Provincial Party Committee

Chapter 11

At eight o'clock on a Sunday night, Wang Yiming thought he had nothing to do, so he bought something for their son, biscuits, candies, etc., and went to Yu Yanli's house to visit.It just so happened that all three of their family were there. Seeing that Wang Yiming really came with something in his hand, he was naturally very enthusiastic.

When Wang Yiming entered the door, he saw that their home had two bedrooms and one living room. Although the area was not large, about sixty or seventy square meters, in this provincial city, especially in the provincial party committee compound, there was such a It is also very enviable to own a house of your own.There is a black and white TV set at home, which was also a very expensive thing in those days, and the average family would not even dare to think about it.It can be seen that the living standard of the gorgeous couple is higher than that of ordinary people.

Yu Yanli hurriedly poured tea enthusiastically, invited Wang Yiming to sit down, ate fruit, and chatted.At that time, people were still very simple, and the relationship between people did not involve as many interests as it does today, but it was not easy to get along with each other.

Inadvertently, Yu Yanli asked Wang Yiming a question, and said, "I see you walk alone, and eat in the cafeteria on Sundays. You don't have a girlfriend yet, do you?"

In college, although Wang Yiming performed well, studied well, and looked good, but because his family was from the countryside and the family conditions were poor, the clothes he usually wore were outdated and outdated, not as good as those children in the city. It is also upscale and more fashionable.Some people even put on watches, and the Shanghai brand ones cost more than 100 yuan.Earning work points in the countryside, even if a family works for a year, they can't earn the money of a watch.

Such a difference made Wang Yiming feel a little inferior. He felt that there was no way to compare himself with those children in the city.I have many brothers and sisters, and my parents are both farmers. I don’t have much money in my hands, and sometimes even eating is a problem.I and my younger brother Erhu go to school, which has already made the family overwhelmed.Fortunately, after being admitted to university, the state not to mention free of charge, but also living allowances.My own living expenses can be settled by the state, and my younger brother has also been admitted to the teacher's college in the province, so basically I don't have to take care of it at home.But the two younger sisters, Sanni and Sifeng, are still studying and need to spend money, which is not a small burden for their parents.I can only study hard, assign a good job when the time comes, help my parents as soon as possible, and solve the family's suffering.

So he has no intention of falling in love, has not actively pursued any female classmate, and has not accepted any female classmate's pursuit.Now that Yu Yanli asked herself, he had no choice but to answer truthfully: "Sister Yu, I haven't been in a relationship yet, and I don't have a girlfriend."

Yu Yanli became even more excited when she heard that, and said, "That's easier, can I introduce you? My younger sister is a third-year university student. I'll introduce you next Sunday. She is an economics student at Qingjiang University. Department, and you are still alumni! What conditions do you have, let me hear."

Wang Yiming said: "I am a rural child, a poor college student who has just graduated, what conditions can I have? I just ask the other party to have a good character, know how to be filial to parents, and be virtuous. As for appearance, it is enough to have an average appearance. Require."

Yu Yanli said: "Don't be humble, don't be humble, I think you are good. Graduated from college, good-looking, handsome young man, good job, educated, and sensible. Isn't it just that the family is poor? What's the matter? It's been a long time It'll be fine, it's settled like that, my sister, she's a pretty nice person, you'll know when you meet her, she's prettier than me. It's just a little thinner, it doesn't matter, a woman, after getting married and having a baby , I will gain weight naturally. I was thin before I got married, haven’t I gained weight now?” He glanced at Sun Guangming and said, “Yes, when we got married, I was less than 90 catties. After I gave birth to Xiaolong , the weight suddenly reached 110 catties. Now I have to control my diet, for fear of gaining weight again."

Sun Guangming nodded, and said to Wang Yiming: "Yes, yes, the three sisters are all skinny, there is no way, the daughter looks like a father, look at Xiaolong's grandfather's body shape, he is 57 years old, and he is still handsome, and he has no stomach at all. Belly, unlike those directors of the department, all of them are potbellied, not tall, and have a lot of waistbands, and some waistbands have caught up with the length of trousers."

"Department chief", Wang Yiming became sensitive all of a sudden, the whole Qingjiang province only had dozens of bureau chiefs.Yu Kaishan is the only director of the department whose surname is Yu. He is the assistant to the governor and the director of the provincial finance department. On the list of members of the provincial government, he ranks very high, directly after several deputy governors. Before the secretary general of the provincial government.

