Chapter 64: Letting the Rooster Lay Eggs

  Liu Fei followed behind Jiang Zhengyuan, walking back to the provincial governor's office. After closing the door, Jiang Zhengyuan did not immediately return to his seat in the office, but instead sat down on Liu Fei's chair, leaving Liu Fei standing beside him.

  Jiang Zhengyuan flipped through the work log on the table with his hands, but didn't say a word. Liu Fei was left standing there like that.

  Time passed minute by minute, and Jiang Zhengyuan didn't seem to want to speak. Liu Fei started to feel anxious, thinking: Governor Jiang, what do you really want to do? Just say it directly, don't keep me hanging here! I'm getting a bit worried! Was it something I did that made you unhappy? Can't you at least say something?!

  Liu Fei occasionally looked up and glanced at him, only to find that Jiang Zhengyuan seemed to have taken an interest in his work log, flipping through it slowly. The frustration in this guy's heart was beyond words.

  20 minutes! Only after 20 minutes did Jiang Zhengyuan close his work log, glanced at Liu Fei, saw the sweat on his head, and a hint of a smile appeared in his eyes, feeling somewhat satisfied with Liu Fei's performance. It seems that this kid is quite calm, but also quite tense inside.

  With a faint smile, Jiang Zhengyuan tapped his fingers on the table and said: "Liu Fei, you're not bad! You beat someone up and still have people speaking up for you! Shouldn't I praise you a couple of sentences?"

  Liu Fei immediately understood, thinking to himself: "You're not actually trying to praise me, are you? This is clearly a sarcastic remark! Can't I tell when someone's being facetious? You're just annoyed that I cause too much trouble, but what can I do? When others bully me, I have no choice but to fight back!" However, Liu Fei knew he couldn't say these thoughts out loud to the governor, as that would be too disrespectful. So he could only force a smile and say: "Governor Jiang, sorry for causing you trouble!"

  "Hum, you still know how to stir up trouble! Look, for your sake alone, the entire provincial party committee is in an uproar, with swords and flames everywhere! You're really something, your ability to cause trouble is absolutely number one in the world! But Liu Fei, I want to ask you, what's the relationship between you and Hou Guoqiang, Xie Yuming, and those others?"

  Liu Fei smiled bitterly and said, "Governor Jiang, you're overestimating me. What relationship could I possibly have with those two? I only met them briefly last night!"

  Jiang Zhengyuan's eyes narrowed, his gaze swept across Liu Fei with a sharp glint: "Can a mere acquaintance be enough to change the outcome of a vote at the Standing Committee meeting? Do you think a single vote from a Standing Committee member is so worthless? Don't you know how enormous the power of speech held by a Standing Committee member is?"

  Liu Fei scratched the back of his head, looking helpless: "Boss, I'm telling the truth, I just had dinner at Director Hou's house last night and met Commissioner Xie there."

  Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhengyuan's body suddenly straightened up. This news was truly shocking; he had not expected that Hou Guoqiang and Xie Yuming were actually close to such an extent. From now on, at the Standing Committee meetings, no faction would dare to underestimate the presence of these two members. This was a very powerful force! In the current political landscape where two factions were vying for power, whichever faction gained the support of these two individuals could absolutely control the entire Hebei Province!

  Knitting his brow, Jiang Zhengyuan asked: "Since it was your first meeting, how did you end up going to his house for dinner?"

  Liu Fei had to recount the whole process from inviting Xu Jiaojiao to dinner to meeting two people at Hou Guoqiang's house. After finishing, he raised his head and saw Jiang Zhengyuan smiling at him with a full face, couldn't help but feel a little strange, and asked: "Leader, what are you laughing at? Is there something wrong with what I said? I didn't lie to you!"

  Jiang Zhengyuan smiled and shook his head, saying: "I know you're not lying, but I feel that your luck is really extraordinary! Fighting a fight can even bring out two provincial committee members! You're really something! Alright, let's stop here. You spend the next few days preparing for the meeting at the end of the month and give me your draft in 10 days!" After finishing speaking, Jiang Zhengyuan stood up to head back to his own room.

  Liu Fei said bitterly: "Leader, I won't write the manuscript!"

  "You really can't write scripts?"

  "I really can't write, I've never liked writing essays since I was a kid!" Liu Fei said with his head down, his voice barely audible, and the expression on his face looked like someone owed him millions of dollars that they couldn't pay back, with a gloomy cloud hanging over him.

  Jiang Zhengyuan saw his expression and felt a bit pleased in his heart, thinking that since he met this kid, he had never seen him so worried before, which was unprecedented. Originally thought Liu Fei was a hard iron plate who would not bow down to anyone or anything! Didn't expect this kid couldn't even write a script!

  Jiang Zhengyuan furrowed his brow, and a mischievous feeling arose. Heh heh, after all these years, I've always been steady and serious, but today I'll let loose and give you a hard time, you little scamp! That way, in the future, you won't be so arrogant and cause trouble for me again!

  So, Jiang Zhengyuan immediately sank his face: "Liu Fei, don't you think that a secretary who can't write manuscripts is a qualified secretary?"

  Liu Fei shook his head and said, "No."

  "That's good, you remember, 10 days, I'll give you 10 days' time. If you can't hand in a satisfactory manuscript, you're on your own!" After finishing speaking, Jiang Zhengyuan turned around and went back into the house.

  In the office, Liu Fei sat on a chair with a sullen face, wanting to cry but having no tears: "Heavens, making me write a manuscript is simply worse than killing me! What am I supposed to do?! Only 10 days, just 10 days of time! Isn't this like asking a rooster to lay eggs?!"

  For the whole day, Liu Fei was as if he was in a gloomy and depressing fog, staring blankly at the open WORD document on his computer screen, which was empty and didn't have a single word!

  Draft! Write a draft! Write a draft on how to develop the economy and expand economic construction, I don't know how to write it! Just as he was about to get off work, Liu Fei still couldn't come up with anything. Helpless, he temporarily gave up and started browsing web pages. After wandering around online for a while, he suddenly had an idea and thought, "Why did I forget? If you want to know something, ask Baidu!" His enthusiasm immediately surged! In no time, he collected a large number of articles on economic construction. Liu Fei smiled complacently, thinking, "I'm so talented!" Combining these few articles together wouldn't result in a complete draft?

  He was too excited and didn't even notice when Jiang Zhengyuan came out and stood behind him.

  Just as Liu Fei was about to copy these documents, he heard someone behind him say: "Liu Fei, those things on the internet are outdated, don't think about it anymore, you should come up with constructive opinions!"

  Listening to the familiar voice, Liu Fei's originally high-flying emotions suddenly fell through the floor, and he stood up with a embarrassed face, smiling awkwardly: "Governor Jiang..."

  Jiang Provincial Governor was in a very good mood, glanced at Liu Fei and deliberately said with a serious face: "Liu Fei, you are still young, can't learn those heretical things, the manuscript must be written by yourself to temper! Moreover, writing manuscripts is also a great way to exercise one's thinking ability. Many officials in our country started from the position of secretary and became pillars of the state after years of tempering! You are a clever person, I won't say more, think about it carefully!" After finishing speaking, Jiang Zhongyuan walked out with his hands behind his back.