Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 268 Li Yan didn’t think that much
"Dragon Hall, thank you so much for not letting me miss this award ceremony."

Zou Yang did not go to the Western restaurant to eat the buffet prepared by the hotel. Instead, he was invited by President Ma to go to a local old restaurant for a gathering.

He drove himself and took Su Siqing with him.

"Old Ma just told me that you should come too." Long Ting laughed on the phone, "Is Li Yan such a weird kid?"

"You don't know, this Li Yan doesn't look like she's 14 years old at all. Huazhong University's Cai Zhendong originally didn't want to come, but came here just for Li Yan."

"Wow, didn't Mr. Cai say he would not care about Huada Publishing House? Huada is going to reserve a junior high school student so soon?"

"President Ma is so happy that he is organizing a party tonight. I am planning to bring Teacher Su along."

"The report on the summit, prepared by Shangjing?"

"Yes, but I also brought people from Linjiang Evening News." Zou Yang said with a smile, "This kid's self-introduction clearly stated the seven characters 'Linjiang Province Xinbei No. 1 Middle School' on the big screen. It was really thoughtful. When the photos come out..."

"This is great news." Long Ting paused for a moment, "You should go and have your meal. Old Ma is a very good eater. I'll give him a good meal next time I go to Beijing. I'll talk to Old Liu about this."

"When I get back, we'll go to Liuting for a meal together."

Wang Peihua, who was far away in New Taipei City, had just arrived home. When his wife Yin Dan asked him, "Why are you working overtime on Saturday?", he responded unhappily:
"It's not the Dragon Boat Festival in the leap month of May... I don't understand what Lao Li is thinking. The higher-ups don't give us a holiday, which means they don't want to have 'two Dragon Boat Festivals', but he insisted on having another Dragon Boat Festival event. He even dragged Lin Da into it. He said he was doing a favor for the Cultural Bureau and wanted to hold more high-profile events, but Director Zhong went to attend the Tianxing Literature Award ceremony himself..."

Yin Dan smiled and nodded, "I know all this. You told me about it last week."

"Then you still ask me?"

"Yes."

Wang Peihua laughed, "Old Li has a bad mouth."

"Mr. Li caught a big fish that he can show off. What about you?"

"He has never seen the world, and the fish he caught was only a little heavier than mine."

"Where's the fish?"

"I found a craftsman to do some processing at noon."

Just as Yin Dan was about to start the red warming, Wang Peihua's cell phone rang.

"Hello, Willow Hall."

My superior called me on Saturday night, and it was hard to guess what his purpose was.

"Peihua, the good news about our education system has spread to the Ministry of Culture."

"Ah..." Wang Peihua was confused.

"Director Long from the Department of Culture just called me and praised Li Yan from your New Taipei No. 1 High School. His words were full of envy." Director Liu's tone was very cheerful, completely different from his usual image of "Big Mouth Liu" who always had a sullen face and scolded.

What kind of wind could blow to the Ministry of Culture?

Records! Has Li Yan already finished the records and given them to the New Taipei City Propaganda Department or the Cultural Bureau?
Hey, Old Li, you went fishing all day and didn’t tell me. You wanted to make a fortune in silence, right?

"This kid is really amazing." Wang Peihua said with a smile.

"Director Long also joked with me, saying that Linjiang must keep a good grasp of this child." Director Liu returned to his serious tone, "It sounds a bit exaggerated, but it does make sense. Linjiang's economy is developed, but the education level has always been poor. No matter how high school is, we must keep him stable in junior high school. This important task is left to you."

How can it be more stressful than assigning tasks in a meeting?
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu. Li Yan still has a sense of belonging."

"Of course he did. He specially put Linjiang Province's Xinbei No. 1 Middle School in his self-introduction at the award ceremony. You really have to thank him."

"Awards ceremony? Did this record win an award directly?"

It was Liu Ting's turn to be confused: "What record? Why is it a record?"

"So you are talking about..."

