Chapter 1554

Professor Tang smiled and said to Su Xinghui, "Xinghui, congratulations. Among the papers this time, Xiaoya's is the most excellent; there is no doubt that she is rated first."

That Lu Xiaoya's paper was the most excellent was not surprising to Su Xinghui at all. She was also a top student from the Chinese department, she was bright and clever, and she was his wife. Having spent the most time with him, they were kindred spirits, and she had visited the places where he governed to conduct interviews many times, so she naturally understood some of his philosophies the most deeply.

However, Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "Professor Tang, Xiaoya's paper cannot be rated first."

Professor Tang asked in confusion, "Why can't her paper be rated first? It is clearly the best-written paper!"

Su Xinghui said, "Actually, this is her own request. She told me that she would not participate in the evaluation this time."

Professor Tang said, "Are you afraid that others will say something? That she was rated first only because she is your wife? There is no need to fear this. Tomorrow, I will announce the list of these excellent papers, and the excellent papers will also be bound into a volume. Who wrote better will be clear at a glance; who could say anything?"

Su Xinghui said, "We are not participating in the evaluation because of this. In fact, this is inherently unfair to the other students. After all, she is my wife, she has the most contact with me, and she naturally understands my philosophies the most profoundly. She is not standing on the same starting line as the other students."

Professor Tang became anxious: "If you put it that way, then nothing is fair. The educational levels of these students are different, and their comprehension abilities are also different. Is this fair? So I don't think we should erase Xiaoya's efforts for this reason."

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Professor Tang, you don't need to say any more. This is Xiaoya's own decision. She said she would not participate in the evaluation, and besides, she doesn't want to be a high-ranking official in the future; she just wants to do some work in news and publicity, so let's leave this opportunity to other excellent students."

Professor Tang pondered for a moment and nodded, saying, "Since you insist, then let it be. It's best for a girl not to develop on this path either. Otherwise, when the time comes and both of you are high-ranking officials, wouldn't you be too busy to see each other from morning till night?"

In fact, this was truly Lu Xiaoya's intention. Her personality determined that she did not want to be a high-ranking cadre; her ideal was to stay at home, support her husband and raise her children, and do the work she liked, and the work she liked was being a news reporter.

She wrote this paper just to prove her own ability, not to gain a good evaluation in this training class so as to have development in her official career. If she wanted to develop in her official career, would she still need to rely on this small training class?

Lu Xiaoya did not wish to participate in this excellent paper evaluation, but the other students still placed high hopes on this excellent paper evaluation activity, and some people even began to conceive their papers half a month in advance.

Early on the morning of August 31st, a banner was hung up again in the auditorium of the County Party School, which read: Warmly congratulate the successful conclusion of the 1996 Changshan Party School Young Cadre Training Class.

On this day, County Party Secretary Xue Xingyuan, County Magistrate Ling Anguo, Deputy County Party Secretary Li Bokun, and County Organization Department Head Xu Yulai came to the scene again. They were here to attend the graduation ceremony, and the ninety-five students also arrived at the auditorium early and sat below the rostrum.

Different from the opening ceremony, this time not a single one of the ninety-five students was smoking; they all sat there with solemn expressions, waiting for the graduation ceremony to begin.

The leaders, Professor Tang, and Su Xinghui all arrived at the scene and sat on the rostrum. Executive Vice Principal of the Party School Fang Huacheng sat in front of the microphone again and said, "Hello, comrades. Today is the graduation day of the 1996 Young Cadre Training Class of the Changshan County Party School. Everyone's learning effect this time has been very good. Below, I invite Professor Tang Xuefang to announce the list of excellent students of this training class for us."

Amidst warm applause, Professor Tang sat in front of the microphone. He took a piece of paper. Everyone knew that this piece of paper must be the list of excellent students. Although this piece of paper was thin and light, at this moment, it undoubtedly weighed more than a thousand jin.

Although it was only the excellent students of a small training class, for most of the students present, the significance of this training class might be no less than the college entrance examination.

Some students looked at the paper in Professor Tang's hand, and their breathing became rapid.

Professor Tang looked at the students below the stage, smiled slightly, cleared his throat, and said, "Hello everyone. I am very happy to have come to the Changshan County Party School this time to give lectures to everyone. After a month of study, everyone's performance has been very good, exceeding my expectations. Below, I will announce the list of ten excellent students, in no particular order."

Upon hearing that there were ten excellent students, the students breathed a huge sigh of relief in their hearts; this quota was not small at all.

In fact, Su Xinghui originally wanted to set five excellent students, but after reading their papers, he felt that many people's papers were very excellent, so he and Professor Tang temporarily decided to increase the quota of excellent students to ten.

Professor Tang said, "Wang Kang, Guo Qikai, Shen Liang, Ke Yanyan, Wei Pengfei, Yin Hualong, Wang Dengfeng, Lu Xianghui, Zhang Chenghai, Li Qiuzhen. Please come up to the stage, these ten excellent students, to receive your excellent student certificates, awards, and prizes."

These ten people were overjoyed and stood up one by one, walking onto the rostrum. The remaining students sent them envious looks and warm applause.

Among these ten excellent students, Guo Qikai had the highest rank, being a township head; Lu Xianghui was a deputy township head; in addition, Wang Dengfeng and Zhang Chenghai were also deputy section-level cadres; the others were all relatively young, highly educated, and lower-ranked cadres. However, it is believed that after this training class, they will embark on the fast track of their official careers.

How could everyone not envy them for this?

The county leaders and Professor Tang on the stage presented the award certificates, awards, and prizes to the winning excellent students respectively. The prizes were just a fountain pen and a notebook for each person, both very exquisite. Although they were not very valuable things, the honor contained within them was enough for these people to cherish for a lifetime.

However, everyone realized again, why was Lu Xiaoya not among the excellent students this time? Her performance was usually very outstanding, but among the ten excellent students on the stage this time, there were two female students, Ke Yanyan and Li Qiuzhen, but surprisingly not Lu Xiaoya. This was truly incredible.

Everyone looked at Lu Xiaoya, but saw that there was not a trace of unhappy expression on her face. She had a smile on her face, gently applauding for the excellent students on the stage.

Everyone did not know the reason for this. Their faces were filled with confusion, but at this moment, they could only bury the confusion in their hearts.

After presenting the excellent student awards, Professor Tang, Su Xinghui, and several county leaders spoke some words of encouragement to the students one after another, and Xue Xingyuan announced that this young cadre training class had successfully concluded.

The graduation ceremony was very brief. After it ended, Professor Tang waved goodbye to the students. He left the auditorium and got into a Land Rover off-road vehicle. This car was borrowed by Su Xinghui from Yu Ruizhi, specifically used to take Professor Tang and Professor Qin away.

And he and Lu Xiaoya had not returned to Jiangcheng for a month, so they could also take this opportunity to return to Jiangcheng.

Professor Tang got into the car, and Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya got into the car one after another. Su Xinghui drove himself. Xue Xingyuan led the county leaders to see them off, and the students also saw them off, waving goodbye to Professor Tang in the car window. Everyone was reluctant to part; for the past month, this humorous and witty old man had truly made them full of respect.

Su Xinghui started the car, first went to his home to pick up Professor Qin, put the luggage of Professor Qin and Professor Tang into the trunk, and then drove towards Jiangcheng.