After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 312 Giving Gifts or Receiving Gifts
A new round of personnel changes is coming to Hongxingtai.

Surprisingly, the station director, Shan Wendong, stayed on. It was originally agreed that he would be transferred, and the editor-in-chief of the "Liberation Daily" would take over as station director. In the end, the editor-in-chief went to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, while Director Shan remained in his post.

I heard that Director Shan has connections with the second-in-command of the port.

As a result, the reformists' momentum at Hongxingtai became increasingly unstoppable.

Shan Wendong's capable lieutenant, Zhan Yushan, was disciplined last year.

Despite his illness, he was still promoted to deputy director.

He also serves as the director of the Lifestyle Channel, while overseeing the General Channel and the Arts and Culture Center.

That evening, Zhou Haoran and Qiao Suiqing bought two bottles of wine and two cartons of cigarettes and went to Zhan Yushan's house to deliver them as gifts.

"Haoran, Xiao Qiao! Come in, come inside!"

Zhan Yushan warmly received them.

"Wow, you've really got a different vibe now that you're a big boss at the booth!" Zhou Haoran joked with him, but then noticed that the room was already piled with gifts. "These... these are all gifts from my colleagues?"

"Yeah, he got promoted."

Zhan Yushan is a rather upright person and doesn't care much for these things.

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "That's great, they're taking the initiative to join us."

"That's just how it is in the workplace, isn't it? When the wind blows, we gather; when the wind blows, we scatter." Zhan Yushan spoke to him with great emotion, "Six months ago, I might have been relegated to some obscure department, and back then I would have had to stay far away from it."

"Now it's all good, the station director stays in his post, and you get promoted too."

Zhou Haoran spoke to him without any restraint.

There was no need for formalities.

Zhou Haoran is arguably the biggest contributor to Zhan Yushan's rise from a marginal figure to a popular leader despite his illness.

He not only revitalized the sales department and resolved the financial crisis, but also designed a special feature on the private economy for "People's Livelihood Investigation," which won the praise of high-level leaders.

Zhan Yushan looked at them with a smile, "Xiao Qiao, are you siblings?"

Qiao Suiqing pursed her lips, "The booth, we grew up in the same alley."

"Childhood sweethearts!"

Zhou Haoran added a sentence.

Zhan Yushan suddenly realized and jokingly asked, "You're just siblings? No girlfriends?"

Zhou Haoran chuckled.

Qiao Suiqing blushed slightly, pinched him, and whispered, "We're dating."

"Good thing you're together! Good thing you're together! Childhood sweethearts, and you even work in the same unit. You two are a perfect match!" Zhan Yushan was overjoyed and pointed at Zhou Haoran, "Xiao Qiao, this kid has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. He needs an older sister like you to keep him in check, otherwise he'll be out of control."

Qiao Suiqing chuckled and said, "He's smart and capable, but sometimes he does things wrong with good intentions. If he does anything wrong in the future, we hope the booth will be more understanding and forgiving."

Zhan Yushan nodded slightly and looked at Zhou Haoran, "You're a lucky kid!"

"good!"

"By the way, your subsidized housing quota has been finalized!"

"Huh?" Zhou Haoran seemed quite interested in this. "Are you sure?"

Zhan Yushan said, "Yes, it's confirmed. The station will announce it tomorrow. At this stage, it's basically a done deal. After you get your apartments in the fall, shouldn't you start thinking about getting married?"

"It's early!"

Zhou Haoran waved his hand, thinking to himself that all these older people are the same.

"Ok?"

Zhan Yushan raised an eyebrow.

Qiao Suiqing smiled gracefully and said, "At the booth, he's still young, only 19 years old, not yet of legal marriage age."

"Yes, 19 years old...a prodigy." Zhan Yushan seemed a little dazed, then said earnestly, "Haoran, you must work hard to develop your career. Try to get a permanent position by the end of the year. Your future in the company is very bright!"

Zhou Haoran had no interest in getting a permanent position or anything like that. "What kind of future could that possibly have?"

"Master Shan has stayed on."

Zhan Yushan said this out of the blue.

Zhou Haoran didn't understand his implied meaning. "What's wrong?"

"During this time, he also experienced firsthand the fickleness of human relationships."

Zhan Yushan sighed.

"It really is."

Zhou Haoran understood this perfectly.

From this perspective, Zhan Yushan and Shan Wendong are indeed good comrades-in-arms.

They were all almost brought down.

Then, in the final moments, a miraculous comeback unfolded.

In this process, the warmth and coldness of human relationships will be revealed.

When fortune is down, everyone stays away, afraid that getting close will bring bad luck and affect them; now that fortune is up, those who were indifferent on the sidelines are now enthusiastically flocking around.

How could these people possibly be trusted?

Take Zhan Yushan for example.

The people he trusted most were Meng Xuemin and Zhou Haoran, who stayed by his side during his most difficult times and offered him timely help.

Zhan Yushan asked, "Are you interning at 'Family Matters'?"

Zhou Haoran hummed in agreement. "Being a junior editor is like working three days and resting two."

Zhan Yushan said seriously, "Be more serious about your work attitude. Quickly learn the process of making a program, and learn the post-production techniques as soon as you need to. Young people like you learn things quickly!" "Yes, I'm learning."

