Chapter 204
Lv Minjuan took the lead, and other people in the dormitory began to talk about their qualifications before taking the college entrance examination.
Zhao Mingzhu raised her hand and said, "Before I took the college entrance exam, I was just a clerk in our local street office."
Liu Guixiang: "I worked as an accountant in a rural brigade."
She was not a professional accountant, but she had a good academic background, was good at calculations, and had beautiful handwriting, so the brigade finally chose her to be the village accountant.
Zhai Hong said dejectedly, "You all are so impressive. I've never held any position. I just worked in a production team on a farm in the suburbs."
Zhai Hong's family lives in the suburbs of Beijing. When she was about to join the countryside, her family intervened to keep her from being sent too far away. But her family wasn't particularly close to her, and it was her parents who shamelessly approached her for help. She was content to stay close to home.
The farm was crowded with educated youth, and competition was fierce. Her performance was commendable, but not exceptional. Her family had considered asking a distant relative to help with the matter, hoping to secure a small cadre position. Zhai Hong disagreed. She knew she wasn't cut out for it, but considering that the relative was a distant one, and that they had already troubled her and had already helped, they couldn't afford to keep asking her incessantly.
I recognized Du Yunxin this morning. She was the one I met when I went to the hospital to visit that relative two years ago. Her family was still wary of her, fearing that she had ulterior motives for her visit.
She would not agree to her family's proposal even more. She had already adapted to the farm work anyway. If she just persevered a little longer, she might go back to the city one day.
I didn’t expect that the college entrance examination would be relaxed.
She didn't compete for the cadre position, but the college entrance examination was nationwide, and Zhai Hong saw hope.
Many educated youth at the time sought leave to return home and study, but the farm wouldn't approve everyone. Those who found a way in had to show their talents. She applied, but wasn't approved. So she asked her family to find her study materials. During the day, while working in the fields, she seized every spare moment to read. She used the stones and branches she could find in the fields and ditches as pens, and the earth as paper for her exercises. At night, she would burn the midnight oil, studying until late at night.
Hard work pays off. She didn't take a leave to concentrate on reviewing, but she still scored the best in the entire farm.
After the results were announced, that distant relative invited her to their home for a meal, to help her parents regain the face they had lost.
Zhai Hong didn't want to care about such a proud moment, but that was the fact.
The reason she used connections was out of her parents' love for their daughter and her desire not to be away from her family. After she went to the farm, she no longer bothered her relatives to take care of her.
She happened to have taken leave to go home that time. When she heard that a relative was injured, she went to the hospital to visit him with gifts. The wariness shown by the relative's family members, their arrogance in front of her, and the look as if they were afraid that she would ask for help again made her face burn.
Zhai Hong didn't even dare to think about what her parents' attitude would be when they came to ask for help from others.
Fortunately, although she may not be good at other things, she is really good at studying. If her parents lost face when asking others for help, she has regained it this time.
If she has the chance in the future, she will definitely repay the favor, as it is her right.
Tian Yuan also did not have any position. She was an educated youth, but there were many educated youth who did not get a position. There was nothing to be ashamed of. However, it seemed that she had lost some advantages if she wanted to compete for the class leader position.
Is it necessary to have experience to compete for class leadership? Perhaps there is no such hard and fast rule, but why would the school use someone without any management experience over someone with experience? Unless you have some particularly outstanding achievements in other areas.
Tian Yuan looked at Zhou Jiani.
Zhou Jiani has no desire to be an official. She never went to college in her previous life, so this is a very novel experience for her. She plans to focus on studying in the first year, and take time to trade some goods to continue to accumulate capital so that she can show her skills when reform and opening up come.
There is another reason. She was foresighted in the college entrance examination, which can be regarded as an alternative form of "cheating". She studied the knowledge repeatedly and thoroughly, which is why she was admitted to Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
After entering university, she started at the same starting line as most of her classmates. If Zhou Jiani didn't want to fall behind, she had to catch up desperately. After all, the strength of the students who were able to get in should not be underestimated.
However, since her roommates talked about this topic, she didn't mind talking about her resume. However, as soon as she finished talking about her resume, there was a brief silence in the dormitory.
Lv Minjuan: "Before I came here, I guessed that there must be hidden talents in the university, but I didn't expect there would be a golden phoenix in our dormitory."
There is no distinction between high and low jobs, but there are levels of positions. Zhou Jiani's position is definitely higher than Lu Minjuan's previous one. Of course, she would not say that her contribution is necessarily greater than Lu Minjuan's.
