Qi Tongwei at the start: Not relying on Liang Lu, but winning by a single move against Heaven.

After joining the Municipal Party Committee Office, Qi Tongwei developed a new hobby.

During lunch breaks and after get off work, he would take advantage of the fact that no one was in the office to have long phone conversations with Zhong Xiaoai.

This noon was no exception.

He was holding the phone, endlessly cuddling with Chung Hsiao-ai, saying "I miss you, you miss me."

The office door was suddenly pushed open, and Baimaiti arrived.

He arrived in a hurry, with a smile on his face, without even knocking.

"Tongwei, I have good news for you!"

Qi Tongwei quickly suppressed his smile, and his voice became much more serious.

He coughed lightly and spoke into the microphone.

"Okay, I understand. That's all for now. I have work to do, I'll hang up now."

His face was still slightly flushed after he hung up the phone.

Although he has lived two lives, his skin is thicker than that of ordinary people.

He would feel somewhat embarrassed if he were caught on the phone for an extended period of time.

He put down the microphone and got up to move a chair for Baimaiti.

"Director Bai, what brings you here?"

When Baimaiti saw that his face was flushed, he became suspicious.

But he didn't think much of it and continued to speak with a smile.

"The Standing Committee meeting just concluded, and the lottery proposal has been approved!"

"The city approved 200,000 yuan for the purchase of prizes."

Qi Tongwei was taken aback and pondered for a moment.

Two hundred thousand?

They want to issue two million lottery tickets in the first batch?

Seeing that Qi Tongwei remained silent, Baimaiti coughed lightly and said softly.

"The city has already discussed this, and we'll take the lead in handling it. I'll be the director, and you'll be the deputy director..."

Qi Tongwei was taken aback.

This appointment was indeed somewhat unexpected for him.

He frowned slightly and muttered to himself.

Is Bianxi always this efficient?

If this were done in Handong, it would take at least half a month from the Standing Committee's discussion to the office's implementation.

Little did he know.

This outcome was entirely due to the power struggle between Vice Mayor Wang Jianguo and Mayor Cheng Shizhong.

Mayor Cheng passed the responsibility of filling the fiscal deficit to Wang Jianguo.

Wang Jianguo went to Shenzhen for an inspection, and a few days after returning, he proposed the idea of ​​a welfare lottery.

Mayor Cheng immediately approved the decision; he wanted to see Wang Jianguo make a fool of himself.

Wang Jianguo's embarrassment means that the municipal party secretary, Wang Quanyou, has also embarrassed himself.

Qi Tongwei was unaware of these intricacies; his level of understanding was insufficient.

He didn't have time to inquire about those intricacies.

Because, for the next seven days, he was so busy he was practically flying.

Even with Zhong Xiaoai, there wasn't time for long phone conversations anymore.

Design lottery ticket styles, determine prizes, set issuance dates, and implement issuance strategies.

Everything, big or small, fell on his shoulders.

Although he was only the deputy director of the lottery office, there was a Baimaiti above him.

But everyone knows that.

In these temporary offices, the director is just a figurehead, and the deputy directors are the ones who do all the work.

I was busy for a whole week.

The first version of the tear-off lottery ticket has finally been designed.

Qi Tongwei finally made his first appearance in the Bianxi City Party Committee leadership team.

……

The small conference room of the municipal party committee.

Seven or eight people were sitting around the oval conference table.

Wang Jianguo sat on the left and Cheng Shizhong sat on the right.

The head seat was empty; it was Secretary Wang Quanyou's seat, but he hadn't arrived yet.

Qi Tongwei stood in the center of the conference room.

He held a lottery ticket with twenty consecutive numbers in his hand, his expression calm.

The door opened, and Wang Quanyou walked in carrying a thermos.

He glanced at everyone, his gaze lingering on Qi Tongwei for a moment.

"Let's begin."

He sat down in the main seat, gently unscrewed the lid of his cup, and blew on the tea leaves inside.

When Qi Tongwei saw that he had spoken, he cleared his throat and slowly began to speak.

"Distinguished leaders, I would like to present the design plan for the welfare lottery."

He held the lottery ticket to his chest and tapped it lightly with his finger.

The theme of the lottery is "Good Fortune of Tianshan Mountains and National Unity".

"The background is the grassland at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and the poplars and eagles are elements of the western border region."

"Uyghur girls, Kazakh riders, and Han Chinese danced together, demonstrating ethnic unity..."

He referenced the scratch-off lottery tickets of later generations for this lottery design.

The prize redemption area didn't directly list anything like refrigerators, color TVs, or washing machines.

Instead, it was designed with five awards: Fortune, Prosperity, Longevity, Happiness, and Wealth.

The "good luck" was a consolation prize: a bag of laundry detergent.

