Time passed, and soon it was 9: 10, which was also the planned start time of the training. However, when Li Rui looked up, although there were more than ten people in the room, including men and women, old and young, there were only twenty people in total. More than half of the people had not arrived yet, so how could the training start? He sighed inwardly and could only continue to wait.
While he waited helplessly, the people at the door did not stop coming in. Occasionally, one person would come in, and occasionally, two or three people would come in at the same time. It was intermittent, like an endless autumn rain. These people who came later knew that they were late and felt embarrassed. When they came in, they would smile apologetically at Li Rui or nod at him. Then, they would find a seat. When they met someone they knew, they would shake hands and exchange pleasantries. This made the meeting room even livelier.
However, after a short while, the meeting room suddenly became silent. No one was talking or laughing anymore. It was so quiet that even the sound of the computer fan could be heard clearly. Everyone looked nervously at the door of the meeting room. There were three people who were not supposed to be there.
Li Rui also looked over and saw that it was Wu Nan. Behind her was a middle-aged man whom he knew. He was the Secretary General of the Eastern State Municipal Government. He had also gone to Qingyang with the inspection team. As Wu Nan's chief secretary, it was reasonable for him to come with her. Behind the Secretary General stood Wu Nan's new secretary, Fang Mei.
Fang Mei was just a small secretary. No one would be afraid of her. However, the mayor and the Secretary General of the Municipal Government were two real leaders. Who would not be afraid of them? Therefore, when the three people suddenly appeared, everyone in the meeting room was afraid and kept their mouths shut.
Li Rui saw Wu Nan looking at him and walked down the stage to greet her.
Wu Nan's gaze swept across the meeting room. Her face was filled with shock and anger. She frowned and asked him, "It's already 9: 30 a.m., and the training hasn't started yet?" Li Rui knew that she was not angry at him, so he was very calm. He said, "Not everyone is here yet. More than half of them are here. It can't start yet." Wu Nan narrowed her elegant phoenix eyes and said in a low voice, "Let's not wait for the rest. We'll start now. They don't have to cherish time, but we can't. "
Li Rui agreed and returned to the stage, ready to begin.
Wu Nan then said to the secretary general beside him, "From now on, find someone to check attendance. Record down the names of those who are late. After entering the conference room, they can only stand and listen to the lecture. Also, punish them after the training. How outrageous! The trainers have rushed here from hundreds of kilometers away from Qingyang City, but our local cadres from the Eastern State are still not here. Who are they embarrassing?! "
Seeing her lose her temper, the Secretary General was also shocked. He quickly agreed and turned around to instruct Fang Mei to do these things. He thought to himself, those officials who were late will be punished later. They deserve it. Don't they know that this training was arranged by the mayor himself? Since the mayor had placed so much importance on this matter, if they still turned a deaf ear to it, it would be equivalent to going against the mayor's wishes. Wouldn't that be asking for trouble? But this is not bad, there will be a joke to watch later, haha.
Wu Nan didn't pay attention to anyone else. She walked to the empty seat on the left front row and sat down. She sat upright and still with a serious expression. She looked up at Li Rui on the stage and assumed a posture of listening attentively.
When the leaders of the Municipal, County, and District Poverty Alleviation Office saw that the mayor was also going to participate in the training, they were all shocked. They all focused their attention on Li Rui who was on the stage. They were determined to listen carefully, take notes seriously, and show their best side to the mayor.
"Leaders, comrades, good morning. It's a great honor to stand here today and discuss poverty alleviation with you. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Li Rui, and I'm from …"
Li Rui on the stage had already started, but he couldn't start the training right away. Therefore, he first made an opening speech and then introduced himself. He waited until they were closer to each other before he officially started the training.
But at this moment, the door of the conference room that Fang Mei had closed was suddenly pushed open. Three people walked in from outside.
The three people rushed in. When they saw the training slides on the screen and saw that Li Rui, who looked like the instructor, had started the training, they were very embarrassed. The man in his forties smiled and nodded at Li Rui. He said, "Sorry, we're late, we're late …" As he spoke, he wanted to run to the back and find a place to sit down.
Fang Mei, who was guarding the door, saw this and rushed forward. She stopped the three people and said, "Please come over here!" She waved her hand and called the three people to the wall near the door.
