Chapter 132
Xia Zhuyun has been in office for nearly a week, but the selection of secretary remains undecided.
The office has limited staff, and currently only Shen Lina and Li Jian are not full-time secretaries of the leaders, so there is almost no room for her to choose.
But Xia Zhujun was not very satisfied with Xiao Shen.
It has nothing to do with academic qualifications.
Technical secondary school is considered an upper-middle level of education nowadays. Shen Lina was able to be assigned to the Industrial Department, which shows that her academic qualifications are actually acceptable.
Xia Zhuyun just felt that Xiao Shen had graduated from technical secondary school less than a year ago, lacked work experience, and was not mature enough in some aspects.
After the news of Director Guo's transfer spread, Xiao Shen took the opportunity to deliver documents to frequently contact her. Of course, he also contacted Director Wang from the Finance Department.
Xia Zhuyun did not object to this approach. It was human nature to want to have a good relationship with one's future boss.
However, her superiors had not yet issued the official appointment notice, and Xiao Shen's approach posed a great risk to herself.
Firstly, it would easily give people the impression that she is trying to please both sides. Secondly, if the new leader is transferred from another unit, not only would her efforts be wasted, but it might also cause the new leader to feel resentful.
It's a thankless task.
If you are in Shen Lina's position, you either have to contact the leader privately or do nothing at all.
She is the only female comrade in the office who is suitable to be a full-time secretary. No matter who becomes the leader, she may be asked to act as secretary temporarily for a period of time in the initial stage.
If she is competent, she will be kept; if she is not competent, she will be assigned to other positions.
Xia Zhuyun has worked in the Industry Department for many years, but the burden of her new position is heavy. She needs a secretary with rich work experience who can serve as her right-hand man.
And an awkward young comrade like Shen Li Na is obviously not suitable.
Director Xie in the office has been helping her find a secretary these days, but Xia Zhuyun herself prefers to choose from the deputy-section-level female cadres in the Chemical and Light Industry Department.
For example, Liu Yan from Comprehensive Section 1 and Peng Jiayin from Comprehensive Section 3 are both young female cadres with rich experience in the agency.
However, she didn't expect that there was no movement from Director Xie yet, but she ran into someone who volunteered first.
Xia Zhujun relaxed her expression and asked with a smile, "Xiao Ye, what made you want to be my secretary? For a college graduate like you, being my secretary is a bit of a waste of talent. You'd have more room to develop if you stayed in the business department."
Ye Manzhi secretly clenched his palms and said seriously, "Director, it was you and the comrades in the Personnel Department who nominated me, giving me the opportunity to work in our Chemical and Light Industry Department. I was also lucky enough to catch the tenth anniversary of the light industry system and participate in several major projects. My growth in this past year has been faster than in the past few years combined."
"I used to be a deputy director in a neighborhood committee and later a deputy director of a university-run factory. I always thought I was quite capable at work. But after coming to our Industry Department, and especially after working with you on projects like the provincial excellence evaluation and the food fair, I realized I still have many shortcomings. I'm good at handling specific matters and paying attention to details, but my vision is limited and I lack a sense of the overall situation..."
Ye Manzhi analyzed his shortcomings frankly.
She feels that the most important thing for a secretary is to handle the specific matters assigned by the leader and pay attention to details.
As for whether she has a sense of the overall situation, it is actually not important.
As long as the leader has a sense of the overall situation, that’s enough.
"You are the most capable and globally-savvy female leader I've ever met. The opportunity to learn from a leader like you is rare." Ye Manzhi gave a slightly embarrassed smile. "I also struggled for a long time before I had the nerve to promote myself in front of you."
Xia Zhujun smiled and said, "You're not very old, but you're quite good at flattering others. I remember you were Mulan's subordinate before, right?"
"Director, do you know District Chief Mu?" Ye Manzhi nodded hurriedly. "District Chief Mu was the first leader I met after I started working."
"Mulan was elected as the mayor of Zhengyang District, so her work ability is unquestionable," Xia Zhujun said jokingly, "Xiaoye, you're not being sincere."
This year's district people's congress just ended, and Mulan was elected as the mayor of Zhengyang District.
She is the only female district chief in Binjiang City, so naturally she attracts attention from all parties.
