Zhao Xiaobei is a college student who graduated from 985 University. I got admitted to this small town in a small county. At the beginning of the 21st century, the 985 college students were admitted to this small town, which seemed to be quite a news at the time.
Most of his classmates stayed in big cities. With a pure heart, Zhao Xiaobei came to Nantu Town to prepare for a big career. The ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny.
Twenty years have passed in a flash, and he has done a lot of work, but his level is still there. Every time, his boss comforts him, "You are still young and you have a chance." This kind of drama is repeated year after year.
This was all because of his personality of working hard and not looking up at the road, which caused him to miss promotions time and time again. He has always had a belief in his heart that as long as the work is done well, the organization will definitely see it. Whatever is supposed to come will definitely come and be there. As a top student who graduated from a prestigious school, am I no better than you guys who have become monks halfway?
But grassroots work is like ten thousand lines at the top and one eye at the bottom. It is extremely complex and difficult to do good work, so there is not much difference in work ability between colleagues working at the grassroots level in townships.
The only gap is the relationship with the leader. There is also the reputation among the masses. But when it comes to promotions, the common people have no say, and it is the leaders who make the decision. Therefore, at this time, those cadres who think about the leadership and are close to the leadership are much more popular.
Those who are anxious about the urgent needs of the masses should do what they need. The most common rhetoric heard by cadres who are doing their work down-to-earth at this time is that there are organizational considerations. Don't be discouraged, there is still a chance.
Zhao Xiaobei, who works hard, has passed by his deputy department level again and again. Slowly his mentality changed and his pursuit was gone. The rest is to eat and wait for retirement. This is how you become a veteran official, a lying-down cadre.
The only thing that has changed is the way his colleagues call him. He used to be called Xiaobei, but now he is called Lao Zhao. Those colleagues and classmates who were assigned to this place with him are now either bureau chiefs or directors. He is the only one who is still the old Zhao in the unit.
Sometimes some young people would joke with him and say, "Old Zhao, you are an old comrade in our unit, and you are older than the secretary!" Zhao Xiaobei just smiled and said nothing.
In fact, he does not know how to flatter those who welcome them. He didn't bother to do it before, but now he doesn't want to do it for the sake of his poor self-esteem. What he was thinking was that if I flattered him, it would prove that I was wrong in the past.
I am the same as that group of so-called "alcohol test cadres"! It was his bookishness that kept him struggling in his work life. The only thing that pleased him was that the people still recognized him as Cadre Zhao. I remember that Cadre Zhao, who had worked in Nantu Town for twenty years, still did a few practical things for the people. This is the only thing he can comfort himself with.
Maybe God opened his eyes or the organization finally saw his hard work. More than a month ago, the town secretary made it clear to him that he had been recommended to take over the position of deputy mayor. The town also conducted a democratic assessment on his promotion, and the Organization Department also talked to him. Now all he has to do is wait for the appointment and he will be the leader. A veritable town leader.
May 25, 2023 is also the time when the county party committee organizes the appointment of the deputy mayor of Nantu Town. In the town's conference room, Vice Minister Li of the Organization Department sat in the center, with the town party committee secretary and the town mayor sitting on both sides. Zhao Xiaobei, who was sitting in the audience, was happily waiting for the announcement of the appointment. I was also thinking about what I should say later.
Minister Li, who was sitting on the stage, picked up the appointment document and announced: "According to the decision of the Beili County Party Committee Standing Committee meeting, Liu Kewen was appointed as the deputy mayor of Nantu Town. Everyone applauded and welcomed him."
Hear about this appointment. Some people in the audience looked confused. There are also some people who seem to have known this result for a long time. Of course, the most confused person was Zhao Xiaobei. He didn't even know how he finished the meeting and returned to his office. While he was in a daze at his desk, he was awakened by the ringing of his cell phone.
"Hey, Jiamin"
Li Jiamin on the other end of the phone is Zhao Xiaobei's wife. We were classmates in college and colleagues who went to work in Beili County together. Now he is a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the County Education Bureau.
The relationship between the two used to be good, but in recent years, as Li Jiamin's deputy department position was resolved, he became the deputy director. Their relationship slowly changed. Li Jiamin, who became the deputy director, now leaves early and comes home late, sometimes even getting home drunk until very late. Several times, Zhao Xiaobei also noticed some inexplicable bruises on Li Jiamin's body. He didn't take it seriously, thinking he bumped into it accidentally. However, some bad rumors are slowly spreading within their education system. Zhao Xiaobei worked in a township and was not sociable, so he had never heard of this.
Nowadays, Li Jiamin's attitude towards Zhao Xiaobei is getting worse and worse. She often complains at home that so-and-so junior college students who graduated with her are all minor subjects, and so-and-so is a full-time major. You are still an ordinary staff member, and you have not even solved the problem of deputy chief clerk. All these made Zhao Xiaobei not sure how to answer.
He also told Zhao Xiaobei every time that he should get closer to his leaders and not just work day in and day out. Every time the conversation came up, Zhao Xiaobei walked away silently and went to his daughter's room to supervise her homework. This well-behaved daughter of his also gave Zhao Xiaobei a little comfort when he failed in life. But now this little comfort is probably gone.
While accompanying his daughter for a physical examination, Zhao Xiaobei was surprised to find out. Both he and Li Jiamin have type A blood, but his daughter has type B blood. In an instant, my head was empty. A terrible thought came to my mind, and I felt as if a stream of blood had reached my throat. But he still maintained his final rationality. After returning home, he secretly obtained his daughter's hair and sent it along with his own hair to a testing agency in the city for a paternity test. Of course, these were hidden from Li Jiamin.
"Zhao Xiaobei, I have told you so many times. Go to the leaders and walk around. Look, the deputy mayor you got this time can fly. What do you want me to say to you? Come back early tonight. I have something to talk to. "You said" Li Jiamin hung up the phone without hesitation.
Zhao Xiaobei is also used to this attitude. I hung up the phone numbly. Suddenly someone downstairs shouted "Registered letter from Zhao Xiaobei"
Zhao Xiaobei hurried down, signed and took the document bag. Go back to the office, open it, and take out a few pieces of paper inside. Zhao Xiaobei skipped the previous papers and turned to the last page. Zhao Xiaobei looked at the last row of numbers and came to a conclusion. "The DNA mismatch between the test specimens is high and there is no blood relationship."
Translated into vernacular, it is "Zhao Xiaobei, you have been cuckolded by your wife for more than ten years. You have helped others raise their daughter for ten years. You are a complete loser. You have not done a good job in your work and your life." A mess”
