Chapter 457: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 457: Niu Chunsheng Feels He Was Played

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Leaders arrived at the conference room one after another, and additionally there were some reporters carrying cameras.

They set up their positions in the conference room, then went to speak with the homeroom teacher.

The homeroom teacher nodded repeatedly, then came over and said to Wang Xiaohua:

"Xiaohua, after the meeting ends don't rush off, the County TV Station reporters and City TV Station reporters both said they want to interview you."

"Okay, Teacher."

Wang Xiaohua agreed.

He was trying his best to cooperate with their work.

In a blink it was ten-thirty, the leaders had more or less all arrived.

A long and tedious meeting began.

Every leader of weight gave a speech, then the principal, then the homeroom teacher, and finally Wang Xiaohua.

After the leaders' hypnotic speeches, Wang Xiaohua's inner resistance and rejection actually lessened a bit; he just calmly read the prepared remarks.

"Respected County Party Secretary, County Magistrate, and all leaders, all teachers, good morning everyone, I am Wang Xiaohua from Senior Year Three Class 1! Thank you very much for holding this volunteer application seminar for me; the leaders' care for me leaves me flattered!

Ten years of cold window no one asks, one morning laurel picked the world knows; under the County Party Secretary and County Magistrate's macro leadership, under the Education Bureau's strategic guidance, under the principal and homeroom teacher's and all subject teachers' careful help, I could achieve today's results; I deeply know without you there would be no me with this 681-point college entrance exam score, just as without the state there is no family, without parents there are no children — it is the same principle……"

Wang Xiaohua read the manuscript bla-bla-bla, a thousand-odd words flowing freely, not two sentences related to his college entrance exam volunteer application; large passages were all thanking leaders, thanking the school, thanking teachers.

You say this went off-topic? Not off-topic at all.

What volunteer application Wang Xiaohua fills for the college entrance exam — this isn't important, because it's practically already a done deal; the first choice is certainly one of Tsinghua or Peking University; if Wang Xiaohua dared fill something else, this volunteer application form would immediately be sent back for him to refill, and if necessary another meeting would be held to do his ideological work again.

This is reality.

Finally Wang Xiaohua finished delivering his speech.

The homeroom teacher handed him a volunteer application form, letting Wang Xiaohua fill it out.

Under the care and guidance of all the leaders, Wang Xiaohua filled Tsinghua University as first choice, major chose Computer Big Data Major, and whether to accept major adjustment, he filled yes.

Second choice filled Zhejiang University, third choice filled University of Science and Technology of China, fourth was Fudan University.

Majors were all computer-related majors.

The moment the volunteer form was collected, Wang Xiaohua heaved a deep sigh; there was even a moment when he somewhat hoped not to be admitted by his first choice; even if he slipped, that would be fine; if really no good, just repeat a year?

But obviously the leaders had also studied the college entrance exam situation; they were certain that as long as Wang Xiaohua accepted major adjustment, slipping was impossible.

So they let him fill majors arbitrarily; the only requirement was to accept major adjustment.

Soon the meeting ended.

The reporters then got busy, interviewing the County Party Secretary, the Education Bureau's Zhu Bureau Chief, No. 1 High School principal, homeroom teacher, and Wang Xiaohua.

After everything was done, the homeroom teacher came over and said to Wang Xiaohua:

"Xiaohua, later there's a dinner gathering, you come attend too!"

"Okay, Teacher!"

Wang Xiaohua's heart strongly resisted, yet he appeared very calm, very obedient, even said very well-behaved.

The homeroom teacher drove a small sedan, carrying Wang Xiaohua to the dinner gathering place.

Along the way, Wang Xiaohua saw that the county town actually had banners about his college entrance exam scores hung everywhere.

Wang Xiaohua knew this might be a highlight moment in his life, and might even be the only highlight moment; he should be happy, should be excited, even moved.

But for some reason, his heart was terrifyingly calm, even inexplicably emanating a trace of melancholy.

This dinner gathering was again at Huangsheng Hotel.

