Chapter 15: The Organization Department Minister's Son-in-law Candidate?

  The Secretary-General's words were soon verified, and just three days later, the Inspectorate welcomed three new members, among whom was a familiar face of Liu Siyuan: Ouyang Qian!

  The other two were also very young, both being less than a year after graduation. One wore glasses and was called Cheng Tianxiang, the other was tall and handsome and was called Xiang Lang.

  Apart from the newcomers, Secretary-General Zhang also formally announced the new organizational structure of the Supervision Department at the meeting. The department is set to have one director at the deputy bureau level (vacant), two deputy directors at the division level, temporarily held by Yao Yuan and Zhang Jinsong, and one deputy director at the deputy division level, Zhang Jinping. Three sections are also established: Inspection Section 1, Inspection Section 2, and Comprehensive Section. The head of Inspection Section 1 is concurrently held by Deputy Director Zhang Jinsong, with members Xing Jun, Xiang Lang, and Cheng Tianxiang. The head of Inspection Section 2 is temporarily vacant, with Liu Siyuan serving as deputy section chief (deputy section level) and temporarily in charge of the daily work of Section 2, with member Ouyang Qian. The head of Comprehensive Section is acted by Zhang Jinping, and there is also a dedicated commissioner, with specific personnel to be determined.

  This time Liu Siyuan can finally solidify his deputy departmental position. Although the rank hasn't been upgraded, it has changed from a nominal role to a real one, which is also a kind of progress. With the current structure, since he's already in charge of daily work, it's clear that the leadership thinks highly of him. The hat of a full department head is also within reach, as long as he doesn't make mistakes. Now Liu Siyuan only lacks time, after all, he was just promoted to deputy departmental level over a month ago, which is really too short, and no matter what, it's not convincing.

  On the other hand, this new architecture also makes it clear that the Supervision Department of People's Prosperity will be the main force for daily supervision work in the future, while the second supervision department with only two people is more like a special forces unit, handling some special supervision tasks.

  At the same time, there is another beneficiary who was almost overlooked by everyone, Zhang Jinping. In fact, he was the only one to be promoted in this restructuring, and after many years of being a benchwarmer, he finally got the title of deputy director and the long-awaited deputy department level.

  At the same time, this setup also gave many people in the municipal government a lot to speculate about. For example, putting Director Ouyang's daughter under Liu Siyuan's care, what does that imply? The relationship between Director Liu and Director Ouyang is not ordinary! The minister has entrusted his precious daughter to him! It's possible that he's even cultivating him as a potential son-in-law.

  Further analysis, Zhang Jinsong concurrently serving as the head of the first inspection department indicates that he is at a disadvantage in the competition for the director position. The reason is simple: Yao Yuan does not hold a concurrent post as department head, and the second department head position is vacant. This can be understood as a paving stone to sit on the director's seat. This has caused many people to lose their glasses, knowing that Zhang Jinsong's background is the municipal party committee standing committee member and municipal party committee secretary-general Fu Xuan!

  Now the inspection room has become a hot spot in the entire municipal government compound, and Yao Yuan and Liu Siyuan are the hottest spots. So much so that Chen Lan sourly said no wonder Comrade Liu is not anxious to find an object, it turns out that his ambitions are high.

  The underlying meaning is that your original goal was the Minister's daughter. Liu Siyuan had no choice but to announce everywhere that he and Ouyang Qian have nothing to do with each other.

  He actually had a bitter heart that couldn't be expressed, and it was hard to get a real job as deputy director. He finally got his own subordinate, but the only subordinate was the daughter of the Organization Department Director, so how could he give orders? Even getting along became a problem. What's even more deadly is that Comrade Ouyang Qian didn't know if she was missing a screw or not, and completely disregarded the fact that rumors were already flying everywhere. She actually had the nerve to tell him in front of everyone in the inspection office that Director Ouyang wanted him to go home for dinner at night. It's like adding fuel to the fire.

