Chapter 403: Interview with the Mayor
As the mayor of Hong Kong, Uncle Lao Gen can be said to be the most successful example and typical example of immigrating to Australia.
The classic is that no matter what you were born in, anything can happen and even change everything when you arrive in Australia.
Look at the current Uncle Gen, is he so majestic, that style is much more breezy than the old man of the county government, there are always two to four soldiers in military uniforms to protect him when he goes out, and he takes a four-wheeled carriage in the distance, and walks in the near place.
Since becoming mayor, Uncle Lao Gen has been loved by Hong Kong citizens, especially curious about his birth.
For this reason, the reporter of Manchester City Daily's Hong Kong bureau has specially arranged an interview with him today, and talks to our most approachable mayor, the mayor, about how he has gone from a grassroots farmer to an outstanding mayor.
In the office of the city government, Uncle Gen, who has been carefully dressed by the secretary, has a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, and a white shirt and trousers, which makes him look particularly gentlemanly.
Today's interview with him is Miss Manli from Manchester City Daily stationed in Hong Kong, Manli is different from Uncle Lao Gen, she was born in Nanyang, she officially immigrated to Australia last year, and her family is mainly engaged in small trade, and she was born in a well-off family.
"Dear Mr. Mayor, I'm glad you can be interviewed by me in your busy schedule, I'm Manli."
Walking in the door, Manli watched Uncle Lao Gen introduce himself with a smile on her face, and stretched out her hand to shake hands with the other party after entering.
"Miss Manli, a celebrity in the Manchester City Daily, I don't dare to decline your interview, I heard that even the president has been interviewed by you."
After Uncle Gen also praised the other party, he began to accept the interview. Manli took out a pen and a small notebook and prepared to take notes.
"Mayor Gen, can you tell me about your background, I think this is what many immigrants are most curious about you."
"Of course. My background is not that complicated, I know a lot of people have speculated that I was born into some scholarly family before I immigrated, but I want to tell you, I am actually a farmer, and I didn't know how to write my name until I spent a month in Australia. ”
"Farmer, oh, oh my God, Mayor Gen, although we know that there are many miracles in this world. But can you tell us how you went from being a farmer to becoming a mayor, which is probably the first in the history of Australia? ”
Although Manli had known about Uncle Gen's birth for a long time, in order to show her compliments to the other party, she still showed great interest.
Isn't it surprising that a farmer can actually be the mayor of a city, if you put it in Daming, it is the county lord of a county, but this kind of thing will never happen in Daming, only in Australia can happen. Australia is a place full of wonders and futures, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can change the future, and everything that was bad in the past can be changed. I'm the best example of that.
Speaking of himself, Uncle Lao Gen couldn't help but think of some of the past, remembering that he was hungry in the village that year and had no food to eat, and remembering the days when he herded cattle for the landlord's family. Those past events are vivid, he thought that he would live a mediocre life like his parents, but he found out after going to Australia. Everything can change.
Lost for a moment and thinking of the past, Uncle Lao Gen showed a smile and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I remembered some of the past." ”
"So, Mayor Gen, can you tell us how you managed to become mayor from a farmer?"
"Mayor, well, this has to start with my position as the director of the neighborhood committee, at that time just arrived in Australia, because of the old so the same batch of immigrants like to listen to what I say, so the staff of the immigration bureau found me to let me serve as the director of the neighborhood committee, at that time they told me that this job is very simple, is responsible for communicating with other people, understanding what they need, and then over time, I found that to do this job well actually need to learn something.
When Uncle Gen said this, he seemed to start to think of his days of studying hard again.
During that time, he was like a child who studied hard, every day in addition to work was night school, and after coming back, he had to learn all kinds of knowledge, until half a year later, he learned to read and write by his strong willpower, and at this time his life began to change. ’
He found that his conversation was different, and when he spoke, he was completely different from before.
This was just the beginning, as he gained more and more knowledge, the communication between him and his superiors became more and more comfortable and less inhibited.
It wasn't until Panzhihua Town was established later, that he heard that the conditions there were difficult and no one was willing to go, so he was approached to talk and asked if he was willing to go here to work, and at that time he was only told that there would be some benefits to going here, but he didn't say what it was.
Later, he learned that it was the benefit of promotion, and now Panzhihua Town is no longer as barren as it was at the beginning, after being transferred from Panzhihua Town to the Immigration Bureau, Uncle Laogen's official road has been very smooth, and in the current mayor, it can be said that he is already a glorious ancestor.
Uncle Lao Gen's transfer to Hong Kong as mayor will definitely not stop there, we all know that as long as the officials who serve as governors or mayors overseas will generally be promoted again after returning to China, and Uncle Lao Gen's age can still be a few years old, so it can be said that he is a person with great potential.
As for the end point of his official road, it's hard to say, it may be Congress, it may be a mayor in the country.
Manli's interview is not over yet, after listening to Uncle Lao Gen personally talk about her experience, she feels like a dream, a person in just three years into what it is today, it is really unimaginable, maybe this is where the magic of Australia lies, thinking that his family immigrated to Australia was not also attracted by this magic theory.
The magic of Australia can indeed make people crazy, and Manli also knows why she likes Australia more and more, because this kind of magic of urging to change oneself can make a person change sharply, and this is what attracts him.
"Thank you for accepting my interview, Mayor Gen, and finally I wish you and your family good health, I heard that your son and wife are in the country, and you should go back to see them if you have time."
"Well, I will, and I wish our beautiful Miss Manli more and more success in her work, and I am also looking forward to your next interview." Uncle Lao Gen joked. (To be continued......)