C56 Did not follow (1/2)

I gave her a hard look over my shoulder, stood up, went into the doorway and sat down, away from her.

Mei Ling did not follow him.

I ignored Mei Ling, tilted my body, and listened to the director's office.

At first he could hear nothing but voices.

After a while, he suddenly heard her raised her voice, ”It's a shame that you've been working with me for so many years advertising, it's a good thing that you're from the Ministry of Propaganda, you can't even manage a single newspaper, and you've made such a low level mistake, making a disgrace of yourself, a disgraceful thing …”

This voice did not belong to the Secretary-General, nor did it belong to the Secretary Ma.

My heart is pounding. The leader is showing off.

Then the room grew quiet again.

I sat in the doorway, not knowing when to call me in for training.

After a long while, Secretary Ma wiped the sweat off his forehead and left Chief Executive Officer's office, following the Secretary-General back to his office.

The Secretary-General handed a book to Secretary Ma: ”Hello? According to the director's instructions, this is your study book. Go back and let your reporters and editors study our country's political system. Whether it is a strong person or a strong government, who should be at the forefront … ”As for your internal affairs, just report them to me …”

Secretary Ma nodded and received it. He bade farewell to the Secretary-General and led Mei Ling and I away.

I came here for nothing. I was not reprimanded, and I was not received.

I realized that a pawn like me wasn't even qualified to be taught a lesson.

After getting on the car, Secretary Ma wiped his sweat as he passed the book to Mei Ling: ”Inform the Editorial Committee, have them organize people to learn the laws of the country and learn seriously. After learning, write a book to learn from it.”

Mei Ling promised and took it.

”Also, inform the members of Party committee of newspaper to meet in my office in half an hour to study the handling of this matter …” The Secretary Ma said again.

Mei Ling immediately got her office's secretary to handle the matter.

Then, the Secretary Ma muttered to himself, ”This hurdle has finally been passed. This old man has cursed for a long time …”

”Xiao Jiang, you saw it all right? In the future, work hard and pay attention to what's going on. You've all made mistakes, and the leader is going to receive the punishment in your place …” Mei Ling began to educate me again in front of Secretary Ma, ”Secretary Ma has always held you in high regard, you better not disappoint my expectations …”

When Mei Ling was alone with me, shshedidn't dare fart. But when she was in front of the Secretary Ma, he showed great flexibility. I had no choice but to nod my head in agreement.

Returning to the newspaper, I went straight back to my office. When I passed by Liu Fei's office, he came back, called me over, went in, lowered his head, and stamped his feet again: ”Aiya, tell me, I'm really messing around, how come I didn't notice that mistake, sigh … ”It's my fault, I was careless …”

I know, Liu Fei already knew about this.

I didn't speak, I remained expressionless as I stared at Liu Fei for a good three seconds. Then, I quietly turned around and returned to my office.

I know, Liu Fei must be extremely happy at this moment.

I've made my own mistakes, I have nothing to say, I can't blame anyone else.

In the afternoon, after the research of the Party Committee, the result of my punishment came out: first, the withholding of a month's salary; secondly, the writing of a profound examination, which was publicly reviewed at a general meeting of the staff; and thirdly, the transfer of the position of journalist to the Party Committee's office as an ordinary staff member, which was immediately handed over to the staff, and the arrival of the post at once.

This means that I will soon become Mei Ling's direct subordinate.

I don't know if this punishment contained Mei Ling's intentions, but I know that the Secretary Ma is actually very protective of Mei Ling, and would consult Mei Ling on some matters. I heard from Chen Jing that when the positions were adjusted, there was once a person who was stronger than Mei Ling, who was chairman of the department room and Mei Ling, who was fighting for the position of chairman of the office.

I can't accept working under Mei Ling's leadership. I want to beat her up the moment I see her, how can I work?

Besides, after these months of exercise, I had fallen deeply in love with journalism, and I couldn't imagine what it would be like if I left it.

My heart was in pain.

On the other hand, Liu Fei was very excited when he heard that I was transferred to the Party office. He suddenly expressed an unusually warm and intimate feeling towards me, saying that I got lucky from misfortune and went to work in the Party office.

Liu Fei took the initiative to suggest that the department room send me off tonight.

I arranged my books and materials in a simple manner. Looking at Liu Fei's happy and passionate smile, and the rolling eyeballs behind his glasses, I knew that Liu Fei must be feeling relaxed, happy, and happy right now.