591: They went to Hebei and Henan provinces to select team members.
"Grandpa, I heard someone wants to push people onto our team here?"
Hearing his Granddaughter's words, Grandpa Gu said cheerily.
"Yes, that's right. They are just wishful thinking, not putting their minds to proper use... Precious, you focus on your work, don't pay attention to these people... You have Grandpa and Dad for anything that happens... No one can take what is yours..."
Hearing Grandpa's comments, Xiao Niannian also smiled.
"Thank you, Grandpa."
Grandpa Gu sounded displeased when he heard his Granddaughter thank him.
"You are my Granddaughter, why are you saying thank you?"
Xiao Niannian talked with Grandpa for a while, then called her Dad.
"Precious."
Chief Gu called out happily when he heard his daughter's voice.
"Dad."
As soon as Xiao Niannian called out "Dad," Chief Gu said cheerily.
"Did you find out about the matters concerning your Production Brigade, and call Dad to ask about it?"
Hearing her Dad's words, Xiao Niannian replied.
"Yes."
"Dad is handling this matter, don't worry. Their schemes won't succeed..."
Chief Gu said with a firm tone.
"Okay, thank you, Dad."
"Daughter, why are you thanking Dad?" Chief Gu said, slightly displeased.
After talking about work matters for a while, Chief Gu asked again.
"Have you called your mother these past few days?"
Hearing her Dad's words, Xiao Niannian replied.
"I've been busy selecting new Team Members these past few days, so I haven't called Godmother yet."
"Your mother couldn't reach you these past few days and was a bit worried. Give her a call."
Hearing her Dad say this, Xiao Niannian immediately agreed.
After finishing the call with her Dad, Xiao Niannian immediately called Godmother.
On the other end of the phone, Wang Yi picked up the call while giving instructions to her subordinates.
"This plot of land must be bought..."
"Godmother."
Hearing Niannian's voice, Wang Yi's tone softened.
"Niannian."
Wang Yi waved her hand, signaling her subordinates to leave.
"It's noon, have you eaten lunch?"
"Not yet, I'll go after the call."
After finishing the call with Godmother, Xiao Niannian went to the cafeteria.
For the next ten-plus days, Xiao Niannian trained the new Team Members.
"Captain Xiao, Captain Chen and the Political Commissar are looking for you."
Hearing the staff member's words, Xiao Niannian went to the Special Forces Brigade office.
"Reporting."
"Come in."
After Xiao Niannian entered, Captain Chen spoke.
"We received orders from above, instructing you to go to Ji Province and Yu Province to select a batch of new Team Members..."
They are asking them to go there to select Team Members?
Ji Province and Yu Province, weren't those places usually for selecting people for the Northeast? Why are they selecting for them this time?
Is this because they knew those methods wouldn't work, so they plan to use the selection process to insert these people?
Xiao Niannian laughed.
"Since the higher-ups decided this time, we have no choice..."
Xiao Niannian saw that Lu Jing and Instructor Qin were also sitting in the room, so she remained silent.
Since they want them to select people, then they will select them. As for whether those people can actually join, that's another matter.
The male soldiers have mostly been selected. They probably need to choose a few dozen, and their side needs to select around thirty more.
"When are we departing?"
Xiao Niannian looked at Lu Jing.
Hearing Niannian's words, Lu Jing spoke.
"Tomorrow."
Hearing Lu Jing's words, Xiao Niannian nodded.
After leaving the office, Xiao Niannian looked at Lu Jing.
"Is your Third Team going to select personnel?"
Hearing Niannian's words, Lu Jing looked at Xiao Niannian and replied.
"We plan to select one hundred people, and the elimination ratio will be ten-to-one."
"We are still short of thirty-plus people. We'll select fifteen from each location. Originally, I was planning to go to Chengdu to select a few more people."
Hearing Niannian's words, Lu Jing laughed.
"Of course, you can go to Chengdu to select people. The more people, the better, as many will definitely be eliminated later."
Hearing Lu Jing's words, Xiao Niannian smiled.
"You are very right."
After more than a day, they drove to Shicheng in Ji Province. More than a hundred female Team Members from several units in Ji Province had signed up. Xiao Niannian brought Feng Lin and Meng Ning here.
Meng Ning hadn't expected Captain Xiao to bring her along. They had only joined the Special Forces Brigade half a month ago.
The comrades from the Military Unit here welcomed them and settled them into the Guesthouse.
Xiao Niannian followed Lu Jing and the others to meet the comrade in charge here.
More than an hour later, Xiao Niannian and the others returned to the Guesthouse.
The other Team Members had already eaten.
Lu Jing, Xiao Niannian, and the other Instructors went to the cafeteria.
While Xiao Niannian was eating, she saw a few people approaching from not far away, led by Qiao Yan.
"What a coincidence, Old Lu, Sister Nian Nian."
Hearing Qiao Yan's voice, Xiao Niannian spoke.
"Don't try to claim kinship, Comrade Qiao, I don't have a Brother like you."
Hearing Xiao Niannian's cold words, Qiao Yan laughed, his gaze turning toward Lu Jing.
"We also came here to select Team Members this time, so we'll be with you."
Lu Jing looked at Qiao Yan and started chasing him away.
"Standing here ruins our appetite."
Xiao Niannian burst out laughing.
Lu Jing has been extremely gentle with her these past few years; she had almost forgotten that Lu Jing used to be known for his cold personality and sharp tongue.
Qiao Yan heard Xiao Niannian's laughter but didn't get angry; instead, he sat down at a nearby seat.
"Then I'll just sit here."
Xiao Niannian noticed that the smile on Qiao Yan's face didn't reach his eyes, and his hand was tightly gripping his lunch box. These details betrayed his mood.
Xiao Niannian withdrew her gaze and continued eating.
After eating, Xiao Niannian, Lu Jing, Military Doctor Shen, and the others walked out.
"He really has too much time on his hands. He could have selected people earlier or later, but he runs over to select them now," Military Doctor Shen said displeasedly.
Instructor Qin heard Military Doctor Shen's words and agreed with Military Doctor Shen's opinion.
"The higher-ups asked us to come here to select people, and they also ran over to select people. When the assessment is finished, won't they just directly take the personnel with the best scores?"
Lu Jing heard these words and said.
"If they are planning that, then we'll see who can compete better."
Xiao Niannian watched them. That Qiao Yan is always insidious every time he makes a move, and now he's running over to snatch people again.
Right now, they definitely want to use their assessment methods to select people. Then, Qiao Yan and his group will take away more than half of the people they select, and among the remainder, some will be the people those others want to push onto the Yangcheng Special Forces Brigade.
However, none of this is worth worrying about.
Sure enough, after Lu Jing and his team published their assessment standards, Qiao Yan and his team also published the same standards.
The Commanders here discussed with Lu Jing and the others, suggesting that the two Special Forces Brigades conduct the assessment together, and then select people based on performance.
Hearing this, Xiao Niannian smiled.
Qiao Yan's unit currently doesn't have a Special Forces Womens Team; otherwise, they would perform the same operation.
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