The 48th Return

  At the first township government office meeting after Ye Zhenran was discharged from hospital, Township Head Li Jun warmly welcomed Ye Zhenran back to work. Since Deputy Township Head Lin's car accident, Township Head Li had been suppressed by Secretary Qin, and his workload had suddenly increased. He paid extra attention to uniting the members of the township government team and his attitude towards them also took a noticeable turn for the better.

  Ye Zhenran listened to Li Jun's warm welcome speech, lowered his posture, and bowed his hands in all directions: "Thank you, Director Li, thank you leaders, everyone has worked hard during my hospitalization." During Ye Zhenran's hospitalization, members of the first- and second-level cadres from the countryside came to visit him at the hospital, expressing their condolences and respect.

  "It's all for the revolutionary work, Comrade Ye is being too polite." Deputy Township Head Cheng Guang smiled and waved his hand.

  "Yes, Ye Chang has brought such great honor to our Mashih Township this time, it's too powerful!" This is what Liu Xiaoguang, the deputy township head in charge of education and health, said.

  "Yechang, don't be polite, you're young and promising, Mashixiang still needs you to lead the way." Deputy Township Head Yu Caihua, in charge of science and technology as well as transportation, made it sound even more appealing.

  "Leaf length..."

  After Ye Ziran finished speaking, everyone praised him one after another, making Ye Ziran feel a bit embarrassed. He hurriedly interrupted, "Leaders, please stop praising me, I'm blushing. Let's listen to Li Chang's arrangement for the next step of work."

  Li Jun looked at Ye Zhenran with satisfaction, this is a reliable and trustworthy person! He smiled and continued to preside over the township government office meeting: "Ye Chang has returned, our work can be carried out normally again. Comrades, everyone knows that the county party committee and county government are very concerned about our township's work, taking our economic zone as a pilot zone for economic reform. What does this mean? It means that Ye Chang's tax preferential policy is not only timely but also very suitable for our township's economic development." He raised his eyes to scan the meeting members, seemingly forgetting that he was an opponent at the township party committee meeting.

  Ye Ziran maintained her smile and listened quietly as he continued speaking.

  "At present, the comrades in the economic district have done a lot of work in personnel organization and business rules, and also implemented an office location in the provincial city. Now that Ye Chang is back, he can fully guide the follow-up work of the economic district, which is very timely. I calculated the time, before the end of the month, to complete the preparatory work for the opening of the office, and strive for September 1st to officially start the operation of the provincial city office of the economic district. Ye Chang, what do you think?"

  Seeing Li Jun's unusual attitude, actively supporting the work of the economic zone, Ye Zhenran would not lose face, and immediately spoke out: "Li Chang's instructions are very timely, and the consideration is very thoughtful. I will urge the comrades in the economic zone to speed up, and the provincial city office will officially start on September 1st."

  Li Jun nodded repeatedly and said: "Good, good, do other comrades have any opinions?"

  What's the point of this, everyone takes a look at Li Jun, muttering to themselves in their hearts, it seems that Li Jun has changed a lot! It appears that Ye Zhenran's authority is quietly on the rise in the county government!

  Li Jun saw that everyone didn't mention any other opinions, turned his head and looked at Ye Zhenran again, asking: "Ye Zhang, take a look, is there anything else?"

  Ye Zhenran is very good at taking advantage of the situation, seeing that the current office meeting atmosphere is very good, and he took the opportunity to bring up the matter of the textile mill: "Li Chang's instructions are very accurate, I believe that under the correct leadership of the township party committee and government, the economic zone can quickly get on track and develop rapidly. In addition, I would like to report a matter to everyone. Everyone knows that according to the spirit of the joint meeting of the township party and government leaders, the township government has established a working group for the textile mill, which is fully responsible for the rectification work of the textile mill. Some time ago, the deputy head of the working group, Comrade Ma Yanli, went to Shenzhen for a week-long inspection, and this time she brought back very good news." Ye Zhenran picked up his teacup and took a sip, continuing: "Through Comrade Ma Yanli's efforts, she not only brought back three technical backbone personnel from the Shenzhen garment industry, but also brought back six sets of the latest suit and jeans sample drawings, and contacted the source of the fabric. Therefore, it is now ripe to convert the main business of the textile mill to garment production. At the same time, through this period of inspection, I feel that Comrade Ma Yanli has ideas, has energy, and has a very careful observation of the Shenzhen and provincial garment markets, with a very keen sense of smell, and is a talent for running enterprises. Therefore, I propose to the township government that the head of the textile mill be concurrently held by Deputy Head of the Working Group Comrade Ma Yanli, which is most beneficial to the development of the textile mill."

  After finishing speaking, Ye Zhenran picked up his teacup and slowly savored the tea, waiting for Li Jun's reaction. Previously, in the rectification work of the textile mill, especially with regard to the director of the textile mill Hu Weizhong, he and Li Jun had different opinions.

