Wen Liang attended classes at school for a few days and made up for the lessons she had missed. Fortunately, she had Huang Gang's study notes. The little girl lost both her parents, and with Wen Liang's guidance, she focused on her studies. Several thick notebooks were so detailed that they could almost be used as a text version of the classroom, so it was not difficult to review. Uncle Wen's popularity, which had always been silent, finally improved a bit. Except for Li Xinyan who had a guilty conscience and always avoided him, other students had a much better impression of him because of Zhao Dan.
In fact, most of their knowledge of Wen Liang came from various rumors in the market. After countless embellishments, Wen Liang was distorted beyond recognition. He was called a bully, a playboy, unreasonable, cruel, and all the bad names that could be thought of were thrown on him. But after more than half a year of contact, everyone was shocked to find that this most eye-catching person in Qingyi Middle School after Gu Wenyuan, except that he asked for leave much more frequently than the average level, seemed to be no different in other aspects. He could joke with anyone, had no airs, never used foul language, and never bullied others. Even when you were in trouble and asked for advice sincerely, he would always provide help or give feasible solutions.
Gossip can melt metal, and constant criticism can destroy a person. But when you know the truth behind the rumors, Uncle Wen is not that annoying after all!
Besides class, Wen Liang also took time to attend two regular meetings of the school student union, focusing on discussing the arrangements for this year's autumn outing and sports meet. Most of the speeches were unoriginal. The location of the autumn outing was initially set at either the zoo or the botanical garden. It would have been better to visit the Kong Puzhou Memorial Hall on the mountain last year. At least we were out of the city, stepped on the green and swam on the lake, and completely relaxed for a whole day. The sports meet was even more lackluster. There were always several major track and field events, such as running, long jump, javelin and shot put. If it weren't for the fact that there were three days off for the sports meet, I'm afraid not many people would be interested. After everyone finished speaking, Wen Liang smiled and said, "I think everyone here is over ten years old, right? They shouldn't be very interested in the monkeys and tigers in the zoo, right? To be honest, I've been to the zoo several times a year since I was a child, but the animals in the zoo have hardly changed. There was an old monkey in the monkey mountain who yawned and walked away with his red butt sticking out when he saw me. I guess he was annoyed. Since we are tired of each other, why bother to make ourselves unhappy?"
Everyone laughed, and Wen Liang said, "As for the botanical garden, we cannot deny that some students are more profound and like to study all kinds of strange species. This is a good thing and should be encouraged, but one day is probably not very helpful for research. Instead of this, let's be more generous and vote in favor, so that people like me who are very superficial can find a fun place to play."
Everyone laughed. Wen Liang waited for the laughter to stop and said, "From your laughter, I can tell that most of you are not very satisfied with these two candidate locations. Let's discuss this matter later. Three heads are better than Zhuge Liang. If you really can't think of any fun locations, you can go back to your classes and mobilize your classmates to come up with ideas. Brainstorming is better than a dozen of us working in isolation."
Everyone agreed to discuss this at the regular meeting three days later, and then move on to the next topic. Wen Liang pointed to Yang Zhenqing, the director of the Sports Department, and said, "I've seen the Sports Department's arrangements for the sports meet. They're quite thoughtful, but not creative enough. My opinion is that since the school is so generous and lets the student union take full responsibility for the organization and planning, we must not let this rare opportunity go to waste. We must use our imagination to the fullest, bring forth something new out of the old, and strive to make this sports meet the most impressive in the history of No. 1 Middle School..."
Yang Zhenqing is a student with sports expertise and a national second-level athlete. His family has heard that he is quite resourceful and will definitely get a recommendation quota for a certain university in the college entrance examination if nothing unexpected happens. Therefore, he usually has high standards and does not take Wen Liang seriously. He sneered and said, "It's easy to say. The school's funding is limited, and the cooperation of each class is also limited. I would like to come up with something, but I need soil to grow flowers, right? You don't know until you do something. Some problems cannot be solved by just talking."
What he said was actually quite good, but when these nice words came out of this person's mouth, they sounded overbearing, which not only irritated others, but also made them furious.