During the past two months at work, apart from dealing with official documents, when Wang Yiming had nothing to do, he would look through the phone book sent by the general office over and over again to familiarize himself with the names of the leaders of various departments, especially the leaders of various provincial party committees and the provincial government. , the leaders of the Provincial People's Congress and the Provincial Political Consultative Conference, their positions, titles, and ranking order among provincial leading cadres.This is the first thing every secretary in the office must master.The names of the top leaders at the prefectural and municipal levels, the mayor, the secretary of the municipal party committee, and the top leaders of various departments of the provincial government are also the focus of grasping.

Therefore, Wang Yiming quickly understood that Yu Yanli was probably the daughter of Yu Kaishan, assistant to the governor and director of the Provincial Department of Finance.Of course, I can't ask straight to the point right now, because it would appear that I have no city and I am too eager for quick success.But judging from Yu's gorgeous appearance, temperament, and her work situation, she is definitely not the daughter of an ordinary family.

Although he pretended to be quiet on the surface, Wang Yiming was still excited. After all, he had never experienced such a thing.If he fell in love with Yu Yanli's younger sister and finally got married smoothly, then he, Wang Yiming, would suddenly become the son-in-law of a high-ranking official. What an earth-shaking change for a rural child like him!What changes will happen in the future is simply unpredictable!
After coming out of Yu Yanli's house, Wang Yiming's heart was full of excitement. He still couldn't believe that his luck would be so good. The job would be solved, and love would also be solved. If Yu Yanli's younger sister looked like her, so beautiful, he There is nothing to be picky about, besides, his family is so nice.The only thing he was worried about was whether Yu Yanli's younger sister would take a fancy to him. She was the son of a high-ranking cadre with a princess temper, which was very different from him, a son from the countryside.This is where he feels uneasy.This week, he spent the restless waiting, his heart fluttered, he couldn't concentrate on anything, he made several mistakes in writing, and was criticized by several old secretaries.

He didn't pay much attention to this either. He just came here and was a newcomer. He was not familiar with anything, so he needed to ask old comrades for advice.It's nothing to be criticized by others for doing something wrong.I am also a child without any family background, and in this big organization, no one supports you and speaks for you, so naturally you don't have the capital to be arrogant.It is only natural to act on the face of others in everything.

Sometimes Director He arranged for him to deliver materials to Deputy Secretary-General Quan's office, and sometimes at the end of the day, he went in and out several times, but Deputy Secretary-General Quan stood up and nodded seriously to him.When I went to the toilet, I ran into Deputy Secretary-General Quan by chance. His face was always tense, like a cloudy day that was about to rain at any time.Wang Yiming nodded to him. Sometimes he saw it, but he pretended not to see it, without snorting.

Wang Yiming counted the other deputy secretary-generals and deputy directors of the general office. There were seven of them. He greeted the leader in advance, but when his shoulders passed by, Wang Yiming realized that he was not looking at him at all.Your own expressions are all wasted.Maybe people don't care who you are at all.

Qiao Yuanfang, Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the General Office, does not work in this building at all. He and other members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee have a special three-story building in the backyard.Ordinary secretaries like Wang Yiming simply don't have the opportunity to go in and out of such important office occasions.It is his turn to send documents.

The Second Secretary Office of the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee is a place where secretaries dedicated to serving leaders gather. They are qualified to enter and exit the Standing Committee Building at any time.These leading secretaries are the highest rank among the secretaries of the entire office.They serve beside the leader, one by one, with magnificent appearance.Occasionally, I went to work upstairs in the office here, and Wang Yiming saw them dressed in well-made Chinese tunic suits and jackets, which were the latest and most fashionable styles at that time.The briefcases in his hands are all made of good leather. At first glance, they look like high-end goods and famous brands, which ordinary people can't afford.Their leather shoes were also polished black and shiny, and when they walked, they all stood up straight and looked very elegant.

When the directors saw these leading secretaries, they immediately became half shorter, one by one, with smiling faces, saying flattering words, clapping their shoulders, and shouting "brother, brother", and some of them even went to each other every now and then. These secretaries eat, play cards, and accommodate their feelings. The purpose is to get closer to the leader through the secretary and let the secretary blow the wind to the leader. When there is a chance for promotion, they will want him.

