Many years later, whenever he hesitated at the crossroads of his life, whenever he was entangled in the advance and retreat of his career, Wen Guangyao would think of that distant afternoon.

It was an ordinary afternoon in September 2003, the sun was bright and the temperature was suitable, and the street in front of the Longcheng City Government was as it is today, full of pedestrians and vehicles.

"Registration. The policeman guarding the gate of the government stretched out his hand and stopped the Santana 2000 that Wen Guangyao was riding, and his cold tone set off the majesty of the building behind him.

Wen Guangyao pushed the door and got out of the car, neither humble nor arrogant, "Report to the Organization Department." He wrote his name in the registration book at the window of the main communication room, and went straight to the door to get into the car, and this time the police did not stop him and let him pass unimpeded.

The Longcheng City Government is located in the eastern part of the city, and the exterior walls of the government building are all made of mushroom stones.

From the outside, the city hall is very spacious, and the whole compound is enclosed by a low wall with an iron fence, and under the low wall are green plants, neat and chic.

On both sides of the gate are two simple and elegant stone walls, one wall is impressively written with the five characters "Serve the People", and on the other wall are several long wooden boards hung in rows, on which different units are written in square font. An iron retractable door connects the two walls to form the gate of the government, which separates the distance between the inside and the outside.

Wen Guangyao was sitting in the car, and he noticed that several of the signs prominently read "China's ** Longcheng City Committee" and "Longcheng People's Government" .......

Entering the courtyard, facing a nine-storey high-rise building standing in the north of the courtyard, the building is divided into two gates, east and west, and the west gate hangs the national micro.

In front of the building is a wide square paved with marble, flanked by large expanses of green vegetation, which are watered by sprinkler equipment. There is a three-storey small building behind the vegetation, which forms a "product" shape with the building.

Walking further, a square platform with guardrails was built not far in front of the building, and in the center of the platform was a flagpole, and the bright five-star red flag was waving in the wind. Then pass through the two magnolia pole lights in front of the building, and walk up the stairs and walk through a dozen steps to enter the building.

"The Organization Department is the entrance of the Party Committee, and it should not be possible to enter through the door of the government. Wen Guangyao hesitated for a moment, then determined the direction, "Master Li, thank you, you can go back first." Wen Guangyao said.

Master Li is the driver of Longcheng No. 2 Middle School, and the principal Xu Shilin asked the office to arrange a car to send Wen Guangyao in the morning, he hesitated for a moment, "Okay, use the car to call the office." ”

Wen Guangyao smiled and drove out, several young people walked side by side in front, they looked around, looked around, and also saw Wen Guangyao walking down from the car.

Wen Guangyao, a Chinese teacher at Longcheng No. 2 Middle School, was seconded to the team after a unified inspection by the organization and personnel department a few days ago, and today he came to the organization department to report for duty.

Wen Guangyao walked into the atrium, and suddenly his mobile phone rang, and he took it out to take a look, but it was the phone in the dormitory of his girlfriend Wu Zhuoran, who was still in the senior year of the English Department of Liangang Normal University. As the former vice president of the Chinese Department of Liangang Normal College, Wen Guangyao's hometown is Wenjiaji, Anding Town, Tanggu County, Pingyuan City, and he came to Longcheng No. 2 Middle School to become a teacher because of his girlfriend Wu Zhuoran.

Pingyuan is the westernmost town in Haixi Province, and compared with Liangang City, which went to university for four years in the same province, Pingyuan City's development is at least 20 years slower, and Tanggu County is far behind his Longcheng, and the prosperity of Yaoyaling Town, where the No. 2 Middle School is located, even exceeds that of Tanggu County.

In Longcheng, where he has no relatives, whenever he thinks of his girlfriend, who is still a senior in the English Department of Liangang Normal University, his heart feels warm and full of hope.

"My brother asked me to call you," Wu Zhuoran's tone was so gentle at all times, "He inquired that most of your seconded teachers will be assigned to the township government, and let you find someone to do the work." Wu Zhuoran's brother Wu Zhuoyu is a deputy director of the Longcheng Township Enterprise Bureau, but whenever he thinks of her brother, Wen Guangyao's chest is like being stuffed into a ball of cotton, and he is irritated.

These words were obviously relayed by Wu Zhuoran to his brother, Wen Guangyao didn't expect to go to the township level at all, he thought that the secondment was to stay directly in the city or even the ministry, "On the ground of Longcheng, I don't know anyone, and I have to report again, isn't it too late to find someone now?" He lowered his voice and cautiously looked at the people passing by.

In Longcheng, except for Wu Zhuoran, he only knows the teachers of No. 2 Middle School, which is one of the three key high schools in Longcheng, but the door of the school is closed all day, and it is difficult for teachers to contact people outside except for the parents of students.

"Why don't I let my brother figure it out. Wu Zhuoran asked, her tone was also a little anxious.

If his brother wants to help, he doesn't need to let Wu Zhuoran call him, Wen Guangyao thought about it and said, "Try it, I'll go in first." ”

The atrium of the building is very spacious, there is no ceiling between the first and second floors, and a huge crystal lamp hangs overhead. Wen Guangyao didn't bother to watch, he went straight to the fourth floor, and saw a room facing the stairs with a sign that read "Office".

