Chapter 50, Westward Expansion

As the leading theoretical position in China, the position of the Central Party School is extremely important within the party. As July 1 approached, the congress held a series of small meetings, making suggestions for the country's economic construction in various party building theories.

On 1 July, the party school held a grand celebration of the 78 th anniversary of the founding of the party.

All the teachers and students of the college headquarters can be said to be 100% party members, so all of them participated in the party celebration meeting held by the school committee and a series of activities afterwards, such as evening parties.

As it is approaching the turn of the century and it is also an annual party celebration meeting, the state still attaches great importance to it.

Not only well-known domestic experts and scholars were invited, but I heard that many senior cadres from the Central Committee and the State Council were also invited to participate. All in all, the standard of this conference is quite high, and it can be seen from the armed police soldiers who have been transferred from the gate to perform security duties. On weekdays, when the school is in session, the security specifications have never risen to this level.

Comrade Nan Tian, executive vice president of the Central Party School, personally presided over the meeting, and Comrade Liu Aihua, secretary general of the school committee, introduced the guests to the meeting.

The list has been read for a long time, and the names of the leading cadres can definitely frighten people to death, not only some experts and professors who are in charge of the domestic theoretical circles, such as Wang Haiyang, director of the People's Daily, and other experts in the industry, who have been invited to the meeting, but the most striking thing is that the No. 2 leader, who is currently the president of the Central Party School, also attended the meeting as an observer and sat in the center of the rostrum in the front row.

To Chen Yang's surprise, Fang Qing's father Fang Tonghe also took time out of his busy schedule to participate in the party celebration activities held by the party school, and in the same way, Vice Premier Fang naturally sat in the front row of the rostrum.

There are so many big guys, but it's not a very common grand occasion on weekdays.

Fang Tonghe is over 60 years old this year, but his face is full of heroism, his spirit is very good, he wears a suit and a tie with a dull color, and the style of a big leader is full, giving people a rather rigorous feeling.

But somehow, when he saw Vice Premier Fang, Chen Yang couldn't help but think of Fang Qing, and suddenly felt a sense of weakness. I heard some gossip that Vice Premier Fang only got Fang Qing's little daughter in her early forties, and she can be regarded as an old man, and she naturally loves her on weekdays, otherwise she would not have developed Fang Qing's arrogant and domineering character.

It's just that I don't know what will happen to me if the evil I have done to others reaches the ears of Vice Premier Fang?

Chen Yang didn't dare to continue to think about it, so he calmed down, hurriedly took his eyes away from Vice Premier Fang's non-angry and powerful face, and listened carefully to the speech brought by the principal to the meeting.

The president's speech was short and concise, quite distinctive, and continued his low-key and pragmatic style since taking office, except for the first few sentences, there is no longer half a sentence of nonsense at the end, pointing out the importance and urgency of the party building work in the new era in a commanding way, so that people can easily hear that this should not be from the secretary group's draft. It can be seen from this that the principal still attaches more importance to this meeting of exchanges with the grassroots teachers and students of the party school.

In contrast, Vice President Nan's speech was long and uninteresting, and he buried his head in reading the prepared speech, completely ignoring the impatience of the audience below. Of course, maybe it's because he often holds school-wide teacher-student conferences, and everyone has long lost the freshness of his set.

President Wang Haiyang also spoke on behalf of the media, wishing him well and thanking the Central Party School for its consistent efforts to enrich and improve the theoretical knowledge of party building.

Next, the delegates took the floors.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Yang was also fortunate to speak on stage as a representative this time, and when he received this task, he was really stunned for a long time, and he didn't know who ordered his own general in the school, just with his poor knowledge of party history, how could he get into the hall of elegance?

He did not know that since the state's major principles and policies at the present stage are absolutely centered on economic construction, all theoretical achievements must serve this center. Therefore, with an active mind and front-line work experience, he got this precious opportunity to speak on stage as a representative of young teachers.

Of course, seniority is everywhere, and this is no exception.

The first to take the stage is Professor Li Lao of the Graduate School, Professor Li Lao is an authority in the new era of party building, and the published academic papers are superimposed higher than him. Speaking of which, Chen Yang is now one of the graduate students he has brought with him.

At this conference, he brought you "On the Dialectical and Harmonious Relationship between Party Building Work and Economic Construction in the New Era".

The title is super long, and his statement is super long.

Professor Li obviously attaches great importance to this conference, and he has prepared a very good speech. He read more than a dozen pages according to the speech in one breath, regardless of whether the leaders, teachers and students could listen to it or not, and when he finished his speech and looked at his watch, it took 20 minutes.

This made Chen Yang also quite depressed, obviously set a five-minute speaking time, why did this old man read for so long? It's obviously out of line with his usual style of cherishing words like gold

The next person who took the stage to speak was still a gray-haired old scholar, and the topic of his speech was similar to the content of the previous old man Li, "On the Importance of Party Building Work in the New Era", which was a bit blatantly slapping the principal's ass.

However, such a theme obviously could not make Chen Yang not interested in the slightest.

The next comrades who took the stage to speak were all about the same in scope, and they had a strong ideological and academic flavor, but they sounded drowsy.

Chen Yang didn't know what the mental state of the other teachers and students was, anyway, he couldn't lift his spirits at all, and he almost survived hard.

