In the afternoon and evening of the same day, Cheng Zunyi, director of the NPC Work Research Office, Zhou Tao, deputy director of the Organization Department, Wei Hailong, Dong Guoqing, and others urgently convened a meeting of party members and cadres among the deputies to the people's congress, and made every effort to talk to each of the people's congress deputies individually, reiterating the organizational intention and organizational discipline, and in particular, giving priority to the people's congress deputies of the second representative group and some people's congress deputies who listened to greetings relatively speaking.

Despite all the preparations, Wei Hailong, as the director of the Shuangshan Town People's Congress and the chairman of the election committee, was still a little uneasy, for fear that there would really be a bounce of votes, and he would not be able to explain to the organization and affect his career, so he asked Dong Guoqing, Yao Minghua and others to rearrange the seat numbers overnight, and deliberately arranged the representatives of the second representative group separately to prevent them from cheating on the spot.

That night, Wei Hailong barely closed his eyes.

The next morning, the light rain of the day finally stopped, but the sky still showed no signs of clearing, still gloomy, as if a bigger rain was brewing, and such weather made people's mood very gloomy.

According to yesterday's notice, voting in the election will officially begin at 9:30 a.m. today.

In less than nine o'clock, Yao Minghua and others had already arranged the venue, and Wei Hailong also came to check the seating situation in person, and instructed Yao Minghua to change the position of several people on the spot.

Wei Hailong has done everything he can, and the next thing is to do his best and obey the destiny of heaven.

Since nine o'clock, the deputies to the people's congress began to enter the venue one after another, and according to Wei Hailong's instructions, Yao Minghua, Guo Yufeng, and others accompanied the smiling faces one by one to give the deputies a cigarette, and hinted that they must act in accordance with the organizational procedures.

At half past nine, voting in the election officially began.

In the corporate office of Shuangshan Town, Chen Qingdong and the two of them sat at their desks, both reading books.

Chen Qingdong was reading a book on the history of the Ming Dynasty, the famous book "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" by Huang Renyu, a Chinese-American. In this book, Huang Renyu connects some seemingly trivial events that happened in the fifteenth year of Wanli (i.e., 1587) in an orderly manner, and finds the historical inducement of the dark Ming government in the future.

In this book, Huang focuses on the idea that social coercion is always used as a substitute for justice, always exerting pressure from the top down.

In fact, when he was in college, Chen Qingdong had already read this book and several other books by Huang Renyu many times.

However, at this important moment today, when Chen Qingdong especially needed a book to calm his emotions, he chose this book, which is much more difficult to read than a magazine or a newspaper.

Song Shulin is still reviewing his high school courses, and he was not admitted to college in the college entrance examination in June this year, but he did not give up and decided to review well for another year.

However, in addition to doing some undergraduate work, Song Shulin, who usually ignores things outside the window and only reads sage books, is a little calm today, because the people's congress voting is going on outside, and one of the protagonists is Chen Qingdong, and Chen Qingdong is still reading calmly in the office!

Chen Qingdong's concentration made Song Shulin sigh incomparably!

Song Shulin couldn't help but put down the ballpoint pen, looked at Chen Qingdong for a few seconds, and then said, "Brother Dong." ”

Chen Qingdong raised his head from the book, looked at Song Shulin, and said, "Huh? ”

"Brother Dong, what book are you reading?" Song Shulin asked cautiously.

Chen Qingdong turned the book over, showed him the title page, and then said with a smile: ""The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", written by Professor Huang Renyu, have you read it?" ”

Song Shulin shook his head embarrassedly.

Chen Qingdong smiled: "This is a good book, you should read it." However, you still focus on your studies now, and when you are admitted to university, you will have time to read books. ”

Song Shulin nodded seriously and said, "Well, Brother Dong, "Wanli Fifteenth Year", I remembered, when I was admitted to the university, I must take a good look." ”

Chen Qingdong smiled, lowered his head and continued to read.

Song Shulin bit his lip and couldn't help but ask again: "Brother Dong, today the People's Congress elected you as the deputy mayor, don't you care about this matter?" ”

Chen Qingdong raised his head again, smiled, and said, "I care, of course I care." ”

"And you're still reading here?" Song Shulin asked suspiciously, "Brother Dong, I also heard that someone wanted to make trouble with you, and pushed someone out to compete with you!" ”

"Hehe, there's such a thing."

"Brother Dong, then why don't you go and do your work?

"Hehe, what do you think I should do? Don't let those deputies nominate people's congresses? Or, if I go to the NPC session and give out cigarettes to those NPC deputies and say good things to them, let them vote for me? Hehe, it's useless. So I still steal half a day, read a book here, and wait for the results. ”

"Brother Dong, I really admire you, your concentration is so strong!" Song Shulin said sincerely.

Chen Qingdong smiled faintly: "Hehe, Shulin, don't admire me, I have no other way but to do my best and obey the destiny of heaven." ”

"Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven......" Song Shulin muttered, as if he understood.

At around eleven o'clock, Chen Qingdong's mobile phone suddenly rang piercingly, and almost at the same time, a dazzling lightning suddenly flashed outside, and then, a muffled thunder exploded in the sky!

