Family connections: From special recruitment by the county committee to the pinnacle of power

Xu He, his face flushed, looked up at Xu Hansheng and said, "Little Xu, you don't understand. The initial work of collecting company information must be done by the Investment Promotion Bureau!"

"The company has detailed information and various requirements, which we can't just fill in haphazardly. If it doesn't match the actual situation, no one can bear the responsibility!"

"If all else fails, I'll report it to my superiors. I refuse to believe this is going to happen!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Hansheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Brother Xu, of course you can report to the leaders, you can even report to County Chief Lin, but that won't solve the problem at all, it will only exacerbate the conflict."

"Also, I think it's best not to say similar things in front of the colleagues from the Investment Promotion Bureau. Even when reporting, you should wait until you've finished dealing with the current work before explaining it in detail to your superiors."

Upon hearing this, Xu He looked at Xu Hansheng with some surprise. After being reminded by Xu Hansheng, he calmed down.

After all, he's an old man, and he knows that it's not that you can't do tattling, but you have to do it discreetly.

What puzzled him was not the literal meaning of Xu Hansheng's words, but his unusual calmness.

Let alone Xu Hansheng being a newcomer, even someone like Liu Haitao who has been working for a year might not have Xu Hansheng's calmness and composed demeanor.

But Xu He was still somewhat unwilling and said, "Xiao Xu, you're new to this job and don't understand. This is their responsibility, and they have to take it on. Besides, if we don't give them a talking-to, similar things will happen frequently in the future."

Xu Hansheng shook his head and smiled wryly. In his previous life, Xu Hansheng had also worked at the grassroots level, so of course he understood the ins and outs of this.

It's not that the investment promotion bureau is inactive; they're just citing real difficulties. They've done what they were supposed to do, but the companies on the other end aren't responding, which is something no one can do.

However, from the perspective of the county government office, they can only shift the responsibility to the Investment Promotion Bureau.

"Forget it, no need to call them again. I'll go there myself and see what their director has to say."

After saying that, Xu He stood up and started tidying up the documents on the table.

Xu Hansheng asked with some doubt, "Brother Xu, doesn't this information need to be reported up and down the chain of command? Didn't Section Chief Li ask about it?"

He knew very well that if he and Xu He couldn't get the information over the phone, the result would be the same even if they went in person.

This is not a problem that two junior staff members can solve; naturally, it should be coordinated by Li Qiang.

If there is no preliminary data available, this work will have to be put on hold, and efforts will be made to work with the more cooperative companies instead.

"Li Qiang? We can't count on him at all. He's clearly set a trap for us. If we go to him, we'll just end up taking the blame!" Xu He said with a resentful look.

Xu Hansheng frowned, and didn't say anything more.

After all, Xu He was implicated this time because of Xu Hansheng.

But things didn't turn out the way Xu He did.

"Alright then, I'll go with you."

Xu Hansheng stood up, picked up his briefcase, and was about to leave with Xu He.

Xu He waved his hand and said, "You don't need to go. I can go by myself. You're a newcomer and don't know anyone. You won't be of much help even if you go."

After saying that, Xu He picked up his briefcase and quickly walked out of the office.

Xu Hansheng could clearly sense that Xu He harbored resentment, and this resentment even affected Xu Hansheng.

After all, if he hadn't been tied to Xu Hansheng, he wouldn't have been targeted by Li Qiang like this.

But sending a newcomer like Xu Hansheng to this kind of thing would be completely useless; probably no one in the entire Investment Promotion Bureau would even recognize him.

Rather than dragging Xu Hansheng along, it's better for him to go alone. If things don't go well or he gets left hanging, it won't be too embarrassing.

Even if Xu Hansheng hadn't gone, he could have seen that Xu He's trip was pointless!

Sure enough, around noon, Xu He returned to his office with a resentful look on his face, sat down in his chair, and sulked silently.

Seeing Xu He's frustrated expression, Xu Hansheng smiled and said, "Brother Xu, I don't think there's absolutely no way to resolve this."

"I have an idea that we might as well give. It's better than continuing to argue with the Investment Promotion Agency like this. Otherwise, I'm afraid we'll be stuck in this stalemate until Friday without any results."

Xu He turned to look at Xu Hansheng and said irritably, "What can you do? Even when I went, I could only sulk!"

That morning, Xu He argued with the people from the Investment Promotion Bureau for more than half an hour. In the end, they simply ignored him and left him standing there alone.

Xu He reluctantly returned to his office at noon.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Xu Hansheng, but rather that even if Xu Hansheng had connections, he couldn't ask them to do everything.

The investment promotion bureau is just stuck, refusing to process your application or let you check your records. No matter how hard you try, it won't help.

Xu Hansheng shook his head with a wry smile, and after having lunch with Xu He in the canteen, he stepped onto the road opposite the county committee compound.

Xu Hansheng took out his phone and dialed Tang Bing's number directly.

The phone rang more than a dozen times before Tang Bing's voice came from the other end: "Is this Xu Hansheng? What's up?"

"Sister Tang, it's me."

Xu Hansheng smiled and responded, then asked, "Sister Tang, I have a question. Does our inspection office regularly report on the progress of the county's investment projects and hold those units accountable for poor implementation?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Bing thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Yes, our main focus right now is attracting investment. Why?"

Xu Hansheng chuckled awkwardly and said, "Nothing much. This morning, our section chief asked me and Comrade Xu He to follow up on the Tiancheng Holdings project in Qingshan City."

"But when we found the project documents, we discovered that the files were empty; there was no information about Tiancheng Holdings at all. Sister Tang, do you think the Supervision Office could also investigate this matter?"

"What I mean is, the secretariat of our county government office came to supervise the matter."

Tang Bing might not help with things that offend people, but it's a different story if she directly assigns the task to the Secretariat or Xu Hansheng himself.

This was Xu Hansheng's own request, so it doesn't count as offending anyone.

Tang Bing was incredibly clever, and he instantly understood Xu Hansheng's meaning: all he wanted was the receipt for the on-site supervision!

Thinking of this, Tang Bing couldn't help but laugh and said, "Well, you've only been working for a few days and you already know how to use someone else's strength against them."

"Okay, I'll write up the form for you right away. Come and pick it up."

After saying that, Tang Bing hung up the phone.

Xu Hansheng smiled and said to Xu He, "Brother Xu, let's go to the Investment Promotion Bureau together later."

As they were talking, Xu Hansheng glanced at his watch. It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and Tang Bing should have finished lunch and gone back to her office by now.

Xu He frowned and followed Xu Hansheng back to the county committee compound.

Whatever Xu Hansheng's intentions, he has no choice but to try now. Otherwise, if it drags on until Friday, Li Qiang will not only deal with Xu Hansheng, but he will also be implicated.

It's possible that Li Qiang might use this as an excuse to send Xu Hansheng to a lower-level township, which would isolate Xu Hansheng and make it easier for Li Qiang to continue his underhanded tactics.

Soon, Xu Hansheng went to the Supervision Office and retrieved the supervision receipt. This receipt had a time limit; a response had to be given within two days, or else someone would be held accountable.

This is the sword in Xu Hansheng's hand.

After putting away the receipt, Xu Hansheng and Xu He headed to the Investment Promotion Bureau together.

Pushing open the door to the Investment Promotion Bureau's main office, Xu Hansheng first glanced at the address bar before quickly stepping forward, taking out a supervision receipt from his briefcase, and handing it to the office director who had just returned from his lunch break, saying, "Director Jiang, hello, we are from the Secretariat of the County Government Office."

"Here is a follow-up feedback form. Could you please fill it out for me?"