Chapter 116

Lu Zhenghong had been observing Su Xinghui's expression. He wanted to see if Su Xinghui had known in advance that he had become the Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee or if he had been unaware all along. However, Su Xinghui's expression was very natural, and Lu Zhenghong judged that Su Xinghui probably didn't know about this beforehand.

For a young man who had just graduated and was not yet twenty-two, not caring about personnel changes in the Provincial Party Committee was perfectly normal. If he had known about this in advance and could still hide it so well, that would simply not fit the character of a young man.

Knowing this, Lu Zhenghong liked Su Xinghui even more. When Su Xinghui met him, he was still the Director of the cold-shouldered Party History Office, without any utilitarian motives, and his visit today was also as a visit to the Director of the Party History Office, still without any utilitarian motives.

Look at him, he only brought some fruit. If it were someone who knew Lu Zhenghong had become a member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and wanted to curry favor, would they only bring such a shabby gift?

Precisely because he had sat on the "cold bench" and experienced the fickleness of the world, Lu Zhenghong felt the preciousness of Su Xinghui's quality even more; he seemed to see himself when he was young.

Looking at the surprised Su Xinghui, Lu Zhenghong smiled and said, "Thank you, Little Su."

Song Qiaoli asked, "By the way, Little Su, how is that 'Eight Horses' painting in Xia Zhu coming along?"

Su Xinghui said, "It should be almost done. When I went to see it the day before yesterday, it was nearly finished."

Song Qiaoli nodded and said, "That's good. Then I'll send someone to collect the bamboo weaving in two days and bring that 'Eight Horses' painting back. A customer ordered such a painting from us last time."

Su Xinghui said, "Okay, you send someone. If they go in two days, it will definitely be finished."

Lu Xiaoya said, "Su Xinghui, thank you for that painting!"

Su Xinghui said somewhat embarrassedly, "I didn't paint it well, I've embarrassed myself!"

Song Qiaoli said, "You are too modest. I think you are no worse than some famous painters. If you are willing to spend more time painting and put it in our crafts store to sell, you should be able to sell it for a good price, definitely much higher than your salary."

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "There's definitely no time to paint now, the work in the township is too busy during this period."

Lu Zhenghong said, "By the way, Little Su, I heard from Xiaoya that you came to Jiangcheng today to handle some business. What business is it?"

Su Xinghui replied, "I came with our county's Deputy County Magistrate today to get an investigation report from Jiangcheng Agricultural University."

Lu Zhenghong was very interested: "What investigation report? Is it the one about what industries are suitable for your township that was mentioned in the news report about your township in the regional newspaper?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, how did you know about that report?"

Lu Zhenghong smiled and said, "One of my daily tasks is to read the newspapers from various regions."

Su Xinghui had a sudden realization: "Uncle Lu, that report was reprinted by the 'Hudong Daily', did you help with that?"

Lu Zhenghong did not deny it, smiled and nodded: "It can't be considered helping. I thought this report was good after reading it, so I recommended it, and as a result, the provincial newspaper reprinted it."

Of course, things were not that simple. Lu Zhenghong showed the report to the Provincial Party Secretary Gu Shanmin after reading it. Gu Shanmin was very appreciative after reading it and asked Lu Zhenghong if he had verified the authenticity of the report. Lu Zhenghong had been to Yezhugou himself, so of course he knew that the situation in the report was basically true, so he told Gu Shanmin about it.

After hearing this, Gu Shanmin read the report again and then wrote a few instructions, handing the newspaper to the Minister of Propaganda. The Minister of Propaganda then handed the newspaper to the 'Hudong Daily', and the 'Hudong Daily' reprinted the full report the next day.

When he went to Yezhugou, Lu Zhenghong himself didn't know that he would soon be promoted to Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee. His trip to Yezhugou was purely a coincidence, so he knew that this report had no "exaggeration" in it, and it was even less likely that someone had deliberately let him see it, so he helped Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui said, "Thank you, Uncle Lu. I had been wondering how that report could have been reprinted by the 'Hudong Daily' so quickly. Now my doubt has finally been resolved."

Lu Zhenghong said, "No need to thank me. You did this matter very well, and this report was also written very well. Recommending such news reports is also my responsibility. By the way, do you have that investigation report with you? Can you let me see it?"