Courtyard House: A Great Musician! Red Songs Resound Worldwide

Li Chaoyang looked around and asked with some doubt, "Is our factory's library here too?"

"The dust on the gate looks like no one's been here for a long time..."

"With so many people in our factory, doesn't anyone like reading?"

At this moment, Zhou Xingsheng, who had been shy and silent, said with a hint of complaint, "What is it... It's because Director Liu said that the factory has heavy production tasks and that everyone should concentrate on production on the front line."

"That's why it's stipulated..."

"Xingsheng, stop talking nonsense..." Ren Guizhong suddenly interrupted Zhou Xingsheng, not letting him continue.

Li Chaoyang gave Ren Guizhong a meaningful look.

Then he turned to Zhou Xingsheng and said, "It's alright, you can continue. What are Director Liu's regulations?"

Zhou Xingsheng hesitated for a moment before continuing, "It's like this, Section Chief Li."

"Director Liu stipulates that the activity room should be open once every ten days, and the library should be open once a week..."

"Furthermore, it is stipulated that literary books are not allowed to be lent out; only technical books can be lent out."

"Over time, people found it too troublesome and stopped coming to the library to read books."

Zhou Xingsheng's tone was filled with resentment when he said this...

"Oh...I see." Li Chaoyang nodded and said nothing more, then turned and went upstairs.

Ren Guizhong and Zhou Xingsheng exchanged a glance, both feeling that the new section chief's reaction was somewhat puzzling...

Ren Guizhong whispered, "Xingsheng, I told you not to talk nonsense, why couldn't you stop me..."

"If others find out, they might think you're trying to sow discord between the leaders."

Zhou Xingsheng retorted, "But I'm just stating the facts..."

"Besides, it was Section Chief Li who told me to say it..."

"Alright, I've already thought about it. Now that our publicity department has a new leader..."

“Then I’ll talk to the new section chief about the library’s unreasonable rules.”

"Perhaps the new section chief will change the current situation of the library!"

"Alright, that's enough. Section Chief Li has already gone upstairs. Hurry up and follow!" Ren Guizhong glared at his station chief and then scurried up to the second floor.

At this moment, Li Chaoyang had already opened the door to the largest office on the second floor.

Just as he had expected, the inside was covered in a thick layer of dust.

It's obvious that no one has been here for a long time.

However, the office furniture, such as tables, chairs, benches, and filing cabinets, was quite complete, although they all looked very old.

This office consists of two rooms, one inside and one outside, with seven or eight desks placed in the outer room.

The inner cubicle should be the leader's office...

Chapter Twelve: The Award That Hundreds of Millions of Compatriots Across the Country Have Dreamed Of!

Li Chaoyang went inside and looked around. Just as he was about to open the inner door, Ren Guizhong and Zhou Xingsheng came in.

"Section Chief Li, your office is next door," Ren Guizhong said as he saw him about to enter the room.

Li Chaoyang turned around when he heard this.

"Huh? My office is next door?"

"And this one?"

Ren Guizhong replied with a smile, "This is Deputy Section Chief Ma's office; it's probably locked."

Li Chaoyang turned the handle, and it was indeed locked... He then asked, "Does our department have a deputy section chief?"

"Here's the thing, Section Chief Li. Our Publicity Section has three working groups, which together make up fourteen people."

"Among them, there are three deputy section chiefs, but all three of them were promoted through the work-to-career program."

"Actually, Director Liu selected a few well-written articles from among the workers in each workshop who had a good educational background."

“They usually hang out with Director Liu at the factory office.”

Ren Guizhong briefly introduced the personnel situation of the propaganda department in a few words.

Li Chaoyang nodded slightly. He understood that Ren Guizhong meant that these deputy section chiefs, who were acting as substitutes for cadres, were all Director Liu's people.

He thought for a moment before saying, "That's not right, why did the personnel department only give me two keys?"

"One side leads to the main gate of the cultural center, and the other side leads to this office."

"According to Ren Guizhong, you mean I haven't been given the key to my own office yet?"

Ren Guizhong paused for a moment, then said with a somewhat puzzled expression, "I think... that's how it is..."

"Perhaps Director Liu was busy with work... and forgot to return the office key?"

Li Chaoyang didn't say anything, and his face remained expressionless, but he already understood.

It seems I should meet with this Director Liu, whom I've never met before, today.

On his first visit to his own territory, he was turned away twice.

I was already quite annoyed...

Just then, the voices of several young people could be heard coming from the hallway outside...

Li Chaoyang recognized the voice as belonging to Xiao Song from the personnel department yesterday...

"Let me tell you something..." Xiao Song's voice could be clearly heard from the hallway inside the office.

"You've all heard that song, 'We're Walking on the Main Road,' that's been playing on the factory's loudspeakers every day lately, right?"

"That song was written by your new Section Chief Li Chaoyang..."

At that moment, the three people in the office heard someone ask in great surprise, "What?"

"Was that song written by the new section chief?"

"No way?" the man continued, his voice filled with utter shock.

"Xiao Song, you're not lying to us, are you?"

"I heard that the creator of this song received the highest national award!"

"How could a great musician like him end up working in a steel rolling mill..."

"It must be Xiao Song, he's just teasing us because our names are the same..."

At this moment, Xiao Song stopped walking and said somewhat angrily, "What do you know!"

"He himself is a top student from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Harbin Institute of Technology in Bincheng!"

"And he's the most technically skilled among this year's graduates!"

“I saw his school file when he came to register yesterday.”

"It's absolutely true...it's recorded there that it was because of songwriting..."

Xiao Song's words were like a bomb going off in the hallway!

Instantly, the people in the hallway outside erupted into chaos, chattering amongst themselves...

One by one, the voices shifted from questioning Xiao Song to excitement...

Those compliments made Li Chaoyang in the office a little embarrassed.

I turned around and saw... wow!

Ren Guizhong and Zhou Xingsheng were now completely dumbfounded...

The two of them stared intently at Li Chaoyang without even moving their eyes.

His eyes were filled with surprise, excitement, and even admiration...

This immediately made Li Chaoyang quite embarrassed...

The atmosphere in the office felt a little off.

Li Chaoyang muttered to himself, "All I did was write a song and get an award..."

"Are you all really that serious...?"

"They all looked utterly shocked..."

Ren Guizhong, who had finally recovered a little, said excitedly upon hearing this.

"Section Chief...do you know...what are you saying?"

"Yeah, Section Chief, is what you're saying... really that serious?" Zhou Xingsheng finally realized what was going on.

"That's an award that hundreds of millions of people across the country dream of..."

"I have read that commendation article; it called on literary and artistic workers to take you as a role model!"

"A role model... Section Chief..."

"Our radio station...we're practically artists too!"

Well... Li Chaoyang knew that Xiao Song from the personnel department, with his big mouth, had successfully turned his first meeting with the propaganda officers into a fan meeting for the "red musician" Comrade Li Chaoyang...