134: Chapter 134 Chaos Arises

Noon.

Qin Chuan and Zhu Qingxi were having lunch at Secretary Yu Zhikun's home.

Qin Chuan and Secretary Yu Zhikun even drank a few glasses of wine.

After the meal, Qin Chuan and Zhu Qingxi prepared to go for a stroll.

"Brother Chuan, where are you planning to go? I know Jianning City well; I'll be your guide."

Qin Chuan checked the time; it was not yet two in the afternoon, so there was plenty of time. He said, "Jianning City is a thousand-year-old ancient city. I've heard the old street here is full of classical charm. Let's go take a look."

"Alright, let's set off."

Jianning Old Street has a long history. A few years ago, when Vice Governor Zhu Shihua was in charge, it was specially renovated, making it a famous tourist attraction that draws many visitors.

The old street is a pedestrian zone paved with bluestone slabs, lined with shops full of classical charm, offering all kinds of handicrafts, snacks, and more.

After strolling for just over an hour, the two already had their hands full with items bought on the old street; whenever they saw something they liked, they would buy it.

Time quickly passed until three or four in the afternoon. Without realizing it, the two had left the old street and were wandering the nearby streets. They had put all their items in the car, so they were quite relaxed.

"Brother Chuan, just ahead is the Market Supervision Bureau of Jianning City. Shall we go take a look?"

"Is it that close? So it's right next to Jianning Old Street."

"Yes, let me take you to see it."

It was a large compound with a sign for the Market Supervision Bureau hanging at the entrance. The compound was spacious, with many cars parked inside and security guards stationed at the gate.

On one side of the main gate was the service hall. Further inside, behind the large courtyard, was the office building of the Market Supervision Bureau. The service hall outside was open to the public and was quite large, spanning three floors, while the office building itself was not open to the public.

Since they were already here, even though he hadn't officially taken office yet, he should go take a look. He would consider it an incognito inspection.

First, they walked into the service hall.

There were many service windows, and most of them had people queuing. Soon, Qin Chuan noticed a quarrel happening at one of the windows and couldn't help but walk over.

It was a man there to handle business registration, and the staff member handling the paperwork was a young man who looked very hot-tempered.

He forcefully threw a thick stack of documents in his hand at the man and said, "I told you, the medical examination documents are still missing. Go back and get them complete; it can't be processed today."

The man was also very angry. "I've already made six trips. Each time, it's either missing this document or that one. Can't you just tell me everything at once?"

"Hurry up and leave, hurry up and leave. Don't interfere with my work. Next!"

The man felt very aggrieved. To handle this lousy paperwork, he had already run back and forth several times, and each time something was missing. Moreover, the staff member's face was unpleasant, and his attitude was extremely poor!

Helpless, in order to get the paperwork done, he had to endure it for the time being. The man picked up the documents scattered on the ground and aggrievedly went back to get the medical examination documents.

Qin Chuan watched silently, shaking his head slightly.

It wasn't easy for ordinary people to get things done; running back and forth made anyone feel uncomfortable.

Before long, another argument broke out.

A woman handling paperwork, who seemed to have a rather feisty personality and wasn't afraid of trouble, said loudly, "It's only just four o'clock, and you don't get off work until five. Why won't you process the paperwork?"

The staff member inside the window was very impatient. "Our regulation is that we stop at four in the afternoon. Once the time is up, we won't process any more paperwork."

"What kind of lousy rule is this? There's still an hour left until you get off work!"

The woman grumbled and cursed, feeling very unhappy.

At this moment, a scalper quietly approached and whispered, "Miss, do you need professional assistance? I can get all the paperwork done in ten minutes."

The woman looked at him suspiciously. "Is that for real? How much?"

"Miss, it's not expensive, only 300 yuan."

Seeing the woman hesitate a bit, the scalper persuaded her, "Miss, if you come back next time, you might not be able to get it done. The travel expenses for running back and forth, the wasted time, and so on, will far exceed 300 yuan."

The woman asked, "Can you make it cheaper? And do you guarantee it will get done?"

The scalper practically patted his chest and said, "You can rest assured about that. I guarantee it will be done. If it's not done, I'll refund your money."

The woman gave the documents and 300 yuan to the scalper, then sat on a chair in the hall to wait.

Qin Chuan saw all of this.

He saw the scalper take the documents and skillfully run to several windows, getting the green light all the way. It went very smoothly, and in less than ten minutes, everything was done.

It was clear that the scalper was very familiar with all the staff at the windows.

Watching this situation, Qin Chuan frowned.

For ordinary people, they said they stopped processing paperwork at four in the afternoon, but for the scalper, it was a green light all the way, without any issues.

The problems here were very serious.

Qin Chuan noted down those windows and even memorized the names of each staff member at those windows. These people would definitely be disciplined.

What was a bit surprising was that another argument broke out at a certain window.

A middle-aged woman rushed into the hall, handed her documents to the window, and said, a bit out of breath, "Miss, I've completed the documents as you requested. Could you please help me process them?"

The young female staff member glanced at her disdainfully and couldn't even be bothered to acknowledge her, just continuing to hold a mirror and eyebrow pencil, applying makeup while looking in the mirror.

The middle-aged woman thought she hadn't heard and raised her voice a little. "Miss, I've already completed the documents. Please help me process them."

The young woman finally put down the mirror and eyebrow pencil and said very impatiently, "Can't you see it's already past four o'clock?"

The middle-aged woman spoke nicely, "Miss, it's only a few minutes past four. You don't get off work until five. Please, just help me process it."

The young woman's attitude was very harsh, and her expression was unpleasant. "After four in the afternoon, no business will be processed!"

"Miss, I..."

"Go, go, don't bother me."

After saying that, she slammed the window shut.

Qin Chuan had been enduring it, but at this point, he really couldn't watch any longer. He couldn't help but walk over and lightly knock on the window.

The young woman opened the window, her face cold, and said very impatiently, "What are you knocking for? I said no business is being processed."

Qin Chuan looked at her with authority. "Who gave you the courage to stop processing business at four o'clock? Who is your leader? Call him over."

"Oh, who do you think you are? Get lost."

Seeing that he was just a young man, probably some greenhorn, the young woman wasn't afraid at all, her tone more aggressive than anyone else's.

Qin Chuan said, "Fine, your name is Liu Cuixia, right? I'm going to call your Office Director, Director Huang."

Earlier that noon, Qin Chuan had received a call from the Market Supervision Bureau Office Director, Director Huang. He didn't know where he had gotten the phone number, but he had taken the initiative to contact Qin Chuan, saying there were some work matters he wanted to report to Qin Chuan.

Reporting on work was certainly a lie; the main purpose was to pay respects to the new leader and leave a good impression.

The office director is often the right-hand man of the top leader.

He had been promoted by the previous bureau chief. The old bureau chief had retired to the second line, and now a new bureau chief had arrived. Whether the new leader would continue to use him was a question.

Director Huang felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart. He had used some channels to finally find Qin Chuan's phone number and wanted to come over and pay his respects as soon as possible.