Lei Cheng is about to enter his senior year, and his senior year means graduation, and graduation must be considered for allocation. He intends to launch one or two influential events within half a year to add weight to the graduation allocation, and the exhibition of works of the Calligraphy Society is the first event. Being able to hold a calligraphy exhibition on the first floor of the Provincial Department of Education is half of the success, and the other half depends on the quality of the calligraphy works. In his mind, he and Wang Qiao have the highest level in the calligraphy association, so he wrote two small pieces each to increase the gold content of the calligraphy exhibition.

After Lei Cheng finished writing, Wang Qiao stood in front of the big table, took a deep breath as if practicing qigong, and slowly sank into the dantian with his imagination, and then wrote "Fixing the Storm": "Don't listen to the sound of the forest beating the leaves, why not chant and walk slowly." Bamboo cane shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid of ......"

Wu Xiang praised: "It's really good, Wang Qiao is the best candidate for the next chairman of the Calligraphy Association." ”

Wang Qiao is in excellent condition, and both characters are good, all in one go.

"I'm guessing you're all here." Chen Gang walked into the office with two scrolls in his hands.

Seeing Chen Gang enter the house, Han Ping unconsciously distanced himself from Lei Cheng. Chen Gang saw a painting on the table, squinted his eyes, and said, "Wang Qiao's writing is good." Is this painting also going to be exhibited? ”

Lei Chengdao: "Let Wang Qiao write a piece of writing and make up the position." ”

Chen Gang put the scroll in his hand on the table and said, "I have rewritten two characters, ready to replace what I wrote last time." If you want to fill in the position, these words can be used. ”

In Chen Gang's mind, his characters ranked either first or second in the calligraphy association. However, Lei Cheng has never admired Chen Gang's words, thinking that the craftsmanship is too heavy and the aura is insufficient, so when the exhibition hall needs to use banners to occupy a place, he chooses Wang Qiao's words.

Lei Cheng said to Chen Gang: "Later, we will go to the Education Department to see the exhibition hall, let's go together." ”

Chen Gang pointed to the scroll again and said, "I specially sent banners over, and if you need to fill in the position, these two are okay." I still have some business, so I won't accompany you. ”

After leaving the office, his face darkened. Wang Qiao, a freshman, thought that he could write a few bad calligraphy, so he began to kick his nose and eyes, and actually wanted to fill the position on behalf of the calligraphy association. What's more critical is that Wu Xiang, a girl in the same grade as herself, is extremely cunning, has a good relationship with Huang Yonggui and the leaders of the department, and is her main competitor in school. Senior year is the fastest year, now in October, and there are still two months to go in 1996, after the winter break, some departments are facing internships, which means that the allocation season has arrived. Defeat Wu Xiang, this is an imminent matter.

Thinking of this, he looked back at the door.

Lei Cheng and the other four people had already walked out of the school gate and waited for the bus at the bus stop.

The Provincial Department of Education and the provincial government are not far away, and a few years ago, when Wang Qiao graduated from junior high school, he had been here as a representative of outstanding students in Jingzhou, and this time he came here as a student from Shannan. These few years are extremely short for the Department of Education, but they have a very special significance for Wang Qiao, he has faced the test of life and death, experienced the hardships of repeating classes, and finally made his dream come true and became a student of Shannan University.

The four of them were in trouble when they entered the education hall, and the doorman didn't look at the student ID cards handed over at all, and said, "It's Sunday, it's not working, what are you going to do when you go in." ”

Lei Chengdao: "We are from Shannan University, and we want to do an exhibition of calligraphy works in the exhibition hall on the ground floor of the Provincial Department of Education, and we have a good contact with the office." ”

The doorman said with a dark face: "I didn't receive a notice, I'll come back when I go to work." ”

Wu Xiang said gently: "Help, we came all the way from Shanda to see the specific situation in the exhibition hall." ”

The doorman was a man who didn't understand the amorous feelings, and he was indifferent to the soft words of the beauties, and said: "If you can't do it, you can't do it." ”

Wang Qiao saw that the doorman's fingers were black and yellow, and there was an ashtray full of cigarette butts on the table, so he turned around and went to a nearby cigarette stall to buy a pack of cloud cigarettes. He walked straight into the guard room and said, "The master is still on duty on Sunday, so it's hard work." The doorman was about to kick people out of the house, when he suddenly felt an extra pack of cigarettes in his palm, and looked down to see that it was a pack of cloud cigarettes that were not bad. Seeing that the person who came was sensible, the black clouds on his face faded a little, and said, "Which school is it, Shanda, register it, and you can go in." ”

The four of them walked through the door of the quiet education hall. Lei Cheng sighed: "It's really the prime minister's seven-rank official in front of the door, and the traditional door system is still in the organs of the Communist Party." In the future, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely change this bad habit within my ability. ”

When they reached the ground floor, the four of them were dumbfounded.

