Chapter 12: Finally Made Official (Second Update)

  Originally, Zhang Shuisheng's office should have been the secretary's office, but before becoming the secretary, Zhang Shuisheng was already the township head. Although he later became the secretary, he also held the position of township head. As both secretary and township head, it didn't matter which office he sat in, anyway, he was the top leader in the township.

  Yu Fan's first time here, although he often came to the second floor before, but the door of the village chief's office was always closed, and Yu Fan only took a few glances from afar. Although he had a premonition, Yu Fan still knocked nervously on the door of the village chief's office. A voice came from inside, "Come in."

  Yu Fan carefully opened the office door and walked in, saying: "Secretary Zhang, you asked for me." Zhang Shuisheng was sitting at his desk looking at a file, and when he heard this, he looked up at Yu Fan with a smile and said: "Xiao Fan, sit down first, let me finish reading this file." After finishing speaking, he pointed to the sofa opposite him and continued to read the file in his hand.

  Yu Fan responded with a sound, then stepped forward two steps and sat neatly on the sofa waiting. The township head's office was very simple, with only one desk and several sofas, and a water dispenser in the corner of the wall. On the wall behind the desk hung a huge national map, and on the adjacent wall were several silk flags.

  Zhang Shuisheng spent half an hour looking at the file, and Yu Fan was also sitting on the sofa for half an hour, feeling uneasy. The tense atmosphere made his forehead sweat gradually. Finally, Zhang Shuisheng put down the file, looked up at Yu Fan and smiled: "How is it? Little Fan is in a hurry?" Not in a hurry, Yu Fan thought to himself, this sofa is comfortable, but he didn't dare sit carelessly now, his buttocks were on the edge of the sofa, and his calves were a bit sore. Although he was thinking this way in his heart, his face smiled: "Not in a hurry, Secretary Zhang."

  Zhang Shuisheng smiled and said, "You'd better still call me Uncle Zhang. Xiao Fan, I asked you to come over today to tell you that next Monday you will be borrowed by the town committee. This time it's a formal establishment, going to the town committee office to work as an administrative staff member." The town committee office is actually the party and government office of the town government, but in the town everyone likes to call it the town committee office. The director of the office is a member of the party committee and is at the deputy department level. Yu Fan was overjoyed when he heard this, quickly stood up and said, "Thank you Secretary Zhang, thank you Uncle Zhang."

  Zhang Shuisheng also laughed and said, "Xiao Fan, you don't have to thank me either. We're all family, and Uncle can help you with whatever he can. However, what Uncle can do for you is limited to this. Once you get to the town committee, everything will depend on yourself." Yu Fan suppressed his excitement and nodded vigorously, smiling: "I'll definitely work hard and not disappoint Uncle Zhang's expectations." Zhang Shuisheng nodded and said, "Later, go visit Director Wang, and on Monday, report to Deputy Director Xu at the town committee office. Don't forget to bring all your documents." Yu Fan replied, "Got it, Uncle Zhang."

  Zhang Shuisheng glanced at Yu Fan and smiled, "When you arrive at the town committee, you must work diligently and be quick-witted in handling matters." Yu Fan nodded repeatedly upon hearing this. Zhang Shuisheng smiled again, "In two days, your cousin will return, and we'll have dinner together at home. Remember, don't buy anything, and don't try to put on a show when you come to my house." Yu Fan chuckled upon hearing this. Zhang Shuisheng smiled and waved his hand, "Go now, Director Wang is waiting for you." Yu Fan hastily smiled, "Then I'll take my leave, Uncle Zhang." Zhang Shuisheng nodded with a smile.

  Out of the village director's office, next to it is Director Wang's office. Yu Fan knocked on the door and someone inside said, "Come in." Yu Fan pushed open the door and walked in, saying, "Director Wang, hello." Director Wang looked at him and smiled as he stood up, "Ah, it's Yu Fan, I've been waiting for you for half a day." Yu Fan apologized hastily, "Sorry, I was just with Secretary Zhang." Director Wang waved his hand and smiled, "It's okay, that's Secretary Zhang showing his care for you."

  Director Wang opened the drawer, took out a piece of paper from inside and looked at Yu Fan seriously: "Comrade Yu Fan, I am now representing the Township Party Committee to talk to you." Yu Fan quickly looked at Director Wang solemnly. Director Wang continued: "At the request of the Town Committee, the Township Party Committee has decided to borrow you to work in the Town Committee office. Please report to the Town Committee office on Monday morning at 8 o'clock. Now, do you have any questions about the decision of the Township Party Committee? You can raise them to me." Yu Fan also said loudly: "Director Wang, I have no questions, I resolutely obey the decision of the Township Party Committee."

  Yu Fan finished speaking, and Director Wang also smiled and said: "Yu Fan, this is your appointment letter. You can report to the town committee office on Monday with it." Yu Fan quickly took it over with both hands, smiling and saying: "Thank you, Director Wang." Director Wang also smiled and said: "Yu Fan, you are a party member and a university student. Your future prospects are boundless. Remember to come back and visit us old comrades often in the future." Yu Fan solemnly said: "I am from this town, I will not forget my hometown, nor will I forget Director Wang. As soon as I have time, I will definitely come back to visit our old leaders."

  Director Wang chuckled and said, "I don't have anything, just don't forget Secretary Zhang." Yu Fan hastily smiled and said, "Secretary Zhang is my uncle, I naturally won't forget. Director Wang's teachings to me these days, I also won't forget." Director Wang was pleased and laughed loudly, praising Yu Fan for being eloquent.

