Please, mature women, have some self-respect. I just want a raise and a promotion.

Lin Zheng picked up Ma Cuilan and placed her on the desk.

"Mayor Ma, do you really want to go to space?"

Ma Cuilan kissed Lin Zheng: "Of course I want to, how could I not?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zheng didn't hold back and pushed Ma Cuilan onto the desk.

Soon, the office documents were scattered all over the floor.

Ma Cuilan may look like a girl from a modest family, but when she really goes crazy, even Lin Zheng can't handle her.

Women in their thirties seem to know everything, and their various moves left Lin Zheng completely bewildered.

In more than two hours, Ma Cuilan only arrived three times.

Lin Zheng's back was also aching from the exertion.

He hadn't expected that Ma Cuilan, who looked so young, would be so capable of causing trouble.

"Team Leader Lin, thank you so much. I haven't felt this comfortable in a long time."

Ma Cuilan looked at Lin Zheng with affection, her face full of happiness.

Lin Zheng lit a cigarette, took a few puffs, and said, "Mayor Ma, as long as you obey me, I'll make you comfortable every day from now on."

Ma Cuilan said, "Don't worry, I'm yours from now on."

"If you're willing, we can do business in the office every day."

After being with Lin Zheng, she felt completely relaxed, both physically and mentally.

The two chatted for a while when Lin Zheng's phone rang.

"Team Leader Lin, this is Lin Mei from the town's Party Office."

Lin Zheng was taken aback, then politely replied, "Hello, Comrade Lin Mei."

Lin Mei said, "It's like this, Team Leader Lin. Our office would like to contact you first so that we can make arrangements when the new town mayor takes office."

"Do you have time after get off work? We'd like to discuss some work with you first?"

Lin Zheng didn't think much of it and nodded, saying, "When I have time, let me know where we can meet. Send me the address, and I'll come find you after get off work."

"Chaohuishang K, room 606, is right across from the town government. You can come directly there after get off work."

"Okay, I'll come over after get off work."

After hanging up the phone, Ma Cuilan leaned over and asked, "Was that Lin Mei on the phone?"

Lin Zheng nodded: "Yes, you know Lin Mei?"

"Everyone in our town's Party and government office knows her."

"This woman is too good at getting things done. I heard she has connections with the heads of several departments."

"Her husband came to town and caused trouble once last month, and he was only taken away by the police afterward."

"He's never looking for you; you'd better watch out or she'll eat you alive."

Lin Zheng waved his hand and laughed, "It's not that bad."

"She called me and said she wanted to coordinate some work with me."

"Perfect timing. I can hand over the work in advance, which will make it easier for the new town mayor to get started."

Ma Cuilan warned, "Then be careful, don't fall into her trap."

After ending the call with Ma Cuilan, Lin Zheng checked the time; it was almost time to get off work.

"It's almost time to go to Ma Town. I'll go back and make some preparations."

Ma Cuilan nodded: "You must be very careful."

"The Party and Government Office is Tan Huafeng's backyard; they all follow Tan Huafeng's orders."

Lin Zheng kissed Ma Cuilan: "Don't worry, I'll be careful."

Back in his office, Lin Zheng checked the new phone used for recording, and then took out a WeChat camera.

Since Lin Mei is Tan Huafeng's person, it's always good to be wary of her.

Sometimes, being more cautious can save you from jail time.

In short, when navigating the officialdom, being careful is always the right thing to do.

After checking the equipment, Lin Zheng sat in his office chair, lit a cigarette, and began to think quietly.

Now that the situation has been opened up, the next step is to take advantage of these people's misunderstandings and further expand the gains.

Taking advantage of Tan Huafeng's absence, they made all the necessary arrangements in advance.

As Lin Zheng was pondering this, there was a knock on the office door, and then a head poked its way in.

"Hello, Team Leader Lin."

The speaker was Lin Wentian, who was in charge of the docks and was a staff member of the town's Party Committee Office on temporary assignment. He was a man in his early thirties.

He learned that Lin Zheng was going to the dock to conduct research and was worried that Tan Wenfeng's relative's contracting of the dock would implicate him, so he came to greet Lin Zheng in advance.

Officials are all incredibly shrewd; at the slightest sign of trouble, they'll quickly distance themselves from any involvement and clear their names.

