C156 There must be a ghost among them

The master of the basics spoke with a booming voice, but when he sat up, he was completely in a flashy mood. Basically, the people in charge of Village committees were all people who had been appointed to this village. After the elections, the final result would naturally not be surprising. The village officials chosen in this way were quite obedient and loyal, but under them, they joined forces with the township officials to flay the citizens. This was how they accumulated over time, which resulted in the status of the village officials to be greatly reduced in the hearts of the people.

The outburst of the lotus root was also because of this.

However, no township had the courage to hold a genuine election for the village. Everyone was unable to control the situation and had no confidence, and was even more afraid that the villagers would choose their own village officials to speak up for the people and not cooperate with the government. This would weaken the authority and interests of the government, which was something that the people in power did not want to see happen.

However, this seemingly orderly and orderly village election was actually planned and organized by a little girl who had never worked in a village before. This forced Lin Jie to rethink the principle of appointment for his cadres. However, it is precisely because of too much experience that experience is too rich, which restricts people's thinking and forms a kind of thinking pattern. And once such thinking pattern is established, it is very difficult to break it. Therefore, it was very difficult for a village to make a big breakthrough, even if it was to resolve the conflict and stay on the surface of things. It was very difficult to reach the essence of things, and that was the root of the problem.

Du Ruiqi was not afraid of tigers or tigers when she was just born. She did not have a fixed way of thinking, was bold and meticulous, dared to reform and innovate, dared to touch upon the fundamental elements of things, and truly solved the core problem of conflicts. This was the new way out for rural work in the new era.

Lin Jie looked at Du Ruiqi, his mind thinking of many things, and for a moment, he was thinking of floating outside the auction place.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure in the hall.

When the figure of the figure turned around, Lin Jie was shocked: So it was him!

"Did you inform the reporters to come?" Lin Jie suddenly asked.

"Hmm?" Du Ruiqi turned her head to look at Lin Jie, her face filled with doubt: Why do you say that?

"No!" Du Ruiqi answered straightforwardly.

"Look!" Lin Jie pointed at the young man in the crowd who was carrying an interview bag and holding a "pike" in his hand.

Du Ruiqi looked in the direction that Lin Jie pointed, and indeed, she saw a familiar face: Deng Nianrong!

Deng Nianrong had already been transferred to the Xinjiang Daily News Interview Department a long time ago, why would he suddenly appear at the lotus root's election site? This time, the election was still a try, and whether or not it would succeed was still unknown. Du Ruiqi did not inform the media to come over to conduct an interview.

Deng Nianrong's nose is really sharp! It truly was worthy of being called Yu He's name and old memory!

Du Ruiqi quickly walked over, and upon seeing her, she walked towards her.

"Hello, Director Deng!" Du Ruiqi held Deng Nianrong's hand and said, "Chief Deng, which gust of wind brought you here?"

"Hello, Dushuji! It was your southeast wind that brought me here! " Deng Nianrong laughed and said, "How can you miss the spring wind of such a new and sharp reform?"

"Haha, Director Deng is such an expert at reading news!" Du Ruiqi said, "Mayor Lin is here too, let's go over and meet them."

"Alright!" Hearing the words Mayor Lin, Deng Nianrong's heart skipped a beat. Why did Mayor come too?

However, he still calmly walked in front of Lin Jie.

"Hello, Mayor Lin!" Deng Nianrong stretched out his hand and respectfully called out.

"Journalist Deng, your nose is really sharp! They say that you reporters are flies, but in my opinion, you reporters are more like police dogs! " Lin Jie said as he held Deng Nianrong's hand.

"Hehehe …" Deng Nianrong laughed foolishly. After transferring to the Xinjiang Daily newspaper, although Deng Nianrong had become the Deputy Director of the Interview Department, he still had to interview and write a draft. He was in the political line and frequently dealt with the leaders of the cities in the Municipal committees. Deng Nianrong had even done an interview with Lin Jie before, so the two of them had more contact and exchanges. Lin Jie also liked Deng Nianrong's talent, he felt that he was a good reporter.

"Journalist Deng, I have something to say, so I won't beat around the bush. Just say it." Lin Jie said, "lotus root's election is still an attempt, regardless of whether it is successful or not, we have not decided to make it widely known, so reporter Deng, do not dig deeper into this material, and even more so, do not publish it. This case still needs to be studied. "

"Hehe, Mayor Lin is right, I know that. So when I'm here today, I'm not saying I have to publish it. I just think it's a bright spot, no matter how you look at it. It's something worth recording. "I want to gather first-hand information on the spot. It doesn't matter if I post it or not, I'll use my words and images as a witness." Deng Nianrong said, "If there comes a day when Mayor Lin feels that this matter is of value and needs to be told publicly, then I can arrange it at any time. Be it as information or as news reports, it would all be easy to obtain."

A very thoughtful reporter, his reaction was fast enough and his answer was also very clever! Lin Jie looked at Deng Nianrong with a smile full of appreciation.

