Monday, January 7th.

In the morning, the first snow fell in 1992 in Xin'an City. The goose-feather-like snow fluttered down in the sky, and in just half an hour, the whole city was covered in white, and the snow scene was enchanting.

Fortunately, there is only snow, no wind, and the temperature is not low in the snowy season, which gives passers-by a bit of leisure to enjoy the snow.

Peng Yuanzheng walked briskly across the road in the snow and walked towards the compound of the agency.

He was dressed more formally today, in a suit and a woolen jacket over it. This is also a New Year's gift brought by Feng Qianru from Beijing, and given to him by his aunt Song Yuzhen and mother Meng Shuang.

This morning was a defense meeting for the cadres of the ministry to compete for posts.

In line with the principle of respecting the judges and respecting the leader is respecting himself, he doesn't care what others think, anyway, he strives to be perfect in some of the details of the 091 chapter defense (above).

Entering the office, Wang Na saw that Peng Yuanzheng was dressed formally and looked very energetic, and couldn't help but praise, "It's really good, I didn't find you so handsome in a suit!" Tall, handsome and tough, a bit like what that movie star is called? ”

Ma Zi was on the side, and he smiled: "Takakura Ken? "you, I'll just put on a suit, you don't make a fuss!" Peng Yuanzheng scolded with a smile.

Zhuge Yun glanced up at Peng Yuanzheng, rolled his eyelids disdainfully, and continued to look down at his newspaper.

He didn't pay attention to the defense meeting at all. What really plays a decisive role is not who defends well, but who the leader leans to. The leader doesn't want to be promoted, even if you say it's crazy, it won't help.

The defense meeting was officially held.

Peng Yuanzheng looked up at his watch, and when he saw that it was already 8:50, he got up and walked to the auditorium of the municipal party committee with several defense drafts he had prepared. Ma Zi and Wang Na also followed.

The department's defense of the competition for posts this time was arranged in the auditorium of the municipal party committee, and in fact, it was not only people from the Propaganda Department who observed the defense, but also people from the Organization Department and the General Office. Because it is the first pilot project after the municipal party committee advocates the system of competition for cadres in organs, the whole city pays more attention to the 091 chapter defense (above).

Early in the morning, the auditorium was full.

The main table is the judges' seat. Zheng Shanshan, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda, three deputy ministers and one researcher in the ministry, plus the head of the Organization and Personnel Section of the Propaganda Department, a total of six people formed the jury. Of course, it was Minister Zheng who played a decisive role.

But because it's an open competition, you can't say that the other judges are just decorations.

In this defense, the full score of each competitor is 100 points, 60 points for the defense speech, 30 points for the qualification evaluation, and 10 points for the on-site impression. That is to say, a good performance in the defense speech does not mean that you will definitely get a high score, because there are also evaluation scores and impression scores for qualifications, and the defense scores and impression scores are random, but the evaluation scores are basically fixed.

Peng Yuanzheng strode in, ignoring the complicated gazes of many organ cadres present, walked directly to the first row of seats, sat down on the chair with his name on it, and waited quietly with his eyes in front of him.

Not long after, the cadres who participated in the defense came one after another, Xie Xiaorong's seat was on the right side of Peng Yuanzheng, and Zhuge Yun was on the left.

The two glared at each other like fatalistic enemies, and then turned their heads away. Xie Xiaorong also muttered softly, "Shameless stinky rascal", but unfortunately Zhuge Yun didn't dare to attack, so he had to grit his teeth and pretend that he didn't hear anything.

Peng Yuanzheng smiled indifferently and ignored the two of them.

But sitting there waiting, none of the judges showed up.

Xie Xiaorong took out the pager a little impatiently and looked at the time, and when he saw that it was already 9:15, he couldn't help but muttered to Peng Yuanzheng, "Xiao Peng, it's all over, why haven't the leaders arrived!" Peng Yuanzheng smiled and said, "I don't know, let's just wait patiently!" ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard thunderous applause from the back. Peng Yuanzheng and Xie Xiaorong turned their heads to look, and the cadres of the organs who attended the meeting and listened to the meeting stood up, and a group of leaders stepped in, and the one who walked in front was actually Dongfang Yan, the secretary of the municipal party committee.

They also quickly stood up and applauded with the crowd.

Dongfang Yan smiled and walked on the main stage first.

Behind him was Song Bingnan, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Organization, Zheng Shanshan, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda. As for the head of the Organization and Personnel Section of the Propaganda Department, he was thus disqualified from ascending to the "Main" platform.

Let Dongfang Yan and the others sit down first, Zheng Shanshan sat in his place and waved his hand to the audience.

The thunderous applause gradually subsided.

The fact that the secretary of the municipal party committee actually came to attend the defense of a section-level cadre within the Propaganda Department was unexpected by many people. Since the secretary of the municipal party committee participated, he must have been accompanied by reporters from the city's media, and as a result, the competition for posts among the cadres of the Propaganda Department has evolved into an open activity in the city.