  Of course, whether or not Minister Ouyang had invited him to go, after work he still hitched a ride with Ouyang Qian's car. Speaking of which, her ride was a bright red Buick Regal, a very ordinary car worth around 100,000 yuan. Liu Siyuan thought that the head of the municipal party committee's organization department should be able to afford a better car for his only daughter. From this it can be seen that the Ouyang family's style is still quite good and their family education is also relatively strict. Ouyang Qian didn't dare drive an expensive car too ostentatiously.

  She drove an unassuming car, but she herself was anything but low-key. In the inspection room, except for Liu Siyuan, the newcomers Cheng Tianxiang and Xiang Lang, as well as Xing Jun, all didn't have girlfriends. After Liu Siyuan loudly proclaimed that he had no relationship with Ouyang Qian, it was inevitable that they would develop some thoughts about this beautiful woman with a stunning figure and an illustrious family background. The temptation of power and beauty was not something that ordinary people could resist. It was unavoidable that they would try to curry favor with her, but unfortunately, Ouyang's haughty expression made the three men eat their words several times on the first day. She didn't even take the three deputy directors seriously. Fortunately, Yao Yuan, Zhang Jinsong, and even Zhang Jinping were all savvy people who kept a suitable distance from her, avoiding embarrassing themselves.

  But Liu Siyuan as her direct superior had no place to hide, fortunately, Ouyang Qian still gave him face, so soon everyone found out that in the inspection room, his words were still useful to her.

  "Hey, Xiaoxian, slow down a bit, we're not in a hurry..." Liu Siyuan said timidly, looking at the scenery flying by on both sides.

  "Oh, Director Liu said don't rush so I won't rush." Ouyang Qian smiled and said with an expression of not caring.

  "Alas, no need to call Liu Kezhang, it sounds a bit unfamiliar."

  "That won't do, my dad specifically told me to take care of you and respect you." Ouyang Qian shook her head, but a sly smile hung on her lips.

  "This......" Liu Siyuan was at a loss for words for a moment.

  Seeing him like this, Ouyang Qian finally burst out laughing and said: "Otherwise, when we're at work, I'll call you Director Liu, and after work, I'll call you Brother Siyuan."

  "It seems I'm a few months younger than you." Liu Siyuan said honestly.

  "This is it, let's hear Sister Jiao's voice, haha!!" Ouyang Qian said with a proud smile.

  "That's impossible, you look like a little sister." Liu Siyuan said irritably. To say that Ouyang Qian was indeed one year older than him, but no matter how he looked at her, she seemed like a little sister, while Fang Xintong was two years younger than him, yet gave him a sisterly feeling, it was really interesting.

  "If you don't call me, then don't call me." Ouyang Qian pouted and said, "You're making me old just by calling me that."

  Liu Siyuan chuckled a few times, suddenly becoming curious and asked: "How did you go from working at the Cultural Bureau to our Supervision Office? Our work is much harder than that of the Cultural Bureau."

  Ouyang Qian's smile stiffened for a moment, and then she suddenly sighed and said: "I'll tell you, but don't go telling others, okay?"

  Liu Siyuan nodded seriously before continuing, "Actually, it's nothing much. There are a few performing teams under the Cultural Bureau, and one of them is a dance team. One of the dancers wanted to pursue me, but my dad opposed it, so he simply transferred me away."

  "Is it just because you want to chase me?" Liu Siyuan asked back, unable to help himself.

  "Oh dear, I just thought he looked okay and we went out a few times, nothing special. But then my dad found out. He's such an old conservative." said Ouyang Qian with a huffy expression.

  "Your dad is also worried about you." Liu Siyuan couldn't help but persuade him.

  "It's not like we're in the old days, he still wants to arrange a marriage?" She got angrier and angrier as she spoke, and as a result, the car sped up even more, scaring Liu Siyuan half to death. He repeatedly asked her to slow down before she finally did.

  "Are you dating someone?" Ouyang Qian suddenly asked.

