Chapter 2

Chen Weiping is the director of the office at the Xinleng County Local Tax Bureau. It was he who transferred Ye Ming, who was known for his literary talent, from the First Branch to the office to work as a secretary.

In the tax bureau, most cadres, especially young cadres, are unwilling to work in the office as secretaries. Secretarial work is very demanding, often requiring the writing of information, summaries, speeches, and experience reports. Not only is it exhausting, but there is also no financial benefit. On the other hand, managing taxpayers at the branch level is relatively more free, and there are always taxpayers who invite them to meals. Even if one is not greedy, it is still much better than being stuck in the office writing materials...

Therefore, to win over and reassure Ye Ming, Chen Weiping solemnly promised him: "As long as you work hard and achieve results in the county bureau's information and research work, and write good summaries and reports for the leadership, within three years, I guarantee you will be promoted to the position of deputy secretary in the office..."

During these three years, Ye Ming indeed achieved significant results: the county bureau's information and research work, which was previously the worst in the city's local tax system, became the best; provincial and national newspapers frequently featured news about the Xinleng County Local Tax Bureau; the various experience reports and tax research articles written by Ye Ming often appeared in the internal publications of the provincial local tax bureau...

Because of this, he earned the reputation of being the "top pen" in the K City local tax system. Moreover, because of his handsome and dashing appearance, which resembled the Hong Kong and Taiwan star Louis Koo, and his extensive knowledge and eloquence, he was very humorous and lively when with colleagues and friends, making him a great atmosphere setter. Therefore, he was also known as "Ye Tianle."

According to the general thinking of the cadres in the Xinleng County Bureau, among the four middle-level deputy positions to be promoted this time, the deputy secretary position in the office was absolutely Ye Ming's, and no one could compete with him. No one had the strength to compete with him because secretarial work is not something anyone can do well; one must have the necessary skills and knowledge.

Therefore, when Ye Ming heard from Chen Yi that the bureau had already issued a plan for the competitive positions, and that he, the hot favorite for the deputy secretary position, was completely unaware of it, he was extremely surprised and shocked...

It was very clear: Chen Weiping deliberately did not inform him of this news. As the bureau party secretary and director Li Li's confidant and lackey, this meant that Li Li had already chosen someone else for the deputy secretary position. His six-month assignment to the provincial bureau was actually a ploy to keep him away from his workplace and the secretarial position. By the time he returned from the training, everything would be settled, and no matter how much he protested, it would be in vain.

However, Li Li and Chen Weiping did not expect that due to the "Huahui Building," the internal hotel of the provincial bureau, hosting a national tax conference, the training program was cut short by more than ten days...

When he realized this, a sense of humiliation and being deceived made Ye Ming's face turn extremely ugly. He was not necessarily eager to become the deputy secretary. However, for years, Chen Weiping had been hypocritically encouraging him, saying he had mentioned it to Director Li multiple times and that this time he would definitely get the position. Li Li had also repeatedly said that Ye Ming was a great talent in the Xinleng County Bureau and an invaluable reserve talent who should be given important responsibilities...

He never expected that behind their solemn promises lay such sinister intentions: using false promises to motivate him to improve the county bureau's information and research work, and then, when it was time for promotion, kicking him out. Now, he was already in the secretarial position, and it would be very difficult to transfer to another department...

This made Ye Ming think of the famous story of the donkey and the carrot: Westerners, when the donkey refuses to move, hang a bunch of carrots in front of the donkey's eyes and mouth. The stupid donkey thinks that if it takes one more step, it will get the carrot, so it continues to move forward, step by step, trying to bite the carrot, and unknowingly walks another mile. Whether it will get the carrot depends on the donkey driver's mood...

Unfortunately, he had become such a stupid donkey over the past few years, and Li Li and Chen Weiping were the donkey drivers who had deceived him...

Chen Yi was also very surprised when Ye Ming said he did not know about the bureau's competitive position plan. She quickly said, "You need to prepare quickly! The competitive position process will start with an exam, and the content and scope of the exam have already been determined: 70% will be tax business knowledge, and the other 30% will be comprehensive knowledge and writing. You haven't worked in tax business for years, so you must be quite unfamiliar with tax policies and regulations. You need to review and prepare for the exam quickly!"

Ye Ming asked, "Has the competitive position plan been issued in a document? Is it in the document processing system?"

"No, I haven't had time to forward it yet. Why don't you log into the document processing system using my identity to check the document?"

Chen Yi was in charge of archives and document processing in the office, and all bureau documents had to be forwarded by her before they could be received by the various units.

