It was already four or five o'clock in the afternoon when I finished listening to the report.
After sitting for a whole day, Li Lin stood up and walked around the office twice, watering the flowers and stretching his limbs...
At this time, Zhang Yupei walked in.
Seeing that Li Lin had listened to a day's report, he thought that he must be very tired now, but there were still people waiting outside the door. He asked with some embarrassment, "Leader, Zhao Jie from Weishui Township is here. He said he wanted to see you and report on his work. I wonder if you have time..."
Zhao Jie?
Li Lin stopped watering the flowers, put down the kettle, and fell into confusion.
He originally thought that Zhao Jie would never have the face to see him again in this life, and he had already considered transferring Zhao Jie out of Weishui Township.
A person as selfish as him cannot be trusted in any key position...
After hesitating for a moment, Li Lin let him in.
He wanted to see what Commissioner Zhao's purpose was.
After a moment, Zhao Jie pushed the door and walked in.
He moved very quietly, with his head resting on his back, standing at the door, not daring to look directly at Li Lin, as if Li Lin's gaze could make him feel so ashamed that he would feel embarrassed.
"County Magistrate Li..."
Zhao Jie called out softly, opened his mouth but said nothing in the end.
Li Lin sighed softly, pointed at the sofa and said, "Sit down."
Seeing that Li Lin was still willing to talk to him, Zhao Jie felt relieved. As he walked towards the sofa, he picked up the kettle on the tea cabinet and filled Li Lin's teacup with water.
Li Lin didn't say anything, just looked at the reporting materials submitted by various units on the table.
After a long while, Zhao Jie timidly said, "County Magistrate Li...I...I know I was wrong, and I came here today specifically to admit my mistake to you."
Do you know you are wrong?
Li Lin was surprised.
He didn't think that this second-generation official and playboy would really wake up so quickly.
He put down the materials in his hand, looked at Zhao Jie calmly, and said, "You don't have to admit your mistakes to me. Ask your conscience yourself, what are you pursuing by getting into the system? If it is for money, I think you have come to the wrong place. You should quit your job and start a business to make a lot of money. Civil servants can't make a lot of money."
Zhao Jie choked up silently, bit his lip, and mustered up the courage to say, "County Magistrate Li, I have not embezzled, nor accepted bribes, and I have never taken a penny from the people. The money was indeed saved for me by my elders. They have old-fashioned and feudal ideas, and always think that money is indispensable for promotion... I have lived with such ideas since I was a child, and over time I embarked on the wrong path..."
Li Lin looked at Zhao Jie silently and couldn't help but sigh.
There are many second-generation officials like Zhao Jie in the county.
The children of deputy section chiefs, section chiefs, and even deputy director chiefs, who do not have much education, rely on their family connections to get jobs, and they think they are so great. They brag about it wherever they go, "My dad used to be the leader of a certain bureau..."
They have been accustomed to the feeling of being sought after since childhood. Once they enter the system, they try desperately to climb up, want to be leaders, and don't want to be looked down upon by anyone.
Under the influence and education of their parents, they have been well versed in the unspoken rules of the system since childhood and think they have mastered the code for promotion. They naively believe that as long as they have connections and spend some money, they can become any high-ranking official they want.
Perhaps in the eyes of these people, being an official and money are linked and can be equated.
Li Lin just hates this kind of people.
To be frank, it is precisely because of his humble origins that he has a preconceived contempt and resentment towards these spoiled second-generation officials...
Like many children from ordinary families, he entered the system through his own efforts, but ultimately failed due to family background and money. He asked himself countless nights, how was he inferior to those second-generation officials who looked like straw bags? Why were they always the first to be promoted, and why were those excellent people like trash cans in the corner, only remembered when they were needed?
He sighed, thinking of a poem he had read a long time ago, "When I was a kid, I played scales with my friend, and he beat me with a coin."
But what he wanted to tell Zhao Jie was that coins are not weights, you are violating the rules!
"Okay, I won't say any more. Now that you know you're wrong, go back and do your best. I'll see how you perform in the future."
Li Lin didn't hold on to it, because he saw the changes in Zhao Jie. No one is perfect...he should be given a chance to repent.
Hearing this, Zhao Jie actually burst into tears.
He sobbed silently for a long time, then he took out a tissue from his pocket, wiped his tears, looked at Li Lin with red eyes, and said, "County Magistrate Li, thank you for forgiving me. I really listened to your words. You don't know how ashamed I am now and how dirty my thoughts are. I feel that I am not worthy of being a party member and cadre..."
He was a little emotional, and then said, "County Magistrate Li, please allow me to offend you one last time. I donated the 200,000 yuan to the Hope Project... If I don't do something, I think I will go crazy, my conscience will be uneasy, and I will collapse..."
As he spoke, he took out the donation certificate from his pocket and put it on Li Lin's desk. "County Magistrate Li, I don't want to prove anything. I just want you to see my determination and my change... I have decided to submit a transfer application to the organization tomorrow. I want to go to the poorest and most miserable county-level unit to reflect on myself... County Magistrate Li, thank you, thank you for waking me up, otherwise, I will definitely make more serious mistakes in the future..."
After that, Zhao Jie slowly stood up and said, "County Magistrate Li, I won't waste your time. I...I will go back to my hometown to pack my things..."
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