"I'm speaking the truth, not flattering you!" Ye Manzhi explained. "When I worked with District Head Mu, she was still the director of the Guangming Subdistrict Office. We were involved in very detailed grassroots work. I gained a lot of grassroots work experience working with District Head Mu. But after she was transferred to the district, I went to college very quickly, so I didn't have the chance to appreciate District Head Mu's style."
Xia Zhujun nodded, asked her a few more questions about her work at the agency, and then said with a smile, "Xiaoye, I understand your situation. Go back to work first. I'll exchange ideas with Director Xie."
Ye Manzhi felt empty inside because he didn't get an answer on the spot.
However, if she becomes a secretary for her boss, she will be an office worker in the future.
I really need to communicate with the office director.
She stood up and said goodbye to her leader. Before leaving, she turned back and said, "Director, although I am young, I may be able to do it. Please consider me seriously!"
Xia Zhujun was amused by the tone of her self-promotion and waved her away.
*
After leaving the office, Ye Manzhi returned to Comprehensive Department 3 as if nothing had happened to wait for the results.
However, there was no movement in the unit for the next two days. Until she got off work on Saturday, no one mentioned the matter of her becoming a secretary for the leader to her.
She had no choice but to pack her bag dejectedly and go back to her man for comfort.
After Ye Manzhi accomplished something great, he remained silent, hoping to make a splash after becoming the secretary of the deputy director.
But there was no movement from above, and she couldn't hold back in front of Wu Zhengrong. When she took her children to the small park to play on the weekend, she spilled out everything that was on her mind.
"What were you thinking at that time?" Wu Zhengrong asked.
Ye Lai Ya always does things that are beyond his expectations.
"I didn't think much of it. I just decided on a whim to recommend myself to the leader. When I was assigned to the Industry Department, it was Director Xia who sent me to the Chemical and Light Industry Department. That means she was very satisfied with my academic qualifications, at least better than Shen Lina's. And during the provincial excellence evaluation, I reported a lot of my work directly to her, bypassing Zhao Guilin. I think Director Xia recognized my work ability."
Wu Zhengrong asked curiously, "Just because of this?"
"That's about right. I'm just thick-skinned anyway. I'm just a deputy section-level cadre, and there's a huge gap between me and the deputy director. Even if my self-recommendation fails, it won't hurt me. The boss won't fire me, right? At worst, I can just go back to Comprehensive Section 3." Ye Manzhi asked awkwardly, "Are you secretly laughing at me?"
"No."
"I saw you smile!" Ye Manzhi pinched his waist.
Wu Zhengrong took her hand away, squeezed it in his palm, and said seriously, "There are children and parents around here. Secretary Xiaoye, please be careful about the impact."
"And you said you weren't making fun of me!" Ye Manzhi glared at him, "You're even using Secretary Xiao Ye to tease me!"
Wu Zhengrong stared at his daughter waiting in line for the slide while distractedly explaining, "You're not the first person I've seen who's brave enough to recommend themselves to a leader."
"Who else have you met?"
"My former communications officer was Qin Xiang," Wu Zhengrong said, looking at the slide. "When I first started working at Factory 656, I had several communications officers. Later, Qin Xiang came to me and recommended himself, and I accepted."
"Why did you accept it then?"
Wu Zhengrong said as a matter of course, "He dared to recommend himself, which at least shows that he has confidence in his abilities. We still need to find a communications operator anyway, and since he took the initiative to ask, it won't hurt to give it a try. At worst, I can just find someone else."
"Maybe all leaders have the same idea as you?" Ye Manzhi felt a glimmer of hope.
"If I were Director Xia, I would use you."
Ye Manzhi was a little happy just now, but then she thought, what he said is the same as saying nothing, it's just nonsense!
She glanced at the man with a smile on his lips and was about to retort, but she saw her Wu Yuzhuo revealing her panties when she stood up from the slide.
Without waiting for her to call anyone over, Comrade Wu Yuzhuo followed a group of children and scattered in panic.
A group of little brats were as noisy as little sparrows on the treetops. No, Ye Manzhi replaced "sparrows" with "birds". After the four pests were eradicated in recent years, there are very few sparrows in the city.
The panicked little bird Wu Yuzhuo, who had not yet realized that his butt was exposed, ran over with a short finger raised, shouting loudly for his mother.
"Baby, what's wrong?"
When Ye Manzhi asked the question, Wu Zhengrong had already held the child in his arms.
