Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 225 224. The butterfly effect caused by a manuscript
After finding the idea, Lin Xiao had something to do tonight.

After a long and frivolous work, a piece of informal promotional material titled "Come and see! There is a mayor with slippery feet here!" was freshly produced at 11: pm.

Looking at his finished manuscript, Lin Xiao felt a sense of accomplishment.

That's right...it seems that Qin Zhen is described in a somewhat unflattering way. At first glance, it doesn't seem to be promoting him, but rather mocking him.

The main plot of the entire article revolves around Qin Zhenggang's "slipping feet". From falling into the water on the dam in the afternoon to going to the company for inspection with a plaster cast four or five years ago, Qin Zhenggang was directly portrayed as an unlucky guy in the article.

But he is different from the unlucky villains in movies and TV dramas.

In Lin Xiao's writing, Qin Zhenggang is always a stubborn and unlucky guy.

Even though he slipped and fell into the water and became soaked, he still had to brave the rain to inspect all the flood risk points in the town.

Even though he slipped and broke his leg, he still had to visit and investigate the environmental protection risk companies one by one and urge them to make corrections...

At first glance, it still looks like a promotional article.

But 90% of Lin Xiao's article was focused on teasing Qin Zhenggang for "slipping", and he only briefly mentioned his persistence at his post.

He knows very well that just enough positive energy is enough, and too much of it will not be beautiful.

He knows very well what people like to watch nowadays.

After I finished writing it, I took a look at it and thought it was pretty good. At least I didn't feel disgusted when I put myself in the reader's perspective. Instead, I couldn't help laughing several times.

He is very confident about the online response his article will trigger.

The only thing I need to worry about is what Qin Zhenggang will think when he sees this manuscript.

"Qin Zhen doesn't really think that I'm taking advantage of his misfortune to mock him or make fun of him, right?"

Lin Xiao read it again and really felt that this was possible.

But now that things have come to this, he can only act first and report later, take a risky move, and take a chance.

I immediately sent the manuscript to the third-party operating unit of "Chaobai Window" and also sent the photos on my mobile phone.

And leave a message: I will finish it tomorrow and let me preview it first.

After I sent the message, I realized that it was already past 11 o'clock in the evening. It was really a bit of a beast to disturb others at this time.

I didn’t care much.

About five minutes later, the other party replied: OK [smile]
Lin Xiao...

Well, now I’ve really become a beast!
……

The next morning, Lin Xiao woke up from his single bed in the dormitory and found that the rain outside had stopped.

But the sky was still gloomy.

After washing up, it was almost half past eight when he came to the front building to hand over to the leader of the day shift.

The person in charge of the class happened to be Qiao Xuyang.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Lin Xiao was about to leave.

Qiao Xuyang suddenly called him: "Mayor Lin~~"

Lin Xiao turned around and saw a very sticky, intimate and even somewhat amorous smile on Qiao Xuyang's face.

Lin Xiao subconsciously squeezed his thighs together, his intuition telling him that something bad was going to happen.

Qiao Xuyang spoke up: "Mayor Lin, this is it, I have a little idea for you to listen to...If you think it's useful, use it, if you think it's useless, just pretend you didn't hear anything, okay?!"

Lin Xiao smiled, thinking to himself: This is the beginning of something bad, I can be sure it's not going to be a good thing.

"Mayor Qiao, you don't have to be polite. Just say what you want to say!" Lin Xiao said with a wry smile.

"Hey, that's it... You see, it's been two months since the county emergency department announced the beginning of the flood season, right?"

"……Yep!"

Lin Xiao didn't know what he wanted to say, so he could only agree.

Qiao Xuyang smiled brightly: "In the past two months, our Chaobai Town has had a hard time. There have been several sudden heavy rains, and all the cadres in the town have stayed at their posts and worked overtime. Many cadres have just given birth to children, and some have parents who are still in the hospital. They all worked overtime and patrolled the night without hesitation... The cadres in our Chaobai Town really stand up and take the lead at critical moments! "

As Qiao Xuyang spoke, he shook his head and sighed, looking both emotional and relieved.

