346: Recommended as a candidate for class officer

Lin Zifeng and Zhang Chinglei were assigned to class three. Together with the other students, led by the class teacher Li Jiaqiang, they left the Grand Auditorium and made their way to the class three classroom.

The students sat in the classroom. Li Jiaqiang stood at the podium and said, "Students, from now on, you are all classmates in the same class."

"You are all outstanding young Cadres from various departments. I am not worried about the rules and regulations of the Party School; I believe that given your caliber, I won't need to worry about that."

"Now, please introduce yourselves so that everyone can have a preliminary impression."

"One thing to note: in your self-introduction, please mention your current position. This will be helpful for the upcoming campaign and election of class Cadres."

"Let's start with the student on my left in the first row."

The students began to stand up and introduce themselves; for them, this was as simple as eating or drinking.

When it was Yang Zhongqiang's turn, he stood up and said, "class teacher, hello everyone. My name is Yang Zhongqiang, I am thirty-three years old, and I am a local from the capital."

"I am currently the Deputy Director of the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Education. I am very happy to be a classmate with everyone at the Party School, and I hope that while we are classmates, we can also become friends in the future."

After finishing these words, Yang Zhongqiang smiled and nodded at the class teacher, glanced at Lin Zifeng sitting not far away, and then sat back down.

Next, everyone introduced themselves one by one. A few minutes later, it was Lin Zifeng's turn.

Lin Zifeng stood up confidently and said in a clear, loud voice, "Hello, class teacher, hello everyone. I am Lin Zifeng, twenty-nine years old, from Yushu City, Chunhua City, Huanan Province."

"I am currently a Member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee of Chunhua City, and the Secretary of Yushu City. I look forward to your guidance in the future."

After Lin Zifeng finished his concise introduction, he smiled and nodded at the class teacher before sitting down again.

However, after hearing his self-introduction, the students began to whisper among themselves. Since everyone was in the system, they knew how difficult it was in local government to become a Member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee of a Prefecture-level City and the Secretary of a county-level city, governing a county-level city, at such a young age.

It could be said that the power Lin Zifeng possessed could not be compared to a Deputy Department-Level Cadre from a central ministry; calling him a local emperor would not be an exaggeration.

Moreover, Lin Zifeng was not even thirty years old!

Even a Deputy Department-Level Cadre from a central ministry like Yang Zhongqiang was already in his early thirties.

That was why Lin Zifeng's self-introduction caused such a big reaction among everyone.

The self-introductions paused for over a minute. class teacher Li Jiaqiang tapped the podium to get everyone's attention before continuing, "As far as I know, under the leadership of student Lin Zifeng, Yushu City in Huanan Province entered the list of the top one hundred counties in the country for the first time last year."

"Student Lin Zifeng is an exceptionally outstanding young grassroots Cadre. Our class has many other outstanding students just like him."

"Let's continue with the self-introductions."

The self-introductions continued, and the way many people looked at Lin Zifeng changed slightly.

Looking at Lin Zifeng, Yang Zhongqiang couldn't help but think that his savior was truly outstanding! Four years younger than him, only twenty-nine, and already a deputy department level Member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee.

No wonder his family and he hadn't found him after two years of searching; who would have thought that someone so young had already been a county magistrate two years ago?

He and his family had been looking in the wrong direction!

The self-introductions ended quickly. Li Jiaqiang then spoke again, "Students, you have all introduced yourselves, and everyone now has a preliminary impression of each other."

"Next, we will proceed to the next agenda item: electing class Cadres. The class Cadres will consist of one class monitor and two Vice Class Monitors, who will be responsible for assisting me in handling all class affairs."

"Students who wish to become class Cadres and serve the class may now volunteer."

As soon as Li Jiaqiang finished speaking, many people were eager to act, because they all knew that if they could become class Cadres, they would have more opportunities to interact with other students, making it easier to develop their network over these three months.

It would also add a brilliant stroke to their personnel files.

Yang Zhongqiang kept a close eye on Lin Zifeng. If Lin Zifeng intended to compete for a class Cadre position, he would not only support him personally but also pull in the few familiar Cadres sitting next to him to support Lin Zifeng as well.

However, Lin Zifeng sat there without any movement; he had absolutely no intention of competing for a class Cadre position.

Even after five people had volunteered, Lin Zifeng still had no intention of standing up, which made Yang Zhongqiang anxious for him.

Just when Li Jiaqiang asked if there was anyone else who wanted to volunteer, Yang Zhongqiang couldn't help but stand up.

Just when everyone thought Yang Zhongqiang was also going to volunteer, he said, "class teacher, fellow students, having heard everyone's self-introductions just now, I believe student Lin Zifeng is the most qualified to become a class Cadre."

"As a Secretary of a county-level city, I don't think I need to say much about his ability to oversee the big picture, right?"

"He is the best candidate to be our class monitor. Doesn't everyone agree?"

Everyone was surprised that Yang Zhongqiang was not volunteering himself, but instead proposing Lin Zifeng as class monitor, choosing to support Lin Zifeng directly. Even Lin Zifeng himself had not expected this.

Therefore, Lin Zifeng looked at Yang Zhongqiang with great surprise.

Confirming that he did not know the other person and had never had any contact with him, Lin Zifeng looked at Yang Zhongqiang, completely baffled.

Because during the car accident two years ago, Yang Zhongqiang's face had been covered in blood, which was why he had not recognized him.

The few Cadres familiar with Yang Zhongqiang, including Wang Li, saw Yang Zhongqiang choosing to support Lin Zifeng and one after another spoke up to support Lin Zifeng as well.

Lin Zifeng had never thought about competing for a class Cadre position because he wanted to spend these three months at the Party School keeping a low profile, but now he had been recommended by Yang Zhongqiang as a candidate for class Cadre.

Faced with the other party's kindness, he had no suitable reason to refuse.

If he did that, it would make everyone think that he was unwilling to serve the class and was selfish!

So, he looked at Yang Zhongqiang and the others, showed a friendly smile, and nodded to them to express his gratitude!

Zhang Chinglei, sitting beside him, whispered in his ear, "Zifeng, you're something! I didn't expect you to know so many people in the central ministries. You really are extraordinary!"

"Is this what they call 'a real master hiding their identity'?"

Lin Zifeng looked at the envious Zhang Chinglei and said, "Believe it or not, I have to tell you that before today, I didn't know them at all."

Zhang Chinglei knew that Lin Zifeng couldn't be lying to him about this, because there was simply no need.

So he asked in confusion, "Since they didn't know you before, why would they help you like this?"

"This matter, I am also completely baffled by it right now."

Lin Zifeng said directly.

"Could this be the noble character of Cadres from the central ministries? Maybe it's your position that made them do this; it's entirely out of public duty."

Zhang Chinglei stated his analysis of the matter.

Lin Zifeng nodded, half-convinced.