Chapter 24: The First Time I've Been Waiting For
"I don't know which master is the handiwork of Lu Dao, so much weight in such a short time, amazing!" Chen Youwei exclaimed.
Huang Shijun smiled and said: "This is the master who has said it for you, come, let me introduce you to Liu Wei, deputy director of the county party committee office, Liu Dami." ”
Chen Youwei was shocked in his heart, Liu Wei? This is the personal secretary of Du Weigang, secretary of the county party committee!
This is a bit beyond imagination, Chen Youwei stretched out his hands and shook hands with the other party warmly, and said politely and gracefully: "Thank you, thank you Director Liu for your help, I really didn't expect it." ”
Liu Wei, who looked thirty-five or sixteen, looked at Chen Youwei carefully, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said with a smile: "You are Chen Youwei?" Yes, no wonder Secretary Du was overjoyed when he heard about your advanced deeds. Good lad, good job! ”
The other party's official tone did not make people feel a little awkward, Chen Youwei sighed secretly, the secretary of the county party committee is a cow, and he put up a score in front of the secretary and head of the township, but it did not make people feel the slightest disgust.
"Thank you Director Liu for your compliment, I still have a lot to learn from the leaders." Chen Youwei's humble attitude made Liu Wei very satisfied, nodded and said hello to Huang Shijun and the others, and turned to leave.
"Promising, it seems that Secretary Du treats you differently, if you have the opportunity to meet Secretary Du in the future, don't forget to give us a few good words in Xiaohe Township!" Qin Daming laughed and teased.
Huang Shijun also nodded again and again and said: "Yes, you are also from our Xiaohe Township, if you return to the county, you will have the opportunity to give Xiaohe Township more convenience, hehe." ”
Chen Youwei smiled shyly and accepted everyone's overtures to him, whether it was true or false, being able to hear so many flattering voices on this occasion still made Chen Youwei feel very comfortable.
The ceremony was held at the county cinema, a large venue that can accommodate thousands of people, and has long been a fixture for major meetings in the county. The cinema is not very far from the county party committee, and Chen Youwei followed everyone to walk only more than 200 meters before entering the venue.
The moment he entered the venue, Chen Youwei was a little shocked by the scale and momentum of the scene, the upper and lower floors of the venue were already full of people, and the black pressure of the crowd made the originally empty venue full of a little depression. Chen Youwei, who had never had this kind of experience, was a little overwhelmed, and after being whispered by Qin Daming on the side, he suddenly realized that he followed Huang Shijun and others to the rostrum.
Chen Youwei, who has no experience, is still muttering, who knows where to sit on the rostrum, if he does the wrong position, it will be a loss to the adult in front of everyone.
Fortunately, nothing like Chen Youwei imagined happened, and he saw a sign with their names written on them in front of the table of each seat. Chen Youwei saw at a glance that his seat was at the outermost part of the rostrum, and he smiled secretly in his heart, if he was not one of the protagonists of the commendation meeting, he might only be able to hide in the corner of the stage when the meeting was held on weekdays.
The leaders who walked at the front of the crowd had already sat down one after another, and Chen Youwei followed Huang Shijun, who was sitting on the side, to sit down. Taking advantage of the moment he sat down, Chen Youwei looked at the few people in the middle of the rostrum.
The thin old man with a majestic face in the middle should be Du Weigang, the leader of Shuiyang County, and the man with glasses in his forties next to him should be the county magistrate Li Tiejun, that is, Li Mengmeng's father. Chen Youwei, the person sitting on Du Weigang's left hand, had no impression at all, maybe this was the leader from the region.
Next to Li Tiejun is a middle-aged man who is not very old, energetic and always smiling, Chen Youwei knows that it is Xue Daoming, deputy secretary of the county party committee. Next to Xue Daoming is Zhang Jianguo, the head of the organization. As for the other leaders on the rostrum, most of Chen Youwei only heard their names and didn't know their people, and they couldn't get the right number anyway, so they simply didn't pay attention to them.
The wall behind the solemn rostrum was blocked by a red curtain, and the red flags were displayed diagonally on two sides, and in the center of the curtain was a huge party flag. From the moment the leaders entered the venue, the athletes' march was constantly played in the venue, and the atmosphere was warm and exciting.
