Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

Tao Fan lived in peace for a while.One day, he happened to see an advertisement for a prize in the "Xizhou Daily", and his mood became complicated again.It turned out that an 18-story building of the Regional Industrial and Commercial Bank was completed. Calligraphy works of the four characters "Financial Building" were solicited from the public. In fact, Madam had seen this notice a long time ago, and she thought it was strange, so she hid it.But Tao Fan read the newspaper all day long, asking where the newspaper went that day.The madam looked casual and said that she didn't know where to put it.However, Mrs. Wang was very responsible, and after searching for a long time, she finally found it.When Tao Fan saw the news, he guessed that the newspaper was put away intentionally by his wife.Thinking of my wife's good intentions, I can see that I am very pitiful.Usually, those units that think they have some face come to ask him to inscribe their signboards.He understands that some people use this to get close, and he doesn't make it difficult for them.As long as you have time, you can write a question with a pen, and of course you don't get a penny.Some people also discussed in private, saying that the secretary of the prefectural party committee had too many writing questions and was not serious, so he didn't care.It is said that Guo Moruo even mentioned the brand name of Xidan Vegetable Market in Beijing. I, Tao Fan, am not as noble as Guo Lao.Later, he began to see other meanings more and more, so he refused to write inscriptions anymore.His last inscription is the signboard of Tuyuan Company.However, until shortly before he left office, there were still people who wanted to "ask for Secretary Tao's calligraphy", but he refused.Isn't it interesting that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has launched a prize-winning word competition?

Old Shen, a veteran cadre, is confused in his work. He is called an old god, which means crazy.The old gods always come to graffiti, with gusto.One day, he ran to Tao Fan and encouraged Tao Fan to participate in the prize-winning calligraphy competition.The old god is also a nosy person, and I don't know where he heard the ins and outs of the character collection activity.It turned out that President Li of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China asked Zhang Zhaolin for an inscription, and the answer he got was: "The financial building is a century-old project. It is best not to invite leaders or celebrities to inscribe it. Instead, we should reform and ask for a prize."

Tao Fan naturally wouldn't go to this event.Knowing the whole story, he also expressed his understanding, but he felt uncomfortable.That night, President Li of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China came to visit.After sitting down, he talked a lot about not coming to visit for so long. In Tao Fan's impression, this old Li has always been good.Did he feel bad about the sign?After chatting for a long time, President Li really talked about this matter.He said: "For the sake of face, I went to ask Secretary Zhang to write an inscription. I thought that Secretary Zhang would definitely give in and let you write it to Secretary Tao. But Secretary Zhang was so sure, I didn't expect it in advance."

Tao Fan laughed loudly and said, "Old Li, you are not allowed to tell Comrade Zhaolin about his status in front of me! Comrade Zhaolin's opinion is correct. In my opinion, this is not just a simple word collecting activity. In our This closed mountainous area can be regarded as a not-so-big or small ideological emancipation movement! You can convey my suggestion to the newspaper office, and organize a discussion on this award-winning word solicitation, so that people in the whole region can strengthen their respect for knowledge, talents, and Consciousness of intellectual labor."

President Li nodded and said: "Secretary Tao always sees problems from a higher perspective than ours. A leader is a leader." The solicitation of characters was originally just a trivial matter, but because Tao Fan had spoken and the bank could afford the page fee, "Xizhou Daily" set up a column "Challenge for Soliciting Characters", each time several copies of the shortlisted works were published, accompanied by Post a discussion article or two.Tao Fan paid great attention to those calligraphy works, but he didn't care about those discussion articles, even though they were made according to his intention.After engaging in the arena for a month, the best work was finally selected.The recruited person is a middle school teacher.Tao Fan read this person's profile carefully, and he seemed to have known him before.After thinking about it for a while, I remembered that I had dealt with this teacher.It turned out that during Tao Fan's tenure, some people who had scribbled a few strokes always wanted to make friends with him in the name of learning calligraphy, and the intention was self-evident.Once, a rural middle school teacher wrote him a letter requesting to be transferred to the city, stating several reasons, and attached a copy of "Han Mo Yuan" in the middle hall, with the side script "Please Mr. Tao Fan be upright".Tao Fan secretly liked the character, but the word "Mr. Tao Fan" made him feel particularly harsh, so he wrote in the letter: The teaching team of rural middle schools should be stable.Transfer to the Reading Office of the Education Committee.

Now the middle school teacher has both a bonus and a job transfer, double happiness.Things in the world are really interesting. The matter of signing the characters caused a little turmoil in Tao Fan's heart, and it passed quickly.But some words of Zhang Zhaolin reached his ears, which made him a little angry.It is said that Zhang Zhaolin talked about the issue of improving the level of leadership at a meeting, and asked leading cadres at all levels to strengthen their studies and update their knowledge. One skill and one skill.Zhang Zhaolin's remark was also impeccable, but Tao Fan thought it was an allusion to him when he connected it with the word sign.