Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 780 Running for Class Committee: Fang Yaozhong's Favoritism No Longer a Pretense (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

Fang Yan then chatted with Li Zhengji for a few more minutes before going to find the other people.

While we should befriend the genius Li Zhengji, we shouldn't forget about the others.

However, instead of going to find Cheng Baogui, Zhang Xichun's grand-disciple, he went directly to Lei Lian of Group B.

This student, Lei, has a round face and wears large-lensed tortoiseshell glasses, giving him an air of someone who's lost in thought while reading.

However, she was surprisingly talkative. When she saw Fang Yan coming to find her, she immediately started chatting with him.

He spoke with a strong Shaanxi accent and appeared very cheerful.

Before long, he started calling me "brother" in the local dialect.

The person she was mentoring was Qi Ningxiang.

Now she also dislikes Qi Ningxiang quite a bit, completely ignoring her. Qi Ningxiang could only sit to the side with a complicated expression.

Lei Lian had overheard Fang Yan and Li Zhengji's conversation, and now she seized the opportunity to ask Fang Yan:

"Brother Fang, how about we exchange medical skills? I actually have quite a few folk remedies, but I don't know if you'd be interested?"

Fang Yan hadn't expected that if things didn't work out in the east, they would find something better in the west, and immediately nodded in agreement:

"Interested! Of course I'm interested."

Many legitimate prescriptions are ones that I've seen in my past life and have quite a few memories of. However, many of these folk remedies are only passed down orally in small circles. Although some of these folk remedies may be a bit strange, just like Ji Desheng's snake medicine and the secret recipe of the slovenly doctor Chen Zhaode, these folk remedies may very well have originated from here.

"I wonder what you want to learn from me?"

"Anything is fine, I'm not picky, but folk remedies would be even better."

Fang Yan suddenly realized that this Lei student was a collector of folk remedies.

She's quite an interesting person. Everyone else thinks folk remedies are not respectable, but she insists on doing them. However, there really are some folk remedies in the dialect.

It mainly consists of things from the medical records of the He family.

Some even don't need medication, which is considered extremely unorthodox.

"Okay!" Fang Yan readily agreed.

The break time was always very short, and soon the class bell rang.

Everyone returned to their original seats.

Cheng Baogui became the only Group A person that Fang Yan did not get to know.

He looked at Fang Yan with some confusion, wondering if the other person had intentionally skipped over him.

Xiao Chengzhi, Meng Jimin, and Fang Yan already knew each other, only Wang Zhijun and Li Zhengji didn't know each other. When get out of class ended, Wang Zhijun was first taken by Song Jianzhong to greet them, and then Fang Yan took the initiative to find Li Zhengji.

They simply skipped over themselves.

However, Cheng Baogui felt relieved when he thought that Lei Lian's mentor was Qi Ningxiang.

It's probably because people with different dialects care about this that they went to find Lei Lian.

After everyone had entered the classroom and taken their seats, the homeroom teacher, Fang Yaozhong, also came in.

He said to the crowd:

"Alright, this self-study period is for electing class committee members."

"We adhere to the principles of fairness, impartiality, and openness. Everyone can participate, and people can even nominate themselves, which is fine. However, we have a principle when making nominations: Party and Youth League members are given priority."

Then he pointed to the dialect:
“You come up here and write down the characters to count the dialect.”

Fang Yan was speechless. Old Fang had his eye on him.

After Fang Yan took the stage, he began to introduce himself to the audience:
"First, the class monitor is responsible for coordinating class affairs, organizing class meetings, conveying policies, supervising the use of class funds, handling emergencies, coordinating with the labor committee member to arrange the 'agricultural study semester,' and organizing students to participate in labor such as planting medicinal herbs and processing medicinal materials."

"Then there is the class monitor, who is responsible for urging students to memorize classics such as the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic and the Treatise on Febrile Diseases, collecting mimeographed teaching materials, organizing discussions on classical Chinese medicine texts, and assisting professors in compiling students' assessment scores."

"Another one is the life committee member, who is responsible for managing the distribution of food coupons and the quota of kerosene lamps in the dormitory, checking the dining discipline of the 'bitterness-remembering-sweetness meal', and being responsible for the safekeeping of the key to the war reserve medicine warehouse, such as mugwort and realgar stored in the air-raid shelter."

"The next one is the sports and arts committee member..."

The prescription is mentioned in the text, and a dialect is written on the blackboard: class monitor, study committee member, life committee member, arts and sports committee member, labor committee member, propaganda committee member...

"Your handwriting is quite good!" Fang Yaozhong turned around and looked at the words Fang Yan had written on the blackboard. Except for the first word, which had been erased and rewritten, the rest were written very well, and Fang Yaozhong couldn't help but praise them.

"It's alright," Fang Yan smiled.

The blackboard writing itself is something I added on the spot.

Fang Yaozhong said to Fang Yan:

"You should add another deputy squad leader."

After finishing his explanation, Fang Yaozhong turned to the students in the class and said:

"This vice class monitor is responsible for assisting the class monitor in carrying out the work, and will assume some of the class monitor's responsibilities when the class monitor is not present. He is mainly responsible for some specific affairs of the class."

“We conducted a democratic election. Based on their own wishes and abilities, the students voluntarily applied to serve as class committee members, explaining the positions they wanted to run for and their thoughts and plans for the work.”

"In addition, if you think a classmate has outstanding abilities or qualities in certain aspects and is suitable for a class committee position, you can also recommend them to run for class committee."

"Then the candidates took turns to the stage to give their campaign speeches, explaining their strengths, their understanding of the work of the class committee, and their work plans if elected."

"After that, the whole class conducted a secret ballot to determine the class committee members based on the number of votes received."