Wen Liang smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Just think of the ideas. As for how to turn the ideas into reality, that's my concern."
Yang Zhenqing snorted. Wen Liang had a bad reputation, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous and didn't say anything more. But the others looked at each other, thinking that Yang Zhenqing had been boasting for so long, why did he become so weak today? It seems that evil people need evil people to deal with them, and there is always something that can defeat something else.
Three days later, the student union held another meeting. This time, it was much more lively than the last time. The candidate places for the autumn outing increased by more than ten times like a rocket. It was all-encompassing and fantastic. Wen Liang looked at the list and laughed. When he saw someone wrote Mars, he couldn't stand it anymore. He put down the list and said, "Everyone, we are just on an autumn outing, not traveling around the world. Most of the places here can only be dreamed of at night. If we really submit it to the school, I'm afraid Principal Zhang will be so angry that he will faint on the spot."
The room was filled with laughter again. They all knew that there was no way these places would be approved by the school, but they just couldn't think of anywhere else to go: if they went hiking, the school would say it was too dangerous, and if they went playing in the water, the weather was indeed too cold. But apart from sightseeing, there weren't many places in the small Qingzhou that could accommodate thousands of people at the same time.
"But I think I found a good place." Wen Liang picked up the pen and drew a circle on the list, and handed it to everyone to see. Yang Zhenqing sat close, took it first and looked at it, sneering: "Century Park? Chairman Wen, do you know how much a ticket there costs? Haha, it's really funny, everyone take a look, look at the good place our chairman has chosen."
After everyone looked at it one by one, they immediately started talking about it. "Century Park, I heard it just opened last week, I haven't been there yet."
"I didn't go either, but my dad went on the opening day, and it seemed pretty interesting."
"Isn't this a playground for children? Is it appropriate for us to go there at our age?"
"You are so ignorant. This is what young people play with, a Ferris wheel and a roller coaster. Hehe, I can't help myself just thinking about it."
"But what Yang Zhenqing said makes sense. A ticket costs 0 yuan. How much does each class spend in a year?"
"0 dollars is not expensive, I am willing to pay for it!"
"That's you. I guarantee that if half of our class pays for it, it will be great..."
"this… "
As soon as money was mentioned, the excited friends all died down. Yang Zhenqing looked at Wen Liang even more proudly and said, "Well, I told you that you can't get anything done just by talking."
"Money is indeed a problem, but it's not a big problem. I'll think of a solution." Wen Liang would never argue with Yang Zhenqing, so he said, "If the money problem is solved, please raise your hands if you agree to go to Century Park."
Swish, swish, swish, more than a dozen arms were raised high. Yang Zhenqing curled his lips and raised his arm as well, intending to laugh at Wen Liang's joke.
"Okay, this one's approved. We're going to Century Park this fall!"
A group of people shouted immediately. The high school student union was just a decoration, just like children playing house. Wen Liang certainly didn't take it seriously, so he let them mess around. Yang Zhenqing didn't join in the commotion. He took a stack of papers and handed them to Wen Liang, saying, "This is the new plan of the Sports Department for the sports meeting. Take a look."
When Wen Liang took it and looked through it, Yang Zhenqing watched coldly. He held his breath for this plan. Not only did the people in the Sports Department meet to discuss it for several days, but they also asked many classmates for their opinions. It was the most serious thing he had done in his life. If Wen Liang still found fault with him, he would definitely get angry. After two minutes, contrary to Yang Zhenqing's expectations, Wen Liang not only did not find fault, but praised it and said, "Not bad, not bad, quite creative! Well, set up some interesting team sports and invite some parents to participate voluntarily and form teams with classmates to compete. I like this very much. In addition, in addition to track and field, hold basketball games, football games, table tennis games, badminton games and other sports events that everyone really likes, and get rid of the rigid form of wearing school uniforms and marching in unison at the opening ceremony in the past, and change it to group dancing or let each class choose their own clothes..."
