Chapter 158

The education industry is highly professional. With a little free time, Lu Fan would thirstily immerse himself in the study of relevant theories, policies, and the spirit of documents.

As the saying goes, "There is a specialty in the art." As the top leader, he needed to control the overall situation and grasp the direction. He only needed to know a little about specific business, as there were deputy directors in charge of business. Otherwise, if he had to do everything himself, what would be the use of these deputy cadres?

Near the end of the morning, the accountant came to find Lu Fan to sign for the reimbursement of office expenses for the fourth quarter.

After a rough look, the average monthly cost of consumables was twenty or thirty thousand. A4 paper was used in countless amounts, and sixty or seventy boxes of carbon pens were used. This was abnormal.

Lu Fan didn't ask about it and said to the accountant: "You've been an accountant for a few years, right?"

"Director, I became an accountant in 2007."

"It's certainly not short, thank you for your hard work! I have recommended you to the Organization Department, and I estimate there won't be a big problem. Wait for the news!"

The accountant was happy at first, but immediately asked: "Thank you for your promotion, Director. I'll ask one more question: is this an adjustment within our unit?"

Lu Fan said calmly: "You are an old person in the unit and are proficient in business. My idea is to keep you in the unit. However, no one can say for sure about the organization's affairs. I think the top priority is to get the deputy section level."

After signing, the accountant went out, feeling anxious about gains and losses.

Lu Fan called the document clerk Lu Xingzhou and asked him to bring in the consumable registration form for the fourth quarter. After comparing it with the reimbursement receipts, there was indeed a discrepancy of several thousand yuan.

This kind of thing is hard to pinpoint clearly. If he were to conduct a full-scale investigation, the accountant would definitely have a routine with the stationery store, and he might even end up with a reputation for being stingy.

Ningyang's finances were relatively good, and no unit was short of office expenses. Most leaders turned a blind eye to the accountant's small movements. Lu Fan did not intend to be an outlier, but after changing the accountant, he must strengthen office management and use the system to manage people.

When leaving the unit, Lu Fan instructed Lu Xingzhou that if anyone came looking for him, he should say he had gone to the Municipal Bureau to connect with work.

The junior high class reunion was scheduled at the Ningyang Hotel. After Lu Fan found the private room, he gently pushed the door open and walked in.

He had a smile on his face and greeted everyone enthusiastically: "Long time no see, classmates! I'm really sorry, I was delayed by some things at the unit. I'm late, I'll definitely punish myself with three cups later!"

The originally noisy and chaotic scene suddenly came to an abrupt end. Everyone stood up one after another, with different expressions on their faces, welcoming Lu Fan's arrival.

Someone shouted excitedly: "Lu Fan, you finally came!"

Another person hurriedly echoed: "Director Lu, not late, not late, we just arrived too."

Immediately followed by shouts of enthusiasm: "Director Lu, please sit down quickly!"...

Lu Fan looked around and saw that the main seat was empty, obviously reserved for him. He didn't act coy and naturally walked to the main seat and sat down. Because Lu Fan knew that if he were too modest, it would appear hypocritical and pretentious, so it was better to let things take their natural course.

Lu Fan looked at his former classmates. He hadn't seen them for more than ten years; they were familiar yet strange, and his heart was filled with emotion.

At this time, a classmate stood up, raised his glass and said: "Director Lu, let's all toast you together! Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend the gathering."

Lu Fan smiled and raised his glass, saying: "He Jinze! Thank you for calling me two days ago, which gave me the opportunity to talk about friendship with my classmates!" Then he drank it all with everyone.

"Director Lu, do you still recognize me?"

Lu Fan smiled and said: "Wei Yuchun! We were front and back desk mates. You've grown so tall! Where are you working now?"

Wei Yuchun said: "I took the public institution exam this year and am working at the County Agriculture Bureau."

"Congratulations, the public institution exam is not easy to pass!"

Another classmate said: "Director Lu, I am Lü Nan, do you still have an impression?"

Lu Fan smiled and said: "Lü the great talent, the Chinese class representative, but you have changed a lot, you are incredibly handsome. If I saw you on the street, I definitely wouldn't dare to recognize you!"

Lü Nan smiled and said: "Don't dare to joke about me, I can't even find a girlfriend now."

Lu Fan pointed to the female classmate next to him and said with a smile: "You have to know how to use resources reasonably, let our literary committee member introduce one to you."

The lively and cute Peng Jingjing smiled and said: "Director Lu still remembers me. I am your soldier now, I am teaching at Xinghe Middle School, I took the special post exam last year."

Lu Fan joked: "Then you have to support my scene!"

Li Hongxin, who was sitting next to him, said: "Lu Fan, do you have an impression of me?"

"Li Hongxin, we were in the same dorm, you also returned to Ningyang?"

"Yeah, I messed around outside for two years, but I couldn't make it. I worked hard and passed the exam to the Government Office."

"That's good, Xia Li is also in the Government Office, he is from Class 5."

"Yeah, Director Xia takes good care of me."