Li Rui knew that Fang Mei was going to carry out the "family discipline" set by Wu Nan. It had nothing to do with him and shouldn't affect his training, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. He turned back and continued to introduce himself.
Sure enough, in just a short minute, the three latecomers became listless. Two of them even looked at Wu Nan's seat with a frightened expression. However, Wu Nan didn't even look at them. Her bright eyes were fixed on Li Rui on the stage. The three people couldn't do anything. They could only stand by the wall and lean against it. They listened to the lecture like they were being punished.
The head secretary felt that Fang Mei was making a lot of noise by stopping the latecomers in the conference room and recording their names and punishing them. It was very likely that it would distract Li Rui and the trainees, which would affect the quality and efficiency of the training. He waved his hand and called Fang Mei to his side. He whispered a few words to her.
Fang Mei nodded to show that she understood and then left the room.
From that moment on, even though there were still latecomers who pushed the door open from time to time, they kept quiet as soon as they came in. They also consciously stood by the wall as punishment. They looked ashamed but listened very seriously to Li Rui's lecture. They didn't make any more noise. Therefore, the order and atmosphere of the training site was maintained to the greatest extent, which also ensured the quality and efficiency of the training.
Of course, this was all thanks to Fang Mei. She followed the head secretary's instructions and stood guard outside the conference room. Whenever she saw latecomers coming in, she would go up and stop them. She would explain the punishment set by Mayor Wu Nan, register their names, and then let them pass. No matter how tired the latecomers were, they didn't dare to disobey the mayor's orders. Naturally, they followed Fang Mei's instructions.
"… Why do they say that if you want to help the poor, you must first lift up the hearts of the poor? According to statistics, negative thinking is the main cause of poverty. All of you here are professional cadres who work in poverty alleviation. I myself have experience in poverty alleviation work, and we will have similar findings and experiences. Whether it is in actual poverty alleviation operations or in surveys on the causes of poverty, more than two-thirds of the poor believe that they are poor because they have no money … "
When Li Rui said this in a lively tone, some of the trainees in the conference room laughed. Even Wu Nan couldn't help but raise the corners of her red lips. In fact, Li Rui's statement itself was not funny, but the lively and humorous tone he used when he was telling the story was very funny, especially the sentence "because you don't have money". His tone had a hint of doubt and joking, which caused the crowd to laugh.
However, no one felt that there was anything wrong with this kind of laughter in the supposedly serious poverty alleviation training. Instead, their interest was greatly increased, and they were full of expectations for Li Rui's next statement. In fact, this was also deliberately arranged by Li Rui. He didn't intend to make this training serious. That would be boring, and there might not be any effect after the training. The biggest effect would be to make a few more sleepy people during the training process. Therefore, he sought to use a relaxed and humorous way of speaking to attract the trainees' interest and attention. Now, it seemed that he had succeeded.
A truly successful trainer could not only instill the training content into the trainees' minds, but also trigger emotional fluctuations in the trainees, making them cry and make them laugh.
"… They are definitely not right to think that way. There are new rich people in the world every day. Where did the new rich people's money come from? Did it fall from the sky? Or did they create it themselves? If you ask the poor people these questions, they definitely won't be able to answer. They never even think about how to earn money. This is actually a kind of negative thinking. A poor person who never thinks about how to earn money is destined to be poor for the rest of his life.
Let's take a reverse example. When I was helping a poverty-stricken village in a certain county in Qingyang, there was a poverty-stricken family with the surname Hu. They were a typical case of poverty caused by the environment and illness, but they never gave up on the pursuit of a beautiful and prosperous life. When I first started working in the countryside, he immediately came to me and learned about the poverty-stricken policy and self-help program. Later, with the help of the policy and me, he started the Mountain Scorpion Breeding. If there are no accidents, he will be able to earn his first bucket of gold this summer.
On the other hand, we can think about it. If he didn't have the positive thinking of getting rid of poverty and making a fortune, but was passive and lazy, how could he have his current career and achievements? Therefore, it can be said that saving the poor people's negative thinking is the first priority before we carry out poverty alleviation, especially targeted poverty alleviation. "
When Li Rui said this, he was a little thirsty. Unfortunately, he didn't have time to take out the thermos filled with hot water from his briefcase, and there was no mineral water on the table. He could only hold it in and secretly swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva to quench his thirst.
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