Lin Xiao didn't say anything, but just squinted his eyes as he listened. At this time, he probably guessed what Deputy Mayor Qiao was going to do.

Qiao Xuyang felt a little embarrassed when he saw that Lin Xiao didn't respond to his words.

But after an awkward laugh, he insisted, "What am I thinking? Our cadres are so hardworking, dedicated and responsible, and they take the safety of the people to heart. We leaders cannot let the cadres down. Although we cannot give them bonuses like companies do, we can at least give them some honors and publicity, so that these cadres who have performed outstandingly and silently in flood prevention work can show their faces and set a benchmark... What do you think?"

Lin Xiao laughed. Only then did he understand why Deputy Mayor Qiao, who was not compatible with him, was smiling so brightly today.

People, it is true, will not do anything without benefit.

Qiao Xuyang spoke in a high-sounding manner, saying that we should publicize the cadres who performed outstandingly during the flood prevention period.

But isn't the implicit meaning of his words that we should emphasize promoting him as the deputy commander-in-chief of the flood control headquarters?

After all, as the mayor and commander-in-chief, Qin Zhenggang is now under investigation by the county, and the fact that he is about to be punished is already known to the whole town.

No matter how much publicity is given, it will never be his turn.

Apart from Qin Zhenggang, who among all the town cadres can compare with Deputy Commander-in-Chief Qiao Xuyang in terms of flood prevention performance?

No matter how much publicity or praise is given, he cannot be avoided.

Qiao Xuyang was almost about to raise his hands and twist his hips and shout: "Choose me, choose me, choose me..."

Lin Xiao smiled indifferently. Deputy Mayor Qiao's abacus beads were about to jump onto his face.

But it’s okay, his suggestion is exactly what I want.

So Lin Xiao rarely did not cut Qiao Xuyang's face in person, but instead said in a very flattering and exaggerated manner: "Deputy Mayor Qiao is right. The cadres in our town have suffered a lot in the past two months. Not only have they worked overtime, but some cadres have even lived in the company. This spirit of hard work and selflessness is indeed worthy of publicity!"

When Qiao Xuyang heard this reply, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was actually quite nervous when he brought this up with Lin Xiao today.

After all, Deputy Town Mayor Lin now has the title of "Workaholic" in the whole town and even the whole county. His motto is "If someone offends me, I will offend him back." He will not tolerate anyone and will confront anyone who makes him unhappy.

Last time, Qiao Xuyang tried to intervene in the bidding for the Jiajia Village rural reconstruction project, but was confronted by Lin Xiao in person and was embarrassed.

Qiao Xuyang held a grudge against him because of this.

But later, he saw Lin Xiao scolding everyone and everything, cursing the winning company, and even in front of the county leaders, he directly humiliated the deputy county chief Ma Yongqiang.

Qiao Xuyang felt relieved immediately.

"It turns out that Lin Xiao is not targeting me, he is defeating everyone equally!"

Qiao Xuyang instantly unilaterally resolved the conflict between him and Lin Xiao, but he also knew that this person was either barefoot and not afraid of those wearing shoes, or he had such a strong background that he was not afraid of anyone.

Whatever the case may be.

Qiao Xuyang asked himself honestly and realized that there was no need for him to cause trouble in front of him.

So from then on, he avoided Lin Xiao and didn't dare to offend this workaholic.

But today, he really couldn't hold it back anymore.

In the past two months, flood prevention has been the most important issue in the town. As the person in charge of publicity work, Lin Xiao should have taken the initiative to increase publicity in this regard, especially to highlight Deputy Commander Qiao.

But Lin Xiao didn't know whether he was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

In the past two months, in addition to issuing three routine flood prevention information reports for the entire town, we also regularly forward the latest weather conditions released by the city and county meteorological bureaus on the official account.

Nothing else.

Even in the three flood prevention articles, there was no special mention of the deputy commander-in-chief Qiao Xuyang, not even a name or a photo.

This made Qiao Xuyang very anxious.

The work he was in charge of was not easy to produce results. He finally got a chance to show off, but all the good stuff was buried in the rice.

How can that work? !

Qiao Xuyang was so anxious that he couldn't eat or sleep.

