Cheng Yongxin recalled the meeting a few days ago with pleasure:
As staff of the big library, the Propaganda Department, Printing Factory and Public Information Center are places where they often get involved. 【Read full text】
In the organizational structure of the Senate, the Department of Culture and Propaganda is roughly the place that manages both cultural undertakings and publicity. Therefore, the organization is complex and has many personnel. The occupied area is also the area of a major ministry.
There are three double-story red brick buildings in the courtyard of the Ministry of Culture and Publicity, as well as attached courtyards. There is an endless stream of naturalized civilian workers coming to do business. In addition to the organs of the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda, there are also many branches and subordinate organizations such as newspaper offices, magazine offices, theater troupes, and mass cultural societies.
However, the core part here is still "two publications and one newspaper".
Among them, "One News" is a newspaper that conveys the Senate's policies and discourse to the grassroots masses of naturalized citizens and indigenous people. Its importance and authority are self-evident.
As the number one veteran on the propaganda front, Comrade Ding Ding's power and status have naturally increased. Although he rarely speaks in public, most of the commentaries signed "Special Commentator" and "Yuan Sheng" in the Lingao Times are written by him. Or drafted by him. He is vaguely known as the "Goebbels of Lingao" and the "Suslov of Bairen". He himself couldn't help but feel a little elated, and he became more and more enthusiastic about the position of publicity. Pan Pan drank too much at a reception at Feiyun Club, and once cried that Ding Ding had "betrayed his ideals." This is one of the reasons why Cheng Yongxin has been "watching tenderly" the couple.
Since she often comes to the Propaganda Department to do business, almost all the naturalized residents here know her. Except for showing his pass once to the gate of the compound, Cheng Yongxin arrived at Ding Ding's office unimpeded.
However, Tintin is not in the office. said the secretary. Chief Ding went to the editor-in-chief's office of the Times, as if there was something urgent.
"How about you wait here for a while?" Ding Ding's secretary smiled broadly.
"No, I'll go directly to the editor-in-chief's office to find him. I was going to go there." Cheng Yongxin's nose seemed to smell something - Pan Pan was the executive deputy editor-in-chief of "Lingao Times".
The editor's office was not far from Ding Ding's office, and she heard Ding Ding's voice before she even reached the door.
"Pan Pan, don't be like this. You can't lose your job! This newspaper has to be published every day!"
"Work? Okay, I now ask you to approve the manuscript immediately! At the same time, you will no longer interfere with my right to use the manuscript." Pan Pan's voice was high-pitched, and she spoke Mandarin very fluently. Her pronunciation is accurate, and no one would know she is an American girl without looking at her face.
"Pan Pan! You know very well that this report cannot be reported!" Ding Ding's voice couldn't help but rise, judging from the impatience in his tone. I'm afraid this matter is not too small.
"Do you have any basic humanity left?" Pan Pan shouted. The force was so strong that it could even be heard in the corridor. Her high-pitched female voice pierced the doors and windows, "This is a human life, a human life! Since the matter is still under investigation, what are you afraid of? What is the Senate afraid of? A guilty conscience?!"
Cheng Yongxin's nerves became excited. She slowed down her footsteps and walked gently into the door of the chief editor's office.
Ding Ding looked gloomy and was panting, pacing back and forth in the middle of the room. Pan Pan sat with his head lowered and said nothing. Several naturalized editors who came to ask for instructions on their work didn't know where to put their hands and feet. It doesn’t matter if you leave, it doesn’t matter if you don’t leave. Standing aside awkwardly.
"Pan Pan, we must pay attention to the impact of public opinion. Once this incident is reported, what will you make the naturalized people and indigenous people think?"
"Why should I care what they think? Don't you always want them to think!"
As soon as these words came out, the two of them suddenly changed their expressions.
Ding Ding's face was ashen. After taking a few breaths, he turned to the naturalized people in the room and roared: "What are you still doing? Get out!"
Pan Pan's pretty face turned pale and she bit her lip without saying a word.
The atmosphere in the office became cold. It took several minutes for Pan Pan to speak. Her voice was low: "Yes, human life is nothing to the Senate. Everything is the great cause of the Senate. But I don't want to I'm done, I won't be the editor-in-chief anymore." Her voice became very cold.
"Sorry, did I disturb you?"
Pan Pan and Ding Ding suddenly came back to their senses and looked at the woman leaning against the door with her arms folded.
"No, you didn't disturb us, you are..."
It can be seen from the other party's posture and charm that she is also a veteran, but Pan Pan has no impression at all.
"I'm Cheng Yongxin from the big library. I made an appointment with you at nine o'clock - I think I'm not late."
Pan Pan remembered: her secretary did mention it when reporting the schedule in the morning.
