Rebirth as an official

Newspaper building, eighth floor, Government Information Department.

Qingchuan Daily has a total of 36 departments, among which the Government Information Department is responsible for the interview and planning of current affairs news in the province, highlighting credibility and authority.

Li An knocked on the door and walked into a room with a sign indicating the director's office.

As soon as he walked in, Li An was slightly shocked by the office. It was a good office.

In the center of the room is a large solid wood desk. The desktop is a bit messy and filled with documents.

Behind the desk is a row of bookshelves with books in many categories, from news and media to history and humanities, from politics and economics to culture and art.

Behind the desk is a floor-to-ceiling window that offers a panoramic view of the city.

Sunlight shines through the white curtains into the room, bringing a touch of warmth to this serious space.

"Reporter Song, long time no see. I heard you were promoted to director. Congratulations." Li An greeted with a smile.

Li An still remembers that Song Xiaoping didn't like others to call him a job title and liked to call him a reporter.

Song Xiaoping was looking down at the documents and raised his head when he heard Li An's voice, which startled Li An.

"Huh~ This big beard looks a bit like a war correspondent."

Song Xiaoping's appearance at this time was completely different from when Li An saw him.

Not only has he grown a beard, he also looks thinner, but he is in good spirits and his eyes are still so sharp and bright.

"Lee An, sit down, I'm reading your manuscript."

Song Xiaoping is the kind of straightforward person who doesn't like to be polite to others and gets straight to the point as soon as he comes up.

I saw him holding Ang Lee's manuscript and saying: "You wrote this manuscript very profoundly. It pointed out many shortcomings in our current system. The most difficult thing is that you also gave ideas for solving the problems. I didn't expect that we haven't seen each other for several years. , your level has reached this height."

"Reporter Song was so complimentary. This manuscript is not my fault alone. It is mainly Secretary Chen's idea. I just made a concise summary."

Li An naturally wanted to take Chen Xingsheng with him at this time. Li An would not do such stupid things as eating alone.

songs My style, please stop fooling me."

Li An was not shy when his lies were exposed by Song Xiaoping. He chuckled and said, "People can't help themselves in officialdom."

Li An was worried and warned again, "It must be signed by our Secretary Chen."

"You kid." Song Xiaoping pointed at Li An and then said, "Read the manuscript first."

Song Xiaoping pointed to the manuscript and said: "There is no problem with this article overall, but there are a few parts that are too explicit. Although it addresses the problem directly, it will make some leaders in the province unhappy, so I will help you change it. , it would be better to express it euphemistically, and here..."

More than an hour passed.

"Li An, there is nothing wrong with these data. If they are wrong, Secretary Chen will be in trouble."

"There is no problem. I have checked this over and over again."

"Okay, then the content of the manuscript is settled."

"Reporter Song, can you send a copy of the manuscript to our Secretary Chen's mailbox now? I'll let him look at it again."

"Okay, that's fine."

After seeing Song Xiaoping sending the email, An Li immediately called Chen Xingsheng. After another 10 minutes, An Li got confirmation that there was no problem with the manuscript.

"Reporter Song, just now our Secretary Chen said, when will this manuscript be published in the internal magazine at the earliest." Li An asked.

Song Xiaoping asked doubtfully: "Is this manuscript urgent?"

"Hey~ you don't know something. Our county is preparing to carry out government organizational reforms, and there is a lot of resistance, so Secretary Chen hopes to get the support of provincial leaders through internal publications." Li An also stated his purpose without hesitation.

Not only is Song Xiaoping a reporter for the provincial newspaper, his political acumen can naturally detect the meaning. There is no point in concealing it. On the contrary, he will feel that Li An is doing things sneakily.

"I'll try my best. After all, it's the president who decides when it can be published in the internal magazine." Song Xiaoping said.

Song Xiaoping still had a good impression of Chen Xingsheng, who was a capable and principled official.

After the business conversation was over, Ang Lee looked at Song Xiaoping's beard and asked, "What's wrong with your beard? Are you going to be a war correspondent?"

"By the way, Reporter Song, what's wrong with your beard?"

"You're talking about this!" Song Xiaoping touched his beard and said with some pride: "I went to North Qingchuan some time ago and stayed in a black coal mine for a while. This beard suddenly grew. When I came back, I felt like Not bad, let’s keep it.”

Li An immediately remembered Song Xiaoping's undercover operation in the black coal mine. He remembered that he dug out a few big fish, and two or three municipal leaders went in. No wonder he was so proud when talking about his beard.

After the two chatted for a few more words, Li An said goodbye and left. He was still thinking about his girlfriend's situation.

Song Xiaoping saw Li An out. When he returned to the room and his butt was next to the chair, a call came from the president.

"Xiao Song, come to my office."

Song Xiaoping had no choice but to get up and go out. He was inevitably a little confused. From the sound just now, the president didn't seem very happy.

When I met him this morning, the president's face was red and he said with great expectation: "Today is a new beginning for Qingchuan Daily, and fresh blood will flow in."

When Song Xiaoping walked into the president's oversized office in the middle of the top floor of the building, he saw President Meng's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and his expression was terrifyingly gloomy.

Liu Huijie, the president's secretary, stood cautiously beside him, bowing slightly and keeping silent.

Song Xiaoping guessed in his mind: "Looking at the current situation, is there something big going on?"

"President, you are looking for me." Song Xiaoping greeted politely.

"Xiao Song, take the personnel information here and familiarize yourself with it." President Meng pointed to the thick stack of information on his desk.

"This is?" Song Xiaoping picked up the information and looked through it doubtfully. This is the personnel information form.

"This is the information of our newspaper's open recruitment of people who passed the written test. You and Xiao Liu are responsible for interviewing them." President Meng said.

"Responsible for the interview? Didn't you have the interview this morning?" Song Xiaoping looked at Secretary Liu next to him with some doubts.

Liu Huijie winked at Song Xiaoping and put his hand between his lips, which meant don't pry.

"Just do it. If anyone says hello to you during this period, just tell me." President Meng added sullenly.

"Okay, President, I'm going down then." Song Xiaoping didn't hesitate, just picked up the information on the table and prepared to leave.

"By the way, Xiao Song, are people from the Yangdong County Government coming to see you today?" President Meng suddenly asked.

"The Yangdong County Party Committee sent me a manuscript about the reform of government agencies. I want to publish it in an internal journal. Someone from Yangdong County is here to discuss this matter with me. Do you have any questions? President." Song Xiaoping replied.

"Oh, I remember that manuscript. It was quite well written and very in-depth. Who is the author?" President Meng asked.

"My name is Li An, and I am the deputy director of the Yangdong County Government Office." Xiao Song answered quickly.

"Li An?" President Bai was stunned. Isn't he the boy he met at his door today?

But at this time, President Meng remembered Ang Lee's stinging words when he was at the door.

"It's okay not to go to this kind of unit."

He can still recall the disdain and contempt on Li An's face at that time, which made President Meng very angry.

"Xiao Song, did An Li come to you today to talk about anything else?" President Meng asked.

"Anything else?" Song Xiaoping was a little confused when he was asked. He thought about it and said, "We only talked about the manuscript, and didn't say anything else."

"Did I tell you anything about today's interview?" President Meng asked.