He didn't think that Lin Xiao was deliberately targeting him.

Deputy Mayor Lin simply thinks that flood prevention is an ordinary job and there is no need to publicize it.

But Qiao Xuyang doesn't think so.

So after repeated wording and repeated deliberation, I had the opportunity today to bring it up to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao understood Qiao Xuyang's hints and thoughts in seconds, which just happened to match his own plan, so how could he not give face to Deputy Mayor Qiao?

We are all members of the team. We will see each other every day.

He immediately smiled in a very "social" way, slapped his forehead and said regretfully: "This is all my fault. I was so busy connecting with companies recently that I neglected the important work of publicity. I really shouldn't have done that!"

Qiao Xuyang hurriedly said: "Lin Zhen is also busy. The pressure of economic development is so great. I understand, I understand!"

Lin Xiao shook his head and sighed: "Who doesn't have pressure? Qiao Zhen is in charge of flood prevention and safety. The safety of life and property of 5 people in the town falls on your shoulders alone. This is a lot of pressure."

Qiao Xuyang also shook his head with fear and relief.

The two of them interacted with each other, and in the process, two people who moved China were born.

Lin Xiao returned to the topic and said, "Then Qiao Zhen, how about this? We will open a column called 'Flood Prevention Pioneers' on the official account starting from next Monday, record the cadres who have performed well during the flood prevention work one by one, and make an advanced model exhibition. What do you think, Qiao Zhen?"

Qiao Xuyang was so happy that his double chin opened up. This time he was really happy.

"Yes, yes, I think it's quite good!"

"Qiao Zhen nodded, then I will do it boldly..."

Lin Xiao said, frowning, as if he was in trouble, "Then for the first article of this column, does Qiao Zhen have any suitable person to recommend?"

Qiao Xuyang immediately smiled naively: "Well... the people have sharp eyes. Lin Zhen is in charge of propaganda work and can see things more clearly than I do. Just make your own arrangements!"

Lin Xiao smiled as if he understood immediately, and nodded, "Since Qiao Zhen has said so, I will make the decision on my own. For the first character, we must choose someone who is representative, capable of taking charge of the overall situation, and calm in times of crisis. This way, we can convince everyone, right?!"

Qiao Xuyang almost couldn't help laughing out loud, thinking, isn't this me!
In terms of representativeness, who can be more representative as the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief?
When it comes to taking charge of the overall situation and remaining calm in times of crisis, there is no doubt about it.

In theory, the town mayor Qin Zhenggang is more qualified than him.

However, Qin Zhenggang is currently under investigation by the county discipline inspection commission. It is said that the disciplinary decision has already been made and will be issued after the flood prevention work is completed.

At this juncture, not even a fool would give him positive publicity, only a madman would do so.

Qiao Xuyang naturally thought that Lin Xiao's description was based on himself.

He tried very hard to control his excitement and pretended to be calm, saying, "Lin Zhen is right. I totally agree. Thank you for your hard work, Lin Zhen!"

Lin Xiao said with displeasure: "Qiao Zhen, what are you talking about! We can just move our fingers, how can Qiao Zhen fight in the front? If you say that again, I will be angry!"

Qiao Xuyang laughed out loud.

Deputy Mayor Lin's uncharacteristic courtesy today made him a little overwhelmed.

In the end, they exchanged greetings several times before reluctantly saying goodbye.

Qiao Xuyang stood at the window, watching Lin Xiao driving away, his eyes narrowed.

"Who says Lin Xiao is honest and unsympathetic? I think he is very sympathetic... I should spend more time with him in the future!"

……

On Monday, the weather remained gloomy.

Lin Xiao was dealing with some chores when the publicity officer Zhou Baoping knocked on the door and came in with a constipated expression on his face.

"Lin Zhen..."

"What's wrong, Baoping?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Linzhen, the 'Flood Prevention Pioneer' column has been added to the official account interface!"

"okay!"

Lin Xiao nodded, thinking that Zhou Baoping was just talking to him about this, so he ignored him.

After serving as deputy mayor for half a year, everyone under him knew his simple and efficient style: if there is something to say, he will talk about it; if not, he will just leave, without going through so much formalities.