Last night, in order to prepare for today's speech, he stayed up all night until... Duo, turned around and tossed Chen Ruonan on the bed for nearly an hour, he was already sleepy, and now he was hypnotized like this, he almost didn't squint directly at the venue.

Fortunately, just when he kept fighting, he finally heard his name called on the stage, and it seemed that it was his turn to play.

Ms. Li, the spokesperson of the Party School, one of the hosts, announced on the stage: "Next, I invite Comrade Chen Yang, the representative of the young teachers of our Party School, to come to the stage to give you a report entitled "How to Combine the Innovation of Party Building Work with the Promotion of Economic Development", and everyone is welcome

In the audience, applause rang out at the right time. However, due to the fatigue bombardment of many experts and professors in front of us, everyone is a little unable to lift their spirits now, and this burst of applause is also listless.

Unlike under the stage, after the host finished the report, it was obvious that several senior leaders sitting in the front row of the rostrum exchanged a few words, which made people have an illusion, as if they were just waiting to listen to Chen Yang's report. Even the principal, who had been silent, turned his head and whispered a few words to Vice Premier Fang next to him, of course, there was no way to know what he was talking about, but after the principal finished speaking, Fang, who had been drinking tea and reading Wen Jiàn, moved his heavy black-rimmed glasses with his hand, and stared at Chen Yang with blazing eyes.

Chen Yang got up from the waiting seat, tidied up his proper dark blue suit a little, stepped on the red carpet, and strode towards the podium.

But for some reason, when he walked up the steps, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

Originally, he had carefully prepared a speech with the theme of "On the Concept of Harmonious Development" a week in advance, but for some reason, his speech with a bit of a sycophant tendency was temporarily killed. Then changed to the current theme. Moreover, this proposition is still changed by Vice President Nan himself. However, due to the rush of time, Chen Yang had no preparation, and he only hurriedly finalized the draft last night, and he had to take it out and sell it today, so it was difficult not to be worried

Speaking of which, the theme hand-picked by Vice President Nan is actually related to the text that Chen Yang came out more than two years ago and later evolved into the Ten Articles of the State, perhaps Vice President Nantian was also fortunate to have read some advanced theoretical views put forward by Chen Yang, and now this trump card is in hand, won't it be wasted if it is not played?

After a while, Chen Yang stood still on the podium, but in front of the microphone, he faintly hesitated, wondering if he should read the script that he improvised last night?

After subconsciously glancing in the direction of the rostrum, he groaned a little and made a bold decision.

"I'm sorry, leaders, teachers and students, the original speech I prepared was entitled "How to Combine the Innovation of Party Building Work with the Promotion of Economic Development". But I must admit that I am indeed not an expert in this area, and now that I have changed my mind, the topic of my speech today is "China's Serious Topic in the New Century -- On How to Deal with the Policy of Economic Encirclement of China by Western Developed Countries in the Next 10 Years"

As soon as Chen Yang's words came out, the audience was in an uproar

Everyone expressed their incomprehension at Chen Yang's words, and even directly led to the fact that the originally orderly order of the venue became a little chaotic.

The leaders on the rostrum were also slightly stunned. A vice minister of the State Economic and Trade Commission in the back row put down the teacup in his hand even more heavily, and said to himself with a gloomy face: "Speak wildly, what does a little teacher know, and he is not afraid to flash his tongue when he says such things."

However, the principal looked at Chen Yang thoughtfully, turned his head sideways and whispered a few words to Vice Premier Fang next to him, and then waited for his next speech with a calm face.

Vice Principal Nan was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat. He knew that this kid from the Chen family could toss, but he didn't expect this kid to dare to toss on such an occasion? You know, the principal is here in person today, can you talk nonsense? I knew that I wouldn't help this kid change the title, so he could slap the principal's ass.

I have to say that Vice President Nan is really remorseful now, and he thinks that Chen Yang is dissatisfied with him.

Chen Yang ignored these criticisms and incomprehensions, and stood on the stage and talked eloquently. He didn't have much time, so he had to throw out some of his ideas in five minutes and let the main leaders hear them. As for whether the other little shrimps understand it or not, it's none of his business, he just wants to come out and work.

There's no way, I've caused a few uproars in the past six months*, and the old man doesn't seem to have much hope there, so he has to save himself.

"Well, I'll cut it short. As you all know, in recent times, as the pace of China's accession to the WTO has become faster and faster, US government officials have visited a number of Asian countries in the pan-Pacific region one after another, including Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and other countries. And this series of political and economic activities with an obvious purpose, I will first summarize it as the eastward offensive of the United States."

Chen Yang's words are short and powerful, and the arguments are obvious, and these views are not obvious in reality, but as he said, they will gradually manifest themselves over the next decade.

And then, in full view of everyone, he threw out a "westward expansion theory" that will be criticized by everyone at present, but will be proved to be extremely wise in later generations

"I think so, to break this cycle and break out of the encirclement, we have to plan in advance. Let me give you an example, for example, in response to Bush Jr.'s five-nation trip to East Asia, we can make targeted visits to the six EU countries."

"Nice, very thoughtful young man."

The principal nodded, took a sip of tea from his teacup, and then whispered to Vice Premier Fang next to him again.

Fang Tonghe also picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, looked at Chen Yang who was talking eloquently on the podium, and didn't know what he thought, his brows tightened, and his face became solemn.