Chapter 55 Euripides
Chapter 55 Euripides (Seeking follow-up reading)
Xu Shichao saw Mei Rucheng entering the office from afar and murmured, "Oh my god, why is Director Mei here?"
"Director Mei?" Guo Ranran asked doubtfully.
"Director Mei, you don't know?" Xu Shichao glanced at her, with an expression that said, "Little girl, you need to practice more." But he didn't want to explain to her.
Diao Yiwen swallowed and walked to the office door to look inside.
She felt that things were getting more and more complicated today. She didn't know how things would develop next. Song Yinglian stood beside her, trying to give her some courage with his body, but Diao Yiwen quietly moved away a few steps.
"I heard everything just now," Mei Rucheng said. "You're being evaluated for excellence, right? Wang Zixu, what's wrong with you? You're cursing people because you didn't get an excellent grade? Why are you so impulsive? How ugly would that make you look to outsiders?"
Director Gou's eyes lit up, and he turned from his desk to this side, bowed and complained to Director Mei:
"You didn't hear it just now. He wanted to fuck my mom! This guy is totally disorganized and undisciplined. I was just so angry just now that I said some angry words. I will definitely hold him accountable, but I will follow the normal procedures and means."
Mei Rucheng squinted at him and said, "What? He wants to fuck your mother too? Gou Yingbiao, how do you lead the team? You've made the comrades so resentful. I want to hear what you've done that has angered the heavens and the people."
Director Gou said hurriedly: "Oh, how can there be such a thing as the wrath of heaven and the resentment of people! ... Hey, Director Mei, I have been a soldier under you for so long, you are my master! Don't you know me well? How could I do something that would anger heaven and people?"
Mei Rucheng put his hands behind his back and said, "Oh, I don't dare to be Director Gou's master. Director Gou is so powerful outside, like a tiger coming out of the mountains. He comes to me just to gild himself. How dare I call myself a master!"
Director Gou was sweating profusely: "Master, please stop bullying me. How can I be so impressive? Ask me, when I am outside, I always consider myself your eldest disciple."
As he spoke, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and held it to Mei Rucheng's lips as if offering it to him. Mei Rucheng said, "I don't smoke cigarettes of this quality."
Director Gou's body froze and he stood there, unable to move forward or backward.
"Alright, alright, tell me how you messed up the evaluation. I want to hear it."
Director Gou put away his cigarette and composed himself. "You should have heard of this Wang Zixu. It was him that Shen Qingfeng mentioned on TV before. He is a person who is a bit arrogant because of his talent. I told him that we all decided on the candidates for evaluation according to the regulations, but he was not satisfied and wanted to make trouble with me."
Mei Rucheng asked: "How many years has Wang Zixu been working?"
Director Gou said: "It's been eight years. This year is the ninth year."
Mei Rucheng asked: "How many times has he won the Excellent Award?"
Director Gou said: "Not once. They are all competent."
Mei Rucheng smiled and said, "He hasn't received an excellent award in eight years. He should be angry. He graduated from Beijing Institute of Technology, right? He graduated from a prestigious university, but he didn't get an excellent award?"
Director Gou smiled awkwardly: "As for the appraisal, every year there happens to be someone who is a little better than him. There's nothing we can do about it, right? I don't know what his former leader thinks. Anyway, I always preside over the appraisal work in a fair, just and open manner. If you don't believe me, you can look at the meeting minutes."
"I don't watch that stuff."
Mei Rucheng waved his hand and reached out to flip through the evaluation rules on the table: "Who are you going to give the award for excellence this year?"
Director Gou was ashamed: "It's not that I can give it to whoever I want. Doesn't this need to be discussed beforehand..."
Mei Rucheng glared at him and said, "Don't use that official language!"
Director Gou seemed to be stared at by a lion at close range. He broke out in a cold sweat and stammered, "Another girl in our unit...Xiao Diao."
He quickly took out the "Xihe Literature and Art" on the table, turned to the table of contents, and said:
"Director Mei, look, Xiao Diao is an excellent child. At such a young age, she has published an article in Xihe Literature and Art. Look here."
Mei Rucheng only took a quick look and said casually, "To publish an article in Xihe Literature and Art, isn't that something that can be done by just saying hello to their editorial department? Do you use this as a criterion for evaluation?"