Zhou Baoping said he would leave after he was done.

But he didn't leave, and his face looked embarrassed, so Lin Xiao knew that he had other things to do.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing..."

Zhou Baoping scratched his head and said, "That's right, will the article "Come and see! There's a mayor with slippery feet here!" really be sent out today as the first article in the 'Flood Prevention Pioneer' column?"

Lin Xiao then stood up from behind the computer and laughed. "Why, is this manuscript not well written?" he asked.

"Okay, it's fine...it just feels a little weird!"

"Strange? Why is it strange?"

"It feels a bit... too indecent!" Zhou Baoping said boldly.

Lin Xiao laughed: "Not serious? That's good, isn't the style of our official account not serious now?"

Zhou Baoping said hurriedly, "It depends on the content! Generally, some livelihood activities will adopt such a funny style, while some important meetings, especially those where the main leaders appear, our manuscripts still maintain the seriousness of government departments. But this propaganda manuscript... writes our mayor too frivolously, are you sure you don't want to show it to Qin Zhen?"

Lin Xiao also understood Zhou Baoping's dilemma.

After all, no matter how frivolous a public account is, it is still the official account of a grassroots administrative unit. Some sense of propriety is still well grasped and it is not so easy to break it.

And Lin Xiao's "slippery" article has indeed crossed the line.

No wonder Zhou Baoping was so nervous.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao said directly: "Just listen to me and send it directly. I will take care of anything that happens!"

Zhou Baoping wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth but nothing came out. Since the person in charge had promised it, there was no point in being timid.

What's more, let's put aside the position.

Zhou Baoping sincerely feels that this article is very eye-catching, interesting and worth reading.

He was looking forward to seeing what kind of sensation the manuscript would produce after it was sent out.

He said no more, nodded and went out.

Half an hour later, it was twelve o'clock.

The cadres all went to the cafeteria to have lunch, and the "Chaobai Window" public account was quietly updated at this time.

Click "Group Send" in the background and scan the QR code for verification.

This article with a bold title and explosive content was instantly pushed to the mobile phones of more than 8 fans of the official account, and a small red unread dot appeared in the "Subscription column".

At this time, Lin Xiao was eating in the cafeteria.

As we were eating, we could clearly sense that people in the huge cafeteria suddenly started whispering, and this sneaky feeling spread quickly like a virus, and in less than three minutes it caused an uproar in the cafeteria.

The cafeteria is a large hall with no private rooms.

The only special feature of the leadership team is that they have a separate table here with no special markings, but other cadres never sit here.

Therefore, the spread of this virus bypassed the leadership’s desk.

Lin Xiao knew what everyone was surprised about, but the other leaders didn’t know. They just felt confused but didn’t take it to heart.

After dinner, Lin Xiao returned to the office, set up the folding bed and prepared to go to sleep.

He knew he would not be able to sleep well at noon.

As expected, just as he lay down, the town mayor Qin Zhenggang rushed in with a gloomy face.

"Lin Xiao, what the hell did you write on this public account? Delete it immediately!!!"

Qin Zhenggang was very angry and felt that his dignity was being rubbed to the ground.

Lin Xiao felt it, but pretended to be unaware of it, and said with a playful smile: "What's wrong with the manuscript? I think it's well written!"

Qin Zhenggang was so anxious that he stuttered, "Good, good, good... what do you mean good? What kind of a thing did you write about me... Besides, why did you write about me in such a good way... Don't you think I'm embarrassing enough?"

Lin Xiao laughed: "Qin Zhen, have you read this manuscript carefully?"

Qin Zhenggang said with a fierce face: "Just reading the title makes me so excited, and you still want to read it carefully? Delete it quickly!!"

Lin Xiao said patiently: "Qin Zhen, don't be anxious... Do you think I will hurt you?"

Qin Zhenggang was stunned by the question and didn't say anything.

Intellectually, of course he trusted Lin Xiao's character and knew that he was not a sinister villain, and there was no reason for him to make fun of him.

But now he no longer dared to trust his own sanity.

Just as he had always believed rationally that the county leaders would see his diligence and would definitely think of him when there was a suitable promotion opportunity.

