Chapter 81 - Appointment

There were still two days before the appointment of the village chief of the He Mountain Brigade would be announced. President Song had yet to make a decision.

This year, the policy was getting looser and looser. This time, the He Mountain Brigade had changed the village chief. President Song had always wanted to choose a radical and meticulous person who dared to think and do bold things. However, he was worried that if the policy was repeated in the future, such a person would be targeted easily.

President Song paced back and forth in the office for half an hour. He was frustrated and thirsty. When he picked up the kettle to pour water, he realized that there was no water, so he got up and went downstairs to get water.

Just as he was about to go down the stairs, he saw Liu Bao, the director of security of the He Mountain Brigade, talking to the director of the publicity department, Wang Jie. The topic was the Song family.

Liu Bao and Wang Jie were cousins. Liu Bao came to the commune this time to ask about Yu Bing.

Wang Jie took the cigarette from Liu Bao and lit it with a match. “President Song’s daughter-in-law encountered trouble when she was giving birth previously. She happened to meet Yu Bing, who knew how to drive, so she saved two lives. This is not a secret in our dormitory courtyard. Many people saw it that day.”

Liu Bao opened his mouth and said in surprise, “Our village didn’t know about this at all!”

When President Song sent Yu Bing back to the village that day, the sky had already darkened. Other than the Sun family and Jiang Chun, no one else knew about this. After all, the Sun family wasn’t interested in promoting good deeds done by others for free.

Wang Jie took a puff of his cigarette and frowned in confusion. “There’s actually someone hiding such a huge contribution?”

Liu Bao didn’t know Yu Bing’s intentions. This was a life-saving grace. If the staff in the village knew about this, even if they didn’t take care of her, it would definitely be beneficial for her. He lowered his eyes and thought for a few seconds before asking, “Then did you see Yu Bing and President Song interact again later?”

Wang Jie recalled and shook his head. “I didn’t see them since I was at the commune’s office building, but I heard from people in the dormitory courtyard that he saw Yu Bing come on the day President Song’s grandson turned one month old.”

When Liu Bao heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly. It was a pity that his reaction wasn’t fast enough. When President Song was involved in the two incidents involving Yu Bing, he should have come to investigate. After all, there weren’t so many coincidences!

Now that the election was imminent, it was too late to establish ties with Yu Bing.

There was no point in worrying too much, so Liu Bao changed the topic and asked about the election, “Cousin, what do you think the possibility of me winning the election is?”

Hearing this, President Song couldn’t go any further and returned to the office with the kettle.

The two of them were still talking softly without realizing it. Wang Jie blew out a smoke ring as he looked at Liu Bao. A few seconds later, he said, “It’s hard to say. We just had a meeting this morning to discuss. You and Wu Jin are both very popular, but President Song didn’t say anything on the spot. He’s still hesitating. After all, everyone knows Wu Jin’s reputation and ability. But it’s not like you don’t have an advantage. After all, you haven’t made a mistake in your job for more than ten years. You’re experienced in dealing with the village’s matters.”

Seeing this, Liu Bao hinted, “Cousin, do you think I should give the president something?”

Wang Jie shook his head repeatedly. “Don’t make a fool of yourself. This won’t work with President Song.”

After hearing this, Liu Bao pursed his lips and exhaled. It seemed that nothing was set in stone for the position of village chief. If it were others, he would still have some sense of confidence, but against Wu Jin…

President Song sat in his office chair and looked at the name that appeared on the red-headed document. After thinking for a moment, he picked up a pen and filled in Wu Jin’s name.

Liu Bao clearly wanted to curry favor to him through Yu Bing. It was fine for such a tactful and worldly person to resolve the conflicts between the families in the village, but President Song was still inclined to focus on people who cared more about how to improve the villagers’ living standards and not people who kept thinking about how to curry favor with their superiors.

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On Friday, the clerk in charge of passing the documents arrived at the He Mountain Brigade with the red-headed document. After everyone in the village arrived, the clerk read the contents of the document.

“The position of village chief of the He Mountain Brigade has been vacant for a long time. We have now decided to carry out a new personnel appointment for Wu Jin. We will now announce that Wu Jin has been officially appointed as the village chief of the He Mountain Brigade and is in charge of all the matters in the village such as production, security, management, and so on. This appointment will take effect from the day it is announced.”

The audience erupted into enthusiastic applause. Many people were congratulating Wu Jin. Xiao Sheng watched from afar and didn’t go forward, but he looked relieved.