Xu Xinqun, section chief of the Mass Literature and Art Section of the Hanping County Cultural Bureau, is a little depressed these days, and Wang Zhuo, the director of the bureau, has already talked to him several times, warning him that if he fails to complete the task of attracting investment assigned to him by the bureau as scheduled, not only will he not be promoted to deputy director as expected, but he will even lose his current position as section chief. At that time, he may be assigned to the following group art hall to be an administrator, which is the worst-paying and most troublesome position.

Ge Laozi, this is clearly Wang Zhuo taking the opportunity to retaliate against himself, how can there be a reason why the cadres of the Cultural Bureau are still responsible for attracting investment? Xu Xinqun sat at his desk, thinking angrily.

Xu Xinqun is an honest man who has worked in the Cultural Affairs Bureau for more than 20 years, and has survived to the position of section chief by virtue of his qualifications. In the previous paragraph, a deputy director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau had retired, and the bureau was preparing to promote one person from among the existing section chiefs to take over the post of deputy director. At this time, a small article written by Xu Xinqun about the development of mass literary and artistic work and the revival of traditional cultural forms in Hanping County was published in the city's newspapers, and it is said that he was also verbally praised by a certain leader in the city, so the county instructed the Cultural Bureau to include him in the inspection list to replace the deputy director.

Director Wang Zhuo and Xu Xinqun have always had some small contradictions, and Wang Zhuo did not say anything about the county's inclusion of Xu Xinqun as a candidate for deputy director of the Cultural Bureau, but he was very dissatisfied in his heart. In order to block the road to Xu Xinqun's promotion, Wang Zhuo came up with a way, that is, to hand over the task of attracting investment assigned by the county to the Cultural Bureau to Xu Xinqun, nominally to give Xu Xinqun a test before promotion, but in fact, he wanted to use this matter to hit Xu Xinqun.

In the 90s, governments at all levels in China made attracting investment a top priority, and Hanping County was no exception. In order to fully mobilize the strength of the whole county, the county government has assigned a number of tasks to other commissions and bureaus in addition to the tasks of attracting investment to the economic departments such as the China Merchants Bureau and the Economic and Trade Commission. Call on all units to cross the sea and show their magic powers, so as to attract more foreign investment for Hanping County.

As a cultural unit, the Cultural Affairs Bureau does not have the ability to attract investment at all, but the county still allocates 100,000 yuan to attract investment. Of course, this indicator is somewhat elastic, and there is a prize for completion. There is no direct penalty for failure to complete, but it may affect the county's evaluation of the performance of the bureau leaders.

When Wang Zhuo handed over this task to Xu Xinqun, he increased the importance of the task tenfold, claiming that if he could not complete this task, the bureau would suffer great humiliation, and it might even affect the welfare of the overall cadres and workers. Xu Xinqun heard that this matter was so important that he wanted to refuse, but Wang Zhuo said that this was the trust of the county leaders and bureau leaders in him. If the matter is not done well, it proves that he is incapable, then the deputy director will naturally not be able to be the deputy director, and even the current section chief may be dismissed.

Xu Xinqun knew that this was Wang Zhuo's revenge on him, but he had no choice, after all, people were engaged in a set of "yang schemes". It can be said openly. Wang Zhuo also publicly said that as long as Xu Xinqun completed this task. The post of deputy director belongs to him, and no one can take it away. In the final analysis, this is a test, if Xu Xinqun can't pass the test, then who can blame?

Xu Xinqun lived to be almost 50 years old and had never done the work of attracting investment. He didn't know any business owners. There are no overseas connections. But when Wang Zhuo handed over the task to him, he gloated and reminded him that his daughter Xu Xiaoqi was studying in the United States, isn't this a convenient channel for attracting investment?

Xu Xinqun knew that her daughter was just an international student. It is difficult to work on your own to maintain food and clothing, how can you have the ability to help your father introduce foreign capital? The reason why Wang Zhuo said this is nothing more than because Wang Zhuo's own son couldn't even get into college, and he had a deep grudge against Xu Xinqun's daughter being able to study abroad.

Alas, it seems that he can't escape Wang Zhuo's plot, so he simply threw away the position of section chief and went to the Qunyi Museum to teach the old men and old ladies of the neighborhood committee to sing folk songs. There is no endless road, and when her daughter graduates from studying abroad, her hard life will come to an end, Xu Xinqun comforted herself.

"Section Chief Xu, there is someone looking for you outside."

Just when Xu Xinqun felt sorry for himself, Xiao Deng, a clerk in Corey, walked in from outside the door and said to him.

"Oh, who is it?" Xu Xinqun asked casually.

Xiao Deng said: "He said that his surname is Ning, he listens to the accent, he is a foreigner, a fat man." ”

"A fat man from outside the city surnamed Ning?" Xu Xinqun was stunned, he really couldn't think of when he knew a person surnamed Ning, and he was a fat man from other places.

Thinking like this, Xu Xinqun walked out of the office building, came to the door, and saw Ning Mo standing outside the door of the communication room.

