Fortunately, God has eyes. Before Li Nanshan had time to disband his team, a document came from above, dismissing the former director of the Construction Bureau and appointing a new director immediately.
The first thing the new director did after taking office was to find Tao Xiaoxi and Li Nanshan and tell them that the planning of the southern suburbs had changed hands and was being restarted, and that the previous ones were invalid. However, he asked them to rest assured that the matter would be open, transparent, fair and just.
The Taoli couple smiled, neither believing nor doubting immediately. The leader was always good at making promises, so they would wait until the real thing came out before making any decision.
Unexpectedly, the director's efficiency was immediately apparent. The next day, Li Nanshan received a bidding notice.
The sun comes out after the clouds have cleared, and the bright moon comes out after the clouds have parted. That’s all there is to it.
As long as they dare to do things under the sun and do everything openly, Li Nanshan is not afraid.
Half a month later, Li Nanshan led his team to successfully win the development project in the southern suburbs.
Everything is back on track.
It is winter again, and Tao Xiaoxi is like a snake about to hibernate. It has to stay in its nest when the time comes. This has been particularly obvious in the past two years.
Fortunately, when winter came and the weather turned cold, the medicinal fields became idle. Tao Xiaoxi originally wanted to have a good hibernation to recuperate and wait for the spring of next year. However, things don't go as planned. A new adult school was built in the district and the adult school opened a night school class. Tao Xiaoxi was specially invited to give a lecture to the students to encourage the morale of these adult students and was hired as an honorary professor for this purpose.
Tao Xiaoxi was scared. These people were so bad. They wanted a representative here and a reputation there, and she had to serve them wholeheartedly. She already had enough reputations and didn't want to take on another one, so she smiled and refused on the spot.
The man went back, and Tao Xiaoxi thought that the matter was over. However, she never expected that the next day the district chief personally called her and asked her to give a lecture to help those students, who were all people who urgently wanted to change their fate but didn't know how.
Tao Xiaoxi laughed and thought, what business is it of hers whether they succeed or not? No, I absolutely won't agree this time.
"Representative Tao, I've always wanted to thank you on behalf of the people of this entire county. When it comes to setting an example, if you're second to none, no one dares to claim first place. As soon as the date for this year's corporate commendation conference is set, I'll have someone contact you first—"
"District Chief!" Tao Xiaoxi shouted suddenly.
"You said you can make any request you want." The district chief was quite reasonable.
"I'm going to the lecture, but can I take a leave for this year's commendation meeting?" Tao Xiaoxi had already asked for this year's leave last year, but because of the change of leadership, she had to ask again.
"If you say so, I have no choice but to agree. I'll send someone to bring the medal back to you. There aren't many entrepreneurs as pragmatic as you..."
Tao Xiaoxi finally understood that this district chief's main selling point was a magic potion.
The district chief hung up the phone, and the principal of the agricultural school stood by and gave him a thumbs-up. "You still have a solution."
"Tao Xiaoxi is different from others. It really gets things done and acts promptly. You must organize this lecture well and truly solve practical problems for students. Don't do those empty talk that wastes students' time and Tao Xiaoxi's time." said the district chief.
"We understand. We understand." The principal nodded repeatedly.
The lecture was scheduled a week before the students were due to go on holiday. It was icy and snowy, with heavy snow falling. Tao Xiaoxi looked at the weather, sighed, and helplessly hugged her shawl.
"I'll take you there." Li Nanshan held back his laughter. His wife's reluctance to go out looked very similar to Beibei, who didn't want to go to school but had to go.
"Why don't you go for me?" Tao Xiaoxi pulled Li Nanshan's windbreaker and said coquettishly.
Li Nanshan opened the car door for her. "I can't help you, Professor Tao. They invited you, and I wouldn't even be of the right gender."
Tao Xiaoxi felt a little better after hearing his jokes. At least she got into the car. But what she was thinking about was the new mattress she bought yesterday for her bed at home. It was so soft and it was so comfortable to sleep on it.
After finally arriving at the destination, Tao Xiaoxi was dawdling and refused to get out of the car, which made Li Nanshan so anxious that he threatened her directly, "If you don't get out, I'll carry you down."
Tao Xiaoxi took advantage of the situation and hooked her arms, "Hold me, I'm famous anyway."
Li Nanshan blushed and coughed twice. "If you really don't want to go in, I'll go in and explain it to you. You didn't pay me in the first place, and you didn't sign a contract. There's no need to put yourself in such a difficult position."
Seeing that Li Nanshan was serious, Tao Xiaoxi also became serious and put away her shawl. "Forget it, forget it. They say businessmen value profit over separation, but I don't agree. A verbal promise is still a promise, and we have to abide by the spirit of the contract. I'm leaving now. Come pick me up in an hour."
"Okay." Li Nanshan agreed readily.
Tao Xiaoxi wondered if she had been fooled.
Tao Xiaoxi was led into the lecture hall by the teaching assistant. She took off her shawl and scarf, stood there gracefully, and glanced at the people who came to listen to the lecture. She thought that there would not be many people coming to listen in such a cold day, but the seats were full, and it was estimated that there were probably a hundred people.
Warm applause broke out at the scene. Tao Xiaoxi's originally lazy mood boiled over after a round of applause. She had heard so many applause, but this time was the most enthusiastic and sincere. The people who applauded were about the same age as her, or even older. For some reasons, they failed to achieve the goals they set and failed to live the life they wanted, so they chose to fight again. As students of adult college, and students who were studying while bearing the pressure of life, they regarded this opportunity as the last chance to change their destiny.
The applause stopped and Tao Xiaoxi's eyes were already misty. Fortunately, she came.
She simply introduced herself and the students applauded again.
Tao Xiaoxi smiled and said, "Do you know me?"
"I know him." Everyone said in unison.
"Then I'll ask a classmate to tell me what you think I am like." Tao Xiaoxi said, pointing to a classmate.
"You are a representative of outstanding entrepreneurs across the country and the chairman of Taoli Pharmaceutical," the classmate replied.
"Do you agree?" Tao Xiaoxi asked again.
"Agree." Everyone said in unison again.
"I don't quite agree. This classmate didn't mention my best side and my most representative identity." Tao Xiaoxi pretended to be dissatisfied.
There was a small commotion at the scene, and they were all guessing what Teacher Tao meant.
"Teacher, can I try it?" A hand trembled and a trembling voice sounded.
"Of course." Tao Xiaoxi said, looking towards the source of the voice.
But I saw someone I knew - Ni Linli!
But her hair was very short, so short that it didn't look like it was cut at a barber shop, but rather like it was cut by someone maliciously.
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