Luo Yiping found this situation the most unacceptable.
He looked at the director's secretary and said in disbelief, "That's not right. You must have made a mistake. I should be the section chief!"
The director's secretary showed Luo Yiping the letter of appointment and said coldly, "This was personally signed by the director. Are you saying the director made a mistake?"
Luo Yiping glanced at the letter of appointment. It clearly stated Zhao Weimin's name!
"How could this be..."
Even though the facts were right before his eyes, he still couldn't believe it.
The director's secretary ignored him and smiled at Zhao Weimin again, "Section Chief Zhao, congratulations on your appointment. I hope you'll take care of us in the future!"
Zhao Weimin trembled as he accepted the letter of appointment, still thinking it was a dream.
Then, the director's secretary left, and the office fell silent once more.
After a while, someone started clapping, and the office clerks began congratulating Zhao Weimin.
Zhao Weimin took a while to snap back to reality, then smiled and responded to everyone's congratulations.
Luo Yiping kept shaking his head, muttering, "Impossible..."
"How could this happen... This is absolutely impossible!"
He mumbled as if possessed, "It's a mistake, there must be some mistake somewhere!"
"No, I have to go and ask the director for clarification. I'm the section chief, I'm the section chief!"
With that, he rushed into Sun Desheng's office.
At that moment, Sun Desheng was working.
Seeing Luo Yiping rush in, he couldn't help but frown and say, "Section Head Luo, what's with this recklessness? Have you no manners?"
Luo Yiping couldn't care less about manners at this point. He anxiously said to Sun Desheng, "Director Sun, something big has happened. The section chief's letter of appointment is wrong!"
"Wrong?" Sun Desheng asked, "I personally signed that letter of appointment. How could it be wrong?"
Luo Yiping said, "It really is wrong!"
"How can Zhao Weimin's name be on the letter of appointment? This is a mistake, right!"
Hearing this, Sun Desheng understood Luo Yiping's intention.
After interacting with Wu Tian, his impression of Luo Yiping had become very poor.
So, Sun Desheng said coldly, "What mistake is this? Zhao Weimin is the chosen section chief."
"Ah?" Luo Yiping was stunned.
He said indignantly, "That's not right, Director Sun. How could such an important position as section chief go to Zhao Weimin?"
"It shouldn't be... it should be..."
Sun Desheng coldly interrupted, "It should be yours, right?"
Luo Yiping trembled slightly. He wanted to nod, but he shook his head and said, "No, that's not what I meant."
"I just want to say, how can Zhao Weimin be qualified to be the section chief? This shouldn't be!"
Sun Desheng maintained his cold expression, "Zhao Weimin is the most senior clerk in the bureau, and his abilities are evident. Why can't I let him be the section chief?"
"Speaking of which, aren't you also Zhao Weimin's protégé?"
"If that's the case, shouldn't you be happy for Zhao Weimin?"
Luo Yiping felt like he was going crazy.
Happy? It wasn't him becoming the section chief, so why would he be happy!
He quickly said, "No, Director Sun, I don't think Zhao Weimin is capable of being the section chief at all!"
"Letting him sit in the section chief's position is just making a mockery of things!"
Seeing that Luo Yiping had even said such a thing, Sun Desheng immediately slammed the table and shouted, "Luo Yiping, you have quite the nerve!"
"The letter of appointment was discussed and decided by a meeting of our bureau. How dare you say we are making a mockery of things?"
"From what you're saying, why don't you take my place and preside over the meeting!"
Seeing Sun Desheng's anger, Luo Yiping was immediately frightened and repeatedly said, "No, no, Director Sun, that's not what I meant!"
"It's just... it's just that the matter of the section chief is a big deal after all. I think it would be better to reconsider carefully."
"Reconsider what?" Sun Desheng said, "Reconsider and then let you become the section chief, is that it?"
"Luo Yiping, I know all the shady dealings you've been up to in the bureau all these years. Don't think I don't know."
"As a cadre, you don't do your proper work and spend your days plotting these messy things. Aren't you ashamed?"
"I'm telling you, you'd better behave yourself from now on!"
"If I find out you're still trying to take shortcuts, then forget about becoming section chief, you won't even be able to keep your current position!"
Luo Yiping's face turned pale with fear.
From this moment on, he finally understood that his dream of promotion had been completely shattered...
Meanwhile, in the office, Zhao Weimin was smiling and responding to everyone's flattery, his mouth almost unable to close.
He never expected to become the section chief!
It seemed that knowing Wu Tian was a great fortune in his life!
Just as the atmosphere in the office was lively, Luo Yiping walked in tremblingly.
Zhao Weimin turned to look at him, and Luo Yiping trembled all over, not daring to be arrogant as before.
"Section Head Luo, you're back."
Zhao Weimin said with a somewhat cold tone, "What did Director Sun say?"
Luo Yiping didn't dare to look Zhao Weimin in the eye. He knew he had completely lost to Zhao Weimin.
From now on, Zhao Weimin would be his superior!
He hesitated for a moment, then suddenly showed a fawning smile to Zhao Weimin and said, "Section Chief Zhao, congratulations!"
"I knew all along that Section Chief Zhao, with your outstanding work ability, would be promoted to section chief. It seems my prediction was correct!"
Upon hearing this, a hint of disgust appeared on Zhao Weimin's face.
The other clerks in the office also curled their lips.
They were all old employees in the office, and they all knew how much insincerity was behind Luo Yiping's so-called congratulations.
Zhao Weimin said coldly, "Section Head Luo, this is different from what I heard before."
"Didn't you say you were going to deduct my salary by five hundred yuan and make me sweep the office? Why is there no mention of that now?"
Luo Yiping's expression became extremely awkward.
He stammered, "This... Section Chief Zhao, I was just joking with you."
"You are a magnanimous person, please don't hold it against me."
"I know I made some mistakes in the past, but I've decided to mend my ways. So, please give me another chance, Section Chief Zhao."
Looking at Luo Yiping's subservient demeanor, Zhao Weimin felt utter contempt.
This Luo Yiping truly embodied the face of a villain to the extreme!
It would be a great loss to the film industry if such a guy wasn't cast in a movie!