"Excuse me, are you looking for me?" Xu Xinqun stepped forward and asked, there was only this one fat man in the four places, he should not recognize the wrong person.

"Please...... Excuse me, are you Xu ...... Xu Xinqun...... Uh, Section Chief Xu? When Ning Mo saw Xu Xinqun, he was so nervous that he couldn't help but stutter when he spoke. He originally wanted to call Xu Xinqun an uncle, but when he said it to the side of the road, he was worried that it would be too abrupt, so he temporarily changed to Xu Xinqun's official title.

"I'm Xu Xinqun, who are you?" Xu Xinqun looked at the timid young man and asked strangely.

Ning Mo squeezed out some smiles on his face and said, "Uncle Xu, my name is Ning Mo, and I am a ...... of Jintang Chemical Materials Company in Shannan Province Well, the company's salesman, it was Xu Xiaoqi who asked me to visit you. ”

"Xiaoqi?" Xu Xinqun's face became brighter, he took Ning Mo's hand enthusiastically, and asked, "How did you know Xiaoqi?" Are you her classmate at Kyoto? ”

"No, no...... My sister is studying at Beijing University, and Xu Xiaoqi also knows her. However, when I was on a business trip to the United States a few months ago, I met Xu Xiaoqi, and she ...... She told me to help her visit you if I had the opportunity to come to Tongjiang. Ning Mo finally made things clear.

Hearing that Ning Mo had just met his daughter, Xu Xinqun suddenly forgot all his worries to the clouds, and he asked eagerly, "Oh, have you seen Xiaoqi?" How is she, fat or thin, is she still adapting to life? ”

"Xiaoqi is very good, she is very adaptable. Uncle Xu, don't worry, are we going to talk slowly...... You see it's almost time to eat, so let me invite you and Auntie to have a meal, and I'll tell you about Xiaoqi in detail. After a brief period of panic, Ning Mo finally returned to normal. In the past few years of business management, he has seen some wind and rain, and he still has some ability to deal with such a situation.

Xu Xinqun patted his head and said, "Oh, I'm really confused, isn't it time to eat." Okay, wait a minute, I'll call Xiaoqi's mother and tell her to come here, let's find a place to eat, and you can tell us how Xiaoqi is doing. ”

Xu Xiaoqi's mother, Lu Jingfang, who works at the health bureau, received a call from her husband and heard that a young man who had just seen his daughter in the United States had arrived in Hanping County, so she hurried over on a bicycle. Hanping County is not a small county, and it is only a few minutes away from the Health Bureau to the Cultural Bureau.

Seeing that Lu Jingfang had arrived, Ning Mo stepped forward and called her aunt affectionately, and then invited Xu Xinqun and Lu Jingfang to the small restaurant next to them to eat. As for who pays for this meal, Xu Xinqun didn't think much about it, he felt that Ning Mo was a guest from afar, so he should pay for the hospitality.

At that time, there was no Internet in China, and with the Xu family's family background, they could not afford to travel long distances across the ocean, and even correspondence was limited to once a month, because the postage of letters between China and the United States was also quite considerable. After Xu Xiaoqi went abroad, the family only received seven or eight letters from her, although Xu Xiaoqi said in the letter that her life in the United States was relaxed and happy, but the family knew that this must be this sensible daughter who was whitewashing the peace, and the real situation may not even be half of the optimism in the letter.

Although their hearts were full of worries, Xu Xinqun and his family couldn't find more ways to understand their daughter's living situation. Now that they heard that there was a man who had just met his daughter in the United States, they should not be in a hurry to inquire.

The three of them sat down in the restaurant and ordered a few simple dishes, Ning Mo opened the handbag he was carrying, took out a stack of photos, handed them to Xu Xinqun and Lu Jingfang, and said, "Uncle and aunt, please look, this is the photo I took for Xiaoqi in the United States this time." ”

Hearing that there were photos, the old couple couldn't care about being reserved, so they almost rushed to take the photos, and then looked at them one by one. When Xu Xiaoqi first arrived in the United States, she took a few photos and sent them home, and she has not taken photos since. This time, she was also stained with Ning Mo's light, so she took four or five rolls of film, and Ning Mo took the photos taken this time.

"Look, Lao Xu, Xiaoqi has lost a little weight......"

"I don't think I'm thin, maybe it's a problem with the angle of the shot, you don't look thin when you look at this one."

"Is this the room where Xiaoqi lives? I think it's much better than a house in the country. ”

"These two girls should be the Xiao Zhang and Xiao Zhao she said, right? It looks like the relationship between the three of them is quite good. ”

"Hey, this ......"

The husband and wife's hands flipping through the photos involuntarily stopped, and the two of them raised their eyes at the same time, casting two suspicious glances on Ning Mo's body. The photo in their hands was taken by Ning Mo when he was playing outside with the three girls, and the expressions of the four people looked very happy, but the most important point was: Xu Xiaoqi's hand was actually on Ning Mo's arm! (To be continued......)