Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2840 Wei Aiwen and Wang Tao (Part )

Although the Elders Club was developed from the public entertainment room in Bairen City in the past, it gradually became a physical forum that replaced the online BBS of the past. Many small groups use the "private rooms" here to drink, sing and play games while conducting private discussions and transactions.

However, this place soon became a place for male veterans to hook up with beautiful waitresses. Even if they just flirted with these respectful beautiful girls and took advantage of them, the rough guys enjoyed it.

Wei Aiwen and Wang Tao were leaning on the sofa in the private room of the Veterans Club. Two dozen beers were thrown on the table and they were almost finished. Wei Aiwen was smoking a cigar and following the waitresses who came in and out.

Because of Wu Nanhai's insistence, the Veterans Club is not a "place" at all, but the waiters are all part-time staff recruited from institutions with many girls, such as Bairen General Hospital. The temperament of such young girls is incomparable to that of professionals in places like Ziming Building.

"Why, who have you taken a fancy to?" Wang Tao joked as he looked at his drunken eyes.

"No, don't talk nonsense." Because Wei Aiwen has worked in the Political Department of the General Staff for a long time, he has strict requirements on his image and seldom does anything to flirt with other women.

"Your eyes are wide open."

"When you see beautiful things, of course you will look at them carefully. You are different!" Wei Aiwen said with the self-righteousness that is inherent in drunk people.

"Old Wei, does "The Story of Songlinbao" really have such a great influence on you? I was thinking of changing it into a storytelling." Wang Tao's eyes were fixed on a tall waitress and he suddenly asked about business.

"That's right. Since the second anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the number of applications for retirement has increased year by year. It's normal. Who doesn't want to marry a wife and live a stable life when life is good?" Wei Aiwen sighed. "It's even better this time. As soon as the troops rested, the number of applications for retirement came in like snowflakes. Those soldiers who joined the army early but didn't become officers basically want to retire - even officers want to retire."

He picked up his glass and looked at the busy tall waitress. "Just like this girl, she must be an immigrant we brought back from the north. The gender ratio in the civilian population has eased, so how can the army, which is full of men, not have any ideas? Besides, The Story of Songlinbao is about an active soldier falling in love with a woman stationed there. What do you think this story will make the soldiers who go to the north to fight think? There was a role model in Foshou Bay before."

"Oh, I see..." Wang Tao picked up the empty bottle of rum, raised two fingers and gestured to the waitress. The tall waitress nodded and walked away.

"I'll give you an idea. You can hold the event in a certain colony as a trial performance to see the effect. I'll go back and talk to someone about changing the script to a certain colony. Soldiers responsible for protecting the safety of the colony fall in love with immigrant girls or local indigenous girls and then stay and settle down in the frontier... Is this a good example?"

Wei Aiwen's eyes lit up: "There are many new recruits from the north in the Jeju Island troops, and there is no pressure to retire for the time being. In addition, Jeju Island itself needs immigrants. If soldiers really retire and settle down in Jeju Island, they can immediately serve as local national army officers and government cadres. That is simply the best result. Feng Zongze must be looking forward to such a publicity event, and he can also take advantage of the opportunity..."

"I think Jeju Island is not a particularly unwelcome place. And there are many Korean girls there. We don't need to promote or encourage them anymore, because they have already gotten the hang of it. If you want to go, go to a more difficult place..."

"Vietnam? Brunei?"

"It's tough enough there, but right now there are only a few national army troops. My suggestion is Taiwan."

Taiwan has harsh conditions and is currently one of the Senate's "exile sanctuaries", so there is a need for publicity; secondly, there are many Pingpu people in Taiwan. Encouraging soldiers to marry indigenous women is an effective means to stabilize order and expand the scope of naturalization.

"You're quite thoughtful."

"Of course, of course. Moreover, the plot unfolding in Taiwan has a kind of 'exotic atmosphere' or 'wild romance', which makes it easier to unfold the plot. Isn't it better than using the Central Plains as the background now?"

"Just as you think." Wei Aiwen nodded repeatedly, "You guys are still the best at making up stories."

"Commander, your rum." The tall waitress brought the drink. The moment she bent down, the two stopped talking and straightened their bodies slightly. Their eyes slid from the bottle along the waiter's arm to the collar opening. The tall waitress blushed slightly, quickly collected the empty bottle and left.

"Hey, hey, hey, mind your image." Wang Tao paused on the table while holding the bottle of wine. "Comrade Colonel, stop staring at people's chests."

Wei Aiwen then turned back reluctantly and explained: "No, I didn't see it, don't talk nonsense... I was just thinking about something." "Okay then, come on... let's have one. Rum and sparkling water with a little lemon juice."

