Chapter 875 Hot Summer (Third update, please subscribe)
For the commander, the most important thing is not to formulate a combat plan. The chief of staff will assist him in formulating a combat plan.
The most important thing is to select and employ people.
Who to choose, who to use... who can charge forward, who can hold on to the defense... these are all things he must consider. After all, even the most perfect plan needs someone to execute it.
Just like that, staring at the cards one by one, Zhang Songjie kept adjusting and planning.
As soon as everything fell silent, the sound of arguments in the conference room next door came through the wall. There, the Law Review Committee is holding its weekly meeting to discuss policy.
Zhang Songjie pricked up his ears to listen to the fierce arguments and thought:
"Let's do it! Let's do it! Who is the one with the loudest voice?"
Putting a stack of cards on the table, Zhang Songjie unbuttoned another button.
Even though it was only 18 degrees indoors, he still felt a little hot.
In fact, in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, even though the air conditioner is only 18 degrees, the temperature seems a bit high. Whether it is for people who are studying things or discussing things, excitement will make them feel extremely hot.
The fierce debates here will even replace the chirping of the giant cicadas of Borneo outside the window, and this is the unique scenery of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. I have just been freed from the busy routine work at the beginning of the year, and I am faced with the period of formulating new policies in the middle of the year. Finally, I come up with a new year's plan at the end of the year and implement it in the first half of next year... and then it repeats itself.
Therefore, after they invest in formulating new policies, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry will fall into a steamy atmosphere, as hot as a boiling iron pot. The department is full of arguments among young newbies who are trying their best for the first time. At this time, no one is worried about any personnel changes, but everything is full of life.
The entire Ministry of International Trade and Industry can be said to be like a steaming whirlpool, and the center of the whirlpool is the Law Review Committee.
Usually, the formulation of new policies begins with the young staff members of each department submitting their drafts to the bureau's executive meeting for discussion.
At the meeting, everyone tried their best to get the plan they drafted passed and argued repeatedly. This is another battle that tests the talents of each proposer. Only those proposals whose content and arguments can withstand scrutiny are likely to be retained; as proposals of the bureau, they will be submitted to the Law Review Committee for discussion.
Committee members are some of the best selected from young and promising staff, usually served by the chief affairs officer of the general affairs department of each bureau. They represent their respective bureaus and always want to get their plans passed, so no one gives in. It was originally intended to discuss national affairs, but the outcome of the debate is only related to the adjustment and formulation of national industrial policies next year. It is also related to the future of these young people.
So in order to prevent their proposals from being eliminated, they would have red-faced and heated arguments over and over again. Amid the debate, their proposals will also be adopted.
In fact, in the past nearly ten years, one industrial policy after another in Nanyang was formulated and implemented during this process. One after another young people showed their talents in this process and were reused.
Once upon a time, Zhang Songjie was just like them, arguing and debating loudly, and finally convinced others.
Listening to the arguments coming from outside, Zhang Songjie turned his eyes to the wall with a smile. It was as if I could see through the walls and witness the atmosphere of the committee.
Soon, Zhang Songjie stared at the cards on the table again and continued to study there.
After all, we are going to fight, and the generals who charge into battle must be chosen well!
Well, there are suitable advisers.
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Although Nashville is the capital of Tennessee, it was not until last Christmas that the international large supermarket chain Carrefour entered the city.
On this day, it was the same as usual in the supermarket. As soon as the door opened, a group of women entered the supermarket. Soon, they pushed trolleys and gathered like a swarm in front of the women's shirt shelves. Those shirts are colorful, like flowers blooming in spring, each one exudes an alluring brilliance. Their eyes were all focused on those shirts priced at one dollar, and their eyes shone with the joy of discovering a treasure.
Those shirts with trendy styles and bright colors look so novel and attractive!
Just yesterday, the newspapers, radio, and TV were all filled with news - "One Dollar Women's Shirts" are coming to Tennessee!
"One Dollar Women's Shirts"!
That was a commodity that had just entered the United States last year. This kind of cheap textile from Asia swept through one city after another like a storm overnight. However, for the women in the central cities, they could only Buy this bargain by mail order, after all. The delivery of goods takes time. And now, the "one-dollar women's shirts" that made them suspicious and expected have finally entered Tennessee and finally come to them.
“Oh my God, look at the price!”
A middle-aged woman with a bloated figure picked up a floral shirt and raised it in surprise The price tag in your hand is as if it were a gold medal.
“Only one dollar, only one dollar!”
"It's incredible that one dollar can buy such a good thing!"
Another slender woman reached out and touched the texture of the shirt, with a satisfied smile on her face.
“Oh my god, look at this color, how beautiful it is!” A middle-aged woman picked up a pink shirt, her eyes flashing with excitement.
“Yes, and it’s only one dollar, which is so cheap!” Another woman echoed, already holding several shirts of different colors in her hands, with a proud smile on her face .
They gathered together and discussed animatedly the cost-effectiveness of these shirts. Some people say that it is a real bargain to be able to buy such quality at such a price; others say that the styles and colors of these shirts are very fashionable, and wearing them will definitely make you look new.
"The quality is also surprisingly good, not like cheap goods at all."
A young woman next to me picked up a shirt and looked at it carefully under the light, as if she was a professional appraiser.
Women were shocked by the "One Dollar Women's Shirt". Although it looked very cheap, the style, workmanship and quality were surprisingly good, at least far beyond their imagination.
You know, just last year, many of them thought that such cheap goods must be very bad.
But now all of them know what high quality and low price are. What value for money.
The women around them all agreed, discussing the cost-effectiveness of this shirt with their voices rising and falling, full of excitement and joy.
"This kind of good thing is really rare. I have to buy a few more quickly!"
A woman said and quickly selected several different styles of shirts from the shelves.
Others followed suit. They were busy selecting in front of the shelves, exclaiming and laughing with satisfaction from time to time. The entire supermarket seemed to be infected by this enthusiasm for buying, and was full of lively and joyful atmosphere.
Some women even buy it in dozens. After all, it is so cheap, so outrageously cheap that it is hard to refuse.
You can buy a beautiful new blouse for just a dollar. When did clothing become so cheap?
As the summer of 1955 is approaching, the same scene is playing out in various places in the United States. Women are all happily buying these cheap shirts by the dozen.
For them, there is even a feeling that they have earned something if they buy it. Such scenes, from big cities to small places, almost all markets are flooded with such cheap clothes.
This summer is destined to be hot...
(End of this chapter)