Chapter 272 Qiao Youyou's Work Report

Qiao Youyou had a good sleep at night, and the next morning, she went to the Ministry of Revenue in high spirits.

When the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, especially the Ministry of Finance, saw her, they originally wanted to laugh at her, but when they saw how confident she was, they couldn't help but become curious.

Zhao Shengping, in particular, looked at Qiao Youyou several times in secret and strange ways, feeling confused and uncertain.

Could it be that she really...took care of so many account books by herself?

The more Zhao Shengping thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. If Qiao Youyou had really completed the task, then she would not make a fool of herself when she met the Minister today. Instead, she would be looked at with new eyes by the Minister.

Most importantly, it would make so many of my colleagues, including myself and Lord Min, appear incompetent! Wouldn't it be more difficult to get promoted in the future?

Zhao Shengping thought about it and decided that since Lord Min hadn't arrived yet, he had to do something. Fortunately, he had the good habit of reporting to the government office in advance, and he was the first to report, while Qiao Youyou was still waiting at the reporting place.

Zhao Shengping rolled his eyes and walked towards the office where Qiao Youyou and Wenren Yuebai were as if nothing had happened.

Arriving at the door, Zhao Shengping looked around casually, but there was no one around. Since he was always the first to arrive at the Ministry of Revenue, he had the keys to several rooms in his hands.

Zhao Shengping took out the key, quickly opened the door, slipped in, and then closed the door immediately.

Qiao Youyou's desk was a little messy, with only one book on it and no other account books. Zhao Shengping felt strange, but still walked over and nervously picked up the book on the desk.

This must be the content she finally sorted out and prepared to report to the Minister!

Zhao Shengping couldn't wait to open it——

It's empty?

He was stunned and quickly flipped through the pages. When he returned to the first page, he saw a picture of a big pig's head! ?

Zhao Shengping was so angry that his face turned green. He threw the booklet to the ground and wanted to step on it.

No, she must have hidden those things.

Officials were absolutely forbidden to take out the Ministry of Revenue's account books and documents privately. Once discovered, they would be severely punished. Even if Qiao Youyou had the guts to do so, she would not dare to take those account books home.

There is still one hour before the Minister arrives. As long as he finds those account books and makes some small changes without anyone noticing, he can make Qiao Youyou look bad without letting the matter get out of hand and be investigated.

Zhao Shengping's eyes fell on a corner of the room, where there was a wooden box. It was the box he used to help Qiao Youyou move the account books, but this time the box was locked.

Qiao Youyou must have hidden everything in there. Zhao Shengping squatted down to check, but the lock was obviously not the type commonly used by the Ministry of Revenue.

"Lord Zhao?" A slightly indifferent voice sounded from the door, and Wenren Yuebai appeared at the door in a wheelchair.

Zhao Shengping turned around awkwardly and said, "Ah, it's okay. The Minister will come to the Ministry of Finance in a while, and I came to inform Mr. Qiao. Since she is not here, please let Master Wenren pass on the message."

He laughed and walked around Wenren Yuebai and went out.

"Okay." Wenren Yuebai nodded to him slightly, and the two passed each other. Zhao Shengping left in a hurry.

Wenren Yuebai stopped his wheelchair, bent down and picked up the dirty booklet from the ground. The pig's head drawn on it suddenly caught his eye, and a smile appeared in his cold eyes.

This is... kind of cute.

Although Miss Qiao looks careless, she is actually not stupid. She is bold and careful.

Soon Qiao Youyou came back and was stunned when she entered the room. "What are you doing with my pig head?"

After saying that, he thought about it again and changed his words: "I drew a pig's head."

Wenren Yuebai raised the corner of his mouth imperceptibly and said lightly: "Nothing, the painting is good."

"Hehe, if you like it, I'll give it to you." Qiao Youyou winked at him playfully, took out the key and opened the wooden box, inside which all the account books were neatly arranged.

Qiao Youyou then called for someone to help move the boxes and left happily.

I completed the work of ten people in five days by myself. If the Minister knew about this, wouldn't he be promoted and get a raise in a matter of minutes?

Thinking of this, Qiao Youyou's steps became even lighter.

She came to the meeting hall of the Ministry of Finance. Most of her colleagues were already there, and Qiao Youyou sat down next to Xiao Wan.

"How are the preparations going?" Xiao Wan lowered her voice and asked with concern.

Qiao Youyou gave her a mysterious look, "With the help of the great expert Qiao, what's the big deal about this little problem?"

Only then did Xiao Wan nod with relief.

Min Yuan strode in, glanced at everyone, walked straight to the main seat, sat down, and cleared his throat.

"Ahem, my dear colleagues, the Minister has other important matters to attend to and cannot come today. I will report to him later on the tax account list."

Then he looked at Zhao Shengping and others and asked them about the progress of the liquidation of the accounts.

Zhao Shengping bowed and replied, "Sir, we are too busy to spare time, but Ms. Qiao is as brave as a man. She took away all the account books and completed the liquidation by herself."

"Oh?" Min Yuan pretended to be surprised, then looked at Qiao Youyou, "Mr. Qiao, is this true?"

"Yes, they didn't want to help me, so I had to do it alone." Qiao Youyou said bluntly.

Zhao Shengping and several other officials immediately showed dissatisfaction, "Mr. Qiao, you can't say that. Does that mean we don't want to help you? I've already said that things have different priorities. We just have more urgent matters to deal with first..."

Qiao Youyou scoffed at his explanation and was too lazy to say more to him.

Min Yuan said: "Okay, then tell me about the results on your side."

Qiao Youyou nodded, skillfully took out the notes she used to transcribe the results, and began to make a work report.

In order to facilitate better understanding, she also brought out the blackboard she brought from Jiangzhou and drew charts on it with chalk, so that she could more intuitively see the prosperity and changing trends of various industries in the capital.

It took Qiao Youyou half an hour to finally finish explaining everything.

There was silence in the meeting room.

Qiao Youyou: "...You guys, do you have any questions?"

Still quiet.

In the end, Zhao Shengping's chuckle broke the awkward silence.

"Mr. Qiao, although your conclusions seem to make sense, the methods you used to draw these conclusions, such as sampling and models... are simply unheard of and are really not convincing."