"I'm sorry, I have something to do here..." she said a little tiredly, as if she was sorry for the quarrel between herself and Ding Ding just now, "Tell me, what is the specific matter?"
But Ding Ding's expression showed a hint of surprise.
"Cheng Yongxin?"
Although less than 72 hours had passed since her recollection, she had already painted her recollections with a dramatic color. Ding Ding's expression should be said to be somewhat surprised, but her memory classified this surprise as "shock". And of course he believed that his "fitting short shirt and tight jeans, shoulder-length hair that followed an arc, and his collarbone was clearly outlined by a simple silver chain" left an extremely shocking impression on Comrade Ding Ding - ―You know, she also changed her hairstyle today.
Just as she had regarded her non-existent wedding as real: in fact, it was just a plastic cup of Coca-Cola poured on the table of a small restaurant next to the university on her ex-boyfriend who was hooking up with a school girl - she My ex-boyfriend has never met a third-tier actress, and he has not even met a few Beipiao girls who have done a decent job in the industry.
"You look much more beautiful without glasses." Tintin complimented.
"Actually, your reaction just now was an excellent compliment."
Pan Pan glanced at him sideways, quite dissatisfied with her boyfriend's reaction to his surprise. However, this also relaxed the originally cold and awkward atmosphere in the room. Ding Ding quickly excused himself and went back to the office first because he had something else to do.
Pan Pan watched her boyfriend leave with a complicated expression and sat back on the chair. Although she has announced that she is "quitting", she still has basic professional ethics. No matter what objections she has to the job, it is extremely irresponsible to leave without anyone taking over.
"Sorry, I'm afraid you've seen it too." Pan Pan forced a smile, "We were arguing."
"It doesn't matter. Arguing is good for improving relationships." Cheng Yongxin smiled, "It's better than keeping everything in mind. Don't you think so?"
"That's right. I envy you for being single."
Cheng Yongxin laughed: "Don't say that, I wish someone would like me. A person's life is very empty."
When people are physically and mentally exhausted, it is easy to open up to someone who is kind to you. During the meeting that day, the two of them had a very lively conversation, which was like meeting each other late. Because it was working time, Pan Pan couldn't chat for a long time, so Cheng Yongxin took the opportunity to propose a date in the cafe.
"I will definitely go." Pan Pan agreed readily.
In her plan, Pan Pan has always been her number one entry point, and she has also privately evaluated the person who is easiest to open a breakthrough. But I have never found a suitable opportunity. This time is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Cheng Yongxin was very sure that Pan Pan would swallow her bait today. As long as she took the bait, it would be easy to catch the big fish Tintin.
She took out the mirror from her bag and looked at her image carefully. She had made some elaborate modifications for today's meeting.
The door knocked softly three times and was pushed open after a moment.
"Chief, Chief Pan Pan is here." the waitress reported.
Pan Pan could tell that she had done some grooming today - she hadn't had such a social event for a long time, and everyone has a love for beauty.
"You are so beautiful." Seeing that she had arrived, Pan Pan greeted her enthusiastically, "I'm not late, am I?"
"Safety." Cheng Yongxin joked, "I ordered the vanilla grilled lamb chops. You won't like it."
"I like it very much." Pan Pan hung the bag on the wall and sat down opposite her. "Give me a glass of ice water." She ordered the waiter and said, "You know, the red meat provided in the office is too little. , we eat fish and chicken most of the week, God!" She made a praying gesture, "Unfortunately, we can't cook, so we can only eat in the canteen."
The waiter quickly brought borscht and vegetable salad, and the two started eating.
The lambs are carefully raised and sent from the special pasture provided by the General Office in Changhua. The sheep there usually eat grass rich in minerals by the sea, including many herbs, so they are rich in oil and tender.
After finishing the main course, the waiter brought the signature dessert: fruit yogurt ice cream and hot coffee. Cheng Yongxin did not drink coffee and asked someone to make a pot of black tea.
"What perfume are you using today?" Cheng Yongxin asked, "It smells very good."
"I asked a female veteran from the Ministry of Chemical Industry to help with the adjustment." Pan Pan said, "She is very good at this."
"She must be Elder Ge. I rarely see her."
"Yes, I have less chance to see her than you." Pan Pan looked Cheng Yongxin up and down, "You are very charming today."
Cheng Yongxin was dressed carefully today. She wore a white shirt, a gauze light-colored floral skirt, and thin-strap sandals. They were all stock from another time and space. This kind of clothing produced by modern industry cannot be copied in this time and space. In the hands of the elders, It is a rare treasure in my heart. Wearing it on her body, the attractiveness exuded is enough to beat all the superficial life secretaries to pieces. (To be continued...)