In later generations, with the advancement of various concepts and cognition, track and field sports meets in primary and secondary schools have gradually gotten rid of the rigidity and stereotype of early years, integrating health and entertainment into competitions, reflecting more team spirit and collaboration, and paying more attention to fun and participation by all people. It has completely bid farewell to the situation of "one person runs, two people jump, three people deliver water, four people cheer, and five people can only watch", allowing most people to truly participate, rather than just sitting on the side of the playground as cheerleaders chatting and basking in the sun.
But in 1996, students only dared to think about these things in their hearts. The rote learning method and the educational environment that put grades above all else made them lack the courage and ability to present the sports meet they really wanted. So when Yang Zhenqing was provoked by Wen Liang, he came up with all of them in a fit of anger. After all, didn’t you brag that you could turn creativity into reality
Wen Liang read them out one by one, and the others listened attentively. Many of these things would be mentioned privately at every annual sports meet, but no one took them seriously because everyone understood that some things only needed to be thought about!
"What do you think?" Wen Liang asked with a smile.
"It sounds a lot more interesting than the current track and field meet, but I don't think the school would agree."
"Yeah, even if the school agrees, can the schedule be arranged in three days?"
Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, and generally believed that ideals were beautiful but reality was cruel. Then they looked at Wen Liang eagerly, wanting to see what tricks this famous but elusive Chairman Wen had to turn the tide.
"Nothing is difficult if one sets his mind to it!" Wen Liang stood up and said, "Wait for me for ten minutes. I'll go find Principal Zhang for instructions!"
Snap!
In the small room that was set aside as the student union office, the sound of glasses breaking could be clearly heard. Ten minutes? Ten minutes was not even enough to go to the bathroom. Could Zhang Yihan be convinced
"Blow, keep blowing!"
Yang Zhenqing's voice was very low this time, so low that only he could hear it, because on the one hand, Wen Liang had just praised him highly, which made him feel embarrassed to respond; on the other hand, he also sincerely hoped that this plan would be approved, after all, he had put a lot of effort into it.
"Boom! Boom!"
"Enter!"
Wen Liang pushed open the door. Zhang Yihan was working on a case. Seeing him, he smiled and said, "Why, our chairman finally remembered to report to me?"
Wen Liang said with a bitter face: "I'm afraid I'll disappoint the principal. I came to you to support the work of the student union..."
Zhang Yihan smiled, threw away the pen in his hand, pointed to the chair in front of the desk, and said, "Sit down, I'll listen. If it makes sense, I will definitely support you!"
Wen Liang quickly put his butt on the chair and said, "Principal, why do you sound like there is a trap in what you said? What is reasonable and what is unreasonable? You can't just dismiss me after I've been talking for a long time and say it's unreasonable, right?"
Zhang Yihan smiled and said, "You don't need to give me a shot in the arm. Just tell me what it is. As I said before, if it's reasonable, there will be support. If it's unreasonable, with your intelligence, you will know how to make it reasonable, right?"
Wen Liang hated this old fox so much, but there was nothing he could do. He had to bow his head under the eaves, so he told him everything about the two things they discussed today. Zhang Yihan thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to go to Century Park, but the school is short of funds and can only afford half of the money at most."
"Half is enough. Century Park has just opened and students can enjoy half price..."
Zhang Yihan interrupted Wen Liang and said, "I know, so I meant the half after the half discount."
Wen Liang did not hide the deep contempt in his eyes, but Zhang Yihan was not moved at all. However, this was also within Wen Liang's expectations. He said, "Principal, I looked through the history of Qingzhou some time ago and found that Linzhuang Reservoir had a special significance for the development of Qingzhou. However, due to various reasons, it gradually withdrew from the historical stage, and finally regained its value due to commercial development. This includes historical, water conservancy, humanities and profound social significance. I think it is necessary to organize a visit to let the students experience the truth contained in this change process up close..."
Zhang Yihan was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, pointed at Wen Liang and sighed: "You, you..."
Wen Liang acted shy. Actually, he had many ways to go to Century Park without spending money. But since Zhang Yihan had pushed him to this position, he couldn't just give him some money. Moreover, with Zhang Yihan's connections in Qingzhou, he could just find a city leader to say hello to Century Park. Anyone who wasn't a fool would know that this was a good advertising opportunity and would not refuse.
"Okay, I approve! Anything else?" (To be continued)