On the first day after returning to work at the newspaper office from Inner Mongolia, Zhong Shan heard Zhu Xiaotong, director of the Ministry of Current Affairs, say that Jin Mingli, director of the advertising center, had an accident.

Zhu Xiaotong said: "Three days ago on the night, Mingli drank a lot of wine with advertisers, and it is said that she drank more than eight taels, and it was already midnight when she went back. The car was sent downstairs, and everyone saw that she was in good condition, but she repeatedly refused, so she did not send her upstairs, who knew that she fell from the jogging platform on the stairs on the third floor of her house. It wasn't until the next morning that he was found by a neighbor and was unconscious when he was taken to the hospital. I did an MRI, and the doctor said it was an intracranial hemorrhage, and I immediately had a craniotomy, and I am still in the intensive care unit. ”

Zhu Xiaotong's account shocked Zhong Shan. Although he didn't like this competitive and arrogant woman in the past, he still felt very sorry for her when such an unfortunate thing happened, after all, she was only 36 years old, and her daughter had just turned 12.

Another incident happened a year ago, that is, Mr. Meng's wife went to the newspaper office to make a big noise. That time, because he had to wait for a very important manuscript, Mr. Meng didn't finish his work until two o'clock in the middle of the night, thinking that it would be dawn in another hour or two, so he slept in a cubicle with a single bed in the office for lunch break. At dawn the next day, Mr. Meng's wife crossed the doorman's block, broke into Mr. Meng's office violently, and scolded when she entered the house: "The old man is not serious, he used to return late every day, but this time he changed to not returning at night, let me see who is hiding in the house!" When he opened the door of the cubicle, he saw that there was no one else, and then scolded: "Where is Jin Mingli's fox spirit?" I want to see what kind of person it is, and what method it uses to seduce men! Mr. Meng was busy closing the door while covering his wife's mouth. The wife was still angry, and threw the tea boxes, pen holders, and desk calendars on Mr. Meng's desk, and then slammed the door in a huff and drove away. Although only the editor-in-chief of the newspaper office and the comrades of the security section were present in the newspaper office at that time, the so-called good things do not go out and bad things spread thousands of miles, and this matter still spreads far and wide, and soon almost everyone in the newspaper office knows about it. I heard that I don't know who wrote an anonymous letter to Mr. Meng's wife, which caused this incident. The wife came to the door, and the ambiguous relationship between Meng Fanye and Jin Mingli was completely confirmed by rumors.

In recent years, with the reform and development of the newspaper industry, Qingshan Daily has changed from relying on financial food in the past to self-supporting, and the advertising center, as the economic lifeline of the whole newspaper, is in a pivotal position. The old director is older, his thinking is outdated, and his methods are single, so it is naturally difficult for him to take on this important task. Jin Mingli is already the director of the editor-in-chief's office at this time, although the table tennis has long been gone, but due to the relationship between business, he can still bow his head and not look up with Mr. Meng every day, because the position is important, so it is only a matter of time before he enters the editorial board and is promoted to deputy editor-in-chief. But after Mr. Meng's wife made such a fuss, she felt that she was disgraced in the editorial department, and it was not easy to take the initiative to explain anything to everyone, so she could only secretly eat the fly. When she heard that the editorial board had decided to recruit the director of the advertising center in the whole newspaper, she immediately volunteered to take on this important position. After Jin Mingli took office, she took a series of innovative measures to increase advertising revenue, and the advertising revenue of the newspaper doubled compared with the previous year on the first day.

After the reform, the Mass Work Department was abolished and merged into the Social Information Department, and the old director of the Social Information Department retired, and Zhong Shan naturally took over the position of director. Zhu Xiaotong was directly promoted from deputy director of the current affairs and information department to director.

After another week, hearing that Jin Mingli had woken up and could speak, Zhong Shan led his colleagues in the department to visit the municipal hospital. Jin Mingli, who was sick, had just undergone a craniotomy, and her head was still wrapped in gauze, she looked very weak, no longer like the self-righteous and aggressive appearance in the past, and the whole person didn't look as ugly and annoying as usual, and even a little pitiful. Jin Mingli whispered: "Thank you, Director Zhong, thank you." Zhong Shan motioned to her not to talk much, told her to recuperate with peace of mind, and encouraged her that after all, she was still young and everything would be fine.

Two tears rolled out of Jin Mingli's eyes, and her mother quickly wiped them away with a white towel. Jin Mingli muttered again: "I don't feel any sense in these two legs, and I may not be able to stand up and walk normally in the future, and now I don't think about anything, I miss those ordinary days when I could walk freely and independently." ”

Mother hurriedly said: "Xiaoli, don't think nonsense, the doctor has said that as long as you cooperate with the treatment, there is still hope to stand up again." ”

When he walked out of the hospital, Zhong Shan felt a gust of autumn wind blowing in his face, although it was not so cold, but it had faintly revealed a solemn atmosphere.