Fang Xiaoyan is young and more receptive to Cheng Maixiang's new ideas. She is also a loyal admirer of Cheng Maixiang, and learns from her in everything she says and does. This time when she went out, she even wore her best clothes.
Not to mention Ruan Peiling, who was obviously one of the most fashionable people in the city, while Lin Jiayu was wearing a jacket and slim trousers designed specifically for him by Cheng Maixiang.
So in the crowd of people who were covered in dirt, the group from Linwen County was the most eye-catching. They were beautiful and fashionable, except for the one who got on the bus later. He was wearing a traditional military green modified uniform, which made him look out of place among the others.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the Cultural Palace officially opened its doors, and a group of people gathered in front of the door walked in one after another.
Linwen County is under the jurisdiction of Dengcheng City, which has two districts and nine counties under its jurisdiction. Each district and county nominates one advanced individual and advanced collective. In this way, there are a total of ten candidate groups competing with Shuangshui Village Garment Workshop for the title of three advanced collectives in the city.
There is a large auditorium on the second floor of the Municipal Cultural Palace. Nameplates are placed on the tables in the auditorium according to the names of counties and cities. The team from Linwen County was arranged at the right rear of the auditorium. Judging from their position, they should not be valued.
Cheng Maixiang and his group sat down at the place where the nameplate was placed. Although there were many people in the auditorium, it was silent. Only occasionally could they hear the sound of people coming in.
It was the first time for Shen Qingyun's wife and Fang Xiaoyan to attend such a big occasion, so they were inevitably a little nervous. They sat upright and didn't dare to breathe.
Ruan Peiling is a reporter for the county daily newspaper and is accustomed to this kind of scene. At this moment, she is holding a camera and looking for an angle to take pictures in the auditorium.
Lin Jiayu deliberately gave up a day's business today and came to cheer up his young wife, but he didn't expect that his young wife didn't care at all and was not nervous at all. After entering the auditorium, she just looked around curiously. On the contrary, he was nervous because he was looking forward to Shuangshui Village Garment Workshop winning the title of advanced collective in the city.
Although Secretary Song had repeatedly stressed to them before they came that they should not be nervous and should not be too obsessed with winning the city's advanced title, and that participation was what mattered, it would naturally be great if they could win the award, and Shuangshui Village would also receive more support from the county party committee.
It was almost half past nine when the city leaders came to the auditorium one after another and sat in the first row that had been prepared long ago. As soon as they arrived, the already quiet auditorium suddenly became even quieter. Shen Qingyun's wife actually felt a little weak in the legs.
Fang Xiaoyan couldn't help but look at Cheng Maixiang. Although Cheng Maixiang insisted on bringing the two of them out, it was she who went on stage to give the speech. At this moment, she and Mrs. Shen were extremely nervous, but she looked like nothing happened, which made Fang Xiaoyan admire her even more.
At half past eight, the curtain on the stage of the auditorium slowly opened, and a female announcer who was about twenty years old walked out.
Cheng Maixiang knew that in this era, the announcer could spend a long speech introducing the spirit, purpose, process and guests of the meeting. Add to that the speeches from the city party committee leaders, and the main text would probably not be delivered before 9:30. If everyone's speech time was longer, it would probably be afternoon by the time she spoke.
She couldn't help but sigh and started thinking about where to buy food in front of the Cultural Palace so that she could buy something delicious before others after the meeting at noon.
In order to prepare for this trip to the city, Shuangshui Village specially prepared several kilograms of food coupons for the three people and allocated ten yuan from the village account, just to let the three people have a good meal.
To Cheng Maixiang's surprise, before she could plan where to eat, the municipal party secretary had already walked down from the podium and officially began today's report speech.
Each speaker was strictly limited to twelve minutes, with an additional three minutes for questions. According to the lottery order announced by the announcer, Lin Wenxian was ranked fifth. That is, with two speakers per district and county, first individual and then group, Cheng Maixiang was ranked tenth, around eleven o'clock.
This is really a garbage time. Usually by this time, the leaders have listened to a lot of speeches and are already mentally exhausted. Moreover, it is close to lunch time, and many people have empty stomachs and have no energy to listen any further.
It seems that Lin Wenxian is really not valued in Dengcheng City. No wonder Secretary Song repeatedly told her not to care about the results.
Seeing the advanced individual candidate who came with them turn pale, Cheng Maixiang couldn't help but say to him softly, "Didn't Secretary Song say that participation is the most important thing? Even if we can learn a little from others' experience, it's still a gain."
The man forced a smile and did not answer.
The candidates took turns to speak on stage, each reading from a script, just like the period TV dramas Cheng Maixiang had seen in her previous life. The words used in their speeches were extremely close to propaganda language, and they shouted empty slogans in an impassioned tone, as if they could not highlight their identification and loyalty to the country and the government without doing so.
Such speeches may sound quite passionate at first, but if everyone does this, they lose their novelty. Cheng Maixiang found herself drowsy after listening to only three speeches, while the leaders sitting in the first row only asked a few symbolic questions each time and that was the end of the speech.
Finally, it was the turn of the Linwen County candidate. The advanced individual candidate walked up to the stage with his head held high and his speech was still the same old one, but Cheng Maixiang listened to his speech carefully.
It turned out that he was a veteran who had won two first-class merits in the army. After demobilization and returning to the local area, he joined the local power plant. Through learning, he mastered the relevant technology and became a backbone of the power plant.
Whether in the past life or this life, Cheng Maixiang's respect for soldiers is eternal. She didn't expect that the person who came with her today was a former soldier, and she couldn't help but feel awe.
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