Fang Zhicheng thought about it and actually plucked up the courage to call Shen Wei. Shen Wei lazily answered the phone and said hello.
Fang Zhicheng coughed lightly and said, "Sister Wei, it's me! Is Brother Xiao still here?"
Shen Wei was silent for a long time, then sighed and said, "He was very angry yesterday and went straight back to Qiongjin."
Fang Zhicheng felt relieved for some reason and said with a smile: "This shows that Brother Xiao still has a temper. It just happens to achieve your goal."
Shen Wei bit her lip and said coldly: "If there is nothing else, I will hang up."
"Sister Wei..." Fang Zhicheng called out emotionally, and asked in a low voice, "Can you leave a back door in the future..."
Shen Wei naturally knew what Fang Zhicheng was hinting at, her face flushed as she said, "I have clearly replied to you in my text message. It was all my fault, a mistake. Let's forget everything and pretend it never happened."
Fang Zhicheng insisted, "Sister Wei, it's not your fault. I took the initiative because I always wanted you. I like your personality and want to possess you..."
Shen Wei frowned, hung up the phone, lay down heavily in the quilt, and let out a long breath.
What happened yesterday is still vivid in her mind. How can she forget it easily even if she wants to? But Shen Wei loves Xiao Qiang. She made a mistake once and cannot make it a second time, so she needs to control her throbbing soul and must not cheat again.
The more she wanted to control her thoughts, she couldn't help but think of Fang Zhicheng's handsome appearance and every detail of their time together...
At this moment, the phone vibrated and a text message alert appeared. Shen Wei picked up the phone and slowly opened the message.
"Sister Wei, please rest assured that I will never actively interfere with your life again. Of course, you also need to remember not to harass me again. Yesterday's mistake was neither your fault nor mine, but if there is another mistake, it will be unforgivable. We both have people we like and want to protect. We need to control ourselves for others as well as for ourselves. But if you want me to forget all that, I'm sorry, I can't do it..."
Shen Wei read it twice, sighed, deleted the message, got out of bed, walked to the bed, opened the curtains, frowned, and whispered: "I can't be so greedy..."
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After work, Zhan Yao walked in mysteriously and whispered a piece of news that Deng Hongguo had encountered a problem.
The issue of employment for children of migrant workers had been discussed at a county heads' meeting before. Fang Zhicheng had an argument with Deng Hongguo at the time, and the issue eventually came to a temporary end with Deng Hongguo leaving in anger. Today, the conflict was finally sparked, and about thirty migrant workers brought their children to the gate of the county government to sit in protest, which had an extremely bad impact.
There are indeed big problems with the education of migrant workers' children in Dongtai. If you don't have money or connections, there is no way to send your children to a good public school. As for the few schools that specifically enroll migrant workers' children, both the facilities and the teaching staff are very weak. The Education Bureau has not taken this seriously, and there are also problems with salary payment. In the first half of this year, a large number of teachers resigned.
These more than 30 migrant workers are not technical talents, and they are mainly engaged in the construction industry. They cannot find a suitable place for their children to go to school, so they naturally ask the government for help. Deng Hongguo has come several times before, and promised to help solve the problem, but it has been delayed for a long time. Until now, there is still one summer vacation to end, and it has not been implemented. These migrant workers are anxious, but Deng Hongguo avoids them, which makes the migrant workers' behavior more intense.
Fang Zhicheng saw that Zhan Yao was gloating, so he criticized him, "This is not a good thing for us. If we let the situation develop, it will damage the government's image and will eventually affect our work of attracting investment. You go out first, I will report this to County Magistrate Qi."
After Zhan Yao left, the landline rang. It was Wang Jingran who called. He said softly, "County Magistrate Fang, there is a group of petitioners outside. We need you to deal with them."
After Wang Jingran was promoted to deputy county chief, he is now mainly responsible for petition work. Fang Zhicheng frowned and said unhappily: "As far as I know, those petitioners are all here for their children's schooling. Education is under the jurisdiction of County Chief Deng. If I come forward, wouldn't it be a bit of an overstepping of authority? I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?"
Wang Jingran frowned slightly, coughed and said, "County Magistrate Deng has conflicts with those people, and Secretary Weiming considered that if he still stepped forward, the situation would become worse. These migrant workers are mainly engaged in basic construction work in several important projects in the county. The key projects happen to be in charge of you, County Magistrate Fang, so it is reasonable for you to come forward to negotiate."