"Comrades, be quiet. Today, our Propaganda Department organs solemnly held a meeting to defend seven posts for competitive posts, which is a positive attempt we have made in accordance with the spirit of the instructions of the municipal party committee to compete for posts among cadres of government organs. First of all, let us once again welcome the three leading comrades of the Municipal Party Committee Dongfang Shuji, Minister Song of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Organization Department and Secretary General Chen of the Municipal Party Committee to come to the scene for guidance and express a warm welcome! ”

Zheng Shanshan spoke a non-standard Jiangbei Mandarin, and waited for everyone's applause to stop before he said, "Before the defense begins, please ask the Dongfang Book of the Municipal Party Committee to make important instructions!" ”

As soon as Zheng Shanshan's voice fell, there was another round of applause.

Dongfang Yan smiled and owed, and said loudly: "Comrades, I see that the comrades present are not only comrades from the Propaganda Department, but also comrades from the Organization Department, as well as comrades from the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee...... What does this mean? "Dongfang Yan paused" shows that the comrades are very concerned about this competition for young cadres to take up posts, and from this point of view, Minister Song and Secretary General Chen and I also came to listen and learn with the same mentality as everyone else. ”

"This is the first time that our city has competed for government cadres, and although the scale is small, it is of great significance." When Dongfang Yan said this, he paused slightly, raised his hand and pointed to Peng Yuanzheng and the others who were waiting for the competition in the audience, and said with a smile: "Okay, I believe that several comrades in the audience can't wait to come to the stage to reply, and I won't take up everyone's time too much, just three minutes." ”

Dongfang Yan stretched out three fingers, "Three minutes, I'll talk about three points." ”

"First, why do we marry cadres and compete for posts? Standing at a new historical starting point and overlooking the system of competitive employment, we can clearly find that the emergence and development of the system of competitive employment is not accidental and is not the product of any one person's whims. It is deeply rooted in the soil of China's reform of the cadre and personnel system, and is an innovation and development of the system of selection and appointment. "The Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee sounded the clarion call for reform and opening up and opened the spring of the reform of the cadre and personnel system. In 1982, the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward the work policy that cadres should realize the "revolution, youth, knowledge, and specialization". In 1987, the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to "break down the outdated concepts of suppressed enterprising spirit and creativity such as seniority." The good political environment and public opinion atmosphere have created conditions for the emergence of competition for posts...... Dongfang Yan talked eloquently, and his words not only made the cadres of the organs in the audience ponder, but even the three members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee Song Bingnan, Zheng Shanshan and Chen Yanxi on the stage all tasted different tastes.

"Breaking the seniority theory, the words of the Oriental Book seem to mean something else." Zheng Shanshan was silent.

"Well, at the end I would like to put forward one request: that is, I hope that this competition can ensure openness, fairness and justice, and ensure that the comrades with the strongest ability, the best mass foundation, and the most suitable for work are selected, so as to make a good start for the city's party and government organs to promote competition for posts on a large scale. Okay, you go on, the three of us are just observers, and none of us will participate in the review. ”

The defense is divided into three parts. The first link is the self-introduction and speech of the applicant, talk about the basic personal situation, and then talk about the knowledge and understanding of the declared position, as well as the idea of how to do a good job in the future.

The second link is for the judges to evaluate and score the qualifications of the candidates.

The third part is for the contestants to accept on-site questions from the judges.

The above three links will be scored on the spot, and the scores will be announced on the spot. Perhaps the previous procedures were not so strict, but because of the joint arrival of the Municipal Party Committee's Secretary and the Organization Minister and the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee, the Organization and Personnel Department of the Propaganda Department fine-tuned the procedures after urgently asking Zheng Shanshan and decided to sing on the spot.

The first person to take the stage to defend was a deputy director of the Foreign Propaganda Office, and he competed for the post of director of the Foreign Propaganda Office. The man was slightly flustered, obviously ill-prepared. At the same time, I didn't expect that there would be so many leaders of the municipal party committee sitting on the stage, and I was a little nervous. When I introduced myself, it was fine, but when it came to answering the leader's questions, there was a situation where I couldn't answer what I asked and couldn't answer it.

That's the case for several in a row.

Zheng Shanshan's face was a little unbearable. This is enough to show from one side that the Propaganda Department is not effective in organizing and preparing for this competition. Zheng Shanshan quietly observed Dongfang Yan's face, and then glanced at the head of the organization and personnel section standing on the side.

The people of the Organization and Personnel Section hurried down and instructed Peng Yuanzheng and others one by one to be calm and calm, not to make a fool of themselves, and to lose points in front of the leaders of the municipal party committee and embarrass the leaders of the department. If anyone smashes the pot for the leader, the leader will definitely smash someone's bowl, Yunyun.

In fact, when I saw that the competition for posts had become so serious and formal, there were actually four members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee sitting on the stage, and it was difficult for such a high-level "review" of these candidates not to be nervous.

On the stage, Song Bingnan's contemplative gaze quietly fell on Peng Yuanzheng in the audience, and he shook his head secretly.

Even Song Bingnan is not very optimistic about Peng Yuanzheng. He also arrived at the scene and unexpectedly found that Peng Yuanzheng was actually one of the candidates, and after carefully looking at the materials provided by the Propaganda Department, he learned that Peng Yuanzheng was also the head of the News Section.

His two opponents are both senior deputy section-level cadres!!