Year: I planted trees in Saihanba

It has been a week since summer arrived in Weichang County.

Within a week, Xia Tian had gradually become familiar with the affairs of the Forestry Bureau.

"Ding, congratulations host, you have successfully become familiar with the business."

"Ding, the system has now issued the next task."

"Ding, the next task is a phased task."

"Does the host wish to accept?"

"System, what kind of mission is it? Can I find out?"

"Ding, the next task is tree planting."

"For every tree that survives in Saihanba, the system will award the host a reward."

"For each tree that survives, ten trees, one hundred trees, and so on, a mystery gift package will be opened."

"System, how do I determine if a seed has survived?"

Summer raised questions to the system.

"Ding! Any trees planted directly or indirectly by the host can be considered alive by the system!"

"So that means you have the final say on the standard for planting trees that will survive?"

"Ding! If the host insists on understanding it this way, that's fine too!"

Summer is beyond words; the system is still as incompetent as ever.

"So you're saying that any tree that survives will definitely take root and survive in Saihanba?"

Summer raised her question again.

This is very important to myself, to Saihanba, to the Weichang County Forestry Bureau, and even to Xinhuaxia.

"Ding, please rest assured, host. After the system assesses that the seedling is viable, the survival rate of the tree will be as high as 99%."

"What about the remaining one percent?"

"Ding! The remaining one percent may be subject to unforeseen natural factors."

After listening to the system's explanation, Xia Tian nodded.

……

"Come on, comrades, let's discuss whether we should go to the dam this year?"

In the office.

All the leaders who were having dinner together that day, except for Old Liu, were present.

"Director, I think we should go up to the dam!"

As soon as Yu Zheng finished speaking, he saw that everyone had fallen silent.

Qu He, who was sitting to the lower left of Yu Zhenglai, spoke first.

"Oh, Section Chief Qu, tell me your reasons!"

Yu Zhenglai looked at Qu He and started to speak, then nodded in satisfaction.

"According to the information brought by Comrade Xia Tian!"

"I think it is necessary and very important for us to plant trees on the dam."

"Although our tree-planting campaign in the dam area failed last year."

"But we can't give up!"

"I think Section Chief Qu is right!"

As the music and the words fell, Engineer Chen spoke next.

Summer sat in the corner, listening to the two elderly comrades speak.

While listening, he held a pen and scribbled in his notebook.

Xia, do you have any objections?

When Xia Tian heard Yu Zheng's words, she stopped writing and looked up in surprise.

He didn't expect that Yu Zheng, this old comrade, would suddenly call on him.

"Director Yu, I'm a new colleague, so I'll follow the bureau's instructions!"

"However, I do have a personal, albeit humble, opinion!"

"Xia, don't be modest. You are a top student from the Forestry University."

"We still have to listen to you!"

Director Yu spoke, and everyone else chimed in to agree.

"Then I'll just briefly mention two points!"

Summer cleared her throat, and she seemed like a completely different person.

He exudes an invisible aura, giving people a sense of unfathomable depth.

Yu Zhenglai nodded as he watched Xia Tian's aura change.

Qu He, sitting at the lower end, also had a smile on his face.

"I think we should still plant trees this year."

"However, we can't do the same large-scale tree planting on the dam as we did last year!"

"These past two days, I've also looked at the relevant materials about our bureau's tree planting in Shangba last year."

“When we went up the dam last year, the entire department was mobilized.”

"But many of our staff members are only vaguely knowledgeable about tree planting."

"In addition, we also hired local people to increase the labor force."

"But the local people, let alone planting trees!"

"While I do not deny the hard work and dedication of my colleagues in the bureau!"

"But it's clear that our bureau's tree planting efforts last year did not yield the expected results!"

"Therefore, we cannot do the same thing this year as last year."

As the art of war says, "The quality of an army is not its quantity, but its quality."

"Therefore, I propose that we establish a tree-planting task force this year!"

"Led by Engineer Chen, with the addition of a small number of key tree-planting personnel."

"Plant fewer trees and concentrate on doing a better job."

"Even if only one tree survives, it means our efforts were not in vain."

"Of course, it's more likely that not a single tree will survive."

"However, our investment this year has also been reduced accordingly!"

"These are just my humble opinions; I welcome any criticism and corrections from the leaders."

"I hope you leaders will forgive me if what I said just now was unpleasant to hear!"

When Xia Tian finished speaking, no one applauded.

Xia Tian glanced up at Yu Zhenglai, who was sitting at the head of the table, and noticed that his brows were furrowed.

Everyone else also looked thoughtful.

"I think Xia is right!"

After a while, Yu Zheng finished thinking and spoke.

"Xia, what are you standing for? Sit down!"

Yu Zheng glanced at Xia Tian, ​​who was standing there, and greeted her.

"What do you think?"

"I think Xia said it very well!"

Engineer Chen spoke up, picking up where Yu Zheng left off.

“Last year we mobilized the entire organization, but we didn’t achieve any results.”

"On the contrary, a lot of human and material resources were wasted!"

"Therefore, streamlining staff this year is absolutely necessary!"

"As for the tree-planting task force that Xia mentioned, I don't know much about it. I wonder if Xia could explain it to me?"

Engineer Chen turned his gaze to Xia Tian.

"Simply put, the task force is a powerful team that concentrates superior resources and efficiently integrates various resources to carry out tree planting tasks effectively and quickly!"

Xia Tian briefly introduced the role of the task force.

"Xia, your suggestion for this task force is excellent!"

"Let's discuss this in more detail next!"

"Okay, Engineer Chen!"

"Alright, that's all for today's meeting. Xia, Engineer Chen, you two stay behind!"

"The rest of you, go back and finalize the list of a small number of comrades with experience in tree planting!"

"Alright, everyone get back to work!"

Yu Zhenglai understood Xia Tian's proposal regarding the task force and immediately gave the instructions.

"Xia is quite capable!"

On the way back, Director Qian and Qu He talked.

"Of course, he's a college student from Beiping!"

"..."

In the office.

Xia Tian and Engineer Chen were discussing work issues related to going up the dam.

Yu Zheng would occasionally miss a couple of sentences.

"Xia, you should be the leader of this task force!"

"The task force you proposed, this old bone of mine..."

"Engineer Chen, you really need to be the leader of this task force!"

Xia Tian spoke up and rejected Engineer Chen's suggestion.

"I'm new here, and if I were to become the team leader, I doubt anyone would respect me!"

"But you are different."

"Moreover, I haven't conducted a specific investigation of the environment in Saihanba."

"If I were to become the team leader without proper preparation, I might end up holding everyone back."

Since Xia Tian had already said so much, Engineer Chen couldn't say anything more.

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