Volume 1 Chapter 28 Ma Zi, Not Worrying About Horses

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  On Monday morning, Peng Yuanzheng put on the light-colored plaid short-sleeved shirt his mother had just bought for him, wore a pair of dark trousers, and stepped into a pair of shiny leather shoes. With a brisk pace, he headed to the municipal party committee compound, officially starting his new life as an official in the municipal party committee.

  What does the Propaganda Department's News Division actually do? Not only did his mother, Meng Lin, discuss this question with him for a long time on Sunday, but over the past two days, whenever he went out and met acquaintances, someone would ask him the same question.

  Peng Yuanzheng could only bitterly smile and brush it off with unclear reasons.

  He is actually very clear about the responsibilities of this department and understands his future work direction.

  News Department, in short, is to coordinate and contact news units externally, organize the municipal party committee and government agencies' news propaganda internally, and contact major media outlets under the municipality. In a word, it's about writing manuscripts. Peng Yuanzheng was very clear that people in this department have a certain number of manuscript publishing tasks every year, and their work performance is basically measured by the quantity and quality of published manuscripts.

  Peng Yuanzheng chose this department, not only because he was studying Chinese and it was a good match for his major; but also because he knew that this department had an innate advantage: they would often participate in some major events in the city and be responsible for reviewing media reports, not only frequently contacting municipal leaders, but also having many contacts up and down.

  In several departments of the Propaganda Department, the head of the News Department is the easiest to be promoted and reused.

  Peng Yuanzheng felt that his writing skills were quite solid, and as a reborn person, he had been a minor clerk in an organization in his previous life, so he could get started with this job easily.

  He was confident that he could make a name for himself in the shortest possible time in the propaganda department.

  The Organization Department is on the first floor, and the Propaganda Department is on the second floor. The News Section is located in a narrow office at the easternmost part of the same floor as the Propaganda Department.

  When Peng Yuanzheng left, there were already two young clerks, a man and a woman, cleaning up. The man was of medium build and had an extremely ordinary appearance, while the woman was heavily made-up and dressed fashionably, and from far away Peng Yuanzheng could smell a strong perfume scent.

  Peng Yuanzheng smiled and knocked on the door, which was actually wide open.

  The man looked up at Peng Yuanzheng, stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "Are you the new little Peng? Peng Yuanzheng?"

  The woman also looked up and sized up Peng Yuanzheng.

  "Hello, I'm Peng Yuanzheng. The Organization Department's Cadre Section asked me to report to your department." Peng Yuanzheng took the initiative to go in and shook hands with the man.

  This guy's personality is quite good, he warmly shook Peng Yuanzheng's hand and laughed loudly, "Hello brother, I represent our news department and myself, warmly welcome new comrade!"

  "My name is Ma Zhi..."

  Peng Yuanzheng was taken aback after hearing it, "Ma Zi?"

  His face suddenly had some subtle changes in color.

  "It's Ma Zi..." Ma Zi coughed twice and solemnly emphasized, "Brother, remember, my name is Ma Zi, not Ma Zi (son of horse)!"

  The female colleague Wang Na next to him couldn't help but giggle, "I said Ma Zi, you're not repeating it's fine, but once you repeat it, the more I listen to it, the more it sounds like 'horse child'."

  Ma Zi glared at Wang Na with a scowl, saying angrily, "I'm Ma Zi, I'm Ma Zi, do you understand? Comrade Wang Na!"

  "I understand, Comrade Ma! I know you are Ma Zedong and not someone else's Ma Zi!"

  Wang Na turned back to continue laughing, this kind of joke had obviously been made more than once. And Ma Zi was also a person who liked to play jokes, with an outgoing personality, and wouldn't really get angry.

  Wang Na smiled and Ma couldn't help but laugh too.

  This smile instantly dissolved the strangeness and embarrassment of the new comrade's arrival. When news department director Gong Hanlin and deputy director Sun Ping arrived, Peng Yuanzheng had already become fast friends with Ma Zi and Wang Na, tidied up the office, voluntarily went to the boiler room to fetch two thermoses of hot water, and even poured a cup of tea for Director Gong.

  Ma Zi was about to scold the new comrade, but found that Peng Yuanzheng had already thought of it and everything was under his control. Ma Zi secretly thought, this kid is on the right track, clever! Very clever!

  Wang Na thought to herself that she had heard Peng Yuanzheng was suddenly transferred as a reserve cadre by the Organization Department, so she guessed he didn't know which leader in the Organization Department was his backer.

  Gong Hanlin and Sun Ping walked in one after the other, Peng Yuanzheng stood at the office desk prepared for him near the door, smiling and greeting them, "Director Gong, Director Sun!"

  Gong Hanlin stopped in his tracks and looked at Peng Yuanzheng, smiling kindly. "Comrade Peng arrived early? Good, please sit down."

  Gong Hanlin has a good relationship with Zhou Dayong, and when Zhou Dayong calls to ask about Peng Yuanzheng, Gong Hanlin also gives him some face. It is said that Peng Yuanzheng is a "relation" person, but in the municipal party committee, there are many people who have relationships, you can point out one at random, and there will be someone behind them. For example, Ma Zihe, who came to this department two years ago, and Wang Na, who came last year, both have some connections. Therefore, Gong Hanlin did not take it too seriously.

  Sun Ping glanced at Peng Yuanzheng with a somewhat cold expression and nodded slightly before walking over to sit behind her own office desk.

  Peng Yuanzheng was good at observing expressions and reactions. He immediately sensed that Deputy Director Sun Ping seemed to be somewhat unfriendly towards him, but he didn't know why.

  Peng Yuanzheng walked up to Gong Hanlin with a smile, "Leader, I'm new here and don't understand anything yet. Please instruct me more, you two leaders and two veteran comrades."

  Gong Hanlin smiled and said, "Comrade Peng, don't rush for now. Work can't be rushed either. For the next two days, you should first get familiar with the situation, figure out what our news department does and how to do it, have a concept in your mind first, then we'll talk about the next step."

  "Alright, Director Gong." Peng Yuanzheng then returned to his own office desk and casually flipped through a news business book he had taken from Ma Zi.

  The morning passed quickly, during which several people in the news department were busy with their own work, some writing materials, others reading newspapers, while Wang Na, a young and fashionable girl, had her BP machine ringing constantly, making calls non-stop with the office phone, the sound of the calls was very shrill, making people feel dizzy.

  Peng Yuanzheng watched with a cold eye, and he clearly saw that every time Wang Na's pager rang, Sun Ping, who was sitting on her inside, would frown, while Ma Zi would raise his head and make eyes at Wang Na.

  Peng Yuanzheng secretly sighed, indeed the municipal party committee's organs were very deep, just a small news department, the complexity of the interpersonal relationships inside could not be described in words.

  Fortunately, Peng Yuanzheng is not a real rookie. He doesn't need to sacrifice his life to pull Cao Cao off his horse, he just needs to stick to his own heart and respond calmly, and walk his own way.

  As for the rest, they are all mere fantasies.

  It's time for lunch, Gong Hanlin put down the file in his hand and smiled, just about to tell his colleagues that they would have a gathering at noon today to welcome the new comrade Xiao Peng, but saw Sun Ping suddenly get up and rush out quickly.

  Gong Hanlin furrowed his brow but didn't say anything else and got up by himself to go buy food in the cafeteria.

  Ma stood up and stretched his waist, beckoning to Peng Yuanzheng and saying, "Brother, let's go, follow me to the cafeteria for dinner."

  Peng Yuanzheng also stood up with a smile and said, "Ma Ge, I'm going home for a while. My mom is still at home waiting for me to have dinner together."