But after waiting for more than ten years, he did not get a promotion, but was instead dismissed from his post.

His worldview is now in shattered chaos, and he no longer dares to believe in reason, logic, justice, etc.

So when faced with Lin Xiao's question, he frowned and said nothing.

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "Qin Zhen, if you don't believe me, go back and take a closer look at this article. Although the writing is humorous and follows the style of fun that netizens like, don't worry, I definitely don't have any bad taste to discredit you. I just use this method to expand the scale of publicity and let more people know that Chaobai Town has a dedicated and responsible mayor!"

Qin Zhenggang's eyes lit up, but soon became gloomy again.

"You...are still messing around!"

"It's not nonsense, it's normal publicity!"

"Even if it's publicity, you shouldn't promote me. It's not like you don't know me..."

Qin Zhenggang didn't say anything else and sighed.

Lin Xiao said seriously, "I don't know, I know nothing. There's no follow-up from the county, so what can I know? I only know that I'm in charge of publicity. Deputy Mayor Qiao asked me to open a column called 'Flood Prevention Pioneer'. I think when it comes to pioneers, Qin Zhen, you are the pioneer among pioneers, so you must be the first propaganda model in the column, so I wrote this article!"

Qin Zhenggang was choked and couldn't say anything to refute.

He was extremely panic-stricken.

At this time, Deputy Mayor Jia Minglu knocked on the door and came in, saying in a hurry: "Qin Zhen, I just received a call from the village director of Hejia Village, saying that a villager's house caught fire, and because there was firewood piled in the house next door, the fire spread quickly... Now the police and firefighters are going there!"

Qin Zhenggang became very anxious when he heard this. He didn't care what consequences Lin Xiao's article might cause, and hurried to the scene with Jia Minglu.

Lin Xiao reacted quickly and called Leng Tao to go together.

"When you get there, you don't have to do anything else. Just use your phone to chase Qin Zhen and take pictures. OK?" he instructed in the car.

"what?!"

Leng Tao looked embarrassed, "But Lin Zhen, Qin Zhen doesn't like to be on camera, he will be angry if you take a picture of him, right?"

Lin Xiao said seriously: "The fire broke out suddenly, and the scene must have been in chaos. When Qin Zhen got there, he must have been busy calming the people and directing the dispatch. He didn't notice you at all, so how could he have time to be angry?"

Leng Tao then nodded and agreed seriously.

……

At this time, in Yizhou City Compound.

Minister of Propaganda Deng Biao has the habit of taking a walk after dinner.

It was a rare day that it didn't rain. He had just finished lunch and came out of the cafeteria to take a few laps in the courtyard.

After walking a few steps, I saw that the person in front of me was Zhang Deqing, the Minister of Organization, who was looking at his mobile phone seriously.

He hurriedly walked over and patted Zhang Deqing on the shoulder.

"Mr. Zhang, you're still looking at your phone while walking. Be careful not to fall!"

Deng Biao reminded with a smile.

The two have been working together for three or four years. They are of similar age and rank, and they often come into contact at work, so their relationship is closer than that of other team members.

Seeing that it was Deng Biao, Zhang Deqing laughed and said, "I won't fall down. My feet are not slippery!"

This inexplicable sentence left Deng Biao confused.

"I've never seen you have the bad habit of looking at your phone while walking before. Did you see something interesting?" he asked curiously.

Zhang Deqing didn't say anything either, just smiled and handed over the phone.

Deng Biao took it and saw that it was an article interface of a public account. The title read: Come and see! There is a mayor with a "slippery foot" here!

His eyes flickered again and again.

At first I thought it was an article created by some self-media accounts to attract traffic, but when I saw the word "mayor", I realized that the information content was related to the town.

Out of habit for publicity work.

He didn't look at the content directly the second time, but glanced at the name of the account that posted it, and then slid down to quickly browse it while asking casually: "Chaobai Window... Whose account is this? Why does it sound familiar?"

Zhang Deqing didn't say anything, but smiled and said, "Chaobai Town, do you have any impression of it?"

Deng Biao thought for a while before his eyes lit up.

