Chapter 89 Seats

Wen Xiangfeng thought to himself, when I first arrived in Xincheng District two years ago, there was nothing here. I, Lao Wen, worked hard for two years. Now the new city has begun to take shape, and you, Lin Yuanfang, will come to pick peaches? If you, Lin Yuanfang, are older than me, or have a harder background, and pick them when you pick them, you will pick them, and Lao Wen will accept it. But you are just a 23-year-old little boy. You have to be qualified but not qualified, and you have to have a background without background. Why should I enjoy the country I have built?

Lin Yuanfang heard the sour smell in Wen Xiangfeng's tone, and knew that Lao Wen was dissatisfied with his coming to decentralize power, so he smiled faintly, but he didn't care. He said in his heart that the officialdom is so cunning, but not revealing it. You, Lao Wen, can't even do this, and your joys and angers are all over his face. No wonder even though he had a retired deputy director of the county people's congress as his backer, he was still just a deputy section-level cadre in his forties.

More than a dozen cadres from the management committee came up and called Director Lin. Lin Yuanfang had to shake hands one by one and exchange greetings.

Seeing that the etiquette was complete, Mo Rigen asked Zhong Fanmin in a consulting tone and said, "Secretary Zhong, then we are now..."

Section Chief Zhong said: "Go to the conference room directly."

"Okay, okay." Mo Rigen gave in and said, "Secretary Zhong, please." So he accompanied Zhong Fanmin in front, Lin Yuanfang and Wen Xiangfeng were a little behind, and surrounded by the cadres of the Management Committee, came to the conference room.

The small meeting of the Management Committee was arranged in a very exquisite manner. After everyone sat down, Mo Rigen looked at Zhong Fanmin, and Zhong Fanmin nodded with a smile. Mo Rigen cleared his throat and said loudly: "Next, Comrade Zhong Fanmin, the head of the Cadre Section of the Organization Department of the County Party Committee, announce the decision of the County Party Committee Standing Committee, and everyone applauded and welcomed it."

Applause was everywhere in the conference room.

Zhong Fanmin slowly opened the documents in front of him. After the applause came down, he said: "After research and decision by the county party committee, Comrade Lin Yuanfang was appointed as the deputy director of the Xincheng District Management Committee. This personnel appointment was made by the county party committee based on the development of the new urban area situation and the needs of leadership team building, and made careful decisions. It is timely and necessary. I hope that all comrades who are doing are doing will resolutely implement the correct decisions of the county party committee, carefully understand the spirit of the county party committee's instructions, unify their thoughts, concentrate their understanding, and unite closely to work hard for the development and construction of the new urban area..."

"Next, I am entrusted by the main leaders of the county party committee to give you some hopes and requirements..."

According to convention, when the organization department holds a meeting to announce the personnel appointment, it must make an encouraging brief speech. Zhong Fanmin talked about these hopes and requirements, which took a full forty minutes.

After Zhong Fanmin finished speaking, Mo Rigen took the lead in applauding and announced in a passionate tone: "Next, we have feelings, Comrade Lin Yuanfang, deputy director of the Xincheng District Management Committee, will speak to everyone!"

There was another round of applause. Everyone looked at Lin Yuanfang and saw what kind of inauguration comments this 23-year-old deputy director would say.

Lin Yuanfang picked up the speech and slowly glanced across the venue. It can be said that Lin Yuanfang made careful preparations for his first appearance in front of all the cadres of the Management Committee. Of course, this is thanks to Fan Yimin for his usual teachings and the work notes left by Fan Yimin.

As Fan Yimin wrote in his work notes about his impressions of the chief engineer as director of the Planning Bureau, the big challenge for him was to get out of the role of a chief engineer as soon as possible, break out of the thinking of technical cadres, and think about everything from macroscopic and complexity. Only with a sense of the overall situation can you have a chance of winning in a complete way.

Lin Yuanfang is now also going from being an over-the-role as a technical cadre to a main leader of the management committee. His thinking also needs to be adjusted and leap, and he must prepare for it in advance.

Just for this inauguration speech, Lin Yuanfang practiced countless times in the dormitory in front of the mirror, including expressions, gestures, tone, rhythm and infectiousness. He even bought a pocket recorder, recorded his speech, and then played back to check whether his tone and rhythm were natural, and then made some moderate adjustments to the speech draft, such as where to add some exclamation words and where to modify them with adverbs of tone. Lin Yuanfang repeatedly fine-tuned until he was satisfied with the effect of his speech.

Lin Yuanfang also considered all the details he could consider. For example, this time he appeared at the management committee, what kind of clothes should he wear, whether it was a cotton jacket, a trench coat, or a down jacket, what kind of cardigan was with, what color was the shirt inside, what kind of leather shoes were equipped with underneath, etc. For example, how should he communicate with everyone with his eyes when he spoke, whether his pager was hanging at his waist or in his handbag, etc., all of these may seem unrelated details in the eyes of others.

