Chapter 124 Alarming the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee
After arriving in China, Devna used her spare time to read a large number of modern Chinese literary works. Therefore, it was Zao Wou-ki's writing style that first attracted her to the two articles on "Fengshan". He felt that Zao Wou-ki's writing style was no less than
There are some great writers in China, and there is a confident and fresh charm in Zao Wou-ki's articles. This charm can only emerge in the works of rising countries or rising writers.
Originally, after the first article appeared, Devna couldn't put it down and wanted to translate it into English and send it back to the United States for publication; but she put it aside temporarily because she was busy. To Devna's surprise, it was still published.
There is a second article, and the second article "Fengshan Bamboo Weaving, Dance on the Fingers" not only has a particularly attractive title, but the article itself is even better than the previous article.
After reading this article about bamboo weaving in one sitting, Devna came up with a plan.
Staff stationed abroad, because they represent the image of a country, are very strict in their daily work and life. Even if they have to attend some social activities, they will be cautious. In addition, at the grassroots level in China at that time, foreigners were treated like pets.
Devna's life in Pingyuan City seems to be quite cramped, and for various reasons, Chinese officials do not advocate foreign diplomats stationed in China wandering around in their own country.
Devna wanted to use the two articles as a guide to get involved in Chinese civil society. So she told her husband Peter her idea.
As the consul, Peter naturally supported Devna's idea, but he made a better suggestion, which was to apply to China on the grounds that the United States wanted to import Fengshan wood carvings and bamboo weaving, hoping to go to Fengshan for inspection.
The few years in Donghai City were not in vain. He knew very well that this ancient country that had just opened its doors was hungry for foreign exchange, especially rice dollars. If it was used as an excuse for "importing" this commodity, it would be almost impossible for China to refuse.
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With the support of the consul and husband, Devna began to take action. At this time, Devna had been promoted to the first secretary and had her own subordinates to plan for her. It was the work of her subordinates to call the newspaper office to ask whether the report was true.
If those two articles are only literary creations, and those handicrafts are just things from the past and cannot be produced and produced now, wouldn't it mean that as a rice consulate, it would be laughed at by the Chinese people?
On the 7th day after the second article was published, that is, around the time the [Utopia] system changed its mission rules, the U.S. Consulate in Pingyuan City sent an official letter to the Foreign Affairs Office of the Xichuan Provincial People’s Government: “This is to hear that Zizhou City, Guizhou Province
Fengshan Township, Lujiang County has the production capacity of wood carvings and bamboo weaving handicrafts. Our consulate hopes to send personnel to inspect it. Please ask your office to be responsible for the related matters related to the inspection. If it is confirmed that the content is consistent with what was reported in your province's "Xichuan Daily", our consulate will be very
I am happy to promote the export of this outstanding folk handicraft from Xichuan Province to rice."
The text of the official document from the United States was naturally in English, but the Foreign Affairs Office did not lack English translations. Therefore, the "Chinese" text of the official document was placed on the desk of Mo Kai, director of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, within half an hour.
"Nigerian media, what is going on?" Director Mo almost cursed after seeing the document, but he immediately realized that this matter was of great significance. This was their first time since the establishment of the Mi Consulate.
He took the initiative to express his interest in a certain product from China. If he could make it happen, Mo Kai's own contribution would also be indispensable.
Therefore, Mo Kai immediately asked his office to find the two articles involved in the official letter. After reading them, he thought they were very good, so he prepared to sign the words "Please read the instructions of Governor Liao" according to the regular document processing mode. However, Mo Kai was writing the words Finally, instead of handing it over to his subordinates, he took the car directly to the governor's office.
There is no small matter in diplomacy, so in local matters such as this, the top leaders of the government are responsible for making the final decision (don’t rant, I didn’t check the stars).
Although Liao Kang was a little rigid in his thinking, he also knew that this matter was very important, so the two drove to Provincial Party Committee Secretary Liu Boyi. Liu Boyi's understanding of the spirit of the Central Committee of China was certainly not comparable to that of Liao Kang and Mo Kai. He immediately gave instructions: Contact the U.S. Consulate in Pingyuan immediately to agree and work hard to facilitate this inspection.
The next morning, a Volga from the Xichuan Provincial Foreign Affairs Office drove to the front of the Mi consulate. Mo Kai and his four attachés began to formally contact the Pitts and his wife about the inspection.
The Pitts were also surprised. When did Chinese officials work so quickly and make decisions in one working day? However, the consulate also seriously discussed matters related to the inspection with Mo Kai and his party.
In fact, the real purpose of the Pitts is to visit Zizhou and Fengshan to understand the real situation in Xichuan. Of course, if the wood carving and bamboo weaving are really good, they will naturally be willing to facilitate business transactions between Mihua.
Therefore, the Pitts only made two requests: first, to go to relevant villages in Fengshan Township to visit the production sites of handicrafts; second, to ask Zhao Wuwei, the author of the two articles, to introduce to them the production technology and processes of related products.
As for the time of the inspection, both parties agreed to make the trip on the day after the Chinese National Day.