"no……"
Director Gou's forehead was dripping with sweat. He lowered his head and put away Xihe Literature and Art. "Look, didn't the regulations this year say that we should evaluate young cadres with 'real achievements'? Xiao Diao has published an article and she is young, so I think we should give her a chance."
Mei Rucheng stared at him with a half-smile: "Gou Yingbiao, you are really brave." Director Gou was a little at a loss: "What? How can I..."
"I say you are very courageous!" Mei Rucheng said, turning to look at Section Chief Liu. "If he does this, and the senior leaders see the list of outstanding performance and ask, 'Why is Wang Zixu not on the list?' Do you think he can save face?"
Section Chief Liu laughed and said, "You are just asking for trouble."
Director Gou was shocked: "What do you mean? Mei, Director Mei, please explain it more clearly. I don't understand."
Mei Rucheng looked at him in surprise: "You don't know?"
Then, he turned to Wang Zixu in surprise: "You didn't say that?"
Director Gou was extremely anxious: "Know what?"
Mei Rucheng took out a cigarette and gestured to Section Chief Liu: "You say."
Section Chief Liu said succinctly: "Xiao Wang came to our laboratory to help out last time and wrote a speech for a senior leader. Even the senior leader praised his writing as 'really fucking good' and even asked for his name. By the way, what he wrote that time was beautiful, really fucking beautiful."
Director Gou seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer and stood there motionless.
There was also a whisper in the corridor, like a swarm of mosquitoes, the buzzing sound became more and more intense.
Mei Rucheng turned to look at Wang Zixu and said unhappily, "You didn't report such a big thing to your boss? You didn't tell anyone in the unit? You are really stupid."
The prince opened his mouth but did not refute or say anything.
Mei Rucheng took a puff of cigarette and did not continue to criticize him. Instead, he asked, "What do you think now?"
Wang Zixu said nothing.
Section Chief Liu reminded: "Director Mei asked you what you think. If you have the chance, why don't you tell me?"
Wang Zixu had no idea. Wang Zixu was a little dazed.
Mei Rucheng and Section Chief Liu suddenly appeared here, like a god descending from the sky, full of unreality. In literary and artistic works, it is called a deus ex machina, which was a common trick used by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides thousands of years ago. No one used it after the Renaissance, which means it is 500 years out of date.
If Nietzsche knew about this, he would denounce this plot for destroying the overall tragedy of Wang Zixu, saying it was Greek blind optimism. Wang Zixu should burn himself like the sun and explode completely in the final helium flash. He would fall on the road to freedom like a warrior, and his body would be covered with flies after his death.
Unfortunately, this is only a literary truth. Reality is often not as tragic as Nietzsche imagined. In fact, Section Chief Liu came to the unit early, holding the speech he had completed in the government office a few days ago.
At that time, he happened to see Wang Zixu walking into Director Gou's office angrily, with anger written all over his face. Even the air in the corridor was whispering "something is going to happen." Unfortunately, Wang Zixu was too angry at the time and did not notice Chief Liu.
If he had noticed it at that time, Section Chief Liu would have told him that the top leader had personally asked him to turn that day's on-site meeting into a press release. He had already written the heading and Wang Zixu only needed to polish the speech part.
Given Wang Zixu's personality, when he had something to do, he would put the matter first and concentrate on getting it done first, and there wouldn't have been such an outburst in Director Gou's office.
When Wang Zixu said "Gou Yingbiao, fuck your mother", Section Chief Liu sneaked away and drove to pick up Director Mei, and the current scene happened.
Wang Zixu only knew about these things later. In his eyes now, they were just divine soldiers descending from the sky.
He hadn't figured out how to deal with the sudden appearance of a magic soldier. At the moment he lost his temper, he thought that at worst he could resign, and then he could take over Wen Ai's equity without worrying about violations. This situation was unexpected.
"I don't have any idea." Wang Zixu said, "At worst I can just quit."
Mei Rucheng was stunned after hearing this, and turned to Director Gou with a look of disgust, "Gou Yingbiao, you can't make such a mess of an evaluation? If Wang Zixu really resigns, you should go to the big leader's house and kneel down in person! Let's see how you end up!"
(End of this chapter)