Wen Ling frowned and did not reply to Qin Lang. She muttered, "What a mysterious guy." Then, she opened the civil service examination books and began to prepare for the Dongtai examination.
Wen Ling only saw Qin Lang as an ordinary classmate, and she didn't know that Qin Lang had a crush on her. Wen Ling was a very special woman, beautiful and good at studying, but she never had a relationship when she was in school. Because she felt that love was a holy thing, and the person she was in love with must be her future husband.
Qin Lang was a little flustered. He sent a text message to Qin Yuming. Soon, Qin Yuming sent back the registered account and password. Qin Lang logged into the personnel website, carefully read his application information, and breathed a sigh of relief. He had applied for the China Merchants Group.
Qin Lang's originally depressed spirits suddenly lifted. It was obvious that Wen Ling, whom he had always had a good impression of, decided to apply for the Dongtai government. This was a great stimulus to him, so he decided to prepare well and strive to work in the same place with Wen Ling.
Chapter 0424: Iron Rice Bowl and New Blood
The "Dongtai Project to Attract Hundreds, Thousands, and Tens of Thousands of Talents" has attracted the attention of political and legal journalists across the province. This is a bold institutional reform. The government's personnel establishment issue is a shackle that has always attracted social attention and criticism.
The reason why the "iron rice bowl" is pursued and popular by countless people is that as long as you have a formal establishment in the government or public institutions, you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. This has led to a bloated and mixed personnel structure in the government for a long time. Although a large number of elites have poured into the government, there are also some people who are just trying to get by. If there is no targeted governance, one day the government will be dragged down by the huge personnel structure. The country has long paid attention to this phenomenon and has tried to adopt the social employment system in some special regions or positions.
The social employment system is basically the same as the principle of external recruitment by the company, with fixed positions and fixed salaries, and salaries are paid according to the ability and contribution of talents. In addition, although talents are not on the payroll, they can enjoy more freedom. If they decide not to work in the government one day, they can choose their career more freely than employees in the system.
Fang Zhicheng supports Duan Xuan in promoting the "Talent Introduction Project" for the sake of Dongtai's overall situation. From Sun Weiming's perspective, he naturally hopes that the personnel establishment of the entire county is under his control, but this is not conducive to the long-term development of the government. Duan Xuan promotes the talent project to fight against Sun Weiming out of selfishness, but Fang Zhicheng also sees the potential in it. Dongtai's officialdom does need a fresh blood, which provides support for the government's development in five or even ten years.
The county party committee's propaganda department mobilized a lot of resources to publicize and report on the "100 million talents introduction project". On the day of the exam, mainstream media at the provincial and municipal levels rushed to Dongtai to conduct interviews and reports.
As the main promoter of this project, Duan Xuan naturally received the focus of reporters. This confrontation undoubtedly ended with Duan Xuan's victory.
Dongtai's social recruitment exam follows the same process as the civil service exam, which consists of a written test and a retest. The written test consists of subjects, including administrative ability test and essay writing. After the administrative ability test, the Dongtai government provides lunch at noon, which surprises the candidates.
Qin Lang felt that he had performed well in the morning exam. After leaving the exam room, he waited outside for a while and saw Wen Ling walking out of the crowd with a pile of materials in her arms. Qin Lang waved at Wen Ling, but Wen Ling kept her head down and didn't see him, which made Qin Lang feel a little embarrassed. He simply walked closer to Wen Ling and coughed. Wen Ling was startled by Qin Lang, looked up at Qin Lang for a while, and smiled softly, "It's you. I didn't expect you to really come to take the exam."
Qin Lang chuckled and said, "In fact, I saw you before the exam. My exam room is right next to yours. Dongtai Merchants Bureau has the most quotas, but also the most applicants. There are more than 200 people in the six exam rooms combined."
Wen Ling nodded and said, "I also saw many classmates from our school. To be honest, I was a little nervous..."
Qin Lang smiled and consoled him, "Haven't you passed the provincial exam? Dongtai is just an exam for a county, so how can it be a problem?"
Wen Ling shook her head and said, "I think today's exam looks similar to the provincial exam, but the difficulty, depth, and flexibility are more profound than the provincial exam."
Qin Lang was slightly startled, and said with a wry smile: "I was so busy doing the questions that I didn't think as deeply as you did."
Wen Ling smiled sweetly, and Qin Lang's heart was moved. The two exchanged some memorable test questions, and unknowingly arrived at the cafeteria of the county government.
Qin Lang complained: "I didn't expect there would be so many people. There must be at least five or six thousand people taking the exam this time, right?"
Wen Ling nodded and said, "Dongtai County Government has introduced the gimmick of 'all-inclusive tickets, meals and accommodation' to recruit talents this time. As long as the candidates provide ticket and accommodation receipts, the government will reimburse the full amount regardless of whether they are admitted or not. Such a large-scale recruitment of talents has not only attracted candidates from this province, but also many candidates from other provinces."