Even compared with Zhang Baosheng, her achievements are outstanding in terms of concentration, but Zhang Baosheng has been managing the Qianjin Brigade for so many years, working hard to maintain the food and clothing problems of the young and old in the village. Zhou Jiani believes that Captain Zhang's contribution to the village is much greater than hers, and there is no comparison at all.
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "Everyone is a golden phoenix. Who among you here isn't a golden phoenix that flew out from your hometown?"
Everyone looked at each other and burst into laughter.
That’s right. Before Tian Yuan came to the capital, the cadres of their brigade went to her home and said that she was the golden phoenix that had flown out of their village.
They are all golden phoenixes and chosen ones of heaven. A class leader cannot represent anything, but during the class meeting, one can see the undercurrent of competition and the brilliance of each person's resume.
The Economics Department currently has only one major, Political Economy, which is divided into two classes. Zhou Jiani and her roommates in the dormitory are assigned to Class 2.
Their class includes the leader of the local farm leadership group and a section chief from the city. I heard that there is a director of a local printing factory and a writer from the provincial secretariat in Class 1.
Everyone is used to managing others, so they definitely don't want to be managed by others. Even the teacher who held the class meeting laughed and said that some students might be better at managing others than he is.
Zhou Jiani ignored the undercurrents in the class. She planned to work with her roommates to push Lv Minjuan up when the class committee election started.
Lv Minjuan has indeed been eager to try. Although her resume is not the best, she has a fighting spirit and is determined to become a class leader.
The class committee had not yet been formally elected, but a male comrade was temporarily appointed as the class monitor. This male comrade was called Ge Guangming, who used to be the section chief of a department in the local city. He was 29 years old and was already the father of two children.
Ge Guangming began to perform his duties as class monitor on the spot, and his execution was decisive and efficient. First, he organized collective sports and campus labor for tomorrow morning; second, he divided the students into groups neatly.
"To facilitate our subsequent study work, let's first form a group..."
Each group was assigned a temporary leader. Zhou Jiani was assigned to four groups and was named the leader of each. The previous three leaders were all men, so this was the first female leader.
When Zhou Jiani's name was called, many male students in the class glanced over secretly, then quickly looked away and blushed.
The other female classmates looked over openly, expressing their admiration without any concealment.
But one male classmate raised his hand and said with a smile, amid the jeers of several other students around him: "Class monitor, tomorrow we have sports activities and on-campus labor, all of which require physical strength. Classmate Zhou Jiani is a female comrade, so isn't it too hard for her to be the group leader?"
Although the male classmates around her didn't look in Zhou Jiani's direction, they were all laughing with their heads down. Zhou Jiani didn't sense any malice in their laughter, but there was certainly no goodwill in it. It was only because she had been thick-skinned in her two lives. If it were another female classmate, she would have blushed after being teased like this.
Today's class meeting was to discuss the economics department's situation and to have everyone introduce themselves. Some people introduced their resumes, while others didn't. Zhou Jiani was one of the latter. She didn't mention her resume in front of the class, but simply introduced her name and place of origin.
With 40 students in a class, it was difficult to quickly identify each other after just one introduction. However, Ge Guangming demonstrated his exceptional memory, calling out the other person's name accurately and saying seriously, "Student Fan Chengjun, a great man once said that women hold up half the sky. Don't make such remarks again next time."
No matter what the purpose was for "protecting" the female classmate, he felt it was inappropriate.
Especially the booing from the surrounding people can easily cause reputational troubles to lesbians.
Fan Chengjun didn't expect the class monitor to be so serious. He felt a little embarrassed and muttered, "I was just joking..." and was pulled away by the classmate next to him.
But he angered all the girls in the class. Although there were less than ten girls, they all bombarded him with criticism. Fan Chengjun was completely defeated and had to beg for mercy repeatedly before they stopped.
Ge Guangming signaled everyone to be quiet and continue to form groups. The leaders of the last two groups were also female comrades, one of whom was Lv Minjuan, who was in the same dormitory with Zhou Jiani.
There are six groups, three male leaders and three female leaders, which is very fair.
After briefly explaining the gathering time for tomorrow morning, they went to the cafeteria to eat. The group leaders held a small meeting. On the way back to the dormitory to get their lunch boxes, Lv Minjuan whispered, "Work hard, be a good group leader, build a good base with the masses, and then you'll have an advantage over others when you run for class committee."
Zhou Jiani said: "Don't worry, we will all support you when the time comes."
Lv Minjuan was stunned for a moment: "You're not running for election?"
