That afternoon, the admission process for the key batches began, and it was at that time that I received a call from Secretary Leng, "Xiao Feng, the matter has been resolved."
I was overjoyed, "Really? That's great!" But then I became very curious, "Secretary Leng, can you tell me how you did it?"
In fact, I didn't ask him entirely out of curiosity. Perhaps more because I thought this was an opportunity for me to learn.
Yes, how did the vice president of Peking University do it? This may have a big impact on my thinking about problems in the future, but it’s hard to say.
However, what I didn't expect was that he only told me one sentence, "He is the vice president of Peking University, and whoever he said is his immediate family member is the one."
I was stunned immediately.
Then I heard his cold voice coming from the phone, "Do you think this matter is too simple?"
I hurriedly said: "No. Director Leng, if it weren't for you, no one else would be able to do this. You are right. As the vice president of Peking University, such a thing is indeed very simple, but you have to make him agree to do it."
This is not something everyone can do.”
Only then did he laugh on the phone, "I knew you were a smart person. That's the bottom line. Also, he was exchanging things with me, and his things were not that simple and easy.
"
So that’s it. I thought to myself and hurriedly asked him: “Secretary Leng, do you need me to do anything?”
He said: "No need. I can still handle this matter. That's it. You can reply to the leader. Don't mention me in front of the leader."
Then he hung up the phone. I immediately understood what he meant: He did this for me. In other words, the relationship between me and him was clear.
However, I still feel uneasy because the candidate was not admitted in the end. Things will only be settled after that candidate's file appears on the Peking University admissions register and I finally sign.
I went to the admissions office of Peking University and said to the director: "Peking University has agreed to what I discussed with you that day. Have you received the notice?"
He shook his head, "Not yet. Otherwise, I can call and ask? Because such an indicator must be given separately as a special one."
I nodded and said, "Okay. Please give me a call and ask. Please."
So he started to call, and after a while he said to me: "Director Feng, our city's admissions office has received this application from Peking University, but our director has not signed it yet. Under normal circumstances, it should be no problem. You
Don’t worry.”
I smiled bitterly in my heart: How can I feel relieved that things have not been implemented in the end? But I thought that special situations like this will always be dealt with at the end of this batch, so it is useless to worry now. So I said
: "Then please remember this at all times. Please."
He smiled and said: "Okay. Don't worry, I will remind our side at any time, and I will notify you as soon as I have news here. Director Feng, please leave me your phone number. Okay?"
I suddenly remembered that I had made an appointment with Zhong Feng to go to that mountain, so after writing down my phone number, I also wrote down Director Liang’s number.
After the admission process for the key batches started, I mainly focused my time and energy on those letters from acquaintances. This made me very upset, but that was all I could do. People nowadays attach great importance to their children going to college.
Sometimes I even regard it as more important than my own career. Since people have entrusted things to me, if I can handle it well, maybe they won’t be too grateful to me. Because I am the provincial admissions director, I can handle it well.
It will be considered a necessity, but if it is not done well, it will offend others, and it will be considered that I am unwilling to help, and it may be difficult to say that I will form a grudge because of it.
This kind of thing is just like that, it is simply a thankless thing.
To be honest, I really don’t want to continue working here now, because this kind of work is really boring. Isn’t that right? I, the provincial admissions director, just do personal things for those people.
There is a long list of acquaintances saved in the computer. If you solve the problem, you will check it off and then implement it one by one. I took a look and found that the list at Director Liang’s place is longer, and each of the staff below also has a copy.
Such a list. Obviously, these lists add up to a very scary number.
However, my main concern is still at Peking University. Failure to implement the person assigned by Secretary Luo will always make me feel uneasy.
Fortunately, in the afternoon of the second day of the key batch admission work, the news came: the matter was completely resolved. And I saw the candidate's name on the admission list of Peking University. I checked.
I looked up the candidate's registration number and admission ticket number, and felt completely relieved when I found it was correct.
Each candidate has two numbers, one is the admission ticket number and the other is the registration number. These two numbers are not the same. The admission ticket number may be repeated by two people because that number is based on the candidate of a certain county or city.
It is arranged according to the situation, but the registration number is different. That number is as unique as a person's ID card.
Director Liang once told me one thing: When he first started working, he was inexperienced, so an acquaintance entrusted him with a candidate. Later, the result was that the candidate entrusted to him by the acquaintance failed, but he
But he clearly remembered that he was admitted, but when he went to check, he found that he had encountered a special coincidence: two of the candidates that year had the same name and admission ticket number, because at that time he had experienced
It was not enough, so I didn’t check the registration numbers of the two people, and this happened.
