With Tian Rong by her side, Xia Wenhua was no longer lonely at the steel factory (although she never knew what loneliness was).
No matter what activities were happening in the factory, Tian Rong would come to Xia Wenhua to inform her immediately. She would also sneak a glance at the other people in the secretariat from time to time, acting as if she was afraid that others would bully Xia Wenhua. This left the people in the secretariat feeling like they were swallowing a bitter pill, unable to express their grievances.
Aside from the first time Xia Wenhua went to the newspaper and everyone tried to trip her up and not cooperate, no one really targeted Xia Wenhua afterwards.
Anyway, Tian Rong wouldn't listen; she was determined to protect the best Wenhua sister in the world.
It has to be said that she has helped Xia Wenhua a lot recently. With Tian Rong's help, Xia Wenhua's manuscript has gradually taken shape.
According to Xia Wenhua's initial idea, she wanted to find several ordinary workers in the steel factory and write a hymn to the steel factory from their perspective.
Her personality is such that if she does something, she won't do it at all, but if she does, she'll do it to the best of her ability.
From the beginning, she targeted Anshi Daily, the largest mainstream media in Anshi.
As the most authoritative newspaper in Anshi, if her article could appear in the Anshi Daily, she would undoubtedly pass the assessment without any objection.
Xia Wenhua had studied the style of Anshi Daily and found that the editor-in-chief clearly preferred positive and meaningful eulogies.
To be on the safe side, no unnecessary emotions are allowed. As long as you are politically correct and professional enough, and have good writing skills, you can catch the editor-in-chief's eye.
Fearing that their writing would be criticized, there are fewer people now than in later generations who dare to submit their work.
In addition, there were no tutoring classes and composition books like in later generations. There were excellent writers in this era, but their numbers were really small.
Anshi is a small city. The things in the newspapers are passable, but they can't be described as particularly amazing.
When it comes to writing articles and composing hymns, even if Xia Wenhua doesn't believe in herself, she must believe in the power of the system that has been developing for decades.
Even if later generations casually copy a passage from a political book, the depth of thought can still leave people speechless.
With Tian Rong's help, Xia Wenhua found a slightly special ordinary worker in each of the three major workshops: steelmaking, refining, and rolling.
By interviewing them and learning about their life stories with the steel plant, we can then distill and refine the high regard they hold for the steel plant in their hearts, in order to inspire praise for the Anshi Steel Plant.
This is easy to say, but even easier to do, okay?
Xia Wenhua's ideas flowed freely from the very beginning. After studying the style of Anshi Daily, she wrote the article in one go after the interview.
She made a few minor revisions and finished the final draft in just three days, from receiving the assignment to completing it.
I'll mail it out before I leave work today. I should get a response in about a week, which is plenty of time.
Xia Wenhua had also considered the possibility of not being selected.
Of course, you can't put all your eggs in one basket. There are people watching the office all the time. Her main job is to write this article for the Anshi Daily. Almost anyone who pays a little attention can find out about this.
In fact, she had also written an article in the style of several other newspapers, and sent it out before this one was completed.
Even if you're full of confidence, you still need to make several contingency plans.
It wasn't that Xia Wenhua was arrogant, but after day after day of essay writing training in China, her writing skills were indeed quite good, at least better than most existing manuscripts.
The interviewees were chosen with Tian Rong's help, and Tian Rong was always by their side, naturally holding high expectations.
She told Xia Wenhua that she must take a look at it after she finished writing it. When Xia Wenhua was making the final revisions, she picked it up and looked at it.
"This is so well written! My sister is amazing!"
Even in the secretariat's office, she praised him without any reservation, making even the proud Xia Wenhua blush.
"Okay, okay, stop praising me, or I won't be able to handle it."
After Tian Rong finished reading it, Xia Wenhua took it and prepared to submit it for publication.
Tian Rong grabbed Xia Wenhua's hand, her expression serious: "Sister, I'm really not lying. I think you wrote it better than any article in the newspaper. As long as you submit it, it will definitely be published!"
Xia Wenhua's recent activities have been the focus of attention for the entire secretariat. They originally thought she wanted past issues of the newspaper to rewrite the articles and polish her writing style.
Who would have thought that after glancing at past issues of the newspaper on the first day, the items were left on Xia Wenhua's desk and she never looked at them again.
These past two days, I've been following Tian Rong around the factory every day. Today, I just sat in the office for a while, and in less than an afternoon, I finished writing the article I wanted to submit. Tian Rong even praised it, saying it would definitely be published in the newspaper.
Getting published in the newspaper is easy for individuals and even factories. As writers in their respective units, even if the unit doesn't require it, those who want to improve themselves have never submitted articles to the newspaper in private.
Not to mention the mainstream daily newspapers in Shi'an City, people have tried all sorts of newspapers from other places, both mainstream and low-end.
Once you're in the newspaper, having the opportunity to speak out through a public platform is a victory.
Unfortunately, in the entire city of An, apart from the municipal party committee occasionally having articles published in the newspapers due to official business, no one else has this ability.
If Xia Wenhua had simply written her manuscript honestly, meticulously scrutinizing each word and sentence every day, that would have been fine. But so far, Xia Wenhua has spent an entire afternoon writing here.
The manuscripts written in this way are praised to the skies, and it is said that as long as they are submitted, someone will definitely want them. Everyone here finds this emotionally unacceptable.
In the past few days, no one in the office has been targeting Xia Wenhua anymore; everyone is just united in ignoring her.
Tian Rong's words finally made people unable to hold back, and the first to stand up was Zhao Ning, who had once been only one step away from becoming the group leader.
The more enthusiastically Xia Wenhua prepared, the more he regretted it.
Xia Wenhua was given this opportunity, so he only needed to nod and agree. Why did he have to refuse?
He thought Rong Guoguang was very capable, but when Director Mo removed Rong Guoguang from his position as group leader and made it clear that no matter who was chosen, Rong Guoguang would not be allowed to become a group leader again, Rong Guoguang went into seclusion.
Xia Wenhua has been anything but low-key in the office lately, but Rong Guoguang, who was initially her most antagonistic partner, hasn't said a word to her.
Clearly, once Director Mo has made up his mind, Rong Guoguang has no way to change it.
If he had agreed back then, he would be a shoo-in for the group leader now!
Every time Zhao Ning thinks about this, he feels restless and annoyed. If there's one person who least wants Xia Wenhua to succeed, it's probably him.
He snorted coldly at Tian Rong's words.
"Any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to claim their writing can be published. If it were that easy to publish, would you even have a chance? Be careful, or you might bite your tongue!"
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