Chapter 1539

Although Su Xinghui was busy every day, he would still arrive on time for that class at the Party School every afternoon to teach the students.

Since they set the rule for the students that they could not miss classes, they themselves had to follow the rules first; this is called leading by example.

This afternoon, Su Xinghui had just summoned the Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau, Wu Xianming, and asked him to set up a reward and punishment regulation for the bureau to promote the county's investment work. After finishing his talk with him, Su Xinghui hurried to the County Party Committee Party School. When he arrived at the Party School, there were only five minutes left until the afternoon class time.

Su Xinghui adjusted his breathing to make it even, then walked into the auditorium and began to take roll call.

This was a rule he and Professor Tang had set: roll call must be taken for every class. As long as someone misses a class, it will be recorded. As long as they miss class three times, they will be immediately expelled from the youth training class.

If one receives the punishment of being expelled from the youth training class, then that person's official career in Changshan County will be very dim. Therefore, the vast majority of students come to class very punctually every day, and very few people miss class.

Su Xinghui called the names. Every time he called a name, someone would stand up and answer "Here." This method of roll call was also a way for Su Xinghui to get familiar with the cadres in the county.

These ninety-plus people are destined to be the backbone of Changshan County in the future. Su Xinghui did not know all of them. Before starting this youth training class, Su Xinghui had not seen most of them. Taking roll call like this every day allowed him to match these names and positions with the people.

Through the process of reading their reflections and insights every night, he gained a rough understanding of these people's writing, talent, and character.

As Su Xinghui became more and more familiar with these people, wanting to miss class and ask someone else to answer "Here" had become an impossible thing. Su Xinghui knew everyone; who could still answer "Here" for someone else? Su Xinghui had set a rule: answering "Here" for someone else, once discovered, would result in the person themselves being marked for missing a class.

When Su Xinghui called the name Xue Hongping, no one answered. Su Xinghui called again, and still no one answered. Su Xinghui called the name a third time, raising his voice a little, and still there was no response. Su Xinghui then drew a red cross on Xue Hongping's name, which represented his one absence.

And on the roster, Su Xinghui noticed that there were already three red crosses on Xue Hongping's name. The first two times were also drawn by Su Xinghui; the one drawn today was the third. Strangely enough, he always misses class in the afternoon.

Su Xinghui frowned, then immediately relaxed. He continued to call the names. Before long, all ninety-six people had been called, and except for Xue Hongping, everyone was present.

Xue Hongping, Deputy Director of the County Industry and Commerce Bureau, 36 years old this year, with a junior college education. Most importantly, he had another identity: he was a distant nephew of Xue Xingyuan.

Xue Xingyuan is considered to have great prestige in Changshan County. Xue Hongping, borrowing his prestige, is also doing quite well in Changshan County. No matter who it is, they give him some face, so he is also somewhat arrogant in Changshan County.

Su Xinghui looked at the roster again. The vast majority of people had not missed a single class, and a very small number had missed one. Only Xue Hongping, with the class having only been open for ten days, had already missed three classes.

Su Xinghui began to lecture with a calm expression. The example he used today was how he saved the Pengjiawanzhen Winery when he was in Pengjiawanzhen.

The Pengjiawanzhen Winery is now a nationally renowned winery. The Pengwan Daqu they produce has already joined the ranks of national famous liquors, and the current annual sales have already reached tens of millions.

For such an enterprise, most students have naturally heard of its name, but they are not very clear about how it developed and grew to its current state in these short two years.

When they heard that when Su Xinghui first arrived in Pengjiawanzhen, this winery had annual sales of less than four million and had been losing money for several consecutive years, they were all surprised.

It was only two years! A previously loss-making enterprise saw its sales increase more than tenfold, and the profits increased by who knows how much. From being unknown to now firmly occupying a place in the fiercely competitive Chinese baijiu market, what a miracle this is!

Everyone thus became deeply interested in this miracle and listened to Su Xinghui with great relish.

Su Xinghui talked about the situation he saw when he first went to the winery for research. At that time, the quality of the liquor produced by the Pengjiawanzhen Winery was actually quite good, no worse than ordinary famous liquors. The quality of the aged liquor that had been stored for over twenty years was even better, completely comparable to many national famous liquors.

Moreover, the Pengjiawanzhen Winery had a long-standing divine artifact, which was the "Jiu Hai" (liquor sea). The story of the Jiu Hai that Su Xinghui told made the students listen with fascination.

The conditions in all aspects of the Pengjiawanzhen Winery were quite good, with good vessels, good craftsmanship, and good workers, so why was it losing money?

This question of Su Xinghui successfully aroused everyone's curiosity. But just when everyone wanted to hear Su Xinghui continue, a person appeared at the door. It was Xue Hongping. He walked with a staggering gait, his face was flushed, and his eyes were unfocused. Clearly, he had drunk too much.

Xue Hongping finally remembered that this was class time, and he said loudly: "Report!"

Su Xinghui was telling the story of the winery, and Xue Hongping appeared at the door with the smell of alcohol on him, which made many students laugh secretly. This was too coincidental.

Su Xinghui had to stop his lecture, and he frowned and said: "Xue Hongping, what time is it now?"

Xue Hongping raised his wrist, looked at the watch on his wrist, and said: "Five past three. My watch is an Enicar; it's very accurate."

Su Xinghui said: "Since it's very accurate, then calculate how many minutes you are late."

Xue Hongping swayed, looking like he couldn't stand steadily, but he still tried his best to raise his wrist, looked at his watch again, and asked: "What time does class start?"

A student near the door told him: "Class starts at two-thirty."

Xue Hongping started counting with his fingers: "Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes, twenty minutes, twenty-five minutes... Right, it's exactly twenty-five minutes late, not even half an hour yet."

Su Xinghui shook his head and said: "You've drunk like this, you'd better not attend class. Go home and sleep."

Xue Hongping said "Oh," turned around, and walked away. He tried hard to walk in a straight line, but he couldn't walk in a straight line no matter what. That appearance made many students cover their mouths and laugh.

Su Xinghui added: "Also, you don't need to come to class in the future either."

Xue Hongping heard this sentence, turned around, walked back to the door, and asked: "Why?"