Chapter 306 The new village director (more on that later)
Before Lu Ping's call was made, she heard someone outside shouting: "Shujie is here."
"Shujie, come on!"
"Don't worry, Shujie, I will definitely vote for you later."
"Shujie..."
The election hasn't even started yet, but there are already many people outside expressing their attitude.
Although Gao Weimin, the former village director in the village committee office, was mentally prepared, he still felt uncomfortable when he heard the cheers outside.
Cao Jianlong laughed and came out of the office directly. When he saw Cao Shujie walking towards the door, his unhappiness about the boy not coming in time disappeared instantly.
"Shujie, come here quickly." Cao Jianlong waved to him.
Cao Shujie walked quickly to Cao Jianlong's side, with a hint of apology on his face: "Uncle Long, I'm so sorry. Something happened just now, which delayed everyone's time."
"It's okay, it hasn't started yet, the time is just right!" Cao Jianlong said.
At this moment, he didn't look as angry as he did at the women's director Lu Ping.
Cao Shujie was even less aware of the scene that had just happened, and they walked towards the office door together.
When he came to the door, Cao Shujie did not go in. He smiled and nodded at Gao Weimin who was sitting inside, but there was no tense atmosphere between the two parties.
"Secretary Cao, everyone is here, let's start now?" Cao Zhengyin asked.
Today, he took the initiative to resign as an accountant and became the host.
Cao Jianlong nodded: "It's so hot. Since everyone is here, let's start quickly."
"Finish your work early and go have dinner together early," Cao Jianlong said.
He was not polite at all.
The villagers waiting below couldn't help laughing when they heard what he said.
Cao Shujie couldn't help but laugh when he heard what Cao Jianlong said.
Eating is a trivial matter!
As the election officially began, Cao Jianlong, as the village party secretary directly appointed by his superiors, said a few words.
Cao Jianlong said that after he becomes the village party secretary, he will definitely cooperate with the new village director Cao Shujie to develop the economy of Caojiazhuang as soon as possible, so that every household in Caojiazhuang can make money, so that every household will no longer be reluctant to give up food, clothing, expenses, etc.
This statement is very interesting.
The election results haven't come out yet, so he first decided who the village director would be.
It also makes people implicitly assume that the village director is Cao Shujie.
Even Cao Shujie didn't expect Cao Jianlong to say this.
But I have to say that Cao Jianlong is very talented!
When he said this, he unconsciously put pressure on other competitors, making them think that he and himself were "colluding"!
Cao Jianlong spoke for a few minutes, and it was over in a short time.
After he came down, everyone waited for a while.
When it was the turn of the candidates for ‘Village Director’ to take the stage to speak.
As the current village director, Gao Weimin took the stage to speak for a few minutes even though he was taking care of his own face.
But as Cao Jianlong once said, Gao Weimin is not very good at speaking.
He took the stage for less than 3 minutes, repeatedly emphasizing that if he continues to be the 'village director', he will lead the whole village to live a good life!
Apart from these, he had no new words. Many people listened and started to look for someone to chat with.
The people of Caojiazhuang know best what kind of person Gao Weimin is.
Very stingy!
He planted an apple orchard of his own. Every year when the apple harvest was good, he would find people in the village to work for him to pick apples. The price they offered was much lower than the price offered in other villages, and they were not allowed to work for him.
People cannot eat their apples, even if they have rotten scars.
These people who work for him are really not trying to gain an apple from him. The main reason is that Gao Weimin doesn't know how to behave.
Secretly, there are still people who hope that Gao Weimin will go down as soon as possible so as not to waste spit on the stage.
When Gao Weimin finished speaking and came down from the stage, there were still people applauding below!
I don’t know if Gao Weimin’s speech was too good, or if he was done with the speech after sending him off.
"Next, we invite Cao Shujie, the candidate for village director, to come on stage and say a few words to everyone." Host Cao Zhengyin said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the people sitting on the mat in the audience burst into warm applause.
This kind of energy was not there when Cao Jianlong came on stage to give a speech, nor was it when Gao Changhe came on stage to give a speech, nor was it when Gao Weimin came on stage.
Cao Shujie felt everyone's enthusiasm for him up close, which made him lose the last trace of hesitation in his heart.
He walked firmly to the podium and looked at hundreds of people sitting in the sun. There were 8 large fans blowing around them, but it didn't work. Many people sitting in the middle were shaking the cattail fans vigorously, and sweat was still flowing down their faces.