Qin Lang calculated silently in his mind and sighed: "Based on 5,000 candidates, each person spends 200 yuan on average, which means that the government will spend 1 million yuan for this exam. It is indeed quite generous."
Wen Ling shook her head and said, "It's not that the government gave one million yuan. You saw a lot of advertisements outside the examination room, and you can see corporate slogans everywhere in the cafeteria. If I'm not mistaken, all the funds for this recruitment activity were sponsored by companies."
Qin Lang smiled bitterly and said, "Are companies willing to do business at a loss?"
Wen Ling's eyes sparkled, and she whispered, "A large company with sales of over 100 million yuan would spend tens of millions of yuan on advertising every year to promote itself, but the actual effect is not as good as this government job fair. Five or six thousand candidates are no less than the scale of a small concert, and the job fair will attract widespread attention from the society. If the company can promote it, it will be a good event marketing."
Qin Lang sighed: "Wen Ling, you really think long-term."
Wen Ling smiled and stood behind a long line of people. Qin Lang quickened his pace and followed closely. He suddenly felt a chill on his shoulder, turned his head, and smiled in surprise: "Brother Cheng? Why are you here?"
Fang Zhicheng smiled and sighed: "I work in the Dongtai government. Is it strange to see a government cafeteria?"
Qin Lang scratched his head and smiled: "I forgot."
Fang Zhicheng pointed to a passage not far away and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go to the canteen to eat."
Qin Lang showed a little embarrassment on his face, and muttered: "This... Brother Cheng, why don't I just queue up here and don't bother you."
Fang Zhicheng saw Qin Lang's eyes evading a little, then glanced at the little girl beside him, and said with a smile: "Qin Lang, don't refuse, bring your classmates along. I'll introduce a few people to you later."
Qin Lang was not stupid. He could hear the hidden meaning behind Fang Zhicheng's words. He moved closer to her and asked in a low voice, "Wen Ling, how about going to have lunch with me? This is my sister's boyfriend. He works in the Dongtai government."
Wen Ling stared at Fang Zhicheng carefully, then looked at the front of the line for a long time. If she wanted to eat, she would probably have to wait in line for ten minutes, so she nodded and agreed, "Okay, that's a bother."
Fang Zhicheng was calm and composed. He could see Qin Lang's feelings for Wen Ling. Seeing that Wen Ling was pretty and calm in her every move, he thought to himself that she was an excellent girl and said with a smile, "Let's go together."
Entering a private room in the canteen, several people were already sitting inside, with two empty seats in the middle. Seeing Fang Zhicheng coming in with a man and a woman, Li Hui quickly winked, and someone immediately moved a chair and served a set of tableware. Fang Zhicheng smiled and introduced them to everyone: "This is one of my relatives, named Qin Lang, and the other one is his classmate..."
"Her name is Wen Ling..." Qin Lang was afraid that Wen Ling would be embarrassed, so he took the initiative to speak.
Fang Zhicheng waved his hand and said with a smile, "They just happened to come to Dongtai from other places to take the exam today. I saw them waiting outside, so I asked them to come in for a meal. Do you mind?"
Li Hui stood up and said with a smile, "County Magistrate Fang, you like to joke too much. You paid for this meal yourself, so what's the big deal about having one more guest?"
"County Magistrate Fang?" Qin Lang frowned slightly when he heard Li Hui address him like that. He never expected that Fang Zhicheng was the executive deputy county magistrate of Dongtai. In addition, Li Hui spoke very quickly, so he just felt that something was slightly wrong.
But Wen Ling was very smart. She could tell from the situation at the scene that Fang Zhicheng was definitely the one with the highest status and rank among the crowd, otherwise it would be impossible for everyone to smile so flatteringly at him. But Wen Ling didn't pay much attention to Li Hui's shouting of "County Magistrate Fang". After all, Fang Zhicheng looked too young. If he hadn't dressed so maturely, he would have been no different from a student who had just entered society.
Fang Zhicheng waved his hand and smiled, "Today I just want to get together with you all. During this period of time last year, I received so much support from you all, and I haven't thanked you all properly yet."
The people present were all the core members of the Merchants Bureau. Except for Deputy Director Wei Xiaoyan who was on a business trip, several section-level cadres were all present. Li Hui knew very well that today's meal was not just a reward for everyone, but also Fang Zhicheng wanted to bring the young man named Qin Lang to say hello to her.
But at the dinner table, everyone can avoid the topic of "talent introduction project". After all, some things would be bad if they were revealed.
Although Wen Ling did not speak at the table, he could vaguely tell that everyone present should be from the Investment Promotion Bureau, because the topic they were discussing was always about investment promotion, so he paid close attention to their topics and opinions.