Chapter 423: Military Training

"Ahem, there are indeed quite a few good seedlings, it's just that I don't know if they are in the same class as us. Once we get to the classroom, I will point them out to you one by one."

"Hahaha, good."

Men, when gathered together, the ultimate topic of conversation is nothing more than two things: bragging and women.

It is a topic even strangers can discuss, let alone roommates who have already drunk together.

When the six of them arrived at the classroom, nearly twenty people had already arrived, and seven or eight more arrived one after another; before long, someone who looked like a head teacher walked in.

"Quiet, everyone is mostly here. I am your head teacher, Lu Renjia. Next, I will take attendance first, and then you will come up to introduce yourselves."

"Qi Tongwei."

"Here."

"Come, come up to the podium and give everyone a self-introduction."

"Alright, Director Lu."

"Hello everyone, I am Qi Tongwei, from Yantai City."

"Did you notice? Number Six is a bit handsome. Look at the eyes of the female classmates in our class," the five roommates whispered to each other.

"It really is true, Number Six is not a bit inferior to me."

"Tch~" everyone looked at the tall and sturdy Number Five with disdain.

"Hmm..."

Lu Renjia listened to Qi Tongwei's introduction and frowned slightly, thinking he was just a student who only knew how to bury his head in his studies to have scored such high marks.

"Yan Wei."

"Here, hello everyone..."

"Qin Wenzhang..."

"Here..."

"Number Six, quite a few little girls were peeking at you just now, you have to seize the opportunity."

"I'm still young, let the older brothers go first."

"Hahaha, good buddy."

"Number Six, you are too sensible."

"Number Six..." the few jokers all looked moved.

"Alright, the self-introductions are finished. We need to elect a Squad Leader, a Youth League Branch Secretary, and relevant committee members. Everyone is welcome to sign up enthusiastically. Who wants to go first?"

Actually, normally when meeting classmates for the first time, it is done according to academic ranking, but Lu Renjia thought Qi Tongwei was a bookworm, so he did not follow the custom.

"I'll go."

Qi Tongwei did not yield and was the first to stand on the podium again, which even made Lu Renjia slightly startled.

Qi Tongwei was also listening to Zhang Ping'an's words: when it is time to perform, perform. Besides learning knowledge, university is more about training oneself.

"I am Qi Tongwei. I have been a squad leader since elementary school. I am good at studying and organizing class activities, and I can coordinate the relationship between classmates and teachers very well."

"I am running for squad leader again this time. Although university is different from primary and secondary school, I have over ten years of experience as a squad leader, and I am confident that I can serve everyone well. I hope everyone will support me, thank you."

"Good..."

"Good..."

The other roommates all cheered, only Qin Wenzhang's expression changed slightly, because he also wanted to compete for the position of squad leader;

He knew very well the value of a university squad leader leading to becoming a Student Union president, and it would be quite useful in his future work, so he would not give up.

"Tongwei, I will also run for squad leader, I hope you don't..." Qin Wenzhang said in a low voice.

"It's fine, Boss, let's rely on our own abilities."

"Hahaha, good."

Qin Wenzhang wanted to win fair and square, and Qi Tongwei's answer without hesitation also seemed to make him see his own stubborn self, so regardless of winning or losing, it would not affect the relationship between them.

Subsequently, including Qin Wenzhang, a total of seven people competed for squad leader, all of them open and aboveboard, which made Lu Renjia very satisfied, lamenting that this year's freshmen were exceptionally outstanding.

"Good, everyone start voting for our six brave classmates."

Ten minutes later, the voting ended, and Lu Renjia began to count the votes:

"Qi Tongwei, one vote."

"Qi Tongwei, one vote."

"Qin Wenzhang, one vote."

"Liu Hong, one vote."

"..."

In the end, Qi Tongwei won by a narrow margin of two votes, achieving final victory in this squad leader election.

"Good, next is the election for Youth League Branch Secretary..."

"Next is the study committee member..."