  Jian Ye's calm and composed demeanor was impressive, and none of the other deputy township heads spoke up, all watching Li Jun with great interest.

  Li Jun reacted quickly, saying seriously: "The main business transformation of the textile factory and the selection of the factory director proposed by Ye Chang are very correct in my opinion. Comrades, think about it, why can't the Ma Shi Textile Factory develop? It's nothing more than two reasons: one is that the products are not on the right path, and the other is that the leadership is not strong enough. Now, the plan proposed by Ye Chang is aimed at these two problems. Based on my observation of Ma Yanli comrade, I think it is suitable for her to be the director of the textile factory. What do you all think?"

  This remark obviously exceeded everyone's expectations, how did this Li Jun become a different person?

  Cheng Guang despised Li Jun in his heart, but said on his lips: "Ye Chang's proposal is very good, I also support it."

  "Very good, I support." The other members of the team spoke one after another.

  Li Jun had actually been hoping someone would come out and oppose it, so he could more resolutely express his support and gain Ye Zhenran's favor. Originally, with his backer, Yin County Magistrate, losing power in the county committee, Li Jun realized a major problem - he had never had any status in Secretary Tang's eyes, and last time because of Deputy Township Head Lin's matter, he made a fool of himself, making Secretary Tang's impression of him even worse. If things went on like this, his official career would be precarious. But to change Secretary Tang's impression of him, the best way was to have Ye Zhenran introduce and praise him in front of Secretary Tang, so he had long been planning to win over Ye Zhenran. After the "Two Lis" incident, seeing the massive political power behind Ye Zhenran, he thoroughly put down his airs as head of the township government and urgently wanted to improve relations with him. Now, seeing all the team members express their support for Ye Zhenran, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly - it seemed that all the team members understood that Ye Zhenran was not what he used to be, each and every one of them had bright eyes! So, smiling, he said: "Since everyone agrees with Comrade Ye's opinion, then this matter is decided."

  The head of the textile mill is not a member of the second-level team in the countryside, has no administrative level, and does not need to go through the township party committee or the township government office meeting. After approval, he can be directly appointed by issuing a document.

  Seeing Li Jun supporting his work, Ye Zhenran felt much more at ease. Although he had the support of Secretary Tang above and the assistance of Secretary Qin below, if Township Head Li Jun continued to set up obstacles for him, it would still have some impact on his normal work. Thinking of this, he sincerely expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, Director Li and all the leaders, for your support in my work. I believe that under Director Li's leadership, our township's work will make great strides forward."

  If people respect me for one foot, I will respect them for ten feet!

  Everyone understood each other's thoughts and exchanged a faint smile.

  "Lee Chang, leaders, I have another thing to report to everyone. After this period of work, I found that my knowledge is not comprehensive, especially in economic management, and I am still a novice, so I need to continue learning. So, I want to take the graduate entrance exam for J University's economics major in September. If I pass, I will use one rest day and two working days each week to study while also taking charge of the work at the Economic District Provincial Office. I have already reported this to Secretary Qin, now I report it to Lee Chang and all leaders, hoping for everyone's support."

  Li Jun hesitated for a moment, then said: "Since Ye Chang has such plans and Secretary Qin also expressed support, I will also support it. However, there is one thing - the original work that Ye Chang was in charge of cannot be put down, and must still be grasped. It can only make Ye Chang work harder, as these tasks currently cannot be separated from Ye Chang."

  "Yes, yes, those who are capable have more work to do." Cheng Guang echoed in agreement.

  The meeting was quite successful, and after the meeting, everyone warmly shook hands with Ye Zhenran, with a strong supportive meaning.

  Back in the office, Ye Zhenran informed Ma Yanli and Shen Rong from the Economic District to hold a meeting, conveying the spirit of the township government's office meeting. He required them to take active action and devote themselves to their work with full enthusiasm. Ma Yanli and Shen Rong immediately expressed their determination to do a good job in accordance with Ye Chang's instructions, to repay the leadership's trust.

  After work, Ye Zhenran went to Ye Lao's house for dinner as usual. After dinner, he told Ye Lao and Zhang Nianyue about his plan to take the graduate entrance exam for the Economics Management major at J University in September and spend two years studying for a master's degree. Nianyue was delighted when she heard that Ye Zhenran would be going to J University for graduate school, where they could be together again, and clapped her hands excitedly. Ye Lao listened carefully to Ye Zhenran's plan and also approved of him learning more while he was young. He said with a smile: "Xiao Ye, your plan to study for a master's degree is great, it fits the spirit of the central government's requirement for leadership cadres to be younger and more knowledgeable. The central government will have higher and higher requirements for the knowledge of leading cadres, you can take action now while you are young, that's very good."

  Ye Ziran remained respectful yet unchanged in his attitude towards Ye Lao after discovering the latter's high status, which made Ye Lao value his character even more.

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