Chapter 423: Departure
The twenty-fifth arrived in a blink of an eye, Gong Qingchen arranged Xiaoxiao, packed a suitcase, and went out to the airport with Ji Yunyang in the morning.
There weren't many people who went together this time, including Xiao Qiao and his two assistants, a staff member of the foundation, and then Ji Yunyang, a total of six people, who all knew each other, and they talked very casually.
At half past ten, the plane landed, and Ji Yunyang first saw the driver sent by the county to pick him up at the airport outside, not that he knew anyone, but mainly because the banners in the hands of the people next to the car were too conspicuous.
The group walked over, exchanged business cards with each other, and greeted each other politely.
This matter cannot be said to be taken seriously, but this is only a rural primary school, or in a remote area, so this time the person who came to pick up the airport was a director of the county education bureau, surnamed Meng, who looked less than forty, and spoke very cheerfully.
After a few words of greeting, Director Meng said enthusiastically: "We have prepared a meal in the hotel, please come with me, let me do the friendship of the landlord!"
"No need, Director Meng. Gong Qingchen smiled, "We had breakfast on the plane, and we're not hungry yet." Let's hurry up and go, I hope to get to the school as soon as possible. ”
Director Meng was stunned, he thought that Ji Yunyang would be the main leader of this group, but he didn't expect that it was Gong Qingchen who came out to speak.
Gong Qingchen smiled and did not explain, on this business trip, Ji Yunyang came over as the general manager of Ruyi Entertainment, but it was the staff of the foundation who greeted him in the county, so this trip was actually led by Gong Qingchen.
The group got into the car, and this time Director Meng brought two cars, he and Ji Yunyang, Gong Qingchen, Xiao Qiao, and the two provincial newspaper reporters he found took a business car, and the remaining three staff members took another car.
Xiao Qiao is a star who went out of the county, although his fame is not big, but Director Meng has known about it in advance, after getting in the car, he looked at Xiao Qiao for a long time, looked at him like the age of a high school student, and asked kindly: "Where did you go to middle school?"
Xiao Qiao was embarrassed for a while, his face was red, and he was about to speak, but Ji Yunyang took over for him and reported the name of a provincial key high school, which is the school where he is currently registered, and it is not a lie.
Director Meng didn't expect that Xiao Qiao was in a high school in a foreign country, he originally wanted to use the local school to get closer to him, but these were a little unexpected, he glanced at Xiao Qiao approvingly, and said, "It's a good school." In this way, you have to study harder, not just think about making money, but also become a useful person to society and the country in the future. It's good that you can think of giving back to your hometown now. "Director Meng used to be a front-line teacher in the school, and later transferred to an administrative post, so when it comes to the truth, it is not inferior.
Xiao Qiao always respects the teacher, and agrees very seriously to Director Meng.
Facing Xiao Qiao, Director Meng regained the feeling of facing students back then, he nodded at him, and said to Ji Yunyang: "Our Yu County has always had a deep learning style, but the economy is not very good, so it is always a little difficult to run education. However, as long as there are educational resources, I can guarantee that all the children are good!"
Ji Yunyang smiled at him and said, "Director Meng, I am not responsible for the school's related matters, and it is more appropriate for you to talk to Miss Gong about education." ”
Director Meng realized that he had been looking for the wrong person, he quickly apologized to Gong Qingchen, and introduced the local situation to her, in addition to the village where Xiao Qiao's hometown is located, there are some other places, hoping to impress them and carry out more charity activities in the local area.
"Director Meng, don't worry. Gong Qingchen said with a smile, "Children are the future of the country, education is the foundation of development, if there is time, we are also willing to do more useful things for children's education." ”
When she said such a thing, Director Meng was so excited, if the two of them hadn't sat far away, he would probably have come over to shake hands with Gong Qingchen.
"I am so touched by Miss Gong's words!" Director Meng said with emotion, "At this stage, education is the only way to change poverty, and it is the luck of the children that you have such a mind!"
"It's not just my idea, it's what our foundation has always embraced. In front of reporters, Gong Qingchen did not take all the credit on himself, but said politely, "Miss Huo Xiaoran, the chairman of our foundation, has been here several times before, and after she went back, she told me that she was deeply touched by the situation in your county, and it was under her guidance that our Hope Primary School would be built so quickly." She also said that this is the first Hope Primary School built by our foundation, which is a good start, and the future Hope Primary School will be based on it and the standard. ”
Director Meng was moved: "Gong Qingchen and Miss Huo are both people with hearts. The first few times Miss Huo came to inspect the school site, I was fortunate to meet once, as we all know that she was born wealthy, but it is rare that there is no domineering shelf at all, and several leaders of our county have worked tirelessly to find a suitable school site in several towns and villages, and there is no bitterness. ”
Director Meng said that Gong Qingchen was surprised, she thought that the last time Huo Xiaoran came to see the school site, it was that the staff had already chosen the location for the construction, and let her come over to take a look at it one last time, it was just a formality, who knew that she really wanted to go to the countryside to investigate, and walked over one by one, with Huo Xiaoran's character, it was really very powerful not to complain.