Flow to the ground.
But at this moment, these common people didn't say anything anymore. They all stared at him with bright eyes, looking at him with some expectancy in their eyes.
As a child who was born and raised in Caojiazhuang and eventually moved out, Cao Shujie has a special love for this place.
"Grandpa and grandma are here."
"Uncle, aunt."
"Uncle, aunt."
"And all the brothers and sisters in Caojiazhuang, I am Cao Shujie!"
"Today I am very happy to stand here and say a few words from my heart to all the fellow villagers. I am very grateful to everyone for their unconditional trust in me."
"Before I came here, I was always hesitant about whether I could do this job well and whether I could lead everyone to make a fortune together!"
"To be honest, this is difficult!" Cao Shujie said.
But the people sitting in the sun did not have any fluctuations. They still looked at Cao Shujie, as if they believed that since Cao Shujie had stood up, he would not back down.
After thinking for a while, Cao Shujie continued: "The difficulty is mainly reflected in the fact that Caojiazhuang and its surrounding areas do not have any development resources, and we do not have our own special products."
"I think it's easy to go from one to two because we have a track to follow."
"But it's very difficult to start something from scratch, because you don't know what to use for development."
"So in the next long period of time, we may have to try and make mistakes! There are risks in trial and error!"
When he said this, the people sitting on the mat in the audience finally made some movement, and they understood what Cao Shujie meant.
I also understand that Cao Shujie is not like Cao Jianlong, Gao Weimin and others, who come up with a bunch of false and empty words.
If you think about it carefully, you will find that everything Cao Shujie said is reasonable and convincing!
Even the few people standing behind him nodded along subconsciously.
They realize that they may be more tactful and sophisticated than Cao Shujie, but they are not as good as Cao Shujie when it comes to putting themselves in the shoes of this land.
"Folks, if you are really willing to let me be the village director, I can't say that I can guarantee that I will lead the 371 households in Caojiazhuang to get rich, but I promise that if three years from now this year, all the 371 households in Caojiazhuang will become rich.
If there is no obvious improvement compared to this year's changes, I will voluntarily step down and resign!" Cao Shujie's words were very resounding!
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa!"
The audience burst into even warmer applause.
Someone even shouted: "Shujie, don't think too much, just do whatever you have to do, brothers support you."
"That's right, if others do it, you can pull it off. If you do it as the village director, brothers will believe you!"
"Whoever dares to express dissatisfaction today, just stand up and give us a promise!"
In the crowd, Cao Tiemin, Cao Shulin, Cao Shuhua, Cao Shuqing, Cao Fei, Cao Shulun, Cao Zhen...
One by one, they suddenly stood up. At this moment, they were particularly eye-catching!
Cao Shujie glanced over, and he didn't expect that all these brothers were back.
He didn't make a single phone call about participating in the election, and he didn't plan to ask them to come back and cheer for him!
But he didn't expect these people to come back silently.
At that moment, Cao Shujie felt warm in his heart.
Cao Jianlong, Gao Weimin and others standing behind Cao Shujie were deeply touched when they saw this scene.
To be honest, they themselves also thought that in this situation, if they cheered up, someone would support them!
But it’s difficult!
Who knew that Cao Shujie had done it, and people’s voices were really high!
Cao Jianguo in the crowd saw that his son was "trusted" by so many people, and he couldn't help but shed tears. Looking at his son on the podium, Cao Jianguo felt that it was really worth it!
"This son was not raised in vain!" Cao Jianguo thought to himself.
Wang Yuelan and her daughter-in-law Cheng Xiaolin were together, sitting in the last row.
Mengmeng was standing next to them, looking at her father in front of her, she felt that he was really majestic.
"Dad, I'm here." Mengmeng shouted suddenly.
After she finished speaking, she broke away from her mother and grandma's hands, walked around to the side, and ran towards the podium.
Cao Shujie never expected such an 'unexpected' situation.
Forget about him, neither Cheng Xiaolin nor Wang Yuelan expected that Mengmeng would make his own decision, but Cao Shujie had already greeted her from the stage.
Mengmeng was afraid of being caught by his mother, so he ran towards his father as hard as he could. Finally, he was hugged by Cao Shujie who came down. At that moment, Mengmeng burst out laughing with "haha".
