Chapter 23: The Discipline Inspection Commission Files a Lawsuit

  The deputy director looked at Chen Gong, not giving him much face. Although you are the director of the Seismological Bureau, I, as the deputy director of the Personnel Bureau, am more powerful than you. You're just a demoted person, how dare you be so arrogant? "Director Chen, don't talk nonsense. This time, most of the candidates for the New Bridge District's public institution examination are from Fuhai City. I have connections with the examinees. Who told you that? Which eye did you see it with? You're always slapping the table, I think you're too used to being a leader."

  Chen Gong stared straight at him, slapping his mobile phone on the table again, and asked the deputy director, "How do you think I knew?"

  The deputy director immediately grabbed the phone, checked the call records, and it was that person who sent money calling. This call lasted only one minute, and the deputy director became impatient and tense, "He, he said something?"

  Chen Gong replied calmly, "He seems to have said everything."

  No longer paying attention to the painful expression of the deputy director, Chen Gong stood up, "It's better to have nothing than to have something mediocre. We'll just choose that female candidate this time. As for you, Deputy Director, wait for the Discipline Inspection Commission to invite you for a cup of tea."

  This unit's exam questions were leaked and bribes were accepted, it's a dead end. The deputy director immediately said, "Director Chen, let's talk about this properly, it's just a small matter, these are all minor issues, that woman, you guys all chose her."

  The deputy director called Chen Gong out of the examination room, "Director Chen, can't we just let it go? It's my fault, I'll return the money, and those two won't be admitted either. I'll thank you personally another day."

  It was all this set, if he only said the first half, perhaps Chen Gong wouldn't have wanted to make a fuss about it either. Unfortunately, Deputy Director Li still wanted to bribe Chen Gong, which made Chen Gong even angrier. Thinking that anyway, there was evidence in his hands, and Chen Wanrou's recruitment was no problem, he didn't bother to entangle with this person, didn't answer his words, and left in big strides.

  Having nothing to do on a lazy afternoon, the more I thought about it, the angrier I became. At first, I was almost ruined by this rule myself, so I drove to the district committee office. On the way, I recalled for a long time and suddenly reacted, damn, last time I was also harmed by this deputy director, no wonder he couldn't be promoted, Song sister is already the head of the organization department, but he is still a deputy director.

  Chen Gong was not a frequent visitor to the district committee, but he was not a stranger either. He drove into the compound without registering.

  The Discipline Inspection Commission's Supervision Bureau was on the third floor. Chen Gong took a look at the layout of the office and walked into the Supervision Reporting Center. Inside, there was only one woman using a landline phone. Seeing Chen Gong come in, she didn't hang up but continued talking about her life.

  "Oh my, you're so much better off than me, I've already lost tens of thousands of yuan, all of which was my own private savings. I didn't even dare to mention it to my husband, or he'd scold me to death..." The woman continued chatting, apparently talking about stock trading.

  Chen Gong didn't disturb her, picked up the newspaper on the table and started reading, but that woman was really too much, more than ten minutes had passed, and she still hadn't shown any intention of hanging up the phone. Chen Gong got up impatiently and walked over, "Comrade, I..."

  "Just wait a moment, it will be over soon." Chen Gong heard this and sat back down with peace of mind.

  "Really? Guaranteed to earn, which stock is it? I'll take note..."

  Chen Gong was speechless, what did this mean that they were almost done chatting? It was clear that they had just begun. After waiting for two minutes, Chen Gong walked up to the woman and said, "I say comrade, it's already four o'clock now, the stock market has closed, can you change the time to chat?"

  "Alright, alright, I won't say anything else. I'll listen to you this time. Something has come up and I need to hang up first." The middle-aged woman turned around, "Excuse me, what's going on?"

  Chen Gong hated this kind of work attitude the most, just like those middle-aged women in the Earthquake Bureau, who spent their days thinking about God-knows-what. "Sister, I'm here to report something. I'm the deputy director of the Personnel Bureau, surname Long, I think."

  Although this surname is not the rarest, it's a very special one. As soon as that middle-aged woman heard Chen Gong mention it, she knew exactly who he was talking about - the deputy director of the reporting household. How boring to have nothing better to do! "I think you're mistaken, don't talk nonsense without evidence, trouble comes from the mouth, you're still too young, kid."

  Evidence? Isn't it your job as the discipline inspection committee to investigate and collect evidence? Am I supposed to go to his home, find the money, and then bring the bribe-taker here for confrontation? "I come to report, you accept, can't you just quickly verify the situation? Don't any of you go to investigate?"

  A middle-aged woman listened to Chen Gong's tone, which was not small. "There are only a few of us in the Discipline Inspection Commission. If everyone speaks casually and goes to investigate like you, I think even a thousand people can't handle it here. Why did you report him? Is he related to you?"

  This time it really has nothing to do with Chen Gong, if you want to talk about several years ago, that would be a long story. "Can't people report him just because they don't have any relation? He broke the law, can't the masses supervise?"

  The middle-aged woman took a sip of water and said, "I won't talk to you anymore. Without evidence, leave quickly and don't affect the normal work order here."

  Chen Gong was really fed up with this woman. She had been sitting here for half a day and hadn't done anything related to work. "Get your leader over here, I don't want to talk to you anymore."

