Chapter 184
People from the TV station had been waiting in front of the pier for a long time. Since the pier was located between Wucheng County and Wujiang City, not only reporters from the county TV station came, but also reporters from the city station.
This is indeed a very good point for promotion. Those who can sit in the leadership position are not low-IQ. They naturally know that the student from No. 1 Middle School who was admitted to Beijing University and won the gold medal in the International Olympiad a year ago did not forget her hometown. One year later, she learned that her hometown was flooded and used her scholarship money to buy supplies to give back to her hometown...
They had already conceived the manuscript in their minds before they even met Jiang Xi. Some even wrote the manuscript in advance in order to grab the fastest time to report. In order to make the manuscript more touching, they also added a lot of things in their minds, such as Jiang Xi's frugality and hard work in school, and every penny she saved...
But when they saw Jiang Xi standing on the bow, wearing a raincoat, Standing in the drizzling wind and rain that had been falling for two months, behind him was a huge, high hull covered with oilcloth, and behind him were one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight similar boats, of varying sizes, all of which were rented by Jiang Wu and students from Peking University and National Tsing Hua University, who had tried every possible means to mobilize their connections to mobilize boats.
These supplies were not from Jiang Wu alone, but also from kind-hearted people in the society who were mobilized by Peking University students to donate. The group that came to Wujiang City was led by Jiang Wu.
Jiang Wu also compiled all the specific matters that needed to be paid attention to in disaster relief into a booklet and gave it to the volunteers of other teams. For safety, he also prepared life jackets for everyone.
Many volunteers went to the disaster area just out of passion and righteousness, which was very dangerous. Now, all the volunteers on the boats were wearing life jackets. The
reporters and leaders who came to welcome the disaster relief supplies were stunned to see the fleet. They had never expected that there would be so many supplies. They
turned to look at Secretary Song again, and saw that Secretary Song had a smile on his face, looking up at the fleet that was slowly approaching and approaching the shore.
The fleets filled with supplies looked even more spectacular when they were seen up close.
How much does this cost?
The boat stopped at the shore, and the volunteers on board all got off the boat wearing life jackets and raincoats. Even in the midst of a flood, everything was simple, without any complicated ceremonies. Reporters and cameras recorded this scene truthfully.
The two people in the lead were Jiang Yu from Wucheng No. 1 Middle School and Song Peifeng from Wucheng Senior Middle School.
Song Peifeng was the son of the secretary of Wucheng. This was known to the reporters of Wucheng TV Station. After all, Song Peifeng was admitted to National Tsing Hua University in advance last year. When they wanted to interview Song Peifeng, they already knew about it. Even after a year, they still remembered this handsome boy.
So when they saw Song Peifeng, the cadres who were shocked by the amount of disaster relief supplies looked at Secretary Song's face without any shock, and thought that Secretary Song had known about the donations a long time ago, and that his son Song Peifeng had found a way to get them.
But Secretary Song did not greet his son at the first time, but shook Jiang Xi's hand, and said to Jiang Xi eagerly and excitedly: "I heard about you from Peifeng a long time ago. On behalf of the Wucheng People's Government and the elders and villagers of Wucheng, I thank you for donating so many disaster relief supplies to my hometown."
He also went to shake the hands of the students who were also volunteers from Beijing University one by one, and thanked them one by one.
These people didn't care that Secretary Song was the first to shake Jiang Wu's hand, because Jiang Wu was the initiator of this disaster relief. Jiang Wu alone took half of the donated materials. The rest were donated by the society after they ran around. Although each of them contributed money and effort, their donations were only a drop in the bucket compared to Jiang Wu's donations.
The reporters and the cadres who came to greet them only then knew that half of the materials on these boats came from the hands of this 16- or 17-year-old girl who had been out of Wucheng for only a year. They were all shocked.
Especially the female reporter who had visited Jiang Wu's hometown, she had seen what the house in Jiang Wu's hometown looked like.
Between the buildings, the low black and gray old house, Jiang Liu's narrow and old house with earthen walls and a little sunlight only in the evening.
She was born in such a poor family, but she donated so many materials to her hometown in just one year. This is not just social donations, but half of them come from her personal donations.
After taking the handshake photos of the leaders and volunteers, the reporter also began to interview Jiang Liu. In the wind and rain, Jiang Liu did not say much, but only answered the questions asked by the reporters, encouraging the people of her hometown to unite as one and fight the disaster together!
After that, they immediately joined the flood relief work. The reporters wanted to interview more and wanted to make a special column about flood relief, but Jiang Xi didn't have the time.
Distributing relief supplies is not just a matter of dropping them off at the destination. To prevent looting, the supplies on the boat were all covered with waterproof canvas and tied tightly with coarse hemp ropes. The boat didn't stay at the dock for too long, and they didn't use trucks to transport the supplies to the towns below like the relief workers in the past. The supplies were left in the towns and
the volunteers thought that there was no difference between delivering the supplies to the towns and delivering them to the victims in person.
There was a big difference.