Fang Zhicheng was angry. It would have been fine if he had to clean up the mess created by Deng Hongguo, but Sun Weiming's attitude was a bit too much. His logic was that since those migrant workers were all workers on key projects and they were causing trouble, he, as the deputy county magistrate in charge of key projects, had an obligation to do so. He might even have to bear greater responsibility than the deputy county magistrate in charge of education. Isn't this just finding a pretext to accuse someone of a crime
Fang Zhicheng thought about it and roughly knew what Sun Weiming's intention was. Recently, there were problems with the Golden Street project. Sun Weiming intended to make things difficult for Fang Zhicheng on the key project and force Fang Zhicheng to give up this important power in his hands.
Thinking about it this way, the migrant workers' gathering to cause trouble even has a hint of conspiracy.
Storm is brewing in Hua Manlou. After the Golden Street project encountered problems, Hua Manlou’s situation is not good!
Fang Zhicheng took a breath and said in a deep voice: "County Magistrate Wang, I will go out and solve the problem now, but I want to remind you that even if I let them leave now, it will only be a temporary solution. If we want migrant workers to work in Dongtai with peace of mind, we must start with education and carry out reforms."
Wang Jingran ignored Fang Zhicheng and left the office decisively. There had been a grudge between him and Fang Zhicheng for a long time. Seeing that Fang Zhicheng was in a bad situation, he naturally wanted to add insult to injury. According to the government's procedures, Wang Jingran should be responsible for coordinating the petition work and then handing it over to the corresponding deputy county magistrate. Now Wang Jingran handed the task over to Fang Zhicheng, with the mentality of taking revenge.
As for Sun Weiming, he was brought out by Wang Jingran to suppress Fang Zhicheng. After all, in terms of power, Fang Zhicheng was a member of the Standing Committee and had a higher status than Wang Jingran in the Dongtai officialdom. If there was no Sun Weiming as the sword of imperial power, Fang Zhicheng could have completely ignored Wang Jingran.
Fang Zhicheng arrived at the government gate. The migrant workers were sitting quietly at the gate, not making any noise. They seemed quite calm. When the gate of the government compound opened, everyone's eyes fell on Fang Zhicheng. The leader was a young woman in her thirties who was dressed very simply and looked clean. She came over, looked Fang Zhicheng up and down, and asked in confusion, "Are you a government representative?"
Fang Zhicheng nodded and said, "That's right, you can choose a representative to talk with me in the conference room."
The young woman frowned and said unhappily, "Please ask your county chief to come out and ask an important official to talk to us."
Fang Zhicheng smiled slightly and said softly: "I am the deputy county magistrate of Dongtai, and I keep my word..."
Someone nearby reminded him, "Yes, I have seen him. He is indeed the deputy county magistrate. He seems to be the youngest deputy county magistrate now. His surname is Fang."
Fang Zhicheng smiled and said, "Please wait for a moment, I will help you coordinate things in half an hour."
When he arrived at the conference room, Education Bureau Director Yao Yuan also received an order and hurried to the county government. Seeing Fang Zhicheng presiding over the symposium, his expression changed slightly. He had never dealt with Fang Zhicheng, but he knew that this was a deputy county magistrate who was not easy to mess with. The incident of him beating Deng Hongguo had already been known to everyone.
Fang Zhicheng coughed lightly and said, "Please tell us the situation again, so that we can understand your difficulties and prescribe the right medicine."
The young woman said softly, "Hello, County Magistrate Fang. It's not that we are unreasonable. We are forced to do so by life. We have no other choice. Parents all over the world have a pity for their children. Going to school is the most important thing in their hearts. We have nowhere else to go and can only come to the government for help. We have also been to the Education Bureau before, but the Education Bureau always said that they have no way. The relevant regulations for the Education Bureau to recruit students were drafted by the county government, and they are just implementing them. Then, we came to the government and found the county magistrate named Deng. He promised to help us solve the problem, but more than a month has passed, and the child is facing school, but there is still no news or response..."
Fang Zhicheng sighed and said, "Excuse me, big sister, what is your name?"
The young woman whispered, "My name is Shi Hui."
Fang Zhicheng glanced at the restless Yao Yuan, then comforted Shi Hui and said, "Director Yao from the Education Bureau is here. He will solve your problem for you."
Yao Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "I have discussed this with County Magistrate Deng before. The quota for the migrant workers' children's school is already overloaded this year. There is no way to accept new students. These families applied too late, so there is nothing we can do."
"What about public schools? There are 21 public primary schools in the county. Is it possible that 30 people cannot be placed in them?" Fang Zhicheng frowned and said unhappily.
Yao Yuan whispered, "County Magistrate Fang, migrant workers' children who want to attend public schools have to pay school selection fees. If they are willing, there is no problem..."