Zhou Jiani shook her head: "I want to concentrate on studying..."
There were groups of classmates passing by. Many of them were reading books while walking, and some were reciting English words.
The learning atmosphere in colleges and universities is so competitive that Zhou Jiani already feels nervous.
As for dinner, she followed the pace of her roommates and did not make any special arrangements on the surface, but after eating a vegetarian dish with a steamed bun, she secretly took a few slices of ham from the warehouse shelf.
I haven’t finished the roast duck I bought last time, so I rolled up another piece of roast duck and stuffed it into my mouth to satisfy my craving.
In the evening, everyone in the dormitory was sorted by age, and Zhou Jiani was given the title of "Old Five".
The boss was Lv Minjuan. Zhou Jiani could see that she was a power-obsessed person who loved to take care of things and worry about everything. She arranged duties for everyone in a bossy manner.
The first night we slept in the university dormitory, we talked a lot about sex and the customs and cultures of different places, and we didn't go to bed until almost ten o'clock in the evening.
It was less than six o'clock in the morning when Zhou Jiani struggled to sit up and looked down. Liu Guixiang was already dressed neatly and sitting there reading a book.
Glancing around, she saw two classmates' beds were empty. Zhou Jiani got dressed and got out of bed, saying, "Where are the eldest and fourth?"
The fourth child is Tian Yuan.
Liu Guixiang said, "I went downstairs to memorize some words."
Zhou Jiani, Zhai Hong, and Zhao Mingzhu looked at each other for a moment. It was too curly, really too curly. They encouraged each other: "We must get up early tomorrow."
The three of them usually washed up before marching to war, read for a while, and then went downstairs to gather and prepare for exercise.
Each team leader took inventory of their team members. After Zhou Jiani finished counting and reporting to the team leader, she stood next to the team members.
After finishing the exercise, they were still catching their breath and no one greeted them, but everyone rushed to the library. Zhou Jiani and her roommates were no exception. They ran to the library to reserve seats and read books.
When it was time to eat, some people put down their books and hurried to the cafeteria to eat, while others asked their classmates to bring them one or two steamed buns and read every minute.
We gathered again at 8 o'clock and started to participate in school labor, tidying up the playground and every corner of the campus.
Zhou Jiani and a classmate named Liang Bing were carrying a basket of dirt as they walked out. Class monitor Ge Guangming followed, carrying two baskets of weeds and gravel on a shoulder pole. He said, "Classmate Zhou, I've heard of you since before I came to Huada. I've read the Chonghui provincial newspaper's report about you. When we went to the provincial meeting, the provincial leaders mentioned the history of your Qianjin Weaving Factory and called on lower-level cadres to learn from you, to discover and develop paths from the masses, and to bring more benefits to the people. The local weaving industry you've led has been incredibly successful..."
The weaving industry provides jobs for local people, generates income for the local government, and earns foreign exchange for the country.
Before Zhou Jiani went to the countryside to work as a farmer, the local village also engaged in weaving, but the income was not significant, and no one thought of making the weaving more fancy and promoting it.
Zhou Jiani did it and led everyone to find a way out in a short period of time.
"Student Zhou has also been a factory manager?" Liang Bing looked at Zhou Jiani in surprise. When Zhou Jiani introduced herself just now, she did not introduce her resume. She thought that this female classmate had not held any position like some of her classmates. Now, from what the class monitor said, she also made achievements in the local area.
If you have achievements, you will definitely get a position.
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "I've never been a factory manager. I worked as a salesperson in the factory. Later, I was transferred to the local commune to serve as the leader of the handicraft group, leading the entire commune to develop the weaving industry. Later, I was transferred to the county handicraft group as the leader."
Liang Bing was shocked, and once again felt the saying that there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the university.
Ge Guangming: "How did Zhou come up with the idea of leading the development of the local weaving industry..."
He was indeed very curious. He had read the newspaper and heard the leader mention the weaving industry of the Qianjin Brigade. The leader certainly would not explain it in such detail, but simply talked about the development history. Ge Guangming also asked someone to find out more. According to his own analysis, it cannot be said that it suddenly rose from scratch, but it was almost the same.
Before Zhou Jiani went there, the only things made there were bamboo baskets and willow baskets. The local brigade would gather people and go door to door to sell them during the slack season. However, the weaving industry that suddenly emerged was fancy weaving. It took less than a year from the beginning to export, and the speed of its rise was astonishing.
Ge Guangming guessed that this might be the reason why Zhou studied economics.
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