After speaking, he paused and asked the crowd below:

"Did everyone understand what I meant?"

"Understood!" everyone in the class responded.

Then Fang Yaozhong raised his hand and said:
"Let's begin. Everyone, you don't need to go up on stage. Just stand up and speak from your seats."

After saying that, he turned to Fang Yan and said:

“Write down the dialect.”

"Oh," Fang Yan replied.

Then the whole class got lively, with some volunteering and others nominating others.

Everyone is actually quite shrewd. As a bridge between the school and students, the class committee can get important notices in advance, interact frequently with the class teacher and professors, build trust, and gain an advantage in matters such as recommendations and quota allocation.

In addition, class committee members receive extra points in the selection of scholarships and outstanding students, and are more likely to win in the comprehensive evaluation.

Having experience as a class committee member is a plus when it comes to job placement, as it reflects initiative and organizational skills, making one particularly favored by state-owned enterprises and public institutions—this has been true for the past decade or so. Furthermore, the deep interactions between class committee members and teachers and classmates create a valuable network of contacts, which can be mobilized for collaborative opportunities.

In a highly competitive environment, experience as a class committee member can be a significant asset in standing out.

Most of these people are either people who have worked before, or people who have heard about them from their families.

Everyone is well aware of the benefits of being a class committee member, and all positions are highly coveted, with most candidates volunteering themselves.

They all believed they were qualified for the role.

However, there was a strange phenomenon: no one competed for the position of class monitor.

They didn't even bother to nominate anyone.

Instead, some people recommended Xiao Chengzhi and Li Zhengji for the position of deputy squad leader.

When everyone had made their selections, Fang Yaozhong tapped the blackboard and asked:
"What's wrong? Nobody wants to be class monitor?"

"..." Everyone was speechless, and their eyes turned to Fang Yan, who was standing next to Fang Yaozhong.

Boss, do you think we're clueless?

Didn't you decide on the class monitor position from the beginning?

"Nobody here? If nobody's here, I'll nominate someone!"

"Fang Yan! I nominate you as class monitor!"

Everyone: "..."

See? They're not even going to act anymore!

And you said that others didn't want to be class monitor?

Fang Yan was both amused and exasperated. Actually, he didn't care. He was now the class monitor, but it didn't give him any advantage. Many people would start preparing for the graduate program once the news came out.

When you get into a graduate program and become a class committee member, that's when you'll truly be a "useful class committee member".

However, being the class monitor now is fine, since Lao Fang will be the deputy class advisor for the graduate program in the future anyway.

"I also support Fang Yan as class monitor!" Someone immediately echoed, and everyone looked and saw that it was Xiao Chengzhi.

Yang Jingxiang, Zhang Yanchang, Lao Fan, Lao Meng, and Deng Nanxing all raised their hands:

"Agreed! Absolutely agreed!"

"That's right, choosing Brother Fang was the right decision!"

"I was just thinking of recommending it! Now that the teacher has recommended it, I have no objections! I agree!"

"..."

Then the other students in the class chimed in, and Fang Yan suddenly seemed to be the one everyone wanted.

Offering help in times of need is certainly valuable, but facts have shown that people are indeed more willing to do things that add to someone's already good fortune.

"Write it down." Fang Yaozhong pointed to the area below the class monitor and said to Fang Yan.

Fang Yan had no choice but to write his own name on it.

In the last ten minutes or so, the class began a secret ballot.

After the voting results were released and the statistics were tallied by Fang Yan and Fang Yaozhong, the new class committee members were quickly selected.

Class monitor: (Fang Yan)

Deputy squad leader: Li Zhengji.

Study Committee Members: Xiao Chengzhi, Cheng Baogui.

Life Committee Members: Song Jianzhong, Lei Lian.

Cultural and Sports Committee Members: Zhu Lina, Meng Jimin.

Labor Committee Member: Fan Changting.

Publicity Committee Member: Xu Ping.

Basically, everyone in Group A except for the taciturn Wang Zhijun was elected.

Given that Fang Yan had already become the class monitor, everyone who was with Fang Yan received strong support.

Even Lao Fan was elected and became a labor committee member.

"Ring ring ring..." The bell rang, signaling the end of get out of class.

Fang Yaozhong addressed the crowd:

"Alright, the class committee has made their decision. get out of class dismissed!"

Everyone stood up, packed their belongings, and headed outside. Those who needed to go back went back, and those who needed to go back to their dormitories went back to their dormitories.

Zhang Yanchang, Yang Jingxiang, and the others came over and helped Fang Yan wipe the blackboard, saying to him at the same time:

"Congratulations, Brother Fang! You're the class monitor now!"

Fang Yan was somewhat amused and exasperated. He didn't really care about being the class monitor, but everyone seemed quite happy. It was as if, as a group, their interests were guaranteed now that the leader had taken office. Everyone knew that Fang Yan wouldn't mistreat his brothers, so they were all quite pleased.

Just then, Cheng Baogui, who hadn't spoken to Fang Yan before, walked over, cupped his hands in greeting, and said:
"Squad leader! Congratulations!"

Fang Yan was slightly surprised that Cheng Baogui had come over on his own initiative, but quickly smiled and cupped his hands in greeting:

"Class monitor Cheng Baogui, please take good care of me in the future!"

Cheng Baogui bowed slightly and smiled:

"Let's look after each other, let's look after each other!"

Fang Yan now sees that this Cheng Baogui is the type who readily accepts good advice.

At least they don't seem like difficult people to get along with.

The two have now become acquainted, but they still need to test his attitude towards the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

PS: This is a 3000-word chapter. After finishing this chapter, I still owe everyone 61000 words.

There will be an extra update this afternoon!

(End of this chapter)