The young officers looked at an aunt who was almost 40 years old and an uncle who was about the same age as him and summed up the data with unusually skillful movements. On the left is a tall stack of unprocessed data books, and on the right is a higher stack of processed data books.

The abacus, the ruler, and all kinds of calculation tools were almost flying in the hands of the two professionals, the crackling sound of the abacus, the rustling of paper and pen, and the wonderful and precise use of calculation tools. These people had been standing for three hours, and even the soldiers felt uncomfortable in their legs and wanted to sit down. But no one sat down, and everyone was embarrassed to sit down.

After holding on for more than an hour, the two finally finished processing the data. After checking the long data table, the data was not different. The two signed their names and stamped them on the statistical form. Finally, the data was handed over to the person in charge in the office.

The officer in charge didn't speak immediately, and after the two officers left, he asked, "Do you understand?" ”

The young soldiers didn't dare to say anything for a while, and were silent for a while, Qi Rui said: "I understand part of it, and I try to write it down if I don't understand it." ”

Only Qi Rui took the lead, and everyone picked up paper and pen and recorded what they didn't understand. Now Qi Rui took the lead in speaking, and the young soldiers hurriedly made similar speeches.

"You must be wondering why you should learn these statistical tasks first when you come to the intermediate class. I can tell you that, as intermediate-level trainers, we are looking forward to you. The current war is about how much industrial capacity to fight and how big a war, and having a certain statistical ability before the war is helpful for the war. The officer in charge briefly explained it, and then asked the soldiers to go down and prepare for tomorrow's work.

When they returned to their offices, their first choice was to sit back in their seats. Standing for four or five hours in a row, the soldiers, who thought they were well-trained, felt very tired.

"Nine of us work for three days, it's better for people to work for three hours alone. That's too big a gap, isn't it? Hu Xingzhi sighed first. The intermediate class is basically full of young officers, and everyone is polite, but there is naturally a sense of arrogance in their hearts. No one was happy to have suffered such a big setback on the fourth day of training. But what if you're not happy? They work in teams of nine and are responsible for processing the data. As a result, nine people worked for three days and still failed to complete the workload.

The leader didn't criticize them in person, but they heard the leader angrily say to the person in charge in the office next to him: "Who did you get here?" ”

The officer in charge came over angrily, but he didn't get angry, just invited two professionals to come over. So there was the previous scene. Since they can be selected to the intermediate class, the basic quality of young soldiers is good. Everyone knows that they are wrong, so no one dares to complain except for lamenting that the gap with others is too big.

Without waiting for Qi Rui to speak, a young soldier next to him took out the content of his record, "Comrades, let's sort out what we see." ”

"Okay." Zhou Shaokang immediately took out the contents of his record. Others, regardless of their mood, chose to join the learning discussion.

Young people sit in front of the blackboard in their office and start to make important points based on what they see. The blackboard was quickly filled with contents. During their discussions, the responsible officers looked outside the door several times. When it was almost time to get off work, he quietly went to the leader's office. This time the door did not open, but closed.

"The young people started talking." The officer in charge had a relieved expression on his face.

The leader nodded slightly. If the leader rushes to the young people and criticizes him, he may be able to calm the field, but the initiative of the next group of young people will only fly out of the clouds. This kind of practice of letting them know that they can't do it, but saving them some face, is the basic work skills accumulated by the training department.

Of course, if the young comrades fail to reflect effectively, the leaders will have no choice but to lower their evaluation. Wait until the evaluation is below the level to start cleaning up. Intermediate training is a process of elimination, and it is not the same thing as the teaching process of being forced to learn even if you don't learn.

"Today's young comrades are getting better and better." The people in charge also breathed a sigh of relief. His position is more focused on examination and guidance, but the idea of this position is more to hope that young comrades can pass the test.

"From a leadership perspective, which ones do you think are better?" The leader asked.

"Qi Rui and that Li Yannian look good. Very self-motivated and able to lead by example throughout the process. The officer in charge replied based on his observations.

Li Yannian was the soldier who took the lead in proposing to quickly sort out what he had just seen and heard, although he was half a beat slower than Qi Rui, he also took out a pen and paper and began to record while watching. With these two people taking the lead, the young soldiers also had objects to imitate.

"Qi Rui and Li Yannian......" The leader subconsciously tapped his fingers lightly on the file. Qi Rui was born in Nanjing, all the way to the class. From the outside, he is from an upper class. Li Yannian is a baby from a small county town in Henan, who became a soldier at the age of 15 and had excellent service evaluations, and later went to military school. Just looking at the skin that was a little pitted at that young age, you can probably see that it is a bitter background.

