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Chapter 314: The Reformists!!

Hearing Zhang Shenfei's question, Chen Yizhi laughed immediately.

While everyone was not there yet, he found a seat and asked Zhang Shenfei to sit down and analyze the situation with him:
“The previous chairmen were not very effective, and the school was quite dissatisfied.

The new chairman has created a mess, and the school is going to undergo drastic reforms this time. If it doesn’t go well, there will be consequences.”

"What if we succeed? Wouldn't it be a great merit? To achieve something from nothing is so fulfilling, and no one can deny it." Zhang Shenfei seemed to be thinking about something.

He didn't care about a small position as vice president of the student union, but it was already the second half of 1958, and difficult times were about to come.

It is said that if the youth are strong, the country will be strong; if the youth are rich, the country will be rich. Youth is the hope of a country.

If he could do something for his classmates, he wouldn't mind doing his bit to help everyone.

"Achieve results? How easy is that! Everyone already knows the three tricks of the current candidates. Even if he becomes the president, there will be no innovation.

I can already foresee that no matter who among them becomes the student union president, the current situation of our student union will not change at all."

To put it bluntly, this voting election is just a whim of the school.

The people who were elected are just the same old things in a different name. Thinking of this, Chen Yizhi shook his head helplessly.

But he was just working in the student union to get a resume.

He had no intention of making this a career, so it didn't matter to him what the student union became.

"In this case, has the school never thought about promoting new people?" Zhang Shenfei said casually.

"Promoting a newcomer? Are you kidding?" Chen Yizhi laughed and pointed at a man in the first row with the same traitorous hairstyle as Xu Damao. "Do you see him? He is a senior in our school, named Chang Ruifeng. He is also the vice president who actually holds real power and a popular candidate for this election."

Zhang Shenfei looked in the direction of his finger: "There are two vice presidents? I thought there was only the previous vice president Nie Yunyun."

Nie Yunyun was the girl who had tried to take advantage of Zhang Shenfei before, but was rejected by him righteously.

Chen Yizhi had obviously heard about how Zhang Shenfei was almost sexually exploited by Nie Yunyun before. When he heard his words, he immediately showed an obscene smile.

Only after Zhang Shenfei elbowed him and told him to get down to business did he stop smiling:

"Don't underestimate our student union, which only has about 30 members. It is the only official student organization in the school. Apart from other things, there are three vice presidents!!!

Vice President Sun is in his senior year this year and will graduate soon, so he did not participate in the election for president.

Among the remaining three vice presidents, although Vice Presidents Nie Yunyun and Wen Yansong have a stronger mass base than Chang Ruifeng, these two people have little ability.

Chang Ruifeng is considered the most capable among them.

After he joined the student union, because the previous president was weak and could not cause any trouble, and he was also very domineering, he was like Aobai, and was responsible for most of the affairs of the student union at that time...

I tell you, Chang Ruifeng is quite ambitious. He must have done a lot of homework for this election as the student union president. He is determined to win."

Zhang Shenfei was moved when he heard this: "So, the current vice president has already been chosen."

"It's not that he was chosen internally, but if it wasn't for Chang Ruifeng, he would definitely not give up." Chen Yizhi said, waving his hands, "Who cares? Anyway, we joined the student union just to gain some experience. The rest has nothing to do with us."

"Everyone is almost here, let's sit down and watch the show."

Zhang Shenfei nodded, not knowing what he was thinking, and didn't say anything else to him.

……

It can be seen that the school is really determined to carry out drastic reforms.
This time, the election of the Student Union President not only has three teachers in the running,

Even some students were selected to serve as campaign supervisors, and they also had voting rights.

This kind of thing is unique in Yenching University.

You should know that the presidents of the student union in previous terms were directly selected by school teachers, and then the appointment notice was posted on the bulletin board.

From the beginning to the end, all procedures were completed directly in-house and were not made public. Everyone knew the results only after reading the notice.

Now that everyone had arrived, the candidates were all dressed neatly, sitting together with their speeches in their hands, greeting each other.

Although the three are competitors, as college students of the new era, they are also well-known figures in the student union.

When they bump into each other, they always have to maintain superficial harmony and politeness.

However, the three of them, especially Chang Ruifeng, looked at the teacher frequently, revealing their somewhat anxious emotions.

