Chapter 126: Ignored
After deciding on the candidates for secretary and driver, Qi Tongwei sat in his office, waiting for the heads of various government departments to come and report on their work.
As time passed, Qi Tongwei's mood became worse and worse. It seemed that no one took him seriously. It was time to make some changes to Ninghai's personnel.
Just when Qi Tongwei was about to find Yi Xuexue to discuss personnel changes, the first reporter finally arrived - Gao Wenjun, director of the Audit Bureau.
Gao Wenjun walked into Qi Tongwei's office with a reserved smile on his face: "County Magistrate Qi, I am Gao Wenjun from the Audit Bureau. I came here today to report to you on my work."
In fact, Gao Wenjun had no intention of coming here. He did not want to offend Qi Tongwei or Chen Shihu, and only hoped to stay here in peace until retirement. Even if he wanted to come, he did not intend to be the first.
The key factor that prompted him to change his mind was a phone call he had just received.
Not long ago, Gao Wenjun's son called and revealed Qi Tongwei's true background to him. Upon hearing that Qi Tongwei was the son-in-law of Pei Yihong, Secretary of the Hanjiang Provincial Party Committee, Gao Wenjun immediately changed his attitude.
After all, everyone wants to make progress, including Gao Wenjun.
As long as he can get Qi Tongwei's approval, he has the hope of being promoted to deputy county level even if he is over 50 years old.
Qi Tongwei is very enthusiastic about Gao Wenjun. No matter whether he is sincere or not, he wants to set an example and let everyone know that they can make progress by following him, and they will be left on the bench if they oppose him.
Qi Tongwei did not listen to the work carefully, these were just for the sake of appearance, but since Gao Wenjun was the first to come, he had to show some appreciation. So he asked, "Comrade Wenjun, how big a project in our county needs to be audited?"
Gao Wenjun was a little caught off guard by Qi Tongwei's sudden question, but he quickly replied: "County Magistrate Qi, our county audit bureau has been committed to implementing the guidelines, policies and regulations of the central, provincial and municipal governments on audit work, and on this basis, combined with the actual situation of our county, we have formulated audit standards and systems suitable for our county.
Currently, if the amount of a project exceeds 50,000 yuan, it must be audited.”
Gao Wenjun muttered to himself, not understanding why Qi Tongwei suddenly asked such a question. But he still answered carefully, not daring to be careless.
Qi Tongwei nodded slightly, "This regulation and policy is very good and can help us effectively control the quality and quantity of projects.
In the future, auditing work must be strictly implemented without any negligence. For example, a road should be as long as it should be, as wide as it should be, and it must not be measured more than a centimeter.
If anyone has a problem with this, you can direct them to me.”
Qi Tongwei knew that when the finance department paid for the project, it would pay according to the audit amount. Therefore, it was very important for him to master the two departments of audit and finance.
Gao Wenjun naturally agreed without hesitation. This was a right given to him, so there was no reason for him to refuse it.
Before, because he had no one to support him, those engineering bosses had Chen Shihu's support and they all looked down on him. But in order to have a stable retirement, he just endured it.
Now that he has Qi Tongwei's support, he doesn't care who is behind the boss, because there is definitely no provincial party secretary.
After Gao Wenjun left, Qi Tongwei waited for a while but no one came, so he locked the door and left.
In the evening, the driver Zhang Jun told Qi Tongwei that the director of the Finance Bureau, Bai Yongjun, was Chen Shihu's cousin-in-law and the two families had a close relationship.
After hearing the news, Qi Tongwei thought to himself that it seemed that the director of the Finance Bureau needed to be replaced as soon as possible, but he was not familiar with Ninghai and was not sure which people could be used and which could not.
But he could spread the word first. Thinking of this, he whispered to Zhang Jun to spread the word that he was going to replace the director of the Finance Bureau. He wanted to see what Bai Yongjun would do.
The county government could not keep secrets. On the first day the new county chief took office, only Gao Wenjun, director of the Audit Bureau, reported on his work. But the news spread throughout the entire county the next day.
Soon afterwards, news came that the Director of the Finance Bureau would be replaced.
"Brother-in-law, Mr. Qi wants to replace me, what should I do?" Bai Yongjun asked anxiously.
"You..., what do you want me to say about you? Who told you not to report your work? Don't you know who is in charge of the Finance Bureau? I can argue with the county magistrate, but you can't. Even if you are pretending to be me, you don't even report your work!"
Chen Shihu didn't know that Bai Yongjun didn't report his work. If she knew, she would never allow him to do so. She still had to put on a show.
"I was drunk yesterday." Bai Yongjun explained in a low voice.
"Forget it, go and report now and say that something happened at home yesterday. As for whether to replace you or not, I will speak for you. As long as the Standing Committee does not approve it, you can still keep your position as the Director of the Finance Bureau." Needless to say, the position of the Finance Bureau is very important, and he will not give it up.
Bai Yongjun could only report to Zhao Qitongwei according to Chen Shihu's arrangement.
When he arrived, Qi Tongwei was listening to the secretary's report. Li Fei told him a lot of things last night, which made him mature a lot overnight.
"Invite Li Fei to my place tonight and keep it confidential." Before he could say anything else, he heard Zhang Jun's voice.
"Director Bai, County Magistrate Qi is arranging work for Secretary Hu. Please wait a moment."
Qi Tongwei knew that Zhang Jun was reminding him, so he nodded and said, "Haitao, call our Director Bai in and prepare according to my instructions."
Hu Haitao walked out the door and welcomed Bai Yongmin in.
"County Magistrate Qi, I'm really sorry. I had some things to deal with at home yesterday and was unable to report my work to you in time. I came to see you as soon as I got to work today. I hope you can forgive me." After being reminded by Chen Shihu, Bai Yongjun's attitude obviously improved a lot.
"It doesn't matter, everyone has busy times." Qi Tongwei did not show any emotional fluctuations.
Then, he said to Bai Yongjun: "Since we are here, let's start reporting, so that I, the county magistrate, can also understand the financial situation of our county."
Bai Yongjun took out the pre-prepared documents from his briefcase, handed them carefully to Qi Tongwei, and then began to introduce the work of the Ninghai County Finance Bureau in detail.
Judging from his report, it seems that his work level is pretty good. At least he has a clear understanding of the department and business he is in charge of.
However, this did not change Qi Tongwei's determination to replace the director of the Finance Bureau.
After all, the director of the Finance Bureau can be said to be the county governor’s financial steward, and he must be the county governor’s confidant to be competent for the position.
If he is not a confidant, then it will bring unpredictable consequences.
Therefore, no matter how good Bai Yongjun's work ability is, he is destined to leave the Finance Bureau. This is not a question of personal ability, but is determined by the positions of both parties.
Qi Tongwei's first move after taking office has been decided, which is to remove the position of director of the Finance Bureau as a warning to Chen Shihu and then see how Chen Shihu responds.