"Life committee member..."

"Cultural and sports committee member..."

The selection of seven class cadres in a row took a full two hours.

"Alright, all class cadre selections are finished. Next, the squad leader will lead everyone to collect and distribute the books. The one-month military training will begin in the afternoon."

"As class cadres, you must set an example and provide better service to everyone. Of course, this is just a preliminary selection; once you are fully capable of the job, it will be finalized."

"Alright, I won't say much more. Squad Leader, organize everyone to go collect the books."

"Alright, Director Lu."

Zhang Ping'an had already arrived at the Jingzhou City Government; he had an appointment with Zhao Lichun yesterday.

"Mayor Zhao, General Manager Zhang is here."

"Good, please come in quickly."

Led by Secretary Li, Zhang Ping'an arrived at Zhao Lichun's office.

"Welcome, General Manager Zhang."

"You are too polite, Mayor Zhao."

"Sit down, General Manager Zhang. Little Li, go brew two cups of tea."

"General Manager Zhang, I am not a person who likes to beat around the bush. I presume General Manager Qian of your company has already spoken; our Mainland's development is still too slow."

"Especially Jingzhou; as a provincial capital city, it is truly somewhat unqualified and completely fails to act as a leader, while the other twelve brother cities are already catching up."

Zhang Ping'an thought to himself that whether in his past life or this one, Jingzhou was always the most unimpressive provincial capital, and Handong Province was always thirteen loose pieces; of course, the development of each city was not bad, and they could be considered to be advancing side by side.

Of course, they were still very united when facing the outside; no matter how they fought internally within the province, they still kept their guns pointed in the same direction when facing outsiders.

"Our Guangming District in Jingzhou still has great investment value. I heard that your son, General Manager Zhang Weibing, is surveying the market nationwide."

"I have heard from friends about the grand occasion when the Oriental Supermarket opened in Sijiucheng and Modu; it was packed with people. I also hope that our Jingzhou can have such a grand occasion."

"Hahaha, Mayor Zhao, don't be impatient. Provincial capital cities are all within the scope of our Oriental Supermarket's site selection; it is just a matter of how many."

"Moreover, I am also very optimistic about Jingzhou's development prospects; in the future, it will not be inferior to Sijiucheng. I estimate there will be at least three or four supermarkets."

"Is that so? Hahaha, General Manager Zhang, you have given me a big surprise today."

Zhang Ping'an's words gave Zhao Lichun peace of mind; he just hoped that Jingzhou could develop rapidly under his administration.

"Leader, it is time for the meeting."

"Oh, good. You see, I and General Manager Zhang feel like we met too late; more than an hour has passed before we knew it."

"Indeed. Well, Mayor Zhao, we have a long road ahead of us."

"Hahaha, good. I will see you out."

"No need, no need." In the end, Zhao Lichun still insisted on seeing Zhang Ping'an to the top of the stairs.

Zhang Ping'an returned to the car and carefully pondered the conversation with Zhao Lichun, discovering that he was indeed single-mindedly focused on development and did not have those sordid thoughts of collusion between officials and businessmen; it seemed that everything later was Zhao Ruilong's fault.

This Zhao Lichun also had boldness; being able to break through at the key turning point of reform and opening up, one can see his character from this.

"Take me to the airport."

"Very well, General Manager Zhang."

In the afternoon, Handong University began military training. Everyone was not as pampered as in later generations and had basically done farm work in the fields, so no one complained about the hardship or fatigue.

"One, two, one. One, two, one. About face, halt, at ease, attention, rest in place for ten minutes," the instructor's stern voice came over.

These were all veterans who had seen blood and were stern and humorless; it seemed that Qi Tongwei and the others would even have live-fire target practice later on.

If Zhang Ping'an hadn't practiced shooting in Xiangjiang, he certainly would have been very envious. As a post-90s generation in his past life, Zhang Ping'an had only ever seen real guns on cash-in-transit vehicles.