Zhou Haoran gave a vague reply.

Zhan Yushan said, "To work in a TV station, you must know how to produce programs. Once you've finished your internship on 'Family Matters,' you'll have learned what you need to learn, and then I'll have new arrangements for you."

"What arrangements?"

"Go to the station director's side."

"What?"

Zhou Haoran raised his eyebrows.

Zhan Yushan said, "Go and be Director Shan Wendong's assistant for two years. With your quick wit, you're perfect for the job. Once you have this connection, everything will be easier for you in the workplace."

Zhou Haoran twitched the corners of his mouth.

Very unwilling.

Zhan Yushan said calmly, "Director Shan is not only the director of Hongxing TV, but also the president of Hongxing Media, which includes radio stations, arts troupes, performance venues, as well as film and television dramas, advertising, tourism and other businesses. If you think Hongxing TV is too small, there is Hongxing Media as a big stage. Half of the cultural industry in the harbor belongs to Hongxing Media."

The two stayed for half an hour.

Just left.

"Wait a minute." Zhan Yushan brought out several large gift boxes and pushed them over without saying a word. "Take these back and eat them!"

"Need not!"

Zhou Haoran declined.

"Hurry up, your aunt is studying in the US with her child, so it's just me and the nanny at home. I don't eat any of this bird's nest or donkey-hide gelatin, you can take it all back... and these too, take them all!"

Zhan Yushan brought over several gift boxes and several bags.

Carrying several gift boxes, Qiao Suiqing was a little dazed. Back in the car, she muttered, "Haoran, are we here to give gifts or to receive them? I feel like we've actually made a profit on this trip!"

Zhou Haoran didn't stand on ceremony, saying, "This Lao Zhan is alright, quite loyal."

Qiao Suiqing patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be disrespectful."

Zhou Haoran chuckled and said, "Didn't you hear what he said? His wife and kids are in America. It's just him and the nanny at home. I think the nanny is quite pretty..."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Qiao Suiqing was quite annoyed and gave him a big eye roll.

However, as an adult, she naturally has her own judgment on this phenomenon.

It's nothing new.

Zhou Haoran snorted, "Men are all the same!"

Qiao Suiqing sighed softly, "So many gifts, who's going to eat them all? How about we give them to Auntie when we go home tomorrow?"

“My mom doesn’t eat much either…” Zhou Haoran was completely uninterested in these gift boxes of nutritional supplements, seeing them as nothing more than a scam. “Oh right, my mom also said she’d invite you over for dinner tomorrow.”

Qiao Suiqing blinked a few times. "My mom also said that you should come over for dinner."

"what?"

"puff!"

"Then what should we do? The man should be in charge of external affairs, and the woman should be in charge of internal affairs!"

“How about…” Qiao Suiqing offered her suggestion, “How about we leave early tomorrow, have lunch at my house, and dinner at your house? We can split these gifts equally between our two families.”

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Qiao Suiqing pursed her lips, then remembered something and said, "Oh right, yesterday, Dongfang asked me for 10 yuan, saying it was arranged by you, and he wants to open a coffee shop."

"Ah."

Zhou Haoran sighed.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Suiqing asked, puzzled. "Did his business fail?"

Zhou Haoran said nonchalantly, "Whether you succeed or fail in business, it's all normal."

"What happened? Did he make a mistake?" Qiao Suiqing also treated Dongfang Lang like a younger brother. "That bastard was showing off to me, saying he had three girlfriends, not one after the other, but all at the same time. I don't know how he managed to manage his time."

Zhou Haoran thought it was a minor matter and said, "It has nothing to do with him. It's a vice principal at our school named Zhang Xuezhen. Originally, I didn't want to lower myself to his level. Choosing between smart cards and magnetic stripe cards is simply a matter of balancing technology and cost. But then I realized that this guy has overstepped his bounds! He's been doing bad things!"

"Did he make things difficult for Dongfang to open a coffee shop?"

Qiao Suiqing immediately realized what was going on.

Zhou Haoran nodded. "That's right. Dongfang applied to the school for a restricted classroom to open a coffee shop in the name of a student. Once the classroom was approved, he intervened and transferred it to some relative of his, who is also a teacher in the school's Youth League Committee, to let her open a small shop."

"Can one hand cover up the sky?"

Qiao Suiqing's beautiful eyes widened.

Zhou Haoran snorted, "The vice principal is a very high-ranking person! He's on the same level as the director of Red Star TV."

"What should we do then? Should we take him down?"

Qiao Suiqing didn't seem to think it was a big deal.

"Take it down?" Zhou Haoran couldn't help but chuckle. "How? Sister Qingmei, I'm just a first-year undergraduate student."

Having spent a long time by his side, Qiao Suiqing had also learned his relaxed and ordinary attitude towards life. "If you encounter a red light and can't get through, just go around it, right?"

Zhou Haoran nodded. "I'm going to the capital in a few days. Are you coming too?"

"Okay!"

Qiao Suiqing's face lit up with surprise and anticipation.

With the addition of a female host to the program team, her job became much easier.

(End of this chapter)