In the end, he was young, his body recovered quickly, after more than ten days of recuperation, Zhou Jing was able to get out of bed and take a walk in the ward, in order to save medical expenses, he decided to be discharged early and return home to recuperate.

The matter of directly participating in the work caused a difference of opinion between the parents, and the mother Yuan Xiuhua was resolute and asked him to repeat his studies for a year and retake the college entrance examination, while his father Zhou Xueming respected his son's choice and did not obstruct it.

After several arguments, Yuan Xiuhua finally compromised, but for this matter, she also cried quietly a few times, after all, her worries are actually not unreasonable, without a college diploma, it is indeed difficult to gain a foothold in society.

On Wednesday afternoon, Secretary Gao Yuan called and tactfully informed him that because of his low education, it would be very difficult to transfer Zhou Jing directly to the Political Axe Office, so Wang Yannian decided to overdo it and let him work in other units temporarily.

Among the alternative units, there are China Merchants Bureau and Education Bureau, the former is directly under the direct management of Wang Yannian, in terms of employment, there is naturally no problem, you can go to work at any time, and the procedures can be made up later, and the latter is also very simple, just say hello to Vice Mayor Zeng Qinming, and it can be solved.

Zhou Jing is very self-aware, he does not have a university diploma, and it is easy to cause criticism when he goes to work in the education department, so he did not hesitate to choose China Merchants and take it as the starting point of his career.

In the next few days, the results of the college entrance examination came down, and the classmates began to treat each other and hold various parties.

One day in mid-August, Zhou Jing successfully completed the personnel relations and rode his bicycle to report to China Merchants, which is a three-storey blue-gray building on Guanghua Road, and the outer wall skin fell off in many places, revealing the red bricks inside, which looked very unsightly.

He parked his bicycle and was walking towards the door, but a piece of watermelon peel fell from the sky and happened to fall at his feet, Zhou Jing looked up, but saw a figure flashing in the window on the second floor, as if someone had just left.

Looking at the dirty garbage at the door, as well as the bicycles placed at random, Zhou Jing couldn't help but shake his head slightly, intuitively, he could feel that the management of this unit was a little loose, and the work efficiency was naturally not too high.

He first went up to the second floor, went to the office to go through the relevant procedures, and then under the guidance of a receptionist, he went to the third floor, knocked on the office of Director Xie Changzhi, and after entering the room, he found an old man who was a little bald, sitting behind the desk and talking on the phone.

Seeing this, the reception staff turned around and went out, Zhou Jing stood at the door, waited for about three or four minutes, Xie Changzhi put down the microphone, touched the cup, took a sip of tea, raised his head, and said lightly: "Something?" ”

Zhou Jing hurriedly took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "Thank you, I'm here to report." ”

Xie Changzhi put down the teacup and said slowly: "Oh, the new guy? ”

Zhou Jing nodded with a smile and said softly: "Yes, my name is Zhou Jing, and I will ask the director to take care of me in the future." ”

"Zhou Jing?" Xie Changzhi frowned, and asked casually, "You and Gao Yuan are relatives?" ”

Zhou Jing shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "No, it's just that I have had a few encounters with Secretary Gao." ”

"That's right." Xie Changzhi smiled faintly, picked up the materials on the table, glanced at them a few times, and said without raising his head: "You go to China Merchants Stocks, the head of the stock is Qin Xiaoqian, if there is anything you don't understand, just ask her." ”

"Okay, thank you." Zhou Jing noticed the change in Director Xie's expression, and he didn't want to explain too much, so he smiled slightly, turned around and left the office, gently closed the door, and walked towards the staircase.

In the long corridor, there was no one in the hallway, and the doors of the several deputy director's offices passed by were closed, I don't know if there were leaders inside, the whole floor was unusually quiet, and it seemed extremely deserted, so that Zhou Jing didn't feel lighter.

