The moment he saw Zhao Jie coming out, Liu Zhong's majestic momentum suddenly diminished by three points.
He quickly apologized with a smile, "Director Zhao... Director Zhao, how come you have time to come and inspect?"
Zhao Jie frowned. The atmosphere in the approval hall was ruined by these "brokers"!
He pointed at Liu Zhong's nose and said unceremoniously, "Liu Zhong, didn't I tell you not to hang around the approval hall again? If you give the staff in the approval hall something you shouldn't give them, don't blame me for asking the comrades from the Discipline Inspection Commission to investigate you! Then I'll strip you of your status as a village committee cadre!"
Facing Zhao Jie's rebuke, Liu Zhong still had a smile on his face and said shamelessly, "Director Zhao, please don't be angry. I can't bear the responsibility of disrupting the atmosphere in the approval hall... I am purely serving the people. Many people have successfully completed their affairs with my help. Without me, they would have to make three or four more trips... Director Zhao..."
“Shut up!”
Zhao Jie glared at Liu Zhong, not letting him continue talking nonsense. Now was the peak period for people to handle affairs, and there were many people coming and going. If they heard such words, they would inevitably look down on or even be dissatisfied with the government departments.
Liu Zhong scratched his head with a forced smile and quickly took out two boxes of mid-range cigarettes from his trouser pocket. He observed the surrounding situation with his small eyes and when he found that no one was paying attention to them, he took the opportunity to get close to Zhao Jie and stuffed the cigarettes into his shirt pocket without saying a word.
"Director Zhao, calm down and have a smoke... hehe..."
Liu Zhong had done this kind of thing hundreds of times and was already very familiar with it. He didn't care whether anyone saw it or not, or whether Zhao Jie accepted it or not. He just wanted to express his respect for Zhao Jie.
Zhao Jie didn't expect Liu Zhong to be so shameless as to bribe him in front of so many people.
He felt a surge of anger rising to his head. He grabbed the cigarette Liu Zhong handed over and threw it to the ground, cursing, "Get the hell out of here! I'm warning you, if I see you wandering around the entrance of the approval hall tomorrow, I'll call the police to arrest you!"
As a member of the lower class, Liu Zhong has suffered countless humiliations. His motto is "It's better to lose face than money, and the more you go through, the more comfortable you will feel..."
It’s just that Director Zhao gave me the cold shoulder. What’s there to be angry about? The fact that I, Liu Zhong, was scolded by such a high-ranking official shows that I’m doing pretty well!
"Hehe, it's my fault. I forgot that you don't smoke... Director Zhao, don't be angry. I'm leaving now, hehe..."
Liu Zhong bent down to pick up the crushed cigarette box from the ground, put it in his pocket with a smile, without any anger at all, which perfectly demonstrated the saying "A shameless person is invincible in the world".
Zhao Jie was furious when he saw Liu Zhong's stubborn attitude. He turned around and returned to the office on the third floor. As soon as he went upstairs, he saw the female employees in the big office eating melon seeds and chatting together. He didn't give them any face and directly pushed open the half-closed door. He looked around coldly at everyone in the room and asked, "Are you all free? Eating melon seeds and chatting during work hours, and the noise is so loud. What's wrong with you?"
Several female employees knew they were in the wrong and did not dare to argue. They avoided Zhao Jie's angry gaze and went back to their workstations.
Zhao Jie let out a long sigh, feeling that this was a terrible day. The good atmosphere he had created when he first took office had returned to the old ways after just a few days!
Half a month is almost up. If County Magistrate Li Lin comes and sees that the approval hall is still in such a mess, how should I explain to him?
Zhao Jie slapped his forehead in annoyance. He felt so uncomfortable when he thought of Li Lin's disappointed expression... At the beginning, he vowed to Li Lin that he would improve the approval hall no matter what. Now, there has been no improvement in half a month. Li Lin will definitely think that he is incompetent!
After he left the big office.
The employees in the room began to whisper boldly again.
This time they were not discussing anything else, but gossiping about Zhao Jie to vent their dissatisfaction.
The woman curled her lips and said sarcastically, "You only know how to pick on us women. We are not just chatting, we are talking about work. Humph, if you think the approval hall is messy, why don't you go downstairs and scold the heads of the window units? Why are you trying to show off to a group of women like us?"
Another female employee also said dissatisfiedly, "Who said it wasn't true? He forced us to resign and transfer as soon as he took office. I want to work in the Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Organization Department. Does he have the ability to arrange that? He is just shouting nonsense. I don't know who he is pretending to be for! We don't eat or drink his food, so why does he dislike us so much..."
At this time, someone snickered maliciously, "There are only a few reasons why men lose their temper. One of them is because they feel they are incompetent. I heard that Director Zhao has dated many girlfriends, but they all broke up after a few days. Could it be that he... doesn't have a problem in that area?"
Everyone covered their mouths and laughed secretly when they heard this, "She looks OK, but I didn't expect she's not good in that area. No wonder she always gets angry at us, it turns out she has no place to vent her anger, hahaha..."
The more they talked, the more flirtatious they became. A young woman in her thirties even said with a sly smile, "In order to save us from getting criticized and to give Director Zhao a place to vent his anger, I think why don't we make a contribution and give him a good vent? If he feels better from now on, maybe he won't bother us sisters anymore..."
Everyone looked at her with contempt, "Go ahead if you want to... I've already told you that he has problems in that area, don't let him down and end up getting yourself into trouble... That's boring!"
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