In front of outsiders, Gong Qingchen praised Huo Xiaoran very face-saving according to Director Meng's words, and praised her from a pampered eldest lady to a hard-working rural educated youth.
Xiao Qiao's hometown is indeed very remote, Gong Qing morning it took them half an hour to fly from one city to another, but the time when they arrived in the county by car was already more than 12 o'clock in the afternoon.
When they arrived in the county, Director Meng said that the director of the education bureau wanted to invite them to a light meal.
"No, I want to go straight to the village. Gong Qingchen said, "I didn't expect it to take so much time on the road, so I promised the villagers that they could arrive this morning." ”
Director Meng looked embarrassed, he felt that Gong Qingchen was very reasonable, but the matter of inviting guests was arranged by the director before, and he couldn't be the master himself.
Ji Yunyang looked at the expressions of the two of them, and took the initiative to relieve the siege: "Director Meng, can I have a phone call with the director?"
Director Meng hurriedly agreed, he was worried about how to explain to the director, it would be better for Ji Yunyang to speak.
He dialed the director's phone, briefly explained the situation, and then handed the mobile phone to Ji Yunyang.
Ji Yunyang took the phone and went to the side to say.
"This Mr. Ji looks very powerful. Director Meng looked at Ji Yunyang's back and said sincerely.
Gong Qingchen smiled and said, "It's okay, it's a little bit better than our Mr. Huo." After she finished speaking, she thought to herself, if Huo Xiaoran was here, hearing her say this, I was afraid that she would jump again.
After a while, Ji Yunyang hung up the phone and came back, and said, "I told the director, let's settle it at noon today, and then we will eat together when the school is done, and Director Meng will accompany me at that time." ”
When the matter was resolved, Director Meng was too late to be happy, so he took his mobile phone and nodded repeatedly: "That's certain." Everyone, let's find a restaurant and go on!"
Everyone had no opinion, Director Meng, as the head snake, found an affordable restaurant, invited them to a real light meal, and then continued to set off towards the school.
When he actually arrived in the village, it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon, Gong Qingchen felt a little uneasy, and as soon as he got off the car, he said: "The villagers must be in a hurry, maybe the enrollment meeting is over." She originally said that she could arrive in the morning, but she couldn't make it in time in the morning, and contacted the village chief in the middle to say that she would be late for a while, but did not say the specific time.
"No, it won't. Little Joe said, "Everyone will definitely wait for you." ”
After he finished speaking confidently, he led the way in front and led the group in the direction of the school.
Gong Qingchen followed Xiao Qiao, looking at the scene in front of him with some curiosity, this village does not look dilapidated, but it reveals a twilight, although the road under his feet is paved with asphalt, but at first glance it is old, and it is very narrow, the car can't drive in, but there are many traces of new repair on it.
"These are all young people who go out to work, send back money to raise funds to repair, and it is estimated that it will be expanded after the Chinese New Year. Xiao Qiao knew that Gong Qingchen had not been here, and explained to her, "Didn't you say, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and after the roads are repaired, it will be much easier for people in the village to go out, and it will be easier for the grain and fruits planted to be transported out." ”
"What kind of fruit do you grow here?" asked Ji Yunyang.
"There's everything, I'll take you to see it when I'm done. Xiao Qiao was very happy when he came home, and his expression was more vivid than when he was in the city, "It's the season when peaches are ripe, and there is one in my yard, which is very sweet!"
His appearance of sparing no effort to advertise his hometown made everyone laugh, and one of his assistants said: "Xiao Qiao, if you look like this when you endorse others in the future, it must be very convincing." ”
Xiao Qiao looked at him with his mouth wide open, not knowing if he was serious or deliberately joking.
Everyone laughed at him like this, and praised him for being cute.
After all, he was a seventeen-year-old boy, and Xiao Qiao felt very embarrassed to be praised like this, so he stopped chattering with them about his hometown, buried his head and walked forward, and soon arrived at the intersection to the school.
"Turn around this intersection, about a few hundred meters, and you will be at the school gate. Little Joe said, "Did you hear anything?"
"What sound?" Gong Qingchen asked curiously, but he didn't expect to answer, and continued to walk forward.
When he saw the school gate from afar, Gong Qingchen finally heard what Xiao Qiao said, there was a big stereo at the school gate, and now it was playing all kinds of lively songs, which was simply deafening, and the bright red above the gate was obviously similar to the banner that Director Meng brought when he welcomed them, but it was too far away for her to see what was written on it.
Maybe it was because he saw them coming, a middle-aged man with a few people quickly greeted him, his expression was full of excitement: "Obviously, you finally brought someone here!"
Gong Qingchen couldn't help laughing, it seemed that this was the village chief.