Wu Yuzhuo still held up that finger and said incoherently: "Mom, a fly wearing a sweater bit me!"
The couple: "::::::"
What the hell?
Existing words seemed insufficient to support Wu Yuzhuo in accurately describing the situation she encountered. She could only raise her finger to her parents and say, "It really bit me. It hurts!"
Wu Zhengrong looked around, his eyes passing over several boys who were equally panicked, and the flower bed not far away.
She pinched her daughter's finger and said, "She might have been stung by a bee."
Ye Manzhi: “…”
Dr. Wu is indeed a Level 10 scholar of children’s facial expressions and body language.
When the daughter couldn't speak, the father and son could communicate without any obstacles.
Now that my daughter can speak, even if she can't express herself clearly, people can still understand her meaning immediately.
The branches are full of leaves and I am willing to admit defeat.
Wu Yuzhuo's pants had just been worn into two holes by sliding on the slide, with his underwear still exposed. Now, to make matters worse, he was stung by a bee.
The mother was in a panic and didn't know what to do.
Wu Zhengrong asked his daughter to sit on his arm to cover the exposed part of her buttocks. "Don't worry about the pants. Let's deal with her fingers first."
The couple had never dealt with bee stings before, so they took their child to a nearby health center.
Before Ye Manzhi could explain her condition, Wu Yuzhuo spoke up first: "Auntie, I got bit by a fly wearing a yellow sweater!"
"Oh, you were stung by a bee, right?" the hygienist said with great experience. "We've seen quite a few of them in the past two days. Let me take care of it for you. You'll be fine in a moment."
*
Comrade Wu Yuzhuo was very careful about her life. After being stung by a bee, she felt as if it would take her life. The next day, she said she would not go to kindergarten no matter what.
Ye Manzhi is still trying to get a secretary position in Director Xia's office. Recently, she cannot take leave to accompany her child, and she cannot bring her child to work.
Compared with her, Wu Zhengrong, who already has a say in the unit, has it much easier.
Deputy Director Wu can understand his daughter's aversion to school very well. He himself also didn't like going to school for a while when he was a child.
He dressed Wu Yuzhuo, slung over his shoulder the large army green water bottle, and without a word, took the child to work.
Ye Manzhi went out with the father and son, and watched them enter the gate of the research institute before she hurried to the bus station.
She was still thinking about the conversation with Wu Zhengrong yesterday. Since Qin Xiang already had successful experience, it shouldn't be too much of a failure when it comes to her, right?
Ye Manzhi decided to wait a little longer, but just as she walked into the gate of Comprehensive Department 3, she was informed by Zhao Guilin to go to the office on the third floor to find Director Xie.
Her heartbeat inexplicably accelerated for a moment, but she suppressed her excitement and agreed calmly.
As if he was going to get some work assignment, he took out his notebook and pen and went straight to the third floor.
Director Xie talked to her in the big office.
In addition to him and Deputy Director Hao, Shen Lina and Li Jian were also present.
Director Xie got straight to the point: "Comrade Ye Manzhi, Deputy Director Xia wants to select a young female cadre from the business department who is familiar with the business as a full-time secretary. Our office has recommended several candidates for Director Xia, and you are on the list. I wonder if you would be willing to serve as Director Xia's secretary?"
There was an obvious daze on Ye Manzhi's face.
Didn't she take the initiative to recommend herself to her leader? How did it become an office recommendation?
Could it be that Director Xie had considered her before?
However, going through such formal procedures is indeed safer than recommending herself to her superiors.
Otherwise, if everyone follows suit and runs to the leaders to recommend themselves, wouldn’t that be a mess?
She was distracted for only a moment, then quickly came to her senses and said to Director Xie with a smile, "Director, I'm willing to be Director Xia's secretary! I will definitely do a good job of serving the leaders in the future!"
Shen Lina and Li Jian were both carefully observing her expression. Seeing a moment of confusion on her face, they couldn't help but look away.
Ye Manzhi is so lucky!
Shen Li Na twisted her fingers in confusion. She thought that the position of secretary to the leader, which she had thought was a sure thing, actually went to someone else!
And it fell on Ye Manzhi’s head!
Why?
She and Ye Manzhi joined the Industry Department in the same year. They both had similar experience in the agency, and she worked in the office, so she was more familiar with the secretarial work process.