  Out of Director Wang's office, Yu Fan rushed downstairs. He couldn't hold back his excitement and burst into the transmission room, picking up Old Dai. Old Dai was startled by Yu Fan and shouted in mid-air: "You little scoundrel, you're crazy, put me down!"

  Yu Fan put down Old Dai and stood in front of him, laughing loudly: "Old Dai, I'm finally going to be transferred!" Old Dai heard this and laughed: "What? Such good news so soon?" Yu Fan nodded with a smile: "I'm being loaned to the town committee office, this time it's an official position." Old Dai was surprised and said: "Oh, you're going to the town?" Yu Fan excitedly nodded: "I didn't expect it either, originally I was satisfied with having a position in the countryside, now I'm actually being transferred to the town."

  Dai Lao Tou was also happy for him: "Hmm, now that you've been transferred to the town, your future development space will be even greater." Yu Fan nodded, but Dai Lao Tou glared at Yu Fan and said: "You little scamp, you're getting what you wanted. Don't think you can forget about the tea leaves I asked for!" Yu Fan was thrilled at the moment and didn't care about the tea leaves anymore, so he replied disdainfully: "What's the big deal about some broken tea leaves? I'll buy them for you after work." But Dai Lao Tou shouted loudly: "What broken tea leaves?! You think you can just go out and buy them after work?! Don't think that just because you've been transferred to the town, I won't be able to discipline you! Do you know that the director of the Town Committee office is also surnamed Dai?!"

  Yu Fan stared blankly at Old Dai and asked, "The director of the town committee office is surnamed Dai? Isn't that your son?" Old Dai proudly said, "Of course, my son is a member of the town party committee, a real deputy department-level cadre, much stronger than you, a low-ranking deputy section chief." Yu Fan exclaimed, "Then why are you running to some village to watch the gate?" Old Dai's face turned red with anger and he said, "I just like watching the gate, what business is it of yours? Besides, if I hadn't given you advice while watching the gate, would you have been converted so quickly? Are you going to buy that tea or not?"

  Yu Fan immediately said, "Buy, of course buy, you wait, I'll go and get it for you now." After finishing speaking, he ran towards the gate, but after taking only two steps, he ran back and said, "Remember to watch my phone, don't let anything happen." Old man Dai impatiently said, "I know, you're so nagging." Yu Fan then smiled and ran out.

  He ran back in a short while, panting and holding a box of tea leaves. As soon as he entered the delivery room, he put the tea leaves on the table and smiled at Old Dai: "How's this? I kept my word and bought you back some tea." Old Dai took the box of tea leaves without even looking at it and threw it into his drawer, then smiled and said: "This is more like it, you little scoundrel still have a bit of conscience." Yu Fan chuckled and said: "I'm telling you, Old Dai, I did buy this tea for you. Your son is the director of the town committee office, so you should let him take care of me in the future too."

  Dai Lao Tou glared at Yu Fan and said, "You think you can buy me off with just a box of tea leaves? And also get my son to do your bidding? No way. I'm always in the transmission room, and it's hard for me to see him even once a year. I don't have the energy to talk about these trivial matters with him." Yu Fan didn't seem to mind, and smiled, "Well, you should at least tell me something about the situation in the town committee office. I'm going there as an outsider."

  "Ah, that's not bad at all," said Old Dai with a smile. "Actually, the work in the town committee office is quite simple. There's just one director, some deputy directors, and a few clerks who are mainly responsible for drafting documents. For a university graduate like you, handling some of the town's documents shouldn't be a problem, right? Other than that, it's just cleaning up and tidying the office, taking care of some chores for the leaders. If one of them takes a liking to you, then you'll become a full-time clerk, equivalent to a secretary for a department-level leader. At that point, you'll be one of the leader's trusted confidants."

  Yu Fan sighed and said, "So it's just these things, not much better than in the countryside." Dai Lao Tou glared at Yu Fan and scolded, "Hmph, you ungrateful kid, many people can't even get this opportunity, and you think it's not good. It seems like you still lack discipline." Yu Fan smiled and said, "I didn't say it was bad."

  Dai Lao Tou let out a sigh and said seriously, "Yu Fan, once you're at the town committee, you must be mindful of your words and actions. Remember that speaking too much will lead to losses, and don't rush to express your opinions on everything. Your temper is still too impulsive, this kind of personality is not suitable for surviving in government departments. You need to change this, can't be like when you were at the rural government anymore, must make yourself more stable, think things through before acting. In government work, even a small detail can change your whole life, you must be cautious and prudent." Yu Fan had never seen Dai Lao Tou speak so seriously to him before, knowing he was doing it for his own good, nodded solemnly in agreement.

  "Old Dai looked at Yu Fan as if he had taken his words to heart, and continued: "Working in the town committee office, you must first correct your position. You are there to serve the leaders, thinking what they think, worrying about what they worry about. As an office clerk in the town committee, some things need to be thought of before the leaders, done before the leaders, only then can you gain their trust and have opportunities to stand out. If you can always keep this in mind, then you are doing a good job as an office clerk. Other things are not for you to consider now. By the way, when are you going to report for duty?"

  Yu Fan heard the words and said, "Monday." Old man Dai nodded and said, "Today is Friday. You should take advantage of these two days off to find some books on this topic and read them, understand the procedures in the town committee office, don't mess up when the time comes." Yu Fan only then realized that this matter was not as easy as he had imagined, it seemed that he also needed to prepare well.