An hour later, the half-drunk Wang Tao was picked up by his personal secretary. Wei Aiwen sent him to the carriage, stood at the door for a while to enjoy the cold wind, and then returned to the club and stopped a waitress to ask, "Where is the tall waitress with a ponytail?"

The waitress replied with a bit of disappointment and envy: "Commander, Xiao Qian has already left work."

"Off work?!" Wei Aiwen was a little disappointed. He still wanted to understand the situation in person.

Forget it, let's not do anything else today, he thought, and returned to the lobby of the club with the help of the waiter.

"Chief, are you staying at the Bairencheng dormitory today? Or..." The personal secretary asked Wei Aiwen hesitantly, with a bit of hesitation and shyness in her tone. When Wei Aiwen was picked up from the club just now, the waiter secretly told her that the chief was asking about a waitress. She heard from some very skillful personal secretaries that if there is a sign of such a romantic affair, it is best to immediately take the initiative to fight in bed to extinguish the man's desire, otherwise you have to control your man with the tactics of crying, making a fuss, and hanging yourself, and if you don't have both, you can only turn a blind eye.

"Oh?" Wei Aiwen seemed to come to his senses suddenly, glanced at the Bairencheng dormitory area outside the carriage, and said after a moment of silence, "You go home and sleep first, no need to wait for me, I'm going back to the office to work overtime." After that, Wei Aiwen opened the door of the carriage and watched his personal secretary get off the car reluctantly. He didn't notice the other's sad eyes until the guard closed the door.

"You vixen named Qian, don't let me see you again." The personal secretary looked at the departing carriage, spat fiercely on the ground, and her eyes turned red.

Wei Aiwen, who was wrongly accused, was still immersed in the conception of the entire publicity work at this time. He had completely forgotten about the waitress. How could a woman get the sense of accomplishment from work? After several days of distress, he now had a relatively complete countermeasure. Now the most important thing was to put these works into results.

The next morning, the officers of the Political Department of the General Staff met with Chief Wei, who had been up all night, in the conference room, and gave the naturalized officers four more orders to be further refined and completed.

The first is to investigate psychological phenomena such as "post-war fear" among the participating troops, especially PTSD symptoms, summarize the main manifestations, the handling methods and results of grassroots officers, and provide materials and work ideas for the publicity work of post-war psychological construction.

The second is to collect information on situations where troops have major ideological fluctuations, mainly the troops' views on casualties, missing persons, and prisoners of war, the aftermath of the troops and civil affairs departments dealing with the relevant personnel, and their views and attitudes towards the rear. This issue is actually an old one. As early as the first batch of injured and sick veterans returned to Guangzhou and Linggao, conflicts had already arisen due to the huge differences in the status of the front and rear.

Then there is the propaganda work. First, it is to publicize the heroic performance of the Fu Bo Army in the Guangdong-Guangxi Campaign and establish the spirit of "not fearing bloodshed and sacrifice for the Senate and the people" in the whole army. Secondly, it is to vigorously publicize the various "preferential care work" of the local area and highlight the local "preferential care models"; finally, it is to implement various specific projects.

"The preferential treatment work involves a lot of expenses. Although we are not in charge of the money, we have a say in the specific projects. We should all brainstorm on this matter and not set up projects everywhere on a whim. It will be embarrassing when the money is spent and it is difficult to continue... Don't make promises everywhere - it will be more troublesome if you can't implement them!"

The subordinates began to report on the implementation of various preferential treatment projects. Needless to say, the projects that pay money can be implemented as long as there is money. The key is to get it to the hands. This is what Wei Aiwen repeatedly emphasized, especially the pensions for the fallen soldiers, which must be sent point-to-point by the troops to which they belong to to the direct family members, and cannot be transferred by people.

"…Nowadays, it is generally reported that the preferential treatment in the village is often not implemented," the subordinates reported, "especially for farming for military families, there are relatively big problems: either they are not serious and do it in a perfunctory manner; or there is the phenomenon of encroachment."

"I will discuss this matter with Liu Muzhou and see if there is any way to improve it."

"Report to the commander!" A naturalized civilian officer under his command stood up and reported.

"what's up?"

"Regarding the proposal for the Chutsugu School," the officer said cautiously, "it has been proposed for almost two years, but the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has not yet given a clear response..."

"I know that." Wei Aiwen replied a little disappointed. He had actually mentioned this matter for many years, but the education department had always been "studying it". According to Hu Qingbai's opinion, the admission and tuition exemption for the children of the martyrs of the Fu Bo Army and the National Army were clearly stipulated and guaranteed in practice, so there was no need to open another school.

"I'll talk to the education department about this." Wei Aiwen knew very well that there would be no progress at the moment, so he changed the subject to selecting heroic model figures and deeds throughout the army, forming a reporting group, and conducting a tour of reports.

(End of this chapter)