Li Mei tugged at Su Yu, and Su Yu saw Secretary Shi. However, she didn't pay much attention. Everyone in the office knew that Secretary Shi was there to see Chu Hong. Whenever Mayor Chen needed anything from the secretariat, he would go to Chu Hong.

Although they were somewhat unconvinced, Chu Hong was a college student and could indeed write articles, so no one else said anything.

Secretary Shi stood at the door for a few seconds, and upon seeing Su Yu, went straight to her. "This must be Comrade Su Yu. I heard you were involved in the employee housing construction plan that's being piloted in the city?"

Su Yu was surprised that Secretary Shi would take the initiative to greet her. She stood up with a smile and said, "Hello, Secretary Shi, I'm Su Yu. I did participate in your project, but I was just an assistant. It was mainly the efforts of the other colleagues."

"Comrade Su Yu, please don't be like that. Your abilities have been recognized by Vice Mayor Qiu." Secretary Shi said with a gentle smile, "Since you are also in the Secretariat, then the draft that Mayor Chen needs this time will be written by you. I believe that with your abilities, you will definitely be able to write it."

Everyone in the secretariat was watching Secretary Shi and Su Yu.

Li Mei, who was standing next to her, also opened her eyes wide.

Everyone looked at Chu Hong and was puzzled to see that she looked calm.

The sun rose in the west.

Su Yu hesitated, "Secretary Shi, thank you for your trust. But I'm new here and still getting used to the work. I don't know what style of drafts Mayor Chen usually uses. How about this, let Sister Mei write them? Sister Mei has been here for several years, and her qualifications are beyond question."

Li Mei, who was standing next to her, quickly smiled.

Secretary Shi glanced at her and shook his head. "Comrade Su Yu, you're also from the Secretariat. How can you delegate this task to someone else? That's inappropriate. Anyone who comes to the Secretariat can't be incapable of writing articles, right? Could Vice Mayor Qiu have made a mistake in choosing someone?"

Su Yu looked at Secretary Shi and smiled inwardly. It seemed that Secretary Shi was really going to give her some work.

He guessed she hadn't investigated her background properly. Otherwise, she would have known that her articles had been published in the newspaper before. Well, even if she took a shortcut, she couldn't be completely incapable of writing. Later, she did a series of articles for the factory newspaper for a while, which honed her writing skills.

However, he still looked troubled and said, "Well, alright then, I'll write it. I just don't know what style Mayor Chen likes."

"Mayor Chen doesn't have any specific requirements; you can write whatever you think is appropriate. Most of the attendees at this meeting are worker representatives. Since you also come from a factory, you should know them well. This is a perfect opportunity to entrust this matter to you."

"Okay... I understand." Su Yu nodded hesitantly.

Secretary Shi smiled and said, "We need it by tomorrow morning, so please do it as soon as possible." Then he turned and left.

As soon as everyone left, Li Mei pulled Su Yu aside and said, "Su Yu, can you write this? Or I can help you write it." Su Yu had just joined the secretariat and certainly didn't have much experience with writing articles.

Su Yu shook her head. "Forget it. If people find out that the work I was given was written by someone else, we'll all be criticized later."

Liu Lei, the senior colleague in the office, said, "Comrade Chu Hong, please give Comrade Su Yu some guidance. After all, this is a matter for our secretariat."

Chu Hong hesitated, "I might not have time. I have other work to do. Mayor Chen needs a draft next week, and I need to revise it."

Liu Lei frowned.

Su Yu said, "Never mind, I'll look into it myself."

Chu Hong smiled and said, "Comrade Su Yu, you mustn't ask someone for help. Mayor Chen is a very strict person. If he finds out that you even have someone else write your drafts, he won't trust you anymore."

"Thanks for the reminder. I don't like to have someone else write my articles either," Su Yu said with a smile.

The fact that Secretary Shi arranged for Su Yu to write the article quickly reached the ears of Deputy Director Liu and Director Zhou.

After all, people usually arrange the secretariat's work through these two. It's just that Secretary Shi usually goes to Chu Hong and is used to it, while Director Zhou and the others are used to Mayor Chen's approach, so they don't think much of it.

But this time, the sudden change of personnel, and the arbitrary assignment of tasks without even informing them, made the two of them somewhat angry.

Deputy Director Liu was a smooth talker and didn't want to offend Secretary Shi. "It's a matter of course. Anyway, it's just writing a draft. It doesn't matter who I use."

Director Zhou slammed his fist on the table. "You have to get my approval before you can hire anyone. Sending someone with no experience to write a draft for Mayor Chen? If it's poorly written, our secretariat will lose face too. What future prospects does this person have?"

Deputy Director Liu asked, "So what are you planning to do?"

Director Zhou said, “I’ve also looked into Comrade Su. She has the ability, but she’s still in the adaptation phase. When people arrive in a new environment, they always need to adapt and get used to it first. It’s not appropriate to assign work rashly. So, you go and find out about Comrade Su’s situation first. If she finds it difficult, then replace her. Let another senior colleague write it. Lao Liu, you’re in charge of internal affairs. You also need to put in the effort to train the newcomers in our department.”

“...Okay, I’ll ask Su later.”

...

Back at the secretariat, as soon as she got off work in the morning, Li Mei secretly told Su Yu, "I just overheard Liu Lei saying that he saw Chu Hong also writing a draft, on the same topic as yours. It's possible that Secretary Shi arranged it for her privately."

Su Yu said, "Is it because I'm worried that my writing isn't good enough, so I'm having her fill in?"

"I don't know, but here, even if a draft isn't well-written, it's sent back for rewriting, and we don't change the writer. Unless it's really badly written." Li Mei said somewhat angrily, "That's not fair."

"Forget it, what can we do about things assigned by the boss?" Su Yu said, holding her lunchbox. "I'm going to eat first; I still have to write an article later."

She also needed to ask Secretary Song about Mayor Chen's usual way of handling things, as this concerned a matter of Rao's preferences. A draft written with a tailored approach would be the most suitable.

Even a perfect essay needs a teacher who likes this kind of topic.