After Liu Boyi, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, saw the "memorandum" about the Fengshan inspection signed by the Xichuan and Mi Consulates, he quickly gave reception instructions and asked his secretary to find the two articles about the Fengshan report and read them carefully. Get up. Liu Boyi was a college student in the 1950s, so there was no obstacle in reading these two articles. Naturally, Zao Wou-ki's writing style, as well as the cherishment and love for wood carving and bamboo weaving shown in the article, fell into Liu Boyi's eyes.
"Secretary Hu, please help me find out from the comrades in Zizhou City who this Zhao Wuki is?" After reading the article, Liu Boyi also developed a very deep interest in Zhao Wuki.
While Zao Wou-ki was struggling to write a speech for Felina, a very complete report on Zao Wou-ki's personal situation was placed on the desk of Liu Boyi, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.
A student who just graduated from the Department of Economics of Xichuan Normal University three months ago joined the Communist Party during his college years. He volunteered to go to the toughest mountainous areas for training. He captured three gunmen with his bare hands and was awarded first-class merit by the Provincial Police Department. He participated in the military and civilian participation in Lujiang County. The song he composed and sang won the first prize at the gala, and the article he wrote was not only colorful but also attracted the attention of American friends? Nigerian media, isn’t this an outstanding representative of outstanding university graduates in the new era?
As for the identity of Zhao Wuji's father, Comrade Zhao Dezheng, as deputy secretary of the county party committee and executive deputy county magistrate mentioned in the situation report, Liu Boyi has not yet caught his eye.
Of course the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee would not use such foul language. Liu Boyi thought for a while, picked up the phone and called Li Shaoqiang, the director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, "Comrade Shaoqiang, don't you feel that it is difficult to select cadres? Our eyes are still on We need to pay more attention to the grassroots, and talents will come from the grassroots.”
"Secretary Liu, have you discovered any talents?" Li Shaoqiang was not given the position of Minister of Organization for nothing. The provincial party committee secretary's words clearly meant that he had taken a liking to someone and wanted the organization department to inspect and promote him.
"Hey, you misunderstood. Like you, I am usually in the government agencies. How can I find talents at the grassroots level? However, there is a university graduate named Zhao Wuji in Lujiang County. He recently published an article in "Xichuan Daily"
I checked with someone about the two articles, and they seemed to perform pretty well."
"Secretary Liu, do you also know Zhao Wuji?" Li Shaoqiang asked in surprise.
"Comrade Shaoqiang, don't you also know about Zhao Wuji?" Liu Boyi naturally heard Li Shaoqiang's surprise.
"Secretary Liu, I did hear something about Comrade Zhao Wuji. The main reason is that my daughter also worked for the Fengshan Township Government in Lujiang before. They were colleagues. My daughter told me that the young man was very good. Oh.
, By the way, Zhao Wuji once wrote an investigation report on the industrial development of Fengshan. The article was very good, but some of the views in the article were too advanced." Since the provincial party committee secretary is paying attention to this unknown Zhao Wuji, Li Shaoqiang
Don't care about sending a favor.
"Haha, do you have that article somewhere?" Liu Boyi asked seemingly casually.
"Ah, yes. I will send it to you right away." Li Shaoqiang waited for Liu Boyi to put down the phone and immediately rummaged in his filing cabinet.
Zao Wou-ki's "Feasibility Report on Industrial Development in Fengshan" was personally sent by his daughter Li Ping. Since there were some views in the article that Li Shaoqiang did not agree with, and in fact it was not the same as the trend at this time, so Li Shaoqiang will
After all, Zhao Wuji was a young cadre whom his daughter recognized more. Li Shaoqiang was not willing to let this article fall into the hands of some people with ulterior motives, so as not to cause improper consequences to Zhao Wuki and make his daughter hate him.
Fuck your own father.
Twenty minutes later, Li Shaoqiang sent the typescript of the article to Liu Boyi's office, "Comrade Shaoqiang, please sit down." Liu Boyi took the article and started reading. As for Li Shaoqiang, he had to wait for a cup of tea prepared by the secretary.
Waiting for further instructions from Secretary Liu.
This report by Zao Wou-Ki is not short, it is 24,000 words long. If it were published in a newspaper, it would be nearly three full pages, which would be equivalent to the work report of the Government Affairs Council or the full text of a major resolution of the Central Committee.
The most valuable thing is that in this report on the industrial development of a township, Zhao Wuji wrote it from the perspective of the country, the world, and the times. The data and terminology in the report are dense, and the arguments and discussions are quite reasonable.
, Although Liu Boyi was not sure about some of the views, Liu Boyi deduced the rationality of Zhao Wuji's judgment from those views that he strongly agreed with.
Liu Boyi read very carefully. Li Shaoqiang drank tea while observing Secretary Liu's reading. He found that Secretary Liu had only read half of it in an hour, and he also made a few strokes in some chapters.
Sometimes I have to go back and watch it again.
At this time, Li Shaoqiang already had some regrets, that is, he did not send this report to Secretary Liu's desk earlier.
Because he intuitively felt that Liu Boyi basically held a positive attitude towards Zhao Wuji's article, and even this article was very important to Secretary Liu. Otherwise, how could an article written by an ordinary township cadre make a provincial party committee secretary sit in the chair?