The other students obviously already knew who the candidates were. They were whispering behind the three men's backs and placing their bets on each other.

Amid the whispers, Zhang Shenfei's acquaintance, Mr. Hong, who was previously in charge of welcoming new students, walked up to the stage, cleared his throat and said:

"Hello, everyone. Today is the time for the election of the fourth student union president of Yenching University...

As everyone knows, our Yenching University Student Union was established in 1918 and has a long history.

Although we were in the midst of war later...but since 1954...the school has always attached great importance to it, and we hope that our students will play their due role just like they did decades ago!!!"

After reviewing the history of the Yenching University Student Union, Mr. Hong said:

"Next, we would like to invite the first-place candidate, Nie Yunyun, to speak..."

Nie Yunyun walked onto the stage with confidence, holding the speech she had written long ago.

Teacher Hong passed him by and after walking off the stage, he saw Zhang Shenfei waiting on the side.

"Hello, Teacher Hong." Zhang Shenfei smiled politely.

Teacher Hong was in charge of welcoming new students before, and had dealt with Zhang Shenfei before, so they were considered acquaintances. He smiled at him and said, "Student Zhang Shenfei, I heard that you joined the Student Union, that's great.

When you were in charge of welcoming new students, I could see that you were good at student work.

Since you have the ability and work experience, you should play a role in our Student Union and serve everyone.

"Oh! Teacher, you are too kind..." Zhang Shenfei said seriously, "However, my original intention of joining the Student Union was indeed to better serve my classmates... So now, I have an idea..."

Teacher Hong: "Oh? What's your idea?"

Zhang Shenfei moved closer and whispered his thoughts.

"Are you sure?" Teacher Hong was surprised.

"Sure. I just asked around. The school's regulations in this regard... are in compliance..."

Teacher Hong hesitated for a moment and nodded: "That's true...but, have you really thought it through?"

Teacher Hong knew that Zhang Shenfei was a freshman because he had worked with him before.

But he has already worked for many years and has rich work experience, and is not as impulsive as the average young man.

After confirming that Zhang Shenfei had indeed made up his mind, he did not try to persuade him any further: "Okay, I'll register, and you wait aside for now. When your name is called..."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, Teacher Hong." Zhang Shenfei said, and then he sat back and listened to Nie Yunyun's campaign speech. "Student Zhang Shenfei, what were you talking about with Teacher Hong just now?" Seeing him come back, Chen Yizhi came over curiously and asked.

Zhang Shenfei smiled slightly and said mischievously, "As for me, I just went to the teacher to register to run for the Student Union President with Senior Chang and the others."

Running for the president of the student union? ? ? A newcomer who has just joined the student union for less than two hours? ?
Chen Yizhi laughed immediately, thinking that Zhang Shenfei had just come to see Teacher Hong for something else and it was inconvenient for him to tell him the truth, so he was deliberately playing the cymbals for fun.

He thought he was a sensible person, so he stopped asking questions and turned around to watch Nie Yunyun's speech.

Zhang Shenfei was also listening. When he first met Nie Yunyun, she boldly expressed her intention to take advantage of him. He thought at the time that this woman was really bold.

Although women's liberation is emphasized now, women are no longer as feudal as they were before liberation.

Some of the more powerful ones, like Sister Hua from the steel mill, would chop melons at any time.

The more awesome ones even dare to stop men on the road and confess their love to them, and stir up trouble.

But Zhang Shenfei had never seen such unspoken rules before.

Looking at Nie Yunyun who was speaking confidently on the podium, Zhang Shenfei couldn't help but feel curious. Did Vice President Nie have any hidden rules over a few people before?
After Nie Yunyun finished her speech, Vice President Wen came next, followed by Chang Ruifeng.

The speeches of Nie Yunyun and Vice President Wen were written in a standard manner.

They probably all promised themselves that after becoming the president of the Student Union, they would work hard and devote themselves to lead the Yenching University Student Union to a brighter future and live up to the trust of their teachers and classmates.

Compared to their gentle and harmless speeches, Chang Ruifeng was obviously sharper than them.

As soon as he came to power, he targeted several student union presidents since Yenching University restored the student union.

He pointed out sharply that the reason why the Yenching University Student Union had not made any progress was entirely because of the incompetence of the previous presidents.