Upon seeing this unfamiliar face, Lin Zheng was taken aback for a moment before he remembered the name Lin Wentian.

Lin Wentian walked in familiarly, closed the office door, and then quietly took out two packs of Zhonghua cigarettes from his pocket and placed them on Lin Zheng's desk.

"Team Leader Lin, please be lenient with the dock contracting issue."

Lin Zheng glanced at the cigarettes, then at Lin Wentian, who looked nervous, and immediately realized that he had come to plead for leniency.

Before his job had even officially started, Lin Wentian came to plead for him, which meant the dock contracting issue must have involved a lot of people.

Thinking of this, Lin Zheng asked, "Lin Ke, you need to explain the situation at the dock clearly. What did you do?"

"Otherwise, even if I wanted to help, I wouldn't know how."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wentian frowned.

Regarding the matter at the dock, he only intended to send some gifts and ask Lin Zheng to pretend to be confused and not pursue the matter.

Now Lin Zheng is asking him to reveal what he did. Isn't that just self-exposing himself?

"Lin Ke, you didn't commit murder and arson, did you?" Lin Zheng said.

Lin Wentian quickly waved his hand and smiled apologetically: "Team Leader Lin, you really love to joke."

"We're cadres, not bandits. How could we possibly do something like that?"

"I only made a small mistake in the dock contracting matter."

A minor error?

Lin Zheng took out a cigarette case, pulled out a cigarette, lit it, then threw the cigarette case on the table and looked at Lin Wentian.

"How small is the mistake?"

"This...this..."

Lin Wentian felt immense pressure and dared not meet Lin Zheng's gaze.

Under the instructions of Tan Wenfeng, he colluded with Ma Liang and others to create a fake document, dividing the public land of the dock into 1300 areas for Tan Wenfeng's relative Zhang Hua to build a parking lot.

The dock has a lot of cars coming and going. Zhang Hua makes a fortune every year by relying on this parking lot. He can also get more than 100,000 yuan in dividends from it every year.

Now that the new policy has been implemented, it remains to be seen whether the situation at the dock can be kept secret.

Previously, with Tan Huafeng keeping him in check and the town not having a mayor, he wasn't worried at all.

Tan Jianfeng has been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission for a day and hasn't returned yet. He's worried that the new town mayor will bring up old grievances about the docks and settle scores with him.

So he wanted to improve his relationship with Lin Zheng so that Lin Zheng would remove him from the list.

The two cartons of Zhonghua cigarettes weren't filled with cigarettes, but with 100,000 yuan in RMB.

Now that Lin Zheng is asking him to reveal those things, he's worried that if he does, Lin Zheng will have something on him.

But Lin Zheng was right; if he didn't tell people what was going on, they wouldn't know and wouldn't be able to help him.

After a period of internal struggle, Lin Wentian finally decided to speak out.

"Team Leader Lin, I was also instructed by Secretary Tan to handle the dock contracting matter."

"The approval documents were falsified, and Ma Liang, the director of Yangxi Village, signed them to demarcate the area where Zhang Hua's parking lot was located."

"So, you're saying that Secretary Tan instructed you to illegally approve the parking area in collusion with Ma Liang?" Lin Zheng asked.

Lin Wentian frowned. He had already made himself very clear, so why was Lin Zheng still asking this question? Was he trying to mock him?

Upon closer reflection, Lin Wentian felt something was amiss.

He thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Yes, it was approved illegally."

Lin Zheng continued, "How did you get the signatures and stamps from other departments approved?"

"Secretary Tan has already spoken to them; I'm just going through the motions," Lin Wentian said.

Lin Zheng's gaze settled on Lin Wentian's face again, and his tone became serious.

"The parking lot has made a lot of money over the years. You've worked so hard; you must have gotten a substantial share, right?"

Lin Wentian hurriedly waved his hand: "It's all Secretary Tan and his relative Zhang Hua who are making money; I only earn a small fraction."

"Aren't you afraid that Secretary Tan will find out if you tell me these things?" Lin Zheng said.

Upon hearing this, Lin Wentian was completely stunned.

What did Lin Zheng mean by that?

Should we use this to our advantage and keep him firmly under our control?