Just because Xia Hall needs a secretary who is familiar with the business?
Because Ye Manzhi is a female cadre in the business department, she can bypass the people in the office and be directly recommended by Director Xie?
Shen Lina sat behind the desk, listening to the conversation between Ye Manzhi and Director Xie, feeling a little breathless.
If she had been assigned to the Chemical and Light Industry Department, would she be qualified to be the leader's secretary now?
Ye Manzhi had no time to pay attention to the entanglement of others, and she didn't know that Shen Li Na, who was not far away, was already thinking about the question of "which came first, the chicken or the egg?"
After talking with Director Xie, she was taken to the deputy director's office.
"Director Xia, I've brought your secretary here. Xiao Ye is your old subordinate, so I don't need to introduce him to you in detail, right?"
Xia Zhujun shook his hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work during this period, Director. Let Xiaoye handle the rest of the work."
After sending Director Xie out, she turned back to Ye Manzhi and said, "How's it going? Can I officially start my job today?"
"Sure! I'm always ready!"
"We're all new to this office, so you need to adapt to the pace of work on the third floor as quickly as possible. I've already said hello to Zhao Guilin. Please take some time to go to the Third Comprehensive Department to hand over your work, and then come to the secretarial office to work."
Ye Manzhi is too young and is not the best candidate for secretary in Xia Zhuyun's mind.
In the Chemical and Light Industry Department, there are several young female cadres who are more qualified and have more work experience than Ye Manzhi.
However, since she took office, almost all the people who came to the office to report to her were men. Ye Manzhi was the only female comrade who dared to recommend herself to her in person, and she had a very clear understanding of her own strengths and weaknesses.
This is what really touched Xia Zhuyun.
The number of female comrades in the agency has always been less than that of male comrades.
People who have excellent work abilities and can take up leadership positions are even rarer.
If female comrades want to achieve success, having excellent work ability and political literacy is only one aspect. What is more important is to have a positive and enterprising spirit and perseverance.
Xiao Ye is a bit like her when she was young, and Xia Zhujun is willing to give the young man a chance.
Ye Manzhi returned to Comprehensive Section 3 and handed over his work amidst the surprised and shocked eyes of his colleagues. After exchanging greetings with everyone, he packed up his belongings and officially moved to the deputy director's office on the third floor, the outer room, to start work.
It was her first time working as a secretary, and she actually didn't know what she wanted to do.
But she had never eaten pork but she had seen pigs run.
Qin Xiang's external title is a communicator, but in fact, functionally speaking, he is Wu Zhengrong's confidential secretary.
When Qin Xiang was a communicator, he was recommended by Wu Zhengrong to study at the Military Academy.
What does this mean?
This means that Qin Xiang’s work has been recognized by the leaders!
He did a great job as a secretary!
Therefore, since there was a successful case before, Ye Manzhi could just follow Qin Xiang's example and copy it.
She first poured two pots of hot water to make tea for her leader, then went to Director Xie's office to ask about Director Xia's recent work arrangements.
When the secretary position was vacant, Director Xie personally served Xia Zhuyun.
Director Xie handed her the schedule and explained, "Director Xia previously mentioned that she wanted to go to the grassroots for research, but the department has been holding study sessions these days, so she can't leave for the time being. Once you find out the direction of Director Xia's research, it would be best if you could make an itinerary in advance."
Ye Manzhi nodded, thanked the other party and left the office.
The offices of the department leaders were all concentrated on the third floor. Xia Zhuyun ranked last in the team, but she used Director Guo's office. Director Guo was the first-ranked deputy director at the time, and his office was at the end of the corridor.
When Ye Manzhi returned, he had to pass by the offices of the other two deputy directors.
She walked past the door with light steps and found that the doors of the two secretarial offices were wide open, while the doors of the leaders' offices inside were closed.
Two secretaries sat behind the desk, either studying documents or writing quickly.
Even though he heard footsteps at the door, he didn't look up out of curiosity.
Ye Manzhi was puzzled. After returning to the office, he opened the door of the secretary's office like everyone else.
Then she sat behind the table and studied the itinerary that Director Xie had given her.
Xia Zhuyun spends half of her time every day in meetings, either attending meetings at the Provincial People's Committee or study sessions in the department.
Given this level of intensity, if you want to conduct grassroots research, you really need to plan your itinerary carefully.