"Chaobai Town, Anyang County?"

Zhang Deqing smiled but said nothing.

Deng Biao was amazed: "I know this town. It has been developing rural tourism recently. Several big stars have visited it. It has been on the national hot search several times. The publicity in two months is higher than that of my entire propaganda department in a whole year!"

Deng Biao spoke very clearly and excitedly: "Although the Douyin account of Chaobai Town has been registered for less than half a year, it now has more than 30 fans, becoming the first echelon of hundreds of official accounts in Yizhou. This public account also has a lot of fans. Although it is not as popular as the Douyin account, its strength should not be underestimated... Chaobai Town has talents!"

Zhang Deqing listened to Deng Biao chattering on and on without giving any response, just smiled and said nothing.

Deng Biao was very familiar with this old friend, who was always unfathomable.

His reaction showed that what he said didn't hit the point, which aroused his curiosity even more.

Deng Biao read the article carefully again, and his eyes brightened again.

The angle of this article is very unique and the wording is very bold, making it an unconventional character promotion article. It is not only humorous and interesting, but also completely free of the rigidity and boredom of conventional character promotion articles.

It’s really interesting!
But it is too unorthodox.

Mayor is an administrative position, how can it be associated with a derogatory word like "cunning", even though it is just a homonym!

Even though Deng Biao was the Minister of Propaganda and was more receptive to various online propaganda styles than ordinary cadres, he still felt that such an article was not suitable to appear on the official public account of a township.

"This manuscript is not acceptable. We have to contact Chaobai Town and take it down immediately!" Deng Biao said seriously.

As he said that, he took out his cell phone and called his secretary.

At this time, Zhang Deqing, who had been smiling but not speaking, finally spoke: "No? I think it's very interesting. The image of such a 'slippery' mayor is very vivid. The image of a simple and pure grassroots cadre is vividly portrayed on the paper. To be honest, it is more interesting than any cadre propaganda report I have ever seen!"

Deng Biao frowned when he heard this.

The call I just made was hung up by him again.

He was more knowledgeable than Zhang Deqing in judging the content of the manuscript and knew that it did not have any derogatory meaning.

He wanted to withdraw the manuscript simply because the writing and wording were too bold, and he wanted to delete it just to be safe.

In theory, this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Deqing, the Minister of Organization.

He is a typical old fox. When it comes to work that is not under his jurisdiction, he often makes empty promises but actually does not care about it.

But today, Zhang Deqing rarely praised someone, and he did it so directly.

This shocked Deng Biao greatly, even more than the shock brought by this article.

He had to think more, looking at the words "Chaobai Window" and chewing on the three words "Chaobai Town". A sense of familiarity came over him, like the feeling that the more you chew peanuts, the more fragrant they become.

After pondering for a moment, he finally had an epiphany.

"Last year, among the four young seedlings selected under the provincial 'Young Seedling Program', was one assigned to Chaobai Town in Anyang County?" Deng Biao asked in surprise.

Zhang Deqing still smiled without saying a word, but there were obviously more fine lines at the corners of his eyes.

Deng Biao knew that he had almost been blinded by this bold manuscript just now, and this time he really understood the question.

"You sent this cadre over personally, am I right?" Deng Biao asked again.

"Yes, this is it!"

"At that time, the four cadres were supposed to be sent by the deputy minister of your department!"

Deng Biao recalled, "Later, it was the mayor who gave the order, and it was changed to you and me, and two deputy ministers, right?"

Zhang Deqing smiled again without saying anything.

Deng Biao had already guessed the answer: "The deputy mayor you sent to Chaobai Town, is he now in charge of publicity?"

Zhang Deqing laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said vaguely: "Old Deng, Old Deng, you have such a talent on the propaganda front, you must keep him well and don't let others poach him!"

Having said this, he strode forward.

Deng Biao was stunned for a moment, and the thoughts in his mind spread in all directions at the speed of light, and then his eyes lit up.

At this time, the secretary called back: "Minister, what's the matter?"

Deng Biao's mood has returned to normal and his tone is calm.

“…It’s okay, I pressed the wrong button!”

(End of this chapter)