But this is also normal; this hotel is the county town's powerful-and-noble circle's exclusive hotel; many of the leaders' dinner gatherings are held here.

When Wang Xiaohua arrived, quite a few leaders had already arrived a step earlier.

Everyone laughing and chatting, an atmosphere of harmony.

Quite a few leaders proactively came over to greet Wang Xiaohua.

Saying polite words to Wang Xiaohua.

"Xiaohua, you are our county town's pride ah; after you graduate, don't forget to come back and see your hometown!"

"Xiaohua, if you can't make it outside, come back to develop in the county town; this is Uncle's business card, let's add WeChat first!"

"Xiaohua, after you rise high, don't forget the hometown people!"

Wang Xiaohua politely smiled and responded one by one.

This dinner gathering, compared to last time Niu Chunsheng hosted Xiao Xueqing's dinner gathering, was larger by who knows how many times; very many leaders came; Xiao Xueqing was also in the dinner gathering, but obviously she wasn't the protagonist; she just sat silently, occasionally toasting, occasionally speaking, not stealing the limelight, not spoiling the leaders' mood.

Her doing this was very politically savvy; although she is a parachuted-in selected graduate, holding a deputy county magistrate post, in this small county town she has little real power; so as long as she doesn't offend anyone, smoothly passes this period, she can be transferred away and then rise smoothly.

After the dinner gathering ended, Xiao Xueqing said a few sentences to Wang Xiaohua's homeroom teacher, then hurriedly left.

"Xiaohua, Deputy County Magistrate Xiao just told me, after your admission situation comes out, she wants you to go to the County Government Square to attend a scholarship award ceremony."

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly nodded:

"Okay okay."

Then asked:

"Did she give a specific time?"

The homeroom teacher said:

"No, but it should be after July 11th; only on July 11th can admission status be checked; if you're admitted by Tsinghua, there'll probably be an even bigger wave of publicity."

Wang Xiaohua nodded and said:

"Alright, then just let me know in advance when the time comes, Teacher."

After leaving the dinner gathering, Xiao Xueqing immediately got busy again.

She had already secured joint donations from over a dozen enterprises, but this sum was clearly still not enough.

It wasn't not enough for Wang Xiaohua, nor not enough for the publicity campaign, and certainly not not enough to establish the scholarship fund.

Rather, this cake hadn't been made big enough yet. There were plenty of people who needed a share.

She immediately contacted the various enterprises in the county town again, telling them Wang Xiaohua had already applied to Tsinghua University, that his chances of admission were very high, and that the current problem was too many enterprises were donating — who ranked first was a problem.

"What? County Magistrate Xiao, you actually found other enterprises to donate jointly too?"

Xiao Xueqing also called Niu Chunsheng. When Niu Chunsheng learned this news, a feeling of having been played rose to the top of his head, making him feel very displeased deep down.

He had always thought only his Spring City Real Estate Company was exclusively donating jointly with the County Government. That day he took Xiao Xueqing to Wang Xiaohua's hometown and personally watched her give Wang Xiaohua's parents three hundred thousand yuan, which made him even more certain of this matter.

As a result, Xiao Xueqing now told him there were already dozens of enterprises that had donated, and none less than a hundred thousand.

"Mr. Niu, I have no choice either. They want to donate too — am I supposed to refuse? If only you're allowed to donate but other entrepreneurs aren't, those other entrepreneurs might mistakenly think there's some unclean relationship between us two."

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Niu Chunsheng had anger in his heart, to the point of saying such a sentence. The moment the words left his mouth, he knew he had misspoken, and hurriedly explained: "County Magistrate Xiao, I didn't mean to blame you. Please don't take offense."

Xiao Xueqing just said politely:

"Mr. Niu, you're too polite. Even if you blame me, it's only right. This was indeed my work oversight. I indeed didn't notify properly, so I'm now doing my utmost to compensate for this matter. The current situation is, those who donate more will definitely be placed in more prominent positions. You look at your Spring City Real Estate Company — do you want to increase your donation?"