afternoon.
The scorching sun is as fierce as a scorching fire.
Coming out of the unit compound of the National Respect for the Elderly Office, Dong Xuebin saw that Zhou Yanru and Wang Yuling both had bad expressions on their faces and wanted to say something, so he gestured to them to wait, and then called Cheng Yandong, the team leader who was responsible for inspecting their street. He made a phone call. Dong Xuebin helped him repair the coiled dragon jade necklace that was his mother's relic a while ago, so Cheng Yandong would definitely not play tricks on him.
"Hey, Team Leader Cheng, I'm Dong Xuebin."
"Haha, hello, Xiaodong, are you okay?"
"I'm in the capital now, and I'm planning to submit additional application materials, but I don't know who to give them to."
"Huh? Hasn't anyone contacted you? Leave it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. There are people there who are responsible for filing. The materials from the Respect for the Elderly Office have already been forwarded to them."
“But the Ministry of Civil Affairs said it’s not under their control.”
"No, if you ask again, we are the ones responsible. You can't be wrong."
"Okay, I'll go take a look again, thank you, Team Leader Cheng."
"You're welcome. By the way, let's have dinner together when you have time. Let's make an appointment then."
"Okay, then you can go about your business and I won't disturb you anymore." After hanging up the phone, Dong Xuebin's face darkened, and he greeted Zhou Yanru and Wang Yuling to get in the car, "The Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for this matter, let's go!"
Wang Yuling said depressedly: "Isn't it just this little thing? Why is it so difficult to handle!"
Zhou Yanru also sighed secretly. She was still thinking about having a relationship with the relevant leaders. Who would have thought that at the end of the day, she hadn't even handed in the materials. With this matter, Zhou Yanru felt that the nomination of the model unit was really hanging in the balance. Now, I feel a little more in awe of the capital. Here, the cadres and leaders of their street offices are a vulnerable group. It is so difficult to submit supplementary materials, let alone establish a relationship with the leaders. Come to think of it, It's not that simple, unless you give someone some expensive gift against the principle, but according to Zhou Yanru's understanding of Director Dong, Director Dong would probably not do this. It seems that this business trip may really be in vain.
ten minutes…
half an hour…
One hour…
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the car had another meeting with the Ministry of Civil Affairs. After completing the formalities, the Mercedes-Benz parked in the compound.
Wang Yuling was about to open the door and get out of the car, but Dong Xuebin stopped her, "Yuling, just follow the car, there won't be so many people there."
"Director, I'm fine." Wang Yuling said.
"I'll just go with Director Zhou. There's air conditioning in the car, so you don't have to turn off the engine. You'll be tired after driving for a day."
Wang Yuling was very touched. She knew that this was Director Dong's love for her. She really didn't want to look at Director Ling's face. "Then, I'll wait for you two in the car."
Dong Xuebin said, "Sister Zhou, let's go."
Zhou Yanru nodded and followed with the materials.
On the first floor of the office building, Zhou Yanru found an office worker in front of her, "Comrade, let's find Director Ling. Could you please help..."
The man interrupted: "Didn't you come here this morning?"
"I still have something to do with Director Ling."
The man was quite impatient. I put down my things and went upstairs.
Although the Ministry of Civil Affairs is not a powerful department in the system, the power it has is not small. It is many times more powerful than the National Office for Respecting the Elderly, and the staff here are also more powerful than those at the Office for Respecting the Elderly. He is very arrogant and doesn't like to talk to others.
After a while. The man came down from upstairs, "Director Ling has something to do, please wait."
Wait again? Zhou Yanru tentatively said: "This, probably"
"I'll call you when it's ready. Just wait." After the staff member finished speaking, he lowered his head and started working on his business without looking at them again.
"Director." Zhou Yanru turned around and asked for instructions.
Dong Xuebin's patience was almost worn out, and one word popped out from between his teeth: "Wait!"
Half an hour passed.
An hour passed.
Seeing that it was almost time for the Ministry of Civil Affairs to get off work, but no one asked them to come up. Zhou Yanru saw that Dong Xuebin's face was getting more and more ugly, and she couldn't sit still anymore. She asked the person again, "Comrade, where is Director Ling?"
The man was chatting with a female colleague. When he heard this, he looked over, curled his lips, and said to the female colleague: "We'll talk about where to eat. Haha, invite Xiao Li to join us then. There will be a lot of people." Then he stood up. Passing by Zhou Yanru, she went up to the second floor. A minute later, the man stood in the corridor and said coldly to Zhou Yanru and Dong Xuebin, "Director Ling asked you to come up."
Zhou Yanru said hurriedly: "Thank you, comrade."
The man sat down on the chair and continued chatting with his colleagues with a smile.
"Zhu Li" Zhou Yanru looked over.
"Let's go!" Dong Xuebin strode upstairs. Anyone who knows him probably knows that Dong Xuebin is already angry at this moment.
Second floor.
Director Ling's office.
Dong Dong, Zhou Yanru knocked on the door carefully.
"Come in, come in." This time, Director Ling looked up at them, but his expression was very unhappy, "What's wrong?"
Zhou Yanru was annoyed, but she didn't dare to show it on her face, "I just went to the Office for Respecting the Elderly, and they said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for filing. This..."
Director Ling frowned, "That's what they said?"
"Yes, do you see it?" Zhou Yanru asked.
Ring ring ring, ring ring ring, the phone on the table rang, Director Ling answered, "Hello, hello... Oh, that's right, okay, I'll be there right away." Picking up a brown paper bag, Director Ling stood up "You guys go to the Elderly Respecting Office and ask, I have something else to do, that's all." He walked out the door.
Zhou Yanru hurriedly followed out, "Director Ling, we have already asked, but..."
Walking to the stairs, Director Ling said as he went downstairs: "That's not our department's responsibility. You can ask other departments."
Zhou Yanru said: "Director Ling, we have run three times, it's true."
"Okay, okay." Director Ling was annoyed and stopped after walking to the office area on the first floor. "Where are the materials? Show me."
Zhou Yanru exhaled and quickly handed him the materials.
Director Ling took it in his hand and turned it over casually. He shook his head and threw the material to Zhou Yanru. "The format is wrong and the official seal is in the wrong position. Give it to me after you change it. Go back."
Zhou Yanru was stunned, "The format is wrong? We just followed the format of the application materials, which is the same as those submitted by other units.
"Director Ling."
"Ling Chu."
Many staff members on the first floor greeted him politely.
Director Ling nodded to them, strode out, and said to Zhou Yanru: "Go back and check the format yourself! Change it and bring it back!"
"Director Ling, Director Ling, this..." At this moment, Dong Xuebin was finally angered and stood sideways in front of Director Ling. "I will change your situation!"