  The middle-aged woman's voice grew louder, "What are you qualified to see the leader for? What a young man with no hair on his face dares to report others. If you don't leave now, I'll call security." Chen Gong was too lazy to argue with the shrewish woman, so he slapped the table and said, "I'm going to find your bureau chief and secretary to file a complaint against you together."

  Chen Gonggang turned around, and the woman pulled him back. "Tell me, what makes you tell me? Speak clearly, which unit are you from? Who is your leader?" The voice echoed throughout the entire floor corridor.

  Disciplinary Committee Secretary He Fei had just returned from a meeting outside and was walking up the stairs when he heard the voice, "Is someone here to file a complaint? The voice is so loud."

  He Fei walked to the office door, "What's going on, why make such a big noise?"

  The woman saw He Shuji and immediately lowered her voice, "He Shuji, someone is here looking for trouble on purpose."

  He Fei heard this and of course had to back up his department's personnel, although he also disliked the woman. "Who are you? Don't you know to call security?"

  Chen Gong turned his head, "It's me, Secretary He." Secretary He should be the backstage of Chen Liqi, the party secretary of Qinghe Town. Last time, he personally came to Qinghe to help with the selection of the industrial park site. The two had some dealings before and hadn't seen each other for a long time. They only knew that Chen Gong was now working as the director of the Earthquake Bureau.

  He Fei greeted Chen Gong as soon as he saw him, "Director Chen, long time no see, how's the local situation? The work in the industrial park is too tiring, what's wrong? You came to petition?"

  Chen Gong nodded, "Yes, Secretary He, I'm indeed here to reflect on things, to put it bluntly, I've come to report a case. It seems like the comrades from the Discipline Inspection Commission don't welcome the masses coming to petition?"

  That woman heard the conversation, and it turned out that this young man was the director of the bureau. Wow, he's not even thirty years old yet, too young! It seems that in the future, I shouldn't trust young people. If Director Chen tells Secretary He about how I chatted with him about stocks during work hours for half an hour, I'll definitely get criticized. Secretary He is very strict! "So you're Director Chen, why didn't you say so earlier? I thought you looked quite dignified and impressive just now, but I didn't expect that at such a young age, you'd already be a director. I admire you, there's still much for me to learn from you. I apologize for my rudeness towards you earlier."

  Chen Gong didn't like this kind of fence-sitter. "Just apologize and be done with it, I can't take it. I'm going to report directly to your secretary. You continue researching your stocks."

  This is not the first time that Chen Gong has reported a woman's behavior, and the woman's face turned pale. Just a few days ago, Secretary He announced that it was strictly forbidden to do things unrelated to work during working hours, especially mentioning stock trading, and said that those who know the law but violate it will be punished more severely.

  Secretary He also gave the woman enough face, not wanting to scold her in front of outsiders. "Tomorrow morning, come to my office alone and we'll talk about it. For now, just write your self-criticism here." What a sad thing for someone so old to still be writing self-criticisms.

  Secretary He patted Chen Gong's back and said, "Come on, Director Chen. Let's go to my office and sit down. I'll listen to your report."

  Chen Gong went to He Fei's office and told him about the morning's public institution recruitment interview, focusing on a person named Long who was the deputy director of the personnel bureau, who had accepted bribes and leaked the exam questions in advance, which was a serious crime. He Fei also listened with trepidation, because he knew that previously, in another province, there was an incident of leaking exam questions during a civil servant examination, and the person involved was directly sentenced to three years' imprisonment.

  He Fei listened to the whole thing and had his own plan. He knew that Chen Gong came here in person, just wanting to deal with Director Long according to law. "Director Chen, this way, I'll first find someone to investigate. If confirmed, we will give an explanation to society."

  Chen Gong listened to He Fei's opinion and stopped arguing, "Alright, Secretary He, I'll head back to the office first. You're busy, sorry to disturb you."

  Chen Gong had finished his business and thought that Song Huiyun was just upstairs, but since there was no proper reason to look for her, it's better not to go, lest he stir up trouble. Just as he was about to head downstairs, he unexpectedly ran into Song Huiyun who was walking up the stairs.

  The two of them running into each other here was a bit awkward, they couldn't just stand in the corridor forever. "How did your interviews go today? Come on, Chen Gong, let's go to my office and chat."

  Chen Gong looked at Song Huiyun with a strange expression, hinting that there might be some problem with this. Song Huiyun smiled and said, "This guy is guilty of stealing," and then said, "Let's go, there are no chairs here." Chen Gong lowered his head and followed Song Huiyun to the fifth floor district committee organization department.

  Song Huiyun saw Chen Gong enter the office and then closed the door, locking it from inside.

  "I'm saying, what are you afraid of? Those leaders who don't have much to do with us, some of them even run into my office every day. Can't you just report your work to me?" Song Huiyun personally poured tea for Chen Gong with the cup in her hand.

  After handing over the tea to Chen Gong, Song Huiyun asked, "By the way, why did you come to the district committee today? Who are you looking for? How was the interview? Was it satisfactory?"

  Chen Gong shook his head, it's not easy to have two men who are satisfactory, but they knew the exam questions in advance. Whose misfortune is this? "Sister Song, I'm telling you, I just came from Secretary He of the Discipline Inspection Commission. Something happened at the examination room today..."

  Song Huiyun listened and said that this was too outrageous, she couldn't believe that the Personnel Bureau still had such a scoundrel, and immediately suspended the surname Long.