"He went to Beijing to receive the award at the joint summit of publishing houses, and won the first prize. Zou Yang from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Cai Zhendong from Huazhong University of Science and Technology went there specially for him. Didn't you know?!" Liu Ting's tone sounded... I'm afraid his face had turned black. "I..." Wang Peihua couldn't find an excuse and decisively admitted his mistake, "No one informed me of this, so I just found out about it."

"Yes, we need to ask the Ministry of Culture to notify us."

"Ting Liu, I didn't care enough about my problem."

"Pay attention, Peihua. This kid can be trained to be more than just a top scholar." Liu Ting was silent for a while. "What's the matter with the record you mentioned?"

Wang Peihua briefly recounted everything from the cultural performance to the subsequent record recording.

"From this perspective, I do have a good relationship with you, and I do feel a sense of belonging. Not bad." Liu Ting's tone was much more relaxed. "As for the Huada Junior Class... since Cai Zhendong has specially attended for Li Yan, I will also push forward the progress. I plan to hold a meeting in two weeks to discuss and make preparations."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Peihua walked to the sofa and sat down. Seeing that he was not in a good state, Yin Dan stopped worrying about fishing and poured him a glass of warm water.

Wang Peihua took a sip, let out a long breath, and called Tan Li.

"Hey, Director Wang, you're calling right now. Do you have any instructions?"

"you guess?"

The person is not good!
Tan Li immediately became serious, "Director Wang, is there any... bad news?"

"It's not me who wants to give you news, but you who want to give me news."

Sweating profusely... No matter how Tan Li thought about it, it all pointed to the same person.

"Li Yan?"

"You know that, too."

"The news... has spread to the provincial level?" Come to think of it, the people who came for the selection were originally from the Provincial Sports Bureau.

Once I go back and tell this story, it might even reach the Department of Education.

Then Wang Peihua heard that the director himself was unaware of the situation but his leader found out first... Naturally, he was criticized.

"Old Tan, you are still quite clear."

The anger has reached me, so I have to take it.

Tan Li honestly told Wang Peihua a series of events that had occurred since the basketball game.

"...I've already blushed behind closed doors and scolded all the people involved. I originally thought that family disgrace should not be made public, so I should calm the child down first. For example, when he went to Beijing to receive an award these two days, he asked the class teacher to drive him to the airport, and I agreed directly."

Is there any fucking unexpected gain?
Wang Peihua was silent for a long time on the other end of the phone, but he couldn't help but say, "Old Tan, what the hell do you mean? You don't tell me good or bad things, but only ask me for resources? When Li Yan went to receive the award, even the vice president of Hua University came for him. It was such a great thing, but Director Liu only heard about it from the leaders of the Cultural Department. He came to tell me the good news and I didn't know anything! You go and tell Director Liu later?"

Considering their status, it was quite cruel for old friends to say this over the phone.

Principal Tan was speechless. He had just criticized Director Zheng in the office for not reporting to him not long ago, and this boomerang hit him on the head.

"Look at Li Yan, a junior high school student, a minor. She was cheated by the referee during a basketball game. It's good enough that she didn't expose it online. When she went back to the award ceremony, she was still thinking about New Taipei First High School. The media will not let go of such a gimmicky news about a 14-year-old genius junior high school student. When the photos of the news media come out, it will be enough for you to be proud of yourself this year."

"We still don't pay enough attention to it. I have studied this with the team at an internal meeting and conducted a thorough review."

"That's enough," Wang Peihua sighed, "This kid is very mature, but it's also hard to fool him. You know where the problem is, so you should do more for him yourself. I mentioned the record issue to Director Liu, so just fight for it for him."

"Okay, definitely."

"Alas... He is an adolescent after all. He looks mature and rational now, but one day when his emotions get the better of him, he might do anything. He is also very stubborn." Wang Peihua shook his head as he looked at Wang Hang's room with the door closed.

Li Yan finished her buffet in Shangjing, went back to the hotel, took a nice bath, blew her hair while looking at the night view of Shangjing, and prepared to attend publishing negotiations.

Wang Peihua and Tan Li from New Taipei City were standing on the balcony smoking at the same time.

(End of this chapter)