The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

At 3 p.m. on Monday, a democratic life meeting was held. Guan Ping sat in the first row with a serious expression, while Dong Xuexi sat in the last row with a relaxed expression. He didn't care at all; he was already burdened with debts and was resigned to his fate.

On Monday morning, the Public Security Bureau informed the Education Bureau of the punishment for Dong Xuexi's drunk driving. The public reprimand for Dong Xuexi now includes another charge: drunk driving.

Dong Xuexi was like a plague god; no one sat with him, and he was the only one sitting in the corner of the last row.

Chen Shi and the three deputy directors entered the conference room, and the room fell silent.

Chen Shi and the other three sat down on the stage. Chen Shi glanced at everyone and solemnly said, "The theme of this week's democratic life meeting is mutual love and respect. The Education Bureau is a big family, and everyone here is a family member. As the head of the family, the leader should show care for the family members."

Family members should help each other when they encounter difficulties, and we must not let a situation like Comrade Dong Xuexi's happen again.

Comrade Dong Xuexi deeply realized that his rash behavior was wrong, and he will make a profound self-criticism at the democratic life meeting and sincerely apologize to Comrade Guan Ping.

Chen Shi looked at Dong Xuexi, who was sitting in the corner: "Comrade Dong Xuexi, please come to the podium and make a self-criticism."

Dong Xuexi took the self-criticism letter, walked up to the podium, and began to give his self-criticism with a heavy expression.

After finishing his self-criticism, he bowed to Guan Ping and apologized: "Section Chief Guan, I sincerely apologize to you. I lost control of my emotions and hit you. Afterwards, I couldn't eat or sleep and felt deeply remorseful. I was such a terrible person. How could I hit you? I am deeply aware of my mistake. Please forgive me."

Guan Ping stood up and said in a deep voice, "Comrade Dong Xuexi, I accept your apology. No matter what, we must not act on emotion."

Dong Xuexi said sincerely, "Thank you, Section Chief Guan. I will control my emotions in the future."

After Dong Xuexi finished his self-criticism and apology, his task was completed. He stepped down from the podium and returned to his seat. Tomorrow, he would report to Laoyan Town.

The next step is to have a discussion on mutual love and respect.

The democratic life meeting ended at five o'clock. Chen Shi returned to his office and received a phone call from Jiang Yiqiu.

"Honey, do you have a business dinner tonight? Someone misses you, come over for dinner."

Chen Shi thought for a moment, realizing it had been a long time since he had visited Jiang Yiqiu.

"Okay, I'll cancel my social engagements and come over after get off work."

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhe walked into the office with the blueprints in his hand.

"Director Chen, I'd like to report to you on the reconstruction plan for Qinghe Village Primary School."

Chen Shi stood up, and the two sat down in the reception room. Li Zhe spread out the planning drawings.

"Director Chen, these are the planning drawings made by the city's design institute." He pointed to a building in the middle: "This is a teaching building, with three floors, four classrooms on each floor, and a total of twelve classrooms."

To the left of the teaching building is the office building, which is also three stories high. The first floor is the teachers' office area, the second floor is the offices of relevant school leaders, and the third floor is the library and meeting rooms.

The building to the right of the teaching building is the student dormitory. The left side is the men's dormitory and the right side is the women's dormitory. It has three floors and a total of twelve rooms.

Behind the office building is the teachers' apartment building, consisting of two units and five floors in total. Unit one is for singles, and unit two is for suites, with a total of twenty rooms, enough for all the teachers to live in.

Behind the teaching building are a soccer field and a basketball court, and next to the basketball court is the student cafeteria.

Chen Shi carefully examined the planning drawings and nodded in satisfaction: "The plan is very good, but it may exceed the budget."

Li Zhe smiled and said, "Donghai Zhencheng Group is so rich. An extra million or two won't have any impact on them."

The construction standards of Qinghe Village Primary School are implemented in accordance with the standards issued by the Ministry of Education. A good school environment is essential to retaining excellent teachers.

Chen Shi looked at the blueprints. These weren't the construction standards for a rural primary school; they were the construction standards for an urban primary school. But if they were going to build one, they had to build it well, with all the necessary functions.

What would be the budget for building Qinghe Village Primary School according to the blueprints?

"The design institute calculated it to be over five million."

Chen Shi looked at Li Zhe: "Have you discussed the budget with Donghai Zhencheng Group? What was their attitude?"

Li Zhe said with a relaxed expression, "I contacted Chairman Wan's secretary and told him about the budget. He had no objections and said that it should be submitted to Chairman Wan for approval."

I called Chairman Wan's secretary earlier, and he said that Chairman Wan had approved it. Once our Education Bureau finalizes the construction drawings, construction can begin.

Chen Shi was very satisfied with Li Zhe's performance and only reported to his superiors after he had achieved results.

He hates reports that come without results, because he might have to step in to solve the problem himself later.

He gave Li Zhe an approving look: "Very good, let's construct according to this plan."

Li Zhe put the blueprints away: "Director Chen, I'll reply to Chairman Wan's secretary later. Construction will begin after the Qinghe Village Elementary School final exams."

Chen Shi poured Li Zhe a cup of tea: "You are responsible for deciding the specifics. You don't need to report to me. I only have one requirement: the quality must be guaranteed."

Li Zhe quickly took out his notebook and wrote down Chen Shi's request, showing his respect for his leader's words.

After Li Zhe left, Chen Shi checked the time and realized it was time to leave work. He turned off his computer and left.

Yang Bin drove his car to the entrance of the office building and waited. When he saw Chen Shi come out, he quickly got out of the car and opened the door.

Chen Shi sat down, and Yang Bin asked, "Director Chen, where are we going?"

"Go to the No. 1 Middle School teachers' apartment."

In just over ten minutes, they arrived at the No. 1 Middle School teachers' apartment. Chen Shi told Yang Bin to go back and not to come pick him up that night.

Chen Shi arrived at the door and gently knocked. Jiang Yiqiu, wearing an apron, opened the door and greeted Chen Shi with a beaming smile: "There are two more dishes to go, they'll be ready soon."

Chen Shi pinched Jiang Yiqiu's buttocks, and Jiang Yiqiu felt a tingling sensation all over his body as if he had been electrocuted. He whispered, "What are you doing? There are still vegetables cooking in the pot!"

Chen Shi locked the door from the inside and hugged Jiang Yiqiu tightly: "What can men and women do?"

"There are often people walking around outside during the day."

Chen Shi picked up Jiang Yiqiu and walked towards the bedroom: "We're in the room, so they won't hear us outside."

Jiang Yiqiu whispered, "There are still vegetables cooking in the pot?"

Chen Shi carried Jiang Yiqiu to the kitchen to turn off the stove, and bit her earlobe. Jiang Yiqiu went limp in Chen Shi's arms.

She muttered a complaint under her breath: "You're always in such a hurry."

Chen Shi put Jiang Yiqiu down: "If you don't want it, forget it."

Jiang Yiqiu grew anxious; she had been provoked by Chen Shi and didn't want things to end abruptly.

He hugged Chen Shi tightly and kissed him. The kiss lasted for a full five minutes. Jiang Yiqiu, panting, said, "When did I ever say I didn't want it anymore? You bad person, you wanted to give up halfway through seducing me."

Chen Shi picked up Jiang Yiqiu and walked towards the bedroom: "You charming little vixen, see how I deal with you."