Ye Ming hesitated a bit and said, "Is that appropriate? Your identity involves some confidential documents, and I shouldn't access them!"

"What secrets does the tax bureau have? It's not the National Security Bureau. Just use my identity to look: the ID number is 0108, and the password is 024689690926."

Seeing the concern in her eyes, Ye Ming knew she was genuinely worried and anxious for him. He smiled gratefully at her, sat down at his computer, opened the internal network, and logged into the document processing system using Chen Yi's identity. He carefully read the competitive position plan that had been signed but not yet forwarded, and his anger grew: the competitive position process would follow the procedures of qualification review, registration, business exam, staff evaluation, and party group assessment. If he had not returned early from the provincial bureau, he would have lost his eligibility to participate in the competitive position after the registration period ended in a few days.

This confirmed his suspicion: Li Li and others were indeed trying to complete the competitive position process while he was still at the provincial bureau...

At that moment, the office director, Chen Weiping, walked in from outside. Seeing Ye Ming, he forced a smile and said, "Ye Ming is back? There's something I forgot to tell you yesterday: the bureau will be holding a competitive position for middle-level deputy positions in a few days. Prepare well, review your business books, and get ready for the competitive position exam."

Ye Ming stared at his plump, round face, wishing he could punch that smooth, oily face into a mushy mess.

"Director Chen, if I hadn't returned early, would the bureau not have notified me to return for the competitive position?"

Ye Ming asked coldly.

Chen Weiping's face turned stern, and he said, "Ye Ming, don't judge a gentleman by a small man's standards. You are a qualified cadre, and even if you were at the provincial bureau, the bureau party group would have notified you to return for the competitive position. Besides, I have recommended you to Director Li multiple times. How could you have such thoughts?"

After saying this, he ignored Ye Ming and turned to Chen Yi, his face instantly filled with a fawning smile as he said softly, "Chen Yi, Director Li wants you to go to his office. He has something important to discuss with you."

Chen Yi glanced at Ye Ming, whose face was red with anger, and a look of sympathy and worry crossed her face. She coldly asked Chen Weiping, "Director Chen, I'm just a regular cadre. What important matter does Director Li have to discuss with me? If he has work for me, you can just assign it. There's no need for me to go to his office to talk about it!"

Chen Weiping was not bothered by her coldness and continued to smile, saying, "This discussion is about your participation in the competitive position. It's definitely a good thing. Come on, Director Li is waiting for you!"

With that, he dragged Chen Yi to the director's office on the fourth floor without any further ado.

When Ye Ming heard that Li Li wanted to discuss the competitive position with Chen Yi, he was shocked again. After careful thought, he suddenly understood: Li Li was trying to win over Chen Yi by offering her the deputy secretary position in the office, using this promise to make her willingly become his mistress. According to those who knew Li Li, when he was the director of the High-tech Branch, he used this tactic to seduce a beautiful female cadre.

Now, by calling Chen Yi to his office, he was definitely starting to make promises and set traps...

Thinking about this, Ye Ming's heart ached: Could it be that this reserved and noble Chen Yi, this goddess in his mind who was free from worldly concerns, was essentially a vulgar and materialistic woman? Otherwise, why didn't she call him during his time at the provincial bureau to mention the competitive position? Why didn't she firmly reject Li Li's overt advances and hints?

Could it be that she already knew Li Li was reserving the deputy secretary position for her?

At this moment, Ye Ming suddenly remembered Chen Yi's various suspicious and strange behaviors: several times, when he pushed open the office door, Chen Yi, who was typing on the computer, suddenly looked up, her face flushed and her expression flustered, and quickly closed the computer page.

By intuition, Chen Yi was writing something in her QQ space, and the content was something she considered highly confidential, which is why she was so flustered when Ye Ming came in.

So, was the content of her QQ space diary related to Li Li? Was it related to Li Li's promises to her?

If so, then her displays of closeness and concern towards him were purely an act and a cover-up, and her depth of scheming was truly too great...

Thinking about this, Ye Ming felt a wave of sadness. He aimlessly turned the computer to the external network, ready to log into his QQ account and chat with a few good friends to relieve his depressed mood.

When entering the number, he suddenly, almost involuntarily, typed in Chen Yi's QQ number and tried to log in using the password Chen Yi had just told him for the document processing system. Surprisingly, he successfully logged in.

Before entering Chen Yi's QQ space, he hesitated for a moment, feeling that it was somewhat immoral. However, his curiosity to uncover the truth overcame his moral sense. After a brief hesitation, he clicked on Chen Yi's QQ space with a trembling hand...

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