When Xia Zhuyun was the director, she attached great importance to industry serving agriculture and mentioned agricultural collectivization several times at department work meetings.
Ye Manzhi felt that her leader's work ideas would not change much after his promotion, so she first made a research plan based on her own understanding that could be completed in Binjiang City and its suburbs.
While I was concentrating on writing my plan, I heard footsteps in the corridor.
She subconsciously looked up and her gaze met that of Section Chief Sun from the Second Comprehensive Section.
Ye Manzhi: “…”
Her cultivation is not yet up to par. She is far behind the two secretaries next door.
Section Chief Sun was a little hesitant at first, but after meeting her eyes, he seemed to have made up his mind and walked over with a smile.
"Xiao Ye, I just heard that you became Xia Ting's secretary. Congratulations!"
"Sun Ke, please take a seat." Ye Manzhi quickly stood up, smiled and offered him a seat, then took out a teacup and said, "Shall I make you a cup of tea?"
"Oh, no, no, I want to report to Director Xia about a job. Is Director Xia free now?"
"The leader has a study session this afternoon and is preparing in the office." Ye Manzhi pretended to be hesitant and whispered, "If you're not in a hurry, you can put the materials here first, and I'll find a time to pass them in for you. To be honest, when I wanted to report my work to the leader, he criticized me and told me to go back and report to our section chief."
Although Xia Zhujun has been transferred, there are still two deputy directors in the Chemical and Light Industry Department.
If you really want to report on your work, then just go find the two deputy directors.
Is there any important work that must be reported to the deputy director?
As far as she knew, Section Chief Sun seemed to have come to the third floor to report on his work once before.
People from the Chemical and Light Industry Department frequently ran to the third floor, no wonder Xia Zhujun was in a bad mood.
Seeing his hesitation, Ye Manzhi continued, "Sun Ke, please leave the materials here without worry. You're the only one here today. I'll help you pass them in later when the opportunity arises."
Others have been reprimanded by their leaders and have gone back to calm down. It would be so conspicuous if you came here to report on your work alone!
Section Chief Sun understood her hint, wiped his forehead and said, "Since the leader is busy, I won't go in. I'll talk to him after I refine the plan. Xiaoye, don't mention my visit anymore. Don't disturb the leader's work."
Xia Zhujun listened to the faint conversation coming from outside, and couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips, and turned her attention back to the materials in front of her.
After Ye Manzhi sent Section Chief Sun away, he sat back behind his desk, staring at the table.
When she heard footsteps in the corridor again, she suppressed her curiosity and never looked up to see what was happening.
Xia Zhuyun will go to the Provincial People's Committee for a meeting in the afternoon.
After lunch break, Ye Manzhi kept an eye on the time, preparing to go in and remind his leader.
When she heard footsteps outside again, she suppressed her curiosity and didn't look up.
But the other party had a clear goal and went straight into her secretary's office.
"Xiao Ye, Director Xia is in the office, right? I have something urgent to report to Director Xia."
The visitor was Hao Chunmei, deputy director of the office.
Ye Manzhi was about to ask her about the general situation when Xia Zhuyun, hearing the commotion, opened the door to the inner room and took the initiative to ask, "Director Hao, what happened?"
"Our Industry Department has occupied a piece of land in Hongqi Commune, so it's convenient for cadres to go to the grassroots to work for three months every year."
"Well, is there something wrong with that piece of land?"
Hao Chunmei said in embarrassment, "Director Xia, the cadres from the production team suddenly came and wanted to discuss reclaiming the land. Besides grain, the land also contains fixed assets invested by our department. Returning the land now may result in considerable losses."
Xia Zhujun hesitated, "Is Director Li not here?"
The Industry Department's sideline business was under the charge of Deputy Director Li, and it was not her place to get involved.
Hao Chunmei nodded and said, "Director Li went to the grassroots to conduct research, and several grassroots cadres from the production team came and blocked the door. We had no choice but to come out to receive them."
Ye Manzhi observed the leader's expression, then glanced at his watch and said, "Director Xia, you have to go to the Provincial People's Committee meeting soon, and I'm afraid you're running out of time. How about I stay and help Director Hao greet the villagers from the production team? We'll write down any requests they have and discuss them after you get back from the meeting."
By then, Director Li should be back.
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