Lu won the third prize, an enamel basin.

The second prize for Shou is a bicycle.

The prize is the first prize, a color TV.

The grand prize is a car.

Because the total prize money is only 200,000.

The award name "Wealth" wasn't printed at all during the printing process.

After the explanation, Qi Tongwei distributed the samples to everyone.

The book was passed around among the people, who discussed it.

When the sample was handed to Wang Quanyou, he touched it and examined it against the light.

After the inspection, he nodded slightly, a smile appearing on his lips.

"The design is good; it has the characteristics of Bianxi (the western border region) and a festive feel."

"In particular, the idea of ​​'national unity' is excellent and carries a good meaning."

Wang Jianguo also picked up a sheet and examined it carefully.

He smiled at Cheng Shizhong, his voice neither warm nor cold.

"Mayor Cheng, what do you think?"

Cheng Shizhong flipped through the lottery tickets in his hand without expression.

He wanted to find fault with it.

However, this version of the design has a harmonious color scheme.

The theme is lofty and its political orientation towards national unity is excellent.

He really couldn't find anything wrong with it.

You can't blame him for that.

Qi Tongwei used 21st-century design concepts and aesthetics to create lottery tickets from the 1990s.

This is a revolutionary and overwhelming victory; there's really no way to find fault with it.

How to choose?

Choosing a design that's too good?

Cheng Shizhong placed the lottery ticket on the table and spoke calmly.

"The design is fine, let's talk about the release plan."

Seeing that no one objected, Wang Jianguo coughed lightly.

"Hey, Xiao Qi. Mayor Cheng wants you to talk about the issuance plan, so please explain it in detail."

He looked around at everyone and added another sentence.

"Secretary Wang and me, we all want to hear..."

He specifically mentioned Secretary Wang and himself.

Qi Tongwei understood that this was a signal to him not to be nervous, and that he and Secretary Wang would back him up.

Qi Tongwei nodded, glanced at Baimaiti, and asked in a low voice.

"Director Bai, would you like to speak?"

He knew Baimaiti would refuse, but he still had to maintain a proper attitude.

Sure enough, Baimaiti smiled and waved his hand.

"You tell me, you designed and implemented the lottery system, I wouldn't dare take credit for it."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of laughter erupted in the conference room.

Baimaiti speaks in a very sophisticated way.

This not only made it clear that the lottery was Qi Tongwei's doing, but also demonstrated his integrity to everyone.

More importantly, he also took out insurance for the possibility of a future accident.

Qi Tongwei did all the work; it had nothing to do with him. He was just a figurehead.

As the laughter subsided, Qi Tongwei, without refusing, slowly began to speak.

"A total of one million copies were printed this time, and each copy is priced at two yuan."

"I suggest allocating 200,000 tickets for internal use."

"One hundred thousand will be given to government agencies, and another one hundred thousand will be distributed to grassroots state-owned enterprises and public institutions."

As soon as he finished speaking, a murmur of discussion broke out in the conference room.

Cheng Shizhong spoke first, his voice neither warm nor cold.

"Distributing 100,000 sheets to government agencies... isn't that a bit too much?"

"The cadres' salaries aren't high, can they afford it?"

He couldn't find fault with the lottery design earlier, but now he's finally found a way in.

Qi Tongwei looked at Cheng Shizhong and answered with a smile.

"Mayor Cheng, there are approximately 12,000 government officials in Bianxi City."

"If you spread it out among people, each person won't get more than ten cards."

"That's less than twenty yuan... I should be able to afford it."

He paused slightly, then spoke again.

"As for the 100,000 tickets at the grassroots level."

"There are currently about 200,000 employees in state-owned enterprises and public institutions."

"We can only give priority to Party members to buy these items, so they can set an example..."

Twenty yuan is indeed not much.

Hearing him say that, Cheng Shizhong had nothing to say.

He nodded and didn't say anything more.

Seeing that Cheng Shizhong remained silent, Wang Jianguo nodded to Qi Tongwei.

He smiled and looked at Wang Quanyou, who hadn't said much.

"Secretary Wang, what do you think?"

As the patriarch, Wang Quanyou exudes an air of authority.

He cleared his throat, put down his thermos, and tapped his fingers on the table.

"It's settled then!"

"Let's reserve a thousand for the team members first, so we old guys can set an example."

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Before the laughter subsided, Wang Quanyou pointed at Qi Tongwei and spoke with a smile.

"Of the thousand tickets we have, you'd better give us some good ones, with a high winning rate..."

Wang Quanyou was clearly joking.

Even if he really had this idea, he wouldn't bring it up at the meeting.

But when Qi Tongwei heard this, his heart tightened and his palms went cold.

the reason is simple.

Wang Quanyou was joking, but Qi Tongwei really did have a backup plan!

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