Chapter 30: Different Paths to the Same End
Follow the customs of the villagers, Ling Qi and herself have spoken the most in the past few days is this idiom, although she has been messing around with this "township" for four years. After years of the same length in society, she almost forgot the last bit of pure nostalgia. Now opposite to the old love, although there can be no further communication because of gender issues, the frozen true feelings can not be fake. In addition, it is difficult for other aspects of life in the university to arouse the interest of Ling Qi, a "person who has come over", and under the mentality of protecting Jin Yanling's hobbies, she can only pretend to be a freshman to cater to her when she is interested in student activities.
For example, the boring training of new members, the empty departmental friendship, and the lonely errand and sponsorship are all torturing Ling Qi's nerves, and the courteous performance of Deputy Minister Tao Liqi every once in a while makes her a little more disgusted with this department.
It's just that Tao Liqi's diligence is not aimed at Ling Qi, which makes Ling Qi never be able to let go of his defense. The eyes of this prehistoric giant beast were full of Jin Yanling's smile, and recalling Lin Fan's performance back then, she couldn't help but wonder if this was the tradition of the school basketball team, so she cursed them all.
What made her depressed was that Jin Yanling didn't seem to be disgusted with the "unusual enthusiasm" shown by her seniors, and pulled Ling Qi to a threesome to press the road every once in a while, because Ling Qi's fierce opposition didn't call Lin Fan to make a table of mahjong, but it was enough to torture people.
According to the practice of previous years, the orientation party of Yunan University is usually held in mid-November, but it is now late October, leaving less than 20 days for the External Relations Department to solicit sponsorship. In addition to giving new students a chance to gain knowledge, the orientation party every year is more of a stage for various faculties, teachers and student organizations to compete secretly. Ling Qi, who used to be the head of the Propaganda Department, naturally knows a thing or two about these unspoken rules, but now in her opinion, the so-called competition is more like a childish farce. So much so that after hearing Liu Kexin's impassioned speech at the orientation meeting, she was so helpless that she didn't even bother to roll her eyes.
If you don't like it, you don't like it, you still can't be vague about the work you should do, Ling Qi told herself that jumping up and down with these little children was just to satisfy Jin Yanling's young and active heart, otherwise she wouldn't mix it up even if the tongue of the external liaison department bloomed. According to reliable sources, the title sponsor of this year's orientation party has changed, the university has selected several new companies with deep pockets, and the External Relations Department is the first wave of cannon fodder to land on the beach. Tao Liqi looked happy about this, arranged the itinerary with Liu Kexin early, and led two groups of people to explore the candidate companies. Basically, the distribution of newcomers was expected by Ling Qi, Jian Yujie was transferred to Liu Kexin's group without any suspense, and he and Jin Yanling were assigned to Tao Li Qi's command as expected.
On the morning of this day, under the coercive pressure of Jin Yanling, Ling Qi was dressed in a more feminine dress, a light pink base camisole, a V-neck lace short T-shirt, a white chiffon knee-length skirt, and wide-brimmed flatform sandals, the whole girl-next-door look. Ling Qi thought that he was going to walk all day in difficult shoes with a water platform, and his heart was secretly bitter. The skirt was reluctantly accepted after a fierce ideological struggle, after all, this was no better than the hip-hugging denim skirt in the hospital, the conservative length over the knee and the gentle texture made Ling Qi not so repulsive, but the light coolness on her legs when she walked made her feel furious.
In comparison, Jin Yanling, the original girl's dress, is quite tasteful, a bohemian slip dress and a translucent chiffon blouse, which makes Ling Qi marvel that the girl she once had had such a bold taste in dressing since her freshman year. The two had a hasty breakfast, and when they arrived at the agreed meeting point at the school gate at 8 o'clock, Ling Qi was almost not amused by Tao Liqi's dress. The usually sporty behemoth actually put on a serious waist-cinching suit, and the two girls thought to themselves that he should not let his swollen muscles break the suit as soon as he got excited.
Seeing that the two beautiful new members of the department were already in place, Tao Liqi very considerately gave each of them a bottle of tea drink, and then turned around and made a greeting gesture. A Passat with the number FX10015 drove slowly. Ling Qi knew what this car number meant, and there was a slight surprise on his face. Jin Yanling didn't see anything unusual at all, but she was very curious that Tao Liqi could actually build a special car to run student activities.
"Let's get in the car, two of you, I specially borrowed a car today, and it's more convenient for us to run sponsorship. With a smile on her face and some pride, she gentlemanly opened the door of the back seat for the two girls.
"Is this the senior's car?" Ling Qi asked intentionally or unintentionally before getting into the car.
"Oh no, this is my dad's car, specially approved for me today, don't worry. Tao Li said with a smile, Ling Qi nodded thoughtfully, and sat down in the back seat.
The interior space of the Passat is not particularly abundant, Ling Qi, who was sitting behind the co-pilot, obviously felt that the seat in front of her had moved to the limit, she could only put her slender legs slightly to the side to avoid her knees on the backrest of the front seat, but instead made her posture more ladylike, and saw that Jin Yanling's face hung a satisfied smile.