  "No." Liu Siyuan nodded, somewhat perplexed by the question. Yet as he replied, Ding Hui's image involuntarily flashed in his mind.

  "Oh, then my dad probably has plans for me. I think if you and I get along well, he should be in favor of it." Ouyang Qian looked at him straightly. "He's always thought highly of you, saying that some fortune teller once said that last year was his unlucky year, everything went wrong, but if there was a lucky person to help him get through smoothly, then afterwards it would all go well. Anyway, he's determined that the you from in front of the bank that year is his lucky star."

  He didn't expect her to be so direct and was a bit embarrassed, mumbling: "I think Director Ouyang may not have meant it that way. To take a step back, even if you don't look down on me, Xiaoxian, I'm really not good-looking, and my family background is nothing special either - my parents are just ordinary retired workers in the county town." Liu Sanyuan wasn't stupid either; he guessed that her previous dance partner must have been very handsome. He had some self-awareness about his own appearance.

  Ouyang Qian burst out laughing, and the gloom on her face also disappeared by half, saying "I didn't expect you still have some self-awareness."

  "That's right, I've never fantasized about finding a city committee member's daughter as my girlfriend. It's better to be practical in life." Liu Siyuan nodded seriously.

  "Oh? What's your ideal girlfriend like?" asked Ouyang Qian with interest.

  Liu Siyuan thought for a long time and couldn't say anything, so he just smiled and said that appearance is not important, the key is to have a suitable personality, mainly it's all about fate. After a while, under Ouyang Qian's questioning, he finally said that there was a girl with whom he had a good relationship and was currently taking the civil service exam. Ouyang immediately said that such trivial matters wouldn't be solved by just asking his dad.

  "I can't always ask Minister Ouyang for help with everything." Liu Siyuan hastily said.

  "That's also true." Ouyang Qian said after a moment of contemplation, "Good steel should be used on the blade, for example, what you mentioned about being promoted to Zhengke recently."

  "Promoted to a full professor? I've been an associate professor for a month and the organizational principle says it's at least two years later." Liu Siyuan shrugged.

  "Cut it, there's always an exception to everything, don't worry, with me around, we'll make a great team, handling several big cases in a row. That's how it works." Ouyang Qian had a smug look on her face, as if she was saying "with my sister around, you'll have meat to eat". "Besides, that little matter of your girlfriend, no need to bother my dad with it, I'll take care of it for you. How about the Cultural Bureau? It's pretty laid back, just be careful not to get too distracted by all the handsome guys."

  "Alright, I won't be polite either. Thanks in advance, but let's see if she can really get into the Cultural Bureau first." Liu Siyuan said with a smile. He wasn't a pedantic person either; having connections without using them would be a waste.

  "What, don't you believe in my abilities?" Ouyang Qian's eyes widened in dissatisfaction as she shouted, "I'm telling you, I've staked my reputation on this today. If your so-called girlfriend can't get into the Cultural Bureau, I'll let you handle it!"

  This remark was somewhat ambiguous, and Liu Sanyuan's heart skipped a beat, but the troublemaker remained calm and continued: "If it succeeds, how will you thank me?"

  "You tell me, as long as I can make it happen."

  "Hmm, let me think." Ouyang Qian had a thoughtful look on her face.

  "Right, I almost forgot, can't go empty-handed to see Director Ouyang." Liu Siyuan suddenly said with a bit of panic.

  "Whatever, he doesn't lack anything." Ouyang Qian said nonchalantly.

  "That won't do, can't be lacking in etiquette. Is there a place near your house that sells cigarettes, wine or tea?" Fang Xinyi reminded him that these three things were the treasures of gift-giving.

  "Spare me the details, my family is still short of cigarettes, wine and tea leaves? We can already open a small grocery store." Ouyang Qian said irritably.

  It's true, but Liu Siyuan still couldn't bring himself to do it, and after pestering him for half a day, he finally managed to persuade her to go to a tobacco hotel, where they picked up two packs of Chinese cigarettes before re-entering the Ouyang residence.