Lei Cheng looked at Wu Xiang, Wu Xiang spread his hands, and said, "I contacted Sister Cui in the office last week, and she said that the exhibition hall on the ground floor has never been locked, so let's come and see it at any time." ”

The four of them took turns to look through the gap in the door of the exhibition hall, the gap was too narrow to see the content inside, Lei Cheng said helplessly: "Today can only take advantage of the excitement and come back, good things are more grinding." ”

Han Ping took the initiative to say, "I'll skip class tomorrow and come here early." ”

When he was leaving, Wang Qiao suddenly saw Lin Yue's familiar face on the photo bar on the ground floor, and said, "Wait a minute, I know a comrade inside, I'll go out to page, you wait inside for a while." ”

When he came to the guard's room, Wang Qiao threw a cigarette to the doorman and said, "I'll go out and page, and I'll be back soon." The doorman said, "Why is it so troublesome, hurry up." Wang Qiao heard the doorman speak with a Jingzhou accent, so he said in Jingzhou dialect: "Listen to your accent, Jingzhou people." ”

The doorman said: "You are also from Jingzhou, where are you?" ”

Wang Qiao said: "I am from Hongxing Factory, and I am studying in Jingzhou No. 1 Middle School. ”

The attitude of the doorman changed significantly, he pointed to the phone on the table, and said bluntly: "What do you do when you go out, I can call here." ”

Wang Qiao lit the lighter with a snap, refilled the fire for the doorman, and said, "I didn't expect to meet a fellow countryman." ”

After paged Lin Yue, Wang Qiao chatted with the doorman about what had happened in Jingzhou over the years, mainly talking about the rumors that the underworld was more exciting, and the conversation was full of saliva. A few minutes later, the phone rang.

"Sister Lin, I'm Wang Qiao."

"The number is familiar, where did you make the call."

"I'm in the janitor's room." Wang Qiao concisely talked about the exhibition hall.

Lin Yue said: "You wait for a while, I will contact Xiao Cui in the office immediately, she lives nearby, she should be able to get in touch." ”

When Wang Qiao put down the phone, the doorman's attitude was surprisingly good, and he said, "Do you know Director Lin?" After getting an affirmative answer, the doorman said: "Director Lin is really good, the officials in the building are all nostrils to the sky when they see us, and only Director Lin has to greet him every time he passes by." ”

Lei Cheng waited in the hall for a while, but there was no news, and when he walked to the door, he saw a long bench in the guard's room, and the doorman and Wang Qiao sat on the bench, talking and laughing, swallowing clouds and spitting fog.

"Wang Qiao, how's it going?"

"I've contacted Sister Cui, and she's coming over soon."

The doorman turned around and went back to the house and brought a bench, and said, "Usually the exhibition hall on the ground floor is not locked, I don't know why it is locked, you can sit for a while." When the bench was lowered, the doorman also gave Lei Cheng a cigarette.

Lei Cheng pretended to be just taking a puff of cigarette when a young woman walked in.

The young woman said: "You are classmates of Shandong University, you want to hold an exhibition, I specially asked someone to clean it thoroughly, I was afraid of being soiled again, so I locked the door." She asked again, "Which one is Wang Qiao, you are Director Lin's cousin." ”

Wang Qiao said: "You are Sister Cui, I am Wang Qiao, I will trouble you today." ”

Sister Cui said with a smile: "The young man is handsome, and he is a high-achieving student of Shanda, and he has a bright future. ”

The exhibition hall was thoroughly cleaned and all the facilities were complete. Lei Cheng took out a tape measure, carefully measured the size of each wall, and wrote it down in a small notebook.

Sister Cui still has a card game at home, she simply handed over the key to Wang Qiao, and said, "I won't wait for you here, I'm done, lock the door, and put the key to the doorman." ”

Wang Qiao took the key and sent Sister Cui to the gate to express his gratitude again. Sister Cui said: "Director Lin is my eldest sister, and you are polite to me." ”

The doorman saw that the person in charge of the office had come to deliver the key, and stood aside and giggled with him. After Lei Cheng, Wang Qiao and others came out of the education hall, the doorman took the pack of cloud cigarettes he had just received, smoked one by one, and invited everyone to the guard's room to drink water.

When he walked out of the Education Hall, Wu Xiang said: "Wang Qiao, I think you are very mature and sophisticated, you really don't look like a freshman." The doorman had such a bad attitude just now, how did you make him look like an old friend. ”

Wang Qiao said: "Actually, it's very simple, these guards are quite normal people, a good word is warm in three winters, and then send some benefits, Lala is close, and you will soon be able to get along with them." I come from the countryside and know and am most familiar with them. ”

Lei Chengdao: "Essentially, the vast majority of urban people come from the countryside, and the only difference is that they are a later generation or an earlier generation. He added, "I see you smoke a lot, so let's smoke less, don't be a smoker." Wang Qiao's quality is good, he will perform well after he arrives in the student union, and he can consider running for the position of minister or chairman of the student union of the department in his sophomore year, which is very beneficial to you in the future. The former president of the Calligraphy Association was the president of the student union of the Department of History, and now he is very popular in the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee. The former president of the Department of Chinese was assigned to the office of the Shazhou Municipal Party Committee, and there were countless student union cadres working in various county government offices. ”

Han Ping interrupted: "Wang Qiao has just entered the school, so don't talk about it at length, you should leave time for Wang Qiao to fully think about the future development direction." ”

After Wang Qiao entered the university, there were many people who persuaded him to enter politics, such as Yang Lian, and some who persuaded him to start a business, such as Lin Hai. As for politics or entrepreneurship, he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

(Chapter 100)