Although coincidences like this are rare, it also illustrates the importance of the registration number of candidates in admissions.
This is my first time to participate in admissions work, but I feel the ubiquity of privilege. I have no choice but to now become the master and implementer of privilege.
Therefore, I think the existence of privilege is the root cause of corruption. Just imagine, if there is no privilege, where would corruption come from?
The only thing I sigh about this is that corruption is everywhere in today's society, and people have lost their most basic beliefs. Sometimes I wonder in my heart: What was my motivation for joining the party in the first place?
To be honest, although I had a speculative side at the time, I definitely had a sense of the holy about my actions.
I remember one time I discussed the issue of faith with Lin Yu, and she asked me at that time: "In the past, party members had firm beliefs and could shed their lives and blood for their beliefs. But people now are different. You know this is
why?"
At that time, I shook my head and said, "I don't know. Then why?"
She said: "A European philosopher once said that the faith forced by survival is very low-level but very strong, and the test is the simplest. But the faith created by life, although high-level, is not strong, and the test
It is also the most cruel. This sentence completely explains this problem. In the past, our political party struggled for survival. Now that we have gained power, we have slacked off. There is no threat and pressure for survival, so our faith has slowed down.
Slowness is missing. In the final analysis, there is still no sense of crisis in governing."
I think her words are very profound, but they also carry a sense of helplessness: it is not easy to establish a sense of crisis. Nowadays, when people are singing and dancing, who will really feel a sense of crisis? At most, they can only talk about it in their mouths.
I immediately called Secretary Luo, "Secretary Luo, I finally fulfilled my mission and completed the tasks you assigned. Don't worry, this candidate has been admitted to Peking University."
He smiled and said: "Let me tell you, Director Feng must have a solution."
I smiled bitterly and said: "Luo Mi, this matter is too difficult. In the end, it was resolved by the president of Peking University himself. Luo Mi, please, please give me some simple questions in the future."
He laughed, "I heard a lot of people talking about Director Feng being young and capable. This time I saw it."
As the saying goes, everyone carries the sedan chair. After he said this, I immediately felt more comfortable, but I still couldn't help but say modest words.
He immediately asked me: "Director Feng, why don't you ask me whether this matter is my personal matter or the leadership's matter?"
I didn't expect that he would take the initiative to ask me such a question. I was stunned and immediately replied: "Luo Mi, does this make any difference? Anyway, I only have one principle. Your words are imperial edicts to me."
He laughed again, "Director Feng, you are so good at talking. To tell you the truth, my elder brother who is the mayor of Gaolou City entrusted me with this matter. It's not easy for him to come to you. Now it's okay
, the unhappiness between you has finally come to an end."
I never expected it to be like this. But I immediately felt grateful to him. After all, there is a principle in officialdom: it is better to resolve enemies than to end them.
But I also smiled bitterly in my heart: Yes, I have been busy for a long time, and in the end I have to thank others. I hurriedly said: "Thank you so much Luo Mi. Luo Mi, let's treat you to dinner after I have been busy for a while.
.I have to give you a few toasts."
He smiled and said, "Why don't you wait until you're done with your work? Just tonight. I'll call Mayor Chen right away."
He replied after a while, "Mayor Chen will come over right away. He is very happy. Let's just have dinner at this five-star hotel that our provincial government has hosted for a long time in the evening. It will be more convenient for me to arrange it here."
What can i say?
But I secretly felt a little strange: It is said that Mayor Chen was the former secretary of Governor Wang, and was brought here from other places by Governor Wang. How could he have a relative of a candidate like us in Jiangnan? And from this incident
Look, the relationship between this candidate and him seems to be quite unusual.
However, I was thinking in my heart that it is best not to ask about such a thing unless it is told by him himself. Under normal circumstances, he should tell it by himself. If it were me, I would not ask others to help me with such a favor.
After that, he will definitely explain what kind of relationship the person he wants to help has with him. This is also a kind of basic respect for the other party.
On the way to the hotel, I couldn't help but think: Secretary Luo did a good thing for me this time. Today's officialdom is indeed like this, there is no turning around, what if one day I and these people
It would be troublesome and embarrassing if we work together. At least this is a chance to clear up the past feud. (To be continued)