"Hello, I'm here to report. Seeing a young man sitting inside, Wen Guangyao didn't know what to call it, so he said it directly.

"Oh," the young man looked up, his face calm and a little stern, "You are a teacher seconded from the school?" Wen Guangyao nodded, "Come with me, in the conference room." ”

Wen Guangyao followed honestly and came to the easternmost room, on which was hung a sign of "Conference Room", which felt so fresh in Wen Guangyao's heart, he forgot about Wu Zhuoran's phone number for the time being.

The young man pushed open the door, flashed to the side, and motioned for Wen Guangyao to enter.

The conference room was not big, and there were already a lot of people sitting densely, and when everyone saw someone coming in outside, they all stopped whispering, but they all stood up as if they had seen a leader.

Wen Guangyao noticed the few young men who had just come in, and they looked at him with a humble smile on their faces.

Wen Guangyao immediately understood that everyone had misunderstood, and hurriedly clarified, "I'm also here to report, everyone sit down." The young man from the organization department looked at this scene and laughed with a straight face.

After this little episode, after Wen Guangyao sat down, everyone was still looking at him, and he also looked at everyone, and saw that all the young men present were in their early twenties, either shrewd and capable, or old-fashioned, or polite.

A long-faced young man with sparse hair looked at Wen Guangyao and said with a smile, "You look like a leader, we all thought it was a leader." ”

Wen Guangyao smiled, "I'm a fox and a fake tiger. He understood that the young man from the organization department opened the door for him, which made everyone a little misunderstood.

A white and chubby young man continued, "My temperament is like a leader, and I am also the door that people opened for me, but everyone will not stand up." ”

Wen Guangyao smiled, this may be that everyone is not calm in their hearts, they are both nervous and excited, and they want to show themselves well, so they can leave a good impression on the leader, so they all stand up involuntarily.

He didn't speak, but everyone couldn't stay idle, pulling up in twos and threes, everyone was very concerned about this secondment, and the topic naturally revolved around this center, but it was basically inseparable from the two basic points of the assigned department and the future work, and it could be seen that everyone was very concerned about which department they could be divided in.

Wen Guangyao heard everyone talking about the distribution, and he thought of Wu Zhuoran's phone call again, and his heart instinctively sank, but he didn't throw the topic out.

The door opened, and the scene that had been lively just now cooled down, and a man of about forty years old walked in, his face was white, his beard was shaved and blue, his hair was meticulously combed to the left, and behind him stood a young man, and this time everyone did not stand up again.

The young man also walked in and introduced, "This is Section Chief Fang Xuguang of the Cadre Section. As soon as the words fell, everyone stood up again, and Wen Guangyao also stood up with everyone.

Section Chief Fang didn't have a smile on his face, he politely said, "I've kept everyone waiting, Minister Zhang has something to do, and he just came back." He explained a little and went straight to the point, "Next, I will briefly say a few words, and some issues will be emphasized for you. ”

"The secondment of teachers this time was decided by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, and it was also the last large-scale secondment of teachers from the education system in our city after the province's open recruitment of civil servants to the society last year. ”

"There are three basic conditions for this secondment

The first is to be excellent in politics, the second is to have a bachelor's degree or above, and the third is to be under the age of 26. After the investigation, a total of 26 comrades have entered the scope of this secondment, and I would like to congratulate all of you here. ”

Ministers, Standing Committee members, comrades, these words are very new to Wen Guangyao, he looked at everyone, everyone was pricking up their ears and listening quietly.

"The night before yesterday, the ministry meeting studied and reported to the main leaders of the municipal party committee for approval, and the final best plan was formed. Hearing this, the expressions on everyone's faces suddenly became nervous.

Fang Xuguang raised his head and looked at everyone, he was used to such a scene, although he understood everyone's feelings, but he couldn't make any expressions, "After a while, Xiao Guo announced the distribution plan, and Minister Zhang will talk to everyone, and after the conversation, the leader of the distribution unit will take everyone to the new unit." ”

He said concisely and directly, without a single superfluous word, and everyone's eyes turned to Xiao Guo.

Xiao Guo took out a copy of the document as if by magic, "I will directly read the new unit you are going to, the seconded personnel of the Organization Department, Li Lei, Cai Zhanpeng, and Song Weijie; the seconded personnel of the Municipal Party Committee Office, Dong Jianxin and Qin Junbo; and the seconded personnel of the Government Office, Gao Changhui......"

Xiao Guo's lips rolled up and down, and he read a string of names. Wen Guangyao looked at everyone, some of them had happy looks on their faces, some of them were still nervous, he felt his heart beating hard, he tried to calm his nervous mood, and eagerly awaited the next name.

But Xiao Guo stopped after reading eleven names, Wen Guangyao's heart completely sank into the abyss, and there were fifteen teachers left, exactly one in one township, sure enough, Xiao Guo said, "The remaining fifteen comrades are assigned to the township organs, Jiang Qingsong in the Development Zone, and Ji Dongping in Xichengtou Street,......

Wen Guangyao's heart was not beating as violently as just now, in the face of this result, he calmed down, only felt that his heart was sinking, and he couldn't see the bottom of the valley...... "Wen Guangyao ...... in Yaoyaling Town" Xiao Guo's condescending voice continued to echo in the conference room,

Wen Guangyao subconsciously looked at his watch, Thursday the 25th at 3:08 pm.