It would be great if Chinese journalists could have his professional attitude and loyal political integrity! Lin Jie lamented, after seeing too many reporters who refused to listen to his orders, he really could not love this group of reporters!

"Good, then go and record it. When the time comes that I need it, you must bring it to me at will!" Lin Jie said with a smile.

"Of course! With a single word from Mayor Lin, you will definitely be at the beck and call of the year! " Deng Nianrong said with a smile. Then he wandered back into the crowd with his lance.

The villagers had already started lining up for their First Vote and their progress was very fast and smooth.

Du Ruiqi and the others accompanied Lin Jie to the southern side of the election site that Ma Mingqiao was presiding over.

The large warehouse of the village was filled with people, both inside and out. It seemed that there were fewer people than the western grain drying field. However, the size of the warehouse was quite large. Xu Wenjuan's area had the second largest number of people, and the village elementary school she resided in had the largest number of people.

Ma Mingqiao's side was very orderly too. The majority of the villagers had already filled in the ballot papers, and First Vote were in progress.

After strolling for a while, Du Ruiqi and Lin Jie arrived at Eastside Academy, a district that was hosted by Shen Yunda.

The school grounds were the largest, and the conditions were relatively the best.

There was a grass field, a classroom, and even a flagpole. The layout here was the easiest.

It seemed that the progress of each region was about the same, and First Vote began to appear on this side.

When the time came 10: 30 PM, the First Vote had basically finished. Every area began to sing and count their votes.

Before the singing and counting, a portion of the remaining ballots left on the scene were burned on the spot to prevent cheating.

It was the same for all three sections, which was also a necessary procedure before a vote was made. Under the witness of the villagers, the votes from the three areas were turned into ashes.

The tellers, supervisors and tellers began to carefully open the First Vote box under the watchful eyes of the villagers. The singing officially started.

"Wu Yongjin, one vote!" the conductor read.

The overseer's eyes were wide and round, as if he were afraid to miss a single word on the ballot paper.

"Wu Yaoming, one vote!"

The teller began to write the word "positive" under these names.

Du Ruiqi held her breath, and listened to the names one by one, as the number of "yes" under the names increased.

The count of the ballots for the east is over.

They were waiting for the South and West to count the votes together.

When it was almost noon, the results of the first round of villagers' elections in lotus root was out.

On the same day, there were a total of 2152 people participating in the elections in the three sectors. In practice, 1886 ballots were withdrawn. The elections are valid!

The one who got the most votes was: Wu Yongjin, 623 votes;

The second was: Wu Yaoming, 482 votes.

Third place: Wu Deqing, 395 votes;

This result was very unexpected for Du Ruiqi!

It was expected that Wu Yongjin would obtain such a high number of votes; Wu Deqing was one of the organizers of the previous confrontation. But how could this Wu Yaoming have so many votes? Didn't the villagers hate him? Didn't she already hate him to the bones? Then why were there still so many people who could only take him as their candidate? This was really strange!

Du Ruiqi thought that there must be something behind all of this, but since it was a public election, public appearance of the First Vote, public singing and counting of votes, everything seemed to be flawless. The problem did not appear in the procedures, it must be behind this, Wu Yaoming was pulling the strings!

Thinking to this point, the anger in Du Ruiqi's heart almost burst out.

However, her logic told her to be calm and collected. She must not reveal even the tiniest bit of her thoughts. She must not let the other party make a mistake at this time and cause a huge mistake!

No matter what the result of this first election is, you have to respect and acknowledge it!

Finally, Ma Mingqiao invited Du Ruiqi to speak.

Du Ruiqi looked at Lin Jie, who gave her an encouraging look, and she walked up to the stage with women's confidence.

Holding the large loudspeaker, Du Ruiqi brewed in her heart and said: "Fellow villagers, today, we have all truly fulfilled our great rights as citizens — the right to vote and to stand for election. This is the power that the Constitution has given to every single citizen who has reached the age of 18. Today, in the sunshine, we have truly exercised this right, and it is a memorable moment. I have already gone to the three First Vote arenas to take a look. The place was very orderly and every villager who participated in the elections were very serious and voted for their holy order. This is the first public election of the lotus root, and also the first step for the new party committee team of the Peace Town. , Wu Yaoming and Wu Deqing, the three comrades, have stood out today. The next time, we will hold the second election amongst the three of them and elect the person in charge of the lotus root. In the next election, the candidate must get first place and get more than half of the votes. For the first time, we are driving in the sun with our own power. Fellow villagers, you must choose a capable person you can trust to lead us forward in order to truly achieve our goals! Finally, let's once again congratulate the three of you on winning the first election. Next Saturday, let's hold a second election and see who will become the leader of our lotus root.

The moment Du Ruiqi finished speaking, the audience burst into warm applause.

Du Ruiqi realized that Mao Ligui who was in the crowd seemed to have a strange expression on her face.