I'm not a literary giant

Chapter 25: The Work of a Civil Servant (Thanks to Alliance Leader ptik)

Wang Zixu secretly observed Mei Rucheng.

He was wearing an executive jacket and looked to be about fifty years old. His hair was gray and the skin on his face had become loose due to age and was covered with hard-lined grooves.

He seemed to be very angry about something, and he exuded a lion-like aura. Wang Zixu felt like he was on the verge of suffocation just by sitting there.

"He said the scene had to be moved to Qingsong Road. Do you want to die?"

Mei Rucheng's voice is like a loud bell, rumbling when he speaks, and very oppressive.

Section Chief Liu had a look of cardiac arrest: "If we change the scene now, won't all the lines be disrupted?"

"Why not?"

"Oh my goodness, don't we have to rearrange the order of the speeches?"

"Why not?"

Mei Rucheng took out a cigarette, and Section Chief Liu lit it for him skillfully. Mei Rucheng took a puff and said:
"You come with me to cover the route. Go to the site, produce the manuscript on site, send it back to Xiaofang for polishing, and bring the manuscript to the venue immediately after the revision. Where's Xiaofang?"

Section Chief Liu said, "I thought there was nothing to do today, so I didn't let him come."

"Hurry and get him here."

He exhaled a puff of smoke and sighed, "The leader says one word and the people below run themselves to death."

After saying that, Mei Rucheng finally noticed Wang Zixu, pointed at him and asked, "Who is this?"

Section Chief Liu immediately said, "This is the Wang Zixu I told you about, the one who made Lin Feng drunk."

Mei Rucheng nodded: "Okay, Wang Zixu, okay. But you came at a bad time, we are in a hurry now. Are you okay? If not, wait a moment, if you are okay, go back first. Forget it, you go back first."

Wang Zixu usually writes scripts at night and would probably build stegosaurus downstairs during the day on weekends. When he gets home he has to face his wife who is determined to get pregnant. That stupid guy would go crazy if his ambitions were not expressed, so he didn't really want to go back.

Moreover, these big shots' ideas change from one moment to the next. If they let him go back today, maybe in two hours, they won't want to see him anymore. If it was an opportunity, Wang Zixu didn't want to let it go easily.

He said, "I'm fine, I can wait."

"Okay then. You wait. Liu, take my bag and tell the secretariat. We'll drive car No. 7."

Mei Rucheng strode away. Section Chief Liu packed his things and whispered to him before leaving:
"Then you sit down for a while. I have some tea in my drawer for you to make yourself. My computer is on for you to use, just don't touch the files. Today is Saturday, so there shouldn't be many people coming. You keep the door closed and don't walk around. It won't be good if other leaders see you. We'll be back in about two hours."

Before leaving, he patted Wang Zixu on the shoulder.

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Wang Zixu always felt that he was somewhat friendly to him.

After the two left, Wang Zixu obediently closed the door, and the entire office fell into the silence that he was familiar with.

Silence means loneliness. But it is not the office that is lonely, it is the Wang Zixu inside it that is lonely.

He folded his arms and began to tour the office.

Compared to his own room, this one was much more impressive, with a tempered glass coffee table, a leather cushioned sofa, and mahogany bookcases on the walls filled with all kinds of literature and books.

Wang Zixu looked at the books in the bookcase. There were a lot of different kinds of books, including "Xihe City Chronicles", "2015-2020, Xihe Five-Year Economic Development Research Report", "Official Document Writing Paradigm", "One Hundred Excellent Research Reports", and a bunch of "Xihe Literature and Art". Apart from "Xihe Literature and Art", the proportion of literature in the bookcase was zero.

Therefore, he didn't understand why Mei Rucheng came to find him.

At this moment, the landline in the office rang.

"Ring ring ring——"

Wang Zixu was a little overwhelmed. The call broke the silence in the office and also broke the sense of calm he had just established.

"Ring ring ring——"

He walked over and took a look at the caller ID. It was a mobile phone number, but to him, it did not contain any useful information.

"Ring ring ring——"

He glanced at the half-open door, fearing that the ringing of the bell would attract some curious person to come in and take a look.

"Ring, ring, ring--" the ringtone was still ringing tirelessly, monotonous and boring, but steadily creating anxiety.

After a long time, the phone finally stopped ringing, and the prince breathed a sigh of relief.

But before he could relax for long, the phone rang again.

"Ring ring ring——"

Wang Zixu simply sat down in front of the phone, pinched his chin with his fingers, and stared at the red phone.

Although he didn't know who was calling, he could sense the other party's anxiety from the ringtone.

That person must be in a hurry, right? Otherwise he wouldn't make two calls in a row.

Landline phones are different from mobile phones. If a landline phone fails to work, most people won't call again. Besides, today is a holiday, and normally no one should be at work. Everyone should know this.

But he chose to continue calling, which showed that he was holding out a faint hope, hoping that it was not that no one was in the office, but that his first call came at an inopportune moment and the people in the office happened not to hear it... It was like a prisoner punching his fate in vain, which was laughable.

Or the person who called is very familiar with the composition of this office and has solid evidence that there is someone in this office now.

Thinking of this, Wang Zixu answered the phone.

"Hey?"

"Thank God, I finally answered the phone. Hello, is this Xiao Zhu? Do me a favor and turn on my computer..."

Wang Zixu said: "I am not Xiao Zhu."

The other party was stunned: "Who are you?"

Wang Zixu said, "Director Mei and Section Chief Liu went out to the scene just now. They plan to write a speech on the spot. If I'm not mistaken, you should be Xiaofang, right?"

The person on the other side said, "Yes, yes, I'm Xiaofang. Damn, I'm in Donghai now, and it will take at least two hours to drive back."

Wang Zixu said: "By the time you come back, the daylily will be cold."

Xiao Fang said, "Yes. Sorry, I can't hear you clearly. Who are you?"

Wang Zixu said: "I am Wang Zixu."

Xiaofang was in a state of confusion for a while, probably because he was wondering who Wang Zixu was in shock. Wang Zixu knew this, but he didn't know how to introduce himself.

Should he say, "I am Wang Zixu from xx unit"? Then the other party will be confused, what business relationship does Wang Zixu from xx unit have with us, and why did he come to our unit?
So, he decided it would be best to just say nothing.

Xiao Fang said, "Forget it, it's not important. Please help me open my computer. There is a document on the desktop called "Speech at the on-site meeting to celebrate the completion of the New Dream Project and optimize the business environment."

Wang Zixu found the document according to his instructions and asked, "Should I send it to you?"

The person on the other end hesitated for a while and said, "It's too late. I don't have the working conditions here. Can you please do this? After they send the file to me, I will send it to you. Then you can modify it based on this document. You can modify whatever I say on the phone. Is that okay?"

Prince Xu thought about it and said, "Okay."

Xiao Fang was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much! Wang Zixu, right? I'll treat you to a meal later. You've really helped me a lot. Then can you please stay in the office and sit there? As soon as the documents arrive, the secretariat will send someone to pick them up. We must respond quickly."

Wang Zixu said, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Zixu sat in the seat in the small room and waited.

Not long after, the office door was pushed open.

A middle-aged man walked in, was startled when he saw Wang Zixu, then glanced around the office and said, "Where is Director Mei?"

Wang Zixu said, "I'm out."

The middle-aged man turned around and said naturally, "Come in."

Wang Zixu was just thinking that this couplet was too neat, when the most beautiful woman he had ever seen with his own eyes walked in gracefully.

(End of this chapter)