"Comrades, it's quiet, now the meeting begins!" Guan Ming, director of the office of the county party committee, the host of the meeting, announced.
The sound of music stopped, and the buzzing of the people in the hall also stopped, and thousands of people in the entire venue were silent at the moment. Chen Youwei can clearly feel that this kind of silence can actually bring invisible depression to everyone.
After Guan Ming briefly read out the agenda and significance of the meeting, it was the regional leaders who spoke first, and then Chen Youwei realized that the middle-aged man who was not good-looking and always had a smile was actually Qi Shengli, the regional propaganda minister. Listening to Qi Shengli's slow but calm and powerful voice, Chen Youwei secretly paid attention to himself, and it was best to keep his speech at such a speed later.
This was followed by a long speech by Du Weigang, secretary of the county party committee.
It was the first time for Chen Youwei to attend such a formal meeting, or it was the first time for him to formally sit on the rostrum and listen to such a large-scale meeting. In the past, when I attended the meeting, I heard this kind of red tape and verbosity in my speech, and I felt sleepy, but at this moment, I didn't have it at all, and Chen Youwei listened to Du Weigang's sonorous and powerful speech, remembered it in his ears, remembered it in his heart, and repeatedly figured out the meaning.
Although most of the audience in the dark and oppressive audience lowered their heads and couldn't see what they were doing, the expressions of the audience who looked up in the first few rows still made Chen Youwei have some indescribable emotions.
Du Weigang's subdued speech continued, while Chen Youwei continued to ponder and think, the secretary of the county party committee is just a department level, but in this small Shuiyang County, the official authority is very great. Thinking of himself in another world, not to mention that a small department-level cadre didn't take it seriously, even at the department and bureau level, how could he take it seriously.
Chen Youwei sighed softly, he is still a grassroots person now, and he does not have the strong background in the past, so he can only climb up step by step with his own efforts. In the current situation, the county level, which was unbearable in his eyes in the past, is undoubtedly a tall mountain waiting for him to climb hard. Fortunately, the first step of the officialdom is about to change hands, Chen Youwei comforted himself stupidly, it is much better than the poor little section member.
For this commendation, Chen Youwei naturally pays attention to the abnormal, and he is actually full of contradictions at the moment. Judging from the current publicity and commendation of himself, promotion to the first level should be a certainty. He is familiar with the operation of the system, and he knows very well that it is easy to set an example, and naturally he cannot be treated badly, otherwise after the people's hearts fluctuate, his authority will be lost, and who will do this work in the future.
But if he returned to the county like this, Chen Youwei was a little unwilling, and he was highly commended by the county and even the whole region this time, in the final analysis, because of the canal repair in Liujiawan. In all fairness, Chen Youwei really didn't completely attribute the credit to himself, and in his opinion, he just made such a thing as repairing the canal because of the idea that Liu Jiawan and Xiao Li Wan were eager to change their fate. I'm just playing tricks, and it's the thousands of stick laborers in the two villages who really make a big difference.
So really speaking, Chen Youwei feels that he owes a great favor to the villagers of Liujiawan, if he can continue to stay in Liujiawan and try his best to help the people there build a decent road, that is what Chen Youwei wants to do most now.
But then again, now Chen Youwei's future and fate are no longer in his own hands, and if he really returns to the county seat with the help of this canal repair commendation and reward, Chen Youwei will not refuse. This year is no longer the time in the past when the more advanced you are, the more you have to stay in a difficult environment, maybe you can get a bigger new appointment next to the leader, and the higher the position is promoted, the more you can do something practical for more people.
Du Weigang's speech finally ended, and there was a warm applause on and off the stage, Chen Youwei thought badly, this is everyone cheering for the end of a period of painful suffering.
After Du Weigang's speech, it was the county magistrate Li Tiejun, Li Tiejun's speech was also decent, and Chen Youwei was completely disinterested after listening to it. Chen Youwei muttered to himself, presumably most of the speeches of these leaders were drafted by the secretaries in the office. Although they are all speeches, the quality of Li Tiejun's speeches is obviously much more mediocre, is it true that the pen in the government office is so much worse than that in the county party committee? Chen Youwei was deeply skeptical.