The office of China Merchants Stock is on the second floor, the third room from the left, after entering the room, I saw that the office is not big, but there are four old-style desks, near the corner of the wall, there are two red leather sofas, presumably reserved for guests.

There was no air conditioning in the room, only a fan was whirling, and next to the fan, sat a middle-aged woman in her forties, wearing a pink dress, but her legs were on the desk, very separated, and let the fan blow the skirt fluttering.

The middle-aged woman is holding a knitting needle and wool in her hand, she is knitting a sweater, the knitting needle is flying up and down, very skillful, one sleeve is almost knitted, and at the desk behind her, a middle-aged man with glasses is sitting, flipping through the newspaper.

Both of them saw Zhou Jing, but neither of them said anything, they all treated him as air, but they were busy with their own things.

Zhou Jing smiled and introduced himself: "Hello two, I'm new here, my name is Zhou Jing, please take care of me in the future." ”

The middle-aged woman took out her knitting needle, scratched her hair, and said curiously, "How old are you?" ”

Zhou Jing hurriedly walked over, pulled a chair, sat next to her, and smiled, "Eighteen years old." ”

The middle-aged woman was a little surprised, and asked with a smile: "So young, you came to work at China Merchants, your family is quite hard, is it a relative of the leader?" ”

Zhou Jing hurriedly shook his head and said softly: "No, my family is very ordinary." ”

The middle-aged woman was interested, leaned over, and asked in a low voice, "Paid to come in?" ”

Zhou Jing was a little speechless, and said with a smile: "No, I didn't spend a penny." ”

The middle-aged woman obviously didn't believe it, and pouted: "China Merchants is still successful, and it rarely presses wages, which is stronger than ordinary units, but the establishment has long been full, and it is difficult for those who have no door and no money to come in." ”

Zhou Jing smiled slightly, and said softly: "Eldest sister's surname? ”

"My name is He Yufeng, you can call me Sister He!" The middle-aged woman turned around, pointed to the middle-aged man with glasses, and said with a smile: "His name is Lin Fusheng, he is an old man from China Merchants Bureau, I was transferred from the Health Bureau, and I have been here for less than two years." ”

Zhou Jingjing nodded, walked to Lin Fusheng's table, took out the prepared cigarette from his coat pocket, and asked politely, "Master Lin, do you smoke?" ”

"Don't suck." Lin Fusheng waved his hand, put down the newspaper, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, stared at Zhou Jing, and said softly: "Do you know how to play chess?" ”

Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I will order, but it's not good." ”

"It's okay, I can give you a horse." Lin Fusheng bent down, took out the chessboard from the corner of the wall, put it on the desk, and said with a smile: "Sit down, let's kill a few games." ”

Zhou Jing couldn't laugh or cry, and said softly: "Playing chess during work hours, isn't it good?" ”

Lin Fusheng put the chess pieces on the table and said slowly: "It's okay, the leader rarely goes downstairs, and he doesn't see each other a few times a month, our life here is still very nourishing, as long as he doesn't make trouble, no one will care." ”

Zhou Jing couldn't refuse, so he pulled a chair and sat down, put the chess pieces one by one, and said with a smile: "What, here in our China Merchants Bureau, has the work been very idle?" ”

"Of course." Lin Fusheng's gaze shot out of the thick lenses, fell on Zhou Jing's face, and said softly: "There may be nothing here, but there is enough time, so you have to cultivate more hobbies, otherwise, you will feel like a year." ”

Zhou Jing frowned slightly, and said puzzledly: "Some time ago, the newspapers were reporting all day long, saying that our work of attracting investment here is in full swing, how can it be so idle?" ”

Lin Fusheng grinned, showed a mouth full of scorched teeth, shook his head and said: "Of course it should be written in the newspaper, sing praises every day, drum up enthusiasm, that is their job, if you don't pick up good writing, the top will be held accountable, and the newspaper leaders will be responsible." ”

Zhou Jing also smiled and said softly, "Chief Qin is out?" ”