In this still poor era, never overestimate people's greed and bottom line. Even if these supplies are not necessities for the people in Zhenshang County, it does not prevent them from grabbing free things.
It is raining heavily now, and it is not suitable to distribute supplies to the countryside below. She has personally experienced the death of a local old captain who was electrocuted and fell into the water while installing electric wires. She knows very well how dangerous the river surface is at this time.
She brought these people here to provide disaster relief, not to let them die. She brought them here with full of enthusiasm, and she must bring them back to the capital in one piece.
As a local of Wucheng, Jiang Qi also has to arrange accommodation for the volunteers who came with her.
But this is not difficult. There is a guesthouse in Wucheng. The college entrance examination is just a few days away. Some parents who came to accompany their children to take the exam have already lived in the guesthouse. However, most of these parents rent houses near the school. Even if they come to the guesthouse, they will only stay for one or two days at most.
Because Jiang Xi arranged their accommodation personally, and the county government also arranged people to come, everyone in the guesthouse still remembers Jiang Xi. After all, when she was admitted to Peking University and won the IMO gold medal, Jiang Xi's interviews and the joint interviews made by the county TV station could be seen on TV every day. Until now, Jiang Xi's name is still hung on the gate of the county No. 1 Middle School.
The people at the guesthouse were very friendly when they saw Jiang Xi. After hearing that they were volunteers from Beijing who came to support their hometown in disaster relief, the guesthouse waived their accommodation fees and provided them with hot water and meals.
Jiang Xi arranged all of this and went to the county government with Song Peifeng, several volunteer team leaders, and Secretary Song to discuss the specific matters of disaster relief.
Secretary Song looked a little serious, more like Song Peifeng in his previous life. Perhaps he hadn't had a good night's sleep for several days, and his eyes were dark and his face looked even more haggard.
He had never expected that Jiang Xi would give him such a big surprise. Such a large amount of disaster relief supplies could not only appease the people's emotions, but also greatly ease the county government's financial problems for this disaster relief.
Not only for Wu Cheng, the 200,000 life jackets she donated to the army also solved the army's urgent need. Although they had been taking precautions against floods, they still didn't expect the floods to be so severe. In order to fight the floods, the People's Liberation Army used their bodies to carry bags of sandbags to block the dikes, using their weak bodies to fight against the natural disasters of nature.
Even though they had prepared life jackets, they were still not enough, and many soldiers did not have life jackets. The life jackets prepared by Jiang Gui were really like timely rain.
The Song family did not take credit for Jiang Xi's work. This did not have any effect on them. On the contrary, because Jiang Xi handed this matter over to them and used their channels to donate these life jackets to the troops, the Song family had already gained political benefits from this matter. Of course, the
one who benefited more was Jiang Xi. There were thousands of students at Beijing University, but only a few could directly get their names in the top boss circle in Beijing. Jiang Xi got his name among these bosses entirely by his own efforts.
Some people thought she came from a wealthy family, and seeing that she donated so many supplies, they asked, "Whose family is she from?"
Old Song had already known Jiang Gui's affairs clearly, so he said with emotion, "She is a farm girl from a remote mountain village in the south, a golden phoenix that flew out of the mountain nest. Last year, she won the gold medal in the International Olympiad with a perfect score and was admitted to Peking University in advance. At the beginning of this year, she invested all her money in the stock market, and withdrew the money at the end of last month to buy these supplies."
What kind of things, people, and geniuses has the big boss above not seen in his life? But after hearing what Mr. Song said, he couldn't help showing a surprised expression: "You said she had no background, but she dared to invest money in the stock market during last year's financial crisis, and then made money, and used the money she made in the stock market to buy these materials?"
Mr. Song also showed a meaningful expression on his face, nodded and said: "These kids nowadays are incredible."
He also said that Jiang Zemin had told the leaders about the patent layout and the technological sanctions that the country might face in the future.
This matter has been implemented, and the bigwigs above still thought that this matter came from Mr. Song and the Song family. After listening to what Mr. Song said, they realized that such a big layout for the next 20 to 30 years or even longer was actually from a 16 or 17-year-old girl.
Compared with such a long-term vision and pattern, she, a girl from the countryside with no background, dared to invest money decisively in the Asian financial crisis that caused countless families to go bankrupt last year and this year, and was able to make so much money from it and donate it to the disaster victims. This matter is insignificant in front of her broad vision and pattern.
Some people went back afterwards and told the people below, "Go and find out about this person."
To put it nicely, it is to understand, but in fact it is to investigate. No one will believe it completely just because others say a few words casually. Many people still find it hard to imagine that this is something a girl of sixteen or seventeen can do, but there is no reason for the Song family to waste so much material resources and the credit they have picked up now to promote a person who has nothing to do with the Song family. The Song family is not without people.
Apart from other things, isn't the youngest son of the Song family still in a remote small county in the south? There are many outstanding people in the younger generation of the Song family.
Soon, more detailed information about Jiang Xi was placed on the desks of some people.