As "The Sun is the Reddest, the Chairman is the Dearest" was sung across the country, Xiang Nan won honors for himself, the art troupe, and the Tianfu Military Region.
For this reason, he was awarded second-class merit by his superiors.
The reason is that we should adhere to the correct direction of literary and artistic work, create excellent works, and make outstanding contributions to activating the cultural life of the army and promoting the construction of spiritual civilization.
This second-class merit is the first second-class merit the art troupe has received since its establishment.
Therefore, the political commissar paid special attention to it and started making preparations the day before the chief came to award the medals of merit. Cleaning the yard, sweeping the streets, decorating the auditorium, hanging colorful flags... all that is needed is to splash the streets with clean water and pave the roads with loess.
"Comrade Liu Feng, congratulations on winning this honor." The commander personally pinned the medal of merit on Xiang Nan's chest and said, "I hope you will not be arrogant or discouraged in the future, continue your efforts, produce more new works, good works, and create new achievements for our military region." achievement."
"Yes, thank you, chief. I will obey the chief's instructions and work hard to complete the task." Xiang Nan saluted solemnly.
To be honest, being able to obtain second-class merit was beyond his expectation.
Because he had checked the information, it was very difficult to achieve second-class merit. It is often a very dangerous task. Only if you can come back alive after going there can you achieve second-class merit. Of course, if you don’t come back, it will be a first-class achievement.
Xiang Nan didn't expect that he would get second-class merit for just writing a song. It really surprised him.
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In fact, the main reason for this is because things are rare and valuable.
Although the Tianfu Military Region has hundreds of thousands of troops and countless talents under its jurisdiction, it has never had outstanding achievements in literary and artistic work.
Now Xiang Nan has finally emerged, and his song has spread all over the country, giving the military region a voice and winning honors. Naturally, we should give a good reward.
Second-class merit is considered leisurely. In fact, the chief originally planned to grant first-class merit. But he was worried that Xiang Nan would become complacent, so he was awarded a second-class merit first.
When new achievements are made in the future, first-class merit will be considered.
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After Xiang Nan won the second-class merit, his status in the art troupe increased even more.
Before, some people were dissatisfied with him turning from a marginal person into a pillar, saying strange things and complaining behind his back. Once he got the second-class merit, even the people who said bad things about him behind his back were gone.
The female soldiers who had only dared to hint at him secretly before now became bolder. I directly invited him to eat popsicles and toffee, invited him to dance, invited him to watch movies... and made the people in my dormitory extremely envious.
"Liu Feng, I heard that the little ballet invited you to dance yesterday? Oh, I'm so jealous~"
"Liu Feng, yesterday Qiu Peining gave you meat from his rice bowl in front of so many people. You are so happy!"
"Liu Feng, as soon as I took your clothes to wash yesterday, Wu Baozhu snatched them away. Alas, when did a female soldier rush to wash my clothes?"
They all said with envy.
Most of those female soldiers have their eyes high and want to marry high up. Therefore, they have always been honest with these male soldiers who do not have a strong background and have not deep connections.
He stayed away from Liu Feng, who had no background or connections.
But he didn't expect Liu Feng to be the most popular among women now, with so many female soldiers pursuing him at the same time. It’s really enviable.
But they only dare to envy, not hate. After all, Xiang Nan has achieved second-class merit and is about to be promoted.
Unless they don't want to mess around anymore, who would dare to stroke the tiger's beard at this time.
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Regarding the frequent expressions of love from female soldiers, Xiang Nan adopted the three no principles. Don’t take the initiative, don’t respond, don’t refuse. Do not actively pursue female soldiers, pretend to be deaf to expressions of love, and do not directly reject them face to face.
The reason for this is because he neither wants to take advantage of those female soldiers, nor does he want to offend them. After all, he still has to live in a military camp. Offending a lot of women will not do him any good.
His plan was to stay in the art troupe for two years, and after the movement was over, he would change his job and take the college entrance examination to make a career. Anyway, the art troupe will be disbanded sooner or later, so there is no need for him to hang from this tree.
When the time comes, he also wants to tutor He Xiaoping to take the college entrance examination together.
Before he came, he checked the college entrance examination papers from those years. As long as he was not stupid and could memorize the answers, it shouldn't be difficult to get into college.
In the 1980s, college students were the pride of heaven. Not only did they receive free tuition, room and board, but they also included distribution. After a few more years of work and the country completely liberalizing the private economy, it shouldn't be difficult to go into business and become a billionaire.
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Xiang Nan's wishful thinking was very good, and his three principles also allowed him to deal with many female soldiers. But there are always some people he can't deal with, such as political commissars.
"Liu Feng, you are twenty-three years old this year." The political commissar said with a smile, "You are still the deputy company level. According to the regulations, you can get married. How about it? Do you have a crush?"
"Political Commissar, I've been busy with work recently, so I haven't thought about this yet." Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan realized that something was wrong and laughed quickly.
"It still needs to be considered," the political commissar said with a smile, "Work is important, and life is important too. Let's do this. If you don't mind, how about I introduce it to you?"
When Xiang Nan heard this, his scalp exploded.
He didn't want the political commissar to introduce him to someone.
First of all, the people who can make connections with political commissars are definitely not ordinary people. Either a relative of the political commissar or the chief's daughter. Once you can't get along and have conflicts, you are in trouble.
Secondly, if he marries another woman, what will He Xiaoping do? When the time comes, should we get married again after getting divorced? That would be too unfair to her. It’s not fair to that woman either.
"Thank you, political commissar, for your concern. But I've been busy composing a new song recently, and I have a headache thinking about it every day. I really don't have the energy to talk about a partner." Xiang Nan thought for a while and replied cautiously.
He believed that the reason why the political commissar helped him introduce the target was definitely not just out of warm-heartedness.
You know, he is only twenty-three years old. There are many young men and women in the 24s and 50s of the art troupe, like the team leader of the cooking class, who are all in their thirties.
The political commissar did not make arrangements for them, but was anxious to introduce himself, which was obviously profitable.
Either he thinks he has a bright future and wants to marry his relative's daughter to him. When the time comes, I will be tied to a rope with him. No matter what good thing happens, he will not be left behind.
Or it could be that a certain chief was interested in his potential and wanted to marry his daughter to him, so he asked the political commissar to help match him. In order to please the chief, the political commissar agreed to be this matchmaker.
As for the political commissar to give up this idea, at present, the only way is to produce new works.
As long as he continues to produce new works, the political commissar will be able to benefit from it, thus offsetting his profits from being a matchmaker.
Otherwise, he would have to sell himself at a good price.
"Oh?! Are there any new works?" When the political commissar heard this, he was really happy, "Very good, in that case, then you can get busy with your creation first. We will talk about introducing the target later."
