Chapter 97 Praise

"It looks like there are foreign businessmen coming."

Director Kong was mumbling something, but Captain Tang didn't hear clearly and asked, "What did you say, Director Kong?"

Director Kong ignored him.

He first took Captain Tang to the Propaganda Department. After all, if something was to be published in the newspaper, he definitely couldn't just go to the county magistrate and other high-ranking officials, so he had to go to the Propaganda Minister first to let them know.

Director Kong knocked on the door. "Is Minister Chen here? I am Kong Wanzong from Heping Commune."

After hearing the voice of "Come in", Director Kong brought Captain Tang in.

Because we meet several times a year, we are all familiar with each other.

"Hello, Minister Chen. This is Captain Tang from our Zhongxing Brigade. He is here with me for the meeting this time."

Minister Chen shook hands with them one by one, asked them to sit down, and then asked, "The meeting will be held in the afternoon. Why are you in such a hurry to come here?" He did not sit down, but took two cups to pour them some tea.

Captain Tang was very excited: "Leader, I will do it myself, you take a seat, you take a seat first."

Director Kong took out the newspaper from his bag and said, "I called you yesterday and heard from them that you went to the commune for an inspection, so I thought I'd come and tell you earlier today."

When Minister Chen saw the newspaper, Dazhong Daily from the provincial capital, he became interested: "What exactly is going on?"

Director Kong took the initiative to turn the newspaper to the article written by Shen Ruoqing and pointed it to Minister Chen: "The thing is, there is a member of our commune, this one called Shen Ruoqing, whose article was published in Dazhong Daily. Minister Chen, please take a look."

Minister Chen's eyes widened when he heard this.

In recent years, they have encouraged people from the communes below to submit articles, but the response has been mediocre. Because everyone is a farmer, how much literary talent can they have? These newspapers have special people to submit articles, how many articles from outside can they read? Submissions also cost money for postage, and over time, no one submitted articles.

Minister Chen read the entire article carefully.

This article is well written. It also mentions which brigade and commune they are from. Isn't this very prominent? It proves that the commune and brigade under his command are hardworking and rich, smart and daring. This is all good news! When I see the age of the writer, my first impression is that she is talented. At this age, she can write articles and appear in newspapers. It's just that she is a little too young. Otherwise, she should be given a job to keep this talent.

Minister Chen suddenly stood up and said, "This little girl from your brigade writes well. I will take this newspaper to the county magistrate. Come with me."

Minister Chen took them a few steps and they arrived at the county governor's office.

The county magistrate was here at the moment.

I also thought this article was well written. "In fact, we have foreign businessmen coming today, and I was wondering how to discuss economic development. Your article came at the perfect time."

Foreign businessmen are actually overseas Chinese, but these overseas Chinese have left their own province, and now they have done big business abroad and come back to their hometown to support construction. Of course, supporting construction is supporting construction, and the money that should be earned must still be earned.

At this time, foreign businessmen are inspecting various counties.

This article describes how the people of the brigade wisely sold mountain products to get out of poverty. Isn't this a good example of economic development? After all, if you want people to invest, you still have to show a good image.

At the beginning of the meeting, the county magistrate read the article to everyone.

Then he praised the Zhongxing Brigade, saying that they put the working people in their hearts, and praised him as the team leader for doing real work for the people.

Then the next content was the plan for the second half of the year, etc. The foreign businessmen who came to attend the meeting sat in the corner and listened quietly, but did not make any disturbing moves.

After the meeting, everyone rushed to buy the latest Dazhong Daily, and when they were ready to go back, they asked why there were so many brigades under their commune and many high school students, but there was not a single one that could be used yet.

Director Kong didn't express anything on the surface, but anyone could see his pride.

After all, it was rare for Heping Commune to be singled out and taken seriously by the leaders. This time, if he showed his face, it would be more gratifying than if he got a little more salary. Especially in this era when honor is more important than money.

When Captain Tang returned to the village, he was so excited. It was the first time that a leader praised him by name.

He felt a little sorry that the enamel pot that was awarded for the advanced team was given to the Shen family, and now the county has awarded him another enamel pot.

Nowadays, enamel pots or enamel cups are not something you can buy casually. They require industrial coupons.

After returning to the village, he held another meeting, took out the newly bought Dazhong Daily and read it in front of all the people in the brigade. He emphasized on praising Shen Ruoqing and rewarded the Shen family with five kilograms of fine grain in front of all the people in the brigade.

This made many people jealous.

However, it was the Shen family who proposed selling the mountain products to the supply and marketing cooperative, and it was their ability to write the article, so there was no point in being jealous.

Wang looked at the reward and murmured, "My sister-in-law, writing something is much better than farming for us."

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Finally, Captain Tang said with some regret: "If Ruoqing was older, the commune would have arranged a job for her. It's a pity."

Wang glared: It’s not enough to reward me with so many things, and I still have to be assigned a job?

Someone sighed: "Fifteen is not young anymore. Can't factories recruit workers at the age of sixteen?"

"That's a shame, they're only one year apart."

"Isn't that a loss? This is a government-funded job."

"But it doesn't matter. Ruoqing is still young. If she writes an article in a year or two, she can still be assigned a job. It's just a matter of going early or late."

The crowd talked for a while and then slowly dispersed.

Old Mrs. Ji was very proud: "It is true that anyone with slightly better grades can get into high school, but not everyone can get into newspapers."

Ji Meihua's face turned green, and she went back to scold Liu Xinyi: "Look at you, you are a girl who spent so much money to study. Shen Ruoqing's articles can be published in newspapers, and she gets paid and given food, but what about you? What did you bring back to me!"

Liu Xinyi was also very surprised. Shen Ruoqing's article being published in the newspaper had never happened in her previous life. Why did things change so much after her rebirth? "Grandma, Shen Ruoqing was just lucky. She just wrote an article and it happened to be picked up by the newspaper. It's nothing great."

"Didn't you hear? The people in the commune were almost going to give her a job! You still think this is nothing special? If you have the ability, go write an article for me and put it in the newspaper!"

Liu Xinyi gritted her teeth and said, "She was lucky. She happened to write an article about our brigade selling mountain products. Maybe this matter just caught the attention of the newspaper. It would be the same no matter who wrote it. It's just that I didn't seize this opportunity. Grandma, this doesn't mean that I am worse than Shen Ruoqing. Let's wait and see what will happen in the future."

(End of this chapter)