Chapter 32: Empathy Buff
Zhou Xian has been a prominent figure in the Taohua Brigade these days. Wherever he goes, people greet him and call him Director Zhou with all their heart.
Comrade Ge Guifen benefited from this. She was an extremely charismatic old lady in the brigade. When she raised her arm, people would immediately gather around her to listen to her bragging about her daughter.
When Zhou Xian had time, he went back to his room and called up the system panel to take a look.
I took a quick look at it when I got the career point, but the more I thought about it, the more I felt like something was wrong.
There was a small red dot flashing underneath. She clicked it and found that it could be opened. There was a big gift package inside.
"Tongzi, what is this?"
"Host, this is the reward for the side character."
"Are there any other rewards besides career points?"
"Yes." The system replied cheerfully.
"Why don't you say anything?"
"Host, you didn't ask?"
Zhou Xian responded to the system with a big eye roll and directly opened the gift package. He saw a red dot and felt uncomfortable if he didn't click it off.
As soon as I poked it, the screen changed. After the gift package was opened, there were only a few words on the screen.
[Host gains empathy buff for others]
The system switched to an electronic voice.
Zhou Xian ignored it. After all, this thing had a product introduction on it and she could read it herself.
It probably means that as long as the user talks to others with sincerity, he can make the other party empathize with him.
It didn't sound like a bad thing, so Zhou Xian used it.
When I used it on my body, I didn't feel anything at all.
She thought about it and went to find Ma Erya and Liu Chunhua to try. But before she could say a few words, the two of them burst into tears. They held her hands and kept saying that they knew they were wrong and would definitely correct it.
Zhou Xian felt too embarrassed to continue speaking, so he could only say a few words quickly and left.
Looking at her back as she left, Ma Erya touched her chest, feeling sad. Thinking back to what she had done in the past, she felt like she was not a human being.
Looking back at Liu Chunhua who was crying with snot and tears, she felt that she had experienced a lot and there were people who were even less human than her.
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In the brigade headquarters, several cadres were somewhat incredulous.
"Has our brigade's radio station really been approved?" the accountant asked in disbelief.
"Then what should we do about the broadcaster?" The branch secretary was worried about the selection of the broadcaster.
In the past, there would be no need for discussion, and this good thing would definitely be chosen from the members of the team. But Zhou Xian said that he wanted to select educated youth, after all, they were people who had written articles that had been published in newspapers.
At this moment, the accountant and the branch secretary both subconsciously looked at Zhou Xian.
Who could have thought that this girl was so amazing that her articles were even published in newspapers, and even their Taohua Brigade became famous in the commune.
She still needs to be considered.
"I still mean the same thing. Choose two people from the educated youth, one male and one female. Dad, uncles, I am a member of our Taohua Brigade, and I will never harm our brigade."
Zhou Xian spoke sincerely, and his ability to suppress empathy showed its effect, and the faces of those brigade cadres all relaxed.
Zhou Jiefang glanced at his daughter, took a puff of his pipe and said, "I think we should just listen to my daughter. She must know what's going on."
The secretary still struggled and said, "Xian girl, you really can't be elected as a member. Although my daughter has only graduated from elementary school, she speaks Mandarin quite well."
Zhou Xian didn't say anything, just looked at the branch secretary quietly.
Finally, the branch secretary sighed helplessly and said, "Well, it's not very standard actually."
The news of setting up a radio station was soon posted on the notice board.
When the members heard that the brigade was going to build a radio station, they immediately became excited. However, when they saw the notice saying that only educated youth would be selected as announcers, they disagreed.
"Why did our Taohua Brigade's radio station choose educated youth?"
"That's right, what does it have to do with the educated youth? We can also be broadcasters."
"That's right, how can you be partial to outsiders?"
"Captain, you must give us an explanation. Why should the position of announcer be given to an educated youth?"
"That's right. You're recruiting two announcers. Why did you give us one instead of one? Why did you give them all to the educated youth?"
There were two announcers, even if they were given only one, they wouldn't be so angry.
Zhou Xian listened quietly on the side, and when everyone had finished talking, he started speaking with his homemade earthen trumpet.
Faced with the members' questions, she directly asked back.
If you want to be a broadcaster, you can.
Can you read?
The members looked at each other in bewilderment.
"I can't read, but there are some young people in the team who can read."
Zhou Xian nodded and continued to ask, "How about Mandarin?"
"It doesn't matter if it's Mandarin or not, as long as we can understand what they say, that's fine."
Zhou Xian said, "Do you know what a broadcaster does?"
Everyone was silent. Isn't this the announcer who is doing the broadcasting? What else can I do?
A few people who had been to the commune looked around and said, “There was a big loud speaker, and the voices were coming out of it.”
"Is the sound from that big speaker nice?"
"It sounds nice." said the person being asked.
The sound coming from the big loudspeaker over there in the commune is so nice, with clear and loud pronunciation.
"The announcer needs to read the documents issued by the higher authorities through the loudspeaker, and also read the newspaper to everyone so that everyone can understand the current policy developments. Also, everyone needs to learn Mandarin so that when you go out in the future, it will be easier to communicate with people outside. If everyone communicates in dialect, you won't understand what others say, and others won't understand what you say either."