Sure enough, the co-pilot's seat was moved to the end because of Tao Liqi's size, and when the giant man sat inside, the right side of the Passat obviously sank a little...... He turned his head to confirm that the two girls in the back seat were seated, and then explained to the driver: "Uncle Li, take us to the Cangyuan Building in the city." ”
At 80 kilometers per hour, the Passat was 15 minutes away from the outskirts of Yunan University, and soon turned onto the ramp and drove onto a huge suspension bridge. This is one of the eight sea-crossing bridges connecting the central island of X with the surrounding area, and Jin Yanling, who passed by for the first time, was particularly excited, and greedily wanted to imprint the beautiful scenery of the sea and sky at the bottom of the bridge railing into his mind. Tao Liqi made a temporary tour guide at the right time, from the construction time of the bridge to the structure, and even the inscriptions of the national leaders were listed, which made the girl from other places stunned. In contrast, Ling Qi was much calmer, except for some opinions about this senior, if she didn't even know these important information after staying in X City for eight years, then her long time of studying and serving would be in vain.
By the time the Passat is ready to drive down the 10-kilometer-long bridge, Tao Liqi's introduction to it will also come to an end. God knows where this muscular guy got so many words, Ling Qi forcibly held back his desire to yawn, and reminded the senior that you should also drink some water to moisten your throat......
Unexpectedly, Tao Liqi saw Jin Yanling's glowing eyes to enhance his desire for self-expression, took a sip of his drink casually, and began to talk eloquently about the future outreach work. Ling Qizhen was glad that the senior couldn't see clearly where she was sitting, otherwise her current wonderful expression would definitely scare this big man who was like a river. After listening to it for another ten minutes, Tao Liqi's voice had gradually turned into the buzzing of thousands of mosquitoes flapping their wings in Ling Qi's ears, and she simply spread her body completely on the backrest and closed her eyes to recuperate.
The feel of this backrest is far worse than that of Cadillac...... Although the air conditioner in the car was always turned on violently, the leather backrest felt very warm when he was injured! Ling Qi felt inexplicable that he suddenly remembered the car he cherished.
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New responsibilities, new workplaces, although the level has not been upgraded, but the change of position has brought a qualitative leap. Ling Long sat in the county magistrate's office on the highest floor of the Jiu'an County Government Building, full of emotion.
As one of the youngest department-level cadres in Z City, Ling Long became the leader of the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau at the age of 35, and successively served as the director of the Education Bureau and the Construction Bureau, staying on this stage for ten years. The people's evaluation of him is quite good, whether it is the education cause or the urban construction project in Z City, he has made great progress in Ling Long's tenure. It's just that from the perspective of the system, ten years are still standing still in the city bureau, which makes people have to wonder if this former political star in Z City has lost his stamina. After all, if you want to go further, grassroots work experience is a very important weight.
Maybe it's bad luck, maybe it's not a hard relationship, several bureau chiefs who are younger than Ling Long and slightly less capable have gone down to the grassroots level of the cities to gild, but he is still in the urban area to waste his political youth. It was not until this discussion of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee that an old leader who had just been promoted to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party suddenly remembered this young man who had worked diligently under him. So someone from above recommended him, and with the achievements of ten years of work in the Science Bureau, Ling Long's transfer became a matter of public expectation.
There are tens of thousands of cadres at the department level in the whole country, but only more than 2,000 people are in charge of county-level administrative divisions, and China's political system determines that county-level governments are an important foundation for the administrative operation of the entire republic, and counties with a population ranging from a few hundred thousand to more than a million constitute the most solid grassroots part of the country. In the eyes of the people, officials at the municipal, provincial, and even central levels are out of reach, and only county-level leaders can really get in close contact and express their hearts. In the past, he was called the county master, and now he is a parent official, and the burden on the shoulders of the county official is really not the same as that of the city-level director.
Ling Long stared at the map of Jiu'an County's administrative divisions hanging on the wall, and the multiplying pressure only aroused his long-dormant ambition. Thinking that he was going to work for the well-being of the 300,000 people in Jiu'an, Ling Long felt that the blood veins of his whole body were faintly pulsating, it was a kind of fighting spirit and enthusiasm that had not been seen for a long time. He secretly made up his mind not to expect himself to go down in history like Jiao Yulu, at least to let the people of Jiu'an remember that Ling Long had displayed his ambitions, developed people's livelihood, and realized his ideals in this land!
A crisp knock on the door brought Ling Long's thoughts back to reality, and he calmed down a little and calmly beckoned the people outside the door to come in. At the door opened was a young man in his early 30s, and as the secretary of the county magistrate, this young man had a maturity and ability that his peers did not have. His voice reporting to the leader was calm but full of strength: "County magistrate, Chairman Lin Cangxi of Cangyuan Group in X City wants to meet with you, I don't know if you are free tonight." ”
Ling Long frowned slightly: "Tell Lin Dong that if you want to negotiate the affairs of the industrial zone, of course there is no problem, and the evening will be set according to his time." ”
The secretary bowed slightly and exited the room.