"If I become the president of this student union, I will be resolute and lead the student union to a more glorious future!!!"

He was speaking with great enthusiasm, but the student members below were whispering to each other.

"Oh my, this is imitating the Iron-Blooded Chancellor."

"He used to be so powerful that he never achieved anything, but now he's throwing all the blame onto the former president..."

"Why do I feel annoyed when I see this guy?"

"Is this imperialist thinking? You want to have the final say...haha."

"If he becomes president, I will quit the student union right away."

Listening to what everyone said, Shen Fei couldn't help but smile. It seemed that what Chen Yizhi said was right.

Chang Ruifeng's mass base is not good...

"Chang Ruifeng is too high-profile today. He doesn't have a good mass base..." Chen Yizhi shook his head.

"Then you just said that he is the most likely to become the president this term." Zhang Shenfei clicked his tongue.

"Well, Chang Ruifeng is a reformist, with a strong personality, can't stand other people's opinions, and likes to speak in an official tone.

He is indeed unpopular in the student union because of his behavior, but because the student union has not been able to develop for a long time, the teachers hope that an innovator will stand up and inject new blood into the student union.

You should know that although today is a democratic election, the opinions of teachers are actually quite important." Chen Yizhi hesitated for a while, "In short, I estimate that if Chang Ruifeng is elected, more than one or two students will quit the student union."

After Chang Ruifeng finished his speech, he bowed to the three teachers and left the stage.

Afterwards, Teacher Hong came on stage again: "Now please invite the last candidate, Zhang Shenfei, to come on stage."

Zhang Shenfei? ? ? After hearing this, everyone present was shocked.

"Did I hear correctly? Wasn't Zhang Shenfei the announcer who sang "Rock and Roll on the New Long March" at the welcome party a few days ago? It was also his idea for everyone to sing "Katyusha" together. He reacted very quickly on the spot..."

"He's a freshman, right? I think he's studying Chinese?"

"He's a freshman, for sure. He's just joined our student union less than two hours ago."

"A freshman can also participate in the student union election? Are you kidding me???"

"A freshman running for election with several vice presidents, isn't this just being a stepping stone for others?"

"Then again, this Zhang Shenfei has participated in the freshman orientation work before, and hosted the freshman orientation party that day. He was very impressive. He is indeed a capable person..."

"Even if he has the ability to appoint a freshman as the student union president, wouldn't it be ridiculed by other schools for having no one at Yanjing University if the news spread?"

"Anyway, a freshman has the courage to run for the student union president. I admire him."

"You are just jealous. You don't dare to do it yourself, so you are jealous of others!!" A girl said indignantly, "Anyway, I will vote for Zhang Shenfei."

"You just want to be attracted by my handsomeness? Ha, I don't even hesitate to say anything bad to you." said another male member.

Amid the various voices of the crowd and Chen Yizhi's surprised gaze, Zhang Shenfei straightened his collar and went on stage empty-handed.

It's not that he doesn't want to prepare, it's just that he doesn't have the time. He has no choice but to go ahead with it.

Although he was unprepared, Zhang Shenfei remained confident and calm:
"Hello, teachers and students.

First of all, I would like to thank the leaders of Yenching University for their unconventional election standards and for giving me, a freshman, the opportunity to run for president of the Student Union.

As the only freshman candidate, I don’t want to talk about any big principles with you. I just want to chat with you and tell you my understanding of the student union.

in my opinion,

The Student Union is a student organization in the university. Its original intention was to help all students live and study better in the university.

When students encounter any difficulties in school, whether it is in life, study, or family difficulties, they can seek help from our Student Union.

Of course, in addition to this,

The Student Union also has to serve as a bridge and link between the school and students, helping students and teachers communicate more smoothly.

but……"

Having said that, Zhang Shenfei changed the subject.

“But everyone knows that our Yenching University is the most famous university in the country, with nearly 10,000 students, and our student union has only more than 30 people.

There are too few people and the scale is too small, so we cannot carry out our work smoothly and we cannot increase our popularity among our classmates.

This results in a situation where many students don’t know where to turn to the student union for help when they encounter difficulties.

Or even if you know you need help, you don’t know how to find us or how to apply...

In summary,
If I am elected as the president of the Student Union, I will make the following reforms to the Student Union..."

(End of this chapter)