But even though he had made sufficient preparations, he could not help but feel excited when sitting here and facing all the cadres of the Management Committee. Their thoughts he had reviewed many times seemed to have become unfamiliar.

Fortunately, after the applause stopped, he adjusted his emotions in time and his thinking became smooth again. The carefully prepared inauguration speech flowed naturally to his mouth:

"The county party committee arranged for me to serve as deputy director of the Xincheng District Management Committee. I feel extremely happy and honored to be able to live and work with the people of Xincheng District. Here, I would like to first thank the organization for its cultivation, education and trust in me, and thank Section Chief Zhong of the Organization Department for sending me to the post; thanks to Director Mo Rigen, Deputy Director Wen Xiangfeng and everyone's warm welcome to me, which touched me deeply..."

After a speech on the inauguration, in addition to the empty but necessary cliché at the beginning, Lin Yuanfang would not have a single cliché afterwards. When talking about the current situation of the new urban area, he was concise and in place. When talking about his prospects for the future of the new urban area, he even combined theory and practice to show the wonderful future of the new urban area. He heard the passionate and warm applause from the middle-level cadres of the Management Committee, which made Lin Yuanfang feel unprecedented satisfaction.

In contrast, Mo Rigen, director of the Management Committee, looked a bit long and old-fashioned, sounded boring, and made people feel drowsy.

However, Lin Yuanfang still heard his heartfelt welcome to his arrival in Mo Rigen's speech. This made Lin Yuanfang feel very calm. As long as the top leader of the Management Committee does not reject him, he is still confident in doing his future work well.

After Mo Rigen finished speaking, the handover ceremony was over. It was already eleventh. So Mo Rigen invited Zhong Fanmin to stay for dinner. Zhong Fanmin refused for a moment and stayed there. In fact, after sending cadres to post, the next banquet was also a common practice. However, some people were immediately banqueted after the handover ceremony, while others would put the banquet at night.

The banquet was placed at the Song Paradise Restaurant opposite the Management Committee. This is the most luxurious restaurant in the new city area. The conditions are not worse than those in the old city area. In addition to the cadres of the Management Committee often come here, the leaders of Huayi Aluminum Factory often hold banquets here.

The Song Paradise Restaurant is located on the management committee’s territory. Now that the leaders of the management committee are here, they naturally have to arrange to enter the most luxurious private room, Peony Pavilion.

Lin Yuanfang followed Mo Rigen, Wen Xiangfeng accompanied Zhong Fanmin into the private room, followed by middle-level cadres from the Management Committee.

"Come on, Chief Zhong, please sit down." As soon as I entered the private room, Mo Rigen pulled Zhong Fanmin to the main seat of the guest. Zhong Fanmin just took a brief politeness and sat down. Although his position level was not as high as Mo Rigen, Lin Yuanfang and Wen Xiangfeng, he was a cadre of the superior organization department. According to the grassroots custom, as long as he came from a superior agency, no matter his position, he would be called "leader". Moreover, today Zhong Fanmin was carrying out the task of sending Lin Yuanfang to office, representing the county party committee, so it was nothing to sit in the main seat.

Although Lin Yuanfang was attending a banquet of this type for the first time, he also heard Fan Yimin say that the rules at the table in the officialdom were also lectured, so he would place the desk in the office. Although there were no explicit regulations, everyone knew which position everyone should sit. In this case, everyone would follow their own identity and be willing to take advantage of the table, and they would not be willing to surrender or overthrow it. If someone didn't know and took other people's seats, it would be a big taboo, which would cause dissatisfaction among the whole table.

After Zhong Fanmin took his seat, Mo Rigen sat on the left of Zhong Fanmin. According to the ranking, Lin Yuanfang was in front of Wen Xiangfeng in the leadership team of the Management Committee, and he should have sat on the right of Zhong Fanmin. However, he hesitated for a moment and gave up Zhong Fanmin's right to Wen Xiangfeng, and he was ready to sit next to Mo Rigen.

Unexpectedly, Mo Rigen pointed at the opposite side and said with a smile: "Director Lin, you should sit next to Section Chief Zhong."

Zhong Fanmin also reached out to pat the empty seat beside him and said with a smile: "Director Lin, come here, sit here!"

Wen Xiangfeng had a cold face and stood there without saying a word.

Lin Yuanfang hesitated and said, "Let's ask Director Wen to sit there."

Wen Xiangfeng said in a pun: "I have old arms and legs, and I have difficulty moving, so I'd better ask the young man to sit over." Then he pulled open the chair beside Mo Rigen and sat down.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle, and his eyes were all focused on Lin Yuanfang. However, Lin Yuanfang smiled slightly and said nothing. He walked past Zhong Fanmin and sat down next to him. Only after he sat down did the middle-level cadres of the Management Committee sit down one after another according to their respective positions.
Chapter completed!