Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 890 Li Family!

"Dingling! Dingling! Dingling!"

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Aiguo finished his work, picked up a newspaper, and was sitting at his desk reading it when the phone on his desk suddenly rang.

When Wu Aiguo heard the phone ringing, he reached for the phone and asked politely: "Hello! I am Wu Aiguo. Who is this?"

"Director Wu! Hello! I am Xue Dehua, deputy director of the Transportation Bureau of the Organization Department. I am sorry to bother you with your work by calling you today." As soon as Wu Aiguo finished his inquiry, an old man introduced himself cordially on the phone.

When Wu Aiguo heard the old man's self-introduction, a look of surprise appeared on his face. Although he and Xue Dehua had met in writing before, they were just casual acquaintances at that time, so he was very surprised that the other party suddenly called him.

However, despite his surprise, Wu Aiguo still greeted politely: "Director Xue! Hello! You called me suddenly today. Do you have any instructions?"

When Xue Dehua heard Wu Aiguo's question, he thought of his useless son-in-law, and a helpless expression appeared on his face. He said politely, "Director Wu! I called you suddenly today mainly to apologize to you for my useless son-in-law."

When Wu Aiguo heard Xue Dehua's words, his originally surprised face revealed a puzzled expression. He asked Xue Dehua curiously: "Director Xue! Who is your son-in-law? As far as I can remember, I don't seem to know your son-in-law?"

When Xue Dehua heard Wu Aiguo's question, he immediately introduced him to Wu Aiguo with a smile: "Director Wu! My son-in-law's name is Zhao Yongjun. The organization saw that your Trade Department's G Committee had always been short of a director, so they transferred him to your Trade Department to work. As a result, this bastard was taken advantage of by others. He didn't even complete the organizational procedures, but he came to your Trade Department with a letter of introduction to report."

Before, Wu Aiguo was still wondering why Zhao Yongjun did not come to the Trade Bureau in the afternoon to go through the entry procedures. Now, after hearing what Xue Dehua introduced, Wu Aiguo finally understood the general situation.

Thinking of Zhao Yongjun's domineering attitude when he came at noon, Wu Aiguo smiled and said to Xue Dehua, "Director Xue! It is very normal for comrades to have disagreements. There is absolutely no need for you to call me specifically about what happened at noon."

Xue Dehua heard Wu Aiguo's answer and knew that Wu Aiguo must be upset about Zhao Yongjun's defiance. He immediately said to Wu Aiguo, "Director Wu! This afternoon, I learned about Zhao Yongjun's actions and gave him a severe scolding. At the same time, I promise you that when Zhao Yongjun reports to your Trade Department, he will definitely cooperate with your work with all his strength."

Wu Aiguo was very surprised by the promise made by Xue Dehua, but for Wu Aiguo, if Zhao Yongjun could really cooperate with his work, this would undoubtedly be good news, because Wu Aiguo did not want to see the Trade Department caught in the storm.

Facing Xue Dehua's promise, Wu Aiguo replied with a smile: "Director Xue! I feel relieved with your words. On behalf of all the cadres of our Trade Department, I welcome Director Zhao to work in our Trade Department."

Xue Dehua finally felt relieved after hearing Wu Aiguo's answer. He said to Wu Aiguo, "Director Wu! My son-in-law is honest but not a bad person. If he hadn't been used by the Li family this time, he wouldn't have made such a fool of himself."

When Wu Aiguo heard Xue Dehua mention the Li family, he was surprised again and asked Xue Dehua curiously, "Director Xue! The Li family you just mentioned, is it the Li family in the foreign affairs department?" Xue Dehua heard Wu Aiguo's question and thought of the Li family's plot against Zhao Yongjun, and replied, "Director Wu! You guessed right, it's that Li family."

"To be honest, I will retire in half a year. Considering the current situation, I want your Trade Department to operate normally, so I thought about transferring Zhao Yongjun to your Trade Department. I didn't expect that the Li family also set their sights on this position."

"According to the normal organizational process, the higher-ups should have informed you first, and then arranged for someone to bring Yongjun to the Trade Department to take up his post. However, the Li family issued a transfer order for Yongjun before the organizational process was completed, and then instigated Yongjun to bypass the organizational process and report directly to your Trade Department. This is what led to the joke this afternoon."

After hearing what Xue Dehua introduced, Wu Aiguo vaguely guessed the purpose of the Li family instigating Zhao Yongjun to bypass the organizational process and report early. However, the Li family had made all kinds of calculations, but overlooked the fact that Zhao Yongjun had a wise father-in-law.

Thinking of what Zhao Yongjun did at noon, Wu Aiguo reminded Xue Dehua: "Director Xue! According to organizational regulations, only cadres at the department level and above are qualified to have correspondents. Director Zhao is only a deputy director, and he blatantly brought a correspondent to report. If this matter falls into the ears of someone with ulterior motives, the consequences will be disastrous."

When Xue Dehua heard Wu Aiguo's reminder, a happy smile immediately appeared on his face, because he knew that Wu Aiguo had let go of his prejudice at this time. Otherwise, with Wu Aiguo's character, he would definitely not give such a kind reminder.

Receiving Wu Aiguo's kindness, Xue Dehua smiled and thanked Wu Aiguo: "Director Wu! Thank you for your kind reminder. I will handle the matter of the correspondent properly. In addition, I would like to trouble you to take care of our family in the future."

Wu Aiguo heard what Xue Dehua said, and said to him with a smile: "Director Xue! You must not say that. Our Trade Department is a big family of unity and friendship. The colleagues in the department are like brothers and sisters. We support each other and make progress together. Here, on behalf of our Trade Department, I welcome Director Zhao to join our big family."

With Wu Aiguo's promise, Xue Dehua finally felt relieved and said to Wu Aiguo with a smile: "Director Wu! Then you are busy, I will not disturb you at work."

When Wu Aiguo heard what Xue Dehua said, he smiled and said goodbye to Xue Dehua: "Director Xue! Let's contact each other when we have time. Goodbye!"

After Wu Aiguo hung up the phone, he sat quietly at his desk, thinking about some information that Xue Dehua had just revealed to him during their phone call.

The Li family's sphere of influence is mainly in the foreign affairs department. Although the Trade Department is engaged in import procurement, the work of the Trade Department has nothing to do with the Foreign Affairs Department. Why would the Li family be interested in the position of Director of the G Committee in their Trade Department?

Wu Aiguo pondered over it for more than half an hour, but still couldn't figure out the reason. He muttered to himself, "Forget it! No matter why the Li family is interested in this position, the person transferred here is Zhao Yongjun. As long as Zhao Yongjun doesn't commit suicide, then we can keep our distance."

(End of this chapter)