Chapter 22 – The opportunity to shine (1/2)
General Affairs Office.
The office was dead silence after Deputy Director Li left. Zhou Changchun frowned and rubbed his forehead. He was looked through the document in his hand and then looked around the office. “This is about the same as last time. Bureau Chief Yang did not give any specific instructions. Xiao Tan?”
Tan Limei, who had never complained about her work looked at Zhou Changchun pitifully. “Chief Zhou, please let me off.”
Zhou Changchun gave some encouragement: “Writing speeches have always been your job. As a university graduate, it should be an easy task. You can’t expect me or Old Yan to write it, do you?”
Tan Limei sighed: “Chief Zhou, you also know that Bureau Chief Yang’s expectations were so high. The last time, Sis Chang, Guo Panwei and I had spent 2 days on his speech. We wrote 6 versions, and he did not use any of them. I was still scolded by him. I…… I……”
Zhou Changchun interrupted: “Bureau Chief Yang told me that he has high hopes for you. This time, you should put in more effort.”
Tan Limei lowered her head and replied reluctantly: “Fine. I will try.”
Zhou Changchun looked at Guo Panwei and the rest: “Panwei, Xiao Chang and Shunjie, all of you will also write a draft. Do your best.”
Changjuan immediately said: “Sir, I am not good at writing. Bureau Chief Yang will surely not use my draft.
Guo Shunjie also said: “Chief Zhou, I……”
Zhou Changchun was slightly pissed and knocked on the desk: “Look at all of you. What are all of you trying to do? No matter how difficult this task is, all of you still have to do it. This is your job! Start working now and tomorrow send the drafts to Bureau Chief Yang.” Zhou Changchun was also afraid of Bureau Chief Yang. Bureau Chief Yang was not satisfied with the General Affairs Office’s drafts the previous time. Not only the staff workers were scolded, even Li Qing and he were reprimanded. This was why Li Qing and Zhou Changchun were troubled when they knew Bureau Chief Yang wanted them to write out his speech again.
After work.
Dong Xuebing walked up to Tan Limei: “Tan Zhi, let’s leave together.”
Tan Limei listlessly sighed: “What bus are you taking?”
“Number 46.” Dong Xuebing walked out to the pouch with her. “What’s wrong? Is it tough to write the speech?”
“It’s not that difficult if it was for other Bureau Chiefs. The rest does not even need to write a draft, and I alone am enough. But this Bureau Chief Yang is different. He…… He……” After Tan Limei’s explanation, Dong Xuebing understood what happened. Bureau Chief Yang’s full name was Yang Yizhong. He was the Bureau Branch Deputy Divisional Chief. He was transferred over from East City Branch not too long ago, and the staffs were not familiar with him. They only knew that this Deputy Chief had a bad temper and had high expectations for his speeches. He was not interested to even look through the drafts. A while ago, the whole General Affairs Office were scolded by him.
Dong Xuebing thought deeply about what Tan Limei said.
The next day.
The first thing Zhou Changchun asked when he stepped into the office was the drafts.
Tan Limei replied weakly: “I have finished the draft, but I am not sure if Bureau Chief Yang will approve it.”
Guo Panwei, Guo Shunjie, and Changjuan had the same facial expressions as Tan Limei. They were all not confident.
“Ok.” Chief Zhou said. “Send the drafts over and see what Bureau Chief Yang says.”
Dong Xuebing looked at those 4 people who left for to the “Execution Grounds.”After they left, Dong Xuebing opened a few Word documents and look at the samples of speeches. He had downloaded these examples from the internet last night. He had learned about the sentencing structures and the words used.
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