They inexplicably felt that what Zhou Xian said made some sense, but everyone was still dissatisfied with the selection of educated youth, but they didn't know how to refute it.
Seeing this, Zhou Jiefang took the homemade loudspeaker and started to persuade the members again. After all, selecting educated youth was also to benefit the development of their Taohua Brigade.
After Zhou Xian stepped down from the stage, he went straight to Director Ji who was standing behind the crowd.
"Director Ji, why are you here?"
"I just came to take a look. Is your team planning to build a radio station?"
"Yes, what happened before made me feel that some people's old ideas are still quite serious. We must let them know that this is a new society and that old ideas will not work here. The best way is to let them be baptized by new ideas every day, so that they can realize their mistakes faster."
Zhou Xian’s purpose is not limited to this, and of course she will not tell Director Ji about her purpose now.
"Good, you did a great job." Director Ji didn't expect Zhou Xian to be so thoughtful.
There was even more approval in his eyes for the young man.
When Zhou Xian invited her to come in and sit down, she simply waved her hand and refused.
Zhou Xian went back and smiled shyly at Director Ji with a homemade notebook. "Director Ji, it's like this. I think what you did before is very meaningful to the majority of women, so I want to ask you for the specific details."
"What are you doing?" Director Ji looked at her and had his own guess in his mind.
"I want to write an article about this incident and submit it to the Beijing Women's News."
"Women's Newspaper?" Director Ji thought Zhou Xian wanted to continue submitting to the county newspaper.
But no matter where it is delivered, it is a good thing for them to carry out the work of the Women's Federation.
So naturally, she knew everything about Zhou Xian's problems.
Zhou Xian carefully recorded everything, and of course told Director Ji the worst possible scenario, "I have this idea, but I don't know if the newspaper will approve it."
"It's okay, just go ahead and do your best. Whether it passes or not is up to the newspaper company."
Director Ji would not make things difficult for Zhou Xian because of this. After all, even she herself could not guarantee that the newspaper would accept Zhou Xian's manuscript.
Zhou Xian was relieved. After Director Ji left, Zhou Jiefang's case was also over, and everyone was finally calmed down.
Although those members were unwilling, the brigade had already made the decision and there was no point in their objection.
When I saw the educated youth on the way back, they didn't look happy either.
The educated youth were a little excited. For them, being a broadcaster was much better than working in the fields. Although they only worked half a day, they were still paid.
As for the attitudes of the members, they don't care. They don't get along well in the first place. Will they not participate just because the members are unhappy?
After the notice was posted, the brigade headquarters was crowded with educated youth.
This time, the recruitment of announcers requires an exam, and the branch secretary is responsible for the registration.
Because we are recruiting two announcers, one male and one female, the results of men and women will be ranked separately.
These are clearly stated in the notice.
Zhou Xian was responsible for making the exam questions. In order to make the questions, she even found her old textbooks.
In order to prevent others from knowing the questions in advance, she locked herself in the room. Even when Comrade Ge Guifen brought her food, she could only put it on the windowsill and no one could see her.
Moreover, as an educated youth, my third sister-in-law Wang Xuemei can also take part in this exam.
Zhou Xian had to avoid suspicion even more.
The test paper at this moment was naturally handwritten by herself, but Zhou Xian only wrote one, and asked the system to help her with the rest. If she wanted to earn career points, the system could not do nothing.
There is still a slight variation in the handwriting. After all, it is impossible for her to write exactly the same on every page.
After the test papers were issued, the brigade headquarters called all the educated youth to take the exam.
Almost all the educated youth in the educated youth points have come here. For them, this opportunity is really rare.
But they still don't have much confidence about the exam.
Just looking at the posted notice, this exam is quite strict. After all, the purpose is to promote Mandarin. So after the exam, Mandarin in previous years will also be assessed. Only candidates who meet the standards will be selected as announcers.
No one understood why the brigade made such arrangements, even the members were puzzled.
Although the educated youth did not understand, they were practicing speaking desperately in the past two days. The educated youth came from all over the country, and some of them actually spoke with accents, but their accents were not as strong as those of the other members of the commune.
Some of them have been working in the countryside for a long time and have developed a local accent, and are now trying to correct it.
The invigilators this time were the branch secretary and the accountant. Although some educated youth were married to people in the brigade, they would not give them any special treatment because of this.
Both of them had a completely businesslike attitude.
After the exam, the two people collected the test papers and handed them to Zhou Xian for marking.
In the brigade headquarters, Zhou Xian was grading test papers, and Zhou Jiefang and other cadres were watching.
After correcting a paper, I would pass it around for a long time. People might not understand it, but I would always want to take a look at it.
It still looks rigorous.
When he saw one of the test papers, Zhou Jiefang's hand, which was about to pass it to the next cadre, suddenly stopped, took it back, and took a closer look.
"Captain, what's wrong? Is there any problem with the test paper?" the accountant came over and asked.
Zhou Jiefang didn't say anything. Although he was not well educated, he had no problem reading.
He felt that the handwriting on the test paper was familiar, and somewhat similar to the handwriting on the letter that reported him.
Because he was unsure, he looked at it over and over again for a long time.
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