The gap between the living standards of urban and rural areas is not small, and those children from upper-class families are very different from those from rural areas just by looking at their appearance. Bones, muscles, skin color, and different temperaments. If Qi Rui takes off his military uniform and changes into the clothes of an ordinary worker, he will be more like a technician. As for Li Yannian, nine times out of ten, he will be regarded as a worker with heavy physical labor.

This is the current situation of the Liberation Army, and the young soldiers who can enter the ultimate training have their own characteristics, showing a clear differentiation. Either Qi Rui, who has grown up with a good education since childhood, or he is a group of people who came from a hard background and climbed here completely by their own earnestness and hard work. Parents are both middle class workers, and there are almost none.

The leader's fingers stopped tapping, and he said: "The training content will follow the established plan. ”

The person in charge was stunned, he didn't expect the leader to give such an order, and hurriedly asked, "Isn't there a different opinion now?" ”

"I think we still have to follow the plan. It's not bad for a while. The leader decisively cut off the possibility of discussion.

Regardless of what the leaders thought, the young soldiers were inexperienced, and after listing the contents of the blackboard, they found that they did not understand so much that their discussions alone would not be effective. Just when everyone was scratching their ears and cheeks, Qi Rui said: "Let's ask the leader to arrange someone to give us a lecture." ”

has been criticized wildly, and everyone is a little weak in their hearts. Being rated as incompetent is already very shameless, and if you use practical actions to tell the leader that you are incompetent, this greatly contradicts everyone's self-esteem. Silence is the best way to say this, and people clearly disagree with this approach.

"Why don't you go?" Hu Xingzhi said a little exhausted.

Qi Rui didn't answer immediately, he turned to the others, "What do you think, comrades?" ”

Li Yannian replied, "I'll go with you." ”

Two people expressed their position, and the others could only agree to Qi Rui's proposal. After the leader listened to Qi Rui and Li Yannian's applications, he looked at the two young soldiers carefully, and finally said in an indistinguishable tone: "The staff is very busy, and it is difficult for them to find time. And you're not alone. Several groups have made such requests. ”

Qi Rui was stunned, and before Qi Rui could figure out how to answer, Li Yannian said seriously: "When those teachers are free, we will wait for them." After finishing speaking, Li Yannian immediately added, "We just want to ask for advice after work." If we only have working hours, we can only put work first. ”

"Humph!" The leader snorted, and then said with a completely businesslike expression, "You wait for the notice!" ”

When he went out, Qi Rui couldn't help but give Li Yannian a thumbs up, he lowered his voice and said, "Well said!" Li Yannian's statement was so appropriate, Qi Rui himself couldn't remember such a thing as working hours. According to Qi Rui's thoughts, he felt that this time was still a learning process. After Li Yannian finished speaking, Qi Rui immediately remembered that they were working now. Since it is work, there is no reason to take up working hours.

Li Yannian replied: "If you ask for someone, you have to follow the convenience of others." Then Li Yannian saw Qi Rui's face and couldn't help but show a surprised expression. This kind of expression made Li Yannian feel unhappy for a while, he had seen too much of this kind of son. On the road to promotion, Li Yannian's biggest competitor is these people. Their superior background makes them have no concept of asking for help, these people have a good father, and their world is the world where others come to their homes to ask for help.

Even if it is a well-concealed son-in-law like Qi Rui, he is essentially a son-in-law, and when it comes to begging for someone, Qi Rui can just show a surprised expression, which already belongs to a very good type of son-in-law. Li Yannian has seen too many sons and daughters show arrogance or contempt on their faces at such times, and some crazy guys who don't know how old they are will even shout: "Then XX is the oldest, he has to be obedient when I call my family." ”

Opportunity and the promotion that it entails are just a power exchange or even a more direct order for those people. But for people like Li Yannian, who came from the bottom, any opportunity must be fought for, applied, pleaded or even begged.

Opportunities are fleeting, and opportunities may not necessarily lead to glory. From a young child in a poor rural area in southern Henan who barely had enough to eat, the promotion brought him to a group of people who had long been on the top, and then brought Li Yannian more memories of being ostracized. There is an instinctive rejection of people from lower classes in that circle.

Li Yannian is not a cynical person, but his experience over the years has made him naturally repulsive to those from the upper class. So intuitively felt that Qi Rui was also that high class, and Li Yannian unconsciously distanced himself from Qi Rui.

Qi Rui didn't know why this colleague in the same group was like this, he was a little surprised, and felt that Li Yannian was a little weird.