Tuesday.
Western District Branch Bureau, General Affairs Office.
Today was Dong Xuebing's first day at work. His desk was at a corner near the windows, and the sun shone through the windows. It was hot and glaring, and he had to pull the curtains to block out some of the sunlight. Dong Xuebing was facing Zhuang Zhi's desk. Both of them were facing each other, and there were two 17 inch monitors and a January calendar between them.
In the office, other than Dong Xuebing and Zhuang Zhi, the rest were busy.
The girl standing in front of the photocopier, Tan Limei, was busy arranging her documents. She did not turn around and said: "Guo Shunjie, I am very busy here. Help me make some photocopies. The bureau needs them urgently."
The 28 year old Guo Shunjie was typing furiously on the keyboard: "I am also busy. You go and find someone else."
The oldest man in the office, Old Yan, was reading the morning papers. He had no intention of helping Dong Xuebing.
Guo Panwei, who had a protruding mouth and ape-like cheeks, was writing something with his head lowered. "I'll be right there when I'm done."
The last person in the office was a woman named Changjuan. She was using an eyebrow pencil to draw on her eyebrows.
Dong Xuebing closed his keyboard and walked over: "Sister Tan, let me do it."
"Ok." Tan Limei passed the documents to Dong Xuebing and said: "Do you know how to use the photocopier? First, line up the documents, and then press the big twist. Yes, single-sided. There will be 4 copies and then bind them together. Oh, what did you call me just now? Sister Tan? Hehe, don't call me that. I started school early and had just graduated a year ago. I think I am not as old as you and Sun Zhuangqiang. "
"I will also help." Zhuang Zhi, who had nothing to do, walked over.
Tan Limei said: "Fine. Both of you will make the copies and bind them. Hurry up. The leader is waiting for us."
Creak! Creak! When the photocopier finished printing the documents, Zhuang Zhi clumsily bound them together.
When Dong Xuebing and Changjuan were done with the documents, Guo Panwei and Changjuan stood up and said at the same time: "I will send the documents to them." After that, they looked at each other. Chang Juan smiled charmingly and said, "I'll send it to the Political Department and Confidential Department. You send it to the Bureau Chief." After sorting out the documents, Guo Shunjie straightened his shirt collar while Chang Juan carefully applied her foundation before the two of them left the office.
Dong Xuebing and Zhuang Zhi were puzzled.
Tan Limei, on the other hand, was not surprised at all. She curled her lips at their backs and said, "You don't seem to be that enthusiastic when you're working, but once you hear that you're going to see the leader, you're fighting to go. Hmph."
Dong Xuebing had just arrived and does not know what's going on here. He smiled and did not interrupt.
Suddenly, Guo Shunjie waved. "Xiao Dong, Xiao Sun, come over."
Dong Xuebing and Feng Yu walked over. "What is it?"
"Make a copy of these forms. Do you know how to do Excel? Make the forms according to my format. Just copy and paste the contents from Word. Don't make a mistake. This form must be used before noon. I will print it out later. " From Guo Shunjie's tone, he was like a leader. He gave out orders without hesitation. After Dong Xuebing and Zhuang Zhi went to fill out the forms, Guo Shunjie had some free time. He drank his tea and browsed a few forums about freshwater ornamental fish.
Noon.
Dong Xuebing and Zhuang Zhi had completed their tasks. Guo Shunjie looked at the forms and nodded. "Good."
Tan Limei joked. "Leader Guo, it's lunch break now. Can we go for lunch?"
Guo Shunjie was not angry. He laughed. "What kind of leader am I? Don't make fun of me."
Guo Panwei looked at his watch and immediately packed his bag. "I will go to the hospital to visit Chief Zhou." After that, he left.
Chang Juan stood up and said. "Someone is treating us today. We will not be eating at the canteen."
"Xiao Dong, Xiao Sun." Old Yan, who had not spoken the whole morning, smiled at them. "Did you all buy your meal tickets? Let's go and use mine first. "
Dong Xuebing quickly waved his hand. "No need. Thank you. We will just eat outside."
Zhuang Zhi replied. "Yes. Thank you."
Tan Limei warmly replied. "What good food can there be outside? Our canteen might be small, but the food is good. Come, let me bring you all there. Old Yan, I had snatched them away. Let them use my meal tickets. "
Old Yan smiled. "Ok. You all should interact more. I think these two young men are quite honest."
Tan Limei's appearance was very average, but she was very talkative and had a big mouth. She acted as if she was familiar with everyone and dared to say anything. During lunch at the canteen, Tan Limei told Dong Xuebing and Dong Xuebing a lot of gossip.
Thanks to Tan Limei, Dong Xuebing had a better understanding of the office.
In other government agencies, the General Affairs Department and the office were the same. But because of the special situation here, the documents needed to be handled were different. That's why there was a separate office under the General Affairs Department. This office was responsible for the preparation of meeting documents, speeches by the leaders, forwarding files, etc. The head of the office was a Deputy Chief of the General Affairs Department. Dong Xuebing heard that he had delegated a lot of power and did not interfere with the office. That's why the person in charge of the office was the Deputy Chief, Zhou Changchun. He was a middle-aged man in his 50s. He was not in good health and often took sick leave.
Under the Deputy Chief were the staff members.
Old Yan had the most seniority, but a few years ago, he had offended one of the leaders in the State Security Bureau, and he had been suppressed by the higher-ups. Now, he was in his 50s, and he was still a small staff member. He was about to retire, and he had gotten over it. He was reading the newspaper all day, and he did not do any work and did not care about anything.
Guo Panwei was very motivated and was always around the leaders. He was good at sucking up to the leaders. After sucking up to the Chief, he also sucked up to the Deputy Chief. He was able to speak to many leaders.
Guo Shunjie had connections in the bureau. There were rumors that the bureau's Political Commissar, Zhou Guoan, was very close with his father. That's why other than Deputy Chief Zhou Changchun, Guo Shunjie did not care about the rest of the staff. He acted like he was the most powerful among the staff.
Chang Juan was a young married woman in her thirties. Although she looked ordinary, she loved to dress up. She would dress up in front of the bureau's leaders all day long, as if she was looking forward to one day becoming someone's mistress.
Tan Limei was the only one who did serious work. She handled almost all the documents in the office, big and small.
Hmmm … … That was the situation.
The office was very complicated.
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