Lin Fusheng nodded, pulled the cannon to the middle, and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Qin went to the municipal axe to deliver materials, and it is estimated that he will be able to come back in the afternoon." ”

Zhou Jing jumped off the horse and continued to ask, "Master Lin, it seems that there are not many people in our unit?" ”

Lin Fusheng smiled, shook his head and said: "Why not much, the establishment has long been exceeded, many people usually don't come, of course they can't see it, and they can't meet until the time of expenditure." ”

Zhou Jing frowned and said curiously: "If they don't come to work, doesn't the director care?" ”

"What's that for?" Lin Fusheng arched his steps, picked up the big teapot again, drank a sip of water, and said with a smile: "There are fewer people who are clean, and there are more people who are chaotic, and they often quarrel over trivial things, but it is not easy to manage." ”

Zhou Jing frowned slightly, and muttered: "But like this, how can you grasp the work?" ”

Lin Fusheng lifted his glasses, laughed hesitantly, and asked rhetorically, "What is there to catch?" ”

Zhou Jing pondered the words and said in a solemn tone: "The work of attracting investment is related to the development of the city's economy, and it is very important. ”

Lin Fusheng smiled and said disapprerovitically: "That's a matter of the leader's heart, what does it have to do with us, what we have to do is to keep to ourselves, don't be naughty, and give the leader eye medicine, that's good." ”

Zhou Jing shook his head lightly, fiddled with the chess pieces and said, "Master Lin, we have different concepts. ”

Lin Fusheng touched the cannon, knocked it hard, pulled out one of Zhou Jing's cars, threw it aside, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "That's because you are too young, inexperienced, and fine, and after staying in the unit for a long time, the concept will naturally be reversed." ”

Zhou Jing suddenly wanted to laugh, but he couldn't laugh, so he shook his head and said softly: "No, I can't be idle, if I mess around all day, I will get sick." ”

Lin Fusheng glanced at him, stared down at the chessboard again, and said lightly: "It's okay, I don't want to stay in the unit, you can go out to do some business and make some extra money, you are still young, you should find a way to make more money, and marry a handsome daughter-in-law in the future." ”

Zhou Jing touched his nose and smiled: "That's not a good job." ”

Lin Fusheng smiled, shook his head and said, "How many people are in this building?" Even our Director Xie Da is not thinking about the unit, he has opened a timber mill outside, and the business is very prosperous, and now he is very rich, and in two years, he will retire as a boss. ”

Zhou Jing didn't say anything, and after a while, he asked again: "In terms of attracting investment, isn't there a set target in the city?" ”

Lin Fusheng nodded, and said softly: "It's set, it's not low, 60 million a year, but it's about 20 million for three consecutive years, and none of them can be completed." ”

Zhou Jing was a little puzzled, and blurted out: "Then there is no explanation?" ”

Lin Fusheng was a little angry, knocked the chess pieces loudly, raised his voice and said: "What can we say, we are a county-level city, a small place with a big palm, and we lack resource advantages, which boss is willing to come?" It's good to be able to do that. ”

He Yufeng also put down the knitting needle and answered next to him: "Xiao Zhou, what you don't understand, the real investment promotion work, that is to rely on the above, the leader has the ability and connections, he can pull the project, count on us people, even if we are tired, we will not be able to produce results." ”

Zhou Jing smiled, shook his head and said: "Sister He, let's do it, the difficulty is not small, but we can't be too pessimistic, let alone use this as a reason to do nothing." ”

"Will!" Lin Fusheng blackened his face, knocked the chess pieces over, and said with a sneer: "Xiao Zhou, your kid is not small, why are you in a hurry to behave just after reporting to the unit?" ”

Zhou Jingjing nodded and said quietly: "No way, since I don't want to adapt, I have to change." ”

Lin Fusheng was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "What has changed?" ”

Zhou Jing dropped the chess pieces and said with a smile: "Concept, there are also rules of the game!" ”