The deputy secretaries-general, deputy directors of the general office, inspectors, etc., when they met these leading secretaries, they stopped putting on airs and became amiable one by one. They didn't dare to address them like "Xiao Zhang, Xiao Wang, Xiao Li". When they met each other, they always flattered them by calling them "Mi Zhang, Mi Wang, Mi Li".It seems that these people who are much younger than them have become their friends and buddies.The intimacy makes ordinary secretaries like Wang Yiming feel that one is in the sky and the other is in the ground.

Of course, everyone just saw it with their eyes and understood in their hearts that they couldn't show any dissatisfaction in their actions. Everyone understood that in this group, whoever has the most official position has weight.You are a small person, you have to accept the reality.No matter how wronged or dissatisfied you are in your heart, you can't show the slightest expression on your face, you still have to laugh, and you have to pretend to work and live as if nothing happened, and you can't bring bad emotions to work, otherwise the leader will talk to you , you will be identified as a person with bad emotions, not suitable for working in such a department.In the end, you will be eliminated, transferred out of this key unit, and changed to another irrelevant job.

Wang Yiming is a careful person, he has extraordinary comprehension, in just a few months, he has studied the unspoken rules in it roughly clearly.His thoughts are quite well prepared, how to speak, how to do things, how to deal with interpersonal relationships with his colleagues, he is very measured.

Another week later, on Saturday afternoon, Yu Yanli called and asked Wang Yiming to come to their house for dinner at night.Although it is going up and down the stairs and contacting by phone, it is still more secretive, and it is more convenient than going directly to the office to talk.In the office, there are many people talking, so it's better to keep it secret.

As soon as Wang Yiming answered the phone, he understood that he might have to meet Yu Yanli's sister tonight.He got off work on time, greeted Director He, made sure there was nothing else to do, left the office building, went to the department store at the door, and bought some more things.Mainly some fruits, biscuits and the like.Now Wang Yiming has a salary income, although it is not high, more than 40 yuan per month, which was not a small income at that time.Living by myself is no longer a problem.I can also send ten or eight yuan to my parents in my hometown every month to supplement the family and support my two younger sisters to study and go to school.

Back in the dormitory, he took out his best clothes again. It was October, and the weather was crisp and the temperature was neither cold nor hot.It's 10 or [-] degrees during the day and [-] or [-] degrees at night, just put on a jacket and you'll be fine.

Wang Yiming put on his new white shirt, a new gray jacket over his coat, and his dark blue trousers. He polished a pair of Shanghai leather shoes that he had worn for more than a month until shiny.Putting on this outfit, he walked back and forth twice in the room. He looked back and forth in the mirror on the table several times to make sure there was nothing wrong. He glanced at the small alarm clock on the table, it was almost seven o'clock Now, at this time, it's time for dinner.

A few minutes later, he arrived at Yu Yanli's doorstep.Knocking on the door lightly, the door opened quickly, Yu Yanli stood at the door with a big smile on her face, with a white apron tied around her waist, she seemed to be cooking.Seeing that it was Wang Yiming who had arrived, he enthusiastically let Wang Yiming inside.Seeing that Wang Yiming was carrying a bag in his hand, her son Sun Xiaolong knew that he had something to eat again. Without saying a word, he ran over immediately, snatched the bag, staggered to the sofa, took out the biscuits inside, and tore it up. Open it, put a piece into your mouth.

Yu Yanli glanced at her son, pretended to be angry and said, "You naughty child, you have never seen a biscuit before! Call uncle, thank you uncle."

Sun Xiaolong was chewing something in his mouth, and said "thank you, Uncle!" but his eyes were fixed on the TV, watching the children's program on it, and he didn't talk to anyone.

Wang Yiming looked into the room and found that Sun Guangming was not at home, so he asked, "Aren't Brother Sun here?"

Yu Yanli said: "He has a social event. He won't come back for dinner. It's okay. My sister is here. The four of us will eat the same." As she spoke, she yelled into the kitchen, "Yanmei, come out for a while, Wang Yiming Come, let's meet, get to know each other."

