After finishing the call with the No. 5 chief, Wang Hao did not leave to go back immediately, but sat on the sofa in the teahouse, drinking tea cup after cup, frowning and thinking hard for nearly half an hour.

At about half past ten, he picked up his mobile phone and dialed Xu Lizhong's number, and asked in a very kind and easy-going tone: "Xiao Xu, is Secretary Lu resting?" ”

Xu Lizhong hurriedly replied: "Secretary Wang, the chief interviewed several heads of provincial departments tonight, just finished talking, and is still in the office, are you looking for him?" ”

"Well, I have something I want to report to Secretary Lu, but it's getting late now, and I'm afraid that it will affect his rest, so I'll call you first and ask. Since he's in the office, I'll just call his landline! ”

Then, he hung up Xu Lizhong's phone and immediately dialed the confidential number of Secretary Lu's office.

After the phone was connected, Wang Hao first greeted Secretary Lu, and then said in an apologetic tone: "Secretary Lu, I am calling you now, mainly to sincerely apologize to you for the matter of the democratic life meeting in the morning. I was so impulsive, so irrational, and so sorry for you! In retrospect, Bai Jie, Hu Tong and other comrades were completely correct in criticizing me for being 'short-tempered and jumping at the touch of a button.' Now that I've realized my mistake and want to find a chance to mingle with you, I wonder when you'll be free? ”

Secretary Lu didn't seem surprised by his words, listened to him quietly, and said in a calm tone: "Tomorrow morning, the Organization Department will conduct a democratic evaluation of the leading group of your Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and you will preside over the meeting and make a personal report on your work and integrity, and I will also attend another meeting, and I will not be available." Well, I'll take an hour out of my office tomorrow at noon. ”

Wang Hao saw that Secretary Lu agreed to talk to him, his face showed a little joy, and he hurriedly said, "Okay, then it's settled." You rest early and don't get too tired. ”

After hanging up the phone, Wang Hao immediately dialed the mobile phone of the secretary Xiao Geng and explained: "Xiao Geng, you should immediately draft a report on work and honesty for me, and show it to me at seven o'clock tomorrow morning." You should remember one thing: this material should talk less about my work achievements, focus on the existing problems and shortcomings, and be sure to write deeply and thoroughly, not superficially. ”

Xiao Geng let out an "ah", and said a little embarrassed: "Secretary Wang, if you focus on the problems and deficiencies in the debriefing, I'm afraid that it will not be good, it will affect your democratic evaluation results." Also, what exactly should I write about the problems and shortcomings? To what extent? I don't know the bottom of this, and I need your clear instructions. ”

The reason why Wang Hao asked Xiao Geng to focus on rewriting the problems and deficiencies was actually to show Secretary Lu a stance and prove that he was ready to accept criticism sincerely and was determined to correct it.

However, he also knew that he asked Xiao Geng like this, which was indeed a little difficult for him: as a secretary, it is very easy to write articles that praise the leader, but if you really want to write about the shortcomings and mistakes of the leader, and you must write deeply and thoroughly, no matter which secretary will have scruples, and she will never dare to write easily.

So, he said patiently: "Xiao Geng, don't think about my democracy assessment score now. No matter what the final result is, it is the true evaluation of me by the cadres and the masses, and we must accept it with an open mind. Therefore, we should not be afraid to talk about shortcomings and mistakes; on the contrary, if we bravely admit our mistakes and are willing to correct them, we may still win the understanding and support of the cadres and the masses, which will be beneficial to my evaluation results. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and then said: "In this case, you should contact Comrade Zhao Changtian immediately, and he has the minutes of this morning's meeting of the democratic life meeting, which records the criticisms of the members of the team against me. You can summarize and summarize those criticisms, and extract a few main points as my problems and shortcomings in the report on my work and integrity. You should also propose specific corrective measures based on these problems and deficiencies. ”

Xiao Geng had no choice but to agree: "Okay, I'll write it right away, and ask you to revise it at seven o'clock tomorrow morning." ”

At 7:50 a.m. the next day, after Wang Hao instructed Xiao Geng to revise the report on his work and integrity, he walked into the large conference room, but did not sit on the stage, but stood at the door, ready to personally greet the members of the team responsible for the evaluation of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee.

A few minutes later, Bai Jie, Hu Tong and several other deputy secretaries, accompanied by Zhu Ke, executive deputy director of the Organization Department, and several other cadres appeared at the door of the conference room with a smile.

It turned out that Wang Hao has always been known for his poor dealing, and usually people from the Organization Department or other departments come to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to participate in the evaluation meeting, inspection meeting, and joint meeting......

Therefore, when Zhu Ke and the others saw that Wang Hao was standing at the door to greet them in person today, they were all surprised and surprised, and before they could react, Wang Hao had already taken the initiative to stretch out his hand, and while shaking hands with Zhu Ke and other members of the evaluation team one by one, he smiled and said: "Welcome to the Commission for Discipline Inspection to organize the evaluation work, hard work!" ”

Bai Jie, Hu Tong and others thought that Wang Hao would have strong resistance to this assessment, and maybe he would not attend the meeting under the pretext of not attending the meeting, but they didn't expect him to greet the people of the assessment team at the door in person now, and they couldn't help but secretly wonder.

After the meeting began, Wang Hao first made a mobilization, emphasizing the importance of this democratic evaluation work, and asked all team members to seek truth from facts to summarize their own "morality, ability, diligence, performance" and other aspects, and the cadres and masses participating in the evaluation should also uphold a fair and objective attitude, and give a correct and appropriate score to each team member, so as to help the provincial party committee and the central committee correctly judge the current situation of the leading group of the discipline inspection commission.

Subsequently, he was the first to report on his work and integrity.

When Bai Jie, Hu Tong, and others listened to his report on his work and integrity, they became more and more surprised: His report on his work was completely beyond everyone's expectations, not only did he not talk about his work achievements and reform achievements as before, but on the contrary, he summarized all the criticisms made by everyone at the morning democratic life meeting, and they had a very deep understanding, and the rectification measures proposed were also very targeted, and it was almost a very complete and profound material for the analysis of democratic life.

The cadres of the Commission for Discipline Inspection attending the meeting had rarely heard Wang Hao take the initiative to talk about his own problems and shortcomings, and they had rarely seen him have such a modest and easy-going attitude today......

After eating at noon, Wang Hao made a phone call to Secretary Lu and learned that he was already waiting for him in the office, so he went straight to the secretary's office. Secretary Lu did not sit behind the desk this time, but walked out and sat side by side on the sofa with him, and the two of them began an open and honest conversation......