After returning home in the evening, Xiang Nan told him about his transfer to the Propaganda Department.
After hearing about it, Cheng Baoguo and Feng Aihong were very happy.
My son is promising. Transferred to the Propaganda Department, it was leisure, decent, and the salary was high. It has both inside and outside, it’s really good.
"Jianjun, work hard~" Cheng Baoguo encouraged with a smile, and passed his pen to his son, "Produce more good works, dad is proud of you~"
"Thank you, dad." Xiang Nan nodded.
"Our son is really outstanding." Feng Aihong also smiled, "Not like the family across the street. They always brag about how my daughter graduated from high school, and now it's all ruining the family. I've been idle for more than half a year, and I'm not afraid of growing hair."
"Humph, you deserve it!" Cheng Baoguo also sneered, "Their family has always looked down on others, thinking that we are uneducated and small citizens, and they don't want to deal with us.
What now? The poems I, the son of a small bourgeois, wrote were all published in People's Literature. His intellectual daughter doesn’t even have a job. "
Xiang Nan smiled, knowing who Cheng Jianjun had inherited his narrow-mindedness from.
…
Another day later, Xiang Nan officially reported to the Publicity Department.
The Publicity Department of Yili Food Factory is not large, with only seven people including Xiang Nan. There is one section chief, two deputy section chiefs, and four clerks.
I am not busy with my usual work, which is writing blackboard newspapers, brushing slogans, and helping leaders write reports. The rest of the time is basically just leisure, as the saying goes, a cup of tea, a cigarette, and a newspaper to read for a long time.
Precisely because the work is easy and the income is high, one needs to have considerable connections to enter. If Xiang Nan had not published his works in "People's Literature" and gained a certain degree of influence, he would never have had the chance to get this good job.
"Xiao Cheng, I've read all the poems you wrote. It's amazing. You are really talented." Jia Weiguo, the head of the Publicity Section, said with a smile, "From now on, our Propaganda Section will all rely on you."
"I don't dare, Section Chief. You should lead the Propaganda Section. I am the screw of the revolution. I will nail it wherever you ask me to." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said with a smile.
"Young people are very motivated." Jia Weiguo nodded and smiled, "Okay, the factory director will give a speech on production safety the day after tomorrow. This is relevant information. You can take it and write it down."
Xiang Nan nodded, "Yes, section chief."
…
The other staff couldn't help but snickered when they saw that Xiang Nan had received such a big errand on his first day of reporting.
"Hey, Chief Jia is trying to trick people again~"
"Deputy Section Chief Feng has always written the factory director's speeches. Now it is handed over to a new person. It is obvious that he is going to be given a blow."
"An old dog can't come up with new tricks. When I first came to report, I was also asked to write a speech. I couldn't write it, but I got scolded by him. I don't think the newcomer can avoid it."
They whispered, originally in a low voice, but Xiang Nan's sharp ears still caught every word.
After listening, he smiled slightly. He had known that Section Chief Jia's purpose in asking him to write a speech was not pure. Sure enough, it was just to trick him.
However, who is he, how can he be tricked so easily.
Returning to his desk, Xiang Nan first looked through the information and then checked the manuscripts of previous speeches. After he had a clear idea, he started writing.
There are fixed routines for writing such manuscripts, commonly known as "Party stereotypes". Xiang Nan inherited Ji Xiaolan's talent and learning, so he was no stranger to eight-legged essays, and he quickly summed up the corresponding rules.
Relying on a horse and a thousand words, he quickly wrote a speech that was full of literary talent and positive. Then, he copied it again, deliberately making a few mistakes.
In the afternoon, it was handed over to Jia Weiguo.
"Section Chief, do you think my speech is okay?" Xiang Nan asked humbly.
Jia Weiguo took it over and looked at it. He saw that the speech was really well written, which made him frown.
As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in military affairs.
The mind of a literati is as big as the tip of his pen. No matter how good the articles written by others are, we should try our best to find mistakes.
Jia Weiguo was also considered an intellectual at that time. He wrote articles and poems, but he had never been included in newspapers or magazines.
Nowadays, Xiang Nan, a junior, has written poems that are published in the magazine "People's Literature", which makes him inevitably envious and jealous.
For this reason, he asked Xiang Nan to be in charge of the factory director's speech as soon as he came to the Propaganda Department, with the purpose of imposing a power on him.
After all, as a newcomer who has never written about Party stereotypes, how can he write well? At that time, he can take the opportunity to hammer it out and establish his prestige.
But I didn't expect that Xiang Nan's talent was so outstanding. He was able to write such a good speech for the first time. It is true that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead.
Thinking of this, Jia Weiguo became even more angry.
However, in a blink of an eye, he noticed a few typos in Xiang Nan's writing.
He immediately found it and reprimanded Xiang Nan, "How can the word "hong" for "promote" be the word "hong"? It should be the word "hong". How did the word "lax" become the word "xie" for thank you? It should be written like this Right...Young man, there are so many wrong words in one article, how can you do it without strengthening your study?"
"Yes, section chief, your lesson is right." Xiang Nan nodded, "I just graduated from junior high school. Although I am a bit crooked, my foundation is far from solid. I will have to learn more from you in the future. I hope the section chief will not hesitate to teach me!"
Seeing Xiang Nan say this, Jia Weiguo felt much relieved.
"Okay, if you have this clear understanding, it means you are still a talented person." Jia Weiguo nodded and said, "Work hard in the future."
"Yes, section chief." Xiang Nan nodded.
…
Next day, Xiang Nan secretly gave him two boxes of jasmine tea worth one yuan each and a carton of Daqianmen cigarettes based on what he learned about Jia Weiguo's preferences.
"Section Chief, fortunately you pointed out my mistake yesterday. I am really grateful. Please accept this small gift." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
After Jia Weiguo resisted several times, he finally put it away.
"Xiao Cheng, you, a little comrade, can still be cultivated." He nodded and said.
"Yes, please pay more attention in the future." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
Sure enough, after giving the gifts, Xiang Nan had established a firm foothold in the Publicity Department.
The handler has short hands. Jia Weiguo stopped deliberately wearing small shoes for him, and Xiang Nan's life became easier.
However, he did not spend a long time reading a cup of tea, a cigarette, and a newspaper like other department members.
On the contrary, he was very busy.
He is writing summaries, reports, and promotional drafts, showing off his enthusiasm for work.
In addition, he also paid attention to discovering news in the factory and wrote several articles about good people and good deeds.
For example, Director Zheng was seriously injured and could not leave the firing line, and had a fever of 39 degrees, but he still insisted on working on the front line of production; for example, Logistics Section Chief Xu Yunfei, who has been serving her paralyzed mother-in-law for more than ten years; for example, Finance Section Chief Zhao Yunyong took the initiative to Return the additional twelve yuan subsidy to the factory without taking a penny from the public...
These articles were submitted to Yanjing Daily, Workers' Daily and other newspapers. After the publication, Yili Food Factory gained a lot of attention, and the factory leaders received praise from superiors.
The factory leaders also knew how to reciprocate favors. In the third month after Xiang Nan joined the Propaganda Department, they asked Deputy Section Chief Feng to retire early and Xiang Nan took his place.
