In fact, according to his position, Hu Deqing is the deputy director of the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee and the director of the Supervision Office, which belongs to the deputy department level, while Xu Lizhong is now the deputy director of the First Division of the Secretary of the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee, two levels lower than Hu Deqing, and he is also a subordinate cadre of Hu Deqing.

However, because Xu Lizhong is now the closest person to Secretary Lu, according to the popular saying now, he is the "No. 2 chief" in Tianjiang Province, and he can be called "the first level of the official", even Qiu Wangxi, the current acting secretary general of the provincial party committee and director of the general office of the provincial party committee, is also respectful and respectful when he sees Xu Lizhong, and does not dare to pretend to be a leader, therefore, a deputy director like Hu Deqing, although he is nominally the leader of Xu Lizhong, but in fact, every time they see Xu Lizhong, they take the initiative to greet him with the courtesy of their subordinates. took the initiative to get close to him, because in their minds, Xu Lizhong was the representative and incarnation of Secretary Lu, and his words and deeds could be reported to Secretary Lu, so they must respect him and lower their posture in front of him......

Moreover, in the minds of leaders and cadres of the Provincial Party Committee, Xu Lizhong has always been a very mysterious figure: he is usually taciturn, his expression is dignified and serious, he easily does not interact with people, and he never goes to other departments to chat, such as the Provincial Party Committee Supervision Office, Xu Lizhong is here for the first time today.

And a person like him, who has both status and status but is very mysterious and cautious, is very easy to arouse the curiosity in the minds of others, and can also gain the respect and even fear of others, so in the provincial party committee office and even various provincial organs, if Xu Lizhong can make an exception to go to a certain unit or department to visit the door once, and talk to the leaders of the unit for a few days, those leaders will regard this as a very honorable and face-saving thing, and boast everywhere in the circle of friends, as if they have been favored by Secretary Lu.

Because of this, at this moment, Hu Deqing couldn't help but be surprised and happy when he saw Xu Lizhong suddenly come to the inspection room, and he felt flattered, so he hurriedly greeted Xu Lizhong and shook hands and said hello, and invited him to sit in his office.

Xu Lizhong showed a rare smile on his face, shook his hand and said, "Director Hu, you're welcome, I'm here to find Ye Ming, and I won't go to your office." ”

Hu Deqing, Li Qingbo and others were taken aback again when they heard Xu Lizhong say that they were here to find Ye Ming.

Hu Deqing turned his head, looked at Ye Ming, who was looking at Xu Lizhong with a smile, with a confused expression on his face, and asked, "Section Chief Ye, do you know Director Xu?" ”

Ye Ming nodded and said, "Director Hu, I am old friends with Director Xu. ”

Then, he stood up, walked to the door, and called "Director Xu" very affectionately.

Xu Lizhong patted him on the shoulder very affectionately and said, "Xiao Ye, the chief asked you to wait in his office, he has something to ask you, do you have any urgent work to deal with now, if not, just come with me." ”

It turned out that just after Hu Deqing came out of Secretary Li's office, Secretary Li then made a phone call to Secretary Lu, telling him that Ye Ming was now arranged by the inspection office in the comprehensive department, and he was only a deputy section chief, which seemed to be a little unsmooth.

When Secretary Lu heard this, he was also very surprised: according to his plan, Ye Ming was first assigned to the supervision office to serve as a regular department, and then tried to let him make a little achievement, and promoted him to the department level within two years, and then let him go to the next county and city to serve as the secretary of the county party committee or the secretary of the municipal party committee and district party committee, and wait until his term of office in Tianjiang expired and he went to zhōngyāng to take up his post, Ye Ming also had experience in organ and grassroots work, and he could boldly promote him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Ye Ming arrived at the Provincial Party Committee Office, he was unfavorable, and he was actually demoted.

Secretary Lu is very clear: If a cadre does not serve as the number one leader of the department, first, his ability will not improve quickly, and second, it is difficult to achieve any outstanding results, because if you are a deputy in the department, even if the work of that department is very prominent, but at the end of the year, the results are all the first, and there is nothing to do with the deputy position, and if Ye Ming stays in the comprehensive section to write materials, he will not be able to make any outstanding contributions.

So, he wanted to ask Ye Ming about the situation, to see what caused him to be demoted, so he called Xu Lizhong and asked him to find Ye Ming, he wanted to ask him something.

Xu Lizhong has also been paying attention to Ye Ming's work, and learned from the side that Ye Ming was not satisfactory in the supervision room, and was arranged to be the deputy section chief of the comprehensive department.

Xu Lizhong is a loyal and honest person on the outside, but extremely delicate and sensitive on the inside, when he learned that Ye Ming was demoted, he immediately guessed: this is because the leader of the inspection room looks down on Ye Ming and bullies him as a new comrade from a small place, so he treats him like this.

So, after Secretary Lu explained that he called Ye Ming over, he could have called Ye Ming to inform him, but he deliberately wanted the people in the supervision room to know about his relationship with Ye Ming, and he also wanted the leaders of the inspection room to know that Ye Ming was going to Secretary Lu's office, so as to deter them, so that they would not look down on people and flatten Ye Ming.

Therefore, he deliberately did not call Ye Ming to inform him, but personally walked from the Standing Committee Building to Building No. 3, where the inspection office was located, and first went to Hu Deqing, the leader of the inspection office, and found that he was not in the office, so he found Li Qingbo's office again and asked him to bring himself to Ye Ming......

Hu Deqing and Li Qingbo heard Xu Lizhong say that he was here to find Ye Ming, and he came to ask him to go to Secretary Lu's office to talk about things, and they couldn't help but be so shocked that their eyes almost fell: a small department-level cadre, Secretary Lu actually wanted to ask him to go to the secretary's office to talk about things, what kind of rhythm is this.

What's even more incredible is that Secretary Lu talked to Ye Ming, but he was not notified by Xu Lizhong by phone, but ran over to call him in person, which is too abnormal, you must know that Lu Dao: No matter what level of cadre, if the secretary of the provincial party committee notifies the conversation, it will be notified by the secretary by phone, and it will definitely not be invited by the secretary in person, this Ye Ming, how can he be so cowhilarious.

Xu Lizhong watched coldly, and saw that Hu Deqing and Li Qingbo both showed surprised and incredulous expressions on their faces, which were mixed with a little worry and fear, knowing that his goal of deterring them had been achieved, he sneered in his heart and deliberately asked Hu Deqing: "Director Hu, I'm going to call Xiao Ye over now, the chief is waiting for him in the office, you haven't arranged any important work for him, can I give him half an hour off." ”

When Hu Deqing heard Xu Lizhong's words, he recovered from the shock, quickly wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, took Xu Lizhong's hand and said with a smile: "Director Xu, you are joking, Secretary Lu and his old man are looking for Section Chief Ye, we just have important work, and we dare not delay Section Chief Ye, what kind of leave is this, hehehe." ”