? Three hundred yuan is your monthly salary. It is not a small amount. You can give the invoice to Xiangmei
There, I will find a way and I will repay you." Ye Fan said with a serious face.
"Thank you!" Zhong Facai stopped being pretentious. He took out the invoice from his pocket. Ye Fan glanced at it and found that it was indeed something that should be reported. Without saying anything, he took out his pen and approved the first invoice from the new director.
.I feel like this amount of money is so heavy, and it doesn’t have any of the fun feeling that other directors have when approving money.
"Okay, our bureau will treat this event as a major event, and I will make a decision. Two comrades, Mei Hongmei and Lin Zhenmin, will stay in the bureau. Everyone else will follow me to Nantian Temple to host the event.
In the afternoon, I will study the activity plan. I have to finalize the plan before evening, otherwise it will be too late.
I will try to figure out how to fund the event. Comrade Zhong is experienced and experienced, so I will ask him to organize the event together and then go home to rest."
Ye Fan finalized the decision, and everyone had nothing to say. "Okay! I will do one last large-scale event hosted by our bureau. Thank you, Director, for giving me this opportunity. It's time for us to breathe out after being suppressed by others all our lives."
"Zhong Fa became a little excited, and his eyes sparkled.
"Okay! Let's have a quick meal now. Sister Xiang, let's find a small restaurant to have a casual meal and drink some wine as a congratulation." Ye Fan said.
"Bureau, Director," Ding Xiangmei looked at Ye Fan with some embarrassment as he twisted his voluptuous butt. It seemed that there was something unspeakable.
"What?" Ye Fan was a little confused.
"Hehehe, Director, now when our Religious Affairs Bureau goes out to eat at restaurants, the shopkeepers won't sign the bills or owe money." Zhong Facai explained.
"Other strategies won't work?" Ye Fan didn't believe it.
"Other bureaus, like the Livestock Bureau and the Fisheries Bureau, don't pay for it. Except for a few of our dilapidated bureaus, all the other bureaus in the county will pay you whatever you want. You can settle it with just one phone call.
Our bureaus are the only ones who can say that they won’t pay any debts at all. Alas! We can’t blame others. We haven’t paid what we owed before, and the accounts from three or four years ago are still recorded in the notebook.
I guess the store owners are calling it bad luck. If you pay a few hundred yuan, you will treat it as a treat. If you pay a thousand yuan, you will come to hang out every now and then. But if you hang around for a long time, it will be treated as just for fun.
Occasionally, the restaurant owners who were asking for money simply came with incense and candles to worship the Maitreya Buddha in our bureau. I explained at the time that it was useless. Maitreya is not the God of Wealth, and worshiping it would be in vain. But those bosses said:
It is better to pray than not to pray at all. When will the Religious Affairs Bureau repay their money?
You are doing all these things, you really treat our bureau as a poor temple. Sometimes those bosses bring their families, wives and children with them to worship.
There are people who are seeking children or studying. It’s really a joke. But it’s not a good idea if we owe them money. Otherwise, when they put down their face and urge us to pay back the money, we will have to smile again.” Zhong Facai had a wry smile on his face.
"Oh! It's okay, you can say goodbye. I still want to say goodbye. Can it be a pie in the sky, hehehe?" Let's go. I'm treating you to this meal today. Let's go, hehehe." Ye Fan waved his hand and took the lead and walked out.
I cursed in my heart: "This bad director is really not worthy of being a human being. Even a small restaurant owner dares to bully us. He is worse than a bad village official."
There were two small restaurants connected to each other on the street, both of which were overcrowded. Wanghao walked to Yuyang'er's house. Ye Fan snorted: "It's just here, I won't leave, troublesome."
"Director, it's very expensive here. A meal can't cost more than 700 to 800 yuan. Our bureau's activity funds for one year are enough to provide us with four or five meals."
Ding Xiangmei warned carefully from the side. Since it was the director's treat, everyone thought it was just a simple meal. It would not be good if the director's flesh ached after eating.
"It's okay, let's go!" Ye Fan took the lead and walked in. In fact, Ye Fan had already seen a person going up the stairs, so he came to take advantage of him, so he acted so generously.