Next is Huang Shijun, thinking that the secretary of the Xiaohe Township Party Committee, who is usually unrestrained and solemn, is standing on the podium at this moment, but his face is flushed, although his speech is quite smooth, Chen Youwei can clearly hear the trembling between his voices.
Looking at the absent-minded appearance of the crowd in the audience, Chen Youwei couldn't help but wonder what kind of expressions everyone would have when he came to the stage to speak.
"Next, Comrade Chen Youwei, a resident cadre of Liujiawan Village, will speak on stage!" Guan Ming, the host of the meeting, finally said what Chen Youwei wanted to hear the most.
It's not that Chen Youwei is looking forward to performing well on stage, but he never thought that sitting on this stage and being stared at by everyone in the audience would be so uncomfortable. Although his expression is always very calm, it is still a little awkward to be treated as a monkey like this.
It's coming, it's finally here!
Chen Youwei took a deep breath, got up slowly, held a thick speech in his hand, and walked to the podium with calm steps.
The venue, which has always maintained good order, finally made a commotion, Chen Youwei smiled bitterly in his heart, presumably at this time, everyone's curiosity about themselves is probably not much stronger than going to the park to see monkeys.
Standing quietly in front of the podium, carefully observing the crowd with different expressions under the stage, Chen Youwei cleared his throat and began to speak. Although Liu Dami's manuscript is not very suitable for Chen Youwei's appetite, he has no intention of demolishing the stage for others on this occasion. Anyway, everyone is doing their job, and the manuscript that people have worked so hard to get is not just to be able to show it in such a solemn and serious scene. Besides, there is really no need for the personal secretary of the county party secretary to offend people because of this.
Chen Youwei read the speech step by step, and basically did not make any changes to the draft, but when talking about the problems encountered in repairing the canal, the difficult conditions in Liujiawan, and the inconvenient transportation, Chen Youwei could not help but talk about his personal feelings.
The rhythm of Chen Youwei's speech was well controlled, and there was no chaos and disorder in ordinary people on stage, and the standard Mandarin echoed in the air above the venue.
Qi Shengli, the regional propaganda minister, was stunned when he heard Chen Youwei's voice at first glance, and quietly smiled and whispered to Du Weigang on the side: "This young man's Mandarin is really good, it sounds like a news broadcast, hehe." ”
A smile appeared in the corner of Du Weigang's eyes and said: "This Chen Youwei graduated from a key university and has seen some of the world, and these should have been learned in school." However, we in Shuiyang are really grateful to the region for distributing such good seedlings to us, to be honest, we were really overjoyed to see such seedlings distributed to us last year. As soon as possible, he was put in a place like the government to exercise. ”
Qi Shengli smiled and nodded, stopped speaking, and continued to listen sideways to Chen Youwei's speech.
There was a slight commotion in the audience when Chen Youwei first appeared, and when Chen Youwei began to speak, the atmosphere in the venue gradually became solemn. Regardless of whether Chen Youwei was lucky or something else, the hardships of Liujiawan were still beyond their expectations, and when they heard that Liujiawan and Xiaoliwan even almost had a fight because of the water, many people exclaimed. The township and town cadres who go to the countryside all the year round are stronger, and those who have always sat in the office in the county town can hardly imagine that there are such a shocking incident of fighting despite the difficult living conditions there.
Gradually, everyone's eyes looking at Chen Youwei began to change, no wonder people can make such achievements at a young age, and they can easily solve the problem of water grabbing and fighting that the county leaders have a headache when they hear it, and this alone is a great contribution.
Chen Youwei honestly followed the script, and at the end of the speech, the audience burst into thunderous applause for a long time. Chen Youwei bowed slightly to the rostrum and the audience, and his steady performance was eye-catching.
"Good performance!"
Hanging a heart finally fell, Chen Youwei sat on the seat, and Huang Shijun on the side nodded sideways and praised gently.
Chen Youwei smiled slightly, did not speak, but suddenly found that his palms were full of sweat stains.
It seems that my brother still needs to exercise more, Chen Youwei sighed, even if he has seen more scenes in the other world. But to really let yourself experience this kind of heart-wrenching scene, this is the first time that I really almost lost my legs and lost my temper on the spot.