Song Shulin, who had never fully concentrated on studying, was so frightened by this thunder that his right hand shook, and the ballpoint pen withered on the table, and then rolled to the edge of the table with a grunt, and a free fall movement fell to the ground, making a dull sound: "Boring!" ”

Chen Qingdong's mobile phone was still ringing, Chen Qingdong was motionless, but the adrenal medulla was secreting rapidly, and the blood in his body was also boiling a little!

He knew that after pressing the answer button on his mobile phone that day, he would hear a good news that he had been looking forward to for a long, long time, and this good news would be imprinted in his heart like a brand.

He knew that this might be a small step in his future career, but it was the most extraordinary step for him!

It's a sign.

It's a totem that belongs only to itself.

This is a belief that can make me more courageous from now on, and from this moment on, I will be more convinced: things are man-made, and man will win the day.

The mobile phone has ringed four times, but Chen Qingdong still hasn't picked up the phone to answer.

Song Shulin finally couldn't help it and reminded: "Brother Dong, your phone is ringing." ”

Chen Qingdong smiled faintly, nodded lightly to Song Shulin, picked up his mobile phone and answered.

It was Guo Yufeng's call!

"Gyeongdong, good news! You've been elected mayor! Guo Yufeng exclaimed excitedly.

Recently, Chen Qingdong has thought countless times about what kind of mood he will feel when he hears the news.

Is it exciting? Is it exciting? Is it shouting? Is it tears? Or is it the usual thing that people in the movies do when they hear the good news, jump up and scream, shake their fists hard, and then hug others to celebrate their successes and share their joy?

However, when he really heard Guo Yufeng tell him the good news that day, he felt as if he didn't feel much, at least, not the feelings he imagined!

"Where are you? Come to me later, eat together at noon, and give you a good celebration! Guo Yufeng said happily again.

Chen Qingdong then said: "Oh, okay, Guo Zhen, thank you......"

"Haha......" Guo Yufeng laughed happily, "You kid is excited, right?" Ha ha...... It's okay, I don't laugh at you, it's nothing, I've seen someone cry with excitement after being selected as a sub-department! Haha, Qingdong, don't talk about it, don't forget to come to me later! ”

"Okay, Guo Zhen." Chen Qingdong said.

After hanging up the phone just now, the phone rang again, this time it was Yang Fei calling, and Chen Qingdong answered immediately.

"Qingdong, congratulations!" Yang Fei said happily.

"Thank you, Sister Fei!" Chen Qingdong said.

"Haha, you must be very busy, I won't tell you more, I'll celebrate you in person another day."

"Okay."

After Song Shulin saw Chen Qingdong hang up the phone, he immediately asked with a twinkle in his eyes: "Brother Dong, you were selected?" ”

Chen Qingdong nodded and chuckled: "Yes!" ”

"Yay! That's great! Song Shulin jumped up happily!

Then, Song Shulin asked very gossipy: "Brother Dong, how many votes did Sun Kai, who competed with you, win?" Surely not even your fraction is enough! ”

Oh, yes? How many votes did I get? How many votes did Sun Kai get?

Chen Qingdong also asked himself this question.

However, he quickly shook his head, he had been elected deputy mayor, and the dust had already landed, so what was the point of caring about the number of votes?

Moreover, he also knows very well that the water behind this "Sun Kai incident" is very deep, and it may be something that he is very unwilling to see, so he is even more reluctant to pursue this matter.

Some time ago, he read a book on finance and economics, and there was an interview with an American business elite, who said a sentence that benefited Chen Qingdong a lot.

What he said was: One of my rules for doing business is to only think about how much money I make, and never how much money others will make.

So Chen Qingdong smiled and said to Song Shulin: "I don't need to know how many votes he gets, I just need my votes to be more than him." ”

Song Shulin also laughed: "Brother Dong, what you said is so right! No! In the future, I can't call Brother Dong anymore, I should change my name to 'Mayor Chen'! ”

Mayor Chen?

Chen Qingdong couldn't help but smile slightly, this is a comfortable title!

"Mayor Chen, you have to treat you to dinner!" Song Shulin said again.

"Yes, definitely!" Chen Qingdong smiled, and then said, "Woods, I'll go out for a while." ”

"Okay, you can go with confidence, Mayor Chen!" Song Shulin said loudly.

Chen Qingdong walked outside the office and dialed Zhang Meng's phone.

"Hey, Kyungdong, how's it going?" Zhang Meng asked a little nervously, she has been waiting for this result, and she has not slept well in the past few days. Moreover, not only her, but her parents are also anxiously waiting for the news.

"I just came out with the results, and I was chosen." Chen Qingdong said happily.

"Yay! That's great! Zhang Meng was about to jump.

"Wait for me tonight, and I'll celebrate with you too! Hehe......" Chen Qingdong said with a wicked smile,

"You...... No alcohol tonight? Can you still come back? Zhang Meng said a little shyly.

"You may drink, but no matter how late it is, I'll go back to see you." Chen Qingdong said firmly.

"Okay, then don't drive if you drink alcohol, and pay attention to safety on the road...... I'll wait for you. Zhang Meng on the other end of the phone was full of sweetness.