Class monitor Yang Chengyu watched Lu Fan chatting and laughing with everyone, and he had become the focus of attention. He felt very jealous; just a moment ago, he was the center.

Although he knew that Lu Fan was a big celebrity in the county, jealousy easily makes people lose their minds. Yang Chengyu suddenly said: "Director Lu, don't forget us when you get rich! Peng Jingjing is your soldier now, isn't it just a matter of your word to transfer her back to the county?"

Lu Fan smiled slightly and said: "Special posts have a service period. Jingjing is so excellent, she can completely transfer back on her own ability, why would she need me to worry?"

The good atmosphere was made a bit cold by Yang Chengyu's words. Li Hongxin hurriedly proposed a toast and said: "The flowers are similar year after year, but the people are different year after year. Unknowingly, it has been many years since we parted. For our classmates, for our friendship, let's have a drink!"

This Li Hongxin was quite good. Everyone raised their glasses in response and drank it all.

After three rounds of drinks, the atmosphere gradually became heated.

The classmates opened their chatterboxes one after another, starting to recall the bits and pieces of their school days. Some mourned the ignorant years of their youth, some sighed that time flies like a white horse passing a crevice, and some rejoiced that they could still gather together to talk about their friendship as classmates.

Lu Fan sat on the side and listened quietly, occasionally interjecting a word or two, with a smile always on his face, but he could never really integrate into it. Deep in his heart, there was an indescribable sense of alienation.

He clearly knew that once a person steps into the real society, they often judge a person's value according to various factors such as wealth, status, power, etc., and then divide people into different levels and grades.

If he were not the Education Bureau Director today, would anyone even remember him at this gathering? In the world of adults, interests are eternal!

This gathering ended in laughter. Lu Fan had a few more numbers on his phone. Walking out of the hotel, he felt incomparably relaxed. It would be better not to attend such gatherings in the future.

In a few days, it would be the New Year. The unit had already entered the holiday state in advance, and Lu Fan turned a blind eye to the cadres' late arrivals and early departures.

Rarely without interference, Lu Fan stayed in his office and thought about Ningyang's education work.

As a Ningyang person, Lu Fan knew the responsibility and mission he shouldered, as well as the expectations of the people of the whole county.

As the director, routine work did not require him to worry too much; he just needed to grasp the deputy directors and station office directors.

But if he wanted to truly push the education cause in the Ningyang area to a higher level, he had to find another way.

Education work is not an easy and simple thing. How to meet the urgent needs of the vast number of students and parents for high-quality educational resources and cultivate more excellent talents is what everyone is most concerned about. As long as this can be achieved, political achievements will be within reach, and he will be able to reach that unattainable deputy division level.

How to achieve results? What the people of the whole county are most concerned about must be the college entrance exam and the high school entrance exam.

Last year, 15 people in Ningyang County were admitted to first-tier universities, and 185 people to second-tier universities. Let's not talk about third-tier universities, and let alone 985 and 211 universities—Ningyang had never seen them in its history!

Of the 15 first-tier university students, 13 were candidates returning from other places, which means that only 2 high school seniors cultivated by themselves were admitted to first-tier universities. What kind of concept is this? No wonder the masses cursed the High School to death.

Ningyang's high school entrance exam results were okay, ranking in the middle in the city. The County Middle School admitted 40-something students to Yingjiang Middle School last year, and other townships added up to about 30. It could be said that it was neither hot nor cold.

How to make the 2014 college entrance exam and high school entrance exam results immediate, leap forward, and famous in one fell swoop is the top priority in front of Lu Fan.

In a short period of time, the teachers are still that group of teachers, and the students are still that group of students. There cannot be any big changes.

So what kind of measures should be taken to stimulate the students' enthusiasm for learning? At the same time, what should be done to fully mobilize the teachers' teaching enthusiasm?

Lu Fan thought hard and pondered this question repeatedly, and finally came to a conclusion: if you want to do a good job in education, you have to support it with real money. Only money is the most direct and effective incentive method!

So, where does the money come from? First of all, it cannot come from the family's pocket, even if it is for their children. Then it can only come from the finance department—the county finance, the Municipal Education Bureau, the Provincial Education Department, oh, by the way, there is also the Provincial Finance Department. Would Department Head Han Xuyang support it?

The bad atmosphere of paid tutoring should indeed be corrected and prohibited, but the high school entrance exam is a competition between Ningyang and other counties, while the college entrance exam is a competition within the whole city and the whole province.

If Ningyang stops tutoring, but other counties still continue, wouldn't Ningyang's students suffer a big loss?

Therefore, tutoring is still very necessary to continue, especially for third-year junior high and third-year high school students, it is even more necessary to strengthen the intensity of tutoring. Even for those top students in the third year of high school, they need to be given separate small stove tutoring to help them sprint for first-tier universities and even 211 universities.

If he has dog-shit luck and can cultivate one or two students admitted to 985 universities, Lu Fan dares to guarantee that the Education Bureau will definitely be praised by the cadres and masses of the whole county, and political achievements will naturally be a matter of course.

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