After the words were lost, Wang Yiming saw a tall, slender girl walking out. She had big eyes, a melon-shaped face, and fairer skin than Yu Yanli. Her hair was casually tied into a ponytail braid behind her head. It was a popular hairstyle at that time.Wearing a blue suit with a lapel collar, a white shirt with floral patterns inside, and brown leather shoes, she walks with her chest up and her head up, very energetic.Wang Yiming felt that this girl gave him a very good first impression, she was generous, neither humble nor overbearing.

Yu Yanli pointed to Wang Yiming, and said to her younger sister, "Yanmei, this is the Wang Yiming I told you about. The college students who have just been assigned by our office this year, you are high-achieving students from the Chinese Department of Qingjiang University. I don't know that you are in the school. Have you seen it?"

Wang Yiming took a serious look at Yu Yanmei, and said to Yanli, "I've never seen it before. The school is so big, with thousands of people, boys and girls, not on the same floor, and there are several in the school cafeteria. It's not easy to get to know each other."

Yu Yanmei also took a serious look at Wang Yiming, shook her head and said, "I haven't seen it before."

Yu Yanli hurriedly greeted both of them to sit down, and said, "Okay, today you know each other, and we will keep in touch when you have time." After speaking, she stood up and said, "You can chat casually, and I will prepare the meal, and we will meet soon Dinner."

Wang Yiming sat down with Yu Yanmei, the two of them met for the first time, both of them were a little cautious, Xiaolong was still watching TV, a three-year-old child, he still didn't understand anything.While watching TV, eating something in his mouth, staring at the TV screen intently.

Wang Yiming coughed dryly, and said something, "Have you read the school newspaper? When I was in school, I was an associate editor. I worked part-time in my spare time and wrote some articles."

Yu Yanmei said: "I've seen it. We have a copy in our dormitory. I remembered it. I saw your name on it. I can't remember what it was written in. It's prose, right?"

Wang Yiming said: "Yes, most of them are essays. I once wrote an essay "The River of My Hometown", which was first published in the school newspaper, and then the provincial newspaper also used it, and paid me 25 yuan for the manuscript. !"

Yu Yanmei said: "Ah, that's really good! I'm a bit impressed. I've seen your essay. You Chinese department can write quite well. Many people have published articles in newspapers. gone."

Wang Yiming said: "We rely on this for a living, and we can't write well! Your economics department is also good. You know Wei Zhengdong, the chairman of the student union. Our first class is also from our Hechuan County. We can be regarded as fellow villagers."

"I know, I heard that after graduation, I was assigned to the Institute of Economics of the Provincial Academy of Social Sciences. I heard him speak, and he was very passionate. I heard that he has read a lot of books, and he can recite the original works of Marxism and Leninism. We call him ' Old Master. Many people in school admire him, saying that he is very knowledgeable and has published articles in academic journals across the country." Yu Yanmei said.

"He is quite capable, but his thinking is more radical. Some leaders of the school don't like him, so he is given a bad grade. According to his grades, he can enter the provincial government's development research center without any problem. But now It’s good, he can study and do research with peace of mind, it’s quite suitable for him.” Wang Yiming echoed.

After all, the two belong to the same school. Although Wang Yiming is two years older than Yu Yanmei, it is easy to find common topics about school affairs.

Wei Zhengdong is Wang Yiming's hometown. Both of them are studying in Hechuan County High School. Wang Yiming is a top student in the liberal arts class, while Wei Zhengdong is a top student in the science class. , I am afraid that I will not be admitted and I will repeat the study.So they applied to Qingjiang University at the same time.When returning home during the summer vacation, all the students in Hechuan County like to take the train together. Everyone takes care of each other, buys tickets together, squeezes the train, and climbs the windows.At that time, the traffic was very underdeveloped, there were few cars, and the fares were expensive.Train tickets can be bought at half price with a student ID card.From the provincial capital to Hechuan County, it takes more than six hours to take the green-skinned train, that is, the slow train, for a 300-kilometer journey.With someone as a companion, everyone can talk and laugh, and they are not lonely anymore.In this way, Wang Yiming and Wei Zhengdong gradually became acquainted.When he was in school, Wei Zhengdong also often wrote articles, but his articles were more theoretical articles, and some of his views were quite sharp, which could not be published in the school newspaper.He submitted his own article, but it was published in many large academic journals, and it became a sensation in the school for a while.

(End of this chapter)